Self-cultivation of spare tire

Sitting opposite the man again, Chen Zhu was unexpectedly calm.

The past was revealed, and looking at Xu Lanting's exquisite face as before, Chen Zhu's heart was calm.

It turned out that after the deep wound healed, it was just a gray-brown mark.

"Here is the money I saved this year." Chen Zhu took out the saved check, and he was actually waiting for an opportunity to return the money to Xu Lanting.

10 yuan is only one tenth of the total arrears, but it is the sum of all the hardships Chen Zhu has suffered from Moscow to Pennsylvania.

The man took the check, looked at the number on it, and fell silent unexpectedly.

On a thin piece of paper, the numbers on it couldn't even afford a formal dinner for Xu Lanting.

But this piece of paper pressed down like a mountain, weighing as much as a thousand catties, and crushed the man's heart hard.

Chen Zhu thought that Xu Lanting thought the money was too little, "I'm sorry, I only have so much for the time being. I will get the rest as soon as possible..."

"How did you save it?" Xu Lanting's voice was hoarse.

Chen Zhu paused for a moment, not wanting to start an extra topic with Xu Lanting, "If you have nothing else to do—"

"Move the goods, go to the construction site..." Xu Lanting didn't raise his eyes, his eyes stayed on the thin check, his eyebrows were lowered so that people couldn't see his expression at the moment, "I need daily expenses. To avoid me, I still To buy plane tickets, train tickets."

The man's bony fingers slightly bent, caressing Chen Zhujunyi's handwriting on the check.

"Chen Zhu," he never looked at Chen Zhu, "do you hate me?"

Chen Zhu suddenly felt absurd. Recently, people always asked him this question.

Do you hate Xu Lanting, do you hate Xu Lanting?

Jiang Mingzhuo asked, Ye Xi asked, Fang Xu asked, even Shen Zhixia came to ask him for some unknown purpose.

Chen Zhu didn't even understand that emotions beyond the facts are so important now.

Xu Lanting ruined him, hurt him, and tried to imprison him—these are already established facts, and Chen Zhu has already given his own answer.

Breaking up, leaving, jumping over the abyss named Xu Lanting to grow up alone.

Chen Zhu: "So what if you hate, so what if you don't hate?" He said coldly, "I hate you, nothing helps; I don't hate you...Xu Lanting, don't you think we can go back to the past?"

"Yes." Xu Lanting raised his eyes, the sharpness in his eyes turned into water, and the strong man became less aggressive, "It doesn't help..."

In any case, he couldn't make up for what he owed, and even atonement was an extravagant hope.

Chen Zhu sighed, and said lightly: "I hope you can let me go, that is also to let yourself go."

He didn't want to talk to the man any more, and got up, "I will return the money to you as soon as possible, please don't bother me."

They were originally two parallel lines, but their sudden detour and unexpected intersection brought about a disaster.

Now, Chen Zhu finally escaped from the catastrophe, but Xu Lanting was trapped in that short but beautiful summer.

Chen Zhu was about to leave, but his sleeves were lightly grabbed——very lightly, and instantly let go.

He looked back puzzled, but Xu Lanting didn't look at him, his eyes stayed on the porcelain white cup in front of him.

"You don't need to pay it back as soon as possible." Chen Zhu had never heard the man's tone before, guilt, sadness...too many mixed emotions made his voice hoarse, "I know you don't want to owe me, I'll accept the money .but…"

Xu Lanting knew Chen Zhu's temperament, and writing off the debt would be an even greater insult to Chen Zhu.

Therefore, Xu Lanting said slowly: "One month, one thousand." This is a figure he came up with after inquiring about the local prices and the consumption level of Chen Zhu's class.

Not too little, not too much.

The man carefully grasped the measure and kept an appropriate distance.

Now that Xu Lanting has drawn the dividing line and retreated beyond Chen Zhu's boundary, Chen Zhu said no more, "Got it."

Chen Zhu walked to the cashier and paid for his cup of coffee.

As soon as he opened the door and went out, Ye Xi rushed up in a hurry, hugged Chen Zhu and looked left and right.

Ye Xi frowned tightly, looking like a puppy protecting food, "How about it, did he bully you? Did he threaten you with money?"

As he said that, Ye Xi's eyes jumped over Chen Zhu, and stared at the man through the huge glass window of the coffee shop.

