Jinling love story

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"I help?"

"I know you have always regarded Xia Ranjiang as your own. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I really can't repay you. I believe that for Xia Ranjiang's future, you should also help me. I admit that I have selfish intentions. So For years, I have been burdened by this guilt. I also want to have this opportunity to make amends."

"You mother should make up for it." Yan Ru finally calmed down. "I understand this kid. If he comes here suddenly today, he will definitely not be able to think about it, and he probably won't be able to persuade him for a while. Why don't you do this, come back in two days, and I will give him a vaccination first. When he is not so resistant , come again. I will call you when the time comes."

After running for an unknown amount of time, Xia Ranjiang arrived home and sat down on the threshold.Holding her knees with her hands, she couldn't help crying.

Xia Ranjiang couldn't remember how many times similar scenes had happened.When I was young, I was ridiculed by my classmates, saying that his mother ran away with someone.Xia Ranjiang was very angry.After a fight, Xia Ranjiang returned home in a mess, sat on the threshold and cried hysterically.At that time, Xia Ranjiang always knew that her mother was still there, but she left and never came back.Loss, sadness, despair, all kinds of emotions locked Xia Ranjiang firmly like shackles, making him unable to move.

But today, when his mother stood in front of him, Xia Ranjiang realized that the shackles on his neck were just his own illusion, and he panicked for a moment, at a loss as to what to do.That strange yet familiar face has repeatedly appeared in dreams over the past ten years, comforting Xia Ranjiang's lonely and restless soul.All this seemed to Xia Ranjiang a long, long dream, but it was time to wake up from this dream.

Xia Ranjiang buried his head deeply in his arms, sobbing nonstop.At this time, I felt that there was someone sitting next to me.Xia Ranjiang thought it was grandma.In order to prevent her grandma from seeing her embarrassment, Xia Ranjiang tried her best to stop her sobbing.

"Grandma, you go back, it's cold outside, I'll sit for a while."

A hand rested on Xia Ranjiang's neck.

This kind of strength and touch made Xia Ranjiang feel as if he had been charged.

"Why are you sad again?"

Xia Ranjiang raised his head abruptly, tears were already forming on his cheeks, and his eye circles were red.

In front of him, Tong Zhe was raising his head slightly, trying to squeeze out a smile, even his eyes were wet.

"Tong Zhe!"

Xia Ranjiang was about to shout, but turned his head to the other side as hard as he could, leaning his body to the outside.

"I am here."

Tong Zhe put his arms around Xia Ranjiang, touched Xia Ranjiang's ear with his chin, and smelled the coat greedily.

I thought that Xia Ranjiang would come over, but to Tong Zhe's surprise, Xia Ranjiang pushed him away, and the previously surprised expression suddenly became terribly gloomy.

"Are you stupid?"

Tong Zhe was a little embarrassed, thinking that Xia Ranjiang was joking.

"What are you doing here?"

Tong Zhe couldn't believe his eyes.It's just that I haven't seen him for a few days, and Xia Ranjiang in front of me is already a different person.

"I came all the way to find you."

Tong Zhe is also planning to tell Xia Ranjiang his feat of crossing mountains and rivers and single-handedly fighting against monkeys into a story, but the current situation means that Tong Zhe will not have such an opportunity.

"Are you kidding me...Xia Ranjiang."

As Tong Zhe spoke, his eyes were forcibly narrowed.With his hands open, Xia Ranjiang was about to step forward, but Xia Ranjiang retreated decisively.

"Go back."

Xia Ranjiang lowered his head, jumped into the threshold, and was about to close the door, but Tong Zhe blocked it with his hand.

"What's wrong with you?"

Tong Zhe finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and desperately resisted the door.

"Did my dad tell you something? His words don't count. He is him, and I am me. Hey, my hand..."

"You'd better go back. It's not good for neighbors to see such a disturbance."

"It's fine to go back, you have to go back with me. Don't forget that you are still in school and haven't had a holiday yet. What is it if you come back suddenly?"

"It's none of your business."

