Chapter 42 New Year

's Eve On New Year's Eve, lanterns and colorful decorations were everywhere. Under the instruction of his mother, Xu Hexing took off the blessing characters and door couplets posted last year and posted them for good luck in the new year.

Xu’s mother has been busy with the New Year a long time ago. She bought a few pairs of round red lanterns and hung them on both sides of the living room so that they can be lit at night.

Although it is still noon, firecrackers are already going off outside. The community where Xu Hexing's family lives has lifted the ban on firecrackers, but they can only set off firecrackers in specific areas, which can be regarded as regaining a little bit of the New Year spirit.

Zhao Yihang put 306 and 316 together in a group early in the morning, and the group name was "Let's make dumplings and smash them together!" ], the chat in the group was lively, and Xu Hexing, who had been busy all morning, finally had time to take a look at his mobile phone.

【Everyone makes dumplings and smashes them together! 】

Zhao Yihang: Happy New Year’s Eve, brothers!

Lu Yue: Congratulations on getting rich. Bring me the red envelope. Zhao Yihang: I don’t have a penny in my pocket, so I’ll give it to my niece two hundred. Xu Hexing: (fighting for lucky red envelope)

Xu Hexing: [Bearing teeth] [Laughing] Gao Mingwen: The sponsor’s father is so generous!

Zhao Yihang: The sponsor’s father is very generous! (But why do I only have eight cents?)

Lu Yue: The sponsor’s father is so generous!

Xu Hexing: Happy New Year's Eve, sons [呲ya] - Huo Yu looked at his spotless but impersonal home and casually clicked on the group chat message. When he saw it, all the red envelopes had been taken away.

Wang Youlin: By the way, have you lifted the ban on fireworks and firecrackers?

Xu Hexing: Our community has a special place where cannons can be set off, and it is within a specified time period.

Lu Yue: My area is still under a total ban [crying] Zhao Yihang: My community is also @your star brother Huo Yu: My community is also @ Tired of Affection Zhao Yihang:?

Xu Hexing: Why did you change your online name again? What happened to our affectionate brother?

Lu Yue: I couldn’t help it when I was doing emo in the middle of the night. Xu Hexing still didn’t know whether his online name was “Indulge me deeply” or “Indulge me deeply”. Little did he know that he had already changed several similar online names. , Xu Hexing was too lazy to pay attention to him, and Aithuoyu was alone.

Xu Hexing: @鱼wait, I will set off cannons for you at night Lu Yue:?

Zhao Yihang: Brother Yu, why did you change your name? And I don’t even want to say, what’s wrong with your avatar... The girly Lu Yue: I said this a long time ago, but he beat me violently [crying] It's so sad. To be honest, I'm going to get beaten up [crying loudly] Brother Xing, please comment! [Crying] Brother Xing, who personally selected the avatar, was silent for a moment, but still couldn't suppress his true thoughts and cursed angrily.

Xu Hexing: What do you know, you non-mainstream person? While playing, Lu Yue said: @鱼@你星哥, everyone opened their eyes and saw clearly that these two people secretly communicated the song, secretly plotted against Chen Cang, and worked together!

After watching the excitement for a while, Huo Yu replied slowly: The idiom is really good.

It’s really damn good, aren’t these two people just “secretly cheating”!

Xu Hexing changed the topic to games, and everyone else's attention was quickly diverted. Only Huo Yu was wondering, is Xu Hexing, who knew the truth all the time, shy? -Night

falls, the afterglow of the sunset is still setting a little bit, but the bright moonlight is creeping up.

After having New Year's Eve dinner with his parents, Xu Hexing hid in his house and counted his New Year's money. In addition to visiting relatives and friends in the next few days, he would probably make a lot of money.

"Xingxing, do you want to set off firecrackers?" Xu's father said.

Xu Hexing responded quickly, put on thick clothes and hurried out the door, holding fireworks in his left hand and firecrackers in his right hand.

Zhao Yihang in the group could no longer hold back and posted three videos in a row, and Xu Hexing was not to be outdone.

He asked his father to hold up his mobile phone to record a video. In the video, Xu Hexing lit the firecrackers himself and then moved aside. Sparks flew all the way along the lead, and the crackling sound suddenly resounded through the sky.

After the deafening sound dissipated, there was only a faint smoke in the air, paper scraps scattered everywhere on the ground, and an unpleasant smell.

Some children who gathered to play with fairy sticks handed Xu Hexing a few fairy sticks and asked the big brother to help them light them.

Xu Hexing did not take a lighter, but acrobatically pulled out a box of matches from his pocket. He pinched the root with his fingertips and slid it hard. A little spark was like an inconspicuous little star in the night sky, trying its best to shine.

"Thank you, big brother, these are for you." A little girl said with a blushing face. Xu Hexing took it and thanked him. He became happy and waved it casually in the air. The light and shadow of the fairy wand flashed across his face. It made him look sunnier and more youthful, making him look like a little prince who had stepped out of a fairy tale.

