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Zhangcheng is still lively after ten o'clock. The snack street runs from south to north. Looking from the car, you can see a lot of people. The stalls are steaming, and people in twos and threes are waiting in front of the stalls.

The driver stepped on the brakes hard. Jiang Yu didn't want to vomit at first, but he was upset several times.Jiang Yu couldn't help but patted on the car door again when he was in a hurry, Zi Luo helped him out of the car, found the trash can and almost fell into it.

Zi Luo patted him on the back, he had no paper on him, saw a supermarket not far away, and said, "You wait for me here."

Jiang Yu vomited, thinking that Zi Luo's voice was just a hallucination, and when he looked up, there was no one around him.Everything in front of his eyes was a double image, he murmured: "Where is the person? So you left me and ran away?"

Even if Jiang Yu fainted from drinking, he knew Zi Luo wouldn't.

Zi Luo would never leave him alone, whether it was small enough to wait for him at the door of the classroom after school, or so big that he ran to Zi's house if the family was unhappy, Zi Luo would never leave him alone.

When Zi Luo came back, he saw Jiang Yu sitting on the side of the road. He slowed down, took out a paper and stuffed it in his hand, knelt down and handed him a bottle of water: "Drink a little."

The street lights on the road are illusory, the city is quite prosperous, there are harsh horns in my ears, and after passing by, there are vehicles whizzing past.

Jiang Yu looked back, wiped his mouth, and glanced at the mineral water in front of him.

Zi Luo took it back silently and opened it for him.

Jiang Yu just took a few sips with his hand, and then looked towards the middle of the road not far away.

"Let's go? It's late, and Uncle Jiang and Aunt Xu should be worried if they don't go back."

Jiang Yu sat for a while longer, and when he stood up, his steps were still a little wandering, so he patted his pants and walked forward.He recognized the road, and it was not far from home.

He tried his best not to let Zi Luo go to help him, but he couldn't walk in a straight line, and almost swayed to the road after walking for a while, Zi Luo pulled him back, stood on his left side, and put his hand on his shoulder.

They were still wearing short sleeves, and their palms were a little hot, almost passing through their skin into their hearts.

Jiang Yu closed his eyes: "Aren't you dizzy?"

Zi Luo supported him to go forward, and asked without answering, "When did you learn to smoke?"

"Tsk." Jiang Yu pouted, "When did you know?"

"I knew it earlier."

"I knew when it was?"

Zi Luo was silent for a while: "Probably when you went to my house to look for me one time."

"Ah." He did have this habit. Before going to Zi Luo, he would smoke a cigarette in a dead end. Jiang Yu rubbed his hair, "I thought chewing gum would lose its taste."

Turning a corner, Jiang Yu staggered, feeling a little more strength in the hand supporting him, his body almost stiffened: "Why don't you let me go."

Zi Luo put his other hand on his shoulder: "Let go of you? What if you run on the street again?"

Jiang Yu said uncertainly: "...I can't, I can actually walk very safely."

"Okay, let's be honest." Zi Luo didn't let go of him, and the two walked towards Baihua Hutong together, "We'll be home soon."

It's not too early to be near home after ten o'clock, and I can't see a passerby for a long time, only the two of them are walking slowly on the side of the road.Jiang Yu looked up at the sky and saw the stars all over the sky, he stopped suddenly.

Zi Luo looked at his profile, and surrounded him in a half-hugging gesture.

"Jiang Yu."

He was still looking at the stars, and let out a long cry: "Huh?"

Zi Luo asked, "Why do you always stop when I sing?"

Instead of "go wrong", he used "stop".

He could control himself not to make mistakes, but he couldn't control himself to stop after hearing the sound of Zi Luo.

Jiang Yu's gaze moved from the sky full of stars to Zi Luo's face, and finally stopped in his slightly bright eyes.

Why is it so bright?Are the stars reflected in the eyes?

Jiang Yu's hand clenched into a fist, he moved forward, and then suddenly stopped.

Zi Luo frowned indistinctly.

Jiang Yu closed his eyes, resisting the urge to hug Zi Luo.

He said, "What are you asking me?"

Zi Luo said: "Why, always stop when I sing with you."

Jiang Yu opened his eyes and lowered his gaze: "I can't say."

Zi Luo frowned again.

