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Chapter 44

In early January, the grade organizes final exams.After the last comprehensive study of liberal arts, everyone met in the hallway and looked at each other with despair and numbness on each other's faces.It's not how difficult the questions are, but because the school is perverted. After the exam, senior high school students have to continue their courses for two weeks. Counting the time to return to school early, their winter vacation is only half a month.

Huang Chenyu was discouraged with his waist slumped, and faced with two exceptions, one was stable and the other was high-spirited.

"Brother Yu, did you do well in the exam?"

Qiu Yu was talking to Yuan Mu, and after finishing the last sentence, she turned to look at Huang Chenyu in front of her, and nodded expressionlessly: "It's okay." She took two steps forward to grab him, locked her neck in her elbows, almost The flowers of the motherland were crushed, "I just said to thank you, and took us to worship Confucius a few days ago."

"It's a small matter." Huang Chenyu hung his hands on Qiu Yu's arm, and found that he couldn't pull it. Then he coughed exaggeratedly and looked at Yuan Mu, "Yuan Mu, Yuan Ge, help me." , your back desk is too polite!"

Yuan Mu pushed aside the long branches on the sidewalk, waited for them to pass by before putting them down, took a step or two behind him and pretended: "I feel that I did well in the exam, and I want to thank you too."

There was no need to study at night for the exam, Qiu Yu and Yuan Mu walked slowly side by side on the way home, stopping at the roadside stalls that smelled the fragrance, and ate all the way.It was less than five o'clock when I got home, and my stomach was more than half full.

Qiu Yu brought Qiu Xi a skewer, and when she entered the door, she huddled in a chair and watched TV.He put the skewers on the cabinet in the entrance hall, and Qiu Xi didn't respond when the plastic bag rattled, only to realize that he was in a daze.

"Take it and eat it, and then let it cool down." Qiu Yu changed her shoes and went to the bedroom to put her bag away, "Turn off the TV if you don't watch it, it will waste electricity if you are noisy."

When Qiu Xi heard Qiu Yu's words, she came back to her senses, stood up abruptly, ran after her brother's buttocks.

Qiu Yu held the doorknob and turned to look at her: "Get me something. On the porch cabinet."

Qiu Xi closed her breath and looked at him without making a sound.

Qiu Yu couldn't understand the look in Qiu Xi's eyes, but when she glanced at another room from the corner of her eye, she understood everything in an instant.

The quilt on the master bed was open, and Qiu Shengshi was lying on his side with his back to them.The man was wrapped in a bloated coat and curled up on the innermost side of the bed, occupying a narrow one, wondering if he was asleep.His hair had been shaved, leaving only one gray and white.

Qiu Yu looked at the old and desolate person even from the back, and was a little dazed at first glance.Is this the same person as the one who cheated and committed domestic violence a few days ago? Did those things really happen?

He pushed open his own door, and said to Qiu Xi unhurriedly, "Don't worry, what are you supposed to do." Then he asked, "Where's Mom?"

"Mom has gone grocery shopping, and I'm going to invite Xiaocha's family to dinner later."

Qiu Xi blocked her mouth with her palm, and still hesitated and wanted to continue whispering to him, but Xu Yiqing came back.She was holding a full of vegetables in her hand, and raised it, motioning for Qiu Xi to pick it up.The eyes kept looking at Qiu Yu, whether to hide or not, it seemed that he had to.

Xu Yiqing forced a smile: "Finished the exam?"

Qiu Yu looked at Xu Yiqing expressionlessly.

Suddenly, she understood the look in Qiu Xi's eyes.Looking at Xu Yiqing at this moment, he couldn't figure out which emotion he wanted to express.He couldn't figure it out, but he pinned his hopes on Xu Yiqing, hoping that she would understand, and then come and tell him and teach him how to face it.

Qiu Yu lowered her eyes and closed the door with a bang to block her sight.

After a while, Qiu Xi opened the door without authorization and entered his bedroom.

Qiu Yu sat at the desk and turned her head straight, no longer staring meaninglessly at the white wall connected to the next room.

"Knock," he said.

Qiu Xi said "oh oh" twice, and then exited again: "Brother, I'm coming in."

"No."

Qiu Xi: "..."

She pushed the door open a crack, and her voice came in: "Mom asked you to go to the kitchen and help her watch the pot."

