Eros kisses Psyche

As soon as Cheng Zhu came back, he became busy like a dog in a literal sense.

People in the circle guessed that he suddenly praised Jiang Nian in a high-profile manner at this juncture, because he wanted to cultivate his own faction. After all, he has also mixed up to this level; it's just that Cheng Zhu was relatively low-key in the past, neither fighting nor grabbing nor taking credit, feeling alone The whole family is not hungry after eating enough, completely dissociated from these systems, and factional struggles in the circle automatically exclude him.But at the moment, this means that this is to do "Cheng Pai"!Originally, the cake in this industry was not big, and it would be okay if there was a group of friends, so some people were happy and some were worried, some followed suit and some demolished it, and even the value of his students were bullish, and the unhappy people also took the opportunity to poach the wall in various ways. The loopholes made the studio run wild; in addition to receiving too many orders, the school still had competition indicators to bring, and the government also had hard tasks assigned, a few dead lines collided, and several leadership meetings collided. Cheng Zhu almost crawled back.

Fortunately, he took the time to take Lele home from the kindergarten in advance.Before taking Lele out to socialize or catch up with work in the studio, he was tired, the baby was tired, and everyone else was tired too, feeling uncomfortable.If it's a social event, I drink less wine, and introduce more people.

This time, Lele was unwilling to go out with him.

Cheng Zhu scratched his head: "Then you stay at home, and I'll ask your little brother Xu to deliver food and come to accompany you, okay?"

I thought Lele would agree, but I didn't expect this kid who was more clingy to Xu Budie than him to hesitate: he lowered his head and rubbed his toes on the floor.Lao Cheng finally has some experience in bringing the baby up to now, and knows that this means unwillingness.

For some reason, I felt guilty, "What's the matter, don't you like your brother fan? Didn't you like him very much before?"

"..." Lele thought for a long time, shrinking his neck, he has never seen Xu Budie again, "...he is scary."

Only then did Cheng Zhu realize that Lele's last impression of him was the way Xiao Xu smashed the sculpture when he lost his temper.From Lele's point of view, it must be very scary. After all, Xiao Xu has never said a single serious word before, and he always greets people with a smile.During that time, all the adults were very anxious and busy, or they themselves needed comfort. No one had time to comfort a child. They always thought that he would forget about it in a few days.

Cheng Zhu knelt down and rubbed Lele's head. "It turns out that you were scared too... Dad was also scared at the time, so he chased you out before he had time to control you. He was either angry... or wrong, in short, he was not angry with you... or he was in a bad mood. Because he met There are so many bad things that I keep silent, just like a balloon, it gets bigger and bigger, and finally explodes. Lele also has a bad mood sometimes, right? Just like the last time when someone bullied you in kindergarten, you were also in a bad mood, He sneaked out without saying hello, scaring the teacher and us, which is not good for everyone. So if we encounter bad things, we have to speak out."

Lele thought about the relationship carefully, and finally nodded seriously.

"Then I'll call your brother Xiao Xu? I have to ask if he's free." Cheng Zhu found his son as an excuse, now he was typing on WeChat, and after a while he laughed, "He said I want to bring you delicious food to apologize in person. Lele can decide for himself, do you want brother Xu to come and apologize to you? "

Lele still seemed a little hesitant, but he looked up and saw Cheng Zhu's expectant eyes, and bit his lips: "...OK."

"Then Lele stays at home? Until your brother Xu comes over, no one else will open the door. If people from the community come, tell them to call me." Cheng Zhu was still very relieved of Lele, A baby who is timid but likes to be alone also has corresponding benefits, that is, there is no need to worry about him being curious and making some strange attempts-of course, this is also taught by the irresponsible parents of him and his ex-wife.As Cheng Zhu walked towards the door, he wondered if he was too relieved of Xiao Xu?Speaking of which, they were strangers more than a month ago, but now he dares to hand over his son to someone, and he is not afraid of being abducted.

But Cheng Zhu didn't dare.Whoever abducts Lele can't hold him or drag him away, first of all he will be poor.

Lele obediently went back to the house to play with Lego, and suddenly ran back and sent him to the door. It seemed that he wanted to say something, his fat face was flushed, and he finally managed to say: "...then dad also wants to say something. !"

Cheng Zhu was stunned for a moment, unable to realize what he meant, Lele emphasized it again: "I'm in a bad mood...you have to say it!"

As soon as it was hit, the fairy music rang out, and the baby with white buttocks and wings began to fly into the sky. Cheng Zhu fell into the vicious circle of thinking of "my son is really an angel" as an idiot parent. "I won't be in a bad mood - Lele is here, Dad is in a good mood every day. Lele means happy every day."

"That pull hook."

