The biological clock of someone who just finished an exam is still running. On the second day after the college entrance examination, it was still dark when Xu Xilin woke up to the whispering sound of the air conditioner. He propped himself up halfway before he remembered that it was summer vacation. He fell back down with a bang, feeling a little unreal. He checked the door lock over and over in his mind three times, as if he had obsessive-compulsive disorder. He was sure that he really didn't need to get up early, and then he closed his eyes tremblingly.

Dou Xun next door felt even less real than him. He seemed to be sleepwalking the whole night last night and didn't know when he fell asleep. But he wasn't sleepy either. He was as energetic as if he had taken drugs.

The college entrance examination is over, but Dou Xun has not had a holiday yet. He stayed for the whole weekend and had to rush back to school early on Monday morning.

Dou Xun got himself ready in excessive excitement, then went out to buy breakfast and put it in the microwave. He lingered on the second floor for a while, and when he saw that Xu Xilin had no intention of getting up, he finally couldn't hold it in any longer, and ran to knock on the door in an annoying manner, causing trouble for Xu Xilin.

Xu Xilin had just defeated his biological clock and fell into a daze. He got up half asleep and half awake, leaned towards the door wrapped in the cold wind in the room, waiting for Dou Xun to speak.

Dou Xun poked at him like a pillar, scratched his head and ears like he had lice, swayed left and right in the cold wind, and after a long while, he stammered, "I want to go back to school."

Xu Xilin swallowed a yawn and looked at Dou Xun expressionlessly, mentally prepared himself - if Dou Xun dared to wake him up early in the morning just to say this, he would chop this guy to death.

There is a crazy rabbit in Dou Xun's spiritual world, who is so excited that he dares to go against the wind, not to mention the slightest bit of morning grumpiness. Even if a fire-breathing dinosaur stood in front of him, he would dare to go against the wind.

Dou Xun glanced downstairs and saw that there was no movement in his grandmother's room, so he boldly asked: "Can I kiss you before I leave?"

Xu Xilin: “…”

Then, before he could react, Dou Xun came over, gave him a quick kiss on his left cheek, and then ran away at lightning speed as if his butt was on fire.

Xu Xilin finally woke up at this moment. After being stunned for a moment, he suddenly smiled and felt that Dou Xun had become cute.

Young people's emotions are as abundant as the morning sun, not so much hidden, and can easily overflow and splash into people's faces.

After Dou Xun left, Xu Xilin returned to his "refrigerator" and nestled in the quilt. He was happy for a while, then worried for a while. He began to think about the future - if they continued like this, what would happen when others got married and had children? What if Uncle Dou and Godmother knew about it? If someone changed their mind and it couldn't last long, how would they get along in the future?

Xu Xilin lay on his back on the pillow, staring at the ceiling for a while. He felt that it was impossible for Dou Xun to be like that. That guy might not be born with so many talents that could change.

"What about me?" Xu Xilin thought, and then he overturned his unfounded worries with blind confidence. He thought, "I definitely won't do that either. Anyway, as long as we are together for one day, I can love him for one day."

Then his train of thought went astray, and he thought of Dou Xun's unreasonable request just now, and the smell of laundry detergent left on his collar when he came close to him, and a tingling sensation rose in his heart. Finally, the sweetness in his heart won a great victory, overwhelming the bitterness of being isolated and helpless, and the two mixed together to form a mouthful of chocolate, which he swallowed into his stomach and all decomposed into desire, occupying his excessive rationality.

Xu Xilin complained in a low voice: "It's really annoying."

He was very relaxed in this secret happiness and fell into a nap quickly...

Unfortunately, he was woken up again just as he fell asleep. The wind-chasing boy Dou Xun came back halfway because he was not satisfied with kissing the left cheek but the right cheek.

Xu Xilin: “…”

The tenderness in his heart was burned by anger and turned into a capital letter "Get lost".

Dou Xun had completely disturbed his sleepiness, so Xu Xilin simply got up and turned around a few times. He remembered that at this time every day, Aunt Du would carefully water the pots of flowers, change the water and food for the pets, pick up the overnight garbage and throw it away, and finally wipe the tables, chairs and stair railings.

Xu Xilin spent more than an hour on this little task, scattering the rag all over the place. He was so impatient that he hung the rag on the stairs and thought to himself, "How can I live like this?"

Just when he was feeling depressed, his grandmother got up. As soon as she pushed the door open, Xu Xilin instinctively cleaned up everything with an irritated look on his face, showing an expression that wanted praise, as if he was a little snail prince who was happy when doing housework.

Grandma praised him from beginning to end without hesitation, and then while Xu Xilin went to wash his hands, she sighed, quietly took some napkins, and wiped the wet tables, chairs and benches in the restaurant - the naughty kid didn't even wring out the rag.

It is said that the ten days of waiting for the college entrance examination results are extremely anxious, but Xu Xilin did not feel that. He lived every day like he was fighting a war.

As soon as Aunt Du left, the family was basically paralyzed. Xu Xilin would spend an hour every day just thinking about what to eat. Grandma had a light taste and could not get used to the heavy oil and salt food in restaurants outside. Xu Jin used to be often nagged by her, but when it came to Xu Xilin, she would stop saying it because she knew it was making things difficult for him.

