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"Do you remember what I told you earlier?"

"remember."

"Then how do you explain this?"

"But then my mind changed a bit."

"It's changed to Beijing. Why? You promised me at the time."

"I--"

Have it.Yuan Mu forgot.It stands to reason that he is always cautious about making promises, but why did he lose so much one after another.

"I want to visit Beijing. Qiu Yu also wants to go. I can be with him then." He reversed the order and reversed the cause and effect, and did not hide anything—it shouldn't be considered a lie.

"We're talking about you. What's his business?"

Right.Yuan Mu nodded, lowered his eyelids and stopped talking.

"Don't act like this passive resistance." Fang Qiong was a little annoyed, "Come here and change it, and I'll sign it again."

"Mom, I really want to go to this school." Yuan Mu became active.

"Haven't I told you enough? If you study locally and live at home, you don't have to live in a dormitory with people, and you don't have to eat in a cafeteria with people when you go home. Beijing is so far away and the consumption is so high. Four years of travel expenses Have you calculated the cost of living? If you want to see it, I support you, and I will give you money to travel during the summer vacation. But if you want to read it, I will tell you directly that it is impossible.”

"I can pay for it myself."

"Is it important who solves it? Money is still money. If you solve the money, can it be paper blown by the wind?"

"No, I'm just saying I'm willing to pay that price for this decision. He deserves it."

"I don't know if it's worth it, and I don't know what drug it gave you, but Yuan Mu, are you in such a hurry to get rid of this family?"

When Yuan Cha was in the middle of the trial, he wanted to interrupt to ease the atmosphere, but was so frightened by Fang Qiong's question that he was pinned to the sofa.

Yuan Mu looked up in a daze: "I never had such an idea."

"You haven't?" Fang Qiong stood up and approached him, "Have you ever thought about where you will stay after you finish your four-year college in Beijing?"

He and Qiu Yu had never talked about the future.

"Yuan Mu, the person who knows you best is your mother. How many people would want to go back to Xiaoshuigou after seeing the big world? Let alone you, Yuan Mu!"

Yuan Gaopeng was originally dizzy after drinking alcohol on the bed in the bedroom, but when he heard Fang Qiong's words in the living room outside, he immediately ran out to pull her: "Say less, say less." He turned his head and persuaded Yuan Mu, "You Mom drank alcohol tonight, she is confused, you can discuss the school choice tomorrow when she calms down, ah, you should go to bed early, you have to get up early for class tomorrow."

Yuan Gaopeng also staggered, but asked Fang Qiong to help him back to the bedroom.

"It's true that our family has dragged you down." Before she left, she said this to Yuan Mu, it seemed that she was extremely disheartened and disappointed.

Let alone me.

What's more, what is the meaning of the two words, Yuan Mu opened his eyes half the night, unable to figure it out.He thought that he was not someone who could not go back to the creek after lying in the sea, and tried his best to find a reason why Fang Qiong treated him like this.

However, it is debatable who is the person who understands him best, but the person who knows how to pinpoint his weakness and hurt him the most must be his mother.

The next day, Yuan Mu got up early as usual to go to the fruit shop to help.

No one in the neighborhood knew about Fang Qiong's miscarriage. Some time ago, they saw Yuan Mu getting up early and working late at night for that shop, and they only heard that she was sick.Recently, her body has been recuperating well, and now she can take care of the store, Yuan Mu will still go to finish the unloading work before going to school for morning reading.

Yuan Gaopeng was on vacation, and he was called to the store by Fang Qiong.

As soon as Yuan Mu approached, Fang Qiong immediately stopped joking with Yuan Gaopeng, gritted his teeth and drooped his eyes, then turned cold and was only busy with the things in hand.

Yuan Mu is familiar with this mother's expression.He never told anyone. He even envied Qiu Yu when he was a child.Xu Yiqing's way of getting angry was to beat and scold him, not to regard him as nothing and hug his sister to play with toys, nor was it to let him stand aside and be amused by his sister who didn't understand anything.

