Chapter 77

When he was thirteen years old, Cheng Xiangheng thought, how could there be such stupid people in the world, who gave him fresh buns to eat while she herself ate rotten bread that could be used as bricks.

At that time, Cheng Xiangheng looked at the buns handed to him by Ping An and smiled indifferently.

The restaurant gave her three buns. She ate one at noon, gave one to Cheng Xiangheng, and gave one to Cheng Xiangheng in the evening. She ate the stale bread.

Although his family was destroyed, he didn't lose any weight, but her complexion became worse and worse.

Cheng Xiangheng took the bun but didn't eat it. He looked up at Ping'an, but Ping'an had already turned around to do his homework.

Her brain isn't very good and she has to work very hard to catch up.

Sometimes Cheng Xiangheng really wants to ask Ping An, is it worth it?

Cheng Xiangheng would secretly follow Ping An to watch her work. He was only twelve years old at the time, and so was Ping An. She stood in front of a half-person-high noodle bucket, struggling to serve food to people. The people coming and going were all middle-aged men in their forties or fifties who were working there. Her thighs were not as thick as their little arms.

Some indecent men made bluntly obscene jokes to Ping An, but she just lowered her head and pretended she heard nothing.

Occasionally, the boss lady would come over to help Ping An drive those people away, but with one group after another coming in, it was impossible for the boss lady to protect her all the time. Ping An was standing in a place where all the good and bad people gathered, and she could not escape them.

Cheng Xiangheng thought Ping An would drive him away soon, but she didn't. She insisted on going to work, working hard to earn that little money, and did not throw away this huge burden.

Because Cheng Xiangheng was abandoned by others, he firmly believed that Ping An would also abandon him, so he always watched her suffering coldly.

But when she put the cold steamed bun in her arms to warm it, just so that she could have a hot meal when they got home, Cheng Xiangheng suddenly remembered the days when they had depended on each other in the confinement room.

After returning home, Cheng Xiangheng took the steamed bun handed to him by Ping An and watched her turn around to eat the stale bread.

In the small kitchen, she had her back to him, swallowing the disgusting food with difficulty, her thin spine standing high like a tough yet fragile bridge.

The thick layer of hardness and stubbornness in Cheng Xiangheng's heart was shattered by Ping'an's thin and pitiful appearance on an ordinary night.

He lowered his eyes to look at the steamed bun in his hand, which was white, tender, and soft, and had Ping An's body temperature. Then he sat down next to Ping An.

Under Ping'an's surprised gaze, he broke the steamed bun in half and handed it to her.

The boy, who had been silent for a year, was like a seedling that had endured the severe cold of winter. The wind and frost became the nutrients for his growth, and he finally began to grow rapidly.

A young master who is ignorant of the sufferings of the world begins to learn to be kind to Ping An in a clumsy way.

Until one day, Cheng Xiangheng realized that he was not growing fast enough because he saw Ping An being followed.

A man in his fifties followed Ping An for several days and wanted to attack her several times, but Ping An knew nothing about it.

The place they lived in was so poor, and there were so many people coming and going, she didn't notice anything was wrong.

Just when the middle-aged man wanted to attack Ping An, Cheng Xiangheng rushed out.

The result was that the young man's strength was not enough to fight against a middle-aged man who was used to doing the work. He blinded the other person's eyes, but he also paid a heavy price.

Cheng Xiangheng began to eagerly hope to grow up, and it would be best if he could be as strong as his father who was worse than pigs and dogs, so that Ping An would never have to come into contact with these disgusting people, and would not be surrounded by dirty mud.

At this time, Ping An, who was only worried about what he and Cheng Xiangheng would eat tomorrow, had no idea what Cheng Xiangheng was thinking.

But Cheng Xiangheng knew it very well.

——Ping An, who is as thin as a kitten, protects Cheng Xiangheng spiritually, and Cheng Xiangheng, who is as firm as a pine tree, takes care of Ping An in life.

Fourteen-year-old Ping An wanted to drop out of school to reduce the burden, and thirteen-and-a-half-year-old Cheng Xiangheng stayed awake all night.

So this year, Cheng Xiangheng started pretending to be a high school student and giving tutoring to junior high school students.

He inherited his father's genes and was raised by Ping An, who was becoming more and more caring. Even though he was only fourteen years old, Cheng Xiangheng was much taller than his peers. He could easily pretend to be a high school student, but it was not enough.

Cheng Xiangheng was eager to take Ping An to a better place to live and to feed her the healthiest food in the world.

He learned cooking and how to take care of people, and the girl finally became a little whiter and had some flesh on her face.

But it's still not enough.

A minor earning money can indeed cause a lot of trouble. For example, once he's saved enough money and wants to take Ping An to a nicer house, he can only bribe an adult to help him because he's a minor. For example, Cheng Xiangheng tutored a child, but was denied a payment and could only keep quiet.

