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Coming out of Lu Zhengqiang's house, Li Xu took a deep breath and tapped his brow with his knuckles.

His thoughts were chaotic, and he didn't bother to tidy them up, as if it was so chaotic, the things he asked could be buried at the bottom.

He took out his phone to check the time, and happened to see Shu Yuan's missed call.

"Tsk." He stuffed the phone back, rode on the street bike and galloped towards the unplanned location.

A rare visitor came to the office of the secretary of the municipal party committee, and Li Wenxuan didn't bother to ask why his son didn't obediently stay in the classroom during school hours. He put down his work, sat by the coffee table, made a pot of tea, and poured a cup in front of Li Xu. : "There is no drink here, just drink tea and make do with it."

"Whatever, I'll leave after sitting down for a while, and I have to go back to school in the afternoon." Li Xu didn't even take off his backpack, and he really looked like he was going to leave at any time.

Li Wenxuan smiled, sipped his tea and waited for Li Xu to talk about the business.

Li Xu quickly organized his words in his mind: "When you went to Baijiang City last month, what did you investigate?"

Li Wenxuan paused as he poured tea: "I can't talk about this in detail for a day. Work style, park construction, business environment...why do you still care about these things?"

"Did you check the school situation?" Li Xu answered irrelevantly, "For example...going to see the best public school in Renjia City?"

"Yes, there are public and private ones," Li Wenxuan said, "You can tell me what you want to know? You can't make a special trip just to ask me about my work, right?"

As expected of a father and son, they both like to cut to the chase when they speak, so Li Xu doesn't go out of his way: "There was a campus bullying incident in Baijiang No. [-] Middle School last year, did you know?"

Li Wenxuan naturally did not expect this to happen in most conversations with the leaders: "If there is such a thing, the school will suppress it. Isn't your time the best example?"

"The nature of mine was different," Li Xu was annoyed. "The incident in Baijiang No. [-] Middle School was reported by the media at that time."

"Show me the report." Li Wenxuan said.

If the report could be found, Li Xu would not have come to his door. This is what worries him: "I can't find the report."

"That should be blocked," Li Wenxuan frowned, "Why do you want to know about this all of a sudden?"

Li Xu recounted the ins and outs, omitting Shu Yuan's name and the method of violence in the bullying incident, only saying that the other party and himself are friends.

Li Wenzheng pondered for a long time after hearing this, and then asked: "Has your friend's family brought the perpetrator to court? If not, what kind of solution did they accept?"

Li Wenzheng's analysis of the problem is much more comprehensive, whether it is the calm temperament that has been infiltrated in the society for many years.Li Xu didn't think about this, and only wanted to investigate the authenticity of the information dug out from Lu Zhengqiang's mouth and his sympathy for Shu Yuan: "You also know that Zheng Conghuai is a snobbish old man, how can you sue? Their family is just an ordinary family. What capital report?"

"That's why I didn't tell." Li Wenzheng slowed down his tone, trying to appease Li Xu's irritable mood. "Li Xu, have you asked that friend about his solution at that time?"

"Swallow your breath, what else can you do?"

"This is all your guesswork. You won't even ask him about the facts."

"How do you know I won't?"

"You don't dare," Li Wenzheng said, "unless you are not afraid of his distress."

"All right," Li Xu slapped the armrest of the sofa vigorously, "You're right, I dare not."

Li Wenxuan glanced at the time: "Didn't you just sit down for a while?"

The minute hand on the dial has already passed a circle, Li Xu has never tried to sit and talk with his father for so long before.He waved his hand and said, "Go do your work, I'll sit down for a while."

"My son is not usually so indecisive," Li Wenxuan said, "Speak up when you have something to say."

Li Xu also knew that Li Wenxuan was busy with official business, so he had time to chat with his useless son purely out of guilt towards Bai Shuang.

"I'm asking you to go and get all the underground money houses in another city, I'm afraid it will make things difficult for you," Li Xu said, "Help me find out the media reports at that time, the more complete the better."

Li Xu didn't go back to school in the afternoon, and after all, she couldn't bear to face Shu Yuan who was treated like that.For the time being, he can only use the time alone to calm down his manic mood, otherwise, when facing Shu Yuan, he is worried that if he digs three feet into the ground, he will also find out Zheng Conghuai's trash son, and let him have a taste of what he once forced Shu Yuan to eat. the same bitter fruit.

After staying in the Internet cafe all afternoon, Li Xu received a text message from Shu Yuan at 05:30, which seemed to be sent at the exact time after school.

——Li Xu, call me back.

On the other side that is invisible, Li Xu can imagine how anxiously Shu Yuan picked up the phone and put it down again. He didn't want to make the other party uncomfortable, but he knew that he couldn't act as if nothing happened when he heard the other party's voice.

Shu Yuan put the silent mobile phone back into his pocket, and stepped out of the school gate under the shadow of the trees.

During dinner, Shu Yuan was absent-minded all the time, Liu Mianqi wondered, "Did something happen to you at school?"

Many times, Shu Yuan complained that Liu Mian cared about him in exchange for that incident, but when he thought of the despicable appearance of the other party asking for help when he had an accident, he felt that he was too bad.

Selfish, ungrateful and bad.

"No," just saying no will only make Liu Mian more suspicious, "Recently, I'm too tired from studying and sleepy."

"That's right, you guys just finished the exam," Liu Mian let go of her doubts, "I heard that the competition in this school is fierce."

