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The next day, Chen Xing took a look at the window before going out, and he was slightly relieved that Li Man really didn't come again.For several days in a row, Li Man didn't talk to him at school, and avoided going when they met. Chen Xing was happy to be quiet.

Before class in the afternoon, the head teacher came to the class to inspect the discipline, and by the way, informed that there was a legal knowledge in the self-study class in the afternoon to enter the campus.For a while, some people moaned, thinking that they couldn't study, and the other half cheered, and finally they could be lazy and read magazines for a while.

Chen Xing closed his eyes and rested his chin on the table, quickly recalling the words he had memorized yesterday in his mind.Unable to remember the meaning of a word, he frantically took out the English-Chinese dictionary from his desk pocket, looked it up and angrily copied the word a dozen times, and taped it on the table.

The changing seasons are often the most embarrassing. The early morning wind is bitingly cold, making people's faces hurt.The sun at four o'clock in the afternoon was not inferior to the scorching sun in summer. After running and exercising, everyone was sweating profusely. After returning to the classroom, they took off their coats, and the air was filled with the smell of sweat.

Chen Xing frowned. He didn't like this smell very much. The smell of many people's sweat mixed together was even more unbearable.He went to the window and opened the window to blow the air, and kept looking at the school gate.

The school gate is crowded with people at this time, and the elementary school next door is now out of school. Many grandparents push their bicycles to pick up their grandchildren, and some parents drive over to pick them up.The gate of the school was instantly blocked, the sound of car horns one after another, and the shouts of children chasing and fighting all penetrated into Chen Xing's eardrums, giving him a headache.

He was about to turn around and leave when his eyes flicked casually downstairs and stopped.The person walking by the school gate was wearing a police uniform and a police cap. He was tall, long-legged, broad-shouldered and narrow-waisted. He lowered his head and talked with several other policemen. Chen Xing squinted his eyes and waited for the man to reach the bottom of the building. Shi Shi took a second look, then grinned, who else could it be if it wasn't Zhou Chen.

When the class bell rang, Chen Xing was inexplicably excited. From time to time, he raised his head and looked at the door. After waiting for a long time, the head teacher Liu Xiaoxia appeared at the door. Behind him was the empty corridor. Chen Xing glanced at the door Then he lowered his head again.

The class teacher stepped onto the podium quickly, cleared his throat, and the whole class immediately fell silent.Only then did she nod in satisfaction: "In this self-study session, Police Officer Zhou from our police station will come to tell you about the legal knowledge related to high school students. Everyone applauds and welcomes you."

When Chen Xing heard the surname, he raised his head and looked at the door expectantly. There was sparse applause from the class, and Zhou Chen walked in from the door in the next second.There was a sudden silence in the class, and then more enthusiastic applause broke out, mixed with whistles and screams from the girls who were trying their best to suppress it.Chen Xing just stared at the person who came in, the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

Zhou Chen walked to the podium in two steps, and saluted the audience with a standard military salute.The head teacher had already pushed the door out, and a bold girl shouted: "Officer Zhou, you are so handsome." Zhou Chen seemed to have never heard of it, and just smiled politely at the No. 60 people in the audience: "Hi, my name is Zhou Chen."

"How old are you, Officer Zhou?" "Do you have a girlfriend, Officer Zhou?" Questions came out of the students in the audience one after another.Zhou Chen didn't answer, but stood in front of the podium and glanced down with his eyes. When he saw the familiar face, the corners of Zhou Chen's beautiful peach eyes were slightly raised, and the corners of his mouth had already curled up.

Chen Xing has been staring at Zhou Chen, and now he is suddenly embarrassed by Zhou Chen's eyes, but emotions are not so easy to control, when Chen Xing saw Zhou Chen looking at him and smiling, there was something in his chest It began to beat uncontrollably, tom, tom, once and for all, it became more and more violent, it made him happy, it made him flustered, it made his whole body burn, and finally, before he lowered his head, he smiled with crooked eyebrows, Zhou Chen naturally Saw.

Not only Zhou Chen, but the whole class saw it. Following Zhou Chen's gaze, dozens of pairs of eyes looked at Chen Xing.

"Officer Zhou, do you know Chen Xing?"

This time Zhou Chen nodded: "I know." Zhang Xiaoyu excitedly said to the people next to him, "Officer Zhou is Uncle Chen Xing."

"Oh." The whole class made a long voice, "The handsome guys belong to the same family."

When Chen Xing heard Zhang Xiaoyu's words, he cursed in a low voice. He couldn't handle Zhang Xiaoyu alone. If there were a few more, he felt that he didn't have to stay in this school anymore.

