was his cat

Bai Chu didn't see Bai Sizhe when he went home this time. He heard from Li Yu that he was busy with some project recently. Bai Chu nodded and didn't have much reaction. Compared with Bai Sizhe being at home, he is more used to it now.

"Xiao Chu, is someone bullying you at school?" Su Qinmo hurried downstairs when she heard that Bai Chu had returned.

"No." Seeing her walking towards him, Bai Chu raised his eyes and looked aside, then walked to the sofa in the living room.

Su Qinmo followed Bai Chu to the sofa and sat down, "Did you make any friends?"

Bai Chu didn't sit down, he looked down at Su Qinmo slightly, as if she would treat herself as a child at such times.

Should every parent think so in their hearts?No matter how old the child grows, the child is always in front of the parents, and it is always worth worrying about.

"Yes." Bai Chu calmed down and replied.

"Then the friends you made treat you well?" Su Qinmo didn't find anything wrong, because the conversation with Bai Chu was basically like this before, she was sitting, and Bai Chu was standing.

"It's good." Bai Chu was actually a little speechless, and he was like this with Su Qinmo and Bai Sizhe.

It's not that there was a big conflict. When he was still in autistic state, because of some words and deeds of Bai Sizhe and Su Qinmo, he formed a protection mechanism in his heart.

Subconsciously isolate yourself from them, no longer regard them as the closest people, like an elder you know asks you a question, you can answer simply, but there will never be more words besides the answer.

"That's good." After Su Qinmo said this, she didn't know what to say. Every time she came back and forth with these few words, she seemed to be unable to get close to this son.

Just like in many times she didn't know the time, they walked away a little bit, until now, there was an insurmountable gap between the two.

"Then Mom, I'm going to do my homework." Bai Chu said softly, relieving the inexplicably awkward atmosphere in the living room.

"Oh, okay, then go quickly." Su Qinmo nodded quickly in agreement.

"En," Bai Chu replied, and went upstairs to the room.

----

When Chen Chi returned home, he simply washed up, then lay down on the bed, turned on his phone, Chen Chi slid his finger across the call log, and his gaze stayed on one of the numbers.

After it rang that day, it seemed that the number never rang again.

Now, Chen Chi glanced at the time on the top of the phone, it shouldn't be too late.

Chen Chi's fingers moved slightly, and he dialed the phone, but the answer was not fast, and it took three or four rings before he was picked up.

"Hello? Xiaochi..." A gentle female voice came from there, and Chen Chi frowned slightly when he heard this address.

"I don't know what you're calling for, but you can still reach me after changing so many numbers, so you probably have something to say."

Chen Chi didn't want to go back and forth with the person on the other side of the phone any more, so he interrupted her straightforwardly.

"Xiaochi, what you said is true. Auntie just cares about you. After all, I haven't seen you for so long, and I don't know how you are doing..."

Hearing this, a trace of sarcasm flashed across Chen Chi's eyes. At this time, he came to care about his well-being. Wasn't she the one who threw him away?

To put it bluntly, this kind of behavior is really a bit like being the person who wants to set up a memorial archway, which is a bit ridiculous in Chen Chi's view.

"That's fine, Auntie." Chen Chi bit the word "Auntie" very hard, quite ironically, "Since you said it's okay, then I'll take care of it as well, but don't contact me again in the future. You are from the He family, and I am from the Chen family."

"Unlike you, my surname is Chen whether I live or die."

Hearing this, there was silence on the other side of the phone. Chen Chi didn't wait for the other side to speak, and continued, "By the way, please tell me when Pang Meng has already gone to prison. If he wants to go in, I welcome it."

After saying this, Chen Chi originally wanted to hang up the phone directly, but heard a voice from over there.

"I will tell him when I was young, but Chen Chi, he is still a child, so don't go too far."

"Heh," Chen Chi laughed angrily at these words, "Is it a child as old as me?"

When will I be able to grow into what I am now? It seems that I have tried my best. After all, there is such a mother who sets an example.

And from this point of view, she knew about the connection between Shi and Pang Meng, so did she also know about those things before?Or, she was also involved?

Chen Chi suddenly felt a little ridiculous, but after thinking about it, it didn't matter. Originally, his connection with them was a marriage certificate between Chen Yaowen and this woman.

"In short, you know my character more or less. If you still mess with me after the warning, you'd better think about whether you can bear the consequences. After all, I'm alone now, and I don't have anything to worry about."

Not wanting to talk about anything with her anymore, Chen Chi hung up the phone after saying this.

He turned off his cell phone and lay on the bed, flashing some previous images in his mind.

