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Yao An arrived home first.

While still turning the keyhole, Yu Wan opened the door from the inside of the house, dressed in home clothes, and said, "I'm back."

"Yeah." Yao An lowered his head and took out the key, pretending not to see Yu Wan looking behind him.

He knew he was in the wrong, after all he said on the phone to pick up someone, but Yao Xinping and Yu Wan were not allowed to go in the car.

But only come back to yourself.

Yao An was already taller than Wan, he lowered his head just in time for Yu Wan to see the expression on his face, she seemed to have guessed something, but she still decided not to ask.

"Come in, it's time to eat." After saying that, before Yao An was polite, she had already placed the pair of slippers he used to wear in front of his feet, and turned and left without waiting for him to say thank you.

She did it naturally, with just the right amount of care.

Yao An bent down to change his shoes and lowered his head as a half apology.

Sorry for throwing your son halfway...

He opened the shoe cabinet again, took out a pair of slippers of the same style that were one size smaller, and put them in front of the carpet, so that he could put them on when he arrived.

It's half an apology.

Yao An went back to the room, threw his bag on the bed, and lay paralyzed in the shape of a "big".

So fucking tired.

After this trip, I was exhausted physically and mentally. I thought I could cheer up when I came back, but I was even more tired.

My heart is still pounding.

He almost shook Yao Jianqi's shoulder: What's the structure of your brain?What can't be said?And the fuck can't even me? !

Yao An exhaustedly rummaged through his schoolbag, and carried things out one by one. Halfway through tidying up, he opened the closed door, leaving a gap.

But until he perfunctorily and procrastinatedly emptied a bag, he still didn't catch a glimpse of any figure through the crack of the door, and heard any arriving footsteps.

Shouldn't be.

He walked away because he saw that the place was very close to his home. It was less than half a street away, and he didn't dare to go far.

Unless you are kidnapped by traffickers.

Yao An's hair stood on end, and he quickly denied himself.

This is a society ruled by law, not to mention that Yao Jianqi is no longer young and has memorized things, the gain is not worth the loss, no matter how pretty he looks, it won't work.

Then there is one reason left.

Yao Jianqi ran away from home.

The corners of Yao An's mouth froze.

This is very possible.

The little thing learned to lose contact a few years ago, and he can do anything when his temper comes up.

"It's over, it's over, it's over." Yao An rolled out of the bed while muttering, pulled open the door, stepped over the three stairs, and went down a few steps, but bumped into the person who came up on the last corner platform.

Ribs hurt so badly.

But Yao Jianqi was in more pain, and a soreness penetrated into his nose, making him burst into tears.

Yao An was stunned when he saw the person clearly, and hurried to touch his damaged nose: "Are you all right?"

Yao Jianqi turned around and went upstairs without looking at him.

Yao Jianqi went upstairs and didn't come down until dinner.

On the rectangular oak dining table, there are four sets of bowls and chopsticks, two sets on each of the two long sides, all filled with rice.

Yao An sat alone on the side, facing Yao Xinping and Yu Wan.

"What's going on?" Yao Xinping asked Yao An.

"What?" Yao An pretended to be stupid.

"Where's your brother?"

"In the house."

"Nonsense, it's up to you to say that." Yao Xinping snorted, "I was asking him why he didn't come down for dinner?"

"Nonsense, he's not hungry."

Yao Xinping picked up his chopsticks.

Yu Wan pressed down and said, "I'll go and shout."

"You let him go." Yao Xinping turned to Yao An, "Who else made it up?"

"Hey, what you said..."

Not without reason.

Yao An stopped talking.

Indeed, indeed, every time Yao Jianqi had any minor emotions, it was basically caused by Yao An.

Either put the remote control on the cabinet on purpose when he wanted to watch TV, or put a screaming chicken under his ass when he sat down, or buy a toy snake and put it gently on Yao Jianqi's shoulder...

But these are trivial matters, Yao Jianqi can throw a little temper at most, but he doesn't care about it, those angry faces are obvious and easy to erase, Yao An can coax them away with a few strokes, let's just put on shame.

Yao Jianqi was really in a bad mood when he met him, but he didn't let others see it.

It's just that I'm so stuffy in the room that I can't go out for a day.

At this time, Yao An didn't need Yao Xinping's urging, Yao An had already kicked in the door. I don't know what he said, but everything worked unexpectedly.

"Brother's strength." Yao An would clenched his fists and beat his chest every time, as if there was such a military medal there.

But today he doesn't want to go.

He just felt that Yao Jianqi would not give him this face.

At least this time.

Facing Yao Xinping's questioning gaze, Yao An proved with his actions that he was right.

When he knocked on the door a few times, twisted the doorknob a few times, and coaxed a few words in the same way, but there was no answer from the door, how should I put it...it was quite embarrassing.

Now Yao Xinping's eyes finally stopped questioning, and became very contemptuous, as if to say: "That's all you can do, kid!"

Yao An has nothing to say, what can he say, he has failed the expectations of his parents and fellow villagers, and cannot call his brother back.

In the end, Yao Xinping and Yu Wan went out together, and Yao Xinping coaxed outside the door with nice words, but he could only say: "Uncle, I'm sorry, I don't want to eat today."

Yao Xinping would not be angry with Yao Jianqi, but only angry with Yao An: "Look at you, what you have done."

This made Yao An lose his appetite for dinner.

Besides, he had no appetite.

Yu Wan didn't say a word of blame from the beginning to the end, not because her special position prevented her from exerting pressure on Yao An without scruples, but because she knew how difficult it was to open that door.

