A box of light gray blue

Fu Zhongzhou followed Xu Yu, and saw him standing by the parking lot in a daze for a moment, then immediately ran to the school.

"Xu Yu! What's wrong with you?"

There were not many people at the school gate, so Fu Zhongzhou followed quickly and grabbed his arm.Xu Chang looked anxious, and his eyebrows were knit together. "Wait here for me," he pulled his arm out of Fu Zhongzhou's hand, "I saw my dad's car just now."

Fu Zhongzhou was also a little surprised when he remembered what Xu Yu told him last night.According to his description, Xu Haokong is not the kind of person who is willing to leave his busy work behind to deal with his son's messy affairs.

"Don't worry, maybe it's something else, not here to go through the formalities for you." Fu Zhongzhou put his hands on his shoulders soothingly, "Go, I'll watch you from behind."

Xu Yan tried his best to calm down, then nodded, turned and entered the school.

It can be said that the school was empty during the holidays. Xu Yan entered the teaching building and walked up, only seeing a few sporadic classmates walking between the corridors.Brother Sheng's office is on the fifth floor. When he walked to the door of Studio 505, a figure suddenly flashed out from the door and bumped into Xu Yu.

"Ouch!"

Qin Ping was startled, and when he fixed his eyes on Xu Chang, he quickly took two steps back. "Why are you here?" He squinted his eyes and gestured to Brother Sheng's office with his chin. "I thought I heard wrong. Two people came to Brother Sheng just now and said it was your parents..."

"What did they say?" Xu Wei asked.

Qin Ping scratched his head, "...I can't hear you, the doors of the office are closed."

Xu Yu was taken aback, feeling that the worst outcome he had in mind was about to come true, and immediately ran to the door of Brother Sheng's office.There was a faint voice of conversation inside, and he didn't even have time to knock on the door, so he pushed the door open and entered.

"Don't worry, I just..."

In the office, Brother Sheng stood politely behind the desk, while Duan Manrong and Xu Haokong sat on the sofa at one side, one covering his face with tears, and the other showing no expression.When the three of them heard the sound, they all turned around in unison.

Xu Chang felt like a fool standing at the door, he glanced at a document spread out on the table, his tone sullen.

"I won't drop out."

Hearing this, Duan Manrong frowned, Xu Haokong didn't respond, but Brother Sheng's eyes widened.

"Why are you dropping out of school?" He dragged Xu Yu to sit on another sofa in three steps and two steps. "You want to give up halfway? Don't even think about it, our teachers still regard you as a key training object!"

Xu Yu also looked blank, turned to look at his parents, and then realized that they didn't mention dropping out of school at all.

"If you feel that you are under a lot of pressure recently, go home and rest for two days to relax. But if you can't persist and drop out, you will definitely regret it in the future!"

Brother Sheng seemed to be frightened by his words, and he kept talking like he was reciting. It seemed that he had persuaded many students who wanted to give up.Xu Yu didn't understand the current situation, and knew that he shouldn't talk too much, so he had to lower his head and accept Brother Sheng's chicken soup education.

He finally finished speaking, so he sighed a long time, crossed his hips wearily, paced around in a circle, and sat back on the office chair again.

"How could you run away from home because of a lot of pressure?" Brother Sheng gave him a dissatisfied look, then spread his hands and shook in the direction of Duan Manrong and the others, "Your parents can't contact you. I came to the school to find someone." At this point, he couldn't help but reason, "There are many ways to relieve stress, and no matter what, you should never conflict with your parents and vent your emotions on your family."

Xu Yu was confused when he heard this, and cautiously glanced at Xu Haokong who was sitting next to him, just in time to meet his father's gaze.

"The person has been found, so we won't bother you." Xu Haokong adjusted his collar, sat up on the sofa, and reached out to shake hands with Brother Sheng, "Thank you, teacher, for teaching Xu Yu, and please take care of him in the future. "

Brother Sheng always felt that the aura of this middle-aged man in a suit was too special, and he could turn education of children into a business negotiation as soon as he opened his mouth, so he hurried up to shake hands.Xu Chang watched the two of them shake hands from the sidelines, and felt that it was a bit like a business deal.In order not to laugh, he quickly turned his eyes away from Brother Sheng's golden chain on his flowery arm.As soon as he moved away, he happened to bump into Duan Manrong's eyes, those eyes that were no longer young were slightly cloudy, probably a little red from crying for a long time.

The family was sent to the entrance of the corridor by Brother Sheng.Xu Chang looked around but couldn't see Fu Zhongzhou, so he couldn't help becoming nervous.

Seeing that Brother Sheng had returned to the office, Xu Haokong's expression became more serious.Xu Yan was flustered, and was about to go downstairs first when he lifted his legs, but Xu Hao patted his back.

"Talk."

There are several tables and chairs in the courtyard downstairs of the teaching building, and there is a pergola over the head.Xu Haokong paced over unhurriedly, but sat down on the stone along the side of the goldfish pond.Duan Manrong didn't intend to participate in their conversation, and went to visit the classroom on the first floor.

"Sit." Xu Haokong patted the vacant seat beside him, motioning Xu Yan to sit down.

Xu Chang stared at that position and suddenly felt his nose sore.As he grew up, the first time he had a long conversation with his father was because he was forced to come out of the closet.He sat down with mixed feelings, crossed his hands awkwardly, and couldn't help but look around, looking for Fu Zhongzhou's figure.

