pretend to be poor

People, really can't be fooled.

Before Tong Huai had time to talk to Tong Jingyuan, he received calls from his grandparents.

This summer vacation, Tong Huai's grandparents were going to pick him up to play, but Tong Jingyuan followed the routine and shirked that he went on a trip with his classmates. His dad is acting.

Tong Jingyuan spoke convincingly, saying that the two of you are old and not young, it's shameful to be so clingy to your grandson, it's time to let the children go out to make friends, the children have few friends, how pitiful.

The fallacies are so true that the grandparents believed his evil.

It's not that Tong Jingyuan's lying skills are so good, but that Tong Huai really does.

He was always alone when he was a child, and he was always alone when he grew up. He looked heartless, he could get along well with anyone, get along with anyone, he could have many partners who hugged him, but he only had a few friends.

Most of the time, Tong Huai calls others brothers and sisters just to make himself look less lonely, less withdrawn and different.

The second elder watched him grow up, of course he knew this very well.

Tong Huai was not as enlightened as the three parents, so he couldn't think of so much.

The lie was exposed, the father deceived the son, and the son could not deceive the father.

When the phone was connected, Tong Huai hurriedly comforted his grandfather: "Grandpa, I'm fine, I'm really fine... I wasn't thrown by my dad to mine in Africa! Why did you think you went to Africa? I'll go to Antarctica to take part in the scientific research tomorrow instead." Team? My aunt is sick and hospitalized, and Uncle Chai is too busy, so I will help Uncle Chai."

Grandpa Tong also knew Chai Liguo, so he was dubious: "Really? Zai Zai, don't be afraid of your father. If you have any grievances, just tell grandpa and see if your grandma doesn't beat him to death when you go back!"

"I'm really wronged for beating my dad to death." Tong Huai comforted his grandfather again, coquettishly saying that he misses his grandfather the most.

Hearing this, Mr. Tong beamed with joy and calmed down a little.

Hey, good grandchildren miss me more than old wives.

After chatting for a long time, grandpa handed over the phone to grandma, who took the baton to scold Tong Jingyuan.

Tong Huai remembered something, got up, put on slippers, stomped to the balcony, watered the flowers to comfort grandma, and repeated the old trick: "I miss grandma the most."

Grandpa: "I heard you."

Tong Huai shook his hand and sprayed twice more, the delicate petals shook and almost fell off.

A little chaos lasted for nearly an hour, Tong Huai hung up the phone, consoling him so much that his mouth was dry.

He didn't like drinking water, so he took out a bag of milk from the refrigerator, and while drinking, poked at his old father who was called a quail: "Are your old ears still healthy?"

Bright gloating.

Based on the principle of resolutely admitting mistakes and never repenting, Tong Jingyuan was angry: "It's useless to say anything, a summer vacation is a summer vacation."

"I don't want to run away."

Tong Jingyuan seemed to still be buzzing in his ears, rubbed the center of his brows, and didn't mention the bad luck: "Zai Zai, I heard from your Uncle Chai that you have made new friends?"

Telling his old father that this was weird, Tong Huai twitched and groaned, "That's right."

Tong Jingyuan smiled, followed his wishes without asking: "After finishing this project, Dad will be back."

"Tch, it's up to you whether you come or not." Tong Huai pretended not to care, held the milk bag in his mouth for a while, and asked vaguely, "Then when are you coming back?"

"almost."

Usually Tong Jingyuan said "soon", but he still has to wait.

Tong Huai was not very happy, so she let out a sigh, lay back on the bed, grinned at the mother in the photo, and turned over: "Then you go to sleep, it's getting late, you middle-aged people grow old quickly by staying up late, bald I don’t recognize you when you go out into the Mediterranean.”

Tong Jingyuan heard that he was unhappy, so he didn't bother with him in a good-tempered manner, hung up the phone, and sent his son a few bad jokes about middle-aged and elderly people.

Tong Huai rolled his eyes, collected them one by one, and typed two words coldly: good night.

