I haven't seen Xia Zigui cry for several years, and Cai Shi has somewhat forgotten that when he and Xia Zigui first met, Xia Zigui appeared in front of him as a crying bag.

He had just moved to this community with his mother that day, and was diligently helping to clean up.

He has been a lot taller since he was a child, and he contracted jobs such as changing light bulbs and cleaning windows at home when he was very young.

Stepping on the table to wipe the glass, looking through the window, he could see a balcony on the same floor behind him, and he could also see Xia Zigui who was sitting at the desk drawing pictures on the balcony.

When Cai Shi arrived for the first time, he saw a friend of about the same age who was very enthusiastic. He almost lay on the window, waving a rag and shouting: "Hey, boy, how are you? What's your name?"

The next second Xia Zigui looked up, and what he saw was a face full of tears and surprise.

— very ugly.

Why did Xia Zigui cry back then?

In fact, it was just because his parents accidentally locked the door before going out and he couldn't get out--Later, Cai Shi learned that his family had food, drink and everything, and his parents would definitely come home from work at night, so he raised his hand and beat him up. gave him a meal.

Maybe call him useless or something...

Cai Shi realized that Xia Zigui had changed from a millet shrimp with no fighting power to a crayfish with sharp double pincers under his training (destruction) over the past few years. It should also be tempered.

That's why it's very strange to see him obviously crying at first glance.

Xia Zigui pushed Cai Shi away and rubbed his eyes in disguise: "I'm not crying, it's just that my eyes are uncomfortable."

The level of lying is not up to the elementary level.

But Cai Shi didn't expose it, he sat on the sofa like an uncle, and asked Xia Zigui to bring him a cold drink.Xia Zigui was depressed and had no strength to lose his temper at him, so he took a cold beer and handed it to him in silence.

"I got 685 in the exam, Yu Xian got 701, the second place in the province, both are better than expected." Xia Zigui also sat down on the sofa, and said cracklingly before Cai Shi could ask.

Cai Shi came to his house at this time, nothing more than caring about the score of the college entrance examination.

"Me too." Cai Shi raised the cold beer in his hand and smiled, "Have a drink?"

After being silent for a while, Xia Zigui got up and took out the only six bottles of beer left in the refrigerator.

"We all did better than expected, it's worth celebrating!" He opened a bottle and touched it with Cai Shi.

Cai Shi looked at him and said, "Is that so...then do you want to call Yu Xian over?"

"No!" Xia Zigui knew that he had revealed his emotions as soon as he said it, and after a long silence, he lowered his head and said, "Actually, I'm not in a good mood, so I want to have some wine with you."

Cai Shi divided the five bottles of wine on the tea table into two and three, and said to Xia Zigui, "Put those three bottles back, the remaining two bottles are mine, you can only drink the bottle in your hand."

"Why? This is my family's wine! I can drink as much as I want!! Who wants to listen to you!?" Maybe it was Cai Shi's words that made Xia Zigui feel that his actions were restrained and "controlled", The gloom that had been hidden in my heart during this period suddenly came out, and the tone was not very good.

Cai Shi frowned and stared at him.

"I'm sorry, I'm in a bad mood, I shouldn't have lost my temper with you." Xia Zigui roared, his anxiety subsided a lot, and he felt that it was wrong to lose his temper with Cai Shi just now.

He put down the wine bottle, hung his head, put his hands on his forehead, depressed, "Stone, do you think I'm useless?"

"Of course I don't think you are useless, but you will be happy if I say this? The question is...how do you want to be useful?"

"I...I want to decide for myself which way to go."

Cai Shi took a sip of his wine and said, "It sounds like someone stopped you."

Xia Zigui opened his mouth to refute, but was a little dumb.Did he say that his parents had made the decision for him?But in fact, the most important thing is that he didn't tell his parents what he thought.

After Cai Shi left, Xia Zigui packed the wine bottle and went back to the room.

His room also has the function of a study. On the left side of the bed is a wardrobe, and on the right side is a row of bookshelves against the wall. The books on it are within reach.

As far as the eye can see, almost all of them are books related to the college entrance examination.

On the bottom two shelves, there are books tightly wrapped in newspapers—including comics, art books, etc., which have not been seen for three years.

The book was yellowed and had the damp, rotten smell of having not been in the sun for a long time.

Turning to the first page of the first book, there is an "Application Form for Transfer to an Art Student". The entire form is blank except for the word Xia Zigui filled in on the header.

Many memories flooded my mind like a flood.

When I was a child, my parents were busy, so I hired a nanny to take care of him. To save trouble, the nanny never took him out to play. She just set a small stool for him to sit in front of the TV and watch cartoons, and knit in the sun by himself on the balcony.

One day, the cartoon channel introduced the original painters of the cartoon stories, and filmed the scenes drawn by the painters, and the scenes in the stories were formed under their pens.

At the age of four, he was dumbfounded, and fell in love with painting.Since then, he has been looking for pens and paper all over the room, and carefully draws everything he sees.

But children always look dangerous when holding a pen, so parents consciously hide the pen.Later, in order to reach a pen on the shelf, he climbed up on a stool and fell down.

The nanny was fired, and his parents saw that he really liked painting, so they sent him to training classes, and they didn't stop until before the sprint for the high school entrance examination.

