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When Lu Chen was young, he lived with Lu Tong in the community. Ms. Lu Tong was a busy person, so her grandparents came to take care of them.It wasn't until Lu Chen grew up that the two elders insisted on returning to the countryside.

Lu Chen would go back to the countryside every summer vacation to escape the heat, also to see the elders.

Before leaving, Lu Chen happily packs up things with Zhang Luo and Shen Yi.

Lu Chen: "We can also go fishing in the river. Grandma's family has a puppy, which is three years old and very obedient. We let him swim in the river when we are fishing next to him. Hey, Shen Yi, will you can not swim?"

Shen Yi: "A little bit".

Shen Yi was very nervous and complicated, he didn't know how to behave to please the old man, and besides, he was Lu Chen's close relative.And Director Li, ever since Lu Chen made a fuss in the whole school, every time Director Li saw him, the word "hum" was written on his face.

Shen Yi: "I... I have been alone since I was a child, and I don't know how to please others."

Lu Chen stopped what he was doing, straightened his waist, and supported Shen Yi's shoulders, "You don't have to try to please, you are already pleasing enough, huh?" After speaking, he smacked Shen Yi's cheek, "Yes I'm protecting you, what are you afraid of? It's not about seeing your mother-in-law! Uh, but your mother-in-law may also go there. Ms. Lu Tong travels all over the world, either attending lectures or giving lectures. She really doesn't mind when she stays in the hospital honestly. many."

Lu Chen wanted to comfort Shen Yi, but Shen Yi didn't feel comforted at all.A city is a place where thousands of people live alone, and loneliness brings him a sense of security.The mouth of a country woman is a network extending in all directions, and what is false can be said to be true.

Shen Yi: "By the way, which village are your grandparents from?"

Lu Chen: "Inoue".

Shen Yi's tense face relaxed slightly.

Lu Chen was so immersed in the excitement of going home that he didn't notice his subtle emotions.

Growth is a terrible thing, it makes people so cowardly and yet so hypocritical.Hypocritically hanging a fearless face, the slightest sign of turmoil will turn everything into a war.

Is being smart a good thing?Maybe.You have learned to protect yourself, to protect yourself from injury, and you have lost the happiness that only courage can pursue, but you tell yourself and others that your actions are reasonable.

You don't believe that you are worthy of it all, and in the end little by little leads to the ending you imagined.The world is weird and real.

Is being smart a good thing?

This was the second time he passed this central road after college. He took a different car and turned in a different direction. Shen Yi saw that the village monument of Huatian Village was left far behind.

The road that stumbled him was covered with poetic green shades.Turning his head, Lu Chen, who was supposed to be sleeping soundly, looked at him without blinking.

what did he seeDid he see the way he was looking at Hanadamura?Shen Yi tried his best to restrain his panic, and pursed the corners of his mouth into a line.

Lu Chen saw the corners of his mouth pursed, and understood that this was his habitual action of trying to suppress something.

As I said, I won't ask you what you don't want to talk about, so you don't have to be so afraid of me all the time.However, Lu Chen turned around and put on a foolish expression, pretending to be angry

Ask: "Who are you thinking of behind my back, huh?" He pretended to be angry as if he wanted to hit his face with his fist.

Shen Yi lowered his head, "Just a little nervous."

Lu Chen: "My grandparents are easy to get along with. They have both the kindness and simplicity of a peasant uncle and the enlightened righteousness of an intellectual. Why, you are so panicked that you plan to meet your parents? I don't mind!"

Looking at his presumptuous smile, Shen Yi felt joy in his heart and bitterness in his mouth.Lu Chen didn't know that as soon as he closed his eyes, he didn't need to sleep, but just closed his eyes, he could see those people smashing his mouth, one after another, like a cycle that couldn't stop.

Shen Yi said seriously: "Brother".

"Ok?"

Shen Yi: "It's nothing, I just want to call you."

Shen Yi rested his head on Lu Chen's chest, as if seeking comfort, but also seemed extremely tired.

With sadness in his arms, he picked out all the good things in himself, and presented them carefully in front of him, the light hit his face, and the shadows hid behind him.

The shadow is a huge vortex, ready to swallow the person in front of him at any time.Lu Chen saw that Shen Yi had one foot in the shadow and one foot in the sun, this was a posture ready to escape at any time.At the slightest fright, he'll slip away.

Lu Chen finally couldn't help asking the question that he had been worried about all along: "Shen Yi, will you leave me?"

Shen Yi slightly opened his eyes, "As long as you don't drive me away, I won't leave."Very sincere and sincere.

Lu Chen lowered his head, stretched out his other hand, raised his little finger, and "pulls the hook".

Shen Yi finally smiled from the bottom of his heart, childish ghost.However, he still stretched out his little finger, "pull the hook".

"If the hook is hung, it must not be changed for 100 years."

Lu Chen leaned into his ear, "I don't only want 100 years, I want hundreds of years."

