time is late

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When Cheng Xun met Lu Xingshu for the first time, he had a little noodle shop's unique smell of oily smoke, which was not very pleasant.

In the cramped and narrow living room, he caught sight of the boy's long and beautiful eyes by surprise, and before he had time to probe into the emotions inside, Cheng Xun turned his face away a little uncomfortably.

In fact, he is not used to the feeling of meeting people's eyes.

Soon he returned to his usual expression, with the corners of his mouth pulled into a slight arc, and he smiled and greeted Grandma where she was standing.

Grandma is a kind-hearted old lady. At this moment, her eyebrows and eyes stretched, and she smiled and asked the two to introduce themselves to each other.

"Hi, I'm Cheng Xun."

His voice was a little hoarse, and he was in the unique voice change period of a teenager. He smiled politely at the person standing in front of him.

When he smiles, his eyebrows and eyes are curved, which is easy to make people feel good.

The tall boy standing opposite him looked down at Cheng Xun slightly. The lines on Qingjun's face were smooth, and the black and blue under his eyes looked a little gloomy.

"Lu Xingshu." The voice was low and gentle.

There was no expression change on his face, and the slightly drooping eye tails matched with a cold expression seemed innocent and alienated.

Very contradictory.

taller than me.

Cheng Xun thought to himself, and there was an emotion called secret joy in his heart, but luckily it was only a few centimeters.

He grabbed the hem of the black T-shirt on his body, and said in the direction of Grandma, "Grandma, I'm going to take a shower first."

Granny quickly called him to stop: "Xiao Xun, let's go eat first."

Cheng Xun nodded without refusing, turned around and went down the stairs.

It was very late when he came back from working in the noodle shop. In the past, grandma had dinner first, and then left the food for him.

Cheng Xun went downstairs to eat quickly, and then went to the bathroom on the second floor to take a shower.

Instead of turning on the water heater, he chose to take a shower with cold water directly to dissipate the heat of this midsummer.

After taking a shower, he threw the changed clothes into the laundry basket, and then threw them into the washing machine before going to bed.

Cheng Xun was wearing a slightly loose cotton T-shirt and comfortable sports shorts as pajamas. His hair was blown to half-dry and he grabbed a few handfuls before walking out of the bathroom.

The shower gel used at home is Qishen in a large bucket, which is economical and applicable.

As soon as the bathroom door was opened, the faint smell of lime in the air rushed out, and the surrounding seemed to be soaked in water vapor.

Lu Xingshu was arranging the luggage piled up in the living room.Hearing the sound of the door opening, he raised his eyelids and looked at the source of the sound.

Cheng Xun's skin was very fair, and he came out of the shower with a little moisture on his body.

Short black hair, thin red lips, delicate eyebrows and eyes.Looking at his current appearance, he knew that he didn't look bad when he was a child, and he didn't look like a child who would be abandoned.

Cheng Xun was picked up by Lu Xingshu's grandmother.

When I met him, I was at most ten years old. My brain was injured and I can't remember anything, only my name.

I don't know the exact date of birth, and even the age was estimated by my grandmother.In the end, he simply and rudely set the day when he was picked up as his birthday.

It has been six or seven years now.

During this period, Lu Xingshu did not see Cheng Xun.

In other words, in these years, the number of times he saw his grandmother was very few.

When Lu's mother was still there, she had a very unpleasant fight with her grandmother because of her marriage partner, that is, because of Lu's father.

Grandma didn't agree with their marriage back then, and she always had a cold attitude, as if she believed that Lu's father was not a good man who could take care of him.It was not until the birth of Lu Xingshu that the conflict between mother and daughter eased slightly.

As it turned out, Grandma's instincts were correct.

Later, due to various incidents, the two families completely broke off contact.If it weren't for what happened later, Lu Xingshu would not have been picked up by his grandmother.

He was a little lost in memory, and he didn't come back until Cheng Xun called him.

"Do you want to take a bath?" Cheng Xun scratched his half-length hair and walked to him as he talked, as if he was going to help him pack his luggage.

Lu Xingshu lowered his eyes and said, "I don't need it for now."

Cheng Xun nodded: "Oh."

Grandma's voice shouted from downstairs, urging them to go downstairs to eat watermelon.

The watermelon was cut last night, half was eaten, and half was wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen in the refrigerator.

The weather is so hot, it's just right to eat some iced watermelon to relieve the heat.

Cheng Xun looked at the luggage all over the floor, and turned his face to look at Lu Xingshu inquiringly: "Hey, come back and tidy up after eating the watermelon."

Lu Xingshu nodded and did not refuse.

The two went downstairs one after the other, and grandma had already cut the watermelon and put it in the fruit plate.

The vertical electric fan was blowing the wind, and it was night, but the weather was still hot.

"Let's eat first. After eating, grandma will take care of it with you." Grandma looked at her grandson with a smile.

Although I haven't seen Lu Xingshu for many years, and Lu Xingshu's personality is very different from when he was a child, but seeing his appearance that is very similar to his mother, grandma still feels sad and melancholy.

