Xia Xi opened his eyes slightly, glanced at the person in front of him, and then closed them again.

"Why are you staring at me like this every day?" There was tiredness in his voice.

Xia Xia sat cross-legged next to Xia Xi, motionless and quietly waiting for her brother to wake up, like this every day.

"You can still sleep a little longer." Xia Tian said.

"I'll have a headache all day long if I wake up and go back to sleep. What did you do? It smells so good." Xia Xi reluctantly raised her eyelids.

"Millet porridge, boiled eggs, burritos." Xia Tian put breakfast on the small dining table in sequence.

"Did you bake this cake?"

“The hand pancakes I bought, paired with lettuce sauce and ham sausage, it’s a delicious burrito.”

"Quite good at it."

"It's quite simple. I'm just afraid that if you eat these things every day, you'll get tired of it."

"It tastes better than what's cooked outside. By the way, I'll pick you up at 2pm, so you can prepare it in advance."

"Why go?"

"I will buy you a ring. The cat has been at home for almost a week, and you are not afraid of mold."

"I like to stay at home."

"Your age is the time to have fun. Staying at home and playing with your mobile phone is the retirement life of an old lady."

This is not the impression of my younger sister. When I went home with her from school, I would often see a group of little girls surrounding her, saying loudly things that were not funny, but everyone was laughing like crazy.

If the brother and sister don't go out to play together on Saturdays and Sundays, they will definitely not see her. They usually go crazy with their friends and don't come back until very late.

But that was when she was in junior high school.

Xia Tian, ​​who was sitting opposite him at this moment, found it difficult to connect with her at that time. Not only had she become very quiet, but her cell phone was also very quiet. Occasionally, she could be seen replying to one or two WeChat messages, and most of the time she was scrolling.

Short videos or watching American TV series.

"Tiantian, do you get along well with your roommate?" Xia Xi asked her after dinner.

"It's good. Yanyan and I are in the same dormitory, and the other two girls are both gentle-tempered." Xia Tian replied.

"I'm in the same university as Yanyan! It seems that our family is full of yin and yang." Xia Xi admired her cousin's intelligence.

"Actually, Yanyan's first choice was not our school. She performed exceptionally well in the college entrance examination. She could have gone to the medical university she had always dreamed of and became a pediatrician after graduation, but for some reason she didn't go." Xia Tian said, "

She hasn't changed much, she's still the same. By the way, you saw her last time in the villa."

"Yeah, you're still so lively and active." Xia Xi carefully chose her words and said in a joking tone, "You've changed a lot. I thought you either couldn't get along with your friends in the dormitory or at home.

I suffered mental abuse, or I was stupid during the three years of high school."

He guessed two things correctly.

"As people grow up, they naturally change."

Xia Tian also wanted to tell him how he survived the three years of high school by studying hard, and how he faced his mother who was like a living dead alone when he returned home. Every time the words came to his lips, they felt like they were stuck in his throat.

It is not a happy thing in the first place, and saying it will serve no purpose other than adding to the misery.

"You have become much more stable. Last time we were in the villa, I thought you would throw all the takeaways on Cheng Xiaolan's face." Xia Tian turned the conversation to Xia Xi.

"You can survive by relying on your fists and temper, unless you join the underworld." Xia Xi's eyes showed a hint of helplessness, "Come on, don't say anything anymore, I'm leaving. I'll pick you up in the afternoon. I'll call you, so hurry downstairs.

"

"knew."

"I've learned a lot in my profession. I simply avoided the question with just one sentence, and even attacked me in turn. This girl..." Xia Xi muttered softly and walked out of the door. She entered the elevator and was still talking to herself, "If you don't want to say anything, just

Don't tell me, I guess I haven't lived happily in the past few years, and the light in my eyes has disappeared."

The elevator door reflected his tall and thin figure, and his handsome and thin cheeks made him even more melancholy.

"Oh, the light in my eyes is gone." Xia Xi looked at her dark yellow eyes, "Why didn't she notice it? Or did she think it was just a lack of vitamins?"

Little did Xia Xi know that his sister's eyes could no longer see any color. Without Chengze, everything in her eyes could only be seen in three colors: black, white and gray.

When you are busy, time will pass quickly. When Xia Xi feels hungry, it is almost the appointed time.

After delivering the last meal, he rushed home all the way. Although he was very anxious, he listened to his sister's words and did not compete with the car. However, whenever he encountered a red light, he would slam the car handle in a hurry.

