Chapter 20: Ambiguous Innocence
When you look up at the stars that have fallen instantly in the sky, where is the person who accompanied you to watch the meteor shower for the first time? Whose hand is he holding and laughing?
Lan Ke was going to move back to the old apartment where her parents lived. It was only one community away from Feng Xixi's house. Two single women and a child took care of them to some extent. It took two days of cleaning the house before the smell of dust disappeared.
Son, Xixi and I went on a shopping spree, filling up the empty house.
There are three rows of wood-framed photos on a long, sturdy pine desk. In the back row is a picture of my mother in a dark blue dress leaning against a car, with her father in a shirt and jeans standing next to her. The middle picture is
There is a family of three. Lan Ke is sitting on his father's lap, with a sullen little face and a reserved expression.
Lan Ke took out another photo frame from his luggage bag and placed it in the middle of the front row. It was a photo of Ning Tian in his bachelor's uniform. Side by side was a photo taken on Halloween when he was five years old, against an exaggerated and weird background.
, Ning Tian, who is dressed in a Gothic style, is like a little prince in a fairy tale world.
After everything was cleaned up, both of them almost fell down from exhaustion, but someone picked up the remote control first and threw it on the sofa, showing his signature flattering smile from time to time.
Lan Ke could only clean up and start cooking in the kitchen to reward himself and Xixi.
After a while, I saw Feng Xixi leaning on the door frame of the kitchen, her perfect figure on full display, but she said with a rather sad look in her eyes, "I can only watch this year's Leonid meteor shower with you."
"What's so good about that? Besides, it's so cold. Do you plan on the two of us shivering together on the balcony just to watch a few stars disappear in a blink of an eye?"
"This year I want to go to the countryside to watch. Astronomy enthusiasts on the Internet said that the area around the lake is the most suitable viewing spot. I want to make a wish... I hope grandma will recover soon."
Lan Ke originally wanted to laugh at her when she started to adopt a literary and fresh style, but seeing her filial piety, she smiled and said, "Okay, but you are responsible for the food and clothing."
"My dear, I love you so much!" Feng Xixi hugged Lan Ke's arm like a little girl who got candy. Lan Ke shivered and said with a smile, "Go, be careful of oil splashing!"
After setting up the telescope, adjusting the polar axis, and calculating the best position to observe the meteor shower, Chu Xuan was ready for everything, but what troubled him the most was Ye Xiaolu behind him, who was running all over the mountain on high heels and chasing after her. Here she comes
I was only wearing a coat, and I was already shivering from the cold.
"You, take off your clothes!" Ye Xiaolu squinted his eyes and said to Chu Yun next to Chu Xuan.
Who would have thought that people didn't buy her account at all, and she still stood there motionless, with her originally delicate face as expressionless as an ice cube.
"Brother Chu Xuan, look at him..." Ye Xiaolu spoke in a longer tone, and Chu Xuan was forced to turn back and say to Chu Yun, "Go to the car and get her that blanket."
Seeing that he seemed a little reluctant, Chu Xuan added, "Or, you gave her your coat."
Chu Yun's mouth twitched and he hurriedly went down the mountain to get it.
Lan Ke and Feng Xixi were so wrapped up that they almost turned into two snowballs. When they slowly climbed up the mountain, they saw that the mountain was already full of people in twos and threes. Apart from astronomy enthusiasts, they were mostly young lovers.
"What do you think we are? We all live in pairs," Lan Ke complained.
"We are also a couple, hahaha..." Feng Xixi put her arm around Lan Ke's shoulder and said with a smile, and suddenly asked, "Who did you watch the Leonid meteor shower with for the first time, Ning Tian?"
"No." Lan Ke shook her head, it should be Chu Xuan. She still clearly remembers that she might have had a twitch that night and wanted to get close to Chu Xuan so much...
On the roof of Ningyuan at night, the place closest to the starry sky, countless emotions happened in similar situations. Lan Ke simply sat on the guardrail with his legs crossed. Looking at the starry sky from this position was an extremely comfortable thing.
"Are you going to jump off the building?" An unhurried voice came from behind, and Lan Ke knew it was Young Master Chu without even turning around.
She turned around and saw Chu Xuan, who was dressed in light-colored clothes and looked indescribably elegant under the starlight. Lan Ke thought that Chu Xuan had nothing to do with "su" and "elegant". It wasn't that his temperament was bad, it was just that he was ordinary
He had a more gloomy look. It was as if this was the first time I saw this handsome guy at night. The starlight coated him with a thin halo, giving people the illusion that he was not like a human being.
"Yeah, come and save me, hahaha."
He didn't even glance at her, he just opened the box behind him and said, "If you want to jump down, you might as well say you can come over at level 4 more reliably."
He and Ning Tian were already used to this, so Lan Ke just pursed his lips and freed himself from the guardrail, "What is it?"
In her expectant eyes, Chu Xuan set up a telescope.
"Where are you from?" she asked the person who was focusing on him, trying to find something to say.
"Moved from home."
"Hiss" Lan Ke suddenly felt a little cold. His problem was that he was a bit of an idiot, so he had to pretend to want to see the stars and make a fuss, "Show me, show me."
