Shape

Chapter 4

Liang Xuan walked a few minutes early after school at night, went to the carport to push the car out, and then waited for him at the door of Li Yichu's classroom.Li Yichu's legs can't walk much, and the teaching building is far away from the carport.Of course Liang Xuan didn't mind carrying him to the carport, but Li Yichu didn't like it.

When he was about eleven or twelve years old, Li Yichu began to grow taller, but it may be because he didn't keep up with his nutrition, his knees always hurt, and he almost fell down several times when he went upstairs.Liang Xuan couldn't see it, and carried him upstairs for a long time. Li Yichu was lying on Liang Xuan's back and made a fuss. It was only at that time that Liang Xuan felt that the person carrying him was Li Yichu whom he knew before the age of seven.

But one time when the two of them went home, they were spotted by Liu Fan who was taking out the garbage downstairs. Liu Fan's face immediately turned ugly, and he criticized Li Yichu for being too coddled and not even walking.

Li Yichu immediately jumped off Liang Xuan's back, bowed his head and apologized to Liu Fan, then took the garbage bag from her hand and went downstairs to throw out the garbage.

Liang Xuan didn't like his mother's disgust towards Li Yichu very much. Li Yichu was innocent, cheerful, obedient and sensible in front of him. He was reluctant to scold him, but his mother often made sarcastic remarks.Although he has been protecting Li Yichu all this time, he acts as if nothing happened every time, does he really not care?

How can you not care?From then on, Li Yichu never climbed on Liang Xuan's back for him to carry.The intimacy formed between the two children was deliberately changed by Li Yichu. He would never hug Liang Xuan or grab any part of his body as naturally as he did when he was a child.

Li Yichu was very happy to see Liang Xuan, and he limped down the stairs with him. There were many students going downstairs quickly, Liang Xuan pulled Li Yichu to his side, and circled a safe area for him with his arms.

After leaving the No. [-] Middle School gate, there was a long downhill road. Liang Xuan did not go home directly on his bicycle, but turned into the snack street, stopped at the entrance of a shop selling fresh milk, turned to Li Yichu and said, "We Go in and get something to eat."

As soon as the two entered, they saw Lu Bin and his party sitting around the table talking and laughing.Liang Xuan subconsciously protected Li Yichu behind him, turned his head and whispered, "You go out first."

Lu Bin also saw the two people at the door, laughed and stood up and walked in front of them: "Li Yichu?"

Liang Xuan stretched out his arms to block Li Yichu's front.

Lu Bin slanted his mouth: "What are you doing? You want to take my arm off again?"

Li Yichu smiled and put Liang Xuan's arm down: "Liang Xuan, I have made peace with Lu Bin."

Liang Xuan looked at Li Yichu suspiciously.

Li Yichu: "I'll tell you later, let's buy something to eat first, aren't you hungry?"

Liang Xuan nodded, then went straight to the front desk to buy things, without looking at Lu Bin.Lu Bin pointed at Liang Xuan with smoke coming out of his nostrils, and Li Yichu walked behind and immediately waved his hands and mouthed: That's how he is.

The white and clean boy smiled and begged for mercy behind Liang Xuan's back. Lu Bin felt angry when he saw it.

Liang Xuan returned to his seat with milk and bread, and he only took a bottle of yogurt, and piled up the rest in front of Li Yichu: "Two breads and a cup of milk, we'll go back after eating."

Li Yichu looked at the things in front of him, then at his own, and asked doubtfully, "Aren't you hungry? Just drink yogurt?"

Liang Xuan tore off the package for him, and said expressionlessly: "Who said I was hungry. We will eat something after school every day before going back. Your health is too poor."

Li Yichu looked at the price of the bread, eating like this every day, how could the two of them have enough pocket money.

Liang Xuan handed him the bread: "Don't worry about the money, I still have it."

Li Yichu hurriedly said: "We each take turns to buy one at a time, and I have money too."

Liang Xuan glanced at him and nodded in agreement.To let Li Yichu eat with peace of mind, it is impossible not to spend money on him.

