During the lunch break, teacher Zhou called Jiang Li to the office.

"Jiang Li," the Chinese teacher's voice was soft and comfortable, "A classmate reported that you did something in class this morning?"

Jiang Li signed his name on the textbook list and handed it back to Teacher Zhou without denying it: "...um."

"May I ask why?"

Jiang Li's gaze drooped, and he recalled what happened in the morning: "...There is no reason."

Teacher Zhou put away the list: "If Shen Zhou gets into trouble, you will be punished."

The young man pursed his light-colored lips: "...I know."

As long as you don't get expelled from school, everything else doesn't matter.

Teacher Zhou sighed, and began to ramble: "The teacher knows that you are not a child who can't distinguish between good and bad, but this is not acceptable..."

Jiang Li just listened with lowered eyes, without any excuse.

After talking for a long time, Teacher Zhou sighed again, and finally changed the subject: "Why did you skip class yesterday morning?"

Jiang Li hesitated for two seconds before whispering, "...the hospital let me go there."

A trace of distress flashed in the eyes of the young teacher Beta.

"Then if there is anything the teacher can help, you must tell the teacher, okay?"

She knew a thing or two about the situation of the young man in front of her. This child was stubborn and kept everything in her heart, so there was not much she could do.

"Yeah." There was no wave in the boy's dark eyes, "Thank you teacher."

Teacher Zhou didn't ask any more questions, but just patted the pile of homework on the table: "Please help the teacher move it back to the class."

Jiang Li nodded, and left with his homework.

When he left the office, he passed by He Yun and ignored the latter's greeting.

"Teacher Zhou," He Yun looked back at the little hedgehog who was completely ignoring him, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, "Are you looking for me?"

Teacher Zhou smiled: "How do you think about what I told you in the morning?"

He Yun adjusted his glasses and asked, "Can you tell me what are the main responsibilities of the student union chairman?"

"In previous years, we arranged for the disciplinary committee to check the disciplinary uniforms before the weekly meeting, and cooperated with the teachers to do school publicity..." Teacher Zhou picked up the desk calendar on the table and flipped through it, "but next year will be the [-]th anniversary of the school, and the principal plans to Let the student union organize an event. The teacher knows that you want to go abroad, and the outside world values ​​the leadership of these organizations, so they want you to run for it."

"Then give me a copy of the election form."

Teacher Zhou put down the desk calendar, took a form from the drawer and handed it to him.

"Thank you, teacher."

Teacher Zhou gave a few simple instructions on the deadline for submitting the form before returning to the classroom with He Yun.

The first class in the afternoon is Chinese. Today, Mr. Zhou is talking about an ancient prose.

It was easy to get sleepy after a meal, and the teacher spoke long and boring ancient prose. Before half of a class was over, many people nodded their heads and dozed off.

In fact, Jiang Li was too sleepy.

He rested his chin on one hand, tapped the nib of the pen on the brand new textbook, and his eyelids trembled slightly.

Noticing that the tablemate was about to see Duke Zhou, He Yun coughed lightly.

The long and curly eyelashes moved suddenly like a frightened butterfly, and Jiang Li came back to his senses.

"The page has been turned." He Yun reminded softly.

"……Oh."

There was a soft sound when the thin pages were turned.

The teacher's explanation of the translation echoed in the quiet classroom, Jiang Li stared at the densely packed small characters in the textbook, trying to concentrate.

But Gu Wen was so hypnotic, after more than ten minutes, he still couldn't hold on, and fell asleep lying on the ink-scented textbook.

He Yun glanced at the time, it was a quarter past two in the afternoon.

Well, the little hedgehog has made progress. He used to sleep directly from morning to school.

but……

The school grass pushed the flat glasses on the bridge of her nose, and her eyes fell on the faint blue and black circle under the eyelashes of her deskmate.

I'm sleepy like this every day, what do I do at night?

Jiang Li slept very restlessly this time.

He didn't dream, but he just felt that something was holding his throat, making him unable to breathe.

As time went by, this feeling of suffocation became more and more intense, and finally, with a sharp bell for the end of get out of class, Jiang Li opened his eyes.

After school.

"..." He glanced at the empty seat beside him, and asked, "Da Ben, where is He Yun?"

"Ah? Ah, Heshen..." Da Ben raised his head from the exercises on the table, "The English teacher just called him away."

"……Oh."

Jiang Li tugged at the collar of his sweater, picked up his schoolbag and was about to leave.

Then he paused, bent down and glanced at the belly of the deskmate... he didn't find the notebook.

At that moment, Jiang Li almost couldn't suppress his irritability.

He took out his phone to check the time, and left sullenly.

*

Going over the wall familiarly, Jiang Li turned out of the small alley and caught up with the bus that had just pulled into the station.

After getting off the bus, he walked for two or three minutes and arrived at the gate of a certain junior high school.

Frowning, Jiang Li took out his mobile phone and dialed a series of numbers.

"Beep-beep-beep-"

In the receiver, the girl's voice was sweet and moving: "Hello?"

"Lulu?" Jiang Li asked, "Are you free now? Go downstairs."

