muddy boy

Chen Linhu hadn't planned to attend Lin Hongyu's wedding at first, but he couldn't stand his mother calling and urging her, so he resigned himself to his fate and decided to show his face.

Compared with Chen Xingye, Zhang Xun has a better impression of Lin Hongyu. Apart from not worrying much about her family and not being able to remember her son's preferences, this mother has no major problems, and she is not as rigid as Chen Xingye. Chen Linhu's personality A part of the jumping in here should be inherited from her.

"Do you know who she's married to?" Zhang Xun touched the material of a suit and remembered the incident, "Wouldn't it be embarrassing to go directly?"

Chen Linhu followed behind him with big bags and small bags: "We know each other, we have met a few times. The surname is Wu. They seem to have known each other at work before. They are okay and friendly."

He basically evaluates people based on a few criteria, good ones are "friendly" and "okay", and bad ones are "very annoying" and "disgusting".

Zhang Xun has already figured out this habit, and he is relieved, knowing that with this comment, Chen Linhu will not be able to fight with his mother's incumbent, at least he can say something happy at the wedding.

There were many people on the road in the middle of the afternoon. This is the largest shopping center in Baoxiang. Chen Linhu was sneaked by Zhang Xunti to buy clothes.

Relying on his good looks, he has never been particular about his attire. He has a closet full of sweaters and sweatpants, and he can't pick out any clothes for the wedding. Zhang Xun looks worried and can only drag Chen Linhu When you go to the city center, in addition to buying some seasonal clothes, you also buy suits that you can wear out.

During this period of time, both of them were busy with their respective manuscripts. Chen Linhu's comics for the next round of submissions finally took shape. He tried to show them to the people around him, and the feedback he got was very good, which barely relieved his tense nerves. , went out shopping with Zhang Xun, and thought it was a date.

Baoxiang is not a big place, and there are only a few shopping malls that can be visited. Zhang Xun found a pretty good store after searching around. He brought a few suits for Chen Linhu to try on.

"Take the high-speed rail, right?" Zhang Xun continued to talk to Chen Linhu outside the fitting room, "Did you arrange the time?"

Chen Linhu changed his shirt in the fitting room and was pulling up his trousers: "After the room is booked, I can just go the night before, and go to the hotel for a meal the next day. I may have to chat with them for a night in the afternoon. The next day Come back in the morning." At the end, he added, "I'll be back soon."

Zhang Xun was watching with a shirt in his hand, hearing Chen Linhu's childish comfort, he laughed silently, turned his head and saw Chen Linhu coming out of the fitting room.

The suit outlines a slender figure, with wide shoulders and narrow waist. The dark suit sets off Chen Linhu's white complexion, but his facial features are particularly thick because of the blackness. He originally had a fierce appearance, but he has restrained his fangs and claws at some point. The scar on his face showed a bit of stubbornness, most of the impatience and uncertainty when we first met disappeared, and settled down, allowing Chen Linhu's temperament to blend into his own calm and mature.

Zhang Xun was a little dazed, and suddenly noticed that this kid seemed to be stalking and nodded again, or maybe he had grown up, so that he seemed to have the stability and composure of an adult man.

As soon as he thought of this, he saw Chen Linhu jump up to him from the small steps in the fitting room, raising his eyebrows: "How is it?"

"..." Zhang Xun smiled unconsciously, and looked left and right, "A man depends on his clothes and a horse depends on his saddle, my brother, you are a man."

Chen Linhu glanced at him sideways, straightened the neckline of his shirt, and looked at himself in the mirror.

It's okay, the style is not very fashionable, but it fits well and is quite comfortable to wear. It's enough for Lin Hongyu's wedding.

"Let's just set this up." Chen Linhu hated shopping the most, and hurriedly checked out when he caught the right one.

The shop assistant girl was still staring at him blankly, her face blushing, Chen Linhu tapped on the table while taking out her mobile phone: "Check out."

The movement of knocking was a little impatient, and the vigor returned to his face. The clerk immediately returned to his senses, scrambling to get the bag at the checkout, but his eyes still glanced at him and Zhang Xun from time to time.

