take a break

An undercurrent surged deep in Chen Shuhua's eyes.

Shen Yixuan, these two days, I paid special attention to your relationship with Xuesheng, and found that your attitude towards him is not like treating an 8-year-old child at all.

How much do you know about Xuesheng?

Do you know his secret?

Do you believe that he descended from a fairy?

This is ridiculous!

Even I, a country boy who has never seen the world, don't want to believe it, but you, a doctor who has studied abroad, would believe it?

Or did Xuesheng give you other explanations, which convinced you?

What did he tell you?

Xuesheng has been with me for 8 years, how many days have you known him?

It is impossible for him to hide from me, but he confesses to you!

Xuesheng, you have been refusing to tell me the truth, do you think I am too young?

How old do I have to be before you take the initiative to tell me your secret?

You are good in everything, but it is not good that you always like to hide secrets.

When will you be honest with me?

After New Year's Day in 1990, No. [-] Middle School in H City entered Black January.

All the students in the 6 grades of junior high school and senior high school tensed up and devoted all their time and energy to the busy and tense final exam preparation.

Because the ranking of the results of the final exam is related to the reclassification of the next semester, no one dares to relax at such a critical time.

With Li Xuesheng around, Chen Shuhua no longer expected to be ranked first in the whole grade.

He only hopes that his test scores will be far ahead of the third place in the whole grade.

Li Xuesheng was always at ease with Chen Shuhua's study, but for the sake of safety, he still used all his free time to review and prepare for the exam with Chen Shuhua.

After the final exams, overnight, the whole school was completely empty as if it had been swept away by devils.

Chen Shuhua glanced around the empty student dormitory, stretched comfortably, and said happily: "We're all gone, great! We can finally live in a world of two!"

Li Xuesheng was also very happy that the dormitory was finally quiet.

He looked at Chen Shuhua who was smiling all over his face, and asked, "There are still 10 days until Chinese New Year. When do you plan to go back to the orphanage?"

"I want to be with you. If you want to go back, I'll go back with you. If you don't want to go back, I won't go either." Chen Shuhua replied.

"Since I left the orphanage last time, I have made a decision in my heart. I will not go back until I have enough money to donate to the orphanage." Li Xuesheng said.

"You want to donate to the orphanage?" Chen Shuhua looked at Li Xuesheng in surprise.

"Yeah." Li Xuesheng nodded, and said, "I've always had this idea, but I can't make money for the time being. I hope to make money as soon as possible and improve the lives of the elderly and children as soon as possible."

Chen Shuhua was silent.

Thinking that if he hadn't been a hindrance, Li Xuesheng might have gone to the United States to start a business and earn money, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit of self-blame.

However, if he had to choose again, he still hoped that Li Xuesheng was the only one in his world, and would do his best to prevent others from intruding.

After all, in this world, Li Xuesheng is his only sky.

"Xuesheng, I want to work hard with you to earn money and do my best for the children in the future."

In order to make up for the apology to the children, Chen Shuhua hoped that he could do something within his power.

"Okay!" Li Xuesheng said happily, "I'm very happy that you have this kind of heart. At this stage, you just need to study hard."

"Until I am able to donate to the orphanage, I will not go back." Chen Shuhua said.

"Then you have to say hello to Dean Liu, so that she won't worry." Li Xuesheng suggested.

"En." Chen Shuhua nodded heavily.

"During the winter vacation, let's move to live with Shen Yixuan, okay? He stayed in China alone for the New Year, quite lonely." Li Xuesheng asked for Chen Shuhua's opinion.

"Okay." Chen Shuhua agreed wholeheartedly.

With Shen Yixuan's consent, Li Xuesheng moved into the faculty dormitory with Chen Shuhua.

He asked Shen Yixuan to make a three-year high school reading list for Chen Shuhua, and asked him to go to the H City library to borrow some books that Chen Shuhua needed to read during the winter vacation.

Li Xuesheng was busy reading Shen Yixuan's collection of books, absorbing knowledge about pedagogy and psychology as quickly as possible so that he could teach Chen Shuhua better in the future.

Li Xuesheng has no obstacles in reading the original English works, and his reading speed is extremely fast.

Through discussions with Li Xuesheng, Shen Yixuan found that this person's ability to absorb, understand, and comprehend was astonishingly high, and he couldn't help being surprised, delighted, and ashamed.

Chen Shuhua always thought that his English was pretty good, but when Li Xuesheng and Shen Yixuan talked in English, he found that he couldn't understand more than half of them.

He listened to the conversation between the two with difficulty for a while, and asked, "Xuesheng, what are you talking about?"

"We're talking about how to educate you." Li Xuesheng glanced at Chen Shuhua and ordered, "Go and read your own book. Don't waste time standing here."

