【Nie Lan Extra-02】

Shanlan's father is a scientific researcher, and his work is confidential and he can only go home once a month; his mother is a pediatrician and often works night shifts. Shanlan was taken care of by a nanny when she was young, and she was used to her parents being not around. He was already very sensible at a young age.

Nie's mother heard that Xiaolan was only accompanied by her nanny, so she felt very distressed, so she simply asked Xiaolan to come to the Nie family to have dinner with her every night. Anyway, Shanlan's children always admit the wrong door, so it would be better to treat the Nie family as their own.

Shan Lan's parents felt that this was too troublesome to the neighbors, so they were embarrassed to agree. Nie Yuandao's father said bluntly: "There is no need to be so polite for old classmates. Besides, Xiao Lan has nothing to do at home alone."

Mama Nie smiled and held Shan Lan's little hand and asked, "Xiao Lan likes to come to our house very much, right?"

Shan Lan glanced at Nie Yuandao and nodded seriously: "Yeah, I like it!"

Nie's mother said, "Let Xiaolan come to our house for dinner in the future. How much can he eat at such a young age? Adding a pair of chopsticks is not troublesome at all. OK, Xiaolan?"

Shan Lan did not hesitate: "Okay aunt!"

After saying that, the child bent his eyes and smiled at Nie Yuandao. Obviously, he liked to go to the Nie family, so he went completely to Nie Yuandao. Nie Yuandao had no choice but to hold his forehead - the sign at the fork at the road seemed useless, and the child Shanlan would become a regular visitor to the Nie family in the future.

Things were settled. From that day on, Shan Lan came to Nie's house for dinner every day after school and went back until dark.

Nie Yuandao was very confused. He obviously hated the child, but when he looked at Shan Lan's smiling face, he couldn't hate it at all. This child was so obedient that he would never annoy him. He only knew to follow behind his butt and quietly be a small follower.

Nie Yuandao has good grades, and the middle school courses are very easy for him. He can only spend half an hour a day to write all his homework. Every time Nie Yuandao does his homework, Shan Lan sits on the bed next to him, holding a fairy tale book and reading it carefully. His short legs swaying in the air. Nie Yuandao looks back at him, and he smiles at Nie Yuandao - I really don't understand why this child loves to laugh so much?

On that day, Nie Yuandao finished his homework and was bored. He turned around and saw Shan Lan reading fairy tales. He was curious for a moment and walked over and asked, "Have the kindergarten teacher taught you to write?"

"Yeah, I've taught a few."

"What words can I write?" Nie Yuandao found a blank book and handed the pen to Shan Lan, "Write it for me."

The child Shanlan immediately held the pen and wrote it seriously - he wrote his own name, the two words were crooked, and the word "lan" was separated from each other by a long distance and was divided into "shanfeng".

Nie Yuandao frowned: "Why are the upper and lower parts so far away?"

"Didn't you write this way?" Shan Lan was innocent.

"That's not what the word Lan is written. You split one word into two." Nie Yuandao simply turned around and sat at the table, hugged the child to his legs, held his hand from behind, and patiently taught him, "The word Shan is the word "wind" below. You must stick it together, and you cannot be too far apart in the middle. Do you know?"

While explaining, he quickly wrote the word "lan" with neat handwriting, like printed.

Shan Lan widened her eyes, her eyes full of admiration: "Brother writes so beautifully!"

Nie Yuandao let go of his hand and said, "Write it a few more times."

Shan Lan nodded obediently: "Yes!"

Seeing the child lying on the table and practicing calligraphy seriously, Nie Yuandao's lips raised slightly and continued to let Shan Lan sit on his lap - Xiao Lan was very light anyway, Nie Yuandao picked him up very easily.

**

From that day on, after dinner every night, Nie Yuandao would teach Shan Lan to write. Shan Lan's crooked words became much more neat under Nie Yuandao's control. After getting along for a long time, Nie Yuandao gradually treated the children from the next door as his younger brother.

Nie Yuandao is an only child and has been accustomed to being alone since he was a child. But since he met Shan Lan, he found that it was good to be with an obedient and well-behaved child around him, at least the time after school is not so boring.

Sometimes, Shan Lan's mother works night shift in the hospital and her father doesn't go home, so Nie Yuandao's mother will leave Shan Lan at home to sleep. Although the Nie family has a guest room, Shan Lan doesn't want to sleep alone in the guest room. She stares at Nie Yuan and says, "Brother, can I sleep with you?"

Nie Yuandao couldn't bear to hit the child, so he let him sleep in his house.