Chen Linhu was very sensitive to his eyes, and felt that he was about to stare back. As soon as he raised his eyes, he was pinched by Zhang Xun on his waist.

"Change this one," Zhang Xun said in a casual tone with his eyes half downcast, "it's inconvenient to wear this one."

Chen Linhu turned his head to look at him, moved his lips, said nothing, just nodded and walked towards the fitting room.

The back is tall and straight, very eye-catching.

The clerk blushed and took the packing bag to the counter, and whispered to another little girl next to him. Zhang Xun vaguely heard a few words, "Two big men go shopping", "Need a WeChat ID", "Let's be the only one who cares about them. One" or something whispered, ironic.

In the eyes of others, Chen Linhu is already a standard man.

Zhang Xun felt a little complicated, and heard Chen Linhu shout in the fitting room: "Zhang Xun, come down."

The voice was a bit muffled through the door, Zhang Xun didn't understand, so he walked over and knocked on the door: "What's wrong?"

The door of the fitting room opened, and Chen Linhu still hadn't finished taking off his shirt, so he gave Zhang Xun an inexplicable wink.

"Ah?" Zhang Xun didn't understand, and leaned his upper body into the fitting room, holding the door with one hand, blocking Chen Linhu tightly, "What do you mean..."

Chen Linhu's lips stuck to him, Zhang Xun subconsciously tightened his body and closed his eyes.

The superficial kiss broke at the touch of a touch, Chen Linhu finished kissing, and whispered: "Now there is no sour taste."

"...Damn," Zhang Xun reacted, angrily and laughing, reached out and pinched Chen Linhu's cheek, "It's against you, go back later, this matter is not over!"

Chen Linhu said "um" indifferently, and began to change clothes quickly in front of Zhang Xun. There were some faint but conspicuous marks on his back, which were put on by Zhang Xun last night, and he knew what happened at a glance What, Zhang Xun's brain was so hot that he could boil an egg, and he closed the door with a "dang".

Chen Linhu who was inside the door couldn't bear it, but still laughed out loud.

Zhang Xun got a headache from his laughter, and wished he could slap his buttocks twice, but because of the public, he could only pretend nothing happened, and had to deal with the suspiciously looking shop assistants with a gentle smile.

This kid is so used to it!

I scolded a few times in my heart, but there was a smile on my face unconsciously. When I heard the phone ringing in my pocket, I picked it up and looked at it, and the smile on my face faded a little.

"Hello?" He pressed the switch, touched the cigarette subconsciously, and remembered that this is a public place, so he changed it to touch mints, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Cheng's weary voice came from the other end of the phone: "The operation will be in two days, she woke up early this morning and has been crying and fussing till now..."

After Chen Linhu changed his clothes, he handed the suit to the clerk. He searched the store and found Zhang Xun, so he went out with the packed clothes.

The shopping center was noisy and noisy, Zhang Xun found a secluded corner to make a phone call, and Chen Linhu saw his face was very calm from a long distance away, and he showed some inherent indifference when he was not smiling, so he knew this Zhang Xun was not in a good mood for a while.

He didn't bother, just walked over to Zhang Xun, and secretly squeezed Zhang Xun's back.

"...Do you believe this yourself?" Zhang Xun was talking to the person on the other end of the phone, only when Chen Linhu approached did he smile a little more, squinted at him, and mouthed "Zhang Cheng" After that, she continued to talk to the person on the other end of the phone, "She will go crazy if she wants to, so why are you mixing it up?"

Zhang Cheng's voice was also very helpless: "It's not that I want to meddle, it's that the family is uneasy, Xiao Yun... your sister-in-law has to run around too, and hasn't slept well for a few days."

After getting married, Zhang Cheng didn't have a good life. It's really that his parents are too capable.With the big hat of "filial piety" buckled down, he took Zhang Cheng and his wife to work in the hospital, coaxing the crying mother like Lin Daiyu in the hospital bed, and being scolded by the furious father.

Without Zhang Xun to share the firepower, Zhang Cheng endured quite hard.

During this period of time, Chen Linhu had learned about Zhang Cheng's recent situation from Zhang Xun intermittently. Apart from being disgusted, he was a little speechless.