Chu Xuan stepped aside angrily and said somewhat mockingly, "Can you recognize them?"
"Tch, actually you are quite handsome, but this arrogant expression is the worst thing you can do. Anyone who likes you will definitely be scared away," Lan Ke said while putting his head in front of the telescope.
The speaker was unintentional, but the person behind her paused and frowned again.
"Don't frown all the time, no one else owes you much." Lan Ke looked for her favorite Orion and waved to the people behind her.
Chu Xuan was startled, but what he saw when he raised his head was that she was looking at the camera intently. It seemed that she had guessed that she was frowning again. She sighed to herself and looked at the person in front of her who had been busy for a long time but could not find the target.
, had no choice but to walk over, "I'll come, what are you looking for?"
"Orion." He said briefly.
"How can Orion be in the south in summer at this time?" Chu Xuan helped with the operation, not forgetting to tease her.
"I forgot, I forgot, haha."
When she came closer to the camera, she was attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of her: it was a nebula composed of several stars, and the dark night sky was flashing with fantastic colors. Each one of them seemed to be moving and changing, like a flowing bright diamond.
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While beating his sour and sleepy neck, Lan Ke suddenly found that the person next to him was looking up at the sky with a focused expression. Following his gaze, Lan Ke saw large swathes of meteor showers. He held his breath and concentrated for a moment, as they emitted bright light in the holy place.
As they crossed the sky, they seemed to also cross Lan Ke's heart. She didn't dare to blink for fear of missing each one of them.
It is said that a handsome boy must have a good temperament. Lan Ke didn't think so before, thinking that a handsome guy without a good temperament would be considered a handsome guy if he looked closely for a long time. Chu Xuan suddenly broke the theory she had always insisted on.
Lan Ke's heart suddenly twitched, and before he came back to his senses, he lowered his head and asked, "Why didn't you remind me to make a wish?"
"What's the promise? The foreign language teacher will be sick for a semester?" Chu Xuan seemed to be indifferent but said sarcastically, "Idiot, I believe this."
As if he was angry, his mouth was pursed tightly, with an alluring childishness, and she suddenly discovered that he had been making jokes about her since she didn't know when.
The eyes of the person next to him were clear and seemed very happy. This person seemed to be unable to hold anything in his heart, and all his thoughts were poured into his eyes.
In a daze, Lan Ke suddenly wanted to know what kind of people his parents were, and how could they give birth to such an outstanding person?
She reached out and touched him. He tilted his head and looked at her sideways, "What's wrong?"
"Aren't your parents very beautiful?"
He suddenly laughed and said, "Lang Ke, you are a little strange today."
"I know, don't worry about this for now. Let's talk about your parents' appearance first. I'm very curious."
"They are very ordinary." He glanced at her as he said, "As ordinary as you."
Ignoring his insulting words, Lan Ke said, "So, you have a genetic mutation."
He raised an eyebrow.
"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" She wanted to see if others could tell about the wonder of inheritance.
"Are you checking your household registration?" The originally lazy person now became "vigilant".
"No, don't look at me like a bad person." He stood on tiptoe gently, looked at the brightest star in the distance, and said quietly, "I just want to get to know you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he might have said something wrong. He turned around suddenly and saw the person staring at him with a strange expression.
The silence in the air was so terrifying. For a long time, she had no time to explain it, and she didn't know how to explain it. It was like all her malicious intentions were suddenly exposed to the scorching sun, so clearly and distinctly in her mind.
When his courage ran out, he suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and said, "No, there is only one cousin."
The corner of Lan Ke's mouth twitched sharply this time, but he just opened his mouth and didn't know how to respond. He is definitely a Tai Chi master. In addition to being able to turn attacks invisible, he can also retaliate with his own body.
She always thought that they watched the meteor shower together that night, but Chu Xuan knew that he suddenly went crazy for no reason and let her occupy the telescope he had been waiting for to record meteors.
The two yawned and walked down the mountain. Lan Ke pinched Feng Xixi's forehead and said with a smile, "The old man's illness will definitely be cured. Didn't you make a wish? Don't frown all the time."
Stop frowning all the time? A familiar voice pulled Chu Xuan's thoughts deeply to the balcony many years ago. Was it her? Chu Xuan didn't have time to pack up the telescope and turned to look in the direction of the voice. No.
Uncontrollably, I wanted to see if her expression at this moment was the same silly smile as before. She quickly shuttled through the crowd, and finally found a figure, grabbed her arm, and faced an unfamiliar face.
Face, he quickly let go of his hand and apologized, "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person."
"Are you looking for Miss Lan? She just walked that way, and she should be able to catch up now." Chu Yun hurried a few steps to catch up and pointed in the direction down the mountain.
So it was indeed her. She paused and suddenly lost the urge to pursue him. She breathed out and waved her hand, "Forget it, let's go."
At this moment, Ye Xiaolu came over panting and asked out of breath, "What are you chasing after that makes you look crazy?"
I saw his eyelashes curling slightly, and his dark eyes were still full of gloom. Ye Xiaolu suddenly shut up and looked down the mountain. Although there was no figure, she probably knew who it was.
Chapter completed!