Xu Hexing played for a long time, then turned to look at his dad, only to find that his dad was still recording the video. Xu Hexing was startled, a flash of astonishment flashed across his eyes, and he stopped waving the fairy wand.

——This expression became the final scene of the video.

Xu Hexing couldn't help but read it again.

Since he promised to show him the video of firecrackers, then...

Xu Hexing did not hesitate and sent the entire video decisively.

Then he sent only the first half of the video to the group, and compared with Zhao Yihang who fired the louder cannon.

Xu Hexing later recorded a video of fireworks blooming in the sky. The sound was clear and loud, and the night became darker.

The shapes of the fireworks are also more profound.

Xu Hexing sent different videos to Huo Yu using two accounts under different identities.

I wonder what Huo Yu is doing at this moment?

——Ever since Xu Hexing said that he and his parents were having New Year's Eve dinner and attached a photo of the "Manchu-Han banquet" dinner table, he has been missing without a trace.

There were two "buzzing" sounds, and the phone vibrated.

Huo Yu's reply to Xu Hexing was: Very nice.

Xu Hexing couldn't help but interpret, what was he talking about that looked good? Are firecrackers good-looking? Surely no one would think that the exploding firecrackers look good, right?

That means you look good in the second half, right?

His seemingly ambiguous but actually standard answer made Xu Hexing feel excited again.

And his reply to his online girlfriend was: I just went to make my New Year’s Eve dinner. [Picture] The accompanying picture shows two plates of dumplings.

It looked like it was quick-frozen.

Xu Hexing instantly felt sad again. He knew that Huo Yu's relationship with his mother was not very good, but he didn't expect that she wouldn't accompany him even on a day of family reunion like the Spring Festival.

But fortunately, he was with him.

Will Huo Yu also feel that it is a lot more lively because of his company?

Definitely, because he immediately sent a voice message saying: "Beautiful fireworks. It's the first time I've seen such beautiful fireworks since the ban on setting off fireworks. Thank you...Xiao Xing."

This was his first voice shout. My own little star.

Most of his acquaintances call him "Brother Xing" or "Xing'er" with the Northeastern pronunciation. Elders often call him "Xingxing".

Xu Hexing only remembered that no one had called him "Xiaoxing" for a long time, and Huo Yu was the first person in so many years.

He had a gentle voice and murmured his love for the fireworks video.

A figure suddenly flashed in Xu Hexing's mind. He was a little fat but cute little boy. He called himself "Xiao Xing" in a childish voice. That was the first time someone called him Xiao Xing.

And Xu Hexing, who had been the "class bully" and loved him since he was a child, immediately gave him a lesson with verbal threats and intimidating expressions. Not only did he not scare him away, but he followed him closely behind him and couldn't get rid of him.

So that child became his little brother, the little brother whom he protected.

Xu Hexing vaguely remembered whether the nickname he gave him was "Little Fat Cat" or "Little Fat Bug"...

I don't know what is going on with him now. He has lost contact with him over the years.

Xu Hexing couldn't help but sigh. -Huo

Yu stood in front of the window and looked at the quiet city.

This city, which can be called the most prosperous metropolis in the country, is so quiet on New Year's Eve. It seemed like just an ordinary night.

——If you ignore the various dazzling LED and 3D large-screen New Year greetings.

But Huo Yu's heart was noisy and lively.

Naturally, he watched Xu Hexing's video minute by minute, including the final frozen scene.

Uncontrollably, I took screenshots of those perfect frames and simply spliced ​​them together to create a perfect mobile phone wallpaper.

Reason told him not to, but his impulse made him change the wallpaper from the endless sea to this boy as he pleased.

From now on, Huo Yu could not help but look forward to seeing such a energetic and lively young man every time he turned on his phone.

There are many photos of Xu Hexing in his mobile phone.

——Most of them are fleeting back figures and blurred profiles, occasionally interspersed with a few group photos, and a few of Xu Hexing's headshots were stolen from his circle of friends. He has rarely posted on WeChat Moments recently, probably because he has shared trivial things with himself, and he no longer has a strong desire to share with others other than himself. Huo Yu was very satisfied with this conclusion.

This was the first time he had such a clear and beautiful photo of Xu Hexing.

Although this photo was taken from a video.

He had never had such a lively New Year's Eve.

When Zhao Xin originally agreed to celebrate the New Year together but suddenly had to go on a business trip, Huo Yu took it for granted that it was an ordinary and lonely night.

Everyone was laughing and laughing, but he was the only one enjoying a moment of tranquility in the darkness.

But with Xu Hexing here, this is destined to be an extraordinary New Year's Eve.

A New Year's Eve worth remembering.

There are Xu Hexing’s firecrackers, Xu Hexing’s fairy sticks, and Xu Hexing’s fireworks.

There is no mention of love in every word, but Xu Hexing is inseparable in every word.

The video of fireworks exploding into dazzling clusters of flowers in the sky was replayed over and over again, as if at this moment, outside the window and in the sky in Shanghai, there was really a fireworks show that only he could see.