After sleeping enough in the dark, when Xia Tingyu opened his eyes, it was already sunset.

The familiar soreness hit him, and he hummed, as if this could relieve it.

However, after humming for a long time, he didn't wait for that big warm hand to rub his waist.

"Shen Bocheng..."

"Wife..."

"elder brother……"

Still no answer.

Xia Tingyu sat up with one hand on his waist and one hand rubbing his eyes.

Looking at the dark sky outside the window, he pouted, as if he was about to cry.

During the daytime, they were making a fuss, brazenly keeping the curtains open because this was the top floor, and having fun, Shen Bocheng even dragged him to the French windows...

Xia Tingyu looked at the reflection on the glass, the tall hangers reflected on it looked like a human skeleton...

The white bed curtain is gently flipped by the central air conditioner!

Xia Tingyu remembered the horror movie "Ghost Fairy" that his cousin dragged him to watch when he was a child, when he was still in the third grade of elementary school.

It was New Year's Eve, and all the families went back to live in the old house.In the evening, the adults chatted and drank tea on the first floor, and the brother of the uncle's family took him to watch TV in the room.But after watching, his cousin, who is seven years older than him, said that watching cartoons is so boring, let's watch ghost movies.

The little child didn't refute because of curiosity, so the two brothers stayed close together, insisting on watching a high-scoring horror movie.

That night, when he returned to his room, Xia Tingyu always felt something coming out from under the carpet, just like in a movie.

He was terrified, and ran to knock on his parents' door, but through the door, Xia Qing shouted impatiently: "Hurry up and go back to sleep, we are already this big, don't keep pestering us."

Xia Tingyu, who was already timid, didn't dare to bother them anymore. With bare feet, he walked slowly back to his room step by step. He looked furtive like that, and asked his cousin who was lying on the opposite door to peek. His eyes were full, and the next day there were rumors that Xia Tingyu eavesdropped on his parents' corner in the middle of the night...

This matter has been a pain point in Xia Tingyu's heart for many years.

It was also from that day that Xia Tingyu fell into a problem of being afraid of the dark. He always liked to turn on a light when sleeping at night, and he had to face the door and the direction under the bed when sleeping.

In his sleep, he was often awakened by various ghosts chasing him. After waking up, he would stare at the bed and the door, as if something would crawl out from where he was looking.

On this dark night today, in a strange and empty room, he once again felt the feeling of trembling with fear and chills down his back.

While staring at the position under the bed without daring to lower his head, he reached out and fumbled for the lamp switch like a blind person.

However, after touching for a long time, he didn't touch it.

Sweating from fear, he gradually began to choke...

"Brother Shen..."

Fortunately, ding...

There was a sound of card swiping, and the door was opened.

The voice-activated light in the bathroom turns on...

Under the dim light, Shen Bocheng saw Xia Tingyu curled up on the bed, his broken hair wet with tears, tightly pressed against his forehead...

"What's wrong?" Shen Bocheng panicked.

"Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you?" I just went out for less than half an hour, how could I come back like this.

"Are you having nightmares again? Don't be afraid, don't be afraid... hug me!"

It wasn't until Shen Bocheng turned on the headlights in the room and hugged Xia Tingyu tightly that he was completely relaxed.

"Where did you go, you didn't leave me a lamp, and you didn't close the curtains." Xia Tingyu choked up and accused.

Shen Bocheng regrets this, careless!He didn't expect, just before leaving, the child was sleeping soundly, why did he wake up in such a short while?

"Oh...don't cry, the baby doesn't cry, I was wrong, I just went downstairs to get a document in the car, afraid to disturb you, so I made another phone call in the car."

"Then, why didn't you leave the light?" What Xia Tingyu worried about the most was that the other party clearly knew that he was afraid of the dark, but he still forgot to turn on a light for him before leaving.

"Isn't it because you're afraid that you'll wake up as soon as you turn on the light? Oh, baby, I'll remember it, and I must pay attention next time." After Shen Bocheng finished speaking, he seemed to think of something again: "Hey? By the way, just now you said no Curtains, what's wrong with the curtains?"

Xia Tingyu broke free from his embrace, wiped away tears fiercely, pointed to the spotless large French window and said: "There is a skeleton on it, thin and long..."

Shen Bocheng frowned, and looked hard for a long time. He looked around the room, saw the clothes hanger standing by the door, and realized that this might be what Xia Tingyu was talking about.

"It's this thing, look, it's a hanger, don't be afraid."

Xia Tingyu looked suspiciously at the hanger, then at the position of the skeleton just now, sucked his nose, his little lips were flattened, and he was about to cry again.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, we Xiaoyu are the strongest and bravest, be good, don't cry."

"Brother Shen, tell the truth, do you find me annoying and hate me crying?" Xia Tingyu asked pretending to be stubborn and strong.

"Hey...how did you say that? How could I? Don't be scared!" Shen Bocheng touched Xia Tingyu's forehead, acting serious.

"Even if you try to be fresh now, you can bear with me, and you will be patient and coax me when I cry. But, after a long time, and the novelty is over, will you hate me, and you will scold me when I cry, Or leave me alone?" The more Xia Tingyu said, the more he felt wronged, and the tears that had just stopped fell down again.

Shen Bocheng was speechless and choked, he sighed heavily, angry and distressed.

Pulling him into his arms again, he gently stroked his soft hair with his hands, and said softly as gently as possible: "Xiaoyu, I know that you may lack a sense of security because of the lack of fatherly love and motherly love you have missed since you were young. But please believe me, I will always protect you, love you, and never hate you."

"But, but, no one will always be patient with another person! Even if it is, even my parents, they can't...

When I was a child, as long as I cried, it was okay, and my mother would coax me a few words.But, if I keep crying, my dad scolds me...he never praised me, never coaxed me...

Growing up, I got what I wanted, but it was all materialistic.For a while, I often made very unreasonable demands, but they didn't seem to care at all, and they would try their best to buy me what I wanted, but they just didn't accompany me..."

"My Xiaoyu..." Shen Bocheng felt distressed, really distressed, he could even empathize with Xia Tingyu's unsatisfied emotional needs, so much so that he would doubt and deny other people's love for him.

For a long time, Shen Bocheng couldn't talk about him all day long, because it was the first time for everyone to be human, so who can promise something for others without proof!

However, only he himself knows that his affection for Xia Tingyu is not like family affection, nor is it like any emotion that can be separated at will. It is a kind of emotion that goes with everything, goes deep into the soul, and cannot be parted.

He has lived for 26 years, and no one can make him have this urgent need to be together all the time.

Only this boy, who has only been together for less than half a year, can make him desperately long for the feeling of loving and being loved.

"Forget the things that made you unhappy and fearful in the past. From now on in your life, it will be enough to have me. I will give you all the love you need. Even after ten, twenty, or fifty years, nothing will change. "

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