Xu Xilin ordered takeout for a few days and found that his grandmother often said with a smile: "This is delicious."

Then he stopped eating.

The more the old lady acted like this, the more uncomfortable Xu Xilin felt. He had no choice but to look up recipes online and try to figure it out on his own, stumbling over and over.

In this regard, having Dou Xun here won't help - he comes back basically to cause trouble.

Dou Xun went home early after the exam week. The two of them spent the whole morning discussing how to prevent the boiled eggs from bursting and foaming in the pot. Then Dou Xian'er took out a series of magical items such as a balance, thermometer, stopwatch, measuring cup, etc. from somewhere, and concentrated on working with the eggs for a long time. The next day, she submitted a paper discussing the integrity of boiled eggs from several angles such as water temperature and pressure.

After reading it, Xu Xilin laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe. Dou Xun pressed him down on the sofa in the living room and tickled him. The young man couldn't help teasing him and got angry again.

Dou Xun got up awkwardly. Xu Xilin was embarrassed too. However, in this situation, the two of them couldn't just stare at each other and blush. Xu Xilin had to hold on to his face and pretend to be nonchalant. He flicked Dou Xun's forehead with his finger and said, "What's the matter? You must have secretly done other homework during the health class. I'll make up for it with you tonight."

After hearing these words, Dou Xun didn't know what was going on in his mind. He looked at him in horror and ran away.

Xu Xilin: “…”

He had no choice but to calm his breathing silently and went downstairs to practice Dou Xun's thesis. Halfway through cooking, Dou Xun came over, moved a stool quietly, dragged his long legs and sat aside waiting for the experimental results.

The two of them had just had a rather awkward scene, and now no one said anything. There was only the sound of fire and boiling water, and it was extremely quiet for a moment.

As expected, the eggshell did not crack, and it retained its original shape when it came out of the pot.

"You're quite good. Let me try." Xu Xilin praised modestly, and at the same time carefully knocked on the edge of the pot, trying to peel out an equally complete egg.

As a result, as soon as a hole was opened, the egg white flowed out.

Xu Xilin: “…”

No wonder it didn’t crack, it turned out it wasn’t ripe.

After they finished eating the last egg in the house, they had to go buy groceries together.

Xu Xilin spent 80 yuan to buy a small racing car with flat handlebars and gears from the second-hand market, which helped him overcome his bad habit of taking a taxi whenever he went out. However, although the small racing car looked cool, it was not very practical. It had no basket in the front and no rear seat in the back, so it could not carry people. After buying vegetables, he could only hang them on the handlebars.

The two of them took turns riding the bike, and the remaining one jogged along. The vegetables were fine, but the eggs refused to follow them around like this - Xu Xilin forgot about the eggs when he came to the traffic light, and he casually let go of the handlebars and threw one out on the spot. Dou Xun rode his bike without looking at the road, and the bike flew out of a shallow pit, and another egg was smashed to pieces.

"Wait, wait! The egg yolk is all over your pants, uh..."

"Take it off, don't hang it up, I'll hold it in my hand."

Then the plastic bag got entangled with other bags. Xu Xilin pulled hard, and the two eggs hit each other head-on, killing both.

Dou Xun looked at the two people's embarrassed appearance and said to Xu Xilin: "There is a green devil hand in the uncovered novel on your bedside. I think you must have a pair of 'egg-destroying hands'."

Xu Xilin smeared the egg yolk on Dou Xun's snow-white shirt and said, "You can still walk the rivers and lakes as usual."

After doing this wicked thing, he ran away with half a bag of eggs in his arms. The mysophobic guy behind him was stunned for a while before reacting and roared, "Xu Xilin!"

Dou Xun, a mysophobe, started chasing wildly on his "mountain trot" which was hung with vegetables. As he rode at high speed, the bundles of celery all stood upright and raised their wings to face the wind, which was very charming.

Xu Xilin was chased by Dou Xun for two or three stops. He was almost foaming at the mouth and was finally forced to surrender. He pressed Dou Xun's handlebars with both hands and panted heavily. He could not speak clearly and even complained and laughed.

After laughing for a while, Xu Xilin recovered and couldn't laugh anymore.

He stretched his arms, lowered his head, and put his fist to his forehead.

"It's too difficult." Xu Xilin thought.

The daily necessities of life are so difficult. This is just the summer vacation when there is nothing to do. What about the start of school? What about the future?

It's easy to live alone, but it's not that easy to support a family. Dou Xun noticed his sudden change of mood and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Xu Xilin was silent for a while: "I was thinking... should I invite someone?"

Dou Xun did not express his opinion. He seldom thought about so many material issues. Instead, he thought it was very interesting to hang out with Xu Xilin every day and worry about all kinds of trivial matters like playing house.

The egg liquid that was smeared everywhere began to smell fishy. Xu Xilin walked a few steps and suddenly turned back to ask Dou Xun: "Am I just a person who only asks for clothes and food?"

Dou Xun: “Yes.”

