subtle trapping

At the beginning of July, the city encountered a torrential downpour rarely seen in a century. The heavy rain washed over the entire city, splashing, splashing, flooding and spreading.

The faint thunder, the cloudy sky.

Li Xia sat in front of the desk, watching the raindrops falling in a line outside the window, a gust of cold wind came in, Li Xia touched his knees, rubbed them, his mind wandered, stared out of the window in a daze, accompanied by the sound of rain, Brush the leaves in the yard, brush the colorful flowers.

Lu Jinchu hugged Three Treasures, nestled on the bay window of the balcony, looked at the rain outside, and murmured, "Say, what is he doing now?"

Sanbao tilted his head, licking Lu Jinchu's fingers.

Chen Shen often asked Lu Jinchu to go out for a drink. Lu Jinchu knew that Chen Shen was afraid of feeling sad, so he said with a smile, "Brother Shen, I'm so lucky to have an old father like you."

Chen Shen rolled his eyes, "Just know how to be grateful."

Lu Jinchu smiled with his eyes bent, resting his hands on the bar, drinking wine, everyone was chatting with each other, the guy at the bar was obviously very interested in Lu Jinchu, and kept looking at Lu Jinchu's face , Chen Shen bent his fingers and tapped, "Hey, don't look, you can't."

The little brother was very sorry, squinted his eyes and smiled kindly, "Are you a couple? It doesn't look like the aura."

Lu Jinchu held Chen Shen's shoulders with one hand, leaned over very affectionately, tilted her head and looked at the little brother with a sly smile, "How do you know it's impossible?"

Chen Shen rolled his eyes, and was about to go out with Lu Jinchu in his arms, "You're drunk."

Lu Jinchu was reeking of alcohol, leaning on Chen Shen's shoulder and laughing, the two walked outside, after a while Lu Jinchu choked up, covered his eyes and said in embarrassment: "Tell me, is it even the weather? You're laughing at me, I'm obviously going to leave, but it's raining all the time, every day, my courage to leave will disappear..."

The sound of the rain kept pattering, the neon lights flickered at night, and it was covered with a layer of mist, blurred and illusionary.

Chen Shen said, "Then don't leave."

Lu Jinchu burst into tears, sobbing bitterly, Chen Shen silently helped and hugged him back to the car.

The tears were broken, and the rain was clattering.

In August, the long-lost sunny day, the warm sun and the breeze blow away the humid air.

Chen Shen went to see Gu Lixia's grandparents, but did not see Lixia. When the grandparents heard that they were Lu Jinchu's friends, they took precautions and did not tell Lixia.

Three people, one conversation, one cup of tea.

After Chen Shen finished speaking, the two old men were silent for a long time. Chen Shen got up politely and left silently.

On midsummer night, when the evening wind blows, Lixia enjoys the cool under the grape trellis. Grandma carefully replenishes Lixia's body every day, but Lixia is still so thin, only bones and skeletons are left, and she doesn't look like a person anymore.

The grandma who was watching wiped tears every day, and Li Xia comforted grandma over and over again every day, saying: "I am in good health, don't worry."

Lixia became quieter, less fond of laughing, and would often wake up when sleeping, completely different from the previous Lixia.

Until now, Li Xia still vomits when he eats meat in his mouth. The meat dumplings that he used to like most now make him vomit every time he eats them. Grandma wiped her tears and said, "What a crime..."

Lixia can only eat a few dumplings filled with celery.

At night, grandparents were silent in the back room, and grandma wiped her tears and said, "Did we do something wrong?"

Grandpa smoked a cigarette and sighed, and grandma said: "A child who was so good before, how did he become like this now? Why..."

After a while, grandpa said: "Little Deer...has left too, Lixia will start school soon, I guess it will be better after school, alas..."

Grandpa and grandma all thought of Lu Jinchu, and the mention of Lu Jinchu felt sentimental again.

They didn't expect that Lu Jinchu really left. In order to keep his promise, he said that he would never see Lixia again, and even the friends around him didn't know where he went.

Go decisively and thoroughly.

What Chen Shen said that day made his grandparents feel embarrassed. He was right, they forced Lu Jinchu away and cut off Lu Jinchu's thoughts for life.

But Lu Jinchu left, but silently took care of everything for Lixia. Teachers, classmates, and even leaders in the school, Lu Jinchu took care of everything. Even if Lixia wanted to go abroad, Teacher Yu would personally arrange for him , even for fear that Li Xia would not go to study, Lu Jinchu paid all the fees during Li Xia's university period.

Although grandpa and grandma didn't understand the things in school, when they heard Chen Shen say it word by word, they really felt that Lu Jinchu was really good to Li Xia, and he was willing to treat him steadfastly without asking for anything in return. Well, grandparents don't know what to say, they only have Lixia in their eyes.

In fact, Chen Shen didn't tell them that Lu Jinchu did far more than this.

He asked Chen Shen to set up a social funding scholarship under another name. As long as Gu Lixia continued to study, there would be a scholarship every year.

He asked Chen Shen to find the best psychiatrist, fearing that Li Xia would never come out again. Lu Jinchu has gone crazy since he learned about the life in the control center, and he wished he could replace Li Xia to bear that pain.

He begged Chen Shen and Zhang Yang to help him take care of Li Xia, but he was worried.

He entrusted the Three Treasures to Chen Shen for his care.

