Yang Feng stared blankly at their hands clasped together, and was a little dazed for a moment.
But Lu Ziyi's hand gave him a huge power that was clear and warm, which made him speak without realizing it.
"I never bullied other kids, they were the ones who bullied me first."
"Well," Lu Ziyi said softly, "then what did they do to make you so angry?"
"They said bad things about you behind your back." Yang Feng lowered his eyes and didn't look at him. "What they said was very unpleasant, and I heard it."
"I was so angry at the time, and I was afraid they would bully me in the future. I wanted to stop them but I had no other way, so I got into a fight with them impulsively. I didn't expect Lu Jiaming and other parents to see me."
"Then I kept asking you the reason, why didn't you tell me?" Lu Ziyi asked anxiously.
"I don't want to tell you," Yang Feng said, "You were so sensitive back then. You would overthink things if someone said something in the wrong tone. If you knew they were saying bad things about you behind your back, you would definitely be sad."
Lu Ziyi felt as if his throat was suddenly blocked, and his heart was suffocated.
It’s not because of the gossips about me when I was a child, but... because of the person in front of me.
Seeing that he was silent, Yang Feng subconsciously tightened their clasped hands and continued, "That night, the parents of those children came to our house, clamoring for an explanation, but do you know what my mother said?"
Lu Ziyi couldn't help but hold his breath.
Yang Feng sneered, "She said that Yang Feng is just like that. When he's in a bad mood, he'll take it out by beating people. Your child deserves to be beaten... She kept saying things like that all night long."
"My aunt...how could she do this!" Lu Ziyi's face showed a hint of anger, "She is deliberately intensifying the conflict!"
"Right. Otherwise, where do you think all those rumors came from?" Yang Feng sighed. "I'm a bully, I'm a demon, I'm a plague, I'm a cancer that everyone avoids..."
“I’m not a good person.”
Lu Ziyi felt a sharp pain in his heart, so much so that he almost cried out.
"For a child, the role of mother represents too much," Yang Feng said to himself, "Her distrust and contempt were the beginning of my escape from reality."
"So I hid from you and stayed alone. When Lu Jiaming questioned me, I chose to remain silent. Even if he thought I had acquiesced, I did not argue."
"At that time, I even wanted you to stay away from me and stop caring about me. I was afraid that you would be isolated by other children because of me, and I was also afraid that your family would blame you for it."
"That means you didn't trust me enough at the time," Lu Ziyi said anxiously. "In your heart, my brothers, my parents, and I are people who just go with the flow."
"You should have just said it! Are you an idiot?!"
Yang Feng raised his eyebrows in surprise, and suddenly laughed: "This is the first time I hear you scolding someone, it's quite exciting."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Lu Ziyi glared at him and hit him with his hand. "Are you done?"
"No, there is one more thing," Yang Feng said hesitantly, "the matter of the suburban warehouse."
He opened his mouth and was about to continue speaking when Lu Ziyi spoke first: "I recently recalled some fragments of that incident, they are very scattered and messy."
"Then..." Yang Feng looked at him cautiously, "You speak first?"
"Yeah," Lu Ziyi nodded, "It seems that since you came back to live next door, I often dream about the warehouse in the suburbs."
"I vaguely remember that there weren't just the two of us, but three or four other kids with us. We all went into the warehouse, and I didn't know why I kept running... I can't remember the rest."
"I'll tell you the rest."
Yang Feng took a deep breath and pinched his brows. "That day my mother told me that she was moving away and would never come back. I panicked all of a sudden. To be honest, I don't have much to be nostalgic about. The only thing I can't bear to leave is you."
"There's a park in the suburbs. Perhaps because it's sparsely populated, the lake there is particularly clean, especially at dusk when the sun shines on the lake, making it sparkle. I discovered it a long time ago and have always wanted to take you to see it, but I never had the chance. So that day I wanted to take you there quickly, just to say goodbye."
"I was so anxious that I didn't notice we were being followed by four people. They were all kids I'd taught a lesson before, and they probably wanted to take this opportunity to get back at me."
The more Lu Ziyi listened, the more nervous he became. He didn't even know when he had finished his lemon tea.
When he was very close to the truth, his heart was the most nervous. He was a listener, so he bit his back teeth tightly to prevent himself from making any sound.
Yang Feng's expression gradually darkened. "They stopped us at the park entrance. We got into a fight after a few words. Although I tried my best to protect you, they still snatched the safety lock from your neck."
Lu Ziyi raised his head suddenly: "Yes, yes, I remember this. When I got home, I found that the safety lock was gone. We thought..."
"You thought I took it away, right?" Yang Feng asked.
Lu Ziyi lowered his head with guilt on his face and said nothing.
"It's okay, I don't blame you." Yang Feng squeezed his hand. "Those four guys snatched the safety lock and ran away. You chased them anxiously, and I accompanied you. Soon they led the two of us to the warehouse."
"The warehouse was filthy, with dust flying everywhere as we ran. All sorts of parts and equipment, large and small, were scattered all over the floor. In the chaos, we couldn't tell how many boxes we knocked over, how many times we fell, and even got hit countless times by fallen equipment."
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