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I don't know if Xueqiu was not seriously injured, or if its unusual animal characteristics played a role. On the way to Zhang Huai's house, it was still dying. As soon as it entered the house, it raised its head from Jiang He's arms, Nose twitched, eyes sparkled and said: "It smells so good!"

And the second fool also shouted excitedly: "It's delicious!"

Zhang Yunyuan was cooking in the kitchen. When he heard Jiang He say he was looking for Zhang Huai, he said in surprise, "Didn't he go looking for you?"

"When did it happen? I'm not at home in the morning, so it won't be long before I go back."

"It's around ten o'clock. He came back from the farm and took a shower. His clothes were still there and he came back to wash them. I thought he had taken root in your place again."

Zhang Yunyuan's complaints made Jiang He feel a little ashamed, and he knew that he just went to pick cherries after ten o'clock, and he should have missed it.Seeing that there are already a lot of prepared dishes in the cupboard, Zhang Yunyuan put the braised chicken nuggets in the pot on a plate to prepare for the next dish, so he asked, "Are there any guests today?"

As soon as he finished asking, he suddenly remembered that today seemed to be Zhang Huai's birthday. He still remembered it a few days ago, but unexpectedly, he forgot everything about his birthday.

Perhaps it was Zhang Huai's special request that Zhang Yunyuan save some raw meat for the second idiot and Xueqiu for lunch.The two animals were very excited, especially the second idiot, who kept kicking his front two paws while drooling, and kept saying to Jiang He and Xueqiu, "Eat, it's delicious!"

Jiang He really wanted to say to it, "I've never treated you badly in terms of food, have I?"

Zhang Yunyuan divided the raw meat and boiled the meat for Xueqiu. As soon as he put the bowl on the ground, the second idiot rushed over like an arrow, and kicked the bowl over because of his excitement.

Xueqiu couldn't hold back and broke free from Jiang He's arms. Although he staggered a bit when he jumped to the ground, he still walked to his job bowl impartially. No one will rob you."

Seeing Xueqiu's appearance, Jiang He felt that it should be fine, but after Zhang Huai came back and listened to what happened, his first reaction was to grab Xueqiu to check its whole body, and said to Jiang He, "There is something wrong with it. There is no external injury, but you can see that it is bleeding, and it cannot be ruled out that the internal organs are damaged, and X-rays must be taken if necessary, and you cannot eat at this time."

At this moment, Jiang He became afraid again, grabbed Zhang Huai's arm nervously, and asked him, "Then what should I do? It has eaten a lot, will it spit it out?"

After eating the food in his stomach, there was no possibility of vomiting it out again, Xueqiu felt that they were making a fuss over a molehill, but he was in good health.

Zhang Huai breathed a sigh of relief after the inspection, and said, "It doesn't matter, it just has a loose tooth. What you see may be bleeding gums."

That's what he said, but he also said that he needed to observe more.

The big stone in his heart fell to the ground for a while, Jiang He felt very sorry for Xueqiu, and blamed himself, "It would be fine if I didn't go out today."

"I don't blame you." Zhang Huai rubbed his hair and said, "When I passed by today, he looked like he was out of his mind. I didn't see you back after waiting for a while, and your mobile phone was left at home. When I got home, he grabbed me and said he had sand in his eyes."

Of course Zhang Huai didn't blow it for him, but told him to wipe it with a towel.

"It's me who should say sorry. He transferred his resentment towards you to you, and finally hurt Snowball."

Jiang He didn't know what to say. Everyone has excuses and innocent reasons for making mistakes. Either others find it for him, or he finds it for himself. Jiang He did it, and so did Zhao Xiufeng. Zhang Huai only took responsibility for it because he thought he needed comfort. himself, but what was wrong with him?Is it to blame him for his absolute refusal to deny it back then and now?

During lunch, Zhang Yunyuan smoked a cigarette and asked Zhang Huai, "Where did you go today? Why didn't Xiaohe see you when he went back?"

