The two remained silent. Hao Ren felt sorry for Xie Yujia's long wait and didn't know how to respond to her, while Xie Yujia kept asking himself, what on earth am I doing?
After putting all the dishes and chopsticks in the cabinet, they walked out of the kitchen. Grandma was lying on her side on the sofa, holding the remote control in her hand, dozing off, almost falling asleep.
Xie Yujia felt sorry for her grandma, so she walked over, picked up the coat next to her, and put it on her. She just felt that her grandma was lonely, and Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang were both busy with their careers, so they came here to stay with her today.
At this moment, she saw her grandma watching TV and dozing off. She could guess how her grandma spent her time alone at home, and she felt sour in her heart.
"Oh, are you finished washing?" Grandma rubbed her eyes and let out a long yawn, "How about you guys go to bed early?"
Why do these words sound so ambiguous to Hao Ren?
Not only Hao Ren, but also Xie Yujia's face turned red when she heard these words.
Before Grandma could react, she continued, "I just had a dream. Ren gave birth to a lot of children, and they all called me ancestor!"
"Grandma, I'm a boy, how can I give birth?" Hao Ren helped his grandma up from the sofa, a little dumbfounded.
"Haha..." Grandma didn't explain much. She looked at Xie Yujia, who was blushing, and said, "Grandma is a little sleepy. Let's go back to the room to rest. It's still early anyway. You two, go to the beach for a walk."
"Yeah." Xie Yujia nodded habitually to grandma's suggestion.
"You, talk to Xiaoluobo more. Now that we know each other, the relationship has become stranger." Grandma said to Hao Ren again.
"Okay, grandma, please rest." Hao Ren helped her into the room on the first floor.
Xie Yujia looked at Hao Ren and suddenly discovered that he also had the advantage of being filial. Whether handsome or not, what attracted me to Hao Ren since my freshman year was probably these simplest qualities.
"Let's go to the beach." Hao Ren walked out again and said.
"Yeah." Xie Yujia nodded slightly.
The beach is only a few dozen meters away from the villa, and the soft sandy beach is very comfortable to step on. Xie Yujia simply took off her shoes and stepped on the beach barefoot.
The sound of the tide, rushing, is very soft. The moonlight shines on the sea surface, making the waves sparkling. This place already belongs to the suburbs of Donghai City, the air is fresh, and the stars are bright.
The two of them walked along the beach for several minutes without speaking.
"How was your test today?" As a boy, Hao Ren spoke first.
"Well, today's test is not difficult. I guess 90 points should not be a big problem." Xie Yujia replied.
Hao Ren smiled helplessly, thinking that he would be thankful if he could score 70 points in each subject.
When they were children, they used to take walks like this on the beach. In the blink of an eye, they were suddenly in their 20s.
"Oops!" Xie Yujia suddenly bent down.
"What's wrong?" Hao Ren leaned over.
In the moonlight, Xie Yujia frowned, "It seems that I stepped on glass."
Hao Ren quickly helped her sit down, looked down at her right foot, and found that the sole of her foot was bleeding slightly. What she stepped on was not glass, but a broken shell.
Hey, Xie Yujia's skin is too tender... In desperation, Hao Ren went to the beach to catch some seawater with his hands, scrubbed her wounds, and then ran to the distance to get her shoes and put them on for her to avoid getting hurt again.
Injuried.
And Xie Yujia stared blankly at Hao Ren running around, feeling a little moved. In the past, when he was a child, Hao Ren always liked to pretend to be a macho man, and ignored her crying and injuries. Only when he couldn't clean up the situation, he came to comfort her.
Sentence. Now that he has grown up, he has become very gentle and delicate.
"Let's go, you should be fine." Hao Ren grabbed Xie Yujia's arm and pulled her up from the sand, "The beach is very cold at night, and my stomach hurts after sitting for a long time."
"Yeah." Xie Yujia's soles still hurt slightly, but she still endured it and didn't want to appear too delicate.
"Remember when I was a kid, I jumped off that big rock several times. I always felt that there was a beach below and it wouldn't hurt if I fell. Now think about it, why was I so brave when I was a kid?" Hao Ren pointed to a black patch in the distance.
Reef, said.
"Yes, I jumped down after you, but my ankle sprained and I screamed at home for two days." Xie Yujia said with some complaints.
"Haha, actually you were very unwilling to admit defeat when you were a child." Hao Ren said.
Xie Yujia was speechless, maybe that was it. She would chase her little brother wherever he went. No matter what he did, she would try to do it.
They no longer talked about the things in school, they talked about the memories of their childhood. And by splicing these memories together, they restored the hazy scenes of their childhood one by one. Many little stories that they didn't know before were completed in their respective memories.
It gradually forms a three-dimensional scene.
The breeze blew Xie Yujia, causing her hair to float gently. Xie Yujia's profile in the moonlight was very gentle and peaceful. It was hard to imagine that she was the little carrot who refused to admit defeat in everything, the one who looked like a tomboy.
A little girl running around like crazy.
Xie Yujia's legs no longer hurt. She walked very far and then slowly walked back along the seaside.
When they got home, grandma was already asleep in the room on the first floor. Hao Ren and Xie Yujia tiptoed to the second floor and went to their rooms to rest.