In the previous life, it was a butcher who was cast into such a fetus in this life, which is really unlucky.

Zhang Xun frowned and listened to Zhang Cheng's talk for a long while, but he didn't reply much, and Chen Linhu didn't hear too clearly, leaning against the wall and waiting for the call to end.

"Understood, I'll think about it again." Zhang Xun finally put down a sentence to finish, and hung up before Zhang Cheng had time to answer.

The mobile phone was stuffed back into his pocket, but the boredom and bewilderment on Zhang Xun's face hadn't disappeared. Chen Linhu didn't ask any more questions, just lifted his clothes and took his hand: "Eat or go home?"

The word "going home" seems to have a real meaning since Baoxiang came, and it is no longer an empty shell.

When Zhang Xun heard "home", he thought of the old family's courtyard, his frowning brows loosened, and he exhaled: "Eat something first, didn't you just say you were hungry?"

The snack street in the shopping center is crowded with people, and they come out to play with their families on Saturdays and Sundays.

Chen Linhu and Zhang Xun chose a restaurant with a relatively better environment. After sitting down, they took a few sips of water. Zhang Xun ordered a few dishes with a lighter taste, and waited for the waiter to leave before saying: "My mother will have surgery in two days, there is a risk. For a while, he was crying and making noise like crazy. Both Zhang Cheng and his wife had to stay in the hospital. My dad thought it was because they didn’t take good care of me. Pregnant."

Get a divorce early.Chen Linhu thought nonchalantly, he had always been open in front of Zhang Xun, and said, "Whoever marries into his family is unlucky."

"Hey," Zhang Xun tapped his bowl with chopsticks, looking at him with a half-smile, "I regret this?"

Chen Linhu finally came to his senses, paused, and made amends with a sullen face: "The two of us don't count, if it's our turn, you have to marry—"

"Stop!" Zhang Xun stopped him, "My teeth are sore!"

Chen Linhu pursed his lips and rolled into a faint smile, Zhang Xun didn't realize that he didn't deny it.

"Then what's the use of calling you?" Chen Linhu said, "You're not the chief surgeon."

Zhang Xun smiled helplessly: "My mother always calls my name in her dreams, and wants me to go back and see her. She seems to be a little dazed, and I don't know what's going on."

"What's going on?" Chen Linhu sneered, "A belated mother's love?"

Zhang Xun was already immune to Chen Linhu's attitude of not being big or small, and he knew that he felt sorry for himself: "I didn't feel the mother's love, but it was quite obvious that it was abnormal. I told Zhang Cheng that I should just send him for psychological treatment or something. Oh, save me, Tian'er calling my name, it's like calling my soul."

Two dishes were served, both of which were Chen Linhu's favorites, but now he just felt the need to respond: "Do you want to go back?"

"As I said before, after Zhang Cheng got married, I will find time to go back, and I just happened to take some of the things I left at home." Zhang Xun put a chopstick of vegetables into Chen Linhu's bowl, "Zhang Cheng called me That's what he meant, and he discussed with me that on the day when my father was not at home for the medical examination, he went home to get away the computer and car where the drafts were stored, and just went to the hospital to visit my mother, and he managed it."

Chen Linhu knew that Zhang Cheng was helping Zhang Xun miss the time with their father, but he still felt uncomfortable: "Okay, then I will go with you."

"Fuck," Zhang Xun put down his chopsticks, half amused and half serious, "You were still at your mother's wedding the day I went. Just leave the mess here, and we'll talk about it from the very beginning. Alright, let's take care of our own business."

Chen Linhu kept silent with a gloomy face, with reluctance written all over his body.

Zhang Xun glanced around, held his hand on the table, and said in a low voice, "I'm an adult, what else do you think can happen to me?"

In fact, Chen Linhu understood Zhang Xun a bit. If his father was lying on the hospital bed, Zhang Xun probably wouldn't even answer the phone, but if it was his mother, Zhang Xun would be a little confused.

This kind of ambiguity is based on the precarious family relationship, and Zhang Xun's expectations because of the lack of family. Although he himself finds it ridiculous, human instinct is to desire to be loved, even if this love comes later than love. The juice content in fruit-flavored drinks is all thin, maybe even guilt-heavy, which is better than none at all.

