What do you want in life

Chapter 8 Young Love Is Like Fireworks Are Cold (2)
Not long after, I heard hurried footsteps from far to near, the boy came to her again, but there were two more boxes of ice cream in his hand, he handed one box to Xiaoying, and his voice was free and easy, "Okay , Just now I counted you wrong, please eat ice cream."

Xiaoying hesitated for a moment, then looked up at him. The latter had a friendly expression on his face, so she reached out to take the cold box and said, "Thank you."

He sat down in the old rattan chair opposite her and stared at her intently, "What's your name?"

"Han Xiaoying." Xiaoying scooped out the milk-colored ice cream with a white spoon, and slowly stuffed it into her mouth. The taste of vanilla is so wonderful, it melts in the mouth, but the sweetness lasts forever.

Xiaoying, 16, is wearing a dress with small blue flowers on a white background. The blue flowers on the skirt have been washed to whitish, and only a faint shadow can be seen.Her jet-black hair was tied up at the back of her head with a blue headband, and there were no other decorations. Her whole body was so plain that she couldn’t be more plain—except for the colorful cartoon hairpin on her forehead, which could be chosen. A little bright color, which she used to catch the loose little hair.

She sat on the stool very quietly, and although her clear eyes glanced at Shen Juncheng from time to time, there was no ripple in her eyes, she was as pure as the gardenias quietly blooming in Grandma Wu's flower bed.

"My name is Shen Juncheng." Shen Juncheng also readily reported his family name, and he looked at Xiaoying with a good feeling that he didn't even realize.

In fact, Xiaoying didn't care what his name was. She guessed that he, like many grandma Wu's children and grandchildren, was just a visitor to this old house. They would come to see the old man every once in a while, Guang Xiaoying In the week since she came here, her son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law came several times like a revolving door, but no matter which one it was, they almost sat for less than half an hour, always leaving behind all kinds of expensive nourishments they bought. Pin just patted his ass and left.It's not that Xiaoying has never seen Grandma Wu's lonely expression, but she will comfort herself, "They are all busy!"

Xiaoying was just a little curious, "Did you come in by yourself just now? Do you have the key here?"

When Shen Juncheng heard the words, he immediately waved a bunch of keys in his hand triumphantly, "Of course, I came in through the back door. Not only we have them, but my aunt and uncle also have them." After a pause, he continued, "In order to prevent Grandma had an accident."

He didn't explain further, but Xiaoying obviously understood what he was implying, so she nodded unconsciously, "Oh."

Shen Juncheng didn't know what Xiaoying was thinking, but her honest expression made him laugh, and his eyes softened a lot, "My aunt asked you here?"

Xiaoying guessed that the "aunt" he was talking about should be Mrs. Zhao, so she nodded again.

Shen Juncheng raised his thick eyebrows inadvertently, a little disdainfully, "I guess it's her. My aunt likes to play tricks the most, but I never expected that she would find a little guy like you to come over."

He looked Xiaoying up and down, his unscrupulous gaze made her feel uncomfortable.

"How old are you? Are you in junior high school? Or are you still in elementary school? Sixth grade?" Shen Juncheng relentlessly continued to probe her age.

Hearing that his guesses were getting more and more outrageous, Xiaoying was secretly annoyed, she inserted a spoon into the center of the ice cream box, then put the box on the stone table, and said lightly, "I'm going to be promoted to two soon." Then get involved in his "benefactor".

Shen Juncheng didn't care about her indifference at all, he laughed complacently, "It's about the same as my guess!"

Xiaoying glanced at him full of dissatisfaction, "That's not what you said just now."

"If I didn't guess that way, would you be willing to tell me the truth?" With a sly gleam in Shen Juncheng's eyes, he laughed happily again, his handsome face brightened.

Xiaoying was suddenly a little overwhelmed by his wanton laughter, as if she had been fooled and was extremely stupid. This feeling was very bad.

When Shen Juncheng calmed down from his cheerful mood, he found that Xiaoying had returned to the book, and the ice cream on the stone table was only half eaten, and a wisp of water was dripping down at this moment.He pushed the ice cream box towards her, "Eat it quickly, if you don't eat it, it will be melted!"

Xiaoying buried her head in her book, turning a deaf ear to his urging.

Shen Juncheng didn't care about her subtle attitude change at all, his interest was still focused on the in-depth digging of Xiaoying's background.

