Different pupils

The restaurant in Xing’s old house is very large, and it doesn’t look crowded when there are more than a dozen people seated for dinner. The retro chandeliers are perfectly integrated with the decoration style combining Chinese and Western styles. Patterns are engraved on the wooden window frames, and double shadows are cast by the light and shadow. It's as if people have been pulled into another time and space, beautiful and beautiful.

But Lin Haoren was very uncomfortable.

He was so nervous that social fear broke out seriously, he just ate the food in front of him, and he didn't want to move his chopsticks if he was far away.

He now regretted agreeing to stay for dinner—he had never dined with so many people at the same time. Fortunately, some of the Xing family's rules were quite conservative, and he didn't eat or sleep.Otherwise, if all the focus was on him, this would be a public execution scene.

Xing Yu took a small bowl to help him choose some dishes, Xing Tianhu glanced at them, then continued to eat with lowered eyes.

Lin Haoren was a little embarrassed, and thanked him in a low voice. Xing Yu smiled at him, his eyes were bent, and there was a little silkworm under his eyes, and the light reflected a gentle orange in his eyes.

Lin Haoren didn't dare to make a big noise, so he ate a little slower. After the meal was finished quietly, the dishes were replaced and desserts were served. Xing Tianhu left the table with the others, leaving only some juniors and women at the table. People, the atmosphere is relaxed now.

As if the air could suddenly circulate, Lin Haoren leaned back in the chair and let out a long breath involuntarily.

"My dad is a bit serious. No one dares to talk when he's around." Xing Yu said with a smile, "Is today's dinner to your liking? I told the kitchen specifically that you like sweet things."

"Thank you, it's very appetizing." Lin Haoren was embarrassed when he heard that he was taking care of his taste, and wanted to find a hole in the ground to drill.But he didn't show such emotion on his face, only the tails of his eyes were slightly red, and the image of "Xiaonan Street No. [-] bully" was still very stable.

Li Shuangyue chatted casually with a few people for a while, and didn't ask too much about Lin Haoren's personal affairs, let alone about the things that can connect yin and yang, which made Lin Haoren heave a sigh of relief, and felt faintly grateful.

After a short rest, Lin Haoren wanted to go back, Xing Yu didn't force him, and drove him off in person.

Coming out of the old house, the lights on the mountain road dangled the shadows of the trees, making it look deserted and lonely.

He couldn't help but said, "There are many people in your family."

"Yes, I have many brothers and sisters, and I have been used to it since I was a child." Xing Yu glanced at Lin Haoren, "What about you? Do you have other brothers and sisters?"

"My dad has only one younger brother, and he gave birth to a daughter who is four years younger than me." Lin Haoren said, "I studied abroad, and my grades are pretty good. Maybe I will settle abroad in the future. I don't come and go very often, and I'm not very close. There are many brothers and sisters on my mother's side, and there are also many children, one more than me is not too many, and one less than me is quite a lot, so they are even less close."

During the two years when Master covered his eyes, he stopped talking "nonsense". His relatives always said that he was unlucky, and asked his parents not to take him with him, and put him in a boarding school after school.

His parents didn't believe it and didn't take it seriously. Later, he stopped talking nonsense when he took off the blindfold, and the family gradually forgot about it.

It wasn't until his parents died unexpectedly when he was six years old that the dissatisfaction among relatives returned.

——I said it at the beginning!He is unlucky!

——I've done a calculation with the master, he is the lone star of Tiansha, and he is destined to be lonely all his life!What crime did my elder brother do!

--What?Live at his grandmother's house?That's not going to work, there are so many children in the family, what should he do if he restrains anyone?

Lin Haoren suppressed the various voices in his head, only felt that although Xing Yu's family rules were strict, the family was considered harmonious. If he was born in this kind of family, maybe he would not be regarded as a different kind, nor would he...

When he was distracted, he heard Xing Yu say: "It's not good to have too many people in the family. We quarrel all the time. My cousin and I have been fighting since we were young, and now we don't deal with it. The family also pays attention to the blood relationship, so we can't just move out and live with our heads up all day long." If you don't see me, look down, you can't even hide..."

When Xing Yu told some embarrassing things about his cousins, Lin Haoren couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, then he heard Xing Yu's voice change, and said softly: "Senior, if you want, my home is also your home, you are welcome to come anytime."

Lin Haoren was taken aback.

"My family has many brothers and sisters, so it's okay to have one more you. I think my uncle and my mother like you very much."

Lin Haoren was a little flustered, he rarely faced such frank kindness and flattery, which made him a little at a loss.

"...It's not appropriate." Lin Haoren paused, and said, "I also like Uncle and Auntie very much, they are good people."

The most important thing is that now that he has grown up, he no longer longs for family affection and friendship as before, let alone the approval of others.

He can do just fine on his own.

It's just rare for someone to show his kindness like this, Lin Haoren couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, his eyes softened: "Thank you."

Xing Yu didn't say much, and tapped his finger on the steering wheel lightly: "You look so pretty when you smile, can you smile more in the future?"

Lin Haoren: "..."

"What's so ridiculous?" Lin Haoren said awkwardly.

"I can make you laugh." Xing Yu winked, the gentle look of a gentleman disappeared immediately, and he looked a little mischievous, "But if I make you laugh, you have to laugh, don't hold back."

Before Lin Haoren could feel the strange feeling in his heart, Xing Yu suddenly stepped on the brakes.

