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Chapter 37 A Unique Christmas Tree

After returning from the urban area, Lu Shiqing and Chen Fang were not given a chance to take a break for the weekly comprehensive science exam. They were coaxed into the exam room with a group of students like sheep, and then waited to be slaughtered.

There are still [-] days until the college entrance examination, which sounds like a long time, but it has been filled with repetitive monotonous activities, and all that is left is to make papers, change papers, and talk about papers.The description of the mountain of books and the sea is really no exaggeration. I am afraid that the mountains are not heavy enough and the sea is not deep enough, and I wish they could be overwhelmed and swallowed.

Just after class in the first evening self-study, Chen Fang was still sorting out the wrong questions on his seat. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Lu Shiqing standing next to him and going out. He thought he was going to the bathroom, so he didn't ask much.Lu Shiqing didn't take the initiative to say anything, but just looked back when he was leaving the classroom door, and hurried away like a cautious spy showing his feet.

Taking advantage of the break between self-study and get out of class, Zhou Fan put an apple on Lu Shiqing's desk as he did on Christmas Eve last year, but this time he also gave Chen Fang an apple by the way.

"Well, happy Christmas Eve." Zhou Fan put down the apple and left without waiting for Chen Fang to thank him.

Chen Fang took the apple in his hand, and the carefully packaged plastic paper made a sizzling sound.He knew that Zhou Fan gave Lu Shiqing a little congratulations because of Lu Shiqing's face, or he whispered "thank you" sincerely to Zhou Fan's awkward back.

It turns out that there are so many points of light in the world, so an insignificant speck of dust can occasionally be favored, and can exist for a while in the halo of the edge.

Snow began to fall outside the window.

Before the preparatory bell for the next self-study class rang, Chen Fang didn't wait for Lu Shiqing to come back, but only waited for a message from his mobile phone.

"Come out, the old place is waiting for you."

Chen Fang smiled when he saw the news, knowing that the two of them, who hadn't skipped class for a month, were about to miss the next period of self-study.

Spreading the papers on the table, pretending to leave temporarily, Chen Fang quietly walked out of the classroom through the back door wearing the dark blue scarf that Lu Shiqing put on the back of the stool.

Lu Shiqing waited for him with a bicycle outside the fence, a little snow fell on his shoulders and hair, and Chen Fang, who easily slipped through the gap in the fence, patted it off, and tied a scarf around his neck.

"Brother Fang, happy birthday." Lu Shiqing said with a smile.

"Didn't I already say that when I got up in the morning." Chen Fang followed suit with a smile, and arranged the knots of the scarf into nice shapes.

"How can it be the same." Lu Shiqing asked Chen Fang to get into the car, put his hands in the pockets of his warm clothes, "Hold me, and take you to your birthday."

Chen Fang sat down obediently before asking, "Where are you going?"

"You'll know when you arrive."

Lu Shiqing exerted strength on her legs and stepped on the pedals to ride the bike out.

Chen Fang was very familiar with the places he had ridden along the way, and he guessed the final destination of this route very closely, but he didn't immediately ask Lu Shiqing for confirmation, but leaned on his back and closed his eyes, Let Lu Shiqing take him where to go.

Without a clear direction, it was more like being taken by Lu Shiqing to find the gift he hid.Chen Fang seldom receives meaningful gifts on meaningful days. He is not willing to use up all the joy at once, but wants to accept the surprise Lu Shiqing prepared for him step by step like unwrapping a gift wrapping ribbon. .

The car stopped, Chen Fang opened his eyes and jumped out of the car, they were standing at the entrance of the small pine forest beside the sea-crossing bridge.

"Hey, brother Fang, close your eyes for a while longer." Lu Shiqing just asked Chen Fang to close his eyes, and covered his eyes with his hands again, and walked into the pine forest from behind, thinking There is a speech, "Hiss, which tree is it? I knew it was made outside."

"What?" Chen Fang put his hand on Lu Shiqing's, and walked cautiously and recklessly under his seemingly unreliable guidance.

"Hey, don't ask, just follow me."

After Lu Shiqing said this, Chen Fang smiled, and obediently leaned in Lu Shiqing's arms and followed his direction.Chen Fang felt that they had entered the pine forest, and he could smell the light and cool smell of pine branches and falling snow, like the good smell he had smelled on Lu Shiqing once in a while.The difference is that the smell on Lu Shiqing's body carries the warmth baked by body temperature, which melts the snowflakes flying in the cold winter into the rain and dew in the midsummer morning.

"Aren't you okay?" Chen Fang felt that they had been walking for a long time, and turned right four times, like a circle.He just wanted to turn his head to look at Lu Shiqing, but his face was held in warm and strong hands, and he covered his eyes and continued to circle in the pine forest. Lu Shiqing, who had already run out of patience, persuaded him, "Wait a little longer." ".

