First Love (3)

  The holiday without Xia Bing and Zhuo Er is really boring, although Lu Minran and Zhou Shuangshuang occasionally come to my house, under the guise of doing homework together, exchanging each other's small gossip, unfortunately, there is no Wei Xingyun in these gossips, the only piece of news related to him is that Zhou Shuangshuang accidentally heard that Wei Xingyun is tutoring a primary school student.

  Can such a stereotypical person take care of children? I have my doubts.

  The person who deliberately forgot is mentioned again, as if the butterfly hidden in a corner of the heart suddenly woke up, happily opening its wings and sprinkling pollen called "Weixingyun" on every organ of the body.

  In a boring holiday, thinking of Wei Xingyun, that holiday became a tangled holiday.

  It's been so long since we last met, the resentment and determination in my heart have long dissipated. The spineless Xiaomeng has re-emerged, entangled every day, thinking of reasons to contact Weixinyun.

  In the past, every holiday, I could think of some excuses to call Wei Xingyun: forgot homework, couldn't do math problems, gossip during the holidays... But all of these were based on us being friends. This winter break, we're not even in the same class and are still in a cold war, I really can't think of any thick-skinned reason to call him.

  It dragged on until after the New Year.

  On New Year's Eve morning, I lay in bed, silently encouraging myself: Come on, Xiaomiao.

  After all, there shouldn't be anyone who would hang up on someone's New Year's greeting call.

  I got up, wearing a little cat's pajamas, with an unwashed face and unbrushed teeth, ran to the phone, mustered up my courage, and dialed that phone number I had memorized long ago.

  "Mooooo..."

  The phone was answered quickly, a gentle female voice, it was Wei Xingyun's mother. I made an effort to produce my sweetest tone: "Auntie, Happy New Year, I'm looking for Wei Xingyun."

  "Is it Mengmeng? It's been a long time since you called home. Hold on for a moment."

  Then she heard her put down the phone, seemingly walking to Weihangyun's room, calling him to get up and answer the phone. Afterwards, there was a sound of slippers "swishing" as someone picked up the phone, their voice somewhat low: "Hello?"

  It's been a long time since I heard Wei Xingyun's voice.

  When I was talking to his mother, I could still keep calm, but as soon as I heard Wei Xingyun's voice, for some reason, I became tense.

  "Hello... I, I am Xia Mi Mi."

  He paused for a moment on the other side, then replied: "Oh."

  What's going on! You can't even give a slightly enthusiastic response?!

  "Wei Xingyun, Happy New Year!"

  He seemed to scratch his head, "Well, happy new year to you and your parents too."

  "Is it gone? Ahhh! It's really frustrating! I continued to make small talk, "Hey, Wei Xingyun, have you finished your homework?"

  "Ah, done."

  "Wow, it's so great, I still have a lot more to write, my mom is urging me every day."

  “……”

  "Uh... I heard you're doing private tutoring?" I finally managed to squeeze out a topic.

  "Yeah, in third grade of elementary school, we used to draw on the ground together every day, it was quite fun."

  "Uh...... Wei Xingyun, are you being sarcastic?"

  "You're overthinking."

  ……

  When Weixingyun hung up the phone, I still heard his mother say next to him, "Tell Mengmeng to come home and play when she has time." Unfortunately, he didn't convey her mother's meaning at all and hung up the phone without hesitation. I clenched my fist, Weixingyun you unfilial son.

  But, however... although our conversation was ordinary, Wei Xingyun didn't hang up on me and didn't mock me by saying "Xia Miomi, aren't you ignoring me?" His attitude remained the same as before.

  My hands involuntarily covered my mouth, secretly laughing, for the first time in my life, I felt like I had grown up a lot. Compromise, should be another lesson that must be learned in the classroom of life. Moreover, this result is indeed delightful.

  I couldn't help but burst into three loud laughs, and rushed into my parents' room without hesitation, shouting out that old-fashioned auspicious phrase: "Dad, Mom, Happy New Year, congratulations on getting rich, give me the red envelope!"

  "My mom yelled, 'Xia Miomi, how old are you now?!'"

  Haha, I have thick skin and I'm proud of it.

  That day, I wore new clothes, said a lot of auspicious words, took several red envelopes, and was beaming with joy. Xia Bing watched me counting the red envelopes with an ugly expression and commented: "A small person who has succeeded!"

  I ignored him and continued counting the money.

  Xia Bing, who is already in college, has a much lower income from red envelopes this year compared to previous years. Only his grandparents are willing to give him red envelopes, while my younger siblings and I take turns searching him thoroughly. Xia Bing smiles and gives our little sister a red envelope, then turns around and scolds me: "Xia Mi Mi you're such a heartless person."

  Although Xia Bing had been making fun of me all day, as soon as we finished dinner, he quietly came over and asked, "Want to go out and have some fun?"

  "Ah!" I hesitated, "But I still want to watch the Spring Festival Gala..."

  Xia Bing looked at me with disdain, "Can't you have some other pursuits? Just go for an hour, the Spring Festival Gala is about to start and I'll guarantee you'll be back."

  "Alright." I nodded and quickly changed clothes, only reporting to grandma once, and slipped out quietly.

  As soon as we walked out of grandma's big yard, a red sports car had already slid in front of us. I opened my mouth wide, this is too cool!

  The moment the car door opened, it was Zhuo Er's smiling face.

  My face turned red all the way to my ears.

  "Happy New Year, Mengmeng."

  "Ah, happy new year, Gege Zhuo." I lowered my head, speaking in a voice as soft as a mosquito's.

  He looked at my reaction, smiled and handed over a red envelope, "I heard Xia Bing say that he gave you a red envelope today, this is mine."

  Xia Bing, this news is spreading a bit too quickly.

  I was too embarrassed to accept, but Xia Bing didn't hesitate and stretched out her hand to take it, shoving it into mine. "If you're taking mine, of course you have to take his. In the future, you won't be someone else's wife, what's there to be embarrassed about?"

  Ahhhhh! I glare at Xia Bing, look at my eyes, let's have a fight!!!

  Xia Bing completely ignored my anger and smiled as she approached me, "Zhuo Er Gege, is there a share for someone's family?"

  "Get in," Zhuo Er said calmly, looking at him for a moment. "It's New Year's Day, I don't want to scold you."

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