senior [rebirth]

Xu Hanlai's class teacher in high school was surnamed Gao, and his full name was Gao Zijian.He is an amiable teacher who is nearly fifty years old and has a thin head.He seemed to have just finished class, and when he hurried over with a lesson plan and a thermos, Lin Xi immediately thought of him.

In high school, when this teacher was talking to his seniors in the corridor, he was bumped into by Lin Xi several times.Once, I couldn't help but peek and was caught by the senior. His eyes fell from afar, and the corners of his lips curled up at him.

Lin Xi was so frightened that he turned his eyes away immediately, and he didn't recover much until the next class started.

...It's all fragments from more than ten years ago, but when I think about it now, it's not too strange, as if it all happened yesterday.

Seeing the head teacher arrived, the seniors who were waiting with Lin Xi left quickly.

A few senior boys were as broad-minded as the sea, and as soon as they turned around, their attention shifted from saving Lin Xi to what to eat for lunch. Liu Hao even started to report the names of the dishes with a loud voice, and the others patted the ball, joking He was joking and joking, his body was full of youthful breath.

Gao Zijian probably still had lingering fears about the movement just now, he chased after him and told them not to fight several times before he turned his head and looked at Lin Xi up and down.

It was not easy for the middle-aged old teacher to come all the way. Gao Zijian reached out to touch the glasses that had slipped off the bridge of his nose due to sweat, and then frowned unhappily and muttered.

The general idea is that those gangsters are simply going too far, even bullying their younger classmates, he must talk to the school's security master later, and the patrol must be tighter.

Then I didn't forget to ask Lin Xi if he was injured, how many times these gangsters came to him, the cause and effect, and so on.

Lin Xi answered truthfully, thought for a while, and handed him a piece of paper by the way.

Gao Zijian has been a head teacher for nearly 30 years, and has taught all key classes and ordinary classes. He can guess the general character and family background of many students at a glance.

Now, seeing Lin Xi handing him the paper thoughtfully, looking at the small body and the canvas shoes on his feet that had been washed to white, he couldn't help but soften his tone when he spoke again: "I've already done that. I have contacted your homeroom teacher, Teacher Hao, but she is not at school today, and she said that she will come back to deal with your affairs before school is over in the afternoon, so I will take you back first, can you go to the cafeteria to have lunch, and then wait for her in class?"

Lin Xi nodded: "Okay, thank you teacher."

Gao Zijian waved his hand, looked at Lin Xi, patted the dust off his shoulders, and laughed cheerfully: "It's all right, but you don't have anything to eat in the student cafeteria at this hour. Go with the teacher, and the teacher will take you Go to the teacher's cafeteria, today there is braised lion's head, which is very delicious."

Probably because he was afraid that he would be too depressed because of the incident just now, so Gao Zijian intentionally used a cheerful tone in his last few words.

When Lin Xi heard it, her heart felt a little hot, and then she couldn't help raising her head to look at the middle-aged teacher who was wearing a plaid shirt, framed a mirror, and had white strands in her hair.

I feel very happy.

Although he still doesn't know if he really returned to ten years ago, and the development of things now is not the same as in memory.For example, Lin Xi had no direct contact with this teacher Gao back then.

But if you really count it down, you will find that things have not changed in the final analysis.

––all genuine kindness he received after that vicious event.

In fact, maybe these good intentions have shone on him before, but Lin Xi, who was hiding in his own world, could not perceive it until Xu Hanlai appeared, and it seemed that his closed world was finally opened. The light shone in and made him feel it.

He cherishes it very much.

Thinking of this, Lin Xi rolled his eyes, and his voice became very sincere: "Okay, thank you, Teacher Gao."

This sentence is similar to the previous sentence, but the state of the young boy is quite different.He no longer lowered his head habitually, but raised his head slightly, under the soft short black hair, a pair of round almond eyes curved up.Rao Gao Zijian, who was almost fifty, was stabbed in the heart by his smile. After knowing it, this little classmate laughed... It makes people feel warm, just a little more flesh on his face.

So he started nagging more and more, this time besides being a gangster, he didn't forget to say that Lin Xi usually eats more, and try not to go out through the back door again in the future.

Just like that, Gao Zijian said, Lin Xi listened, and the two of them soon walked into the alley leading to the back door of No. [-] Middle School.

And where they didn't notice, Xu Hanlai on the other side of the avenue turned his head at some point, and his eyes swept over Lin Xi indifferently.

