slow and quick

After washing the dishes and packing up things, Ji Lin's mother went to work.

Ji's father watched TV in the living room for a while, and when he received a call, someone called him to go fishing, so he called Ji Lin, saying that he had gone out, then closed the door and left.

The clothes were still being washed in the washing machine, Ji Lin went to the balcony to take a look, and after ten minutes, he asked Zheng Man if he wanted to eat a popsicle.

Zheng Man sat down, spread out the book, and said to him, "What popsicles are you eating after dinner? Come and read."

"Won't you have indigestion if you read some books just after eating?" Ji Lin muttered.

But he obediently came over and sat down.

He couldn't sit still. After reading for a while, he heard the beeping of the washing machine, and immediately stood up again, saying that he was going to dry the clothes.

Zheng Man turned the pen and glanced at him: "There are thorns in the chair? Butt piercing?"

Ji Lin smiled and ran away.

Zheng Man looked at him helplessly.

Originally, this summer vacation, Dad wanted him to attend a cram school.

But after he tested Ji Lin and found that he was not happy to go, Zheng Man refused.

Transferring from junior high school to high school is indeed a big span.

Not learning in advance made Zheng Man feel insecure.

He can only feel a little relieved if he reads the knowledge points in advance and previews through the supplementary materials.

Ji Lin was heartless there, humming a song and drying his clothes.

While listening to the movement, Zheng Man casually drew a line where he didn't understand.

After reading it, when he was about to turn the page, someone called him from downstairs.

Zheng Man put down his pen, stuck out his head suspiciously, looked outside, and asked, "Looking for me?"

It's Zheng Man's uncle next door.

He raised his head and shouted to Zheng Man, "Go back quickly, your brother fell into the water!"

Zheng Man was stunned.

Ji Lin, who was drying clothes, also heard it, ran into the room quickly, and shouted at the uncle: "What? Where is he?"

"It's been brought home, and Zheng Man's family is there now, you two go there quickly!" Uncle replied.

After Zheng Man heard it, she turned around and ran out of the room, rushing out.

Ji Lin still held the clothes pole in his hand.

He put the clothes in his hand on the chair and quickly chased them out.

The two rushed to the house in a panic, really surrounded by a bunch of people.

As soon as Zheng Man arrived at the door, he heard Zheng Man's mother crying loudly.

His face paled instantly.

Ji Lin was about to push away the people next to him and walk in when he heard Zheng Fengju's cry from inside the room.

Ji Lin breathed a sigh of relief, supported Zheng Man, and whispered to him: "It's all right, Zheng Fengju is all right."

Zheng Man's body collapsed all the time, and then he relaxed, and his feet were so weak that he almost collapsed on the ground.

The two walked towards the room.

The road was blocked by a group of people at the door.

Mom was still crying, cursing while crying, raising her hand, she wanted to slap Zheng Fengju, but she couldn't do it.

Zheng Fengju burst into tears, hugged his mother and shouted, saying that he was so scared.

In a moment of anger, he rushed out, walked to the pond, and threw the stone into the water.

He was sulking there, when suddenly a snake emerged from the grass, Zheng Fengju was startled, his feet slipped, and he fell into the water just like that.

Dad came out on his motorcycle to look for him, looking around and calling for his son.

Zheng Fengju floated up and down there, wanted to call for help, but couldn't utter a complete sentence.

It was the aunt growing vegetables on the side of the road who saw it and yelled, and my father noticed the people in the pond.

When he was being fished out, Dad's hands were shaking all the time, for fear that he might not be able to catch him.

After picking it up and pouring out the water, my father was anxious and angry, and when he couldn't hold it back, he scolded him again.

Zheng Fengju's mouth was trembling all the time, he couldn't speak, and tears fell down his face.

When I came back on a motorcycle, I was seen by a group of people along the way.

When I got home, my mother was shocked when she saw it. When she asked, she was even more frightened.

Zheng Fengju cried and called out to his mother, and the two of them began to hug each other and cry.

My mother felt very uncomfortable, crying and scolding him: "You are heartless, why are you running to the water when you have nothing to do? Ah? If something happens to you, how do you let me and your father live?"

Zheng Fengju was wet all over, with the bath towel his father gave him still on his body, his face was still blue, his lips were pale, and he was crying softly there.

Said that you don't like me anyway, and no one cares if something happens to me.

"Why don't I care? How else should I care?" Mom cried and growled at him.

"You only like my brother!" Zheng Fengju also became angry, gnashing his teeth while crying, "Comparing me with my brother all the time, saying that my brother is better than me in everything."

"I didn't do this on purpose!" Zheng Fengju hiccupped, and complained there, "I'm not as smart as my brother, not as sensible as my brother, and as good as my brother. Why do you hate me so much and give birth to me?"

Zheng Man stood in the crowd, looking at the girls who were surrounded.

Everyone is comforting Zheng Fengju, saying why your mother doesn't like you, and saying that Zheng Fengju shouldn't think so.

"How sad does your mother sound?"

"I just don't like it!" Zheng Fengju cried and shouted, "Didn't you say that my mother doesn't like me before! You don't like me, you only like my brother!"

"I'm sad too!"

Such words as "Your mother only likes your brother and doesn't like you", "You are a child that no one likes", "You are so much worse than your brother, don't you feel ashamed", the circle of people around here, Pretty much said it all.

Hearing the words was a little embarrassing.