"By the way, which school are you from? You are from No. [-] Middle School in our city. You shouldn't be from our school, right? I've never seen you in school."

Xiaoying still ignored him.

Shen Juncheng bowed his shoulders, looked her delicate face left and right, his eyes showed surprise and strangeness, as if Xiaoying was a creature from outer space, worthy of his careful study.

For his "exploration", Xiaoying felt a little helpless, but it was inconvenient to turn her face out, so she had to keep her face calm and ordered herself to focus on the book.

Shen Juncheng studied her for a while, but he didn't expect her to be so determined, and she didn't seem to be faking it. If it was a different girl, she probably couldn't help but laugh and fight with him long ago, so he could only move closer to her. Another way to strike up a conversation with her, "Hey, what book are you reading?"

For this guy who feels super good about herself, Xiaoying has made up her mind to ignore him.

Shen Juncheng didn't get a response even after asking her several times, he suddenly felt so boring, no girl dared to neglect him like this before, he was unwilling to do so, he reached out and grabbed the book, his eyes immediately swept to the raised cover. He immediately read the title of the book with a strange expression, "Yangliuqingqing"! Hey, what book is this?"

Xiaoying's face stiffened the moment he grabbed the book, but she didn't get angry, she was not good at getting angry at others, let alone this was not her home.

Fortunately, Shen Juncheng quickly let go of the book, and said resentfully: "Don't you girls like to read romance novels the most? The girls in our class are all reading a book called Juan, which is so vulgar anyway. kind!"

He talked for a long time, but he talked to himself as if he was performing a one-man show. The girl in front of him was as stubborn as a rock, and she never said even a word to him.

Shen Juncheng's heart seemed to be crawling with thousands of little bugs, itching for something, but he couldn't do anything about it.

After Xiaoying held the book again, she turned the bamboo chair around and faced Shen Juncheng sideways. She felt that he was as noisy as a frog.

Shen Juncheng looked around boredly, he knew that there was no fun to be around Xiaoying, but there were really not many people in this house who could talk at this time, and he was a person who couldn't stand loneliness.

At this moment, someone shouted from the balcony, "Xiaocheng!"

Shen Juncheng turned his head when he heard the sound, it turned out that grandma woke up, saw Shen Juncheng on the balcony, and immediately waved to him happily.

Shen Juncheng also saw her at the same time, and also shouted in surprise, "Grandma!" Yan Bi immediately stood up and ran over, he could finally leave Xiaoying right and proper.

Xiaoying glanced at his receding figure, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The ice cream on the stone table melted into half a box of soft liquid, but the smell of vanilla lingered. Xiaoying glanced at the box, and then at the hall in the distance. At this time, there was no one there, so she Putting down the book, he took the box into his hand again, scooped it up with a spoon, and ate it, and just threw it away. It was a waste of money.

When she had the last bite, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in the yard. Xiaoying was startled, she turned her head and glanced, and it was Shen Juncheng who was walking towards the locust tree with the help of Grandma Wu. She hurriedly put the box back on the stone table, He wiped the back of his hand carelessly on his mouth twice, and hurriedly got up and walked over to meet him.

She thought she was doing it without anyone noticing, but she didn't want Shen Juncheng to have watched the scene of stealing food just now. He suppressed his smile, pretending he didn't see anything, and helped his grandma into the wicker chair.

Grandma Wu was very happy to see her grandson, her mind was much clearer than before, and she suddenly talked more. She took Shen Juncheng's hand to ask for warmth, and proudly recommended to Xiaoying, "Xiaocheng took the university entrance exam this year, and his grades are in the Their school is ranked in the top three, and last time his mother came over, she told me that he can choose any university in the country!"

It can be seen that Grandma Wu really loves her grandson.

According to Shen Juncheng's previous words and deeds, Xiaoying thought that he was at best an uneducated dude, but now that Grandma Wu introduced him, she couldn't help admiring him, because her own grades were always between good and bad. The position, learning is a difficult thing for her.

Shen Juncheng didn't feel too embarrassed about his grandmother's compliment, but just added, "Mom wants me to go abroad to study directly, but my dad doesn't agree. He said it's not too late to lay a good foundation in China first."

Xiaoying didn't dare to interrupt indiscriminately after hearing this, and "study abroad" was a word that was too far away for her to touch.At that time, her biggest wish was to be admitted to a relatively good university in China, graduate as soon as possible, and find a job to support herself.