"It has nothing to do with me? I ran all the way here, lost my phone, lost my wallet, was injured all over my body, and was almost beaten to death by a monkey. You say it has nothing to do with me? In order to qualify you for the competition, I almost killed you Myself, this has nothing to do with me? Are you kidding, Xia Ranjiang?"

"You go."

"Okay. I, Tong Zhe, misunderstood you."

Before Tong Zhe could finish speaking, the door slammed shut.

For a moment, Tong Zhe was a little annoyed and a little dazed.Looking around, except for a black cat lying under a bare tree in the distance, with its head buried between its front legs and whimpering, there was no one in sight.Tong Zhe's mind went blank, and he slowly walked forward to pet the black cat.But the black cat stood up vigilantly, turned around and ran away with its tail upright.

Tong Zhe squatted at the place where the black cat lay on his stomach just now, with his back against the big tree, and sighed long.

"I don't believe it yet."

Tong Zhe slammed his fist on the tree heavily, and the dead leaves rustled down, and the piled up dead leaves almost buried Tong Zhe's ankles.

"Fortunately, at least it won't freeze at night."

Tong Zhe looked at the fallen leaves on the ground, laughing at himself, with a sore nose.

It was getting dark.Tong Zhe gathered the fallen leaves and piled them into a pile. Apart from being a bit prickly, it also felt soft when sitting on it, and even leaned against the big tree and took a nap.The past few days are really too tired, and I am always under mental tension.But now that he finally saw Xia Ranjiang, and Xia Ranjiang was just a short distance away, Tong Zhe's hanging heart also fell.

In the middle of the night, a gust of cold wind blew through, and Tong Zhe woke up shivering from the cold.Looking around, Wan Lai was silent.The door in front of him didn't seem to be open.

"You let me go, but I won't go. I'll stay here and see when you can come out."

Tong Zhe was full of sleep, and all the grievances in his heart were swept away, and he began to fight for himself, shouting at the door.

Tong Zhe still had ten yuan in his pocket, so he searched around and found a canteen.After buying bread and mineral water, taking advantage of the store's inattention, he walked away from the cardboard boxes piled up outside the door, and returned to Xia Ranjiang's house contentedly.

Tong Zhe built a shed out of cardboard boxes—not so much a shed, but a quilt, which can cover his body and protect him from wind and cold.Tong Zhe felt very comfortable taking a sip of bread and water.After the problem of fullness and warmth is resolved, nothing else matters.

With a cardboard box, the pile of fallen leaves is useless.On a whim, Tong Zhe wanted to build a fire, so that he would feel like camping.

Tong Zhe recalled the scene of camping in the wild with his father when he was a child.At that time, his father taught him how to strike a stone to make fire.Tong Zhe took a closer look and secretly rejoiced—there are a few pebbles under the tree!

"There is no way out of heaven."

Tong Zhe picked up a few stones, and the texture seemed to be exactly the same as the ones he used when he was a child.Tong Zhe approached the pile of dead leaves, two stones quickly rubbed against each other, sparks burst out, but the sparks were not big, and went out as soon as he jumped up.Unwilling to give up, Tong Zhe increased his strength and speed, and smelled a burnt smell, and there were more and more sparks, and they became bigger and bigger.Suddenly, a drop of sparks landed on the dead leaves, and immediately burned a small hole. There was a circle of fire around the edge of the hole, which continued to expand until it spread to other dead leaves.A burst of thick smoke rose from the pile of dead leaves, and a group of small flames shot up from below. The flames immediately engulfed the pile of dead leaves. The heat wave hit, and Tong Zhe's face turned red.

Tong Zhe stared at the fire and smiled slightly.He took apart the cardboard box, found a flat ground to make a bed, and covered his body with the remaining cardboard.As soon as I lay down, the wound on my leg was aching again.Tong Zhe changed his posture, and the pain seemed to ease a little.In a daze, Tong Zhe fell asleep again.

I don't know how long I slept, and I don't know if I was dreaming. Tong Zhe was awakened by a cry.Rubbing his eyes, he felt that the surroundings were full of fire.

"It's on fire, it's on fire..."

Tong Zhe shuddered in shock and quickly stood up.Not far away, two young men were carrying buckets to water the cowshed. The cowshed had been engulfed by the fire, and there was crackling noise inside, and it was in danger of collapsing at any moment.

