Reverse Approach

【4】

Su Beimo received a call from Su Jing this morning and went to the clinic.

Su Jing, who worked overtime all night, had bloodshot eyes faintly, and beside him sat an old man with full head of gorgeous hair and a kind face.Su Beimo stepped forward quickly and called her, "Grandma."

Grandma Su immediately took Su Jing's hand, and patted the back of his hand: "Beimo is here, you go back. You are tired, you can't walk steadily, and you need me, an old lady, to help you."

Every other month, Grandma Su would go to the clinic for a simple physical examination. It didn't take much time, but she always had someone to accompany her.In this regard, Su Ya and Su Jing take turns, this month it is Su Jing's turn.

Su Jing usually works overtime and would greet Su Ya in advance.This time he was too busy and confused, and only thought about it early in the morning.

And Su Ya was going to the stationery store to order some goods today, so she left early in the morning.Su Jing had no choice but to call Su Beimo over.

"You are always stuck at work, that's why Ah Qin doesn't want to spend time with you." Grandma Su often chattered about old things, and she liked Su Beimo's mother very much.So much so that Su Jing and Zhao Qin divorced for many years, she still likes to talk about it.

She is old and confused.Knowing that my son doesn't like to listen, he still loves to read.

Su Jing was helpless: "Mom."

"Okay, I don't want you to accompany me anymore, you can go back to sleep." Grandma Su is most satisfied with this son, and the least satisfied is also this son, "I just have my precious grandson to accompany me."

They tossed back and forth, wasting most of the time.So much so that at noon, Grandma Su's physical examination was not over yet.

Su Beimo took out his mobile phone to check the time, and felt that it was too late to go to the stationery store.

This also means that Liao Nanqing can't buy cigarettes today, so will he be beaten again?

The sudden thought was as dull as an egg in boiling water. It was solid inside, and it became so solid that it could not be ignored with the temperature.It's like the heat of the afternoon distorting the line of sight, and the whole city melts into a huge steam oven.

In the clinic, the cool air conditioner made the old lady sneeze.Su Beimo took a prepared thin coat from his backpack and put it on for Grandma Su. Other elderly people around saw it and praised Grandma Su for having a good grandson.Said that Su Beimo was tall and handsome, and Grandma Su laughed so much that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear.

She said: "Yeah, I don't worry about my son or daughter. But my grandson is really competitive. He just needs to study since he was a child. You know the math competition in the city before, yes, that's it, his You have to win awards every year. The awards are posted in our living room, and there is a wall..."

The old people sang together tacitly, praising each other's children and grandchildren.

Su Beimo was bored, but he couldn't dampen the interest of his elders.

until someone mentions—

"You know, the grandson of the old woman on the East Street is back..." The person who spoke lowered his voice for three minutes, sneaking, "I don't know what to think, that kind of thing happened back then, so I can't leave Is it good?"

"When did you come back?"

"I came back to live half a year ago." The man clicked twice, "It might be bad luck in that house. I also heard that the old woman's grandson seemed to be..."

Before she finished speaking, Grandma Su coughed hard twice.

Leaning on crutches, she didn't want to talk to these people, dragged Su Beimo's hand to the other side and sat down, letting them lie in a ball and talk nonsense.

"Grandma, you're a little out of sorts." Su Beimo teased her.

"The family on the East Street was also unlucky back then... Hey, it's been so long, it's too wicked to talk about their family like this behind their backs." Apparently she had heard the full version of the incident, Grandma Su sighed He took a breath and said nothing more.

The results of the simple physical examination will come out on the same day. Apart from some old problems, Grandma Su's body is quite healthy.She left Su Beimo at home for dinner, and as soon as she got home, she started to fiddle with the seasoning.

Some simple vegetables are grown on the balcony, and summer is the season to eat tender gourds.She broke off a green one and planned to fry it with chicken soup at night.She was holding a small stool and sitting outside the balcony peeling edamame, her rough fingertips were covered with pod juice.The sky, which was scorching hot just a second ago, is now gloomy.

Su Beimo turned off the air conditioner and opened the balcony window for ventilation.

The sweltering wind gradually became cooler, and Grandma Su looked up at the clock on the wall.

"Your aunt definitely didn't bring an umbrella today, so you send it to her."

The stationery store is not far from Grandma Su's house, about a 15-minute walk away.Su Ya usually goes to the store by bicycle, and if it rains for a while, she will definitely be delayed returning home.

Su Beimo trotted over with two umbrellas in his pocket.

I met Liao Nanqing on the road.

He always met Liao Nanqing, and he looked miserable.

Liao Nanqing in front of him was covered in chalk dust, sticky with sweat, and couldn't be wiped clean.A pair of eyes are reddish, it doesn't look like she has cried, but she is about to cry.But he was like this gloomy weather, covered with dark clouds, but not a drop of rain fell for a moment.Just tell others silently, almost crying.

It's just that he still has a little restraint, so he can't cry.

Stuck in the heart, endlessly repeating emotions on the verge of collapse.Over and over again, suppressing trembling and anger.

There was a male classmate speeding past on a bicycle, whistling at him.

Immediately afterwards, a bag of garbage fell from the sky and landed on Liao Nanqing.The black garbage bag fell to the ground, and the snack bags inside were scattered all over the place, including melted popsicles and crumbs of potato chips.They were wantonly on Liao Nanqing's body, leaving traces on his hair.

The boy walked away, Liao Nanqing seemed to be still in front of Su Beimo.

Su Beimo saw this scene and didn't know what to say.It's not appropriate to say hello, nor is it appropriate to throw a fit.Like a big fool, he stood ten steps away from Liao Nanqing, in a dilemma.