Xu Lanting looked at him quietly, not avoiding him.

Different from being cautious in front of Chen Zhu, the man's inherent arrogance and strength are fully revealed.

In those eyes, it was clearly provocative and unremitting.

Ye Xi gritted his teeth and was about to rush in.

Anyone who dares to bully him on his territory!Ye Xi cursed, let go of Chen Zhu and was about to push the door.

"Okay." Chen Zhu raised his hand to hook Ye Xi's neck, and rubbed Ye Xi's angry face, "I'm fine."

He is no longer the boy who had nothing and could only struggle in the palm of Xu Lanting.

With the tempering and beating of the society, Chen Zhu already had enough confidence when facing Xu Lanting.

He could negotiate with the old fox calmly, and he could avoid the trap set by the man calmly.

It can be said that Xu Lanting is no longer a threat to him now.

But a stranger, why bother about it?

Chen Zhu embraced Ye Xi's shoulders, and kissed him lightly on the cheek, "Aren't you still going to introduce me to your 'Hot Spring of Love' plan? Let's go, the plan will work."

Ye Xi was so coaxed that he lost his temper at all.He also found it miraculous that no one had ever been able to dispel all his anger with a few words.

"But, that bad man—"

Chen Zhu smiled faintly, "It's just a creditor, don't worry about it."

After paying the bill, Xu Lanting, who was walking to the door, froze for a moment, his raised hand slowly lowered again.

Creditors...don't worry about it...

Xu Lanting smiled bitterly, and waited quietly behind the door.

It wasn't until the two left together that he slowly opened the door, got in the car and left as if he had been pardoned.

Along the way, Ye Xi was too well-behaved, he sat quietly on the back seat of the bicycle, and did not do anything wrong while holding Chen Zhu's hand.

Finally, Chen Zhu raised his foot and stopped the car. He turned his head to look at the quiet person, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I have already asked for the next month's leave. I promise, this time there will never be anyone can bother us."

"Then brother can't meet that dog...bad man next time." Ye Xi acted like a baby in a low voice, "I will be unhappy."

Chen Zhu thought for a while and said, "I promise you, apart from repaying the money every month, I won't have any extra contact with him."

"Damn it, if it wasn't for him, we would have—"

Even though Chen Zhu covered Ye Xi's mouth, he smiled helplessly, "Okay, okay, next month, next month?"

Chen Zhu said with a smile: "As long as you think about it, today—"

"No!" Ye Xi stubbornly suppressed his heart that was about to move, with inexplicable cuteness in his firmness, "Brother, this is our first time, we must have a very good, very good memory!"

He made up his mind to leave a sweet and deep mark on Chen Zhu's heart.

Ye Xi paid too much attention to the sense of ritual, even though Chen Zhu couldn't laugh or cry, he could only let him go.

His little boyfriend likes romance, so he is happy to accompany it.

As Easter is approaching, the business in the restaurant is getting more and more prosperous.

The small restaurant, which was struggling on the verge of bankruptcy, finally took a breath of relief, and there was even a cute egg decoration at the door.

Every time Ye Xi entered the door, he would touch the round egg with his hands, just like a child.

"Hey." Chen Zhu reminded him, "A child just urinated on it."

"omg!" Ye Xi jumped up in fright, shaking his arms desperately, causing the people in the restaurant to burst into laughter.

Chen Zhu said with a smirk, "Next time, don't touch things outside casually."

The manager of the restaurant also likes Ye Xi, a cheerful big boy. Seeing Ye Xi's frowning, he smiled and said, "Chen, you are too bad."

Ye Xi came to his senses, heaved a sigh of relief, and looked at Chen Zhu sadly: "Brother!" He crossed his arms and sat angrily on his exclusive seat.

Chen Zhu poured him a glass of water, smiled and patted his head.

"Hmph." Ye Xi licked his lips, "Brother, you are too bad." He raised his head and blinked, "Tomorrow night, you must make it up to me."

Tomorrow night...Chen Zhu thought that tomorrow night would be a holiday, and it was also the day he made an appointment with Ye Xi to go to the hot spring.

Chen Zhu smiled without saying a word, hooked Ye Xi's chin and went to work.

Looking at Chen Zhu's tall and straight back, Ye Xi licked his lips, and remained so indifferent after being so calm, it was really...

