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6.

Every week Yu Changan would take Lu Ming to the supermarket once.He took Qingqing's job over, and it seemed like a pleasure to go to the supermarket to buy food and daily necessities.Of course, Yu Changan's pleasure is not in "shopping", but in Luming, he puts all his attention on Luming, buys the little things Luming likes and bribes him quietly.

The journey home is the purpose of "going to the supermarket", and it is also the purpose of Yu Changan's bribery of Lu Ming.The two sat in Yu Changan's economical and comfortable Nissan small car. Once the door was closed, it was a cramped and oppressive space. Yu Changan, who was in charge of the steering wheel, held all the power at the same time. All have to answer.What's more, in the shopping bag next to Lu Ming, there are things he bought specially for Lu Ming and the children.

The questions Yu Changan raised became deeper and more intimate each time, and Lu Ming smelled "conspiracy" from them. He had a vague guess as to the purpose of Mr. Yu bringing him out—Mr. Yu wanted far more from him. "The story of him and Yu Beilian" is as simple as that.

So the secrets he revealed to Yu Chang'an were all selected: among these secrets, some were what he was willing to say, and some were not very embarrassing, and he wanted to keep his head down and whisper.Lu Ming is also playing smart, he doesn't tell all the secrets at once, he wants Mr. Yu to ask a little bit and he will answer a little bit later.For this unknown "conspiracy" planned by Yu Changan, Lu Ming is not disgusted, he can always feel Mr. Yu's clumsiness from every nervous stuttering of Yu Changan, this clumsiness is a little cute in Lu Ming's eyes up.Therefore, Lu Ming believes that every time spent alone with Mr. Yu is worth cherishing, and it is worth playing such a clever trick.

This time, Yu Changan finally asked the question he was most concerned about.His hands holding the steering wheel trembled slightly from tension and excitement.Yu Changan licked his lips and glanced in the rearview mirror. Lu Ming had no idea what Yu Changan would say next. He still liked to look out the window as before.It's a pity that it has been raining all day, and all he can see is the street scene blurred by the rain.Yu Changan made a smiling face to make the tone sound unsuspicious: "Luming..."

Lu Ming turned back to look at Yu Changan, obediently waiting for the next words.Yu Chang'an's finished manuscript was forgotten when he and Lu Ming looked at each other, and he stumbled and stuttered, which made his subsequent words and deeds not upright. "You and Yu Beilian..." There was another pause, this pause was so long that Yu Changan wanted to just shut up and not let the next question and answer continue.

However, Lu Ming still looked at Yu Changan. The passivity caused by Lu Ming's obedience seemed a bit cruel to Yu Changan at this time. Yu Changan was stuck in an awkward situation, unable to move forward or retreat.After a long silence, Lu Ming suddenly said, "It's fine."

Yu Changan glanced at Lu Ming again, Lu Ming was smiling slightly, his mouth tightly clenched.Lu Ming didn't realize it, but Yu Changan understood that this was Lu Ming's pardon for him.Yu Changan avoided Lu Ming's gaze: "Let's talk about it when we go home."

That night Lu Ming asked Qingqing to help take care of the child, and he entered Yu Changan's study at ten o'clock on time.Yu Chang'an doesn't like to turn on the ceiling lamp at night, he always only turns on the wall lamp and a warm yellow desk lamp in his study.This time he didn't even turn on the wall lamp, the only source of light in the room was the desk lamp on the desk.The murky atmosphere would serve as a cover for his jerk.

Lu Ming was still sitting on the small sofa, the heater in the room was turned on too high, and he even sweated a little.Yu Changan sat down opposite Lu Ming, blocking most of the light. In Lu Ming's eyes, half of him was in the light and the other half was in the darkness. The half in the light was soft and gentle, and the half in the darkness was somewhat unfathomable.

Yu Changan finally said, "Do you still want to have surgery?"

Lu Ming nodded.

Yu Changan asked again: "How much money is there?"

How does Lu Ming know how much money is still short? He only heard his parents ask for a lot of money when he was a child, 10,000+ or ​​even hundreds of thousands, which is a sky-high price that his parents can't afford, or are unwilling to pay.He was embarrassed, so he had no choice but to answer the question and said that he had nearly 3 yuan, which was given by Teacher Yu.