"What are you looking at?" Xu Haokong asked with a half-smile, "That friend of yours?"

Xu Chang froze for a moment, froze and didn't dare to move.

He quickly analyzed the tone and connotation of this sentence in his mind, and unexpectedly heard a trace of relaxed ridicule.

The goldfish in the pond scattered and scurried in the shallow water.Xu Haokong looked at those red-tailed koi, and said lightly: "Do you still remember Mr. Chen you saw when you were young?"

Xu Yan couldn't help but look at the fish in the pond, but didn't react when he heard the name. "...President Chen?"

He searched his memory for a long time, and finally remembered such a person.He was only a few years old at that time, and his parents were always with another man, and they were very close in both career and life.Xu Yu didn't know his name, but he always called him Mr. Chen like an adult every time.He was a good-tempered man, and he liked children very much. Every time he saw him, he would hug him.

Even so, such a person really doesn't have much weight in the world of children.Xu Yu didn't know from that day on, and he never saw him again, and the group photos of the three of them in their youthful years at home were also hidden in a corner.

"He died," Xu Haokong said flatly, "We didn't understand him enough at the time, we didn't know that he had endured so much alone."

"What disease did you have?" Xu Yu didn't understand why Xu Haokong told him this, but he was also very curious.What kind of person was that uncle who appeared and disappeared out of thin air in his memory.

Xu Haokong wiped his face wearily, "He is a college classmate of your mother and me, and the three of us ran the company by ourselves at that time." A rare trace of compassion appeared on his face, "...He is also, that. But He never told us, nor did he tell us about his family's forced marriage."

In autumn, Xu Yu sat next to him and listened to the old events, but it was like a basin of cold water pouring down his head, resonating with the people in the old events.

According to Xu Haokong, Chen is always a child from the countryside, who got into a good school by virtue of his grades, started a business with Xu Haokong and his wife, and worked hard alone.He donated all the money he earned to the village. When he went back, he took nothing but held another man's hand.

Since then, forced marriages, mental abuse, and so-called sexual orientation correction have become his nightmare.The villagers in the village were afraid that he would have no successors and that a large amount of property would not fall into the hands of their own family members, so they forced him to marry a girl from the village, and even forced him to have children with her.And Xu Haokong didn't know anything, he just thought that he went back to the village to get married, so he didn't take his condition to heart.

What happened afterwards, Xu Haokong didn't say anything, and Xu Chang didn't want to ask.Because the fact is here, that good-tempered man just disappeared from their lives.

After Xu Haokong finished speaking, he subconsciously wanted to smoke a cigarette, fumbled in his pocket for a while, and stopped again.

"You've grown up," he shook his head dejectedly, "I thought about it for a long time yesterday, and persuaded your mother for a long time. Now I can't control you, and neither can your mother." He turned his head, his eyes widened. Staring at Xu Yu seriously, "But I hope you can be responsible for your choice, no matter what consequences it brings, you have to bear it yourself."

These words were impartial, and Xu Wei felt a little warmer in his body.He looked directly into Xu Haokong's eyes, and suddenly felt that he had abandoned his armor invisibly, and put away all the sharp weapons that were always pointed at his parents.

"...Understood." His voice was dry and hoarse, although there were mixed feelings in his heart, the words he said still had no warmth. "I also hope that you will support my choice."

Xu Haokong heard his shaking, smiled and patted his shoulder. "Don't do such an extreme thing next time. You scared your mother this morning." He stood up and took a deep breath, "Go talk to her." He still looked calm, but there seemed to be countless Emotions are hidden in the heart.Xu Chang always felt that he was looking at other things through himself, but he couldn't figure it out.

"Xu Yu," he finally said after a long time, "Although we can't understand it, as a parent, I don't want your life to be so painful."

These words caused Xu Yu to think deeply, but he turned around and wanted to leave. "Go to your mother and tell her to get in the car, we are going to return."

"Then..." Xu Yu was about to speak, and asked if he could stay.Thinking of what Xu Haokong said just now, he stopped talking.

From now on, he makes choices for himself.

The autumn wind blew slightly, and the shackles were removed, and those unpleasant memories were shattered all over the ground.

Xu Yu took brisk steps and walked into the teaching building to look for Duan Manrong.

Duan Manrong stood in the corridor with his back turned to him, as if he was looking at something.

"Mom," Xu Yu called her softly, "it's time to go back."

As if awakened with a start, Duan Manrong suddenly came to his senses when he heard the voice, but the expression on his face was inexplicably relieved.When she saw Xu Chang, she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Xiao Yan, did your mother fail to teach you well..."

Xu Yan didn't say anything, stepped forward and gave Duan Manrong a hug.

"Mom, I'm sorry." His voice was muffled, Xu Yan felt that he was much taller than Duan Manrong, and suddenly felt that she was much older.Duan Manrong was stunned for a moment, then as if the last string had snapped, she suddenly burst into tears.

After crying for a long time, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief and smiled.

The big stone in Xu Yu's heart finally fell to the ground, and he planned to send her to the car to say goodbye.

Before leaving, he turned his head and took a look at the place Duan Manrong was looking at just now.

——An old man and a young man are looking out from the basement like a plaster head. The man on the left half of his face is hidden behind the plaster, which is Fu Zhongzhou.

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