He stopped the messy thoughts in his head so as not to make a fool of himself in public.

After getting along these days, Ye Xi found that his elder brother was actually not as conservative as he seemed.

Chen Zhu is of course an upright and excellent man, but the deeper Ye Xi understands Chen Zhu, the more he can feel the unruly nature of Chen Zhu.

That is Chen Zhu's unique temperament. He is like a river flowing slowly in an empty valley, clear and pure, but also rebellious and unruly like waves crashing against the shore and rapids rushing against rocks.

Ye Xi likes Chen Zhu, who is elegant and polite, but what really makes Ye Xi sink is the little villains in Chen Zhu's life, which others have never understood, Chen Zhu's publicity and recklessness.

The closer Ye Xi got to the first floor, the more he sank down.

He knew that he was in love with Chen Zhu, and loved Chen Zhu deeply and uncontrollably.

Maybe...Ye Xi thought, he could understand why that man insisted on not letting go.

Chen Zhu's cleanness and purity, and his occasional unrestrained freedom, all make people lose their minds.

If there is such a person in your life, even if it is just a glimpse, the love will last forever and overflow.

"This week's open class is about the relationship between AI and social development, Ye Xi, you..." Chen Zhu said while looking at his schedule.

Before he finished speaking, Chen Zhu's shoulders sank, he tilted his head, and saw the drowsy guy leaning on his shoulder.

The person who said he would stay up late reading with him was so sleepy that he couldn't keep his eyes open as soon as he sat down.

Chen Zhu closed the notebook, grabbed Ye Xi's shoulders, and tried to hug him

Good, no hugs.

Chen Zhu sighed helplessly, pulled the blanket over Ye Xi's body, and let Ye Xi curl up into his arms raving.

He half hugged the person and opened the book full of notes.

With Ye Xi's warm warmth in his arms, Chen Zhu's heart also became soft.

Even if he is about to face the extremely challenging IELTS, at this moment he can still calm down and plan everything calmly.

The [-]th Middle School retained his student status, and Chen Zhu did have an extra path.

He originally planned to take the college entrance examination again after Xu Lanting settled down.

But after seeing the outside world, Chen Zhu's horizons also broadened.

Science and technology prosper the country, science and technology rejuvenate the country.Chen Zhu has a clearer and more detailed goal.

Chen Zhu chose a path that was more difficult but more suitable for him.

He brought postcards from Harvard University to Carmel from Australia.From Carmel to Pennsylvania.

Chen Zhu never thought about how long the journey from cold Moscow to Harvard was.

But he firmly believes that he will bring this postcard into the Harvard classroom.

The road was obstructed and long, and Chen Zhu stepped on a rough and difficult road like an ascetic monk.

But no matter what the future is, Chen Zhu knows that there is only one way back for him.

It is the narrow concrete road in the countryside.

On the night when he left his hometown, Chen Zhu never forgot Chen Wenguo's teachings.

Only with roots under your feet, a connection in your heart, and knowing where you came from, can you move forward into the future.

He took up his hopes again, picked up his ideals, and walked slowly but firmly.

"Well, brother hug." Ye Xi murmured and arched. Chen Zhu looked at the clock pointing at 01:30, and raised his hand to turn over a page of the book.

In the quiet early autumn, the fallen leaves rustle outside the window, and the homeless people on the street corner are already asleep in their dreams.

However, the lights in Chen Zhu's room did not go out for a long time.

The man breathed out a puff of smoke, and through the hazy fog, the small window became blurred.

But Chen Zhu's serious reading face seemed to be right in front of him.

He seemed to be able to see Chen Zhu lowering his brows and eyes, walking between lines of text, and perhaps frowning slightly when encountering difficult problems...

"Don't die." Xu Lanting whispered, "Work during the day and stay up late at night to read." He remembered that Chen Zhu had never been so tired during the college entrance examination.

The person on the side asked aloud: "Need help—"

Before he finished speaking, he was swept away by the man's faint eyes, and the man closed his mouth.

"Don't do self-righteous things." Xu Lanting said, not sure if he was warning his subordinates or reminding himself.

Now, even Xu Lanting felt it was a rare gift to be able to take a look at that person from afar.

He was willing to lower his posture and abandon his dignity, like a dim gray shadow being trampled under by Chen Zhu.

