Don't you say I'm a substitute

31.

On the day Lu Haoze went to Meida, Tian Cong happened to be on sick leave, so he had no choice but to ask other classmates to get his cell phone number.

Lu Haoze made three calls to Tian Cong, the first two were suppressed, he dialed the number persistently, and when the third call was made, the other party finally picked up.

"Hello!" At this moment, Lu Haoze has forgotten the unhappiness with Tian Cong before, and now he sincerely hopes to get news about Zheng Zaochun from him.

"...Hello." A slightly hoarse voice answered on the other end of the phone.

"Tian Cong?" Lu Haoze was a little uncertain, he took off the phone and checked the number again.

"Yes, it's me, who are you? If you have something to say, it's okay, I'll hang up."

"Don't hang up!" Lu Haoze hurriedly said, "I'm Lu Haoze, the one you met before, Zheng Zaochun's, cousin... Do you know that Zheng Zaochun dropped out of school this semester?"

"I know, didn't you guys move to another place and never come back?" Tian Cong said lazily.

"No, I didn't move. He told me to go to school for accommodation this semester, and I can't contact him now. Have you contacted him since the semester started?"

"Huh? You said he dropped out of school behind his back?" Tian Cong realized that the matter seemed a little serious. He didn't know what happened there, and Tian Cong suddenly groaned on the phone.

"Yes, has he contacted you?"

"No, I haven't been with him much since last November when my student union's affairs became more complicated. I don't know where he went." Tian Cong always had a feeling of gnashing his teeth in his words.His words answered Lu Haoze's next question, but Lu Haoze was a little suspicious of Tian Cong's words, after all, he had expressed interest in Zheng Zaochun before.

"I don't need to lie to you. He just hasn't contacted me, and he hasn't told me where he's going."

Lu Haoze's heart sank to the bottom.

Tian Cong saw that the other person didn't speak for a long time, so he fed him twice, and the quilt next to him moved, and Tian Cong's cell phone was pulled from his ear and hung up.

"Hey don't hang up!"

"Sleep." The man rolled Tian Cong into the quilt again with his long arms and pressed him down.

"What are you sleeping on, his wife surnamed Lu ran away!"

"It's none of my business if his wife ran away, as long as my wife didn't run away." The tone was full of perfunctory.

"Silly Uncle X, if you don't say a few words, you will die?! Uh, where are you touching?! Let go! Let go! Uh..."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Haoze stood in the corridor outside the classroom with a blank mind, he didn't even know how to find Zheng Zaochun.He walked too silently, and he had no defense at all.Lu Haoze couldn't figure it out, didn't he hug the three children that day, then he...

It was just to say goodbye.

Connecting back and forth, Lu Haoze finally found sadly that all of this was just Zheng Zaochun saying goodbye to him and the child.All the hope he thought, all the happiness he thought was almost within reach, was nothing but his own wishful thinking.How ironic, how sad.

Returning home in a daze, Lu Haoze rubbed his face with cold water. The most urgent task right now is to find Zheng Zaochun. It's only been a week, so he shouldn't have gone too far.The credit card he gave him has not been used once this week, in other words, he has only used it once after giving him the card, which is a certain hotel on the night of the hot spring trip... He did not touch the money in the card, Then when he left, he might have only a small amount of cash on him. Lu Haoze has never heard of him having other savings. In the past few years, just having a child at home has also cut off his income from part-time jobs. It is terrible to be alone without money. Maybe he's already in some trouble.The more Lu Haoze thought about it, the more frightened he became. He was determined to get Zheng Zaochun back at any cost.

Lu Haoze first called a friend who worked at the police station, and asked him to check the situation of Zheng Zaochun's ID card, hoping to have some clues.

Just when he was about to call another friend, Aunt Zhou rushed out of the room and knelt down in front of Lu Haoze with a plop.

"I beg the boss to let Xiao Zheng go!"

Lu Haoze was shocked.

"That child is too miserable!"