"Your father can't bear to part with you." Grandma Wu said with a smile, "If you want me to say, it's always a good thing to go out and see more when you are young. What do you mean?"

In fact, in the brief communication with Grandma Wu, Xiaoying also felt that she was a very open-minded old lady. If she didn't have extraordinary mind and insight, how could she raise all five children so well? !

For the first time, Xiaoying saw a hint of confusion on Shen Juncheng's face, "I haven't figured it out yet, what they said makes sense. But," he paused for a moment, and a bright smile climbed onto his face again, "I think Let’s listen to my father, lay a solid foundation in domestic schools first, and figure out what you are suitable for, I think this is the most important.”

Grandma Wu didn't say anything after hearing this, but just touched the back of his head lovingly, as if he was still a five or six-year-old boy.

She suddenly remembered something, turned to Xiaoying and said, "Aunt Wang stewed mung bean soup today? Go and get two bowls out. Xia Tian drank Baihuo's. Remember to add two spoonfuls of sugar to Xiaocheng's bowl—— He likes something sweet."

"Hey, okay." Xiaoying responded crisply, got up and ran into the house.

She didn't know that Shen Juncheng's gaze had been following her back until she was submerged in the invisible blackness.

Xiaoying was busy in the kitchen when there was a sudden noise behind her, and when she looked back, it was Shen Juncheng who jumped in.

"Want to help?" He seemed to be in a better mood again, and asked Xiaoying regardless of past suspicions.

"No, it'll be ready soon." Two bowls of mung bean soup had already been served on the table, and Xiaoying was scooping sugar from the sugar bowl into the bowl in her left hand.

"Hey! Here, wipe it off." Shen Juncheng suddenly put his face in front of her eyes, pointing his finger at the corner of his mouth and said to her.

"Eh?" Xiaoying was puzzled, and turned to look at him, only to see Shen Juncheng's treacherous eyes with a teasing smile.

A little flustered, she raised her hand to wipe the corner of her mouth. When she looked at the back of her hand, it turned out that there was a little melted cream on it. Now it was printed on the back of her hand, which became evidence of her "unfirmness". Her face It became popular all of a sudden, and the matter of stealing ice cream was exposed like this.

Looking at her flushed face, Shen Juncheng was suddenly in a good mood, whistled and walked over, picked up a bowl in each hand, "I took it away!"

While walking, I still didn’t forget to turn around and tell her, “You can also serve a bowl to eat yourself!”

Xiaoying originally thought that Shen Juncheng was also a visitor to Grandma Wu's house, but she was wrong. After that, she could see this young master at Wu's house almost every afternoon.

Shen Juncheng told her that he would come to live in his grandmother's old house almost every summer vacation. The air here is good and cool, and he doesn't even need to turn on the air conditioner when he sleeps at night.He came late this year because he went on a trip with his classmates as soon as the college entrance examination was over. As soon as he came back, he wanted to see his grandmother. He heard from his aunt that her health has been deteriorating recently.

"My grandma is very pitiful. At such an age, there is no one around her who is willing to talk to her. She also likes children. I remember that when we were young, we went to grandma's house to play during the holidays. It's a pity. , now that we are all grown up, we are busy with our own affairs all day long, and we rarely have time to see her. I am the youngest of all my brothers and sisters. After I go to college, I can’t come back to spend time with my grandma. too much."

When she said this, Xiaoying was looking for books for Grandma Wu in her study. Shen Juncheng's words changed Xiaoying's view of him. It turned out that his thoughts were also very delicate, not as she thought. Heartless.

"My aunt came to you, probably to make up for this regret of grandma, but I really didn't expect her to find you! You... Sigh."

Xiaoying's requesting hand rested on the shelf, and she turned to ask him dissatisfiedly, "What's wrong with me?"

"You don't talk much at all, you're just a boring gourd." Shen Juncheng said, walked up to her, and stared at her, "Did I say you wrong? We stayed in the study for a total of 7 minutes, and it was all me." Talking non-stop, all you said was that 'what's wrong with me?'"

He imitated her accent and spoke in a voice that made goose bumps even on his own skin.

Xiaoying held the book in her hand, and brushed past him expressionlessly.

"Hey! Why are you still not responding?" Shen Juncheng was almost discouraged by her lack of haste.

Xiaoying had already walked to the door, and she didn't forget to turn her head and said to him, "Don't you feel thirsty after talking so much? There is mung bean soup in the kitchen, you can go and get a bowl for yourself."

