The child's firecrackers and the adults chatted loudly. Yu Xiuxiu's face was hidden in the festive festival, like a skinned boiled egg, white with a little shy blush, her plump lips were slightly pursed, and her eyes were filled with affection. The moment of impact made Huo Zhongnan unable to say a word.

"Zhong Nan?"

Yu Xiuyou saw his expression stiff, as if he had discovered some amazing secret, he pulled the corner of his clothes with a loud voice, and asked with a smile: "Do you understand what I mean?"

Huo Zhongnan said: "I understand."

Yu Xiuxiu suddenly felt a little panicked and asked with a blushing face: "What do you think?"

Huo Zhongnan: "You have someone you like. Who is he?"

Yu Xiuxiu: "..."

Since Yu Xiuxiu can remember, he has been very popular among boys. Perhaps because he has received too many confessions, she has been able to sensitively detect the deeper emotions in the boy's eyes since she was a child, joy, fanaticism, and want to get close to him... She believes that these are all emotions that normal people can understand.

But Zhong Nan opened her eyes.

His eyes were very pure, and he could not find any male and female emotions in his eyes.

Yu Xiuxiu was a little frustrated.

"Don't you really see it? I like you."

This sentence is so easy that Yu Xiuxiu felt that his shamelessness had improved a little more.

"It's not the kind of love my sister has for her brother. I didn't say it before, because I'm afraid of losing it."

Huo Zhongnan did not move.

After a while, he just looked at Yu Xiuxiu.

Her heart was pounding and she asked without fear of death: "Do you understand now?"

“…”

Huo Zhongnan took several seconds to digest it, "I understand."

I understand again.

Did he understand what she said?

Yu Xiuxiu expressed doubts. She made the worst plan. At worst, he still couldn't understand or pretended not to understand. It was nothing great. She could fight again and again. But she didn't expect that the answer he gave her was a critical strike of 100,000 volts.

"Xiao Xiu, I have someone in my heart."

“???”

Yu Xiuxiu's ears buzzed, thinking that he had heard something wrong, "What did you say?"

Huo Zhongnan knew that she had heard it clearly, and did not repeat it, but just said: "She is very important to me."

Yu Xiuxiu took a deep breath and heard his voice trembling, "Who is she?"

Huo Zhongnan shook his head.

He didn't know or could not tell her that the girl actually only existed in his dreams. He didn't know who she was, nor did he know how she looked, but she had always been in, occupying a very important position, giving him an emotion that was indistinguishable but had surpassed reality.

Because that she will exist forever. She will not leave or lose it is her secret, a hidden and down-to-earth emotion—

Yu Xiuxiu was still shocked, "Is it someone I know?"

Huo Zhongnan shook his head.

“…Where is she?”

"I'm looking for her, too."

Huo Zhongnan looked at the crowd around him and said tactfully: "You are my sister. As long as you need it, you will not lose me."

Looking at Yu Xiuxiu's innocent eyes, he deep voice, "Are you angry?"

No!

She is not angry.

She just...it's just that there is a tiger in her arms who just wants to eat people.

Even if she has a lot of skills in Xiuxiu, what can she do if she is one step late?

"Hahahaha, how is that possible?" Yu Xiuxiu was not angry. Zhong Nan could tell her seriously, instead of walking on two boats, getting along with each other and fooling her, which was enough to prove his importance to this brother-sister relationship. Since that is the case, how could she bear to let this child who lacks love lose a relative?

"Brother, I'm joking with you. Look, you are so nervous that I'm happy. Hahahaha~"

Huo Zhongnan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Not this next time."

"Oh." Yu Xiuxiu smiled and blinked.

~

Yujia Village Reservoir is located in the middle of a mountain in Jiashan. It is a hilly landform. Yujia Mountain is the highest mountain range in the entire mountain town. The reservoir is sandwiched among the mountains, irrigating the farmland of the entire county and also a water supply area for residents. In recent years, it has gradually developed into a tourist area. However, there are not many people who come to visit normally, only the most lively during festivals. Guanyin Temple is located halfway up the mountain next to the reservoir, with high incense and many people coming to burn incense. On the reservoir dam, there are people coming and going, and small vendors are endless.

"Did you see the house over there?"

