He said I was soft and nice

The familiar No. 57 bus, two people got on the bus and sat down in the back seat.

The car was almost full. This was the bus stop in front of the high school. All the people present were students, and the sound of laughter filled the entire car.

The voices of the students were a little immature, and they were discussing something in twos and threes. Some people were talking about how difficult today's test paper was, some were complaining about too much homework on the weekend, and some were smiling and asking if they wanted to go to a movie together for dinner tomorrow.

They were wearing uniform blue and white school uniforms, carrying bulging backpacks, with green faces and carefree smiles in their eyes, which made the corners of Qi Ling's mouth curl up slightly.

In the past, he also liked to watch his classmates talk like this, even if no one paid attention to him, he also liked such a lively scene, just like the house he rented before, when the noisy sound of the snack street sounded, he would always open the window by a corner , Let the sound penetrate into his room, as if he is also in it, and will not feel lonely.

In his heart, he also wanted such excitement.

Xu Chen looked at Qi Ling's handsome side face and the curvature of his mouth, raised his hand to close the car window next to him, and smoothed Qi Ling's wind blown hair, "The wind is a bit cold."

"They said they were going to see a movie, which sounds pretty good. There is a movie theater near where we are staying tonight. Do you want to go?"

Qi Ling turned his head and bumped into Xu Chen's gentle eyes, which instantly dispelled the aroused sense of loneliness in him. He bent his eyes and nodded heavily, "Okay, let's go see it too!"

He has Xu Chen now, and he is not alone.

When the bus arrived, Qi Ling led Xu Chen off.

He looked at the road he had walked countless times in front of him, took a few quiet glances, and then took Xu Chen's hand and walked forward.

After turning a few roads, entering a familiar neighborhood, and coming to a specific door, Qi Ling felt that something was different.

Qi Changyong has always liked the vermilion door, but now the door has turned into a slightly calm bronze color. The door is not closed tightly, and there are faint conversations coming from inside, but it is very strange to him.

Qi Ling looked up at Xu Chen, who nodded at him, "Go and have a look."

Qi Ling settled down and approached, knocked on the door, "Is anyone there?"

Soon someone opened the door. It was a middle-aged woman with a kind face. Looking at the two people at the door, she asked doubtfully, "Who are you looking for?"

Looking at her attire at home, Qi Ling was dumbfounded for a moment.

The door opened, exposing the scene inside to the eyes of the two——

It was indeed the house at that time, but the furniture inside had been changed, and it was in a completely different style. There was also a man inside and a teenage child sitting next to him, as if he was helping the child with his homework.

Seeing Qi Ling looking over, the two raised their eyes in surprise, and the man also came over and asked, "Did you go to the wrong door?"

Qi Ling's lips moved, he didn't know what to say, but Xu Chen was the first to respond, "May I ask if the previous resident has moved out?"

After hearing Xu Chen's words, those two people relaxed their wary eyes, "Ah? You mean the Qi family? They sold the house a month ago, and now they have moved to Qinghe Community. Where do I go?" Forgot, you can ask."

Qi Ling was a little taken aback. So, don't you live here?

He also foolishly looked for it...

After asking clearly, Xu Chen led the people to the side, looked at Qi Ling who was following him like a marionette, thought for a while, took out the toffee in his coat, peeled it off, and handed it to Qi Ling's mouth, "Eat?"

Qi Ling hardly thought about it, and subconsciously opened his mouth to eat it. When the sweet and greasy taste of toffee spread to all parts of his mouth, he woke up like a dream, and looked up at Xu Chen in a daze.

Xu Chen smiled, and stuffed another one into his palm, "There are more after eating."

Qi Ling spread out his palms, looked at the big white rabbit toffee on it, and pursed his lips, "Coax me again..."

He was only depressed for a moment before Xu Chen noticed him and gave him two candies like a child.

Feeling the sweet taste in his mouth, Qi Ling felt a lot better in his heart. It's okay. Anyway, he just came back to take a look, and he didn't have any expectations in his heart.