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A large cart is full of sleeping returnees, and the summer wind "huhu" pours into the windows.Under the cover of this "huhu" sound, Lu Chen can try his best to be inconspicuous, and Shen Yi can try his best to laugh.

When the car drove to the bus stop at the entrance of the village, Lu Chen dragged the heavy suitcase with two people's clothes in one hand, and held Shen Yi's hand in the other hand. Shen Yi broke away, saying that it was not good for people to see.

Lu Chen pulled his wrist, teasingly said: "That's fine, Lafayette."

Shen Yi laughed, knowing that as long as he was out of the house, Lu Chen would never let go of his hand, the two of them would always have some kind of physical contact, and at the very worst, they would have to hold onto their sleeves, otherwise it would always be like a flaw.

When the two arrived, grandpa and grandma were cooking in the yard.Strands of cooking smoke rose in the air, and the pot was the most traditional iron pot.

The stove was repaired in a shack in the courtyard.Half of the yard is covered with floor tiles, and the other half is filled with various vegetables and wild dandelions.Wisps of moss grew on corners and shadowed floor tiles.There are more than a dozen chickens and a few geese behind the house, and the branches are erected to fence, and the fence is surrounded by fine green nets.

Shen Yi took a glance, the whole house was not particularly delicate and clean, but everything was in order.Just an ordinary family.

Grandma kept "adding oil and vinegar" to the pot, nagging grandpa, "Oh, less firewood, the fire is too big, the pot will burn, firewood doesn't cost money, does it?"

Grandpa looked dissatisfied, "Firewood doesn't cost money, it's me who chops the firewood, not you."

Grandma: "Xiaochen came back today, I don't care about you. If the food is not delicious, let me see how I can deal with you."

Grandpa made an embarrassing face, "You usually clean up a lot, why use firewood when you can use gas?"

Grandma tasted the taste and said, "It doesn't taste the same. Did you feel wronged by asking you to chop firewood? You don't have a good face every day."

Grandpa: "I never saw you cook so hard during the Chinese New Year."

Grandma: "Oh, he went out to study during the Chinese New Year and didn't come back in time!"

Grandpa: "..."

What a warm scene, so strange, longing and fearful.Shen Yi suddenly felt that he was an intruder.

Lu Chen put down his luggage, "Grandpa and grandma, your precious grandson is back!"

Grandma put down her spatula and wiped her hands on her apron. "Little bastard, you're just talking nonsense, you can't kill him." But his eyes were stained with a thick smile, which deepened the wrinkles on his cheeks.

Then grandma turned her head and told grandpa: "Show the vegetables out, hey, the steamed buns should be cooked too, take them out to dry in a while, or they will stick."

When grandma turned her head again, she saw Shen Yi, and seemed to be taken aback, "This is a little girl or a young man, she looks really handsome."

Lu Chen intentionally said in a foolish tone: "How about the grandson-in-law I found for you, she looks pretty!"

Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment, although he knew that he had deliberately covered it up with this nonsensical attitude.

Sure enough, grandma slapped Lu Chen's buttocks, "I have never been serious since I was a child, and I will not find a partner even if I am old or young. If you don't tell me, I almost forgot."

Lu Chen: "..."

Then grandma's eyes turned to Shen Yi again, "This child is an obedient and good boy at first glance, unlike our Lu Chen, who knows how to make trouble and cause trouble. Look at your thin appearance, he usually bullies you a lot, right?"

Shen Yi smiled and said politely, "No, the teacher treats me very well."

Grandma: "Oh, teacher. It's hard for you to have such a teacher."

Lu Chen: "Grandma, who is your grandson?"

Grandma ignored Lu Chen, and pulled Shen Yi's arm as she spoke, "Come, come, sit in the shed on a hot day, and ask your grandpa to open a watermelon for you. What's your name, child?"

Shen Yi: "Shen Yi".

Grandma, are all elderly people so kind?Except for those who courted him, there were not many people who were kind to him.Shen Yi couldn't bear others' kindness to him, he always wanted to repay something, but he didn't know how to repay.

"Shen Yi", when my grandfather was serving the dishes, he raised his head and glanced at him, "He really lives up to his name", but there was a strange taste in his tone.Just like Shen Yi, he also subconsciously fears grandpa.

Some people, the first time you see him, you can already see through his good fortune and involvement.

At the dinner table, Lu Chen unceremoniously put half a plate of braised pork into his own bowl. Grandma slapped him, "Don't you save some for others?" He said by the way: "He doesn't eat greasy food, and the taste is very light. I'm almost a monk."

There is too much information in these words, grandpa and grandma looked at the two of them back and forth.

Grandma: "You guys live together?"

Shen Yi was embarrassed for a long time, so he had no choice but to explain before Lu Chen became more out of tune: "Um... I am an orphan, I had a serious illness before, and my teacher has been taking care of me".

Grandma: "Oh, that kid can take care of you? He can't cook, and he doesn't like to do housework, how can he take care of you? It's good if he can support himself!"