"You don't know, Xiao Zheng was prone to depression when he was born in Qiuqiu. Before he recovered, Ms. Lu forced him to have a test tube. He still hasn't recovered! But he told me that instead of letting If someone you don't know gives birth to you, it's better to give birth to him!"

"I thought it was because you liked him and wanted to have a good time with him after he woke up. But when I mentioned this to Xiao Zheng before, he showed me You agreed with me, and told me that you were so nice to him just because you almost killed him and felt guilty, boss! That’s a human, a human! It’s not an animal, it’s not a commodity, how can you force him to How about signing something like that?!"

"Do you remember that when Qiuqiu was a child, he would cry as soon as he hugged him? It was because he pinched the child's back, and the child cried only when it hurt! He said that instead of waiting until the agreement expires, you will drive him out, and he will say goodbye to the child. When both parties are sad, it's better to be estranged deliberately from the beginning. If you don't get close, you won't have feelings. I can't imagine how bitter this child is in his heart!"

"When you were on a business trip years ago, a lady came to the house once, and Xiao Zheng refused to let me tell you. I don't know what they said. Anyway, after the lady left, Xiao Zheng locked himself in the attic for three whole days. God. Actually, I can guess it. I noticed that young lady at first glance. She looks a lot like Xiao Zheng in a few places..."

"Xiao Zheng told me that that lady is the one in your wallet. Don't you, have you always used Xiao Zheng as a substitute for that lady?"

"Boss, how can you bear it? What's wrong with Xiao Zheng? What did you do to hurt him? If you don't like him, you don't like him. I understand that things like feelings can't be forced, but you can treat people as a substitute, and let the substitute keep going." Giving birth to you, you are too hurtful!"

"I heard you calling the police, do you want to bring him back? Then I have a few things to show you now. This is what he asked me to go to the hospital to help him treat depression The list of medicines, this is the album he left on my desk before he left, don’t you always want to read this? Let’s see, it’s not too late to ask Xiao Zheng to come back and wait for you to read it before making a decision.”

Aunt Zhou threw the drawing book and a few pieces of paper on the coffee table, wiped the tears on her face with her sleeve, and turned back to the room.She made up her mind, let Xiao Zheng go and leave, she won't work in this cold-blooded employer's house anymore, and she will ask Lu Haoze to resign in a few days.

Lu Haoze won't be able to digest all the contents of Aunt Zhou's words for a while, he really wants to tell Aunt Zhou that he doesn't dislike Zheng Zaochun, and he doesn't use him as a substitute now, but he can't open his mouth, the loud closing sound is like a With a loud slap on Lu Haoze's face, he lowered his head and mechanically picked up the album, opened the first page and burst into tears.

On the drawing paper, he used a simple sketch to outline the scene in the garden where he was holding the baby Qiuqiu sitting under the flower trellis to enjoy the shade, but the artist's perspective was drawn from a very high window.Seeing the windows divided into blocks, Lu Haoze realized that Zheng Zaochun should have painted them in the attic.

The following paintings are almost all like this. There are myself and my lovely daughter in the painting, as well as the beautiful twin sons who were added later. They sometimes fight, sometimes they are quiet, and sometimes they cry loudly. Various expressions of the children are depicted. Lively and adorable.It's just that the angle of view is either the corner of the stairs, the corner of the restaurant, the back of the porch or the attic.

In the corner of each painting, there is Zheng Zaochun's description in a few words:

Today you quarreled for candy and sat on the ground crying for an hour after being rejected.

Birthday, the cake is made of your favorite white chocolate, dear baby, happy birthday!

You can talk, I heard you call "Daddy"...

My younger brother doesn't like to take a nap, and my elder brother can't sleep well because of the noise.

My brother can climb, but he always doesn't want to climb.

My brother likes my sister's red padded jacket very much. If I don't wear it, I cry very loudly...

The thick book carefully records the growth of the children.