"After I went out, I met Principal Xiao. He said that there were many snakes near the school. The guard killed two in a panic, and the rest were still scattered around the school. He was worried that the snakes would scare or bite the children, so I helped him. Get someone to find all those snakes and take them away."

"Didn't kill them all? Snakes are spiritual animals, don't take the initiative to mess with them."

"They were not killed, they were all sent back to the mountains and released."

It’s not the first time Jiang He has heard the saying that snakes have spirituality. He used to be more courageous than his friends and even crossed the length of the snake, so that he was terrified all night thinking that the snake would crawl into the bed and sleep with him, but in fact there was nothing. occur.If snakes were said to be vengeful and aggressive, Jiang He didn't doubt it very much. Rabbits would bite when they were in a hurry, and any animal has a temper.

He was most afraid of snakes in his life, and he killed one with Fenghuang before, so he didn't want this topic to continue.

Fortunately, Zhang Yunyuan's focus didn't seem to be on Zhang Huai, and he was about to smoke again, but Zhang Huai stopped him and said, "Don't smoke too much, eat first."

Zhang Yunyuan had something on his mind, even Jiang He could tell, he didn't take a bite of the food, and he sighed when he smoked alone.

"Has your sister not called yet?"

Zhang Huai shook his head and said, "Maybe my sister is busy, so I'll call you later."

"Is there anything that is so busy that you don't even have time to make a phone call... In the past, at this time of year, I would miss the peaches from your third grandma's house. If you are always busy, you can take some time to send her some."

Zhang Huai responded, and put a piece of fish in Jiang He's bowl: "You eat too."

Jiang He withdrew his small eyes that glanced back and forth at Zhang Yunyuan, and really didn't understand why he didn't go to see her himself if he missed his daughter.

On the way back after eating, Zhang Huai told Jiang He that he knew the reason.

When Zhang Liu first got married, she went back to her natal family very often, and she was pregnant with a child, but later she had a miscarriage for unknown reasons, and she has had a habitual miscarriage since then.Even if the daughter is not happy, the father can feel it even if he doesn't show it. Once Zhang Yunyuan proposed to let Zhang Liu go home for a while on the phone, Zhang Liu suddenly lost control of his emotions and cried. Zhang Huai went to the city to pick her up.

Zhang Liu's mother-in-law said that the family was ungrateful and would not let her go. Her husband, Qin Xianyu, strictly forbade them to instigate her to divorce in front of Zhang Liu.Zhang Yunyuan has a stubborn temper and is eager to love his daughter. He wants to take Zhang Liu away no matter what. During the quarrel, Zhang Liu's mother-in-law called the police, and Zhang Liu had to cry and beg them to leave.

Later, Zhang Liu was restricted from going home and making phone calls, and they were never allowed to see Zhang Liu unless there was a specific reason.

"Why did this happen?" When Zhang Huai was talking about his high school, he felt that his brother-in-law looked down on their family members. Since he felt that the family was not right, why didn't he let them go?

"It's not that my sister has no love for him, it's just that he happened to show up when my mother was sick, and helped us solve the problem of facing death prematurely. There is a bondage of debt in front of love, and no matter what, it will not be easy. .”

Zhang Huai's birthday was supposed to be happy, but he forgot about it first, and then made him bring up the heavy past. He didn't show it, but he must have been looking forward to receiving his sister's blessing call early in the morning.There is also Zhang Yunyuan, who cooks such a large table of dishes for just a few people to eat, maybe he also silently prepares his daughter's portion every festival.Thinking of these, he suddenly missed his parents and sisters.

Already at the door of the house, Jiang He raised his head and said to Zhang Huai, "Zhang Huai, I want to go home to celebrate my birthday at the end of the month, so I can also celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival at home."

Zhang Huai froze there, and after a long time he couldn't hide his disappointment and said "hmm".