Chen Shuhua looked depressedly at the two people who were in the heated discussion, and thought: "Is the center of your topic about me? Why have I become an outsider?"

In the blink of an eye, it is the 28th of the new year.

Last year, Shen Yixuan spent the Spring Festival alone in H City, feeling deserted and lonely.

He only bought a pair of couplets and a little dried fruit, and spent the New Year in a superficial way.

This year, with Li Xuesheng by his side, he feels very warm, and his interest in Chinese New Year is unprecedentedly high.

Shen Yixuan led Li Xuesheng and Chen Shuhua to the crowded shopping mall, and took many sets of clothes to gesture to the two of them.

When the salespersons saw a big money maker, they swarmed up, selling products in a hurry, and their service attitude was enthusiastic.

Shen Yixuan couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the salespersons, and was about to open his mouth to agree to buy all the clothes, when Li Xuesheng, who had been standing outside watching, spoke in time.

"Brother, I'm thirsty!"

Li Xuesheng's cold child's voice was like a stream of cool springs, which immediately calmed down the hot-headed Shen Yixuan.

Seeing Li Xuesheng holding Chen Shuhua's hand and turning away, Shen Yixuan quickly said "I'm sorry" to the salesmen, broke through the encirclement and quickly chased after him.

Shen Yixuan chased after Li Xuesheng, leaned over and asked, "What's the matter? Don't you like those clothes?"

"Mom bought me so many clothes last time, why do I need to buy more?" Li Xuesheng cast a sidelong glance at Shen Yixuan and said, "You are really a good son of mother, just like her, he is an impulsive consumer with a tendency to shopaholic .Businessmen like you the most.”

Shen Yixuan chuckled, and defended himself: "Isn't this Chinese New Year, let's celebrate it!"

"I don't need to buy my clothes, but Xiaohua lacks a lot of clothes." Li Xuesheng said, "I'll pick them out later, so don't do it. No matter how fancy the salesperson says in front of you, don't talk to me."

"Okay." Shen Yixuan nodded in agreement.

Li Xuesheng's shopping style is the same as his style of buying stocks and doing business - fast, ruthless, and accurate.

In less than an hour, he had helped Chen Shuhua buy all the clothes from inside to outside.

He also helped Shen Yixuan choose a big red cashmere scarf with cloud patterns.

Li Xuesheng helped Shen Yixuan fasten the scarf, and seeing the other party's eyes narrowed into a line with a smile, he couldn't help but lightly gave the other party a chestnut on the forehead.

"Look at you stupid! Although I gave the things, you paid for it. What are you so happy about?"

"He's just happy..." Shen Yixuan touched the soft scarf happily, and said with a smile, "I just know what you want. It doesn't matter who pays for it."

Hearing what Shen Yixuan said, Chen Shuhua, who had been obsessed with the fact that all his new clothes were bought with Shen Yixuan's money, suddenly felt relieved.

He secretly looked at Shen Yixuan who was full of peach blossoms, and said in his heart: "You are actually not bad! As long as you don't compete with me for Xuesheng, everything can be discussed!"

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33. Separation...

After buying the clothes, the three went to other places to purchase new year's goods.

By the time they finished shopping, six large and small hands had been filled with large and small bags, and two boxes of fruit, one box of drinks, and two shopping bags were piled up on the ground.

Shen Yixuan hailed a taxi and stuffed the trunk of the car to the brim.

The three returned to the staff dormitory by car, and moved back and forth twice before moving a large pile of things into the house.

Chen Shuhua has never shopped so happily in his life.

The feeling of spending money like running water not only made him shudder, but also made him feel happy.

Recalling the hard times in the past when a penny was broken into eight petals, he secretly vowed that in the future, he would earn a lot of money and spend it as he liked, without being poor, suffering, or burdened.

February 1990, 1, New Year's Eve.

Shen Yixuan led Li Xuesheng to the office of the vice principal of No. [-] Middle School in H City, and used the phone there to send New Year greetings to his parents in the United States.

After the pleasant conversation, they returned to the staff dormitory, and together with Chen Shuhua, they posted Spring Festival couplets, hung red lanterns, and hung lanterns...the whole room was decorated with festive atmosphere, and there was a festive Chinese New Year atmosphere everywhere.

That night, the three worked together to prepare a table full of dishes, and ate the New Year's Eve dinner lively while watching the Spring Festival Gala on China Central Television.

When it was almost 12 o'clock, Shen Yixuan picked up the TV remote control and turned off the TV sound.

He glanced at Li Xuesheng and Chen Shuhua, and said with a serious face: "As the new year is approaching, I have an announcement."

Li Xuesheng vaguely guessed something, his facial expression became serious.