As long as Huang Dan leaned forward in the corridor that day, Chen Yue sang with a group of boys.

They sang the same song and sang it for different people to listen to.

Almost all of youth was spent in the classroom, with the teacher giving serious lectures on the podium, and the teenagers dreaming beautifully below it, with the boys and girls they liked in their dreams.

Hot spell during autumn struggled for a while, and finally waved goodbye to everyone to see them next year.

The temperature has dropped completely. When the weather gets cold, students of this age still wear school uniforms with a shirt underneath and later a sweater etc. to protect themselves from the cold.

The students who sat by the window suffered greatly. The cold wind gave them a headache and runny noses.

There are two couples in the class clearly, unsure of what is coming in the dark. Some of them like to do some ambiguous tricks, such as pinching their faces, touching hairs, etc. Unexpectedly they don’t want to pierce that window paper or recognize Gege, Jiejie, Didi, Meimei. It’s just to send a note if anything happens.

There are also people who like each other but are not sure about each other, thinking that the other person likes someone else.

The emotions in adolescence are very simple, but these can also be very rich, which even adults cannot compare with.

The candidate for the class monitor has been decided. Everyone was surprised that Huang Dan did not participate. They all thought that he would be the class monitor.

The English teacher asked Wu Fang to go to her office to correct the papers, and she also called Huang Dan. He was not a class monitor and still can’t relax.

Wu Fang is the English class representative. She comes to the teacher’s office every evening to get a tape recorder. She is very familiar with the office and talks to Huang Dan when she enters the door, telling her about the embarrassing things that happened when she first came here.

Huang Dan is not a chatty person and only responds briefly.

Wu Fang’s love for Huang Dan was admiration. She never thought of confessing her feelings to him, let alone becoming a couple with him. It was too unrealistic.

After correcting most of the paper, Wu Fang exclaimed, “Huang Dan, I didn’t eat much for dinner, and I’m quite hungry now. How about you?”

Huang Dan said he was a little hungry.

It’s the first period of evening self-study, and the cafeteria has already closed.

Wu Fang excitedly suggested, “Why don’t we go to the shop to buy some food?”

Huang Dan shook his head, “I’m not going.”

Wu Fang didn’t force it. She took off the hair tie and tied it up again with her hands. “What do you want to eat? I’ll bring it back to you.”

Huang Dan said, “Hongdou’s bread and White Rabbit toffee.”

Wu Fang laughed out loud, with a friendly smile on her young and clean face, “The whole school knows that you like to eat white rabbits. Girls in every class give them to you. You receive so much every day and it’s still not enough?”

She zipped up her school uniform, “I loved eating sweets when I was a kid, and my mother always told me that eating too much sugar is bad for my teeth.”

Huang Dan said, “I only eat one candy a day.”

Wu Fang opened her eyes in shock, “Really, what about the other white rabbits?”

Huang Dan said, “Gave it to Jiang Long.”

Wu Fang said puzzledly, “Jiang Long doesn’t keep his mouth shut. He can quibble about anything for a long time. Why haven’t I heard him mention this matter?”

Huang Dan didn’t raise his eyes and said nonchalantly, “He gave those candies to others.”

Wu Fang, “……” will definitely live a good life in the future.

Huang Dan put down the red ballpoint pen after Wu Fang went out. He stretched his hands and feet, opened the door and stood outside.

The office was on the second floor, very close to the school gate. Standing here, Huang Dan could see the lights at the door, which seemed insignificant in the dim campus.

Not long after, Wu Fang came back with food, “The white rabbit is not there. Fortunately, I ran into Chen Yue when I came out. I smelled the toffee smell in his mouth and asked for one.”

She took out a white rabbit from her pocket and said, “Here, your white rabbit.”

Huang Dan reached out and took it away, peeled off the candy wrapper and put the toffee into his mouth, “Thank you.”

Wu Fang said, “You are lucky. Chen Yue happened to have it with him. I asked him for it and he gave it to me.”

