A guide to the first love of a spoiled dog

After returning home, the mobile phone in the teenager's trouser pocket vibrated several times. It seemed that the network at home had been repaired.

The brand-new router looks more high-end, and it was during the day that Grandma Qiu asked someone to come to repair it.

The more expensive it is, the more expensive it is, as long as Qiu'er can study at home with peace of mind, it is better than being isolated in someone else's house for half a month.

It was already late at night, and the lights in the grandparents' house had been turned off, and Cupid didn't even have time to say thank you.

Facing his gratitude in the past, Auntie Qiu never appreciated it, she waved her hand and said, "My family, what can I thank you for?"

Cupid thanked them from the bottom of his heart for taking him in and giving him a home.

Cupid's mother once said that she had never been married, and killed Cupid's biological father and his stepfather... Qiu Grandpa and Grandma are not his real grandparents.

So what?

His mother felt that he was a drag, and threw him at the door of the old couple's house, and occasionally transferred a sum of money back.

The old couple did not send him to the orphanage, but devoted their heart and soul to him, leaving him the best forever...

They treat Cupid like their own grandchildren. When it comes to family, the first thing Cupid thinks of is the old couple who have lived together for 18 years.

He is the little golden grandson who wants to fulfill his filial piety and protect them all his life!

Turning on the desk lamp, the boy sat at the desk, staring at the box of routers that Xia Yu gave him in a daze.

Cupid actually understood what Xia Yu meant, but he was forced to live together for more than ten days. Xia Yu had already expressed reasonable kindness to him, and hoped that their friendship would stop here.

Friends from childhood to adulthood are alienated even if they can be said to be estranged, and the friendship of just a few dozen days is even more fleeting.

But Cupid still felt a sense of loss, as if a hole had been broken in his heart, and the summer moisture penetrated through the hole, making his whole body wet.

It's as if he obviously didn't get anything, but he was repeatedly tasting the pain of loss.

After returning to school, Cupid once again returned to his two-point-one-line, step-by-step life.

Only one and a half months away from the college entrance examination, classmates, teachers, parents, everyone is tense, the surroundings are becoming more and more silent, and the students who have always loved jokes have become quiet and just concentrate on doing the questions.

During this period, Cupid had met Xia Yu twice, one time when he went home for dinner on Saturday lunch, and as soon as his buttocks were firmly seated, Grandma Qiu pulled Xia Yu into the house from the opposite door.

"Today is stewed crucian carp. I specially picked some fish bones and made crucian carp soup base. It is nutritious and nourishing. If it is an ordinary home-cooked dish, I am too embarrassed to call you!" Grandma Qiu quickly scooped up the soup for Cupid and Xia Yu, Warm palms rubbed the shoulders of the two, "Xiao Xia is busy working, Qiu Er is busy studying, you are all too tired, you need to make up, you need to make up..."

Cupid squinted his eyes and secretly looked at Xia Yu, unexpectedly meeting Xia Yu's eyes, both of them were taken aback for a moment.

"Cough...Brother Xia Yu, is your bar back to work?" Cupid asked pretending to be unintentional.

"Yeah," Xia Yu held the chopsticks in one hand and scratched his ear with his index finger, "The bar has adjusted its business model to an afternoon shift."

Even if it is only a short-term outbreak, the impact of the epidemic on the catering and entertainment industry will be huge.

The bar where Xia Yu works has had no revenue for three consecutive months, and the boss, no matter how free and easy, can’t sit still. He added a hot food kitchen and changed the business hours from 8:4 to [-]:[-] in the evening to noon to midnight. Xia Yu’s work The time is also adjusted from evening to midnight.

"Okay, then be careful when you come back at night."

This is too unfamiliar - Cupid complained.

He and Xia Yu have already lived a separate life, occasionally because of a short meal, they will soon return to their respective rivers.

He no longer has an excuse to get close to Xia Yu, and he also knows that his flattery may be a burden to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu still prefers to be alone, right?

As both Cupid and Xia Yu fell into silence, the meal ended without embarrassment amidst Grandma Qiu's rambling voice.

Then, one night, when he was about to go to bed, he habitually went downstairs. The man who always went out at this time before the quarantine came back at this time today.

It was almost like a conditioned reflex, as soon as I saw that person, I wanted to get his attention quickly.Cupid shouted without thinking: "Brother Xiayu!"

Xia Yu stood still, slowly raised her head, looking a little tired: "Oh!"

He waved to Cupid.

"Did you just get off work?"

Isn't this nonsense?

"Yes, I'm here to close the store today, so it's a bit late."

"Then go back and rest..."

