《Puppy Only Has One Summer》


 Chapter 1

    September, heat and humidity enveloped the people in Lincheng city.


    The cool wind from the air-conditioning blew through her body as soon as Nan Xia walked into the railway station. She took a long breath, took out a tissue and carefully wiped the sweat off her forehead.


    Her mobile phone sounded with the notification of a new message. Nan Xia quickly found an empty seat in the waiting hall and sat down to check.


    Ning Bei: Five minutes till I get to the station.


    Nan Xia pursed her lips and smiled, How rude, call me Jiejie.


    After sending the text message, she threw the phone into her bag.


    She knows Ning Bei would not reply.


    When he was a little kid, he would follow behind her buttocks and call out Jiejie every time. But ever since he was around ten years old, he sealed golden mouth as if calling her Jiejie would kill him.


    Thinking about it, Nan Xia couldnt help laughing.


    Since she came to Lincheng to study in university and work, she rarely saw Ning Bei even when she went back to her hometown. This time, Ning Bei was admitted to Lincheng University. Nan Xias mother told her to take good care of Ning Bei. After all, the two families have been neighbors for more than 20 years.


    In the high-speed rail station, the cool air completely blows away the heat on Nan Xias body. She looked up at the screen that showed train arrival times, the train Ning Bei is on still had one minute to enter the station.


    Nan Xia blinked, then suddenly took out her phone again.


    She swiped up with her finger to turn on the selfie mode.


    On the screen, her half-length chestnut curly hair is scattered around her ears, the makeup on her face is very light, only her mouth is painted in a matte bean paste color.


    The medium-sized round golden earrings swayed slightly as Nan Xias fingers move in her hair.


    Nan Xia turned off the phone with satisfaction and returned her gaze to the timetable on the big screen.


    The corners of her mouth raised silently; she was looking forward to seeing Ning Bei.


    When Nan Xia left her hometown to study in Lincheng at the age of eighteen, Ning Bei was only twelve years old. In the next six years, Nan Xia rarely saw Ning Bei.


    Occasionally, when she visited Ning Beis house during the Chinese New Year, Ning Bei would hastily show his face and then quickly hid in his room.


    Boys after the age of twelve are like mushrooms after the rain, and their appearance change at an astonishing speed every year. Whenever she saw him, Nan Xia can only say to him every time: Ning Bei, you have grown taller again.


    Then Ning Bei would lower his head, mumbled, Yes, and walked back to the room with an expressionless face.


    Like a little adult.


    Nan Xia thought about the past and unconsciously smiled again.


    Looking up again, the status for the train that Ning Bei was on has changed to Arrived on the screen. Nan Xia picked up her bag and walked towards the gate.


    There were quite a few men, women and children leaning on the railing waiting for people. Nan Xia kept some distance from them, but also ensured that she could see Ning Bei when he comes out.


    Soon, the gate opened. Arriving passengers streamed out of the narrow exit like a school of fish. Nan Xia held her breath slightly and stood on tiptoes to look for Ning Beis figure.


    To be honest, she was actually not very confident that she could recognize Ning Bei at a glance.


    Leaving aside the fact that they havent seen each other for over half a year, Ning Bei was always not very interested in chatting when they meet every year, he usually shows up for a while and returns to his room soon.


    But Nan Xia knew that Ning Bei was tall and handsome, and she should be able to recognize him to some extent.


    Soon, Nan Xia spotted a boy in the group of passengers wearing white short-sleeved shirt a large print of graffiti on the front. He was wearing a NY baseball bag and had a suitcase in his hand.


    The smile on her face overflowed, Nan Xia quickly trotted over.


    Ning Bei!


    The man who was called out looked up in confusion, and Nan Xia strode closer.


    The two looked at each other


    Nan Xias heart stopped suddenly.


    Afterwards, she looked away nonchalantly and continued to shout into the air with an undiminished tone: Ning Bei, Ning Bei


    Her footsteps also logically walked in the other direction.


    A few seconds later, Nan Xia sneaked a glance to the left; the boy had already gone far away. Her voice gradually lowered.


    Nan Xia pursed her lips, and silently lit a cigarette for herself in her heart.


    Fortunately, Ning Bei wasnt here to see that.


    She breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to continue looking for Ning Bei as if nothing had happened.


    The moment she turned around, she saw a man who was also wearing a black baseball cap standing five meters away from her and staring at her silently.


    A shiver suddenly surged from Nan Xias back, and Nan Xia took a closer look.


    It was Ning Bei.


    Judging from his dark face and the frown that was about to reach the ground, Ning Bei probably saw the whole thing just now.


    Nan Xia really wanted lit a second cigarette.


    But after all, she is Ning Beis elder sister who is six years older, such trivial matters cannot defeat her. Nan Xia quickly adjusted her mentality, put on an intimate smile and walked towards Ning Bei.


    Ning Bei.


    As she got closer to Ning Bei, she realized how tall he was. Nan Xia took a small step back, so that she would not have to look up at him too much.


    Ning Beis face became colder for some reason, and his lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he didnt say anything.


    Nan Xia was accustomed to his silence, she reached out to help him push the luggage.


    Ning Bei stepped back and said, I can do it myself.


    Oh, of course. Nan Xia smiled and lightly tapped his shoulder, Then follow me.


    Ning Bei stared at her back, he clenched the suitcase handle harder, and then followed her steps.


    The university that Ning Bei was admitted to was Nan Xias alma mater, so it was Nan Xias duty to bring him into the dormitory.


    On the first day of school, the campus is full of parents who come to send their children to school. After the two reported quickly, they went to the dormitory with the suitcases. When they arrived at Ning Bei dormitory, the five boys who arrived first had already become acquainted.


    Nan Xias original plan was to help Ning Bei arrange his things and then take him out to dinner.


    Who knew that Ning Bei only stayed in the dormitory for a short time and told Nan Xia he didnt need help putting his things away and wanted to have dinner first.


    After he finished speaking, he walked out of the dormitory, looking a little impatient.


    Nan Xia then put the things in her hands back on the table.


    In the corridor of the dormitory, the male students and their parents came and went. Ning Bei leaned against the cold wall and looked sideways into the dormitory.


    Next to his bed near the window, Nan Xia was taking her bag.


    The sunlight streamed in from the window, casting a golden furrow on the bridge of her nose.


    Making it seem smaller and warped.


    She was wearing a stylish off-white dress.


    The two collars on the front overlapped at the chest in a V style neckline.


    His other roommates were laughing and talking to Nan Xia.


    Ning Bei suddenly stood at the door: Jiejie, Im hungry. Can you hurry up?


    For the first time, he took the initiative to call her Jiejie.


    Nan Xia immediately turned her head and said with a smile, Im coming right now, Xiao Bei.


    Ning Bei averted his gaze and leaned back against the wall of the dormitory.


    The shadow in the corridor completely covered the slight curl on corners of his mouth.


    Nan Xia came out quickly, Im sorry, it took a while.


    Ning Bei gave an expressionless hmm, turned around and walked downstairs.


    The two originally planned to eat in a restaurant outside the school, but before ordering the food, Nan Xia received a series of urgent calls from her boss.


    Helpless, Nan Xia could only leave early.


    Ning Bei didnt say anything nor did he stay at the restaurant to eat alone, he returned to the dormitory to continue putting away his things.


    There are five other boys in his room, from all over the country.


    Among them, the one called Jiang Chen was the most eloquent. He has a fiery personality and is very talkative. Within a few days, the people in the dormitory became familiar with each other.


    Although Ning Bei doesnt talk much, he doesnt deliberately ignore people.


    Occasionally, he will say a few more words on topics that catches his interest.


    The other boys in the dormitory quickly gave Ning Bei a nickname: Ice King.


    Cold, heartless, lady killer.


    Ning Bei glanced at them silently, and said to himself: All wrong.


    He looked down at his phone for the millionth time.


    His WeChat has been refreshed several times, and the friend application interface is still without any new notification.


    After Nan Xia left that day, Ning Bei received a text message.


    Whats your WeChat ID, Ill add you, itll be easier for us to communicate that way.


    Ning Bei immediately texted her his phone number when he go that message.


    Today is the third day.


    There was still no new friend request on his WeChat.


    Ning Bei held back and didnt send her any message to ask.


    But only he himself knows that every night when he goes to sleep, his heart is as uncomfortable as if it was on fire.


    In the noisy dormitory, the sound of tapping on game keyboards and human voices intersected, Ning Bei was still refreshing his WeChat app over and over again.


    Suddenly, a red dot appeared at the top of the friend request button.


    There was a buzz in Ning Beis ear, and his cold white cheeks quickly became hot.


    He clicked on it and saw Nan Xias friend application:


    Puppy, its Jiejie.

 Chapter 2

    Ning Bei was going crazy; his ears were so hot and his heart was beating so fast that it was about to burst out from his chest.


    Jiang Chens voice suddenly sounded next to his ear, Damn, why are you smiling like a fool, Ning Bei?


    The other roommates immediately cast their gazes on him.


    Only then did Ning Bei realize that the corners of his mouth were uncontrollably raised high in the air.


    He turned his face away in an instant, got up and went to sit on his bed.


    Jiang Chen refused to let go, he ran to Ning Beis bedside.


    Just as he was about to question him again, Ning Bei pulled his bed curtain closed with a woosh.


    The light dimmed instantly, and the noise in the dormitory seemed to be blocked automatically.


    Only the bright light of the phone screen shone on Ning Beis hot and red cheeks, he took a closer look at his phone,


    Xiao Bei, I am Jiejie.


    Ning Bei: ? ? ?


    Ning Bei:


    The phone screen suddenly went dark.


    His whole body became hotter and hotter.


    Ning Bei curled himself up on the bed to digest the restlessness, joy, embarrassment and laughter caused by his blunder.


    After a while, he buried his face in the soft quilt and laughed softly.


    His voice was carefully controlled by Ning Bei in this small space, but the vibration from his chest was noticed by his roommates.


    The roommate on his upper bunk immediately lowered his head to Ning Beis bed curtain and asked, Ning Bei, what are you doing?


    Just as Ning Bei was about to speak, Jiang Chen said solemnly, Dont disturb him.


    Ning Bei snorted in his heart, thinking that Jiang Chen was still taciturn. In the next second, Jiang Chen added,


    Hes looking at porn.


    Ning Bei:


    Scram.


    After Nan Xia sent him the friend request, Ning Bei accepted it quickly. He swiftly looked through Nan Xias posts on her friends circle, only to find that he can only see her posts from last three days, her latest post was a companys cultural promotion post.


    Ning Bei was slightly disappointed. He returned to the chat interface, rubbed his fingers on the keyboard a few times before pressing the back button.


    Ning Bei didnt speak first, he wanted to see what Nan Xia had to say.


    Who knew that Nan Xia still didnt send him a message until 9:30 that night. Ning Bei felt that the burning in his heart was getting worse. He was lying on the bed as if his whole body was on fire, it was getting so bad that he had to roll back and forth.


    At 9:45pm, Ning Bei decided to send a message first. He was afraid Nan Xia might go to bed soon.


    But what should he send first? Say hello?


    But Ning Bei doesnt want to call her Jiejie.


    After struggling for a while, Ning Bei sent, Are you asleep?


    But the next second after sending it out, he regretted it.


    These three words sounded very rude, and he didnt add any emoji. She might think he was being too indifferent when she sees it.


    There was a burst of fire in his heart, and just as Ning Bei was about to withdraw the message, he saw Nan Xias name had changed to Typing.


    His fingers froze in place, and his breathing stopped unconsciously.


    Nan Xia: Xiao Bei.


    Two short words, Nan Xias most intimate nickname for Ning Bei.


    Ning Bei didnt want to admit it, if anyone shine a light on his face right now, they would see a silly smile.


    He buried his face in the quilt and grinned for three seconds, then saw Nan Xia had send him a new message:


    Im sorry, the company had something to do that day, I didnt have time to have dinner with you.


    Ning Bei restrained his smile and typed: Its okay, work is important.


    After the message was sent, his eyes were glued to the screen and he waited intently for Nan Xias name to become Typing again, but this time, Nan Xia did not reply immediately.


    His heartbeat instantly slowed down.


    Ning Bei frowned unconsciously.


    He reread the sentence he just sent several times over and over again. Was his attitude too indifferent? Did it make Nan Xia unhappy?


    Ning Bei was a little upset and long-pressed the message he had just sent, but found that he could no longer withdraw it.


    He closed his eyes and laid on the bed like a corpse.


    However, the next second, the phone vibrated.


    Ning Bei turned his phone back on in an instant, and saw Nan Xias message: Sorry, I went to remove the facial mask just now.


    Ning Beis mind immediately came up with Nan Xia wearing pajamas and applying a facial mask at home. He had actually seen it once or twice.


    At that time, Nan Xia was in her third year of high school, when Ning Bei occasionally went to her house for dinner with his older brother, he would see the beauty loving Nan Xia lying on the sofa, applying a mask and reciting a book.


    Ning Bei was only twelve years old at the time, and he still didnt understand many things. But recalling this scene now, he felt that some parts of his body ache as if he got frostbite.


    Ning Bei stopped his imagination in time, and replied with two words: Its okay. (^o^)


    This time he didnt forget to add a laughing emoji.


    But after sending it out, he regretted it again, this emoji looks too silly.


    He couldnt help but want to curse himself.


    But he saw Nan Xias reply soon: Well, I thought youve became estranged from me. When I picked you up that day, you looked so cold.


    Ning Bei: Thats because you mistook someone else for me.


    Nan Xia: Jiejie is wrong, is Xiao Bei willing to forgive me?


    Her tone was almost coaxing, Ning Bei subconsciously straightened his legs, feeling comfortable all over.


    Ning Bei: I will never be angry with you.


    Nan Xia then replied him with an emoji stroking the puppys head.


    Ning Bei blushed again.


    He remembered the friend application he had misread just now.


    He thought she called him Puppy.


    Why was he such as a scum, mistakenly thinking that Nan Xia called him a puppy, yet he still laughs like that?


    Ning Bei stared at that emoji for a long time. His hand gently touched the dogs head, and the puppy smiled happily.


    Like he just did.


    Ning Bei:


    He felt irritation, shame, and inexplicableexcitement


    Ning Bei long-pressed the emoji and secretly saved it.


    Nan Xia: Lets go out to have dinner together this weekend, treat it as a compensation from me.


    Ning Bei quickly typed in: Ill treat you.


    Nan Xia: Be good Xiao Bei, itll be my treat.


    As long as she called him Xiao Bei, Ning Bei would have no resistance.


    Ning Bei: Okay.


    Nan Xia: Good night, go to bed early.


    Ning Bei: Good night.


    The conversation came to an end temporarily, but Ning Beis eyes did not move away from the dialog box. The bright screen light shone on his pitch-black eyes, and his pupils glowed brightly.