After eating, the two continued to go home. Li Yichu told Liang Xuan how he and Lu Bin turned enemies into friends. After talking, Liang Xuan didn't express much opinion. When he was almost home, he asked, "Why did you go to Nanxiangkou at noon? "

Li Yichu was thinking about how to make it up along the way just now, but now he looked calm: "It's with a classmate, he went to the mall to buy something."

Seeing that he was serious about what he said, Liang Xuan no longer doubted it, and said casually, "Don't get too close to Lu Bin in the future, they are too noisy."

Li Yichu nodded from behind: "Oh."

Li Yichu knew that the best way to deal with Liang Xuan was to obey him. Liang Xuan didn't show his emotions or anger, but he had a character of keeping promises. Li Yichu knew from an early age that if he fought against him, he would only lose in the end. Liang Xuan Li Yichu's restraint is extremely powerful, if he doesn't want to talk to others, if he can keep silent for a year, Li Yichu won't be able to hold back for that long.But he also knew that Liang Xuan was kind to him, apart from his parents, Liang Xuan was the best to him in this world.

When Li Yichu first came to Liang's house, Li Yichu was so afraid that he couldn't sleep at night in the living room, Liang Xuan slept with him on the sofa in the living room without saying a word; Li Yichu didn't dare to tell the adults when he was sick, only Liang Xuan could tell that he was unwell.Liang Xuan didn't mention it, and Li Yichu never mentioned it either. He had lived in Liang's family for ten years and treated his elders carefully. Only in front of Liang Xuan could he be defenseless.He always felt that no matter what he did, Liang Xuan would always be by his side, even though Liang Xuan never expressed his opinion.

After Li Yichu finished a few chapters of practice questions, he opened the drawer and counted his pocket money. Excluding the fifty that Liang's father gave him every week, he only saved five or six hundred yuan from selling snacks.He wants to buy a set of hardcover comics. His mother gave him a set when he was a child, but he didn’t know where he lost it when he sold the house. He has always wanted it all these years, but unfortunately the price of two or three hundred is still too expensive for him. up.

Next week is the anniversary of the death of his parents. Li Yichu wanted to buy comics on that day, and read a story to them at their grave just like his mother did when he was a child.

As for the money that Liang's father gave him, Li Yichu has been saving it. Although he doesn't know what the money should be used for, he is unwilling to spend it. The Liang family is not rich, and the pressure to raise another child is too great. He doesn't have much savings, so if there is any emergency in the future, he can at least help out.He has never bought anything for himself in these years. Although the birthday presents given by others are very thoughtful every year, they are not the set of comics he wants most. Now that he has managed to save enough money, he should be able to let himself be extravagant Bar?

Taking advantage of his lunch break, Li Yichu ran to the bookstore to look for manga, compared and checked it for a long time, and finally went to the counter to check out with the book in his hands.The money in his schoolbag is all one yuan and two yuan in change, all from the money he usually earns from selling snacks. Li Yichu stood in front of the counter and counted each one with the cashier, and there were people waiting to check out behind him who looked down on this scene. Tsk out.

Li Yichu didn't hear it at all. He was so full of joy to buy comic books that he didn't have the energy to care about other people's ridicule.

Li Yichu asked the teacher for leave in the afternoon and waited for Liang Xuan at the school gate.

When Li Yichu was eight years old, he experienced his parents' first death anniversary. He had already accepted the fact that his parents had died. He went to the cemetery with the Liang family early in the morning. After seeing the portraits of his parents, Li Yichu suddenly felt a very strong sense of belonging. He didn't think that cemetery was scary at all, and he wanted to sit between the two tombstones and never leave. He forgot that he was worried about being loved by others. His parents were here, so he was a baby who wanted to be loved by others.

Li Yichu immediately stayed by the cemetery and refused to leave. He cried and begged Liang Changping: "Uncle Liang, can you let me stay here? My parents are also here, and they will stay with me."