When she said this, Wu Fang’s face was slightly hot and a little red. She walked into the office and said with a smile, “I can’t tell, you guys also like to eat sweets. Boys are just like us girls.”

Huang Dan didn’t say anything, just rolled the toffee with his tongue and slowly ate it.

The weather was dry, and some students had blisters on their mouths, while others had acne on their faces. Starting from their foreheads and cheeks, they sprouted up one by one like mushrooms after a rain.

Huang Dan got excessive heat. When he was doing the questions, a drop of blood fell on the draft paper, and then he realized that he had a nosebleed. It didn’t hurt or itch, and he didn’t feel anything at all.

Jiang Long shouted, “Damn it, Huang Dan, you have a nosebleed!”

Everyone else in the class looked towards the first row in the middle, including Chen Yue, whose butts had already left the seat.

Huang Dan took out half a packet of hearttex from his desk pocket, took out two and pinched his nose before going out.

Chen Yue looked at the back door for a while. Why hasn’t he come back yet? He almost chewed the tip of his ballpoint pen.

Liu Feng was about to talk to Chen Yue, but when he turned around, he saw him pulling up his chair and running out.

Recently, he has been like a little yellow dog in spring, full of energy.

Huang Dan lowered his head and washed the blood on his hands at the faucet. After returning he wanted to tell Song Min that he would eat something light.

Also said it after a nosebleed back then.

Huang Dan stood up straight, turned around, and met Chen Yue behind him. He didn’t know how long he had been standing there.

Chen Yue said lazily, “What are you looking at? I came out to pee.”

Huang Dan asked him, “Done?”

Chen Yue said nonchalantly, “What else? Holding in urine will affect physical and mental health.”

Huang Dan looked at him.

Chen Yue first looked away. He kicked away the stones at his feet and then raised his head. He pointed his finger at the left side of Huang Dan’s nose, “Hey, there’s still blood there.”

The plot that appeared in the idol drama did not happen. Huang Dan accurately touched the location of the blood stains and did not need Chen Yue’s help at all.

Chen Yue twitched his mouth, “You’re only in your first year of high school, and it’s still early before your third year of high school. Are you already taking supplements?”

Huang Dan walked towards the classroom, “I only got excessive heat.”

Chen Yue paused in his steps, “Excessive heat? I think you stayed up late to study, right?” Being regarded as a genius and being treated as a favorite by the teacher must be a lot of pressure.

Huang Dan said, “Studying is not stressful and there’s no need to involve too much in it.”

Chen Yue stumbled and almost fell over, “Ok! Your IQ is *205.”

(*It is er bai wu(205) which can mean a dope or idiot also)

Huang Dan，“……”

At noon, Huang Dan had a bag of chrysanthemum tea in his desk pocket.

When Jiang Long saw it, he immediately opened his water cup and said, “Give me some to reduce the heat.”

Huang Dan grabbed a handful and put it into his cup.

Chen Yue’s eyes widened. Damn it, you’re using my things as a favor. Do you think I’m dead?

He thought again that Huang Dan didn’t know it was from him. If he knew, he would definitely cause a lot of trouble.

By then, the possibility of them occasionally speaking a few words like now will probably be gone.

Chen Yue turned the pen around a few times and said, “Give it away, give it away. What I give you is yours, and I am yours too.”

The weather was getting colder and colder. Jiang Long had frostbite on his hand. It was the hand he wrote with. He was itching to death and scratched his hand. The skin and flesh turned outwards and blood oozed out accidentally.

Huang Dan listed Jiang Long as his good friend when he was in college. He didn’t care about it at this time. But now that he found out, he didn’t ignore it and said, “Go to the infirmary to buy ointment.”

Jiang Long said it was useless, “With my constitution, not only my feet but also my hands are cold.”

He glanced at Huang Dan’s white, tender and smooth hands, “I really envy you.”

Huang Dan squeezed his fingers. Every year when winter came, Song Min would prepare ginger water for him to wash his hands.

As soon as New Year’s Day tick, time flew forward like riding a white horse.

