☆, Chapter 34
"Why don't you just die?"
"I'd be fine without your mom and you!"
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault!"
Xiu Yangui also felt that it was his fault, so he did not ask for help, but faced the crowd alone.
Finally, the day came when Xi Mo came to school, but Xi Mo's attitude towards him was very cold. Actually, it was not cold, it was just his personal feeling. He felt that Xi Mo was very far away from him and did not care about him.
There were a bunch of classmates around Xi Mo asking her why she took so long to come to school. Xiu Yangui had no chance to find Xi Mo, and Xi Mo didn't know how to find him.
Just like a child sulking, Xiu Yangui unilaterally started a cold war with Xi Mo.
He deliberately stopped looking for Xi Mo, and while torturing himself, he couldn't help but pay attention to Xi Mo. Later, he found that even in the cold war, Xi Mo was still the same, neither hot nor cold, as if she had really forgotten him.
Seeing that he was alone all day long, people in the community continued to add insult to injury.
"Hey, does Xi Mo no longer play with him? These past few days, I've only seen Wu Manlin's son walking alone."
"Who knows? It seems so. How come that little girl has become smart? The son of a woman like that must be no good. I shouldn't play with him."
"That's right, you can't play with him. Whoever plays with him, his mother will fall for that person's father."
"Hahahahaha, right, right, hey! Could it be that Wu Manlin really hooked up with that Mr. Xi, and then Xi Mo stopped associating with that guy?"
"No way, no way, that's too interesting, why don't you go ask that kid?"
"Okay, I'll go ask."
The woman who approached while cracking melon seeds had a greasy face and a bloated body. She seemed to care about Xiu Yangui, but was actually pricking his spine with a needle.
"Did you have a fight with Xi Mo? Your mother had an affair with Xi Mo's father before she went abroad?"
"Hahahahahaha, why do you ask that?"
"Then why should I ask? You ask."
Those aunts made fun of him in front of him, made fun of him, made malicious assumptions about others, slandered and spread rumors, and they never got tired of it.
Xiu Yangui has cried almost all his tears these days. During the day he pretends nothing is wrong, but at night he hides in his bed and cries.
The young boy suddenly started to grow up during that time. He felt that he could not go on like this. He had to become mature and act like an adult.
Fortunately, apart from the people in the community who disliked him, his classmates on campus still treated him the same way. He felt warm among these classmates, and he began to socialize with everyone in the school and enjoy their love.
But something even more uncomfortable happened. The young man fell in love for the first time, and the person he fell in love with was the one he was in a cold war with.
But he only had his self-esteem left. Since Xi Mo didn't like him, he didn't want to like her either.
But it is not so easy to change the feeling of liking someone. While he pretended not to care, only he knew that he was always looking in one direction, the direction where Xi Mo was.
When he was in the third year of junior high school, some of his classmates heard from somewhere that his mother was a mistress and that he was an illegitimate child. Although their attitude towards him did not change, they looked at him with a probing and curious gaze, which made him unbearable.
Every time his classmates mentioned this, he was unwilling to answer. He was ashamed of himself and his background.
Xiu Yangui is always arrogant. He wants to abandon everything in the past, abandon his mother, and abandon his past. He begins to work hard to make himself popular with everyone and make friends with everyone except Xi Mo.
Xi Mo never came to see him, but he still liked Xi Mo. However, he would not look for her again because Xi Mo knew everything about his past, and he wanted to abandon everything in the past.
In this way, Xi Mo was also abandoned by him.
Every time before going to sleep, he would blame himself and feel guilty, but then he would think, she was the one who left me first, why can't I abandon her?
Although he thought so, when Xi Mo was in the third grade of junior high school, she suddenly did not come to school. The teacher said that Xi Mo was sick. Xiu Yangui secretly ran to Xi Mo's house after school, but the door was closed and the lights were not on.
When I went to school the next day, the teacher said that Xi Mo was in the hospital. Two days later, Xi Mo still didn't come to school.
The head teacher was going to visit Xi Mo's home to express his condolences to her. The classmates spontaneously began to prepare gifts, including paper cranes, flower baskets, apples, and all kinds of other things, which were all the classmates' thoughts.
Xiu Yangui also quietly prepared a bouquet of jasmine flowers.
The teacher took the things prepared by the students to Xi's house. They chatted in the class, saying that they hoped Xi Mo would be happy after seeing the gifts, would recover, and would come to class tomorrow.