"Just pull the hook." Cheng Zhu and he pulled it hard, feeling very calm in his heart. He really felt that the current life is pretty good, the work is fulfilling, and the inspiration has also been stimulated. Seems to be sensible, he can find someone to help again, no need to waste time arguing with anyone, nothing can cause a bad mood-the sofa that has never been tidied and the living room are still in a mess , was completely ignored by him.

Xu Budie stood at the door a little anxiously, carrying the cooking materials he bought in a hurry, and his yellow takeaway clothes were half uncovered. Because he ran too fast, his chest heaved violently. If he didn't open it, the steaming heat would It formed dew in it and flowed like a stream.

Although he knew that Cheng Zhu was probably not at home, his enthusiasm for his career was far higher than that of ordinary people. When he said he had something to be busy, it meant that he was really busy with something, it was not an excuse, and he would not delay it.But I don't know why unrealistic expectations still arise, as if the other party will really give me a surprise or something, so I knocked on the door nervously.

After a while, Lele's signature sound of running in slippers came from the room.

Xu Budie relaxed instead: It seems that there are no surprises.Cheng Zhu, a bad old man, doesn't know how to play hard to get, so I overestimated him.

Across the door, Lele's childish voice sounded: "Who is it?" He skillfully locked the door, and opened a gap to reveal his round head.

"It's me." Xu Budie lifted the plastic bag in his hand, "Are you in a hurry? Let's cook."

Lele did not open the door.He stood on the other side of the door lock, looking at the stranger who suddenly broke into their lives silently.He is still too young, and it is difficult to express his attitude and subtle feelings with words and complex emotions, as if no matter how hard he tries, he cannot use the crayons in his hands to draw as beautiful paintings and works as his father's. He had to be clear, but his hands were too small and short, and the lines left by the crayon were always rough and simple.

Those chaotic, unplaced lines clogged his throat, and he didn't know how to express it.This is also the reason why it is difficult for Lele to communicate with others. What he feels and wants to describe is too complicated and rich. If he cannot describe it, it will become a ball of thread stuck in his throat, preventing him from speaking.So now he could only look at the person in front of him without saying a word, protesting silently with his mouth flattened.

Xu Budie also noticed it.He lowered his body and kept his eyes level with Lele. The two looked at each other across the threshold like two small animals. This scene would be a bit funny to outsiders, but both of them were obviously serious.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper like that last time..." Xu Budie said sincerely, "Did it frighten you? It won't happen again, I promise you."

Lele thought about it carefully. "...Dad said, it's because you're in a bad mood, and when you're in a bad mood, you explode."

... What kind of weird description is this, maybe Lao Cheng did it again, but Xu Budie couldn't say anything, he could only nod with dull eyes.

"It's okay, I've seen it before, and my mother will explode, smashing things desperately." The chubby doll said with her head down, "Once it explodes, I will cease to exist. You all forget about me, just turn around and walk away It's gone." He bit his lip holding back his tears, "Will Dad explode too?... I'm so afraid that Dad will explode too. What if he also walks away?"

Only then did Xu Budie understand what he was worried about.Judging from such a young age, his worries are too huge. "I didn't leave... You see, I just left for a while, and now I'm back. Your father won't leave either, he likes Lele the most. It's just that sometimes we may all leave for a while, just like Lele, sometimes Sometimes you want to leave for a while, don't you?"

"That's what Mom said, but she left anyway."

Xu Buduan sighed and fully understood: "So Lele misses her mother..." The boy, who was actually not a few years older, stretched out his hand and rubbed Lele's head through the door bolt.The child shrank half of his body vigilantly behind the door, as if using the porch as a means of protection.

"Why didn't you tell your father?"

"Say it, Dad will be... sad. There's nothing he can do about it."

Xu Budie patted his head, and suddenly exaggerated: "I have a way."

"Actually, I specially prepared an apology gift before I came..." He mysteriously took out a box wrapped in beautiful colored paper from the big bag, "This gift can solve Lele's troubles. But, what if If you don't want to accept my apology, it will be embarrassing for me to give you a gift... Well, Lele doesn't want to forgive me, so I have to take this away..." Xiao Xu made a dejected look, pitifully Turn around.

The little guy's eyes are shining, and his fat face is full of "I'll think about it later", the beautiful flower paper and the mysterious packaging are the irresistible parts for children of this age!Xiao Xu flipped through the large and small plastic bags he was carrying, and the tangy aroma of roast duck came out from inside...

Lele opened his mouth, and the saliva flowed down honestly first.

Before eating, Dad's explosion problem can also wait...he won't explode just because I eat an extra roast duck...

Lele held out her chubby belly reservedly, nodded, and opened the door lock on tiptoe: "Okay then, I forgive you."