Why is this sentence so useless?

"Okay... You should rest early too, don't be too tired."

After Xia Yu finished speaking, she lowered her head and walked into the corridor, so Cupid couldn't see him.

It's just... embarrassing.

Although they had very little communication when they lived under the same roof before, each conversation carried some familiarity and warmth, letting Cupid know that even though Xia Yu didn’t reply sometimes, the distance between them was still very close. close.

But now, I have become an ordinary neighbor in Xia Yu's eyes, and I can exchange pleasantries when I meet them occasionally, and after the greetings are over, we will go our separate ways.

The gap in my heart didn't heal with time, but it got bigger and bigger, sometimes sore, sometimes painful, Cupid couldn't mend it no matter what...

Really annoying!

Having said that, Cupid felt that he probably had some talent in learning.

He was clearly thinking about things, but his academic performance was not affected. In this second-mode exam, he was the first in the school, and his score was more than 30 points higher than that of the first-mode test.

The class teacher smiled proudly and satisfied, but he still said to him duplicity: "As we all know, the second-mode test questions are much easier than the first-mode test, so there is nothing to be complacent about!"

After school, Cupid accepted a round of congratulations and advice, and then walked to the cafeteria with a water glass.Squad leader Miao Miao caught up with him on the way.

"Cupid, this is for you, I hope it can help you..." Miao Miao handed over a notebook.

Cupid turned while walking: "This is... IELTS notes?"

Miao Miao nodded.During the period of home isolation, she conducted one-on-one sprint online lessons with a gold medal lecturer in a neighboring city, and recorded all the summed up experiences in her notebook.

"Mr. David is very famous, I hope I can help you."

Cupid stopped, "Miao Xiao, I actually..."

"Don't talk about it!" Miao Miao interrupted suddenly, "Don't tell me this, I can't accept it now..."

She lowered her head and whispered, "I just want to help a group of good classmates. We are the only two selected for the elite program in school. If everything goes well, maybe we will still be classmates in a foreign country!", " I just want to have more familiar people around me..."

Holding the notebook, Cupid leaned against Miao Xiao's arm, "You should keep this note for reading. I reviewed it well, and I also have someone to help me with tutoring."

Miao Miao raised her head, blinked her eyes, and looked at Cupid in surprise.She thought tutoring was just an excuse he used to perfuse the teacher, but she didn't expect it to exist!

The two looked at each other and smiled, and continued to walk to the cafeteria.

"By the way, the IELTS centers in City M are closed due to the epidemic, did you know that?" Miao Miao said.

This Cupid really doesn't know, the IELTS test status will be notified to the students by email, he is busy with his studies, and he has no time to check his personal mailbox recently.

"The latest exam is in city B, and it's this Saturday. Are you going to take the exam?" Miao Miao said, "There were still a lot of seats left when I made an appointment last night. If you go too, we can take my dad together. car."

Cupid knew what Miao Miao was thinking, so naturally he didn't want to take advantage of the little girl, so he politely declined the offer.

After returning home from evening self-study, Cupid checked the IELTS test that was approaching the date, and finally chose the one in the neighboring city on Saturday, which was the same as Miao Miao.

After making an appointment for the test, he was busy buying train tickets and booking hotels. City B is not far from City M where he lives. It takes about three and a half hours by high-speed rail. Cupid plans to leave as soon as school is over on Friday afternoon, stay near the test center for one night, and go home after the test on Saturday.

There was still some left over from last year's scholarship, which was just enough to cover the expenses this time.After confirming the itinerary, he studied for another half an hour, and prayed that he would succeed in slaughtering ducks in one go.Don't have World War II anymore, the wallet can't afford it!

As he was working hard, he suddenly heard someone downstairs calling his name in a low voice.

Cupid stood up and looked around, Xia Yu stood under his window and waved to him: "Come to my house later, I have something for you."

The sensor lights in the corridor were all on, Xia Yu walked slowly from the downstairs to the third floor, and Cupid was already waiting at the door of his house.

The boy was wearing fat pajama pants and a white T-shirt on his upper body. His strong wheat-colored forearms were bent, and his curly hair was stroked with his palm.

Cupid grinned at him, "Brother Xia Yu, good evening."

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The author has something to say:

To explain, Qiu told Xia Yu that he had never met his father.He really has never seen it, neither his biological father nor his stepfather.

This was done because the old couple thought that Qiu didn't know about his father, nor did he know that he was not related to them by blood.

Qiu would not take the initiative to mention it to the old man, so he only followed what the old man told him, "Dad doesn't know where he went", which is a pretty lame excuse, but the old man was also reluctant to face his son's departure.