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Slipper ran out, took a closer look, then looked at the person standing on one side, and said inexplicably, "It looks good." The tip of Lin Ming's nose turned red, like another snowman with a red nose.He shook off the arm on his shoulder, rubbed his hands with his back slightly arched, and said, "You don't wear socks."

"It's not cold, you don't wear gloves yet."

"That's because I'm afraid of getting my hands wet."

Chapter 21

But paper cannot contain fire.

Is Lin Ming hiding from me on purpose?Lin Qiao thought.

A few days ago, he was flipping through the photos of Lin Ming when he was a child at home, and he caught a glimpse of him from the door.They sleep in separate rooms, but none of them have bad sleeping habits, and they usually don't close their doors at night.He saw Lin Ming standing at the door, holding a kettle in one hand, looking straight at him with a pair of eyes.

Lin Qiao subconsciously covered the things with the quilt, thinking, it's over.

But Lin Ming left again with the kettle in his hand.

Once Lin Qiao was in a hurry to get angry, he could not eat spicy food because of mouth ulcers.While he was in pain, he thought about Lin Ming who might have fallen asleep at school, it was extremely complicated.It's not that he didn't have a good imagination about the future of the two of them. The best thing is that Lin Ming suddenly found that he likes him, and then everything will be logical.

But the chances of that happening are basically zero.

Lin Ming obviously never thought about it, he simply regarded him as an older relative and a friend of the same age.

But now he avoids him, avoids him, and once in a while, he only tells a few words about his life and hangs up on the pretext of studying.And before, he clearly told him that going to school would not delay his study.

But Lin Ming on the other side didn't put down his book and fall asleep as he imagined.

Lin Ming sat in front of the table, not in the mood to read.

He asked someone in the same dormitory—the person claimed to be experienced—if there is a person who often looks at your photos before going to bed, and you don’t feel disgusted by kissing him, what will happen?What's more, that person has always cared for you with special care.

The roommate said firmly: "I like you!"

"He's older than me—could it be elder-style care?" To be honest, he has been telling himself this way.He hadn't experienced much love from his elders either.Lin Changxi naturally never gave the slightest bit of soft words, and the mother who left early has become a noun with no concept.It seemed that there was only one Lin Qiao in his life for many years, and he never left after he came in.

Like a ray of light.

But the roommate still told him firmly: "Impossible."

Although he hides a gender attribute, does it have a big impact on the final result?He and Lin Qiao were sitting on the bed watching TV during the Chinese New Year. Lin Qiao leaned against the back wall and laughed happily. He suddenly embraced him and kissed him on the cheek naturally.He also kissed Lin Qiao, but it always felt weird.

"It's true that he's been too kind to me," Lin Ming thought, "but is it wrong to be nice? Do I suspect that he likes me because he is gentler and more careful to me than others?"

He had seen Lin Qiao scolding Song Hui through the phone, like a dragon breathing fire.Song Hui is a lazy person. He has been in love for countless times in his twenties. It is said that he called Lin Qiao that time to tell Lin Qiao that he seemed to have a son. It was the woman who came to the door with the child in her arms.Lin Qiao probably couldn't stand scolding the "friendship" they had accumulated since childhood.

But Lin Qiao hadn't gotten particularly angry with him yet.

He remembered that a few years ago before Lin Qiao broke up with Ke Xue, Lin Qiao took him for a walk in a reed near the automobile company.The reeds were all dead, their stumps stuck in the wet ground.The climate was cold that year, and there was a goose feather snow in February, and there were yellow withered grasses all around the water.

He ran to the other side and got behind the reeds.Lin Qiao squatted on the bank of the water and smoked.He usually doesn't like smoking and drinking, and likes games a little more, but he left school too early, so he naturally learned many adult problems, and he would frown his eyebrows and smoke when he was annoyed.

The grass is very dry and there will be a slight sound when you step on it.He heard someone approaching and saw Lin Qiao's girlfriend whom he hadn't seen for a few days through the bushes.She was wearing a pink down jacket, her black hair was loose, and she was wrapped in a thick plaid scarf, which made her face very white, with curved eyebrows and eyes.Seeing Lin Qiao turn his head, he seemed to be smiling slightly.

"It really is you?"

"You didn't go home?"

"You forgot again. I am studying and working at the same time. I will join the company on the seventh day of junior high school. I will graduate in a few months."

The girl said again: "I saw you coming here with a little boy upstairs. At first I thought I was wrong."

Lin Qiao swept in his direction, but he didn't see his shadow, and then he answered: "That's a neighbor's child of mine, something happened to his family, it's more troublesome."