When Zhou Chen finished speaking, get out of class was just over, and he stepped out of the classroom door. Zhang Xiaoyu followed him out.A lot of people poured out of the corridor all at once, all of which were the result of people from the ninth squad telling each other that a handsome policeman had come to their squad.The girls stood on both sides of the corridor staring at Zhou Chen.

Zhang Xiaoyu reached out to stop Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen smiled and asked, "Is there anything else?"

There was a blush on Zhang Xiaoyu's face, and her voice was not as cheerful as her usual, and she faltered and said: "Officer Zhou, can you give me your phone number? Can I call you if something happens? "

Zhou Chen hesitated for a while and then nodded helplessly: "Okay." After entering the number, Zhou Chen stepped forward and stopped, and asked in a low voice: "Is our Chen Xing the school grass?"

Zhang Xiaoyu hadn't recovered from the joy of getting Zhou Chen's phone number. When she suddenly heard Zhou Chen's words, she widened her eyes in a daze, and then nodded affirmatively: "Yes."

Zhou Chen smiled with satisfaction, and went downstairs with long legs.

In the past few days, Chen Xing has always received all kinds of inexplicable gifts in his desk pocket, chocolates, various handmade products, and a few love letters. The gifts are always surprisingly consistent with a note: "Help your uncle .”

When he was stopped by a girl asking for Zhou Chen's phone number for the nth time in the corridor after school in the afternoon, he was completely angry, and the dissatisfaction accumulated in his heart for several days burst out at this moment: "I don't know him well, I don't know you Do you know what it means?"

The girl returned to the classroom timidly after being yelled at by him.Chen Xing stood on the spot and took a few deep breaths, turned around and went back to the classroom, took out the pile of messy things from his desk pocket and stuffed them into his schoolbag, and walked out of the classroom with a sullen face under the astonished gaze of the class.

After Zhou Chen got off work in the afternoon, he stopped by a supermarket and bought some milk and bread. When he walked to the vegetable section, he thought about it and picked up a few more tomatoes.When he went home and walked to the corner of the second floor, he noticed a man sitting on the stairs, wearing a school uniform, with his head bowed and his schoolbag at his feet.

He walked up to Chen Xing with some amusement, only to realize that Chen Xing was asleep, with his elbows on his knees and his left and right hands crossed.He bent down and patted Chen Xing's back. Before he could speak, Chen Xing jumped up. Zhou Chen's nose hurt from being hit by Chen Xing's head, and his head also became dizzy.

Chen Xing stood by and looked at Zhou Chen nervously: "Are you all right?"

Zhou Chen didn't say anything, and stood with his back against the wall for a long time before he said helplessly, "It's okay."

Chen Xing breathed a sigh of relief: "I don't like others to touch me when I'm sleeping, and I'm more easily agitated."

Zhou Chen took out the key and inserted it into the keyhole, turned his head and asked Chen Xing with some amusement: "When you get excited, use your head to piss people off."

Chen Xing lowered his head and carried his schoolbag, without saying a word.

Zhou Chen turned the key, and the anti-theft door creaked open.

"How long have you been here, why didn't you call me?"

Chen Xing's voice was muffled: "I called and you didn't answer." Zhou Chen was stunned for a while, took out his phone and looked at it, but he didn't hear it after the phone was muted in the afternoon.

Zhou Chen went into the living room and sat on the sofa. Chen Xing stood in front of the coffee table, looking at Zhou Chen with a hesitant expression on his face.

Zhou Chen looked at Chen Xing as if he had something to say to him, but after waiting for a long time, Chen Xing didn't speak.He could only ask, "What's wrong with you?"

Chen Xing was mentally prepared, opened the zipper of the schoolbag and dumped all the contents on the coffee table, Zhou Chen frowned: "What are you doing?"

Hearing Zhou Chen's dissatisfied tone, Chen Xing immediately yelled at Zhou Chen: "What am I doing, what can I do, these are all given to you by the little girls in the school, put them in my desk pockets one by one for me to hand over to you." Give it to my uncle, and when I walked a few meters, I was stopped and asked: Do you have your uncle’s mobile phone number? I’m almost annoyed by these crap things. A few days ago, Zhang Xiaoyu was enough. Now Fortunately, a bunch of people are chasing after you for your contact information, and I am not a liaison officer, nor a courier, next time I have these garbage for you, I will just throw it away and put it in my desk pocket to watch."

Zhou Chen looked suddenly enlightened, raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, that's it, school grass, it looks like I'm more attractive than you."

Chen Xing glared at Zhou Chen, grabbed his schoolbag, zipped it up, and walked towards the door.Zhou Chen said with a laughing voice behind him: "Okay, I'm sorry, I was wrong and disturbed you, let's go after dinner."

Chen Xing sat down next to Zhou Chen with his schoolbag expressionless.Zhou Chen leaned forward, picked up an envelope with two fingers, the pink one, he opened it slowly, and after reading it carefully, he turned to ask Chen Xing: "Who is Wang Yue?"

