The whole world thinks I'm a scumbag

Same as last time, no one answered the phone, Lu Xingyin trembled, dialed Ye Yan's number, but hung up immediately when the page did not appear, and dialed the emergency number of Dongtong City instead.

"No one from the street office or your home answered the phone, did you? We already know about your situation, and we will send someone to verify the situation. Please wait a moment. We will call you later."

Lu Xingyin suppressed the desire to repeatedly urge, almost desperately waiting for the news to come.

Messages popped up one after another, all of which were missed calls and messages. Lu Xingyin wiped his face and saw that there was still a message from Chen Chong: "Where are you? Hurry up and reply to the message."

He replied: "I didn't check my phone just now, Mr. Chen, what's the matter?"

Then give Gu Fangwei a reply.

Gu Fangwei called him a few times, and then sent a text message asking him where he was and what he was doing, saying that Huo Silie couldn't reach him, so he called him and asked him to come and ask.

"Don't let me dove the little calculator, the last time you didn't reply to the message and made me angry was already Chinese New Year."

Last time they had a quarrel because of the time to reply to the message, and Lu Xingyin has been paying attention to this point since then.Even if he is busy, when Gu Fangwei calls, he will hang up the phone and reply with "1", indicating that he is studying and will spend time with him later.

Lu Xingyin typed a lot of words, wanting to tell him what happened today, but the police phone page popped up, and he had to reply with a few words in a hurry: "I'm in the rental house." Then the phone was connected.

The voice of the police was very gentle: "Are you the only contact for your grandma? Are you not in Dongtong City?"

"Yes, I'm in S city, how is grandma?" Lu Xingyin asked eagerly.

"You're still a student? Oh... I saw it. It used to be an adoption relationship. In this way, it's a holiday now. You can see if you have time to come back. It's best to ask your current parents to come back too." The tone of the police was very serious. Gentle, "Can I?"

Lu Xingyin looked at the time, it is now the National Day holiday, and there are four days left before the holiday.He had already seen it before, the tickets back to Dongtong City were full, and there was no way to book them.

He said, "Okay, is she all right?"

"In short, you come back first."

Lu Xingyin's heart sank.

"I'll be right back." He stood up and ran out quickly, "I'll be back now."

The only vehicles to go to Dongtong City are long-distance black cars, and the passenger drivers secretly pick up private jobs.Lu Xingyin bought a ticket and grabbed a sleeping berth. The car was packed with people, and he was on the lower berth, surrounded by his body and legs, forming an airtight wall.Bedsheets were suspiciously dirty and couldn't sleep at all.

It was only the rickety ride that let him know that he was going home, just like standing on a rickety drug transport truck when he was a child, it was the only place that could make him feel at ease.

It is another world away from the perfume smell of roses and birches, away from exquisite mansions and Vanity Fair, his original world.

Chen Chong called, this time Lu Xingyin answered.

The car was too noisy, the car was passing the winding mountain road, and the signal was not good. Lu Xingyin tried his best to explain his situation, but he couldn't hear what Chen Chong said on the other side. He only heard him ask him: "Your junior high school competition, What's the situation? Why are you not included in the provincial team quota?"

The signal was completely gone here, Lu Xingyin tried his best to listen and call back, but the signal grids were all empty.

City S, on the other side.

Gu Fangwei took out the key from his pocket, and the metal scraped together to make a crisp sound, and said to Ye Yan behind him: "He just sent me a message saying that he is here."

Ye Yan said: "Okay, it's hard work for you, Xiao Gu, to fly back from such a long distance."

"It's okay, it's Huo Sifeng's fault—did you quarrel?" Gu Fangwei pushed open the door and asked casually, "He's usually not someone who would run out in a fit of anger. Wronged, if you have anything to say, please talk to him."

Ye Yan was silent.

——Gu Fangwei understood Lu Xingyin's character better than her mother, and she couldn't even say the reason for Lu Xingyin's disappearance.

Gu Fangwei turned on the light and stepped in: "Small calculator?"

He saw the clothes that Lu Xingyin had replaced, in the laundry basket shared by the two of them, and the thermometer that had been left on the sofa in the living room, and it was still at the temperature of the last measurement: 38.7.

"He has a fever." Gu Fangwei frowned, "He didn't stay here, Auntie, what happened to him?"