On the way Lin Xi was taken to the cafeteria by Gao Zijian, he suddenly remembered a very important thing.

Because of his poor family, he does not have the financial ability to go out to eat out like his seniors. In addition to some other reasons, he does not like to eat at home, so Lin Xi basically ate lunch in the cafeteria every day during high school.

And the reason why he left the school on an empty stomach at meal time today was because he had a rare temper tantrum and was unwilling to eat in the cafeteria. As for the reason...

Thinking of this reason, Lin Xi couldn't help speeding up his pace when he saw the door of the cafeteria.

Gao Zijian, who was behind him, thought the child was hungry, and was about to follow, but he bumped into the teacher in charge of their English subject at the door, and had to stop.

And in such a short time, Lin Xi had already bid farewell to him and walked into the cafeteria first. At the same time, he saw the clean white clothes in a certain window of the students' meals, listening carefully to a boy's report of the name of the dish, and then smiled. The man who raised his hand for "ok".

He has an ordinary appearance, and his complexion is sallower than Brother Shi just now. When he smiles, his face is full of marks left by the years, one after another.

If it is said that Lin Xi couldn't stop feeling emotional when he saw the senior after being reborn, then when he saw the smiling face of the man in his memory appear in front of his eyes again, his tears almost didn't hold back.

That was Lin Xi's stepfather, Li Rende.

Lin Xi's biological father had a bad temper, had many bad habits, gambled and drank too much, and he lost everything that was supposed to be a well-off family, and even cost his own life.

Lin Xi's mother, Lin Meiling, is a university professor.

In Lin Xi's memory, when he was very young, his mother was very gentle, telling him bedtime stories and singing to him. Every time he recalled that time, Lin Xi would feel very happy.

But that happy state didn't last long, because since Lin Xi was four years old, his father's gambling addiction became stronger day by day, and because of this, he began to drink heavily, making the house a mess.

It was also from that time that Lin Xi's mother's personality gradually became sharp, extreme and silent. For a long time, she even preferred to stay in school for a long time rather than go home.

At that time, Lin Xi almost grew up on his own – every day when he came home alone, he silently tossed the rice box and noodles in the kitchen to make food for himself.For children to cook, it is considered good if it is cooked.

In this way, the dry days continued until the death of Lin Xi's biological father, and the relationship between his mother and him eased a little, because the family was not as noisy as before.

Lin Xi was very happy about this.

But it was this joy that made Lin Xi unable to accept his stepfather Li Rende who suddenly appeared at his home when he was young.

He felt that after Li Rende appeared, his mother, who had been softening towards him with great difficulty, seemed to be separated again, and compared with his biological father, Li Rende was not much better at first glance.

At least his biological father still has a skin to look at, but what about Li Rende?He is not tall, looks average, has no education, and is still a mute. If one day he also starts gambling and drinking... Lin Xi probably won't be surprised at all.

He couldn't accept such a second father, and no one taught him how to accept it.

So after Li Rende came to the house, Lin Xi launched a long-term unilateral confrontation with him, exhausting all the methods he could think of.

Such as not going home for dinner, such as coming home late on purpose, such as resolutely not saying a word to Li Rende.

The little boy's heart has been suppressed for a long time, and the self-protection mechanism is finally activated, and the implementation is stubborn and resolute, and it is almost impossible to be persuaded.And the more he is like this, the colder his mother Lin Meiling's attitude towards him is, and the lower the temperature at home will be.

Lin Xi thought about it later, and felt that Li Rende in this period was actually quite difficult.Because his bastard biological father indirectly caused his grandma's death while he was alive, and he left behind a pile of debts after his death, so his mother's mood was extremely unstable for a long time, and Lin Xi was in the same boat.

In other words, Li Rende, who can't speak, came to their house and had to take care of such an emotionally extreme two mother and son at the same time.

Lin Xi felt that it would be unbearable to be an ordinary person, but Li Rende was different.

He is always smiling, and responds to Lin Meiling's occasional bouts with a good temper, while facing Lin Xi's silence, he takes the initiative to explore his preferences, and finds ways to make delicious food for him. It's just a happy smile.And after discovering that Lin Xi gradually did not go home at noon, in order to let him eat more and eat better, he took the initiative to apply for a job in the school cafeteria.

Who knows how he, a dumb man, moved the person in charge.