"Well," Shu Yuan cleaned up the rice in the bowl and put down the bowl and chopsticks, "I'm going to do my homework."

The homework was spread out, but Shu Yuan didn't have the slightest intention to do homework.He took the phone and clicked on the text message editing box, deleted, deleted, edited and edited the message before sending it out.

The screen of the mobile phone that was charging on the desk briefly turned on, and Li Xu just came out of the shower and wiped his wet hair with a towel.

In the cat villa on the balcony, Xiaoxiaosu lay on the soft cushion, and Biscuit lay on top of it, sticking out its tongue and licking its chin.Li Xu added some cat food to their food boxes, and pinched Biscuit's ears as a prank, but was swung away by its paw.

"The guy who forgets his master when he sees sex." He scolded with a smile, slipped on his slippers and entered the back room, picked up the phone and unlocked it, and glanced at it.

—Don't inquire about my past.

"Li Xu." Li Wenzheng knocked on the door outside, Li Xu put down his phone, walked over and opened the door.

Li Wenzheng didn't come in, so he leaned against the door and looked into the bedroom. When his eyes touched the open exercise book on the desk, he smiled: "Study?"

"Take a quick look." Li Xu glanced at the file bag in his hand, "This is it?"

"The report on the bullying incident," Li Wenzheng patted the file bag on Li Xu's chest, "If you don't know that you have a strong psychological endurance, I actually don't recommend you to read the content of the report."

The file bag in his hand suddenly weighed a thousand catties. Li Xu was silent for a moment before saying, "Thank you, Dad."

Later, when Li Xu called Shu Yuan back, the connection was made after a single ring, and Shu Yuan's voice seemed clear and cold in the quiet night: "Li Xu."

"Not asleep yet?" Li Xu leaned against the head of the bed with a file bag on his lap.

Shu Yuan's voice was very soft: "Did you find Qiangzi today?"

Li Xu could hear the cautiousness in Shu Yuan's words, he sighed, and lied: "I don't even know the address of his home, where can I find it?"

Shu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "You didn't go back to school today, I thought..."

"Duan Kao was killing me so much, I can't go back to my old job and skip class?" Li Xu made his voice sound relaxed, "I'll be back tomorrow, don't worry."

"I'm not worried." Shu Yuan's mood was still not bright, "Li Xu, don't check on me."

"What are you talking about?" Li Xu squeezed the portfolio.

"If you don't want me to hate you." Shu Yuan said.

Li Xu's fingers stopped on the unteared seal of the bag.

"I see."

***

Early-rising sanitation workers sweep away fallen leaves, and the rustling sound of brooms scraping the ground wakes up the winter streets.

Students who are usually very active after class are nestled in the classroom and do not want to go out in this season, unless it is too cold to run to the water room with a cup of boiling water to warm their hands.

Classrooms in the south are not equipped with heating, and the water gets cold quickly in winter. No matter how much water the water room provides, it can’t withstand the tossing of students running back and forth every class. Usually, students who run slowly are going for nothing.

Shu Yuan grabbed Li Xu who picked up his water glass and was about to run out again, pulled him back with all his strength, took back his water glass and put it on the table: "Say no."

"I see you are shivering from the cold in class," Li Xu took advantage of the situation and touched Shu Yuan's hand, "Hands are all ice."

Shu Yuan withdrew her hand back as if electrocuted.

A gust of wind blew up behind him, Quan Haolang pushed the door in with two water cups in his arms, and closed the door tremblingly, blocking the cold wind wantonly squeezing into the room.

"Tsk, do you have to come in through the back door? Are you responsible for freezing him and catching a cold?" Li Xu complained.He had a big opinion on Quan Haolang, and after the second section of the exam, he rearranged the seats and this man sat in front of them again, harassing Shu Yuan with different exercises every day, but Quan Haolang lived in the dormitory next to Shu Yuan, Li Xu every time The first time I saw them walking back to the classroom after lunch break, I was upset.

Very annoying.

The annoying guy even handed Shu Yuan a water glass: "It's okay, brother Xu, I can share one for Shu Yuan to warm his hands. Come to Shu Yuan, let's go!"

"No need..." Shu Yuan refused to match the enthusiasm of the other party, Quan Haolang stuffed the water glass into his arms, the unscrewed bottle leaked water and stained his clothes.

Without further ado, Li Xu carried the water glass back to Quan Haolang's arms: "He said no."

"Mind your own business." Shu Yuan cast a sidelong glance at Li Xu.

"Who said your business is nosy?" Li Xu sat down, took Shu Yuan's hand and wrapped it in his pocket, "Here is a constant warm hand treasure, I will lend it to you."

Hengnuan Shoubao clasped Shu Yuan's hand with five fingers, but Shu Yuan couldn't pull it out even with all his strength, and when he raised his eyes to meet Li Xu's beaming expression, he was so angry that he scratched the other's flesh with his nails: "Let go. "

"Not loose." Li Xu bared his teeth in pain, but instead teased his deskmate: "It deserves it."

Picking and scolding, Li Xu refused to let go, even Shu Yuan, let him hold his hand until class, when he was taking notes, he stared and forced the other party to let go.

The warmth that permeates the epidermis is not easy to dissipate, and the body temperature covering the back of the hand seems to follow the blood flow through the whole body.

Shu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and hastily suppressed the throbbing in his heart.