Hello, How Long Has This Been Going On?

Two bouquets of bright roses bring a rich fragrance to the warm yellow room.

Huo Sihan turned his head to look at his brother who had suddenly learned to be romantic, with a shocked expression on his face, taking advantage of Tao Zhi's inattention, he stuffed a peeled grapefruit into his mouth.

"It's unbelievable that I also have a share. Are you really Huo Ran?"

Huo Ran stared at his sister's small movements, and showed a kind smile: "It doesn't matter if I am Huo Ran, but you must be Huo Sihan who steals while helping."

Tao Zhiyue, who was watching the sibling war calmly, laughed out loud.

Huo Sihan didn't have the slightest sense of being caught, and said eloquently: "I had a great time chatting with brother Zhizhi, so I'm thirsty, can't I?"

"Brother what? Don't bark." Huo Ran looked puzzled, "Come out quickly, don't make trouble."

"I'm not messing around, I'm helping...!"

Huo Sihan, who appeared to be peeling grapefruits but was actually trying to strike up a conversation with his ideal-type new brother, was still ruthlessly grabbed by the collar and driven out of the kitchen by Huo Ran.

Satisfied to see his sister sitting back at the dining table and taking pictures of the roses, Huo Ran is ready to show the demeanor of the protagonist, change into light clothes, and exercise the right to work in the kitchen.

As usual, he walked towards the bedroom, trying to get clothes from the closet.

As a result, he held the doorknob and turned it, but it didn't move at all.

Huo Ran, who was full of doubts, was about to ask a question when he heard a heavy cough from the kitchen.

In a blink of an eye, Huo Ran figured out the key to the extremely clean and elegant house today.

He let go of his hand very naturally, and said without changing his face: "Your bedroom door seems to be broken, I will fix it for you later."

Tao Zhiyue smiled: "...Okay."

Huo Sihan also smiled: "Don't be nervous, I can believe it."

Huo Ran took off his suit jacket with a calm expression, put on his apron, and approached Tao Zhiyue openly, speaking with a desire to survive.

"I didn't mean it, I accidentally said something wrong."

"But you reacted quickly and packed everything up."

After Tao Zhiyue finished picking out the prawns, he began to clean the ribs. According to Huo Sihan's order, he would cook pork ribs stewed with edamame at night.

Hearing the sincere confession and flattery from the people around him, he said sternly, "Fortunately, there is a game room, otherwise today would definitely be the most embarrassing day in my memory."

Huo Ran was about to speak, when he heard him continue: "But I am very happy, because I like Sihan very much, she always looks so happy."

Suddenly the alarm bells rang.

Huo Ran pondered for a second, and immediately launched an offensive: "The red rose is for you, do you like it?"

"..." Tao Zhiyue glanced at him, and stuffed a pot of shelled edamame into his hand, "Work hard, don't steal it."

Huo Ran struggled to death: "Okay, Brother Zhizhi."

Then he was ruthlessly driven out of the kitchen by Tao Zhiyue.

Sitting face to face at the dining table, the siblings looked at each other meaningfully and began to attack each other while peeling edamame.

Huo Sihan: "Haha! You have this day too!"

Huo Ran: "Haha, why haven't you found a boyfriend who can cook?"

Huo Sihan: "...You have the ability to cook! Why show off your boyfriend!"

Huo Ran: "Oh, so you want to eat fat beef in sour soup. I will make it for you tomorrow. Don't be too moved."

Huo Sihan: "I'm so touched, don't come here!!"

The pork ribs in the pot were rolling in the boiling water, and Tao Zhiyue skimmed off the foam with a spoon, laughing as he listened.

During this extraordinarily lively dinner, Huo Sihan spoke highly of Tao Zhiyue's reproduced pomelo shrimp salad, and then, in spite of Huo Ran's refusal, forcibly told his travel story again carefully.

Amidst the laughter, Tao Zhiyue ate half a bowl of rice more than usual.

After the meal, the three people who were fully fed sat side by side on the sofa, staring at the TV screen in a daze.

Huo Ran started to chase people away: "You are so full and you have been running around for another day, you must be sleepy, go upstairs to sleep."

Huo Sihan didn't want to be outdone: "You are so full, if you sit down after eating, you will gain weight, go to the kitchen to wash the dishes."

Huo Ran was expressionless: "I'll wash it tomorrow."

Huo Sihan smiled: "I'll sleep tomorrow."

Tao Zhiyue, who was sitting between the two of them, smoothed things over: "There is no good show, why don't you watch a movie?"

Huo Sihan agreed with his new brother unconditionally: "It makes sense. Although our bodies don't move, as long as we mobilize our minds, we can still achieve the effect of digestion after a meal."

"For maximum adrenaline, I suggest watching—"

"Horror film!"

"Horror film!"

Tao Zhiyue agreed with her.

"It turns out that you also like watching horror movies, that's great!" Huo Sihan was bubbling with joy, and glanced at Huo Ran proudly, "Brother Zhizhi and I are a perfect match...a good brother and sister!"

