night.
It was raining.
When the last bell rang, those who had immersed themselves in the sea of books slowly walked towards the dormitory.
Suddenly there was the sound of a chair being moved and footsteps.
"It's raining."
"Do you have an umbrella?"
“I brought it.”
"Together."
"OK."
Shen Qihe listened to the sounds outside the corridor. He pulled open the curtains and opened the window. A biting cold wind blew in. It was gray outside. If he calmed down, he could hear the rustling sound of rain.
He stretched out his hand, feeling the coolness outside, but the image of Chu Yanyan shivering in the quilt flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but smile.
The person sitting in front turned around and saw their aloof academic god suddenly smile. He almost thought he was dazzled. He rubbed his eyes and found that the academic god had an indifferent expression.
Okay, he was dazzled.
He smiled and said, "God Shen, it's time to go back."
“…”
Although it was already past ten o'clock when we got back, there were still some people talking and laughing in the dormitory.
They put aside their business for the time being and discussed other things, such as love, movies, and novels.
"Hey guys, do you know the great X× guy at a certain place?"
"Hey, you also know that great guy?" Another roommate came over.
"Aren't you talking nonsense? I've been following this great author's work since last summer vacation. It's long and updated frequently, but this year it's a bit less. But the content is even more exciting."
"Apart from studying hard every day, what I care about most is whether he has updated his work." The boy's adolescent voice spread from the sink to the dormitory.
Shen Qihe was lying on the bed, his back against the wall, holding a book. On the surface, he was reading boo-k, but in fact, he was typing frantically.
The income from writing novels was much more than he expected, and he didn't expect that his roommate was actually a fan of his books, which was a bit funny.
The days are still passing slowly.
As Grandma Chu's condition worsened, the eldest and second uncles, as if sensing a premonition, drove back alone. They had been caring for their elderly mother for less than a week.
One morning, grandma's body lost its temperature.
That day, the weather was clear and the warm, golden sunlight illuminated the small town.
On the day his grandmother passed away, Chu Yanyan watched as someone came to carry away his grandmother's stiff body. He wanted to stop the car, but in the end, his eyes were swollen from crying until the car disappeared.
"grandmother……"
When someone dies in the town, they are cremated. This was the way it was with Grandpa Chu before, and it’s still the way it is with Grandma Chu now.
After the eldest and second uncles dealt with Grandma Chu's affairs, they returned to the yard to count the "inheritance" left by their mother. Logically speaking, this inheritance was less than one-sixth of their monthly salary. And they also had to support Chu Yanyan.
They sat in the living room and argued for a while, and finally decided who would adopt Chu Yanyan and who would take the inheritance.
But no one took the inheritance because they didn't want to adopt Chu Yanyan.
Second uncle married into the Xu family, and Xu Qiuyan would not agree to let this outsider enter the family. The Xu family is also considered a wealthy family in Mingguang City. If second uncle, a son-in-law, brought a child into the family, the media would definitely make up stories and deal a heavy blow to the Xu family.
Mr. Xu would not let any rumors affect the development of his Xu family. So it was not a good idea for the second uncle to adopt Chu Yanyan.
After the second uncle finished speaking, it was the eldest uncle's turn to talk about his own suffering.
A few days ago, my uncle was demoted by his manager for unfair handling of affairs. He had a wife and three children at home, and if Chu Yanyan were to be added to the mix, he felt his family wouldn't be able to make ends meet. Therefore, adopting Chu Yanyan was out of the question.
Chu Yanyan sat in the room listening to their conversation. He wiped away his long-dried tears, pushed open the door and walked out. He looked at the two middle-aged men, walked over, and took the two thousand yuan on the table: "I don't need you to adopt me. I will live alone in my grandma's house and live on my own."
Chu Yanyan's initiative made the two men hesitate.
But hesitation was just hesitation after all. After thinking about it, they finally decided that this was fine. This was how Yanyan and her mother had lived anyway. However, out of kindness, they decided to give Chu Yanyan some living expenses every month until he could work on his own. From then on, it would be his own business.
In any case, the eldest and second uncles did not sell the old house and registered the house in Chu Yanyan's household registration, which made Chu Yanyan very happy. So he thought their plan was feasible, and he didn't want to be separated from Shen Qihe anyway.
In fact, it’s not that the eldest and second uncles don’t want to, but Grandma Chu had already instructed before she passed away that if Chu Yanyan didn’t agree, the household registration of the old house would be registered in Chu Yanyan’s name, and they would just have to give Chu Yanyan some money every month.
My eldest uncle and second uncle already had several houses in the city, so they naturally looked down on the dilapidated old house in their hometown.
After dealing with the aftermath, they left a few thousand dollars to Chu Yanyan and left.
Chu Yanyan sat on the door lintel, looking at the empty alley, and the tears that had dried up began to flow again.
He complained to the system: "Xiao Qi, the joys and sorrows of humankind are too painful and annoying."
Tongzi quickly comforted him: "You'll get used to it after experiencing more." His words implied that there would be many more experiences to come.
“…”
Shen Qihe hurried back and saw Chu Yanyan sitting outside the door. Her eyes were colorless and her eye circles were red. She looked like she had been bullied.
If his mother hadn't called and told him about this, he wouldn't have known that Grandma Chu had passed away.
After he finished his business there, he hurried back home.
He didn't stop for a moment along the way and finally came back.
Seeing the tear stains on Chu Yanyan's face, Shen Qihe felt distressed. He pulled up his messy coat, stared at the person there, and ran over with big strides: "Yanyan."
Chu Yanyan heard the voice and turned to look at the person running towards him. When he saw the familiar face, tears began to flow freely: "Why did you come back just now?"
Shen Qihe ran up and hugged the person in his arms without hesitation: “I’m sorry, I’m late.”
Chu Yanyan buried herself in Shen Qihe’s arms and sobbed quietly, but her little hands were tightly grasping Shen Qihe’s clothes and would not let go.
Shen Qihe directly carried Chu Yanyan into the house.
After entering, he saw the scattered money on the table and things like household registration books, and he knew what was going on.
Fortunately, those people did not take Yanyan away.
Shen Qihe carried Chu Yanyan into the room and put the boy on the bed, but Chu Yanyan grabbed Shen Qihe's clothes and was unwilling to get off Shen Qihe.
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