River City Story

He Zhengxi was determined not to make a hard bow to Lin Yan.

After quarreling with Lin Cong, he walked into the bedroom, where Lin Yan was leaning against the pillow and pressing his temple with a gloomy face.

"Headache?" He Zhengxi handed over the hot water cup and sat down in front of the bed.

"It's a little bit, just sleep." Lin Yan took the water glass, drank half a sip, and looked up at He Zhengxi: "It's okay if you go out with Lin Cong, don't keep worrying about me, really It's not as fragile as you think. I just see Uncle Xu's complexion is not very good, so I'm a little worried."

"Don't take it too seriously, there is nothing wrong with any old man now." He Zhengxi said, "Uncle Xu's blood pressure mainly depends on how he wants to treat it. He has to pay attention to it, otherwise it will be useless to persuade him."

Lin Yan nodded, and squeezed his brows tightly: "This disease is not serious, and it is not serious enough to apply for medical parole. I am afraid that once it becomes serious, it will be difficult to control. He is not serious, and he is released from the prison hospital. I don't know whether to take the medicine on time or not..."

"That's how it happened." He Zhengxi followed Lin Yan's wishes, then walked to the other side of the bed, motioning for him to turn around, Lin Yan had no choice but to hold the water glass and walk around in a small circle.

"Recently I learned a few new massage techniques, and I will practice them on you."

Lin Yan turned his back to him and said, "Massage is really not sexual harassment? Massage is the word for you, and the connotation is too rich."

He Zhengxi smiled helplessly: "It's not that bad..." He put his hands near the back of Lin Yan's neck, kneaded and pressed evenly and vigorously, and after a few minutes switched to both sides of Lin Yan's head, raised four fingers together, and went back and forth rubbing.

The end of Lin Yan's eyes elongated slightly due to the movements of He Zhengxi's hands, forming a beautiful arc. After watching for a long time, He Zhengxi began to think wildly, so he had to talk about some serious topics.

"It's only a few months before the winter vacation. If you don't have the time to apply in advance, he will be taken to a designated hospital for a physical examination after the holiday, and he will stay in the hospital for a few days. What the doctor said is more useful than all our talking." He said.

"En." Lin Yan responded in a low voice.His complexion was very bad, and He Zhengxi guessed that Lin Yan was thinking about applying for medical parole immediately, but he couldn't make up his mind and was thinking about it.

Lin Yan was a little distressed.If Xu Jialin was hospitalized outside, he would definitely follow him. It was impossible to pretend to be someone else, but he was too busy.He plans to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and the pressure of studying in his junior year is not small. There are also things about the restaurant.

The small bedroom suddenly fell silent, only the sound of the clock hands moving.After a long time, Lin Yan opened his eyes and said:

"Then prepare for this matter before the winter vacation, apply first, and return after the end of the exam. The work of the restaurant will be discussed with the proprietress at that time."

"If the restaurant is too busy, I'll go there and find a part-time job anyway." He Zhengxi said, but soon his face changed into a distressed expression, as if he was acting coquettishly, "I really don't want to be with you." Let's separate, we have to go for half a month anyway..."

"There's no such thing as a shadow!" Lin Yan couldn't help laughing, and said, "Can't you make calls, send videos, and chat voices? Such a tall man, he still thinks that he is drinking three stages of milk powder! "

He Zhengxi straightened Lin Yan's dangling head: "Don't laugh so hard, I'll press it for a few more minutes."

His technique is delicate and exquisite, he can be regarded as a half-professional, Lin Yan closed his eyes again, and felt it carefully for a while, the headache seemed to be really relieved.Lin Yan then changed to a cross-legged position, jokingly said: "Does it seem like you are teaching some magic tricks?"

He Zhengxi: "Then the two of us have to change positions. I will be your apprentice, and you will teach me Kung Fu. We also need to find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, where the seasons are like spring, where flowers bloom before the moon and so on."

"Flowers before the moon?" Lin Yan heard that He Zhengxi was going to talk crazy, and immediately said: "I can stop watching this topic, let's change it."

He Zhengxi stopped what he was doing, and said while thinking: "Then let's talk about the double cultivation of brothers and sisters?"

