Mint-Stained Shirt

"When will you let me go back to grandpa's house?" Ming Shu asked Wen Yue such a question in the second semester of the sixth grade.

It has been more than a year since he transferred to Canxin boarding school, and it has been more than a year since he separated from his brother.He performed well last semester with excellent grades. Even the class teacher said that he is completely different from when he first came here, and he has completely integrated into the class.

And during the home leave once a month, he and Wen Yue had almost no disputes, and Wen Yue even took him to a social dinner.

He has grown taller, slightly taller than boys of the same age, wearing the dress Wen Yue prepared for him, he looks noble and handsome.

He cooperated with everything Wen Yue asked him to do, and when he returned to Wen's house during the Spring Festival, his performance was also very decent - at least he didn't make a farce like last year.

Sometimes Wen Yue looked at him not as defensively and vigilantly as in the past, and seemed to have a kind of maternal love, although it was very shallow.

What he longed for most when he was young was Wen Yue's favor, but now this kind of favor is not worth mentioning to him.He just grew up quickly after experiencing pain that his peers had never experienced, and he didn't intend to waste time struggling anymore. He wanted to use Wen Yue's maternal love to return to his brother as soon as possible.

Hearing this question unexpectedly, Wen Yue was stunned for a moment, the faint maternal love in her eyes disappeared, and her eyes became indifferent again, "What are you going back for? Are the teaching resources over there comparable to Chanxin?"

Mingshu said: "But I haven't been back for two vacations. I miss Grandpa."

Wen Yue frowned, her gaze fell on him like a scanning beam.

He added: "Can I go back for summer vacation?"

He actually didn't need Wen Yue's answer to this question, because he had to go back this summer vacation at the latest.My brother graduated from high school, and maybe he will go to other places to study in university. If he doesn't go back, he doesn't know when he will see his brother again.

Wen Yue showed a coping smile, "Of course."

Mingshu nodded and went back to his room.

There is still the last month of this semester, and the atmosphere of graduation is already very strong in the class.The school sent each student a blank classmate book, and they can write personal information and blessings for others after DIY.

Although Mingshu is a transfer student, he has become one of the most popular students in the class for more than a year. Many people asked him to write classmate records, but he did not show his own classmate records to anyone.

"I really envy you. You can go outside to study in junior high school." The class monitor is a round-faced boy, a little dark, and he looks a bit like one of the coals who fought with him in the first grade. He sighed next to him: "For me, although my grades are good, I still have to study hard for six years and take the college entrance examination. Alas, my life is not good."

Mingshu put down his pen, "Why go outside to study?"

"Hey, you are still pretending! I helped the class teacher transcribe the materials yesterday, and I saw everything!" The class monitor winked, "You are going abroad soon, and your mother has already talked to the class teacher!"

Mingshu doesn't know what it means to go abroad. No one has told him that he wants to go abroad. Not long ago, Wen Yue promised him that he would go back to his grandfather's house during the summer vacation.

"What's the matter with you?" The squad leader shook his hand, "Why are you more surprised than me? No, you don't even know?"

Mingshu's face was not very good-looking, and he was trying his best to restrain the panic.

"I know." He didn't want others to see it, so he forced a smile, "But I don't want too many people in my family to know about it, so don't tell it everywhere."

The squad leader made a mouthful of zipper, "Don't worry, don't worry, write me your blessings quickly, just write 'I wish you a handsome boy after entering junior high school', hahaha, why are you unhappy? Going abroad is a good thing... ..."

In order to prove what the class monitor said, Mingshu sneaked into the class teacher's office during lunch break and found the graduation intention. His name was indeed followed by the words "expected to go abroad".

After putting the documents back to their original place and closing the drawer, Mingshu suddenly became surprisingly calm.

The early summer light came in from the window and shone on his back, as if a contradictory chemical reaction had occurred in his body, the place where he couldn't see was warm, but his chest was so cold that he couldn't help shivering.

The campus was very quiet at this time, and the teachers and classmates were taking a lunch break. He heard his rumbling heartbeat, which was like a heavy hammer hitting the drum surface, lifting up all the water accumulated on the drum surface this year.

He has been patient, he never thought that Wen Yue and Ming Haofeng had already made up their minds to send him abroad - and in the eyes of others, going abroad seemed to be a gratifying thing, and he didn't have to take the high school and college entrance examinations.

But he doesn't accept it.

My brother has passed the high school entrance examination and is about to take the college entrance examination.

Then he can't give up these two exams.

Going home for the last time before graduation, Mingshu put his classmates on the dining table and asked innocently and politely, "Mom, where do I study in junior high school?"

Wen Yue froze, "Experimental Middle School, you will stay at Grandpa's house until mid-August, and we will go through the enrollment procedures when you come back."

Experimental Middle School is the best middle school in Yancheng. Mingshu looked into Wen Yue's eyes and knew that she was lying to him.

After dinner, he picked up his schoolbag and recorded his classmates, "Then I'll go back to my room and do my homework."

Wen Yue actually sensed that something was wrong with Mingshu, but she subconsciously didn't let herself think too deeply.