After hearing this, Yu Changan scolded Yu Beilian in his heart.Lu Ming has been with him for so long, but he can't even get 3 yuan.Yu Beilian's former lovers would ask for more than 3 yuan for any gift.

So Yu Changan asked Lu Ming, would he be willing to be a model for his novel? "You'll be paid..."

Lu Ming was puzzled: "Model?"

Yu Changan smiled awkwardly: "It's just that some plots of the novel are based on you... It's as if you came to be a model for this novel... It will involve some things between you and Yu Beilian..." Yu Changan's conscience was tormented, He didn't have the shame to look directly at Lu Ming, but he couldn't miss any of Lu Ming's tiny expressions. He stared at Lu Ming closely, with a humble and pitiful tone, "Is it okay?"

Lu Ming said: "But I have already told you everything about me and Teacher Yu."

"Luming..." Yu Changan licked his lips, "Do you know what I wrote?"

Lu Ming froze for a moment, then said, "Novel."

"It's an erotic novel." Yu Changan still stared at Lu Ming.Lu Ming's eyes immediately dodged. Even though the light in the room was dim, Yu Changan knew that Lu Ming was blushing.He himself was blushing, not because he was shy, but because he felt shameless.

Yu Changan leaned forward and moved closer to Luming, his voice was low and low, almost breathless: "But I don't have any inspiration, I can't write anything. Old Wu, he... Old Wu is in charge My editor, Old Wu, has urged me many times... Lu Ming, actually I just, just want to... need to know some details..." Yu Changan spoke incoherently, and looked up at Lu Ming.But Lu Ming actually saw the pitiful tide and a hint of pleading in the eyes of Yu Changan who was sitting in the backlight.Yu Changan said: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to, I won't force you."

Lu Ming didn't look at Yu Changan, but said in a low voice with a little aggrieved: "I'll think about it."

"Okay, think about it." Yu Changan leaned back, resting his head on the back of the small sofa.He took out a cigarette from his trouser pocket and lit it, and there was a layer of mist between him and Lu Ming immediately.

Lu Ming asked for instructions to leave, and Yu Changan waved lazily.There seems to be a bit of complaint in the laziness.

Near noon, when Qingqing came back from a walk with Xiaoguo, she brought good news to Luming—a new bookstore popped up next to the entrance of Canghu Scenic Area not far from home, and the coffee shop in the bookstore was recruiting people.Qingqing read the recruitment announcement over and over again, and felt that Lu Ming met every requirement.Qingqing was even more excited than Luming, she asked Luming to try it, Qingqing's eyes lit up, she said that Mr. Xiaolu would definitely do it.

So this afternoon, it was the girl Qingqing who brought Yu Changan afternoon tea.Qingqing acted lightly, but she didn't expect to attract the attention of Yu Changan, who was immersed in writing.Yu Changan asked where Lu Ming was?Qingqing said that Mr. Xiaolu had gone out.Yu Changan asked where Lu Ming had gone?Qingqing wrung the corners of her clothes, frantically trying to find a suitable reason to lie.Qingqing's face was about to turn red, and the panic she let out at the end was completely unwise, she said: "Mr. Xiaolu said he wanted to go out for a walk."

Yu Changan believed it.Yu Changan wishfully thought that Lu Ming was worrying about the request he made, and urgently needed a break.Yu Changan didn't know that the good news that Qingqing brought to Lu Ming was Lu Ming's life-saving straw, and Lu Ming's unconcealable smile at lunch was all because of this life-saving straw; I have made a lot of plans: looking for a job to support myself, moving out of Mr. Yu's house, not being a person who needs to rely on Mr. Yu everywhere, and having surgery to become a normal person.

Yu Changan didn't see Lu Ming until dinner time.Lu Ming was deliberately avoiding Yu Chang'an. Mr. Yu's words made Lu Ming embarrassed all day last night, and he almost lost his mind during the interview.Mr. Yu asked him to be a "model" for the novel, just like photographer Lian Rui asked Yanyan to be his mannequin. Lu Ming always felt a little awkward because of this, and even his determination to support Yu Changan was shaken at the beginning.