They all missed Xi Mo, including Xiu Yangui.
Those annoying, gossipy neighbors brought him some convenience. He found out that the reason Xi Mo couldn't come to school was because the aunt hired by her family abused Xi Mo.
Although Xiu Yangui is young, he has his own ideas and is ruthless in his actions. He knows the importance of money better than anyone else, so he directly hired someone to complain and report to the aunt's housekeeping company. He also sent many threatening letters to the aunt's home. It did not cause any substantial harm to the person, but it was a big mental blow.
He knew that feeling; he had grown up like that. He heard that the aunt was later admitted to a mental hospital. This was the result Xiu Yangui wanted.
Later, after fighting with Fang Sai, he walked home with his head down, still thinking about Xi Mo, when he accidentally caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye.
It looks very familiar. It’s the bouquet of jasmine flowers given to Xi Mo.
The bouquet of flowers was in the garbage station, the petals had faded and lost their color, the pure white petals had turned black, dirty and smelly, just like him.
The boy clenched his fists and took the dirty and smelly jasmine flowers back home. At that time, he had become friends with everyone. He was very happy and he didn't need Xi Mo.
Later, when he entered high school, he had a completely new class and new classmates. Fang Sai no longer caused trouble. No one in the new school knew about his past. Even if they did, they only heard that he was very popular in junior high school.
High school life was just like the life he had dreamed of. He was doing very well there and everyone liked him.
But he still missed her and liked her.
I liked her so much that even during the time when I hated her the most in the third year of junior high school, I still asked her which high school she was going to apply to. I successfully ended up attending the same high school as her and was in the same class.
When he heard the news, he was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night, but at the same time he felt very uncomfortable and felt that he was really cheap.
It hurts to like her, but I am willing to do it.
Throughout his first year of high school, he went out every day, chatting and making friends with all kinds of people, laughing and joking. Although he appeared cheerful and sunny outside, he only dared to glance at her seat during class.
The two people have never had any interaction. When did the change happen?
Yes, it was during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in his second year of high school. He felt inexplicably heartbroken during those days, and Xi Mo’s face kept appearing in his dreams, some from childhood, some from the present, and even some from the future, all messed up.
He was always uneasy, constantly guessing what his dreams meant. On the first day back to school, he saw Xi Mo in the cafeteria. He didn't dare to approach her, so he could only trick Chen Nianyu into going to her for courtesy and even bought Xi Mo's favorite brand of yogurt.
God knows how excited he was when Xi Mo held up the yogurt and opened it for him. It seemed as if all the blood vessels in his body were about to explode, and the blood was surging and rolling in his body.
There was a dormant volcano in the body, and at that moment, the volcano came alive again.
What now? What should he do now? He still wants to continue to get along with Xi Mo, but he always makes Xi Mo suffer. Is it going to go back to the way they used to be?
Are you willing to give it up? No, but what can I do? There is no other way.
He didn't want to hear Xi Mo being scolded by others, and he couldn't get close to Xi Mo anymore.
Xiu Yangui was still leaning on the sofa in the same position with his eyes closed. The surroundings were quiet, as if there was no one else in the living room. When did Xi Mo go out?
Xiu Yangui felt so weak that he didn't even have the strength to hold his head up. He was back to those endless dark days.
"Xiu Yan Gui, I don't want it, I still want to come to your house."
Xi Mo did not leave. Her heart and head ached a little. Looking at the silent Xiu Yangui, her eyes began to feel sore and painful.
"Don't come. What are you doing here? Are you here to listen to them scold you? Didn't you hear what they said? They said you were ruined, and that my mom and your dad were having an affair."
Xiu Yangui's tone was particularly calm this time, as if he really hoped that Xi Mo would not come again in the future.
"I don't care about that. I don't care at all."
Xi Mo's pale and powerless words could not dispel the haze in Xiu Yangui's heart, "I care."
Xi Mo's head really hurts, "Xiu Yangui, I have a headache."
"What's wrong?" Xiu Yangui immediately got up from the sofa and approached Xi Mo.
Xi Mo's face turned pale with pain, "Headache..."
"Why do you have a headache? Come, lie down, lie down."
I helped Xi Mo up, but there was no room on the sofa and it was uncomfortable to lie there, so I just picked Xi Mo up and carried her to the bedroom.
"Lie down for a while, I'll get you a glass of water, okay."
"Don't go."
