The evil story between me and my cousin (family incest adult novel)

(-) The beginning

My name is Shi Xiaolei. I have two brothers. The older one is two years older than me. My brother has had a higher status than me in the family since he was young. I am slightly inferior to him in terms of study or appearance. My older brother has a resolute face, is about 1.8 meters tall, and is a good basketball player. He is attending a key university in the south. I am about 1.75 meters tall, have average looks, and am not strong. Even my academic performance is mediocre. I am now studying in a third-rate university.

I feel like my elder brother’s light has always been so bright that I can’t open my eyes, so I feel inferior.

Actually, at my age, I should have been working in society for several years. As I said, I have reasons, which will be explained in detail later. The main reason is that my grades have been fluctuating, and I am a bit stubborn. My family didn't think highly of me, so I repeated a year. In the end, I didn't even get into a good university. How about that? It's embarrassing, right? Maybe even God thinks I'm easy to bully.

Let me start from my junior high school.

The junior high school I attend is the No. 2 middle school in our county. It is a neither-good nor bad middle school compared to all the junior high schools in the county. The students in our school are not like those in No. 1 middle school who are all elite students who love to study, nor are they like those in rural middle schools who are unlearned. The students in our school basically learn while playing, but their grades are pretty good.

It was from that time that my cousin came into my life.

When I was young, my family lived in the countryside. We moved to the city when I was in junior high school. My cousin’s family has always lived in the county town. She is the same age as me.

We were in the same class when we were in the first grade of junior high school. Maybe it was because my second uncle left, but I always felt that there were too many coincidences between her and me.

When I first started junior high school, my grades were terrible and I was the second to last in our class. The head teacher arranged the seats so that students with good grades sat in the front row. I could only sit in the corner of the last row of the classroom. I remember that my cousin was right in the middle of the first row.

When I first entered middle school, everything felt new to me. I was a little embarrassed at that time because I had just undergone surgery for phimosis. My little penis was numb and it was difficult for me to walk. My dad drove the bus in the city and my mom sold fruit, so they were both unable to pick me up. So, my second uncle gave the glorious task of "taking care of me" to my little cousin.

As I said before, my family used to live in the countryside, and we were not very close to my second uncle's family. My second uncle's family had three children, two boys, and my cousin was one of the extra children. According to the saying at that time, extra children would be reported, so my second uncle usually did not dare to bring her back to his hometown. Another reason was that she had been growing up at her grandmother's house, and I had basically never seen her. So when I saw her for the first time in junior high school, I was really amazed: she was beautiful, really beautiful, but I knew that this was my cousin, and I could not have such thoughts, otherwise it would be incest.

At first, she gave me the impression that she didn't care about me at all. When she first met me, she didn't even look at me. She held her chin high with a proud look, and seemed to glance at me and said, "Are you Xiaolei?"

I was a stubborn kid. I would treat others the way they treated me. Her attitude also made me feel a little inferior. I said, "Yes."

Then I was speechless and my eyes started looking away, as if she didn't exist.

She felt a little neglected, and seemed to want to show the sense of superiority she had since childhood: "Is this how you treat your sister? Who did my dad ask me to take care of? Turns out you're such an ungrateful person."

I knew what she meant. My dad's job in the city was arranged by my second uncle, and my mom's fruit shop. If my second uncle hadn't worked in the police station, none of these would have been possible. Maybe I would still be playing in the mud in the fields in the village.

I didn't say anything and just walked away. Due to little JJ's lack of cooperation, my steps were a little unsteady and I looked a little embarrassed. Well, very embarrassed.

All I heard was Shi Lin shouting from behind: "Hey, Shi Xiaolei, my dad asked me to bring you some medicine!"

I'll just pretend I didn't hear it.

This was the scene of our first meeting. A small misunderstanding ended in a bad mood.

Speaking of middle school and elementary school, there are differences. Take the class cadres as an example. When we were in elementary school, we didn't have so many committee members. There was only one class monitor and several group leaders. When we reached junior high school, the class gradually had study committee members, discipline committee members, sports committee members and other annoying committee members. Shi Lin, my little cousin, also gloriously became a study committee member.