Lin Haoren was sternly strangled by the seat belt, with one hand resting on the front center console, his pupils shrank suddenly.

In front of the headlights, a blue-white light and shadow flashed across the road, with traces of electric light, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"What is that? Did you see it?" Lin Haoren asked in surprise.

"I see." Xing Yu stopped the car, took off his seat belt and got out to check, then asked Lin Haoren, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay..." Lin Haoren rubbed his chest that was hurt by the strangle, leaned out of the window and looked around, "Is it... the shadow of a street lamp?"

He himself knew that this statement was untenable, but the light disappeared so quickly that he couldn't see it clearly.

Xing Yu turned around in front of the car, found nothing, went back into the car and turned on the dash cam.

The recorder was slightly reflective, Xing Yu turned off the lights in the car, and the two of them got together to watch in front of the screen.

The camera shakes slightly, and the voice of the conversation comes, mixed with some disturbing noises.

Lin Haoren watched with bated breath. As soon as Xing Yu's voice fell on the screen, he suddenly braked suddenly. Lin Haoren was strangled by the seat belt and groaned, and then the car was quiet for a few seconds.

Xing Yu paused the video, frowned, and Lin Haoren's expression was not good - nothing was captured in the recorder.

He and Xing Yu clearly saw a blue and white light, although the speed was very fast, they were definitely not dazzled.

But there was nothing in the recorder, there was a street lamp every few meters ahead, and the hazy yellow light was mottled on the front glass of the car, and there was no inexplicable light or shadow.

The two looked at each other, and both saw the suspicion and solemnity in the other's eyes.

"What do you think that is?" Xing Yu asked after starting the car again, opening the car window and blowing the cold wind.

Lin Haoren raised the collar of his padded jacket, covered his chin, and exhaled moist white air: "You don't even know, and it's even more impossible for me to know."

"The speed is too fast, I didn't see it clearly." Xing Yu said, "But it's definitely not the soul."

Lin Haoren had a guess, but he couldn't be sure, he hesitated and said, "You said...then why did the Soul Melting Cauldron just so happen to fall into the principal's hands?"

"Ok?"

"The school is not far from my house," Lin Haoren said. "The children of the old fans of Dan Ge's live broadcast also happened to go to school there. You also appeared there when you lost your soul after you fell into a coma."

"You mean, that's not a coincidence." Xing Yu tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, thoughtfully, "It's really strange."

"Didn't those tomb robbers say that those ancient objects disappeared in a flash of white light?" Lin Haoren said, "The one just now..."

"Not sure, but the suspicion cannot be ruled out." Xing Yu nodded, "I will check nearby."

The two were immersed in their own thoughts for a while, and did not speak along the way.

The atmosphere was a little heavier than when we came here.

Before arriving at the community, Lin Haoren was about to open the door when Xing Yu held down his hand.

"I'll do it." Xing Yu said with a smile, "You sit down."

Lin Haoren didn't quite understand this kind of elaborate and inconvenient "etiquette", obviously he opened the door faster by himself.He watched Xing Yu get out of the car and walk around to him. He pressed the button of his suit with one hand and opened the car door with the other. He said very politely, "Have a nice day, good night."

Lin Haoren wanted to laugh, pulled off his collar a little, and said, "Thank you, good night."

Xing Yu closed the car door: "Think carefully about what I said. This is not an easy matter. I need your help both for public and private purposes."

Lin Haoren lowered his eyes, gently squeezed his fingers into his palm, and nodded.

On New Year's Eve, Xiao Dan wanted to broadcast live, and he didn't even return to Xiao's house.

Xiao's parents scolded their son bloody with sausage and bacon. Although their mouths were full of complaints, they still helped their son clean up the house and made dinner honestly. Mother Xiao even brought him a local chicken. Come on, the two elders are busy working until the evening before leaving.Xiao Dan called Lin Haoren again and asked him if he wanted to have the New Year's Eve dinner.

Lin Haoren didn't bother to move. He had stayed up almost all night rushing to draft the day before, and now he had dark circles under his eyes and his face was blue.

He rubbed his hair and sat up. The air conditioner in the room was humming, and the humidifier was not working. His skin was so dry that it was about to crack, and the sides of his face and nose were covered with dry skin, and he was very haggard.

"You are busy with your work, don't worry about me, I can eat whatever I want." He yawned, got out of bed wrapped in a quilt to wash up, and just turned on the light in the bathroom when the doorbell rang.

"That's it, hang up. Happy New Year." He said to the phone.

"Okay, Happy New Year." Xiao Dan turned on the hands-free phone, tapped his fingers on the keyboard quickly, concentrated on looking at the boss on the screen, and said, "I wish you a lot of writing and thinking, and the books will sell well!"

"Thank you, brother." Lin Haoren hung up the phone, looked at the cat's eyes, and there was Xing Yu dressed like a peacock standing outside the door.

Lin Haoren turned his head and looked at the mirror in the entrance: the young man in the mirror had curled hair, an ugly face, fine lines around his eyes, and was wearing cartoon pajamas wrapped in a quilt...

He hasn't washed his face yet!

Lin Haoren suddenly covered his mouth, and said to the door: "Why are you here?"

"I'll pick you up for the New Year." Xing Yu smiled happily, stroking his ear handsomely, and raised his jaw slightly, "Open the door, senior, I brought you a gift."

Lin Haoren: "..."

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