Instinctive reaction

Li Limei almost forgot when was the last time she saw such a lively expression on her son's face.

She moved out before she and her ex-husband divorced, and came back to pack her own luggage. She could still vaguely remember the teenage boy standing in that cramped hut, with his head bowed and shoulders shrunken. When she looked over, he Don't dare to look at him.Li Limei's heart softened at that moment.

She married too early and had children too early. Li Chuan is now 19 years old and she is 42.

After leaving the hospital, she hesitated and said, "Are you normal now?"

She regretted it a little when she said it.She hasn't seen Li Chuan for a long time, and since she had a young daughter, she has no time to take care of this gloomy and introverted son.Today, it seems that he has changed a lot, but she can't describe the specific changes.

She cared too little for her ex-husband's son.

The cold frost on Li Chuan's face hadn't completely faded away, and Li Limei took another step back in shock at this glance.

She was a little afraid of her own child. At first she took Li Chuan away from her ex-husband, and thought that the mother and son would take care of each other and live a good life.But Li Chuan was really weird. Many nights when Li Limei woke up with a start, she found her son sitting by the bed and looking at her with eyes like a dead person.

From then on, she couldn't sleep all night and lost a lot of hair. It wasn't until she met her current husband that her condition improved.

Li Limei has a pair of very attractive eyes, with grand facial features, a standard beauty. Li Chuan only has the outline of facial features like her, but his gloomy eyes are just like her ex-husband's.He seems to have a grudge against Li Limei, he has a grudge against everyone, and most of the time he hides it very well, but Li Limei, who has been with him day and night, knows that when a teenager commits suicide, he always loves to be in front of her, with bloodstains on his arms She screamed, and at certain moments she could see the madness and wantonness in Li Chuan's eyes.

He is taking revenge on her.

He hates her.

Li Limei was frightened, so she ran away from her son.

"You don't need to pay me anymore."

But now Li Chuan, who was neatly dressed and calm, spoke, not annoyed by her question just now.

Li Limei was stunned for a moment, not understanding what the boy meant.

Li Chuan once again said: "There is no need to pay me living expenses, I am already an adult."

Li Limei was completely surprised this time, "Are you sure?"

The only connection between them is this. Every month, Li Chuan would urge her to pay living expenses in advance. Li Limei never asked him where he spent the money. As long as mother and child could not see each other, she spent money to buy peace of mind.

But now Li Chuan actually proposed not to want the money.

She suddenly became uneasy, "I won't give you money, why don't you drink the northwest wind?"

Li Chuan said: "I will work part-time, so you don't have to worry about that."

Li Limei was even more incomprehensible, and finally she was willing to look at Li Chuan and saw the bruise on his eyebrows.

"Are you starting to care about your appearance too?" She couldn't help but say.

Li Chuan looked at her, but didn't fully understand what she meant.

"Being slapped in the face is still angry."

Li Limei put her arms around her arms and looked up at her son who was already much taller than her.As the boy grew up, the hostility in her eyes disappeared, and the fear in her heart finally faded a little.

"I'll still call you the money as usual. No matter how you say it, I have to wait until you graduate and find a job. I don't want to be gossiped by others. Don't talk about it when it's done. It's settled like that."

She spoke quickly after that, and before Li Chuan could answer, she stopped a taxi on high heels and left.

##

In the new week, the weather got hotter. Li Chuan changed into a new suit. The black shirt was tucked into the beige casual trousers, with a button on the front open, making him look more upright and handsome.The clothes he chooses are all Korean, and they are loose and modify his thin body.

Wearing clothes can really improve a person's appearance, because it is a public class, and there are students from other classes, and after a class, many people murmur about him.It's a pity that he himself has a cold face, and no one can easily find it unpleasant.

The bruises on the boy's face were obvious, and he sat in the middle row, regardless of whether others avoided him or not, and was always looking at his phone before the class bell rang.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and more people wear half-sleeves, but Li Chuan can't.

Fortunately, he was not so afraid of heat, and the fabric of the shirt was also very soft and breathable.Occasionally raising his hand to reveal his wrist, the fine and dense scratches on his pulse will always deter those who want to come forward to talk to him.

For three days in a row, Li Chuan wore different clothes, all of which looked good, but a boy couldn't help asking, "Where did you buy the clothes brother?"

Li Chuan: "Taobao."

That person: "...Oh, oh."

Li Chuan is in a worse mood these days, and he is on the verge of being irritable, but he is not so bad that he would get angry at a stranger. Seeing that the person is still secretly looking at him, he said: "Do you need me to send you a link? ?”

"..."

Li Chuan added: "One piece."

After he finished speaking with a blank face, the man shook his head with his mouth half open.

After a while, the person came over again and said: "Otherwise, you should send me a link. If you don't buy the same one as you, just look at the store. My girlfriend always says I'm stupid."

The boy is also quite tall, and he is in a different department from Li Chuan. He has vaguely heard about Li Chuan's past deeds, but he has never really been in contact with him, so he doesn't have such a deep prejudice.

The two exchanged WeChat messages, Li Chuan forwarded him the link, and the boy said, "Thank you, brother, my name is Peng Siyuan."

Li Chuan nodded slightly, "...Li Chuan."

"I know, I know, you are very popular in our class these days, and the girls are talking about you." Peng Siyuan frowned at him, teasing, "Brother, do you have a date?"

Li Chuan: "Yes."

The one-word answer was crisp and clear.

Peng Siyuan blinked, "Is it from another school?"

"He doesn't go to school anymore, he's a little older than me."

Peng Siyuan: "Okay, let's play together when you have time. I've been watching you running on the playground these days, playing basketball?"