"Damn it, here it is." Lu Shiqing murmured to himself behind Chen Fang, and then said to him: "You are not allowed to open your eyes when I let go, and you are not allowed to peek."

"Okay, okay." Chen Fang was amused by Lu Shiqing's pretending to be mysterious, and he agreed wholeheartedly.Anyway, the eyes that were closed all the way just now are not bad for a while.

Through all senses except vision, Chen Fang seemed to be able to picture Lu Shiqing busy in front of him in his mind. He didn't know what he was holding in his hand, and he had to sort it out carefully before handing it to him with confidence.

"Okay, open your eyes."

Hearing Lu Shiqing's voice, Chen Slow opened his eyelids slowly, and as soon as a small slit was exposed, colorful and flickering light spots rushed in, like a meteor shower falling in front of his eyes, covering him with crystals of snowflakes Sight.The joy that had been accumulated for a long time still ignited in an instant without restraint, like sparks starting a prairie fire, which made him almost have the urge to make a wish.

Although Lu Shiqing has no ability to get a meteor shower that falls only for Chen Fang, there are other ways to realize his wish.

The snow-falling pine tree in front of you is wrapped with several circles of colorful lights, and various candy bags are hung on the branches. A circle of stringed fireworks sticks is placed around the tree, and the jumping sparks crowd each other and shine brightly.

This is a one-of-a-kind Christmas tree.

If Christmas Eve and Christmas are public holidays that many people get together to celebrate, then Chen Fang's birthday is an exclusive festival that only belongs to the two of them, and it should be celebrated grandly and warmly, with blessings, ceremonies and each other. Nothing less.

"Happy birthday." Lu Shiqing pressed the small remote control in his hand a few times, and the lights on the Christmas tree flickered in different ways. Then he put the remote control into Chen Fang's hand and told him, "Now you can make a wish."

Chen Fang didn't speak, and he couldn't speak now either. He stared unblinkingly at the tree surrounded by colored lights in front of him, letting those light spots dance and flicker in his eyes.When Lu Shiqing asked him to make a wish, he closed his eyes, feeling that his heart was filled with those light spots, and he didn't need more wishes to fill the void.When he came back to his senses and opened his eyes, the strings of firework sticks in the snow by the tree had already been extinguished, but there was a more crystal clear water in his eyes to make up for the brightness of the extinguished sparks.

"Can I keep my wish?" Chen Fang asked.

"Ah, yes, of course." No matter what Chen Fang said at this moment, Lu Shiqing would agree. He thought about it again and said, "Maybe I can do a little less than Santa Claus, but your wishes will definitely come true."

"All the wishes I make can be fulfilled by you." Chen Fang didn't dare to be greedy, and once in a while he was greedy just to keep this wish.The opportunity is too precious, I don't know if it will be more often in the future, but he is reluctant to use it hastily.

"Don't say I'm superstitious, but sometimes wishes come true by gods." Lu Shiqing rummaged in her pocket, took out a length of rope, and put it on Chen Fang's wrist involuntarily, "Let me tell you , This is the red string that I begged from the Yuelao Temple on the outskirts of the city with my mother on my back last vacation, and I made the small bracelet myself. Don't be too rough, this is already my highest level."

When Lu Shiqing went to Yuelao Temple, he sighed that he never thought that one day he would pray to God and Buddha for marriage, and he was really devout when he prayed.He found a lot of rope knitting tutorials on the Internet, and he was usually proud of being able to wrap his wide palm around Chen Fang's hand, but he was defeated by a small piece of red rope.

Chen Fang even knitted a scarf that was so difficult for him, and Lu Shiqing felt that he shouldn't even be able to weave a bracelet.

There is still a missed buckle on the final knot, and you can’t find it unless you look carefully. It’s too late to disassemble and re-knot, so we can only leave this fly in the ointment.

"I don't think so." Chen Fang looked at the red rope carefully. It actually looked quite ordinary, but in Chen Fang's eyes, it looked like a piece of gold that was hard to come by. He was cautious and reluctant to even touch it with his fingertips.

"How is it? Do you like it? Do you like it?" Lu Shiqing asked Chen Fang half-invitingly and half-testing. He put a lot of thought into it, and of course he hoped that Chen Fang would like it.

"like."

Hearing Chen Fang's answer, Lu Shiqing was satisfied and heaved a sigh of relief, stretching out his arms to hug Chen Fang into his arms.

Chen Fang smelled whether it was the small pine forest or the pine fragrance wafting from Lu Shiqing's body, and touched the buckle that Lu Shiqing tied the red rope on him.

The strong knot seemed to be intended for him to wear it for the rest of his life.

Then wear it for a lifetime.