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Yuan Ning ran up the concrete stairs, turned a corner, and looked up, but it was still a tall staircase.He paused, slowed down, and walked up step by step while holding on to the handrail.The end of the stairs is facing a wall with a poster of a youth band hanging on it. There is a window next to it, facing the old tavern opposite. A male singer with long hair is holding a guitar and playing it over and over again. Attract passing tourists to stop.

Yuan Ning silently recited the room number several times in his heart, walked along the concrete floor, looked up every time he passed a room, and looked for the room where Yuan Bo and the others were.While looking for it seriously, Yuan Ning saw a slightly fat man in a brown hat stooped to stuff something into the crack of the door, got up quickly after stuffing, and ran to the opposite room to continue stuffing.

Yuan Ning stopped slightly.

The man seemed to have noticed that someone was looking at him, and jumped up quickly. Seeing Yuan Ning's clean appearance and neat clothes, he immediately knew that he was a child from a rich family.He giggled, thinking of a prank, took out a few small cards from his pocket, and stuffed them all at Yuan Ning: "Little brother, I'll play with you." After stuffing the small cards, the chubby man glanced to the left Glanced to the right, saw that no one noticed him, and ran away like a gust of wind.

Yuan Ning blankly held a few cards in his hand. The cards were made of hard cardboard, and they were printed delicately. In the middle was a beautiful woman with little clothes, posing in a seductive and vulgar pose.Each one has a different woman printed on it, but each one is horribly explicit, with ugly advertising slogans and contact numbers.

Yuan Ning's face turned red.Although there is a TV at home, it rarely shows anything other than children's programs and news. He has no chance to meet this kind of woman who barely wears clothes.Yuan Ning wanted to throw them away, but he couldn't find a trash can, so he had to put the small card in his pocket first, and decided to go to Yuan Bo first.

Yuan Ning ran forward while looking at the house number. Seeing that he was about to approach the room numbers mentioned by the girl at the front desk, the door in front creaked open.Yuan Ning heard a familiar voice say: "Then teacher, I'll go downstairs first! I'm afraid my brother can't find me!"

Yuan Ning was shocked and ran over.Near, near, Yuan Ning's heart pounded, and he looked up at the boy who came out of the room.Even though they were about the same age, the boy was half a head taller than him, his skin was tanned, and his facial features had lost most of his childishness.It felt as if in the blink of an eye, Yuan Bo in his memory had grown into a responsible adult, no longer like the carefree boy in his memory who was smiling and teasing him.

Yuan Ning sniffed, trying to stop the redness of her eyes, but tears fell down.

Yuan Bo also turned his head to look at Yuan Ning when he heard small footsteps.In the past three years, he often dreamed of Yuan Ning, dreaming that Yuan Ning was sitting alone on the threshold, not listening to anyone, just sitting quietly, stubbornly waiting for his third uncle and third aunt to come back.It took him a long time to let Yuan Ning understand that the third uncle and the third aunt would never come back again.Yuan Ning threw herself into his arms, her small shoulders trembling every now and then.At that time, he felt that he must protect this younger brother, be a good brother, and never let him suffer any more grievances.

Seeing Yuan Ning looking at him and crying, Yuan Bo wanted to yell "boys don't cry" as if to teach Yuan Guang, but he felt his nose was so sore.It has been almost three years, and he often wonders if Yuan Ning is doing well, whether he will be bullied, whether he will not dare to say anything he wants.Finally met, how could he be willing to say something serious about Yuan Ning?Yuan Bo stepped forward in three steps at a time, hugged Yuan Ning tightly, warm tears overflowed his eyes, burning his whole heart trembling: "Ning Ning, Ning Ning..."

The teacher who led the team came out and felt sad to see them crying together.

Along the way, Yuan Bo's expectations and sufferings were seen by the team leader teacher.Bringing such a group of children to such a far place, he should not have allowed Yuan Bo to act alone, but he still approved Yuan Bo's request to go downstairs and wait for Yuan Ning - just because he felt sorry for the effort to drill up child.

If it weren't for such a fire in his heart, how could a kid from such a poor place grab a place in such a competition.

The team leader gave Yuan Bo a key: "Go to the room next to you and have a good talk, don't run around. This is the capital, so it's hard for me to find you if you get lost."

Yuan Bo calmed down a bit, took the key from the teacher in charge, and said gratefully, "Thank you, teacher!"

The team leader teacher patted him on the shoulder, and his tone was full of encouragement: "Happy is happy, and you should prepare well for the competition. Read more questions summarized in the province, and exercise your brain in advance. If you can win the prize in this competition, Not to mention the city's first high school, even the provincial one's high school will open the door to you."

Yuan Ning also held back her tears.With bright eyes, he looked at Yuan Bo while listening to what the team leader said, feeling sincerely happy and proud of Yuan Bo's achievements.Yuan Ning said: "Yuan Bo, you are really amazing!"

Yuan Bo dragged Yuan Ning into the room.The youth hostel is a cheap hotel, the rooms are not big, they are double standard rooms, and there are two beds inside, both covered with white sheets and white quilts.There was a smell of disinfectant in the room, and Yuan Ning took a breath uncomfortably.

Yuan Bo ran to the window, opened the curtain first, and then pushed the window out. The bright autumn sun shone in from outside and fell on his face, making him squint his eyes slightly.He wiped the corners of his eyes against the light, wiping away the tears that accidentally fell out just now.Turning around again, Yuan Bo had a happy smile on his face, took Yuan Ning's soft hand, and sat down on the soft bed with Yuan Ning.

The two brothers haven't seen each other for more than three years, but they don't feel strange at all.

