Love you No.17 years

It's still a bit chilly in the early morning of autumn.Lu Ming stood at the gate of the hospital smoking a cigarette, and there seemed to be drizzle in the sky.Xiao Zhenghan walked over with Xie Chenjun, and he pinched the cigarette in his hand.

"Let's go have some breakfast," Xiao Zhenghan said, "I'll take Xiao Jun home later to get some of his father's clothes."

Lu Ming hesitated for a moment, and just as he opened his mouth to say something to Xie Chenjun, Xie Chenjun walked forward without saying a word.

Xiao Zhenghan looked at him, then took out the lighter and helped him light the cigarette again.

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Xie Chenjun walked in front alone, and the two behind him walked side by side silently, exhaling deep melancholy in unison.

"You in the end..."

Xiao Zhenghan obviously wanted to ask him something.

Other people were here just now, and he had some things that he couldn't explain clearly.Although he tried his best to protect Lu Ming on the surface, he knew that Lu Ming's orientation was different from that of "ordinary people".

So no matter how unbelievable, Wei Hong's "conjectures" are still possible.Especially some time ago, Lu Ming had to leave as soon as the o'clock arrived, and now Xiao Zhenghan thought about it together, and probably found some problems.

"It's not that I don't believe you—"

"I know," Lu Ming said, "There is no reason for Wei Honghui to say that—Xiao Jun has encountered what she thought was 'that kind of thing' before."

"Ah?" Xiao Zhenghan opened his eyes wide, "When?"

"Well--"

"No wonder Xie Qun had that expression when he saw you earlier—you have known each other for a long time, right? Is it because of Xiao Jun?"

"Of course I didn't do it," Lu Ming said a little tiredly, "You can still trust me on this, right?"

"I believe in you, but in the end—"

Lu Ming actually didn't want to make that matter known to everyone.But after thinking about it, he still has something to ask Xiao Zhenghan to do next, so it's better to be honest with him.

He briefly explained to Xiao Zhenghan what happened in the countryside a few years ago, omitting most of Xie Chenjun's reactions, and focused on his parents' "wonderful" handling.

"Hey, I should have realized at that time that Xiaojun might not have a good adolescence with such parents," he took a long puff of smoke, and said, "Those of us who are teachers have to take a test, and the impact on children The two oldest parents can actually work 'without a license' - it's really confusing."

Xiao Zhenghan, who is also a parent, felt ashamed when he heard this: "Yes, we are both parents for the first time. In fact, we have been groping along the way. No one can guarantee that everything we do is correct."

The two of them sighed at the same time.

"But I don't think Wei Hong can be blamed entirely," Xiao Zhenghan said again, "She may have some flaws in character, but unlike you, she has at least studied children's psychological education, and she may not realize that some words will hurt you." to the child—”

"So I said, don't raise her if you don't know how to raise them." Lu Ming threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, "I don't care about her, and I don't want to teach her any principles of life. I just feel sorry for this child, you understand What? You see, his arm was injured, and Dad was in the operating room, and in the end he had to face his mother's madness—if I were him, I'd probably have gone mad too."

Xiao Zhenghan nodded and said: "You're right. Some people are used to blaming each other with the people around them when things happen—for example, when Xiao Yu fell and hurt himself when he was young, I naturally blamed his mother for not being optimistic about him. But afterwards I blamed myself, I shouldn't blame Huai Ya.

"Xiao Yu got hurt, she can only be more sad than me, even if she really didn't take good care of the child, she shouldn't blame her. I was so anxious at the time because I didn't know what to do to restore the status quo, so in the end, I was still angry at my own incompetence ..."

Lu Ming patted him on the shoulder and said, "It would be great if every parent could learn to reflect like you."

Xiao Zhenghan smiled bitterly, raised his eyes and saw the thin figure of a person walking in front of him in the hazy morning mist.He said: "But it's okay, Xiao Jun is going to go to college in one year, and he will be able to enjoy freedom soon-freedom is a rebirth, at least I have always believed in this, what do you think?"

"So at that time you had to pursue freedom, 'rock to death', right?" Lu Ming smiled slightly.

The two of them hugged their shoulders tacitly and smiled for a while, then Lu Ming made a final request to him:

"Just now I was stubborn in front of Wei Hong. In fact, for the next period of time——when Xie Qun recovers and is able to pick up Xiao Jun from school, please help take care of him. I will lend you my car to drive. , I don’t usually need it anyway, you—”

"Why? Didn't you say you want to control him to the end?"