Chen Xing was angry: "Shall I call you and ask?"

"No need, there are quite a lot of mistakes in the words in this girl's letter."

Chen Xing leaned over and saw that the love letter was still in English.Zhou Chen carefully folded the letter and put it in an envelope, and put it in the drawer under the coffee table.

"Do you still have this hobby?"

"Well, I'll save it and look it up when I have nothing to do, so as to boost my self-confidence." Zhou Chen said seriously.Chen Xing didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, he looked at the kitchen and asked Zhou Chen, "What do you eat?"

"Will tomato and egg noodles work?"

"you want to eat?"

Zhou Chen nodded earnestly: "I want to eat, your cooking is quite delicious."

Not long after Chen Xing got into the kitchen, he brought out two bowls of noodles and placed them in front of Zhou Chen: "Eat."

"You have time to teach me how to cook." Zhou Chen looked at Chen Xing sincerely.

The corner of Chen Xing's mouth twitched: "Why are you learning this?"

Zhou Chen sighed: "You can't eat takeaway all day long, right?"

"I have a bad temper and I'm impatient. You can bear with me if I teach you badly."

Zhou Chen nodded in the mist.

After dinner, it was still Zhou Chen who washed the dishes, and Chen Xing strolled to the balcony. This time Ergou was on the balcony, lying down next to the flowerpot and fell asleep.

Chen Xing stretched out his hand to touch it, and the cat felt warm and comfortable.When he came out from the balcony, Zhou Chen was standing by the dining table on the phone, tapping his fingers on the dining table.Chen Xing stood at the door of the balcony and stared at the slender fingers, pointing out his attention. Zhou Chen's fingers were very white, paler than his face, but they gave off a powerful feeling, with well-defined knuckles, healthy pink nails, and neatly trimmed.Zhou Chen didn't talk on the phone for long, and Chen Xing didn't pay attention to what he said.

After Zhou Chen finished talking on the phone, he went into the kitchen and brought out two glasses of water and put them on the coffee table. Chen Xing sat on the sofa absent-mindedly and stared at the floor in a daze, his hands were still pointing.Zhou Chen called him with a smile, and Chen Xing turned to look at him blankly.Zhou Chen pointed to the water in front of him, "Drink water."

Chen Xing hummed in a low voice, and sat still.

Zhou Chen was a little amused, "Zhang Xiao Yu from your class just called me."

Chen Xing turned his head immediately, his voice raised a few tunes: "I didn't tell her your mobile phone number."

"I know, she asked me for it."

"Oh, then you deserve it, who asked you to give it to her." Chen Xing lowered his voice again, paused and then tried to speak: "What did she call you?"

"Ask me out tomorrow." Zhou Chen took a sip of water, holding the glass in his hand, his fingernails turned white at the moment.

"You promised?"

"No." Zhou Chen answered simply: "I have to go to work tomorrow."

"Then if you don't go to work, you will agree?" Chen Xing was a little nervous, and his palms were slightly sweaty, wet, cool, and a little slippery.

Zhou Chen was a little amused: "Why are you asking so many questions?"

Chen Xing was also stunned, yes, why ask so many questions.His throat tightened for a moment: "It's nothing."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "I told her that I have a date."

"Oh." Chen Xing nodded in panic.He grabbed the cup on the coffee table and took a few sips of water.Zhou Chen looked at him helplessly: "Is it delicious?"

"Huh?" Chen Xing didn't know why, what could be so good about water.

Zhou Chen pointed to the cup in Chen Xing's hand: "Mine."

Before Chen Xing could embarrass himself, the phone rang, Han Ya's, and he hung up after looking at it.After a few seconds, Han Ya's text message came: "Xiaoxing, mom is home, why are you not at home, Chen Jianping and I divorced this afternoon, and mom is going to America tomorrow afternoon, I don't know if she will come back later , can you go home and let my mother meet."

After reading the text message, Chen Xing only felt the corners of his eyes sore. He leaned on the sofa and started laughing while holding the phone. Covering his eyes, he spoke with a trembling voice: "Zhou Chen, no one really wants me now, I have no home."

Yes, he has no home. He has never been so lost as today. In the past, even if Chen Jianping and Han Ya quarreled and smashed things all day long, he would not feel uncomfortable, because he subconsciously believed that there is no parent who does not love their children. Even if he doesn't care about the quarrel, he has a way to convince himself that it's because his parents are too busy with work, and when they are free, they will think of themselves.