He gave up everything about himself and left alone. In order to cut off his thoughts, he didn't even tell Chen Shen where he was going.

The day Chen Shen sent Lu Jinchu away, the weather was so clear that it looked like a painting.

Lu Jinchu said with a smile: "Brother Shen, I can't drink with you anymore, but I will miss you very much, and I will send you the best wine every year."

Chen Shen looked at Lu Jinchu and remained silent.

Lu Jinchu said: "Hey, don't be upset, I will send you an email, you have to take good care of my son." Lu Jinchu opened his arms and hugged Chen Shen big, and Chen Shen hugged Lu Jin back At Chu, his arms trembled a little, and he patted Lu Jinchu lightly.

"Take care of yourself and remember to contact us."

"Yeah." Lu Jinchu curled up his mouth and smiled, but his eyes were filled with mist.

Chen Shen suddenly hugged Lu Jinchu tightly, and Lu Jinchu's tears fell down, and he said again and again in his heart: "I can't bear you." He bit his lips tightly, like a stubborn Child.

Chen Shen went to Gu Lixia's grandparents, not because of Lu Jinchu's instructions, no one asked him to do this, but he knew he had to do it, he was not worth it for Lu Jinchu, he was too stupid, like someone who didn't grow up child.

He was distressed.

In September, Gu Lixia started school, and the cool wind blew away layer after layer of heat waves.

Ren Shaoxuan cried when he saw Li Xia, and was speechless for a long time. Teng Fei and Xiaopang also had sore noses, lowered their heads, and patted Li Xia's shoulder.

Ren Shaoxuan hugged Li Xia, crying out of breath, "Li Xia, why are you so thin? What happened? You didn't answer the phone calls or text messages. If the teacher told you to negotiate with the school After recuperating at home, I will go to your house to find you, do you know?"

The corners of Li Xia's mouth pulled out a faint smile, and said: "I'm fine, but something happened at home, which made you worry." After speaking, he patted Ren Shaoxuan on the shoulder.

I haven't seen each other for more than five months. When we first met this time, Teng Fei yelled that he was going to eat hot pot, saying that everyone should have a few drinks to celebrate. Teng Fei ordered a lot of meat, beef, mutton and various dishes.

The mandarin duck pot is steaming hot, and the soup is gurgling.

"Hey, Lixia, why do you only eat vegetables and some meat? Didn't you really like beef before?" Teng Fei said.

Li Xia's complexion changed slightly, "Yeah." Then he picked up a few pieces of meat, just put them into his mouth and chewed a few times, Li Xia got up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom." Everyone didn't take it seriously, they just said let him hurry Click back.

Li Xia vomited in the bathroom until the sky was dark, tears came out, he hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls, but now he vomited all of it, Li Xia supported the wall, only thought it was ridiculous, and thought to himself: it will be like this from now on.

The summer has faded, and the maple leaves are dyed red.

Li Xia is still doing odd jobs in the teacher's laboratory, following the teacher to do projects, Li Xia is more reticent, but also more diligent and hardworking, studying like desperately, as if he is competing with himself.

Teacher Yu saw that Lixia was either in class or studying in the laboratory all day long, and one day he finally couldn't stand it anymore and took Lixia to dinner.

After drinking two bottles of beer, Teacher Yu said, "Xiao Gu, although I appreciate your attitude and spirit in studying, young people should do more things besides studying, whether it is meaningful or not. After all, it has to be done, otherwise, you will regret it..."

Li Xia nodded, "Yes."

Teacher Yu lost his temper when he saw it. It was obvious that he didn't take what he said to heart. He sighed and said, "Xiao Gu, although I don't know what you went through that time, but I can feel that you really It’s not quite the same as before, as I said before, you are a very spiritual student, not only in studies, but also in other aspects I think you are a very planned person..."

Li Xia listened quietly to what Teacher Yu said, like an obedient student being trained.

"...Someone came to me before and said that you worked very hard and asked me to help you..." Teacher Yu said.

Li Xia suddenly raised his head and asked, "Who?"

Teacher Yu was taken aback, "He said he was your friend, and he came here specially to ask me to take care of you. Maybe it's because he knew you were in my lab. He also said that he would give funding to our lab. I think he was actually doing it for you. you……"

Li Xia's arms trembled slightly, "What does he... look like?"

Seeing the expression on Li Xia's face, Mr. Yu was also a little surprised. He thought about it and said, "He's thin and tall, with a pretty good face. His friend said he looks like a deer..."

Li Xia tightened his lips, his voice trembling, "I'm going to the bathroom." Turning around and leaving in a panic.

Teacher Yu was taken aback for a moment, he clearly saw the sadness and pain flashing across Li Xia's face, which was rarely seen in Li Xia, or never seen before, since this semester, Li Xia has almost There is no other emotion, and there is not even a superfluous expression on his face.

Teacher Yu was thoughtful, staring at the empty seat opposite, feeling a little puzzled.

The water flowed down, covering the dry eyes, Li Xia patted his face, he didn't even dare to look up at himself in the mirror, his eye sockets were sore and swollen, as if there was something to come out but couldn't get out, Li Xia propped himself on the marble table in the bathroom On the way, the knees began to hurt slightly again, and there was a feeling of discomfort in my throat, and I wanted to vomit.

It hurts even to breathe.