Li Chuan nodded.

Peng Siyuan was very forthright: "Are you free tonight? We happen to be short of people."

Li Chuan glanced at his phone, Lin Leyang said that he was going to the company tomorrow.

The two haven't seen each other for a week.

Li Chuan felt irritable and urgently needed to vent.

He then replied to Peng Siyuan: "Okay."

##

Lin Ruoliu suggested that Lin Leyang go to the company to take a look. In Lin Leyang's impression, the small company opened by his family should be located in a small three-story building in the city center, but now it is obviously not going to the original place.

This day, Lin Ruoliu drove him into the business street by detour, Lin Leyang's heart beat violently uncontrollably, and his wrist was aching again.

Whenever he stepped into a strange environment, into a place that didn't match his memory, the pain was pulling him, as if reminding him that he didn't belong here, this was the world ten years later, and his soul just now.

The employees of the company called Lin Ruoliu the boss when they saw Lin Ruoliu, and Lin Leyang walked behind the woman. Several people were stunned when they saw him, and then they called him the little boss.

Lin Leyang was extremely uncomfortable with this title. Feeling at a loss, he nodded to everyone who greeted him, and everyone's expressions became even weirder as a result.

"They seem to be very afraid of me." Lin Leyang said after entering the elevator.

Lin Ruoliu turned to look at him, he didn't comb his hair up, the slightly long brown hair fell obediently on his shoulders, the long-term lack of food made the lines of his jawbone obvious, and the long hair well modified the contours of his cheeks.

Lin Leyang didn't wear glasses, her eyelashes were elegant and black and slender, and those clear eyes reflected her reflection.

She avoided that gaze for no reason, "They are also afraid of me, isn't that normal? You are their superior."

Lin Leyang nodded blankly, the part of his heart that was hanging in the air still couldn't land.

Lin Ruoliu was busy as soon as he arrived at the company, but Lin Leyang was too idle in comparison, sitting on the sofa in the reception room, holding in his hand the coffee his assistant made for him a few minutes ago.

Everything around him was strange, and there was no one in the company he had ever met.

The beautiful female assistant came up with a breakfast, Lin Leyang took the breakfast and raised his head and said "thank you".

Perhaps it was because his expression was too childish, the assistant was stunned for a moment before showing a smile, "You're welcome, Sister Lin said you can walk around as you like, and if you feel bored, you can take a taxi back."

Lin Leyang: "..."

Lin Leyang: "So she asked me to come here just to let me see?"

The assistant heard the complaints in his words, and couldn't help but say something more, "Your current physical condition can't continue to work, and you have been recuperating before..."

Lin Leyang unwrapped his hands from the delivery bag, looked up at the assistant, "I was also in poor health before?"

He guessed that everyone in the company knew about his "amnesia", otherwise his attitude would not be so cautious and probing.Gossip is an eternal topic for people.

The assistant looked suspicious, but when he met Lin Leyang's gaze, his heart softened, and he nodded slightly, "You seldom come to the company, and you always work at home."

Lin Leyang nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

It was even more boring in the company, including going to the cafeteria for lunch, no one dared to sit in his row, Lin Leyang was halfway through eating, and Lin Ruoliu came down to finish the lunch with him.

Lin Ruoliu observed his expression, "Do you want to go back?"

Lin Leyang nodded. This was not at all what he thought. Facing unfamiliar faces, he was not even interested in getting to know his 28-year-old self further.

"Then go back, are you alright by yourself?"

"I'm not a child, and if I'm going back to my own home, I can't get lost, right?" Lin Leyang said.

Lin Ruoliu was still worried, and wanted to find someone to send him back.

"Sister." Lin Leyang stopped this time, stretched out his arm and made a big cross in front of her, "refuse to overprotect."

He had already put on short sleeves, and in order not to notice the wound on his wrist, he purposely covered it with a white wristband, and now it was itchy and hot.

But it doesn't hurt anymore.

All pain is fake.He told himself again in his heart.

However, Lin Ruoliu felt that the white line on his wrist was extremely dazzling, as if reminding her of what happened all the time.

"Okay, let me know when you get home," she said.

Lin Leyang nodded briskly, but the moment he stepped out of the company, the promise was gone.

He finally came out for a trip, so he was naturally unwilling to go back like this.

People in the company are all strangers to him. Everyone knows him, but he doesn't know them. The feeling is suffocating.

Lin Leyang rummaged through the chat records, took a taxi at the intersection and reported the address, the taxi drove for half an hour, and stopped at the intersection in the suburbs.

Lin Leyang paid the money to get out of the air-conditioned car, and a sweltering heat surged up instantly. He was afraid of heat and was a little bit allergic to summer. He didn't go out for a long time, which made his complexion pale and more prone to redness.It happened to be the time for class, the school gate was not difficult to enter, and Lin Leyang dressed very casually, blending perfectly into the crowd of students without being obtrusive at all.

After entering the school gate, he hid in the shade and called Li Chuan, but Li Chuan hadn't finished class yet, and the whole day was full of classes today.

So for the first time, the people in the class saw Li Chuan sneaking under the table to answer the phone.

Peng Siyuan said next to him: "There are still 10 minutes until the end of get out of class. Who is calling you so urgently?"

When Peng Siyuan interrupted Li Chuan, he didn't hear anything, and replied with a dark face: "Girlfriend."

Peng Siyuan stopped talking.

Li Chuan said softly to the person on the other side of the phone: "Brother, I didn't hear you when you said it again."

Peng Siyuan: "???"

Li Chuan, the local is very good at changing faces.