Later, Lu Haoze found the family portrait he drew in the living room that day, no, it wasn't a family portrait, he lacked his persistent painting brush... The last one was about New Year's Eve when he took the children downstairs to set off fireworks, and the painting showed him hugging from behind. Looking at Qiuqiu, teaching her how to light fireworks with incense, Aunt Zhou and Xiao Li led the brothers and stood beside them, everyone was smiling, the whole scene was warm and heartwarming...

Lu Haoze collapsed. He hugged the album tightly and wept uncontrollably. He suddenly remembered what that person once said that I can't draw children.It turned out that Zheng Zaochun had never disliked children, on the contrary, no one would love them more than him.Lu Haoze didn't dare to imagine what kind of mood he felt when he silently watched himself playing with the children in the corner. The huge heartache rose and fell with his breathing, and he slowly arched his back together. He didn't realize it until today. How wrong I was.It was he who cut off his connection with the children with a contract, and lost him when he decided to treat him wholeheartedly.

"Why, I obviously..." Lu Haoze's heart ached uncontrollably.He clearly corrected his address to his daughter, he clearly never brought up the damn agreement again, clearly in his heart that agreement has been voided long ago, clearly in his heart he has long been his identified partner, clearly he has already She fully understands how much she loves him.

Lu Haoze thought that Zheng Zaochun might understand if he didn't say anything.But he misjudged Zheng Zaochun and he misjudged himself. It turns out that there are many thoughts in this world that may not be conveyed even if they are said, let alone he has never expressed them positively.

From then on, Lu Haoze became depressed, the company stopped working, and the children were sent to his elder sister's house.Suddenly he was left alone, he locked himself in the room, he didn’t want to do anything but drink to relieve his worries every day, he poured a mixture of red, white and beer into his mouth, his feet would automatically lead when he was drunk. Seeing him step into Zheng Zaochun's room, the plain room and the few decorations made it difficult for him to find traces of his life here. He took off his shoes and lay down on his bed. Lu Haoze was always thinking to himself, only There was a quilt on the bed and a pillow, but there were still a few wisps of Zheng Zaochun's breath.Woke up the next day and then drank and then died on Zheng Zaochun's bed, so day after day, the panic never ended.

Until one day Lu Haoze felt a pair of gentle hands caressing his face in his sleep, he took off his shoes and carefully covered himself with a quilt.Zheng Zaochun's slightly shy face immediately appeared in Lu Haoze's mind.

"Don't go...don't, leave..." Feeling the people around him get up, Lu Haoze murmured half asleep and half awake.

Unexpectedly, the other party really didn't leave after hearing his words, Lu Haoze felt him sit down beside the bed.

Very good!You didn't go!Lu Haoze struggled to wake up from the edge of the dream, he couldn't wait to open his eyes and see the person beside the bed.

"Why is it you?" As if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head, Lu Haoze looked at Wei Yu with cold eyes instantly.

"I'm worried that something will happen to you..." Wei Yu looked at Lu Haoze worriedly, "I heard from the secretary that you haven't been to the company for a long time, and you didn't answer my calls, so I had no choice but to come to the door."

"How do you have the keys to my house?"

"I borrowed it from my secretary...Hao Ze, I'm too worried about you, so don't blame me for taking the initiative..." Wei Yu frowned slightly and hesitated to speak.

"Get out." Lu Haoze didn't want to say a word to her, he couldn't even stand Wei Yu sitting on Zheng Zaochun's bed.He didn't forget that Aunt Zhou said that she came to Zheng Zaochun years ago, and he didn't know what Wei Yu said to him, so it's okay if it wasn't something good.

"Hao Ze, don't be angry. I'm really worried about you. Let me take care of you! You can't go on like this. If you drink so much wine every day, your stomach will be bad. Your stomach was a little bad before... ..." Wei Yu looked pitiful to me, with tears in his eyes.

