Embroidered Pillows and Paper Tigers

After Shen Yan moved here, Li Shi'an once again ended his life of relying on takeout for dinner. Shen Yan went to the kitchen first thing every night. He was already very proficient in doing these things, and he could serve two fast dishes in an hour. If you get up 10 minutes earlier in the morning and cook the soup in an electric casserole, it will be more substantial at night.

Shen Yan also took care of the dishes, and even because of his arrival, the part-time auntie who came twice a week was saved.

Li Shi'an was very embarrassed at first, but Shen Yan told him that he didn't want to eat and live for nothing, so Li Shi'an didn't want to be polite to him, and gradually got used to it, and he was contented every day, gaining weight under the nourishment of this leisurely life, Even one day when Li Qishan came back and saw him, he was surprised. All these years, he always thought that his son had a physique that only eats but doesn't grow up. Now it seems that he didn't take good care of him.

The two of them lived together for a long time, and while Shen Yan gradually showed his quality of being a strict and self-disciplined student, he also began to show another side of himself that Li Shi'an didn't know, such as the shameless self-taught way of chasing the one he loves. .

Every class in the second year of senior high school is catching up with the progress, the courses are drawn up quickly, and there are naturally a lot of homework. It is common to do problems late at night.

Shen Yan often finished his homework before Li Shi'an, and then he would lie down on the bed while waiting for Li Shi'an, and he would be able to fall asleep as soon as he lay down, and then he would sleep together openly and honestly that night.

After seeing through his trick, Li Shi'an tried his best to complete the homework with him as soon as possible. Later, Shen Yan came here with his pillow in his arms under the excuse of sleeping alone.

Li Shi'an: "..."

Every room in the house has floor heating and air-conditioning. Li Shi'an didn't know how he kept his face from blushing and his heart skipping a beat when he lied.

The winter vacation was coming soon, and he spent more time at home during the holidays. Shen Yan had already lived in Li Shian's house for more than a month, and felt embarrassed to live like this, so he proposed to do a winter job.

When he said this, Li Qishan was also at home, it was in the morning, Shen Yan got up early in the morning and made porridge and side dishes, and the three of them gathered around the table to eat breakfast.

Li Qishan had never eaten food made by his own son in his life, and he ate food made by someone else's son first. Hearing Shen Yan say this, he said: "You child, what kind of winter job do you do in the second year of high school? Besides, the winter vacation is so short, and you still have to practice dancing, how can you have time? In this way, if you make up lessons for Shi'an, uncle will count your money."

Shen Yan took the No.1 exam again at the end of the semester, and dropped No.2 Tong Min's score by 8 points. Li Shi'an has been hovering around the 20th grade since the midterm exam, and at the end of the semester, 16th is already his limit. Yes, it was only natural that Li Qishan wanted Shen Yan to make up lessons.

Shen Yan nodded happily when he heard that, and said, "I don't need the money, as long as uncle doesn't dislike me staying for too long."

"How could it be!" Li Qishan said with a smile, "You are a smart and responsible child. Don't worry about Shi'an making friends like you, uncle. Originally, uncle is also busy and doesn't have time to accompany Shi'an. I wish you could live every day. Here."

Li Shi'an looked dull, remembering that Shen Yan had been in his room more and more frequently recently, and said to himself: Old man Li, there will be times when you regret it!

Li Qishan was busy with work and entertainment on weekdays, so he still seldom went home. Li Shi'an went to the dance studio with Shen Yan to practice dancing after dinner every night. In winter, the training class ended early, and they usually left after eight o'clock.

Li Shi'an didn't touch the paintbrush much since he was in the second year of high school. He even drew sketches at the beginning, but after Li Qishan's illness, he didn't touch it at all.

It has been a hobby for nearly ten years. If you say you don’t want it, it’s a lie, but once you pick it up, you can’t put it down easily, so you simply don’t take it.

When Shen Yan practiced dancing, Li Shi'an often waited beside him, and instead of going to the studio next door, he just looked at Shen Yan in a daze.