Ye Yan took a deep breath: "Fang Wei, you will know about these things in the future, I will ask someone to find Sifeng first, and you can go to school to see if he is there, okay?"

Gu Fangwei frowned even tighter: "Okay."

While he was on the phone, he walked out quickly.

After going out for a while, it started to rain. Gu Fangwei paused for a while, didn't turn around to get an umbrella, and then rushed into the school.

During the National Day holiday, the gate of Qingmo No. [-] High School was not opened, so Gu Fang found the way to the mountain behind the commissary with familiarity, jumped over the wall and jumped in.

He knew that Lu Xingyin also knew this way.

The school was deserted and deserted. Gu Fangwei first went to the classroom to check, but couldn't find Lu Xingyin; then he went to the lecture theater and the teacher's office, but couldn't find it.At this time, the offices on each floor were locked tightly, and the whole school was so quiet that only his footsteps and heartbeat could be heard.

"Little calculator." He sent him a voice, "Little money fan, Huo Sifeng, can you make a noise? Don't just run away alone, you and Auntie Ye had a fight, right?"

"I've never seen such willfulness when arguing with me." Gu Fangwei said sourly.

As he walked, he adjusted his tone, coughed, and became serious, "I'm serious, where are you, report to me immediately, I'm really going to be angry this time."

I ran all over the teaching building, but there was nothing.All the dormitory buildings were sealed off. Gu Fangwei searched around for a long time, and ran everywhere again. He was afraid that he would miss the situation like before, until he was soaked in rain, and he went back to the top floor of the science and technology building. After confirming that Lu Xingyin was not there, he went downstairs and left.

As soon as he walked near the teaching building, the lights in the chemistry group office next door were turned on. Chen Chong came out from the corner and just bumped into him. It was like seeing a ghost: "Gu Fangwei?"

"Come over here." Chen Chong's expression was very bad, and he obviously didn't want to worry about why Gu Fangwei would have problems in this place, "You, the provincial team, just happened to be looking for you—you contacted Lu Xingyin without?"

Gu Fangwei's beautiful peach eyes are full of confusion - why is the whole world looking for his little calculator?

"Lu Xingyin is not on the list of the provincial team. I contacted him in the morning, but I didn't get in touch with him after that. You have a good relationship with him. Let me ask you first." Chen Chong walked into the office and printed out a sheet of paper in his arms. Pushing the paper in front of him, he looked straight into Gu Fangwei's eyes, "Lu Xingyin cheated in the junior high school competition, what's going on? No complaints or protests, the gold medal result and the qualification for admission will be cancelled, do you know?"

"Cheating?"

Gu Fangwei froze for a moment, his face blank.

He looked down at the printer paper.

It was an anonymous report letter, and the content of the letter was: [It is recommended that the provincial chemistry society strictly check the quality of the contestants before selecting the S provincial team to participate in the national Olympic competition, so as to avoid the situation of filling up the number.Here is a real name report to Lu Xingyin, the fourth student in the provincial competition. He cheated in the regional chemistry competition in Province Q two years ago, and has been judged to have revoked the gold medal and recommendation qualification. Is the Provincial Chemistry Association going to recruit a student with a history of cheating into the provincial team? 】

Gu Fangwei stared into Chen Chong's eyes, shook his head and said, "This is impossible."

"It's true, do you want me to show you Lu Xingyin's study file?" Chen Chong frowned, "It's impossible for him, but the file is indeed recorded in this way, I just want to ask him, but Lu Xingyin's Bian has not been in touch. Judging by your appearance, you don't know what's going on?"

In the archives, the photo of Lu Xingyin in junior high school lay on the page, the boy was pale and thin, and looked more immature than now.

Gu Fangwei stared at the file for a few seconds, and said: "—Impossible."

He stood up: "I'll ask him, the prosecution period for this matter has not yet passed, he may have been framed."

Three hours later, the bus finally got out of the mountainous section, and the bus stopped for repairs.

Lu Xingyin didn't bring anything with him, and the battery of his mobile phone was about to run out. He asked someone to borrow a charger, and first called the Dongtong City Police, but the other party still just said to him: "You come back first, kid, are you Did you come back alone?"

"I'm seventeen." Lu Xingyin said, "It's probably a few hours away, where should I go to find my grandma?"

"Go to the street first, someone is waiting for you there."

When the phone was hung up, the surrounding atmosphere also suddenly became empty.

