"Boss, here we are."

As Jason stopped the car and turned off the engine, Yang Yue in the back seat opened his eyes, looking out the window with a pair of cold and deep eyes, his brows were slightly frowned, "Can people still live here?"

Outside the window are rows of houses of different heights from near to far, most of which are a bit dilapidated.The only road leading to the inside is covered with weeds on both sides, and the bluestone road with moss can be seen faintly.As soon as the wind blows, the grass blades rustle, and some windows that have long lost their glass creak and squeak, revealing a desolate atmosphere everywhere.

"I'm sure it's here." Before coming here, Jason had clearly remembered the situation he had investigated, and he sighed again in his heart, "This is the old residential area of ​​Qinghe Town. The nearby Qingshan was discovered and a hot spring was built. A resort, now it is preparing to be demolished, most of the people moved out a few months ago, only a few families still live here."

Yang Yue nodded, looked out of the window and whispered, "His relatives have been waiting for him to come home..."

His voice was very low, as if he was just talking to himself.After an unknown amount of time, Yang Yue opened the car door and said, "Let's go."

Jason got out of the car and walked quickly in front of Yang Yue to open the way for him.This place has been around for a long time, and the houses were built irregularly. The road was winding and winding. The two walked for about a quarter of an hour, and finally stopped in front of a small courtyard.

The bluestone slab steps in front of the house are very clean, and it looks like it has been cleaned frequently.The paint on the old courtyard door was so peeled off that its original color could not be seen. It stood there tremblingly, as if it could be knocked down with a little force. Jason knocked on the door and said loudly, "Is anyone home?"

There was no response in the courtyard.

Jason waited patiently for a while, then repeatedly knocked on the door and asked. After repeated several times, an old voice finally responded: "Who is it?"

Heavy and slow footsteps came from far to near, and a thin old man opened the courtyard door.He looks very old, with gray hair, wrinkles and mottled age spots on his face, a pair of dry hands trembling slightly, he put on reading glasses for himself, squinted his eyes and looked at the two people outside the door, and asked after a long while Said: "Who are you looking for?"

Yang Yue took a step forward and said in a gentle voice, "Hi old man, I am... I am a friend of Chai Fei, and I came here specially to find you."

Hearing his words, the old man's cloudy eyes instantly turned away a bit of sadness, and the old man's voice became much lighter, "You are my friend who is not a child, please come in quickly." The old man opened the door and asked the two of you sideways. People entered, but he stood at the door and looked around. It took a while to pat his forehead to react, and he walked in with a smile and poured water for the two guests.

The yard looked old, and the bricks on the wall were loosening a lot.A large pile of bamboo is piled up against the wall, and the air is filled with the unique smell of bamboo.Beside the bamboo pile was a small stool and an old tree stump half a person's height, on which were placed a bamboo knife and split bamboo slices.

"Obviously put it here, where did I put it?" After the old man greeted the two guests to take their seats, he searched everywhere for the tea that his grandson brought back last time, but he couldn't remember where he put the things.

Jason hurriedly said: "You are welcome, old man, we are friends with Chai Fei, just treat us as him."

The old man patted his head and sighed: "I don't have a good memory when I'm old, so don't be offended. When my non-boy comes back, let him greet you well." He thought his grandson came with two guests, It's just that some things are delayed and I haven't come home yet.

Hearing the old man's words, Jason felt a lump in his throat, and he couldn't say a word no matter what he was about to say.

Yang Yue's chest was suffocated, and his heart, which he thought to be invulnerable, felt a pain like a needle prick again.His thoughts turned quickly, and then he slowly said: "Grandpa Chai is like this..." He paused for a while and continued, "Chai Fei didn't come back with us this time, he has something to deal with, we..."

"I need to bother you with something, can't he come by himself?" The old man frowned, "The older the boy, the more unruly he is. I must teach him a lesson when he comes back."

Yang Yue patiently listened to the old man's ramblings, and continued after he finished speaking: "Chai Fei has always wanted to continue studying, and he also worked while studying. It just so happens that our company needs such a talent, so we sponsor him to study. Work for our company."

The old man's cloudy eyes suddenly radiated an indescribable brilliance. He clenched the cup in his hand and said excitedly, "Are you serious? My non-boy is really going to study abroad?"

Jason, who has followed his boss for many years, immediately understood Yang Yue's thoughts, and immediately said: "This is Grandpa Chai, because Chai Fei was in a hurry to prepare for going abroad, so he didn't have time to tell you. He is worried that you will be alone in your hometown without anyone to take care of you. , before leaving, please ask us to take care of you, and we will take care of you together."

"Hey, this can't be done, how can this be done." Grandpa Chai waved his hands again and again, "The old man is used to living alone, and he lived a good life before, so how can he bother you. Fei Yazi is really going back as he lives, wait for him You have to teach him a good lesson when you come back." Having said that, the old man's voice was full of excitement, and the sad wrinkles on his face were stretched out to reveal his joy.

