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At this moment, Ni Lu's cell phone rang and vibrated, and he didn't need to look to know that it was Zhang Yucheng who sent him a private message.

Zhang Yucheng: What are you doing now?

Ni Lu: In the car, go shopping for the New Year.It should be one or two o'clock in the morning, right?

Zhang Yucheng: Yes, eleven minutes past two.

Ni Lu: Why don't you rest?

Zhang Yucheng: I drank a little too much tea when I played chess with my grandfather at night, so I don't feel sleepy anymore.

The car on Ni Lu's side has already entered the station, and Ni Hua, who was sitting next to him, urged him to get off the car, but Ni Lu typed slowly, so he had to send him a voice message: "Let's not chat, my car has arrived at the stop and get off first , you go to bed early, it’s not good to stay up late.”

After sending it, he stuffed his phone into his bag, and Ni Hua looked confused, "Why stay up late? It's almost lunch time now, brother, your friend is still sleeping?"

"No, I have a friend who is abroad now, and it's only past two o'clock in the morning on his side."

"Oh."

Ni Hua seemed to understand, but was pushed by the elder brother behind him, and got out of the car with the flow of people.

As soon as he walked to the street, Ni Lu felt the strong old-fashioned atmosphere of small towns and small towns, the biggest manifestation of which is the large number of people.Usually everyone goes to other places to work and go to school. There are not only three or two kittens in the town, but it is also very deserted.Now everyone comes back during the Chinese New Year, and they all gather in the town to buy new year's goods. In the current town, almost every street is full of stalls selling various goods, and at a glance, there are people's heads gathering.

Ni Lu looked a little apprehensive, but Ni Hua was so excited that he grabbed his wrist and dived into the crowd, "Brother, let's buy something first, hurry up, otherwise everything will be snatched up." gone."

Ni Lu looked like his younger brother who had been beaten to death, so he had no choice but to follow him away.

Buying New Year’s goods a few years ago was like fighting a war to grab supplies, because there are so many people buying everything, it’s like robbing. Fortunately, both of them are young and big guys, especially Ni Hua, who is tall and strong, flexible in action, no matter how young he is. They were able to squeeze in, rushing to buy things with a group of wolf-like uncles and aunts, and they didn't lose the slightest bit. On the contrary, the uncles and aunts frowned, and almost didn't say it.

Ni Hua's fighting power is too strong, it seems that Ni Lu is useless, and in the end it's his turn to stand outside the battle circle with the purchased things in one hand, and report to Ni Hua what he will buy next with the fucking New Year's shopping list in the other hand Dong, watching Ni Hua tirelessly shuttling in front of each booth.

It’s already past one o’clock in the afternoon when everything is almost bought. Although it’s cold now, Ni Hua’s head is sweating from the heat, and there’s still steam from the top of his head. Ni Lu feels sorry for him and is about to buy him some hot drinks. He took two bottles of cold drinks from the freezer, and handed one of them to him, "Brother, drink it!"

Ni Lu took it, "Where did you get the money?"

"I earned it by myself." Ni Hua blinked at him, "I did well in school, and I was outstanding. There was a crew on our team who chose someone to be a martial artist, and I was chosen. I was paid 300 yuan a day. I only went for a week, and I paid [-] yuan a day. Earned a small three thousand!"

Ni Hua was so proud that he could barely pat his chest, "I can pay for the next semester's tuition by myself!"

"Wuwei?" Although Ni Lu has never been in contact with this kind of industry, he also knows that it is very hard work. Basically, some actors cannot do high-risk jobs and have to find someone to replace them. He couldn't help asking, "It's hard, isn't it?"

Ni Hua grinned, showing his white teeth, "I'm not afraid of practicing martial arts. There's nothing scary about being a martial arts substitute."

Ni Lu was silent for a moment, and said, "Pay attention to yourself. The second uncle and the second aunt are only one of your children."