Lu Xingyin didn't have time to think about why he didn't have a place in the provincial team, and didn't have time to think about why Ye Yan called him - all his energy seemed to have been exhausted after hearing Huo Jiang's words, leaving only a handful of deer The dim light that grandma had protected him since he was a child burns and makes him want to go home.

Just want to go home.

The phone rang again, it was Gu Fangwei.

Lu Xingyin took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and answered, his voice was a little hoarse: "Hello, brother."

"Where are you?" Gu Fangwei's voice sounded worried on the other side, "What are you doing? Why are so many people looking for you but you can't get in touch?"

"I'm on my way back to Dongtong City, something may have happened to my grandma." Lu Xingyin tried his best to stabilize his emotions, "There is no signal on the mountain road, I only had time to call Teacher Chen, and the phone didn't make it clear."

"What happened to grandma?" Gu Fangwei asked.

"I don't know, I can't be contacted. The alarm system reminded me, but I didn't receive any news. After calling the police, they asked me to come back first." Lu Xingyin's voice was a little trembling. "I don't know if something happened to her."

"Then you ran back alone? At least you have to tell Auntie Ye and the others." Gu Fangwei said, "Let's not mention this, little calculator, you didn't enter the provincial team, do you know?"

"I know." Lu Xingyin took a deep breath, trying to stabilize his emotions, "Mr. Chen told me. If you don't go in, you don't go in."

Gu Fangwei paused, "——Your competition gold medal was canceled three years ago, what happened?"

The voice was slightly condensed, and the breathing was slightly stagnant.

Lu Xingyin was silent for a while.

"Why didn't you talk?" Gu Fangwei asked, the tension and eagerness in his voice were already evident, "Did you cheat?"

"I haven't." Lu Xingyin said softly.

"Then why—"

"Because my grandma was going to the city for an operation at that time, there was no operation fee, someone found me, as long as I was willing to give up a spot and didn't appeal, I would have it after the new high school started," Lu Xingyin's voice became hoarse Yes, "5 yuan."

"..."

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

"Fifty thousand?" He heard Gu Fangwei smile on the other side, his voice was a little cold, which was a sign of his anger, "For 5 yuan, buy a game to cheat?"

"Brother." Lu Xingyin whispered, "I know this is wrong, but I really needed that money at that time."

It was raining heavily outside.

He heard Gu Fangwei also take a deep breath at the other end.

"Go to appeal, go now." Gu Fangwei's voice is firm and unquestionable, "Is it worth it? Little calculator? It's 5 yuan. I lost a recommended spot, and now I have to lose a spot in the provincial team. Is it worth it? You make me very happy disappointment."

"If you are short of money, there are plenty of ways to make money, part-time jobs. I told you before that your talents are not used for these things. You want to take shortcuts, but the world is fair, and someone will always pay for it " Gu Fangwei's voice was a bit cold, "You may not know the price, but I knew it two years ago, and the price is human life."

The word "disappointment" is like the sharpest needle, piercing the heart and making people feel pain all over.

Lu Xingyin whispered, "Brother, I'm sorry."

"Go and appeal, I'll wait for you in Qingmo." Gu Fangwei's tone was firm, "I'll wait for you, and there is registration for the Golden Autumn Camp next month. The two of us have to have a good talk, what do you think? "

Lu Xingyin raised his hand and wiped his eyes: "I'm sorry. I can't come back now. I took the money and don't appeal, so be it."

"Huo Sifeng——" Gu Fangwei was obviously annoyed by him, and shouted on the other end of the phone, "Is this your attitude?"

Lu Xingyin just repeated: "I can't come back now, so be it, I'm not Huo Sifeng, my name is Lu Xingyin."

It was the name given by my grandma to the teacher next door, that ordinary boy who grew up in a small city.

How much can money measure?

If he had money, if he had better luck, if he had a bit of integrity, would everything change now?

If he has worked so hard and lived humblely, but still can't keep everything he has now, then why has he endured all this since he was a child?

At the entrance of the street office in Dongtong City, there were white flowers hanging outside, and the adults piled one after another, forming a tight circle. When they saw Lu Xingyin coming, they all sighed softly.

In the rain, the aunt of the neighborhood committee handed him a black gauze: "Only you can wear mourning for the elderly here. Wear it like this first, ah, go in and see your grandma, and we will help you with everything after that."