He wisely didn't move forward, and stood still looking at her.Fang Qiong is calm and composed, right to think that this son is an invisible person.

Also the enemy.To get the goods, she had to pass by Yuan Mu, so she made a special detour to avoid him.

Yuan Mu's mind went blank for a moment, and a piece of his body collapsed without knowing where.

But he could hold on, so he turned his head and left without saying a word.

After school at noon, Yuan Mu didn't plan to eat in the cafeteria with Qiu Yu, but went home with an excuse to get the materials.He needs to communicate, to communicate, to make up for the piece that collapsed in the morning.

Because Yuan Gaopeng was here, he guarded the store, Fang Qiong felt a little more relaxed.When Yuan Mu arrived home, she was watching TV while choosing vegetables, she was not surprised to see him coming, she glanced at him and turned to the screen again.

"mom."

The lock cylinder of the iron door turned.

Fang Qiong went to the kitchen with a vegetable basket, just as Yuan Cha opened the door.

"It's time to eat, wash your hands quickly, it's dirty."

"I practice playing basketball in the last class, and there is no hot water in school." Yuan Cha stuck out his tongue with a smile.

Yuan Mu seldom came home at noon, and Yuan Cha was very pleasantly surprised. He kept chatting with him about their class's PE exam preparation, and asked him for advice on things to pay attention to during the senior high school entrance exam.

When the food was on the table, Yuan Cha stopped talking abruptly.

Fang Qiong took two bowls alone, filled them with rice and told Yuan Cha, "You can take it to Dad after you finish eating. I'll prepare all the dishes in advance and leave them in the kitchen."

Yuan Cha looked at Fang Qiong, then at Yuan Mu, and finally noticed the strange atmosphere.

She jumped off the stool and said, "One is missing, I'll get mine."

"Sit down." Fang Qiong put one in front of her, "There is no shortage. Eat."

Although the round table is not big, two dishes and one soup don't take up much space, so it's not difficult to understand that most of the space in front of Yuan Mu is empty.

"mom."

Fang Qiong picked meat for Yuan Cha.

"Don't do that again."

Fang Qiong picked vegetables for her again, saying that the nutrition was balanced.

"Mom, brother is talking to you." Yuan Cha said.

Fang Qiong put down his chopsticks and sighed: "You have called him brother for so many years, has he answered you once? Stop calling him in the future."

"Mom, you—"

Yuan Mu cut off Yuan Cha's words: "Don't do this again."

Fang Qiong picked up chopsticks to eat.

"Don't do this to me again."

The bowl in Fang Qiong's palm hit the table heavily: "What's wrong? If you don't want this family, this family doesn't want you. It's so simple, can't you figure it out?"

"I didn't want this home."

"Say, say, say, who wouldn't say it!" Fang Qiong pulled out the volunteer form from the top of the TV and came to Yuan Mu's side, "You are willing to do it for your mother to see!"

She refused to give in even the uncountable plans, she insisted that Yuan Mu completely die away from the heart of going away.

Yuan Mu stared at Fang Qiong's trembling hand in a daze, paused for a while, and then took the paper.

"I don't want this family. I will be filial to you wherever I go. But this—" he said, "I won't change it."

The two-week class break is hard for others, but not for Qiu Yu.Now that the winter vacation is coming in a few days, he still has more to say.On class days, he and Yuan Mu spent more than two-thirds of the 24 hours together, and there must be fewer holidays.

But it's not that I don't look forward to the winter vacation.Qiu Yu wanted to celebrate the New Year with Yuan Mu, and the two of them set off fireworks on the rooftop at twelve o'clock in the morning.

Because the holiday is about to come, the monitor collects the volunteer form during the break.

Holding up the little bee and shouting several times, Yuan Mu came back to his senses, reported his name, and said that he would hand it in as soon as possible.

The squad leader is easy to talk: "It's okay, there are still a few that haven't been handed in, just give it to me before the holiday."

