In the evening, Lu Yan helped Shen Kuo out of the infirmary.
She walked very slowly, taking every step carefully, for fear of hurting Shen Kuo's injured leg.
At first, Shen Kuo was embarrassed to put her shoulders on her shoulders, and the rare shyness of a teenager appeared on his calm and breezy face.
Lu Yan was very persistent, put his hands on her shoulders, and supported his tall body to walk out of the school gate.
She was wearing a thin white chiffon shirt, and with his arms resting on her shoulders, he could clearly feel the thinness of her body.
Girls are always delicate, and he dared not use too much force, so all his strength rested on his right leg.
Lu Yan could feel Shen Kuo's restraint, and comforted her, "Don't worry, I look thin, but I'm actually very strong."
"Is it."
His voice was deep and gentle.
"Lu Zhen can't beat me."
"That's why he let you."
"No, that guy is ruthless! There is no gentlemanly demeanor at all."
Shen Kuo listened to her chirping in silence, feeling as if warmed by the spring sunshine, very comfortable.
Zhong Kai waited anxiously at the school gate, and when he saw the two coming out, he quickly went up to catch Chen Kuo: "As soon as I received the news from Xiao Yanyan, I closed the stall and rushed over, oh my brother Shen, it's really... It’s just playing a ball, how could it be like this.”
"How did it happen? It's not that some people are cheap!"
The arrogant voice sounded behind her, and Lu Yan turned her head and saw He Wuren and the others coming out from behind the plane tree, with malicious smiles on their faces.
They lost the game, and now there is an evil fire in their hearts and there is no place to vent it. Knowing that Shen Kuo has not left, they block him at the school gate and wait for him to come out before unloading his leg.
Lu Yan immediately stood behind her and looked at them defensively—
"What do you want to do!"
When He Wuren's eyes fell on Lu Yan, he couldn't take them back. The little girl had red lips and white teeth, and her facial features were delicate and delicate. Her skin was more hydrated and fairer than ordinary girls of the same age. She was extremely beautiful.
He looked at the rough sneakers on Shen Kuo's feet, and he knew that he was a poor man, but he didn't expect his girlfriend to be so beautiful.
He Wuren became more and more upset, spat out the grass stem in his mouth, and walked towards Shen Kuo.
Shen Kuo pulled Lu Yan behind him, and said to Zhong Kai beside him, "Take her away."
Of course it was impossible for Zhong Kai to leave. He stood in front of Shen Kuo and said, "Brother Shen, it's these people who made you like this. Damn it, I was worried that I couldn't find anyone, so I sent them to my door."
He Wuren grabbed Zhong Kai's collar, raised his leg and kicked him, Zhong Kai was stronger, hugged him by the waist, and slammed him into the wall.
Several boys rushed forward and surrounded Shen Kuo. During the push and push, Shen Kuo turned around to protect Lu Yan, and received several punches in the back.
Lu Yan was tightly wrapped in his arms, but she was not injured.
Just at this time, Lu Zhen and the others came out of the hot dog shop, saw someone fighting in front of them, and came over with hot dogs in their mouths to watch the excitement.
Seeing that the person being beaten was Shen Kuo, he was still happy. He turned his head and found that it was He Wuren who was beating the person. .
"I miss your grandma!" He threw the hot dog in his hand, rushed into the crowd like a whirlwind, and pulled them away from Shen Kuo with a fistful of fists.
"Dare to touch my girl! You are tired of work!" He was like an angry bull, beating whoever he catches, with such ferocity that the boy was a little powerless to fight back.
Someone called the police, and soon, the police car rushed over.
Seeing that something was wrong, He Wuren turned around and wanted to run, but the police rushed out of the car and restrained them, not letting any of them go.
Lu Zhen squatted down to check Lu Yan, held her face and looked left and right, Super Invincible asked nervously: "Are you okay, are you hurt?"
Lu Yan was protected by Chen Kuo, and she didn't get hurt at all. She didn't care about other things, and turned around to check on Shen Kuo's injuries.
"How is it, does it hurt?" The little girl was very distressed.
Shen Kuo shook his head and wiped her dirty face with his sleeve: "Just a few punches, like tickling, I can still stand it."
"As for the leg, it was bandaged just now, is the wound open?"
"No, don't worry."
Seeing the undamaged splint gauze, Lu Yan felt relieved and helped him up: "Slow down, don't walk, call a car back later."
Lu Zhen looked at her daughter's nervous appearance, and thought it was strange, when did the relationship between you two become so good.
