he is afraid, he pretends

Out of politeness, Wu Luming stopped closing the window.

But he just looked at the woman and didn't speak.

The woman held a cigarette between two fingers, rested her chin with her palm, and smiled lightly: "Don't be so guarded, Wen Siyuan and I are friends, and the relationship... is barely passable. After all, the family is next to each other. When I was a child, I couldn't see you when you looked up. See you when you look down." of."

After she finished speaking, she took another puff of cigarette and introduced herself: "My name is Ruan Shumu, what's your name?"

Wu Luming was silent for a moment: "Wu Luming."

Ruan Shumu chuckled, and suddenly asked, "How old is it?"

"20."

Ruan Shumu suddenly clicked his tongue in an unclear manner.

Just when Wu Luming thought she was going to say something, she suddenly asked an irrelevant question: "Do you think this town is good?"

"not bad."

"That's right..." Ruan Shumu chewed these two words for a long time, burned half of his cigarette, and suddenly let out a chuckle, "I also felt the same way when I was a child. This place is lively and humane. Neighbors help each other, regardless of each other. This small Town is like warm water boiling in a pot, if one is not careful, it will be boiled."

Wu Luming's science thinking is very strong, but the liberal arts thinking is much weaker.

In other words, except for the psychological direction that he has specially studied, he is not good at other things related to emotions.

This kind of badness is especially good at neighborly feelings, after all, he has almost never had the opportunity to dabble in such feelings since he was a child.

Therefore, he did not respond to Ruan Shumu's words, but just listened quietly.

Ruan Shumu shook off the soot, and slowly lowered her eyes: "If it melts in this pot of warm water honestly, it's fine. But there are always a few frogs out of a hundred who just want to climb out of the pot. At that time, other frogs who were kind to you will surround you, and they will ask you puzzledly, the pot is warm and safe, why do you want to go out? Being comfortable can make you walk your whole life. In front of you, why do you insist on humiliating yourself and throwing away those meaningless things."

"At this time, those feelings that warm you will turn into a fine and dense net, forcing you into the way they want. They use the world they know to frame your world, and use the common sense they can accept to restrain you Your common sense is not even wrong at all."

Wu Luming took some time to understand the meaning of Ruan Shumu's words.

"No room for communication?" he asked.

Ruan Shumu smiled sarcastically, pointing his little finger at his red and swollen face: "There are no secrets in the small town, you can rack your brains to explain one or two people, but you can't explain the thousands of people who are on the same front. Ten thousand people."

The fire had already reached the end of the cigarette, and Ruan Shumu lightly crushed it out: "So it is a very unfortunate thing to fall in love with someone in this small town."

She threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray, leaned on the window sill and looked at Wu Luming: "But you are not too unfortunate."

"I used to think that Wen Siyuan was an obedient person who strictly followed the direction expected by his elders. Today, I suddenly felt that I took it for granted. He may be more arrogant and stubborn than anyone else in his bones. In the past, what he was willing to do was just in line with the expectations of his elders. Those people's expectations, when what he wants deviates from those people's expectations, I'm afraid it will be a tough battle."

On Ruan Shumu's face, there was a rare hint of playfulness that didn't match her temperament. She smiled at Wu Lu, and finally said: "Look who has a tough bone."

·

The rainy season in the south is very annoying, especially for Wu Luming who suffers from headaches on rainy days.

But what makes Wu Luming feel irritable this year is not the continuous rainy days, but the endless competitions in these few months.

Not long after the second semester of the sophomore year started, Wu Luming was dragged into a devil-style competition training by the teachers in the department.

Before I could catch my breath after training, I had to go to other provinces to compete with the school.

This half year happened to be the last half year when Wen Siyuan's Ph.D. study was coming to an end, both of them were so busy that there was very little time for tenderness.

At the end of May, Wu Luming finally finished all the games, and he spent more time at home.

It was rare for Wen Siyuan to go home early this Friday.

City A at the end of May has caught summer's hair, but the air is still chilly in the rainy weather.