    After a while, Ning Bei turned off the phone and held it in his arms.


    On Saturday morning, only Ning Bei and Jiang Chen got up early in the dormitory.


    Ning Bei tidied himself up neatly, wearing a white T-shirt with black trousers. He already has a model figure with wide shoulders and narrow waist, any clothes on his body are just icing on the cake.


    When he was standing in front of the window and arranging his hair against the reflection, he saw Jiang Chen spraying something.


    Ning Bei directed his gaze to the bottle, Jiang Chen blinked at him, and then handed out the perfume in his hand.


    Very light masculine fragrance, girls love it the best.


    Ning Bei hesitated for a while.


    Jiang Chen said again: Your loss.


    Ning Bei: Give me.


    However, when he went out, Ning Bei regretted it for the hundredth time.


    He was afraid that Nan Xia would smell the perfume on his body and ask him why he was wearing perfume, but he was even more afraid that Nan Xia would not notice the difference at all because she didnt care about him.


    This kind of thinking is like turning him into a pancake on an iron pan, tormenting on both sides. When he arrived at the restaurant Nan Xia booked, he had already seen Nan Xia through the glass window.


    Ning Bei took a couple big steps and quickly walked into the restaurant.


    When he got to the side of the table, and Nan Xia immediately looked up and noticed him.


    Ning Beis heart started beating faster, he was about to sit across from her when he realized that Nan Xia had gently grabbed his wrist.


    Ning Beis eyes froze, he saw Nan Xia scooting to the inner side, and said to him:


    Sit beside me first, there is only one menu to look at.


    Ning Bei pursed his lips and nodded. Then he threw his bag to the opposite seat.


    Just tell me what you want to eat, dont be polite. Nan Xia raised her head and smiled at him, then looked down at the menu again.


    Ning Bei hardly dared to move, because Nan Xia was too close to him at this time.


    If her arm moves an extra millimeter, it would touch his arm, and he even felt that he could feel Nan Xias body temperature.


    His forehead started to sweat, and Ning Bei couldnt pay any attention to ordering food.


    He secretly glanced at Nan Xia on the side. Today she was wearing a light blue knitted blouse with a short skirt and Martin boots underneath. The earrings are a gold tassel style, and he couldnt quite make out her lipstick color.


    So beautiful.


    Why is she so beautiful.


    No matter how hard Ning Bei told himself not to stare, he couldnt control it.


    Its like being out under a spell.


    It was also like when Nan Xia came to visit his house every year, he would hide behind door and peeked at her through the crack.


    This was the first time he was so close to her.


    What do you want to eat? Nan Xia suddenly raised her head and looked at him.


    Anythings fine.


    Really?


    Really Before Ning Bei finished speaking, he suddenly saw Nan Xia leaning towards him.


    As if trying to maintain balance, Nan Xias slightly cool fingers rested lightly on his arm.


    Soft and smooth, like a piece of silk falling on his arm.


    Ning Beis body stiffened instantly.


    Afterwards, the tip of Nan Xias nose moved closer to him and sniffed lightly.


    She said: Xiao Bei, you smell so nice.


    His mind exploded in an instant, and Ning Bei turned into a piece of wood.


    He looked down and closed his eyes in despair.


    Jiejie. He tried to keep his voice steady and opened his eyes.


    Nan Xia: Huh?


    Im going to the bathroom!

 Chapter 3

    When Ning Bei came out of the bathroom, Nan Xia was still waiting for him to order.


    You can order two more dishes; Im worried the food might not be enough.


    Ning Bei sat on the opposite side of Nan Xia this time, and he saw Nan Xia ordered two portions of Beef Soup and one Mango crepe.


    Even though his face didnt show it, there was still a little drumming in his heart.


    After looking at the menu for a few minutes, his heart finally calmed down.


    Ning Bei ordered a small size rice roll, and handed out the menu.


    Seeing his appearance, Nan Xia couldnt help laughing.


    From yesterday to today, Ning Bei looked a little unfamiliar with her, but when chatting, Nan Xia could still feel that the friendship they had for so many years when they were young has not disappeared.


    Maybe its because boys like Ning Bei who dont talk much dont like to show their emotions too much by nature. She didnt have time to observe him since she was in a hurry the other day. Today she finally had time to look at him carefully.


    Nan Xia propped her chin with her palm, and stared at Ning Bei with a smile.


    The body shape is already that of an adult, but there is still a feeling of thinness of a teenager. Wearing a white T-shirt, his sharp shoulder blades could be vaguely seen.


    Compared with before, his eyebrows and eyes have become more distinct, when he was expressionless, theres a slight solemness in his demeanor. Childishness and maturity become inseparable and it easily brings out the charm that makes it hard for people to look away.


    It was the unique charm of a boy of his age.


    Nan Xia asked, Has Xiao Bei fallen in love?


    Ning Bei immediately denied it: No.


    There must have been many girls chasing after you in high school.


    No.


    Did you see someone you like in your college classes?


    No.


    Hearing him answer no all three questions, and Nan Xia smile widens, her eyes were bent into small crescents.


    A sense of pleasure from teasing her younger brother made her want to continue.


    So she pretended to be serious and said: What kind of girl does Didi like? I can help you look for one.


    Ning Bei glared at Nan Xia with some resentment, and then looked away.


    No.


    Nan Xia:


    Xiao Bei.


    Huh? Ning Bei looked over again.


    Youre not gay, are you?


    Ning Bei:


    Nan Xia!


    Ning Bei rarely called Nan Xias name as a warning.


    Nan Xia blinked a few times; she reached over the table to touch Ning Beis hair.


    Jiejie is wrong; I apologize to Didi.


    Ning Beis face suddenly became hot again, he immediately pretended to be a little depressed, and turned his head to look out the window.


    After the two of them finished eating, Nan Xia asked him if he would go back to the dormitory directly at noon or go to her house to sit for a while.


    My mother brought a lot of local products over last time, some of which are ready-to-eat. If you like it, you can take some back.


    Ning Bei nodded, I like it.


    Okay, then lets go to the supermarket to buy something, you can eat lunch at my house at noon, and go get some souvenirs by the way.


    Ning Bei tried his best to hold back the ups and downs in his heart, and nodded several times heavily.


    The two then went to the supermarket.


    Ning Bei was pushing the shopping cart, and Nan Xia was walking in front, turning around from time to time to ask him what he would like to eat at noon, and if he had any favorite snacks.


    Every time Ning Bei would answer yes, as if he couldnt wait for Nan Xia to turn her face back to the front.


    In this way, he can greedily, and unscrupulously look at Nan Xia, watching her put one hand on the front of the shopping cart, and watching the two of them walking together like an intimate couple.


    This idea is simply poison.


    But he couldnt control the corners of his mouth that rose slightly.


    Nan Xia turned her head, and Ning Bei immediately changed his expression.


    She looked at the things in the shopping cart, Would it be too heavy to carry all these stuffs?


    No, I can carry them all.


    It looks like there would at least be three or four bags though?


    You dont need to carry any of them.


    Nan Xia was shocked, You can carry them all?


    Ning Bei: Yes.


    After the two checked out, there were three bags in total. Without any hesitation, Ning Bei took all three bags into his hands.


    Give me the heavy one, or you will be too tired.


    Ning Bei walked around her: Its not heavy.


    Even though Nan Xia knew that boys were stronger, she was ashamed to let Ning Bei carry all three bags by himself.


    Nan Xia pulled Ning Bei back, reaching out to take the bag again.


    Ning Bei suddenly put all the bags in his left hand, and Nan Xia was taken aback.


    In the next second, she noticed that Ning Bei had directly hugged her with his right hand.


    With a sudden sense of weightlessness, Nan Xia flew into the air.


    She immediately hugged Ning Bei subconsciously.


    With solid arms, Nan Xia realized for the first time the difference in body shape between men and women. He is like an indestructible Eiffel Tower, he didnt even tremble.


    His arm like an iron bar hugged her firmly against his body and Nan Xias heartbeat accelerated inexplicably.


    Its fine to even carry you like this. Ning Bei said sullenly.


    Nan Xia tightened her fingers and patted him on the back: Put me down quickly.


    Only then did Ning Bei carefully put Nan Xia back on the ground, turned around and walked forward with three bags in his hands.


    A breeze blew between them.


    It also took away the inexplicable heat from Nan Xias body.


    Ning Beis back was not far in front of her, and the breeze blew out his broad, flat upper body shape, which made Nan Xia suddenly realize that besides being a younger brother that she could tease at will, Ning Bei was already a man.


    This thought made her slightly confused, as if their relationship had entered a chaotic transformation zone.


    The two then returned to Nan Xias residential area by bus. Nan Xia lives in a mid-range community close to her company and most of people living here were local residents of Lincheng city.


    As the two walked into the gate of the community, and Ning Bei soon heard a man shouting Nan Xia from a distance.


    He locked onto the source of the voice faster than Nan Xia, and turned around to see a man in a white shirt walking towards them.


    Ning Bei then heard Nan Xia whispering: My god, why is he here again?


    With a strong premonition, even if Nan Xia didnt say anything, Ning Bei probably knew whats going on in his heart.


    He directly pushed Nan Xia behind him.


    The man approached and wanted to go around behind Ning Bei to talk to Nan Xia, but Ning Bei stopped him directly.


    Who are you looking for?


    Ning Beis attitude was cold, there was even a hint of animosity in his voice.


    The man seemed to be offended, and sneered, Im Nan Xias friend, who are you?


    Nan Xia felt that the atmosphere was not good, and she didnt want Ning Bei to get into a fight with someone for her. She was about to pull Ning Bei behind her when she suddenly heard Ning Bei say coldly, Im Nan Xias boyfriend.


    Nan Xia: ???


    The man obviously didnt believe it, he looked at Nan Xia: I dont remember you saying you have a boyfriend?


    Ning Beis eyes also fell sideways to Nan Xias body.


    An evil impulse sprouted from her gut. Because Chen Zhihe was a colleague who lived in the same community as her, he often came to talk to her in the community and company.


    Although there was no specific harassment behavior, it has actually affected Nan Xias life to a large extent.


    Since Ning Bei had said that today, so she might as well just go with the flow, maybe she could stop Chen Zhihes advances this way.


    Nan Xia hooked her hand on Ning Beis arm directly and said to Chen Zhihe, I dont think I need to report to you when I get a boyfriend.


    Ning Beis body stiffened, but he opened his palm and held Nan Xias hand tightly.


    Can you go away now? he said.


    Nan Xia was a little scared by the cruelty in Ning Beis tone, and Chen Zhihe took two steps back as if he had stepped on a nail, then snorted coldly, turned and stomped off in another direction.


    Lets go.


    Ning Bei then carried the bags in one hand, held Nan Xia with the other and continued walking into the community.


    In fact, he didnt know which building Nan Xia lived in, but at the moment, Ning Bei just wanted to take Nan Xia out of here.


    After walking around the neighborhood twice, Ning Bei stopped.


    Looking back at Nan Xia who was grinning with her whole face, he asked in a muffled voice, Where do you live?


    Nan Xias eyes signaled him to let go of her hand. Ning Beis ears burned red, and he released her hand immediately.


    I was wondering how many laps youre going to take me around the community.


    Ning Bei glanced at her face, I forgot.


    Nan Xia looked at him suddenly changing from the previous appearance to the current awkward appearance, it was really funny, she softly said: We are here, it is the building in front of you.


    The two then went upstairs and entered the one-bedroom apartment Nan Xia rented here.


    Ning Bei helped deliver all the things to the kitchen, and then sat in the living room feeling a little overwhelmed.


    Nan Xia suddenly called his name from the kitchen.


    Xiao Bei.


    Ning Bei immediately got up and walked over.


    In the bright kitchen, the morning light shrouded Nan Xia like a light veil. She leaned her back on the counter and stretched out her hand towards Ning Bei.


    Ning Bei seemed to be under a spell again.


    Why is Nan Xia reaching out to him?


    Ning Bei couldnt control himself anymore, he couldnt forget the feeling when he held Nan Xias hand just now.


    The hand that is soft, warm, and will break if you squeeze it hard.


    His back started to sweat slightly, but his body made the decision faster than his brain.


    Ning Bei raised his hand to hold her hand.


    In the next second, he also felt the foreign object in Nan Xias palm.


    His face turned pale, and Ning Bei realized that Nan Xia was just passing him something.


    It was too embarrassing, Ning Bei wanted to bang his head to death.


    But Nan Xia placed the thing into Ning Beis palm as if nothing had happened.


    She then stroked Ning Beis hair.


    Thank you, Xiao Bei, for protecting Jiejie today.


    Ning Bei is almost in a daze now.


    He didnt know if Nan Xia had noticed his stupidity just now, he didnt know if Nan Xia would alienate him because of his inexplicable action, and he didnt know if Nan Xia was already laughing at him in her heart.


    It was almost unbearable to bear all these messed up thoughts in his mind, but Nan Xia was stroking his head so tenderly.


    The tingling sensation immediately exploded from the scalp, and Ning Beis whole body seemed to have been electrified.


    It was so similar to the emoji she sent him that day.


    The gentle hand stroked the puppys head slowly.


    It turned out to be this feeling, no wonder the puppy laughed so happily.


    Ning Beis thoughts drifted completely. He was almost ecstatically watching Nan Xia smiling at him. For a moment, he whispered like sleepwalking:


    Protecting Jiejie is what a puppy should do.


    Nan Xia: ???


    Ning Beis brain exploded instantly and he woke up.


    No no no no!


    He was so anxious that he jumped up on the spot, and corrected, Protecting puppy is what a puppy should do!


    Nan Xia: ???


    Protecting puppy is what Jiejie should do!


    Nan Xia: ???


    Ning Bei: protecting Jiejie is what Jiejie should do!


    Nan Xia: ???


    Ning Bei:


    In the quiet kitchen, Ning Bei completely shut down.


    He closed his eyes in despair, powerless to face the scene of the car accident he caused.


    But suddenly he noticed that Nan Xia took the thing she put in his hand back again.


    His heart fell to the bottom again.


    However, there was a rustling sound.


    A slightly cool finger rested lightly on Ning Beis lips.


    Ning Bei opened his eyes and saw that Nan Xia had taken out a candy from it wrappings.


    Candy reward for Jiejies little puppy.


    Ning Beis blood flowed backwards, and he lost all reason.


    He obediently opened his mouth.


    Sweetness instantly filled his mouth, and Ning Beis virtual tail turned into an invisible propeller.


    There seems to be a sweet atmosphere floating everywhere in the air.


    Nan Xia raised the corner of her mouth slightly, and said softly:


    Open your mouth, puppy.


    Let go of Jiejies fingers.

 Chapter 4

    Ning Bei felt a kind of motion sickness, his feet were on the kitchen floor, but it seemed like he could fall down any time.