Shen Yan could more or less guess the disappointment in Li Shian's heart, but he never asked, and never comforted, because he put himself in his shoes and thought that if one day he could no longer dance, he hoped that no one would mention dancing to him. feel.

Life flows in such a slow rhythm, and every day is the same, until one night, when Li Shi'an was waiting for Shen Yan to pack up his things and prepare to go to the dance studio together, he received a call from Lao Xie. The car broke his leg.

When the two rushed to the hospital, Zhu He had already had a cast on his leg. He was so thin that the leg with the cast looked huge, which was very funny.His face was scratched and looked embarrassed.

As soon as he saw Li Shi'an and Shen Yan, Lao Xie explained the situation to Barabara: "It was hit by a motorcycle, and Zhu He's bicycle was hung up when turning the corner. The surveillance on that street was broken, and the perpetrator was not found. The leg injury is fine. , but the muscles and bones are broken, and I haven't run for three months."

Zhu He usually has no more than ten yuan on him when he goes out, and Lao Xie paid for the medical treatment in advance. He is a little embarrassed: "The money... I will pay you back the money in a while."

Of course, Lao Xie knew that Zhu He was in trouble, so he said indifferently, "You should think about what to do with your job."

During the winter vacation, Zhu He found a winter job in the city library, and registered borrowing information every day. These days, there are more people reading e-books and fewer people reading paper books. It is a very leisurely job, and Zhu He will not be delayed. It is also convenient to check the information by brushing the questions.

Zhu He likes this job very much, and rides a bicycle every day to go early and return late, but who knows what happened.

According to ordinary people's logic, work must be out of the question, but Zhu He has an even more reason to go. He needs money for medical treatment, so how can he live without working?Besides, this job is much easier than the odd jobs in restaurants he used to find. Most of the time he spends sitting and doesn't need to move around.

So he murmured: "Work...the work still needs to be done. It's already agreed. It's dishonest to ask people to find someone temporarily."

Lao Xie shouted, "Isn't this a special situation?"

Zhu He was silent.

Li Shi'an knew what Zhu He was struggling with, so he found a reason for him: "I'm quitting now, and I couldn't get paid for the week I worked before, right? Isn't that for nothing?"

Zhu He nodded quickly.

Lao Xie frowned: "Then what should we do? Your house is so far away from the library, do you go there at six o'clock in the morning with crutches?"

Li Shi'an: "..."

Zhu He hurriedly said: "My mother will ride me off if she doesn't go to the morning shift, and I will squeeze the bus if she has to go to the morning shift."

Li Shi'an and Lao Xie had nothing to refute for a while, and Shen Yan suddenly said: "Your leg is crowded with many people on the bus, right?"

The other three were silent and looked at him.

Shen Yan was forced to add a sentence of half caring and not caring: "The bus gets on and off, and there are so many people, if you accidentally fall down, it's not impossible."

Makes sense.

Li Shi'an thought for a moment: "So, from tomorrow on, Lao Xie and I will pick you up by bicycle every morning and evening."

"Why did you drag me?" Lao Xie was innocent, seeing Li Shi'an glaring at him, he explained again, "No, it's hard not to go to the inhuman morning self-study, can't you let people sleep late in the morning?"

Li Shi'an unceremoniously poked Lao Xie's belly that grew as fast as blowing up a balloon: "Isn't your home very close to Zhu He's house? What's wrong with sports? Look at you, you've only had a few days of winter vacation, you're fat How much did you eat? Are you looking after sleeping?"

Lao Xie straightened his stomach, and staggered into Li Shi'an: "Every piece of fat on my body was carefully cultivated by my mother. Will you pay for it if it breaks?"

The two laughed and cursed, and finally agreed to pick up Zhu He, Li Shi'an would drop off in the morning, and Lao Xie would pick up at night.

However, on the first morning of seeing off Zhu He, Li Shi'an felt that it was really not easy. It was the middle of winter and it was really difficult to get up.Secondly, his home is quite far from Zhu He’s house. It takes about 10 minutes to ride there, and then 10 minutes to the city library, and back and forth for 10 minutes, the paws will freeze off.

