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Fucheng has arrived.

Sinan turned his neck and waited until everyone had finished walking before standing up from his seat.

His whole body was numb, and he almost sat down again when he got up. He shook his arms, picked up his backpack and got out of the car.

Fucheng is really hot.

Getting off the cool air-conditioned car, a wave of heat almost knocked him to the ground.

Fucheng Station is very large and lively, and people who come and go come and go with big bags on their backs.

Sinan was not used to the crowd and felt at a loss.

The prolonged tears made his eyes dry and red and swollen. He couldn't explain why he was crying, and he didn't feel sad when he cried.

Sinan found the restroom at the station, washed his face vigorously, and drank a few mouthfuls of cold water. Only then did the anger in his heart dissipate a bit.

Coming out of the bathroom, before he could figure out which direction he should go, his arm was suddenly grabbed by a hand protruding from the side, and a middle-aged man's voice came from behind him.

"Sinan?" Wei Wei was unsure.

He subconsciously shook off the hand.

Turning his head, he saw a man wearing glasses standing behind him, as if he ran from somewhere, his chest was still heaving.

The man managed to catch his breath, looked at him and smiled gratifiedly: "Which exit did you come out from? I waited for a long time and didn't see you. I thought I lost you. You look better than the picture. She looks thinner when she looks up, but her appearance hasn't changed much—”

"Am I familiar with you?" Sinan interrupted him with a cold expression.

The man stared at him for a moment, and quickly adjusted: "I was rude, sorry. Let me introduce myself, my name is Chang Jian, and I am the lover of your mother Si Zhen. You can call me Uncle Chang."

"She never mentioned you to me."

Chang Jian smiled: "Your mother and her company have urgent matters and must rush back, so let me come and pick you up. Have you settled with the family over there?"

"Nothing to talk about."

"..."

"Where is your house going?" Sinan asked.

"My car is parked outside." Chang Jian said.

The car leaves the station.

Si Nan tilted his head and leaned against the car window, the feeling of being at a loss in his heart intensified.

He sat up and closed his eyes, trying hard to suppress the discomfort, but Chang Jian only thought he was motion sick, and quickly turned off the air conditioner and opened the car window.

The wind rushed in in an instant, and Sinan was caught off guard and choked on the cold wind. Chang Jian hurriedly closed the window, losing his composure rarely.

"That..." Chang Jian pushed his glasses with one free hand, but he couldn't find a suitable topic when he opened his mouth several times.

The boy in front of him is not the mischievous boy in the school. He has a strong sense of loneliness and alienation, which makes Chang Jian hesitate for a while and doesn't know how to approach him.

"Will you send me to school?" Sinan asked suddenly.

"Of course." Chang Jian responded quickly, but he didn't expect him to bring this up.

The "new home" was obviously beyond Sinan's imagination.

In the line of sight, smoke-gray bricks are piled up to create a heavy sense of historical age. On both sides of the street, the row of duplex small western-style buildings are covered with green vines, and the brown wooden panes hide them, revealing only a corner of luxury.

The car drove into the community and drove forward for nearly 10 minutes before stopping.

Si Nan got out of the car at Chang Jian's signal.

The houses in this section are no longer close to the street, and overall they are smaller, but they look more refined than the previous houses.

"I haven't taken care of it for a few days, and the grass in this yard is growing faster than the hairy boy."

no respond.

Talking embarrassingly to himself.

Chang Jian cleared his throat and led him into the house to the second floor.

In Fucheng in summer, even in the evening the sun is still unabated.

As soon as the curtains were pulled open, red and golden light shone in, and the originally dark room suddenly became warm and bright. Sinan even saw the colorful sunset outside the window.

"This will be your room from now on."

Si Nan took two steps into the room and looked around.

"Thank you."

Chang Jian smiled gently: "You're welcome."

Si Nan walked to the bookshelf.

"I picked some books for you from the study." Slowly walked to his side, "See if it suits your taste, or if you don't like it, go to the study to pick some books by yourself. Let me know if there is no one in the study." Chang Jian The voice is gentle.

He wanted to let go of the boy's defensiveness, but Sinan accepted his kindness without any hesitation or thought.