    He began to wonder if his IQ would become negative as soon as he met Nan Xia, otherwise how could he do such outrageous things.


    When Nan Xia retracted her fingers, he was so nervous that he swallowed the hard candy. Nan Xia smiled, and his brain began to sway like it had suffered a car accident.


    It wasnt until Nan Xia pushed him to go to the dining room to set up the equipment for hot pot that Ning Bei struggled to get out from the unfortunate accident just now.


    Get yourself together, Ning Bei.


    Ning Bei stood by the table and warned himself while putting down the cutlery.


    Nan Xia quickly brought out the ingredients they bought from the supermarket, the large and small plates filled half of the dining table.


    Ning Bei had already recovered his composure at this time. He tore open the ready-made hot pot sauce and poured it down, added water then cover the pot. The two of them sat at the dining table together.


    Ning Bei wanted to salvage the impression of his poor performance just now so he took the initiative to come up with a conversation topic, Are you going home for National Day?


    Nan Xia lifted her hair up and tied it into a half-height bun, Not sure.


    Ning Bei immediately saw her exposed fair neck.


    Because she was at home, her sitting posture became relaxed, and her whole body felt extra soft, like a snow-white plush carpet.


    Who can resist not touching that?


    Ning Bei quickly averted his gaze, Then do you have any travel plans?


    Not yet. Nan Xia reached out to help him pour a glass of Coke and handed it to him, What about you, do you have any plans?


    Ning Bei shook his head.


    His silent appearance was in stark contrast to just now, which made Nan Xia want to tease him even more.


    But Nan Xia still held back her bad taste, and said softly, Im sorry, Ning Bei.


    Ning Bei raised his head suddenly, What are you sorry for?


    Just now, Nan Xia said, I thought it was very interesting to see you mistakenly said that you were a puppy, so I went on with it. But I still feel that a little offensive to call you like that without asking what you think. So, Im sorry, I wont call you that anymore.


    Ning Beis expression didnt change at all, he just let out a short Oh.


    Nan Xia was obviously treating him with respect, but Ning Bei felt a strong sense of loss in his heart for no reason.


    He felt a sense of alienation from Nan Xia.


    Obviously, when he was a puppy, he could protect Nan Xia, get rewards and hold Jiejies hand.


    But as soon as this thought flashed past Ning Beis mind, an alarm sounded in his head.


    Control yourself Ning Bei!


    Ning Bei lowered his head to drink his Coke, and suddenly asked, Wheres your ex-boyfriend?


    Nan Xia was taken aback, Why are you asking this all of a sudden?


    Didnt he go to your house during the Chinese New Year?


    Its all Nan Xia thought about it for a while, You still remember what happened three years ago?


    Ning Bei stared at the soup in the pot unnaturally, I have a good memory.


    But I remember you were hiding in the bedroom and didnt come out, so how did you know?


    Ning Bei pursed his lips, My brother told me.


    Oh, Nan Xia smiled as if remembering something interesting about Ning Nan, and asked, How is your brothers new job by the way? I remember he said he changed jobs when he went back last year?


    Its just so so. Ning Bei commented objectively.


    Nan Xia: I remembered your mother said it was fine?


    Not as good as yours.


    Nan Xia couldnt help laughing.


    When she smiled, she didnt hold back at all, and there were cute little wrinkles on her nose, which made people feel obsessed with it.


    The golden earrings were dangling on the side of her face, Ning Beis soul was about to be shaken away.


    His lips moved, and he brought up the topic again.


    So you havent been in a relationship since you broke up with your last boyfriend?


    Nan Xia shook her head, No.


    Cant forget him?


    Yes.


    Ning Beis fingers froze, then he heard Nan Xia add, Cant forget his faults, and warn myself not to be blind again.


    Ning Bei:


    Seeing that the pot was boiling, Nan Xia opened the lid and carried it to the kitchen.


    Ning Bei glanced at her back, and covered the corner of his raised mouth with his hands.


    As soon as Nan Xia came back, he quickly stood up and put in the dishes actively.


    The hot pot is tomato-flavored, Nan Xia cant eat spicy food, so she could only wrong Ning Bei to use dipping sauce to increase the spiciness.


    I dont like spicy food either. Ning Bei said.


    I remember you used to like spicy food, just like your brother.


    Ning Bei was quiet for a second, My taste has changed, and I dont like it now.


    Nan Xia said, Ohh, Then it will be very convenient for the two of us to eat together in the future.


    Ning Beis ears instantly felt hot.


    She said future and said we.


    Ning Bei felt his tail starting to wag again.


    It was difficult to control the corners of his mouth from rising, so he could only lower his head and ate the boiled vegetables with big mouthfuls.


    Suddenly, a hand appeared in his lowered gaze.


    Nan Xia put the meat in his bowl with the chopsticks.


    Your body is still growing; you should eat more meat.


    The corners of Ning Beis mouth almost reached behind his ears and Nan Xia finally noticed that he was smiling.


    What are you secretly laughing about, puppy?


    As soon as Nan Xia said it, she immediately felt that it was inappropriate.


    Sorry, I forgot.


    Its okay, Ning Bei immediately raised his head, put down his chopsticks, and said, You can call me puppy.


    Nan Xia was taken aback.


    I like puppies. Puppies are cute and loyal. I dont think there is anything wrong with being called a puppy. Ning Bei said seriously.


    Nan Xia seemed to be surprised by his sudden statement, she hesitated for a while, and said, You dont need to be wronged and accept a title you dont like just because Im older than you.


    Ning Bei shook his head, No, I like being called a puppy by Jiejie.


    It is so rare for him to call Nan Xia Jiejie, Nan Xia knows that this statement came from his heart.


    The smile came naturally, Nan Xia called out, Puppy.


    Ning Bei couldnt control the joy that was about to burst out of his heart, he tried his best not to widen his smile, and nodded.


    Whats up?


    Nothing, just calling. Nan Xia called out again, Puppy.


    Ning Bei felt that he was about to explode, and the back of his white T-shirt was already soaked with sweat, but he didnt feel uncomfortable at all.


    The puppy does not need to answer, the puppy just needs to jump on the owners body and lick the owners face and neck with its tongue.


    Ning Beis defenses were about to break down completely.


    Im going to the bathroom. He stood up suddenly, turned around and stumbled to the bathroom.


    The door closed gently. Ning Bei grabbed the bottom of the clothes and took off his T-shirt. In the mirror, it looked like steam was coming out of his body, Ning Bei supported himself on the edge of the sink with both hands, and looked at himself in the mirror.


    He seemed to have really seen a big dog wagging its tail wildly.


    Its mouth is open, and its tongue and claws ready to move.


    Ning Bei couldnt take it anymore.


    He turned on the faucet and splashed a little cold water on himself and his face.


    Transparent water droplets streaked across his lean and strong chest, and then slid into the waist of his trousers along the grooves of his abdominal muscles.


    Ning Bei calmed down in the bathroom for a while, put on his T-shirt and went out again.


    The two chatted while eating, and quickly wiped out the hot pot.


    Nan Xia found a clean and beautiful cloth bag, and filled it with special products brought by her mother from her hometown.


    Be careful on the way back. Nan Xia sent Ning Bei to the bus stop at the gate of the community. Do you know where to get off?


    Lincheng University Station.


    Nan Xia smiled, Go then.


    Ning Bei waved to her, and quickly walked over to the bus that was about to enter the station.


    It was only eight stops from Nan Xias community to Ning Beis dormitory. When Ning Bei returned to the dormitory, there were only three people inside.


    He greeted everyone briefly and sat back at his table.


    A copy of Mathematical Analysis was spread out on the table but his soul had already flown to the sky.


    In the evening, he went to the cafeteria and bought a bowl of noodle soup. He planned to share the souvenirs with his roommates.


    He took out the bags that Nan Xia had packed. There were seven or eight bags of souvenirs in total, and he put a bag on everyones table. When he got to the bottom of the bag, he suddenly saw a delicate small box that looked incompatible with souvenirs.


    Ning Bei pursed his lips; he turned towards the wall and took out the box.


    When he opened it, it turned out to be the box of candy that Nan Xia had fed him from in the morning.


    Ning Bei instantly remembered the moment when Nan Xia fed him candy, and when her finger accidentally slipped into his mouth.


    His stomach seemed to be agitated and there was a burning sensation that was hard to ignore. Ning Bei looked up at the air conditioner, it was already lowered to twenty degrees.


    Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, the corners of his mouth raised up uncontrollably.


    The tip of his nose was sweating slightly, he felt like he needed to open his mouth to breathe like a puppy.


    Ning Bei smiled and was planning to close the box and store it away, he suddenly found a post-it note on the other side of the box.


    Ning Bei turned the box over.


    It was a light blue post-it note, on which was neatly written in black ink was:


    Thank you puppy for accompanying Jiejie to eat hot pot today. This is Jiejies reward for puppy.


    His heartbeat completely lost its rhythm, and his blood began to boil.


    Ning Bei couldnt hear any sound for a moment, only the distant sound of the wind came from the depths of his eardrum.


    Then, out of nowhere, a white noise began to occupy his mind.


    In the end, it turned into a scream of pleasure.


    Ning Bei rushed out of the dormitory directly.


    He ran wildly like a crazy leopard in the night campus, passing through the dormitory buildings, and ran into the bustling playground.


    The sound of the wind has become the best fuel for combustion, his speed prevented anyone from seeing the joy on his face.


    Ning Bei ran desperately on the playground to reduce the feeling of emptiness and powerlessness caused by the rapid heartbeat.


    The bright lights from the lamp posts turned into Nan Xias eyes, and the noisy background sounds were Nan Xia laughing lowly beside him.


    Nan Xia holding his arm, approaching him slowly and murmuring, Xiao Bei, you smell so good.


    Ning Bei desperately relived everything that happened during these past few days with Nan Xia like he was viewing a revolving lantern. The dark night and the fast sprint became the best cover for his pounding heart. The corners of his mouth stretched infinitely and his laughter rang out uncontrollably.


    After running wildly for more than ten laps, Ning Bei slowly came to a stop.


    His body feels completely refreshed, as if all the heat that could not be released earlier has been completely relieved.


    His guard was naturally removed, and the smile on the corner of Ning Beis mouth did not diminish, and he walked slowly towards the exit of the playground.


    At eight or nine oclock in the evening, it was the time for college students to run and stroll at night. When Ning Bei was about to walk to the exit, he suddenly saw Jiang Chen and a girl walking by.


    Ning Bei originally planned to say hello to him and leave, but saw Jiang Chen looking at him with a face full of gossip. Ning Bei frowned and was about to ask him what was going on, when he immediately realized the overly obvious grin on his own face.


    Ning Beis mind buzzed, and his face became expressionless in seconds. He pretended not to see Jiang Chen, quickly turned his head and walked in another direction.


    Who knew that there was a loud bang


    Ning Bei slammed into the big iron gate of the playground.

 Chapter 5

    A story began to circulate in the campus that a freshman went crazy on the playground after drinking too much, laughing and running around, and then hit the iron gate of the playground in a daze.


    Originally, this was not a big deal, but a few girls who passed by the scene snapped a few photos of Ning Bei who woke up after being knocked unconscious.


    Ning Bei was wearing the most ordinary white T-shirt, which showed off his hanger figure, making him look extraordinarily tall and youthful. Under the dim light, his sharp jaw line and high nose bridge were still clearly visible in the low-resolution photos.


    Like a simple ink painting, a few strokes displayed the ultimate charm.


    Thus, a few girls started asking around, and finally found out that this person was Ning Bei, a freshman in the Department of Mathematics. As soon as the news spread, Ning Bei¡¯s WeChat began to get flooded with friend requests from strangers.


    In the beginning, he accepted those requests, because he was worried they might be looking for him for official business. But one after another, he discovered that these girls who came to add him basically had only one purpose, to ask him out.


    Ning Bei felt annoyed, so he directly changed his WeChat signature to ¡°I have a girlfriend, don¡¯t bother me¡±.


    Now whenever someone adds him, he will reply directly on the friend application interface: Look at my signature.


    Once the signature was changed, fewer people send him requests. Ning Bei cleaned his WeChat up in a few days but found that it was too quiet.


    Recently, his chatting time with Nan Xia had suddenly decreased.


    Originally, Nan Xia would occasionally take the initiative to chat with him, but most of the time, it was Ning Bei starting the conversation.


    However, in the past few days, Nan Xia has not taken the initiative to speak to Ning Bei once.


    And every time Ning Bei send her something, Nan Xia would only answer his question and wouldn¡¯t keep the conversation going.


    Ning Bei sat at the table deep in thought all night, Jiang Chen came back from outside and threw him a bottle of Coke.


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter, why are you still frowning?¡± He just finished his stroll with a pretty girl, he sat down next to Ning Bei, ¡°Isn¡¯t it true that no one has added you recently?¡±


    Ning Bei said thank you, bowed his head and transferred the money to him.


    ¡°Hey, don¡¯t.¡± Jiang Chen held him down, ¡°How much can a bottle of Coke cost, I just bought it on the way.¡±


    Ning Bei paused, he threw the phone back on the table, lowered his head and buried his face in his palm.


    Jiang Chen chuckled, he leaned over and asked, ¡°Weren¡¯t you chasing someone recently?¡±


    Ning Bei suddenly looked up at him and was about to deny it but stopped when he saw Jiang Chen grinning at him with a know-it-all look.


    ¡°Your stunt last time, plus what you are doing now, isn¡¯t it all because of that girl.¡±


    The absolute certainty in his words showed that he did not require Ning Bei¡¯s affirmation or denial at all.


    ¡°Hey, tell me what¡¯s going on, haven¡¯t you pushed away those rotten peach blossoms? Why is your lady still angry?¡±


    Ning Bei¡¯s frowned deepened, ¡°You don¡¯t understand.¡±


    ¡°How can I understand if you don¡¯t tell me?¡± Jiang Chen asked.


    Ning Bei glanced at him with some hesitation, pursed his lips, and said dejectedly, ¡°She didn¡¯t know about that matter at all, and she wasn¡¯t angry with me because of it.¡±


    Ning Bei obviously felt that Nan Xia was being perfunctory and was not really interested in chatting with him during this time, but he didn¡¯t know what he did wrong.


    Jiang Chen was silent for a while, then suddenly lifted his head and laughed loudly.


    Ning Bei wrinkled his whole face in displeasure. His heart became more irritable, he got up and wanted to go to the playground to sober up.


    But as soon as he stood up, Jiang Chen pulled him to sit down again.


    ¡°Beizi, it¡¯s not that I want to blame you.¡± Jiang Chen didn¡¯t hold back and laughed again, ¡°But you really are a little careless.¡±


    Ning Bei: ¡°¡­¡±


    Ning Bei stared at Jiang Chen with some resentment. He didn¡¯t want to admit what Jiang Chen said, but he also wanted to know why Jiang Chen said that.