The gloves and scarf that Qu Ya gave came in handy. This morning Li Shi'an was about to go out with the equipment, and bumped into Shen Yan who had just come back. Shen Yan blushed, as if he had just run in the morning. Said: "Wait for me to change clothes, together."

"What are you doing?" Li Shi'an yawned, very puzzled.

Shen Yan said, "I'll go find some study materials."

Li Shi'an nodded, and asked while changing his shoes, "Then my car is going to pick up Zhu He, what should you do?"

"Ahem," Shen Yan coughed guiltyly, "I just ran through the second-hand market, and I happened to come across a good second-hand bicycle, almost [-]% new, I really like it, so I bought it." After speaking, he ran to the kitchen Take a glass of water to drink.

Quite like?Just bought it? ?

Li Shi'an didn't understand the logic of this. He and Shen Yan basically walked to and from school. Why didn't Shen Yan buy a bicycle when he was going to school, but bought it during the winter vacation?I bought it when I went out for a morning run, which is even more weird.

At this moment, Shen Yan had already run upstairs to change under Li Shi'an's suspicious gaze.

It is true that Shen Yan did not buy the bicycle by accident, the reason for him to buy the bicycle still started from Li Shi'an and Lao Xie discussing the pick-up and drop-off of Zhu He the day before.

The friend was injured, and everyone discussed the pick-up together. This is not a problem in itself. The problem is that when the two of them were in Luozhi Lake, there were other people sitting in the back seat of Li Shi'an.

Shen Yan is indeed not a magnanimous person, the only bit of tolerance and pampering is left to Li Shi'an, how about others, um...

So in fact, when the two of them passed the second-hand market on their way home last night, Shen Yan paid special attention to the opening time of the market. He went there early in the morning to find a bicycle. Arrived and it was pretty good.

So the two of them rode to Zhu He's house together. It was the first time for Shen Yan to go to Zhu He's house. Zhu He's house was a rented house in an old neighborhood in the city.

As for the degree of oldness, it can be said that the moment Zhu He opened the door, Shen Yan understood in an instant, Qu Ya's sentence "One day you will understand that everything your mother fought for you is necessary". What means.

Under Qu Ya's care, Shen Yan was used to living a life of rich clothes and good food. He was conceited and proud. Curling up on the bed and doing homework was a grievance to him, but he didn't know what he said until he saw Zhu He. The grievances are nothing at all.

This home is more than just a barren house, it doesn't even have a decent kitchen, a palm-sized stove connected to a gas tank is placed in the living room like that—if it can be called a living room.

Can I live the same life as Zhu He's family with Qu Ya?Shen Yan didn't know, and didn't dare to think about it, all this was so far away from his ballet and his elegance, that he never thought about it.

Zhu He was also stunned when he opened the door, he didn't expect Shen Yan to come, he even made himself a bowl of noodles when he got up in the morning, he was limping, it was difficult to clean up the dishes, the noodle soup was still in the pot behind him.

Seeing his embarrassing family situation, Zhu He felt a little ashamed when the adoring school bully saw him, so he hurried out and closed the door behind him.

When they went downstairs, Shen Yan asked Zhu He to take his own car. Zhu He was embarrassed at first, but after Shen Yan said, "It's not stable to ride a person uphill in Shi'an", Zhu He thought about it carefully. I'm afraid that his arms and legs won't be able to withstand another toss, so he readily accepts Shen Yan's proposal.

This left classmate Li Shi'an speechless. When he discussed with Lao Xie, he automatically excluded Shen Yan from the list of helping Zhu He, because Shen Yan and Lao Xie Zhu He were better than nodding friends. He joins it.

If I had known that Shen Yan was so considerate, it would be better to count him in the morning and sleep in.But why did Shen Yan's attitude suddenly change so strangely?

Li Shi'an thought along the way, and the library arrived.