It was Liao Nanqing who took away the rubbish.I also felt that the coat was covered with dirty things and it was very disgusting, so I took off the coat in two or three strokes, rolled it into a ball and stuffed it into the backpack.Then, he wiped his face and hurried to Su Beimo.

Call him like he's okay.

"Su Beimo."

He opened his mouth, his throat was quiet for a day, a little hoarse: "Why didn't you come to the stationery store today?"

Su Beimo swallowed his saliva, turned his eyes away from seeing Liao Nanqing's dismal appearance, and felt mixed feelings in his heart.It seems that he was bullied today because of his absence, which made him unable to buy cigarettes. All this happened: "Accompany my grandma to the medical examination."

Liao Nanqing noticed Su Beimo's small movements, and quietly sniffed the smell on his body, which was also mixed with some bad smell.The bag of garbage smelled really bad just now. Even though he took off his coat, he still smelled bad.

Even he himself stinks, let alone Su Beimo.

Liao Nanqing took two steps back consciously, and asked embarrassingly, "Then will you come tomorrow?"

Su Beimo hesitated for a moment.

Liao Nanqing's face was pale, he took another step back, and said disappointedly, "Aren't you coming?"

Su Beimo looked at his eyes that were as pitiful as a puppy: "Here." He paused, "But I won't sell you cigarettes anymore. You are doing it wrong, and the method is wrong."

Totally wrong.

The gloomy wind was damp and oppressive, and it was suffocating when blowing on the face. After blowing for a long time, I felt a thin layer of cold sweat on my body, which was sticky and uncomfortable.Today's rain stopped in the dark clouds, and it didn't fall after waiting for a long time.Su Beimo raised his head and loosened his neck, heaved a sigh of relief, not in a good mood.

Look at Liao Nanqing again.He was crying without making a sound.

His eyelashes were two dark clouds, tears fell first, and he was caught off guard faster than the rain.

It was as if all the grievances were locked in a box today, and Su Beimo opened it with a single word.When the box is opened, the lock is broken, and the discomfort of not being able to close it all emerges.Apart from crying, Liao Nanqing seemed to have no other way of expression.

Su Beimo held the umbrella between his elbows and put his hands in his trouser pockets, and was silent for a while.

Then he pulled out a hand and pressed it on his head, putting into practice what he thought was weird: "Being obedient will not solve anything, the more timid you are, the more they will bully you. You know, they It's wrong."

"But I can't help it."

Su Beimo took a deep breath.

Liao Nanqing wiped his eyes vigorously with the back of his hand, and said, "I want to transfer to another school."

"Turn around."

"But my mother doesn't answer my phone, my father..." He hesitated to speak, his cheeks were wet.From the first time Su Beimo saw him, he felt that Liao Nanqing was a very tolerant young man.After being bullied, he kept quiet and was cautious in everything he did, but he knew that this guy's depression was about to explode.

The time bomb will explode at any time, and once it explodes, it will be the extreme end of desperation.

At this time, the sky is raining, one or two, and the bigger the raindrops fall.Liao Nanqing had no intention of leaving, and Su Beimo didn't urge him, and quietly opened an umbrella and handed it to him.

Su Beimo opened the other hand, stood in front of him, waited patiently for him to sob and cry, and said, "Go back and take a good hot bath, have a meal, and go to bed early."

With the noise of the raindrops, Liao Nanqing choked up and responded.

"Then rationalize your thoughts and try to tell your class teacher about this in advance tomorrow. If you say it carefully, they will believe it."

"En." The young man still responded obediently.

But Su Beimo's heart was very stuffy, the faster he responded, the more stuffy he was, like a stove, making people uneasy.

That night, Su Beimo had a strange dream.

In the dream, there is a classroom scene, with white light, and the shadows of trees outside the window are mottled, swaying with the wind.Except for him and Liao Nanqing, there was no one else.And Liao Nanqing was doing the problem on his stomach, and he sat opposite him to give Liao Nanqing the problem.After talking about it many times, Liao Nanqing couldn't understand it.Silly and stunned, learning is really bad.

Su Beimo took a pen to mark the key points for him. The red refill did not produce water, and it didn't work after many strokes.

The more I rowed, the more irritable I became, and finally I crumpled up the test paper and threw it aside.

Liao Nanqing in front of him lowered his head, as if he had been severely reprimanded, the thin bangs on his forehead were about to stick to the table.

Su Beimo wiped the sweat off his face and woke up.

The current time is 07:30 in the morning.

With the air conditioner turned on at 26 degrees and covered with a quilt, Su Beimo woke up from the heat.

There was a buzzing vibration in his ear, Su Beimo picked up the phone and answered the call: "Aunt."

"Beimo, the test papers ordered by the students in the store were not taken away yesterday. You have to go to the store earlier today. I still have some things here, and I will trouble you to look at the store today."

While searching for clothes in the cabinet, Su Beimo replied, "Okay, I'll go there now."

"By the way, I saw that you opened a box of Band-Aids, and they are not sold separately. Are you using them yourself?"

The stationery store will record the sales every day, and this box of band-aids has not been recorded.Su Ya was a little worried. Could it be that Su Beimo was injured?Although it is definitely not a big problem, Su Ya has always raised Su Beimo as her own child, so she always has to ask more questions when she sees it.

"I just saw a little hamster was injured, so I gave it to it."

"Where did the hamsters come from in this place? Don't worry about those wild mice all the time. What if you get caught and bitten, you should be careful." Su Ya reminded her again and again before hanging up the phone with confidence.

Su Beimo felt a headache for his own metaphor, Gu Zi smiled, Liao Nanqing's temper, it's not bad for others to bite him.