Celestial Masters Alliance

Huang Xiao and I were playing offense and defense on the court. I was half a head taller than Huang Xiao, but his body flexibility was countless times better than mine, so I couldn't take any advantage. The two of us were like children who had done bad things but were not caught by adults, laughing and making trouble. Zhao Shuang sat by the flower bed and just watched us play, like a wooden stake. I grabbed the ball and threw it at him, and he caught it easily: "Let's play next?"

Zhao Shuang shook his head slightly and threw the ball back to me.

I instantly lost my mood, passed the ball to Huang Xiao and sat next to Zhao Shuang. Huang Xiao also sat down holding the broken basketball. The three of us stayed in silence for a while. Huang Xiao touched me with his leg and asked, "What are you doing tomorrow?"

Zhao Shuang quickly tapped my waist with his elbow. Before I could react, the words slipped out of my mouth: "Tomorrow, Zhao Shuang and I will go to the locust tree in our old house. My mobile phone fell into the hole of the tree. It’s gone inside, we have to get it back.”

"Oh? Tree hole? Is there a tree hole there?" Huang Xiao looked at me suspiciously. I described what happened to Huang Xiao, and this time there was basically no exaggeration. Huang Xiao was a little excited after hearing this: "I'll go with you tomorrow!"

Zhao Shuang elbowed my waist again, and I murmured in my mind: What is the gap between me and my brother that cannot be resolved? He shot back at him somewhat angrily. He raised his voice and said to Huang Xiao, "Okay! We'll leave at noon tomorrow. Just meet us at Grandma's place."

Huang Xiao probably saw the little moves between me and Zhao Shuang. He turned his face and looked at his toes and nodded. Zhao Shuang sighed softly. I was sure this was not my imagination, and suddenly felt depressed and uncomfortable.

The three of us stared at the darkening sky and fell into silence again, this time longer than last time. Finally, Huang Xiao broke the silence. He turned around and stared at me very seriously. My palms started to sweat before he asked, "Zhu Mo! Are we brothers?"

I was amused by his serious look. I raised my elbow and hit him hard on the chest: "Nonsense! The bones are broken but the tendons are still attached!" After saying this, I immediately regretted it. Talking about blood in this way seemed to exclude Zhao. Cool. I quickly hugged their necks one by one and shouted loudly to cover up my guilt: "We are all brothers and they will never change!"

I took the basketball from Huang Xiao's hand: "To commemorate our reunion, let's sign the basketball as a souvenir!"

Huang Xiao immediately responded to the call: "No pen!"

Zhao Shuang shot me a sharp look, and I raised the ball and twirled it in front of his eyes: "I'll buy it, okay? There is a donation box at the school gate. I'll put some money in it later, and it counts as my purchase, okay?"

Zhao Shuang looked away and sighed again. I took out an oil-based pen from my small bag and handed the pen and ball to Zhao Shuang: "You sign first!"

Huang Xiao whistled: "Okay! Cultural people always carry pens with them!"

"Bah! That was given as a gift when I bought something at the pharmacy yesterday," I laughed and cursed. Zhao Shuang suddenly glared at me, making me confused.

Huang Xiao leaned forward and asked with concern: "Are you feeling unwell?"

I quickly waved my hand and replied, "No! I'm just buying some daily necessities."

Zhao Shuang handed the signed ball back to me, and glanced at me fiercely. I felt guilty for no reason, and handed the ball to Huang Xiao with a murmur.

Huang Xiao turned his back to me and wrote and drew on the ball. I thought he could come up with some amazing masterpiece. When he handed the ball over, I found that he only signed his own name, but signed more dates than Zhao Shuang. .

"Let's go!" I casually wrote my name in wild cursive on the ball, looking particularly unruly next to the delicate notes of Zhao Shuang and Huang Xiao. I packed my things and told them to evacuate.

When we arrived at the school gate, the guard was still napping, which saved us a lot of trouble. Zhao Shuang gave me a tug, and I quickly took out my wallet and took out a hundred yuan to stuff into the donation box. Zhao Shuang grabbed my wallet and took out two hundred dollars and handed it to me, raising his chin towards the donation box. I cursed in a low voice: "Why is this broken basketball only 300 yuan? It's more than 100 yuan."