"When can I go back to school?" Sinan asked.

"The summer vacation ends in two weeks."

Si Nan never saw Si Zhen again, during one night he got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, and when he passed by the study on the second floor, he overheard Chang Jian calling and asking "when will he return to China", so he guessed that Si Zhen must have gone abroad.

She lived a life he could never have imagined.

The first day of school.

Chang Jian wiped a piece of toast and handed it to Sinan: "The procedures are all done, but the necessary procedures still need to go through again." He said softly, "Choose liberal arts, have you thought about it? Are you really not thinking about it anymore?"

"Ah."

The doorknob turns.

Si Zhen pulled the suitcase into the house.

Chang Jian quickly got up and took the luggage in front of her: "Go and pack it up, I've already said hello to Lao Hu."

"Yeah." Si Zhen smiled, and glanced at Si Nan when passing by the dining table, "Have you packed your luggage?"

Si Nan hummed without a tone.

The car was parked at the door with the trunk open.

Sinan put his luggage inside.

Chang Jian asked him a few more words.

Si Zhen walked over with a bag in her hand, and opened the passenger door without any explanation, and said loudly and crisply, "Get in the car, fasten your seat belt."

Si Zhen drove very fast, halfway she threw a carton of milk into Si Nan's arms, and kept her eyes straight ahead when she spoke: "In addition to using your brain to do things, a strong physique is also one of the necessary conditions. , you still need to grow stronger."

Si Nan didn't touch the milk on the table for breakfast, Si Zhen inadvertently noticed it when he was talking.

Sinan doesn't like the taste of pure milk, and he always feels nauseous when he drinks it occasionally.

He weighed the milk in his hand without moving.

Fucheng No. [-] Middle School - the leader in the education circle of A province.

Si Nan looked at the gate of No. [-] Middle School that was getting closer and closer in his sight, and his palms holding the milk box gradually became wet.

Today is the day of reporting for the start of the school year. There are surprisingly many people on campus. You can tell which ones are new students and which ones are old students just by looking at their expressions.

When he made up his mind to drop out of school two months ago, he thought he would never have the chance to study again in his life.

"Go in." Si Zhen nodded towards the man in the room, then looked at him again. "I'll pick you up in two hours."

The door is closed.

Si Nan looked around at the furnishings in the room, and there was only one man wearing glasses in the room, and he didn't know what it was for.

"Sinan, right?"

The body tenses up.

"Hello teacher."

"Hello, my surname is Hu, and I'm the admissions director of No. [-] Middle School." The man introduced himself while picking and choosing among the piles of papers scattered on the desk.

"You chose liberal arts?"

"Yes." He clenched his fists.

The man nodded, and concentrated on continuing to move his hands.

After a few minutes, it seemed that the choice was made. The man took a pen from the pen holder and walked to him with a satisfied expression.

"We are short on time, so let's take the math test first."

……

After taking the seven-subject exam in two hours, Sinan's back was completely wet when he came out of the room.

Si Zhen waited outside the door.

"Let's go." Glancing at him, "Let's go see your head teacher."

Behind him, Director Hu opened the door, leaned forward halfway, and gestured to her: "Give me three ten minutes."

Si Zhen smiled slightly at him: "No rush."

Si Nan guessed that the two should know each other.

Such a conclusion did not bring him any comfort, on the contrary, it also made him feel a little flustered.

Lin County's economic development is backward, and its cultural education is even more childless.In the few subjects he just took, he couldn't even understand some of the questions.

What does this sudden exam mean to him?

Si Nan silently followed behind Si Zhen, his scalp tightened every time he took a step.

"How is your math?" Si Zhen suddenly turned her head to ask him while walking.

"It's not that good." Sinan subconsciously said.

Si Zhen stopped suddenly.

Si Nan had no choice but to stop following her.

"Your homeroom teacher's surname is Qiu, full name is Qiu Xi, a bishop in mathematics, and also the leader of the mathematics group in the second grade of senior high school. His professional resume is considered good among his peers." Si Zhen paused, "I think boys should all learn mathematics. Not bad."

Si Nan pursed his lips tightly and didn't answer.

Si Zhen then turned her head and did not continue this topic.