Seeing him like this, Jason sighed in his heart, but he persuaded with a smile on his face: "Don't say that, Chai Fei's courses are very full, and the college over there is closed management. There is a fixed time every week to contact us. He must be homesick when he is abroad alone. If he cannot contact you, think about how uncomfortable he will be."

"This..." Grandpa Chai hesitated.He knows the character of his grandson best, and he is very affectionate.When the child's grandma passed away, he felt more uncomfortable than himself.If Chai Fei and his friend said it, if his grandson was worried about himself and affected his studies, then he would be guilty of a serious crime.But even though this person is Chai Fei's friend, it's not good to bother others...

Seeing that Grandpa Chai was hesitant, Yang Yue asked, "Is there anything you can't let go of here?"

Just as Grandpa Chai was hesitating whether to speak or not, the rickety gate of the small courtyard was pushed open, and a sallow and thin little girl poked her head in. Seeing a stranger in the courtyard, she shrank out in fright.

When Grandpa Chai saw the little girl, he stood up tremblingly and called out, "Is it Yaya? Come here, they are not bad people."

The little girl's thin body was covered with worn out clothes that didn't fit well, her hair was yellow and her face was disheveled. She timidly walked over and hid behind Grandpa Chai, only showing a pair of dark eyes to look at Yang Yue and his party timidly.

Grandpa Chai touched the little girl's head and asked, "Why are you here at this time, where is your mother?"

The little girl lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Daddy lost in the card game, and he beat mom so hard that she couldn't get out of bed. No one cares about me...Grandpa, I'm hungry..."

Grandpa Chai sighed heavily, "There are biscuits on the cabinet in my room, go and eat some, don't eat too much, I'll cook for you now."

The little girl hummed lightly, lowered her head and rushed to Grandpa Chai's room, closing the door tightly.

"What a crime, what a crime." Grandpa Chai sighed again, lowered his head and wiped his eyes, and suddenly remembered that there were still guests there, forced a smile on his face and said, "Look at my memory, you...won't you stay with me for dinner?" Bar?"

Jason pretended to make a phone call and went outside the small courtyard. Yang Yue smiled and said, "You're welcome, I've ordered food to be delivered, and it'll be here soon." As he spoke, he asked casually: " That little girl just now is your...?"

Grandpa Chai said with a disheartened face: "It's my great-great-granddaughter. Speaking of which, this child and her mother have committed crimes..."

Grandpa Chai, who has lived in a small town with simple folk customs all his life, has never been able to stand up to Yang Yue's stereotypes, and Yang Yue has figured it out in a few words.

The thin little girl just now is Wu Douya, the daughter of Grandpa Chai’s granddaughter Li Liuniu. When Li Liuniu was 16 years old, her mother married a man in his 40s with a son a few years older than her. Wu Jun.After her mother, Chai Xiu, took a large amount of gift money, she moved away with her son and husband and never came back.Wu Jun's family background is good, but he likes to play cards and drink, and has a very bad personality. He thinks that he paid such a large sum of money to buy a wife, and he often treats Li Liuniu like a servant.In addition, he had only had one daughter for so many years, and he beat and scolded her even more severely, and was beaten into the hospital several times.Their daughter Wu Douya is very unpopular at home, and often has no food to eat and can only come to find Grandpa Chai.

When Chai Fei was still around, he had thought of getting them a divorce, but the man said that the divorce was fine and he would return the dowry.The original bride price of 10 yuan plus the [-] yuan borrowed by Li Liuniu's parents before they moved out, the man asked for [-] yuan, saying that it would include interest.They also thought about calling the police, but the man was considered rich and powerful in the local area, and Chai Fei and his family could never fight.Therefore, they could only swallow their anger and make money, hoping to bring Li Liuniu and her daughter home as soon as possible.

"So that's the case." Yang Yue lowered his head slightly to cover up the coldness in his eyes, "Grandpa Chai, I'm Chai Fei's friend, since he's not at home, why don't you leave this matter to me."

"How can this be possible." Grandpa Chai rubbed his face tiredly and cheered up. "I have saved Feiyazi and I for so long, and we have saved tens of thousands of dollars at least. If we bear with it...they will be relieved." After that, he didn't know what he thought of, so he hurriedly asked: "Fei Yazi has sent back his monthly salary to me. He needs a lot of money to study abroad, right? Where did he come from..."

"Don't worry." Yang Yue nonchalantly stopped him from continuing, "His study is sponsored, he doesn't need tuition fees, and he also has sponsored living expenses every month. What's more, we are friends, and his business is my business. , if I don't help him, won't he still worry about you when he is abroad? How can he be interested in studying?"

Yang Yue knew very clearly where the old man's weakness was, and every sentence was poked in Grandpa Chai's heart, making it impossible for him to disagree.

But Grandpa Chai was not foolish either. He handed the passbook he had saved for a long time to Yang Yue and said, "I know you are a good boy. It is his blessing that we non-boys have a friend like you, but the old man can't occupy you either." It’s cheap, this is the money we saved, you take it.”