Liang Changping was the worst at dealing with crying children. His family, Liang Xuan, never needed him to worry, and had always been raised as an adult.In the past, when Li's father was alive, he brought Li Yichu over to play. The child was jumping up and down, crying and laughing for a while, which made people helpless.At this moment, Li Yichu was begging and crying, pitiful, but how could he be allowed to mess around?

Liang Changping: "No."

Li Yichu had always been afraid of Liang Changping's seriousness, but this time he showed great courage and hugged his mother's tombstone without letting go.Seeing that his attitude was firm, Liang Changping didn't say much, and bent down to hug him, intending to carry the child away.

Unexpectedly, Li Yichu's fingers were firmly digging at a little stone protruding from the back of the tombstone. No matter how Liang Changping pulled it, he would not move.

Liang Xuan saw that Li Yichu's nails were turning white, and quickly stopped Liang Changping: "Dad! Let go!"

Only then did Liang Changping let Li Yichu down.Li Yichu immediately leaned against the tombstone.

Liang Xuan looked at his parents and said: "Mom and Dad, you go back first, I am here to accompany Yichu, don't worry, I will definitely take him back."

Liu Fan asked anxiously: "Why are you staying here? This place is full of tombs, it's not clean for you as a child to stay here!"

Liang Xuan turned his eyes to his father and said seriously: "Dad, you trust me."

Liang Changping was always at ease with his son. Now that he said so, he no longer objected: "Your mother and I will go first, and I leave this phone to you. Call us if you need anything."

Liang Xuan: "Okay."

Liang Changping took his wife out of the cemetery and sat in the cemetery administrator's room waiting for the two children.

Seeing his parents walking away, Liang Xuan turned to look at Li Yichu who was still on guard, and sat down beside him without saying anything.

Li Yichu also sat down by the tombstone.

The two children sat quietly like this for several hours, until the sun went down, and finally Li Yichu couldn't help but ask, "Liang Xuan, aren't you going home?"

Liang Xuan: "I won't return."

Li Yichu said the second sentence after a long time: "Do you think they will hear what I say now?"

Liang Xuan: "Yes."

Li Yichu: "I know you are lying to me. My parents are dead, and they will never hear me again."

Li Yichu tilted his head against the tombstone, the corners of his mouth drooping.

Liang Xuan: "Yichu, you love your parents very much, don't you?"

Li Yichu nodded.

Liang Xuan: "Then if you stay here, you will starve to death soon if you have nothing to eat. If you starve yourself to death, will your parents still recognize you?"

Liang Xuan knew how much Li's parents doted on Li Yichu in the past, and they were most worried about his malnutrition. They never stopped eating other than three meals a day. Sometimes, as long as Li Yichu was willing to eat an extra bite, Li's father would promise to give him a toy.

Li Yichu also thought of his parents who chased after him every day to feed him. They regarded eating as the only thing he needed to accomplish. If he didn't eat, they would be so angry.

Seeing that he had obviously listened, Liang Xuan said while the iron was hot: "We will often visit our parents in the future, and I will accompany you, okay?"

From then on, every anniversary of the death of Li's parents, Liang Changping and his wife came to worship together, and Liang Xuan and Li Yichu were together.

After leaving the classroom, Liang Xuan saw Li Yichu holding a delicately packaged cardboard box, and asked, "What is this?"

Li Yichu said happily: "Comic books. My parents' favorite, but unfortunately I can't find the old version, only this new version."

Liang Xuan picked it up and looked through it. The packaging was exquisite and the paper was carefully packed. He asked casually, "How long have you been saving?"

Li Yichu stretched out two fingers: "Two years."

Liang Xuan was taken aback. He didn't expect that a book would require Li Yichu to live frugally for so long. He couldn't tell what he was feeling at this moment. He was not angry with Li Yichu for being concealed as he expected, but rather angry with himself. Why did he Never knew Li Yichu wanted this?How did he never notice that Li Yichu didn't have enough money?

Li Yichu saw Liang Xuan's emotions from the slight change in his expression, and said quickly: "The pocket money has never been used up, I am not too frugal, otherwise I wouldn't need to save it for two years."

