Bite Your Fingertips

Wei Guanglei seriously thought about what kind of expression he should make at this moment.

But after thinking about it, big men shouldn't be so intimidated. I have seen such big scenes as picking fishbone, so calm down!

Putting the stainless steel insulated bucket in his hand on the only table in the house, Wei Guanglei urged, "Hurry up, my mother ordered, let me watch you and finish drinking!"

Then he saw that Lu Shi entered the kitchen, took out a porcelain bowl and a small spoon from the cupboard, filled half of the bowl with soup, and put it aside.

"I still have some at home, I'll go back and drink later, there's no need to share—" Wei Guanglei got stuck.

He turned to look at the bedroom with the closed door, then at the soup bowl in front of him.

Pooh!No wonder it was poured for him.

Shocked and startled, he calmed down.

Wei Guanglei sat down, "By the way, why did the young master sleep with you last night?"

Lu Shi explained, "He was drunk, so he called and told me to pick it up, but it was too late, so he brought it back."

"No..." Wei Guanglei found this sentence strange.

He, Brother Lu, has never brought anyone back to this house, let alone slept in the bed overnight.

Moreover, "The young master is drunk, shouldn't he ask his driver to pick him up in a car, why did he call you here?"

Lu Shi drank the soup with his eyes downcast, unable to see clearly.

He replied, "Before I left, I told him to call me if he was drinking."

Wei Guanglei's heart skipped a beat.

I want him to need me, depend on me, and never leave me.

He still clearly remembered what Lu Shi said.

Not knowing what to say for a moment, Wei Guanglei simply shut up.

After Lu Shi finished drinking the soup and cleaned the thermos and put it away, Wei Guanglei was not in a hurry to go back.

He sat on the sofa, played games on his mobile phone, and waved his arm.

"Brother Lu, I'm going to practice a new hero, can you guide me?"

"Row."

Lu Shi simply picked out this exercise set, held a pencil, sat on the other side of the sofa to do the exercises, and gave Wei Guanglei two outfit suggestions from time to time.

Chu Yu woke up, opened the door and left the bedroom, and this was what he saw.

He just got up, drank again, his head was dizzy, and he was not sober in a daze, "Lu Shi?"

"Ah."

Lu Shi stopped to calculate the problem, and pointed the pen tip in the direction, "The toothpaste and toothbrush are in the bathroom, and the light blue towel is yours."

"it is good."

Chu Yu dragged himself to the bathroom to wash up, and after a while he poked his head out again, "Lu Shi, do you have a hair dryer at home?"

"No."

"Oh."

After a while, the bathroom door opened again, and Chu Yu was embarrassed, "Um... can I borrow some clothes to wear? This one smells bad on me!"

Lu Shi got up, took out a white T-shirt from the closet, and threw it to Chu Yu.

It took half an hour before Chu Yu came out of the bathroom.

Only Wei Guanglei was left on the sofa.

With half-wet hair, Chu Yu looked around, "Where's Lu Shi?"

"In the bedroom, I'm answering the phone. Fuck, these three fucking people came to surround me, and they think highly of your father and me!" Wei Guanglei remembered, "By the way, there is soup on the table, Brother Lu specially left it for you , my mother stayed up all night, the taste should be pretty good!"

Chu Yu sat down and took a sip. The taste wasn't too strong, but the warm soup was very comfortable to drink.

Before finishing a bowl of soup, the bedroom door opened. Lu Shi stood at the door and said to Chu Yu, "Come here."

Chu Yu put down the soup bowl and walked over.

The bedroom door was closed, and the white T-shirt Chu Yu was wearing was one size too big and loose.

He was curious, "What's the matter?"

"I'm going out for a while, I'm leaving right away, and I'll be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Chu Yu blinked, "The school—"

"Already asked for leave."

"Okay, then, then you pay attention to safety."

When Chu Yu looked at Lu, he always felt that Lu Shi was usually calm on the surface, but compared with usual, he was faintly more anxious and urgent.

Seeing that Lu Shi's fingers pinched the phone so hard that it turned white, he guessed that it was probably related to this call.