The students rubbed their frozen paws and waited for the snow, but before the snow came, they saw winter vacation falling into their arms, followed by a lot of homework.

Jiang Long pressed the bleeding wound with toilet paper, “How will you spend your winter vacation?”

Huang Dan said, “Do homework and read books.”

Jiang Long was speechless, “That’s it? Isn’t this too boring? Don’t you want to go out and have fun?”

Huang Dan said, “Not going out.”

Someone will definitely run downstairs of his house every two days. If he goes out, the other person will be anxious.

Behind him, Chen Yue didn’t clean up his desk. He sat on a chair and looked at Huang Dan. He wouldn’t be able to see Huang Dan until next year. He won’t die missing him, right?

No, I must visit him often during the holidays.

Chen Yue quickly drew a little man on the paper. He drew a small flower on the head as usual and added small leaves on both sides of the left side. He seized the opportunity and threw it forward. He had practiced this action before, and threw it accurately.

Huang Dan picked up the ball of paper and opened it.

There are many people who have a crush on Huang Dan, both in other classes and in his own class. No one is surprised at all. If one day they see him walking hand in hand with a girl, there will be heated discussions.

Otherwise, if you find the slightest sign and start talking about it, your saliva and brain cells will not be enough.

Huang Dan walked to the back door, and Chen Yue happened to come out. They almost bumped into each other.

Liu Feng and Jiang Long came over one after another. Chen Yue had prepared a lot of words, but now he couldn’t say anything at all.

Chen Yue went downstairs very quickly. It was windy and cold as he walked.

Liu Feng jumped several flights of stairs to catch up with Chen Yue, “What the hell is wrong with you? Why are you getting mad inexplicably, ah?”

Chen Yue showed his white teeth, “I’m getting mad?”

Liu Feng said yes, and he pouted at Huang Dan and Jiang Long behind him, “If you don’t believe me, ask them.”

Jiang Long said, “Bursting with rage?”

Chen Xue smiled and hooked Jiang Long’s neck, “LaoZi didn’t hear you clearly, say it again.”

Jiang Long trembled and looked at Huang Dan for help.

Huang Dan didn’t say anything, but just glanced at Chen Yue. With just such a look, Chen Yue’s bones all itched.

Noticing that Jiang Long was shaking, Chen Yue clicked his tongue disdainfully, “Why are you shaking? LaoZI won’t eat you.”

Jiang Long was let go by Chen Yue. Before he could take a breath, he saw him unzip his schoolbag and take out all his winter vacation homework.

“We are friends from all over the world. It is fate to be classmates and to be together. For this fate, you have to help your classmates no matter what.”

With that said, Chen Yue threw his winter vacation homework to Jiang Long.

Jiang Long reflexively picked up those winter vacation homework assignments. The first half of the sentence sounded familiar to him, and it took him a while to remember that he had told the other party.

Damn it, you have such a good memory, why don’t you focus on studying?

Liu Feng saw Chen Yue do what he did, so he did it without saying a word, “Helping one is a help, helping two is also a help, thank you for your hard work, my classmate.”

Jiang Long was about to cry while holding their winter vacation homework. He cursed in his heart, but did not dare to curse out in front of their face. He just looked at his deskmate pitifully, “Huang Dan……”

Huang Dan said, “Give it to me.”

Chen Yue was even happier than Jiang Long. He was waiting for Huang Dan’s words. If the other party took away the homework, he would have an excuse to find him.

The next moment, Chen Yue was unhappy again, because Huang Dan had a very good relationship with Jiang Long, and Jiang Long was the only one in the class who could chatter in front of him.

This particularity made Chen Yue jealous.

Jiang Long was about to hand over all the winter vacation homework to Huang Dan when he heard him say, “Keep Liu Feng’s share.”

Jiang Long, “?”

Chen Yue suddenly raised his head and looked straight over. What he saw was still the cold face, taking nothing seriously. His heartbeat was still very fast. It was better to think too much than not to think at all.

