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When standing in front of Luo Wenjiao's house with a large bag of fruit in his left hand and two boxes of milk in his right, he felt a little uneasy.

Although Luo Wenjiao said that there was nothing missing at home, he insisted on buying some daily meeting gifts, after all, it was a due courtesy.

It is located in the westernmost urban area of ​​Beiyuan. It is a new land boundary that has only been developed in recent years, but Shi has never been here before when he was in school.It takes about half an hour to drive here from the vicinity of the school. The more you go west, the more you can feel it. The environment here is much better than the old city. There are no noisy streets and gray smog. Good place to retire.

Wintersweet and cedar are planted everywhere in the community, even in the cold winter of Beiyuan, there is more vitality and poetry.

There are no high-rise buildings in the entire residential area, and they are all townhouses surrounded by small courtyards.At that time, he followed Luo Wenjiao all the way up from the garage, and came to the door of the furthest house.

Luo Wenjiao's hand knocking on the door hung in the air for a while, and finally let it go. He turned around and said hesitantly, "When I see my mother later, don't tell her...we..."

Shi was taken aback, nodded quickly, and said in a comforting tone: "Well, don't worry, I understand."

Luo Wenjiao smiled softly at him.

"Dong dong" twice, and someone inside the door responded quickly.

"Is Wen Jiao back?" The door was opened by a short woman who looked about 30 years old, with an apron around her waist, and there were two dimples around her mouth when she smiled, she looked very kind, "Ah, I brought friends , come in, come in."

The woman waved her hands to the two of them, and enthusiastically called them to come in, not forgetting to hand over two pairs of comfortable slippers.

"Sister Li." Luo Wenjiao greeted her politely, looked behind him and said, "This is my classmate from University A, come with me to see mom."

"Hello." Shi Que blushed slightly, "My name is Shi Que."

"Hey, hello, hello, put the things down quickly, it's too heavy." Sister Li took the things in Shi Que's hand enthusiastically, and immediately said to Luo Wenjiao, "Aunt Yao is watering the flowers on the balcony, I'll call her Come here...Auntie——Wen Jiao is back!"

Luo Wenjiao watched her run to the backyard, but turned to him and explained: "This is my nanny, who has helped take care of my mother for many years."

But Shi nodded thoughtfully, and just after changing his shoes, he saw Sister Li coming out of the room pushing a wheelchair.

Sitting in the wheelchair was a woman in her 60s and [-]s, with fluffy and slightly curly hair and a very quiet expression.The first time he saw a woman, he knew that it must be Luo Wenjiao's mother, and he couldn't tell what the similarity was, probably because they had a sharp and unforgettable look in their eyebrows and eyes.

But what he didn't expect was that she was sitting in a wheelchair.

"Mom." Luo Wenjiao took off his coat and said in a deep voice.

Shi Que glanced at him, and quickly said hello to Yao Jun, "Hi Auntie, I'm Shi Que, a classmate of Wen Jiao's college classmate, this time I'll come with him to see you."

The first time Yao Jun saw two tall and handsome boys coming back from home, her brows and eyes crooked with a smile, and the two nasolabial folds on her mouth deepened, "Hey, come in and sit down, I've never seen tigers I’ve brought my friends home, so this is something new. Xiao Li, let the children eat more after stewing the pork ribs.”

"Hey, okay." Sister Li nodded quickly, turned and went into the kitchen.

When he saw Yao Jun's kind face, he was silently relieved.

Luo Wenjiao was actually a little surprised by Yao Jun's reaction.Before coming this time, although he had said hello in advance and would bring a friend over, he was also worried whether Yao Jun would deliberately make things difficult for her.

Many years have passed since he first talked about sexual orientation with Yao Jun.During this period, he actually avoided talking about such sensitive topics. Every time Yao Jun asked about it in rare cases, he would just say, "Mom, let's not talk about this for now", and then concentrate on doing other things. of.

Fortunately, this time, she didn't seem to have any special reaction for the time being.

I don't know if I felt wrong, Luo Wenjiao even felt that she was welcoming Shi Que's arrival from the bottom of her heart.

There are a lot of melon seeds and fruits on the coffee table, Yao Jun is still busy, skillfully maneuvering the steering wheel on the wheelchair, turning around in the room, bringing a plate of newly bought snacks, and freshly brewed As long as she can think of tea, she has to find it herself and hand it over to her.

"Auntie, don't bother, I have enough to eat." Shi Ke had just stuffed a handful of pistachios in his mouth, seeing that Yao Jun was going to peel oranges for him again, he hurriedly stopped him.

Seeing this, Luo Wenjiao felt helpless, took the orange from Yao Jun's hand, and said calmly, "Mom, let me come."

