mild compromise

Next to each other, there is a bouquet of white lilies in full bloom in front of their graves. Those flowers are all fresh, and the petals are still stained with wet crystal water drops. Someone just came here not long ago. There is no signature. Although it is not clear who sent it, the only thing that is certain is that it is definitely not his uncle's family.

After looking around for a while, he couldn't find the flower sender in the end.

Xiao Chenghao didn't mean to stagger the time with Guan Meng. He always remembered that today was the death day of Guan Lianyi and Guo Ting, and there were still many important matters waiting to be dealt with in the company. Master's wife sweeps the sacrifice.

When going back, due to the serial rear-end collision accidents in the section ahead, many vehicles were trapped on the viaduct in a dilemma.

The supervisor is calling Xiao Chenghao right now, asking where he is, and the company's meeting is about to start.

Xiao Chenghao couldn't make it back to the meeting in the morning, he didn't seem to be in such a hurry, he calmly said to the supervisor: "I just went to do some things, maybe I can't make it back for a while, you will preside over the meeting, don't wait for me .”

The cars lined up on the viaduct at an extremely slow speed, and it took almost half an hour to move more than ten meters. Many drivers who were in a hurry were impatient and kept honking their horns to express their dissatisfaction.

Compared with some grumpy drivers, Xiao Chenghao was quite patient. He turned on the music and tapped the steering wheel rhythmically with his fingertips.

Such a scene seemed familiar. He had been blocked on this viaduct once before, and it was also because of a rear-end collision accident on the road ahead. At that time, he was in Guan Lianyi's car.

"Mr. Guan..." Xiao Chenghao was very confused, he glanced at his luggage bag on the back seat of the car, "Is it really okay for you to do this?"

A week ago, Guan Lianyi paid all Xiao Hong's funeral expenses out of his own pocket. Guan Lianyi had contacted Xiao Chenghao's relatives before, but they were all playing football, and none of them was willing to take the initiative to accept Xiao Chenghao. In the end even played missing.Guan Lianyi was worried. He was the class teacher of Xiao Chenghao, and he couldn't ignore his students because of emotion and reason. He and his wife discussed Xiao Chenghao's current situation, and finally decided to send Xiao Chenghao Cheng Hao took over and lived with them temporarily.

This is undoubtedly the best solution for Xiao Chenghao, but he knows that once he moves there, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble for the teacher's family. He has already caused enough trouble for the teacher before.

"This is a joint decision between me and your teacher's wife, and we both did it voluntarily." Guan Lianyi comforted him with a firm tone, "Until you have the ability to be independent in the future, live with us for a while, now You don't need to think about so many other things, the only thing you have to think about is to try to improve your grades. I have seen your entrance grades in the first year of high school, and you were in the top ten of your grade at that time."

"That was before." Xiao Chenghao said in a low voice. Later, as Xiao Hong's drinking and gambling intensified, it seriously affected his life and studies. reciprocal.

"I was able to do it before, and I can do it now. Your foundation is not bad, and besides, you are only a sophomore in high school now. While it is still early, hurry up and catch up with the courses that have been left behind. The teacher will help you together."

There seemed to be a serious traffic accident ahead, all the vehicles behind were blocked, and they hadn’t moved for 10 minutes, Guan Lianyi took out a beef stick and handed it to Xiao Chenghao, "I guess I won’t be back so soon, Eat something to fill your stomach first."

Xiao Chenghao took the beef and the stick, tore open the package, put it in his mouth and took a bite.

"Is it tasty?"

"En." Xiao Chenghao nodded.

"Haha, our Mengmeng loves this very much. If you like it too, then I will buy more next time I go to the supermarket."

Xiao Chenghao silently chewed the beef and stick in his hands. Although the teacher and his wife took him in out of voluntary principle, what about the teacher's son?How would you feel about living with them?

"Mom, I'm back!" When Guan Meng walked into the living room with the drawing board on his back, he found a boy sitting on the sofa with a pile of luggage next to the coffee table. Guan Meng immediately recognized that he had come to his house for dinner last time Boy, but he didn't know the other's name.

Guo Ting came out of the kitchen when she heard her son's voice, and explained to Guan Meng with a smile: "His name is Xiao Chenghao, he is a student in your father's class, and he will live in our house from now on. You have to get along well with your brother." do you know?"

"Why does he want to live in our house?" Guan Meng was puzzled, "How long will he live in?"

Although Guan Meng was asking Guo Ting, Xiao Chenghao felt a little embarrassed at the scene, so he avoided it temporarily on the grounds of going to the toilet.

Guo Ting pulled Guan Meng aside and told him in a low voice: "My brother's parents are gone, and his family is not very good, so I discussed with your father to let him live with us until he can be independent. .”