Weak explanation: "Isn't this just for fun, why do you take it seriously?"

There were also those who quickly changed their words to coax the child, and said to him: "Auntie never said that she likes your brother, Auntie likes you the most, don't be angry."

Zheng Fengju looked at her with tears in his eyes, with hope and fear in his eyes: "Really?"

"Of course it's true!" The aunt coaxed him with a smile, "Our son is good-looking and lively, who doesn't like it?"

Glancing at his mother again, he said to Zheng Fengju: "Mom actually likes children the most, but mother has never said it before. Love is strict and responsibility is severe."

Ji Lin froze for a moment, then turned to look at Zheng Man.

Zheng Man was staring at his mother.

Ji Lin panicked and even wanted to cover Manman's ears.

Zheng Fengju followed his aunt's gaze and looked at his mother: "Is what she said true?"

Mom looked up at Zheng Man, and before she could see Zheng Man's expression clearly, she was pulled back to her senses by Zheng Fengju.

Quickly lowered her head, looked at Zheng Fengju, and coaxed him: "It's true, you have always been my mother's favorite."

Zheng Man looked away.

He took Ji Lin's hand and walked out.

Ji Lin held his hand tightly.

The fingers were too cold to be alive.

He tightened his fingers, but he couldn't share some of his own temperature.

The two walked into the sunlight and stood there for a while before Zheng Man breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood there, basking in the sun for a while, then turned his head and asked Ji Lin, "Can I sleep at your place tonight?"

Ji Lin nodded hurriedly: "Yes."

Trying to make him laugh again: "Not only can you sleep at my house, you can even sleep with me at my house."

Zheng Man couldn't hold back, and raised the corners of his mouth: "You have a pretty good idea."

Ji Lin's face flushed slightly.

It wasn't until he said it that he realized how ambiguous the words were.

I'm used to saying it in the past, and I don't think it's a big deal.

Now there is a ghost in my heart, and after the words blurted out, I was belatedly ashamed.

Ji Lin coughed uncomfortably, and forced himself to take it: "I am more beautiful."

Zheng Man: "Pfft."

He looked at Ji Lin with a smile: "Okay, stop playing tricks, go back."

He reminded Ji Lin: "You have to preview at least three subjects today, and complete the questions on the study materials."

Ji Lin: QAQ

Just finished military training, why not take a break and play for two days!

After returning home, Ji Lin sent a message to his mother while going to the bathroom, briefly told her what happened this afternoon, and reminded her that Manman is now at our house.

"He's staying here tonight, so call his mother, remember to tell Dad, don't ask Man Man Man something that shouldn't be asked after you two come back."

It made Ji's mother dumbfounded: "Your mother and I seem to have such a broken mouth?"

Ji Lin pouted.

This is not the reason why you don't break your mouth. What if you think that you are caring about people, and care about people in that mess, and poke at people's hearts?

He repeatedly emphasized: "Don't ask, just pretend you don't know anything."

After getting an affirmative answer from my mother, I went back to the room with peace of mind.

Zheng Man is working hard now, and has finished writing the notes for Chapter 1 of Geography.

He glanced at the time, then looked at Ji Lin: "You have been in the toilet for more than 30 minutes."

Ji Lin: "..."

Ji Lin touched his nose, picked up the cup on the table, took a sip, and concealed: "I'm constipated."

Zheng Man took a deep look at him, then looked away, and said noncommittally, "Be careful of hemorrhoids."

Ji Lin was choked suddenly: "Ahem!"

His face was blushing, and he turned to Zheng Man with a look of embarrassment: "I'm drinking water!"

Zheng Man smirked.

When Ji Lin's parents came back in the evening, Zheng Man thought it was inevitable that he would be asked.

They were all prepared to deal with it, but the two of them seemed to know nothing about it.

It made him a little confused.

After taking a shower, I went back to Ji Lin's room, and when I was sitting there playing with my phone, I heard a quiet conversation outside.

Zheng Man quietly opened the door a crack, and only slowly reacted when he heard them asking Ji Lin and Manman if he was in a good mood.

He hugged the pillow and sat there, waiting for Ji Lin to come back.

Ji Lin walked in while putting on his clothes, and saw him sitting upright, wondering, "Why don't you lie down?"

Zheng Man looked up at him: "What did you tell your uncle and aunt?"

Ji Lin froze behind his back, and quickly denied: "I didn't say anything."

Zheng Man: "Oh."

He opened the quilt and lay down in silence.

When Ji Yan got in, he suddenly said, "Thank you."

Ji Lin turned his head and glanced at him.

Adam's apple rolled: "No need..."

Zheng Man opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling, his eyes were empty.

After a long time, he asked softly, "Did I do something wrong?"

The cold moonlight shines in through the window.

The young man's face carried a sense of fragility and emptiness.

Ji Lin's heart suddenly throbbed.

He stretched out his hand to cover Zheng Man's eyes, and said in a low voice, "You're right."

The eyelashes fluttered in his palm like wings.

Then close it.

Zheng Man's voice was so low that it could not be heard: "I am also very sad."

Zheng Fengju is not the only one who will be sad.

Ji Yan felt that his palms were gradually becoming damp, and something was smudged into balls, and then slipped down the corners of the boy's eyes.

He turned around, hugged the person beside him into his arms, and called him in a low voice: "There's still me."

The author has something to say: rest tomorrow, see you on time at 18:[-] the day after tomorrow!