The girl laughed again: "You are so kind."

The wind blew over, and a few strands of the girl's hair fell on her face, and she brushed it away. At this time, he also showed his head from the wind, on the other side.

Lin Qiao stood up, walked to the girl, and called him loudly.Although he was young, he also knew that his existence was a bit embarrassing, and he was not sure whether to go there. He was called out, so he had to run back around the water. "Sister." He called out, looking at the girl unobtrusively.The girl showed dimples on her dimples and said to Lin Qiao, "He looks so good-looking." He blushed embarrassingly.Seeing that there was nothing else to do with him, Lin Qiao let him play while walking around the reeds with the girl.The girl wore a pair of rabbit gloves, showing a few frozen fingers. She walked in front of Lin Qiao, with her back facing the road, and put her hands in Lin Qiao's pockets.Lin Qiao couldn't help laughing, and stretched out his hand to support the girl's waist

The girl probably raised her head, and behind them he only saw the girl's extra fluffy pink skirt: her voice was gentle and soft, like water.At that time, he was pulling weeds in the back boredly, and looked over from time to time.He saw Lin Qiao take a few steps, lowered his head, and lightly touched the girl's side face.The scene is beautiful, the people are beautiful, the voice is beautiful, and the relationship seems beautiful too.

But Lin Qiao didn't feel as sad as he imagined after the breakup, as if it was just a good memory from the past, if it's gone, it's gone.

Chapter 22

The month of the college entrance examination soon arrived in the midst of unbearable study.

Lin Ming worked harder than Lin Qiao thought.

He had already changed the phone call from once a week to once every two weeks. Lin Qiao found that under the tacit avoidance of himself and Lin Ming, the relationship that was originally connected like gummy candy was no longer inseparable.The bonding between the two of them is becoming thinner and thinner with the distance, and Lin Qiao can imagine that it will continue to fade.

"Lin Qiao?"

Lin Ming showed a surprised expression when he saw the person walking in.

He was not only surprised, but also a little guilty——does he really like me?Or just caring?

"I know you're nervous about studying, so I'll bring you some food and go back."

He also showed the guilt of a teenager, after all, they are not related by blood, right? He can rarely accept the kindness of an older brother frankly, like honey, but also like a burden. He feels both happy and sad about it.

But he didn't notice that Lin Qiao had actually lost a lot of weight these days, his eye sockets were slightly sunken, and there was a blue shadow in his eyes that couldn't be hidden.Lin Qiao's complexion has always been fair, but after staying up late for a long time, Bai has become haggard. He is very sleepy, but it is difficult to fall asleep.He didn't tell Lin Ming that he had another small accident two days ago.My colleague's car was hit by a van behind him on the way out for a party. It was not serious, but because he forgot to fasten his seat belt, he hit the side wall of the car under the impact.At that moment he was very dizzy, but it was only a slight concussion.The thing that really upset him had nothing to do with it, but it was as unexpected as an accident, someone told him that Lin Ming was not Lin Changxi's son.

"Lin Ming doesn't seem to be Lin Changxi's son." Officer Wang sat on the mahogany chair facing him, and said seriously.

Lin Qiao was dumbfounded, fireworks were crackling in his head, he was incapable of accepting reality.

Officer Wang said again: "This is not a particularly important matter, but I think it should be very important to Lin Ming."

"Then whose is he?"

"I don't know. A few days ago, our police caught a gang of abducting and trafficking women. You should also know that there were many such people in the early years. They abducted women from remote places and sold them to those who were too old to marry wives. Men. Several members of this gang are from Lin Changxi's hometown, and Lin Ming's mother was kidnapped."

"Then why do you say that Lin Ming is not Lin Changxi's son?"

"Someone said something casually, probably meaning that Lin Ming's mother was pregnant before being sold to Lin Changxi, but it was not obvious at the time, and Lin Changxi probably didn't know that Lin Ming was not his own."

Although shocked, Lin Qiao felt that it should be taken for granted.Lin Ming's outstanding appearance, and his mother...as if things were supposed to be like this.He may have had a harmonious and beautiful family, his parents loved him, and his life was carefree, or his original father was not a responsible person.

"Will his mother still be found?"

"It was too difficult. The conditions were so backward at that time, and many people's household registrations were fake."

Lin Qiao believes that even after so many years, if you really miss your child, blood relationship is the most difficult relationship to let go.But Lin Ming's mother might not care that much about her flesh and blood, she has already escaped from that place.

"I'm just telling you this. It doesn't matter who his father is. You have raised the child for so many years. You are not relatives