She is in the fog

He Xi explained: "Good night, which means wanan when separated, I love you, I love you."

Heigudong:?

"No, haven't you read that diary? There was a boy who sent a girl goodnight messages every day, rain or shine. Later, the girl curiously asked the reason, and the boy said, goodnight means I love you, I love you."

Heigudong: [There must be something fishy about this connection. You are really stubborn.]

He Xi subconsciously thought that Heigudong was saying that she had bad luck, and sighed, "It's a bit strange. Even a love letter was lost."

Heigudong: [I'm not talking about that. I'm saying that you are really non-mainstream.]

He Xi then realized that each era has its own unique popular words. In the early 2000s, non-mainstream became popular. At that time, calling someone "non" meant that he did not fit in with the mainstream and was complaining without reason. Later, the trend changed and non-mainstream was no longer popular. At this time, calling someone "non" generally meant "non-Ai", which means having a bad face and bad luck.

He Xi was puzzled and said, "I don't think so. Isn't this considered a romantic persistence?"

[Let me put it this way, if you just send her good night messages, even if you do it for a thousand or ten thousand days, let alone a hundred days, she won’t understand what you are trying to express.]

He Xi raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively: "How about I forward that log to my space..."

Heigudong: […Forget it. Have you forgotten the young couple who were invited home by the school? If the dean really found out that you two were in a premature relationship, Mingmei would be implicated. Let’s talk about it after the college entrance examination.]

"Oh my God..." He Xi lay back on the bed and closed his eyes in despair.

On Monday, Wen Wan finished the competition and returned to school to continue her classes.

At night, on the way home, Wen Wan took out the dried mango, a specialty of Jiang Province, which she bought specially for He Xi and Ming Mei from her schoolbag.

"I've wanted to let you try some for a long time, but there are so many people in the classroom, and I was afraid there wouldn't be enough to share, so I didn't dare to take it out." Wen Wan explained, "Here, one bag for each of you, that should be enough, right?"

"Enough to eat! Of course it's enough!"
Mingmei took the dried mango and praised sincerely: "It looks delicious."

"Of course! Don't open yours yet!" Wen Wan tore open her bag and handed it to the two of them, "Eat mine first, and take yours home."

He Xi picked up a piece of dried mango and took a big bite. The sour and sweet taste spread between his lips and teeth. It was quite chewy and had a better flavor than fresh mango.

"Then I'd rather obey than be respectful!" Mingmei put her bag of dried mangoes into her schoolbag, reached out and took out a small piece from Wenwan's bag, and put it into her mouth without hesitation.

Seeing Mingmei only took a small piece, Wenwan was unhappy and kept saying, "Take the big one, the small one is not enough for you to eat."

Mingmei chewed the dried mango carefully for a few times, then swallowed it whole. She said hurriedly, "I accidentally bit the flesh in my mouth yesterday, and today I have an ulcer. It hurts to pull the big piece, but I can't pull it out, so I'll just forget it."

"You have an ulcer?" He Xi quickly grasped the key point.

Mingmei stuck out her tongue to probe the wound, and a small lump appeared on the side of her mouth. She nodded: "It should be. Anyway, it hurts a lot and it's inconvenient to eat."

"You guys wait for me here."
After He Xi finished speaking, he ran to the fork in the road on the right. After a while, he came back with two boxes of medicine.

She gasped for air and adjusted her breathing, then introduced it to Mingmei: "Spray the Guilin Watermelon Frost on the affected area, and don't drink water for half an hour. I also bought a box of vitamin C, which will work better when taken with it. Just follow the instructions."

After saying that, she unzipped Mingmei's schoolbag without permission and put the two boxes of medicine in it.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Wen Wan curled her lips and rolled her eyes, "You're being so attentive for no reason, like a peacock spreading its tail."

"Ahem." Mingmei cleared her throat and looked at the watch on her wrist. "It's getting late. Let's go back quickly."

When they arrived at the community, the two waved goodbye to He Xi.

When they reached Building 2, Mingmei followed Wenwan into the gate. The two hid in a corner and whispered to each other.

"Amei, what's going on between you and He Xi? Why do I feel like there's something weird going on with you two?"

Mingmei quickly put her index finger to her lips and whispered, "I'm going to tell you a secret, you are not allowed to tell anyone else."

"What secret?" Wen Wan immediately pricked up her ears, raised four fingers and swore, "I promise I won't tell anyone!"

Mingmei then leaned her head close to Wenwan's ear, covered it with one hand, and whispered, "I like He Xi."

"What! You like He Xi?" Wen Wan was stunned. She just went out for a walk and was robbed when she came back home?
Mingmei quickly covered her mouth, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one else, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Keep your voice down."

