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"Mom, you're back."

This day, as soon as Lin Xie entered the house, he saw Mother Lin sitting on the sofa. He took off his coat and sat beside his mother.

Lin Xie's grandfather lived with his daughter in City A for a few years after retirement, and then insisted on returning to his hometown in the countryside after traveling around the world, spending the rest of his life in the small bungalow where he and his late wife lived before making a fortune.

His hometown is a small village called Qingshan Village in a neighboring province. From the age of seven to the death of his grandfather, Lin Xie would go to Qingshan Village to stay with him for a month every summer vacation for more than ten years. However, after his grandfather passed away, he went to study abroad, and his grandfather was finally buried in After leaving city A, he never went there again.

Lin's mother would go back to live for a few days every year around her father's death anniversary, and this year she went back to live in Qingshan Village as usual.

However, after returning home this time, her complexion was not very good.

Mother Lin sighed melancholy, tried her best to put on a smiling face and patted Lin Xie's leg: "Are you looking for Wanzhou?"

"Ah."

"Have you chased him back yet?"

Lin Xie recalled the situation with Yu Wanzhou in the past few days, and laughed: "I am working hard, um... I have made progress."

"Do you want to know better about people?" Mother Lin sighed again: "We are the ones who are sorry for him, and your young master can't lose his temper with him."

Lin Xie hugged his mother's shoulder and shook gently: "I know."

Mother Lin rested on her son's shoulder for a while, lowered her eyes and said, "Your grandfather's house is about to be demolished."

Demolition?

Only then did Lin Xie know the reason for her mother's low interest, and she felt a little disappointed in her heart.

He and his mother have not lived in their hometown for a long time, but it is the former residence of Lin Xie's grandparents after all, and it means a lot to them. Now the place where the memory remains is about to be demolished, and it feels like a piece is missing in his heart .

Yu Wanzhou was actually very unhappy when he was first brought to Qingshan Village. There was no playground in the village that he loved to play in the city, no toys, no familiar friends, and the transportation was not convenient. He could play at that time. , only the little doll in my grandfather's neighbor's house.

The male neighbor’s surname is Yu, and the hostess’s surname is Zhao. The young couple moved to Qingshan Village from other places. According to the villagers, the couple eloped here, so they have no relatives near Qingshan Village. Fortunately, the people in the village are simple and honest. Take good care of their family.

The Yu family and his wife had an only child who was just two years old. The baby's nickname was Nao Nao, but his real name was unknown. Now that Lin Xie recalled it, he realized that he had never heard of Nao Nao's name, and he never thought of asking about it.

When we met for the first time, Nao Nao was still a white and fat little man, showing his teeth in a smile. The little fat man seemed to have a natural affinity for Lin Xie. He threw himself into Lin Xie's arms, and called out indistinctly, "Dog."

Lin Xie glanced at Nao Nao's yellow-haired dog, and rubbed Nao Nao's fleshy cheeks resentfully.

Nao Nao is very worthy of his name. When he is crazy, he is really no different from being crazy. He can already speak some daily expressions fluently, and he can repeat what the adults have said, so I met several people in the village for dinner. After taking a walk to enjoy the shade, Nao Nao took her mother's hand and knocked on the door of Lin Xie's bedroom: "Dog, take a walk!"

Lin Xie, who didn't want to go out at first, was so annoyed that he followed Nao Nao for a walk on the main road angrily. The little fat man was too young to understand people's faces, so he held Lin Xie's hand affectionately, and after a while I let go, and started...running wildly.

Lin Xie in slippers: "..." He couldn't catch up at all.

Nao Nao has been running all the time, and he has a posture of riding the dust, and even turned back halfway after running a certain distance: "I'll wait for you."

Lin Xie: "..." I really want to grab the little fat man and beat him up.

Nao Nao ran back and forth several times, Lin Xie and Yu Mama kept chasing after him to tell him not to run away, it hurt when he fell, but Nao Nao ran wildly even though he was panting for breath, and laughed while running.

Lin Xie suspected that he didn't listen to a word of what he and Yu's mother said.

In the end, Lin Xie and Yu's mother fought against each other and finally pulled Nao Nao into her arms. Nao Nao was still laughing after being out of breath.

I didn't feel any pain, thought that Lin Xie was playing with him, and laughed even more happily.

Lin Xie felt for a long time that Nao Nao was here to restrain him. Children woke up early, and the elderly also woke up early, so Nao Nao would be carried into Lin Xie's bedroom by Lin Xie's grandfather at six o'clock in the morning, and thrown into Lin Xie's bedroom. His bed acts as a human alarm clock.

It doesn't matter if Lin Xie is sleeping, Nao Nao is very good at entertaining himself, knelt down on the bed and put his face close to Lin Xie's, stretched out his fleshy fingers to count his eyelashes, after counting for a while, he felt bored and sat up again, looking around , Turning Lin Xie's body like a hill from side to side, crawling back and forth to Lin Xie's pillow after a few rounds, touching Lin Xie's face once and for all.

When Lin Xie opened his eyes, what he saw was Nao Nao touching his face while smiling, his brows and eyes crooked. The anger that had been so high in getting up all of a sudden was vented. Lin Xie sighed depressed and thought to himself: Why are you smiling at me? I'm ashamed to beat you up.

In the next few years, Lin Xie spent a month like this every year when he opened his eyes and saw Nao Nao's morning. Fortunately, when Nao Nao got bigger, he would not climb on the bed and harass him, but just Lie down next to him and wait for him to wake up.

After that, Nao Nao would not enter Lin Xie's bedroom without authorization, but still loved to cling to him and follow him as a follower, as if he just preferred this beautiful little brother from a distant city.