Tong Zhe thought that it was broken, and it must be the fault of his fire just now.

"Is there someone in there? Today I saw a beggar coming here, don't sleep in it..."

At this time, the gate opened, and Xia Ranjiang ran out with his clothes on, and ran straight to the cowshed.

"Hey, Xiao Ran, why are you going? It's dangerous!"

"Inside, is there anyone inside?"

"I don't know yet, let's put out the fire first!"

"Tong Zhe, Tong Zhe, are you inside? Where are you?"

Xia Ranjiang's voice became hoarse, almost crying.He tried to rush into the cowshed, but the burning wood kept breaking and falling from the shed.

Just as Xia Ranjiang was about to rush in again, a hand behind him held Xia Ranjiang tightly, and Xia Ranjiang broke free with all his strength.

"Don't drag me, I'm going in to save people..."

"Xia Ranjiang!"

With this roar, Xia Ranjiang was stunned.At this time, a crackling piece of wood fell from the top of Xia Ranjiang's head, and the hand grabbed Xia Ranjiang's collar and quickly pulled Xia Ranjiang's whole body back.The wooden block hit Xia Ranjiang's toes and scattered into countless sparks.

Xia Ranjiang turned his head, and Tong Zhe was standing in front of him.Under the light of the fire, Tong Zhe's cheeks were golden and copper-colored, his broken hair drooped on his forehead, the tip of his nose was a little dusty, and the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, which looked extraordinarily funny.

No surprises.Xia Ranjiang finally came to his senses.Tong Zhe smiled strangely at Xia Ranjiang, and was about to stretch his hand around Xia Ranjiang's neck, but Xia Ranjiang silently blocked it, turned and walked back.

"Okay, okay, everyone, stop splashing, the fire is almost out."

Tong Zhe is like a child who has done something wrong, staring at Xia Ranjiang's background, not knowing where to put his hands, holding the corner of his clothes with one hand, and rubbing the back of his butt with the other.

At this time, Xia Ranjiang stopped, and Tong Zhe looked at Xia Ranjiang expectantly.

"What are you still doing there?"

"okay!"

These words seem to be a great encouragement to Tong Zhe.Tong Zhe ran over, trying to grab Xia Ranjiang's hand again, but Xia Ranjiang avoided it again.

"come in."

Xia Ranjiang pushed open the door and let Tong Zhe in.

"Go take a shower first. Look at your dirty body, it's all rotten." Xia Ranjiang locked the door. "I'm going to boil some water for you."

"I have no clothes." Tong Zhe sat down on the bamboo stool at the door, shaking his eyebrows at Xia Ranjiang. "Can I borrow your clothes?"

Xia Ranjiang didn't speak, went straight into the back room, rummaged for a long time, found a set of underwear and threw it to Tong Zhe.

After taking a shower, Tong Zhe felt refreshed all over, and walked out of the bathroom trembling with his waist down, and sneezed heavily.

"Why don't you turn on the air conditioner in such a cold day?"

"Don't push yourself too hard." Xia Ranjiang boiled another pot of water, ready to wash his face again. "The conditions here in my house are not so good, so you can make do with it. Wear more if you are afraid of the cold."

"Hey, where do I sleep tonight?"

"I'll make you a bed."

While Xia Ranjiang was busy in the kitchen, Tong Zhe looked around and tiptoed over to a small room.Gently pushing the door open, Tong Zhe was frightened by the ups and downs of snoring inside, closing the door with a "bang".

"Who?"

"Grandma, it's okay, a friend is here."

Xia Ranjiang hurried out of the kitchen, grabbed Tong Zhe, and tightened his grip on his room.

"Just stay here honestly, don't run around." Xia Ranjiang gave Tong Zhe a hard look. "Don't make any noise either, do you hear me?"

Tong Zhe nodded heavily, and smiled at Xia Ranjiang with his face up.