Ni Hua said: "Don't worry, brother, our teachers have screened for us, and they will help us reject unreliable cooperation."

Ni Lu nodded.

When he went to learn martial arts, Ni Hua basically embarked on such a path. After he came out, he would either work as a security guard or a bodyguard for others. It would be better if he could go to a film crew to do martial arts, at least he would have a chance to stand out.

Ni Hua unscrewed the lid, downed half of the bottle of cold drink in one gulp, then looked at his gentle and meek look, couldn't help saying goodbye to his brother with his shoulder, "Brother, you are the one, it's not easy for me to go to school in a big city , Not long after I went there, I encountered that kind of thing. Fortunately, everything was cleared up in the end. If you didn’t figure it out, brother, how wronged you are, if it wasn’t that I couldn’t come out at school and the news was blocked, I knew it too late , I will definitely run to find you."

Ni Lu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Why are you looking for me, what else can you do?"

Ni Hua drank the rest of his drink, looked at him and said, "I found you, and brought you home, so that you won't be wronged."

Ni Lu was silent for a moment, he unscrewed the cap of the drink bottle in his hand, and handed it to Ni Hua.

Ni Hua asked: "Brother, don't you drink?"

"Don't drink, you drink."

Only then did Ni Hua take a sip.

Ni Lu waited for the sweat on Ni Hua's face to stop so quickly, and said, "I'm done shopping, where do you want to go next?"

Ni Hua looked at the big and small bags piled up on the ground, and asked suspiciously: "Brother, shall we bring these things to play?"

Ni Lu had already made arrangements, "Just find a place to store it for a while."

Ni Hua agreed, after all he really didn't want to go back to the village so early.

Ni Hua said that he wanted to play online for a while, and Ni Lu thought it would be just right, they could bring their things into the Internet cafe without looking for a place to put them.

As soon as the two boys walked to the front of the Internet cafe, Ni Lu was stopped by someone.

"Ni Lu!"

The Ni Lu brothers turned their heads together when they heard the voice, and Ni Hua saw that the person calling to stop his brother was a beautiful girl who was well dressed, her eyes lit up, and she couldn't help poking her elbow at his brother.

"Brother, isn't this your classmate?"

This girl, Ni Hua, has actually met her before. She is a high school classmate of Ni Lu. She once went to their village with a few classmates to look for Ni Lu.

Ni Lu stood upright and faced the girl who was walking towards them, and when she got closer, he nodded to her, "Guan Baitao."

Guan Baitao looked very happy, "It's really you. I saw it from afar, and I thought I was wrong. I thought you were going to school in Beijing, and you would be busy. You probably won't be back during the Chinese New Year."

Ni Lu said: "I have nothing to do this year, so I came back."

Guan Baitao nodded in understanding, and his eyes fell on Ni Hua who was beside him, "This is Xiaohua? Why did it become so dark?"

Ni Hua grinned his white teeth, "It's so masculine!"

Guan Baitao snorted, "Xiaohua is still so cute."

Ni Hua said very wittily: "Sister Guan has something to say to my brother, then you guys talk, I'll go online and sit for a while, you don't have to worry about me, just talk about it!"

Ni Hua also took the initiative to take away all the things his brother was carrying, and before turning around, he said goodbye to his brother meaningfully with a playful smile, and then left with a smile on his face.

Seeing him walk into the Internet cafe, Guan Baitao, who was carrying a bag in both hands, stretched out his hand to signal the front, "Then let's go?"

Ni Lu thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay."

Guan Baitao took a step ahead and led the way. After a while, the two started walking side by side for some reason.

Guan Baitao tapped the corner of his left eye, "What's the matter with your scar? When did you have it?"

"Not long after school started." Ni Lu said, "something happened."

Guan Baitao looked regretful, "Although the hair can cover it a bit, it's a pity that you have a scar on such a straight face. I don't know if the scar cream will work for such a scar, but it should be able to fade it a little." .”

