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Zhou Xuan also came with You Zhong.

Lin Yuanwei taught Lin Hexi a lesson in front of the guests, but he just wanted to calm down the two guests.

You Zhong and Zhou Xuan suddenly appeared, and they seemed to be familiar with his worthless son.Although Lin Yuanwei was an elder in front of these two people, but because of the Youjia and Zhou family behind them, he didn't dare to call himself an elder, so he could only restrain his anger and let it go.

You Zhong and Zhou Xuan also knew the man who vented his anger on Lin Hexi and that pampered young master.

Seeing that You Zhong took the initiative to defend Lin Hexi, the man could only turn his head and teach his younger brother a few words.

The young master was unwilling to admit his mistake, and blamed him confidently: "He is dressed like this, I thought he was a servant here."

Lin Yuanwei has always cherished his own face and the Lin family's face the most. Now that his face was completely lost by the other party's words, he could only suppress his anger towards Lin Hexi, and called Mrs. Lin to personally order: "You take him to the Go upstairs and change clothes."

Mrs. Lin led Lin and Xi away from the banquet hall.

The man who brought his younger brother over was older than You Zhong and Zhou Xuan, and they both had to call him brother in front of each other.

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the direction where Lin Hexi was leaving, and You Zhong could only stand still, talking to the man with his usual face, and then used the excuse of going to the bathroom to leave Zhou Xuan behind to chase Lin Hexi away. Find the route.

Obviously Mrs. Lin couldn't take Lin Hexi upstairs to change clothes in person. When You Zhong followed, the two hadn't gone far, and they stood face to face by the quiet and deserted stairs, as if they had fallen into a stalemate.

Clear and steady footsteps sounded from outside the banquet hall, and You Zhong walked towards them with long legs.

Mrs. Lin quickly adjusted her expression, "I don't blame you for being late, go and change your clothes first, my brother's birthday is today, don't make your father angry."

After finishing speaking, he turned to You Zhong with a gentle face, "Is Young Master You here to find Tong Tong? Tong Tong is entertaining friends in the banquet hall."

You Zhong didn't speak.

On the contrary, Lin Hexi, who was leaning against the shadow by the stairs, raised his head at this time, the confusion on his face was not fake, "What clothes?"

Mrs. Lin had no choice but to turn her face back, deal with and dismiss him first: "The dress I picked out for you has already been sent to your room by Auntie during the day."

"The dress you chose for me?" Lin Hexi raised his eyes and looked straight at her, his expression was not as low-browed as he usually is in front of outsiders, "If it was really chosen for me, how could it be Lin Tong's size? Or," his dark pupils showed a bit of innocence, "this year's dress style is popular with cropped sleeves and cropped pants?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Hexi would expose himself in front of outsiders, Mrs. Lin's expression was dull, and the eyes that fell on his face became silently cold.

Lin Hexi looked at her calmly, without any trace of fear on his face.

After so many years living under the same roof, despite the naive and stubborn youthful temperament when they first entered the Lin family, Lin and Xi have seldom resisted the Lin family face to face.

It's not that the physical and mental oppression accumulated over the past few years has piled up into a mountain, frequently squeezing the critical line in his heart, and finally ushered in a big emotional explosion.

It has nothing to do with these.

Ever since You Zhong appeared here, even though Lin and Xi's faces had never been too far away from each other's position, they still darted towards him uncontrollably from the corner of their eyes.

He has said too much about himself to You Zhong.

You Zhong knew that no one in the Lin family wanted to see him, that his biological father had never fulfilled his father's duties to him, and that his mother in law was always guarding against and controlling him.

On the premise that You Zhong knew these things, Lin Hexi thought that he could still act as if nothing had happened.

However, when You Zhong actually showed up at the Lin family, and saw how Lin Yuanwei and Mrs. Lin treated him, Lin and Xi suddenly became afraid.

He was afraid to let You Zhong see all this, afraid to let You Zhong see the self who faced Lin Yuanwei and Mrs. Lin with only obedience and tolerance on his face.

Or more accurately, he was afraid of being seen by the people he liked.

Even these obedience and tolerance are just a false mask he put on in the Lin family.

You Zhong stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hold his wrist, and dragged him from the shadow to the light, "I'm not looking for Lin Tong, I'm looking for him."

Mrs. Lin looked at You Zhong's hand around Lin Hexi's wrist with an unclear expression.

After a while, she smiled slightly, first nodded to You, and then said in a gentle voice, "If you don't want to change clothes, then go back to your room and play." Turning around and taking two steps, Mrs. Lin turned her head, "Don't go to the banquet hall again. If your father sees it, you will be scolded again."

The door leading to the banquet hall was opened and closed, and Mrs. Lin's figure disappeared on the side of the door.

Not forgetting the quarrel with You Zhong on the phone, Lin and Xi bent over and sat down on the stairs, not intending to speak.

It's just that when his eyes glanced at the footprints stepped on by the toe of You Zhong's shoes, his lips moved slightly again.

Following his gaze to look at the tip of his shoe, You Zhong laughed, "Don't you even say thank you?"

Lin Hexi thanked her, still frowning slightly, then reached into the pocket of the sweater, and took out a clean tissue.

You Zhong was slightly taken aback.

The person sitting in front of him had already bent down, reaching out his hand to polish the footprints on his shoes, at the same time, revealing the top of pure black hair and beautiful curls in front of him.