Shen Juncheng felt that he had really lost to her.

He really went downstairs and drank a bowl of cold mung bean soup, not because he was thirsty, but because he wanted to calm down his anger.

Back under the old locust tree, Xiaoying had already started reading to her grandmother, and today she chose "Animal Farm".

"Xiaocheng, come, sit down and listen together." Grandma greeted him, and at the same time explained with a smile: "Xiaoying reads very well."

Shen Juncheng sat beside his grandmother in a dull mood, and Xiaoying in front of him looked focused, already immersed in the world of the book.

"It was a miserable winter. Immediately after the stormy weather, there was sleet and then snow. Then came the severe cold, which lasted until February. The animals They are all rushing to build the windmill because they know full well that the outside world is watching them..."

As he listened, Shen Juncheng's thoughts gradually merged into the book. From time to time, he glanced at Xiaoying who was reading aloud. She had been reading for more than half an hour, but her voice was still so full, and she was not rushing.

He suddenly felt how different Xiaoying was when she was reading aloud, and how different she was when she was lifeless. At this moment, her face is so vivid, her voice is so passionate, and even her crystal eyes are shining several times more than usual. the light!

It's unbelievable that the same person can be so different!

How can we activate Han Xiaoying in reality?Shen Juncheng's mind gradually drifted away from the book, and he began to meditate on the silken sash hanging from the old locust tree.

An hour later, Grandma Wu's energy was low and she couldn't bear to go to sleep for a while. Shen Juncheng rushed to help Xiaoying go to the back room.

"Go ahead and watch." He winked at her.

When he returned, Xiaoying had almost read the entire book.

"This book is really interesting." The light in her eyes had not yet dissipated, she glanced at Shen Juncheng naturally with a smile on her face.

Shen Juncheng immediately sat down opposite her, "This is a political fable written by George Orwell. Don't you think that the situation and actions of animals are actually very similar to humans?"

Xiaoying nodded, "I feel it. Look at the last sentence: 'The creatures outside see humans from pigs, pigs from humans, and humans from pigs, but they can't tell who is the pig. , who is a human being.' How sharp the criticism is! Whether it is an animal or a human, because of selfishness, simple things will become complicated."

"My grandma likes to read this book the most." He stared at her, not drunk.

Xiaoying didn't notice the strangeness in his eyes, and looked at the old title page again. The version was indeed old enough to be called an antique, "Well, I can see it."

The point that Shen Juncheng wanted to talk to her was obviously not this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at her slowly and said: "I found that as long as you read a book, it's like a different person, becoming very... Lively, but once Back in reality, all the magic is gone, and you're a taciturn person again."

Xiaoying was taken aback when she heard the words, and then she smiled covertly, "So you also like to read Grimm's fairy tales, are you talking about the story of Cinderella?"

"I'm talking about you." He stared at her, refusing to give an inch, and the search in his eyes deepened, "Have you ever experienced... um, something unpleasant?"

Xiaoying's face gradually changed, and she suddenly lowered her head.

The change of expression on her face could only have been revealed if she hadn't been on her guard, despite her best efforts to conceal it.

Shen Juncheng's heart trembled for no reason, he felt that he had touched her lifeblood, but he still didn't understand what it would be.

When Xiaoying raised her head again, her expression had already returned to calm, so calm that Shen Juncheng was frustrated, as if a snatched loach took advantage of it and slipped away again.

"Shen Juncheng, someone told me before that saliva is also the essence of human beings. Since it is the essence, it must be spent on important places. How do you think you are doing?"

"Me, what's wrong with me?" Facing her cold tone, Shen Juncheng was a little bit tongue-tied.

But Xiaoying had already got up with the book in her arms, and walked into the hall without looking back.

Shen Juncheng, who was left in the yard, felt embarrassed for the first time. This kind of embarrassment was completely different from what he had learned from his parents in the past. But he couldn't get angry at all.

His intuition told him that he offended Xiaoying unintentionally.

Before leaving, Aunt Wang told Xiaoying, "Remember to drink a bowl of the medicine in the casserole for the old lady in an hour. The weather is stuffy these two days, and her rheumatism happened again. Remember, let her drink it up." .”

Xiaoying nodded in agreement, with a hesitant look on her face, "Auntie, in the past two days, Grandma Wu has called me 'Afang' several times..."

(End of this chapter)