After that day, Qin Mu found that the number of times he met Xie Ge began to increase. Whether it was on the way to school or when he was playing with his friends, Xie Ge was always there. As Qin Mu's little follower, Su Jiayu of course followed closely. When he ran into Xie Ge who snatched his candy last time, his face turned pale, and he subconsciously hid behind Qin Mu.
"Little brother."
Holding Qin Mu's sleeve tightly with his little hand, Su Jiayu shrank behind Qin Mu and refused to come out.
This made Qin Mu, who wanted to ignore Xie Ge, have to put on a straight face, and said impatiently: "What's the matter with you?" Xie Ge's family doesn't live here, so it's not easy to meet every day.
Hearing the impatience in Qin Mu's words, Xie Ge lowered his face, "It's nothing." He took out a bag from his pocket and threw it at Qin Mu's feet, "This is for you."
"What?" Qin Mu frowned, picked up the package, tore open the outer packaging, and saw that there were countless glittering gold coins inside.
Qin Mu raised his head and stared at Xie Ge in surprise, "Where did you get the gold coins
"You are so old-fashioned."
Xie Ge laughed unceremoniously, his black and thin face was full of air, "This is chocolate, it was brought back from outside by my mother's client, and it is not available here." At that time, he looked indifferent, as if he was talking about someone who had nothing to do with him.
Qin Mu couldn't help taking a second look at Xie Ge, and found that he was wearing a clean little vest today, his hair was fluffy and soft, and he didn't have the usual image of a beggar at all. Upon closer inspection, Xie Ge was black and thin, and his facial features were not good. Poor, Qin Mu once took a look at Xie Ge's mother from afar. At that time, she was wearing cheap and revealing clothes, with pungent and strong perfume on her body, but her facial features were exquisite and beautiful, not inferior to the actresses on TV.
And Xie Ge's appearance followed Xie's mother's, with delicate features, even if compared with Su Jiayu, who was white dough.
However, unlike Su Jiayu's clear and pure eyes, Xie Ge's eyes are bright and bright, but it makes people feel uncomfortable to look at them. They say eyes are the windows of the soul, and just looking at Xie Ge's eyes makes him feel that his intentions are not right. Stomach full of bad water.
Qin Mu doesn't like to eat other people's things, especially this bad boy's.
"You take it back, I don't want it."
Hearing this, Xie Ge's face sank, "If you don't want it, just throw it away." He stomped his feet angrily, turned around and ran away.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. It was the first time he ate such a delicious chocolate, and he gave it to Qin Mu before he ate a few. That guy didn't appreciate it! That guy wouldn't really throw it all away, would he? Thinking of this, Xie Ge stopped, hesitated on the spot for a few seconds, stomped his feet again, turned his head and ran back.
On this side, Qin Mu frowned and stared at the "gold coins" in his hand. Xie Ge told him not to eat them and throw them away. Guo was staring at the "gold coin" in his hand, swallowing his saliva from time to time, he thought for a while and asked, "Do you want to eat Guoguo?"
Guoguo nodded vigorously, and a crisp voice sounded: "I want to eat." After a pause, he whispered: "My mother gave it to me before, it was delicious."
Knowing that the "mother" he mentioned refers to his biological mother, Qin Mu immediately covered Guoguo's mouth, "From now on, you can't say such things to others."
"Well, I only tell my little brother."
Qin Mu touched Guoguo's little head: "In the future, I will definitely take you to find your parents." He said this sentence to Guoguo many times in private, and every time he said it, his belief became stronger. point.
He took out a "gold coin", and with a curious expression, he pushed aside the golden sugar wrapper on the outside, revealing the brown inner core. What did Xie Ge say about it just now? chocolate? Is this dark stuff really edible
"Little brother." Qin Mu looked down, Guoguo raised his neck and opened his mouth, like a baby bird waiting to be fed.
After hesitating for a second, Qin Mu stuffed the chocolate into Guoguo's mouth.
As soon as he tasted the chocolate, Guoguo half-closed his eyes as if he enjoyed it, pure happiness dangled in his eyes, he ate one, and opened his mouth again, the original pink tongue was stained with a layer of "mud", Qin Mu asked uncertainly, "Is it delicious?"
"Uh-huh."
So Qin Mu peeled off another one and stuffed it into Guoguo's mouth.
Guoguo ate with a puffy face and asked childishly, "Little brother, why don't you eat?"