"Brother!" Jiang Lu's tone was a little surprised, "You came to my school?"

"Yeah." The frown that had been frowning was completely loosened, Jiang Li looked up at the evening sky, "I'll send you living expenses."

"Oh brother, it's over when you come, why bring..." There was a sound of opening and closing the door from Jiang Lu, "Brother, wait a minute, I'll go find you!"

"Well, run slowly." Jiang Li lowered his head and hooked the corner of his mouth, "Be careful not to fall."

Jiang Lu responded, but ran faster and faster, and finally almost flew to the school gate, and then barely stopped in front of Jiang Li: "Brother!"

The girl's short hair was a little messy due to running, Jiang Li rubbed her little head, and took out an envelope from the bag: "Here."

"Brother..." Jiang Lu didn't answer, "Who still wraps cash in envelopes these days..."

"Take it." Jiang Li couldn't help but put the money into Jiang Lu's hand, "It's not much, just four hundred."

"Four hundred?! Brother, what do you do if you give it to me?"

"I still have more." Jiang Li patted his sister's head again, "Did you study hard at school?"

"Of course, didn't the teacher praise me when you came to the parent meeting last semester?"

"You can buy some food and clothes with the money. You are growing up, so you have to change your clothes and shoes. I can't give you much..." Jiang Li looked at the time, and frowned habitually, "You are taking care of me at school. Take care of yourself, eat and drink well..."

"Got it! I'm not a child anymore." Jiang Lu followed Jiang Li's example, tiptoed and touched his elder brother's head. The boy's short hair was a bit thorny, "Elder brother also needs to take care of himself..."

The two were close, and while talking, Jiang Lu caught a glimpse of an inconspicuous bruise on his brother's forehead.

The little girl also frowned, but now she looked very similar to Jiang Li: "Brother, did you fight?"

"……No."

"Then what's going on with your face?" Lu Lu's mind turned extremely fast, "Did you go to the hospital in the morning?"

"...I went there yesterday."

A complex expression flashed across Lulu's face: "She's messing with you again?"

Jiang Li checked the time again, but did not answer Lu Lu's question: "Hey, go back to the dormitory, brother has to go."

Lu Lu sighed, opened his mouth, but only said one sentence: "...Then be careful on the road, go home early, and go to bed early."

Jiang Li nodded, watched his sister enter the school, and then turned to leave, touching his forehead as he walked.

Is it so obvious?

The scene of the woman going crazy flashed before her eyes.

"It's all your fault!" She screamed and threw everything at his face, "It's all your fault! If it wasn't for you...if it wasn't for you...how could this family be like this?!"

It was the evening rush hour after get off work, and the white headphone cable swayed with the boy's pace; he was wearing a sweater hood, and his back looked a little thin in the crowd.

It's not my fault, he told himself over and over again in his heart, it's not my fault.

*

It was almost nine o'clock in the evening self-study in the second year of high school.

He Yun packed up his things, glanced at the empty seat beside him, thought for a while, and tapped the front table lightly with the pen: "Song Ben?"

Da Ben turned around: "He Shen? What's the matter?"

"...Do you know where Jiang Li went?"

Scratching his head, Da Ben glanced at the time: "Brother Li... probably went to work?"

"Working?" He Yun adjusted his glasses, persevering, "Can I ask where you are working?"

Da Ben hesitated, he wasn't sure if Jiang Li wanted others to know where he was working, after all he found out by accident...

Seeing Song Ben's entanglement, He Yun didn't ask further: "If it's inconvenient to say it..."

"How about that," the little fat man turned his head, and took out his phone in a flash of inspiration, "I'll send you Brother Li's WeChat, and you can ask him yourself."

The eyes behind the lens moved slightly: "Thank you then."

[DrinkCloud applied to become your friend. 】

When Jiang Li received the friend request, he was cleaning the table in the private room of KTV.

He stared at the application prompt for a long time before clicking through.

JL: [? 】

DrinkCloud: [I'm He Yun. 】

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Li received another notification [Flying Pork Belly invites you to join the group].

Jiang Li: ...?

JL: [Is there something wrong? 】

He Yun glanced at the paper in hand, and typed in that shiny notebook.

DrinkCloud: [You have homework for me, where are you now?I'll send it over. 】

Jiang Li stared at the energetic modal particle 'ah' for a long time before replying.

JL: [Just put it on my desk, thank you. 】

DrinkCloud: [The English teacher sent out a set of papers, which have to be handed in before self-study tomorrow morning, so I'd better send them to you. 】

no time to do...

After typing a few words, Jiang Li clicked delete again.

JL: [[location]]

However, he regretted it as soon as he sent it.

Long press, select, confirm.

The location information disappeared from the screen.

JL: [No need, just put them on my desk together. 】

The guests who reserved the private room were already waiting outside, Jiang Li didn't have time to take a closer look, so he put his mobile phone in his pocket and continued to work on him.

And He Yun looked at the alienated rejection under the location information, and ordered to the driver in front: "Uncle Li, please take me to the Crown KTV in the east of the city."

"Yes, sir."

Tsk, duplicitous little hedgehog.

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