The clock on the wall quietly walked past twelve o'clock.

The dew is deeper outside the window, and the lights on the streets and alleys are wrapped in the mist, emitting a faint and cold light. The drowsy bedroom is filled with humid and hot water vapor, and the heat waves are rolling and surging.

The lingering breathing and gentle moans came one after another. The light from the frosted glass in the bathroom dyed a hazy dark gold color on the bedding, illuminating the dark water stains on the snow-white sheets.

Su Hao was sweating all over, as if soaked in a pool of water, floating and sinking.

Every piercing turbulence pushed her towards a more surging vortex. She raised her head desperately in the strong tremor, opened her mouth to absorb fresh air, and hugged Xu Lie's back tightly. Her fingertips were unbearable to curl up. As she scratched, her nails squeezed into his flesh.

Xu Lie felt pain without feeling the pain. He looked down at her long black hair, her shimmering lips, her delicate and smooth skin as white porcelain, and her softness because he was swaying into a soul-stirring shape, and his eyes could not be removed for a moment.

He held her hand, and tied her fingers tightly, and moved deeper and heavier.

The long night was endless, and he was willing to be a small boat and sank in her ocean.

*

That night, Su Hao was exhausted but didn't want to sleep at all.

The messy bed sheets were packed and she went to the corner of the room. Xu Lie took her to the bathroom and took a shower again. She nestled with him into the brand new soft quilt, and was reluctant to close her eyes.

Xu Lie was willing to indulge her in these trivial matters. She didn't like to sleep, so she hugged her and talked with her, told her one by one the things she wanted to ask but couldn't bear to ask, and showed her his past honestly.

He said that although that year was awful, he had done his best and there was no regret in looking back.

At that time, the doctor said that his mother still had some micro-consciousness, so in that half a year, he treated every day as the last day of spending time with his mother, and told her all the words she had never been able to say before - his contradictions, his dilemma, his memories of everything about his mother, and his apologies.

He said that on the day my mother left, my father and sister came to see her off.

Although they had broken up, had a lot of trouble and hated each other, on that day, they put aside their grudges and the family of four reunited for the last time and completed the farewell together.

He said that he slowly figured out something.

Living independently does not mean being alone, and losing money does not mean cutting off blood.

The overlap between parents and children is too short, and he doesn't have much time to waste it.

Those so-called debts may not be as difficult as he thought before. Being with each other in a limited life is also a kind of repayment.

Su Hao listened quietly and couldn't help but think, maybe this is life - looking for perfection in shortcomings, but not finding perfection, and finally finding the answer; and if you get the answer, you may also get another kind of perfection.

*

Su Hao and Xu Lie spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day and night, and returned to Nanzhong to visit the old class on Monday, and brought him New Year's gifts in advance.

When Du Kang saw the two, he was so excited that he seemed to have not spoken for a year. He chatted with them, sighing that he stayed in Class 7 to continue teaching. As a result, they went north and across the ocean. In the third year of high school, they were not as angry as Su Hao, so they were much less angry.

Su said with a funny look: "But you should have a lot more hair."

Du Kang touched the increasingly dense top of his head and felt that this was a truth. It was not as troubled by Su Hao, and he didn't have to worry about how to properly handle the problem of early love for students. I don't know how much hair was lost.

Du Kang sighed for a long time, and finally took out two graduation photos that had been kept for a long time from the desk drawer, saying that they had printed them specially at the beginning, and gave them to each of them one.

Su Hao wanted to say that there were no two of them in the photo. It would be fine if I didn’t mention it. Isn’t it just a little sad? As a result, after taking the photo, I saw that two human-shaped cards of her and Xu Lie were placed next to the team, which was still the same style as the rustic and decisive sports meeting.

If she and Xu Lie hadn't had good looks and had the support, she would probably have wanted to tear this graduation photo apart.

Su Hao didn't know whether to be moved or speechless, but he really missed these people in the photo.

It’s a pity that the winter vacation between her and Xu Lie was inconsistent with the country. Most of their classmates were studying in college in other places, so they couldn’t get together this time.

But the future is long, so there is nothing to worry about.

When I sent Su Hao and Xu Lie out of school, Du Kang pulled them one by one, and there was a little meaning of "a love relationship between a deskmate, cherish this relationship", saying that both of them were good children and would definitely become very outstanding adults in the future. In the future, we should continue to support each other, support each other, and share the joys and sorrows.

Su Hao was stunned by this attitude and almost thought that the emcee at the wedding was reciting the hosting lyrics.

Du Kang also thought of this and told the two that if the result is achieved, don’t forget to invite him, the head teacher, to have a wedding banquet.

Su Hao said, "The legal age is less than you are, you are too anxious." But when he heard Xu Lie smile and say "certain", he seemed to have really seen that day-

The guests were filled with guests, and the bells of the auditorium rang. They walked along the flower road from school uniforms to wedding dress.

*

After finishing the arrangements in Nancheng, Su Hao and Xu Lie went to Beicheng together after two days of rest.

Su Hao hasn't seen his parents for a long time. Xu Lie's sister and brother-in-law have booked a New Year's Day trip to the UK, and urged Xu Lie to go home before New Year's Day. After they landed at the North City Airport, they should have gone home, but that day happened to be Xu Lie's mother's death day. Su Hao didn't want him to go to the cemetery alone, so he greeted his home and said he wanted to visit his boyfriend's mother.

December in North City is the real winter. It is exactly the same as when you land in South City. As soon as Su Hao left the airport, Xu Lie wrapped it into a bear from head to toe with a down jacket and scarf hat that was long up to his feet.

She complained and joked, saying that how could she meet her parents so bloated? She originally wanted to make the atmosphere of the day relaxed. She said that this memorial was Xu Lie taking her to see her mother, but she didn't expect that she would really meet her parents after she came to the suburban cemetery with Xu Lie.