Liu Feng was unwilling, “What do you mean? Are you discriminating against me?”

He snorted coldly, his face thicker than the city wall, “Why should you write for Chen Yue but not me? I don’t care, you can also write my copy for me!”

Jiang Long, “?” How can he hear the feeling of being rejected?

Huang Dan said, “There is no way to write two copies.”

Liu Feng shouted, “Why don’t you have a way, isn’t it just copying? I see you……”

Huang Dan didn’t let him continue, “The handwriting cannot be the same.”

To be so cautious? Liu Feng turned to Jiang Long and said, “You heard it, remember to change it to your left hand when the time comes.”

Jiang Long gritted his teeth, damn, it’s so annoying!

Chen Yue said nothing. He was looking for a reason to call at Huang Dan’s home. This one was too fake, and that one was too stupid.

When he was approaching the school gate, Chen Yue thought of a barely suitable reason, “Bring LaoZi’s homework book.”

Huang Dan asked with a questioning look.

Liu Feng and Jiang Long also looked over, especially Liu Feng. He knew Chen Yue very well and could spot anything amiss.

The premise is that he has a brain.

“Damn it, my dad will check it!”

Chen Yue went to pull Huang Dan’s schoolbag, found his few books and stuffed them back into his schoolbag. He said in an impatient tone, “Huang Dan, tell me your home phone number. I will call you before school starts. I’ll go find you and get your homework book to copy.”

Huang Dan told him.

Chen Yue wrote it down and read the numbers in his mind many times.

Watching Huang Dan get into the man’s car, Chen Yue tightened his hand on the five-pointed star in his pocket and started to think about it now.

Fuck, he’s going to go crazy.

Liu Feng called him several times, “Bro, where are your three spirits and six souls?”

Chen Yue said in heart, followed Huang Dan and left.

Huang Dan had a habit of finishing all his winter vacation homework as soon as he had a vacation, and it’s the same this time. After he finished it, he started looking for books to read, and he would read through any genre.

This is different from the past. In the past, Huang Dan would not read books full of childlike interest. His childhood was boring and there was nothing interesting.

During the first winter vacation in high school at that time, Huang Dan really just did homework and read books. This time, he had one more thing to do, waiting for someone.

Chen Yue’s home was far away from Huang Dan’s home. It was difficult for him to take a bus, wait at the station, and come back. It would be even more difficult if the weather was bad.

When luck is not good, he has to wait for hours for a ride home.

There was no way, the grass of longing grew too thick in Chen Yue’s heart and kept growing. Even if it grew into a grassland, he still couldn’t bear to pull out any grass.

Huang Dan would go to the window to look at him every day. From time to time, if he spotted Chen Yue, he would just stand there for a while without doing anything else, just to let the other person take a few more glances.

The two teenagers welcomed the New Year in this hidden sweetness.

Huang Dan doesn’t stay in bed. He gets up around five o’clock during school days and around six-thirty after work. It remains the same even if he rests at home. However, in the mission world, there have been many times when he got tired in bed and didn’t get up until very late.

Thinking of something, Huang Dan felt that he drank a large glass of honey water, which was sweet to his heart. He went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face, leaning closer to look at the youngster in the mirror. Being able to return to youth is probably something many people dream of.

After all, this period of time carries the most regrets and the most happiness.

After washing his face, Huang Dan looked in the mirror and combed his hair. He said in his heart, “Mr. System, Happy Chinese New Year.”

System said, “There are still two months until the Chinese New Year.”

Huang Dan was stunned. He looked at where Mr. System existed and said, “I found him.”

System, “Congratulations Mr. Huang.”

Huang Dan said, “I told myself to pretend not to know, but sometimes I couldn’t control it. I made several changes when facing him, but the general trend remained the same.”

System said, “That’s good.”

Huang Dan said, “According to the original development, if he wanted to confess his love to me and I refused on the spot, he would drop out of school and go abroad in the second half of the year.”

