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This love letter has not been signed - of course, it does not need to be signed, Jiang Ran must know who wrote it.

Curiosity drove Dou Tianxiao to continue reading.

A large section in the middle is full of trivial and emotional memories, and the last section reads: "You smiled slightly and didn't say anything to me, and I feel that I have been waiting for a long time for this. [Note 1] I know that there is a relationship between us. There is still a long distance, and I am working hard to get closer to you. Please allow me to continue to like you, if possible."

Dou Tianxiao's frantically beating heart gradually returned to calm as the answer was revealed.

When the coin is thrown into the air, the answer that the bottom of my heart most wants to see will emerge in my mind.

After the answer was revealed, the disappointment told him how much he was looking forward to, that was Jiang Ran's whisper to him.

As long as it is left by Jiang Ran, even a simple greeting can make him jump for joy.

And when he confirmed that this was a love letter written by someone else to Jiang Ran, he felt a little disappointed in his heart for no reason, as if someone had spied on his treasure, which made him feel worried.

He didn't know why he felt this way, but he just didn't want to see others approaching Jiang Ran.

He couldn't imagine the scene of Jiang Ran holding a girl's hand and appearing in front of him one day in the future, announcing that he was going to get married.

Jiang Ran is very good, so good...he thinks that Jiang Ran should die alone.

Because no one is good enough for him.

Dou Tianxiao pinched the pink letter paper in despair. He didn't understand why such selfish and despicable thoughts came to his mind, why he hoped that Jiang Ran would die alone, and felt that the girl was not worthy of her. I don't know anyone.

As Jiang Ran's best brother, shouldn't he be happy for him?

Anyway, someone likes it.

But this desire to monopolize Jiang Ran is so sincere.

This makes him very conflicted.

The love letter was kept intact in the English textbook in the second half of the third semester of junior high school. Dou Tianxiao reckoned that either Jiang Ran had read it and put it in the book, or he hadn't even read it.

The possibility of the latter is higher, because Jiang Ran is a very careful person, so he would not leave this kind of thing in the book, and the crease of the heart seems to be folded in one go.

Dou Tianxiao didn't have the specific contact information of Jiang Ran's new home, so he put this love letter on the bedside table casually, intending to give it to him when Jiang Ran came back, but unexpectedly, a few days later, grandpa put the love letter on the bedside table with him. Throw the packaged snacks in the trash can together.

By the time Dou Tianxiao recalled this incident again, the love letter had already been sent to the landfill along with the garbage.

"Forget it... If Jiang Ran didn't keep the textbooks for himself, he would sell them for scrap. He can't see them either, and they have no fate." Dou Tianxiao comforted himself like this, and easily forgave his mistakes.

During the period of booming economy, housing prices in the city center have been rising. Every time my aunt talked about the house, she sighed like an eggplant beaten by Shuang, "If I knew it, I would have bought it with Xiaoqing's family."

When Jiang Qing was buying a house, she happened to meet her grandfather who needed surgery for his eyes, which cost a lot of medical expenses, and her aunt had a worrying temper, fearing that the old man would suddenly have something wrong in the future. What's more, there are two children to take care of, so I dare not buy a house.

Later, seeing that housing prices have been rising, she is even more reluctant to throw all her life savings into a real estate. She always hopes that the government's demolition project will be the turn of her old house. There is enough money to buy a new house.

It's a pity that time has passed, not only did the demolition project not come to her own house, but the housing prices in the urban area were still rising wildly. When she heard that the price of the house Jiang Qing bought had doubled in just a few years, she often felt sorry for herself.

It felt like seeing hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of banknotes slipping through her fingers. She began to complain every day that she was ill-fated and unlucky.

Dou Tianxiao always comforted her at the dinner table: "Don't worry, auntie, I will support you in the future."

Aunt smiled wryly and patted his head.