When he arrived at the restaurant the next day, Chai Liguo already knew about the "chaos in the circle of friends" of the Tong family, and most likely he had received an inquiry call from Grandpa Tong Huai.

Only then did Tong Huai think of an important thing: "Uncle, I beg you, please don't tell Xue Ting anything about my family."

Seeing his solemn expression, Chai Liguo guessed that this might be some small thought of a rebellious teenager. If he talked too much, this little nagging would probably make his ears cocooned, so he didn't pay much attention to it, and nodded in agreement.

Tong Huai was relieved.

It's so dangerous that the nagging Comrade Chai has been left alone for so long, but fortunately, Lao Chai hasn't yet colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country.

After wandering around in the store all morning, Xue Ting arrived on time in the afternoon, carrying a small bag in his hand, prohibiting Tong Huai from looking left and right, and pressing Tong Huai to do his homework as soon as he came.

Tong Huai's patience is not good, and the little enthusiasm for learning that everyone would suddenly rise has long since disappeared. Every day after writing for a while, he will be restless for a while, like a thorn on the bench, and he can't calm down without flirting: "I can play for a while Do you want to play games? Do half an hour of homework and get 10 minutes of game time? Are you thirsty? Let me buy you a popsicle? There seems to be a wild cat barking outside, could it be the one you rescued? Tsk, Xue Ting, Tingting, Brother Ting, do you have long ears for decoration..."

Chatter chatter chatter chatter.

Talk too much.

Xue Ting rolled his eyelids indifferently, pinpointed the pain point, and suppressed it precisely: "Want to come to this store with others to make up homework before school starts?"

Tong Huai: "..."

There was too much threat in these words, he pinched his nose and sat up again.

Chai Liguo passed by, his eyes widened, he gave Xue Ting a thumbs up slowly, and refilled his cup of tea.

Tutoring Tong Huai to complete today's homework, Xue Ting greeted Chai Liguo as usual, and took him away.

Tong Huai was still thinking about the popsicles, so he went to buy two first, wearing a hat, he just licked the popsicles instead of looking at the road, so he went wherever Xue Ting went, and after walking for a while, he found that the road was not right, He raised his head: "Where is this going?"

Xue Ting took a bite of the popsicle: "Deal with traffickers."

Tong Huai: "..."

Xue Ting continued to entertain him: "Remember to count the money later."

Tong Huai touched this sentence and realized: "You hurt me and I was sold, and you still count the money?!"

"It's not damaged, it's what it is."

Tong Huai was so angry that he wanted to reason, but he followed Xue Ting and walked straight into the depths of an alley.

There are not many people nearby, and it is quiet in broad daylight. The sunlight is completely covered by the high courtyard wall. When you walk to the end, there is a trash can on the ground. A small piece of sunlight leaks out nearby, and the bright spots are in the shadows. Very conspicuous, like a mirror.

"Did you abandon the light and turn to the gangsters and lure me here to ambush me?" Tong Huai cast a shadow on the alley, looking around suspiciously, "You can't defeat me alone."

"..." Xue Ting was speechless, "Wait, the reinforcements will arrive soon."

As he said that, he walked to the trash can that hadn't been used for many years, squatted down, and opened the small bag he brought. Tong Huai squinted and saw that there was cat food in it.

Xue Ting tapped the ground twice, and stepped back after putting away the cat food.

As soon as he walked away, a gaudy cat head slowly emerged from the trash can. It was a very beautiful Sanhua with round emerald green pupils, staring at Tong Huai vigilantly, not daring to move forward. .

Tong Huai took a few steps back, squatted down and opened his eyes wide, looked at the little thing, and understood: "Is this the stray cat you rescued?"

I heard from Mr. Xue that the cat was tied to the telephone pole with thin wire by the bear child, and its hair was soaked in blood, screaming screamingly. Xue Ting kindly helped, but the furious cat scratched a few bloodstains.

No wonder Xue Ting disappeared for a long time at noon that day, probably because he asked for leave to get vaccinated.

He couldn't help looking at Xue Ting's hand several times, but he couldn't imagine that this person was so kind.