System, “This is not a parallel world, it is Mr. Huang’s past, which involves the future. I would like to advise you not to change the turning points of other people’s lives, especially the person you mentioned. If you change his life, your own life will also change.”

Huang Dan put down his comb, “I understand, thank you, Mr. System.”

He started over, observing and paying attention to the people and things he had ignored before, and realized the simple friendship between classmates. He also knew that Chen Yue silently liked him in a clumsy and childish way. He had liked him for fourteen years, and with unimaginable willpower insisted on liking him, “One thing I don’t understand is why he traveled through time with me?”

System went silent.

Huang Dan knew there was something wrong with it, and he thought that when he returned to the real world, Chen Yue would give him an answer.

The weather was bad, so Huang Dan turned on the wall lamp in the morning. He was sitting on the single sofa, holding a book in his hand, and flipping through the pages leisurely.

Song Min came over and said, “Master, the pen and ink are ready.”

Huang Dan handed the book to Song Min. He rubbed his forehead, got up and went to the study to write Spring Festival couplets.

Growing up, Huang Dan learned far more than other children. Whatever Song Min arranged for him, he would learn it and learn it thoroughly. When he encountered a problem, he would solve it by himself. To solve it, put it aside and fix it again after a while, and really don’t like asking questions.

Huang Dan couldn’t remember the year he started writing calligraphy. He only remembered that it was very early. At that time, he was not tall, and Song Min had someone custom-made a set of tables and chairs for him.

As in previous years, when Huang Dan was writing Spring Festival couplets, Song Min was grinding ink to the side.

Huang Dan was distracted and wrote an extra word “Spring” when writing the first couplet. After he realized this, the last stroke had been made.

Song Min took away the discarded red paper and laid out a new one. He was taciturn and very similar to Huang Dan in this regard. He was more rigorous, self-possessed, and solemn.

Huang Dan wrote a new one, this time in one go, without any mistakes. His eyes swept across the window, “Is it snowing?”

Song Min said, “Lesser snow.”

Huang Dan Oh and said, “I want to drink milk.”

Song Min went to give him a cup.

Huang Dan went back to the bedroom after drinking the milk.

The window was not closed, and the cold wind blew snowflakes into the room. Huang Dan sneezed, got up, closed the window, and came back to continue to stare at the dozens of papers on the table. On the papers were a little man wearing school uniforms, carrying schoolbags, and with a flower on his head.

The drawing skills are very rough, and the figures are all different in shape, but there are no unnecessary lines or dirt around them. It can be seen that the person who sketched them put their heart and soul into it and tried their best.

Huang Dan lowered his head to sharpen his pencil. After he finished sharpening, he started to draw a little man on a blank piece of paper, who was taller and stronger, wearing his school uniform open and hung an earphone cord around his neck, put one hand in his pocket, and looked like an arrogant, disdainful and self-centered person.

Just like a little Chen Yue.

Huang Dan drew little Chen Yue onto dozens of pieces of paper and let him stay next to the original little man. He would grab the little man’s schoolbag strap and would peek nervously and carefully from behind, making every move. Every action is vivid and lively, as if they are happening right in front of eyes.

After finishing the last drawing, Huang Dan put down his pencil, put away all the papers, found the last book and folded them in separately.

In the same city, different families will have different atmospheres during the New Year.

Father Chen is an intellectual. Not only does he have a sea of books in his study, but he also hired someone to build a bookshelf. The shelves are filled with books which are arranged in an orderly manner. When he was not busy, he would read books and do calligraphy. However, his son only inherited his appearance, but not his inner good qualities or his spirit of exploration.

His son is ignorant and incompetent. What can he do? There is no way, ah! There is really no way at all. He has worked hard to raise him for more than ten years, he can eat, drink and sleep, is taller than him, can walk like flying, and can run faster than a rabbit. In a few more years, he will not be an opponent. He has also put in a lot of effort in his education but Iron is still iron, it cannot become steel.