Cheng Zhu didn't come home until almost ten o'clock, and before he reached the door, the warm feeling had spread far away, probably because all the porch lights in the garden were turned on, including the colorful lights he had put on before, which were flickering in the night , the door to the garden is also open, revealing the warm colors of the interior.The voice of talking came over, obviously there were only two people, but it made everything noisy.

Lele stood at the door, raised a hand and asked, "Where are you - where are you -"

Immediately afterwards, a grinning reply came from his hand: "I am here, here~" Voices overlapped, one was far away, and the other was very close.

Cheng Zhu took a closer look, and found that Xu Budie was squatting behind an old cupboard he had collected in the garden, talking to the phone.

Lele yelled: "I saw it! You are hiding behind the cabinet!"

He stomped and ran into the garden, turned around the cabinet, and fell on Xiao Xu. "I've caught you!" The two rolled on the ground, their faces were ashamed, but they both laughed happily together.

Cheng Zhu felt that his feet were light and light, and everything was in an unrealistic trance, like the fog in the kitchen when cooking.He didn't bother the two of them who were having fun, and opened the door of the house. What greeted him was the room's insulated heat from the cold night, as well as the strong smell of food.Soup was warming in the rice cooker, dishes were steaming on the pot, and dinner was reserved for him.

Although I have already eaten some instant food pads, but I was defeated immediately when I smelled this fragrance.

"You're back!" Xiao Xu yelled from a distance, and before Cheng Zhu could put down a duck leg that he had just eaten, Lele had already galloped over, with bright eyes, and raised his wrist high towards him :"look--!!"

On his chubby, fleshy wrist, he wore a shiny new, cool-looking latest phone watch.

Cheng Zhu was stunned. Of course he also knew that phones and watches were very popular recently, but he really had nothing in common with other housewives who pick up their children and grandparents, and it was impossible to join the "housewives circle" to exchange such issues, let alone There is also no common language, and the parent group in the kindergarten basically never reads other than the teacher's news (fortunately, Teacher Xiao Wang will always remind him with a single tap now), so there is still a certain distance behind the normal parenting trends.

Lele obviously knew this too, and quickly "presented treasures": "This one can make calls, videos, take photos, play games, and chat..." He said while turning the screen on and off. He raised it and put it down, showing it to Cheng Zhu. Obviously, he couldn't put it down to this new gift, which completely surpassed Cheng Zhu's usual appearance when he bought him with fried chicken. It seemed that even the problem of taciturnity was cured at the same time.

...If I knew you were so easy to bribe, I could have bought you a box...No, I also bought Star Wars Lego for you, which is still a limited edition. Why don't you see you so excited...Cheng Zhu felt sour.

"This is going to be an app on your phone, so that wherever Lele goes in the future, you can see the location directly, so you don't have to worry about getting lost." Xu Budie walked up to introduce other functions with a smile, Cheng Zhu After brainwashing the two of them, they were dizzy, and after a while with the mobile phone, I realized why this thing is highly praised by parents and children, and it must be expensive: "...you bought it?"

"Well, an apology gift for Lele."

"...How can this be done? Isn't it cheap? How old is he, so how can he need such an expensive gift?" Cheng Zhu quickly said that he knew Xiao Xu's situation, and this gift must cost thousands of yuan for him. The burden is too heavy, there is no reason for him to spend money on this matter.

"It's okay, I also made some money recently." Xiao Xu said happily, he obviously made a lot of extra money during this period, "Besides, this is also an apology gift for you..."

"Is it the modeling job that Cai Yanyan introduced to you?" Cheng Zhu asked, but he was still a little skeptical. Even if he could work as a micro-business model and a painting model, his income could only be said to be more stable and easier than express delivery. If there is more, there is nowhere to go.

"Yes, I got a deposit for a few of them." Xu Budie obviously didn't intend to go into details, he urged Cheng Zhu, "Try it quickly, add the APP, Lele is still waiting for you."

When he saw the little blue dot showing the location on the phone moving back and forth on the screen, Cheng Zhu felt a surge of warmth in his heart.This machine, which can check the location of the child at any time, is obviously not for Lele, but more obviously to alleviate his worries after the last runaway incident.

"You can directly set up outgoing calls... so that he can dial out with voice recognition... This has the advantage that all people who want to contact him will be relayed directly from you... Yes, you can also set up a small amount Pay, let him try to buy something by himself..." Xu Budie introduced as carefully as a salesman, the two got very close, their foreheads and hair were slightly intertwined, and the heat of their bodies was subconsciously separated by the clothes Passed over, the sense of touch is clearly magnified.Cheng Zhu felt a little unspeakable anxiety, so he walked away calmly and changed the subject:

"This phone and watch manufacturer should give you a commission. Have you ever worked as a salesman?"