Lu Chen swallowed hard the food in his mouth, "Grandma, I can cook, I can sell the beef stew with potatoes, if you don't believe me, ask Shen Yi."

Grandma: "You know how to cook. When did you learn how to cook? You can hit your hands with garlic. Can you hold a knife?"

Lu Chen: "People are capable of learning. Can I afford to order takeout every day?"

The grandfather who had been listening in finally spoke up, "Let me know if you don't have enough money, your grandma's pension and I are worrying that there is nowhere to put it!"

Lu Chen: "..."

These words are really domineering. Grandpa is always so bad at expressing his feelings. Every time he opens his mouth to care about his family, he can make people feel like a thunderbolt.

Lu Chen: "Grandpa, I feel ashamed when you're like this..."

Shen Yi finally couldn't help laughing.

Lu Chen glanced at it, a little smug, but pretended to be wronged, "Look, it's all a joke."

Shen Yi pursed his lips, but the smile in his eyes grew stronger.

Shen Yi is very diligent, I don't know if it's a habit from childhood or he hopes to return something in return, maybe it's both.

After the meal, he washed the dishes first, and Lu Chen took him to the bedroom for an afternoon nap.The two of them were lying on the mat safely, and the wind from the hall was blowing in, carrying the fragrance of green grass.

Lu Chen loosened his muscles and bones, and the exhaustion from running all the way hit him instantly, turning into deep sleepiness.With half-closed eyelids, he looked at Shen Yi's face next to him, "Are you still used to it?"

Shen Yi "hmm" for a moment, it was squeezed out from his throat.

Lu Chen: "Grandpa has a serious personality, but he is very kind."

Shen Yi realized that Lu Chen was thinking about his emotions, and suddenly found that he had been thinking about himself.For a person like him who is careless and loses everything, and whose memory is basically only seven seconds, but has been carefully exploring his delicate heart, Shen Yi feels that he is melting in waves of warmth.

He turned his head to face Lu Chen and saw his thick eyes: "Well, go to sleep, didn't you say that you would take me to fish in the river this afternoon?" Shen Yi put his arm on his chest, Lu Chen He grabbed his hand with the last of his consciousness, and then fell unconscious.

When Lu Chen woke up, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.When I just woke up, I was in a trance for a while, the bed was not right, and it took me a long time to react.

"Shen Yi?"

Lu Chen got up from the bed, looking for someone shirtless, "Shen Yi?"

"I'm in the courtyard!"

Lu Chen heard the sound and came to the courtyard. There was a simple pergola in the courtyard, which should have just been erected.Shen Yi and grandma were peeling corn under the arbor.

Lu Chen moved a Maza and sat in. He looked up at the new arbor. It was made of dusty bamboo poles in the corner and covered with straw mats.

Lu Chen: "Whose handwriting is this? The project is huge."

Shen Yi: "Just prick it a little, I can't bear it."

Lu Chen: "I don't see that you still have this ability?" Lu Chen squeezed his thin little arm.

Grandma interjected from the side, "You are no one like Shen Yi who is sensible, Bai Chang is so big. Thanks to you, you are still a teacher."

Lu Chen didn't feel ashamed, and even felt a little proud, "Come on, I'll take you to the river to fish", he said, pulling Shen Yi up, "If it's dark, we can only feed mosquitoes."

In a hurry, Shen Yi only said, "Grandma, then I'm leaving" and was dragged away by Teacher Lu.

Grandma yelled at Lu Chen who ran away: "The water in the river is deep, be more careful!"

Lu Chen had already run outside the courtyard gate, yelling in the same voice, "Got it!"

"The old man is not young, but he is still like a child," the grandmother muttered.

"It's not for you to get used to." Grandpa stepped out of the threshold, "A boy from every family has been spoiled since he was a child, and you won't let me beat him."

Grandma: "Hey, he has no father since he was a child, am I afraid that he will lack love?"

Grandpa: "There is no shortage now, it's a bit over."

Grandma: "Lu Chen has no strengths since he was a child, but he managed to grow up to this age, and he is no worse than others. His personality is a bit too lively. He is in his 20s, and he is not stable at all."

Grandpa thought for a moment, "Shen Yi, is he an orphan?"

Grandma: "Well, before Lu Chen came, he called and said that he was abandoned by his parents when he was very young. He is very sensitive. Let us pay more attention when we talk."

Grandpa: "I always feel that he is very dangerous, like a cliff, one step back is life, one step is death."

Grandma: "This child grows up well, so he shouldn't suffer too much. Hey, but the shadow of childhood can't be erased in a lifetime. An unfortunate person has to spend his whole life to heal his childhood, and he is also a poor person."

Grandpa: "Is Lu Chen a little too interested in him?"

Grandma: "It's not that you don't know. This child has been pitiful and weak since he was a child. It's not surprising that he is so kind to him."

Grandpa didn't speak any more, and reluctantly accepted the answer.