When he was in junior high school, he was very rebellious, fighting, smoking, drinking, clubbing, watching classmates around him being scolded by their parents, dragging their collars and taking them home, he thought he could wait for his parents too.But no, he didn't go to school for weeks and nobody called him because the teacher didn't even know who to call.He thought again, if he studied better, then his parents might be willing to spend more time to train him well, but, as expected, he still couldn't wait.

Happy families are alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, and he didn't even have a family.He doesn't even have the qualifications to say that his family is unfortunate.So what words should I use to describe myself, lonely and widowed, homeless.

Zhou Chen looked at the tears that slipped out from Chen Xing's fingers, and kept them in the palm of his hand drop by drop, criss-crossing, and his heart began to ache dullly, as if he saw himself at that time, with so many tears beside him. There are many people, but he has been alone and helpless.I am alone in this world, surrounded by desolation.

He stretched out his hand to wrap around Chen Xing's shoulders, and hugged Chen Xing in his arms. The young man's shoulders were not thin, but a thin layer of muscles were tense at this moment. If you pay attention, you will feel him trembling slightly with.

Chen Xing's head was buried in his neck, and the hot liquid flowed down his neck. It was so hot that it could burn the skin along the way, like a branding iron, passing over his body inch by inch, leaving the ugliest marks and the most painful scars , and finally went straight to the heart.

Chen Xing reached out and hugged Zhou Chen's waist, buried his head in Zhou Chen's neck and did not move, his shoulders sank slightly.There was no choking, no disordered breathing, only tears streaming down uncontrollably, there seemed to be wounds on his face, and the places where the tears passed were burning and painful.

After the two were silent for a long time, Chen Xing withdrew his hands and hugged Zhou Chen even tighter. His head was still in his neck and refused to come out. He said in a low voice, "Zhou Chen, do you know my grades?"

Zhou Chen responded softly: "I don't know."

Chen Xing laughed twice: "The last time I took the city's unified examination, I scored 112 in Chinese, 150 in mathematics, 148 in English, 98 in physics, 100 in chemistry, and 99 in biology. Ranked first, I study very well." The last sentence, with a childish show off, seems to be waiting for the approval and praise of adults.

Zhou Chen was a little surprised. He never asked Chen Xing about his grades. He didn't expect Chen Xing's grades to be so good. He didn't know how to respond, and finally he just said, "It's really good."

"In the past, I saw that other children's parents would be happy if they did well in exams, give rewards, and take them out to play. I thought every parent was like this, so I started to study hard. I didn't want to go to college too much. I I just think that if my parents ask about it one day, they will be happier when they hear about my grades, and maybe they will want to spend more time with me. When they are working, they will think that they have a son who studies well and looks very good. Handsome, never need to worry about, this son is a sophomore this year, and will be admitted to university next year."

Chen Xing paused, his voice was hoarse and hoarse: "But, no one has ever asked me about how I am doing, whether my recent classes are difficult, what university I want to go to, and what university I want to study. In fact, they only need to ask about their majors once in a while, and I’m easy to talk to, but they never asked me once.”

Zhou Chen's heart felt as if someone had cut his heart with a razor blade. The cuts were dripping with blood. He felt sorry for him, for the boy in his arms, for this boy's simple thoughts, and for the little hope in his heart.Knowing that Chen Xing couldn't see it, he still forced a smile, but his nose was sore when he opened his mouth: "Then tell me later, I want to hear."

Chen Xing's heart suddenly tightened when he heard this, as if he was walking in a desert alone in despair, when suddenly someone handed him a bottle of water, smiled and stretched out his hand to him: "Grab me, I'll take you go out."

He took a deep breath, it smelled like lemon, Zhou Chen smelled like lemon.Chen Xing slowly let go of his hand, raised his head and looked at Zhou Chen, the worry in the eyes of the man in front of him was not fake, he smiled a little forcedly but still looked good.His tears were still on his neck, shining brightly under the lamp.

Like what?

It may be like the stream in June, like the long-awaited first snow, like the azaleas all over the sky, or it may not be like anything, but it is really beautiful.

Chen Xing turned his head and approached slowly, the smell of lemon became stronger and stronger.Finally, when his teeth touched his neck, Zhou Chen's body froze suddenly, and Chen Xing took a bite lightly, it was salty, and he wanted to lick it, but finally held back.

Chen Xing raised his head with a smile, his eyes were clear, and Zhou Chen's heart trembled when he saw it.

"Zhou Chen, you are my uncle, don't want me." His voice was hoarse and a little immature. Chen Xing had a red nose, and he spoke with a nasal tone, smiling at Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen's Adam's apple moved, licked his lips, and said in a deep voice, "Okay."

Chen Xing jumped off the sofa and went into the bathroom, "You have to keep your word, I'm not leaving tonight, I want to take a shower, help me get a pair of underwear."

Zhou Chen pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled, went into the bedroom to find a new pair of underwear and handed it to Chen Xing.