343 Marionette
Standing by the door of this family's living room, the living room door behind him closed at some point.

Shu Rou turned her gaze, looked around the room, then stared at the boy's mother who was busy in the kitchen, and stared at the boy in the living room one after another.

Rao Chang turned his head to look left and right from time to time, and raised his head to ponder from time to time.

Chen Lun never turned his gaze away, his eyes still fell in front of him, and the figure of the boy happened to be within Chen Lun's sight.

The boy on the sofa turned his head to look at his mother in the kitchen from time to time, his back straightened up and then relaxed again,

The puppet he had been holding in his arms was always facing the direction of the TV. The puppet's hand rested on the boy's hand, as if it was stretched forward.

"...Son, it's time to eat, go wash your hands."

In the kitchen, the woman yelled at the boy.

The boy turned his head and looked at the TV with some reluctance. He also wanted to switch the TV back to watch the cartoon he wanted to watch.

But he still stood up, left the puppet on the sofa, and ran into the bathroom to wash his hands.

"...After we finish eating, we will go to read the book again, and then we will go to bed. You have to go to school tomorrow. Do you still like the book that Mom bought you the day before yesterday?"

The woman came out of the kitchen and the boy washed his hands.

The two sat at the dining table and had dinner.

The boy turned his head, looked at the TV, and then raised his head to look out the window. The moon outside the window is very bright tonight, and it seems that people's shadows can be reflected outside the house.

"...Mom, can I go down and play for a while?"

"In two days, it's not too peaceful to say that there are some thieves running around in the vicinity. Mom has to sew up your trousers that were unthreaded before, and wash the clothes that have been piled up for a few days. Kong will accompany you downstairs, wait for two days, right?"

"Um……"

"...That's right. I came back today to listen to your Aunt Liu. She enrolled her child in an after-school tutoring class, and the results are not bad. Do you want to go too?"

The boy raised his head and looked at his mother with anticipation in his eyes.

It's just that his mother didn't ask him what he wanted to learn, so he went on talking directly,
"...Why don't I enroll you in a math class. Some time ago, your teacher said that you are not very good at math... I have also inquired about it. I will enroll you in [-] classes first, and you go to take it first?"

The boy looked at his mother, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed again,
"Ah."

"...Mom, I can watch cartoons for a while."

"... Watching the TV for a long time will make you short-sighted. My son won't want to wear thick glasses, will he? Let's wait until the weekend and watch it for a while, okay?"

The boy looked back at the TV reluctantly, and just nodded again.

"Um……"

"...Okay, let's go read the book... I heard that the content of this book is very good... Read it well, and tell my mother after reading it..."

……

"...the boy didn't want to do these things, but he didn't resist. Like a marionette."

The boys and women in the living room finished their meal,
The boy sat on the sofa with a book in his hands and read it. His puppet was placed on the sofa, leaning against the back of the sofa and facing the TV.

The woman sewed off the unthreaded clothes, and took some dirty clothes into the bathroom to wash.

Holding the book in his hand, the boy raised his head from time to time, looked into the bathroom where there was some washing noise, and then looked at the TV in the living room, the remote control,
With a hesitant face, he looked back and forth, but he still didn't touch the remote control, but in the book he was holding in his hand, he looked back and forth, maybe he didn't turn a page for a long time.

Standing beside the living room door,

Shu Rou glanced in the direction of the bathroom, then stared at the boy and said something out loud.

Rao Chang looked left and right at the boy and the woman in the bathroom, raised his head, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Chen Lun's eyes were calm, just falling on the boy in front of him,

At this moment,
On the sofa, the puppet placed by the boy moved.

On the sofa, he slowly turned his head, and looked towards Chen Lun and the others little by little, staring straight at them.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding darkness came from nowhere.

"...This puppet is probably the reflection of the consciousness of those who have fallen into treachery."

Rao Chang watched, raised his head and muttered.

Shu Rou and Chen Lun ignored him.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding scene changed rapidly.

……

"...Did you hear me? The son in Old Zhang's room downstairs broke the law and went in."

"...What happened?"

"...Hey, it sounds like he killed someone..."

The scene has completely changed, it is in the corridor,
The two women were going down the corridor, talking along the way.

The woman also led the boy out of the house and was about to go out.

"...Sister Qian, take the child to the street?"

"Yeah, what were you talking about just now?"

"Hey, it's Old Zhang downstairs, you know, his wife died early, just like in your house, he raised the child by himself."

"... When I was young, I saw that his child was still good, but it turned out that yesterday, I heard that the bastard killed someone and ran away. Old Zhang didn't know until the police came to the door... The old Zhang's angry , almost fell over directly."

The two women were talking to the woman, and the woman walked downstairs with her child.

"...Xiaowei, when you grow up, you can't learn from Brother Zhang downstairs."

The woman turned her head, smiled and educated the child again.

"...Yeah, it's not easy for your mother to drag you up alone. You must listen to your mother's words and don't make your mother angry."

"...Study hard, find a job when you grow up, and honor your mother well..."

"...Hey, I don't know what's wrong, that kid looked fine when he was a child, but this kid said he grew crooked, so he grew crooked."

The two women were talking to the woman, and the group walked downstairs.

The boy was right next to his mother, holding one hand by his mother, lowering his head, holding the puppet in his arms, without saying a word.

The three of Chen Lun stood at the corner of the corridor, watching the group of people pass by,
Chen Lun's eyes fell in front of him, and the figures of the boys were also reflected in Chen Lun's eyes.

The puppet held in the boy's arms was exactly the opposite of the silent boy with his head bowed. The puppet seemed to be squeezed by the boy's hand, with its head raised, it was facing the two women who were talking. The man stared intently, with undisguised resentment in his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, the two women and the boy, the boy's mother gradually walked downstairs,

The figure escaped from the sight of the three of Chen Lun, and the surrounding scene began to change rapidly again.

This time, scenes changed rapidly around Chen Lun and the three of them, as if time was jumping fast.

"...Today you are on Saturday, and my mother has to go to work in the factory. I put your lunch in the rice cooker in advance. It should be still hot when you eat it at noon. You can do your homework at home in the morning, don't Watching TV secretly, when mom comes back, I have to check your homework... In the afternoon, I will take out the tutoring exercises and do it. The extracurricular tutor said that you are still making progress... After finishing these, Just watch some cartoons..."

"Ah."

Before going out, the boy's mother arranged for the boy to have a day.

"...Why don't you just buy this dress, mom looks pretty."

"……Um."

……

"...Xiaowei, you're getting older, so mom shouldn't interfere in your choice, but since your college entrance examination results are like this, then go to work in the factory for a while, at least stable, with mom and your uncles and aunts. The gatekeeper is watching. I am also relieved."

"Ah."

In the scenes, from the boy to the youth, he never resisted his mother's arrangement,
Like, a marionette.

(End of this chapter)

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