Wen Wan took Ming Mei's hand and confirmed again: "Do you really like He Xi?"

"Yeah." Mingmei nodded affirmatively.

Hearing this, Wen Wan's eyes immediately moistened, and she said aggrievedly: "Then will you still be number one with me in the world in the future?"

"Of course, you are my best friend."

Wen Wan felt even more aggrieved: "But you just said you like He Xi."

"This is different."

"Who is more important, me or her?"

"Oh." Mingmei pinched her cheek gently, "He Xi is the person I like, and you are my best friend. Both of you are very important people in my life."

"Then you won't forget your principles for the sake of beauty in the future, right?"

Mingmei shook her head: "No."

Wen Wan finally burst into laughter, rubbed her eyes, and asked, "Then how are you going to deal with your relationship with her?"

Mingmei pouted and rolled her eyes as she thought, "I plan to... confess to her after the college entrance examination!"

"why?"

"I'm afraid it will affect her studies."

Wen Wan laughed out loud, her expression full of disdain: "With He Xi's grades, there has to be room for improvement. It's not certain who will influence whom."

"What else can I say? Your score is even lower than hers."

"I……"
Wen Wan was speechless and could only say stubbornly, "I am a student with special talents. A mountain doesn't have to be high, as long as there are immortals on it. A river doesn't have to be deep, as long as there are dragons. A lot of points doesn't have to be a lot, as long as there are enough points."

"You make up these rhymes. If you fill them out incorrectly during the college entrance examination, I wonder what you will do."

The two were chatting and laughing. A resident entered the gate and walked towards the elevator. Mingmei pushed Wen Wan over and said, "You go upstairs quickly. I have to go home too. Remember, don't tell anyone else about tonight's secret, especially He Xi." Wen Wan nodded and made an "OK" gesture to her.

Watching Wen Wan take the elevator upstairs, Ming Mei slowly walked out of the door of Building 2. As she just reached the bottom of Building 3, the phone in her pocket started vibrating.

She took out her cell phone and saw it was a call from He Xi, so she answered the call.

"Hey, He Xi, what's up?"

"Are you home yet?"

"Not yet. I just had a chat with Wanwan downstairs and will be home soon."

"That's good. Be careful."

He Xi hung up the phone and didn't walk back until he saw the lights on the 3th floor of Building 15 come on.

Late at night, He Xi was lying in bed, thinking of the scene of hugging Mingmei at the "doomsday" and holding hands to "escape". He couldn't help but smile, took out his mobile phone, and sent a "good night" to Mingmei.

She would send Mingmei a "good night" message before going to bed every night, and this habit did not change until the winter vacation.

Mingmei was very puzzled: [Why do you send goodnight messages every day? Is this a habit of yours? ]
He Xi replied: [Haha, yes.]
Mingmei replied: [Haha, my grandma asked if you want to come to my house to play. ]
He Xi: [Is your aunt here? ]
Mingmei: [Yeah.]
He Xi: [Then I still won’t come. ]
Mingmei: [What's wrong with that? My aunt won't eat you.]
He Xi: [Maybe this is the deterrent power that teachers have over their students. Do you want to come out and play tomorrow? ]
Mingmei: [It’s so cold. I don’t want to go out. I might as well stay at home and play with the cat... unless...]
He Xi: [Unless what? ]
Mingmei: [Unless it snows tomorrow. Okay, I really need to go to bed. I won’t reply.]

He Xi recalled the weather forecast for Nanzhou City that he had heard on TV at noon: "It will be sunny in our city, with a maximum temperature of 4 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 1 degree Celsius, with a southwesterly wind of 2-3."

"Oh my God, please make it snow!" He Xi put his phone aside and said unwillingly, covering his eyes. "In previous years, it started snowing before the holidays started. This year, the winter holiday is almost halfway through, and there is no snow at all! Is this the effect of global warming?"

He Xi didn't wait for the snow the next day, nor did he wait for the bright sunshine. Until the seventh day of the first lunar month -

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, He Xi was woken up by Sun Siqin. The heavy snow she had been dreaming about for a long time suddenly came, as if to make up for the regret of being late. The snow fell heavily, passionately and selflessly. In an instant, the sky and the earth were covered with white, and only a touch of snow remained in the world.

He Xi stood on the balcony in slippers and pajamas, looking at the flowers and plants on the balcony whose spines were bent down by frost and snow, but she subconsciously straightened up.

My heart is burning hot, and even though the north wind is howling, I don't feel cold at all.

She couldn't help but call Mingmei. The phone rang for a long time before Mingmei answered.

"Well, who is it?"
A bright voice came from the other end of the phone, soft and sticky, as if the person was still sleepy, with a lazy and cute nasal tone.