Xia Xi parked the car at the gate of the community. Less than 5 minutes after making the call, she saw Xia Xia trotting over.

"So fast!"

"I went downstairs in advance and will be waiting for your call on the first floor."

"Come up, have you been waiting for a long time?"

"Less than half an hour."

"Not up yet?" Xia Xi turned around and saw that she was trying hard to lift her down jacket up to her buttocks, then spread her legs and sat on the back seat.

"I should buy a short down jacket." Xia Tian hugged his brother's waist.

"It's useless for me to let you ride an electric car in the winter." Xia Xi said sadly.

"Electric bicycles are very good. Some people can't even afford bicycles. I can't afford one." Xia Tian hugged his arm tightly.

"Where can I buy bicycles now? There are shared bicycles all over the streets." Xia Xi's tone returned to normal, "Let's go."

The cold wind blew past his ears, and his hat was blown off several times. Xia Tian simply buried his head in his brother's back and held the front of the hat with his forehead, but the wind still blew into his face from the left and right sides.

Finally arriving at the shopping mall, Xia Tian shivered when the warm breeze blew from the door.

The heat in the body has been blown away by the cold wind. Now the skin is hot but the inside is ice.

Xia Xi led the way, as if he was very familiar with this shopping mall. He walked quickly through the crowd, walked through the tobacco and alcohol area, and came to the jewelry area with real gold and silver.

"Wait, I have a runny nose, brother--" Xia Tian took out a piece of tissue paper and wiped the cold snot from his nose.

"Do you have a runny nose?" Xia Xi stopped and turned around to get a tissue to wipe her nose with.

"It's too cold outside, even colder than the last time I came here." Xia Tian said coquettishly.

"After buying the ring, let's go upstairs to eat. It won't be cold in a while." Xia Xi said, "Come and see, what brand do you like?"

"Anything is fine."

"come over."

After passing several jewelry stores, the clerks glanced at them and continued chatting or tallying goods. Only one clerk greeted them.

"Whatever you choose, please come in and take a look."

This store looked quite grand. Xia Xi pushed Xia Tian into a chair and sat down, then said to the clerk: "Buy gold rings and choose a few that suit her."

The clerk was very enthusiastic and did not discriminate against Xia Xi because of his eye-catching work clothes.

The jewelry box was padded with red velvet, and on it were placed a dozen gold rings of different styles, all shining golden under the light.

Xia Tian picked up this one and put down that one, but she still couldn't make a decision. Every ring was gray in her eyes.

Then choose the simplest one.

Xia Tian picked up a ring with a smooth surface and asked his brother: "Does this look good?"

"Hmm -" Xia Xi frowned slightly. Although this ring looks quite high-quality, it is too plain. To put it bluntly, it is just a smooth gold ring. How can a girl like this style?

The clerk smiled and introduced: "The little beauty is very discerning. This one is from the ancient heritage series, and it also has a bracelet."

"Really? Try it on every day to see if the ring is the right size." Xia Xi doesn't know what ancient inheritance is, but she just thinks it sounds very high-end. "Bring the bracelet to her to try too."

"

The clerk thought they were an expectant couple and happily asked his companion to bring him the bracelet.

"Just buy the ring, no need for anything else." Xia Tian was really shocked.

The clerk tried to force the bracelet on Xia Tian, ​​but he rolled up her sleeves and discovered a golden bracelet. She was stunned for a moment, and immediately tried it on her other wrist.

"No need." Xia Tian retracted his wrist, "I already have a bracelet, so I don't need this one."

"Didn't someone else buy it for you?" Xia Xi winked at the clerk.

The clerk understood it and happily put it on Xia Tian. Then he and his colleagues praised how beautiful the bracelet looked on Xia Tian's wrist.

"Okay, let's make an invoice." Xia Xi said and walked around other counters. The clerk quickly followed and introduced several earrings and necklaces to him.

Xia Tian stood up and went over to stop him: "Just one ring is enough, I really don't need the others."

Xia Xi picked up a pair of earrings, weighed them in her ears and said, "Why can't I use them? This one looks good, let's vote for this one too."

Xia Tian hurriedly said to the clerk: "No, no, don't listen to him, I just want the ring."

The clerk took a few steps to prepare for the invoice, but after hearing this, he came back: "Little beauty, our jewelry is all made of pure gold, and the design is unique. I guarantee that every one you buy is unique. You are getting married.

Everything has to be different, don’t you think?”

Xia Xi: "..."

Xia Tian explained: "We are brother and sister."
To be continued...