Thinking of it this way is a lot of relief.

He peeled off the candy in his palm and fed it to Xu Chen, "In order to reward you for coaxing your boyfriend, this candy is for you to eat."

Xu Chen was stunned for a moment, but when he realized it, he couldn't help but smile, he opened his mouth and said, "Well, thank you boyfriend for the reward."

Seeing how cooperative he was, Qi Ling couldn't bear it any longer, and burst out laughing, "You're so childish!"

Seeing him laughing, Xu Chen raised his hand and rubbed his head without saying anything.

Feeling the comforting force above his head, Qi Ling glanced at the closed door not far away, thought for a while, and then said, "Xu Chen, I want to go to Qinghe Community."

With luck, you might see it.

They took a taxi to Qinghe Community, and the driver was also talkative. When he saw the two of them, he thought they were from out of town, and chatted endlessly, "Qinghe Community? There was a lot of speculation a while ago, and it was said that it might be demolished. Housing prices have risen a lot, and many people are scrambling to buy.”

"Because it's an old community, the facilities can't keep up, and the transportation is not convenient. The house price is already low, even if it rises, it's not expensive, but the price-performance ratio is not generally low at this time. I think demolition is hopeless. You still Be careful, don't buy it and throw it in your hands."

Waiting for the gap between the red street lights, the driver saw that they didn't talk much, thought they didn't believe it, so he clicked his tongue,

"What I said is true. I also heard that the newly moved family was very noisy. I wanted to check out, but the contract was clearly written, and the quarrel was unsuccessful several times. Instead, it became a joke. Now every day It’s embarrassing to make noise at the entrance of the community, and to cry with my kindergarten son.”

After listening to the driver's words, Qi Ling raised his eyes suddenly, "Son in kindergarten?"

The driver didn't expect the originally indifferent passengers to suddenly become interested, and he responded in astonishment: "Yeah! Let me think about it, it looks like four or five years old, I don't know the specifics."

After he finished speaking, he waited for the person in the back seat to reply, but the other person fell silent, lowered his head, and did not speak again.

Xu Chen knew what Qi Ling was thinking, and patted the back of his hand, "Don't think too much, you'll know when the time comes."

That being said, he knew in his heart that what the driver just said was probably Qi Changyong and Yao Peilan's family.

He has investigated and found that their small western-style building was bought after Qi Ling's college entrance examination. With their financial resources at that time, there was a high probability that they used various subsidies for Qi Ling's admission to the provincial champion. However, these should only be enough for the down payment, and now it is only In less than four years, Qi Changyong was unemployed, and they might not be able to afford such a high mortgage, let alone have a child to support.

Therefore, they chose Qinghe Community, which has room for appreciation and is not expensive, but they stumbled unexpectedly.

After the two got out of the car, they saw the slightly old neighborhood in front of them.

The buildings in the community are very narrow, and each building is about eight stories high. There is no elevator, and you can only climb the stairs by yourself. The protective railings outside are already rusted, and there are almost no protective measures.

There were no large supermarkets around either. The two of them walked this way and only saw a small convenience store.

Qi Ling looked at the short and old neighborhood in front of him, and couldn't help thinking, with Yao Peilan's arrogant personality, how could she possibly endure such an environment?

Before he could think clearly, Xu Chen raised his hand and pointed to the front right, "There."

Qi Ling followed his line of sight, and immediately saw a group of people pointing around the three people sitting on the ground at the entrance of the community.

"What! It's making trouble again, it's going on and on, it's preventing us from getting in and out!"

"Do you want to lose face as a family? If you don't want to live, move out. Don't disturb people's peace all the time. It's too noisy."

"He deliberately took a child with him, I don't know what to think!"

The voice of accusation did not cover up much, Qi Ling walked closer and heard it more clearly.

