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In mid-June, when the heat started to get strong, the first print of Lu Wanxing's album was released.

There are countless new children's picture books released every year, and there is no marketing in this industry, and few people have become famous because of it.

When Lu Wanxing first took this job, it was only because of the need for money. He got the royalties early and didn't pay attention to sales at all.

I only know that the publishing house will not lose money if the public level is maintained.

But after lukewarm for a while, probably because it was reprinted by several children's newspapers and mother and baby magazines, at the end of summer, Lu Wanxing received a reprint contract.

On the day when the reprinted edition entered the bookstore from the factory, Shen Wenhua organized a dinner with this as an excuse, and decided to go to the shopping mall where Lu Wanxing signed the book.

The publishing house chose a bookstore with the largest traffic in Haicheng. Lu Wanxing's book signing only lasted 10 minutes. You don't need to go on stage or talk, just sit there and sign for the children.

There are several other writers who are promoting together, and he is mixed in, not very conspicuous, it is a very simple job.

When Shen Wenhua stood in front of him, he gave him a bouquet of flowers.

Lu Wanxing was sitting, raised his head and saw Shen Wenhua.

He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and wore a round-neck sweater with short sleeves in the air-conditioned shopping mall. He had a gentle temperament, smiled at Lu Wanxing, and said, "Congratulations, Wanxing."

After delivering the flowers, he wandered around the bookstore and waited for Lu Wanxing by the way.

Lu Wanxing finished quickly, and the two went to wait for the elevator to go upstairs, and Shen and Wei, who had worked overtime for a while, had already arrived.

Also present were Shen Zhaoling, Shen Hedong and his wife, as well as two friends of Shen Wenhua, all adults without children.

Shen Zhaoling was getting old and rarely went out in the past, but today he looked in good spirits, Shen Hewei and Shen Hedong sat beside him.

After eating, Shen Hedong took Shen Zhaoling to the bathroom, and Lu Wanxing followed.

Sending off Shen Wenhua's friend, Shen Hewei asked Shen Wenhua: "What's wrong?"

His expression was not right when he entered the door, it was not very obvious, and he didn't last long. When Shen Hewei raised his head to look at Lu Wanxing, he happened to see it.

Shen Wenhua glanced at him, took a sip of water.

Shen Hewei asked again: "Dad?"

Shen Wenhua walked out after drinking the water, and said as he walked that he bought a picture album and sent a bouquet of flowers to Lu Wanxing.

Shen He said slightly: "I know."

Shen Wenhua said: "The name he signed is Xiaoding."

A few simple strokes, written together, look like wavy lines at first glance.

To Shen Wenhua's surprise, among the people who came to line up, the kid was not the main force, he stood in the line without looking awkward at all.

Lu Wanxing signed for more than ten minutes quickly. Before Shen Wenhua handed over the album, Lu Wanxing didn't have time to see him, and habitually signed the word "Xiao Ding".

After Shen Wenhua left the queue, he browsed through several rows of bookshelves, and only reacted when he saw the flamboyant lines.

Lu Wanxing almost never mentioned his family, and indeed he didn't have many family members.

Lu Xi's attitude towards him was that way. After Lu Wanxing married Shen Hewei, Shen Wenhua heard some things about him in the past, and knew that his relationship with Lu Zerong was also very ordinary-the person who told him said in a joking tone that his son blamed Lao Tzu. Piao, later it was the elder brother who drove the younger brother, good family style - Lu Wanxing even fought with Lu Zerong.

As for Ding Fanhui, he never mentioned it.

Shen Wenhua could understand at first, it was all very bad memories, normal people would choose to forget them slowly.

But looking at it now, it's completely the opposite. Lu Wanxing obviously didn't choose to forget.

What kind of mood did he use when he wrote "Xiao Ding" many times?

Xiao Ding, Xiao Ding, seems to be just calling friends normally.

For those who have never left, for those who have never had a time gap, such a friendly but casual address can be used.

Is Ding Fanhui this kind of person to Lu Wanxing?