Xue Ting leaned his back against the wall, biting a popsicle, and hummed flatly.

Probably because she felt that Tong Huai was not threatening, Sanhua walked out slowly, turned her head and meowed twice.

Three kittens a few laps younger than her came out one by one in a line, some were black, some were orange, some were white, and they were all skinny, probably because they were covered by the bigger cat.The three kittens lowered their heads to eat the cat food, and Sanhua walked around to let the little one eat first, and glanced at the two of them vigilantly from time to time.

When he was young, Mr. Tong was afraid that Tong Huai would be unhappy alone, so he raised an Alaska, which was majestic and handsome. He only clinged to him and grew up with him. He died of illness the year before last. Tong Huai cried for more than half a month and dreamed of it every day. .

Tong Jingyuan saw him too sad, and wanted to raise another one at home, but Tong Huai refused.

The lifespan of a pet is shorter than that of a human, and he cannot accept parting.

Looking at these kittens now, Tong Huai felt soft in his heart: "Do you want to raise them?"

Xue Ting shook his head: "After a while, they will be arrested and sterilized."

As he said that, seeing Tong Huai reaching out to touch the Sanhua, he reached out to stop him, "Don't touch, you will catch people."

On a hot day, the ground temperature was the highest to cook eggs, but Xue Ting's hands were cold, Tong Huai's hands were hot, and when they touched each other, both of them were stunned.

Tong Huai curled up his fingers, his heart trembled for no reason, he maintained a squatting posture, and looked back.

Xue Ting bent down to look at him, half of his face was bathed in the sun, his eyelashes were dyed pale gold, and his expression was a little stunned.

The atmosphere was inexplicably stagnant for a moment, Xue Ting withdrew his hand and turned towards the entrance of the alley.

Tong Huai came back to his senses, got up and followed: "You like cats, why don't you keep them?"

Xue Ting's eyes lowered, and the corners of his mouth hooked viciously: "No, I like dogs."

Tong Huai stomped his head and kicked up: "You are the dog."

Xue Ting: "..."

I can't remember the formula life and death, but I can't forget the little joke I made before.

What's going on in this little curly's head.

When he arrived at the hospital, Mr. Xue had already woken up from his afternoon nap and was reading a book while wearing reading glasses. When he saw Tong Huai coming, he waved quickly.

What Xue Jingyang read was a fantasy novel given by Tong Huai. He found it novel and enjoyed reading it.Tong Huai leaned over and whispered with him, looking more like his own son and grandson than Xue Ting.

Xue Ting didn't feel noisy anymore, leaning against the window and watching this scene, he was even in a good mood.

After a few minutes of relaxation, the phone in his pocket vibrated.

He took out his mobile phone, and the caller was his father, Xue Songbo.

The smile condensed on the corner of his mouth, Xue Ting glanced at Mr. Xue who was smiling happily, his expression remained calm, seeing that the two were still arguing about why the protagonist wanted to cheat his death, most likely they would not notice him, and quietly left the ward , walked to the end of the corridor before answering the phone.

A familiar voice rang in my ears: "Why did it take so long to answer? How do you feel over there?"

"Fortunately."

After being silent for a while, Xue Songbo asked again: "I have friends over there, can I turn it into the key points for you?"

"Need not."

Two consecutive answers that were neither salty nor bland, cut off all the conversation.

The gentleness that Xue Ting usually used to pretend disappeared completely, and the alienation that Tong Huai keenly sensed spread, full of a sense of distance.

Xue Songbo was not good at chatting with his son, so he froze for a few seconds before looking for another breakthrough: "How is the old man?"

"Fracture, in the hospital."

"what happened?"

"The road was slippery. He wanted to go out to buy breakfast by himself, but accidentally fell."

Xue Songbo frowned when he heard that, and his tone was deep, quite dissatisfied: "Why is the old man so stubborn? You can't enjoy the good fortune. I have to take you to live in that kind of place and drive the nanny out. Now I'm suffering."

Hearing what he said, Xue Ting smiled instead, with a cold look in his eyes.