When Dou Tianxiao was just thrown into Ye's house, Ye Xiaoyue would send some money to her, asking them to take good care of the children, but after remarrying, she hardly cared about the children anymore, and she even complained about raising two children The burden is too great and she wants to send Dou Tianxiao back, but the old man insists on raising her, so she has nothing to say, after all, anyone who sees this child will feel distressed.

Now that the child has grown up and is sensible, she feels that this child is her future hope.

After Jiang Ran and his cousin left Xi Town, Dou Tianxiao had no playmates, and almost devoted his spare time to boxing training.

From Monday to Friday morning, he and Xiaotu ran three kilometers along the mountain road to exercise his physical fitness, and then slowly increased to six kilometers. Because of the time constraints, he had to change to a weight-bearing run. to five kilograms.

Most of the holidays are spent in the gym.

When he was in the first year of high school, Jiang Ran would go back to the countryside with his mother to visit relatives and friends during the holidays. The three brothers often rode bicycles to the town to cut their hair and buy clothes. Dou Tianxiao’s task was to stand by and praise " Not bad! Looks good!", and then received the snacks and drinks from the two elder brothers.

At that time, both Jiang Ran and Ye Xi were already able to dress up. Even if they weren't famous brands, they wouldn't be worth tens of dollars. Leftover old clothes, colorful high-top fake Converse can make him wear holes.

He has no concept of the word "fashionable" at all, and all his thoughts are spent on boxing. He spends his usual pocket money and the red envelopes he received in the New Year on buying sports equipment, and he breaks the standing sandbags alone. took two.

After winning his first Youth Cup boxing championship, he regarded boxing as his future career from the bottom of his heart.

Compared with popular sports such as taekwondo and track and field, boxing is not very popular, but he has a national first-level athlete as a personal trainer, and another Yu Qingji who takes him to watch the competitions everywhere, and he is more and more fond of this sport every day. project.

He seemed to be able to see his own clear future from Yu Qingji.

The gyms in Luyang Town are chained, and there are several bigger ones in the urban area than in the town. Yu Qian even organized a boxing club, which is a group of teenagers who love boxing. Dou Tianxiao also applied to join the club.

Yu Qian valued Dou Tianxiao's stamina and potential very much, so he simply accepted him as an apprentice and gave him a vvip membership card, which allowed free use of the facilities on the three floors, including the swimming pool.

But one's energy is limited after all. While he was constantly striving to win awards, his grades in various subjects kept declining. He was still No.9 in the class in the first half of the second semester of junior high school. By the time of the final exam in the first half of the third year of junior high , has dropped to more than 20, when my aunt saw the report card, she was so anxious that she jumped up and ordered him not to go to that gym again.

"Why can't you go! I'm going to play this weekend!" Dou Tianxiao said loudly.

"What kind of competition! The results are almost at the end of the crane and the competition is over!" The aunt patted her chopsticks, "Your head teacher called me today, saying that you are still refusing to do your homework in class! Do you still want to do well in the exam? In high school?"

"I want to, but my brain is not good enough. If I get into high school, I may not be able to get into college. It's a waste of money, but boxing is different. I can make money by boxing." Dou Tianxiao said.

My aunt's eyes widened, "You're making a lot of money! What can you do with the hundreds of dollars in bonuses for a game!? It's not enough to buy clothes. You still haven't given me a good education. Find a stable job in the future." Boxing can only be a hobby and has a future. Besides, why did you tell me when you were a child? You will support us when you grow up. If you don’t study hard or work hard, what will you do to support us? , I think you can't even feed the little soil!"

"I just like boxing. Coach Yu said that boxing can also be a career. He has been boxing all his life, and he has even participated in the national team competition! Brother Qingji also practiced boxing since he was a child. Why didn't he come to me? It's alright! Is money that important!" Dou Tianxiao was so wronged that he was about to cry.

He has been living in a muddle since he grew up. For the first time, he has ideas and opinions, a coach who helps him, and brother Qingji who takes him around to watch games.