Xi Mo grabbed the string on Xiu Yangui's sweatshirt hood. She was very weak, but Xiu Yangui couldn't break free.
"I won't leave. I won't leave."
Xi Mo clutched the rope, curled up on the bed, and groaned in pain in his arms.
"Return from the feast."
"Yeah." Xiu Yangui frowned tightly, as if he felt the same way.
"Don't be mad at me, I have a headache."
"How could I be angry with you, little ancestor?"
Xiu Yangui felt extremely wronged. Seeing Xi Mo having a headache, he was anxious and helpless. Xi Mo refused to let him leave and started talking nonsense.
"You're just mad at me."
"I, I'm thinking about something, something very important."
"Xiu Yangui, believe me, things are not as they say, Aunt Linlin, no, no..."
Xi Mo spoke intermittently, holding her head in pain. The pain in her head was getting worse and worse. Xiu Yangui was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
"Okay, okay, I believe you. Don't say anymore. I know, I know. Don't keep thinking about it. If you can't remember it, forget it."
"no!"
This was the first time Xi Mo's emotions fluctuated so severely, "I want to think!"
But it was so painful that Xi Mo cried, her face wrinkled up, "Wuwu...Wuwu..."
Xiu Yangui protected her, preventing her from rolling off the bed. He anxiously knelt on the edge of the bed and hugged Xi Mo, "Okay, Xi Momo, don't think about it anymore, okay?"
"I won't say those words anymore. I won't be angry with you. I won't say anything. Okay? Stop giving you a headache."
“…It hurts, it hurts so much, wuwu.”
They both felt equally heavy and sad, their intertwined breathing sounds echoing in each other's ears. It was unknown whose tears dripped onto the sheets, soaking them.
"Returning from the banquet..."
“…Hmm, feeling better?”
"Just trust me. Don't believe anything they say. I think I'm almost remembering it. Give me some more time, okay?"
"good."
She cried till her voice was hoarse, and hot, glistening tears were streaming down her cheeks.
They both embraced each other warmly.
That night, Xi Mo did not return to her home, but slept in Xiu Yangui's room. Xiu Yangui slept on the floor next to the bed. He originally wanted to sleep on the sofa, but Xi Mo couldn't leave him now.
Xi Mo had a headache for half an hour and cried for a long time. She curled up fragilely. When she fell asleep, there were tear marks on her cheeks, her nose and the area around her eyes were red, and she would sob while she slept.
Xiu Yangui's brows were still furrowed, his heart was twisted like a hemp rope. He first wiped Xi Mo's face with a wet towel. When Xi Mo turned a little, Xiu Yangui didn't dare to continue wiping. She had finally fallen asleep, so he didn't want to wake her up.
After kneeling for too long, his legs were numb and sore. He stood up, tidied up the living room, and took care of Moli. He tiptoed back to his room, made a bed on the floor, sat on the floor, and lay on the edge of the bed, staring at Xi Mo.
After a long time, he dared to reach out and pinch Xi Mo's slightly cold fingertips, then quietly let go, and stretched out his finger to touch the mole at the end of her eyebrow.
Xi Mo asked him to believe her, so he believed her. He would never say those words again. He couldn't bear to part with Xi Mo and couldn't bear to let Xi Mo go again.
"Xi Mo, I like you."
The whispered sound, the faint sound emitted from the chest, dissipated in the room like light mist, melodious and lingering.
On this night, the little people in the room all had sweet dreams. The cat by the wall lay on its belly, rubbing its warm and lovely nest, and strolled leisurely in the dreamland with its owners.
Xi Yicheng and Ruan Wenwen are finally coming back these days. They bought tickets in the morning and will be home in the afternoon. Xi Mo stayed at Xiu Yangui's place for half a day. When they were about to leave, both of them were reluctant to leave.
Although Xi Mo was more reluctant to leave Moli, she was also reluctant to leave Xiu Yangui. After she returned home this time, she didn't know when she would be able to visit Xiu Yangui again. She had to go out for social events with Xi Yicheng and Ruan Wenwen.
Xiu Yangui followed Xi Mo downstairs and sent her home. When they went downstairs, the old people were all there. Apart from talking about other people's family affairs, they had no other entertainment options. They were as noisy and annoying as flies and mosquitoes. The girl wished they could be exterminated.
After sending Xi Mo home, he also went home. He had no parents or other relatives at home, but fortunately, this winter, this New Year, he had Xi Mo and Moli.
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