Liang Xuan lowered his eyes slightly, indicating that he had listened.

The two left the school together, Li Yichu sat on the back seat of the bicycle with a book in his arms, Liang Xuan reminded him when going downhill: "Sit still."

Li Yichu was facing the back of Liang Xuan's head, saw a little dust on his collar, and reached out to help him wipe it off.Liang Xuan is obsessed with cleanliness. No matter where he is, he can keep his whole body clean and never touch things used by others. Of course, this "others" does not include Li Yichu.

Liang Xuan felt Li Yichu's fingers brushing the back of his neck, the cool touch was fleeting.

The cemetery was in the outskirts. When the two arrived, they locked their bicycles on the side of the road and walked up the hillside.Li Yichu had gotten used to facing the cemetery over the years, and he no longer cried as soon as he came to this place as he did when he was a child.Accompanying him, Liang Xuan bowed to the tombstone first, and then stood aside to watch Li Yichu talk to his parents.

Li Yichu's side face was sharp, with a smile on his mouth all the time, it didn't look like paying respects to his parents, but reminiscing with old friends.Liang Xuan felt that Li Yichu was very good-looking since he was a child. He looked like a doll when he was a child, but when he grew up, he looked like the handsome boy described in the book. Looking at him made people feel peaceful.Liang Xuan didn't know why he felt this way, obviously Li Yichu liked to make trouble in front of him.

Liang Xuan likes to be quiet, and likes to have everything under control and stability. Li Yichu doesn't seem to agree with it, but it unexpectedly gave him a sense of tranquility.They have been together day and night for ten years, and it seems that they will continue to do so forever.

At sunset, the two came out of the cemetery. Li Yichu held the comic books and said, "Let's go home first, put the books at home and then go back to school for evening self-study."

Liang Xuan nodded in agreement.

After school, Li Yichu took Liang Xuan to the old street to eat casserole rice noodles. They had been eating near the school these days, and they were a little tired.The taste of this casserole rice noodle is very different from other places. The rice noodle is soft and sticky, and the soup is also a broth.Li Yichu liked to eat when he was a child, but he has never been to the Liang family since then. Fortunately, this kind of small shop has been open for decades, and he can quickly find the address by memory.

Li Yichu asked for boiling water from the boss to scald the dishes, but Liang Xuan took the kettle away as soon as he got it.

Although it was past nine o'clock at night, there were quite a few people who came to eat in the store, and the rows of tables and chairs in the small store were almost full.Li Yichu was halfway through his meal when a couple chatted and laughed and sat across from them.

This couple looks young. The girl's long hair always slides forward along her shoulders. Her boyfriend gently holds her hand, and occasionally turns his head to kiss her cheek, and then the two of them talk intimately like no one else. while eating.

Although Li Yichu didn't understand this aspect, he was still a little embarrassed. He glanced at Liang Xuan, who had been eating with his head down, as if he didn't see it.

On the way home, Li Yichu always thought of the couple he saw just now. The instinct from adolescence made him full of curiosity for a while.Li Yichu looked at the back of his head and asked, "Liang Xuan, have you ever liked girls?"

Liang Xuan: "No."

Li Yichu: "That's right. You are busy studying every day, so you don't have time to like girls."

Liang Xuan thought about what Li Yichu said, and it seemed that something was wrong.He has always been the teacher's favorite student. He likes to study and never violates discipline.But he is not suppressing his nature, these are all his subconscious choices, as if he has never liked anyone, he has never deliberately prohibited himself from liking anyone.He's coming soon, there are also students in the class who secretly fall in love without telling teachers and parents, it's impossible to say that they don't know anything about this, but it seems that he has never paid too much attention to any girl, it seems that in more than ten years of life , No girl has ever made him remember.

Liang Xuan actually saw the behavior of the couple just now, he didn't think there was anything wrong, but Li Yichu next to him looked around with a blushing face, which was very funny.Liang Xuan deliberately joked with him: "What about you?"

Li Yichu: "I don't know—"

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