Even though he was guessing in his heart, Chu Yu didn't ask any more questions.

Lu Shi lowered his thin eyelids, "What should I do if I'm hungry?"

"I'm fine. Although it's uncomfortable, just bear with it. Anyway, you'll be back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and it won't be long."

If it were any other time, Chu Yu would be firm about where Lu Shi was going and where he would go, and would ask as before if he could come along.

But this time, it was obvious that Lu Shi didn't want to.

It is estimated that he is not suitable to follow.

"Ah."

Lu Shi put the phone in his pocket, "I'll be back as soon as possible."

Wei Guanglei was not surprised when he heard that Lu Shi was leaving.

In his memory, there were three or four times when Lu Shi suddenly left, for two or three days at a time.

Lu Shi never said what he was doing or what he was going to do, but every time he came back, he was not in a good mood. There would always be low air pressure for several days, and it would explode if he poked it.

"My mother also said that I will make you stew pig's feet soup at night to nourish your brain. I will go back and tell her to stew it next week."

Lu Shi was carrying a black backpack and hung it on one shoulder, "Well, thank you Aunt Rou for helping me."

After getting on the bus to the bus station, Lu Shi clicked out the call history and dialed a number to go back.

A hoarse male voice answered the phone, "Hello?"

Holding the ring, Lu Shi stared at the slowly moving street scene outside the window and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Eighty percent chance."

The male voice on the phone said conservatively, "The time interval is too long, so it's hard to check. The address I checked this time is much more reliable than the previous few times, but I can't guarantee it completely."

"Ah."

"What's more, the mother-in-law I found doesn't have a clear mind. Whether you can ask anything or not depends entirely on the sky. Lu Shi, don't have too much hope."

The bus drove slowly, and the suspension rings creaked and rubbed as it swayed.

Through the glass window, I could hear the sound of a horn outside, "Sugar cane sugar cane, ten yuan a bag, ten yuan a bag..."

Lu Shi squinted his eyes because of the sunlight, and said in a low voice, "Thank you."

"No thanks, I'll take your money and do things for you, as it should be."

Taking the bus to the bus station, Lu Shi got on a bus going to Xiali County, changed two more buses, and finally arrived at a place called Xiali Town.

According to the address received on the phone, Lu Shi stopped in front of a small supermarket.

At the entrance of the supermarket, there is a big blue sign that says "Manly Supermarket".

The size of the supermarket is small, the shelves are compact, and there are no customers in it.There is a rocking car at the door, which is powered on and has red and green lights flashing.

Behind the cash register sat a woman in her thirties and 40s in a black dress, playing with her mobile phone.

Lu Shi entered the door and said, "Hi, I'm looking for Wang Zhenshu."

"That's my mother, who are you?"

There are only two streets before and after Xiali Town, and there are few people coming and going. Occasionally, old people can be seen sitting on the side of the road and chatting.Whenever they see Lu who is new to him, they will cast their gazes.

The woman in the black skirt introduced herself as Li Manli. She pulled down the shutter door of the small supermarket, locked it, and led Lu Shi into the alley.

"A few years ago, my mother always talked about that when she was younger, she worked as a nanny for a rich family. I still don't believe it. With her cooking level, which rich family would ask her to be a nanny ?”

Bypassing a pile of construction waste, Li Manli smiled and said, "I didn't expect it to be true."

Lu Shi didn't talk much, and listened to Li Manli's words, and answered them from time to time.

Passing in front of a brick wall that says "Insist on sustainable development", the two stopped in front of a small courtyard. Li Manli took out the key, opened the door, and shouted, "Mom, where are you? Someone is looking for you." !"

"Manly is back?"

An old man stepped out of the door, held on to the door frame, and stopped, "Who is looking for me?"

When Li Manli pointed at Lu, "He said his surname was Lu. Didn't you always say that you used to be a nanny for a rich family? The child came here."

Wang Zhenshu sat down on the rattan chair at the door, "The surname is Lu...Lu," she said after a dozen seconds, "Are you the child in Mrs. Lu's stomach?"

Li Manli brought a chair to Lu Shi, and asked Lu Shi if he would like tea.

