you are with the light

Yu Zhongman squatted beside Gu Jinbei: "I thought you wouldn't recognize me. Even if it was worse, if your mother recognized me, you shouldn't recognize me."

Gu Jinbei didn't speak.

"You are 13 years old this year, are you in junior high school?"

Gu Jinbei still didn't speak.

Yu Zhongman was very patient, he kept looking for topics to chat with Gu Jinbei, and even sat down beside Gu Jinbei because he was tired from squatting.

"Why do you press the ants to death? This is also considered life." Yu Zhongman couldn't help but said when he saw him keep pressing the ants.

"When you walk, do you pay attention to the bottom of your feet? Do you know how many ants you have trampled to death?" Gu Jinbei's voice could not hear much emotional change, as if he was narrating an ordinary matter, " Why is killing unintentionally considered killing, and killing intentionally considered a crime?"

"That's a good question." Yu Zhongman smiled, "It's the same as killing people."

"There is a difference between manslaughter and intentional homicide. Let me tell you simply that manslaughter is unintentional, and intentional homicide is intentional. The punishment for the former will be lighter than that for the latter."

Gu Jinbei didn't want to hear him say these things, he resisted them wholeheartedly.He ignored Yu Zhongman and continued pressing his ants.

Yu Zhongman changed the subject again, and when he asked, "Are you friends with Chen Ke?", Gu Jinbei was finally willing to look up at him.

"Yes." Gu Jinbei said.His eyes were full of warnings, like a kitten showing its claws to the enemy, and issued a warning: Don't take my things!

Yu Zhongman smiled, he knew where Gu Jinbei's breakthrough was.

He should have thought earlier that children living in that kind of family are extremely lacking in love.They are eager to care and to be loved. Although they don't say it with their mouths, their hearts are much more honest than their mouths.

"A friend is a good thing." Yu Zhongman said, "You can share your happiness, sorrow, pain, and anger with him. Isn't there a saying that when you share your happiness with a friend, what you get is double Be happy; when you share your sorrows with a friend, your sorrows are halved."

"This sentence is wrong." Gu Jinbei corrected, "If it were me, I would not share my sadness with my friends."

Yu Zhongman looked at him, and Gu Jinbei continued to lower his head and press the ants on the ground.After a while, Gu Jinbei heard Yu Zhongman's sigh. He looked over and saw that Yu Zhongman had already got up.

Gu Jinbei finally remembered belatedly: "It's wrong to deceive other people's feelings."

Yu Zhongman said: "There is no absolute black and white in this world. I am a gray and white person."

When Chen Ke came home, he saw Gu Jinbei sitting at the door. The child was pressing his hands back and forth on the ground. He was still wearing the clothes from the morning, but they were already dry.

"Xiaobei." Chen Ke called him.

Gu Jinbei looked up and smiled when he saw him: "Brother Chen."

"Has your mother started beating you again?" Chen Ke came over and looked at Gu Jinbei's face carefully, but did not see any injuries.Gu Jinbei's exposed arm was also white and intact.

After so many years, he still didn't know that if a mother beat her child and didn't want to leave too obvious traces, she would leave her atrocities in a hidden place.

"No." Gu Jinbei said, "My mother doesn't beat me."

Chen Ke knew he was lying, but he didn't press him to ask.He just asked, "Will you come to our house for dinner?"

Gu Jinbei hesitated, but nodded.Chen Ke helped him up, and Gu Jinbei said "thank you".

There was no one at home, Yu Zhongman and Chen Wanran went out, but Gu Jinbei watched them go out.When Chen Wanran saw Gu Jinbei at the door, she was still a little surprised: "Why are you squatting here?"

Gu Jinbei said: "It's okay to be idle."

Chen Wanran wanted to say something else, but Yu Zhongman urged her to leave, so she had no choice but to leave.When she left, she turned her head a little worriedly: "You have the key to our house, you can go in and sit down."

Gu Jinbei raised his voice and answered her: "Okay!"

Chen Ke went into the kitchen to wash the vegetables, and Gu Jinbei went in to help.He likes staying with Chen Ke very much because he feels comfortable.He didn't know where to read the saying: "True friends don't need too many words, just getting along with each other is enough to make people feel comfortable." He felt that it made sense to put these words on them.

But Gu Jinbei felt a little uneasy, he always felt that he was going to leave Chen Ke.Because his stepfather started to touch Xia Yin's bottom line, he frantically tried on the verge of death, and sooner or later he would be executed by Xia Yin.