"Hey, it's not very good after all—"

"What does it matter? You have no ghosts in your heart," Xiao Zhenghan said, "Even if others don't believe in your character, we will believe in your character, and Xiao Jun is willing to let you pick him up, right?"

Lu Ming looked at his back and said, "But I still don't think it's appropriate..."

He didn't know what he was worrying about.

He knew his good friend would stand firmly by his side.

He also believed in himself.

But there was always a terrible voice in his heart saying to himself:

What if there is a ghost in my heart...

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The three of them came to the door of an early breakfast shop.They didn't sleep almost all night, and the three of them looked very tired.However, Xie Chenjun looked much more energetic when he chose breakfast, Lu Ming was about to say something to him, he raised his face to look at Lu Ming and said:

"Mr. Lu, what do you want to eat?"

"what?"

The steamer was opened, and Lu Ming could vaguely see that clean and handsome face in the steam.

Lu Ming wiped off the blood on his face bit by bit.At that time, the embarrassment and anxiety of the young man were still vaguely visible, but now his eyes have regained their former brilliance.

Lu Ming lowered his eyes and said, "I won't eat, I'll go back in a while."

"What?" Xie Chenjun was astonished.

"Well... let your Uncle Xiao take you home to pick up things later, and then he will pick you up from school at night—"

"But--"

Xie Chenjun stared at him with a glimmer of light in his eyes.Lu Ming scratched his head, not knowing how to explain.

He has so much to say to him.About why he was worried about him, why he had to protect him, why he said those things in front of his mother, why now, suddenly, he didn't dare to face him...

But Lu Ming couldn't say anything.He threw the car keys to Xiao Zhenghan, and walked into the gray morning mist alone.

"I don't need it!" Xie Chenjun said suddenly, startling the two adults.

Lu Ming turned around and found that his eyes were red, and it was the first time Lu Ming saw that stubborn and angry expression on his face.

Xie Chenjun ran over in three steps at the same time, stuffed a bag of steamed buns into his arms, then stared at him firmly, and said sonorously:

"I'm not a child anymore, and I don't always need someone to protect me."

"..."

Xie Chenjun returned to Xiao Zhenghan's side, without looking at him again, but his ears were terribly red.

Lu Ming was stunned for a long time, then smiled to himself.

I have never seen this guy get angry with me, so it turns out that he also has emotions sometimes.

Lu Ming put the bun into his pocket, turned and left.

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After making this seemingly difficult decision, Lu Ming took some time to get his life back on track.

In fact, it's nothing, it's nothing at all.He felt that his "crazy thoughts" during this period were probably just random thoughts, and when his life returned to the old rhythm, he would indulge in his own world again.

Time flows silently, and it is another summer in a blink of an eye.

Lu Ming thought that everything would slow down in this small place, but he didn't expect it to be just a blink of an eye, and four years have passed since he first returned to Pingcheng.

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It was another summer evening, when the door opened, a mud monkey rushed in. It was Xiao Yu, who was seven years old.

He was dirty all over, with a red scarf tied around his face; he didn't know which "hero" he was imitating again, when he saw Lu Ming, he bent his knees and squatted down, with his arms wide open, in a pose of "receiving the move" :

"Young man, I see that your bones are amazing, do you want to have a competition with me? If you can defeat me within three moves, Xiaosheng will worship you as a teacher——

"Thank you for your size!" Lu Ming knocked him once, and picked him up like a chicken, "Do I need three tricks to beat you? One trick will give you a good spanking!"

"Aww, put me down!——"

Lu Ming threw him into the bathroom.

"It stinks, where did you roll in the mud again? Don't touch the piano when it's so dirty, clean it up for me!!"

Lu Ming yelled at him, but in fact, the change of clothes for him had already been placed in the bathroom; mung bean soup was prepared in the kitchen, chilled, with brown sugar in it, which was the kid's favorite mouthful.

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Xiao Yu rushed out and found his master sitting in front of the piano with his legs crossed and humming.

"Growing taller again, shorty?" Lu Ming said lazily, holding a lollipop in his mouth.

"How am I a 'little man'? Who says I'm short?" Xiaoyu shouted, "I'm the tallest boy in my class, okay! Don't just call me 'little man' just because I'm shorter than you, the whole Pingcheng There are not many people who are not 'little people'..."

"Are you telling me the tongue twister?" Lu Ming frowned, and said in a rough voice, "Come to practice the piano! Let's practice Bach first today—"

"I don't want to play Bach!" Xiaoyu pursed her lips, "I want to play Revolution! (*note)————"

His voice started to "bang" before it fell into his hand, but the series of arpeggios after the "bang" was in a mess.