Jiang He suddenly laughed again: "Idiot, you're just joking! I'm tired of eating poached eggs made by my mother, and it's the same every year and I won't change the recipe."

Zhang Huai's expression softened a little, and he said, "Then what do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

"What to eat is not the point," Jiang He felt that Zhang Huai always seemed cautious when it came to his questions, and it could be said that he cared too much about his feelings, which really made him feel too guilty. "Did you receive a good one just now?" How do you feel about the news? Are you surprised? Are you surprised? Are you happy?"

"...Xiao He, you have become bad."

Jiang He entered the house, took out the box that had been hidden in the closet, put his hands behind his back, and said, "Well, Bad Xiaohe even prepared a gift for you, don't you want it?"

Holding the person and the box in his arms, Zhang Huai's breathing was a little short, and he said excitedly, "Yes, both."

Jiang He helped him take off the old watch, put on the new one, and said happily, "Sure enough, I didn't make a mistake, it suits you very well!"

After Zhang Huai left, Zhao Xiufeng didn't know when she came out of the room, and she didn't know how long she had been watching Jiang He. The anger dissipated, but he still reminded: "The food is in the kitchen, you may have to heat it up before eating."

Zhao Xiufeng remained indifferent and continued to stare at Jiang He.

Jiang He stopped writing and moved his wrist a few times, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

"I also gave him a watch."

"so what?"

"I painted him a lot."

"..."

"My first kiss was for him."

"..."

"I slept with him."

Jiang He was very speechless, he had to blurt out words that made him feel embarrassed several times, but in the end he held back and just said, "I know what happened between you two in the past."

Zhao Xiufeng sneered and said, "What do you know? In three years, how many things have I done for him, what do you know? He is not as determined as you can see, as long as there is a little benefit, he will let it go."

Jiang He couldn't help asking him strangely: "What do you like about him?"

Zhao Xiufeng replied without thinking: "All."

"Including slandering him?" It's Zhang Huai's misfortune to be liked by him. Jiang He doesn't care what he thinks. All Jiang He can do is not allow him to slander his lover in front of him, "You like him, you do it for him." You did a lot of things, and you said you were not the one who wanted to destroy him, so what do you mean now?"

"I said it wasn't me who wanted to destroy him!" Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiufeng was even more agitated than he was, and slammed the table, leaning forward and staring directly at Jiang He, "I was hospitalized with pneumonia, high fever and unconscious , I told Tang Lin to stop immediately after knowing that! I knew I was sorry for him, and I didn’t dare to see him... But what can I do? My family objected to my dating with men, knowing that I liked him, they forced me Go to treatment, and send me abroad, I am not allowed to have any contact with him, otherwise I will cut off all my financial resources... I only dare to watch him secretly, pay attention to his daily life, go to the places he has been, like Things that have been close to him... what else do you want me to do!"

The gushing emotions, almost crazy eyes, it seems that since Jiang He knew him, he has been on the verge of violent emotions, extreme, persistent, and can't listen to other people's words.

He knew he didn't want to hear it, but Jiang He wanted to say, "I didn't ask you to do anything, and no one forced you to make a decision. It's just that Zhang Huai has ever responded to the things you have done? Has he ever affirmed you? Is it an indomitable approach?"

"He likes me!"

"Stop kidding yourself. If he really likes you a little bit, even if your parents cut off ties with you, you will never give up being with him. You just avoid facing the fact that he doesn't like you. Good friend The obstruction of revenge, the bondage and constraints of parents and families, and a series of practical problems are all the forced comfort you can't ask for. You dare not see him, but it is because he doesn't see you at all, and you are afraid of being ignored by him, and you are afraid of being sad. , afraid to admit that everything is your wishful thinking."

Zhao Xiufeng glared at Jiang He, Jiang He was really afraid that he would slap him with excitement, so he didn't back down, and continued: "These days, you basically haven't talked to him much, although you still have feelings for him, but deep down in your heart There is absolutely no hope."