Seeing that Guoguo tasted so delicious, Qin Mu couldn't help licking his lips, "I don't like to eat it, you can keep these for you." Thinking that the chocolate is probably similar to candy, Qin Mu added: "From now on, I will eat it every day. Eat one to prevent tooth decay."
Guoguo licked her teeth and nodded obediently.
The two walked home holding hands, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast a layer of golden light on their backs.
This harmonious scene fell into Xie Ge's eyes, and he felt it was extremely annoying. He hid in the dark and heard the conversation between the two just now. When he thought that all the chocolates he was reluctant to eat had entered Su Jiayu's mouth, he was so angry that he wished he could grab those chocolates and throw them into the stinky ditch.
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Originally thought that the grievances between him and Xie Ge should be written off, but Xie Ge turned against him instead, and from time to time he took the initiative to come to provoke and find fault. Qin Mu didn't want to talk to him at first, but Xie Ge probably knew he couldn't beat him, so he took advantage of his absence to bully Guoguo. If he didn't come back and saw Guoguo crying, he wouldn't have found out about it.
Qin Mu has always protected Guoguo, knowing that Guoguo was being bullied, he immediately went to Xie Ge to settle the score.
He was Xie Ge who blocked Xie Ge's door.
At that time, Xie Ge's face was bruised and purple, and he knew he had been beaten again at a glance. Qin Mu also fought before, but since Guoguo came, he restrained himself a lot, and he only wanted to study hard, get into college, and in the future Good to get out of this village.
Seeing Qin Mu, Xie Ge's eyes lit up, and immediately lowered his head, trying to hide the embarrassment on his face, Qin Mu stepped forward and pushed Xie Ge hard, "Are you bullying Guoguo?"
"The kid filed a complaint with you?" Xie Ge took two steps back and stood still, with no fear on his face, he straightened out his thin chest and faced Qin Mu.
Qin Mu didn't answer, but just asked word by word: "I asked you if you bullied him?"
"So what?" Xie Ge said provocatively, "Are you going to beat me up?"
Qin Mu: "Why do you bully him?"
"I just hate him." Xie Ge rubbed the bruise on his face, and brought the other half of his face closer: "Don't think I'm afraid of you, you dare to hit me?"
That slack look fell into Qin Mu's eyes, and he almost couldn't help punching directly. He clenched his fist hard, "I don't allow you to bully him." He promised his grandma not to fight easily with the victim .
"Why?"
"..."
"It's fine if I don't bully him." He just threatened Su Jiayu with a few words, who knew that kid would be so reckless.
Qin Mu looked at him quietly.
Xie Ge lowered his eyes, "As long as you become friends with me, I won't bully him anymore."
Unexpectedly, the other party would make this request, Qin Mu's eyes flashed with surprise, Xie Ge saw that he didn't respond, his eyes turned cold, and he turned his face away, "Are you looking down on me like everyone else?"
"I... didn't look down on you."
Qin Mu really had a bad impression of Xie Ge. If he could, he didn't want to have any interaction with Xie Ge, but if he didn't agree this time, with Xie Ge's style, he would definitely make a lot of tricks behind his back. Forget it, just treat it as having an extra follower, Xie Ge stays where he can see, and he can protect Guoguo well.
So under Xie Ge's expectant gaze, Qin Mu said with a little reluctance: "Alright then, I will cover you from now on."
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It was only later that Qin Mu found out that Xie Ge looked thin and small, but he was actually only one year younger than him.
Xie Ge is good-looking, but his eyes are too evil, and when he rolls his eyes, he can tell that he is thinking absurdly. Qin Mu didn't really treat him as a friend at first, but after getting along with him for a long time, he found that Xie Ge was actually not bad, at least he didn't have bad intentions towards him. As time passed, Qin Mu gradually began to accept him.
But Su Jiayu and Xie Ge seemed to be born at odds.
Although Xie Ge didn't bully Su Jiayu anymore, he didn't show any good looks towards him. Su Jiayu was soft-tempered, even though he didn't like Xie Ge from the bottom of his heart, he didn't say anything to Qin Mu.
Time slips through the fingers like fine sand.
Seven years have passed in the blink of an eye.
This year, Qin Mu was sixteen years old, Monkey was fifteen years old, and Guoguo was thirteen years old.
Su Jiayu showed her talent in reading at a very young age. She skipped a grade three times in a row, and happened to be in the same class as Qin Mu. As for Xie Ge, his academic performance was a mess, and he only wanted to go out to make a living after graduating from junior high school.
However, in this year, something happened that changed the trajectory of their lives.