    Jiang Chen cleared his throat: ¡°Ning Bei, I just want to ask you a question.¡±


    Ning Bei suddenly sat up straight and looked at him seriously.


    ¡°You said you didn¡¯t talk about what happened with that sister, so what would she think if she saw your current WeChat status?¡±


    Ning Bei stared straight at Jiang Chen for three seconds, then stood up suddenly and cursed out loud,


    ¡°Crap!¡±


    Jiang Chen closed his eyes contentedly and nodded. When he opened his eyes again, he only caught the shadow of Ning Bei running out.


    Jiang Chen: ¡­ so fast.


    Ning Bei took his bus card and ran towards the school gate, running all the way just in time for the bus that arrived at the stop. His heart was pounding non-stop, he still couldn¡¯t calm down even after he got on the bus.


    He raised his hand to close the window that was half open for ventilation, the turbulent air passing through it was making his thoughts even more chaotic. He looked at his own reflection on the window and couldn¡¯t help scolding himself in a low voice, ¡°You idiot.¡±


    He wanted to change his WeChat signature immediately, but when he touched his pocket, he realized he had left his phone in the dormitory.


    Ning Bei was completely speechless with himself, he slumped down on the seat with his head hanging down. Fortunately, he is already on the way to find Nan Xia to clarify now.


    There were not many people on the bus at night, he arrived at Nan Xia¡¯s community after a few stops. Ning Bei got off the bus in large strides, and then ran all the way to Nan Xia¡¯s building unit following the memory of last time.


    Ning Bei raised his head and took a look from downstairs. The lights in Nan Xia¡¯s house were still on.


    His mood recovered, and he headed straight up to the third floor.


    The lights in the corridor turned on floor by floor, but when Ning Bei reached the door of Nan Xia¡¯s house, he suddenly stopped.


    What should he say?


    Why did he come to say this to her?


    Why did he want to come and say it?


    Why did he have to explain to Nan Xia?


    At this moment, his mind had calmed down. And even though he knew he still need to thinks about those questions first, Ning Bei¡¯s body was still unable to calm down as if he was being burned by fire.


    He walked up and down the corridor like a headless fly.


    In the end, he mussed his hair frantically with both hands, but he was unwilling to go back directly like this.


    Soon, the automatic lights in the corridor went out.


    Ning Bei also lost his voice.


    Everything was completely plunged into darkness and silence.


    ¡°Click.¡±


    After an unknown amount of time, the door on one side suddenly opened.


    A warm yellow light leaked out, and then the lights in the corridor switched on.


    Just as Nan Xia was about to bend down to take the umbrella at the door, she saw Ning Bei sitting in the stairwell of her house with his back against the wall.


    The moment the lights came on, Ning Bei raised his eyes.


    He was covered in black from head to toe, only his raised eyes looked like two bright stars in the night.


    But the look on his face was that of extreme frustration and helplessness.


    He¡¯s like a homeless stray dog. Nan Xia only had this idea at the moment.


    ¡°Xiao Bei, why are you here?¡± Nan Xia opened the door wider and signaled him to come in first.


    Ning Bei immediately stood up.


    Holding the umbrella, Nan Xia turned around and headed back into the house.


    Ning Bei had an impulse at this moment, he wanted to hug Nan Xia hard.


    Hold her tightly in his arms and tell her clearly.


    But his remaining reason stopped him from such stupid thoughts, and this sense of powerlessness made him feel even more frustrated.


    Ning Bei closed the door after entering the room, and sat quietly on the sofa waiting for Nan Xia to ask him something.


    Nan Xia sat on the other side of the sofa, patiently refolding the umbrella.


    Ning Bei couldn¡¯t help but look at her.


    It was already evening, and she was only wearing a black suspender dress.


    It was not like he hasn¡¯t seen Nan Xia wearing pajamas before. Whenever she came back to their hometown, he would occasionally see her walking around her house in pajamas.


    But now that they were alone together, Ning Bei¡¯s heart began to become a mess again.


    ¡°Why are you suddenly here today?¡± Nan Xia asked him after she finished folding her umbrella.


    Ning Bei turned his head quickly, but his mouth seemed to be stuck with superglue, he couldn¡¯t open it no matter what.


    Nan Xia found his pitiful appearance both funny and pitiful. She got up and poured Ning Bei a glass of water.


    ¡°Drink some water first.¡±


    Ning Bei nodded, raised his head and drank the whole glass of water.


    Why are you being so obedient?


    Nan Xia covered her face with her hands, she really thought that Ning Bei was too cute.


    Like a big shaggy dog.


    ¡°Do you feel better now?¡± Nan Xia asked again.


    Ning Bei nodded, ¡°Yeah.¡±


    ¡°Then why are you looking for me so late?¡±


    Ning Bei looked up at her.


    Nan Xia looked like she had just taken a shower, her hair was still slightly wet and draped over her shoulders, and her fair skin became extremely lustrous under the soft light.


    Ning Bei didn¡¯t dare to look down any further, his eyes fell back to the sofa.


    Then he saw Nan Xia¡¯s bare feet.


    Each toe was painted with a bright cinnabar red color. On her fair skin, they look like bright wintersweets after a heavy snowfall.


    It was so red that he couldn¡¯t take his eyes off it.


    Heat immediately rushed to his ears.


    It was the first time that Ning Bei discovered that a nail polish could have such great charm.


    His mind was in a mess, he couldn¡¯t remember why he came here.


    Nan Xia lightly kicked his leg, trying to bring him back to his senses.


    Ning Bei froze.


    He stood up abruptly.


    ¡°I¡­I¡¯m going to the bathroom.¡±


    After speaking, he ran away.


    Nan Xia laughed and leaned back on the sofa, she grabbed a small blanket to cover her body and continued to wait for him.


    After a while, Ning Bei came out of the bathroom.


    But instead of returning to the sofa, he stood at the other end of the living room and looked at Nan Xia.


    The atmosphere is a little serious.


    Nan Xia also looked up and waited for him to speak.


    ¡°I¡­¡± Ning Bei said, he seemed to be gathering his courage during the short pause, then he blurted out, ¡°My WeChat signature is fake, I don¡¯t have a girlfriend, and I¡¯m not in a relationship.¡±


    In the quiet living room, Ning Bei¡¯s voice rang clearly.


    He stood at the other end of the living room, with his straight body and firm eyes, Nan Xia could see his determination.


    But Nan Xia just smiled: ¡°You came here just to explain this? Just send a message next time.¡±


    Ning Bei¡¯s heart sank.


    There was a buzzing in his ear.


    He thought that Nan Xia didn¡¯t care.


    He thought that Nan Xia didn¡¯t care whether he was in a relationship or not.


    No, not that he thought so.


    Nan Xia really didn¡¯t care.


    She never took the initiative to ask, and never cared about this question.


    She thought he had a girlfriend, so she automatically stayed away from him.


    Even if Ning Bei explained it like this now, Nan Xia¡¯s emotions actually didn¡¯t have much ups and downs.


    She said it would be fine to send a message next time, don¡¯t run over like this.


    Ning Bei felt cold all over,


    His fingertips trembled slightly.


    The air became stagnate; Ning Bei couldn¡¯t breathe out the air from his chest.


    But in the next second, Nan Xia stood up and walked towards him.


    ¡°Next time, don¡¯t come over so late, Jiejie will be worried.¡±


    Nan Xia pushed Ning Bei back to sit on the sofa.


    She sat closer to him.


    Ning Bei¡¯s body instantly warmed up.


    He even had the urge to cry.


    He tried to make sure his voice was steady before speaking, ¡°Are you worried about my safety?¡±


    Nan Xia nodded, ¡°Of course, you didn¡¯t even see what time it is, I don¡¯t know if the buses still run until this time. I¡¯ll just call a taxi for you later.¡±


    Ning Bei nodded, then shook his head wildly.


    ¡°No, I¡¯ll just call one myself.¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to be so polite with me.¡±


    ¡°No, I¡¯ll do it myself.¡±


    Nan Xia squeezed Ning Bei¡¯s cheek with her palm.


    She got closer, and look up at him slightly.


    ¡°Puppy must listen to me.¡±


    Ning Bei closed his mouth instantly, lowered his head, and looked at Nan Xia obediently.


    Nan Xia smiled and pinched his ears gently.


    ¡°I¡¯m going to change my clothes; I¡¯ll walk you down.¡±


    When Ning Bei returned to the dormitory, he was full of vitality.


    Jiang Chen saw at a glance that his matter was resolved, and received two bottles of Coke thrown by Ning Bei.


    ¡°Thanks.¡± Ning Bei patted him on the shoulder.


    Jiang Chen winked at him, ¡°Small stuff.¡±


    Ning Bei took a quick shower and went to bed. He couldn¡¯t hide his smile when he saw the message that Nan Xia sent him on her own initiative.


    Nan Xia: I¡¯m going back to my hometown on National Day, how about you?


    Ning Bei typed quickly with his fingers: I also plan to go back, how are you going back?


    Nan Xia: Send me your ID number.


    Ning Bei was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that Nan Xia wanted to help him buy tickets together.


    Ning Bei sent the string of numbers immediately, and rolled on the bed.


    A voice sounded from outside, ¡°Why is Brother Bei so excited?¡±


    Jiang Chen calmly answered for him, ¡°Don¡¯t disturb others watching porn.¡±


    Nan Xia quickly bought the two tickets, took a screenshot and sent the train number information.


    Nan Xia: See you on National Day.


    Ning Bei: Okay, see you on National Day! ! ! ! ! ! ! !


    Ning Bei sent a series of eight exclamation points, Nan Xia smiled helplessly, and turned off the phone.


    On the coffee table, there was the empty water cup that Ning Bei drank from in one gulp. Nan Xia took the cup and went to the kitchen. As she was rinsing the cup, her thoughts drifted away.


    Nan Xia couldn¡¯t deny that after seeing the change of Ning Bei¡¯s WeChat signature that day, she was indeed depressed for a few minutes.


    But it wasn¡¯t jealousy or anger, it was genuine confusion.


    She felt that she had a ¡°brother-like¡± possessiveness towards Ning Bei. She liked the way Ning Bei lose his composure when he was with her, she also liked to tease Ning Bei. But Nan Xia felt that all of this was because they were friends who had played together since they were young, so this was a possessiveness towards friends.


    So after learning that Ning Bei ¡°has a girlfriend¡±, Nan Xia consciously alienated him.


    Until this evening, Ning Bei suddenly ran over, just to explain that incident with great fanfare.


    Nan Xia is not a fool, nor has she never been in a relationship.


    She could tell that Ning Bei probably liked her a little bit, but Nan Xia didn¡¯t know how to respond.


    She likes to play with Ning Bei, and also likes Ning Bei¡¯s personality, but she is not sure that she really likes Ning Bei like that, the kind of like between men and women.


    And she had only said ¡°send a message¡±, which can make Ning Bei disheartened at a speed visible to the naked eye.


    It¡¯s really a puppy, can¡¯t hide any emotions.


    What can she do, how could she bear to break the puppy¡¯s heart.


    After thinking back and forth, she still feels like she should coax the puppy first.


    Ning Bei suffered from insomnia that night.


    He had an unspeakable dream, in which he really turned into a big golden retriever.


    Jumping around Nan Xia¡¯s side like crazy.


    Later, taking advantage of Nan Xia¡¯s inattention, he threw her down under him.


    The big golden retriever then instantly changed back to Ning Bei.


    But he didn¡¯t realize it himself, he still lowered his head and licked Nan Xia¡¯s body frantically.


    At three o¡¯clock in the morning, Ning Bei woke up from this shameless dream and couldn¡¯t fall asleep again.


    He is ashamed of his ¡°shameless obscenity¡±, he will never allow that to happen again.


    He got up and went to the toilet, and when he came out, sleep has completely left him.


    Ning Bei leaned against the wall in the dark corridor and clicked on the chat records between him and Nan Xia.


    The tiny light shone on the corners of his mouth that he was trying to restrain, and Ning Bei felt that he wanted to laugh and cry at the same time.


    Jiejie, Jiejie.


    Inadvertently, Ning Bei accidentally clicked on the call button instead of clicking on the record of a certain voice chat between him and Nan Xia, and the call was dialed out in an instant.


    Ning Bei was in a hurry to turn it off, but in the next second, he heard Nan Xia¡¯s voice from the phone:


    ¡°Xiao Bei.¡±


    Her low, soft voice, it¡¯s clear she was not fully awake yet.


    It was as if some magic power tightly bound Ning Bei¡¯s hands and feet.


    So, almost like a nightmare, he called out, ¡°Jiejie.¡±


    Then nothing was said.


    A low laughter came from the other side, as if cooperating with him, and he heard her softly called out, ¡°Xiao Bei.¡±


    Ning Bei covered his eyes and laughed, ¡°Jiejie.¡±


    ¡°Xiao Bei.¡±


    ¡°Jiejie.¡±


    ¡°Puppy.¡±


    ¡°Jiejie.¡±


    ¡°Puppy.¡±


    ¡°Jiejie.¡±


    ¡°Jiejie¡¯s puppy.¡±


    Ning Bei almost choked: ¡°Puppy¡¯s Jiejie.¡±


    ¡°Good night, Jiejie¡¯s puppy.¡±


    Ning Bei¡¯s heart burst with joy,


    ¡°Good night, puppy¡¯s Jiejie.¡±

 Chapter 6

    How can he sleep?


    How is he supposed to fall asleep?


    After hanging up the phone, Ning Bei stood alone at the window in the corridor.


    He remembered the first time he had an impression of Nan Xia in his memory was when he was about four years old. A little sister who often watched cartoons with his brother in the living room of his house.


    Ning Nan is a big bastard, when his parents were not at home, he always leaves Ning Bei alone in the bedroom, while he and Nan Xia enjoy watching cartoons in the living room.


    Sometimes when Ning Bei went out to find Ning Nan, he would be dismissed at will by Ning Nan.


    It was at that time that Nan Xia began to occupy an unshakable position in Ning Bei¡¯s memory.


    She often wears a white floral dress, with small braids on each side, she was exquisitely dressed. She would wave to him, ¡°Xiao Bei, come to Jiejie.¡±


    Then Ning Bei would climb onto Nan Xia¡¯s body and hug her tightly.


    Later when Ning Bei was around eleven or twelve years old, He grew taller and had outstanding looks. Many little girls in his elementary school class liked him. Ning Bei ran home every day after school, on the one hand to get rid of girls he was not interested in, and on the other hand, because Nan Xia ate at their house every night for the past two years.


    Nan Xia¡¯s parents were busy with their business, so they entrust Nan Xia¡¯s dinner to Ning Bei¡¯s family. The two families have been old neighbors for decades, it was nothing to help each other out.