Father Chen picked up the tea cup and blew the steaming tea a few times, “Son, as far as your results in the high school entrance examination are concerned, we really can’t look at them. At that time you wanted to study Daguan, when your dad, I, heard about it, couldn’t sit still. I went to meet my old classmates with cigarettes and alcohol that day to reminisce, and almost broke my leg before I sent you in. I thought you could change your ways, work hard, and become an upright man. And the result? You are still messing around today and tomorrow, and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and one day at one time.”

Chen Yue slowly peeled the peanuts and ate them. He threw the nut into his mouth and threw the shells on the ground. “I am now a man who can support both heaven and earth.”

Father Chen’s eyes widened, “A man must be responsible, can you?”

Chen Yue wiped his face and said with disgust, “If you want to talk, just talk. Why are you spitting? I’m not my mother to love everything about you so much.”

Father Chen’s old face suddenly became hot. He coughed twice and said, “Don’t change the subject!”

Chen Yue grabbed a handful of peanuts from the plate and continued to eat them, smiling carelessly, “Okay, you continue, my little ears are listening.”

Father Chen’s face twitched. His son didn’t have the correct posture. He didn’t know who he inherited it from. Anyway, it had nothing to do with him. He always had a sitting posture and a standing posture when he was a kid. Being praised for growing up, and, God knows how many extra credits and certificates he got.

As the saying goes, a dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and a mouse’s son can dig holes. There are also exceptions.

Father Chen looked at his only son. With his appearance, he was definitely the best. He would become more respectable when he grew up. If he could make a difference, it would be the icing on the cake. The daughter-in-law of the old Chen family would definitely be outstanding in the future.

After taking two sips of tea to moisten his throat, Father Chen spoke again, “Have you never thought about what you want to do in the future?”

Chen Yue ate peanuts and spoke loudly, “I never thought about it before, but I have recently. ”

Father Chen just asked casually, not expecting his son to really use his brain to think about the future. He was very surprised to hear the answer, and quickly put down the teacup in his hand and leaned over, “Tell me about it.”

Chen Yue wiped off the peanut crumbs on his hands, “This is a personal matter. I have the right not to answer.”

Father Chen said angrily, “What shit are you talking about with LaoZi? When you were a little kid, what did your dad not see about your body?”

Chen Yue crossed his legs and clicked his tongue, “Dad, you are a cultural person, so pay attention to inner quality.”

Father Chen’s breath was stuck in his throat. He took a deep breath and spit it out, “Do you have someone you like?”

Chen Yue stopped peeling peanuts.

In such a short one or two seconds, Father Chen caught it. Even if  his son didn’t say it, he had a complete understanding of it, and still knew a few things, “If there’s then there’s, if there’s not then there’s not. What does it mean to not be able to let out a fart for a half day? People, who like someone but dare not to admit it, are worthless!”

Chen Yue threw a peanut into his mouth, “Don’t you see that your son is shy?”

Father Chen was so shocked that he almost fell off his chair, “Shy? Do you still know how to be shy? Your dad, I, almost dropped my jaw.”

Chen Yue stood up, stuffed peanuts into the pocket of his cotton-padded coat and walked towards the gate, “Okay, we don’t have to talk, I’ll go outside and play for a while.”

“Play, play, I’ll see how many more years you can play.”

Father Chen blew on tea, “Society is developing, times are progressing, and people’s values are changing. Today’s little girls are not so easy to coax. Don’t think that you will be invincible with that face. No little girl likes a young man who is unmotivated and has no plans for the future. Son, just watch. If you continue to hang out like this, be careful when the time comes and you will be disliked and kicked.”

Chen Yue twisted his face and turned his head, gave a thumbs up and said, “You are really my biological father!”

Father Chen said to himself, with a look of disbelief on his face, “Is there really someone he likes? No way, I have to go to his mom to tell about the child.”

He couldn’t sit still anymore and hurried upstairs to find his wife. Once this person found something he liked, he would fight for it, work hard, and change it. It seemed that sending his son to Daguan was the right decision.