When he was very young, he remembered that he once put a wooden chair outside, but it rained, and the chair was soaked by the rain. Later, Chen Yaowen came back and beat him up, saying that he was disobedient, and that he was not good with the things he took. Take it back.

Another time later, Chen Chi saw Shi put the chair outside.

Because when he was young, Chen Yaowen preferred when to be more, when he did something wrong, he would be fine by just saying a few words, but when he did something wrong, Chen Yaowen would beat him up no matter it was a small thing or a big one.

When he saw When forgot to take back the chair that day, he was secretly happy in his heart, because he was too young at that time, and he was always a little uncomfortable with Chen Yaowen's way of treating him differently, and he might also be jealous of When.

Chen Chi secretly wanted to see how he would look when he was beaten.

but.

It wasn't when he was beaten, it was him.

He remembered very clearly that it also rained that day, and the wooden chair was soaked by the rain, and it was left outside all night.

Early the next morning, Chen Yaowen got him out of the quilt, dragged him to the yard, pointed at the chair and yelled.

"Did I tell you to put something back after you took it last time?! Why did you throw it outside again and leave it alone?! Don't you have a long memory after hitting you? Do you need to hit it again!"

At that time, he saw Hu Meilin, the so-called "caring" aunt on the phone call, who turned black and white, "They are all children, and he didn't do it on purpose. Stop beating the children."

At that time, he didn't understand why she said this, because when she took out the bench to play, she watched it with her own eyes.

But what the child said was of course not more credible than what the adults said, so he was beaten up.

At that time, When Shi was called Chen Shi, and he hadn’t become what he is now. When he just wanted to make him feel bad, he saw that he was beaten because of his fault, and ran out crying and hugging himself, saying, “The chair is my chair. Take it, it's none of my brother's business."

Chen Yaowen didn't believe it at first, but after asking the time several times, he finally believed when he took it.

Chen Chi thought at the time, I didn't take it, you made a mistake, will you apologize, and then educate the people who should be educated?

But the fact is that Chen Yaowen didn't apologize, and didn't educate him when, not even verbally.

Instead, he was beaten with a wooden stick a few more times, because Chen Yaowen said, "Chen Shi is always a younger brother, and you are still a younger brother. You are an older brother. He did something wrong because you didn't teach him well. He took the chair." Come out, why can't you take it back for him?!"

When he was a child, Chen Chi still didn't understand, when he was only a few months younger than him, and he was still young, why should it be his turn to educate children, shouldn't it be their parents' education?

Moreover, why should he be beaten when he does something wrong, and why should he make it up for him?Just because he's a few months older than him?

But when there is a mother, he doesn't have one, why can't he be more partial to him?

Chen Chi couldn't understand these things when he was a child, and he only had Chen Yaowen's clear preference for favoring one another.

So later he studied hard and became a child of other people's family that everyone around him praised.

He thought this would be enough, but apart from Chen Yaowen's praise at the beginning, there was almost no follow-up.

Chen Yaowen had even higher demands on him. If he failed to score 85 on a [-]-point test, he would be scolded, and if he failed to score [-], he would be beaten.

Once when he came back with [-] points in the exam, he had some expectations in his heart at that time, hoping that he would also be beaten at that time, not to say how painful the beating was, but he just wanted Chen Yaowen to be fair.

But no, Chen Yaowen just said, "Next time take the test", there will be no follow-up.

After repeated comparisons and repeated disappointments, Chen Chi gradually got used to Chen Yaowen's blatant preference, and gradually regarded Chen Yaowen as his most familiar uncle who was strict with him and related by blood.

This separated the relationship between him and Chen Yaowen and his son, and he would calmly accept all the unfairness.

Originally, the only person in this family who had contact with him was Chen Yaowen. To him, when and Hu Meilin were two familiar strangers.

Gradually, he no longer feels uncomfortable because of these things, just like, if you borrow and live in someone else's house, others are always more tolerant of your own children.

"Ding——!" A very short message notification interrupted Chen Chi's thoughts, he closed his eyes, pinched the center of his brows, and then picked up the phone beside him.

Another unknown number, this time a text message.

Chen Chi clicked on the message——

"Chen Chi, good night.

Bai Chu"

Chen Chi's fingers paused slightly, probably because he still hadn't recovered. He read the news for a long time before confirming that it was really sent by Bai Chu.

Sometimes he really feels that Bai Chu has installed some kind of mood tracker on him, because every time he is uncomfortable or irritable, Bai Chu can find out, or give him the most timely comfort at the most appropriate time .

"I just found a treasure," Chen Chi replied with a smile on his lips.

"Good night, boyfriend."