The experimental middle school was a cover. She and Ming Haofeng had already discussed that Mingshu would be sent abroad as soon as he graduated from Canxin Primary School.

A year and a half ago, she was the one who picked up Mingshu from the Ming family, and she felt that she should fulfill her duties as a mother.But now, she is also the one who insists on sending Mingshu away.

She can't take it anymore.Even though Mingshu was in boarding school, she felt depressed. She tried her best to act as a qualified mother and brought Mingshu to her social occasions, but she still couldn't adapt.

She shouldn't have given birth to Mingshu.

He came to collect debts from her.

But sending Mingshu back just like that doesn't work either.Mingshu's actions last year frightened him. Once she returned to the compound, she was not sure if Mingshu would become a lunatic who could hurt others at any time.

Ming Haofeng also disagrees with sending Mingshu back.

The result of their discussion is to let Mingshu go abroad.They can't teach Mingshu well, so let Mingshu stay away from them and start over in another environment.

Maybe, maybe Mingshu is more suitable for foreign education?

As for agreeing to let Mingshu go back to see his grandfather, that's impossible.She felt that Mingshu was lying to her. What Mingshu wanted to see was not grandparents at all, but the children of the Xiao family.

She doesn't like Mingshu, but she also has a distorted possessive desire for Mingshu, and she is dissatisfied when she finds that Mingshu is close to outsiders.Obviously she is Mingshu's mother.

After Mingshu returned to the bedroom, he didn't do his homework. After sitting for a while, he found out all the money he had saved.

He clearly knew that if he wanted to escape from this home, there were not many opportunities left, and he couldn't wait until the summer vacation. Escaping from school was easier than escaping from home.

He can't contact his elder brother now, his elder brother will take the college entrance examination soon, and he will be worried if he knows that he runs away from home.

He calmly packed the things he wanted to take away—not much, just money, the letter from his brother, the two strings of bracelets he always carried with him, and the letter of guarantee written by his brother.

After the home leave was over, Ming Haofeng drove Ming Shu to Canxin Elementary School, promising to attend the graduation ceremony half a month later.

When he was just in primary school, Ming Shu hoped that Ming Haofeng would come to hold a parent-teacher meeting for him, but now that he heard Ming Haofeng say such things, he just smiled obediently.

"Okay, Dad."

Canxin Elementary School is halfway up the mountain, and the management of the students is very strict, but Mingshu knows a way down the mountain. He has to act at night, and it is easy to be found during the day.

He calculated the time, as long as he got on the long-distance bus leaving Yancheng before his morning reading, half the battle would be considered.

When the time comes to find that he is missing, the homeroom teacher will contact Ming Haofeng and Wen Yue immediately, but he is already in the car, he has checked the route, as long as he does not take the direct intercity bus between the two places, he will hardly return Home was found before.

His money is enough for him to "detour" back to the city where he grew up.

On Wednesday, after the activity class in the evening, the students returned to the dormitory.

The sixth grade is about to graduate. The teachers have relaxed the management of the sixth grade and asked them to stay in the classroom for a while to prepare for the graduation ceremony.

Mingshu carried his schoolbag and observed around quietly. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Fu Ying calling to himself at the front desk, "Mingshu, you want to speak, come and rehearse!"

Mingshu said: "I'm not feeling well today, let's do it tomorrow."

Fu Ying had no doubts, waved her hand and said, "Then go back to sleep early!"

Mingshu actually gained a lot of kindness in Canxin Elementary School. These classmates who were "thrown" by their parents early in the boarding school, their families are more or less different from ordinary families, which makes them cherish each other even more.

Before going out through the hole in the wall on the west side of the campus, Mingshu stopped to look at the teaching building with lights on, bowed to it, and said in a low voice, "Goodbye."

The way down the mountain was very difficult, and even though he was mentally prepared, Mingshu still felt cold and fearful in his heart halfway through the journey.He fell and sprained his foot. It was not serious, but it hurt when he continued to walk.

He didn't dare to walk on the winding mountain road, for fear of being sent back to school by occasional vehicles, so he could only hide in the woods beside the road and go down the mountain with difficulty.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, he finally went down to the foot of the mountain, which was still some distance away from the coach station.

There was a taxi at the foot of the mountain, but he dared not take it, enduring the pain and ran towards the long-distance source station.

When a blue color appeared in the sky, he bought a ticket for the first train, and after wolfing down a pancake, he rushed to the car and sat in the penultimate row, covering his face with his hat.

The driver was a middle-aged man, and he looked at him for a long time, "Hey, which kid came to take the car so early?"

He said with a stiff face, "Mom is sick, and I'm rushing back to see her. Uncle, when will the car leave?"

"Yo, filial piety!" The driver cheerfully gave him a piece of bread and a piece of ham.

He huddled in his seat, sweating all over.

He was far from being as calm as he appeared. When the driver talked to him, he was extremely nervous. He was afraid that the driver would notice something and notify the police.

Fortunately, the driver believed his words, and when the sun came out completely, the bus was already on the expressway, heading in the opposite direction from home.

When Wen Yue learned that Mingshu had disappeared, it was already noon that day.