An inexplicable sense of crisis rose in his heart, he always felt that... Lu Yan wanted to be Shen Kuo's daughter.
The police took them all back to the police station to inquire about the situation. Knowing the cause and effect of the incident, they immediately contacted He Wuren's school.
At the same time, Lu Jian who rushed over after hearing the wind thought that Lu Zhen had caused trouble again. After seeing him, without saying a word, he raised his leg and wanted to kick him.
"Stinky boy, did you cause me trouble!"
"I do not have!"
Lu Yan immediately stood in front of Lu Zhen: "No, it's not Lu Zhen's fault this time, he's here to protect me."
Seeing this, the police rushed over and explained the situation to Lu Jian.
Knowing that both her son and daughter had suffered, Lu Jian was furious and demanded that the police deal with it seriously.
Because He Wuren was an adult and was a foreign basketball player invited by the school, the police detained He Wuren. Participating in fights, his status as a professional basketball player should be lost.
After leaving the police station, Lu Jian's driver drove out the car and said that Shen Kuo would be sent back first.
Shen Kuo shook his head and said indifferently, "No need."
"In short, thank you for protecting my daughter. This time I was in a hurry. I will definitely visit next time. Thank you very much."
It was rare for Lu Jian to be so polite to anyone, and she even wanted to pay a visit, which was a great face to Shen Kuo, after all...it was related to his beloved baby daughter.
Shen Kuo said: "It's a little effort, you don't have to worry about it."
Zhong Kai supported Shen Kuo, and stopped the car on the street.
"Shen Kuo, you... rest well." Lu Yan said worriedly, "I will come to see you tomorrow."
"Um."
He looked back at her with nostalgia, and soon the taxi drove out.
Lu Jian looked at Shen Kuo and said, "This classmate of yours doesn't seem easy to get along with."
Lu Yan explained: "That's his personality."
The driver drove the car over, and Lu Yan and Lu Jian got into the car, but Lu Zhen stopped by the side of the road and didn't move.
"I'm going back," he said.
At this moment, it was already raining lightly, and Lu Jian was slightly angry: "What are you doing, get in the car!"
"No, I'm going back."
Lu Yan could tell from her father's sullen expression that he seemed to be losing his temper.
"Lu Zhen, I don't care about you this time, don't push yourself too hard, your skin will itch if you don't get beaten for a day, right?"
Lu Zhen stared at him and said angrily: "Anyway, in your eyes, nothing I do is right. When something happens, your first reaction is that I caused trouble. Other people's faults are also my fault. I am wrong in everything I do!"
"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you now, get in the car!"
"I don't!"
"If you don't get in the car, don't go home!"
"If you don't go back, you won't go back. I don't care about that home!"
Lu Yan got out of the car in a hurry, grabbed Lu Zhen, and said in a low voice, "Dad, if you have anything to say, let's talk slowly at home, don't be on the road..."
"I have nothing to talk to him about!"
Lu Jian pointed at Lu Zhen, trembling with anger: "I think the bigger you are, the more uneducated you are! Why did I give birth to such a thing as you!"
"What upbringing, you raised me, but did you teach me?"
Lu Zhen said angrily: "You divorced my mother when I was eight years old. Have you ever asked me what I thought? I wanted to tell my mother, but you disagreed, and even filed a lawsuit with my mother for custody. If you want to come here, if you want to come here, have you ever cared about me! Ever since I was a child, when I got into trouble, you always scolded me, but you never asked me why I did this! "
Lu Jian fell tremblingly on the car seat, looked at Lu Zhen in disbelief, her slightly purple lips were slightly closed, and wanted to say something, but after a long time, she didn't say anything.
The light rain wet Lu Zhen's shoulders like fluttering goose feathers, and the color of the red jersey became more vivid, like a flame burning in the heavy rain.
After venting, he finally calmed down. Lu Yan pulled him and dragged him into the car.
On the way back, Lu Jian kept smoking without saying a word.
Lu Zhen frowned, patted away the smoke lingering in front of Lu Yan, opened the car window and said, "Stop smoking."
Lu Jian immediately extinguished the cigarette butt.
This was the first time in his life that he listened to his son's words, and it was also the first time in his life that he felt... that his son had grown up suddenly.
At least, he knows how to take care of the girl beside him.
After returning home, Lu Jian went straight to the study.
Lu Yan looked at his back as he went upstairs, and suddenly felt that grandpa was a bit pitiful. In fact, most of the parents in that era were...not very good at being parents.