Shen Wenhua thought, Lu Wanxing is still a child, not very old, there must be sad times, did he also silently say "Xiao Ding" in his heart at those times?

It was this thought that made his eyes turn red.

Lu Wanxing himself is very concerned about the signing, even though his editor told him several times that there are many people who will promote it together, and the focus is not on the album, so let him not be nervous, he still matched several sets of clothes.

I also took photos and sent them to Shen Hewei for comments.

It turned out that what Shen Hewei wore today was not any one Shen Hewei had seen.

He came over from the bathroom, put one hand on Shen Zhaoling's arm, and smiled at Shen He slightly.

He did not seem to have grown up yet, and he laughed easily and cried easily.

Because Shen Hedong was drunk and couldn't drive, it would take some time to wait for the driver or driver, and only Shen Hewei brought the driver when he came. The two children of Shen Hedong's family had already urged their parents to go home half an hour ago.

In the end, it was decided that the driver would send Shen Wenhua and Shen Zhaoling, and Shen Hewei would send Shen Hedong and his wife away.

He let Lu Wanxing get into Shen Wenhua's car too, but didn't let him go to Shen Hedong's house.

Shen Hedong and Zhong Yuxin were saying goodbye to Shen Zhaoling. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them for the time being, Lu Wanxing held Shen Hewei's hand by the car door, shook it, and said in a low voice, "I want to take your car."

Shen He looked down at him slightly: "Would you listen to Lulu telling you a story?"

Lu Wanxing quickly let go of her hands, got into the car and sat next to Shen Zhaoling.

Lu Wanxing is the protagonist today, and he was the center of the topic on the way back.

Zhong Yuxin flipped through the photos of Lu Wanxing taken at the autograph just now on his phone, selected a few, and sent them to Shen Hewei at his request, and said casually, "Wan Xing is really good-looking, at his age, I don't have any I've seen better looking ones."

Shen Hedong had already had a drink at the previous dinner party, and he talked a lot, so he added: "Actually, if Auntie were a man, she should look similar to Wan Xing. He doesn't look like Uncle Lu at all."

Zhong Yuxin thought for half a minute before she realized that the "auntie" Shen Hedong was referring to was Ding Fanhui—it was the discussion about Ding Fanhui she had heard before, and she was not very polite.

Then wondered: "Hey, have you seen her?"

Many people know about Ding Fanhui's story, and many people talk about it, but few people seem to have seen her.

It's no wonder that Lu Zerong never invites guests to visit when this omega that he accidentally marked visits his home regularly.

"It happened many years ago." Shen Hedong said, "We have met a few times."

It is true that the Shen family and the Lu family have frequent contacts. Even if the previous generation did not get married, it also shows that the two families have a good relationship and had intentions. In the business field, they belong to the same echelon most of the time.

Shen Hedong said that in the first few years, Ding Fanhui would go to Lu's house during festivals like Christmas and New Year.

It's just that there are too many people on that occasion, no one specifically introduces her, and she stays silently in an inconspicuous place, and many people don't care who she is at all.

Thinking about it this way, it seemed quite normal for Shen Hedong to have seen her.

Zhong Yuxin and Shen Hedong are in a free relationship, their family is out of town, only their aunt married far away, and their family is in Haicheng, so they don't know much about their childhood.

"So, you also met Wan Xing when you were a child? He Wei also knew Wan Xing?"

Shen Hedong nodded: "I just met him. When he was a child...about three or four years old, he was inseparable from Lu Xi. They looked the same age. He always chased Lu Xi and called him brother. He had a good relationship."

"I think that my aunt's willingness to go to Lu's house during the New Year should have something to do with it."

Ding Fanhui cared about Lu Wanxing very much, in the eyes of outsiders, he was almost spoiled.

As long as you have seen her look towards Lu Wanxing, you will know that the important thing is not what to say - Ding Fanhui will also reason with Lu Wanxing, put on a serious expression to control him, but what to do - she will not know at all He had the heart to really blame Lu Wanxing for his appearance.