Here I want to talk about our discipline committee member. He is taller than all of us and looks quite decent, except that his lips are a little thick. The only thing he has is the ability to bully people. He also has a nickname, called Da Hu. You can see that he looks like a big tiger, and he is quite a tiger.

At that time, it was still popular for us to become sworn brothers. He had a brother named Lao Jue, who got this nickname because he was very ruthless in doing things. Lao Jue was a well-known figure in our class and even in the school. In the early years, when his brother was in power, he was very glorious. At that time, our current class teacher happened to be his brother's class teacher. Usually, his brother was not very convinced by the old class teacher, because he held a grudge after being scolded a few times. After school, he found a few junior high school kids to block the old class teacher at an intersection when he was going home. The old class teacher was not tall and thin, and an adult was beaten half to death by a few half-grown children. This is also the reason why Lao Jue has always been suppressed by the old class teacher.

The elder brother is awesome, so the younger brother will also become awesome, and the younger brother's brothers will naturally become awesome too...

In fact, Lao Jue is quite low-key. He doesn't like to show off. He is the type who doesn't talk much but no one dares to show off in front of him. But Da Hu is different. After he became the discipline committee member, he became very arrogant. On the second day of school, he stood on the podium and gave a speech. He said that if anyone disagreed, they had to go under his fist, or else they had to be obedient and not talk nonsense or make small movements in class or self-study. While he was talking, he looked in the direction of my little cousin from time to time, as if he was showing how powerful he was. I didn't pay attention to it at first, but it was a long time later when I recalled it and realized that Da Hu also had a crush on my little cousin.

My deskmate was ranked last in the class, just like me. He looked quite shabby, and had a side parting hairstyle which was very popular at that time. He looked like a traitor. What I can't stand the most is him picking his nose while pulling my arm and calling me: "Hey, Xiaolei..."

Whenever this happens, I usually roll my eyes and hide, mainly because I’m afraid his products will get on my clothes and make him look innocent.

Let's call this guy Zhou Zhou. Actually, he became quite close to me later. When we were free, we even discussed privately who was the most beautiful girl in our class. We concluded that Shi Lin was the absolute best. Of course, he didn't know at that time that Shi Lin was my direct blood relative. When he said that he wanted to marry Shi Lin in the future, I almost punched him.

In the next few days, I was basically the last one to leave after school. Of course, my little cousin was also the last one to leave with me, but she was quite cold to me. We usually walked one after the other. She helped me carry my schoolbag and didn't talk to me. This was actually enough to lighten my burden. I was not yet at the point where I needed someone to support me when walking.

It can be seen that she actually doesn't want to have anything to do with me, but this task was assigned by my second uncle after all. My second uncle is the head of the family and has authority. In fact, she did ask once if she wanted help. I said I could walk by myself, and she was relieved.

It was during that half month that I felt that I had fallen in love with her. Seeing her carrying a schoolbag on her back and holding another in her hands, she looked a little tired, which made her look particularly cute to me. Of course, I was very young at that time, and the feeling of liking her was only vague, uncertain but easy to arise. What was even more realistic was that she was my cousin, and I could not have any thoughts about her no matter what. Although I was young, I still understood this truth.

At that time, my second uncle lived on the South Street of the county town, and my home was on the East Street of the county town. After getting off the bus, we had to walk for a distance. She always walked much longer than me. Although she also had a bicycle, she chose to take the bus with me to "take care of me." The buses at that time were very shabby and the smell on the bus was not very pleasant. For a girl like her who loved cleanliness, it was quite embarrassing. I kept all these in mind, so even though she was still cold to me, I knew that she was a very responsible and strong-willed girl, and she would definitely do what she promised to others. Compared to other girls in our class who only know how to hang out with boys or only know how to study hard, she is the one I like.

Half a month later, my lower body was basically fine, at least I didn't need her to help carry my bag anymore, so I told Shi Lin early that morning that I could go home by myself after school in the afternoon and she didn't need to carry my bag anymore. She said "oh" lightly, opened the book and started reading, without any expression on her face. I thought she would be a little disappointed, but it seems that I was being too sentimental. Instead, I felt empty inside.

