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Stomach.

After a romp, the bathrooms of the coffee shop were overcrowded, regardless of men's and women's toilets queuing up to wash the cream, accompanied by bursts of noise and the sound of water, which became the finale of the farce.

After cleaning themselves up briefly, the "culprits" who had indulged just now obediently picked up the mop and rag, and carefully cleaned the floor, tables and chairs.

It's like a group of primary school students, playing around childishly and obediently cleaning together.

Although today is only Mu Chen's birthday, each of them has experienced the carefree happiness of a child.

Maybe everyone has their own troubles, and they all hope to have an opportunity to vent it.

After the show ended, Brother Zheng went to see Lu Qi off, and the others returned home one after another, leaving Jiang Hao and Mu Chen as companions.

It was not too late, so they decided to take a walk first.

When he walked to a place with few people, Jiang Hao took out a bag, and after opening it, there was a delicate cake carefully placed in a box.

"When did you keep it? Didn't all the cakes be..." To be honest, Mu Chen regretted it a little after playing. After all, the cake looked delicious at first glance, but now it's all wasted.

"I left it secretly. I want to eat cake for my birthday, don't I?"

At the beginning of the melee, he took advantage of people not paying attention and cut a piece and put it in the refrigerator. After cleaning up the battlefield, he brought it out with a bag, just to give Mu Chen a birthday with cake.

He handed Mu Chen a small fork, and held the cake for him to eat slowly. The cake was very soft, and the cream was fragrant but not greasy. It evenly spread a layer on the surface, and there was a layer of jam between the two pieces of cake. And his favorite cherry pulp.

Because my parents are busy with work, there is always no way for the three of us to get together to eat cakes on birthdays. Celebrating with friends is usually at a barbecue restaurant. There is no cake, and Mu Chen hasn’t eaten his own birthday cake for a long time. up.

But today, it seemed that all unfulfilled wishes were fulfilled by the young man holding the cake in front of him, and his whole heart seemed to be wrapped in the cake, soft and sweet.

"do you happy today?"

"Very happy," Mu Chen seemed to feel that it was not enough to express his joy, "so happy." Not only happy for the birthday surprise, but also happy for you to be able to integrate into the group.

After the basketball game, he felt that Jiang Hao was slowly melting, gradually becoming warmer, more understanding of human feelings, and no longer repulsive about interacting with people as before.

But now, he has changed too much.

"You can plan this surprise with everyone, which proves that everyone is very good friends with you. Jiang Hao, the crowd is very warm. There are not only stars around the moon, but also clouds and wind."

"Humans are social animals. Happiness should be shared with others, and the same goes for bad things."

Jiang Hao chuckled, so he still wanted to get out what happened back then, are you really so afraid that I won't tell him?

Mu Chen was really afraid, afraid that he would not say anything, afraid that he would bear everything silently by himself.

After all, Jiang Hao is a person who is used to forbearance.

"The day after tomorrow, at four o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, go to the gate of the community. I will take you to a place and tell you everything." Tomorrow, I will go to Jiang's to discuss the follow-up work of the donation project, and I can only wait for the day after tomorrow.

"Really?"

"What I said, will be done."

The night wind is like water, the night is like ink, and the fingertips of time trace the outline of memories.

From yesterday to today, fireflies in the sky, thousand paper crane pendants, birthday surprises.

Mu Chen thought, this is the fourth gift he gave me, a promise of a thousand dollars.

Does "that pendant..." have any special meaning?

"It's nothing, it should have been yours nine years ago."

"On the day you left, you wanted to give me this? Is it your...very important thing?"

Jiang Hao thought, it's hard for him to remember.

This pendant is the only relic left to him by his mother. He got it from his grandfather. It was originally a heart-shaped silver pendant. At that time, he wanted to give it to Mu Chen, but it failed.After being brought to England, it was damaged again, so he asked someone to remake it into the shape of a thousand paper cranes.

This is the only sustenance of his mother on him, and it is also his whole sincerity.

He wants to give it to his most important person.

But when Mu Chen asked him about the origin of this pendant, he just said: "It's nothing, you can just keep it, if you don't want it..." I have no one else to give it to.

"I want it! Why don't you want it? Don't try to take it back. If you give it, it's mine."

Jiang Hao smiled and said, "Okay, then I won't take it back."

63. Appropriate

Jiang Hao stood downstairs in Mu Chen's house, looking at the entrance of the corridor, waiting for Mu Chen to attend the appointment just like Mu Chen had waited for him countless times nine years ago.