The double bed is very big, and it is more than enough to sleep with one more child. However, Shan Lan has a bad habit when sleeping - he likes to sleep with Nie Yuandao because Nie Yuandao's body temperature is relatively high, like a stove, and it is very comfortable to sleep with him.

Nie Yuandao is not used to being so close to people. But Shan Lan is just a five-year-old child with short arms and short legs, and he is dependently lying in his arms. His soft body is like a human-shaped pillow...

In the end, Nie Yuandao did not push Shan Lan away, but instead hugged the child in his arms.

Once, Shan Lan's parents were not at home. Shan Lan was infected with the flu by the kindergarten children and had a high fever. Nie Yuandao noticed that the temperature of the child in his arms was so hot that he immediately called the doctor to see him, and he had to sleep all night.

When Shan Lan woke up in a daze, she saw Nie Yuandao sitting by the bed, touching his forehead and saying, "The fever finally subsides."

The child's eyes were tearful and his voice was hoarse: "Brother, I feel so uncomfortable."

Nie Yuandao said softly: "Of course you will feel uncomfortable when you are sick. Be good, I'll drink some porridge later. I won't go to kindergarten today. Stay at home and take good care of my illness."

Shan Lan nodded and grabbed Nie Yuandao's hand and refused to let go. Unconsciously, he developed a strong sense of dependence on Nie Yuandao. In his heart, the status of this brother Nie even surpassed that of his parents who had been away from home for a long time.

**

Time flies very quickly. After Shan Lan finished kindergarten, she will soon go to elementary school. This is a boarding primary school. Shan Lan needs to live in the school, which means he can no longer see Nie Yuandao every day.

On the day I went to school to register, Shan Lan looked at Nie Yuandao reluctantly, her eyes were red.

Nie Yuandao's voice was rare and gentle: "Don't worry, go to school to live with your classmates, the teacher will arrange a dormitory for you. If a classmate bullies you, tell your brother and I will teach them a lesson for you."

Shan Lan grabbed Nie Yuandao's hand and said, "Brother, I will see you on weekends, right?"

Nie Yuandao nodded: "Yes, on weekends, you can come to my house for dinner."

Shan Lan became happy, turned around and left with her parents, took a few steps and then turned back to wave to Nie Yuandao.

When Shan Lan's mother saw this scene, she couldn't help but feel sad: "Thanks to take care of Xiaolan from afar during this period, I will have time to spend more time with my son after finishing my hospitalization this year."

Shan Lan's father smiled and said, "I didn't expect that they were seven or eight years apart in age, but they were quite close to each other. Their relationship was even closer than their brothers."

**

After school started, Shan Lan tried hard to adapt to the new environment and met many children of the same age, but he still cared about his brother Nie Yuandao. He had already regarded Nie Yuandao as the person he deserved to believe and rely on. Nie Yuandao was devoted to the intense study. He was about to face the high school entrance examination and could not relax for a moment.

The chances of meeting the two have been significantly reduced.

When Shan Lan returned home on weekends, Nie Yuandao was often away from home because he had to go to cram school or participate in extracurricular activities with his classmates. Shan Lan was guarding the door of Nie's house. Before Nie Yuandao was waiting for Nie Yuandao, he felt very sad, but he didn't see Nie Yuandao on several consecutive weekends, and he gradually understood that what his brother said to him at that time was probably just to comfort him.

Dad said, "Brother is preparing for the entrance exam, and the pressure is very high. Xiaolan is good, don't always look for his brother, as this will disturb him." Mom said, "The long-distance grades are very good, and you will definitely be admitted to the best high school in the imperial capital. Xiaolan, he doesn't have time to play with you now. Mom will send you to the amusement park with the children in his class, okay?"

Shan Lan lowered her head and didn't speak, feeling very disappointed. He originally wanted to write with Nie Yuandao, but now he can only practice by himself. But it doesn't matter. When Nie Yuandao finished the exam, he would tell his brother that his handwriting was getting better and better, and he was praised by the teacher.

**

In the summer of the following year, Nie Yuandao was admitted to the best high school in the imperial capital with the first place in the school.

When he got home, Nie Yuandao unexpectedly found that Shan Lan was also there. The child in his memory had grown taller and had reached his waist. When he saw him, he immediately ran over happily.

Nie Yuandao chuckled and asked, "Why is Xiaolan at my house? You won't go to the wrong door again today, right?"

Shan Lan shook her head and clarified: "No, I'm here to congratulate you on your first place in the exam." After that, she turned around and brought a basketball. Shan Lan held the blue ball and sent it to Nie Yuandao: "Brother, I bought you a new basketball, which is a gift for you."

Nie Yuandao was puzzled: "Why did you suddenly think of buying me a gift?"