Perhaps if it weren't for the relationship between us, people wouldn't even look at me. She is so high and mighty, and I am just a toad. As the saying goes, even toads want to eat swan meat. Although I have never thought about eating swan meat, I always want to smell the fragrance of swan.

Returning to his seat, Zhou Zhou still smiled at me flatteringly: "Xiao Lei, I heard that Shi Lin is your cousin?"

I didn't say anything to him, indicating my agreement.

He continued to flatter, "Xiao Lei, there's no need to say more about our brotherly relationship, right? When are you going to help me bring them together?"

I looked him up and down and said, "Virtue~!"

He seemed unwilling to give up and continued to ask me about Shi Lin while picking his nose.

I said to him seriously, "Zhou Zhou, don't have any ideas about her. My second uncle arranged her marriage when she was a child. The boy lives next door to us. He is half a head taller than you and is from No. 1 Middle School."

Actually, I was just making it up, but Zhou Zhou believed it. He was picking his nose in frustration, muttering to himself, "Hey, why don't you give me a chance, hey."

I laughed out loud.

I don’t know why, but I always feel like I don’t allow others to pursue or possess Shi Lin. I know very well that in her heart I am nothing!

(ii) Small bucket

One afternoon shortly after school started, during self-study class, I looked from the back in the direction of Shi Lin. There was a row of four people, two boys and two girls. To Shi Lin's left was a boy wearing glasses, who looked thinner than me. To her right was a girl, who was average looking. As I said before, we were seated according to our grades, and the four in the middle were the elites of our class, the top four.

The boy's name is Wei Song and the girl's name is Zhang Dan.

During our junior high school to high school period, academic performance is basically the only criterion for judging a person's ability. No matter what your background is, as long as you have good grades, you will be the apple of the teacher's eye, the teacher's favorite, and the idol of your classmates.

This is the case with Wei Song. The key is that he has the capital to be proud. He is usually very arrogant. Even the discipline committee member Da Hu is wary of him. Otherwise, he would just go to the class teacher and make a report, which would be enough to make those who oppose him suffer for a while.

Looking at Wei Song who was discussing a problem with Shi Lin, I don't know why, but I suddenly felt so sad that I couldn't control myself.

I was not a good person to begin with. I was not as hardworking as my older brother, so from childhood to adulthood, I have always been a thorn in my parents' side and a source of headache for them. I was rebellious, stubborn, and loved to fight and get into trouble. Yet, I was unwilling to drop out of school after failing exams again and again, as if I had to prove to others that I could do well in the exams. But the result was a tragedy for me.

I am not a genius, on the contrary, I am a fool. Haha, although I was admitted to the university in the end, it was not a good place. Even my parents were embarrassed to tell relatives and neighbors about it.

So, when I saw Wei Song discussing issues with my younger cousin and he was so close to her, I was indignant.

I touched Zhou Zhou's arm and whispered, "Zhou Zhou, do you want Shi Lin to like you?"

Zhou Zhou's dazed eyes suddenly sparkled, and he drooled as he said, "I miss you so much. Xiaolei, have you come to your senses? Do you want to help me?"

I chuckled and said, "See that guy in the middle? The one wearing glasses, his name is Wei Song, I think. He's the one you need to eliminate first."

Zhou Zhou also happened to see Wei Song getting close to my cousin. He narrowed his eyes, which made him look even more sinister. He said, "Xiao Lei, do him after school this afternoon."

I laughed and said nothing.

At that time, school had only started for less than a month, and Zhou Zhou would do whoever he wanted.

After school in the afternoon, there were a few half-grown children about two or three years older than us at the school gate. They were chatting with their arms around each other. Zhou Zhou called them over and started to give them cigarettes, and introduced me to them. Seeing that I was weak and frail, they didn't care much and just gave me a lukewarm greeting.