Tong Zhe sat cross-legged on Xia Ranjiang's bed, looking around every corner of the bedroom.The stacks of books on the bookshelf in the corner caught Tong Zhe's attention.Tong Zhe brushed the spines of the rows of books with his fingers, and silently read the titles in his mouth.These books are obviously old, the paper is rough to the touch, the corners of the books are yellowed, some seem to have been eaten by bookworms, and there are large and small wormholes.

"What are you looking at?"

The door creaked open.Xia Ranjiang walked in wiping her hair.

"You don't understand."

Xia Ranjiang sat on the edge of the bed and put the towel on the back of the chair.

"Hey, who is this?"

Holding a book, Tong Zhe sat down next to Xia Ranjiang with his slippers on, and took out a photo from the back cover. In the photo, a woman was wearing a polka-patterned dress, with curly hair, leaning on a stone, smiling like a flower.

"my mother."

"I think it's your mother. It really looks like you."

"Go to sleep. It's been a long day today. I'm exhausted."

Xia Ranjiang seemed a little impatient, grabbed the books and photos, and put them back on the bookshelf.

"Then do you want me to pinch it for you to relieve it?"

"Get lost." Xia Ranjiang kicked Tong Zhe away angrily. "No matter how dishonest you are, you can live in the cowshed. I'll carry the stove over to you so that you won't freeze to death."

Turning off the lights, the outside fell into silence again, only the rustling sound of the howling cold wind hitting the window edge.

After a long time, Tong Zhe tilted his head and stared at Xia Ranjiang's profile.The moonlight hit Xia Ranjiang's face through the window, and his forehead, nose, lips, and chin formed an undulating ridge.

"sleep."

Suddenly, there was a change in the ridge line, and two words popped out lazily.

"You're not asleep." Tong Zhe propped his head up with one hand.

"sleep."

"I can't sleep. I have a question for you."

Tong Zhe patted Xia Ranjiang's chest lightly.

"Ask tomorrow. I'm sleepy."

"Anyway, you can't sleep, so chat with me. Besides, you're free tomorrow."

Xia Ranjiang sat up suddenly, picked up the pillow and covered Tong Zhe's head.

"Keep you awake, keep you awake..."

"Okay, okay, I'll sleep, I'll sleep..." Tong Zhe hurriedly begged for mercy.

Xia Ranjiang put down the pillow and flattened it, hit his head heavily on it, turned over and lay on his side, with his back to Tong Zhe.

However, Xia Ranjiang seemed unable to fall asleep either, tossing and turning, sometimes putting his hands on his chest, sometimes holding the back of his head, sometimes arching his legs, sometimes crossing his legs.

"Hey, I'm sleeping, what are you doing?"

"It's all you idiot."

"Then would you like to chat with me? I have a bunch of questions I want to ask you."

"Go ahead."

Xia Ranjiang sat up, put a pillow behind her head, and crossed her hands on her stomach.

"Why are you so angry with me all of a sudden?"

"Didn't you ask knowingly?"

"My dad has looked for you, but at most he doesn't want us to associate with each other, but don't you know me? At worst, just keep him from knowing."

"It's not just these, your dad... hey, forget it, let's not talk about it."

Xia Ranjiang hesitated to speak.What I saw and heard in the past few days showed that the real cause of Xia Ranjiang's father's death had a lot to do with Tong Zhe's father.Originally, he planned to be a stranger in the end of the world, but this feeling of love and hate always left Xia Ranjiang with a little nostalgia, and it made him more and more painful.

"He only comes back for a few days a year, but it just so happened that he found out about the two of us."

Tong Zhe moved to Xia Ranjiang's side.

"Besides, the two of us are just not completely independent now. Aren't you applying for the sophomore year, then we are in the same year. After graduation, we will go abroad together, go to the same country, go to the same school, Then stay permanently, get a green card, never come back, and be happy like a fairy, okay?"

"What kind of person do you think your father is?"

"My Father?"

Tong Zhe was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Xia Ranjiang to ask himself back.

"He has always been like this. I have been beaten by him since I was a child. You don't know how much I hate him. But he is strict, but he is very kind. You may think that my family's conditions are good now, but there used to be It was very difficult for a period of time, all the projects he did were losing money, and he was involved in lawsuits. He had no choice but to go to Africa to do projects, otherwise who would want to go there, it was hard and tiring and far away from home.”