Ni Lu said indifferently: "It's okay, I'm a man, so it doesn't matter."

Guan Baitao disagreed and said: "Who said there is no, you don't have to care about the scar on your face, but people who care about you don't know what it feels like every time they see it."

Ni Lu paused, thoughtful.

Guan Baitao took a few steps forward by himself, then stopped and turned around, saying, "I heard."

Ni Lu didn't ask what it was.

Guan Baitao stood in front of him, looked at him intently, and said, "I never believed that you would do such a thing. I have been clarifying it for you online."

Ni Lu met her eyes, "Thank you."

Guan Baitao smiled, lowered her face, and withdrew her gaze from staring at him: "Fortunately, your innocence has been proved in the end. That woman is too much, doesn't she know that a single thought of her might ruin a whole family?" So what is the life of a person who is positive and strives to live?"

Ni Lu said flatly: "It's all over."

Guan Baitao smiled and continued to move forward, "You are still like this, never stopping, just walking forward so resolutely, looking forward, it seems that nothing can become an obstacle for you to stop you."

"I wanted to follow you all the way, no matter what, it would be nice if I could watch you from a distance." Guan Baitao held the strap of the bag with both hands, and gently scratched the lines on the strap with his nails painted on nail polish, "But you go The school is too difficult to pass.”

Ni Lu followed her slowly: "Where do you go to school now?"

Guan Baitao said, "Yangcheng University."

Ni Lu said: "This school is also very good."

Guan Baitao: "I know, but without you."

Ni Lu was silent.

Guan Baitao smiled at him, "Don't worry, I just feel that it's a pity. It's just that you are too kind, and I won't be able to find someone who can replace you in a while."

Ni Lu said, "I'm not that good."

"I know." Guan Baitao glanced at the passers-by on the road and said with a smile, "There are so many good men in this world, and I, Guan Baitao, will definitely meet someone who I like and likes me. It's just that you are my first love, I was rejected so coldly by you again, it's really not easy to forget."

Ni Lu who ruthlessly refused to turn off Baitao: "..."

Guan Baitao said: "Although it's only been half a semester, I don't think it's possible given your temperament, but I still want to ask, have you met someone you like in the new school?"

Ni Lu was silent for a few seconds and said, "Yes."

"!" Guan Baitao stared at him with wide eyes.

Ni Lu said again: "We are together."

"!!!" Guan Baitao was so shocked that everyone jumped up.

She grabbed Ni Lu's sleeve and asked, "Tell me, who is the other god! How did she take you down!"

Ni Lu was a little speechless looking at the sleeves held by Guan Baitao.

He confessed honestly: "I liked him first."

Guan Baitao took a deep breath.

Ni Lu went on to say: "It just so happens that he also likes me, and then he proposed dating me first, and I agreed, and we are together."

Guan Baitao caressed his forehead a little too slowly, "Is it that easy?"

Then what happened to her three years of secret love, overtly and secretly, and she pursued her confession at the graduation party but was rejected?

Guan Baitao couldn't help asking: "What do you like about her? Does she look good?"

"Nice." Ni Lu nodded, "I like him..." He thought about it carefully and fell into the memory. What he thought of was the first time he met Zhang Yucheng. The atmosphere of being stopped by him was not pleasant, but even if he left , I couldn't help flashing a thought in my heart: I look pretty good-looking.

Ni Lu said: "I like him...he looks good."

Guan Baitao: "..." I really didn't expect such a superficial reason.

Guan Baitao concluded, "She must be prettier than me."

Ni Lu glanced at Guan Baitao, then shook his head, "It's different."

Guan Baitao asked, "What's the difference?"

"He is—" Ni Lu paused, because he suddenly thought of something, and after a while, he said again, "He is, the person I like."

Guan Baitao was stabbed in the heart.

Ni Lu seemed to be saying: I like her, that's why I think she is pretty.No matter how good-looking a person is, I don't like it, and I won't take a second look.