    So every night when Ning Bei came home, he would see Nan Xia, who was in high school, doing homework in their living room. At that time, she had grown into a slim young girl with long black hair draped over her shoulders, and Ning Bei began to stare at her every time he saw her.


    Probably since then, Ning Bei no longer wants to call Nan Xia Jiejie.


    He didn¡¯t want her to be his sister.


    Soon, Nan Xia was admitted to Lincheng University with a high score.


    Ning Bei could no longer see Nan Xia often.


    In the summer that Nan Xia left, Ning Bei was admitted to the best experimental junior high school in his hometown, and he applied to live in the school dormitory, so that he would not waste time on commuting back and forth.


    His parents joked that Ning Bei had been enlightened, but only Ning Bei knew why he must pass the exam and be admitted to Lincheng University.


    However, when Ning Bei was fifteen years old, Nan Xia went home to celebrate the New Year and brought back her boyfriend.


    That was the saddest and most painful year in Ning Bei¡¯s life. He locked himself in his bedroom and bawled miserably. He doesn¡¯t know why he had to study that hard, he doesn¡¯t know why he had to be so much younger than Nan Xia.


    Why are the gods so unfair? He was born to fall far behind Nan Xia.


    From then on, Ning Bei began to wish for Nan Xia to break up every day.


    While studying hard, he secretly used Ning Nan¡¯s mobile phone to browse Nan Xia¡¯s circle of friends and followed her updates.


    One time when he saw Nan Xia posting a photo of her and her boyfriend, Ning Bei was filled with jealousy. He secretly saved the picture and cut off the man¡¯s head, and then showed the head to his mother, ¡°Which one looks more handsome, this man or me?¡±


    Ning Bei¡¯s mother took a closer look, ¡°It¡¯s a bit on par¡­¡±


    Ning Bei: ¡­


    Distraught.


    Ning Bei no longer secretly checked Nan Xia¡¯s moments, he actually left a string of ellipses in the comments and quickly returned the phone to his brother.


    On the third day, Ning Nan came to him, and they fought each other.


    Ning Bei never asked Nan Xia about her relationship status again. He knew in his heart that even without this man, Nan Xia might have another man.


    Every year after the Spring Festival, when Nan Xia came to his house for New Year¡¯s greetings, Ning Bei always looked indifferent.


    He would come out to say hello and go back inside his room soon.


    Nan Xia usually stayed at his house for a while, chatting with Ning Bei¡¯s parents and Ning Nan.


    Ning Bei sat on the floor with his back against the bedroom door and listened to Nan Xia¡¯s voice.


    He didn¡¯t dare to go out because he was afraid that he couldn¡¯t control his emotions and make Nan Xia keep him at a respectful distance.


    But he really couldn¡¯t stay away from her.


    The only solution was to listen to Nan Xia¡¯s voice through the thin bedroom door.


    As the night wind passed through the window and blew on Ning Bei¡¯s slightly wet eyes, he whispered her name,


    ¡°Nan Xia.¡±


    The corner of Ning Bei¡¯s mouth curled up silently, how could there be such a nice name in this world.


    Nan Xia, ?? Nan Xia, ?? Nan Xia.


    ¡­¡­..


    On the first day of National Day, Nan Xia and Ning Bei took the high-speed train back to their hometown.


    Ning Nan drove to the rail station to pick them up. When he got out of the car, he saw Ning Bei carrying both of their suitcases alone.


    Ning Nan opened the trunk of the car and teased, ¡°Why haven¡¯t you ever carried a bag for me, kid?¡±


    Ning Bei gave him a side eye, ¡°Who do you think you are?¡±


    Ning Nan shrugged and smiled, ¡°That¡¯s right, you only have Nan Xia in your heart.¡±


    Ning Bei stared at him sharply, warning Ning Nan not to talk nonsense.


    Fortunately, Nan Xia was used to the two of them fighting, so she tugged Ning Bei¡¯s arm and told them to get in the car.


    Nan Xia was the guest, so she sat in the back seat. Ning Bei followed suit.


    Ning Nan put on his sunglasses and heaved a sigh, ¡°Why do I feel like I¡¯m your chauffeur.¡±


    Who knew that Ning Bei ignored him, and only asked, ¡°Do you have water in your car?¡±


    ¡°You really don¡¯t hold back.¡±


    ¡°I remember you use to keep a water bottle on the passenger¡¯s seat.¡± Ning Bei ignored him and leaned over to check, sure enough there was an unopened bottle on the seat.


    Stretching over with his long arms, Ning Bei unscrewed the mineral water bottle and handed it to Nan Xia.


    ¡°Drink some water.¡±


    Nan Xia was a little surprised. She thought it was Ning Bei who wanted to drink water.


    In the rearview mirror, Ning Nan¡¯s gaze through the sunglasses was quickly seen, and Ning Bei stared back at him with a pointed look, warning him to stop talking nonsense.


    The car went smoothly all the way and arrived home soon.


    Ning Bei immediately got out of the car and took out Nan Xia¡¯s luggage first.


    ¡°I¡¯ll take your luggage back to your house first, and you need come to my house for lunch at noon today, you haven¡¯t forgotten right?¡± Ning Bei told Nan Xia as they walked upstairs.


    ¡°I remember, I¡¯ll put my things down and I¡¯ll go look for you in a while.¡± Nan Xia waved to Ning Nan, said thank you, and went upstairs with Ning Bei.


    As soon as the door was opened, they saw Nan Xia¡¯s mother watching TV.


    When Ning Bei came up, he called out, ¡°Hello, Auntie¡±.


    ¡°Xiao Bei is back.¡± Nan Xia¡¯s mother walked over and warmly hugged Ning Bei, ¡°Wow, how come I feel like you¡¯ve grown taller and more handsome again.¡±


    Ning Bei lowered his head and smiled embarrassingly.


    He put Nan Xia¡¯s suitcase on the table, then bowed his head and said to Nan Xia, ¡°I¡¯m leaving first, you¡­ come over after you¡¯ve finished unpacking.¡±


    ¡°Yes, yes, what a naggy puppy.¡± Nan Xia¡¯s voice was so low that he was the only one who could hear it.


    A strange sense of secrecy made Ning Bei a little excited.


    He suppressed his smile, turned and left Nan Xia¡¯s house.


    Nan Xia went to her room with her bag, and just sat down when she saw her mother standing against the door.


    ¡°What¡¯s the situation?¡±


    Nan Xia was at a loss, ¡°What situation?¡±


    Nan Xia¡¯s mother: ¡°You two?¡±


    Nan Xia blinked innocently, ¡°There is nothing going on.¡±


    ¡°Is that so?¡± Nan Xia¡¯s mother sat by the bed, ¡°Xiao Bei likes you.¡±


    Nan Xia: ¡­


    ¡°From the moment the two of you came in and he left, Xiao Bei¡¯s eyes have never left your body.¡±


    Nan Xia laughed, ¡°There are only two of us in here, of course he¡¯s either looking at you or me.¡±


    ¡°You think I can¡¯t see it, when Xiao Bei looks at you, the intensity in his eyes can kill flies.¡±


    Nan Xia: ¡°Mom, please change the metaphor.¡±


    ¡°Sweet to the point of killing ants.¡±


    Nan Xia: ¡°Change it to another one.¡±


    ¡°Then to the point of poisoning your mother to death.¡±


    Nan Xia: ¡°Good bye.¡±


    After Nan Xia finished speaking, she dodged a heavy punch.


    But Nan Xia¡¯s mother¡¯s expression changed the next second, ¡°But I have to warn you.¡±


    ¡°Warn me about what?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t play with Xiao Bei¡¯s feelings at will.¡±


    ¡°Mom, I¡¯m so wronged.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not about whether you¡¯ve been wronged or not,¡± Nan Xia¡¯s mother said, ¡°Xiao Bei is still young and passionate. Unlike you, he doesn¡¯t have so many complex thoughts. Whatever happens, if Xiao Bei gets hurt, it¡¯ll be a serious injury.¡±


    ¡°What if I was the one that got hurt?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s the heavens enacting justice.¡±


    Nan Xia: ¡­


    ¡°Okay, I won¡¯t care about affairs between the two of you anymore, I just want to remind you that if you are really sure you like him then tell him but if you are still not sure, don¡¯t make Xiao Bei feel sad.¡±


    Nan Xia took a long look at her mother and nodded.


    Her voice sounded much more serious, ¡°I know.¡±


    On the other side, Ning Bei had already returned home. He was lying on his bed with a relaxed face, listening attentively to the movement at the door.


    But before Nan Xia arrived, Ning Nan came back first.


    Ning Nan leaned against the door of Ning Bei¡¯s bedroom with his arms crossed, with a meaningful smile on his face.


    Ning Bei: ¡°You don¡¯t have your own room?¡±


    Ning Nan: ¡°Did you get your wish?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t understand what you¡¯re talking about.¡±


    ¡°Why are you pretending with your brother?¡± Ning Nan sat down beside Ning Bei, looking at his face, ¡°You think I don¡¯t know you have a crush on Nan Xia since you were a child?¡±


    Ning Bei sat up suddenly, ¡°Don¡¯t talk nonsense!¡±


    ¡°Then I¡¯m going to tell Nan Xia you don¡¯t like her at all?¡±


    Ning Bei charged at him, ¡°Ning Nan, I¡¯ll strangle you to death!¡±


    As soon as he finished speaking, he threw himself on Ning Nan¡¯s body, and the two men ¡°fought each other¡± for the 10,000th time on the bed.


    A few minutes later, Ning Nan crushed Ning Bei under him.


    Ning Nan laughed: ¡°Xiao Bei, eat more for a few more years.¡±


    Ning Bei looked at him: ¡°You¡¯re the one that should eat less, you¡¯re almost 200 pounds.¡±


    Ning Nan: ¡°I¡¯m 192 pounds, unlike you, who¡¯s only 188.¡±


    Ning Bei: ¡°You are not 192lb.¡±


    Ning Nan: ¡°?¡±


    Ning Bei: ¡°You are 193.5lb.¡±


    Ning Nan: ¡°¡­Scram.¡±


    The two then dispersed and Ning Bei ran to the living room to wait for Nan Xia.


    Ning Nan walked out and took a sip of water.


    ¡°Xiao Bei, do you know there is such a creature?¡±


    Ning Bei glanced at him indifferently.


    Ning Nan held back his laughter and continued, ¡°When it sees its master, it frantically surrounds its master. It does whatever its master tells it to do. It will also do whatever the master doesn¡¯t tell it to do. And when the master is not around, it just pitifully sits alone, waiting for its master.¡±


    ¡°Ning Bei, tell me, what is this creature?¡±


    Ning Bei immediately realized that Ning Nan was laughing at him for treating Nan Xia like she¡¯s his owner. But he didn¡¯t care, he raised his eyebrows and retorted, ¡°I know there are two kinds for the creature you just mentioned, one is a puppy in sweet love, and the other is a pitiful single dog that doesn¡¯t even have an owner.¡±


    ¡°For example, the latter is you.¡± Ning Bei added.


    Ning Nan: ¡°¡­¡±


    Ning Nan didn¡¯t expect Ning Bei to accept the fact that he was a puppy so shamelessly, Ning Nan felt embarrassed for his brother.


    ¡°From today on, I¡¯ll call you big brother.¡±


    Ning Bei squinted at him, then went to look into the peephole to see why Nan Xia hadn¡¯t come yet.


    Who knew that after a while, he heard Nan Xia talking to someone downstairs.


    Ning Bei¡¯s house is on the second floor, and they can hear whoever is talking downstairs clearly when the windows are open.


    He first ran to the window to look, only to find that it was Nan Xia talking to a man he didn¡¯t know.


    The two didn¡¯t just talk for a short while, Ning Bei leaned on the window and listened to the conversation for over 30 seconds and there was still no sign of ending.


    Ning Bei couldn¡¯t sit still anymore, he turned around and picked up the garbage bag that was not full from the kitchen, put on his shoes and went out.


    He sprinted downstairs and immediately slowed down when he was almost outside, pretending he just happened to meet Nan Xia when he went downstairs to throw away the trash.


    ¡°Xiao Bei, taking out the trash?¡± Nan Xia took the initiative to greet him.


    Ning Bei nodded at her. He faced the direction of the trash can and glanced at the strange man from the corner of his eye.


    After throwing the trash into the trash can, Ning Bei slowly walked behind Nan Xia and stood still without saying a word.


    The man quickly noticed Ning Bei, ¡°Xia Xia, this is?¡±


    Nan Xia looked back and saw that Ning Bei was still there. She said to Ning Bei first, ¡°This is my high school classmate Chen Fei. I told you that we have a high school reunion on National Day.¡±


    Ning Bei nodded, ¡°I know.¡±


    Nan Xia turned her head again and said to the man, ¡°This is¡ª¡±


    Ning Bei had imagined many times how Nan Xia would introduce him to others.


    Little brother, friend, neighbor, boyfriend.


    At different stages, she should use different introductions.


    So what stage are they in now?


    He is now Jiejie¡¯s puppy.


    It is the puppy who receives rewards from Jiejie, the puppy who is cared for by Jiejie, the puppy who is fed candy by Jiejie, the puppy whose earlobe is pinched by Jiejie, and the puppy who can call and say good night to Jiejie.


    Their relationship is not that casual, and Ning Bei is now sure about it.


    In the clear afternoon, Ning Bei stood beside Nan Xia confidently.


    He looked down at the man in front of him smugly as if he had already won.


    Then, he heard Nan Xia say with a smile:


    ¡°This is my neighbor¡¯s younger brother.¡±

 Chapter 7

    As soon as Ning Bei got home, he saw Ning Nan rolling on the sofa laughing hysterically.


    He turned a blind eye and walked into his bedroom with a cold face.


    With a bang, the bedroom door closed.


    Ning Nan was still on the sofa laughing until he couldn¡¯t get up.


    It was so wonderful, he had a great viewing of this iconic scene from the second floor, and he planned to keep it carefully and take it out for recollection from time to time in the future.


    Ning Bei, who was complacent one second that he was a puppy in Sweet Love, turned into a single dog known as the ¡°brother next door¡± the next second.


    Ning Nan has never seen such a quick reversal of face slap in his life.


    But after laughing enough, Ning Nan restrained the corners of his mouth and walked to the door of Ning Bei¡¯s bedroom.


    After all, he is still Ning Bei¡¯s brother, so it is still necessary to console his little brother.


    He pushed open the door, and just as he was about to go in, he saw Ning Bei lying on his back on the floor like a stray dog.


    With blank eyes as if there is nothing to live for.


    Ning Nan frowned.


    He knew that Ning Bei must be very sad now, but it really shouldn¡¯t be like this, it¡¯s outrageous.


