Looking at the two children rolling in a ball on the snow in the distance, Qian Li’s eyes were filled with an extremely relieved smile.
“Brother.” You Mian smiled and pounced on Pei Huaiji, causing the boy’s shoulders to be covered with soft snow.
Pei Huaiji, who always treated other people’s kindness calmly, rarely showed his youthful appearance in front of You Mian. He also imitated You Mian just now and put snow into the boy’s collar. This made his amber eyes tremble with cold.
Pei Huaiji couldn’t help laughing when he saw You Mian shivering and trying to grab snow.
He squatted on the ground, round like a little panda.
You Mian had no idea what Pei Huaiji was thinking. He was making snowballs with a grunt, only to stop when he heard the laugh.
The chestnut curly hair made the child in the ski suit look particularly cute. Therefore, when he looked up at Pei Huaiji from bottom to top with this curly hair, the boy, who was laughing just now, didn’t restrain his expression. Instead, his eyebrows and eyes became more vivid as he said, “Who asked you to tease me? Are you cold?”
“Hmph.” You Mian squeezed the snowball in his hand fiercely and shouted, “Biubiubiu!”
Pei Huaiji easily dodged the egg-sized snowball that was thrown without any sneak attacks.
You Mian stood there in a daze until Pei Huaiji threw a handful of snow on his head.
Little You Mian: “!!!”
Pei Huaiji’s laughter became clearer. You Mian’s nose was red and the ends of his curly hair were covered with a lot of snow. He stood there in a daze, looking silly.
Before he could get angry, Pei Huaiji immediately bent down and handed You Mian the snowball in his hand. The snowball was several times bigger than the one You Mian had just made. It was almost as big as an ugly orange.
“Look carefully. This is called a snowball,” Pei Huaiji said.
You Mian held the snowball in his hand and snorted. Then he turned and threw it into Pei Huaiji’s collar!
Pei Huaiji: “!!”
You Mian ran away after throwing the snowball. Pei Huaiji immediately chased him.
Laughter resounded on the ski slopes.
The fact that two children, who were eight years apart in age, could have so much fun in a foreign country made the three parents standing at the sky resort smile knowingly.
During the time that Qian Li was chatting with You Daijun, she learned that their next itinerary was very similar.
You Daijun and Wagner were traveling with You Mian while collecting local culture materials.
Qian Li took Pei Huaiji out to relax during the summer vacation.
Seeing that You Mian and Pei Huaiji were having so much fun, Qian Li and You Daijun agreed to adjust their subsequent schedules to be consistent in order to give the two children more time to play.
They saw the elephants and antelopes that You Mian had been longing for at the Kilimanjaro Nature Reserve in Tanzania.
They explored the ancient dinosaur fossils in the Badlands, which had been corroded into bizarre shapes.
They watched the lava falls at Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii…
Danube, the Gold Coast, Machu Picchu…
During the time when little You Mian was seeing the world, he was accompanied by not only his parents, but also Pei Huaiji.
His understanding of the world started from this long journey. His meeting and acquaintance with Pei Huaiji also began from this journey.
At the end of the journey that lasted over a month, You Mian cried as they parted at the airport.
He hugged Pei Huaiji’s waist tightly and turned his head to look at You Daijun. “Mom, can I go back with Brother?”
Pei Huaiji also put his palm on You Mian’s shoulder and patted it gently.
Seeing this inseparable appearance, You Mian had become really close to Pei Huaiji and didn’t want to leave.
The jade-skinned child cried and begged, which made You Daijun hesitate.
She and Qian Li had already made many plans for this farewell and thought it would be easy. She didn’t expect that as soon as she entered the airport and heard Pei Huaiji was going back to class, little You Mian started crying.
You Mian didn’t make any noise when he cried. Instead, he pursed his lips and shed tears gently. His quiet and pitiful appearance could instantly soften people’s hearts without warning.
