Sludge to the Mountain Ghost

At the table, Xu Rui and them may not meet each other all day long.

The most seen are tutors and live-in nannies.He has bad legs and feet, and the longest distance he can walk is from the residential building to the gate of the community.

Xu Ping hired tutors of various subjects for him to help him make up the lessons for this semester.

He has been in class since he opened his eyes in the morning. He often fell asleep several times during the day, and then was woken up by the tutor grabbing the collar without any surprise.

After dinner in the evening, he went downstairs for a walk, and came back to continue his night reading. He began to appreciate Lin Pai's boring life before.

One day after the class ended, Xu Rui left the community alone on crutches.

When Xu Ping came back and couldn't find him, he asked his wife if she had seen him. The wife said that she had just picked up her daughter from school, so how could she know where Xu Rui, a living man, had gone.

Xu Ping went to ask the live-in nanny again, but the nanny thought that Xu Rui was just walking around by himself as usual.

"Your precious son is the only one I see all day long. Your daughter has been in class for a day. Why don't you care about her hard work?" Xu Ping's wife complained.

"When did I stop caring about you?" Xu Ping retorted.

The two of them exchanged a few words, the nanny and the little girl were used to it, one brought out the prepared meal, and the other ate it with relish.

Just when Xu Ping's wife was about to get really angry, Xu Rui opened the door and came back. His wife gave him a wink. Victorious in a dispute.

"Where did you go?" Xu Ping asked him.

"A printing shop nearby. I couldn't leave fast, so I came back a little late." Xu Rui replied.

"Next time you come back so late, send me a text message and we will worry about you." Xu Ping said.

"I see." Xu Rui nodded in response.

"I'm not worried." Xu Ping's wife said angrily.

"I'm worried, I'm worried..." The little girl who was buried in her meal interrupted suddenly.

The wife pretended to be angry and fought with her daughter, saying that she had turned her elbows out. Xu Ping was amused by them, and the three of them laughed happily.

From that day on, several tutors noticed that there was an extra color printed photo on Xu Rui's desk.

In the photo, two tickets are held in both hands, which is nothing unusual, but Xu Rui's dozing problems have subsided a lot.

Xu Rui sent messages to Lin Pai every night, but basically got no reply.He knew from Zhou Ning that Fang Zhenghao had calmed down a lot after being beaten up, and that although Lin Pai was still not talkative, his condition had finally improved.

How could anyone be angry for so long?When will we see Lin Pai again?

Xu Rui always jumps between these two thoughts, and then falls into a drowsy sleep.

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On the last day of May, Lin Pai was sitting in the classroom waiting for class, Zhang Ranran walked to his seat and knocked on his desk.

"Lin Pai, there is something for you in the reception room. I just went to pick up the courier. Uncle Security saw us in the same class. Let me remind you."

"I didn't buy anything..." Lin Pai looked at her puzzled.

"Then I don't know. Anyway, Uncle Security said so, maybe someone sent it to you." Zhang Ranran shrugged, turned and left.

Lin Pai glanced at the time, there was still a little while before the end of the big break, he just got up to go to the reception room, Zhou Ning also stood up.

"What are you doing?" Lin Pai asked him.

"I'll go with you!" Zhou Ning took it for granted.

"I have hands and feet, so I can go by myself..." Lin Pai walked out a few steps, then suddenly turned back and stared at Zhou Ning and asked, "Did you secretly report my whereabouts to Xu Rui?"

"I didn't!" Zhou Ningping raised his arms and denied it without thinking.

Lin Pai frowned, approached him and asked, "Then... who told him that I ate two ice creams yesterday?"

"Didn't you eat one yesterday!" Zhou Ning blurted out, and immediately covered his mouth tightly.

Lin Pai glared at him, and went to the reception room by himself.

It was only when Lin Pai arrived at the reception room that he realized that there was more than one package for him.One of them was a bouquet of pink roses. He picked up a few flowers and found the greeting card. On it were only six simple words "Lin Pai, happy birthday" written on it, and the signature was a "Ni".

Lin Pai frowned slightly, and opened another package with a cold face. There was only a small box inside, which was much more low-key in comparison.

He opened the box and saw that inside was a hand-woven bracelet hanging from a small silver metal pendant with the letter "X" engraved on it.He rummaged through the box, but couldn't find anything resembling a note.

Lin Pai smiled lightly, tied the rope to his hand, and threw away the redundant packaging bag casually.

The time to return to the classroom was 2 minutes later than expected, and the chemistry teacher was already debugging the courseware.

Lin Pai turned his hands away and hid the roses behind his back, but the bouquet was too flamboyant, which caused a burst of sighs in the classroom.

