go with the demon

The community where Shu Li lives has been around for some years, and the exterior walls of the buildings look a bit dilapidated.There was only one elderly man in the security booth at the entrance, smoking a pipe. When he entered, he didn't even lift his eyelids, shaking his head and listening to the Shaoxing opera on the small black and white TV.

The green belt between the buildings is full of daily-use vegetables such as green vegetables, peppers, and shallots. Although the growth is mediocre, it is enough to cook soup and choke vegetables at home.

The concrete floor is already full of potholes, and gravel is scattered all over the place. Fortunately, the sanitation in the community is not bad. There is no rubbish on the road, and the trash cans next to the main road will be cleaned regularly.

Pulling the suitcase, the boy narrowed his eyes happily, all of which made him feel nostalgic.

"Hey, Xiaoli is back? Is it on vacation?" The old man who came to him waved.

"Hi, grandma, the school is on summer vacation, are you going shopping?" The boy stepped forward and exchanged greetings.

"Xiaoyao wants to eat jelly. I'll go buy some. I was looking at your mother just now. I was chatting with your aunts and the others in the gazebo." The old man patted the boy's hand: "Grandma is leaving first."

"Be careful on the road." Shu Li waved his hand and quickened his pace back.

The gazebo is next to the building where Shu Li lived. There is a sports field with equipment such as parallel bars.When he was a child, he especially liked the equipment called space walk, and his mother watched him play while sitting in the gazebo next to him, knitting a sweater.

From a distance, Shu saw his mother sitting among several women.His grandfather used to be a soldier/person, and he taught his mother very harshly, so she always kept her back straight and sitting upright. In addition, she was a Chinese teacher by profession and liked to read, so she had a bookish air. It looks very temperamental.

But if someone thinks that she is weak and deceitful, Yuemo will be hit by this steel plate and break her leg.

"Mom." Shu Li called out.

After hearing this, the woman stood up in surprise and greeted her: "Li Li, you're back."

"Hey, famous college students are on vacation." The woman sitting next to Shu Li's mother looked over, but her tone of voice was a bit subtle.The woman has a rich body, a large face, prominent cheekbones, and her facial features are not ugly, but her mouth is a bit big, and she has a bit of a sarcastic feeling when she laughs.

"Hello, Second Aunt." Shu Li politely said hello and took his mother back to the house.

He doesn't like his second aunt very much, even a little bit annoying.

They moved here after Shu Li's father disappeared.Li Yunxiu went to a normal university, and she also loves the profession of teaching.It's just that the teacher was very busy and didn't have much time to take care of the children, so when Shu Xingzhi's second sister asked them to move to the opposite side to be neighbors so that they could help take care of the children, Li Yunxiu hesitated for a while and agreed.

Shu Kaili couldn't say she was caring or caring towards Shu Li, but she wasn't harsh either.Shu Kaili's son is five years older than Shu Li, and he is a bit wild, not a bullying character, so Shu Li's childhood was very ordinary, without much suffering or deep sorrow.

Logically speaking, it seems that Shu Li shouldn't hate his second aunt.

After Shu Kaili's son failed the college entrance examination and only went to a third-rate university, she began to take special care of Shu Li.From time to time, she always instilled in Shu Li some ideas such as "being a boss is a scumbag, no matter how good the exam is, you will be a part-time job", and often encouraged Shu Li to play games when he was doing homework.

There is nothing qualitative about children, Shu Li was obsessed with games for a while, and his grades in the final exam dropped.Shu Kaili did not blame but taught him to change the teacher's score with a red pen to deceive Li Yunxiu.

Li Yunxiu was a teacher herself, so she saw through that childish trick at a glance. Shu Li knelt in the living room for two hours that night.

Shu Kaili immediately came over to persuade Li Yunxiu when she heard about it, what about children, it's normal to be playful, don't put too much pressure on them, now the children are under too much pressure, there are a lot of news about suicide, and she is doing it for the good of Shu Li.With a single mouth, he said extravagantly, which made Li Yunxiu feel guilty.

If it were any other child, they would probably think that Second Aunt is the best person in the world, but unfortunately Shu Li is not an ordinary child. Seeing the faint black air gushing out of Second Aunt's mouth, he felt his hair stand on end.

Coincidentally, before Shu Li's college entrance examination, Shu Kaili visited more frequently, she seemed to care about her nephew, but when Li Yunxiu was away, she put pressure on Shu Li with both words and deeds.When she learned that Shu Li had been admitted to a well-known university in China, the smile on Shu Kaili's face almost couldn't hold back.

Shu Li gradually understood that the disobedience she felt from Shu Kaili when she was a child was called a sense of superiority. No matter what she did, it seemed that she was giving alms to their mother and child, so as to satisfy her face and self-esteem.However, in any case, it cannot be denied that she used to take care of her.

Making Shu Li disgusted is another matter.When she came back from the winter vacation last year, Shu Kaili quarreled with Zhou Yan upstairs, and the two confronted each other downstairs.One is full of genital/genital/organ profanity flying all over the place, and the other is criticizing and sneering.

After returning to the house, Shu Li learned the whole story from his mother.

Zhou Yan's family background is average, but he is very smart, hard-working and studious, good-looking and strong-tempered.When I go to university, I need to study for graduate school, and after I finish the graduate school, I want to study for a Ph. D. At this age, I will be 27 in a flash.