There are sports students and art students in their high school, and students majoring in culture can transfer there.

At that time, he took the completed application form home, and with anxiety, mustered up the courage to talk to his parents.

But in the end he didn't speak.

Because when he got home that day, his mother mentioned her colleague's child at the dinner table: "I really don't know what that girl thinks, she has good grades, and she has to go to the Art Academy to learn singing. Parents are staring at me to death. Fortunately, my little shrimp saves us from worrying."

When he signed up for the college entrance examination art exam, the training class had been teaching him to paint. Honesty once contacted him and asked him if he had any idea of ​​taking the road of painting. He was moved, but it was only a heartbeat. No.

If he studies medicine in college... I'm afraid he will have less time to draw with a brush than in high school...

In the evening, after dinner, the family sits on the sofa and eats fruit.

He Bihe was about to turn on the TV when Xia Zigui said, "Mom, wait a minute. I have something to say."

When he was talking, he didn't even dare to look at his parents' expressions, his face was tense. If he looked carefully, he would find that his fingertips were still trembling.

He Bihe was taken aback. In his impression, he rarely saw such a serious expression on his son's face.

Xia Ming also looked at Xia Zigui with a little surprise, and after a little thought, he had a vague guess in his heart, and the expression on his face instantly became a little serious.

"I," Xia Zigui said, his voice was harsh, and he paused before he finished speaking, "I don't want to study medicine."

"Then what do you want to learn?" Xia Ming didn't get angry, but his voice was a bit cold, "Painting? You have to know that you didn't take the art test, so you couldn't apply for a major related to painting. Back then..."

Xia Zigui was a little surprised.

"If you had chosen to register for the art test when Teacher Li called you back then, you would have a lot of opportunities now."

Xia Zigui's face turned pale, and he was shocked: "Dad, you..."

Dad meant, if he had opened his mouth at the beginning, would he have agreed?

Xia Ming waved his hand: "Don't think about it, although I know about that, but even if you tell me, I won't let go easily."

How could it be possible for Mr. Li to contact Xia Zigui privately for such a major event, which was comparable to changing majors? He would also inform his parents about it anyway.

At that time, Xia Ming thought for a long time, and his answer to Teacher Li was: "Go and ask Zigui, if he wants to change, let him talk to me, if he doesn't want to change, just expose the matter."

Xia Zigui didn't know this.

Although Xia Ming said he would not let go, the sudden knowledge of this incident still confused him.Because in his heart, based on his understanding of his father, "will not let go easily" actually means that there is a chance to let go.

He missed the opportunity.

"Dad, I don't want to study medicine." Xia Zigui said again, a little more firmly.

Xia Ming still asked back: "Then what do you want to learn?"

"Study a major that is not too busy, and then switch majors to animation production." Xia Zigui had already made plans, and said calmly.

He likes painting, not the painting itself, but telling stories with the painting.Manga and animation are what he wants to learn the most at present.

Xia Ming was silent for a while before asking: "Besides art colleges, is there any comprehensive university that offers the animation production major you mentioned? Besides, can non-art majors be transferred to art majors? You are not young, don't You have to take responsibility for your own decisions when you think about it.”

"I'm going to apply to the Communication University of City B." Xia Zigui said solemnly, "Dad, if I don't try, I will definitely regret it in the future."

He Bihe listened for a while, and then interrupted: "Son, do you want to go to university in the province? It's okay if you don't study medicine. I feel tired of studying medicine. Let's see how busy your father is every day! But, you can't just Choose a school in City W? There are so many universities in City W. City B is so far away, mom is worried!"

Xia Zigui was stunned, his eyes were reddish, and he lowered his head to hide.He didn't expect that his mother didn't reprimand him for not wanting to study medicine, she just worried that he would be too far away from home...

Xia Ming glanced at He Bihe helplessly, but when she interrupted him, his serious face lost its majesty, he simply coughed and eased his tone.

"If you don't want to study medicine, I can't force you to study, and you are not a child now. If you don't want to listen to me, I can't control you. You just don't tell us, and fill in your wishes according to your own wishes. do not know either."

"Dad..." My heart was very sour, did he let my father down?

Xia Ming smiled, and reached out to pat his arm: "But Dad is very happy that you can ask our permission, and also glad that you dare to speak your mind."

"Go to the school you want, study the major you want, as long as you promise that you won't regret it, your mother and I won't say anything."

In the evening, He Bihe sighed and complained, "What do you think that Xiao Xia really wants to go to City B? He has never left us since he was a child, and he has never even lived in school. How can you rest assured that he traveled so far to study alone? next?"

"What's there to worry about? He's a boy, 1.8 meters tall, who else can he be bullied by?" Xia Ming sighed, "To be honest, I was very relieved when he said he was going to City B. That kid He used to be a crybaby, a bit dull, and timid. I’m really worried that he’ll spend his whole life around his family, and the farthest he can go is W City. It’s better for a boy to go out and see more.”

"Crying, dumb, timid? Are you talking about yourself?" He Bihe felt sorry for Xia Zigui, "Xiao Xia is such a good child. If he hadn't cared about us in his heart, he would have held back for so long and dared not speak of him." Don’t want to study medicine? Well...if he goes to university, it will be a long time before I see him~"

"When the child grows up, it's impossible to stay by our side every day. The only one who can stay with you all the time is your husband and me."

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