Lu Ming cut off his head, and said violently: "You are so tall! Practice the basic skills for me first!"

Xiao Yu pursed her mouth and opened a polyphonic etude unhappily.As a result, he operated like a tiger, his fingers flew wildly, and the speed was surprisingly fast, all the notes were glued together, and Lu Ming was almost so angry that he recited it.

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However, Xiaoyu performed pretty well throughout the class, and when the class was about to end, the master and apprentice finally "reconciled" and sat on the window sill to eat popsicles together after class.

"Ms. Lu, my family is about to move too~" Xiaoyu blinked mischievously and said with a smile.

"Oh? Where are you going to move?"

"Move next door to Brother Xiao Jun's house! Yeah, we can be neighbors again!"

"..."

In the past few years, Xiao Zhenghan was also slowly starting a small business. This year, his progress has been extremely rapid. In a blink of an eye, he can buy the same style of Xie Chenjun's big villa.

However, when Lu Ming heard that long-lost name, he still gave up.It just so happened that there were some high school students downstairs who came home from school in twos and threes. The way they chased after each other was really full of youth.

"Your brother Xiaojun...have you finished the college entrance examination?"

"Oh, yes."

"How was the test?"

"I heard it's pretty good~"

"Oh……"

In fact, Lu Ming didn't ask what he wanted to ask the most, but Xiaoyu, a clever little ghost, accidentally hit his point:

"I asked him to accompany me to practice the piano last time, but he didn't come."

"what?"

"He said Teacher Lu didn't like him~"

"Who said I don't like him!" Lu Ming suddenly yelled, startling Xiao Yu.

"I lied to you..." Xiao Yu shrank his neck and said, "He said he was going to play with his classmates, and he didn't have time to come to your place to play."

"..."

"I reckon... it's Brother Xiao Jun who is in love~"

"what?!"

"He said that he is 18 years old and can already kiss his female classmates!"

"Who-who told you? There's no way he'd tell you that himself!"

"Of course~ because I lied to you again, slightly~~~"

Xiao Yu had the word "Qian Bian" written all over her body, and she jumped and ran away.Lu Ming picked up a pillow and chased him.

Xiao Yu jumped up and down in his house, her mouth still not idle:

"You can have a baby with a kiss! I asked Brother Jun to quickly give birth to one for me to play with, and I also taught him to play the piano—oh!"

Lu Ming caught him and gave him a resounding bang: "Who said you can have a baby with a kiss? Who taught you?"

"My dad said that's how I got here!"

"you--"

Xiao Yu looked at him with an aggrieved face, Lu Ming snatched half of the popsicle from his hand: "Don't eat it!"

"Aw!—Old Lu, why are you so angry all of a sudden?"

"You call me Lao Lu again!" Lu Ming raised his hand to cut him.

"Is it because you heard that brother Xiao Jun is in a relationship, so you are unhappy?" Xiao Yu said in a serious manner, "Is it because you are still a single dog, so you are envious and jealous?~"

"Who did you learn from—you practice the piano for me! Practice for another two hours!"

"Oh no! I just finished practicing today—"

Lu Ming was so angry that his nose was smoking, he carried him away like a kitten.

"Aww! Brother Xiao Jun is not in love with me," Xiao Yu yelled, "It is not my fault that no one is in love with you—let me down! No love, brother Jun is not in love! I lied to you of!--"

"I don't care if he talks about it or not, you play the piano for me first!"

"Ow—"

Xiao Yu was crying and howling in front of the piano, and Lu Ming was also successfully pissed off by his little apprentice today.

It's hard to say how much Xiaoyu's words are true or not, but there is one fact that stands before my eyes:

Xie Chenjun is going to go to university, which means that he is likely to leave this small place temporarily or permanently.

Lu Ming became restless for no reason, and then became even more annoyed by his inexplicable feelings.

He took a bite of the popsicle that was about to melt, and his heart was chilled down to the bottom of his heart.

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In another community a few kilometers away, a car was parked in front of the villa.

Xie Chenjun held a few pages of paper in his hand, and pushed open the door of his house with a heavy expression.

Wei Hong was sitting on the sofa fixing her nails, Xie Chenjun put the copy of the college entrance examination application form on the coffee table without saying a word, then turned and went back to the room.

Wei Hong picked up the volunteer form and looked at it in a lack of interest, then suddenly crumpled the paper and shouted angrily, "Xie Chenjun! Come down for me!"

The upstairs bedroom was silent.

"Who allowed you to apply for this school—who allowed you to apply for a normal school, ah?!!!"