"Third brother, don't try to fool me with your busy schedule," Han Chen said. "The newly released chickens have been delayed for several days. If we delay their sale, not only will we lose everything, but we won't be able to afford to feed Uncle Momo's grandson. The child hasn't even finished breastfeeding yet, and he needs money for milk powder and diapers. Cousin Momo doesn't have a job, and the whole family depends on these chickens for survival."
"Okay, okay, I got it," Han Chi said helplessly, "I'll go back and find someone to take care of it for you tomorrow."
Han Chen then smiled with satisfaction, "Then let's go."
"Let's go quickly," Han Chi waved at him, and the joy on his face when they first met changed to helplessness as if he wanted Han Chen to disappear quickly.
On the way.
Zhou Mo looked at Han Chen, her eyes slightly narrowed, examining him carefully.
"Why are you looking at me?" Han Chen turned his head and saw Zhou Mo concentrating on staring at him with a questioning and curious look.
"Your third brother said that you showed him my photo. When?" Zhou Mo narrowed his eyes and asked.
Han Chen was a little embarrassed, "It's very early."
"How early is very early?" Zhou Mo asked.
"Uh—it depends on how many times you ask."
Zhou Mo's pupils suddenly trembled, "More than once?"
"Yeah," Han Chen said with a faint smile, "The first time was when we were in high school."
"High school?" Zhou Mo was even more shocked. This "early" was indeed early enough.
"When I was in my third year of high school, my third brother was in his second year of graduate school. He came home for the New Year and asked if I wanted to set off firecrackers. Fireworks were banned in the capital at the time, but he had connections and said he could get some and set them off in the suburbs," Han Chen said as he recalled, "Before the ban, it was an old tradition among my brothers. My eldest brother was old, and the shop owner would sell him the firecrackers, so he would always buy a lot, have a driver bring them back, and we brothers would set them off in the yard. We were so many, and the kids, big and small, would avoid us when they saw us. Don't even mention how glorious it was back then. That time in my third year of high school was also the last time we set off firecrackers together, and we ran into a patrolling policeman. We took off running, and after a few steps, my wallet fell out of my pocket. I wanted to go back and pick it up, but my third brother was quicker than me and helped me pick it up. There was a picture of you in the wallet, and he saw it."
"I see," Zhou Mo glared at him, "You guys really... you really don't think you're old at all. You're all adults, yet you still secretly go and set off firecrackers."
Han Chen smiled and said, "Don't be fooled by my third brother's mature and steady appearance. He wasn't like that before. Besides my fourth brother, he was the most disobedient person in the family. Back then, he hadn't even graduated yet and was still in school. He sounded like a graduate student, but in reality, before he even stepped out of school, he was still a student, just as playful and mischievous. There's a saying that goes, 'A man is a boy until he dies,' no matter what his age."
"What did you say when he asked you about my photo?" Zhou Mo was curious.
Han Chen scratched his nose lightly with his thumb. "I said... we're friends. He jokingly asked me if I was his girlfriend."
Zhou Mo couldn't help laughing. She also began to recall that time. She asked, "We were together at that time, right?"
"Well, we were together before the eleventh, September 20th."
Zhou Mo was surprised, "You can remember all this?"
Han Chen smiled helplessly, "It was Tian Linlin's birthday that day, and you drank a little."
"It seems so," Zhou Mo's memory was vague and he couldn't remember it clearly.
"If you hadn't been drinking, you probably wouldn't have said anything about dating me."
"Really?" Zhou Mo couldn't remember what kind of mood he was in when he said that to Han Chen. "I just remember that I asked you at the door of my apartment building, and you agreed."
After returning from Tian Linlin's birthday party, Zhou Mo was in a bad mood. Han Chen, who attended Tian Linlin's birthday party with her, followed behind her.
The two entered the community one after another, and then entered the unit door one after another.
At that time, Han Chen was very quiet, and Zhou Mo just thought he was quite boring.
If they didn't live next door to each other, they probably would never have spoken a word to each other in their lives.
If Zhou Mo doesn't take the initiative to talk to Han Chen, Han Chen will not take the initiative to talk to anyone.
The relationship between the two people was just because they lived next door to each other for two or three months and became familiar with each other, but they were not close friends yet.
At least not as good as her relationship with Tian Linlin.
Tian Linlin was Zhou Mo's best friend in high school. When they first entered school, the first person they knew was each other.
Because they were lining up for military training, they were of similar height and stood next to each other.
Whenever they had a break, the two of them would sit together, chatting, drinking water, and going to the bathroom. They were almost inseparable.
Even after the military training, when the seats were assigned, the two were arranged to sit at the same table.
When I was in high school, in order to prevent students from falling in love prematurely, the school had boys sit with boys and girls sit with girls.
Zhou Mo and Tian Linlin sat together for a whole year until the second year of high school when the classes were divided. Tian Linlin did not do well in the class division exam and was assigned to a parallel class, while Zhou Mo was in a key class.
Even so, their relationship did not become distant. During lunch break, they often ate lunch together in each other's classroom.
The story takes a turn around the end of the second class placement test in the second year of high school.
Tian Linlin's grades improved, and she was lucky enough to be promoted to a key class, in the same class as Zhou Mo.
I thought that after Tian Linlin and Zhou Mo were in the same class, their relationship would be better, but it didn't happen.
Zhou Mo didn't think anything of it at first. One time when choosing sports in physical education class, Zhou Mo chose basketball, but Tian Linlin chose roller skating. It was obvious that both of them were fans of "Slam Dunk" and were both fans of Rukawa Kaede, but Tian Linlin seemed to no longer like basketball.
After that, Tian Linlin became very close to other girls in the class, so much so that at the birthday party, the gifts Zhou Mo gave her were placed in the corner and were even accidentally stepped on by someone.
A box of paper stars, one-third of them were flattened.
Zhou Mo was very depressed that day.
On the way home, I didn't talk to Han Chen. Han Chen was used to being quiet, so he didn't talk to Zhou Mo either.
The two walked to the door of the apartment building.
Zhou Mo suddenly turned around, and Han Chen, who followed in, was startled.
"Do you know why Tian Linlin and I can't be friends?" Zhou Mo asked.
Han Chen was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"You noticed it too?" Zhou Mo asked.
"Um."
Zhou Mo lowered her eyes and remained silent for a while. When she raised her head again, she said, "Han Chen, let's be together."
Han Chen was stunned for a moment, "Why me?"
"Why can't it be you?" Zhou Mo asked back.
Han Chen hesitated for a moment, "I want to hear the truth."
Zhou Mo thought about it and said, "If you don't want to, forget it."
"I agree," Han Chen said without hesitation, without asking Zhou Mo for any reason.
The two of them were together in this way, confused.
The teacher discovered the clues in a confused manner, and he was even more confused in dealing with the parents.
Zhou Mo knew she had "bad intentions" and was with Han Chen for a lot of reasons, but the only reason she didn't have was "liking him."
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