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In the following days, the relationship between Yang Xi and Lin Anqiao was still peaceful.

At school, the two were still high school bullies who sat indifferently at the two corners of the classroom using brainwave communication.However, out of the sight of acquaintances, Lin Anqiao would ask Yang Xi to go for a walk in the park during the National Day holiday when Yang Xi didn't have to work, and he didn't forget to invite Yang Xi to dinner at the end.

Yang Xi felt warmer than ever - she could have a delicious meal to comfort her stomach in such a difficult day.Even if she is still wearing the plain, skimpy shirt that she has worn for years in late autumn, she will feel that life is much stronger than before.Moreover, during a conversation, Lin Anqiao inadvertently learned about the life of Yang Xi and her grandma, and every time she ordered food, she still ordered an extra order for Yang Xi to bring back to her grandma.

When Yang Xi handed over the hot food to grandma, grandma always squeezed her eyes and looked at it, and with a smile on her face, she refused to let Yang Xi eat.At this time, Yang Xi would smile at grandma, pat her full stomach and say that she had eaten it long ago.After grandma looked Yang Xi up and down several times, she dared to take the lunch box hesitantly.After seeing the nutritious and colorful food in the lunch box, grandma's expression will be full of joy and happiness that cannot be concealed.

When seeing this white-haired old man who has worked hard all his life holding the rice bowl with his rough hands, Yang Xi always feels his nose sore.Sometimes grandma would say loudly that she was enjoying herself while eating, which made Yang Xi feel relieved at the same time.

Yang Xi didn't know whether he should be happy or sad about this kind of life.

When Yang Xi is free, he always thinks that when he grows up and has money, he must honor his grandma well, so he very much hopes that grandma can live another 20 years; Sometimes Xi also hopes that grandma will die soon and go to heaven to enjoy the blessings.

The human mind is so full of contradictions.Perhaps, it is because of the contradiction of poverty that thoughts are so contradictory.

Even knowing that Lin Anqiao's family is unusually rich, Yang Xi still feels quite embarrassed.She counted the banknotes she had saved up one by one, and wanted to treat Lin Anqiao to eat, but Lin Anqiao refused.

"Keep the money, and treat it as my reward for letting you accompany me." Lin Anqiao said with his eyes closed while drinking the creamy mushroom soup in the western restaurant.

"But......"

"Don't mention it anymore, it's good for us to perform our duties now." Lin Anqiao put down the spoon, narrowed his eyes slightly, but still smiled.

"These money belongs to your parents." Yang Xi's face was still cold, but it didn't have any effect on Lin Anqiao who was used to it.

Ordinary people would blush or change the subject when they heard this sentence, but Lin Anqiao didn't feel ashamed at all, instead he was decisive and confident.

"The money is mine, and I can use it with confidence."

"Pocket money? It belongs to parents too." Yang Xi frowned.

Lin Anqiao smiled bitterly: "No, these are my own money." Lin Anqiao emphasized the word "self".

"You also work part-time?"

Lin Anqiao hesitated for a moment, then nodded, making Yang Xi feel that this series of movements was very unnatural.

"Are you full? Do you want anything else?" Lin Anqiao and Yang Xi sat silently for a while, then suddenly asked.

"No, thank you. I'm going to the bathroom." Yang Xi waved his hand lightly.

"Turn right when you go out, I'll pay the bill." Lin Anqiao nodded with a smile, and walked to the front desk in a hurry.

Yang Xi mentioned the handmade linen bag that his grandmother sewed when he was very young, and walked out of the restaurant.She looked around her surroundings.This place, since Lin Anqiao walked into his life, has become no longer high-end and no longer unfamiliar.Clean marble floor tiles, the fluorescent lamp on the ceiling is many times brighter than the dim lamp in my own room.

Yang Xi finished using the toilet and walked out of the bathroom.There were no people in the small corridor in front of the bathroom, it was empty, only three smoking social youth-like figures in front of them were leaning against the wall boredly, talking for some reason.I vaguely heard a few words, all of which were vulgar words, which were unbearable.

They are more pitiful than me, Yang Xi thought sarcastically while carrying the bag, spiritual emptiness is more terrifying than material emptiness.

The three smoking tattooed youths almost blocked the exit of the small corridor, and filled the entire corridor with the pungent smell of smoke.Yang Xi frowned, and said calmly to those young people, "I'm sorry, please let me go."

Those young people looked at Yang Xi, who was very thin, and looked at each other again, laughing endlessly.In that laughter, Yang Xi heard disdain, ridicule, and boring loneliness.

"No, you step over by yourself." One of the men with non-mainstream beards said casually, his face full of wildness.

Yang Xi was too lazy to learn about them, so he really stepped over.There was only a sound of "bang dang", and the bearded Bao'er was knocked to the ground by Yang Xi.The narrowness of the space and the deliberate blocking of those people made it impossible for Yang Xi to squeeze through smoothly.

Yang Xi felt that they were wronged, so he didn't even bother to apologize. He glanced at them coldly and continued walking.

Those young people are top-notch scoundrels, and none of them are fuel-efficient.The bearded man found a source of anger, he didn't even bother to pick up the bag, and immediately rushed up aggressively, grabbed Yang Xi's collar roughly, causing Yang Xi to stagger.

Yang Xi felt that the situation was getting worse, so he stopped and looked at the person behind him, it was indeed that bearded man.She just stood there quietly without breaking free, and just looked at them quietly, her eyes were cold, which made those people shiver.

"Little girl, you are quite capable. You don't even apologize."

Yang Xi still didn't move, and still looked at them coldly: "You guys did it first, and you didn't even bother to give in."

The bearded man was obviously angry, his eyes turned into copper bells, sparks came out of his nostrils, and he wanted to hit Yang Xi with his hands.

Yang Xi turned his head away, silently waiting for the fist to come.She could tell from the strength of the hand just now that she couldn't break free no matter what, so she simply moved.She doesn't know how to fight and doesn't have much strength, but she doesn't want to give in to such a vile person.

But the fist didn't fall heavily on him as expected.

Yang Xi felt strange, looked at the ferocious and puzzled eyes of the bearded man, and then looked around, only to see Lin Anqiao's figure firmly stuck there about five meters away, as if the surroundings instantly lit up.

"Who are you?" The bearded man looked at Lin Anqiao, who was handsome but heroic, and asked contemptuously.

"I'm a friend of the girl in your hand." Lin Anqiao folded his hands, his eyes were full of aggressiveness and murderousness, making the two rogue youths behind him look at each other in blank dismay.

"Oh. Then you should take a good look at it. Let's see how I teach her a lesson. If you dare to come up and move, I will show you some color!" The bearded tone of fearing that the world will not be chaotic made Yang Xi very disgusted.But Yang Xi was also worried about Lin Anqiao.She knew that Lin Anqiao was a girl, so she might have nothing to do with these three elders.

The bearded man was a little flustered, but still pretending to be calm, he raised his fist and hit Yang Xi's nose hard, as if the person in his hand was not a human being but an indestructible sandbag.

Yang Xi was also a little scared and closed his eyes.