The chemistry teacher looked at Lin Pai with a smile on his face, and sighed, "Oh...it's good to be young, tall, thin, fair and clean, and attractive."

The class was carried on amidst bursts of relaxed laughter.

Xu Rui's seat was empty, and Lin Pai kept putting roses on his chair.At the end of the classroom corridor was a large trash can with a height of three and a half people. When leaving school in the afternoon, Lin Pai threw the bouquet of roses into it.

Zhou Ning sneaked to the trash can, looked at the rose lying in the trash with heartache, took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Xu Rui:

"Brother Rui, he threw away the roses you sent! I think Lin Pai really doesn't plan to talk to you this time."

After 10 minutes, he received a reply from Xu Rui, "Damn it! I didn't send him any flowers at all! You go and see who is so shameless that he wants to take advantage of my limp!"

"The flowers are all in the trash can... how can I find them for you..."

"You don't know how to look through it! There must be a card or something in the flower!"

Zhou Ning glanced at the sour-smelling trash can with distaste. He was struggling in his heart when he suddenly felt a chill behind his back. He turned around and saw Lin Pai standing not far away, quietly staring at him. .

Lin Pai waved to him, then spread his palms, and Zhou Ning handed over the phone with a guilty conscience.

Xu Rui was still sending messages to ask, Lin Pai flipped through the chat history, and directly pressed the dial button.

"Hello? Zhou Ning, did you see it? Who gave him the flowers? Male or female? Is it from our school? See if I don't break his leg...Hello? Zhou Ning?"

"It was given by the girl. She is not in our school. Broken legs are too bloody. I don't want to really write a song about tears behind bars for you." Lin Pai finished the long list without any ups and downs.

"Lin, Lin Pai?" Xu Rui was so surprised that he even raised his voice. Thinking that the tutor was still in the bathroom outside, he lowered the decibel as much as possible, "Lin Pai, are you willing to talk to me?"

"Who cares about you? I'm warning you, if you let Zhou Ning report me again, I'll throw away that bracelet too."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. It's hard to talk to you. Listen to me and explain clearly what happened during this period. It's my dad..."

"I don't want to hear it..." Lin Pai interrupted him forcefully, and continued, "Go back and explain to me if you have anything to say."

"So much nonsense...I hung up."

"Wait a minute! There is one last sentence!"

"Speak quickly."

"Happy birthday, Lin Pai!" Xu Rui paused for a while, then said mysteriously, "You will get what you want."

Before Lin Pai could understand the meaning of his last sentence, Xu Rui left a sentence, "Let's not talk about the teacher is coming back", and hung up the phone in a hurry.

Zhou Ning tremblingly took the phone from Lin Pai, but he still couldn't suppress his inner curiosity, and asked boldly, "Lin Pai, who gave that bouquet of roses...it couldn't be Fang Zhenghao Right? He’s been so quiet recently, so he’s not in love with you, is he? "

Lin Pai walked towards the school gate together with him, closed his eyes and shook his head, sighed helplessly, "Where did you come up with such a strange idea?"

"It's always done like this in TV dramas, first you have to fight to the death, and then, that's all..."

"It was given by my former classmate." Lin Pai corrected his wrong thoughts in time.

"Female classmate... It's been a year, and you still have a crush on you? Why are your youths so wonderful? I only have endless homework and endless scolding."

Lin Pai smiled, and he didn't know where the good mood came from. He suddenly wanted to tease Zhou Ning, so he said, "It's not a crush, it's an ex-girlfriend."

Zhou Ning dilated his pupils in shock, unable to speak for a long time, "So, that, does Brother Na Rui know about this?"

"Of course I don't know." Lin Pai shook his head and looked at Zhou Ning with interest.

Zhou Ning immediately raised three fingers and swore, "Don't worry, I'm a captured spy, I can't say anything with this mouth!"

"It's okay..." Lin Pai raised his eyebrows, "You go and talk about it, just say that if he doesn't come back, I will rekindle my old relationship with someone else."

"Don't try to trick me into the water! I'm not a human being caught in the middle..."

Zhou Ning complained, and walked to the school gate with Lin Pai.Li Cheng was sitting by the flower bed playing games with his schoolbag on his back.

Zhou Ning asked Lin Pai if he wanted to go to dinner together, Lin Pai waved his hand and refused him, and he and Li Cheng walked shoulder to shoulder and went to a newly opened Mala Tang restaurant next to the school.

That night, after Xu Rui reviewed his homework for the day, he sent Lin Pai a lot of messages.

He originally thought that after what happened in the afternoon, Lin Pai would