Even if he later blocked the child on his way home from school and threatened him to vent his anger, it would not change the result of being defaulted on.

Money is earned piece by piece, but is spent like water.

Cheng Xiangheng didn't know how Ping An had managed to hold on before. He was so difficult to raise, but she didn't want to abandon him at all.

However, although it is hard to make money, I don’t feel bad at all when spending money on Ping An.

Cheng Xiangheng bought clothes and school supplies for Ping An, and also gave her five yuan pocket money every day.

The more cheerful and bright she became, the happier he became. Cheng Xiangheng liked to wash her clothes late at night after she had fallen asleep, and then fold the dried clothes at five in the morning and neatly put them away in a simple cabinet. After doing this, he would start preparing meals and clean the house.

Ping An got up at seven o'clock, ate the food he made, and then was taken to school by him.

People's desires are constantly growing. After Cheng Xiangheng bought Ping'an a 100-yuan skirt, he wanted to buy her clothes worth 500 or 1,000 yuan. Even if he gave her all the money for tutoring, Cheng Xiangheng still felt it was not enough.

He couldn't explain what this feeling was, but it was as if as long as Ping An, beautiful and happy people were by his side, he would feel comfortable and the long-standing drought in his body would disappear.

It wasn't until they were in their first year of high school that one night Cheng Xiangheng suddenly woke up from his dream.

He lowered his head, feeling the wetness beneath him, and belatedly realized that his feelings towards Ping An were not normal.

Ping An became more and more beautiful in high school. She was like a gardenia in a greenhouse, gorgeous, bright and beautiful. She was coveted by countless people who passed by, and many people wanted to pick her and play with her.

But no one dared to confess to Ping An in person.

They all knew that she had a cousin who was very difficult to deal with. Cheng Xiangheng was like the glass cover in the greenhouse, protecting the gardenia tightly.

平安经常会收到情书，那些小公狗们害怕挨揍，知道程向珩深得老师喜欢，甚至可以进出监控室，所以他们会在程向珩放学的时候偷偷将情书塞进平安的书包里。

Cheng Xiangheng would bring Ping An's schoolbag after school every day and listen to her with a smile about what happened that day.

When she gets home, the first thing she does is rush to the snack box to show off her snacks. At this time, Cheng Xiangheng will open Ping'an's schoolbag and take out the love letter inside.

Once, Ping An saw him holding a love letter, and she thought it was given to him by someone else.

So simple and cute.

At night, Cheng Xiangheng would wait until Ping An fell asleep, then slowly open the love letters written to her and read them carefully.

Ping An is not a girl who is good at pleasing others. Although she is pretty, her grades in class are not good and she can't speak. Many boys and girls are unwilling to play with her. However, she is kind and gentle, which easily attracts the attention of some bad guys.

Some love letters are not love letters at all, but rather obscene garbage filled with sexual fantasies. In comparison, Cheng Xiangheng was very unhappy.

Coincidentally, this year Cheng Xiangheng started working in a bar and met some people.

It wasn't long before the bugs dropped out.

Ping An didn't know what was going on. Her biggest worry every day was the vocabulary assigned to her by Cheng Xiangheng and the math problems that she couldn't understand at all. The happiest thing every day was saving money to buy her favorite celebrity magazines and the sweet drinks brought back by Cheng Xiangheng.

Cheng Xiangheng thought this kind of life would continue until he saw someone openly approaching Ping An on the surveillance camera.

He was a boy named Jia Kongtiao. He had an ugly face and a bad personality, but he was very confident and dared to bet with others with Ping An.

Cheng Xiangheng resorted to some tricks and soon he dropped out of school.

But before Jia Kongtiao dropped out of school, Cheng Xiangheng saw him on surveillance camera saying bad things about himself to Ping An.

Ping'an didn't believe Jia Kongtiao at all, but Cheng Xiangheng felt fear for the first time and was worried about gains and losses.

Cheng Xiangheng's childhood was distorted beyond all measure. The roses in the garden flourished, nourished by the flesh and blood of Cheng Yeming's enemies.

Cheng Xiangheng watched as the flesh and blood were cut into small pieces suitable for burial.

Cheng Yeming asked him not to be afraid of these things, and even cruelly deprived him of the right to "like".

When Cheng Xiangheng was a child, he still cried and screamed. He used crying and screaming to resist, but later he became numb.

There are countless such things. Cheng Xiangheng has always had nothing, but now he has peace.

His peace, his peace alone.

If he loses Ping An, Cheng Xiangheng will die.

He kissed Ping An after school and prayed in his heart to the God who never listened to him, hoping that Ping An would soon realize that he was different from others.

Fall in love with him quickly, quickly...