While watching Luo Wenjiao's slender knuckles peel off the skin of the orange bit by bit, not even letting go of the extra orange shreds on the flesh, he felt a little hot on his face.

"Here." Luo Wenjiao stuffed the peeled orange into Shi Que's hand, and touched his warm fingertips with his palm, his face was still expressionless, and he was still taciturn.

Unlike him, Shi is obviously much more talkative.It can be well reflected when getting along with Yao Jun. Most of the scenes are spent chatting with Yao Jun from time to time, politely and decently talking to her about topics that would be talked about when they first met.

Yao Jun seemed very happy to have children at home who could chat with her, and her crooked eyebrows never faded.

Her son has always been a person who is not very good at communicating with her. She is very satisfied to have such an opportunity to talk at the same time.

At dinner time, Nanny Li cooked a large table of dishes, including fish-flavored eggplant, pot-wrapped pork, cabbage vermicelli, and a large plate of fragrant braised pork ribs.

There are five sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, one set for each person, and there is an extra set.

Yao Jun placed the tableware at the corner of the table where no one was sitting, but she was curious when she saw it, and patiently explained to him: "Son, don't worry, today is Xiaohan, and it's Huzi's father's birthday. Side tableware, just eat yours well, don't take it to heart."

Shi was taken aback, glanced at Luo Wenjiao beside him, and asked hesitantly, "Your father..."

Luo Wenjiao lowered his head, and opened a bottle of white wine to himself and Yao Jun, without making a sound.

It was still Yao Jun who served the rice while explaining, "His father was a firefighter. There was a heavy snowstorm in Northeast China more than ten years ago, and he died."

When Yao Jun said this, she was not particularly sad.There was always light in her eyes, twinkling and twinkling, revealing the determination in her bones.At that time, she finally knew who Luo Wenjiao's tough personality had followed. The years had carved countless marks on Yao Jun's body, but they did not take away the tenacity in her heart.

"It's also hard for Huzi, who went to school outside alone since he was a child. Later, when I was working in a pharmaceutical factory, my waist was injured by a machine, and my legs couldn't walk anymore. Huzi came back from the south and took care of me alone... ..."

Yao Jun sighed, quickly restored her previous smiling face, looked at Luo Wenjiao and said, "He, he has been so quiet all this time, but he is actually so lonely. As a mother, I always think, He can settle down sooner, and have a happy family who can accompany him and take care of him..."

"Mom..." Luo Wenjiao was holding the wine glass in his hand. Seeing that the painting style of a good meal suddenly went astray, he quickly stopped Yao Jun, and said a little unhappy, "Say something happy."

"Oh." Yao Jun also realized that what she said was not quite right. She picked up the wine on the table and took a sip, but then she apologized, "Auntie didn't mean that, it's because I'm stupid and can't speak."

Sister Li also helped to smooth things over, adding vegetables to everyone's rice bowls, "Come on, eat vegetables, eat vegetables, eat them while they're hot, it won't be good if they get cold."

Afterwards, the atmosphere at the dinner table returned to normal. The four of them chatted casually while eating.Most of the topics were about Luo Wenjiao's childhood feats, as well as complaints about how cold his personality was when he grew up to such an age.

In fact, there were only three people chatting. Luo Wenjiao just listened on the sidelines most of the time, concentrating on eating and drinking. In addition, when Yao Jun laughed at him when he laughed too wildly, he cooperatingly squeezed out an extremely ugly smile, and finally dismissed it. rolled his eyes in response.

After all, talking about him was better than talking about something else.

At that time, he ate very happily, with a soft smile on his face all the time.It's just that when my mind is empty, I still think of what Yao Jun said just now.

She seemed to know everything, but she didn't put everything she wanted to say on the surface.But Shi can understand her painstaking efforts. After all, it is the vision of most parents to see their children get married and live a seemingly happy life.

There is nothing wrong with Yao Jun in this matter, neither he nor Luo Wenjiao, what is wrong is only the stereotyped prejudice against them in this world.

After eating, Luo Wenjiao's eyes looked a little distracted because he drank a lot of wine.

Seeing their tired faces, Yao Jun wanted them to stay at home overnight, but Luo Wenjiao insisted on leaving because he said that he had to go to school early in the morning.

Before leaving the house, Yao Jun asked the nanny to take two large boxes of frozen dumplings from the refrigerator, insisting that they take them, saying that they should cook them when they have no time to cook, and order less takeaways.

Luo Wenjiao frowned a little, and was about to say that there was no need for so much, when she saw Sister Li waved at him, pushing back the arm he was about to push back.

"Auntie specially asked me to buy good pork stuffing. The two of us have made it for a long time. Take it."

Luo Wenjiao had no choice but to distribute the dumplings in his hands to Shi Que, and was about to go out when Yao Jun's voice behind him stopped him.