Lin Yan squinted at him: "I said, have you reached the breeding season? Where was the masseuse master He Zhengxi a few seconds ago? Now he's chattering, too hungry?"

He Zhengxi sincerely agreed.

Lin Yan put the water glass on the bedside table, let go of He Zhengxi's hand, lay on his back, put his pillow on his palm and said, "You guys are really old, you probably can hold up the sky by grinding the corner of the table, I understand that But you must also pay attention to the combination of work and rest, little comrade. Don’t make it to the end, you will be far away from the most primitive enjoyment of human beings in your twenties!”

He Zhengxi was taken aback by his fresh and refined discussion of physiological issues.In He Zhengxi's eyes, such a serious and extremely funny teaching gesture is really too cute.He Zhengxi leaned down, nose to nose with Lin Yan, and asked, "What about you, brother. Were you the same as me when you were 17?"

Lin Yan pushed him away and sat up: "Getting so close, I'm sure I want to take the opportunity to do something again. I just don't have the same knowledge as you. If you put a bad temper on you, you'll have been beaten."

He Zhengxi thought to himself, your temper is quite explosive, but it's hard to control the cycle, you can't explode half of the time in a year, that's why you suffered from internal injuries.Smiling, he stretched out his hand to wrap around Lin Yan's calf, kissed his knee, and said, "I've been doing quite well recently, don't worry, I won't do that thing on the bus to you without your permission in the future."

"Oh, it's terrible, it's a great sacrifice to dare to be affectionate. Please think about the people in public places! I feel immoral myself!" Lin Yan raised his leg and shook He Zhengxi off, and said with a smile: "I really don't I know what you are trying to figure out, and how can I deserve your liking? Every time you put your posture down so low, I always feel that you are thinking about some messy things. "

Like a little domestic dog, He Zhengxi clung to him again, got into Lin Yan's thin quilt, took Lin Yan's hand, squeezed and kissed, endlessly.Lin Yan was so full of lawsuits by him that he withdrew his hand again and again, only to be dragged back again and again.

"If you have nothing to do, go play with your mobile phone, read a book, or find a TV show to pass the time. Why are you dragging me here!" Lin Yan shouted angrily.

He Zhengxi didn't say a word to answer him, having had enough of being close, he started to stare at him like a scanner.

"Well, I can't control you." Lin Yan straightened the pillow, covered his head with the thin quilt, and planned to sleep.

"Wait." He Zhengxi tore off the quilt again.

"I'll call you brother, okay?" Lin Yan said gloomily with his messy hair.

He Zhengxi actually nodded, but then changed the subject:

"Where am I worthy of your liking?" He Zhengxi asked seriously.

"Brother, you like me too, I know."

Lin Yan was at a loss for what to do with his determined tone and expression, so he buried his head in the pillow with red ears, and after touching it for about half a minute, he whispered, "Save some face for brother, don't talk about it for now, okay?"

He Zhengxi turned off the bedside lamp, then lay down next to him, and said in a slow and gentle tone: "Of course, brother, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, love is a part of emotion, as common as eating and sleeping. It doesn't matter who you fall in love with."

"Like an emotional expert." Lin Yan said in the dark, "You are already a real adult when you speak and act now, and I'm still not used to it."

"This is not good? But you were right before, I am still far from growing up, and now I can only be regarded as a newcomer."

"It's quite self-conscious." Lin Yan giggled, and when he had had enough, he said with emotion: "In the past, I always thought that your country is easy to change and your nature is hard to change. In the future, you will grow into a tree with a crooked neck. Looking at it now, the original There's really no need to worry."

Crooked neck tree?He Zhengxi was amused by this word.He thought, even if his growth path derailed to Siberia, it would be impossible for him to become a crooked neck. At any rate, besides his IQ, he still has a face!

As for the fact that the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change, He Zhengxi couldn't help feeling that Lin Yan's original conclusion was not wrong.Now, he is only willing to show Lin Yan the big and small changes and growth, or he can give a little bit to his parents. He Zhengxi doesn't care about others at all.He has enough confidence and strength to do whatever he wants to do, and he will give it to anyone who is willing to give a smile.At the age of 17, no one will really criticize them for doing these things, and most of the human relationships themselves are indifferent, who will remember them when they turn around.He Zhengxi thinks that he is quite naive for thinking like this, but who in this world is not naive?