"Yuan Mu, why haven't you handed it in yet!" Huang Chen raised his hand when he saw him.

Yuan Mu put down his hands and lay down on the table not wanting to talk to him, but felt that Qiu Yu was also looking at him.

"At home, I always forget to bring it." Yuan Mu said.

"Why have you been depressed lately? Isn't it worth your joy to be in the top ten?" Huang Chenyu was worried about Yuan Mu's state.

Wang Chengxing: "You, the level is low. People call it not to be happy with things and not to be sad with oneself."

"Damn, don't learn idioms from me."

"Ah? Do you have it? Isn't that a four-character phrase?"

Huang Chenyu was too lazy to argue with him, and said to Qiu Yu in a voice that Yuan Mu couldn't hear, "I'm not happy, but it looks like I'm sad."

Even Huang Chenyu, who is thicker than a barrel, can tell.

Qiu Yu said, "Take care of yourself."

When he returned home from evening self-study, Xu Yiqing beat three eggs and waited for him as usual.

Qiu Yu put down the bag and surrendered: "I really can't eat anymore today."

Xu Yiqing compromised: "Then Mei Xi and I will share the burden for you, you eat one."

"Okay, the last one."

Xu Yiqing added two more bowls, sent one to Qiu Xi's room, and sat at the table with Qiu Yu after they came out, chatting about choosing a school while eating.Xu Yiqing didn't know the existence of the volunteer form, because Qiu Yu signed it himself.

"Which school should I choose, do you have any suggestions?"

Xu Yiqing shook her head: "I'm just asking if you have any thoughts now, I don't influence you." She said, "You have grown up and have the right to make your own choices."

Even knowing that Xu Yiqing has changed a lot in the past few years, and getting the words "I don't control you" from her mouth, Qiu Yu still wants to laugh and also has some distrust.

"Really?"

"Really. Seeing the situation in your Aunt Fang's house, I feel that what I think makes sense. "

"Her house. What's the situation?"

Yuan Mu of Fang Qiong's family has been fighting with his mother for more than half a month about the voluntary school.

"But it's strange, Yuan Mu has always been a good boy, and now he insists on going to that school in Beijing...I forget what school. Does your Aunt Fang have any kindness towards him, and he doesn't seem to care. Qiong was so angry." Xu Yiqing said, "I advise his mother not to be too paranoid, and she won't listen. You are the same age and class as Yuan Mu, so you can exchange ideas with him appropriately and persuade him. After all, it is a son and mother... ..."

Before finishing listening, the half-bitten egg fell back into the soup, and Qiu Yu pushed the table away and ran out of the house.

"Hey - where are you going so late?"

Persuade him, indeed you have to persuade him.

Yuan Mu wouldn't take it lightly, he cared so fucking much.Fang Qiong doesn't understand him, but Lao Tzu understands him best.Qiu Yu ran downstairs.

Yuan Mu was called out by Qiu Yu knocking on the door.

"You, you are here—" Yuan Mu asked him anxiously after being frightened, "What happened?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Qiu Yu panted, "Suddenly remembered that I have something to tell you."

Yuan Mu closed the door: "Then let's go downstairs and talk."

"Right here. Few words."

"it is good."

"Yuan Mu, if you have something you can't solve, you should tell me."

Yuan Mu thought, he took Huang Chenyu's words to heart today.

There was a smile in his voice: "I'm fine, I'll tell you if I have something."

Qiu Yu reached out to touch his face and the curve of his mouth.With the light behind him, he couldn't see if he was really smiling.

"Okay, I know. If you have something, tell me. I'll accompany you. Even if the time comes, even if it can't be solved, think about me. With me by your side, don't give up too easily, okay?"

Yuan Mu choked for breath, tilted his head slightly, avoiding Qiu Yu's hand covering his face.

Just at this angle, he hugged Qiu Yu gently and tightly, touched the back of his neck with his palm, and whispered, "Why is your hair growing so fast, it's time to cut it again."