The so-called New Year celebration means that after one year is over, it is a new year. And people have a New Year’s Eve dinner, hoping that the coming year will be smooth and peaceful, and that all wishes will come true. The older a person grows, the lighter the flavor of the New Year can be felt. Indifferent, slowly only a concept and a habit remain.

For teenagers, celebrating the New Year is still very interesting. They visit from house to house, wear big bags of clothes to hold candies, pick up the firecrackers from the piles of firecrackers at the door of each house, light them up and explode them. You can watch the fireworks for a long time, and you can also get the New Year’s money, put it under your pillow, and keep it until the Lantern Festival. Then put it with the ones you received last year, and wait for next year’s share. When you save enough, you can buy what you want, and also buy it for people you like.

After the New Year, there were several heavy snowfalls intermittently. The snow on the ground covered the ground layer by layer. It was dirty and white, and white and dirty. It kept snowing, and if the sun didn’t come out, there would be nothing left.

Before it gets dark, every household lights up all the lights, and remember not to turn off a single light. This is one of the customs during the New Year. It has been passed down from generation to generation, just like you cannot say “die” or cry during the New Year.

Chen Yue has a few telephones installed at home. If they are unlucky, it will break down. The latest one was installed in the second half of the year. It works very well. Now he is standing next to the phone, holding it in his hand, playing with the receiver, trying to dial a number, but every time stops halfway through the dialing.

Father Chen would drift by the door from time to time and take a look inside the house. You are usually fearless, so how can you be so useless when you like someone? You don’t even dare to make a phone call.

He didn’t know that this was the first time his son had fallen in love with someone, and that person is not a girl, but a boy. This relationship itself could not be accepted or understood, so he was at a loss and was very cautious about it.

Chen Yue’s nervous palms were sweating. He took a breath and mustered up the courage to finish dialing the numbers. A deep voice sounded from the other end, “Who is it?”

The phone was hung up.

Chen Yue leaned against the glass door of the cabinet and gasped. After a while, he dialed back without giving up, silently reciting Huang Dan’s name in his heart, hoping that it would be him who answered the phone.

A voice came from the receiver, very young, with the usual coldness, “Hello.”

Chen Yue didn’t speak, breathing very softly, but his heart was beating fast. He heard Huang Dan say “Hello” again. He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but this time the coldness seemed to be gone.

Another voice came from the other end, “Master.”

Chen Yue’s eyes widened. That man was actually calling Huang Dan, Master. He only knew that Huang Dan and the other party were not father and son, but he never imagined that they were in a master-servant relationship.

The beeping sound reached his ears, and Chen Yue cursed into the phone, “Fuck, I wanted to listen to it for a while, but I can’t do it now.”

He was wondering when to go to Huang Dan to get his homework. On the third day of the new year, the city was very busy, but he didn’t know if the other party was free.

The scheduled game of pool had not yet been played, so Chen Yue went to dig into the golden piggy bank and poured out all the money.

Mother Chen’s shout came from the living room, asking Chen Yue to come out to eat. He stuffed the money back into the golden pig’s belly and went out like a normal person.

It was as if the loss from the previous moment had never occurred.

The New Year’s Eve dinner is almost the same. It mostly consists of dishes such as chicken, duck, and fish. It is the most sumptuous meal of the year.

Mother Chen looked at her son and said, “Did you call your classmates to say New Year greetings?”

Chen Yue unscrewed the cap of the Sprite bottle and poured a full glass of Sprite into the glass, “Yes.”

Mother Chen glanced at Father Chen, and the couple understood each other tacitly.

The New Year’s Eve dinner should be eaten slowly and not in a hurry. On the last day of the year, the family always has something to say.

Chen Yue’s chest was pressed against his back with hunger. He wanted to eat, but he had to wait before he could eat. He ate several large pieces of wild rice dumplings and stood up with a Sprite in his hand, “Dad, I wish you a happy new year. May you be in good health and have good work.”

Although it is a very common blessing and is said every year without any new tricks, it still sounds very pleasant when said on a day like this.