Huo Ran recalled with a complex expression the terrifying memories of being dominated by Jin Shao Yuan last time.

Huo Sihan looked at him and laughed, "Huo Ran, your face smells so bad, I really want to take a picture of you as a souvenir."

There are many people, and this time, Tao Zhiyue and Huo Sihan jointly chose a supernatural ghost film.

Tao Zhiyu actively turned off the ceiling light in the living room, Huo Sihan brought a lot of snacks from the game room, and Huo Ran passively endured everything that happened suddenly.

The screen flickered faintly, reflecting the very different expressions of the three people.

Huo Sihan on the left was full of excitement, Tao Zhiyue in the middle was smiling slightly, and Huo Ran on the right was full of dissatisfaction.

In the dark, he quietly touched Tao Zhiyue's hand, but there was no response.

annoying light bulb

After a frightening scene with scary sound effects, Huo Sihan was very dissatisfied when she found that no one was screaming. Her eyes wandered and she saw a small picture frame on the display stand next to the TV.

Inside the frame is a piece of sketch paper, on which is a sketch of a half-body profile of a man, with eyebrows and eyes very similar to Huo Ran.

"Wow, is this drawn by brother Zhizhi?" Huo Sihan was surprised, "It looks like a painting."

Tao Zhiyue was a little embarrassed: "Well, I just learned sketching for a while."

When the two chatted, they mentioned learning to paint several times. Huo Ran was too busy with work to be distracted, so he could only take it as a joke.

Tao Zhiyue, who gets off work on time every day, has a lot of spare time, so he really started to learn how to draw.

It was the first time to draw this painting with Huo Ran who was working overtime at night as a model. The person involved excitedly framed it and placed it in the center of the display shelf for viewing at any time.

"The painting is really good!" Huo Sihan said innocently, "It's just a little weird, Huo Ran, why are you laughing, you laugh so strangely."

Huo Ran couldn't figure it out: "Where did I laugh? I'm obviously working very seriously."

Tao Zhiyue looked over after hearing the words, his expression froze, "Yeah, why are you laughing? I don't seem to draw like this."

Huo Ran suddenly felt a chill down his back. He stared at his sketched portrait for a long time without seeing a smile.

Instead, under the flickering fluorescent light of the screen, he saw Huo Sihan's expression of wanting to laugh but trying to hold it back.

The same goes for Tao Zhiyue on the other side, the upward curve of the corner of his mouth can't be concealed no matter what.

"...You two, give up." Huo Ran saw through the trick of the two, and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, "I am a firm materialist."

Huo Sihan taunted: "Hahahaha, you must have been frightened just now! Your face turned pale! Seeing how embarrassed you are to call yourself Huo Daudao in the future."

Tao Zhiyue was serious: "I saw your back leave the sofa for a while, are you really nervous?"

Huo Ran, who was double-flanked, swallowed his anger, leaned quietly to the left, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Why are you cooperating with her?"

"Because it's my younger sister." Tao Zhiyue replied with a smile.

Huo Ran brazenly said: "I can also be a younger sister."

Tao Zhiyue stomped on him calmly: "Show face."

"don't want."

"..."

After the screening of the horror movie was over, Huo Sihan, who was still full of emotions, didn't wait for Huo Ran to chase her away again, and said, "I'm so happy today, even the horror movie is so warm, I'm sleepy after watching it, so I'm going to go upstairs to rest."

Huo Ran was about to offer praise, when she heard her say: "Then, dear brother, do you want to go upstairs and go home with me?"

"Hey, which one is your house, 1901? 1902? 1502?"

Huo Ran choked up on the spot.

"I remembered." Huo Sihan suddenly realized, "No matter which one it is, anyway, you have to stay and repair the bedroom door first, right?"

"…right."

Before Huo Ran could do anything, Huo Sihan hugged her champagne rose, happily put on her shoes and slipped out the door.

"I'm going upstairs, see you tomorrow!"

Huo Sihan ignored the smelly-faced brother, and waved at Tao Zhiyue solemnly: "I'm really happy today, it's nice to meet you, thank you, brother Zhizhi."

Tao Zhiyue escorted her into the elevator, and carefully told her: "Remember to close the door, don't open the door for others, and call us anytime if you need something. If we want to come up, we will tell you in advance."

In the small house, the former two-person space was restored.

After sending Huo Sihan back, Tao Zhiyue was still a little worried, and asked him, "How about we go upstairs together?"

Huo Chen Nian Lao Vinegar Tan Ran Ru said: "I regret letting her come here."

However, after thinking about it, Huo Ransi decided to send a red envelope to his sister to emphasize his status as the master.

[HR: You did pretty well today, no shame. ]

[HR: Dragon Heart Joy, thanks. ]

[Brother Zhizhi is number one in the world: Thank you boss! ]

[Brother Zhizhi is number one in the world: Boss, is the bedroom door repaired? When are you going home? ]

[HR:…]

[HR: Don't always change names/smile]

[Brother Zhizhi is number one in the world: Hehehe, sleep now! Good night! ]

[HR: Good night. ]

[HR: Good night, Brother Zhizhi asked me to convey it. ]

The night is thick, the lights of the residential buildings are gradually extinguished, and people fall into a peaceful sleep.

