Strawberry Pops

On the other hand, Han Yang began to secretly practice smiling in the bathroom.His smile was stiff and ugly, but he practiced extraordinarily hard.

After all, this was the only "gift" that Gu Nuan asked him for, and he didn't want Gu Nuan to be disappointed.

Han Yang has never made friends, he doesn't know if someone like Gu Nuan is his friend.But maybe even Han Yang himself didn't know, he already regarded Gu Nuan as his first friend in his heart.

05:30 in the morning.

Li Li patted the bathroom door impatiently, and Han Yang inside hurriedly opened the door.

"Why so long, what are you doing in there?"

"I feel sick to my stomach." Han Yang didn't lie. Recently, he always eats leftovers from restaurants, and he has a bad stomach.In order not to affect the business of the restaurant, Wang Sheng didn't take him with him these days.

Li Li was resting today, she glanced at Han Yang's pale face, said nothing, and walked sideways into the bathroom.

Han Yang returned to his small room full of sundries. At this moment, he had no sleepiness, so he took out an exercise book from his new school bag and started to do the questions.

After a while, Wang Sheng got up.He wiped his face and walked into the small living room, and looked up to see Han Yang's new coat hanging on the hanger.He touched his chin and remembered something, and went straight to the door of Han Yang's room, "How did you meet that man?"

Without even thinking about it, Han Yang replied, "I don't know."

"I don't know someone who gave you such expensive clothes and schoolbags?" Wang Sheng walked over and patted his head, "Brat, do you know what kind of car that person drives?"

Han Yang was silent.

"If I sell you, I won't be able to change a wheel!" Wang Sheng didn't get annoyed with him this time, he shrugged and smiled, he didn't know what he was planning, "It's just making friends, it's not a bad thing." He is in a good mood today , humming a song, and went out without even brushing his teeth.

Han Yang lowered his eyes, and he rubbed a corner of the exercise book to pieces.

About 10 minutes later, Li Li came out of the bathroom.

She started rummaging through boxes and boxes, making the house a mess.When she finally found Han Yang's medical records from the innermost part of the cabinet, she let out a soft breath.

She put on her coat and put on a shoulder bag, "You put on your coat."

"Want to go out?"

"Go to the hospital." Li Li's tone was flat, and she couldn't even grasp the emotion when she looked at Han Yang. She urged, "Hurry up."

Han Yang didn't dare to hesitate.

After New Year's Eve, the streets were deserted, and a gust of wind blew in. Han Yang shrank his neck in the cold, and he had already put on the scarf that Gu Nuan had given him.

He turned around and saw Li Li pulling out a bicycle from the corridor and driving Han Yang to a nearby small hospital.Han Yang was frozen stiff in the back seat. He grabbed Li Li's coat, looked up, and saw from the back that Li Li's dark green scarf was tightly covering her neck.

The morning light instantly fell through the slits around the scarf, hurting Han Yang's eyes, and he closed them anxiously.

He heard Li Li say, "Don't pull me so tight."

Han Yang let go.

Suddenly, Han Yang remembered that a few days ago, Gu Nuan was holding his hand, unwilling to let go no matter what.As he thought about it, he pursed the corners of his mouth, and his neck didn't feel cold anymore from the wind blowing.

……

After registering in the small hospital, it didn't take long for it to be her turn. Li Li didn't move, and sat outside playing with her mobile phone.Han Yang looked at the number in his hand, and walked into the corresponding consulting room by himself.

He just had a bad stomach, nothing serious.The doctor prescribed some medicine for him, and it was over after a few instructions.

Seeing him coming out, Li Li put away her phone, "Don't go to the restaurant in the future, I told Wang Sheng."

Han Yang nodded.

Li Li looked at the time, it was almost noon.She pushed the bicycle and walked in front, and Han Yang followed behind carrying a bag of medicine, his stomach rumbled.

Li Li stopped in front of a small restaurant, went in and ordered two bowls of pork noodles with green peppers.

The hot noodle soup can always give people a sense of warmth and illusion in winter. When Han Yang saw those greasy slices of meat, he suddenly thought of the fried pork slices with green peppers that he had put in the food box before.