Father Chen said with a smile, “I wish you to take your studies to the next level.”

Chen Yue took a sip of Sprite and sat back, then stood up with the glass and said to his mother, “Mom, I wish you will stay younger and younger forever and be eighteen years old forever.”

Mother Chen clinked glasses with her son, “Mom wishes you that all your wishes come true.”

Chen Yue’s expression was stunned, and he chuckled, this is good, “Thank you, Mom.”

The family sent blessings to each other, talked and laughed over the New Year’s Eve dinner, talked about this year’s events, and thought about next year’s events, and had a great time.

The phone rang and someone called to pay New Year’s greetings. Chen Yue put down the dishes and went to answer the call. He sent New Year’s greetings to the person on the phone and turned around and shouted, “Mom, it’s Xiaoyi!”

(*XiaoYi = maternal aunt, wife’s younger sister, sister-in-law)

Mother Chen left the table and went into the back room to answer the phone. Before she spoke, a smile appeared on her face. The relationship between JieMei was good.

When the time of evening gathering was approaching, New Year’s greetings came one after another, those who were far away made phone calls, and neighbors came directly to the door. Chen Yue saw off a few neighbors, turned around and entered his room, turned on his walkman, and then threw himself under the quilt, put his hands behind his head and listened to the song with his eyes closed.

Mother Chen came over and knocked on the door, “Son, take a flashlight and go to your Jiujiu’s house.”

Chen Yue lay still, his legs folded together casually, “Where’s Dad? Didn’t he go out to pay New Year’s greetings? Back already?”

Mother Chen said, “Your dad won’t go this year.”

Chen Yue said directly, “Then I won’t go either.”

Mother Chen said, “Just because your dad doesn’t want to go, you have to go. Come on, you are already a big kid. Don’t be so petty. Don’t let your Jiujiu think you are ignorant.”

Chen Yue sat up irritably, put his hands into his longer hair and grabbed it a few times, “New Year celebration is not worry-free at all.”

Mother Chen sighed, “When people live without worries, look at your mother, me……”

Chen Yue interrupted his mother, “Stop talking, I’m going now.”

Mother Chen waited for her son to come out and pointed out the two gift boxes on the table to him, “The left one is for your DaJiu, and the right one is for your XiaoJiu. Don’t make a mistake.”

Chen Yue looked at the contents of the two bags and clicked his tongue, “Mom, both of my Jiujiu are your biological Xiongdi. Aren’t you too partial?”

Mother Chen patted her son’s arm without much force, “What do you know, you little brat? Your father injured his leg in April, and your DaJiu took 600 yuan.”

She was about to nag again, but Chen Yue had already put on his rubber boots and went out with a flashlight.

Teenagers have an instinctive rejection and resistance to those sophistication and feelings. They feel complicated and even hope in their hearts that they will never touch them.

Chen Yue came back after sending the New Year greetings, and was rolling snowballs while walking. On a whim, he grabbed the snowball and found a place to pile something. After the pile was finished, he felt disgusted with his finished product, “Damn, it’s so ugly!”

The simple and rough castle is located in the snow, illuminated by the moonlight, exuding a silver light.

Chen Yue looked around and found a branch. He squatted down and carefully wrote an English sentence on the castle – My princess.

Chen Yue looked up that English sentence in the dictionary. He secretly wrote it hundreds of times. It has long been engraved in his mind and heart. They are the two words that he memorizes and memorizes the most.

Chen Yue didn’t care about the dirty and wet snow on the ground. He sat down and started to renovate the castle with branches in his hands, “There should be a lot of trees around the castle. There should be a rose garden, a lake, a grassland, and what else……”

A banging sound sounded above Chen Yue’s head, and fireworks bloomed in the night sky, one after another, colorful.

Chen Yue raised his head to watch the fireworks and sent New Year’s greetings to a youngster far away, “I wish you happy new year, good food, good health, and just…… fall in love with me.”

He raised the corners of his lips and sighed with a smile, “Just a little bit will be fine.”