"I can't say it." Jiang Yu repeated, raised his steps and walked forward, "Does it sound good? I will sing."

The fragrance of flowers came from Baihua Hutong, which was refreshing.Zi Luo's voice was very soft: "It sounds good."

The door was plugged in from the inside, and Zi Luo reached out to help him open it, and stood at the door: "Go back, wash up and go to sleep."

"Yeah." Jiang Yu looked up at the sky surrounding the house in all directions, the stars were still so bright, the street lights were shining, and Zi Luo was standing at the door waiting for him, he shouted, "Luo Luo."

Zi Luo stood in front of him.

Jiang Yu said: "Don't worry, I won't let you down. When I'm performing, I will never stop."

Jiang Dezhi snorted one after another, which could be heard clearly in the silent night.Jiang Yu gently opened the door and went back to the room, changed clothes and washed casually, Xu Meiyin opened the door a crack: "You're back?"

"Ah, Mom." Jiang Yu tried to make his voice sound normal, "Haven't slept yet?"

Xu Meiyin said: "Waiting for you, I will be relieved when you come back. Remember to lock the door."

Jiang Yu said: "It's locked, go to sleep."

Xu Meiyin was still busy with sales promotions in the shopping mall, and had no time to go home at noon for several days in a row. Jiang Dezhi sometimes came back at noon, and Jiang Yu didn't dare to go out to eat when he didn't come back at night. No one answered the phone, and he was so hungry Acid reflux did not hold back to go out to eat fried rice.

He didn't tell Zi Luo, and ran to the shop on the south side of the road alone. The boss and his wife recognized him, and they cooked a lot of rice for a meal, and they even gave away a piece of ham sausage for free.

Jiang Yu didn't have much appetite, this fried rice was indeed too much, but he was embarrassed to leave it, so he stuffed a lot into his stomach.Looking at the time, I ordered a shrimp fried rice package.

The last bus is at [-] o'clock in the evening, and it is only [-] o'clock now.After Jiang Yu greeted the proprietress, she went directly to the side of the road to wait for the bus. After getting in the bus, she went directly to Yongyue Mall.

At 09:30 in Yongyue Mall, all employees leave work on time, and both sides of the gate on the first floor are filled with discounted goods, clothes and cosmetics.But Yongyue is considered the best shopping mall in Zhangcheng, with strict management, it is not allowed to look like a wholesale hypermarket at the entrance, so each area is divided and neatly organized.

Jiang Yu took the direct elevator and pressed down on the fourth floor.

There are clerks standing at the door of every store, most of them are beautiful and young girls in their 20s, who will say hello to anyone passing by.But as soon as Jiang Yu stepped into the fourth floor, the little girls were all silent as if they had agreed, and watched him pass by with round eyes.

Jiang Yu stopped at the door of a store, took a few glances in, and saw Xu Meiyin's back bending over to tally the goods.

Xu Meiyin was tired for a few days, either in a meeting or tallying and sorting together, she was so tired that she couldn't stand upright.She was holding a notebook in her hand, which was messed up with a ballpoint pen, and told the good clerk to take notes, and then she stood up straight and beat her back.

A clerk was wearing work clothes, his hair was neatly tied up, and he looked very young.She squatted down to organize the cardboard boxes, and chatted to pass the time when she was busy: "Sister Xu, there is not much work, and this is all left, just leave it to us, you can go home quickly."

Xu Meiyin's hair was pulled up casually, two strands fell from the side of her face, and she stood on the spot with her hips akimbo: "It's okay, I'll go home as soon as I finish my work."

"Haven't you eaten yet?" Another clerk asked, "I still have some food to order, so go and heat it up if you don't mind it."

"What else to eat, let's talk about it when we go home..."

"Eh?" The clerk pointed at the door, "Sister Xu, isn't that your son?"

Jiang Yusheng was good-looking. At the age of 17, he was already 1.8 meters tall. He was conspicuous wherever he stood, and this time was close to getting off work, and there were a lot fewer people than in the afternoon, so he was really eye-catching standing at the door.

Xu Meiyin was obviously taken aback when she saw him, she forgot to put down the list in her hand, and walked to the door: "...Why did you come here suddenly? Have you eaten yet?"

"I've eaten." Jiang Yu handed her the bag in his hand, "I brought you a portion."