"Tiger..." Yao Jun controlled the wheelchair and entered the somewhat narrow hallway. The wheel was hit by the shoe cabinet at the door. Looking at the two of them, she hesitated to speak and said nothing for a long time. .

Luo Wenjiao was reeking of alcohol, seeing her coming purposely, he sighed and said, "Mom, don't send it away, I'll tell you when I get home."

Yao Jun looked worried, walked up to him, hammered Luo Wenjiao's leg, hesitated for a moment before whispering: "You, don't always have such a straight face, and smile more, don't let others But he was wronged."

Both of them were taken aback when they heard this.

Luo Wenjiao's face was tense, as if he had withdrawn from the state of being free just now, surprised by the meaning of Yao Jun's words.

"Mom, you..." He knelt down so that Yao Jun could look at his face, and he didn't know what to say.

Yao Jun smiled, stretched out her hand to smooth out her son's frowning brows, and said in a low voice, "Mom hopes you are happy."

"Well, I know." Luo Wenjiao's throat hurt, and he could only say this sentence.

"Sometimes, come back with Wenjiao when you have time." Yao Jun raised her head, and said to Shi who was standing by the door with a smile on her face, "Take this as your own home..."

"Okay, Auntie." Shi suppressed the urge to cry, and nodded sincerely.

Side by side, the two walked out of the house, shut the door behind the lingering aroma and warm temperature of the food, and stepped into the dark night.It was very cold outside, so Luo Wenjiao couldn't help holding Shi Que's hand tightly, interlocking his fingers.

Although he has walked out of the house countless times, this is the first time Luo Wenjiao feels that this is a complete home.

The temperature in the underground garage was even lower than that of ordinary outdoors. After drinking, Luo Wenjiao put the dumplings brought by Yao Jun into the trunk and automatically sat in the back row.

When I saw him propping his face with one hand, he looked a little depressed, and felt a little distressed.

He went to the cab and turned on the fire, turned on the heater, and didn't rush to drive, got into the back seat and closed the door, and sat with him.

The temperature in the car hadn't come up yet, and the two of them were close together, keeping each other warm.

"Your mother is a very good person." Shi Shi elbowed Luo Wenjiao, who was turning his head to one side, and said softly.

Luo Wenjiao pushed back unreasonably, still tilting his head, and gave a disdainful "cut".

"You haven't seen how she quarreled with me at that time."

Shi raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Why did you quarrel? When did it happen?"

"It's just... It's been half a year since I graduated, it seems that I just met you in Jingchao that day." Luo Wenjiao looked far away, as if focusing on an unknown place outside the window, perhaps it was the catalyst of alcohol that made him talk more than usual A little bit more, "At that time, my mother just had an accident, and I was not in a good mood, and because I mentioned earlier that I wanted to be with a boy, I was crying and making trouble at home. Thinking about those days now, I really feel uncomfortable. It's been great..."

But suddenly a little dumb.He still remembered how he was when he parted with Luo Wenjiao that day. If he had to do it all over again, he would never let him go alone again.

Over the years, how did Luo Wenjiao take care of Yao Jun, who was paralyzed in both legs, how he endured the torment of his own leg injury, underwent surgery alone, and finally returned to school to become the coach and teacher of the basketball team and put everything back on track , but it is impossible to imagine.

He just knew it must be hard work.

"I used to feel that I... didn't seem to have a decent home. I had to live with my second uncle when I was in school, and I lived alone in the staff dormitory when I was working." Luo Wenjiao still turned his head vigorously so that no one would notice his face. Wet, while holding Shi Que's hand tightly behind her, "Now I have two families."

The place where he first came out was home, but at this moment he is beside him. As long as the place where love is located, no matter how far away it is, it is a place where he can live.

"Your mother loves you very much." Shi Que's eyes became hot, he lowered his head and kissed Luo Wenjiao's arm beside him, and whispered, "I love you too."

Luo Wenjiao suddenly turned his face away, his eyes were red, like a wounded bunny, leaning against Shi Ke's shoulder.

"Your family won't be more difficult than my mother, right?" Luo Wenjiao laughed abruptly, as if he had just experienced something extremely happy.

But when Shi shook his head thoughtfully, he deliberately teased him and said, "That's not sure."

"It's okay." Luo Wenjiao clenched Shi Que's hand even tighter, sucking his snot, and said softly, "Anyway, you are already my family."

It was still freezing cold outside, and the warm air inside the car seemed to have taken effect, forming a thin layer of mist on the car windows.

"It's less stinky." Shi Ke gently rubbed Luo Wenjiao's hair with his hands, and the two played and pushed each other for a while, and couldn't help but looked at each other and laughed.