As long as, as long as Chen Zhu still stands in front of him properly.

Although Xu Lanting was still in pain and wanted to kill the person holding Chen Zhu, but he actually tasted pleasure from this pain.

Just want to hurt like this, just want to be like this...

Xu Lanting almost compulsively pressed himself in front of the cruel truth.

He tortured himself, as if he was taking revenge on the self who didn't know how to cherish.

What Shen Zhixia said was right, he himself drove Chen Zhu to a dead end step by step and pushed him into the arms of others.

Xu Lanting closed his eyes tiredly, everything was his own doing, so let it hurt, it deserves it.

The retribution came extraordinarily fast and turbulent.

Xu Lanting looked at the two people sitting across the table, for a moment, the eloquent man lost his ability to speak.

"Hello, I'm Chen Zhu's boyfriend." After Ye Xi introduced himself obediently, he seemed to have lost interest in Xu Lanting, and just opened the menu and muttered, "Brother, I'm so hungry, you talk, I eat Stuff doesn't bother you."

"How could it be?" Chen Zhu shook his hand, and said to Xu Lanting, "Sorry, we really don't have extra time today, so we made an appointment to meet at a place to eat."

Chen Zhu didn't think much, he just wanted to spend this special and beautiful day with his boyfriend after returning the money to Xu Lanting.

He didn't waste any time and handed over the money together with the receipt, "Just look at the amount and sign it."

Xu Lanting was silent, took the money, but did not move for a long time.

Before Chen Zhu could make a sound, Ye Xi called the waiter. He skillfully ordered Chen Zhu's favorite dishes, and then ordered two desserts.

"Brownies and pudding..." Ye Xi said, smiling and said to the man opposite, "Uncle, you don't want to have dinner with us, do you?"

uncle…

Xu Lanting: "No need."

"That's good." Ye Xi shrugged and breathed a sigh of relief, "To avoid trouble."

"Brother." Ye Xi automatically ignored the man with a strong presence on the opposite side, and chatted with Chen Zhu on his own, "I will order all the food you like, but don't worry, the dishes here are not many. It won’t go to waste if you can finish it.”

"Good boy." After all, there were outsiders present, so Chen Zhu just smiled at him lightly, without much intimacy.

But Chen Zhu's light "Good boy", like a small dagger, gently and slowly pierced into the heart of the man opposite.

He didn't see that Xu Lanting's eyes were blank for a moment.

"Is there any question?" Seeing that Xu Lanting hadn't moved for a long time, Chen Zhu couldn't help asking.

"No." Xu Lanting's voice was a little hoarse.Leaning slightly, he took the pen from the skirt, and signed his name in a leisurely manner.

While signing, Xu Lanting said casually, "I haven't asked, your boyfriend..." He paused, and then continued, "What's his name."

Xu Lanting asked Chen Zhu, but Ye Xi hugged Chen Zhu's arm stickily, and answered him: "My name is Ye Xi, and my English name is summer."

Ye Xi looked at Chen Zhu and smiled, "Brother, you said last time that my name means the sun, and my English name just means that - brother, you are amazing."

"Summer?" Xu Lanting smiled slightly, "My dog ​​is also called Summer."

After finishing speaking, he seemed to realize his impoliteness, "Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."

Saying so, there was no trace of apology in his eyes.

In Xu Lanting's eyes, Ye Xi saw unwavering perseverance, even provocation.

He licked his lips and smiled innocently, as if he didn't notice the sarcasm in the man's words, "Uncle, do you still have a dog? Brother——"

Ye Xi said to Chen Zhu: "I don't like dogs. Can we not have dogs in our future family?"

"This..." Chen Zhu had no room to speak. Before he could answer, Xu Lanting said quietly, "Little friend, Chen Zhu really likes dogs."

He still remembered that every time Chen Zhu followed him to walk the dog in the park, he was very happy.

"Brother, do you like dogs?" Ye Xi said regretfully, "That's okay."

Ye Xi smiled and said: "Brother says what he says, after all." He glanced at the man indistinctly, "I'm not the kind of domineering, selfish, arbitrary person. If two people live together, it's all right to accommodate each other. .”

Seeing that the man didn't speak, Ye Xi blinked and said curiously, "Uncle, you haven't introduced yourself yet."

He smiled and said, "Uncle, how old are you this year?"

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