When Xia Yin loves someone, she really loves, but when she kills the person she loves, she is also really ruthless.Gu Jinbei knows her well, so sometimes she feels a little pathetic.

If Xia Yin killed her current stepfather, it meant they would move again.Moving was commonplace for Gu Jinbei in the past, but for him who has lived a stable life for several years now, it is a dead end that he will not take until the last moment.He doesn't want to move, doesn't want to leave Chen Ke, his request is only these, very small and humble, but sometimes it is difficult to achieve.

After dinner, Chen Ke asked Gu Jinbei if he wanted to go for a walk.Gu Jinbei knew that he should go home now, but he couldn't resist the temptation and agreed.

The two walked to the river. The river was still the same, and many people gathered at night. Chen Ke took Gu Jinbei and followed the large army for a long time. When it was dark, scattered street lights were turned on.

"It will rain in a few days." Chen Ke said, "It's just the season. It is estimated that it will rain for a long time. When it rains, the river will have high tide, so you don't usually come here."

"Ah."

"But after it rains, the sky by the river will become very beautiful." Chen Ke said, "I'll show you around then."

"Okay." Gu Jinbei said, "You have to remember."

The two walked home slowly, passing by a popsicle seller, and Chen Ke bought two.

Gu Jinbei followed Chen Ke home, and when he saw the closed door of his house, a bold idea suddenly came to his mind.

He'd never done it before, but this time he was thrilled when the idea came to him.

"My mother is not at home today." Gu Jinbei said without changing his expression, "Can I stay at your place?"

Chen Ke did not doubt that he was there: "Okay."

When Gu Jinbei followed Chen Ke into the door, his calves were trembling unconsciously.He knew what kind of storm would be waiting for him tomorrow, but at this moment, he was a warrior who looked down on death.

Gu Jinbei went to take a shower and changed into Chen Ke's clothes.Now he is very proficient at rubbing the bed at Chen Ke's house, and Chen Ke doesn't feel bad.As long as he is not honest with each other, he has no idea.

"Maybe we can go to the river to take a bath." Gu Jinbei said suddenly when he was lying on the bed and watching Chen Ke pick up his clothes.

Chen Ke has grown a lot in the past few years, and has already given birth to the tall and straight figure of a young man.He was wearing a vest, with well-proportioned muscles on his exposed arms and a beautiful backline.

"Okay." Chen Ke took the clothes, "wait for a few days, I have no vacation recently."

"Ah."

After Chen Ke took a shower, he wiped his hair and entered the room.He wiped it randomly a few times, and when he felt that there would be no more drips, he put the towel aside.

"I also want to have muscles." Gu Jinbei still didn't sleep, lying on the bed and staring at him with wide eyes, "I still want to be taller than you."

"When you reach my age, you will grow taller." Chen Ke lifted the quilt, sat up, and the bath milk mixed with the smell of fish floated into Gu Jinbei's nose, "Or drink more milk, the future star?"

"I'm past the age of drinking this kind of milk." Gu Jinbei said, "And drinking milk won't build muscle."

"If you want to grow, you can shake the pot more, and you will grow a little more after a long time." Chen Ke said, and lifted the quilt a little bit by the way, revealing his fair legs.

Is it because of physical defects, his body hair is very little, so his legs look smooth, but he himself doesn't like such legs, every time he sees them, he will have an indescribable feeling for himself disgust.

Gu Jinbei was still very interested in Chen Ke's muscles. He wanted to touch them, so he said coquettishly: "Can I touch your muscles?"

Chen Ke said generously, "Touch it."

Gu Jinbei stood up with his arms propped up, moved to Chen Ke's side, and reached out to touch Chen Ke's muscles.

Chen Ke's skin was soft and smooth, and when he touched it, he couldn't feel the dormant power inside.But Gu Jinbei poked it lightly with his hand, and he could feel the hardness inside.

Gu Jinbei's hand was very hot, and it made people feel strangely uncomfortable when it fell on Chen Ke's muscles.Chen Ke moved unnaturally: "How about it, it's okay."

Gu Jinbei nodded, retracted his hand, and lay down again: "I think the future star can't be broken."

He felt that Chen Ke had slowly grown into a man, while he was still a child.He doesn't like this confrontation, it makes him feel powerless.

Chen Ke was amused by his words: "Okay, you work hard. Try to surpass me in the future."