    Ning Nan walked to Ning Bei¡¯s side, folded his arms and said, ¡°Is it that unbearable?¡±


    Ning Bei didn¡¯t respond.


    Ning Nan looked at him: ¡°But what Nan Xia said is correct, you are her neighbor¡¯s younger brother.¡±


    Ning Bei still didn¡¯t respond.


    Ning Nan chuckled, ¡°If you want me to say, it¡¯s because your attitude. You like Nan Xia and run around her like a puppy, but you can¡¯t ask others to reciprocate your feelings, right?¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t ask her to respond to my feelings, but¡­but¡­¡± Ning Bei almost choked up.


    Seeing that he still didn¡¯t give up, Ning Nan couldn¡¯t help kicking him.


    ¡°But who told you to act like a dog around her. Can it be equal between people and dogs?¡±


    Ning Bei heard these words in his ears, but he couldn¡¯t fully understand and agree with them.


    But he probably understood that what Ning Nan meant was that there was no equality between him and Nan Xia, it was his wishful thinking.


    Ning Bei closed his eyes and stayed silent, he felt that Ning Nan didn¡¯t understand what happened between him and Nan Xia at all, but what happened just now, Ning Bei himself couldn¡¯t understand.


    After a while, Ning Nan heard him say coldly, ¡°Never again.¡±


    Ning Nan chuckled.


    ¡°I wish you really understood.¡±


    After he finished speaking, he was just about to lift his feet to leave the bedroom when he suddenly heard a very cheerful and soft cell phone ringtone.


    Ning Nan remembered that Ning Bei¡¯s cell phone ringtone had always been the original default ringtone¡­ his doubts were immediately answered when he saw Ning Bei suddenly opened his eyes.


    Alright, he even assigned an exclusive ringtone for her.


    He stopped in his tracks to see how this Ning Bei, who had just vowed not to be a dog, would do.


    Ning Bei laid on the ground, under Ning Nan¡¯s fiery gaze he held himself back for one extra second.


    But only for one second.


    In the next second, Ning Bei quickly got up from the ground and ran to the mobile phone on the bed.


    Ning Nan followed him with puzzled eyes, Ning Bei came over and pushed him to the door indifferently, dropping a word,


    ¡°Scram.¡±


    Ning Nan: ¡°¡­¡±


    The bedroom door slammed shut, and Ning Bei sat down on the cold floor with the phone in hand. He seemed to have reverted back to the old Ning Bei, the Ning Bei who leaned against the door and silently listened to Nan Xia talking in the living room.


    Even though Ning Bei was speaking to Nan Xia at this moment, he still felt like he was in the past when there was a closed door between them, he didn¡¯t know how to get across.


    But instinct overcame reason.


    Ning Bei answered the phone.


    ¡°Xiao Bei, I won¡¯t go to your house for dinner today.¡± Nan Xia said apologetically, ¡°There is something wrong with the restaurant we reserved for our high school reunion, we have to go and deal with it now.¡±


    Ning Bei clearly heard her say ¡°we¡±.


    She is going out with her high school classmate.


    Ning Bei hung his head between his knees and closed his eyes.


    He actually knew that he should have said ¡°Got it¡±, and at most added ¡°Be careful on the road¡±.


    He should have ended this conversation.


    But at some point, a clump of flames burst out in his heart, burning his heart, making him unable and unwilling to let go completely like this.


    ¡°Nan Xia.¡± He called out.


    The other end of the phone was obviously quiet for a moment, ¡°What¡¯s the matter, Xiao Bei.¡±


    Ning Bei buried his eyes in the palm of his hand, he couldn¡¯t see anything, so he seemed to be fearless.


    ¡°Let me go with you. We can eat outside at noon.¡±


    ¡°We might be eating a little later than usual.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, I¡¯ll wait for you. I¡¯ll go downstairs now.¡±


    After Ning Bei finished speaking, he hung up the phone.


    When he walked out of the bedroom, Ning Nan asked him where he was going. Ning Bei lowered his head to put on his shoes, and said in a deep voice, ¡°Go out for lunch.¡±


    Ning Nan was about to speak again when he suddenly saw Ning Bei look up at him: ¡°Brother, I know.¡±


    Ning Bei pocketed his keys and mobile phone, and paused a second after pushing the door out, ¡°This is the last time.¡±


    When he went downstairs, Nan Xia was still talking to that man. Ning Bei walked to Nan Xia¡¯s side.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±


    Nan Xia was slightly taken aback.


    She looked sideways at Ning Bei, under the bright sunlight, his face looked too fair, even pale.


    He didn¡¯t look at her when he spoke, but bent down slightly and looked at the ground in front of him.


    The black eyelashes cast a shadow under the eyes, but it could not conceal the chillness in his voice.


    ¡°Xiao Bei, are you feeling well?¡± Nan Xia asked beside him.


    Ning Bei turned his head to look at her, shook his head, and said nothing.


    ¡°It¡¯s fine for Chen Fei and I to go, why don¡¯t I go to your house for dinner tonight?¡± Nan Xia faintly sensed that Ning Bei was unhappy because of what happened just now, so she didn¡¯t want Ning Bei to follow her like this.


    She seemed to have complicated things.


    Originally, she had planned to let things develop because Nan Xia did find that she had some special feelings for Ning Bei. But now, she wants to stop the loss in time. She wants to keep a proper distance when she can¡¯t give Ning Bei a clear response yet, but just the words ¡°neighbor¡¯s younger brother¡± had caused Ning Bei to react like this.


    Nan Xia¡¯s eyes turned back to the front, she folded her arms unconsciously, and her face became serious.


    She is different from Ning Bei.


    It¡¯s not that Nan Xia can¡¯t accept falling in love with Ning Bei, but if she and Ning Bei are together now, then Nan Xia can guarantee that she can only give three points of her true feelings, and the remaining seven points will depend on whether she gets along with him.


    After all, she is not eighteen years old anymore, she was different from the childlike Ning Bei who loses his mind when it comes to love.


    In Nan Xia¡¯s world view, love is a matter of trial and error, to determine whether the two parties are suitable. And if the final result is not satisfactory, there is no need to be too sad. After all, there was a happy time, and when we broke up, we should wish each other happiness peacefully and rationally.


    But if that other person was Ning Bei¡­


    Nan Xia silently turned her head and glanced at Ning Bei who was walking beside her, keeping Chen Fei far away.


    He is like a flame.


    Even though he was walking beside her with a cold and a silent expression, Nan Xia could clearly perceive that Ning Bei was a ball of flame.


    And that flame will either burn indulgently or gets completely extinguished.


    If he loves someone, he will not leave any room for it.


    Nan Xia felt an unspeakable burning in her heart, but it was followed by cold vigilance.


    She has to be cautious; she doesn¡¯t want to hurt Ning Bei.


    The three of them walked to the restaurant very quickly. The boss came out and explained that there were too many reservations made for that day and he accidentally put in another reservation to their time, and asked if they could change the time slot.


    Nan Xia and Chen Fei followed the boss inside to re-select the time, but Ning Bei said he will wait for them outside the door.


    Nan Xia asked him if he would like come in to sit and wait, but Ning Bei was unwilling.


    Annoyed for no reason in her heart, Nan Xia told him patiently,, ¡°It¡¯s hot outside, just sit on the sofa inside for a while, we¡¯ll be there soon.¡±


    Ning Bei still shook his head.


    He was being unreasonably stubborn.


    Nan Xia pursed her lips lightly, and then saw that there was not much traffic here, so she told him not to run around and be careful, and then turned around and went in.


    While reserving the new time slot with Chen Fei in the restaurant, Nan Xia was a little absent-minded.


    She knew that Ning Bei is also an adult, and nothing will happen if he waits outside for a while. But on the other hand, she also clearly felt that Ning Bei was angry.


    He insisted on following her stubbornly, but he couldn¡¯t hide the anger in his heart.


    He could only punish himself in this way, but it also made Nan Xia feel uneasy.


    Inside the restaurant, Chen Fei and Nan Xia called their classmates one by one to ask if the new time was suitable. When Nan Xia made the third call, she couldn¡¯t sit still.


    ¡°I have to do something; I¡¯ll be back later.¡± Nan Xia whispered to Chen Fei¡¯s, then stood up and walked out.


    Outside the transparent gate, there are only passing vehicles and pedestrians.


    Nan Xia didn¡¯t see Ning Bei and for the first time, felt flustered. She hurried forward and pushed open the door, calling out ¡°Ning Bei¡ª¡ª¡±


    Looking sideways, she saw Ning Bei who was standing under the shade of a tree not far away turned his head.


    Under the dim shadow, his white T-shirt was blown up by the wind, outlining Ning Bei¡¯s tall but slightly thin figure. The black bangs slightly covered the sharp single eyelid, making his gaze become somewhat distant.


    He stood there quietly and did not run to her side like before.


    Just stood in the distance.


    Nan Xia¡¯s heartbeat accelerated as if she lacked oxygen, and then she also felt a slight loss.


    But she quickly adjusted herself.


    ¡°Is it hot?¡± She walked towards Ning Bei, ¡°Just come in with me.¡±


    Ning Bei still shook his head, ¡°Are you done?¡±


    Nan Xia resisted the irritability in her heart: ¡°No, it will take a while.¡±


    ¡°No.¡± He still persistently refused.


    ¡°Come in, it¡¯s not safe outside with all the cars coming and going.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t want.¡±


    The smile on Nan Xia¡¯s face finally disappeared, she looked up at Ning Bei.


    The wind passed between them, taking away the oxygen they needed to breathe.


    The atmosphere became suffocating, making one wants to flee.


    She asked clearly, ¡°Ning Bei, are you punishing yourself or me?¡±


    Ning Bei lowered his eyes; Nan Xia¡¯s nose was stained with a thin layer of sweat. At this moment, her eyes were no longer soft as before, but completely cold.


    Ning Bei¡¯s heart began to bleed, but he knew in his heart that this was also the last time.


    ¡°Punishing myself,¡± he said.


    ¡°Then why did you follow me here?¡± Nan Xia questioned him, ¡°If you¡¯re punishing yourself, why do you have to follow me here, why do you have to make me feel so uncomfortable?¡±


    Ning Bei was stunned for a moment, and then his heart began to hurt like it was getting stabbed by a knife.


    He didn¡¯t do it on purpose, he didn¡¯t mean to make Nan Xia feel uncomfortable.


    He just instinctively wanted to stay by Nan Xia¡¯s side, but he didn¡¯t expect to make Nan Xia feel uncomfortable.


    ¡°¡­Why did you follow me?¡± Ning Bei repeated in a murmur.


    In an instant, his eyes began to burn, and he could no longer look directly at Nan Xia.


    Ning Bei lowered his head.


    Almost instantly, Nan Xia regretted it.


    Why was she taking her anger out on Ning Bei; what is she doing?


    What kind of answer did she hope Ning Bei would give her?


    Nan Xia took a breath silently, she calmed herself down and was about to comfort Ning Bei and apologize to him, but saw Ning Bei suddenly raised his head and looked at her again.


    His gaze became very cold, and it seemed as if he was taking a last stand.


    The voice was slow and clear, and it rang in Nan Xia¡¯s ears:


    ¡°Because I¡¯m cheap.¡±


    Nan Xia froze in shock.


    Ning Bei slowly approached Nan Xia, and poured out everything as if giving up on himself: ¡°Why did I follow you? Why did I insist on following you when you clearly said that I was only the younger brother of your neighbor? Nan Xia, didn¡¯t I make it clear enough? I¡¯m cheap, I¡¯m just a dog by your side. When you wave, I run over without a soul, but when you say you don¡¯t want me anymore, I don¡¯t even have the courage to turn around and leave. ¡°


    Ning Bei completely lost his mind; his body felt cold and hot all over.


    He couldn¡¯t stop his eyes from becoming redder, and his voice began to tremble, ¡°Nan Xia, I also don¡¯t know why I followed you here. I thought I was already eighteen years old and could appear by your side, so I followed you. Tell me, when should I appear by your side? When I was seventeen, sixteen, fifteen or fourteen? I can¡¯t appear when you have a boyfriend, I can¡¯t appear when I¡¯m underage, then Nan Xia, tell me, when can I appear by your side, when can I become more than just a dog that come and go with your command?¡±


    Ning Bei¡¯s voice was like a slap in Nan Xia¡¯s heart, she doesn¡¯t even dare to analyze the meaning of what he just said.


    ¡°¡­Seventeen years old, sixteen years old, fifteen years old¡­what do you mean?¡±


    Ning Bei let out a low laughter, as if he had surrendered.


    ¡°Every Spring Festival you will come to my house to sit for a while. Last year, you told my parents that you performed very well that year and won the highest company year-end award. The year before that, you said that the competition in your new company was very fierce, but fortunately your colleagues are very friendly. The year before that, you were just about to graduate from university, and you asked Ning Nan about finding a job, and the year before, you said that you would travel to Dali with your classmates during the winter vacation¡­¡±


    The noise on the side of the road became far away, Nan Xia forgot how long she hadn¡¯t taken a breath.


    The Ning Bei that was in front of her seemed to have become another person. He cut open his heart and spread its bloody parts in front of her.


    As if showing her: Nan Xia, ??this is the real Ning Bei.


    The Ning Bei who loved you for so many years but dared not say anything.


    And now, if you want, you can easily destroy him.


    ¡°¡­Nan Xia, that¡¯s it.¡± Ning Bei raised his hands to cover his eyes, and slowly backed away.


    Then, he looked at Nan Xia again, ¡°I¡¯m leaving now, I won¡¯t bother you again.¡±


    Chen Fei¡¯s voice also came from the door of the restaurant at this time: ¡°Xia Xia, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Ning Bei turned around quickly, he doesn¡¯t want to hear the voice of either Nan Xia or Chen Fei.


    The howling wind passed by his ears, and he heard Nan Xia calling his name.


    Ning Bei didn¡¯t stop.


    However, in the next second, he heard Nan Xia shouting behind him:


    ¡°Puppy.¡±


    His eyes became moist immediately, and the tears he held back became uncontrollable the moment he turned his back towards Nan Xia.


    ¡°Puppy.¡± Nan Xia ran to Ning Bei¡¯s side and held his hand tightly.


    Ning Bei stopped, but he refused to look back at her.


    Nan Xia walked in front of Ning Bei.


    It was the first time she saw Ning Bei like this, the first time she saw Ning Bei talking loudly to her in such a ¡°hysterical¡± way, and it was also the first time she knew the secret that Ning Bei had kept in his heart for so many years.


    ¡°Ning Bei.¡± Nan Xia called his name.


    Ning Bei lowered his head and still refused to look at her.


    Nan Xia held his head with both hands, and gently wiped the moisture from his eyes with her thumbs.