"I'll just do it myself."

Lu Xingshu casually took a piece of iced watermelon and took a bite.

Seeing that they both ate the watermelon, grandma started to talk about the school again.

Regarding this, Lu Xingshu seemed a little absent-minded.

Grandma didn't say anything when she saw him like this, she just sighed silently in her heart, thinking that this child is also suffering.

Grandma brought up Lu Xingshu's mother alone. His short-lived grandfather was accidentally injured by a falling boulder while working in that era, and died on the spot.

The family lost its main labor force, and the life of orphans and widows was very difficult, but the grandmother still worked hard to raise her daughter.

She is good at everything, but the passage of time has forced her to be too strong.Including her daughter's marriage, she also wants to keep it under control.

It's a pity that Lu's mother is also a woman with a strong heart. After identifying Lu Xingshu's father, no matter how grandma persuaded her, she went all the way to the end.

Lu's mother didn't tell her grandmother that when Lu Xingshu was born, she had a difficult delivery, and her body was also greatly dragged down.

By the time grandma finds out about it, it's too late.

Grandma was already sad after losing her daughter, but in less than a year, she heard the news of Lu's father's second marriage, especially when that woman was his secretary.

Grandma was very angry and completely cut off contact with there after a big fuss.

Even though she couldn't bear to part with her grandson, she never contacted the Lu family again.

Lu Xingshu lost his mother at a young age, and his father married a young stepmother, and soon they had their own children. His position in this family began to become delicate.

The change in his character is also related to these things.

Anyway, the day went on.Lu's father runs a technology company, at least in terms of money, he has never treated Lu Xingshu badly.

He didn't get along very well with his stepmother and younger brother. Although he was cold and indifferent, he maintained a polite face.

When Lu Xingshu was studying in the provincial experiment, skipping classes to fight and go to Internet cafes was commonplace, and it was a headache for the school teachers.But in terms of study, he has never been inferior, and has always been the existence that makes Father Lu feel at ease.

There is always such an extreme person, he seems to get things effortlessly that many people can't get with hard work.

Blessed.

So when the Lu family was in ruins, there were naturally many people watching the show.

Lu's father pretended too well, and never told his family that his company had a big financing problem, and finally almost reached the point of insolvency.

The stepmother who never worked and the younger brother knew nothing about it.

So when the news came home that Lu's father jumped from the top of the company, it was like a bolt from the blue to everyone.

Reality hit them hard so quickly that they didn't have time to get enlightened.

During that time, the faces of debt collectors, media people, and relatives appeared in Lu Xingshu's life one after another. It was a mess, but there was no sincerity.

He became more and more silent, and what was hidden under Qingjun's face was indifference and sharpness.

The school "friendly" suspended Lu Xingshu on the grounds of too many absenteeisms, and there is no shortage of key high schools with good grades like Provincial Experiment.And he was too young and aggressive and presumptuous.

In the end, the stepmother put away her former appearance as a little woman, and dealt with everything numbly with a cold face.

Lu's father's funeral, the money owed by the Lu family, difficult relatives... The family properties were also sold one by one to pay off the debts, and the stepmother decided to return to her hometown with her younger brother and leave the city forever.

At that moment, no one knew better than them that they were just strangers.

Lu's father's parents were long gone, and his relatives didn't want to cause a mess, and they turned a blind eye to Lu Xingshu as if they didn't know him.

In the end, only the grandmother, who hadn't seen each other for so many years, asked all kinds of relatives, and found Lu Xingshu after going around.

He went to the Internet cafe to play games online during the day, and only went back to the hotel to rest at night. The luggage he brought from the Lu's house was also placed on the ground casually, not worried about being stolen at all.

Lu Xingshu was wearing earphones, his thin lips were pursed into a beautiful curve, he had excellent browbones and a straight nose, and his demeanor seemed out of place among the group of Internet addicted teenagers around him.

The figure of grandma appeared out of place in this dilapidated Internet cafe, and there was some smog around it. Lu Xingshu had just finished a game when he looked up and saw the old lady standing in front of him.

Somewhat cramped, but with a sad face.

With just one glance, he recognized his grandmother, even though they hadn't seen each other for many years.

Grandma didn't blame him for playing games in the Internet cafe, but just smiled at him and said, "Xiao Shu, go home with grandma."

They returned to their hometown, which is County C, that day.

The feeling of the small county is completely different from that of S City, and Lu Xingshu was a little silent along the way.

Maybe it was to enlighten him, or maybe it was because grandma wanted to have a conversation with him, so grandma took the initiative to bring up Cheng Xun.

Grandma said that he was found in the bridge hole near the river beach under the road. The half-grown boy passed out inside and went to the hospital for examination. The doctor said that he had forgotten the past because of the concussion.

I don't know what to ask, I just remember that my name is Cheng Xun.

Grandma originally wanted to send him to the county orphanage, but they refused to accept him.

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