These guys are all sworn brothers of Zhou Zhou's brother. Zhou Zhou's brother is doing pretty well in No. 2 Middle School, but he likes to eat alone and doesn't like to share good things with others. Therefore, only these sworn brothers who have been playing together with him don't care much about his brother's character. Apart from them, Zhou Zhou's brother has basically no friends. But this group of people are famous for their fierce fighting. It is said that once there was a group fight with students from No. 1 Middle School, a guy was so scared that he ran to the office, but was beaten up by several people from Zhou Zhou's brother's side in front of the teacher. It felt like a havoc in heaven.

So they are somewhat famous. When Zhou Dagang is mentioned in No. 2 Middle School, some people will know that he is a tough guy. But his younger brother Zhou Ergang, also known as Zhou Zhou, is not very famous.

We smoked for a while, and then Wei Song came out slowly, holding his bicycle and talking and laughing with a girl. I didn't know the girl at first, but now I can see that she looks familiar. She must be his neighbor who lives in the same place as him.

Among Zhou Zhou's brother's gang, there was a guy with a bad temper named Aotian. Perhaps it was the name that encouraged Zhou Zhou to signal that Wei Song had arrived. Before any orders were given, he rushed over. Later it was proved that people like this would have only two fates in the future: if they were alive, they would stay in prison; if they died, they would stay in hell. They had no patience.

Aotian took out a stick from somewhere and hit Wei Song on the back without any reason. Wei Song was probably so scared that he didn't have the slightest intention to resist. The girl was so scared that she started crying. She was holding her bicycle beside them and didn't know whether to leave or report to the teacher. He hit Wei Song with the stick about seven or eight times. Wei Song covered his head and howled on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

I saw that there was no point in doing that, so I went over from behind, hugged Aotian and said, "Hey, hey, brother, that's enough, that's enough, if you keep fighting someone will die."

The other few people were probably experienced in some situations. Although they were young, they could still tell the difference in strength between the enemy and us, so they had no intention of taking action.

Zhou Zhou came over and cursed Wei Song, kicked him, and also pulled Ao Tian. That idiot was still shouting like a gangster: "Let go, let go!"

It attracted a lot of people to watch.

In that situation, the teacher would just turn around and walk away. To be honest, who would be willing to take care of a child except for his own child? !

Wei Song curled up on the ground, not knowing whether he was really dead or faking his death.

I walked over, touching my nose, squatted down, and pulled him. He was obviously trembling.

I said, "Get up, and go home if you have nothing to do. Do you know why you are complaining about what happened today?"

Wei Song lay there, not saying anything, but seemed to be listening to me.

I said, "Does Zhou Dagang from our junior high school know about this?"

Then he turned around and pointed at Zhou Zhou: "This is his biological brother. You didn't offend anyone else, so this beating was not in vain! Don't even think about reporting to the teacher. Just stay away from Shi Lin."

After all, he is just a child. I wanted to hint that he had offended Zhou Zhou, but I accidentally exposed my selfishness. From my tone, it seemed as if I was the one who wanted to beat him up.

Wei Song didn't dare to get up. He looked at Aotian and his gang with his face facing the ground. They didn't say anything, and Zhou Zhou didn't say anything either.

I said, "Get up, go home quickly, everything is fine."

He then carefully got up, holding on to his bicycle leg and limping away. I could vaguely see water dripping from his lower body. It seemed that the kid was frightened to the point of peeing.

The girl with her then followed cautiously, holding her bicycle.

(III) See? This is retribution.

After watching them walk away, I said to the group of people behind me, "Let's go, guys. I'll treat you at Aikelai. Let's get to know each other today."

The group of people then smiled and said, "Hey, didn't I just steal your spot?" So what?

Originally, this matter should have come to an end, but there was an episode.

About three days after Wei Song was beaten, he came to class as usual. I wonder if his family found out? Those seven or eight sticks were hit very hard. Could it be that this kid can resist being beaten? In short, it's a fog.

Zhou Zhou and I had a deep dream as usual during the day and had no idea what the teacher was talking about.

Finished, went to the toilet.

At that time, the toilets were large public toilets with individual rooms. Zhou Zhou was squatting in the room near the door, taking a big dump and smoking, while I was peeing in the room farthest from the door.