Later, Lin Xi always felt sad whenever he thought about it, but when he was a teenager, he couldn't see it in his heart, he only knew to escape.The better Li Rende treats him, the harder he will escape.

Recalling the previous life, Li Rende’s hair turned gray shortly after his mother’s death, and he went to sit on the swings in the park near their former home for several afternoons, and then stubbornly refused to seek medical treatment after his health deteriorated day by day, and only silently gave I bought Lin Xi a passbook full of deposit dates.

His face was also full of wrinkles, but Li Rende at that time seemed to never smile cheerfully again.

Thinking of this, Lin Xi couldn't help but secretly wiped his eyes.

Then he ran straight to the dining window where Li Rende was.

Before Lin Xi ran over, the previous student had already left.As Gao Zijian said, there is no food left in the student window at this moment, and the other masters have gone to rest in the back, only Li Rende is still standing there, looking at the dishes in his hands, and at the students in twos and threes in the cafeteria in front of him, as if As if something was on his mind, the frown looked extremely absent-minded.

It wasn't until Lin Xi ran over that his eyes lit up, and he subconsciously reached out to hold the spoon.

But before he had time to pick up the silver spoon, Li Rende noticed Lin Xi's red eye circles, and he became anxious immediately, gesticulating and asking him what was going on.

"I accidentally got sand in, it's okay." Lin Xi looked at Li Rende's appearance, sniffed, then stretched out his finger for an egg, and paused slightly: "I want to eat this."

Li Rende came to Lin Xi's side for a year, but Lin Xi never spoke a word to him.So as soon as he opened his voice, Li Rende's eyes immediately became brighter.

Then he laughed foolishly, beat him an egg in a hurry, and went to the window of the teacher's cafeteria next to him, gesturing to ask the aunt over there for a lion's head, and gesticulating that he would wait a while give money.

Li Rende is a simple and honest person. Although he can't speak, he has a very strong affinity and can always establish a good relationship with the people around him every minute.So the aunt gave it without saying anything, but when she gave it, she couldn't help but looked at Lin Xi curiously.

Probably because he was wondering about his relationship with Li Rende.

Sensing the aunt's gaze, Li Rende immediately waved to her nervously.He knew that Lin Xi didn't like him, and he was afraid that other people's suspicious eyes would cause trouble for this sensitive child.

But now Lin Xi didn't care at all, just bent his eyes and smiled, and said, "Thank you uncle."

When the voice fell to the ground, Li Rende in the window stayed where he was.

... This kid usually doesn't even look at him, since when did he smile at him?And call him uncle?

Lin Xi knew in his heart that he might be surprised for a while and would not be able to accept it, and he didn't want to change it all at once.So after the meal, I didn't linger near the window, and walked away without looking back.

It seems that the attitude towards Li Rende's sudden improvement just now is like a young man encountering something good, just on a whim.

But even so, it was enough for Li Rende to stand happily in the window for a long time, and when the students behind him went to cook, they could see the smile on his face.

Gao Zijian, who had finally bid farewell to his English teacher outside, ran in in a hurry, approached Lin Xi, looked at the lion head in his bowl, laughed and said, "Oh, I wanted to come in and talk to you, but it turned out Have you hit the lion's head?"

Lin Xi raised his head and smiled at him, "Well, my uncle called me."

Gao Zijian didn't distinguish the relationship between "uncle" and "my uncle" for a moment, he just thought that the lunch time was coming to an end, and the staff in the cafeteria didn't want to waste what was sold to him, so they nodded repeatedly.

Then seeing Lin Xi's cute smile, she couldn't help reaching out and touching his head, saying, "Okay, that's good."

Gao Zijian sat down with Lin Xi for a while, and then received a call saying that he would go back to the office earlier. Before he left, he specifically told Lin Xi not to leave school until their class teacher, Teacher Hao, came back.

Lin Xi responded, looked at the window after Gao Zijian left, and found that Li Rende was also called to the back kitchen to wash the dishes.

Almost at 01:30, there were fewer and fewer people in the cafeteria, and Lin Xi was almost the only one left nearby. It was inexplicably similar to the scene where he sat alone in the pet cafe in the previous life.

But the difference is that now Lin Xi can see the sunlight outside the cafeteria, and there is a big lion's head in the bowl. He is not bored enough to smoke, but can't help but shake his legs happily.

Although he stopped quickly, his eyes still narrowed unconsciously.

It feels so good now.