In fact, Ni Lu said this because he remembered that he paid more attention to Zhang Yucheng because he was good-looking, but it was because of these attentions that he discovered one thing after another about this boy that made his heart flutter. Shining point, and then really like him, fall in love with him.

Whether you like him because he is good-looking, or think he is good-looking because you like him, is actually not important anymore, what matters is the result.

Then what was it about him that attracted Zhang Yucheng?

Because there was nothing to do, Zhang Yucheng got up from the bed after ten o'clock, washed up and went downstairs in his pajamas. He saw Grandpa sitting in the living room while eating breakfast while reading a newspaper. Zhang Yucheng went over and pulled out a chair, beside him sit down.

"Grandpa, morning."

He Zhiyou raised his gaze while reading the newspaper, glanced at his tall and handsome little grandson, and said, "Tonight's plane?"

Zhang Yucheng took a sandwich from the basket on the table, took a sip of milk, and replied, "It's around four o'clock in the afternoon."

He Zhiyou looked away and continued to read the newspaper, "Is there someone you like?"

Zhang Yucheng paused when he bit the sandwich.

He Zhiyou said again: "I'm a little anxious to go back."

Zhang Yucheng rolled his eyes, "I can't hide anything from you."

Zhang Yucheng took a bite out of the sandwich, "Grandpa really won't go back with me?"

He Zhiyou said: "No, seeing your grandfather and your father makes me upset."

Zhang Yucheng smiled.

Zhang Yucheng's grandfather and He Zhiyou are actually long-standing old friends, but this does not prevent the old friends from having some differences in ideas and concepts, especially on the issue of the two generations of children and grandchildren.In fact, He Zhiyou didn't want his daughter to marry into Zhang's family, and Zhang Yucheng's father was not his favorite son-in-law. He hoped that his daughter would marry an ordinary husband who knew that she loved her, so that he could live an ordinary and comfortable life.But He Zhiyou respected his daughter's choice. Even if he couldn't understand the Zhang family's way of raising children, He Zhiyou would not intervene, but he would stay away from it.

In fact, in the eyes of outsiders, Zhang Yucheng's elder brother can be regarded as a dragon and phoenix among men, and he is so capable of inheriting his parents' good looks, so there is no dissatisfaction.But from He Zhiyou's point of view, he was not satisfied with anything, his eldest grandson was too indifferent, too like a machine, too rigid and boring.It's not good to be like his little grandson, he has no burden, can do what he likes, can do whatever he wants, is free, how wonderful, this is how he lives like a human being.

The heirs of the Zhang family, money and things, whether they are born or not, should not be taken away after death, the money earned by the elders should be kept for the happiness of the younger generations, why make the younger generation work hard to earn money to guard the family, pedantic!

It is useless for the elders to let the juniors work so hard to guard the family business, hum!

Zhang Yucheng finished eating a piece of bread and said, "Grandpa, if there is a chance, I will bring him to see you."

He Zhiyou turned over a page of the newspaper, glanced at the news headlines first, and said, "No, it's troublesome to fly over here. I'll go there, and I just haven't returned to China for a while." After a pause, he said, "What does she like?"

Zhang Yucheng thought about it: "Take one or two of those paintings in your collection."

Only then did He Zhiyou look at Zhang Yucheng, his eyes brightened slightly, "She also likes painting?"

Zhang Yucheng explained: "I like drawing, but I'm not a professional. I just draw in my spare time." After a pause, he added, "Grandpa, he's a man."

After a while, He Zhiyou snorted softly, "So what about men, my little grandson likes it."

Zhang Yucheng opened his mouth with a rare smile, and bit the sandwich into his mouth in twos and twos, eating until his mouth swelled, and the smile on his face didn't stop.

He Zhiyou glanced at him with the newspaper, then at him again, couldn't help but shook his head and smiled.

Still a child after all.

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