    Her action contained a kind of tenderness that is almost doting.


    Ning Bei trembled all over, and looked up at Nan Xia in disbelief.


    It¡¯s hard to speak up.


    At this time, Nan Xia felt that not all actions must have the most logical reasons.


    It was as if she had just decided not to give Ning Bei such hopeless expectations, but now, Nan Xia regretted it.


    She gently rubbed Ning Bei¡¯s cheek with her thumb.


    He lowered his head, allowing her movements.


    ¡°Puppy.¡± Nan Xia uttered softly.


    Although Ning Bei didn¡¯t respond out loud, his eyes were already looking forward to her next words.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go home.¡±


    Ning Bei froze in place, and after a long while, he muttered, ¡°Chen Fei¡­¡±


    ¡°Jiejie doesn¡¯t want to be a rational Nan Xia today.¡±


    She slowly moved her fingers to Ning Bei¡¯s lips, tracing his cool and soft lips.


    It was like asking, trying to figure out, also feels like an invitation.


    The air became very quiet, and Nan Xia¡¯s gaze boundlessly enveloped and melted Ning Bei.


    His mouth naturally opened.


    And sucked her finger.


    Tongue and fingertip touched.


    Ning Bei felt hot all over.


    Then, he heard Nan Xia whispered:


    ¡°Puppy, take Jiejie home.¡±

 Chapter 8

    Ning Bei felt that he was walking on soft clouds.


    Every step was fluttering and trembling.


    Nan Xia¡¯s hand was tightened countless times, as if it was the only evidence that everything that happened just now was true.


    ¡°It hurts, Xiao Bei.¡± Nan Xia chastised him.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry.¡± Ning Bei immediately loosened his hand, but he didn¡¯t let go of her hand.


    ¡°I¡¯ll hold your arm.¡± After Nan Xia finished speaking, she wanted to withdraw her hand to hold Ning Bei¡¯s arm, but Ning Bei still didn¡¯t let her hand go.


    After hesitating for a few seconds, Ning Bei stopped on the spot and promised Nan Xia in a low voice, ¡°I won¡¯t use any more force, I just wanted to hold your hand.¡±


    Nan Xia glanced up at his cautious look, and couldn¡¯t help teasing him, ¡°What are you afraid of?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m afraid you¡¯ll run away.¡±


    ¡°Where can I run on this road?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, anyway you will run away, I don¡¯t want to let go.¡± Ning Bei stared down at Nan Xia, his stubbornness was so pitiful and funny.


    Nan Xia leaned her face on his arm and laughed silently.


    She noticed that Ning Bei had unconsciously tightened that hand that was holding her hand again.


    ¡°Ning Bei.¡± Nan Xia called his name.


    Ning Bei immediately became very nervous, and stood upright in the military training posture.


    ¡°I need to call Chen Fei and apologize.¡±


    ¡°Okay, okay.¡± Ning Bei nodded immediately.


    ¡°I have to call Chen Fei.¡±


    Ning Bei was stunned for half a second, then said, ¡°Okay, okay.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­let go.¡±


    Ning Bei: ¡°¡­Oh.¡±


    Nan Xia restrained her smile, walked to the side and called Chen Fei, apologized, and then told him she¡¯ll call the rest of the classmates who she hadn¡¯t had time to contact when she got home at night.


    After a few minutes, Nan Xia hung up the phone.


    Ning Bei nervously asked how was it.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, Chen Fei is very nice.¡±


    Ning Bei didn¡¯t speak.


    Nan Xia leaned in front of him and asked him: ¡°Wow, I really can¡¯t see that, Ning Bei, you are really narrow-minded.¡±


    Ning Bei turned his face away.


    ¡°You can really eat anyone¡¯s vinegar.¡±


    ¡°¡­No, I don¡¯t.¡± He softly denied.


    ¡°Then why don¡¯t you like Chen Fei?¡±


    Ning Bei glanced at her with some resentment: ¡°Your last boyfriend was a high school classmate, so I have a psychological shadow against your high school classmates.¡±


    After a while, he added, ¡°Will there be boys in your class reunion?¡±


    Nan Xia: ¡°Nonsense.¡±


    Ning Bei pursed his lips and said nothing.


    But his expression had already revealed everything.


    ¡°You plan to not let me interact with men anymore?¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    Nan Xia smiled, ¡°Then, I¡ª¡±


    ¡°After all, you haven¡¯t acknowledged my status yet.¡±


    Nan Xia: ¡°???¡±


    Ning Bei glanced at her, but did not dare to speak out.


    Nan Xia suddenly chuckled, Ning Bei was on high alert before he heard her say, ¡°Let¡¯s find a coffee shop and eat something first, I have something to tell you.¡±


    Ning Bei said nothing for a moment, then nodded.


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    Ning Bei took Nan Xia to a coffee shop. There were not many people in the shop, and the two of them walked to a four-seater in a corner.


    Nan Xia sat down and saw that Ning Bei was standing beside her without moving.


    Nan Xia: ¡°?¡±


    Ning Bei: ¡°I want to sit next to you.¡±


    Nan Xia turned her head away with a smile, Ning Bei really is no longer concealing his feelings at all.


    His passionate fire is starting to burn Nan Xia.


    She scooted inside, and Ning Bei immediately sat down next to her.


    ¡°What are you drinking?¡± Ning Bei unfolded the menu in front of Nan Xia.


    ¡°Latt¨¦.¡±


    ¡°Then I¡¯ll drink an Americano.¡± He immediately went to the front desk to order, and then quickly returned to his seat.


    ¡°Xiao Bei¡ª¡± Nan Xia was about to speak.


    Ning Bei took out a small cup of ice cream from behind him. The red strawberry topping looked particularly attractive under the bright indoor lights.


    ¡°Your favorite strawberry sundae.¡±


    ¡°How did you know?¡±


    ¡°I know everything.¡± When Ning Bei said this, pride and loss overflowed from his voice.


    He knew everything about her.


    So how much does Nan Xia know about him?


    But Ning Bei doesn¡¯t care about that now.


    ¡°Let¡¯s eat,¡± he said.


    Nan Xia smiled at him: ¡°Thank you.¡±


    Ning Bei¡¯s neck was stained crimson, and he lowered his head to watch Nan Xia eating ice cream intently.


    She tied her hair into a bun today, and when she lowered her head, fine strands of hair fell down.


    The bright red lips opened and closed, and the white ice cream completely melted into her mouth.


    Nan Xia looked up and saw Ning Bei staring at her in a daze.


    She raised her hand and waved in front of him:


    ¡°Little fool?¡±


    Ning Bei returned to his senses and frowned, as if dissatisfied with the title.


    Nan Xia tapped the tip of Ning Bei¡¯s nose, and Ning Bei reached out and held her index finger.


    Nan Xia tried to retract her fingers, and Ning Bei let go.


    He suppressed the passion and joy in his eyes and was waiting for what Nan Xia would say next.


    Nan Xia put the spoon back and turned to face Ning Bei.


    After a while, she opened her mouth and said, ¡°Do you know what kind of risks you will face if you fall in love with me?¡±


    Ning Bei nodded, then shook his head again.


    Nan Xia said: ¡°I still want to tell you all the possible bad outcomes first, and then you can make a choice. Because what you want right now might not necessarily be the best thing for you.¡±


    Ning Bei didn¡¯t speak, waiting for her to continue.


    ¡°First of all, I am six years older than you. The difference in experience and thinking brought about by my age will make it more likely that we will quarrel over certain things in the future. Secondly, you have just entered college, and you actually have many opportunities to meet others girls who might be better for you, you might like me now just because you have more contact with me, so I think you can reserve some opportunities for yourself to try to meet other girls. Finally, Xiao Bei, falling in love also means there will be a possibility of breaking up, and it will be difficult for us to be friends again after breaking up.¡±


    Nan Xia calmed down and told Ning Bei everything she thought they needed to worry about. She cannot deny that almost no one can remain indifferent in the face of such relentless enthusiasm, but Nan Xia still forced herself to return to reason. She is six years older than Ning Bei; she is obliged to analyze and inform the current situation clearly with him.


    ¡°Xiao Bei, do you understand what I just said?¡±


    Ning Bei nodded.


    ¡°Okay,¡± Nan Xia raised her hand and took a sip of her drink, ¡°Then let¡¯s go back for now, you can tell me your decision tonight.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ve already decided.¡± Ning Bei said without hesitation.


    Nan Xia looked up in surprise.


    ¡°I want to be with you.¡±


    ¡°¡­But what I just said¡­¡±


    Ning Bei clenched his jaw for a moment, then took Nan Xia¡¯s hand again.


    His voice became deep and slow.


    Like a silent tide, it slowly swallowed Nan Xia¡¯s heart.


    ¡°I¡¯ve waited too long; I will never let this opportunity go.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t you want to try being in a relationship with other girls?¡±


    Ning Bei shook his head, ¡°I don¡¯t like anyone else. I know it in my heart.¡±


    Nan Xia stared at Ning Bei silently, she also noticed the uncontrollable emotions in her heart. The completely affirmed choice also made it difficult for her to hold on to her position of reason.


    ¡°¡­Xiao Bei.¡± She murmured.


    Ning Bei lowered his head and lightly stroked her hand with his fingertips.


    The numbness was like a small electric spark, going up Nan Xia¡¯s arm like a current.


    She bit her lips.


    She looked at Ning Bei raising his hand slowly, and then saw him grab her hand and kissed her palm tenderly.


    The tip of his nose was buried into her palm, and he didn¡¯t raise his head for a long time.


    Then, ¡°Jiejie.¡±


    With a low voice, Ning Bei raised his head and peered at Nan Xia, ¡°Let¡¯s go home.¡±


    Ning Bei brought Nan Xia back home. Before entering the community, he repeatedly confirmed to Nan Xia whether he was her boyfriend now or not.


    Nan Xia said yes, but Ning Bei still felt uneasy.


    Even though Nan Xia repeatedly assured him that she would not lie to him, Ning Bei still had mixed expressions along the way.


    The two missed lunch so Nan Xia told him to come to her house later, and she¡¯ll fix him something to eat.


    Ning Bei couldn¡¯t ask for more.


    As soon as they entered the door, they bumped into Nan Xia¡¯s mother who was about to go out for some beauty treatment.


    She looked up and saw two people with very strange expressions.


    Nan Xia¡¯s mother immediately stopped in place, her eyes fixed on Nan Xia for a while, then on Ning Bei next.


    Nan Xia couldn¡¯t stand her extremely gossipy expression, so she quickly pushed her away.


    ¡°Mom, if you don¡¯t leave now, you won¡¯t be able to keep your appointment.¡±


    Nan Xia¡¯s mother resisted the pressure and grabbed Ning Bei.


    ¡°Little Bei?¡±


    Ning Bei shifted his eyes to Nan Xia guiltily, Nan Xia hadn¡¯t told him whether he could tell others about their relationship so he didn¡¯t dare to say anything.


    Nan Xia¡¯s mother became even more suspicious, and was about to ask again, when she saw Nan Xia standing in front of Ning Bei. Then, with a smile, ¡°Mom, don¡¯t make things difficult for my boyfriend, okay?¡±


    Suddenly there was a huge roar in his ears, Ning Bei seemed to be hit by a bomb.


    He no longer remembered how Nan Xia¡¯s mother left in the end, and when he came back to his senses, he only heard the sound of the door closing.


    Nan Xia has already walked towards the living room with her slippers on.


    His emotions erupted like a volcano, washing away all reason in an instant.


    Ning Bei couldn¡¯t say a word.


    Nan Xia turned her head and saw that he was still standing at the door.


    She couldn¡¯t help laughing, and waved to him, ¡°Puppy, come to Jiejie.¡±


    Ning Bei completely turned into a puppy at her command, and quickly followed Nan Xia into the bedroom.


    The door closed and saw Nan Xia leaning against the wall waiting for him.


    He stopped breathing completely, waiting for what she had to say.


    ¡°Puppy, do you want to hug Jiejie?¡±


    The sunlight from the bedroom hit Nan Xia¡¯s cheeks from one side, adding an almost golden edge to her outline. The small and upright nose has shallow and lovely wrinkles when she laughs.


    His blood reached a boiling point.


    Ning Bei directly enveloped Nan Xia with his body.


    Nan Xia didn¡¯t expect him to give her such a ¡°violent¡± hug, the moment her feet flew into the air, she hugged his neck tightly.


    Ning Bei pushed her hard against the wall, and looked up at Nan Xia¡¯s eyes, his eyes quickly turned red in the next second.


    Ning Bei buried his face in Nan Xia¡¯s shoulder.


    Humidity, heat and uncontrollable heartbeat.


    Ning Bei had no way to restrain, sort out, and relieve his emotions, so burying his tears in front of Nan Xia was the most he could do.


    Nan Xia let out a low chuckle, she reached out and inserted her fingers gently into his hair.


    Stroking his hair slowly like as if consoling him.


    After an unknown amount of time, Ning Bei raised his head again.


    Nan Xia¡¯s fingers slowly touched his red eyes.


    Her breathing gradually went lower, gently hitting his cheek.


    ¡°Xiao Bei.¡± Nan Xia called out softly, and felt his arms tighten again.


    Then, she continued to descend slowly.


    It fell gently on Ning Bei¡¯s lips.


    The moment she was about to move away, Ning Bei sucked on her lips without anyone instructing him.


    His onslaught came without hesitation.


    The youthfulness and lack of discipline in his kiss made her feel even more excited. The clash of lips and teeth brought great excitement to Nan Xia.


    Her arms clenched him even tighter, squeezing the last trace of oxygen in each other¡¯s chests.


    The fire was fully ignited.


    Nan Xia also completely surrendered under the siege of Ning Bei.


    She always thinks too much and always worries too much.


    But at this moment, she just wanted to retaliate against Ning Bei¡¯s sucking vigorously, as if to not leave any regret.


    Oxygen filled their chests again, Nan Xia leaned on Ning Bei¡¯s shoulder with a blushing complexion and tried to calm her mind.


    Ning Bei was like an iron structure that would never fall down, still holding Nan Xia tightly to his body.


    He went to kiss Nan Xia¡¯s neck again.


    It was like he was conducting a research, the tip of his tongue slides inch by inch, not letting go of anything.


    Nan Xia couldn¡¯t bear it anymore and finally reached out to cover his mouth.


    ¡ª¡ª then came another soft palm kiss.


    With an irresistible smile, Nan Xia was defeated.


    ¡°Xiao Bei.¡± She whispered.


    Ning Bei raised his eyes and looked at her fervently.


    Nan Xia laughed and fell into his arms, ¡°Put me down.¡±


    Ning Bei was quiet for a while, and then let go of his hand reluctantly.


    Nan Xia put on her slippers again, and walked to the kitchen, ¡°I¡¯m going to get something to eat.¡±


    Who knew that as soon as she walked to the kitchen, Ning Bei also followed her.