Waking up someone who is dreaming is a cruel thing. Zhao Xiufeng's dream has long been riddled with holes. Maybe it doesn't matter whether it hurts or not. Anyway, he may not be willing to wake up.He is like a beast on the verge of extinction. His strong self-confidence makes him unable to give up his obsession and run away, or he will die and be smashed to pieces.

After staring at it for a while, Zhao Xiufeng's momentum suddenly weakened: "I can't help it..." I don't know which aspect he admitted, but he lowered his head, and Jiang He couldn't see his expression clearly.

"The situation has changed drastically, my parents are on the wrong team, and all kinds of groundless accusations are coming one after another. I really have no choice..."

The topic changed inexplicably to this point, but Jiang He also understood that the only way to avoid the fact he didn't want to admit was the best way.Just about to ask what exactly happened, Zhao Xiufeng raised his head again, as if he was determined to see death as home, and said: "If you can paint, you can paint. If you can't paint, it's my destiny."

After he said this, Jiang He had to doubt the reason why he couldn't paint again, but he didn't want to say it, and it was impossible for Jiang He to open his mouth and let him speak.

Just in case something happened again, we reserved a little spare time for the deadline. Jiang He had been drawing non-stop since the afternoon, and only had a few bites of dinner in a hurry. At eleven o'clock, Zhang Huai urged him to sleep, and he stopped for a while. The next said to him: "I may need to catch up tonight."

Zhang Huai grabbed his wrist and pressed it lightly a few times in an attempt to relieve his pain, but it didn't actually have any effect, it was just a little comforting psychologically.Jiang He withdrew his hand and urged him to go back quickly, but he said, "I'll accompany you."

The night is very long and quiet, and I used to be alone and lonely. Even if I was doing the thing I was most interested in, most of the time I would feel more and more boring.It seems that from the beginning of this year until now, Jianghe has never put off his work until late at night, and it can be said that this is the first time that someone has stayed up late with him.

The freshness eases the drowsiness and exhaustion. As soon as you stop your hands in a blink of an eye, the people next to you immediately stop reading and look at them with concern, or help him squeeze his shoulders, or pass him a cup of warm tea, and then continue to use peaceful A soothing voice read to him.

He is in a good mood, and his efficiency cannot be said to be much higher than usual, but at least the pictures he draws can satisfy him.

On the rice paper, simple lines outline the black cat's facial features, and the ink is smudged to smudge the black cat's body shape.

"It's 04:30, you have to go to bed and start drawing after dawn." Zhang Huai closed the book and pulled Jiang He up from his seat.

Jiang He was dizzy, he was a little dizzy when he just stood up, and his reaction was also very slow: "How do you sleep?" The sofa is a bit small for him to sleep alone, should he sleep on the floor?

"Go to sleep, I should go after sitting down for a while."

"Then I'll sit and sleep with you too."

Jiang He couldn't help but push Zhang Huai to sit on the sofa, and sat next to him himself.The two snuggled together, Jiang He was still holding Zhang Huai's hand at first, but then he felt his body being flattened in a daze, and he didn't know when Zhang Huai's hand was taken away.

When I woke up, it was already daylight, but it was not too late, and the alarm clock set before going to bed didn't go off.Because Er Fool and Xueqiu were both at Zhang Huai's house, the surroundings were very quiet.

But as soon as he got up, he saw Zhao Xiufeng sitting upright in front of his workbench.

Thinking that he was checking his results all night, Jiang He didn't pay much attention to it. He packed the sofa, went to wash up, and then returned to the living room.

"Breakfast has boiled eggs and steamed noodles. If I feel dry, I'll make soup."

After he finished speaking, Zhao Xiufeng raised his head stiffly, his eyes were ashen.

"What's wrong?" Jiang He subconsciously felt that something was wrong, so he came to Zhao Xiufeng, but he was also speechless for a while because of the situation on the table.