Yu Changan hesitated to speak to Lu Ming several times at the dinner table, but Lu Ming pretended not to understand again and again.Yu Changan couldn't force Lu Ming, and only then did he realize that Lu Ming was not as stupid as he imagined.

The next day, Lu Ming received the employment notice. After hanging up the phone, he held his phone and fell into two emotions of joy and anxiety.Qingqing was so happy that she grabbed Lu Ming's hand and shook it again and again.After Lu Ming grinned, he frowned again. Before he started working, he was already worried that he would be fired if he didn't do well.

Qingqing accompanied Lu Ming for an afternoon, and enlightened Lu Ming as a "comer".The two chatted for hours in the bedroom, and even forgot about the afternoon tea for Yu Changan.

Yu Changan felt strange, what are these two children doing?

He went up to the second floor and heard laughter outside Lu Ming's bedroom door.Qingqing's laughter was crisp and lovely, while Luming was much restrained, low and short.This was the first time Yu Changan heard Luming laugh out loud. Although the laughter was shy and short, it was genuinely happy, even a little childish.Yu Changan remembered that Lu Ming was only 20 years old, and Lu Ming himself was still a child.

Yu Changan stood outside the door for a while, when Qingqing inside the room suddenly yelled that he forgot to bring tea to Mr. Yu.Yu Changan hurried downstairs and had a "chance encounter" with Qingqing in the kitchen.Lu Ming hugged Xiao Guo and followed Qing Qing. Yu Changan asked Qing Qing why he had such a big smile on his face. Qing Qing looked back at Lu Ming and said, "I have such a big smile every day. Mr. Yu didn't pay attention."

Yu Changan understood that Lu Ming and Qingqing had formed an alliance at some point, they were like a pair of buddies on campus, guarding each other's secrets together.Yu Changan also bent his eyes and smiled: "Really? I thought you and Lu Ming laughed sweeter together."

This sounds like jealousy, and I don't know whose jealousy it is.After Yu Changan finished speaking, he also realized that he seemed to have said something wrong, so he had no choice but to pretend that nothing had happened and go back to the study.However, Lu Ming followed, and before Yu Changan sat down, Lu Ming knocked on his door: "Mr. Yu, can I come in?"

Yu Changan didn't answer "Please come in", he directly opened the door for Lu Ming.Lu Ming stood at the door and slightly raised his head to look at him, his black eyes were all reflected in him.

Yu Changan invited Lu Ming into the house and invited him to sit down.Lu Ming took two steps towards Yu Changan and then stopped, pursed his lips with great determination, and then confessed that he had found a job, and the place of work was in a newly opened bookstore nearby.The salary of the new job is 800 yuan, and there may be a bonus for doing a good job.

When it came to salary, Lu Ming spoke faster and his tone became more cheerful.He said that he would pay the rent to Mr. Yu when he has income, thank Mr. Yu for letting him live here, and he will move out as soon as he has savings in his hands, so as not to cause trouble for Mr. Yu.

It was the first time that Lu Ming spoke so many words to Yu Changan, coherently and with a bit of confidence, a look Yu Changan had never seen before.For the first time, the captive fawn showed his wildness, albeit only slightly.

pay the rent?Can you afford the rent of Cang'an Residence?Yu Changan said this to Lu Ming in his heart.His dark side was released in an instant, he guessed that Lu Ming would refuse his request after he had income, so he couldn't help but want to humiliate Lu Ming.Yu Changan pressed down on the vicious self, and guilt poured out from the other end, guilt is better than viciousness.Finally Yu Changan said: "I see. Congratulations, you have found a job."

Lu Ming still looked at Yu Chang'an with bright black eyes, his eyes were so pure that there was no trace of impurity, he had no idea that Mr. Yu had just quietly humiliated him.He went on to say that he would like to be a model for Mr. Yu.

Lu Ming said: "I don't want Mr. Yu's money, I am willing to be a model for Mr. Yu."

Lu Ming has an inexplicable trust in Yu Changan - he will never be Lian Rui.So Lu Ming was willing to help Yu Changan with this favor.

Yu Chang'an smiled at Luming, and the shame was the majority of the smile, so it was more sour than sweet.But Lu Ming couldn't understand Yu Changan's complicated smile, so he gave Mr. Yu a small sweet smile back.