Tonight, in exchange for Lin Yan's evaluation of "like a real adult", he is enough to sleep soundly all night, and there is really no need to think about those endless things.

"Asleep?" Lin Yan lowered his voice and asked.

"Immediately." He Zhengxi moved a few inches towards Lin Yan's back, "If you have any orders, tell me."

"Do you think I have ink marks?" Lin Yan asked unexpectedly.

"No ink marks, what do you mean?"

Lin Yan sighed, turned to He Zhengxi, and spoke directly.

"You tell me that you like and love me all the time, but I never gave you a definite answer. Isn't it too unreasonable? It stands to reason that even if you go to college, you are still young. Compared with your age, what you did There are many things that make me feel a little guilty. For me, I never thought of letting you grow up earlier. I have talked to you before. I should be a child. Be a child and enjoy the life of being innocent and unrestrained. Don’t let yourself Too tired."

He Zhengxi hugged him tightly, and said: "Well, I remember, do you think I'm not presumptuous? I've treated you like that in public, do you still think I'm not presumptuous?"

Lin Yan breathed out: "You really... The atmosphere of this conversation suddenly changed, well, let's end this topic."

"No, no, no." He Zhengxi was really like a child at this moment, he touched Lin Yan's face in the dark, and insisted, "Say a few more words."

"...Go to sleep, brother." Lin Yan poked He Zhengxi's arm with two fingers under the quilt, "A few sentences are enough."

"Okay, that's enough." He Zhengxi pushed his head forward comfortably, hugged Lin Yan tightly and fell asleep contentedly.

At this time, Lin Cong in the next room finally retracted his ears stuck to the wall.He stood on tiptoe, stepped on the creaking wooden floor, and crawled onto the bed, staring at the dark ceiling in a daze.

At noon the next day, Lin Yan invited Lu Chi's family to dinner and introduced Lin Cong to them.

Xin Huihui had heard something about Lin Yan's parents from Lu Ming and his son, so after meeting, she had a reluctant attitude towards Lin Cong.She has been surrounded by love until she is at this age. She has a pure heart and can seldom hide her emotions.However, Lin Cong already knew that this family was very important to Lin Yan, and even the house Lin Yan lives in now came from them, so he still greeted each other happily.

Lin Yan didn't notice this, he was playing with the little boy brought by Lu Chi.This little guy who doesn't make noise or cry makes him fall in love with him, and he keeps holding the child's hand tightly.He Zhengxi sat nearby, watching them intently.He wasn't very interested in children, but Lin Yan when he was playing with children made He Zhengxi's heart flutter.

Lin Yan played with the child's hand, then turned to rub that tender face.

"Don't hurt my son!" Lu Chi said with a smile.

Lin Yan said: "The law stipulates that he is not your son."

Lu Chi: "Hey! Well, legally speaking, he is my younger brother..."

As soon as these words fell, the little boy who was playing with Lin Yan immediately called out "brother", which made everyone laugh.

Lin Yan took the child into his arms and asked what his name was. The child answered falteringly, but Lin Yan didn't hear clearly.Lu Chi translated from the side: "It's called Xiaodouzi, and your Auntie Xin gave it to you."

"Little Douzi?" Lin Yan kissed the child's tender cheek, "Little Douzi, call me brother!"

Xiaodouzi looked at Lu Chi suspiciously: "Brother? Two brothers?"

Lu Chi pointed to He Zhengxi and Lin Cong next to him: "There are two more! Stupid!"

Xiaodouzi pouted, turned around in Lin Yan's arms, grabbed the pre-dinner dessert on the table, stuffed it into his mouth, and muttered, "Xiaodouzi is not stupid, Brother Lu Chi is stupid."

Lin Yan was so happy that he wanted to slap his thighs. He liked this kid so much. He could face Lu Chi head-on at such a young age. When he grows up, Lu Chi might call him brother.

Lu Chi gave Xiaodouzi a headache from the air, and said, "You're almost done, isn't it when you were getting injections in the hospital?"