"What about her?"

"Also in the kitchen."

"You go."

Qiu Xi had expected this result, and opened her mouth: "Oh."

Standing in front of the pot with her hands behind her back, she secretly glanced at the silhouette of her mother cutting vegetables.The two people in the kitchen were silent.Qiu Xi wanted to speak, but didn't know what to say.Those whispers that I want to say to my brother cannot be said to my mother.

The man on the bed is her and her brother's father, and at the same time, her mother's husband.Then it means that when facing that man, she and her brother will always stand together, but her mother will not.Mom was behind them both, and possibly in front of them.

She was thinking wildly, when she heard the anti-theft door slam again.

Qiu Yu went out.

When Qiu Yu came home with a bag of fresh shrimp, Qiu Xi was watching TV again, this time slumped on the sofa.Seeing her relaxed posture, he felt inexplicably relieved.

Xu Yiqing was cooking, and the fire was still on under the stew pot.

Qiu Yu put the prawns on the cutting board and washed them with water.

Xu Yiqing turned off the exhaust fan of the oil fume so that his voice could be clearer when talking to him: "Why did you buy shrimp? I don't know how to cook shrimp."

Because no one in this family has ever loved shrimp, Xu Yiqing never studied it.

"I'll do it."

Xu Yiqing was surprised: "You know how to make it? How do you make it?" Then he said, "What side dishes do you want, I will prepare them for you."

"I'll come back when I come back, I won't say anything. But he will do messy things in this house again, if it affects Qiu Xi and you a little bit, I will pay him my life and send him to the hospital again. "Qiu Yu said, "I've thought about it. He is your husband. It's not up to me to decide how you want to get along with him, and I really don't care."

He lowered his head and poured the shrimp in the bag into a big bowl, and continued, "But it's not my father anymore."

After Qiu Yu finished speaking, she looked down at the vegetables that were sizzling in the wok but no one was stirring them, and stretched out her hand to turn on the exhaust fan above Xu Yiqing's head again.

Yuan Mu heard the news that Yuan Cha said that he was going to Qiu Yu's house for dinner tonight, and was surprised. He couldn't figure out why there was a dinner party during the festival.The doubts continued until Yuan Mu got an explanation when he saw Qiu Shengshi in the house at the door of Qiu Yu's house.

What kind of dinner, what kind of dinner, it was clearly an announcement meeting for Qiu Shengshi to return to this street.The theme is that the event has turned into a major event, regardless of past suspicions, and a toast at that time will be fine, and peace and beauty are the most important.

Yuan Mu was in a hurry, and immediately looked for Qiu Yu's eyes.

And Qiu Yu had been looking at him a long time ago, and at this moment she bent over to put a pair of slippers under his feet: "Wear these."

Yuan Mu didn't move, frowned slightly and waited for him to get up, worriedly: "Thank you."

Qiu Yu looked at him and smiled: "It's okay."

Although there were only two families, the atmosphere at the dinner table was very lively.Qiu Yu and Qiu Xi were two brothers and sisters serving meals together in the kitchen. Yuan Mu and Yuan Cha were going to help, but Xu Yiqing caught them back and divided the chopsticks to invite them to sit down.She seemed to be in a really good mood, and her eyes were closed into slits when she said anything.

Yuan Mu observed Xu Yiqing for a long time, but he couldn't figure out whether he was pretending or not.His eyes were jerky, and he looked away.Not unusual, stunts for grown-ups.

"Qiu Yu came home from school and went out to buy this shrimp." Xu Yiqing said, "He surprised me when he said he made it by himself. I thought he learned how to cook big dishes, but the result was nothing but boiled water. Cook it and fish it out again." Saying this, he put the shrimp and dipping sauce dish in front of everyone, "He made the dipping sauce, and I didn't let me interfere."

Qiu Xi didn't hear Xu Yiqing's gratification and secret praise, and came over with a meal to defend: "I secretly tasted one, and my brother's dipping sauce is super-super delicious."

Fang Qiong smiled: "Your son knows better than you. Shrimp is the most delicious. Yuan Er tried it once, wow, and then my family loves to do it."

"Really?" Xu Yiqing sat down next to Fang Qiong, "I have to supervise you to eat more later."

"Qiu Xi, how many bowls are left?" Qiu Yu shouted in front of the rice cooker with a spoon and an empty bowl.