Nao Nao watched Lin Xie grow from a child to an adult, and Lin Xie watched Nao Nao grow from a white fat man to a dark and skinny man...

People who play around every day don't expect him to be white.

Lin Xie's last summer vacation in Qingshan Village was when he was a sophomore and a senior in high school. His grandfather's physical condition was not optimistic, and Lin Xie's mood was naturally not much better. Put on a smiley face.

There are many ponds in Qingshan Village, this day Lin Xie went to a pond with a relaxed mind, and Nao Nao followed him three steps as usual.

It had just rained heavily the day before, and the soil was slippery and soft. Lin Xie, who was worried about his grandfather's condition, didn't notice for a while, so he just fell into the pond next to him.

The water was not deep, only about 1.5 meters. However, Lin Xie was a landlubber, and he couldn't tell the depth of the water when he fell into the water.

Nao Nao jumped down without thinking, hugged Lin Xie from behind, and dragged him to the edge of the pond. Lin Xie calmed down after touching the green grass by the pool, pushed Nao Nao to the shore, and then climbed up himself go up.

"Hahahahahaha!" Nao Nao didn't care about the danger just now, pointing at Lin Xie's trousers and laughing, as always, seeing his teeth but not seeing his eyes.

Lin Xie swallowed back what he wanted to say when he smiled, and helplessly tore off the little turtle that was biting his trousers, but he couldn't figure out why the turtle wanted to eat people's trousers.

Lin Xie tore off the tortoise before going to see Nao Nao, his face darkened when he saw it: "You're still laughing with a broken head?"

"Eh?" Nao Nao dazedly wiped his forehead, saw a lot of blood on his hands, and suddenly said: "It's broken, no wonder it hurts."

Sometimes there are some broken bricks and rubble mixed in the soil. Lin Xie thought that Nao Nao accidentally bumped into the broken bricks when he was struggling just now, so he broke his head, and immediately blamed himself and felt distressed.

"Where does it hurt?"

Nao Nao thought for a while before saying, "Feet."

Lin Xie didn't know whether to continue to feel distressed or to be angry, so he stuffed the tortoise into Nao Nao's arms, got up and squatted down beside him, "Stew the soup, mend it, come up, I'll carry you back."

Without hesitation, Nao Nao joyfully climbed onto Lin Xie's back, but his elder brother hadn't carried him on his back for a long time.

After the two returned home, there was no accident. They were escorted to a hot shower, changed into clean clothes, and disinfected the cut on Nao Nao's forehead. Fortunately, the cut was only a little longer. But not deep, not as serious as they imagined, Lin Xie was relieved.

Both of them were scolded miserably that day.

Afterwards, Lin Xie's parents sent many gifts to the Yu family to thank Nao Nao for saving Lin Xie. The two children continued to play as if nothing had happened, and the tortoise was raised by Nao Nao. Lin Xie was in a great mood when he saw it complex.

Before the end of the summer vacation, Lin Xie returned to City A. Nao Nao, who had entered junior high school, started school early, packed her luggage and began to live on campus.

Therefore, when Lin Xie's grandfather passed away, he was too busy to come back from school. After his grandfather passed away, Lin Xie was going to go abroad and had no time to return to Qingshan Village.

The two playmates did not say goodbye.

In the first two years abroad, Lin Xie would occasionally think of making troubles. After that, his studies, work, and love affairs occupied his whole body and mind, and he never thought of him again. The child with a mouthful of white teeth felt that he was really forgetful and indifferent.

"How are you doing?"

Lin Xie suddenly asked about Nao Nao, and it took a long time for Lin's mother to react, her expression even more sorrowful: "That child...you were still abroad at that time, I didn't know, and I forgot to tell you, Nao Nao's third year of high school During the Spring Festival of [-], Aunt Zhou said that one night she heard your Uncle Yu and his wife arguing with the noisy couple. She felt worried so she went to have a look. He can't change it, and your Aunt Zhao is crying and talking about committing crimes."

"Aunt Zhou thinks that there is something that can't be discussed properly during the Chinese New Year, so she persuades the fight. Maybe there are other people around. The three of them stopped arguing. They slammed the door and went back to the bedroom. They were going to go to you the next day. Uncle Yu's friend's house had a wedding banquet, and he didn't go there because he was still angry. How did he know that the couple met a drunk driver on the way home..." Mother Lin took a deep breath, her eyes were red, and she said tremblingly: " All gone."

Lin Xie's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Mother Lin calmed down and continued: "People in the village helped the couple with the funeral, and Nao Nao knelt before the funeral until his parents' funeral. His parents had always said that they hoped that he could get into a good university and be successful, so the funeral was over. Afterwards, the child who loved to play and laugh at first would read books and do quizzes at home with a straight face every day. Aunt Zhou said that they only knew that Nao Nao finally got into a famous university in another province, but did not say where Nao Nao was from. Later, he took With the savings of his parents and the compensation of the driver who caused the accident, he took his tortoise to go to college and never returned home. Every year, he sent some money to Aunt Zhou and the others, asking them to help clean up the house at home, Qingming Festival When praying, help his parents burn some paper money."

"It's a pity that Nao Nao had already left when I found out about this, and it's hard to find out where he went, otherwise I should have brought him back, and I don't know how much he will have to suffer when he is out alone."

Speaking of Lin's mother crying, Lin Xie hugged her and comforted her for a while before calming down. Finally, Lin Xie promised her to take time to go to Qingshan Village to deal with the demolition, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

Lying on the bed, Lin Xie seemed to have something in his mind, but he heard too much information today, and he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he just stared at the ceiling in the dark and stayed up all night.