Chapter 20: like

Over time, the memory will gradually mottle away something. But some things, some scenes, will surely shine like the most stubborn color block, as long as new. For Xue Xi, this is exactly the scene before him.
It's like a scene in a movie. The balloon lights on the cobblestone floor moved slowly, and the cold air penetrated through the neck in winter, but people didn't even feel the cold, but very warm. It was quiet all around, but it seemed to hear the excitement.
He hasn't been able to celebrate his birthday in three years.
Zhou Yizhi saw the young man froze there, and urged him: "Come in!"
Xue Xi licked his dry lips and walked towards her with three steps and two steps.
As soon as the two entered the door, they smelled the aroma from the kitchen. Aunt He was cooking ribs, and the housekeeper was still squatting in the corner and stepping on balloons. A bunch of balloons were thrown around him, creating a very birthday atmosphere.
Xue Xi subconsciously glanced at the cake in his hand, only then did he realize-Zhou Yizhi made the cake twice by himself and made it for him...?
He was flattered and almost felt like he was deeply in a dream, but everything in front of him was so real.
There was an indescribable feeling in my heart.
Xue Xi couldn't help holding his breath lightly, and the corners of his mouth rose uncontrollably.
He was planning to put the cake on the coffee table, but suddenly he felt that the cake was on the coffee table. The coffee table became cheaper. He continued to carry the cake and looked towards Zhou Yizhi.
It was the first time Zhou Yizhi did this secretly arranged birthday surprise. She was very unskilled. When she was looked at by her brother, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She pretended to look calmly towards the ceiling and then turned her head to fly. He ran over and squatted next to the housekeeper, and had nothing to say: "Ah, Uncle He, I will help you get a balloon!"
The housekeeper quickly said: "Don't don't don't, I can do this kind of thing, isn't it Xue Xi's birthday today? You kids, hurry up and play!"
Hearing the sound, Aunt He poked her head out of the kitchen, shook the water in her hand, and said to the two of them: "I don't know when you will be back, so Aunt He is late for dinner. Are you hungry? Eat some fruit mat first. Keep your stomach up. Don’t eat cakes, it’s too easy to get tired. You can eat it as a dessert after you finish."
Zhou Yizhi nodded and said, "Yeah, good."
Xue Xi walked to the coffee table, drew a paper towel and wiped the coffee table, and then put the cake on the top. The one he made was pressed underneath, and the one made by Zhou Yizhi was placed on it solemnly.
One of Zhou Yi looked at him while blowing up a balloon. He was so shy when he saw it.
The ugly cake I made by myself is not too bad for my brother.
Xue Xi took a fruit knife from the kitchen, placed the plate underneath, put an orange, rolled up his sleeves, showing the beautiful forearm, and cut the orange into eight pieces. He took the plate and walked to Zhou Yizhi's side. , Said to her: "First eat some oranges to cushion your belly."
Zhou Yizhi looked at his beautiful hands, then raised his eyes and looked at him. Although his brother didn't say anything, the lively warmth came from the corners of his eyebrows. He looked at himself, his eyes were very gentle, and the corners of his mouth were involuntarily tilted up slightly... Zhou Yizhi knew it, and his brother was very happy.
Somehow, seeing him happy, Zhou Yizhi couldn't help but grinned and laughed.
The smile was clean and a little silly: "Brother, why do you cut oranges so well?! All eight pieces are so even?!"
The butler was a little surprised at Zhou Yizhi's support. He glanced at the orange on Xue Xi's plate. It was indeed cut well, but why did the young lady suddenly be so generous with flattering? ! What about the cold and provocative before? !
"It's very simple." Xue Xi said calmly, but as if infected by her smile, Xue Xi's ears suddenly turned red. He walked to the coffee table and put the cut oranges there: "Here."
"Yeah." Zhou Yizhi took a piece of orange, went to the trash can to tear off the skin, and stuffed it into his mouth contentedly.
Xue Xi sat down on the sofa, pulled a tissue, and wiped the corner of her mouth.
The housekeeper and Aunt He saw the interaction between the two, and they were slightly surprised. In fact, before the boy came to Zhou's house, the two were worried about Zhou Yizhi's resistance. Will he reject this young man because of this, thinking of a way to punish him-the cousin who came to Zhou's house before has not been punishable by Zhou Yizhi.
But it never expected that things would develop in another direction that they hadn't expected. Except for the awkwardness between the two when Xue Xi first arrived, now the two accompany each other and go to school together, and the relationship is very harmonious.
He is very fond of the young lady, and the young lady seems to like him.
The housekeeper and Aunt He are happy to see this.
Aunt He made a table of dishes with ribs and shrimps, because Zhou Yizhi told me in advance that Xue Xi liked to eat almost all of the dishes on this big table tonight, and Aunt He did it with great care, full of color, fragrance, and direct shot. Zhang photos can be uploaded to food websites without any filters.
When Xue Xi sat down and looked at the table full of dishes according to his own taste, he couldn't help but glance at Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yizhi didn't notice it, and was biting his chopsticks with a smile, and said to Aunt He and the housekeeper, "Let's eat together."
Aunt He and the housekeeper did not refuse. They sat down and ate together. After eating and drinking, both the housekeeper and Aunt He raised their cups and said to Xue Xi, "Happy birthday, I hope you and the lady will be healthy and healthy in the future." Xue In the past, my heart moved slightly, with a sincere smile at the corner of his mouth, and said "Thank you Aunt He and Uncle" to the two.