The family members began to worry about their daughter's marriage, and they would ask for help to introduce a partner every new year and holiday.Zhou Yan had no intention of getting married, but because of his parents, he agreed to the blind date.

Zhou Yan's blind date was introduced by Shu Kaili.During the introduction, she blew the other party up to the sky. She has a high degree of education, high income, a car and a house, and she looks good, but she is a little older, and she said that now the little girl just likes the uncle.

As a result, as soon as Zhou Yan went there, he found that the other party was almost forty and had been divorced.Then I found a friend to investigate and found that the reason for the divorce between his ex-wife and him was because the man had a strong desire to control and had a history of domestic violence.

Originally, the matter of introducing a blind date was all boasting, and the man's financial conditions were indeed top-notch, and he was a returnee.Although Zhou Yan was unhappy, he didn't say anything, but he just replied that it was inappropriate, so he planned to expose it.

What made Zhou Yan explode was that she inadvertently discovered that Shu Kaili knew that the other party was violently divorced, but because she took money from that man and recommended him to people she knew who had marriageable daughters, she started arguing.

One scolded ignorant of good and bad, and the other scolded her conscience, causing the whole community to know about it.

However, things didn't end there.After that day, when Shu Kaili went to play mahjong, she began to gossip, saying that Zhou Yan couldn’t get married and no man wanted him, what’s the use of having a high education, what’s the use of being good-looking, she’s not just an old aunt, she’s a loser who hasn’t had children , When I get older, no one wants to post back.

People in the community began to point fingers at Zhou Yan's family. The conflict between Zhou Yan and his parents became more and more serious, and finally he left the country without saying a word. Half a year later, Zhou Yan's parents also moved away. The day they left , The two seem to be 30 or [-] years older.

Since then, Li Xiuyun and Shu Li have stayed away from Shu Kaili intentionally or unintentionally, but after all, they are related to each other, and they have also helped them, so it is not easy to tear their skins.It was also Li Xiuyun who wanted to go out to meet Shuli today, but was dragged over by several people to chatter, she couldn't refuse and stayed there for a while.

After entering the house, Li Xiuyun breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Finally, I'm relieved. I originally wanted to go out early to buy some dishes you like, and make a good meal in the evening. Who thought I would meet them."

Shu Li put down the suitcase, and the mother and son sat on the sofa, took some fruit, and chatted about homework while watching TV.

Shu Li is also twenty now, and Li Xiuyun asked curiously while chatting: "Li Li, is there any girl you like in school?"

"...." Shu Li looked at his mother sadly: "No, there is no way, they are not as good-looking as my mother."

"Your mother is old, what are you looking for?" Li Yunxiu poked the boy on the head with a smile.

With a flick of his head, Shu Li tilted his glasses, and it happened that the plot of the TV drama was put into the night scene, and a figure was actually printed on the black screen of the TV.

The man had long hair loose and was wearing an ancient robe, standing quietly behind the sofa.The screen lit up quickly, but Shu Li didn't see the figure's face clearly, so he turned his head in shock and looked behind him, but there was nothing behind him.

Li Yunxiu was taken aback by his actions, and said anxiously: "What's wrong? Did mom hurt you?"

Shu Li turned his head, took off his glasses, shook his head and said with a smile, "It's nothing, I thought a mouse ran over."

When Li Yunxiu heard this, he immediately frowned: "This house is indeed a bit old, so it's hard to guarantee that mice might get in from somewhere. I'll go to the supermarket to buy some sticky rat boards later."

Speaking of this, Li Yunxiu looked at Shu Li and asked seriously: "Li Li, Mom wants to discuss something with you."

"What's the matter?" Shu Li withdrew his thoughts.

"I want to move." Li Yunxiu weighed his words: "I used to worry that you had no one to take care of you, and this place is relatively close to your original middle school, so I haven't mentioned it. You are in your third year at the beginning of school, and now your mother has no one to take care of you." Affordable, saved some money, so let's live somewhere else."

Shu Li smiled knowingly: "Mom, I'm afraid it's more than that."

Li Yunxiu sighed: "Your second aunt, she helped us, I shouldn't have said her right and wrong behind her back. It's just that her mouth is too broken-hearted and dishonest. She really isn't someone to be close to. It's okay to separate early. Save some affection, I'm afraid that no matter how long it takes, troubles will inevitably happen."

"Well, let's take a look at the house together during the summer vacation." Shu Li felt even more uncomfortable when he thought that the black air that could not be shaken off Shu Kaili seemed to be getting heavier today.He originally wanted to bring up the matter of moving with his mother, but he didn't expect that the mother and son had long wanted to go together.

Li Xiuyun tidied up and went out to the supermarket to buy sticky mouse boards. Seeing her mother leaving, Shu Li immediately jumped up from the sofa, checked the house carefully, and found nothing strange.

He believed his eyes, it was definitely not an illusion just now, but he realized that he had spotted him, so did he leave?Shu Li was lost in thought.

At this time, on the top floor of the building, the long-haired man who appeared at Shu Li's house was standing on the edge of the roof. At his feet, a monster with mouse ears that looked like an old man bent over and said rigidly: "God has a metaphor..."

Han Ting let out a "tsk", his beautiful eyes were fixed on the sunset, he suddenly jumped down from the top of the building, his wide robe fluttered in the air like a hovering butterfly, slowly disappearing into the sky.

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Transition chapter.