He looked at the three people in the crowd, and couldn't believe that these were his parents who were aggressive to him before, even Qi Yue, who used to be domineering towards him, how could it be like now——

Holding Yao Peilan and crying out of breath, her face was covered with tears and snot, she was embarrassed and pitiful.

Qi Changyong stood by the two of them silently, disheveled, without saying a word, only Yao Peilan scolded those people, and didn't even bother to pretend to be gentle on the surface.

"Only you shabby households can live in this rotten place. I won't suffer in vain. I'm going to make things big and expose this black-hearted owner."

"Take advantage of my old lady, don't even think about it!"

After she finished speaking, she spat on the ground.

Looking at this scene, Qi Ling couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

In his impression, Yao Peilan has always taken him close to him step by step, strategizing, and he has never seen the other party so angry and aggressive, without the shrewdness and calmness of the past.

Now she is desperate to achieve her goals, and even her favorite Qi Yue has become a tool to win everyone's sympathy.

But if you think about it, it doesn't seem to have changed.

He was in a trance, but was hugged by someone. Xu Chen pressed his head into his arms, blocked his ears, leaned over and said, "There's nothing to look at, so don't listen."

Qi Ling smelled the cold smell on the other party's body, but slowly shook his head, stood up straight from his arms, and said softly, "I'm fine."

Just a moment of embarrassment.

He turned his head and took a deep look at the three of them, as if saying goodbye to something, then, holding Xu Chen's hand, he walked towards the distance, "Let's go! We agreed to watch a movie."

There is nothing to miss here.

The setting sun stretched the figures of the two together very long, falling on the dark asphalt road, like a beautiful ink painting, quiet and beautiful.

Compared with the noise on the other side, it seems like two completely different worlds.

Yao Peilan seemed to have noticed something, she was scolding someone, but suddenly stopped, and looked towards the direction where the two left with a feeling, after seeing clearly, her eyes suddenly widened, and she pushed Qi Yue in her arms away. The people beside him wanted to get up from the ground to chase after him, but they grabbed their shoulders as soon as they moved.

"Have you had enough trouble!" Qi Changyong, who was silent at first, suddenly broke out, holding Yao Peilan to keep her from moving, "Why are you chasing after her!"

He discovered the two of them before Yao Peilan, but what's the use?

The person next to Qi Ling has often appeared on the financial news recently, and they can't mess with them at all. Even if he knew that his work was most likely done by the other party, he couldn't do anything about it.

What's more, after the family ran out of money, Yao Peilan's temperament changed drastically, scolding him every day that he was useless, and even Qi Yue, who used to be well-behaved, became crying endlessly, clamoring to live in a big house and eat delicious food. Qi Ling, who is well-behaved and sensible, can be described as worlds apart.

Not only that, when he went out, people around him looked at him with accusations, and gossip could be heard as he walked.

"This is the father who sucked his son's blood, right? He is the provincial champion, and he actually forced him away? He even embezzled his hard-earned tutoring money and scholarships, what a dark heart!"

Such remarks, countless, made Qi Changyong exhausted.

He also realized it later, it was not him and Yao Peilan, but Qi Ling who silently paid for this family.

For this child, no matter how ruthless and harsh they were to him, they would just remain silent, and even hold back their temper and do their filial piety to them. Finally, when they were cornered, they severed ties with them.

That day at the hotel, Qi Ling's despairing and numb eyes were especially clear when he dreamed back at midnight.

Only then did Qi Changyong realize that they almost ruined Qi Ling.

He looked at Yao Peilan who was staring at him angrily, feeling inexplicably sad in his heart. He turned his head and looked at the direction Qi Ling left, with pity and reluctance in his eyes, but more regret.

He suddenly remembered that today is Qi Ling's birthday, but in the past few years, they haven't given anyone a birthday.

Qi Changyong closed his eyes, smacked his lips a few times, looked at Yao Peilan, and said softly,

"Let's let him go, shall we?"

It was their last birthday present to Qi Ling.