Yuan Bo looked at Yuan Ning carefully, and found that Yuan Ning was well-raised, even better than in the photo, and his face was rosy, healthy and rosy because of happiness.Long eyelashes, bright eyes, and a fair face, no matter how you look at them, they are more beautiful and cute than all the children of the same age he has seen.

His personality hasn't changed, he's still so soft, but he doesn't seem so quiet anymore, his eyes seem to be able to speak naturally, as long as they look at you quietly, you can't help but develop a good impression of him.

Yuan Bo didn't ask how Yuan Ning was doing, because he had already seen it.

Yuan Bo asked: "Did you come here alone? Didn't you say you came with your eldest brother?" He had talked with Zhang Xiuyan several times on the phone, and he knew that Zhang Xiuyan was not easy to get along with.But Yuan Ning likes Zhang Xiuyan very much, and also relies on Zhang Xiuyan, which makes him a little worried.It would be great if he could meet Zhang Xiuyan, he can see if Zhang Xiuyan is really good to Yuan Ning as Yuan Ning said.

Yuan Ning was a little disappointed: "Brother went to the bookstore opposite to read." He dragged Yuan Bo to the window, pointed to the opposite side of the road and said, "That's it. I asked him to come in with me, but he didn't agree."

Yuan Bo was slightly silent.He had a hunch that Zhang Xiuyan probably wouldn't like him.

Although Zhang Xiuyan asked Yuan Ning to contact them, and even allowed Yuan Ning to go back to see them, he felt that Zhang Xiuyan was not so generous.In order to allow Yuan Ning to better adapt to the life of the new family, Yuan Bo has ruthlessly rejected Yuan Ning's proposal to go back to the south to see them for the past three years.

If it was him, he wouldn't dislike it. He didn't like that Yuan Ning had too much involvement with his former family members, and he didn't like that the child who had worked so hard to raise was thinking about others all day long.He couldn't let Yuan Ning become an ungrateful white-eyed wolf because of them.

Yuan Bo's expression became serious, he pressed Yuan Ning's small shoulders, and said firmly: "They all treat you very well." Compared with staying at home, now Yuan Ning can go to a good school and have a good education. His family, someone cared about him and loved him all the time, so that he gradually became as cheerful as other peers, and he was no longer like the child who liked to sit there quietly.The Zhang family is very good, and the Zhang family is also very good. This younger brother should belong to the Zhang family.

Yuan Ning met Yuan Bo's serious eyes and nodded vigorously.

Yuan Bo said: "Then you have to remember that you are a child of the Zhang family, and when you grow up, you should not forget their kindness to you." You don’t lack anything else, maybe you can’t repay their kindness for nurturing you after working hard for the rest of your life. However, you can’t take everything for granted just because they don’t need it or because they have everything.”

Yuan Ning was stunned for a moment, carefully remembering what Yuan Bo said.He also felt the same way—feeling that if he worked hard all his life, he might not be able to catch up with his elder brother and the others, let alone help them.It was because he was so useless that he often worried that his elder brother and the others would not like him, that he would become redundant again, and that he would become a useless burden again.

However, you can’t stop working hard just because you think you can’t do it.

Just because I can't catch up with my elder brother and them, I can't just stay where I am, always take their kindness to him for granted, and enjoy everything that my elder brother and them give me with confidence.

In that case, he would become a real bastard and trash, right?

Yuan Ning said firmly: "I won't think so again."

When Yuan Bo heard the word "Zai" in Yuan Ning's words, he knew that he was not mistaken. Staying in such a family can have good conditions, but it will also cause a lot of trouble.For example, if there are too many temptations, Yuan Ning may get lost in it; if the people around are too powerful, Yuan Ning may feel inferior and uneasy.

Yuan Bo said: "It's best if you can figure it out. Maybe you can't help in other areas, but you can take good care of your family members and repay their kindness to you. Didn't you say that your elder brother used to take care of the family?" ?Now he’s coming to college, you can help mom like your older brother. In short, it’s one thing to do well, but another to do it.”

Yuan Ning said: "I will!"

Looking at Yuan Ning's shining gaze, Yuan Bo felt soft and sour in his heart.He raised his hand and rubbed Yuan Ning's head, and said slowly: "Don't worry about us, we have a good life, we have moved from the town to the city. At the beginning of this year, the owner of the hotel opened a chain of fast food restaurants. A branch is for my mother to be the store manager. Now the business in the store is booming. We will be able to buy a house in the city by the end of the year. As for me, you don’t have to worry about it. Do you remember what the teacher said just now? He said don’t talk about the city. As soon as I become a high school, the door to save a high school will also open to me—"

Yuan Ning corrected: "What the teacher said is that you have to get good grades first."

The bragging was punctured by Yuan Ning, Yuan Bo was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "I am your elder brother Yuan Bo! I will not get good grades even if I try my best? How do you think I broke out in the province?" Got this spot?"

Yuan Ning clenched his small fists and said firmly, "Yuan Bo, you will definitely get a good ranking!"

"But this is a national competition, and there are many capable people..." Yuan Bo sighed intentionally and did not continue.

Yuan Ning looked at Yuan Bo nervously: "Is it difficult to get the ranking?"

"Of course it's difficult," Yuan Bo nodded in response, but his words were not modest at all, "For someone like me, I guess he will only win the first prize in the country."

Yuan Ning: "..."

Yuan Ning stared at Yuan Bo.

Yuan Bo hugged Yuan Ning vigorously, and after a long time he reluctantly let go: "Let's go, your elder brother has been waiting on the opposite side for a long time, I will take you there." He paused, and added, "I have to take care of you." You have reviewed, and you should prepare well. Don’t be lazy if you think that Zhang’s family has money so that you can choose a school. Compete well and show me a good ranking——When I go back, I can brag to others that my brother can write The brush calligraphy is also very well written!"

Yuan Ning said seriously: "Okay!"