He vaguely heard someone from Xue Songbo's side reminding him to hold a meeting. He was about to speak when the phone beeped and hung up.

Heaving a sigh of relief in his chest, Xue Ting squeezed his forehead, wanting to go back to the ward, but the screen of the phone that had just been turned off turned on again, and a call popped out.

Yu Hui.

This couple is obviously torn apart, and they hate and hate each other, but they have a tacit understanding, and there is a tacit understanding between the front and the back.

Xue Ting stared at the name for a while, sighed, and answered the phone again.

It's been almost two months since he left, and Yu Hui's voice is no longer so hysterical.I don't know if it's a cold, or I quarreled with Xue Songbo again, but I still said dumbly: "Xiaoting."

She said cautiously, "How about over there?"

Xue Ting: "Very good."

"Have you made any new friends?"

Xue Ting paused for a moment: "It's handed over."

Yu Hui obviously didn't expect that with her son's temper, she actually made friends. The next sentence she had prepared, "You don't have any friends over there, you should come back" was cut off, and she was quiet for a while, and asked, "Where is your father?" Did you call?"

"Just hung up."

Yu Hui lowered her voice: "Did he tell you..."

"..." Xue Ting was silent for a while, "Are you divorced?"

Yu Hui replied awkwardly.

No wonder I didn't contact you for more than two months and suddenly called.

A slight ridicule rose in Xue Ting's heart.

"Xiao Ting," Yu Hui didn't hear Xue Ting speak again, and Yu Hui's words became more and more lacking in confidence, "Mom, mom misses you, how about you come back?"

In the evening, the last ray of afterglow slanted in and sprinkled on the boy's slender and straight back. The evening wind came in through the window, and the corners of his clothes were blown endlessly, dragging a long, thin shadow on the ground, lonely and alone.

Xue Ting closed his eyes and said softly, "I will go back to the college entrance examination."

Yu Hui's throat choked.

She understood Xue Ting's temper. Before the college entrance examination, Xue Ting would not go home again.

Her voice became hoarse: "Are you...still blaming mom?"

"No." Xue Ting was unexpectedly calm, "You are just following your heart, there is no right or wrong."

"You're still blaming me, otherwise why would you ask your uncle to help you transfer schools without saying a word, Xiao Ting..."

Yu Hui choked up as she spoke, she is not weak, but her showing of weakness can only remind Xue Ting of some not-so-good memories, the throbbing pain in her head, the memories are bizarre.

No matter how many times he said it, Yu Hui always believed it.

In the end, I'm not too ashamed.

He suddenly felt that he couldn't take it anymore, and he replied briefly "No, I will talk about it next time", hung up the phone, and a feeling of tiredness welled up from the bottom of his heart.

It's all here in Linlan, but he still can't get rid of the shadow.

Dealing with them once is more tiring than listening to Tong Huai's nagging for a long time.

Xue Ting calmed down for a while and turned around.

Tong Huai was not far behind him.

The gaze cast was quite complicated.

As soon as Xue Ting's eyes met, Tong Huai's eyes were filled with sympathy, and he asked in a low voice, "Are you sad?"

Xue Ting's expression gradually disappeared: "..."

see hell.

Tong Huai came out to look for Xue Ting.

Before he got close, he heard Xue Ting say softly, "I will go back to the college entrance examination", and immediately rang the alarm bell, and quietly retreated a few steps, considerately not to disturb him.

Sure enough, Xue Ting just made a girlfriend, and his puppy love was discovered by his teachers and parents, and then he was forced to break up and transferred to another school in a fit of anger.

Justified.

Xue Ting met those sparkling clear eyes, his lips moved, hesitant to speak.

... Can't tell what's wrong, but he can be sure that the little curly has misunderstood something.

A young boy in Tong Huai felt sour and bitter: "Come on, take the exam well! You don't need to tell me, I understand everything!"

You know shit.

Xue Ting's bad mood was disturbed by him, he ignored his bluffing, and rubbed his curly hair: "Let's go."