Guan Meng didn't say anything against it, but he didn't agree either. He just glanced at the door of the bathroom, wondering what he was thinking.

Guo Ting pinched his cheek, "Put down your things and go to the kitchen to wash your hands. We have strawberry cake today."

As soon as he said there was cake to eat, Guan Meng immediately threw the drawing board and schoolbag aside, and rushed into the kitchen with his slippers on. Guo Ting packed his drawing board and schoolbag while nagging.

Xiao Chenghao stayed in the bathroom for a long time before slowly opening the door and walking out. He stood in the corridor, not knowing what to do next. Guo Ting smiled and waved to him from the other side of the dining room: "Chenghao, auntie I baked a cake, come and eat with me."

Xiao Chenghao and Guan Meng sat at one end of the dining table, and Guo Ting distributed the cut cakes to the two children.

"Cheng Hao, I forgot to introduce you just now, this is our child, his name is Guan Meng, he just entered the first grade of junior high school this year."

Xiao Chenghao nodded, "We met last time."

Guan Meng looked at the person opposite, and suddenly asked, "How old are you?"

"Meng Meng, Cheng Hao is older than you, you should call him brother."

Guan Meng said nonchalantly: "I'm not a child, how can I be so tired of calling my brother, it's too awkward."

"Even if you don't call me brother, you still have to call Cheng Hao brother, you have to know some etiquette, you know?"

"Oh." Guan Meng's cheeks were bulging with the cake, like a little hamster storing food. People couldn't help but want to reach out to poke it. Xiao Chenghao quickly retracted it before the other party found out. line of sight.

The phone in the living room rang, and Guo Ting left the dining table and ran over to answer it. At this time, only Xiao Chenghao and Guan Meng were left in the dining room.

Xiao Chenghao bowed his head and ate his food without saying a word, the atmosphere was a little too quiet, but he didn't know what to say to Guan Meng in front of him.Suddenly his arm was poked, and the pair of round eyes on the opposite side cast curious glances at Xiao Chenghao, and it was the first time he took the initiative to greet him: "Brother Chenghao"

"Ah?" Xiao Chenghao suddenly raised his head.

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen."

"What about height?"

"I haven't measured it." In my impression, I was 1.7 meters nine during the physical examination last year, and Xiao Chenghao reported it to Guan Meng according to the measurement data at that time, "It seems to be 179."

"You look like you're more than 179."

"I don't know too well, I haven't measured it for a long time."

"Do you usually like playing games?"

"I used to play a lot."

"Really? Then what games do you play?"

"Red Alert, CS, WAR... I play many popular games." Xiao Chenghao answered every question.

"So you also play WAR!" Guan Meng seemed to feel that he and Xiao Chenghao had a common topic, and his tone and expression were obviously much more lively than before. "Which version are you playing? What race? How about your operating skills?" ? Is it powerful?"

Xiao Chenghao opened his mouth and was about to answer when Guo Ting, who had just finished listening to the call, came back from the living room, and he spoke first: "Mengmeng, after eating the cake, hurry back to your room and do your homework."

Guan Meng was naturally not very cooperative, and leaned back on the chair softly, "I just finished school, let me rest for a while."

"Anyway, I'll check your homework later. If you don't finish it, don't even think about watching the TV series at 08:30 tonight."

Guan Meng stopped haggling, quickly wiped out the remaining cakes on the plate, wiped his mouth clean, and ran back to the room obediently.

After Xiao Chenghao ate the last bite of the cake, he put away his plate together with Guan Meng's and took it into the kitchen to wash. Guo Ting walked over and snatched the job back, "Cheng Hao, let me do the washing."

"But……"

No, but Guo Ting drove Xiao Chenghao out of the kitchen, "Go outside and watch TV, read a book, take a shower, whatever, just treat this as your own home, don't be too restrictive."

Sometimes, Xiao Chenghao also wondered why Guan Lianyi and Guo Ting could do this for him?Compared with the indifferent relatives around Xiao Chenghao, Guan Lianyi and his wife, who are outsiders, are more like blood relatives with Xiao Chenghao.In any case, he will always remember their kindness to him.

It has been more than a month since Xiao Chenghao moved into Guan Lianyi's home, and he gradually got to know Guan Lianyi's family.

Guan Lianyi and Guo Ting are high school classmates. After graduation, one went to a university in another province, and the other stayed in the local area to study. Later, the two reunited at a high school reunion and were attracted to each other. They soon established a relationship as a couple, and then it was logical Get married.

Married for many years, the relationship between the couple has always been very stable. Guo Ting is now a professor of French at a foreign language college in the city.