Xu Meiyin took it over and took a look, it was takeaway.She asked, "Your dad didn't cook at home?"

Jiang Yu shook his head: "No."

Xu Meiyin looked down at the packaging bag again, said nothing else, and walked to the lounge, Jiang Yu followed.

"What time is it? I'll just eat something when I go back. What are you doing here?" Although she blamed her, her tone was gentle, because Jiang Yu rarely came to the store to look for her. Xu Meiyin opened the meal and said, "Leave immediately Come on, wait for me to go back together."

"Ah."

Probably because Jiang Yu was here, Xu Meiyin was afraid that he would be in a hurry, so she did most of the work in a hurry, and finally told the staff to put the rest of the goods away, washed her hands and took Jiang Yu to leave.

The mother and son walked together, Xu Meiyin passed by a few shops and greeted people who didn't know whether it was the boss or the employees, entered the elevator and pressed the negative floor.

The mirror on the elevator door reflected everyone. Xu Meiyin skipped over the people in front of her to look at Jiang Yu. Jiang Yu was already taller than her. She didn't look like 17 years old, she looked much more mature.

Xu Meiyin and Jiang Yu seldom spent time alone, and Jiang Yu was not close to her because of Jiang Dezhi, so he went back to the house and locked the door when he had nothing to do, and he would only come out when he was called to.And as a mother, even if she wanted to get close to him, she would never be able to take care of it when she was busy.

She didn't know what to think of, she lowered her head slightly, and sighed very lightly.

On the way, without saying a few words, Jiang Yu sat in the co-pilot and looked out the window, watching the car drive into Baihua Hutong.

The street lamps are silver and white, and the flowers hang quietly and bloom there, and a familiar cough is vaguely heard.

The gate of Jiang's house was locked, and by the light of the street lamp, a figure could be seen sitting at the door, with his legs spread apart and slumped on the ground, not caring about the dust on the ground.

"Ahem——" The cough was followed by a drunken voice, "Who is it? Old Xu? Are you back?"

Xu Meiyin put the bag in her hand: "Where did you go to drink again? What are you doing sitting at the door? Isn't it embarrassing?!"

Jiang Dezhi laughed, and kept this posture without moving. He raised his eyelids and looked up. The figure he saw was blurry: "Open the door for me! I'll go in, go in..."

Jiang Yu opened the door, and Xu Meiyin saw this scene when she returned home after a day of exhaustion. Although she was used to it, she still felt a sense of powerlessness in her heart, and her slender brows were tightly frowned: "If you don't drink, you will die, right? ? Can you save people some snacks? Why don’t you know how to cook something for Xiaoyu when you go home and go crazy after eating and drinking?”

"Why do you talk so much!" Jiang Dezhi walked very slowly, unsteadily, "I don't want to listen to you, I do whatever I want! In this life, I can do whatever I want, do you know that!"

Jiang Yu didn't stay in the yard, and went back to the house after hearing Jiang Dezhi's words, and locked the door with a "click".

"I can do whatever I want in this life" is Jiang Dezhi's mantra, which he keeps saying when he is drunk, and he repeats it at least ten times at night.Don't try to reason with him, he won't listen to anything, all he spits out is complaints and swear words that he doesn't know whether he is swearing or catch phrases.

There was a loud noise outside, and Jiang Dezhi tripped over the threshold and hit the door directly, falling down and lying on the cold ground.

Xu Meiyin stood where she was, with obvious fatigue between her brows: "Who did you drink with?"

"Brother Liu!" Jiang Dezhi hiccupped.

"Drinking with him again? He is not a good guy! You don't pay back the money owed to you, and you paid for this meal again?"

Jiang Dezhi closed his eyes, lying on the ground in an extremely ugly posture, stretched out a hand and waved it: "You see, no one is a good person, no one else is a good person, but you are a good person!"

Xu Meiyin didn't want to argue with him anymore, so she bent down to help him: "Go back to the house and sleep!"

Jiang Dezhi yelled: "If you don't answer, leave me alone!"

"I don't care about you, I don't care about you, you've been drinking to death outside!" Xu Meiyin raised her voice, but she was too tired to speak, so she simply ignored her and went back to the bedroom.