The housekeeper’s glass is wine, and the others’ cups are Sprite. After the wine is a bit on his head, the housekeeper can’t help boasting that his son in the sixth grade of elementary school has taken the first place in mathematics. He will definitely be able to go to a good university after being so smart. After going to a good university and making money for him, he no longer works as a housekeeper.
Aunt He looked embarrassed and tried to wake him up.
Zhou Yizhi couldn't help but smile. She turned her head to look at Xue Xi. The young man had a handsome face and smiled. Looking at her, after thinking about it, she stretched out her hand and moved a dish that Zhou Yizhi liked to her.
Zhou Yizhi couldn't help muttering: "I'm full, I can't eat anymore..."
After eating and drinking, the housekeeper became a little awake and asked Zhou Yizhi: "Miss, where are the cakes you bought back, can you divide me two pieces for me to take back?"
Zhou Yi lifted it up, "It's over there."
The butler walked over to take it.
But Zhou Yizhi suddenly remembered an important thing-the cake she made is so ugly! How can the housekeeper and Aunt He see it? !
Watching the housekeeper trying to open the cake on top, Zhou Yizhi stood up in a panic to stop it, but before that, Xue Xi, who was beside him, had already strode past, holding the housekeeper's hand that was about to touch the cake, and said to the housekeeper. He smiled and said, "Uncle He, take the following one back, and leave the above one for me and Yizhi."
The butler didn't care which one, he took the one below and divided it with Aunt He.
Zhou Yizhi was relieved and wiped his mouth with a paper towel.
Xue Xi held her cake in his arms and looked back at her. He didn't know if it was because the corners of his mouth were smiling. When the lights came down, his expression looked so gentle. The teenager is tall and tall, with a wide back and narrow waist, with sleeves rolled up, and young and clean.
Zhou Yizhi looked at him like this, and suddenly felt a little restless in his heart. After returning from rebirth for so long, his brother is gentle and gentle to himself, as always, but he still hasn't liked himself-when will he like himself? what? !
Zhou Yizhi wailed inwardly.
Because he didn't feel about himself yet, he couldn't do a lot of things, couldn't kiss, and couldn't hold him. Raising him is like raising a monk.
Is it because of his own flirtation that is not enough?
Zhou Yizhi thought.
Do I have to work harder?
The housekeeper had to go home at night. Aunt He washed the dishes and said hello to Zhou Yizhi and was leaving. Zhou Yizhi answered, staring at the half-bottle of red wine left, and suddenly blessed.
She poured the red wine into her glass and drank it in one sip before Xue Xi could react.
Xue Xi snatched her cup. Her cup was empty. Xue Xi frowned and said, "Why do you drink this suddenly? There is Sprite next to it."
Zhou Yizhi wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "I'm too thirsty."
Speaking of Zhou Yizhi, she is a little proud. Her drink volume varies with the week. She can be said to be a thousand glasses without getting drunk. Whether it is beer or red wine, it is difficult to get drunk. Drinking half a bottle of liquor doesn't feel too much except for dizziness.
Zhou Du relied on this amount of alcohol to mix well in the business arena, and Zhou Yizhi never caused any embarrassment just because of a little alcohol.
Therefore, she had finished a glass of red wine at this time, as if she had drunk a drink, except for her thirst, she felt nothing at all.
――But the problem is that the sixteen-year-old brother doesn't know.
He saw her drinking for the first time, and he didn't know how much she was drinking. If she did something through her drunkenness, the next day she stared at her innocently, and said like a deer that she had forgotten, what could his brother say.
Zhou Yizhi held his chin with one hand, and stared at Xue Xi with a smile, but quickly thought of a small idea in his heart.
The things on the table have been cleaned up by Aunt He, Xue Xi said to Zhou Yizhi: "Go up and take a shower, then come down and cut the cake?"
Zhou Yizhi nodded, stood up, and walked forward, but swayed, walking to the stairs, almost staggering, Xue Xi's heart tightened, and he quickly stepped forward to support her.
"Be careful, is it because your feet hurt--"
Before he could ask, Zhou Yizhi, who was supported by him, suddenly turned around and looked up at him. His eyes were shining with water, and his hands suddenly touched his neck. His soft voice seemed to be soft and coquettish. There was a moment of teasing people's heart: "Brother, you carry me up."
Xue Xi looked at her with low eyes, and was stunned.
"Are you drunk?" Xue Xi asked.
Zhou Yizhi knows that everyone who is deeply drunk will definitely say that she is not drunk. In order to act more realistically, she waved her hands randomly: "I'm not drunk!"
The elder brother seemed to be at a loss. He paused, helped her stand firmly, walked up to her, and said dumbly: "Well, I will carry you upstairs."
Zhou Yizhi lay on his back, looking at the boy's red earlobe, and lightly leaned over and pecked.
The elder brother carrying her was about to go upstairs. Suddenly, his body became stiff, his whole body was dumbfounded, and his raised feet stopped there.
Zhou Yizhi's heartbeat was also fast, lying on his back in a disguised manner, and shouting again: "I'm not drunk! Not drunk!"
Is not drunk.
Xue Xi's heart was beating a drum, and his head was like three thunders. He thought incredibly, how could she be drunk with just such a glass of red wine? He knew that she had always been drinking well.
But if you are not drunk, how can you do something like this to yourself? !
She kissed her earlobe?
Did she kiss her earlobe just now? !