The tea-brown short hair that I remembered disappeared, as if it had taken away the unruly and undisciplined look on Lin Hexi's face, and replaced it with short black hair that looked more and more cute and calm.

Lin Hexi, with tea-brown short hair, is flamboyant, bright and wanton.

And the black-haired Lin Hexi is more likely to make people soft-hearted.

Something seemed to collapse suddenly in my heart, and accompanied by this emotion, there was also the feeling of a slight constriction of the heart.

Resisting the urge to hug the person in front of him, You Zhong took the tissue from Lin Hexi and wiped it perfunctorily.

Lin and Xi sat on the stairs, watching him wipe off the footprints on his shoes, and then straightened up holding a tissue.

The two looked at each other, and Lin and Xi saw the emotion that You Zhong couldn't hide in his eyes.

A second later, he hastily shifted his gaze away, and smiled casually, "What's your expression? I'm not at home every day to polish the shoes of Lin Tong's father and mother." Geode added, "Growing up so big, this is the first time I've polished someone else's shoes."

You Zhong didn't speak.

Lin and Xi waited, then asked again: "The birthday party is about to start, won't you go?"

You Zhong said: "Zhou Xuan will deliver the birthday present on my behalf."

Lin Hexi looked at him strangely, "Should you come to Lin Tong's birthday party not just to give him a birthday present?"

You Zhong stood in front of him, looking back at him, "You're right."

Lin Hexi nodded knowingly, "Then you can go there now."

You Zhong still stood there without moving, and said in a flat voice, "But I didn't come to see him either."

Lin Hexi answered subconsciously: "Then you are here—"

Before he finished speaking, he bumped into You Zhong's dark pupils that looked like the deep sea, as if realizing something, he stopped talking suddenly.

The other party has already spoken: "I'm here to see you."

Before sinking into deep water, Lin Hexi retracted his gaze in time, "If you want to ask about that painting." He put one hand on the side of his face, turned his head to look elsewhere, and his voice was as soft as talking to himself. The language seems to be telling You Zhong, and it seems to be telling myself, "Before the painting is sent out, its ownership belongs to me, and I still have the right to decide its final destination. So we have nothing to say."

You Zhong looked as usual, "Then let's not talk about it for now."

Not understanding why it was temporary, Lin Hexi frowned, and wanted to say something.

You Zhong has already changed the topic: "Why do you want to dye your hair back to black?"

He sat down beside Lin Hexi, his long legs bent slightly and stepped on the next step, his palm covered Lin Hexi's soft and docile hair, he pinched the tip of his hair with his fingertips and gently stroked it, then slightly raised his eyebrows and said: "I was looking for tea-brown hair in the crowd, but I couldn't find it for a long time."

Lin Hexi thought about it, and finally chose to tell him without reservation: "She said that my hair color would affect Lin Tong's birthday dinner, and asked me to dye my hair back to black."

"It's just to find an excuse to get me scolded in front of Lin Yuanwei, it's not worth her trouble at all." Lin Hexi laughed indifferently.

You Zhong's eyes gradually darkened, and his gaze fell firmly on his face.

This time, the other party did not hide the emotion in his eyes.

In just half an hour, I saw You Zhong's eyes twice.

In fact, he didn't want You Zhong to see him this way, he told You Zhong about himself, and he didn't want to win the other party's sympathy or pity.

On the contrary, the last thing Lin and Xi need is the sympathy and pity of others when they grow up so big.

And often when faced with these, what he is best at is to fight back with a smile.

The smile on the corner of his lips widened, and Lin Hexi even tilted his head with great interest, and asked him with a flawless expression: "Do you think I'm pitiful?"

You Zhong's answer was far beyond his expectations.

The other party asked in an unclear mood: "Aren't you pitiful?"

Lin Hexi's smile faltered slightly, and he subconsciously raised his head to look at him, with a bit of imperceptible blankness in his eyes.

He thought he was invulnerable, but You Zhong's words pierced through layers of armor, reaching deep into his heart with a harsh aura.

He didn't know how to answer the other party's question, so he could only follow You Zhong's words: "You are right."

Lin Hexi said: "My biological mother doesn't love me, she thinks I'm a stain on her. My biological father doesn't love me either, in his eyes I'm nothing. And I don't have any other relatives, I don't have any friends either. Compared to you, I am indeed pitiful."

His tone was calm and unwavering, but every time he said a word, his heart tightened uncontrollably.

He didn't know if it was a feeling of heartache, and even at the end, he felt as if he had been separated from his body, like a colleague and an outsider who had nothing to do with himself, standing by and watching his lips open and close with cold eyes.

Lin Hexi didn't look at the expression on You Zhong's face for a long time, he could only hear You Zhong calling his name in a low voice: "Lin Hexi."

He heard You Zhong say: "No one loves you."

Lin Hexi wanted to respond to his words, you are right, no one loves me.

He opened his lips, but his vocal cords seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't make a sound for a long time.

A warm touch fell on the corners of his lips, then his cheeks, the tip of his nose and his eyelashes.

With You Zhong's unique breath and breathing rate, it is warm and soft.

He wasn't finished yet.

On the narrow and quiet stairs, You Zhong stretched out his arms and hugged him vigorously, "It doesn't matter if your mother doesn't love you. It doesn't matter if your father doesn't love you. It doesn't matter if you don't have relatives, and it doesn't matter if you don't have friends. These It doesn't matter."

The arms holding him tightened slightly, and You Zhong called his name again: "Lin and Xi."

He said: "Starting today, I will love you."