My heart is extremely contradictory.

I had already greeted Dean Xiao last night, and said that I would go to get the truth he wanted this afternoon, and I would go with a friend.

He didn't know if it was right or wrong.

He could sense Mu Chen's kindness to him bit by bit in daily life, and he could feel the expectation that Mu Chen would share the past with him, but he was not sure whether he liked it or not.

I have been trapped in the desert for too long, so long that I have already seen the oasis, but I still hesitate whether it is a mirage, for fear that the phantom will disappear in an instant if I step on it.

The despair of losing is far more painful than not getting it.

So he didn't dare to reach out and touch it easily.

But he still couldn't help feeling hopeful in this dreamlike scene, and unknowingly walked towards him step by step.

The promise made last night was still too hasty.

Even he himself didn't have the courage to face the truth, yet he had to drag Mu Chen to face it with him.

And why?Do you want to use Mu Chen's pity for him to make him unable to leave him and accept his feelings?

It's too despicable, Jiang Hao has never disdain other people's pity, let alone love in exchange for pity.

But what can he do?Even the courage to face the truth was given by Mu Chen.Without him, I might not have made the decision so early.

Footsteps were heard in the corridor, and Mu Chen's figure slowly approached him.

"Have you thought about it yet?" He still didn't want to trade pity for affection.

"what are you saying?"

"My past is very unbearable. I don't want you to have mercy on me."

Mu Chen thought, he already knew that he was sensitive, but he didn't expect that this time he would directly express his concerns like this.

"I won't give you mercy, don't worry." Because for a proud and inferior person like Jiang Hao, mercy is the cheapest thing.

After Mu Chen walked a few steps, he realized that Jiang Hao was still thinking about something, thinking that he was going to regret it, so he brought out what he said yesterday: "What you said, you will definitely do."

"I don't want to repent." I just don't want to use your pity to achieve my own goals, which is unfair.I hope to be fair to you and that all options are yours.

Mu Chen turned around and looked directly at him, with the sun shining in his eyes, looking warm and firm, "Jiang Hao, we are not the children who couldn't make their own decisions nine years ago, now you have your own Choices and considerations, I also have my choices and considerations, it is my own choice to face with you, and I have my reasons for making this choice, I know you don’t need pity, so I will definitely not give it.” Similarly, I will try my best to give you what you need.

"I trust you, I know you will work hard to overcome all difficulties, what about you? Can you give me a little trust?"

He took a few steps forward and held Jiang Hao's hand. The warmth of his palm gave people the greatest comfort.

"Let's go, don't hesitate any longer."

They rode to the suburbs, crossed the pond, and walked the forest path to the gate of the orphanage.

The last time I discussed the donation with Jiang Yifei, I came from the spacious road, and it took twice as long as this road, but Jiang Hao didn't want to arrive so quickly.

They greeted the staff inside and explained that they wanted to find Dean Xiao, but they heard that Dean Xiao had gone out for something and would be back later.

Mu Chen was afraid that Jiang Hao would be in a hurry, so he said that they were a little earlier than the original scheduled time, and the dean would definitely be there.

The children in the orphanage were still playing in the yard as before. The boys climbed up and down the lower horizontal bar, shouting excitedly from time to time, and the girls gathered together, dancing rubber bands and shouting rhythmically. Zhao Yunfan saw them from a distance, ran over to say hello, and then ran into the children, as if he never knew what sorrow was.

The sunshine on their shoulders and the laughter merged into a kind of vigorous vitality, which filled the courtyard.They are like a group of geese walking together, happily flying towards the warmth.

But Mu Chen noticed that there was a stray goose perched in a corner.

The boy squatted in the shadow of the building, and he stared blankly at the other children. There was no happiness and carefreeness in his eyes, but a sorrow that did not match his age.

The thin line between light and shadow seemed to gain substance, isolating him from the world of light.

It happened that Teacher Wang passed by, and Mu Chen asked him what happened to that child.

"The child just arrived recently. He was in a car accident when he was with his parents. His parents were gone. The mother protected the child in her arms at the critical moment, saved the child's life, and contacted other relatives. They all The family background is average, and I don't want to adopt other people's children. This child may have been greatly stimulated by the car accident. When he came, he was in a daze and ignored everyone. The dean asked someone to take him to the hospital and said It could be...depression."

Suffering from depression at a young age, everyone is trembling for it.

Before he finished listening, Jiang Hao turned to the child