He even saw a wide road, but his family members grabbed his clothes firmly and told him to walk on another road with no end in sight.

This made him unacceptable.

The aunt's voice was not to be outdone, "You need money for food and water, money for shopping, money for medical treatment when you are sick, money for marrying a wife and having children, you need money when you wake up, and people live to earn money and spend money." One life, do you think money is important? When you grow up, you will know that what my aunt said is right, I will not harm you."

"But I..."

"But what is it!" Aunt interrupted him without hesitation, "Your grades have dropped to more than 20, and you are still thinking about other things all day long? Let me tell you, if you fail to pass the high school entrance examination, you will be given I'm going to sweep the street!"

Uncle bumped aunt's arm.

My aunt also realized that her words were too violent, but this bastard was in a hurry to find scolding, and he wouldn't have a long memory if he didn't sing a bad face.

"Sweeping the street is just sweeping the street! Who cares?" Dou Tianxiao threw his chopsticks angrily, "Didn't my brother fail to pass the high school exam, and you never scolded him like that! Just because I am not your son, you are so cruel to me!" ! Neither this nor that! Deprive me of the right to like something!"

My aunt was furious and couldn't bear it anymore, so she raised her hand and slapped him in the face.

The sound of "snap" was so crisp that the air in the entire room froze.

Grandpa hurriedly raised his hand to stop him, and looked at his little grandson in a panic.

After Dou Tianxiao's ears buzzed for a while, he covered his half of his cheek in surprise, raised his head and stared at his aunt, hot and humid tears kept swirling in his eyes, but he couldn't say a word.

He could clearly feel that half of his cheek was numb from the heat, and his chest heaved and fell, as if he was trapped by a wild animal.

His thoughts were chaotic, and the words his aunt said just now echoed repeatedly in his mind. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't get around it.

Why! ?

His parents can't control him anymore, so why should my aunt! ?

"Why are you beating the child if you have something to say!" Grandpa turned his head and scolded, and stretched out his hand to pull Dou Tianxiao's wrist, "Does it hurt?"

Grandpa's weakness did not affect Dou Tianxiao as usual.

It has been many years since the last experience of being beaten, Dou Tianxiao didn't know how to deal with such a scene, stubbornly turned his face away, and strode upstairs.

When he was at the stairs, he still heard his aunt's voice like drums.

"I asked him to study hard. I was wrong! If you don't let him be beaten or scolded, just let him be like this. Sooner or later, he will behave like his father. There is already a good-for-nothing son in the family. Do you want to add another one! Dou Tianxiao The donkey's temper is exactly the same as his mother's back then, he has to do whatever he wants! Stubborn, stubborn to death! When he grows up, it will be too late to regret and want to study!"

The aunt blushed with anger, pointing to the stairs and yelling: "I raised you for nothing! I tell you if you are so disobedient, go back to your mother..."

Uncle hastily covered her mouth.

With a sore nose, Dou Tianxiao yelled downstairs, "Go back!"

At the moment when he realized that he was about to be abandoned by his family, tears came like a huge wave.

In fact, this is not the first confrontation between Dou Tianxiao and his aunt. In his impression, his aunt most often restricts his freedom in life.

When he was a child, he was not allowed to eat snacks, and he was not allowed to play around. When he was a little older, he was not allowed to practice Sanda, and he was not allowed to read extracurricular books. Now he is not allowed to practice boxing. My aunt always wants to control his preferences and let everyone follow her orders. , develop in the direction she wants to see.

Because his aunt is an elder, she loves and protects him most of the time, so he endured all these.

But people will eventually meet what they love and become obsessed, so this time he can't hold back anymore.

Those grievances and grievances in the past are like ammunition stuffed into a bomb. After the fuse is ignited, the explosion range is completely beyond his imagination, but he doesn't think there is anything to be afraid of.

He thought he was old enough to support himself, and he didn't need to endure the pressure at home anymore.