In the concept of the older generation, children are raised rather than taught. They do not have a particularly modern concept of education, and they have already fulfilled their responsibilities by letting children have three meals a day without worrying about food and clothing.
Lu Zhen's outburst tonight made Lu Jian gradually realize that her child is not really stubborn and numb, he also has a sensitive mind and longs for his parents' attention and understanding.
Lu Zhen sat cross-legged on the bed alone and sulked. Lu Yan brought a clean white towel, wrapped his head from behind, and wiped it carelessly.
"My dad is so wronged."
Lu Zhen turned her head aside, her eyes were red.
People are like this sometimes, it’s okay if others don’t comfort them, but when they comfort them, it’s even more wronged.
Lu Yan squatted behind him, stood up and dried his hair carefully, then sat down next to him: "Actually..."
"It's fine to be a peacemaker." Lu Zhen rubbed her nose and interrupted her before she finished speaking: "I won't compromise this time, if he doesn't apologize to me for a day, I won't forgive him for a day he."
Lu Yan sighed.
That's what he said, but Lu Zhen knew in his heart that it was not easy to ask Lu Jian to apologize.
At that time, the parents had great authority, so what if they were wrong, the parents were right if they were wrong, and it was even more impossible to apologize to the children.
"Actually... I hated you before." Lu Yan continued without finishing her sentence: "You didn't let me debut or even sing, and locked me in the room without an explanation. I was so angry at that time. I almost want to jump off a building.”
Lu Zhen looked sideways at Lu Yan, not quite convinced: "I can do such a bastard thing? Absolutely impossible"
Lu Yan pursed her lips and smiled, and threw the towel on him: "Oh, now that you're a kid, you know it's an asshole. At that time, I thought you were quite confident! What parents do is right, what children do It's all wrong."
"I... I must have done this for your own good!" Lu Zhen tried hard to maintain her dignity as a father, and argued, "You little brats don't understand anything."
"Oh oh oh, for my own good." Lu Yan smiled slyly: "Then why are you getting angry with Grandpa Lu Jian today? Isn't it for your own good? Is it wrong for him to care about you?"
Lu Zhen didn't expect this little girl to lie in ambush here, dug a hole and waited for him to jump. He waved his hand and argued, "It's completely different, it's not the same thing."
"Why is it not the same thing, Dad, you are too double-standard."
"You don't understand." Lu Zhen got angry again, turned around, folded her arms and ignored her.
Lu Yan rubbed his head, got up and left, and went back to the room.
At night, when Lu Zhen came out of the room, he saw that the light in Lu Jian's study room was still on. He walked over slowly and clung to the gap in the door, and saw him sitting at the desk, holding his and My sister's childhood photo album collection...
Lu Jian frowned, her expression still serious, just like when he was dealing with work.
But... Lu Zhen clearly saw some watery light from the corner of his eyes.
If you don't raise a child, you don't know your parents' kindness. Now that there is such a little girl around, Lu Zhen puts herself in the father's role, and finds that the unwillingness and resentment in her heart are really just... dredged up.
Parents and children are not natural enemies, and mutual understanding is not that difficult.
Shen Kuo's legs recovered very quickly, and he was able to put down the supporting crutches and walk independently in a short time. He didn't like using crutches very much, and he looked like a cripple.
Lu Yan said: "His muscles and bones have been injured for a hundred days, and his left leg must be fully rested before it can recover. You don't want to suffer from the root cause of the disease for the rest of your life."
Therefore, even though he didn't like it, Shen Kuo still used the pair of crutches to go in and out of the campus every day.
There will never be a shortage of good people who like to watch the excitement in the school, and the outstanding ones are bound to attract gossip more easily than the mediocre ones—
"Look how awesome he is usually, but now he's crippled."
"It's too miserable for the first grader to become a cripple."
"Will I be crippled all my life?"
"Hey hey."
…
Shen Kuo's footsteps paused slightly, but he continued to walk forward without turning his head.
These mobs are not worthy of him looking back at them, let alone wasting time for them. Every minute and every second of Shen Kuo's time is precious, and it is his bargaining chip for the future.
He took two steps on crutches, and suddenly heard a commotion behind him, the voices of boys cursing—
"Damn it, you don't look at the road when you ride a bicycle!"
"Sorry, I didn't see anyone."
With a clear and beautiful voice, Shen Kuo stopped, and when he turned around, he saw Lu Yan in blue overalls riding her bicycle, appearing among the group of boys.
