In the classroom, Chaochao responded softly to Xie Jingcheng's words, her voice a mixture of emotion and wistfulness.
Chaochao: "Brother Yu Ci really doesn't like me..."
Little did they know that the key point was in the first half of the sentence.
"..." Xie Jingcheng narrowed his eyes: "He dares to hate you?"
Upon hearing this, Chaochao felt even more aggrieved.
Xie Jingcheng suddenly stopped breathing.
"If you want to hang out with him, then hang out with him."
I can keep an eye on Chaochao myself.
If Yu Ci dares to do anything...
Xie Jingcheng's phoenix eyes were icy cold, devoid of any warmth.
Chaochao cheered up and nestled softly into Xie Jingcheng's arms.
She spotted a test paper in the drawer with her sharp eyes.
I pulled it out and took a look.
I looked at the scores above and counted them carefully.
Three numbers.
"Wow!" Chaochao exclaimed with delight, "Brother Jingcheng, you passed! That's great! You're amazing!"
Chaochao spun around happily, as if she herself had passed the test.
Xie Jingcheng: "..."
Xu Yizhou, his defenses breached: "Pfft, hahahahahahahahahahaha!"
With Cheng Ge's score of 50.5, hahaha!
I'm not even as tall as him, hahaha! I'm actually 8 points taller, humph!
Xu Yizhou almost died laughing when he saw someone dare to joke about Cheng Ge's score for the first time.
The system only taught that three-digit numbers are always larger than two-digit numbers.
But they didn't tell Chaochao that decimal points still exist in the world.
Xie Jingcheng coughed, pulled the 50.5 test paper back, and stuffed it into his schoolbag.
At the same time, he pondered silently.
Should I aim for a higher score next time?
This would leave Chaochao with the impression that he is ignorant and incompetent, which would tarnish his elder brother's reputation.
All Xie Jingcheng could hear was Xu Yizhou's maniacal laughter, which sounded like a duck with bird flu, giving him a headache, earache, and footache.
He covered Chaochao's eyes, then kicked Xu Yizhou: "Laugh again?"
Xu Yizhou, lying on the ground: "Gaaaaaaaah—"
Xie Jingcheng: "..."
Chaochao, whose eyes were covered and who mistook everyone for a celebration, cried out: "Yay yay yay yay yay yay—"
Jingcheng passed! He needs to eat an extra bowl of rice today to replenish his energy!
Xie Jingcheng: "..."
How come these two are so strangely in sync?
...
It got dark.
In the dimly lit room, a slender boy sat quietly on the edge of the bed, his dark eyes calmly gazing out the window, like a cold, lifeless statue.
"Tick-tock, tick-tock—"
Bright red blood streamed down his arm, congealed at his fingertips, and finally fell to the ground with a thud.
On her pale arm, there was a bright red wound, and several crisscrossing scars were hidden under her half-rolled sleeve.
To outsiders, it was shocking.
But Yu Ci didn't care at all.
He even raised his hand and pressed hard on the wound.
"Oh……"
He chuckled softly.
Her narrow eyes were slightly upturned at the corners, and a single tear mole was as red as blood. At this moment, her face was pale, but under the moonlight, she appeared voluptuous and alluring.
He forced himself to recall that day as if in self-torture.
The woman took him to the beach, whispering desperately in his ear.
The pressure from the fingers gradually increased.
Yu Ci repeated her words over and over again.
"No one will love you...no one will love you..."
At this moment, the moonlight seemed to dissipate, and the boundless darkness gradually swallowed him up.
...
The next day.
After lunch, Huo Qin took out a tissue and wiped Chaochao's mouth. "We're going somewhere later."
Chaochao tilted her head: "Where are we going? To Brother Jingcheng's house?"
Huo Qin didn't say it directly: "Go a little further away to see someone."
As Chaochao sat in the car, she watched the surrounding high-rise buildings recede into the distance, the houses becoming increasingly sparse, until finally they arrived at the foot of a mountain.
Huo Qin picked up Chaochao and walked to a cemetery.
Looking in that direction, there was a photo on the square black brick.
Chaochao was stunned.
"grandmother……?"
Chaochao didn't recognize the characters for "Zhou Zhen," but she clearly wouldn't forget her appearance.
The dark-skinned old man in the photo is clearly a little reserved in front of the camera, his smile is slightly stiff, and his eyes are cloudy but still gentle.
Suddenly, Chaochao felt a lump in her throat.
Huo Qin gently put her down, and the little girl took small steps to the tombstone, reaching out to touch that familiar face.
Just like when she was little, she would hug her grandma's wrinkled face and snuggle against her to sleep.
But she knew her grandmother would never come back.
Some adults would tell her that her grandma was in heaven, but when she looked up, there was clearly nothing there.
Chaochao sniffed, her eyes reddening: "Grandma, Chaochao misses you so much..."
I also suffered a lot of grievances.
Those bad people bullied her.
Fortunately, Chaochao found her father.
Huo Qin gently stroked the top of her head with his warm hand, "Cry if you want to."
Chaochao shook her head and then said something.
"Chaochao has a dad now..."
So you're not alone anymore, Grandma, don't worry.
You need to take good care of yourself!
Huo Qin's hand paused.
Chaochao raised her sleeve to wipe away the tears that had secretly flowed out, and then squatted down in front of the tombstone.
Feeling wronged, she complained.
"Dad confiscated my favorite candy jar yesterday and complained that my hands were dirty. I told him I was just loosening the soil for the earthworms..."
Huo Qin, who hadn't expected the child's mood to change so quickly, was speechless.
"Even so," Chaochao said softly, "Daddy is a very, very good adult. Grandma, please bless Daddy to be safe and sound."
A persistent, tingling itch rose in Huo Qin's heart, and his fingers twitched slightly.
"Oh, and also, please bless Grandpa with good health and a long life!"
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