An Inconspicuous Shooting Star

"If I am a tape recorder, I can save every word of yours, that's fine."

Cheng Yan did not intend to refuse from the beginning, but he really thought it was just a joke. He did not expect that he would receive a WeChat message as soon as he arrived home at night.

Seeing the person who hesitated so many times but failed to gather the courage to add, the name is printed on the lit screen, I can't help but feel a little joyful.

As soon as the WeChat opened, Huo Xiaoman’s voice came over, “Dad said, my brother is coming home on Sunday, Xiaoman, Xiaoman wants to eat little cakes.”

Cheng Yan was not accustomed to sending voice notes, so he typed a few words and prepared to reply. But when he thought, Huo Xiaoman didn’t know whether he recognized those words, so he deleted them all, and used the voice to pronounce: "Xiaoman What do you want to eat?"

The message was sent, and Huo Xiaoman, who was opposite, quickly replied a four-second message back, but it was not her voice, but her father, who opened it.

The voice was a little far apart, and he said, "You can give it back to your brother, and just say what you want to eat, say it yourself."

After Cheng Yan heard it, he couldn't help but laugh, silently clicked the voice bar to bookmark, and then turned on the voice to reply.

But before he had time to speak, he saw another post from the other side.

Huo Xiaoman said, "Brother, I want to eat peaches, and dad also want peaches."

These words made Cheng Yan amused, and he replied "Okay", and proceeded to check on the phone if there was any delicious peach-based cake.

In the two days after that, Cheng Yan stayed at home and tried out several versions of the little cakes. At the end of the taste, he felt a little tired.

But in fact, not only small cakes, but also biscuits and bread, he knows how to make them.It’s just that I just cook it by myself at ordinary times, so I don’t have to worry about whether the taste is good, whether it’s sweet enough, and whether children like it. Now thinking about making it for Huo Xiaoman and her dad, it’s inevitable. I couldn't help being more concerned than usual.

On Sunday, Cheng Yan got up early to make baking.When the little cake was taken out of the oven, it was soft and tender, and the fragrance overflowed in the room to his satisfaction.He put the cakes that hadn't cooled down one by one into the lunch box, and when he walked downstairs to Huo Sheng's house, he realized that it was still a little early.

Although it was much later than the point where he went to work on weekdays, he was still a little worried that the other party might not get up yet.

There was no way, so I had to turn around downstairs with the paper box, watching the people in the community, while counting the time, until I saw the time on the phone reached a whole number, then multiplied Get out of the elevator and go up.

The doorbell rang and the people inside hurriedly opened the door.

Seeing only Huo Sheng in the gap, he asked curiously, "Where is Xiaoman?"

"It's inside." Huo Sheng replied, turning around to let him in.

Cheng Yan took advantage of the wrong time to realize that the person in front of him was not wearing house clothes, but a casual suit that he usually wore at work.

He couldn't help but pause for a second, and asked: "Are you going out?"

"Well," Huo Sheng explained, a little embarrassed as soon as he heard it, "I have something to do. I have to go out soon, and I will be back by dinner."

"That..." Cheng Yan was a little disappointed by these words, but after thinking about it, I was still planning to ask if I need to prepare dinner, but when I heard the sound of a trot from the bedroom, Huo Xiaoman said nothing. The little fat leg ran out and bumped his head on his leg.

The little guy's two small arms circled his right leg, and he grinned as soon as he tilted his head, "Brother."

Cheng Yan responded softly, but couldn't help but think that he was still early.

Seeing her like this, Huo Sheng didn't say much. Instead, he turned directly into the bedroom and took a pair of her little trousers, and then put a handful of them on her head, as if he usually said like this: "Huo Xiaoman, put on the pants by yourself. Dad will go out if something has to do. You stay at home with Brother Cheng Yan, waiting for me to come back, okay?"

I saw Huo Xiaoman grabbing the pants from his head and throwing them on the ground. Without replying to her father, he took Cheng Yan's hand to the sofa.

When Cheng Yan saw him like this, he looked at Huo Sheng helplessly, and said to the other person: "I'll look at her, you can do it." This made Huo Sheng change his shoes and smile at him. He smiled, then opened the door and left.

Huo Xiaoman who was left let go of Cheng Yan's hand and crawled on the sofa barefoot.

Cheng Yan quickly put down the cake box in his hand, took the trousers on the ground and the small slippers that were far away, and then sat down next to him.

He saw Huo Xiaoman shaking his legs, staring at the cake box placed on the coffee table, and seeing the pants being handed in front of him again, he just took it and held it in his hand without moving his eyes, and told her: "You can eat cake when you wear your pants."

This caused the little guy to move quickly to stand up, and put his pants on himself.

The trousers are elastic, half of them are exposed and half are tucked in the waist of the trousers.

Cheng Yan was so happy to see that he reached out to help her pull out the clothes, but I don’t know if it was poking at Huo Xiaoman’s itchy flesh or something. Just when she touched the corner of her clothes, she saw her with one hand on the side of the cake box, crooked. Turning her head and looking at herself, seeing herself smile, she also laughed.

As a result, the two of them chuckled in the living room as if amused.

Cheng Yan had no choice but to reach out and hand the little cake to her first, and then raised his hand again to pull at the side where she was exposed, and at this moment, he heard the click of the door lock, carrying the little cake from outside to inside. People came in with the sound of footsteps.

He turned his head to look at the door in a bit of surprise. He saw that Huo Sheng had just taken off his shoes, raised his eyes and looked at him, then smiled, and said as he walked here, "The matter is cancelled, come back and follow You celebrate the holidays."

Standing behind Cheng Yan, Huo Sheng stretched out his arm directly from Huo Xiaoman's mouth full of cream, raised his finger and scraped it off, then took a bite with his fingers.Then, without waiting for the person sitting in front of him, he recovered from the astonishment, and boasted: "Huh? The peaches? They are even more delicious than last time."

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