When Xu Xilin met Zheng Shuo for the first time in a fast food restaurant, he had ruthlessly touched him a nail that was neither soft nor hard, but by then the willfulness all over his body had almost withered.
See you in half a year, Xu Xilin is sensible and polite.
He turned to let Zheng Shuo in, then turned around and whispered to his grandmother who was here, seeing Auntie Du silently picking up the things he had just dropped, and then Xu Xilin went to make tea and water, and put the fruit plate away: "You sit."
Zheng Shuo put the gift at the door, looked at Xu Xilin with some emotion, and said to Grandma Xu, "I should have come to see you earlier, but I was afraid that you were in a bad mood for a while, so I didn't dare to disturb."
"Xiao Zheng has a heart." Grandma Xu is the kind of old-fashioned kind who doesn't show her likes and dislikes. She is considerate and gentle with everyone. At first glance, she can't tell who she likes or hates.
The two exchanged a few words with each other in a friendly manner. The old lady was a delicate and elegant old lady, and the middle-aged man was a personable middle-aged man. They looked very pleasing to the eye. Sitting next to him in silence, in charge of adding tea and pouring water, he was a little distracted.
He felt that compared to Xu Jin, who was flamboyant and free-spirited, these two seemed to have the same style of painting.
Zheng Shuo and his grandmother chatted for a while in a harmonious atmosphere, then suddenly turned to Xu Xilin and asked him, "How are you doing at school recently? Has your study been affected?"
Xu Xilin instinctively didn't like his elder's attitude, but he didn't want to keep silent, so he replied lightly, "It's okay."
Zheng Shuo changed his sitting position, brought a bit of solemn flattery, carefully considered his words, and then said, "This year, I am the third year of high school. What direction do you want to develop in the future? Do you have any ideas?"
Xu Xilin lifted his eyelids and thought, "Have you got a relationship with you?"
But Mr. Zheng is not Dou Xun, who is used to fighting with him. Xu Xilin paused for a moment, then politely perfunctory: "I'm not partial to subjects, I can study anything. I'm still thinking about it recently, and it depends on the specific situation."
Mr. Zheng said "oh", turned his head and sighed to his grandmother: "It's really not easy for these children in our country. At such a young age, they have to go through the college entrance examination for thousands of troops and horses to cross the single-plank bridge."
Grandma Xu didn't answer, her skinny hand slowly rubbed the jade bracelet on her wrist, and her turbid eyes flashed.
The next moment, Zheng Shuo asked Xu Xilin, "How is your English?"
As soon as he said this, Xu Xilin who was accompanying the guests on the sofa, Aunt Du who cleaned up the mess, and even Dou Xun who kept his ears upstairs listening to what was said downstairs... All of them became sensitive, and they figured out Zheng Shuo in advance. The overtones, the atmosphere suddenly solidified.
Zheng Shuo realized that he was a little too hasty, but he didn't turn back the arrow when he opened the bow. He had already said that, so he could only continue.
Zheng Shuo smiled somewhat reassuringly, and did not dare to take the "father" gesture in front of Xu Xilin, and said in a sincere tone as possible: "Look, now that such a big thing has happened at home, your grandma is also old. When you’re older, I don’t have the energy to worry about you so much. As for Auntie Du, she has to take care of the elderly and manage so many housework every day. I also need to determine the direction of my future development. I can’t have no one around to take care of me. I have been absent from your growth for so many years, and I really want to do my best—of course, the premise is that you are willing... Well, studying abroad is actually a good choice... "
Before he finished speaking, Xu Xilin stood up abruptly.
He thought, why did this man go so early
When he was asked about his parents as a child, he lowered his head and answered, "My mother's name is Xu Xiaohui, my father's name is Xu Jin", where did he go
Xu Jin was old and young, and when he started from scratch for a few months, he was unable to enter the house, where did he go
Now he came to show his hospitality, and harvested the seedlings that he had never planted in other people's fields. Is there such a cheap thing in the world
Simply shameless!
Zheng Shuo saw at a glance that his face was wrong, and quickly said: "Dad, this is just a suggestion, nothing else, you see... After so many years, I haven't been able to fulfill my responsibilities, and I feel very guilty, and now I want to come to you with a shy face. To have a chance to make amends, of course, it's up to you to give it or not..."
The anger that Xu Xilin had just forcibly suppressed almost burned the roots of his hair, and he could cook a pot with his mouth open.
And just then, my grandmother spoke.
Grandma Xu interjected without any fuss. She said, "It's good to go outside and have a look and see the world. Every day with me, this useless old woman, is going to delay you."
Xu Xilin was stunned for a moment, and looked at Grandma in disbelief.
The grandmother lowered her head slightly, her hair was whitish white, and an old-fashioned pendant hung on her ear, which swayed without wind.
Xu Xilin suddenly found out that her grandmother did not go out at home today, but she was not wearing everyday home clothes. Grandma has always been very particular. As long as there are foreign guests at home, no matter what, she will match the clothes to meet the guests, she will never show her face in slippers, and her jewelry and hair must be fully compliant. A few years ago, when her hair was not white, she I even draw eyebrows...
Why is she wearing this outfit today? Is it because he knew that Zheng Shuo was coming
Xu Xilin put the cause and effect together in an instant - by the way, at Xu Jin's funeral, Zheng Shuo knew that his grandmother didn't want to see him, and he was staying in a hotel outside by himself, but he didn't dare to come.
