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"Father! Why hasn't Brother Haotian come yet?"

Luo Jian looked up at the clock on the wall, "Hurry up, don't worry."

Luo Mai is eight years old, active like a little leopard, with soft fluffy hair, plunged into Luo Jian's arms, hugged his father's arm and asked: "Can you call and ask?"

Luo Jian took his son out of his arms and said helplessly, "Go unpack the potato chips and eat them first."

Luo Mai resolutely said: "No! I'll wait for Brother Haotian to come and eat."

"Can't sit still, go and wait outside the door."

Luo Mai slapped his forehead, got up from the sofa, rushed to the door like a gust of wind, changed his slippers, closed the door with a bang, and ran out.

Lin Haotian sat in the back seat a bit cautiously, and the driver Xiaojiang was young and pleasant-looking, and he told three jokes in a row before making people laugh.

"The boss' son is a troublemaker, you are so honest, don't be bullied by him."

"It's okay, Luo Mai is just a little more lively."

Xiao Jiang laughed, "Don't be restrained, just say whatever you want."

Lin Haotian nodded and said yes, Xiao Jiang drove the car all the way into the community, and saw Luo Mai crazy running towards him from afar. "Emma said Cao Cao Cao Cao is here."

Luo Mai was out of breath, standing on the main road and waving his hands, "Stop!"

Xiao Jiang stopped the car and said to Luo Mai with a smile, "Why are you so anxious, why did you run so far?"

Romela drove to sit next to Lin Haotian, panting, "Why are you so slow, I have been waiting for a long time!"

"Where is it slow? Xiao Luo Mai, don't blame me if you are impatient."

Luo Mai said stubbornly, "It's you who are slow, slow to death!"

Lin Haotian saw that Xiaojiang was trying to tease Luo Mai, so he interjected, "There is a traffic jam on the road."

Xiao Jiang picked it up with a smile, "That's right, the road is about to be blocked, and the ostrich in the zoo has come out."

Luo Mai was hooked, and immediately moved forward, "Where is the ostrich? Which road?"

Xiao Jiang was laughing, Luo Mai felt something was wrong, turned around and asked Lin Haotian, "Brother Haotian, which road is it?"

Lin Haotian glanced at Xiao Jiang, and said very sincerely and in a low voice, "No."

Luo Mai's disappointment was beyond words, and then he became angry again, "Xiao Jiang, you lied to me!"

"I didn't lie to you, there was one on the road the day before yesterday."

"You just lied to me!"

The car quickly drove into the yard, Luo Mai jumped out of the car and slammed on the door, "Father, Brother Haotian is here!"

Lin Haotian was still standing by the car door, unnaturally picking up the discolored school uniform that had been washed.Xiao Jiang saw that he was a little nervous, and patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay, our boss is very nice, let's go."

Lin Haotian nodded, "I know."

Wearing a gray sportswear, Luo Jian pushed the two children into the house, then turned to Xiao Jiang and said, "Thank you for your hard work, you can go back and report today."

Xiao Jiang made a knowing expression, "Okay!"

Lin Haotian entered the door and immediately felt Luo Mai's enthusiasm.Of course, he had felt it since he ran out to pick up the car.

Luo Mai ran in and out and took out a lot of snacks, scattered them all on the sofa as if showing off his wealth, dragged Lin Haotian up onto the sofa barefoot, and piled them one by one towards Lin Haotian, "Brother Haotian, eat quickly."

Luo Jian cut the fruit plate and came over, seeing that the couch was covered with snacks and there was no place to sit, so he had to sit on another separate one.

"I've kept the chicken wing flavor for you for a long time. If you don't come again, I can't help but eat him."

"This candy doesn't look good on the candy paper, but it's very delicious. Last time I went to the mall, my aunt secretly gave it to me."

"Chocolate...I don't like it, but everyone else does. I asked Dad to bring it for you."

……

Luo Mai showed Lin Haotian the food he had stored for a long time, and Luo Jian smiled and stopped him when Luo Mai was impatient and wanted to drag people to the toy room.

"Let brother Haotian rest for a while."

Luo Mai reacted immediately, "Oh, yes!"

Thinking of something again, he jumped to the ground, and was blown away like the wind.

Luo Jian pushed the fruit plate in front of Lin Haotian, "Is everything settled at home?"

Lin Haotian nodded, "Well, Aunt Wang will help me take care of my mother."

"Oh, that just stays for a few more days."