Yu Xiuxiu stood on the high dam and pointed to the rows of houses not far from the embankment.

"It was the former 'educated youth site', and the uncles and aunts who went to the countryside lived there. This reservoir is their youth."

This special period of time and experience is an indelible mark for that generation and has very complex emotions. Therefore, the people in the group of "Yujia Village Reservoir People" who were "reunited" decades later were as close as a family.

"Do you want to go down and have a look?"

Huo Zhongnan nodded.

"Let's go." Yu Xiuxiu smiled and turned around, finding a fleeting light in his eyes. Complex, sad, deep, and returned to gloomy again in a flash.

Yu Xiuxiu didn't understand what that was, so he took her down the stone steps on the embankment and arrived at the educated youth point.

The educated youth spot is deep in the bushes at the foot of the mountain. The trees are tall, and the light in the houses hidden in them is a bit poor, humid and dark. There are no people here anymore, but there are obviously people who are maintaining the houses. The large courtyard of the blue bricks and tiles is very old.

Several children were firing firecrackers. A little boy rushed over happily when he saw Yu Xiuxiu, and circled around her like a small top.

"Sister Xiuxiu, why are you here?"

Yu Xiuxiu was a little embarrassed.

Even the children here know her, and their identity is almost impossible to hide.

Fortunately, Zhong Nan didn't care, and he didn't find anything. Yu Xiuxiu glanced at him and touched the little boy's head, "Xiaobao, why haven't you returned to the village? You can't take the red envelope."

Xiaobao: "Go back tomorrow. Grandpa said that there are many people entering the mountains today, so he wants to make money. There will be no one on New Year's Eve tomorrow."

Xiaobao was talking to Yu Xiuxiu, but his eyes were looking at Huo Zhongnan, full of curiosity.

"Sister Xiuxiu, is this brother your boyfriend?"

Yu Xiuxiu was stunned.

"Little kid, I understand a lot." She smiled, "It's a pity that you guessed wrong. He is my brother, just like I am your sister."

Xiaobao was a little disappointed, "Oh."

Yu Xiuxiu noticed his emotions, "What's wrong?"

Xiaobao stuck out his tongue, "If he is your boyfriend, I can ask him for a red envelope."

Yu Xiuxiu: "..."

Before Huo Zhongnan came to Yujia Village, the housekeeper prepared some cash for him, but he didn't carry much. Hearing this, he touched his pocket, took out several big bills inside, and handed them to the child.

"Buy firecrackers with you."

Seeing so much money, Xiaobao stared at him with wide eyes and didn't dare to take it.

Yu Xiuxiu smiled and said, "My brother gave it to you, take it."

Xiaobao thanked him happily, and took the money and held it tightly in his palm, looking real happiness.

Huo Zhongnan is a little envious and a little disappointed as such a child who is easy to satisfy.

Yu Xiuxiu took him around the educated youth site.

There are no old things here, the room is empty, the windows are rusty, and the exposed mud is full of traces of time. It reminds people of the scene of a group of young men and women carrying hoes, carrying shoulder poles, and piles of soil and stones repairing large reservoirs decades ago...

Yu Xiuxiu suddenly realized that the emotions in Zhong Nan's eyes were so in tune with the environment. She looked at his handsome side face and had actually conceived a painting in her mind...

"elder brother!"

Huo Zhongnan looked at him: "What?"

Yu Xiuxiu: "Are you thinking about that girl?"

Huo Zhongnan was stunned: "No."

Why don’t the person in your heart want?

Yu Xiuxiu was a little confused, "Don't you want to be with her?"

"She and I——" Huo Zhongnan pursed his lips, "It's impossible to be together."

It was difficult for him to explain this absurd dream to Yu Xiuxiu, nor could he explain this emotion clearly. Instead, he pointed to the embankment and used the excuse to change the topic, "Let's go there."

The sunset is light and the water is deep. The clouds on the big reservoir are floating in the gloomy sky. The blue brick and tiled houses in the mountains are gradually moving away. The big words "Yujiacun Reservoir" on the dam are burying past stories, and only carefree children are running and playing...

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Yu Xiuxiu: I know my brother’s secret. It’s heart-wrenching! Heart-wrenching! What should I do? Sisters save me...
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