In fact, it's not that Li Li doesn't like food, she deliberately left it for Han Yang who is growing up.Now their lives are much better, and Li Li no longer deliberately gives him leftover meat.But Han Yang couldn't get enough to eat at first, he didn't dare to tell Li Li who often worked overtime about Wang Sheng's difficulties.

Han Yang thought, just bear with it a little longer.He is not good at anything, but he is patient.

Han Yang chewed the sliced ​​meat, not sure if his heart was melted once or twice because he met Gu Nuan.So today, when he saw the bowl of noodle soup ordered by Li Li, his head swelled and he opened his mouth, "Mom..."

It's a pity that before he could yell "Mom", his ankle was kicked violently by Li Li.

Han Yang closed his mouth in pain, he turned his head, and sure enough, he saw a few people walking towards this side.From the looks of it, it should be Li Li's colleague.

Li Li put on a friendly smile, and her attitude towards Han Yang was completely different.

"What a coincidence, I took my stepson out for dinner - oh, how could it be like me, how can I have such a big child at my age, it is really the son brought by my current husband."

She emphasized the word stepson very clearly, and she knew that this sentence had already cocooned in Han Yang's ears.

As a victim, Li Li has always regarded him as a shame.Li Li didn't like him at all, and didn't want him either.

Fearing that the matter would be exposed, Li Li quickly took out a 50 yuan card from his pocket and stuffed it into Han Yang's hand, pretending to be gentle, "I still have something to do, you go and play."

After taking a few bites of the noodle soup, the steaming heat blurred his vision.

The light in Han Yang's eyes dimmed, just like when the candle was extinguished, silently.

——Nobody likes me, if only I could get out of here.

This idea flashed through Han Yang's head, repeated over and over again, broken and rebuilt.

The winter vacation came to an end unknowingly. Because of her age, Granny Zhang was taken by her daughter to live in another community.Han Yang would habitually go to the third floor and squat at the door to do exercises for a while.

He has seriously practiced smiling, but he doesn't know when Gu Nuan will return to China.Maybe I won't come back until school starts, maybe I won't come to this community to play again after I come back?

Has he forgotten himself?

Han Yangwu became worried, and he had anticipation day after day in his heart.

It's just that Wang Sheng had a conflict with his parents recently, so he stopped going to restaurants and often rested at home.Han Yang didn't want to meet him, so he would go to the dilapidated small bookstore next to the vegetable market to stay for a while.

Today is also the same, he is wearing the coat that Gu Nuan gave him, the scarf that Gu Nuan gave him is wrapped around his neck, and the schoolbag that Gu Nuan gave him is on his back.

The afternoon sun was warm, and he stood in front of a pile of exercise books, flipping through them carefully.In fact, he is always like this. Every once in a while, he will come to this bookstore to copy some exercises back.The proprietress was very upset due to the frequent visits recently, "Oh, I don't buy it every time, I just know how to look!"

Han Yang had no money to buy a new exercise book, and the 50 yuan Li Li gave him was still in his pocket, so Han Yang didn't dare to use it.

Seeing him indifferent, the proprietress said, "Be careful not to break the book!"

Han Yang pretended not to hear and copied the questions cheekily.He wanted to copy as fast as possible, and then leave quickly.So when Gu Nuan appeared next to him, it really scared Han Yang, who was so dedicated.

"elder brother!"

Han Yang's ballpoint pen almost broke, he looked at Gu Nuan in surprise, and stammered, "You, why are you here?"

"I came to buy vegetables with Uncle Zhang and Aunt Xu. My father and father are very busy when they return to China. I am alone at home. I really want to go and play with you. I didn't expect to meet you here!" Due to Han Yang's family Wang Sheng, Ji Mu and Gu Yuanchen were really worried that Gu Nuan would go there alone.

There used to be a mother-in-law Zhang who lived there to take care of her, but now she has also moved away.

Gu Nuan approached affectionately, saw the topic that Han Yang was copying, and said excitedly, "Wow, brother, are you writing the topic?"

Han Yang put away the exercise book with a solemn expression, "No."

"Ok?"