Yuan Mu turned around and said, "It's all ready, serve yours and come over and sit down and eat."

Qiu Xi and Yuan Cha had a heated chat, and someone stabbed her back with a knee, causing her to grin her teeth in pain, and she knew it was Brother without turning her head: "What are you doing!"

Qiu Yu held chopsticks and a bowl in one hand, and a high stool in the other. She didn't want to attract the attention of Fang Qiong next to her, so she only lip-synced to her: crawl.

When Qiu Xi picked a seat, she only wanted to sit with Yuan Cha, but she didn't notice that her left hand was Yuan Mu.She thought that Qiu Yu didn't want to be next to Yuan Cha, and reluctantly gave up her seat by saying "stingy" and "troublesome".

Yuan Mu tilted his body and whispered to him, "Why are you so fierce?"

Qiu Yu gave Yuan a bowl of shrimp with chopsticks: "When you are Qiu Xi's brother, if you are not fierce, you need to talk a lot of nonsense."

Usually when they eat together, the two of them often order different dishes for each other to taste, but on this occasion...and Qiu Yu didn't even bat an eye, she cooked smoothly, and Yuan Mu stepped on the table under the table. He grabbed his shoes and looked at Xu Yiqing who was opposite him with a little bewilderment.

"Hiss—" Qiu Yu sullenly picked up two and threw them to Qiu Xi and Yuan Cha on the right, "You're welcome, eat more."

Xu Yiqing noticed that Yuan Mu was looking at her with great gestures, raised his head just in time to meet this scene, and boasted brightly: "It's ok, maybe there is another brother here today, it's rare for Qiu Yu to look like a brother."

Qiu Yu smiled, and didn't care that Yuan Mu didn't move his foot away, just let him step on it, hit his thigh with his knee, and buried his head in the rice.

Later, the table was cleared by four children together.Xu Yiqing wanted to arrest Yuan Mu and Yuan Cha for the second time, but was stopped by Fang Qiong: "It's all right, baby, they collected them at home, it's the same when they come to you."

When Yuan Mu was squatting in front of the kitchen trash can to clean up leftovers, Qiu Yu looked at his profile, and suddenly thought of the afternoon when Xu Yiqing said he would give Yuan Mufeng a red envelope to his tutor before the new semester started after the summer vacation.

Qiu Yu was a little sad, and regretted it inexplicably.I should have gone to your house for dinner with Xu Yiqing that day.

It was past ten o'clock in the evening when I left Qiu Yu's house.Yuan Gaopeng smelled heavily of alcohol and walked very fast at the front.Yuan Cha took Fang Qiong's hand, buried his head in his mother's arms, half of his body weight was supported by his mother.Yuan Mu was the last one, and looked back at the third floor behind him.

When going upstairs, Yuan Cha started to walk properly, and asked what he had been wanting to ask all night: "Mom, why is Uncle Qiu back?"

Fang Qiong said: "This is his home, where else can he go if he doesn't come back."

"But he was so scary before, and he dared to come back after doing something wrong. Doesn't he feel... shameless?" Yuan Cha couldn't understand, "Although I think he smiled brightly today."

"A family breaks bones and connects tendons, so there's nothing to be ashamed of."

Yuan Cha shook his head: "I can't accept it anyway."

Fang Qiong also drank some wine, half hugged Yuan Cha and said, "Madam Xu and the others can accept..." After repeated repetitions, there was nothing new to mention, she answered, "Because they are a family. If they can accept it, Alright."

Yuan Mu followed behind them, silent.

In fact, he had more novel and useless arguments to perfuse Yuan Cha: We live in such a world, and such things happen in such a world.

Yuan Mu thought to himself, the only reason he was older than Yuan Cha was that he could calmly accept unacceptable facts better than her.Don't ask questions, don't shake your head, and don't say "can't".

It's funny—but it doesn't mean that if you face this world with this attitude, the world will treat him better.

After entering the door, Fang Qiong twirled the volunteer form that was too late to sign this afternoon, and looked at the slightly tired Yuan Mu standing by the door.

The lamp tube was aging and his eyes couldn't bear the sudden light. Yuan Mu first saw dense black spots in the air, and then they disappeared one by one under Fang Qiong's questioning.

"Yuan Mu, where is the China University of Political Science and Law?"