Lin Haotian shook his head, "I'm going back tomorrow, Aunt Wang is busy at home."

Luo Jian handed the peeled green orange to him, "Okay, then I'll take you back tomorrow."

"Thank you, Mr. Luo."

Luo Mai came over with two bottles of Coke, gave Lin Haotian a bottle, turned to Luo Jian and said, "Daddy, you can't stop me today!"

"Only these two bottles."

"It's a word."

Seeing that Lin Haotian was still holding an orange in his hand, Luo Mai immediately snatched it out, "Don't eat it, it's so sour!"

Lin Haotian took it back awkwardly and held it in his hand, "It's okay, I like sour ones."

Seeing Luo Mai dominating Lin Haotian in high spirits, Luo Jian stood up and left the living room, "You two play first, I'll go cook and figure out where I'm going to play in the afternoon."

Luo Mai shouted happily: "Dad, are you going with us?"

"Yes."

Luo Mai cheered, "Yeah!"

Luo Mai unpacked the snacks one by one, grabbed the remote control and looked for animations on the TV. Lin Haotian looked back at Luo Jianjin's back in the kitchen, and met Luo Jian's turned gaze.Luo Mai smiled, Lin Haotian didn't know why he felt a little guilty, and immediately turned his head back.

Luo Jian's craftsmanship is very good, and he cooked a large table full of dishes to support the two children. It was only later that Lin Hao found out that he actually has a second-level chef certificate.

Luo Jian wanted to ask where he wanted to go after eating, but Luo Mai wanted to say, but was stopped by Luo Jian, so he asked brother Haotian where he wanted to go.

Lin Haotian thought of Luo Mai's excited expression when he heard the ostrich in the morning, and said that he was going to the zoo. Luo Mai cheered, and Luo Jian agreed, and asked the two children to change their clothes and get ready.

Luo Jian prepared a suit of clothes for Lin Haotian in advance, and a peaked cap like Luo Mai's, with two red horns, very cute.

It was the weekend, and there were quite a lot of people in the zoo. When Luo Mai entered the zoo, he was like a stray dog. I don't feel tired, I run around all over the garden.

Luo Jian did not dare to be sloppy in a place with a lot of traffic, and put all his heart on his son.Fortunately, Lin Haotian followed him silently, so he didn't need to bother.

It wasn't until he saw the monkey that Luo Mai stopped, squatting on the ground and gasping for breath.Luo Jian bought two ice creams and handed them to Lin Haotian first. When Luo Mai reached out to take his portion, Luo Jian raised his hand.

"Dad, give it to me, please..."

With the ice cream on top of his head, Luo Jian pretended to be cold and asked, "Are you still running?"

Luo Mai muttered softly, "I won't run away."

"Brother Haotian is here for the first time, as the master, what should you do?"

Luo Mai knew that he was overplaying, so he lowered his head and said in a low voice, "We must treat guests well, and let brother Haotian come first."

"So did you do it at the zoo?"

"No……"

Luo Jian asked him again, "What should I do?"

Luo Mai said sincerely to Lin Haotian, "Brother Haotian, I'm sorry, I'll play with you later."

Lin Haotian shook his head like a rattle, "It's okay." He gave Luo Mai the ice cream in his hand, "You can eat it."

Luo Mai waved his hands and said no, with his head downcast, "Dad, is it all right?"

Luo Jian patted his son on the shoulder and gave him the ice cream, "Okay, let's eat."

Luo Jian patiently accompanied the two children to see the zoo for an afternoon, and gave an extra explanation to the two children. Luo Mai was very repentant, and would drag Lin Haotian wherever he went.

In the evening, Luo Jian had something to do temporarily, so he sent the two children back home, went out to the dinner party by himself, and asked Luo Mai to order the meal by himself.Luo Mai was about to rebel happily in the huge house.

Lin Haotian didn't understand why Luo Mai was so happy.

Luo Mai jumped up and down the room with bare feet, excitedly looking for business cards on the TV cabinet, "Tonight we can order by ourselves! I want to eat fried chicken wings and beef burger! Brother Haotian, what do you eat?"

Luo Mai suddenly realized that his brother Haotian might not have eaten it before, "Then eat the same as me, let's have another order of potato chips and double ketchup!"

Luo Mai took Lin Haotian to dinner, and then taught him how to play games. At nine o'clock in the evening, Luo Jian called back to let them go to bed first.Luo Mai made a very strong request on the phone to sleep with Lin Haotian, and was very happy to get his father's approval.