Wagner shrugged helplessly, indicating that he couldn’t do anything.
You Daijun also sighed and looked at Qian Li.
The two children almost ate and lived together. They accompanied each other for over a month. During this month, they watched the two children becoming more familiar with each other and closer.
Pei Huaiji, who had always been cold, obviously put You Mian in a very important position.
No one could stop You Mian’s crying. Only Pei Huaiji could.
So when the three adults stood there helplessly, Pei Huaiji touched You Mian’s head. He rubbed the soft curly hair, and said, “I’m going to class now. Once you start class, you can come to find me and we can study together.”
Pei Huaiji’s voice hadn’t changed yet. It was clear and crisp with a certain calmness that his peers didn’t have.
You Mian had indeed reached the age to reach the first grade. You Daijun had mentioned this a few days ago.
The next second after Pei Huaiji said this, You Mian turned around and sobbed, “Mom, I want to go to the same school as Brother.”
You Daijun looked at Qian Li in embarrassment, and Qian Li blinked.
“Brother is studying at Huajiang No 1 Middle School. If Mianmian wants to play with him again, you must study hard.” Qian Li leaned over and hugged You Mian, kissing the child’s forehead affectionately.
Pei Huaiji wiped away You Mian’s tears, nodded solemnly, and said, “You can do it.”
You Daijun held You Mian in her arms. She watched as he handed over his mailbox address to Pei Huaiji while standing at the security checkpoint.
The child learned from his father’s romanticism. At a time when mail delivery was slow, he didn’t choose to exchange the mobile phone contact information. Instead, he told Pei Huaiji the mailbox address in front of his home.
He also instructed, “Brother, write to me every week. I will also send you postcards every week.”
Pei Huaiji stood in front of the security checkpoint, waving at You Mian and saying firmly, “I will.”
The dark pupils were as beautiful as when they were first seen. They made You Mian smile softly.
The tears on his cheeks were gradually wiped away. You Mian buried his head in You Daijun’s neck and whispered, “Mom, I want to study hard.”
You Daijun and Wagner glanced at each other, and both of them smiled. “Okay.”
After passing through the security check and no longer seeing You Mian, Qian Li sighed heavily.
It was only now that the reluctance to part surfaced in the hearts of the adults.
Qian Li looked at Pei Huaiji, who was adjusting his coat beside her, and asked, “Baby, are you also reluctant to leave your younger brother.”
Pei Huaiji frowned at the words ‘younger brother’ and said, “Mianmian isn’t a younger brother.”
Qian Li laughed softly. “He is younger than you.”
Pei Huaiji thought for a while before replying, “He still isn’t my younger brother.”
Qian Li said helplessly, “Okay okay, then do you think Mianmian is your older brother?”
Pei Huaiji was reminded of You Mian calling him ‘Brother’ and his brow relaxed a bit.
Pei Huaiji turned to look at Qian Li and said seriously, “Mianmian isn’t a younger brother or older brother.”
“Mianmian is Mianmian in my heart.”
There was no need for a name. You Mian was You Mian.
Qian Li smiled and patted Pei Huaijis’s shoulder. She cherished the friendship between the two children even more.
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After there were three piles of postcards and letters neatly arranged in the room, You Mian finally realized that there was an eight year difference between him and Pei Huaiji. Their promise of studying together when they parted was simply impossible to achieve.
Now Pei Huaiji was in high school, and You Mian was still learning multiplication.
You Mian realized he had been cheated. He ate three bowls of rice that night and didn’t open the letter sent by Pei Huaiji immediately.
The reason why You Daijun was troubled at the airport was because she and Wagner had already completed the admission procedures for You Mian in France.
They had the most professional way of judging. The moment You Mian showed extraordinary talent in colors and mathematics, they immediately contacted their professional friends and chose the French Yipei Primary School among all the schools in the world.
Yipei Primary School focused on discovering the talent of students. During the five year teaching process, students independently chose and determined their future development path.