What's more, she is no longer qualified to ask him to open the door, it's too late.

The night fell heavily from the shore, and even though the window was locked, the ink still seeped in, engulfing the oil painting in Yao Jianqi's hand.

There are also the gouache paintings of the whole room, sprinkled on the teak floor, and the clouds that perch, support him.

Yao Jianqi let go of his fingers, let the dry painting drip to the ground, and leaned on the bed, facing the wall, completely relaxed.

Yao An's back was imprinted on his eyeballs again.

It seemed that it was the first time he saw him turn around and walk away without looking back. For the first time, he looked at him as if he was seeing him off.

Also for the first time, he realized that this person would walk away.

Yao Jianqi shrank his shoulders, lost his eyes, and was about to fall asleep.

In his sleep, he heard "Tuk Tuk Tuk" ringing.

Different from the thick texture that comes through the wooden door, it is crisp, sharp, and brittle, like glass, like...

window? !

Yao Jianqi opened his eyes and turned around.

He saw Yao An with half of his head protruding from the window sill, knocking on his window repeatedly with one hand, saying, "Open it for me."

This person is crazy, Yao Jianqi thought.

His body got up before he realized it, and he stepped on the scattered sketch paper on the ground with his bare feet, almost slipped and pushed the window open for the lunatic.

Yao An supported the window sill with one palm, threw a bag on the table with the other hand, and climbed in Yao Jianqi's arm.

"Grandma's." Yao An immediately grabbed his arm, "You must be torturing your brother like this!"

Yao Jianqi recovered from the pain and looked at him up and down: "Why do you..."

"How did you get here?" Yao An asked for Yao Jianqi.

Yao Jianqi did not deny it.

"Come here." He pulled Yao Jianqi to the window, pointed at the corner, "Did you see that ladder?"

"...Well." There is a three-meter elevator on the first floor.

"I, use this." Yao An said while gesticulating, "First go up to the second floor, and then climb from the stone pillar on one side to the top of the window on the second floor, that's it."

He pointed to the sloping roof under the eyes of the two of them again: "Stand on here tremblingly, and knock on your window desperately. If you don't open it, I will have to jump down."

Yao Jianqi turned his head slightly and pursed the corners of his mouth.

"Are you happy after listening to it?" Yao An bent down.

Yao Jianqi couldn't avoid his gaze, so he just looked at Yao An and didn't answer.

"Don't be angry when you're happy, okay?" Yao An asked again.

After looking at each other for a long while, Yao Jianqi said, "I wasn't angry in the first place."

"Yes, you're not angry!" Yao An's tone relaxed, "It's my petty heart, I'm too sensitive, so if that's the case, why don't we eat the food?"

Yao Jianqi was held by him and turned around, his eyes fell on the table, only then did he see the bulging plastic bag that Yao An had just thrown in.

Inside are meat floss bread, chocolate milk, and an egg that have been turned in the microwave.

The eggshell was half broken, Yao An rolled it on the table, peeled it off, and handed it to Yao Jianqi's mouth.

"Don't eat egg yolks." Yao Jianqi said.

"I know." Yao An clicked his tongue, "Give me the yellow ones, and you eat the white ones first."

Yao Jianqi took it, biting it in small bites, leaving behind the most perfect egg yolk.

"Let me tell you, this is just an appetizer, you have to go down and have some soup for me later..." Yao An inserted the straw into the milk, wondering, "Why is your room in such a mess?"

Yao Jian coughed lightly, and swallowed a mouthful of smooth egg white without changing his face: "Create."

Yao Anxuan looked around the room, and took the sketch paper wandering around into his eyes: "Don't take it too seriously, I'm afraid you might go crazy."

Yao Jianqi looked up at him, and after a while, the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Eat quickly!" Yao An plucked the hair on the top of Yao Jianqi's head.

In the following night, Yao An leaned on his arm and looked at the sky outside the tiger window.

When the darkness is the deepest, the night sky shows signs of blue sky instead, and there seems to be a daytime that is about to emerge behind it.

It wasn't until this moment that he regained all the calmness he had had throughout the day.

Yes, he was very restless before.

He is irresponsibly impulsive, violent, and remorseful, and there is nothing he can do about it.

It was only now that he realized that he was not angry with Yao Jianqi, not because he never mentioned him, but because he hated himself for not finding out sooner.

Once some things have passed, it is meaningless to mention them again, and it is not conducive to forgetting.

He knows this better than anyone else. He has never seen the nightmare in reality, bringing the shadow of the night.

Like, just like the lunatic Liu he saw when he came back from the canteen in Anding Village, which directly caused him to lose control, vomit, and even cause Yao Jianqi to fall together.

Just an accident.

He said that to everyone.

Just like the night before, when he was younger than Yao Jianqi when he first arrived, that naked body suddenly appeared in the field.An exposed man ran after him, he fell, he caught his ankle, and the turbid breath stuck to his back and ears.

Yao An closed his eyelids.

The boy is too young to know only fear, not what violence itself means.It was also fear, which made him kick desperately, throw stones and mud that were within reach at the man's face, or a beam of motorcycle lights swept by, blinding the lunatic's eyes, so he no longer dragged Yao Yao. Yao An fled home half-blindly, all in a mess, throwing away all the clothes tonight in a panic.

He opened his eyes, turned to the right, a silhouette gradually formed in the deep darkness, Yao Jianqi turned his back to him, breathing shallowly.

He moved in and hugged the person into his arms. He lost weight and felt a bit painful.

But it feels safe.