Tong Zhe seems to have opened up the chatter box, talking about interesting things in his childhood while recalling.The more Tong Zhe talked, the more excited he became. Xia Ranjiang originally wanted to express the speculation that he had hidden in his heart for several days, but he slowly dispelled this idea when he spoke.

"Why do you suddenly ask so many things about my dad and don't care much about me?"

"What do you care about? It's not a good time now."

"Huh? I suddenly found a problem." Tong Zhe moved his face in front of Xia Ranjiang.

"What's the problem?"

"When it was on fire just now, how did you know I was inside?" Tong Zhe asked with wide-eyed eyes.

"Guess."

Xia Ranjiang held Tong Zhe's face in his hands and turned it aside.

"Is it because you were watching me no matter what I was doing outside just now?" Tong Zhe squinted his eyes and smirked.

"You still have the nerve to say that you burned down the cowshed in one fire. Fortunately, it was empty, otherwise you would expect to lose money."

"I didn't start the fire either. I was doing good deeds, and I burned all the dead branches and leaves I collected, so as not to have to deal with the garbage. Who knew that a gust of wind would blow the fire to the cowshed."

"What dead branches and rotten leaves? You picked up straw after straw that was fed to other people's cattle."

"Haha, sure enough you're spying on me. Hey, that's weird, how did you do it?"

Tong Zhe stared closely at Xia Ranjiang's flustered eyes, and keenly caught Xia Ranjiang's glance towards the window.

Tong Zhe got out of bed immediately and opened the window screen.By the moonlight, I can vaguely see the cardboard box I slept in just now, and the ashes left by the burning.

"I see."

Tong Zhe closed the curtains, climbed onto Xia Ranjiang's body, and buried his ears in Xia Ranjiang's chest.

"what?"

"Listen to your heart."

"What did you hear?"

"Your conscience is condemning you. Said that you care about me so much and love me so much, but you always put on a cold and indifferent attitude."

Xia Ranjiang grabbed Tong Zhe's shoulders, pressed Tong Zhe on the bed, and put his ears on Tong Zhe's chest. He heard Tong Zhe's fast and powerful heartbeat, and felt the warmth of this heart's pacing.

"Your conscience says you are naive, that you are too stupid to ignore your own safety for the sake of your own feelings."

"So what if I'm stupid? Whether I'm safe or not is not in my body, but in my heart. With you by my side, I can truly feel safe. Didn't my conscience tell you, am I at ease now?"

"Cut, say one thing and one thing, and you will say some sweet words."

"This is my truth." Tong Zhe curled his lips proudly. "Hey, what do you think of my suggestion just now? Even if my family has objections, we will have no worries when we go out in the future. I have already thought about it. Don't you like the sea? From now on, we will buy a small beach by the sea. Bieye, watch the flowers bloom and wither, the clouds roll and the clouds relax, the seagulls fly, and the waves bloom.”

"Sleep and sleep, you will continue to surf tomorrow."

☆、Chapter 22

Early the next morning, Xia Ranjiang woke up in a daze.Before opening his eyes, he tentatively stretched out his hand to wake Tong Zhe up, but after swiping up and down for a long time, there was nothing but bedding and pillows.Suddenly, there was a burst of hearty laughter outside the door, Xia Ranjiang's heart sank, and he quickly threw off the quilt and jumped out of bed.

"Grandma, at your age, there are not many people with ruddy complexions like yours. I thought you would be 40 at most this year."

"You kid is really good at joking, you're old, you're useless, you're confused... hey, what's your name?"

"Tong Zhe, the 'Tong' of 'Fairy Tale', the 'Zhe' of 'Philosophy'."

"Oh, Tong this?"

"It's not Tong Zai, it's Tong Zhe, just-goose-zhe."

"Oh, Tong Zhe, Tong Zhe. Haha, look, my ears are not good anymore."

"Then let me turn up the TV volume for you. Didn't you just say that you like to watch Chinese medicine programs, then I'll watch them with you, just so I know something about it."

"You still know Chinese medicine."

"Yes, my grandfather is an old Chinese doctor."