Lu Shi politely refused.

He answered Wang Zhenshu's question, "Well, I am."

He looked at the old man in front of him, and asked slowly, "You took care of a pregnant woman in S City 18 years ago, right?"

When this question was asked, Lu Shi was even a little nervous.

The stretched string in my heart trembled slightly.

Wang Zhenshu nodded, "Yes, I have taken care of it. That Mrs. Lu likes to eat the hot and sour potato shreds I made. She has a big appetite when she is pregnant, and she needs a big plate for a meal."

Lu Shi's throat was a little dry.

"That's my mother. You," he said in a calm tone, "can you tell me about what happened back then?"

Wang Zhenshu recalled, "When I am old, my memory is not good. I just remember that Mrs. Lu is very knowledgeable, likes to read books, can make phone calls, and discuss problems with others. I am uneducated and can't understand. Mr. Lu is busy and comes back late at night. Mrs. Lu just read the book and waited, no matter how much she persuaded her, she would not listen."

When people are old, in retrospect, they are all trivial things.

Lu Shi asked, "Do they have a good relationship?"

"Okay, very good, very loving. Mrs. Lu is pregnant, her feet are edema, and it is difficult to wear shoes. When Mr. Lu came back, he put on her shoes and pinched her feet. The non-slip mat in the bathroom was also specially bought by Mr. Lu. Very well cared for.”

Wang Zhenshu looked at Lu Shi again, "Mrs. Lu also said that when the child is born, give me a hug too. Unfortunately, I didn't wait. My husband was seriously ill, so I hurried back to my hometown. Before I left, Mrs. Lu gave me a lot of money. , this is all grace."

"When did you leave?"

"When? When... Oh, I left when Mrs. Lu was eight months pregnant. At that time, she stood at the door with a big belly to see me off, smiling, and told me to be careful on the way."

Speaking of this, Wang Zhenshu was not very clear about what she said. She said that the fire was still burning in the kitchen, and then said that it was getting dark, why Manli hadn't come back yet.

Li Manli came from the side, "Mom, I came back early, and forgot?"

She turned to Lu Shi apologetically, "Old man, I'm not sober and confused when I get older."

Lu Shi sat for a while.

It wasn't until Li Manli helped Wang Zhenshu go back to the room to sleep that he thanked him earnestly, got up and left.

Leaving Xiali Town, Lu Shi took the bus to the next town.

It was too late and there was no bus back to Xiali County.He found a hotel near the station to stay.

Early on Monday morning, Chu Yu came to the classroom with an empty schoolbag.

The seat behind him was vacant, and Chu Yu glanced at it, feeling a little lost inexplicably.

Seeing him, Zhang Yueshan asked, "God Lu asked for leave, what's the matter?"

Chu Yu looked sleepy, and after sitting down, he propped his chin with his hands, and said slowly, "Squad leader, I don't know either."

"I thought you'd know."

Zhang Yueshan looked at Chu Yu again, "Xiaohua, are you... sick again?"

"What's wrong?" Chu Yu lost the strength to stare.

Since the early morning of last night, he had a low-grade fever all over his body, and he couldn't sleep because of the discomfort.

When he woke up in the morning, the sound of his heart "thumping" made his eardrums hurt.The blood vessels on both sides of the temple seemed to explode.

"It's the disease you got at the beginning of school!" Zhang Yueshan recalled with difficulty, "That... called, called, autonomic disorder! Yes, that's the name!"

"Well, almost."

After Chu Yu finished speaking weakly, he was about to get down again.

Zhang Yueshan remembered, "By the way, God Lu is not here, whose homework did you copy?"

"No copying."

Chu Yu lay down and said indifferently, "I'm too lazy to copy."

Thinking that the monthly exam had just passed, Chu Yu was not in the mood to study.Zhang Yueshan thought of something, "I heard the news last night that Guan Yiyang has transferred to another school."

Chu Yu's brain turned slowly, and it took several seconds to react, "Who is that trying to call my father?"

"It's him, not only him, but also Fang Mingzhe who framed you for cheating, and Shen Zhongming, the son of the director of the teaching and research section, all transferred!"