At this time, a group of half-grown children rushed into the toilet in chaos. They were probably in the third or second year of junior high school. They looked like some important figures in the school. The most annoying thing was that the names they were shouting were none other than mine and Zhou Zhou's.

It was just a coincidence that Zhou Zhou suddenly caught everyone's attention. He was closest to the toilet, and one of them said, "It's him. Beat him up!"

Poor little Zhou Zhou was pulled down by several people and beaten up before he could even pull up his pants.

I was a little confused at the time, thinking that Wei Song seemed to want to settle the matter privately. Although I had fought countless times in elementary school, that was nothing. They were just kids playing house. How could they be compared with those little playful brats in junior high school? To be honest, I was very scared at the time.

run? The toilet was blocked.

Leave? That means you will definitely be beaten.

While I was hesitating, I heard a roar like a spring thunder: Who hit my brother? ? !

Zhou Dagang has arrived.

Zhou Dagang led Aotian's gang and rushed in. The people Wei Song brought started to confront them, and it looked like a melee was about to break out.

But fortunately, these people knew each other, and the leader seemed to know Zhou Dagang. When he heard that he was his brother, he said a lot of polite words, offered cigarettes to each other, and the matter was dropped.

I just escaped the disaster, but the most pitiful one was Xiao Zhou Zhou, who was beaten up with such a beautiful face.

Every time I think of this episode afterwards, I still can't help laughing. What the hell~

It was also because of this incident that I left a bad impression on Shi Lin for the first time since we met.

That day she asked me to go to the back of the teaching building because that was where the bicycles were parked and no one would go there during breaks.

Shi Lin seemed to be angry and said: "Xiao Lei, I heard that you hired someone to beat up Wei Song?"

I was wondering why she wanted to see me, and it turned out to be about Wei Song. I didn't say anything and turned my head away.

Shi Lin seemed very excited and said, "How can you be so bad? I heard from my uncle that you are naughty but not a bad person. I think you are a bad person! My dad asked me to watch you. It's really disappointing!"

I felt a little aggrieved. Although I was the one who planned to beat Wei Song, I didn't touch him.

So I said a little bit offended: "Why do you care? My parents don't care about me, what do you mean by that?"

Shi Lin didn't seem to expect this attitude from me. She looked at me hatefully and said, "Okay, Shi Xiaolei, I don't care about you, and I don't have the right to do so, but I finally recognize who you are. You're a bad guy!"

After saying that, he ran towards the teaching building without looking back.

I stayed where I was, petrified.

I wanted to explain to her and admit my mistake, but why did you have to be so stubborn? I kind of hate myself.

For a long time after that, my cousin, who had never liked to talk to me, didn't say a word to me, and didn't even make eye contact. In her eyes, I was probably like air.

To be honest, I'm very depressed.

(IV) What am I?

Back to Dahu, he is getting more and more arrogant day by day. In the beginning, he still cared about the face of the head teacher, but later he "monopolized all the power", and it seemed that Class 3 of the first year became his world. He was making a lot of noise in class all day and bullying the kids. The two kids he bullied were named Liu Jin and Hong Chao. In fact, they are both Lao Jue's right-hand men. They usually help Lao Jue to fetch water, pour tea, and bring meals. Lao Jue also likes these two children very much and never uses excessive violence on them. Occasionally, when he gets angry, he just kicks them on the buttocks. Otherwise, why would people say that Da Hu has no tact? Seeing Lao Jue bullying these two children, he also bullies them. In fact, Lao Jue didn't say anything on the surface, but he was very unhappy in his heart, but because of their sworn brotherhood, he didn't show it.

One of them was called Liu Jin. To put it in today's terms, he was quite handsome, not short in height, and was the class arts and literature committee member. He had been learning to paint since he was young, and he was in charge of the class blackboard newspapers and other things. The most important thing, the most important thing, was that he used to live upstairs from my cousin's house, and we were childhood sweethearts~!

So whenever Da Hu bullied Liu Jin, my cousin felt a little uncomfortable. After all, they were childhood friends. But as a girl, she couldn't stand up for justice. Besides, Da Hu was used to biting people, so she could only curse him in her heart.