"I still have to pay for the repair money!" After saying that, he turned around and climbed up the iron gate with a righteous look.

I was a little reluctant, but I quietly put the money into the donation box. Huang Xiao spun the basketball with a teasing look on his face.

On the way back, we couldn't find anything to talk about, and the air was so quiet that it was embarrassing. Zhao Shuang walked in the front, and Huang Xiao and I followed side by side. The dim street lights lengthened our shadows until we stood at a fork in the road: "Do you want us to walk back with you?" I asked teasingly, patting Huang Xiao on the shoulder.

Huang Xiao waved his hand and slapped me hard on the back, and said with a sullen smile: "I'll come see you again at noon tomorrow!" After that, he parted ways with us.

Zhao Shuang stared at Huang Xiao's back and lowered his voice: "Why don't you follow me and take a look?"

I asked curiously: "What are you looking at? You are covered in stinky sweat. Go back and get your clothes and take a bath in the bathhouse!" Then I put my arm around his neck and walked towards the grandma's house.

Zhao Shuang raised his hand and knocked off my arm, his expression a little gloomy.

"What happened to you and Huang Xiao?" I asked him as I approached him.

He glanced at me and pursed his lips: "Don't you think Huang Xiao has changed a lot?"

I was stunned for a moment, then put my arm on his shoulders with a playful smile, and pointed to the canteen not far away: "How about we drink some more? I heard that brotherhood is all in the wine." Zhao Shuang didn't answer, I He had to say sternly: "I haven't seen much change in more than ten years. It's been more than ten years since you two have seen each other, too?"

Zhao Shuang didn't knock my hand off this time and narrowed his eyes: "Yeah!"

"We have all changed. You have become duller than before, Huang Xiao has become smarter than before, and I have become more stable and handsome than before!" At this point, Zhao Shuang curled his lips and planned to give me a look. , before he could complete this action, I tightened my arms and strangled his neck to stop him in time. Zhao Shuang reacted immediately, quickly grabbed my wrist, lowered his head and took a step back, twisted my arm behind his back, and grabbed the back of my neck with his other hand. Although this movement didn't hurt me, it made me unable to move for a while.

"Ouch!" I yelled, pretending to be in pain. Zhao Shuang was startled and immediately let go. I took the opportunity to turn around and grab his crotch. Zhao Shuang was stunned for a moment and was caught by me. Just when I was feeling proud, he unexpectedly hit me back. I was so frightened that I jumped away: "Damn! You want to kill me again!"

Zhao Shuang smiled and said: "Discarded items!"

I became angry and chased him and scolded him: "You are just throwing away things! I have traveled all over the country and tasted all the refinements and worldliness!"

Zhao Shuang trotted forward and shouted: "I have to stay away from you, so that you don't lie and get struck by lightning and implicate me."

At night, I lay on the big carved sandalwood bed with my legs crossed and read a book, but I didn't read a single word. The scene when Huang Xiao appeared replayed in his mind like a movie. Huang Xiao's appearance has changed a lot. If he didn't show those fangs at the first time, I would never have recognized him. The way he spoke and his body language were also very different from the Huang Xiao I remembered. The eager yet cautious look in his eyes when he looked at me was particularly strange. Zhao Shuang and I don't have such problems as we are brothers who we haven't seen in more than ten years. Why?

Both Zhao Shuang and I have undergone tremendous changes in our lives, which must have had some impact on our personalities. This is common sense. But Huang Xiao, he has always been in a stable state, why is he so decadent? He is not at all like what we should be at our age. How about I get up early tomorrow and go to the second aunt's house to have a good chat with Huang Xiao? Today we just sat together in a daze, not even saying what was on our mind. But when I thought of the unclear eye contact between my second aunt and my second uncle, my temples instantly hurt and I gave up the idea.

Zhao Shuang came in from outside the house and lay down next to me. He had a faint scent of soap on his body. He must have taken care of that face again. This person is really beautiful and sultry. He glanced at my book and asked, "What are you looking at?"

""Tomb Robbers Notes"!" I shouted and flapped my feet to deliberately blow the stench away from him.

"Can't you read some world famous works to improve your literary accomplishment?" He kicked me hard on my dangling leg.

"For example?" I asked absently.

""Jin Ping Mei"!"