The warm air in the bathroom has been on for half an hour, and the mist is steaming, and a white hand is looming on the shower switch, and the hot water is turned off with a "snap".

In the hot air-filled space, some hoarse voices sounded: "If you turn off the hot water, you will catch a cold."

Wu Luming withdrew his hand from the switch, touched the white tiles in front of him, squinted his eyes and stared at Wen Siyuan's usual shower gel, and agreed in a somewhat unsteady voice: "The water has cooled a bit."

The person behind him paused, raised his hand and pulled the towel beside him to wrap Wu Luming up: "Go to the quilt."

He said while helping Wu Luming wipe off the water drops, he planned to leave for the time being.

As soon as he moved, Wu Luming hit him again.

The young man turned his head to look at him, his eyes were red with water vapor, and a deep tooth mark could be vaguely seen on his ruddy lower lip.

"It's so troublesome." He grabbed Wen Siyuan's muscular arm and muttered softly, "You'll be fine soon."

Wen Siyuan paused, and met Wu Luming's eyes: "Are you sure?"

It was dark outside the window.

This is already the third time.

But Wu Luming and Wen Siyuan squinted his eyes slightly because of myopia, and he was not sure for a moment.

So with such hesitation, he was wrapped in a bath towel into a chrysalis, and Wen Siyuan carried him to the washstand covered with a towel.

After coming out of the bathroom, Wu Luming had no strength, and leaned against Wen Siyuan lazily, not wanting to move.

Wen Siyuan still had work, so he moved the computer to the bed, typed on the keyboard with one hand, and put the other hand on the back of Wu Luming's head and gently rubbed it.

Wu Luming hugged Wen Siyuan and narrowed his eyes comfortably, he thought of something in a daze, and asked softly: "Brother Yuan, what are your plans after finishing your Ph.D.?"

"The school intends to let me stay." Wen Siyuan answered with some concentration.

"Then do you want to stay?"

"Still considering."

After Wen Siyuan answered these words, he suddenly lowered his head and looked at Wu Luming in his arms: "Do you like traveling?"

Wu Luming opened his eyes and thought about it for a while, then nodded.

Seeing this, Wen Siyuan replied "Yes" and said nothing else.

Wu Luming originally wanted to ask again, but his sleepiness rose up, and his voice gradually disappeared.

When I woke up the next day, I heard Wen Siyuan talking.

Wu Luming felt that the person next to him lifted the quilt to leave, he was not fully awake, and instinctively stretched out his hand to grab Wen Siyuan back.

The man who was fished back rubbed his hair, put back the quilt and did not leave again.

"Well, it's raining... I know, it's been exposed to the sun in advance."

The intermittent coughing sound passed through the eardrum like a layer of mist.

Wu Luming opened his eyes, and heard Jiang Yuanhui's unclear voice coming from the phone: "I sent you and Xiao Wu some freshly picked red bayberries at home, pay attention to express delivery these two days, don't pile them up for several days. Take it, ahem, lest it break."

"Okay, mom, haven't you gone to see the cough yet?"

"Look, that's it. Anyway, every year when it rains, I have to cough for a while. Your mother and I are in good health, so there is nothing to worry about."

Wen Siyuan said a few more words, and Jiang Yuanhui on the phone immediately started to chase people away.

"Okay, okay, I'm going to send your younger brother and sister to the martial arts gym, and I'll take a video of them boxing for you later, hang up."

Wen's mother was straightforward and said to hang up.

A busy tone came from the phone, Wen Siyuan turned off the phone, lowered his head and met Wu Luming who was already awake.

Seeing that Wu Luming was obviously in a daze, Wen Siyuan asked aloud, "What are you thinking?"

"Did Auntie cough during the rainy season?"

"Well, it's easy to cough for a while when the season changes."

Wu Luming was silent for a moment: "How long did you usually cough before?"

Wen Siyuan pondered: "About half a month."

Hearing this, Wu Luming frowned slightly: "I remember when my aunt called in April, she seemed to have a little cough."