Xiaodouzi walked up to Lu Chi, breathed out on his palm, put it on Lu Chi's hand, and whispered, "I was wrong, I'm so hungry, I want to eat."

Lin Yan immediately called the waiter to come over and began to urge the dishes.

After dinner, Xiaodouzi was taken to the park by Lu Ming and his wife, leaving Lu Chi to chat with the three brothers.He Zhengxi had nothing in common with Lin Cong and Lu Chi, Lin Yan was the only one who kept talking.

Their topic was nothing more than Xiaodouzi. Lin Yan was interested in this child, and was also curious about why Lu Chi suddenly asked his parents to adopt a child.

"Really want to hear it?" Lu Chi took out a cigarette and lit it, "This topic is too heavy, I have to smoke, don't mind."

Lin Yan nodded, signaling him to continue.

"That's fine, I say."

Lu Chi told them an unpleasant story.

Just a few days after Lin Yan returned to Yancheng, Lu Chi's colleague received an alarm.The reporter on the phone said that there were always children crying in the neighbor's house across the street, and he was worried that it was domestic violence.Lu Chi and his colleagues didn't think too much about it on the way there, but when they arrived, no one answered the knock on the door, not even hearing the child crying that the reporter said.They asked the property owner to help open the door, and just half a step in, a smell of rotting corpses entered Lu Chi's nostrils first.

"An old man, just lying on the sofa in the living room, his eyes are still open." Lu Chi narrowed his eyes in the smog, "There is a child lying on him, and the child is wearing an adult T-shirt. My colleagues and I Although I have seen many vicious cases, I was still quite shocked when I saw the scene... We all thought that the child was dead too. But we walked over and saw that he was lying there sleeping. Later, he was sent to the hospital. The doctor said yes Hungry and dizzy!"

"What is the cause of the old man's death?" He Zhengxi asked suddenly, Lin Yan turned his head to look over, and they looked at each other.Such a scene is too familiar, just like Lao Jiang back then.

Lu Chi continued: "At such an old age, an ordinary old man has nothing to delve into. He had a heart attack and had been away for several days. You both know that in August in Xicheng, at that temperature, The dead body will naturally rot and stink."

Immediately, Lin Yan felt a little sad, and He Zhengxi squeezed his hand comfortingly under the table.

"Don't think so much. Everyone has their own destiny. Uncle is over 70 years old. It's okay at this age." Lu Chi said to Lin Yan intentionally or unintentionally, "Besides, the result of this matter is not very serious now. Poor. The child has no one else at home, and he refuses to go to the orphanage, so he is alone in the hospital for nutritional injections. As for me, I am soft-hearted, and I always bring things to see him.” He spread his hands, shook his head and laughed: "In the end, this child is dependent on me, and I have to follow him to life and death. I am not old enough to adopt, so I can only ask my parents."

This child is a bit like his former self. Lin Yan laughed a few times and said, "Little Douzi is very smart and cute. He will repay you when he grows up."

Lu Chi waved his hands again and again: "I hope he can forget about the past few months and treat me as his brother and my parents as his mother when he grows up. It's good to be happy. "

Lin Yan agrees with Lu Chi's words, because he has not forgotten those things when he was a child, he has been thinking about them for more than ten years, and has never been really happy a few times.Xiaodouzi is only 4 years old. Maybe when he grows up, the past experience will completely disappear from his mind, and he will have a better and happier life.

"You must be a good brother." Lin Yan said to Lu Chi.

Lu Chi smashed out the cigarette butt, and said with a smile: "That must be, you are the number one brother, Xiao He is the number two, and Xiaodouzi is the number three. I am also an experienced person."

Putting this topic aside, they briefed each other on the latest situation and talked about some relaxing things later on.Lu Chi raised a child with his parents without any pressure, and Lin Yan was not worried about it.When he saw Xiaodouzi, he remembered when he and He Zhengxi were young, Xiaodouzi would definitely not live the life they did, and would definitely be able to grow up happily and richly without worrying about food and clothing.

After saying goodbye to Lu Chi, Lin Yan accompanied Lin Cong to play in the nearby Folk Street until the sun went down.At such a time, He Zhengxi was very self-aware, he kept a distance of two meters from the two brothers the whole time.He didn't want to disturb them, nor did he want to be too far away from Lin Yan.