But one time, my cousin couldn't help it.

That time, the class was making a blackboard newspaper. Since my cousin's handwriting was beautiful and delicate, the teacher assigned her to make a blackboard newspaper with Liu Jin. It seemed that the theme was National Day at that time, something like that, I forgot.

At that time, blackboard newspapers were made in the back during self-study. My cousin and Liu Jin were arranging the plan. Maybe their voices were a little louder. At this time, Da Hu happened to be chatting with a few people in the front row. This was his privilege. Others could not chat, but he could. Maybe it was jealousy that made him angry when he saw Liu Jin and my cousin working together. He started to roar on the podium: "Fuck Xiao Jin, come here!"

Liu Jin walked to the front of the classroom with a dazed look on his face, holding a newspaper clip in his hand. Dahu grabbed Liu Jin's hand and slapped him in the face. Five palm prints immediately appeared on Liu Jin's face. His face turned red, and he stared at Dahu as if a little aggrieved.

"Go ahead and stare at your mother, are you not convinced?" Da Hu shouted at Liu Jin arrogantly, and the whole class fell silent.

Others could ignore it, but my cousin couldn't stand it. She had taken out precious study time to make this blackboard newspaper, and she couldn't afford to delay it. Moreover, seeing her childhood friend being bullied, her anger that had been suppressed for a long time came up. She shouted at Da Hu a little angrily: "Zhang Dongfan, you are going too far!"

Da Hu was stunned for a few seconds, probably because he didn't expect a little girl to talk to him like that. Then he smiled again and said jokingly, "What are you doing? Are you unhappy about me hitting your little partner?"

At this time, there were a few malicious laughs in the class.

My cousin's face turned red with anger. She ran to the front of the classroom and glared at Da Hu and said, "Zhang Dongfan, watch your words!!"

My cousin's behavior only aroused Da Hu's grandstanding mentality. He said in a bit of a mean way: "Haha, why should I pay attention? I tell you, I just want to beat your little partner and make you feel bad!"

Da Hu grabbed the newspaper clip and hit Liu Jin on the calf. At this moment, my cousin stepped in front of Liu Jin, and the newspaper clip hit my cousin's calf hard!

I didn't know what to feel at that time. I was so heartbroken. That silly girl didn't even cry out in pain. She stood there stubbornly, like the guardian angel of the boy behind her. This was probably the reason why Liu Jin loved her so much later on.

Because I felt so distressed, my head was hot, and I was not even afraid of Da Hu, who I usually couldn't look directly at. Just when Da Hu was feeling a little regretful and a little complacent, a figure much shorter than him appeared in front of him and punched him.

To be honest, I was like crazy at that time. Although I am writing it calmly now, I had already lost my mind. I didn't give him a chance to react after throwing that punch. I just grabbed a stool and hit Dahu on the head. I forgot whether the class was quiet or noisy at that time. I only knew that Dahu was hiding from me like a madman in a panic. He had completely lost his former majesty. My mind was blank and only mechanical movements remained.

No one would have thought that I, who was thinner and half a head shorter than Dahu, would go crazy and hit Dahu so hard that his face was covered in blood. To be honest, even I couldn't have imagined it.

What happened later was more frustrating. My parents were invited to the school to pay compensation for the injured. I won’t tell you how much money they paid. I was criticized in a school-wide notice. There were several large notices with black and white words on them, and they were posted on various bulletin boards on campus. It made me feel like I was dying. I felt like I couldn’t even lift my head up at that time.

What am I? A hero saves the beauty? Not really. At most, I was the cause of a vicious incident. In fact, I should have been fired. It was all because of my second uncle’s connections. I won’t go into the details, but anyway, I have lost my dignity.

In the blink of an eye it was mid-December.

Here I have to add about the last fight with Dahu. Some people may ask why Lao Jue didn't care. Didn't I say that Dahu is usually very capable and always bullies his younger brothers in front of Lao Jue. Lao Jue was annoyed with him a long time ago. Besides, Lao Jue and I have a pretty good relationship. At that time, listening to WALKMAN was popular and I bought him a few cassettes, which was considered a favor to him. He also gave me this face. Later, Lao Jue beat up Dahu.