Cough is a very common disease. Sometimes it is not uncommon to have a severe cough for a month or two, so most people don't care about it.

But Wu Luming, as a frequent visitor to the hospital since he was a child, saw many kinds of diseases, so he couldn't help but not think too much about it.

He thought for a long time: "Does Auntie usually go to the hospital for a physical examination?"

"The town organizes it every year, and it was done once in the middle of last year."

Wu Luming thought about it, and finally said: "Can I ask Auntie to do it again soon? It's better to do it comprehensively."

Wen Siyuan and Wu Luming looked at each other for a moment, then picked up the phone again: "I'll tell my dad."

·

It didn't rain for a few days in early June, but the rainy season was obviously not over yet, so the air was hot and humid for several days.

In this weather, it is too cold to turn on the fan, and it is too stuffy to turn it off, which is very annoying.

It's about to enter the exam week, Wu Luming doesn't have too many classes recently.

More than half of this semester is the professional course he is best at, so the sparse course arrangement before the exam week is very easy for him.

For example, this entire week, starting from Wednesday, there is only one class per day.

The class on Wednesday was in the morning, Wu Luming returned home after class, and he didn't return at eleven o'clock at noon.

The weather was extremely hot and humid that day.

He wore a sky blue hooded sweater when he went out in the morning, and the distance from school to home, the sweater hat was wet to the point.

After eating fried noodles downstairs in the community, Wu Luming went to a nearby supermarket to buy a bag of fruit candies and stuffed one into his mouth. He brushed away the slightly damp hair on his forehead, thinking about a sci-fi movie that was released recently.

I don't know if the two have time to watch before Wen Siyuan finishes his work.

He opened the door in a daze, and unexpectedly saw Wen Siyuan who left home with him in the morning.

Wen Siyuan was standing by the sofa looking at his phone, his brows were slightly furrowed, his expression seemed not very good.

"Brother Yuan?" Wu Luming walked into the room and called softly.

The person next to the sofa looked up at him.

Only then did Wu Luming realize that Wen Siyuan's complexion was not bad, but very bad.

He immediately quickened his pace and walked over: "Why..."

Before the words could be fully uttered, Wen Siyuan hugged him into his arms.

Wen Siyuan has a warm breath different from the humid air.

He hugged him a little tight, and Wu Luming leaned into his arms blankly for a while, when he came to his senses, he just heard Wen Siyuan say: "I'm going back for a few days."

Wen Siyuan let go of Wu Luming.

Wu Luming subconsciously grabbed Wen Siyuan's hand: "Go home?"

"En." Wen Siyuan wrapped Wu Luming's hand in turn.

Wu Luming quickly thought of something: "Is there something wrong with the results of the aunt's physical examination?"

"Ah."

The throat was a little dry, Wu Luming swallowed lightly: "What...problem?"

Wen Siyuan frowned slightly: "The hospitals in the county can't give too specific results. They just suggest going to a big hospital for a more detailed examination."

Wu Luming was a little unclear about his mood, he blinked his equally dry eyes: "When are you going back?"

two hours later.

Until entering the station with Wen Siyuan, Wu Luming still hadn't recovered.

He watched Wen Siyuan pick up the ticket and prepare to enter the station. He wanted to ask Wen Siyuan when he would come back, but he didn't ask in the end.

Before entering the station, Wen Siyuan rubbed his hair and kissed his forehead.

When he was let go, Wu Luming just said, "Remember to call me when you arrive."

"Okay." Wen Siyuan agreed.

After passing through the security check, Wu Luming subconsciously took two steps forward as Wen Siyuan's figure gradually disappeared into the crowd.

After walking out of the station a few minutes later, he realized belatedly that this was the third time he watched Wen Siyuan leave.

The principle of first-time familiarity and second-time familiarity does not apply to this point, because he still doesn't like watching Wen Siyuan leave.

The air seemed more humid and stuffy than it had been in the morning.