It was almost twelve o'clock when Luo Jian came back.There was a mess on the dining table.Luo Jian took a shower, changed his clothes and went to his son's bedroom to watch. He gently opened the door and came in. Lin Haotian noticed it and sat up from the bed.

Luo Jian asked softly: "Can't sleep?"

Because of his mother, Lin Haotian never dared to sleep with others. When Luo Mai wanted to sleep with him, he didn't refute, so he was always awake.

Lin Haotian nodded hesitantly.

Luo Jian glanced at his sleeping son, and whispered to Lin Haotian, "Then get up, I just don't sleep yet."

Lin Haotian carefully got up from the quilt and followed Luo Jian downstairs.

Lin Haotian walked behind Luo Jian.When I went down the stairs, I saw his wet hair curled up, the slippers stepped on the stairs without a sound, and the broad shoulders gave people a sense of security.He probably used some kind of soap on his body, with a particularly pleasant smell.The short distance of one flight of stairs gave Lin Haotian a sense of attachment.

Luo Jian placed Lin Haotian on the high stool of the dining table, and went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator to look for milk. Lin Haotian stretched his neck slightly to look in. Luo Jian held the milk box and pointed with his finger, "Here is a cup of milk for you."

Luo Jian thought he couldn't sleep.

Luo Jian quickly got a large cup of milk in the small milk pot, and while the milk pot was bubbling, he put away the messy dining table.

Lin Haotian was ashamed of confiscating the table, but Luo Jian blocked him when he wanted to help.

"No, I'll do it."

Luo Jian is obviously familiar with all housework. After cleaning the table, the milk in the milk pot is ready.Luo Jian poured the milk into a cup with Transformers on it and handed it to Lin Haotian.

Lin Haotian obviously didn't know him, and looked at the yellow mecha suspiciously.

"Transformers, Autobots, a very cool guardian, Luo Mai likes it very much."

Lin Haotian was dubious, "Oh."

"Don't drink it yet, let it cool for a while, it's too hot."

Lin Haotian put the cup back in embarrassment.

Luo Jian was very casual, as if he had a rare leisure time, sitting opposite Lin Haotian, made a movement of touching the smoke, and stopped when he saw Lin Haotian opposite.

"You will enter junior high school next fall?"

Lin Haotian nodded, with a moment of sadness evident on his face.

"Where do you go to school?"

"In town."

Luo Jian thought for a while, clasped his idle hands naturally, and leaned forward. "Your mother, does anyone take care of her?"

Speaking of this, Lin Haotian lowered his head, and Luo Jian saw an obvious scar on the top of his head.

"I'm not going to go." Lin Haotian said softly.

Luo Jian: "Is it because there is no one to take care of my mother?"

"Yes……"

Luo Jian touched Lin Haotian's head, half of his palm covered his forehead, the strong feeling of dependence made Lin Haotian want to cry.Luo Jian rubbed his index finger on the top of Lin Haotian's head, comforting him softly, "Don't worry, I will find a way for you when the time comes."

Tired and helpless all the time, imprisoned by himself, but he is still half a child after all.At this moment, it was easily rushed away by Luo Jian's words.

Lin Haotian lowered his head, tears streaming down his face, he couldn't make a sound, "Mr. Luo, I really don't know what to do..."

Lin Haotian tried to hold back, but the emotional backlog was too long, and he couldn't control it at all.Luo Jian took the tissue on the table and handed it to him, and Lin Haotian suppressed his voice and wept.

Lin Haotian had no idea how long he had been crying, until the end he lost his strength, completely unconscious, and fell asleep unknowingly.

"Haotian?" Luo Jian shook him slightly.

Lin Haotian buried his face in his arms and did not move.

Luo Jian smiled slightly, but was so tired from crying that he fell asleep.

Sleeping on the table is definitely not enough, Luo Jian cleaned up a guest room in advance, carried the person there, covered him with a quilt, and then packed himself up and went to sleep.

Lin Haotian fell asleep in a daze, but the quality of his sleep was exceptionally good. He dreamed of a yellow-skinned Autobot, who carried him and ran forward faster than anyone else. disappeared.However, the Autobot refused to let him get down and run by himself, but Lin Haotian insisted on getting down, and ran forward with all his strength.But in reality, he jerked in bed and woke up.

The sun is shining outside the window.

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