Qiu Xi seemed to know that it was time for them to come, and the office door opened as soon as Si Zhen raised her knocking hand.

Si Nan stood at the back, and when he saw clearly that his new homeroom teacher was holding a steaming cup of tea in the weather which felt close to forty degrees, the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously.

"Coming?" Qiu Xi shrunk her cheeks and took a sip of hot tea, her brows were tightly wrinkled, and her eyes scanned Sinan back and forth like rays.

Si Nan's temples twitched violently when he saw him like this.

Si Zhen responded, and the three of them entered the room and sat down.

There is no one else in the office. Today is the freshman report day, and the teachers are all busy in their own classes.

"When will Lao Hu come over?" Qiu Xi asked.

"25 minutes." Si Zhen said.

Qiu Xi nodded: "Then let's talk first?" As he spoke, he glanced at Sinan again, his eyes were critical.

Although Qiu Xi teaches mathematics, Si Nan seriously suspects that he is actually also working as a psychological counselor for teenagers.

Si Nan's scalp went numb when he asked him for a while, while Si Zhen sat beside him motionless, as if he couldn't see them at all.

Si Nan sat impatiently, the moment the office door was knocked from the outside, he almost bounced off the sofa, but after opening the door, when he saw the thin white report card in Director Hu's hand, he was shocked again. Instantly calmed down.

"Come out?" Qiu Xi got up from the sofa first, his expression returned to seriousness in a second, "Let me see."

"Hmm... Chinese 91... Mathematics 67... English 54..." The more Qiu Xi muttered, the more she frowned, and her expression became more serious.

"You just passed one subject?" You couldn't hide your surprise.

Still a child after all.

Si Nan's face brightened.

Si Zhen looked at the stiff young man and rejected Qiu Xi's long speech.

She smiled, and looked at Qiu Xi with an undeniable joking tone: "Old Qiu, you should weigh the weight of my son first, anyway, I and Lao Chang will be entrusted to you, you can teach me. "

Si Nan left the teaching building with a pale face.

After coming out of the building, he didn't know where to go, so he followed Si Zhen step by step.

"What do you think?"

Si Nan walked with his head down, not noticing that Si Zhen had stopped in front of him, and stepped on her high-heeled shoes in a hurry, half of the shoe prints were immediately printed on the frosted material.

He drew his heel back violently as if it had been licked by fire.

Si Zhen raised her foot and patted it with her hand indifferently.

Simon watched her move.

He was used to ignoring her, mocking her, and even hating her, but he didn't know how to get along with her peacefully at such a close distance—as a mother and son.

"People, this life will be delayed by many insignificant things, 45 minutes of boring TV dramas, 5 minutes of restless bed, the last bite before eating, and..." She stopped suddenly.Si Nan raised his head subconsciously and looked at her, but his heart trembled when he was met with the firm look in the woman's eyes.

"Unnecessary pride."

"Unnecessary self-esteem is like this unsightly shoe print. When you choose to dust it off, you will find that it is no big deal. Focus on valuable things. At some point, you have to learn Live thick-skinned in the world you exist in."

"..."

"Didn't understand?" Si Zhen stared suspiciously.

Si Nan didn't know how to respond.

Why is she telling him this?

comfort him?

Give me a break.

"Okay." Si Zhen acquiesced that he didn't understand, but she didn't intend to explain too much.

The two returned to the parking lot to pick up their luggage.

Si Zhen handed him a key: "The bedroom is in Building 413, [-]." After a pause, "You..."

She has lived a rough half of her life, and today is the first time she has learned to be a mother to others.

She seriously and carefully recalled what Chang Jian told her on the phone two hours ago, stretched out her hand to pat Si Nan's head with difficulty, and said in a gentle but extremely stiff tone: "You have to work hard, you have to Concentrate, your Uncle Chang and I will be behind...um...watching you carefully."

In fact, Chang Jian taught her the original words - we will be your strongest backing!

But such a shameful word is absolutely impossible to say with her personality, so she can only abruptly change into this kind of weird "encouragement" in the middle of the sentence.

Si Zhen drove away.

After driving a hundred meters away, she suddenly stopped and looked at her right hand——

Shooting...should be considered a kind of touching, right?