He Xi couldn't contain his excitement and said excitedly: "Mingming, it's snowing! Look out the window!"

Mingmei on the other end of the phone woke up when she heard this. She opened her eyes suddenly, got up from the bed, turned over the quilt, put on her slippers and ran to the balcony. As expected, she saw the sky and the earth turned white. She held the phone to her ear with her left hand and stretched out her right hand to catch the snowflakes. Watching the snowflakes melt in the warmth of her palm, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth and exclaimed: "It's so beautiful."

He Xi held the cell phone in his left hand and stretched out his right hand to catch the snowflakes, which was exactly the same movement as Ming Mei's.

"Mingming, it's snowing. Can we go out and play today?"

"Hmm..." Mingmei pursed her lips, as if thinking about something.

"is it okay?"

"Okay!" Mingmei suddenly said, "How about we go to the vegetable market?"

Snowflakes turned into water droplets in her hands. He Xi lowered her head and gently rubbed the remaining moisture with her thinly calloused fingers. Although she was puzzled, she still did not question her idea and said gently, "Okay, you can go wherever you want."

"Then I'll go wash up first! I'll come to your house to find you later!"

He Xi hurriedly said, "Take your time to wash up, I'll wait for you downstairs at your house."

"Well, it's not impossible," Mingmei thought, then snickered, "Just go in and wait, don't worry, my aunt has gone to Jiang Province, I don't know why you are so afraid of her, like a mouse seeing a cat."

"Yeah." He Xi said jokingly, "Maybe it's because I've never been good at history since I was a child. I tremble when I see a history teacher."

After hanging up the phone, He Xi washed and changed clothes as quickly as possible. After confirming what he wanted to bring, he shouted towards Sun Siqin's room: "Grandma, I'm going out. I'll be home later. You don't have to cook for me."

Sun Siqin was folding the quilt. When she heard He Xi's voice, she simply put down the corner of the quilt, opened the door and walked out of the room. She looked up and down and said, "Where are you going?"

"Looking for classmates." He Xi said while putting on his shoes at the entrance.

Seeing this, Sun Siqin took a scarf from the clothes hanger and used it to wrap around He Xi's neck and the lower half of her face. She then bent down and weighed her pants, and asked seriously, "You're not wearing long underwear again?"

The scarf covered her mouth. He Xi raised her hand and wiped it from her face to her chin, explaining, "It's too tight to wear and it's not convenient to move."

"It's snowing so heavily, how can you not wear long johns? Be careful of getting cold legs!" Sun Siqin walked into the room while scolding, took out a pair of long johns, and blew them with an electric hair dryer.

A few minutes later, he handed the pants to He Xi: "Here, put them on while they're hot."

So, He Xi, who originally wanted to travel light, finally wrapped himself up like a ball at the instruction of Sun Siqin.

There is a kind of cold called "Grandma thinks you are cold."

Seeing that Sun Siqin was rummaging through the boxes and cabinets again, He Xi knew that if she didn't leave, she might ask her to move the landlord's old air conditioner that was built in 1982 as well. So He Xi quickly put the key in place and shouted to Sun Siqin, "Grandma, I'm leaving." After saying that, she quickly closed the door and ran downstairs.

"Hey! You kid! You haven't put on your hat yet!" Sun Siqin walked out of the room, muttering to herself and complaining.
In her hand, she was holding a woolen hat with three holes on the face and the rest of the hat was completely airtight. Most importantly, it was black! If I wore this on my face, I wouldn't dare go to the bank, for fear that someone would seize it as soon as I arrived at the door.

After walking out of the community gate, He Xi opened an umbrella, but the wind blew back the snow, and many snowflakes were blown into the world under the umbrella. Even the red scarf was stained with white. He exhaled a few breaths of hot air, and the snowflakes on the scarf quickly melted away.

The heavy snow seemed to have started falling last night, and there was already about 5 centimeters of snow on the ground. It was soft and crunchy when I stepped on it with every step.

Breakfast shops are often the first to open. When other stores are closed, the clinking of dishes and chopsticks are already on the way in the street-side breakfast shops.

An auntie, holding some meat and vegetables she bought from the market, stood in front of a large steamer and shouted, "Boss, give me two buns!"

"Come on, come on!" A middle-aged woman came out, wearing a pair of blue sleeves on her arms and an apron with XX brand chicken essence printed on it. She looked very honest, "What kind of buns do you want? Meat buns or vegetable buns?"

“Two beef buns.”

He Xi stopped and tilted his head to look at the grand scene in the store. It seemed that the breakfast in this restaurant must be very delicious. The staff were busy, and customers were coming in an endless stream, with almost all the seats occupied.

She decided to have breakfast with Mingmei in this restaurant later!

(End of this chapter)