Of course, apart from those special classes, the rest was no different from ordinary primary schools.
You Daijun carefully selected the school and hired a special Chinese teacher to give You Mian Chinese lessons.
At first, You Mian was crying and looking for Brother You Mian. This was until the class teacher took out the colorful color charts. Then his tears stopped, and his little hand stretched out toward the orange.
Pei Huaiji seldom came to France but his presence was always present in You Mian’s life.
From primary school to middle school and then high school, Pei Huaiji’s letters arrived on time every week.
There were too many topics for the two of them to talk about.
Pei Huaiji, who was still young at that time, would help You Mian solve academic problems in letters. He would write solutions neatly on the letter paper in sharp and vigorous handwriting.
As for You Mian’s problem in making friends, Pei Huaiji gave solutions as soon as possible from the other side of the ocean.
They talked about each other’s lives, knew all the other friends around the other person and knew all of each other’s secrets.
Each letter became an unbreakable bond and fetter between them.
The intimacy between the two people didn’t become estranged due to the distance between the two countries. Instead, it became stronger through these postcards.
Every important occasion of You Mian was photographed by You Daijun. The carefully selected photos would be solemnly put into envelopes by You Mian and sent to Huajiang.
You Mian often received photos of Pei Huaiji taken by Qian Li. The young man stood at his graduation ceremony with a stern face. It was as if he knew where the photo would be sent, so his eyes were softer than usual.
You Mian would put a Polaroid selfie of himself that was damaged by the rain in the envelope, and would also send a whole page of ‘hahahaha’ meaninglessly.
Pei Huaiji didn’t say anything about wasting paper or anything like that. Instead, he sent a whole page of periods neatly, showing his helplessness when he received the letter.
After receiving the reply, You Mian lay down on the bed and laughed so hard that he fell backward.
Letters took too long, and both of them were increasingly busy with schoolwork. Thus, You Mian wrote down his phone number in the letters as soon as he entered high school.
The Internet turned the once a week conversation into an anytime, anywhere event.
Pei Huaiji’s phone message notification tone never stopped since then.
You Mian would take photos of the snails crawling slowly on the windowsill and send them over, as well as photos of the sunset in France and the messy sculpture table during breaks.
Pei Huaiji accepted this in its entirety, and would also send out his daily life in a similar way.
However, compared to You Mian’s colorful life, Pei Huaiji’s life was much more boring.
His desk was always clean and tidy. The gray and black tones made people less interested in asking questions. If he had to say there was something cute about it, Pei Huaiji thought it was the countless color postcards that You Mian sent in letters.
The font on the postcard was large and round. It looked very cute.
Their conversations occurred all the time once they were freed from the shackles of once a week.
Then the situation got out of control once You Mian accidentally clicked on the video call button.
The chat time changed from half an hour at the beginning to one or two hours later on. It was only when You Daijun called from downstairs that You Mian would hurriedly hang up the phone.
They accompanied each other, confided in each other, and naturally became the two closest people in the world.
Childhood sweethearts wasn’t enough to describe this relationship. Their bond transcended time and distance, with soul resonance as the medium.
As always, Pei Huaiji never called him younger brother. In his heart, You Mian was just You Mian. No other name was needed.
It was just that You Mian’s way of addressing Pei Huaiji was always changing. It was from ‘Brother’ at the beginning to ‘Pei Huaiji’ later. Then it became Chairman Pei when he knew that Pei Huaiji was about to start a business.
The letters in the bedroom piled up more and more, and time passed quickly.
An architectural design company, Journey Lollapalooza—JL for short, emerged overnight in the bustling business center of Huajiang City.
Perhaps it was because the name Journey Lollapalooza was too childish, so business partners usually used JL to refer to this fast-growing construction company.
In just a few months, JL expanded its territory from an architectural design company to an investor in major design show stages in Huajiang City and even in surrounding influential cities. Subsequently, it not only started to build the JL brand but also founded JL Haute Couture.