No matter how many times Wu Luming recalled this day later, it seemed as if he could be dragged into the suffocating humidity and heat in an instant.

And he seriously believes that the unlucky index of this day is absolutely no less than when he opened his eyes when he was three years old and found himself and Wu Lupalm in an orphanage surrounded by mountains.

The taxi stopped at the entrance of the community, and Wu Luming scanned the QR code to pay and get off.

The smell in the car was not very pleasant, and he felt a little nauseous along the way.

Throwing a piece of fruit candy into his mouth and chewing, he pulled his sleeves up on his elbows a little annoyed.

The little finger hooked something and fell to the ground.

Wu Luming paused, lowered his head and saw the broken red rope lying on the ground.

His expression froze for a moment.

The beads on the red rope rolled to the side, and the slight movement aroused the curiosity of the Samoyed tied to the roadside.

The little chubby man covered in white hair shook his fat, yelled a few times and tried to get closer to Wu Luming.

It's a pity that the dog leash was tied in a knot on the tree trunk next to it. Samoyed tried twice but failed, and wailed twice in pain.

Wu Luming recognized this dog, it was raised by a middle-aged couple in the community.

The dog leash on the tree trunk is tied with a live buckle, and it is not tied tightly. It is estimated that something happened suddenly while the owner was walking the dog, so he tied the dog here temporarily.

Wu Luming didn't have much energy to play with this little seal today, he bent down to pick up the red rope, and took two steps forward to pick up the dropped beads.

Just as his hand was about to touch the bead, a loud roar suddenly sounded from behind: "The handsome guy in front, get out of the way!!!"

Wu Luming frowned slightly, quickly picked up the beads and leaned aside.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of an out-of-control battery car. The owner of the car was obviously worried about hurting him, so he turned in a panic and tried to stay away.

The huge movement frightened a bold and small Samoyed.

The Samoyed tied to the tree suddenly struggled violently, broke free from the loose buckle, and ran towards Wu Luming.

Before Wu Luming could stand still, he was hit by a dog, and he and the dog fell to the ground.

There happened to be a cobblestone road behind him, Wu Luming hit the back of his head on the ground, his eyes turned black from the pain instantly.

The battery car on the other side almost ran into a tree, and the girl in the car fell forward. Noticing that Wu Luming was brought down by the dog, she immediately ignored the scrapped car and rushed to Wu Luming's side to ask anxiously; "Handsome guy, Are you OK?"

After the initial burst of darkness, the pain subsided a little.

Wu Luming frowned and shook his head, he didn't need the girl's help, he got up by himself.

He stuffed the broken red rope into his pocket, and the numbness in the back of his head made the nausea brewing in the car even worse.

He couldn't quite hear what the girl was saying in a panic. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the unleashed Samoyed Samoyed trying to let himself go. He gritted his teeth and said reluctantly, "I'm fine, just help tie that dog back."

The girl was very worried and turned her head three times.

Wu Luming stood there for a while, feeling his nausea subsided a little, and was about to go back, when the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

His first reaction was Wen Siyuan, and he took out his phone to check the name, and found that it was Wu Lupalm.

With a sigh of relief, Wu Luming picked up the phone and heard Wu Lupal's voice: "Are you at school?"

"No."

"Ah, isn't it here? I'm near your school. I bought something for you and I plan to ask you to take it out. Then I will play it for you as before. Do you remember... Ah, why don't you talk? Hello? Little Ming?"

Before Wu Luming lost consciousness and fell to the ground, the last thing he heard was the extremely loud "I rely on you" from the girl driving the battery car.

The author has something to say:

Don't worry, Xiaolu will be fine, and Xiao Wen's mother will be fine, but indeed, I will draw my sword

Friends who are afraid can save and wait for the ending. It is estimated that there are only a dozen chapters. I will try to finish it as soon as possible (guilty)

But in fact, don’t be afraid, the next few chapters will be a bit bitter at best, I don’t think it’s cruel

In addition, I will send out this chapter as a red envelope, everyone can leave a message under this chapter and it’s ok~