He suddenly thought of Jiang Ran.

He can go to Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran will definitely understand him.

But he didn't know the address of Jiang Ran's new home, so he thought of Coach Yu again.

He can also ask the trainer to let him live in the gym.

Don't fight for steamed buns!Dou Tianxiao quickly wiped away tears and began to pack his luggage.

Grandpa pushed the door open, closed the door with his backhand, and called softly, "Little Douzi."

Dou Tianxiao knew that his grandfather must have come to persuade him to make peace, so he didn't say anything.

"Xiaoxiao." Grandpa tugged at his wrist, "Don't be angry with your aunt, she has such a temper, she just scolds when she comes up, it's not sincere."

"My surname is not Ye, and I am not from the Ye family. It is only natural for her to drive me away." Dou Tianxiao said stubbornly, "Now that I have grown up, I can earn money by myself." , I will pay her back the money I earn in the future, and thank her for all the years of nurturing!"

Dou Tianxiao said these words pretending to be free and easy. At that time, he didn't know that these words that popped out of his mouth turned into sharp thorns and pierced Grandpa's chest.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Grandpa snatched the clothes from his hand and threw them back into the closet, "Think about it for so many years, don't we treat you as our own child? Isn't everything delicious and delicious?" Brother let you go, have you thought about your own problems?"

"I just like to practice boxing. What's wrong with me!" Dou Tianxiao sat down on the bed, hugged his knees with his hands, and buried his head in his arms, full of helplessness and grievances, "She didn't allow me to like anything since I was a child." What I do, I’m not allowed to do this or that, I’ve listened to her, I want to box now, I don’t want to do anything else! Can’t I have my own hobbies! Didn’t Jiang Ran also practice Sanda since childhood! Why can't they do it but I can't..."

"Then Jiang Ran regards Sanda as a hobby. You saw him practicing Sanda. Why don't you see that he passed the city's key exam?" Grandpa touched his forehead.

Dou Tianxiao didn't answer, he hummed, turned around, and turned his back to grandpa.

"When you are admitted to high school and university, what you want to learn and do is your own business. We don't care about you, but you are a student now, if you don't study hard and learn knowledge, how can you do it? !?" Grandpa said earnestly.

"But it's just like ballet. It's too late to practice when you grow up." Dou Tianxiao retorted with red eyes.

"There's nothing too late. If you don't study hard now, you will regret it in the future!" Grandpa said.

"I can't explain it to you." Dou Tianxiao turned his face away.

"Then let's talk slowly." What the old man lacks most is patience. He is like smoothing the fur of a puppy. After more than two hours of grinding, he finally gave Dou Tianxiao the rebellious mood that has been late for many years. Soothed down.

After Dou Tianxiao calmed down, he also promised his grandfather to put his energy back into his studies.

Early the next morning, my grandfather brought Dou Tianxiao to the noodle shop. As agreed last night, Dou Tianxiao picked his fingernails awkwardly and apologized to his aunt.

My aunt's temper is like a tornado, it's over after it's blown away, and she doesn't take responsibility for the aftermath, so she didn't feel relieved at all after scolding at night, she raised her hand and said, "Hurry up and eat those strawberries in the pool, if you don't eat them again, it will be bad Lost."

"Oh!" Dou Tianxiao returned to his usual obedient appearance, stuffed the washed strawberries into his mouth, and licked all the way to his heart.

He has grown up and become stubborn.

He has the courage to escape from his family's control, and has the confidence to face his future, but he finally chooses to compromise.

Family is not only a kind of bondage, but also a kind of dependence at certain moments.

The love of relatives is an indestructible city wall. As long as they are there one day, he can grow up to his heart's content and worry-free. Although sometimes he wants to push open the gate of the city wall and go out to have a look, but at night, he will still Miss everything within the walls.

Perhaps that is the so-called sense of belonging.

He was still the same as when he was a child, and he was extremely greedy for the care and warmth from his family.