"Books are very expensive, so pick some and copy them down, and you can read them slowly when you get home." Han Yang still remembered Gu Nuan's "smile", he tried a little hard, but he didn't laugh.

Perhaps it was because Li Li kicked him yesterday, and kicked him back from the bottom of the valley forcefully.

Han Yang hesitated for a while, and asked Gu Nuan, "...Are you going back soon?"

"Well, Uncle Zhang is waiting for me over there. Aunt Xu may be ready to buy food soon." Gu Nuan pointed to the expensive private car not far away, and Uncle Zhang who was standing a few steps away. He was following Gu Nuan closely.

Han Yang didn't know who Aunt Xu was, and didn't want to ask.

His ankle was aching, and there was a huge bruise where he had been kicked.This made him inexplicably embarrassed in front of Gu Nuan.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Gu Nuan asked with concern.

Han Yang frowned, tensing his nerves.Gu Nuan in front of him is well-behaved, kind, and always caring about him, but he can't even smile back.Even after practicing for so long, he still couldn't laugh.

While struggling with his thoughts, he raised his head, saw the cake shop next to the bookstore, and thought of the 50 yuan in his pocket.

As if a way to make up for it, he didn't care about Li Li's subsequent censure, he opened his mouth desperately, and asked Gu Nuan, "Do you want cake?"

Gu Nuan was arguing with Uncle Zhang just now about buying a cake, "Yes!"

Han Yang breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Gu Nuan did not reject him.

He walked to the bakery and stared at the glass counter for a while.Then he gritted his teeth and picked the most expensive cake, 53 yuan.

This is an eight-inch fruit cake decorated with low-quality cream, and some canned fruits are placed in the center. The rough craftsmanship makes it only worth the price.

"I want this." Han Yang took out the 50 yuan note, groped for a long time in his schoolbag, and found two coins.He glanced at the coin in his hand in embarrassment, and quickly changed his words, "Change this."

He pointed to another cake, only 45.

The shop owner had already taken out the cake and said without looking up, "I'll give you a cheaper one."

Han Yang got the most expensive cake on the counter as he wished.

The boss took out a rectangular piece of chocolate from a plastic box on the side and asked him, "Do you want to write?"

Han Yang didn't understand, the boss pointed to the chocolate in his hand, "Write you a happy birthday?"

Han Yang had never bought a birthday cake, so he didn't know he could write on the spot.Instead, it was Gu Nuan who was waiting by his side, stepped up and said, "Auntie, write a 'happy every day'."

Frustrated, no one would have a bad face when they saw such a cute kid, so the boss smiled and wrapped the cake and handed it to Han Yang.Fearing that Gu Nuan would not be able to carry it, Han Yang turned around and walked towards Uncle Zhang with the cake.

Gu Nuan followed behind him, bouncing around, but accidentally stepped on a puddle, and his pants were muddy.

Han Yang had no choice but to stop and wait for him.

"Brother, take my hand."

Han Yang stretched out his hand slowly.

Gu Nuan happily ran over to hold him, and found that the frostbite on Han Yang's hands had healed a lot, "Brother, are you going home?"

"Ah."

"What are you doing at home?"

"Write the title."

"A question for fifth grade?"

"Ah."

"I can do the third grade questions."

"You said it last time."

"Oh--"

Gu Nuan drew the end of the voice, and held Han Yang's hand to prevent him from leaving, "Then do you want to go to my house to play?"

Han Yang shook his head.

"I'm alone today." Gu Nuan pursed her mouth, pretending to cry, and acted like a spoiled child, "Dad and father have both gone to work, so brother can go to my house to do homework?"

He was relentless, like a clingy man, and finally hugged Han Yang directly, rubbing his head against Han Yang's clothes, and said unreasonably, "Brother, brother, let's go to Xiao Nuan's house to play."

The driver, Uncle Zhang, couldn't stand it anymore, "Master, you..."

Gu Nuan raised her head, tears streaming down her face.If Han Yang rejects him again, he will definitely cry!

After all, he has been patient since returning to China. He is still a child, and he still can't bear it. He is almost reaching his limit!

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