"My old bones, half of my body has been buried in the ground, and my whole body is full of diseases."

"How can you be sick? With your physical condition, as long as you walk around more and bask in the sun, you can live another hundred or eighty years without any problem."

"A hundred and eighty years? Then I'm really an old monster...haha..."

Grandma Xia Ranjiang held Tong Zhe's palm tightly and patted it lightly from time to time.Xia Ranjiang stood outside the door and watched, with an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"Tong Zhe, come out."

"What's the matter? Chatting with grandma, I'll talk about it later."

"I'm counting down. Three, two..."

"Tell me, what's the matter? Didn't you see that I was having a good time chatting with grandma?"

Although Tong Zhe said a hundred words of reluctance, he still carefully broke away from grandma's hand and walked out.

"That's my grandma, not your grandma."

"Isn't your grandma also my grandma? Don't be so stingy. What's more, my own grandma..."

Seeing Tong Zhe slowly lowering his head, the circles of his eyes began to turn red, Xia Ranjiang couldn't bear it.

"My grandma is in poor health and has some dementia. Don't just let her go." Xia Ranjiang's tone sank. "I'll make some porridge for breakfast, and I'll help you find your phone after you're done."

Tong Zhe was really hungry these days, as if he hadn't had a serious meal for a long time, Tong Zhe didn't even hold chopsticks, and poured two bowls of rice porridge directly into his stomach, heartily.

"You didn't see it, a group of monkeys surrounded me that night, and I almost couldn't beat it."

Xia Ranjiang was riding a motorcycle, and Tong Zhe was sitting in the back seat, hugging Xia Ranjiang tightly, did he pinch the flesh on Xia Ranjiang's stomach?

"The monkeys here are very spiritual. They have become the climate, and they have occupied the mountain for many years. They don't come out to harm people during the day, and they block the road in groups at night. No one dares to pass by. It's good for you to pick a good one. The day is coming."

"Then I didn't want to. I didn't want to find you." Tong Zhe pouted, and bumped Xia Ranjiang with his helmet. "But that monkey isn't that powerful. I almost killed one."

"If you really kill one, you can wait to go to jail. These monkeys are all state-protected animals."

"What are you afraid of in prison, you will give me prison food in the next life, even life imprisonment is fine."

"Good idea." Xia Ranjiang inadvertently smiled and looked around. "Is the person who picked up your phone near here?"

"Drive slowly... I don't remember much."

Xia Ranjiang simply parked the motorcycle on the side of the road.

"It seems to be here. Hey, you can call and ask, here, the mobile phone number."

Xia Ranjiang dialed the mobile phone and handed it to Tong Zhe.

"Hey, Lao Yang, it's me, Tong Zhe... yes, did you find your phone? Great. I'm on the side of the road, yes yes, it's me you met last time here. Well, I Just waiting here. Thank you."

The two found a dead log that had just fallen by the roadside and sat down, with squirrels climbing and jumping above their heads from time to time.The monkeys in the distance shouted one after another.Every time there was any trouble in the back, Tong Zhe couldn't help looking back, for fear of being attacked by unknown animals again.

"Xia Ranjiang, come back with me in a few days. It's not a problem if you stay at home. If my father hurts you, I apologize for him. But what we do is entirely up to us. As long as you are here, I will I feel that there is nothing to worry about, and we can still be the same as before."

"talk later."

Xia Ranjiang let out a long sigh, put his hands on the dead wood under him, and stroked it lightly.

In Xia Ranjiang's heart, he is reluctant to part with everything about Tong Zhe.The feelings in my heart are like seedlings growing towards the sun in the dark, and they have bloomed and scattered leaves unconsciously, covering the sky and the sun.That conversation hit like a hurricane, with nothing growing across the border.Just like the wood touched by the fingertips at this moment, even though it has been strong for several years, it still withers and falls to the ground.But I didn't realize that even if the stem was broken, the roots of the tree were still firmly planted in the ground, stretching endlessly.Only when the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, a touch of new green will still break through the ground and continue to grow towards the sun.

"Hey, here we come!"

Tong Zhe stood up suddenly and patted Xia Ranjiang on the shoulder.

