After entering the third year of high school, Shen Yusheng was in a state of continuous rotation every day. Every week, he was forced to study by himself on Friday night and extra training on Saturday. Yi Chang didn't wait for him to go home with him.

After school this Friday, Yi Chang went to the supermarket to buy some cake materials and went home, planning to give his brother a birthday surprise on Saturday.

Because he has no experience in making cakes before, he only watched his sister try out all kinds of messy molds at home, and he operated very slowly while looking at the recipe.

Seeing him busy in the kitchen, Xu Xiang felt moved, rubbed his head and said, "Xiao Chang really has a heart, Xiao Sheng will definitely be very happy."

After filling the mold, he put it in the oven at home that had not been used for a long time, with a sigh of satisfaction.

He then took paper and pen, thinking about what to draw on it.After a while, he had a flash of inspiration and scratched on the paper twice.

He was overjoyed looking at the sketch, and after painting the pattern with paint, he couldn't wait to see his brother's expression when he saw the gift.

Staring at the cake, he suddenly remembered that he forgot to buy candles.

It is definitely not good to buy nineteen candles, the one with numbers is just right.When he was still living in the previous house, the small shop downstairs sold this kind, and it was beautifully decorated.

He has plenty of time this Saturday, and he didn't bother to look for other stores. After lunch, he took a car to his former home.

This area has basically not changed in this year. Fortunately, the shop selling gadgets is still open.He went inside to pick out two low-key digital candles, and when he bought them and went out, he saw a few middle-aged men with unscrupulous looks wandering on the street.

When he was about to pass them quickly to the station, one of them stopped him suddenly: "Hey! Stop."

He could only stop and watch these people sizing up around him.

One of them narrowed his eyes and asked him, "You are...you are Yi Qun's son, right?"

Seeing him nodding his head, the other party said: "We have found someone, so do you know where your father is?"

"I don't know." He was a little nervous at first, not knowing what these people were going to do with his father.

"I don't know? Are you kidding me? He's your old man. Don't you know where he went?!"

The man thought for a while, then shouted at him: "Follow me to your house!"

"……what?"

The man ran out of patience, he pulled up the strap of his schoolbag and dragged it forward.

"Go to your house and open the door for me! I want to see what tricks you guys are playing..."

Pushed by this group of people, he walked into a community that he hadn't set foot in for a long time.

No matter how he explained that his father was not at home, he and his sister couldn't find anyone, and the leader still didn't believe it.

He slowly recalled that when he was a child, he seemed to have seen this person at home, maybe it was a friend who smoked and drank with his father.

Fortunately, he carried the key to this door with him, and an empty house should be enough to make them give up.

After entering the door, this group of people rushed into each room to search, even the wardrobe and under the bed, but in the end they found nothing.

The boss cursed, stared at Yi Chang and said viciously: "Where did your father go?"

"I told you I didn't know."

"Yes, yes..."

The man became more and more angry, and gestured to the two people beside him with his eyes.The two quickly took out the rope and tape, and tied Yi Chang up without much effort.

The leader took out his mobile phone and began to dial a number repeatedly, but he did not get through after more than a dozen calls.He changed the number and tried again. Finally, he closed his eyes, threw the phone on Yi Chang, and shouted: "Your father is fine, I don't want my son anymore!"

Yi Chang lay curled up on the ground, and it was probably clear after hearing this: this man wanted to kidnap him, but unfortunately even the threat failed.

For some reason, he suddenly wanted to laugh.

The man was further irritated by his expression, kicked him hard a few times, took out a stack of papers and threw it on him.

"Tell your dad! 30! If you don't pay it back, he won't have a good life in this life!"

A group of people beat him up with fists and kicks, and left cursing.

Gradually, the footsteps got farther and farther away from him.

He slowly stretched out his hand, trying to reach the outer pocket of his schoolbag, opened the zipper and fumbled inside for a while, and pulled out a utility knife he had put inside.

At this time, he was extremely grateful that he forgot these art class tools in his schoolbag.

In the friction with the hemp rope, the pain in his hand was very severe, and a lot of sweat oozed out of his face.

After finally untying all the ropes, he stood up with difficulty and looked at his watch, only to find that it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

Taking the cake and candles, he hesitated for a while, then collected the IOUs scattered on the ground one by one, stuffed them into his schoolbag, and stumbled downstairs.

When I arrived at the school, it was already dark, and it was much later than the end of the third year of high school.

He rushed to the classroom of Shen Yusheng's class, and found that the lights were on and the electric fan was turning slowly, but there was no one there.He thought that his brother might be in the dormitory, but he found that he didn't know the specific dormitory number.

After waiting at the door for a while, he suddenly felt a little tired.

Those people this afternoon clearly knew that nothing could be done if they beat him, so they hit him so hard.He put the cake aside and sat down in a slightly more comfortable position.

When Shen Yusheng walked to the door of the classroom with a freshly washed mop and rag, this was the scene he saw: In the empty corridor was sitting the man in front of him, with his legs folded, his arms resting on his knees, and his head bowed down with.Some messy hair blocked his face, and he was still shaking slightly. He raised his head when he heard the sound of someone coming.

"Xiao Chang?" Shen Yusheng's eyes widened in surprise, "What's wrong with you..."

"Brother! You are finally here."

He propped himself up and got up, handed the cake to him, and said, "Open it and have a look!"

Shen Yusheng opened this undecorated box with doubts.

When he saw the small but delicate round cake inside, he was speechless for a moment.

He has never had the habit of celebrating his birthday, only his mother celebrated his coming of age at home last year.In addition, he has been very busy studying recently, and he has already forgotten that today is his birthday.

"Brother, happy birthday!"

The little brown head portrait on the cake is very simple, but with a few strokes, it depicts a serious and lovely face, very much like a birthday star.

"Look, does it look like you?"

He leaned over and pointed at his masterpiece, looking at Shen Yusheng's somewhat sluggish face, he was so proud that his face hurt a little from laughing.

Shen Yusheng was stunned for a long time before he realized, and said, "Thank you..."

Yi Chang pulled him into the classroom, turned off the lights, then inserted the candle, took out the lighter and lit it.

When he was doing this series of movements, Shen Yusheng just watched quietly from the side.

Under the candlelight, he saw the wound on his face clearly, and asked with a frown, "What's going on with your face?"

"I got into a fight with someone," Yi Chang signaled him with his eyes, "Quick, make a wish."

Seeing that his brother stared at him with no intention of moving, he had no choice but to tell the truth: "Someone came to collect debts from my dad, and if he couldn't find him, he came to me."

Under the candlelight, the boy's already immature face was a little softer than before, and the swollen left cheek made his face show a little fragility amidst the disharmony.There was some water in his eyes, reflecting the two clusters of jumping candles. Although the flames were small, they shone straight to the bottom of Shen Yusheng's heart.

Involuntarily, he reached out and touched his wound.In silence, they exchanged glances, but none of them knew what they wanted to convey.

Yi Chang looked away first, put his arms on the desk, and persuaded: "Hurry up and make a wish, the candle is about to go out."

After Shen Yusheng closed his eyes after listening to his words, he stared deeply at his slightly parted thin lips and trembling eyelashes, and carved a vow in his heart.

He didn't know what kind of wish he had made.But he knew that he wanted to protect the person in front of him for the rest of his life from today on.

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