JL was very popular for a while. Soon after, it successfully went public with assets worth tens of billions.
You Mian carefully wrote the words ‘Chairman Pei’ in the letter and sent his congratulations.
He was accustomed to celebrating such important things with letters.
However, at the end of the letter, You Mian still complained softly, “Actually, I think the name Journey Lollapalooza is very good. I’m not bragging due to being the name picker. Brother, perhaps you can consider using the full name more often.”
You Mian smiled in embarrassment and then wrote the name ‘You Mian’ at the end of the letter.
Compared to Pei Huaiji’s popularity in Huaijang City, You Mian wasn’t far behind in Paris, France.
The young sculptor made a name for himself in the sculpture art circle with his solo exhibition in high school.
Everyone was envious of this young genius.
Not only did You Mian excel in color and sculpture, but he was even praised by the master for his musical performances.
Paris almost became You Mian’s Paris.
In response, Pei Huaiji immediately sent a letter to celebrate You Mian’s first solo exhibition. The two chattered intermittently in a video call backstage until the end of the exhibition.
Pei Huaiji never missed any of You Mian’s activities.
The handsome boy ran out of the two-story building, his steps full of vitality. His chestnut brown hair fluttered in the wind, and his amber eyes were sparkling with light.
After the solo exhibition, You Mian declined numerous media interviews and directly booked a flight back home.
You Daijun and Wagner traveled around the world. You Mian took advantage of this rare leisure time and immediately ran to the airport.
he didn’t tell anyone, not even Pei Huaiji, whom he had just finished a phone call with, about his next itinerary.
Everyone thought he would attend the sculpture exhibition celebration party and enjoy the fame.
But by then, You Mian had already boarded the plane back home.
He was like a soaring white bird, flying freely whenever he wanted and without any restraints.
This was until the long-distance flight spanning more than ten hours across day and night landed.
You Mian turned on his phone and sent a text message to Pei Huaiji.
[Chairman Pei, please pick me up at the airport :)]
The nickname was Brother, but he insisted on calling this person ‘Chairman Pei’ in the message.
Pei Huaiji responded to the text message very quickly. Before You Mian could even turn off his phone, the other end showed that they were typing a line of words.
But after waiting a few seconds, You Mian still didn’t get a response.
It wasn’t until he picked up his luggage that Pei Huaiji’s reply came.
[Coming soon.]
From the high school entrance examination to the college entrance examination and starting a business, Pei Huaiji had been very busy in recent years.
The two of them had met several times before, but You Mian felt that time passed so quickly every time.
But now he no longer had to be held back by tedious schoolwork.
You Mian was stunned by a pair of dark eyes when he walked out of the security check.
Pei Huaiji was tall and strong with broad shoulders and a gentle look in his eyes.
You Mian greeted him with a smile. “Surprise!”
Even though they hadn’t seen each other for many years, they didn’t feel the slightest bit of strangeness or awkwardness.
Through the letters, messages, and the screen, the other party was now standing in front of him. Only the mood of extreme joy remained.
As the two adults hugged each other, some emotions started to burst out from their hearts.
But at this time, they didn’t quite understand it and just thought that the reunion was too joyful.
You Mian took out the small sculpture he had promised to give Pei Huaiji and said with a smile, “This thing is very heavy and can’t fit in an envelope, so I brought it to you personally.”
Pei Huaiji lowered his long eyelashes and smiled deeply, his arms subconsciously hugging You Mian tightly.
The man’s handsome appearance made You Mian’s heart skip a beat. He said, “Thank you, Mianmian.”
The airport was bustling with people. The noise couldn’t mask You Mian’s heartbeat, or perhaps it was the heartbeat of both of them.
The sunlight shone obliquely through the glass roof, seagulls were singing, and the trees were lush and green.
The sun was shining in Huajiang City. It was a rare, beautiful sunny day.
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