"Hey, we are lucky, we found the phone."

Lao Yang waved at Tong Zhe from a distance, still clutching his mobile phone, the screen gleaming in the sun.

"Thank you, Lao Yang." Tong Zhe went up to meet him and took the phone.

"The phone is out of battery. You should still be able to use it when you charge it." Lao Yang seemed to have just shaved, and his facial contours became much clearer. "Hey, is this the friend you're looking for?"

"Yes, Xia Ranjiang."

"It's fresh."

"I have been studying in other places all the time, so I may not see much."

"Surname Xia...what's your father's name?"

"Xia Chenglu."

"what?"

Lao Yang was a little startled, and slowly lowered his head as if he was thinking about something, but immediately there was a smile on his face again.

"Hurry up and go home, pay attention to safety on the road."

The change in expression at that moment could not escape Xia Ranjiang's eyes.Suddenly, that blue-gray face seemed to spark the residual memory in my mind, but I just couldn't remember where I saw it.

Back home, Xia Ranjiang felt more and more strange as he thought about it.Just about to close the door, the door was blocked.

"Xia Ranjiang."

Shocked, Xia Ranjiang quickly opened the door.The one standing in front of him was none other than Yi Jihong.

"What are you doing here again?"

Xia Ranjiang wanted to keep Yi Jihong out, but he held the door with his hands and let Yi Jihong in.

"I want to talk to you for 10 minutes, and I'll leave after the talk."

"come in."

Yi Jihong was a little overjoyed, and entered the yard in two steps in three steps.

"After so many years, it's still the same here, nothing has changed."

Yi Jihong was attracted by the plum blossoms in the corner—the same place, where Yi Jihong had planted two gardenias himself.It's just that time has passed, and gardenias have been replaced by plum blossoms.

"Tell me, what's the matter."

Xia Ranjiang looked indifferent, moved a chair for Yi Jihong, and sat two meters away by himself.

"My grandma was out for a walk and there was no one else in the house."

"Xiao Ran, my mother is really relieved to see you like this. You should have heard from Yan Ru that my mother has run several law firms in the past few years and has some investments. I think..."

"Just say what you want to say, you don't need to beat around the bush."

Xia Ranjiang inadvertently saw the portrait of his father hanging obliquely above the wall, and his heart couldn't help but stir up waves.

"Okay, then I'll make a long story short."

Yi Jihong followed Xia Ranjiang's line of sight and also saw the portrait of her husband, she couldn't help being stunned and feeling sad.

"I want to take you to the United States." Yi Jihong slowly raised his slightly lowered head. "There you can maximize your own advantages, the best life, the best education. Mom knows, you have suffered a lot these years."

"No, I'm fine now. You go, I know what you mean."

"Son, you have to know that this world can give you far more than you imagined. Maybe you will feel that everything will get better and better if you go out of this village and go to college. But you work hard from dawn to dusk. So many years have just reached the starting point of some people. Mom has understood this truth all her life. The reason why I left in the first place was that I didn’t want to limit myself in my own circle.”

"So you abandoned me and my dad for your own future?" Xia Ranjiang thumped the table heavily, his voice hoarse.

"Son, mom knows, mom is sorry for you. For so many years, mom has lived in self-blame all the time. For so many years, mom has been wandering around, just thinking that one day when she can see you again, it will not be a waste that can't even think about herself, but A mother who has the ability to take good care of her son and make her son proud."

"Proud? You overestimate yourself. I'm ashamed of you." Xia Ranjiang wiped the corners of his eyes. "You can leave after you finish speaking. Don't come here again. You don't belong here, you belong to your upper world."

The words "ashamed of you" are like four sharp knives, piercing into Yi Jihong's heart with precision.For a moment, Yi Jihong's mind was at a loss, and he didn't know how to respond.Even though he was eloquent and impassioned in court, he lost to his son today.

"Okay... okay, I'll go..."

Yi Jihong's lips trembled, and he stood up tremblingly, only feeling that his feet were a little soft, and he almost couldn't stand still.