Xie Yujia didn't tell the girls that Hao Ren was the younger brother, and Hao Ren didn't mention it to the boys either. This hidden relationship made them more cautious and considerate of each other.
Hao Ren knew that there were still many boys pursuing Xie Yujia in school, either explicitly or covertly. After all, Xie Yujia was beautiful and gentle, and fit the image of many boys' dream lover.
It's just that Xie Yujia is very low-key and never mentions these things, unlike Lin Li who regards boys' pursuit as capital and publicizes it everywhere. Moreover, she also tries to dress as plainly as possible, unlike Lin Li who is so showy.
But with a little comparison, most boys would feel that Xie Yujia is more beautiful and more elegant than Lin Li. Hao Ren vaguely knew that there were many senior students approaching Xie Yujia in the student union.
It's just that these boys were worried about Xie Wanjun, so they didn't openly express their love. However, this time the National College Basketball League is over, Xie Wanjun will go to the United States to study. This is something that all senior students know...
The whole small villa returned to tranquility. The tide ebbed and flowed, and it was already ten o'clock in the morning when Hao Ren woke up from a sweet dream.
He quickly got up and went to the next room to take a look. He found that the door was open and Xie Yujia had already gotten up.
Could it be that she had already gone back? Hao Ren was a little nervous, put on his pajamas, and went downstairs immediately.
I saw Xie Yujia wearing a set of clean clothes, the same one she left here last time, and two rubber gloves on her arms. She was standing on the balcony outside, stepping on a stool, tiptoeing, and trying hard to get on the bamboo pole.
Dry the quilt.
Grandma was sitting in the house, eating the buns baked by Xie Yujia, with a smile on her face.
"Grandma, what is she doing?" Hao Ren pointed outside the balcony and asked grandma.
"What are you doing?" Grandma rolled her eyes at Hao Ren, "Yujia got up early in the morning, walked with me to the beach, made me breakfast, and helped me wash the sheets and quilt covers.
Help me take it outside to the balcony to dry in the sun. I wanted to wake you up, but Yujia said you were too tired from studying recently and asked you to sleep a little longer!"
"Oh..." Hao Ren replied blankly, glancing at Xie Yujia who was busy outside the balcony again, feeling a little ashamed.
Xie Yujia did almost none of the things he did for his grandma.
"Hey, Yujia is such a good girl. Whoever marries her in the future will be really lucky!" Grandma looked at Xie Yujia with water droplets in the sunshine outside, and then said with emotion.
Hao Ren nodded in agreement with what grandma said. Xie Yujia is smart, capable, virtuous and a good cook. She is simply a future version of Zhao Hongyu.
"Hey, if Yujia were my grandson-in-law..." Grandma continued with emotion.
When Hao Ren heard something was wrong, he quickly picked up a new piece of bread and put it in grandma's hand, "Grandma, you continue to eat, I'll go outside and take a look."
He ran to the balcony, opened the door, and walked out.
Xie Yujia was standing on the bench, using clips to clamp the sheets on the bamboo pole. She saw Hao Ren coming out and smiled, "Are you up?"
Hao Ren scratched his head and felt a little embarrassed, "Well. Just come and accompany grandma. There are so many things to do."
"It's all done casually. Your parents are not at home, and grandma has no one to take care of her." Xie Yujia jumped off the bench, patted the still wet sheets, and put the bench in the corner of the balcony.
She took off her rubber gloves, and there were water droplets on her fingertips, which looked like green onions in the sunlight.
"I will do all this from now on, you don't need to help." Hao Ren said.
Xie Yujia smiled and glanced at Hao Ren from the corner of her eye, "You are so weird that you would think of doing these things!"
Hao Ren could only smile awkwardly. It was true that when he came back to accompany his grandma every weekend, he really didn't want to help his grandma wash the bed sheets and quilt covers. And only girls could think of these meticulous things.
"I also left a breakfast for you, you go and eat it. I also have some grandma's clothes here, which I have washed together and need to be hung up to dry." Xie Yujia continued.
"Okay." Hao Ren turned around and entered the house.
A neat breakfast is left on the table. Milk, burgers, and boiled eggs, simple and healthy.
"Grandma, I'm going back." Xie Yujia, who was hanging all the clothes to dry outside, walked in and said.
"Going back now?" Grandma was reluctant.
"Well, it's almost noon. I have an exam next week and I have to go back and review." Xie Yujia said.
"You and Aren are not in the same class. Otherwise, you can stay here and review with Aren." Grandma thought for a while and advised.
"No need, being here seems to be quite disturbing to Hao Ren." Xie Yujia smiled, "Grandma, please take care of your health. I will come see you again when I have time."
"Hey... okay." Grandma knew she couldn't keep her, so she stood up and walked Xie Yujia to the door.
"I'll drive you!" Hao Ren stood up in a hurry while drinking milk.
"No, you can study hard. I'll go out to the station for a while to exercise." Xie Yujia looked at Hao Ren with twinkling eyes, smiled again, turned around and walked out the door.
Seeing Xie Yujia walking away silently, grandma standing at the door suddenly turned to Hao Ren, who was still holding a hamburger in his hand, "Ah Ren, grandma, no matter what you think, grandma left her words here first! If you don't treat little carrot well,