(V) Birthday

What happened was that one time Hong Chao got two walkie-talkies from somewhere. At that time, even pagers were not affordable for students like us who were neither rich nor poor, let alone copycat mobile phones, which were considered a novelty at the time.

Da Hu saw several students surrounding Hong Chao. He pushed a few people aside and saw the thing in his hand. He began to ask greedily, "Hong Chao, whose intercom is this?"

When Hong Chao saw that it was Da Hu, he said fearfully, "It was made for Jue Ge."

Da Hu ignored him, playing with the walkie-talkie by himself, saying, "Put it here with me. Lao Jue and I are brothers, it doesn't matter where we put it."

He never expected that Lao Jue would get angry about this matter.

There were a lot of people on the street that day, with Lao Jue and Da Hu standing in the middle. Lao Jue was wearing military leather shoes with steel plates in the front. He kicked Da Hu in the face. Da Hu fell to the ground, and Lao Jue grabbed his hair and pulled him up, then kicked him again. After a few rounds, Da Hu was basically like a sick cat.

As we were talking, the weather got a lot colder. That day, Shi Lin took the initiative to call me and said, "Shi Xiaolei, it's my birthday today, and my dad asked you to come to my house for dinner."

I responded calmly on the surface, but I was actually secretly excited. It's not that I haven't been to my second uncle's house for dinner before. On the contrary, I have eaten there quite a few times. But today is different, today is Shi Lin's birthday.

I was restless the whole morning and didn't listen to anything the teacher said. I was only thinking about what gift to give to Shi Lin. This was my first time celebrating someone's birthday and also my first time giving someone a gift.

In the afternoon, I took a special sick leave and skipped classes to pick out a gift for Shi Lin. Actually, I didn't have much pocket money at that time. My parents knew that I was fooling around and started to cut down on my spending. I could only save money on meals. At that time, I basically had no habit of eating breakfast, and my lunch was a bowl of fried noodles at the school gate. I saved a considerable amount of money because of this, almost a few hundred yuan. I usually used this money to buy cigarettes and small items. Half-leather gloves were popular at that time, so I bought a pair and wore them on my hands to show off for a long time. Now I think about it, they can't keep out the wind or the cold, so stupid.

I walked around the streets of the county town, which was not very prosperous at the time, again and again, wondering what to buy. Suddenly, I had an idea: Doesn’t my cousin like reading? I'll just buy the book.

Actually, it seems quite tacky now, but at that time, the price of a book was enough to buy several delicious meals. For a not-so-affluent family like ours, it was considered a luxury item. I even bought a set of three volumes of "Ordinary World", which used up a large part of my family's savings. But since it was a gift for my little cousin, I couldn't be vague and I didn't even blink an eye.

Actually, I read a lot of books at that time, but I hadn't read "Ordinary World". I was shocked to see those three thick books placed in the most conspicuous position in the bookstore. The big-character poster said that it was to commemorate Lu Yao, but I had never even heard of Lu Yao. The first time I read "Ordinary World" was when I went to Suzhou to visit my eldest cousin from my aunt's family. It was probably in 2002. I stayed in the park alone for two or three days. Except for going to Carrefour to buy some food, I read books. Later, I read it twice, in 2004 and last year. Many years later, when I went to my second uncle's house and occasionally went to Shi Lin's room, I could still see the three books placed intact in the most conspicuous position on the bookshelf. They looked a little old, but the style was still the same, which shows how much my cousin loved these books.

I played King of Fighters for two hours in the game hall in the evening. I rode my bike to my second uncle's house without even taking my schoolbag. Unexpectedly, Shi Lin was standing outside the door as if waiting for someone. Haha, I thought she was waiting for me.

I said, "Shi Lin, who are you waiting for?" It sounded like I was asking a question even though I knew the answer.

Shi Lin smiled and said, "You're here. Please go in first. I'll wait for Liu Ran."

Oh, so he wasn’t waiting for me. I suddenly felt so disappointed and went in dejectedly. Could it be that Shi Lin didn’t care at all?