"I told you not to go in." The security guard said with a stern face as he blocked a middle-aged woman outside.

She looked anxious: "My child hasn't come home after school for so long, I'm going in to look for her."

“Maybe he went to a game room?” The security guard waved him away, “You can’t just go into the school.”

"She wouldn't go to a place like that. I'll just go take a look at her class."

He Yue heard the argument at the door from a distance and walked over.

"Mom?" He Yue held the woman's arm, "The teacher asked me to move something, I can't move it by myself, mom, can you help me?"

The woman immediately understood: "This is my child."

Seeing that He Yue was wearing a genuine school uniform and had walked out of the school, the security guard had no choice but to nod and say, "Register before you go in. This won't happen again."

"Thank you." The woman thanked repeatedly and followed He Yue into the school.

Seeing her hurried steps, He Yue asked: "Which class is your child in? Do you want me to take you there?"

"My child's name is Yan Xi, and he's in Class 9 of Senior Grade 3. I know how to get there." Li Rui smiled and thanked He Yue, "Thank you so much today."

Li Rui's hands were covered with calluses as she patted He Yue, but she was still dressed decently.

He Yue nodded, but still worriedly pointed in a direction for Li Rui before leaving.

Li Rui walked along the scattered lights of the classroom not far away. It was eerily quiet along the long gravel road.

But after a while, she suddenly heard a strange sound. Li Rui listened carefully and it sounded like someone was crying.

She probably thought it was some student who was in a bad mood, and it had nothing to do with her. So she walked forward a few steps, but finally decided to turn back.

Li Rui walked through the bushes and saw a lake from a distance, reflecting the cold moonlight. By the lake, there was a girl hugging her knees and crying.

"Classmate, don't get close to me this late...Xiao Xi?"

I saw Yan Xi sitting by the lake, wearing only a thin short-sleeved shirt. When the wind blew, I could even see the lines on her butterfly bones.

Yan Xi paused and looked up: "Why are you here?"

Her voice was cold, totally unlike the intimacy she had shown when she was defending Li Rui in front of Huang Feifei just now. Now she turned her head away, wiping her tears and not wanting to look at her.

Seeing Yan Xi's miserable state, Li Rui was so scared that she almost sprained her ankle. She took off her coat and wrapped it around Yan Xi while running: "What happened to you? How did your clothes get in the water? Oh, don't pick them up. Mom has money. Mom will buy you new ones."

When she heard about Qian Yanxi, she got angry and pushed Li Rui away: "That's not your money, that's Huang Gang's money, Huang Feifei's money!"

"Xiao Xi..." Li Rui's face was pale. Although she and Yan Xi were not very loving and filial after she remarried, and sometimes they did not like to talk or communicate, this was the first time that Yan Xi yelled at her so fiercely.

But doesn’t she know Huang Feifei’s tricky personality?

I guess Huang Feifei said something to Yan Xi again.

"Xiao Xi, don't be like this." Li Rui's eyes were evasive, like a basin of cold water poured on Yan Xi's heart.

It turns out that Li Rui still wants to keep things quiet.

"You don't have to worry about me."

Yan Xi threw away Li Rui's coat and went to pick up his own clothes.

"Xiao Xi, I told you not to pick it up, or you'll catch a cold!"

"What's there to be afraid of if you catch a cold?" Yan Xi yelled, "I want to die, I want to die!"

"Xiao Xi..."

Li Rui paused. No mother would not feel distressed when hearing her daughter say such words. This was a blunt knife, but it had to cut the mother's heart into pieces.

"Living in a home like that, can't you feel Huang Gang's hypocrisy and Huang Feifei's arrogance? You can feel it! You just don't want to admit it! You just want a home, you never thought about what I want!"

Yan Xi's tears fell in big drops, her face turned red from crying, and a smile appeared on her face in the cold wind.

"I want to die. After living in that house, I want to die every minute and every second."

She had originally wanted to try to integrate Li Rui into the new family, but after Huang Feifei saw through her weakness, she only made fun of her, enslaved her, and tortured her even more.

She can't bear it anymore!

At this moment, Yan Xi finally spoke out her inner thoughts. She breathed a sigh of relief.

Yan Xi didn't want Li Rui to pull her, but just when she was about to push Li Rui away, Li Rui actually let go of her hand first and jumped directly into the water.

Fortunately, the water was shallow, only reaching her chest, but Yan Xi on the shore was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and could only gasp with trembling hands.

Li Rui walked towards her clothes step by step. The water was so cold that it pierced her knees like needles, and she trembled with every step.

Finally, she touched Yan Xi's clothes. When she turned around, she saw Yan Xi sitting on the ground on the shore with her shoulders shaking.

Li Rui tried to smile, but tears kept flowing down: "Xiao Xi, mom picked up the clothes for you."

The evening breeze was quite strong, blowing Li Rui's call to the shore. Yan Xi felt that the world in front of her was hazy. She couldn't see clearly, but gradually she could see the concern on Li Rui's face.

Li Rui climbed up with great effort, her whole body wet, the wind blowing her clothes sticking to her body.

She didn't want to get Yan Xi wet, so she could only squat down with red eyes not far away and look at her: "Xiao Xi, can you go home with your mother?"

Yan Xi cried and threw herself into Li Rui's arms, saying, "It hurts so much."

It hurts all over. The wounds from Huang Feifei's beatings hurt, being excluded by "home" again and again hurts, and the feeling of guilt for making my mother worried and scared hurts too.

Yan Xi didn't know what to do. Her soul was like a lone boat trapped in this dark water, isolated and helpless.

-

Because of the delay, He Yue returned home very late, and her grandfather had already fallen asleep in the rocking chair.

She changed her shoes quietly, took out a blanket and wanted to cover her grandfather, but she didn't expect her grandfather to turn over and ask, "You're back so late?"

"Something happened." He Yue explained.

"Don't fall in love too early." Studying is still more important.

He Yue patted her grandfather, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Go back to your room and sleep when you wake up."

Grandpa yawned and sat up. He lowered his head to look for his slippers on the floor and pointed at the chicken soup on the table: "Let me see you drink it first."

The hot chicken soup was cooked in a casserole for three hours. The aroma wafted out as soon as the lid was opened. The chicken was already very soft and tender, and it fell off the bones easily with chopsticks.

He Yue sipped the chicken soup in small sips, while her grandfather complained behind her: "I don't know if you are older or I am older, but you like to eat something so soft."

He Yue gave her grandfather a thumbs up: "Yes, you have good teeth and good health, so if grandpa wants to live to be a hundred years old, I like to drink the chicken soup that grandpa stews."

Grandpa couldn't suppress the smile on his face, and shook his head proudly: "Humph, wishful thinking."

He Yue slowly enjoyed the chicken soup until the warmth slowly wrapped around her stomach, and she suddenly heard her grandfather say behind her.

"Yueyue, your brother is coming back to study."

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