The day when Lu Wanxing wandered around all afternoon, it really shocked many people.

Shen Hedong and Shen Hewei, who heard the news after school, both helped to find them.

When Lu Zerong slapped Lu Wanxing, he moved so fast that no one expected it.

After all, if a child at that age is really taken away by someone, the possibility of finding it is too low. When Lu Wanxing was nowhere to be found, Shen Hedong was sweating, let alone his parents.

When Lu Wanxing appeared at the door, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Who knew that Lu Zerong's first reaction was to hit Lu Wanxing.

Ding Fanhui couldn't stop the slap and looked like his heart was about to break.

He was almost Ding Fanhui's life. In the first few years, Lu Wanxing and Lu Xi were on good terms and asked to go to Lu's house for the New Year. It was impossible for Ding Fanhui to disappoint him.

"..." Thinking about the current relationship between Lu Wanxing and Lu Xi, Zhong Yuxin said, "It's all the fault of the adults."

The return trip was long, the car passed through a long tunnel, and there was a noisy silence in the car. Zhong Yuxin thought of Shen Hedong's "meetings on a few occasions", and mentioned the previous words: "Do you go to the Lu family's New Year every time? How come you have met your aunt several times?"

She used to call her by her first name, but now she heard Shen Hedong call her that, so she changed it accordingly.

Shen Hedong paused, there were only the three of them in the car, so there was nothing to say about it, and said, "She passed out at Lu's house, and I happened to help deliver something there. When I caught up, I sent her to the hospital."

Lu Zerong went on a business trip for more than a month, and he hadn't seen Ding Fanhui for a month before, and he still didn't come back on the day they scheduled to meet again.

Ding Fanhui couldn't hold on after waiting for a long time, and fainted in the living room.

When Shen Hedong arrived, she was lying there, still conscious, but she didn't have the strength to get up.

The servants of the Lu family walked past her, and no one was willing to even give her a hand.

Shen Hedong is still deeply impressed by that scene, because he never knew before that it would be so difficult for someone who just wanted to live with dignity.

Zhong Yuxin didn't expect such a thing, and also noticed Shen Hewei's silence, so he stopped asking.

When Shen Hewei arrived home, Lu Wanxing had already fallen asleep.

He left a lamp on, and lay on the bed in his own position, his eyes were slightly closed, his eyelashes were black, and his hair was slightly curly, casting a layer of shadows under his eyes.

After Shen Hewei lay down, he leaned over habitually, his pajamas were turned up, revealing a small waist, which glowed white under the lamp, and there were faint marks from the previous few days.

Shen He looked down for a moment, helped him pull up his clothes, and looked at the back of his neck. Although the movement was very light, Lu Wanxing still rubbed against his palm.

Recently, Lu Wanxing is still undergoing pheromone-related treatment, and needs regular review and injections.

Shen Hewei accompanied him yesterday, waiting outside the injection room.

When Lu Wanxing came out, the nurse followed him and told Shen Hewei the same thing: "Are you a family member? It's normal to have pain after the gland injection. Painkillers were prescribed, but it may not have much effect on the gland."

"Hot compress within 24 hours, cold compress after 24 hours."

"Severe pain does not rule out infection, pay attention to go to the hospital for examination in time."

As he spoke, he handed a stack of checklists to him.

Lu Wanxing had just finished the injection, and was a little stunned by the pain. He sat silently on the chair, and after a while, he remembered that Shen Hewei was still there.

The two went home directly from the hospital. It was just four o'clock in the afternoon, which was still early, but because of Lu Wanxing's discomfort, neither of them spoke.

Yesterday was the first time for Shen Hewei to accompany Lu Wanxing, but on his case card, it said (19/24), which means that Lu Wanxing had received such injections [-] times by himself.

Shen Hewei half leaned against the head of the bed, holding Lu Wanxing's back which had started to sleep soundly again, feeling nothing else, but he didn't want Lu Wanxing to go to the injection alone again.