Li Hua was covering his ears and reciting the text, when he heard their gossip, he turned around and quickly got involved, "Also, Shen Zhongming stole his father's keys and opened the drawer to steal test papers. I can hear you." He added, "His family lives on the twentieth floor."

Next, Zhang Yueshan began to discuss with Li Hua about whether Shen Zhongming's home lived on the twentieth floor, and whether the crying could reach the gate of the community.

Chu Yu didn't participate, he felt a little irritable.

Turning his head to look at the empty seat behind him, he felt even more uncomfortable.

Chu Yu just lay there all day.

As it got dark, the street lights downstairs gradually came on.

After ringing the bell, the teaching building felt as if it was about to be shaken down. "Boom, boom, boom" was full of footsteps.

Chu Yu stood up holding the table, ready to go back to the dormitory and continue to lie down.

Zhang Yueshan packed her schoolbag and saw that Chu Yu was staggering and couldn't stand still. She was worried, "Xiaohua, can you do it? Do you want to help you?"

Chu Yu knew quite well, he waved his hand, "No, you can still go."

Zhang Yueshan was worried, so he followed Chu Yu and accompanied him all the way downstairs.

At the age of sixteen or seventeen, it is the time when the appetite is large. If you don't eat supper at night, you will wake up hungry in the middle of the night.

Zhang Yueshan pointed in the direction of the cafeteria, "Can you really walk back? Then, I went?"

Chu Yu was also hungry, but there was nothing he could eat in the cafeteria. For a while, he felt very sad.

He nodded slightly, "Well, see you tomorrow."

Back in the dormitory, Chu Yu didn't even turn on the lights, so he just got down on the ground.

He closed his eyes, drowsy, and in a daze, he heard the phone ringing.

After reaching out and touching for a long time, he picked up the phone, opened one eye, and found that it was Lu Shi's call.

Chu Yu sat up straight in an instant.

"Hey?"

When the phone was connected, Chu Yu could hear the whistling wind coming from the receiver.

"it's me."

Lu Shi's voice came over, mixed with a weak current.

"Are you hungry?"

Chu Yu leaned against the wall, drooped his head, unconsciously dragged his voice, and answered honestly, "I'm so hungry."

He asked again, "Where are you now? I'm coming to you."

"By the Qingchuan River."

Lu Shi's voice sounded hoarse than usual, and with the wind by the river, it made people inexplicably sad.

"Don't come here, I'm going back to school, open the door for me later."

After hanging up the phone, Chu Yu lay on the bed, listening to the movement outside the door.

Felt so damn hard waiting.

He thought again and again, what the hell did Lu Shi do?Mysterious.

And listening to the sound, I don't know if it's his illusion, but I always feel a little different from usual.

Chu Yu grabbed a memory.

In the locker room, after Lu Shi finished answering the phone, he heard the same voice.

It looks like I'm going to cry in a second.

Every minute and every second is extremely difficult.

Until there were three gentle knocks on the door.

Chu Yu didn't wear any slippers, and with bare feet, he stepped on the carpet and ran to the door in two or three steps.

Lu Shi entered the door and closed the dormitory door with his backhand.

The room was pitch black.

"No lights?"

Before he finished speaking, Lu Shi felt someone rushing towards him, following the soft force of the other person, he sat down on the carpet.

In the darkness, he could vaguely see the outline of the other party.

Lu Shi was pressed down by Chu Yu, so he simply relaxed and let him move.

It felt like Chu Yu was groping to touch his collar and pulled it away. Soon, there was a slight tingling pain from his shoulder, as well as the slight movement of sucking blood.

Wrapping the wrist around Chu Yu's waist, he held him in his arms. Lu Shi's voice was hoarse, and he said in a low voice, "I know you're hungry, be good, don't worry, drink slowly."

I ran back and forth for the past two days, but as before, I got nothing.

It was chilled by the night wind in early autumn, and even the fingertips were icy.

The person in his arms was extremely warm like the warm sun in spring.

Lu Shi lay on the carpet, hugged Chu Yu, slowly closed his eyes, his tense nerves finally relaxed for a moment.