A bunch of white chrysanthemums had been placed in front of Xu's tombstone, and a young man and woman stood there in a hand, whispering to each other.

The woman seemed to be tired of standing for too long and stomped on her feet and muttered, "Why can't the stinky brat yet?"

Xu Lie stopped unexpectedly, and the man and woman seemed to have some awareness and turned around.

The man smiled at Xu Lie, but the woman didn't care about Xu Lie. Her eyes locked Su Hao tightly, and she muttered to the man beside her: "No wonder this kid forgot his sister with a girlfriend."

Su Hao can tell that this is what praises her for being beautiful.

I also heard that this is Xu Lie's sister and brother-in-law.

She was stuck in this situation, looked down at her black body with only warmth but no dignity, and slowly turned her head to look at Xu Lie.

Xu Lie shook his head at her, saying that he didn't know that the two of them would wait here, and led her forward.

Although it was no longer necessary, he still introduced it to both sides.

It was false to see the parents unexpectedly. But based on the principle that they could not lose their momentum and lose their face, Su Hao still followed Xu Lie generously and shouted: "Sister, brother-in-law, I have long been honored to be famous."

"Each of each other." Cheng Lang nodded at her with a smile.

Xu Qiao looked moved and pressed the corners of his eyes that did not exist: "What a great cabbage, why did you give me a gift?"

"..." Xu Lie looked at her, "You've been here for a long time just to say this."

"Isn't it? Do you think I'm waiting for you here, just to see the girl from our Nancheng?" Xu Qiao angrily took Su Hao's arm, pulled her aside, and asked her like a cannon, "Are my brother good to you? Is your temper odor? Do you know that you love someone?"

Xu Lie walked to the tombstone, put a bunch of white chrysanthemums down, and looked at Su Hao and Xu Qiao who were talking and laughing in the distance. His originally low mood suddenly blew the clouds and saw the sun.

Cheng Lang patted his shoulder and said, "Your dad was going to come too, and the business in Southeast Asia could not be opened. I told him that your sister and I would come over and told him not to come and go."

Xu Lie nodded.

Xu Qiao asked Su Hao for a long time and came to a painful conclusion: Xu Lie is a dog here and a dog licking at Su Hao.

She covered her heart and said she wouldn't ask anymore. She asked again so much that her myocardial infarction was so angry that she pulled Su Hao to Xu Lie and handed them two golden cards: "Here, a New Year gift."

Xu Lie lowered his eyes and looked at the card in her palm, but he didn't answer for a moment.

Xu Qiao simply stuffed the card into Su Hao's palm: "It's not a bank card, the hot spring resort card, you two go out to have fun on New Year's Day."

Su Hao understands it.

Because Xu Qiao had other plans on New Year's Day, he couldn't celebrate Xu Lie's birthday, so he arranged a trip for the two of them.

Xu Lie nodded at Su Hao and signaled her to take it.

Su Hao looked at Xu Lie and cleared his throat: "I didn't bring any gifts at hand, so it seems that it's not good to take my sister's gift for nothing."

Xu Qiao raised her eyebrows and thought she wanted to refuse, but she suddenly asked, "Sister, do you lack oil paintings at home?"

"Hmm?" Xu Qiao was stunned.

"I will give you the oil paintings, and they will appreciate in the future, and it may be more valuable."

All three of them were amused by her.

Xu Lie rubbed Su Hao's hair, and his eyes were full of pride.

*

Su Hao stayed with his parents for a few days, and went to the hot spring resort in the suburbs of Beicheng for New Year's Day with Xu Lie to celebrate the New Year's Eve.

She felt that Sister Xu Lie had never considered this gift when she gave her. For a man who had just started eating meat, it was a fatal temptation to take a hot spring with her girlfriend.

Before coming to the resort, Su Hao imagined that this wonderful holiday should be - New Year, fireworks, hot springs, food, and maybe she could wait for a heavy snow that she had been looking forward to for a long time.

After coming to the resort, Su Hao's holiday was actually - Xu Lie, bed, brother, don't want it, slow down.

Su Hao never expected that in order to make Xu Lie accept this New Year gift more at ease, she worked diligently to give an oil painting, but it was exchanged for his flat and roundness.

January 2nd is Xu Lie's birthday. On New Year's Day, Su Hao was used as a birthday gift for one day, but he took it over and over again. By the evening, he was so tired that he couldn't wait for midnight.

Xu Lie didn't mind these trivial matters. She saw that she was napping in bed at less than ten o'clock, turned off the TV with the remote control, so that she could sleep with peace of mind.

Su Hao wanted to wait for another two hours at first, but when Xu Lie turned off the light and held her in his arms, her body seemed to recognize that this was a place of peace of mind. She gave up resisting and fell asleep all of a sudden.

Su Hao returned to the second day of the year last year in his dream.

She bought a nice snowman cake on a sleet night in New Jersey, went back to the dormitory to light candles, smiled at the cake and said, "Happy birthday to my boyfriend."

Smile until tears float in your eyes.

She was eating the cake alone, looking out the window while eating, thinking that sleet was nothing but snow, it was wet and cold, and it couldn't accumulate, and it would be futile for no matter how long it took.

The cake was very big, and she couldn't eat it until she was full, but she was still working hard. She didn't know what she was stubborn about. It seemed that as long as she ate all the cake, the snow would accumulate, and the agreement between her and Xu Lie to watch the snow would come true.

Su Hao woke up from this sad dream and saw the dim ceiling and didn't come back to her senses. She raised her hand and touched the wet corners of her eyes before she remembered that it was already a year ago.

Su Hao breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to touch the mattress, but found that there was no one around him.
To be continued...