Then why did he dare to come today
Xu Xilin felt like something was stuck in his throat, and said with difficulty, "Grandma, do you want to send me away?"
Grandma Xu glanced at him, Xu Xilin felt that there should be tears in her eyes, but it was just a flash, and he didn't see it clearly.
"Thirty years back, I can still take a look and take care of you," Grandma Xu said softly, "I won't come here now, go with your father, how can a young person ignore the future?"
Xu Xilin's eyes swept across her body, and then looked at Zheng Shuo, who was a little nervous, and completely understood.
He thought he could stand upright and "have the final say", but in the eyes of his grandmother, he was still a hairy child who didn't understand anything and always wanted someone to take care of him. His malicious speculation about Zheng Shuo just now was purely self-righteous. Plus self-love - Zheng Shuo is here to undertake obligations, not to fight for rights, he is a conscience, not to rob his son.
Because he is only worthy of being an "obligation" and has no qualifications to be a "right".
The most ironic thing is that Xu Xilin couldn't refute this, because half an hour ago, the guy who was jumping around in the room was either someone else or himself.
Xu Xilin's nose suddenly became hot, and then he saw Zheng Shuo stand up in a panic, as if he wanted to touch him but didn't dare.
Xu Xilin stretched out his hand blankly and wiped a handful of blood.
Aunt Du originally had a pile of furniture beside her to clean the furniture, so she quickly ran up: "Oh! Look up! Look up quickly, don't suck back!"
The whole family was in turmoil, and Xu Xilin's nose didn't know what was wrong, neither hurt nor itchy, and it was bleeding like a flood.
He waved at Auntie Du, and went to the bathroom to wash himself. Halfway through the wash, Xu Xilin raised his head to the mirror in the bathroom, and saw his face clearly - his cheeks were sunken, and there were black circles under his eyes. There are bloodshots, it looks like a kidney deficiency written in the ancient little yellow book, and there are some bloodstains on the front of the front. If he is stuffed into the screen, he can make a cameo appearance without makeup.
The most absurd thing is that others are losing money because of alcohol, sex, and wealth, yet he still watches ghost movies!
It is simply the first pure kidney deficiency in history.
Xu Xilin put his hands on the washbasin. The cold water and blood loss made his mind go numb. He lowered his head and took a few deep breaths, thinking, "I'm going to have a great chance."
Zheng Shuosheng was afraid of stimulating his son to have high blood pressure, so he sat on pins and needles for a while, and then said goodbye to Grandma Xu. Xu Xilin's nosebleed stopped for a while, he simply locked the bathroom door, held a box of tissues, wiped it with the flow, and rinsed it with water when it was almost wiped.
It will be more than ten minutes after he has completely stopped the bleeding. As soon as Xu Xilin opened the door, he saw Dou Xun silently waiting for him at the door.
This big cat usually ignores everyone, and looks like a worldly expert who doesn't know what's going on outside the window. In fact, it has eyes and ears and listens in all directions. When people find out, they walk away as if nothing happened.
The two people who had just had a complete quarrel upstairs looked at each other for a moment without saying a word. Xu Xilin knew that it was unrealistic to expect Dou Xian'er to speak first, so he turned around and went to the kitchen refrigerator to get two bottles of beer—or Xu Jin was frozen in a long time ago.
After thinking for a while, Xu Xilin put back one of the bottles and handed it to Dou Xun: "...I didn't mean that just now."
Dou Xun glanced at his blood-stained shirt and asked thoughtlessly, "Are you going with him?"
"No." Xu Xilin said without hesitation, then closed his mouth and didn't explain anything.
Dou Xun watched him drink beer sip after sip, suspecting that he wanted to use alcohol to relieve his worries, opened his mouth to stop it, remembered the scene where he almost started, and swallowed back in distress.
Fortunately, Xu Xilin didn't plan to drink too much, so he only drank a can and walked upstairs slowly.
He went back to the room, pulled the CD out, put the deposit slip in the box, took off the schoolbag that had been repacked by someone, took out the stack of paper clips filled with small notes, and handed everyone to him. Read everything written.
Finally, he found a blank piece of paper inside. At first glance, he thought it was mixed in. When he reached out to touch it, he could feel the obvious bumps and dents on it. Smear a small piece on the paper.
Sure enough, a line of words written by the popular "invisible pen" gradually took shape.
He knew at a glance that it was written by Dou Xun. Dou Xun's handwriting is quite distinctive. It can't be called ugly. It is relatively neat among boys, but the pen is very heavy, and the tip of the pen scratches on the paper. He couldn't help his sharpness that penetrated the back of the paper, and he easily revealed traces that he wanted to cover up.
Just now, he kicked his door lock a few times, and pointed at Dou Xun, who was scolding his nose, and wrote: "Hold your hand, it's alright, don't cry."
Xu Xilin was stunned for a while, his nose was sore, he thought he was going to bleed again, and quickly took a tissue to block it.
However, it was blocked for a long time, and there was nothing.
Xu Xilin leaned back on the chair, raised his head, and closed his eyes slightly, feeling that their bean paste might have been watching too much of "Red Rock" recently.
The author has something to say: Note: Liu Siyang's secret reply to Cheng Gang in "Red Rock": "Hold your hand tightly"