"Get out!" Lu Haoze suddenly jumped up from the bed, and Wei Yu, who was next to the bed, sat down on the ground in a jerk.The person in front of him has been trying his best to remind him of the past, trying to evoke his past memories, but he doesn't know that the past has become a forbidden word for him. In his opinion, it is because of his bastard past. Zheng Zaochun chose to leave silently.

"Hey!" Wei Yu was wearing high-heeled shoes, and when he was on the ground, he sprained his foot severely.

"I'll say it for the last time, get out!" Lu Haoze's temples throbbed with pain when his feet stood on the ground, and he shook his head restlessly.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Did you do this because you were too worried about you?! Why are you so angry!" Wei Yu's tears, which had been brewing for a long time, finally fell down because of the pain in her ankle.

"Hehe, why am I so angry, Wei Yu, you think everyone is stupid and you are the only one who is smart?" Lu Haoze laughed angrily when Wei Yu sang, read, and slapped him.

"Did you come here to look for Zheng Zaochun before Chinese New Year?" Lu Haoze squatted down and grabbed Wei Yu's wrist that kept wiping away tears, asking with a ferocious expression.

"Zheng, early spring? Who? I don't know. Hiss, it hurts..."

"Stop talking nonsense, what did you say to him that time!" Lu Haoze added another three points of strength to his hands, and Wei Yu felt that his bones were about to be crushed.

"I, really don't know, he, his name is Zheng Zaochun..."

Of course, it is impossible for Wei Yu not to know Zheng Zaochun. In other words, she came to the door that day, specifically when Lu Haoze was not at home. Her purpose was to meet the mysterious man who was said to be hidden at home by Lu Haoze. .

Since Wei Yu dragged Lu Haoze to find a house and move for her, she asked him out several times, but Lu Haoze either said that he didn't have time to refuse her, or came to meet her in a hurry, and then he hurried back.Seeing Lu Haoze's stubborn attitude, Wei Yu also became anxious, and decided to ask Lu Haoze out one day, drink him more wine, and then the two of them would go up to the hotel room in a logical manner, and she would use some tricks. Cook raw rice into mature rice, I'm not afraid that he won't admit it.

Wei Yu's abacus was crackling, but he didn't know that Lu Haoze was always thinking about Zheng Zaochun who hadn't returned from his trip that day, so when she offered to help him upstairs to rest, she immediately refused. Tongue called the driver and asked him to pick him up and go home. Seeing this scene, Wei Yu wanted to grit his silver teeth.

The woman's intuition told Wei Yu that there must be someone in Lu Haoze's heart, but who is this person?Before she returned to China, she had inquired that Lu Haoze hadn't been married yet, except for a few years ago he used test-tube babies to make one daughter, two boys and three children, and she didn't hear that he had any girlfriend...

In order to find out who Lu Haoze cares about, Wei Yu did not hesitate to hire a private detective to investigate Lu Haoze and the people around him.After waiting for almost a month, the detective wrote back to him saying that nothing unusual was found.

"Impossible, there must be someone who makes him so worried." Wei Yu said firmly.

"Really not, there is only an old mother who cooks, a nanny who takes care of the children in his family, oh, and a cousin who lives in his house..."

"Cousin? What cousin?"

"It's probably the son of one of his relatives. He went to American University and boarded at his house. He doesn't like to go out except for school."

"There's no need to search, I know who that person is." Wei Yu put down the phone and swept the teacup on the table to the ground with a wave.

All right, Lu Haoze, let's play the game of hiding a girl in a golden house, and what a man is hiding!

The author has something to say:

I don't know if this is what everyone who urged the update wanted to see... (It doesn't feel like it--)

I feel that this chapter has answered a lot of questions~ For someone like me whose foreshadowing is almost buried in the light, it is estimated that everyone has almost guessed it, right?

Now you should know why Tian Cong can't get along with Zheng Zhengcheng, right?Light attribute is not right ~ is not it?

If you have any questions, please continue to leave a message~

The next update is estimated to wait until the weekend, my friends!

Thank you very much for the friends who collected and commented, I bow deeply!