    ¡°I¡¯ll help you.¡±


    ¡°There is nothing you need to do; you can just go to the living room and watch TV.¡±


    Ning Bei did not speak, but hugged Nan Xia from behind.


    Just as Nan Xia was about to say something else, she noticed that Ning Bei had buried his head on her shoulder.


    She choked back the words.


    In the kitchen, Nan Xia was quietly waiting for the soup in the pot to boil.


    Ning Bei stuck himself behind her, neither of them spoke.


    Like an inexplicable tacit understanding, they both don¡¯t need any explanation how all this happened.


    Even Nan Xia herself finds it miraculous that the past ten years of acquaintance between them have not been meaningless.


    They know each other and are familiar with each other.


    Even their first kiss feels like a reunion after a long absence, where they lost and found each other again.


    This thought made Nan Xia feel even more excited.


    She felt that she had made the right decision.


    A smile naturally bloomed from the corner of her mouth. Nan Xia turned around and looked up at Ning Bei.


    She reached out and rubbed Ning Bei¡¯s earlobe, and his neck instantly turned red.


    Nan Xia deliberately asked: ¡°Is the heat switch on the puppy¡¯s turned on? Why does your body feel so hot, even your breath is scorching?¡±


    Ning Bei stared straight at her.


    Nan Xia got closer and murmured, ¡°Is it because your ears are particularly sensitive?¡±


    When she spoke, her soft breath hit his face, and Ning Bei¡¯s body was numb.


    For a moment, he only lowered his head and circled Nan Xia tightly with his arms.


    His voice sounded after a while:


    ¡°Because it¡¯s Jiejie.¡±

 Chapter 9

    Nan Xia and Ning Bei went on their first trip as a couple at the end of October. Nan Xia used her annual leave and Ning Bei only had a few classes before the break. The two flew to Gulang Island together before winter, ??and booked a five-day homestay.


    It was four o¡¯clock in the afternoon when they arrived, the weather was pleasant.


    The inn is located on the seaside of Gulang Island and Ning Bei booked a big room with a balcony that was facing the sea. Of course, he had obtained Nan Xia¡¯s permission before making the reservation.


    They decided to book a room with a double bed so Ning Bei knew what was going to happen.


    Nan Xia told him that her concept is to choose the time when she is ready to sleep with someone with her feeling. She doesn¡¯t care if a month is too fast or if a year is too long, or whether they are married or not. It¡¯s okay as long as they take protective measures.


    This is her concept.


    But if Ning Bei has any other opinions, she is also completely willing to discuss and negotiate with him to reach a result that satisfies both of them.


    Ning Bei resolutely chose to follow Nan Xia¡¯s opinion ¨C to choose the development of the relationship based on their feelings.


    And he felt that they had reached that point in their relationship.


    During the one month of their dating life, Ning Bei went to Nan Xia¡¯s house for dinner almost every day and stayed with her until the last second before running back to the dormitory in a 100-meter sprint.


    Kissing and light touching had no soothing effect at all, they only made the fireworks in Ning Bei¡¯s heart higher and higher.


    But Nan Xia didn¡¯t take the initiative to go further, so Ning Bei held back. So when he was booking a room this time, he cautiously asked Nan Xia if he could book a double bed room. Nan Xia asked him if he had made up his mind, and Ning Bei told her if she agrees, he is fine.


    Nan Xia replied ¡°OK¡± to him on WeChat.


    Ning Bei had a dirty dream that night.


    At around four o¡¯clock in the afternoon, Ning Bei dragged their suitcases and they arrived at the inn. The young lady at the front desk took the two of them upstairs.


    It was a clean and tidy room.


    There were light blue tiles attached to the lower half wall of the room, and the off-white wooden floor enhances this Mediterranean style.


    The balcony door was open, Nan Xia walked over and saw the armchairs outside.


    With her hands on the railing, she could see the blue sea and sky in the distance.


    The gentle and moist sea breeze enveloped her completely, and Nan Xia closed her eyes comfortably.


    Then, she felt a burst of heat hit her.


    Nan Xia didn¡¯t even need to open her eyes.


    She turned around with a smile on the corner of her mouth and raised her arms to hug Ning Bei.


    With Ning Bei¡¯s hand between her waist and the railing, she raised her head and silently kissed Ning Bei.


    His short hair pricked Nan Xia¡¯s face slightly, and she reached out to stroke the ends of his hair.


    She noticed that Ning Bei¡¯s arms were getting tighter, and the oxygen in her mouth was also exhausted.


    After a short pause, Nan Xia looked up at Ning Bei.


    The moist gaze in his eyes made Nan Xia¡¯s heart drum endlessly.


    He wanted to reach out and explore.


    ¡°¡­Xiao Bei.¡±


    Ning Bei¡¯s restrained his low panting, opening and closing lips:


    ¡°¡­¡­Jiejie.¡±


    The curtains blocked the last ray of light before the sun set, and the people in the room became blurred shadows.


    ¡°Have you kissed it before?¡±


    Ning Bei¡¯s eyes were red, and he answered with difficulty: ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s touch it lightly first.¡±


    He stretched out his hands, and his lips will fall down on her without needing guidance.


    Nan Xia raised her head high and held Ning Bei¡¯s head in her arms.


    Then, the shadows overlap, entangle, and finally become one.


    On the first day at the inn, Nan Xia has completely felt all the humidity and enthusiasm of the seaside in summer.


    When she woke up dazedly, it was already dark outside the window, only the dim light from the lighthouse not far away flashed in her vision.


    Nan Xia saw the three used condoms on the ground, and couldn¡¯t help thinking about what happened.


    The first time, it was almost over in seconds.


    She held back, but still chuckled. It was definitely not ridicule, but seeing her puppy apologize to her at a loss and tried to explain, it was funny. But in the second before she could say anything, he got ready again.


    Then, the second time, the third time.


    He quickly started, and then completely destroyed Nan Xia with his absolute physical strength.


    Um, puppy.


    Nan Xia smiled silently and rolled her eyes.


    Hearing a rustling sound behind her, she realized that Ning Bei was approaching from behind her.


    For a long time, she didn¡¯t hear him speak.


    But his arms hugged her lower abdomen, everything followed by instinct.


    Ning Bei was licking her back.


    God, Nan Xia felt overwhelmed.


    She gripped the bed sheet slightly with her hands, feeling the tremors coming from her body.


    At the moment when her mind was completely out of control, she once again had a deep understanding of this little brother¡¯s physical strength.


    When she woke up for the second time, Nan Xia was woken up by Ning Bei.


    He had already gotten dressed and was squatting on Nan Xia¡¯s bedside and kissing the tip of her nose.


    ¡°Jiejie.¡± He called softly.


    Nan Xia slowly opened her eyes, she heard him seriously asking her: ¡°Jiejie, how did I do?¡±


    Nan Xia¡¯s ears turned red instantly, she pulled the quilt over her shoulders, covered the lower half of her face and did not answer.


    Ning Bei smiled smugly, and asked again: ¡°Is Jiejie comfortable? Did I hurt you or is there anything you don¡¯t like?¡±


    Nan Xia covered her entire face.


    How can it be so hot in the quilt? Why is her breath so hot?


    In the next second, Nan Xia realized that someone had pinched her exposed ankle.


    She lifted the quilt and looked down, she saw Ning Bei bowing his head and kissing her feet.


    Blood rushed to her brain in an instant, and she couldn¡¯t help but want to pull her feet back.


    She heard Ning Bei say: ¡°Jiejie, you are so beautiful.¡±


    Nan Xia couldn¡¯t breathe.


    ¡°Everything about you is beautiful, your face is beautiful, your hair is beautiful, your hands are beautiful, your arms are beautiful, your legs are beautiful, and even your toes are beautiful.¡±


    ¡°Ning Bei, you¡­¡± Nan Xia¡¯s heart was pounding, and she didn¡¯t know what to say to stop him.


    Only then did Ning Bei let go of her ankle, and then tuck her leg into the quilt. He leaned over to her bedside again and asked her, ¡°Sister, have you rested enough? Let¡¯s go out for dinner if you¡¯re not tired.¡±


    Nan Xia felt ashamed and wanted to laugh, so she gave him a kick.


    Ning Bei pursed his lips and chuckled, and hugged Nan Xia into his arms again.


    After washing up at night, the two of them dressed lightly and went out.


    Ning Bei selected a seafood restaurant he saw on the web. Following the direction on the map, the two finally walked into a place that looked like a residence, pushed open the gate of the courtyard, and it turned out to be a seafood restaurant inside.


    There were not many meals available in the restaurant, but everything tasted delicious. Instead of adding too many condiments, it amplifies the original seafood taste of the ingredients themselves.


    Nan Xia and Ning Bei finished their dinner contentedly and left. The two wandered around along the alleys on Gulang Island. Instead of choosing the crowded ¡°Internet celebrity¡± spots, Ning Bei took Nan Xia¡¯s hand and walked around where the local residents lived.


    The dazzling red bricks and tiles in the daytime become black against the backdrop of the night, and the black stone road under their feet muted all the hustle and bustle of the daytime.


    Except for the cool breeze passing through Nan Xia¡¯s hair occasionally, there was no other sound.


    Feeling completely relaxed, Nan Xia closed her eyes.


    Ning Bei pulled her forward with confidence.


    ¡°Jiejie.¡± Ning Bei suddenly stopped and made a sound.


    Nan Xia opened her eyes.


    In the dim moonlight, Ning Bei¡¯s facial features became unclear, but his eyes were like a pool of bright moonlight, shining with a clear luster.


    Nan Xia caught a glimpse of a raised curb beside him, so she supported Ning Bei¡¯s forearm and stood on it.


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± She looked down at Ning Bei and asked him with a smile.


    Ning Bei also laughed, he held Nan Xia¡¯s cheek and asked her softly, ¡°Jiejie, do you want me to hug you?¡±


    Nan Xia was taken aback, ¡°What do you mean?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll hug you and go.¡± Ning Bei said.


    Nan Xia¡¯s eyes hesitated for a moment, and a smile of anticipation and worry appeared on her face.


    ¡°How are you going to walk while hugging?¡±


    Ning Bei pursed his lips and smiled, ¡°Try it and you¡¯ll know.¡±


    As soon as he finished speaking, he hugged Nan Xia in his arms.


    Nan Xia immediately hugged his neck for stability, and her voice became louder: ¡°Ning Bei just forget about it?¡±


    Ning Bei had already laughed out loud.


    In the quiet night, his voice was like a string of crisp bells.


    Then, the tall black figure ran towards the other end of the alley.


    The wind whistled past Nan Xia¡¯s ears, and Ning Bei became the only existence she could rely on.


    Her heartbeat accelerated wildly, and her hair flew backwards as Ning Bei ran forward. Nan Xia laughed uncontrollably, and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and shouted in his ear:


    ¡°Ning Bei, be careful!¡±


    Ning Bei then laughed even louder, and when he lowered his head, he firmly kissed Nan Xia¡¯s lips.


    Then, he sped up desperately.


    Going against the invisible night wind, he led Nan Xia into the deeper night.


    The mixed laughter, screams and gasps were infinitely magnified on this summer night, Nan Xia will never forget this moment when she galloped in the wind with Ning Bei.


    All heartbeats, pulses and breathing are real, all kisses, hugs and laughs are real.


    Nan Xia closed her eyes and buried her head in his chest.


    She will follow her puppy, wherever he¡¯s taking her.


    On the last day of their stay in Gulang Island, Nan Xia and Ning Bei spent an afternoon in a bookstore.


    Nan Xia was sitting in the reading area reading a novel, while Ning Bei was wandering around in the bookstore.


    The afternoon sun shines in from the door of the bookstore, and opposite the cash register is a message wall full of blessings. Ning Bei stopped and read the contents carefully.


    Most of them are messages between couples. There are also some long or short life insights, but most of the notes were related to love.


    Ning Bei doesn¡¯t have a particularly sentimental character, but when he turned his head to look at Nan Xia who was sitting on the sofa reading a book quietly and thought of the time they spent together these five days that he would never forget in his life, sadness rose from the bottom of Ning Bei¡¯s heart without reason.


    He couldn¡¯t explain why he had the urge to cry even though he and Nan Xia were happy now.


    Walking towards the cashier, Ning Bei asked for a light-yellow sticker and took a pen.


    Standing by the message wall, Ning Bei turned his attention to Nan Xia again.


    As if he was drawing courage, his emotions brewing uncontrollably.


    Then, he lowered his head and wrote neatly on the sticker:


    Puppy only have one summer.


    This is Ning Bei¡¯s promise to Nan Xia in his heart, there will always be only one Nan Xia for Ning Bei.


    And he didn¡¯t wish for the same response and promise from Nan Xia.


    Putting the pen into the pen holder on the side, Ning Bei pasted the sticker onto the wall full of blessings.


    He stood far away, looking at that sentence for a few more seconds.


    Then he turned around and left.


    Nan Xia read that book for a while in the bookstore. As the evening approached, she closed the book and picked out two more. Ning Bei went to pay the bill, and Nan Xia followed him.


    Ning Bei then selected a few more postcards at the cash register and paid the bill together.


    The moment he turned around, he saw Nan Xia standing by the message wall and just putting down the pen in her hand.


    His heartbeat immediately suspended in his chest, all the sounds in his ear faded away at the speed of light, and he only stared at her.


    Carrying the bag in his hand, Ning Bei walked slowly to Nan Xia¡¯s side. When he raised his eyes, he saw that she had neatly added another line of writing under the line he had just written.


    Tears only took a moment to appear, but no matter how blurred his vision was, he can still see clearly.


    Under the line ¡°Puppy only has one summer¡±, Nan Xia neatly wrote:


    ¡°There is only one puppy for summer.¡±


    Words may be all redundant, just looking at each other is enough to understand the feelings of each other.


    Ning Bei lowered his right hand, and the plastic bag containing the books fell down.


    He took two steps forward, lowered his head and held Nan Xia¡¯s cheek.


    The kiss was natural, without too many scruples.


    The warm sunset glow shone on them; the puppy¡¯s summer will never end.


    This is the romance between Puppy and Summer, ??and also the loyalty between them.


    Nan Xia gently kissed away the tears from the corners of Ning Bei¡¯s eyes, and said softly:


    ¡°Let¡¯s go back, puppy.¡±


    Ning Bei nodded: ¡°Let¡¯s go home, Jiejie.¡±


    Their hands clasped tightly together but Nan Xia didn¡¯t feel the pain.


    The clock is still turning non-stop, the four seasons have never stopped for anyone.


    As for the pair of lovers, they have already clasped their hands and disappeared into the eternal summer night along this silent brick alley.


    ¡ª¡ªEnd¡ª¡ª