Xu Xilin: “…”

Dou Xun accidentally told the truth, and he knew he had messed up again, so he quickly tried to make amends, saying, "It's okay, I can take care of you."

After hearing these arrogant words, Xu Xilin smiled bitterly. He felt like a useless owner who was fed a dead mouse by his cat and did not get any comfort at all.

He walked a few steps and felt that this road seemed familiar. After thinking about it, he remembered that Cai Jing's house was one stop ahead, and Xu Xilin suddenly wanted to go and take a look.

The two of them pushed their bicycles to the shantytown of Cai Jing's family. Dirty children squatted on the ground, playing with ants' holes with snot hanging from their noses. Midsummer had arrived, and the heat was chilling. Xu Xilin walked around downstairs of Cai Jing's house for a while, and when he looked up, he saw a familiar person standing at the small intersection - Lao Cheng was there too.

The three of them found a shady spot and sat side by side on the curb. Lao Cheng said, "You two are so nice to be able to keep each other company. You can stay together after graduation. Unlike me, I can only stare at my menopausal mother every day..."

After Lao Cheng finished speaking, he realized that it was wrong to say this to Xu Xilin, so he quickly shut up and changed the subject abruptly: "Do you think Cai Jing can come out?"

Xu Xilin said affirmatively: "Of course."

But it will probably take ten or eight years. When he comes out, will he find that the whole world has changed beyond recognition?

Lao Cheng said, "When I graduate and have money, I will open a store nearby and call it Grandpa, so he can see it whenever he comes out."

Dou Xun: "Do you sell skewers?"

Xu Xilin thought of Dou Xun's joke about the little white mouse with a smile on his face, and pushed his head with his hand: "You only know how to eat!"

Lao Cheng followed suit and said, "Just eat!"

After pushing, he realized something was wrong. He realized that he had actually twisted Dou Xian'er's brain in a rebellious way. He was so scared that he stuttered: "I, I, I... I'll chop off my hands!"

The three of them were oddly silent for a moment, then they all laughed together.

The three of them discussed the cost, profit and start-up capital of the kebab shop until the sun went down. The coquettish celery on Dou Xun's handlebars had stood up for a long time, but now it had wilted. Dou Xun paid attention to the advertisements of various housekeeping centers along the way, secretly memorizing them with his photographic memory. At night, he went back and opened them one by one, wrote down the approximate salary of each one, and made a table the next day and presented it to Xu Xilin.

After reading it, Xu Xilin lay on his back on the bed, covered his face with the form, and pondered for a long time: "Let's talk about it later."

He couldn't stay in the corner forever and be his weak little master.

Xu Xilin pulled the paper off his face and was about to say something to Dou Xun, but he noticed that his gaze was not right. Xu Xilin reached out and found that he had stretched too far, revealing a part of his waist under his T-shirt.

Dou Xun looked away vaguely.

Xu Xilin: “…”

Then he gave a weird smirk, turned over and sat up, patted Dou Xun on the chair, put his arm on his shoulder, turned on the computer, and whispered, "I'll show you something fun."

Dou Xun didn't react at first, but then he found that Xu Xilin had opened a hidden folder. He immediately felt something was wrong, so he pushed Xu Xilin away with his shoulder, blushing and saying, "Get lost!"

Xu Xilin: "Hey, you know? You know a lot, young man."

Dou Xun tried desperately to stand up and escape, but Xu Xilin refused to let him move, and the two of them started to compete between the table and chairs. Finally, Dou Xun's half-year combat training showed the results of the stage, and he pressed Xu Xilin's hands on the table.

Xu Xilin refused to give in easily. He rubbed his fingers on the table bit by bit, and then when Dou Xun was not paying attention, he quickly pressed the mouse.

A cheerful BGM sounded from the speakers, and a Japanese woman in a swimsuit blinked desperately at the screen. Several restricted shots were beautifully spread out in the trailer.

Dou Xun: “…”

Xu Xilin laughed so hard that he fell on the table. He felt like he could be happy for half a year just by pointing at Dou Xun's indescribable expression.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

The two of them were startled at the same time. Xu Xilin hurriedly turned off the video and looked at Dou Xun panickily, as if they were having an affair.

Grandma Xu: "Xiao Lin? Oh, why did you close the door so early in the morning? You couldn't hear me even though I called you so much."

Xu Xilin quickly ran over and helped his grandmother downstairs: "Why did you go upstairs? What if you fall?"

"Grandma has something she wants to tell you." Grandma Xu said in a slow and soft voice.

Xu Xilin: "What's the matter? Please tell me."

Grandma: "I am thinking, look, there are not many people in our family, and it is hard to clean up such a big room. I have to climb the stairs just to help you say a word..."

Xu Xilin was stunned: "You mean..."

Grandma Xu: "Shall we move somewhere else?"

Xu Xilin couldn't help but get a little anxious: "How many times have I told you that our family is rich! Rich! It's enough for us to live in a five-star hotel every day. What are you doing? From now on, we can eat pickles every meal!"

Grandma Xu didn't say anything, she just looked at him helplessly, as if he was a unreasonable little brat.