"I will." Gu Jinbei is very ambitious, "I will grow much taller than you."

Gu Jinbei got up early in the morning, and when he got out of bed, Chen Ke woke up in a daze, and asked him in a nasal voice, "Why don't you sleep for a while?"

"I'm going home." Gu Jinbei said, his mind was so clear at the moment, as if he was sober and aching after taking essential oil, "Go to sleep for a while, it's still early."

Indeed, it was still early, and the sky had not yet dawned.Chen Ke thought so, but fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

Gu Jinbei left Chen's house and opened his own door with a key.The light in the living room was on, Xia Yin sat under the light, her face was frighteningly pale.

Gu Jinbei walked over.

"Your wings are quite stiff." Xia Yin said, "You are challenging my bottom line."

"I'm sorry." Gu Jinbei said, "It won't happen in the future."

"Come here, don't stay so far away from me." Xia Yin waved to him, "Come here."

Gu Jinbei walked over.

Xia Yin slapped him on the face, the huge impact caused him to tilt his head, and his face instantly ached like a fire.

"I'm left with you." Xia Yin said, but her tone couldn't tell any weakness, "You can't leave me."

Gu Jinbei said: "Has it been decided?"

"Yes." Xia Yin said, "Yes."

Gu Jinbei turned his head, he looked at Xia Yin, Xia Yin's eyes were full of hesitation just like his.Maybe she fell in love with her stepfather, maybe she didn't, maybe even she couldn't tell whether it was love or not.

"Then can we not move?" Gu Jinbei said, after thinking about it, he still expressed his inner desire, "I don't want to leave Brother Chen."

Unexpectedly, Xia Yin was not angry.She asked Gu Jinbei, with a negotiating tone: "What do you think should be done? Or teach me."

Gu Jinbei can't teach her.

"Okay, I'll go back to my room first." Gu Jinbei said, "Uncle Yang is next door."

"I know, I also met." Xia Yin's voice was faintly tired, "Go back to your room, I don't want to hit you today."

Gu Jinbei took a few steps and looked back at Xia Yin.Xia Yin sat on the sofa, she didn't know what she was thinking, her eyes were empty.

Chen Wanran was immersed in love and was so fascinated that she didn't know where to go. This love was like timely rain, watering her increasingly dry heart.But Chen Ke is different, as an outsider, he can see clearly that this uncle does not really like Chen Wanran.

When you like someone, you can pretend with your actions, but not with your eyes.

Pretend to like someone, apart from asking for something, Chen Ke can't think of the second possibility.

Chen Ke knew that Chen Wanran, who was caught in a love trap, would not listen to a bad word, but he still wanted to make it clear to Yu Zhongman.Now Chen Wanran stays at home more often, because she has stopped her career.Yu Zhongman will give her a sum of money every month, no more, no less, enough to cover daily expenses.

When Chen Ke came home at night, they were both there. Chen Wanran was sitting on the sofa talking to Yu Zhongman, smiling so hard that her eyes narrowed, and fine wrinkles formed around her.

Seeing Chen Ke, Chen Wanran also smiled: "You're back, I've cooked and I'll wait for you."

Before Chen Wanran got married, she cooked all the meals at home, and when she got married, she still cooked all the meals at home.The food she cooks is delicious, but since Chen Ke learned to cook, she has never cooked it again. In her words: "I'm tired of cooking."

Chen Ke brought out the meal, and the three of them had dinner.After dinner, Chen Ke went to wash the dishes, and the two of them went out for a walk.After Chen Ke washed the dishes, he prepared the meal and sent it to Mrs. Chen.

Chen Wanran hopes to show her best side to the person she loves, so she didn't tell Yu Zhongman about the existence of the old lady Chen.Perhaps without her realizing it, her attachment to her mother had turned into loathing.

Mrs. Chen has been tamed to be as quiet as a puppy in recent years. When Chen Ke brought her food, she didn't even dare to stab her vicious eyes.

After Mrs. Chen finished her meal, Chen Ke left.He knew that there was a lot of gossip, but he didn't care about it, and Chen Wanran didn't care, they were people who lived outside this small town, so they wouldn't be disturbed by it.

When he got home, Yu Zhongman sat on the sofa in his house, and when he saw Chen Ke, he said, "Your mother is taking a bath."

Chen Ke glanced at him, then walked in front of him.He thought he was very imposing and said, "Shall we talk?"