Yang Yue didn't refuse, and accepted it calmly, even though the money in it was nothing to him.

In fact, this matter was nothing to Yang Yue, and he didn't even need to come forward, as long as Jason let the wind out, most of them would come to solve their problems one after another.

In less than a week, Li Liuniu got her divorce certificate and Wu Douya's custody rights. This woman who was under [-] and tortured by life and full of vicissitudes of life was stunned and couldn't believe it.

Before Yang Yue left Qinghe Town, he took time to meet with Li Liuniu, handed her the passbook that Grandpa Chai had given him, and told her the truth at the same time.

"Your cousin Chai Fei, he has passed away."

Li Liuniu let out a bewildered sigh, and it took a while to react and said, "Grandpa... didn't you say that he went abroad to study?"

Yang Yue glanced at her, but did not find any shadow similar to Chai Fei from the outline of her eyebrows and eyes. He looked away and said indifferently: "He died unexpectedly two months ago. Grandpa Chai didn't know about it. I told you You, because you are his only relative now. I don’t know how long I can hide Grandpa Chai, so I need your cooperation.”

Li Liuniu didn't like Chai Fei when she was very young. She remembered that after she finished elementary school and had to drop out of school because her family was too poor, her mother took her to her grandfather's house and wanted him to send her to school.The mother said that Chai Fei's grades were not good, and it was a waste to let him study, so it was better to give her the tuition and send her to study.The patriarchal grandfather scolded the mother severely and drove them away.Therefore, she had to drop out of school and stay at home, doing housework every day to help her mother sell vegetables, and was finally sold to Wu Jun as a wife.

But it was this cousin and grandfather whom she didn't like since she was a child, who became her only support.

Li Liuniu thought that her tears had been shed in that nightmare marriage, but now she suddenly heard the news of Chai Fei's death, she still cried, she said incoherently with tears: "How could this happen? How could this happen? Well... if grandpa knew...he is a good man, why would he be like this..."

Yang Yue looked at the side expressionlessly, and sneered, thinking that good people never get rewarded.The clean and pure person who always brought him the warmth of home appeared vaguely in his mind, and there was a stabbing pain in his heart again.He suppressed the palpitations that caused his emotions to fluctuate and said: "Get ready, I will take you to live, don't reveal this to anyone, not even your daughter."

Li Liuniu wiped away her tears and asked, "Where is he buried? Can I visit him in the future?"

"Yes, but you can't let Grandpa Chai know." Yang Yue saw that he had finished speaking, so he got up and left.Before leaving, he stopped in his tracks, and said again: "Grandpa Chai is getting old, you can hide it from him as long as you can."

People always give themselves a little hope, and life will be meaningful.Chai Fei's greatest wish is for his family to be safe, so let him take care of him in the days to come.If Chai Fei knew, he would be able to leave more at ease.

On the night of Yang Yue's 35th birthday, he had a long dream.

In his dream, he met Chai Fei very early on, took the child under his wing to protect him, and watched him grow into an outstanding young man carefree.On the night the kid came of age, he asked him, "Is this all you wanted?"

The young man in the dream didn't know what to answer, he didn't hear clearly.After waking up, Yang Yue only remembered the smile when he spoke, confident and flying, so beautiful that it made his heart palpitate.

After waking up, my heart was full of loss.Obviously, such a long time has passed in the dream, and the details of every time he spent with the young man in the dream are very clear, but it has only been two hours since he returned to reality.

He recalled that silent and pure young man who once appeared in his life. Even though such a long time had passed, the impression of that person was still so clear and never faded.

He remembered a night many years ago when he drank too much and the young man was called to take care of himself.At that time, he was three-point conscious, but he didn't want to move half of the time.Let the young man gently wipe his face, and carefully wake himself up to drink sober soup.When three minutes of sobriety turned to five minutes, he clearly saw the affection in the young man's eyes through the light by the bedside, and a little pity suddenly rose in his heart that had been silent for a long time.He didn't want the young man to work too hard, so after drinking the hangover soup, he took the young man's hand and took him into his arms and lay him back on the bed. He kissed his cheek softly and let him lie down with him for a while, but he didn't want to say a word but Bring tears to youth.Maybe it was because the atmosphere at that time was too warm, or maybe it was the alcohol that made his brain a bit dull. He caressed his back more and more pitifully, and comforted the young man in a soft voice, but he couldn't think about it. Why does the more he comforts the young man, the more sad he cries.

Neither of the two who woke up the next day mentioned what happened last night, as if nothing had happened.However, he used this to understand the young man's intentions. There was no accident in his heart, but he secretly decided that after everything was over, he would try to open his heart again to accept the young man's entry.

Yang Yue lay on the deck chair on the balcony, looked up at the sky, and thought to himself, if the young man was still there, and if he gave them a little more time, maybe he would be able to return the same affection to him one day.

It's a pity that they still owe a little time after all.

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