Jiang Yu changed his clothes and was ready to take a shower. After going out, he saw Jiang Dezhi lying on the ground. He stopped at the door. Jiang Dezhi opened his closed eyes after hearing the sound, and his red eyes were watching him. .

Jiang Dezhi looked at him for a while, then called him in a drawn-out tone: "Jiang Yu?"

"Dad." Jiang Yu walked over to help him up, "Go back to the house, it's cold on the ground."

Jiang Dezhi didn't know how much he had drunk, and his body smelled of alcohol. Jiang Yu's expression was as calm as ever, and it was not difficult to lift Jiang Dezhi up at 1.8 meters tall.

The back of his hand was heavy, and Jiang Dezhi's hand hit Jiang Yu's back directly. Xu Meiyin came over to give Jiang Yu a hand and put Jiang Dezhi on the bed together with Jiang Yu.

Jiang Dezhi hummed unconsciously: "Go get me a glass of water!"

Jiang Yu took the cup and took a cup of hot tea. After returning, Jiang Dezhi raised his head and took a few sips with his hand.

"Go take a shower, you still have school tomorrow." Xu Meiyin stood beside him and said to him.

"What are you going to? Don't go!" Jiang Dezhi yelled, "Come on, talk to Dad for a while!"

Jiang Yu opened his eyes and watched, without speaking, and sat down by the bed.Xu Meiyin was worried and didn't leave, but Jiang Yu signaled that she was fine and asked her to wash up first.

The chat between the father and son started after 5 minutes of silence, Jiang Dezhi grabbed Jiang Yu's hand, his voice was much softer this time: "I still remember that when you were 12 years old, you told me that you wanted to be a doctor in the future. "

Jiang Yu lowered his head, his thin bangs covering his eyes.

"Hello doctor, hello doctor." Jiang Dezhi grinned a few times, "But Dad, I don't really want you to be that. You see how scary the family members of patients are sometimes, stabbing doctors with knives."

Jiang Dezhi's closed eyes never opened: "But the doctor is good, and Dad also thinks the doctor is good."

"You said you were not in good health, and you went to see a doctor for surgery. The doctor treated you very well, every operation was successful, and you said the scars were sutured well..." Only Jiang Dezhi's voice could be heard quietly in the bedroom, There was a pause in the voice, and Jiang Yu saw Jiang Dezhi's brows frowned, as if thinking of something painful, "There are so many scars on your body, in several places. Dad knows, it hurts, every time I see you When you enter the operating room, Dad can't wait to bear it for you, every time you are worried..."

"It was hard to get through it once, and it didn't take long for my body to grow again. After the operation, you comforted Dad every time. You were the one who suffered the most. Every time you smiled so happily, you comforted me and your mother. You Say you want to be a doctor when you grow up, and save one patient after another." Jiang Dezhi's voice visibly trembled, and he repeated the sentence, "You said you wanted to be a doctor when you grew up, doctor... hello doctor..."

Every time Jiang Dezhi said a word, he patted the back of Jiang Yu's hand, his palm was very thick.Jiang Yu watched silently, the back of his hand gradually turned red and did not twitch.

Footsteps could be heard outside the house, Xu Meiyin walked through the living room to the bedroom, saw that Jiang Yu's expression didn't change, and her shoulders loosened indistinctly.

Jiang Dezhi opened his eyes, the corners of his eyes were moist, and his eyes were bloodshot red.

"Okay, let's take a shower..."

Before Xu Meiyin finished speaking, Jiang Dezhi's hand reached out to Jiang Yu's face, and slapped him gently.

Jiang Yu staggered a step back.

"What are you doing?!" Xu Meiyin guarded Jiang Yu behind her, pointing at Jiang Dezhi, "You see who this is, don't try to touch Jiang Yu again, I can beat your mouth to bleed, and I can still punch your hand interrupt!"

Jiang Dezhi didn't know whether he was awake or had a fragment, so he sat up and yelled at the top of his voice, "Fuck you, who are you? I told you not to argue with you, or you'll go to the hospital if I do it!"

The one who greeted Jiang Dezhi raised his hand and slapped him heavily, Xu Meiyin pointed at the tip of his nose: "Try to curse me again!"

Jiang Yu went out and stood in the yard, trying to block out the scolding coming from behind.

The sky was deep blue, with patches of dark clouds and no stars.