After stumbling along the way, Yi Jihong left the yard.After a roar of the engine, dust flew towards his face. Xia Ranjiang was about to lock the door when he ran into Tong Zhe who had just returned from shopping.

"come in."

"Let's go out for a walk."

Tong Zhe took a step forward, pulled Xia Ranjiang into his arms, and patted Xia Ranjiang on the back.

The two sat on the hillside, facing the endless terraced fields and the mist wandering among the distant mountains.

"I heard it all." Tong Zhe spoke first.

"Go back to school tomorrow. I'll be with you."

Xia Ranjiang thought that Tong Zhe would be overjoyed, but Tong Zhe just turned his head slightly, took a look at Xia Ranjiang, and let Xia Ranjiang go.

"You're running away."

"Escape? I have nothing to escape. I just don't want to see her again. She is completely upstart mentality now, and looks down on everything here, including me."

"You don't want to see her, but you're thinking of her."

"how come."

"Last night you fell asleep and kept calling your mother in your sleep. I hugged you before you stopped."

"...Even though I'm thinking about her, it doesn't mean I'm going to go with her."

"Don't you want me?"

"Cut, it's not."

"You have to think about it yourself."

Tong Zhe stared blankly at the clouds of smoke rising in the distance, as if searching for something.

"I think your mother is right. You have to look forward and don't be tied down by your own emotions. I feel even more uncomfortable when you feel this way. But I am still very happy, because I know that there is another person who loves you so much. "

Xia Ranjiang kept swallowing dryly, his Adam's apple kept shaking.Suddenly found that Tong Zhe's eyes were flushed.

"Tong Zhe, I have decided to go back to school tomorrow. We graduated together, went abroad together, and never came back."

Back to Nanjing.After Tong Zhe arrived home, there was another storm.Although he had been missing for a few days, he was safe and sound after all, and it was considered safe and sound.Tong Zhe endured cold stares at home for a few days, but his father's vacation was over, and when his father left, he seemed to be alive and well, as if nothing had happened.

Xia Ranjiang went back to school.He Xiaoyu had already prepared the notes for Xia Ranjiang, and it took Xia Ranjiang all afternoon to make up the missed homework.Seeing that the final exam and the cooperative class exam are approaching, Xia Ranjiang, as usual, works every day in the library, classrooms, and dormitories at three o'clock.

"Hey, Miss Guan Xin, come out and treat me to a meal. It's a reward for my hard work these days."

This afternoon, Tong Zhe was bored and called Guan Xin.

"Oh, Tong Zhe, I'm sorry I'm a little busy these days, let's talk about it in two days."

"Hey? Since when did you become so polite and speak Mandarin with me, you..."

Before Tong Zhe finished speaking, the phone hung up.

Tong Zhe was a little strange, but he didn't think too much about it, he just felt a little hungry.

But at this moment, Guan Xin was reprimanded by his father just as he hung up the phone.

"You are not allowed to associate with his family in the future. Do you hear me? Thank God that you don't get involved in my family when his family's incident is revealed. You are still here without knowing what is going on. How can you be sensible when you are so old? You really pissed me off gone."

"What's so serious? Isn't it always good? Our two families are family friends, and his grandfather saved your life."

"Don't worry too much about it. The past was the past, and the present is the present. You just listen to Dad, and you will cut off contact in the future. If you can't, don't get too close. If Tong Zhe tells you something, you should treat it as ignorant, otherwise you will be troublesome." big."

"It's not that exaggerated..."

"What's not so exaggerated? Your father is not an ungrateful person. He helped everyone who should be helped, and persuaded what should be persuaded. He also touched the relationship that should be touched and the relationship that should not be touched. To do this is to be benevolent. The current situation is so tense, it was a fluke before, but this disaster, your Uncle Tong will hardly escape."

"Then I have to tell Tong Zhe quickly!"

"Why are you still acting on your temper at this time? You think our family is not enough trouble, don't you?"

"Then you have to tell me what happened!"

"You don't need to know, it's not good for you. Remember, daughter, you have to learn to protect yourself when anything happens, and you can run as far as you can, remember?"

At this time, Guan Xin's father's cell phone rang.Seeing the caller ID, Guan Xin's father opened his eyes wide