She bumped the boy who had just spoken rudely, and the tires ripped the skin off his calf.
"So many people, you said you didn't see it?" The boy who was hit was furious: "Who would believe it?"
Lu Yan blinked innocently: "I didn't see 'people', only a few barking animals, hey, is that you!"
As soon as this remark came out, the boy was so angry that blue veins appeared on his face.
Lu Yan made it clear that she was looking for faults, not only bumped into him, but also called him a beast, who can bear this!
Shen Kuo stepped forward and pulled Lu Yan behind him, his face was expressionless, his eyes seemed to be frozen.
These people are usually very timid, even now that his leg is injured, they only dare to gossip behind his back and dare not easily conflict with him.
Not to mention Shen Kuo's attitude of being disrespected by his relatives during the fight, and he was the number one in his grade. The school will definitely favor him more in dealing with it.
Conflict with him, no matter how you look at it, they are at a disadvantage.
"I don't fight with the crippled, lest others say we bully the disabled."
"You guys are lucky this time."
The boys ran away, Lu Yan picked up a stone from the ground and threw them at them, angrily said: "Who are you scolding! Don't run if you have the guts!"
Shen Kuo suddenly grabbed her wrist, and with a little force, he shook the stone out of her hand.
Lu Yan was puzzled: "You..."
Shen Kuo looked at her, with a hint of helplessness and doting in his eyes: "There is no need to do this for me."
She was the first girl to speak for him, and also the first girl to pick up a rock to help him fight... Shen Kuo is unforgettable, but he is also reluctant to let her do these things.
Lu Yan's temperament is like this. To a certain extent, she still inherited some of her father's impulsiveness and irritability. Similarly, she also has a clear distinction between likes and hates.
She wiped off the plaster from her hand and said, "I just don't like to see others bullying you. They are like this, and so is Lu Zhen. Whoever bullies you, I will deal with him!"
Shen Kuo took her hand, took out a tissue, gently wiped off the dust on her hand bit by bit, closed his eyes and asked softly, "Why?"
"what?"
His dark and deep eyes looked deeply at Lu Yan: "Why are you being nice to me?"
Lu Yan blinked, this question... She never thought about it.
To whom, and why
The two are so close, Lu Yan can even feel the heat emanating from his body, inexplicably, the earlobe is a little red——
"I... I'm also very good to Lu Zhen." She talked about him from left to right, extremely nervous.
"You know, it's different."
He is your relative, I am not.
Shen Kuo stared at her, as if he didn't intend to let her go easily.
Of course, Lu Yan knew that this was different, how could it be the same, her care and patience for Lu Zhen was entirely out of the relationship between father and daughter, and it was the relationship between father and daughter who depended on each other for life.
But for Shen Kuo...
Lu Yan couldn't explain clearly, she used to feel guilty and wanted to do something good for Lu Zhen, but slowly... it seemed that it wasn't just guilt, something seemed to slip into her heart subtly.
It can't be... like him.
Lu Yan herself was shocked by this sudden thought.
She is not an innocent little girl who doesn't know anything. In her previous high school, she also liked handsome boys in her class, so she knows what it's like to like someone.
Eighteen-year-old Shen Kuo, silent and forbearing, after restraining all his sharpness, is still dazzling, so handsome that people can't move their eyes.
How can she not like a handsome boy who doesn't know it, is outstanding and works hard.
Under Shen Kuo's scorching gaze, Lu Yan felt that the girl's thoughts seemed to have nowhere to hide. How exquisite his thoughts were, had he already noticed them before she, who was too dull, noticed it
If you like it, you like it, there is nothing shameful, there is something you can't say, Lu Yan is not a timid girl, so she simply summoned up her courage and said to him—
"Shen Kuo, actually, I feel like I'm a little..."
Before she could say the words I like you, Shen Kuo suddenly interrupted her, and looked away: "Forget it, I was joking."
Lu Yan saw some kind of struggling emotion in his fleeting eyes.
"Can... "
"It's getting late, let's go back."
Shen Kuo pursed his lips and walked away slowly while leaning on his crutches.
Lu Yan looked at his back, frowned, and shouted at him: "Obviously you asked first!"
Just a joke, how much does this mean
Shen Kuo heard the girl's sullen questioning, but he didn't dare to turn his head back. His heart seemed to be thrown into a bottomless cold pool, sinking, sinking continuously...
Yes, he was the one who asked first, he was the one who was tempted first, he was the one who approached her little by little, and tried his best to attract her...
But he had no confidence after all.