Shan Lan said with a smile: "In the past, you bought me a lot of toys and taught me to write. My calligraphy is the best in the class. I won the prize a few days ago. I used the prize to buy basketball for my brother."

When the little guy smiled, his eyes were crescent like crescent moons, as cute as in his memory. Nie Yuandao couldn't help but stretch out his hand, gently rub his head, and said, "Thank you Xiaolan. Let's go, I'll take you to play basketball."

Although Shan Lan grew taller, his shooting percentage was still terrible. After several consecutive shots, he had to continue picking up the ball for Nie Yuandao. Two people, one big and one small, threw familiar shadows on the court, as if they were back to the past.

This holiday is very long, Nie Yuandao took Shan Lan to play everywhere, and Shan Lan is very happy every day.

But as the school starts approaching, Shan Lan knew that he and Nie Yuandao were going to separate again.

The high school Nie Yuandao was admitted to was very far from the community where they lived. This high school is also a boarding school. It organizes various extracurricular activities on weekends and only takes holidays once a month. Shan Lan is no longer a kindergarten child, nor will she ask Nie Yuandao when he would meet again like before. When he parted, he only smiled and said, "Goodbye on holiday."

Unfortunately, I didn't see him during the holidays - because Nie Yuandao went to attend the summer camp, and Shan Lan signed up for a specialty class to learn music.

They all have their own lives, and there is almost no intersection between the two living circles.

The unsurpassed age difference makes their distance seem to gradually move away, but Shan Lan believes that one day he will catch up with Nie Yuandao.

He also has to get into the junior high school and high school entrance exams that Nie Yuandao has been to. He will definitely get into the same university where Nie Yuandao goes in the future - this is Shan Lan's obsession deep in his heart.

His parents often praised Nie Yuandao in front of him for how sensible and outstanding Nie Yuandao was. In addition, when he moved to a strange environment when he was a child, he was at a loss and helpless. Nie Yuandao took good care of him, gave him toys, taught him to write, hugged him to sleep, and occasionally told him stories before going to bed... That person was the most important and closest brother in his heart, and also the role model he wanted to learn the most.

**

In a blink of an eye, Nie Yuandao was 18 years old and took the college entrance examination. He was once again admitted to a prestigious university with the best score in the city.

When I met Nie Yuandao again, I was on the basketball court in the community. The 18-year-old Nie Yuandao was over 1.85 meters tall. The tall boy was wearing a sports suit and sweating profusely on the court. Under the sunlight, the sweat on his face seemed to be coated with a soft golden luster. His top was soaked with sweat, and his firm muscle lines were faintly exposed.

In his hand, he was holding the basketball he gave him.

Shan Lan looked at him blankly, almost unable to recognize him.

Nie Yuandao turned around and found the child standing next to the court in a daze, with a light corner of his mouth: "Is Xiaolan so old?" He picked up the basketball with one hand, walked to Shan Lan, stretched out his hand and rubbed Shan Lan's head habitually, "Why, don't you know me?"

Shan Lan stared at him with wide eyes: "Brother Nie...brother?"

Nie Yuandao nodded: "Well, long time no see."

Nie Yuandao has changed so much. His appearance has shown some handsomeness between a teenager and an adult. His body is also rising rapidly. His wet clothes are pressed against his body, with clear texture and a male hormone. Shan Lan is still a child. He feels that he has grown fast enough, nearly 10 cm, but he still is on his brother's waist?

Shan Lan lowered her head in frustration and found that the age difference of 8 years is really hard to catch up.

Seeing that the child was a little disappointed, Nie Yuandao took his hand and said, "Let's go, go to my house for dinner."

At the fork in the road, the signpost of the "→Shan Lan Family" was still standing there, and the handwriting on it was a bit blurry. Nie Yuandao remembered the child who always walked through the wrong door when he was a child. He smiled and said, "I almost forgot, what grade are you in now?"

Shan Lan replied: "In the fourth grade, I will skip the grade once."

Nie Yuandao unexpectedly looked back at him: "Skip level? So awesome?"

Shan Lan raised her little face seriously and looked at Nie Yuan and said, "It's a pity that I can't catch up with you even if I jumped to level. You'll go to college soon."

Nie Yuandao was amused and crying: "I am eight years older than you, how could you catch up with me?"

Shan Lan was stunned.

The other party is obviously eight years older than him, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't catch up. Why is he so persistent in chasing Nie Yuandao?

In fact, Shan Lan couldn't explain this feeling clearly. He just wanted to be closer to Nie Yuandao, rather than being left behind by the other party. After all, this is his favorite brother and the person he wants to get close to the most.
To be continued...