On the tea table, gorgeous red roses bloom silently in a vase.

The stars streak across the dark night, the moon sets and the sun rises, and the planets rotate, wandering in the boundless universe.

On the large double bed, when Huo Ran turned over, he noticed something strange in his sleep.

He woke up in a daze, and found that there was no one beside him, and the pillow he touched was cold.

Huo Ran woke up instantly, got up from the bed immediately, and walked out of the bedroom to find someone.

At six o'clock in the morning, the sky was still dark, and the cool morning dew seeped in through the cracks in the windows, and the room was gray and blue.

With his back turned to him, Tao Zhiyue leaned over the dining table, as if writing something.

Huo Ran relaxed inexplicably, afraid of scaring people by making a sudden noise, so he asked him in a low voice, "Why did you wake up so early?"

"I had a dream, I have to write it down quickly."

Tao Zhiyue answered him like this, with joy in his voice.

"What dream?"

He walked over curiously and found that Tao Zhiyue was painting.

Huo Ran saw a cute little girl drawn on the plain white paper.

Tao Zhiyue was carefully outlining her face, and a small pile of rubber crumbs had accumulated on the side. He had modified the shape of the eyes many times, but he was still not satisfied.

"I dreamed about my sister." He looked up with a smile, "She is celebrating her first birthday."

Huo Ran noticed this strange tense, but he didn't ask, and listened to him intently.

"The hotel where the birthday party is held is very big, with pink balloons hanging everywhere, and a red cloth was placed on Zhuozhou's table, and a lot of things were placed on it."

"My dad put a stack of RMB on it, and my mom got a stethoscope from somewhere."

"As a result, she babbled forward, grabbed a pen, refused to let go, smiled silly, and drooled on the small bib."

"I wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and saw that her braid was crooked, so I had to comb her hair again. Her hair is very soft. I never knew that a child's hair can be so soft."

"I didn't dare to use force, so I gently re-braided her hair from behind and turned her around."

Speaking of this, Tao Zhi couldn't help laughing: "Then, I found that this braid is even crooked than before."

"Fortunately, she couldn't see it herself. She was still very happy. She shook her hand and wanted to hug me. I stretched out a finger, and she grabbed it immediately. Her hand was also very soft, like a cloud of meat, very cute .”

"I picked her up and gently lifted her into the air. She couldn't stop laughing, her round eyes were narrowed into a line, and her exposed teeth were small."

"In the end I carried her home. She was about to fall asleep, and my shoulder was covered with saliva. I deliberately poked her face, and then I heard her call my brother inarticulately."

"Then I woke up." Tao Zhiyue finished talking about the long and short dream, "Is this dream very real?"

He woke up like a dream, and after a long time, he whispered: "But I obviously don't have a younger sister, although I miss her very much."

Huo Ran thought for a while and comforted him: "Maybe you really have a sister in parallel time and space, and you dreamed of yourself in another time and space."

"I have had strange and realistic dreams before. Once I dreamed that I had a younger brother, and the personalities of everyone in the family changed. Later, he and I also staged an old-fashioned story of brothers competing for family property. Specifically I forgot what the plot was, but it was tragic anyway."

"At that time, I should be in my teens. Every day I think about growing up and becoming an adult so that I can travel freely by myself. I don't know why. In my dream, I seem to like doing business. If my dad knows If so, I'm sure you'll be happy."

Tao Zhiyue seemed to be taken aback for a moment.

"After waking up, I decided to treat my sister better, forgive her for being naughty, and thank my mother for not having the wrong gender. My brother is terrible."

Huo Ran smiled: "But this idea only lasted for a day. When I found out that she drew a bunch of pig heads on my textbook, it disappeared immediately."

"It's fine to draw a pig's head, but it's so ugly, my deskmate laughed at me for a long time after seeing it."

"Sihan also said that your paintings are ugly, so who is the ugliest of the two of you?"

"Of course it's her. She even failed the art class in elementary school."

"So did you pass?"

"...how could I have failed subjects."

In Huo Ran's gag, the subtle melancholy atmosphere dissipated a little.

Tao Zhiyue looked at the cute little girl in his pen, and was slightly absent-minded.

He tried very hard to keep the memory of the dream, but it still disappeared like smoke.

"I can't remember her eyes."

Huo Ran sat beside him and thought of a way for him: "Do you have any photos of when you were a child? You can draw according to yourself in there."

"Her eyes must be very similar to yours, very pretty."

Those were the eyes he could never forget in the crowd.

Tao Zhiyue remained silent for a long time, immersed in the gray-blue air in the morning, his eyes flickering.

Holding the pen, he drew a pair of smiling eyes for her very slowly.

"I hope she is smart, brave and beautiful, so that she may be happier in the future."

"If not, that's fine."

"I hope she will always be happy and be happy every day."