"Brother Xiao He, don't be too envious, I won't rob you, I'm a straight man." Lin Cong watched Lin Yan chatting with the shop owner, retreated to He Zhengxi, and said with him, laughing.

He Zhengxi pushed him away, and said with a sneer, "Even if you want to snatch it, you won't be able to rank at all. You don't have enough rank. Do you want to embarrass him by taking it out?"

Lin Cong moaned, a little annoyed, "...I won't embarrass him, I'm not that bad."

He Zhengxi shrugged his shoulders: "Then you should study hard. Besides, whether you lose face or gain face, it's all about your parents who are far away in Yancheng, and it really has nothing to do with my brother."

Lin Cong didn't have a good meal at noon, and now he was being taught a lesson by He Zhengxi, and he suddenly felt aggrieved.

"Can you be friendly to me?" He asked seriously, "I'm not my parents, and I can't become them, so can you stop being so hostile to me?"

He Zhengxi frowned and looked over: "Couldn't you be the one who always licks your face? To put it bluntly, you put your own value too low. Who can blame this? What's more, you are usually so frivolous when you talk and do things. Attitude, who wants to take you seriously?"

After Lin Cong heard this, the grievance in his heart directly turned into anger, "Are you calling me a jerk?"

He Zhengxi spread his hands: "Think about it yourself, I didn't say that."

Lin Cong wanted to fight with He Zhengxi, but he was not strong enough, so he could only talk about it.So he opened his mouth and decided to choke with He Zhengxi a few times, but the moment he uttered the first word, tears suddenly fell down, and if he wanted to continue, he couldn't make a sentence...

Lin Cong's talk is only useful when he doesn't take it seriously, but now after hearing He Zhengxi's precise ridicule, he realizes that he is really useless.Not smart, not strong, no brains, let alone moves.So what to do?He doesn't want to cry, but can tears listen to him?

"Can you keep it? How old are you, still crying?!" He Zhengxi took out a pack of tissues and threw it over in disgust, "If you dare to talk nonsense with my brother later, I promise you will be finished."

Lin Cong sniffled and blew his nose: "I won't trouble him, I know he's sick, so he can't be angry."

He Zhengxi hastily went up to cover his mouth, gritted his teeth and lowered his voice: "You should keep your voice down! He doesn't like to be said that! Pretend not to know, understand?!"

"I've been pretending not to know..." Lin Cong wiped his tears aggrievedly.His sadness came and went quickly. By the time Lin Yan finished speaking with people and walked to their side, his emotions had already recovered by [-]% or [-]%.

"The owner of the shop said that there is a new noodle shop, so he won't go home for dinner." Lin Yan said.

Lin Cong lowered his head and calmly recovered the remaining [-]-[-]% of his energy. He Zhengxi stepped forward and said to Lin Yan with a smile, "It's just right, it's not much cheaper to buy vegetables from the market."

Lin Yan looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Are you fighting again?"

He Zhengxi shook his head: "No."

Lin Yan curled his lips: "It must have been noisy."

He Zhengxi raised his hands in surrender: "Okay, it was a quarrel, but it's completely reconciled now!" He touched Lin Cong with his elbow, "Right, little brother!"

Lin Cong turned around with red eyes, nodded and said, "Yes, that's right, I swear I will study hard in the future and I won't embarrass you."

Lin Yan tilted his head, pretending to be puzzled, and said, "You're embarrassing me? You're worthless and embarrassing your parents, right? I'm purely obsessive-compulsive. Seeing that you can't get 40 in math, I feel uncomfortable."

Lin Cong let out a "wow", and cried again in front of countless passers-by.

"Okay, okay, brother is wrong, there's nothing to cry about." Lin Yan scratched his ears in confusion, changed his face to pat Lin Cong's head with a kind face, and gave back the hairstyle he had worked so hard this morning. Flattened into a plain.

Lin Cong sniffed his nose and glanced at Lin Yan.

Lin Yan was at a loss. He cleared his throat, straightened his neck and shouted at Lin Cong:

"Can you embarrass me? It's too embarrassing! You said that as my younger brother, your little score is not enough to embarrass me?!"

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