"Of course... But compared to other sales promotion students, they don't make enough money, and I can't make big orders at the beginning, and I don't have time..." Xu Budie didn't seem to care about the close distance between the two, and urged Cheng Zhu Register, bind, add, etc., "Come on, Lele, try calling your dad?"

Lele happily ran to her room to hide and then called back, and she could see brightly colored Lego ornaments behind her: "Guess where I am?"

Cheng Zhu didn't have to guess, he knew he was in his small room just by looking at the location.He tried several functions with his son with great interest, and said sincerely: "I should have bought him a phone watch earlier, which saved a lot of trouble, and I don't have to worry about him getting lost when I'm not around... I don't know Children’s products have been developed to this point, and I think it’s not good for him to bring such things when he’s too young,... how much? I definitely can’t ask you to pay for this, I should have bought it in the first place.” Cheng Zhu felt a little regretful, happy Someone in the Le class must have one, but even if he wanted it, he would not tell Cheng Zhu that this child is like this.

"No need, I have caused so much trouble, and you have helped me so much. Besides, Lele finally forgave me." Xiao Xu smiled, and pushed Cheng Zhu to the front of the dining table, "Sister Cai was also introduced by you." I know it...you can eat, it's hot, I have to go."

Cheng Zhu was at a loss for a while: "Let's go now?" Then he patted his forehead, thinking what's the matter... The big boy put on his yellow coat, buttoned it tightly around his neck, and smiled at him , "I can deliver two orders for supper if I'm in a hurry." The extremely fast pace of life seems to have completely returned to normal.

"You've worked so hard, wouldn't I blush when I take your money again?" Cheng Zhu took out his mobile phone and wanted to call him, Xu Budie had no choice but to say, "It's not clear if you say so, then you can directly Tell me, how much do I have to pay Senior Sister Jiang Nian and you for that sculpture? We will pay it off directly." He also tried to ask Jing Jianian later, and learned that they had already repaired it, and the exhibition continued. It is a relief to cause particularly irreparable consequences.

Of course, Cheng Zhu couldn't ask for his money directly, but he had already thought about it: "About this matter, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise. I sold my favor and inserted this matter into the part before the expo closed. Afterwards, both Jiang Nian and I took advantage of the opportunity of the exhibition to receive a lot of invitations, which made me very busy in the future, so I was thinking of adding an assistant to help me sort out materials, coordinate projects, and better take care of me by the way. Lele." Of course, this is also his selfishness, and he thinks he is very considerate, "I think you are the most suitable, if you come to help me, just treat it as repaying my favor." He added with confidence, "I will definitely pay you as well."

Xu Budie's eyes flickered for a moment, and he smiled with some concealment: "Wait, what's wrong, how can I return your favor and make money at the same time?"

"Uh..." Cheng Zhu was also immediately overwhelmed by the question. Subconsciously, he felt that it was most suitable for Xiao Xu to come to help, so he arranged it on his own, without considering other options at all, and did not expect his actions before and after. contradiction.He is not sensitive to money, so he couldn't find a suitable language to explain it, so he just stood there.

Xu Budie seemed to have misunderstood what he meant.His face gradually turned ugly and red, and he deliberately emphasized: "I can make money. The New Year's Eve holiday is coming soon, and the rewards for takeaway and errands are tripled. I can also earn a lot of other jobs... ...Do you think I'm suffering? But I only need to spend a full month, which can not only cover my own living expenses, but also fully cover my mother's medical expenses. Recently, I have been a model, and I also have extra income..." The owner of Weishang told him, If the response to the new shelf next month is good, he can also try to live broadcast the goods. In addition to the basic basic salary, there will be a corresponding commission.He also took an order from a private model, who was very generous and directly paid half of the deposit in advance, which greatly eased the financial pressure.

If it weren't for a mother who needs to pay for nursing care every day, expensive medicines, and a mother who will be admitted to the ICU at any time but has no hope of improvement at all, he would have earned a monthly income close to that of the middle class.

However, you have no rest days at all, no normal life, except for the few days when you go out with me, you work more than 16 hours a day!Cheng Zhu protested inwardly.Before these words came out, Xu Budie had already rushed ahead of him and said:

"Do you feel sorry for me?"

His eyes were red, and he took Cheng Zhu's silent silence as some kind of acquiescence,

"Like a kitten strayed on the street, it looks like a lot of fun. Just tease it casually when passing by, give a piece of bread and ham, and touch it twice according to your mood?"... Occasionally once or twice, it's all right... ...But when all this becomes a habit, what if the kitten has believed that as long as it puts on a cute expression and waits obediently at the intersection, someone will bring food...and that person never comes?

There was a weird, self-deprecating expression on his face, stinging the other party and stinging himself, "Are you going to raise me?"