Deep down in Zhang Xun's heart, he doesn't think he still has much mother-child friendship with his mother, but compared to the father-son relationship with his father, Zhang Xun may not be too ruthless to cut off this unreliable blood line, just like He and Zhang Cheng silently compromised with each other, just like letting each other go, he hoped that he and his mother could also let each other go.

On this trip back, Zhang Xun planned to see him one last time.

"From now on, we'll each go our own way," Zhang Xun said, rubbing his fingers unconsciously on Chen Linhu's jaw, and said in a soft tone, "Why are you getting angry again? It's nothing, don't worry about it. Okay, tiger?"

Chen Linhu raised his head and fixedly looked at Zhang Xun with strange eyes.

"Look at what?" Zhang Xun was puzzled.

"Look at you," Chen Linhu said nonsense, and before Zhang Xun could laugh at him, he added, "Look at you acting like a baby with me."

It may be because I stayed for a long time, and my heart became more at ease. The past things were gradually forgotten, and the rest was only seeing the people in front of me, and thinking about the way forward. Zhang Xun was completely unaware of it. When she was young, she lost a little mature elegance on the outside, revealing a little soft and childish inside.

Falling in love is a matter of getting used to each other to feel joy. It is Chen Linhu who is so used to being so used to gnawing at others, but he is not the only one who is used to it. Zhang Xun will inevitably get involved too. Chen Linhu's childishness.

Teacher Zhang's old face was almost unfamiliar, and he pretended to be calm and said: "No."

"Try talking to me like just now." Chen Linhu held him backhanded, his chest was so hot that he squinted his eyes, "Brother Xun."

Zhang Xun felt as if he had shrunk a little bit on the seat, shrunk into a red ball, and lay down on the dining table.

But acting like a baby is a familiar thing the first time, and familiarity the second time, and tastes the sweetness three times and four times.

Chen Linhu tossed and talked about Zhang Xun all night before he was satisfied.

The day when the two of them will manage their own families will soon come, because the city where Lin Hongyu got married is not too far from the city where Zhang Xun's family lives, so the two simply bought high-speed rail tickets at about the same time. After waiting for a long time, he was on the road.

Chen Linhu sat down in his seat with the suit he wanted to change and a sketchbook. He made a phone call with Lin Hongyu first, and then began to send messages to Zhang Xun while drawing.

[Tiger: I got in the car. ]

Zhang Xun didn't sleep well all night, and was chewed by Chen Linhu until he felt like a skeleton. He climbed up the high-speed rail by force, and he was still angry when he replied to Chen Linhu's message.

[Zhang Xun: Why didn't we both sleep well, you are so much more energetic than me?Harvesting Yang to supplement Yang, right? ]

Chen Linhu couldn't help laughing: [Well, I want to learn and teach you. ]

[Zhang Xun: No, double cultivation is prohibited in a harmonious society. ]

[Tiger: Have you decided where you live? ]

Like Chen Linhu, Zhang Xun also decided on a place to live first, and went directly there to rest after getting off the high-speed rail. He went to the hospital early tomorrow morning to meet someone, and then went home to take his car and computer away.It took about half a day to drive back to Baoxiang from his hometown. Zhang Xun was going to drive the car back.

[Zhang Xun: It's already decided.You sleep a little longer, don't you have to have dinner with your mother's relatives at night? ]

[Tiger: I'm not sleepy, I'm painting.Why don't you sleep? ]

[Zhang Xun: I can't fucking sleep, you bit my chest last night, and now my clothes are still worn out! ]

……cough.

Chen Linhu pressed his fist to his lips to cover up the smile on his lips, but he still couldn't hold back the smile.

The little girl next to him glanced curiously. The small table in front of him was spread out, and the sketchbook on it was filled with sketches of characters, all of which were the same model.

Zhang Xun didn't tell Zhang Cheng the news of Zhang Xun's return to his hometown, so he went to the hotel he had booked for a night of sleep, and called Zhang Cheng in the early morning of the next day. After confirming that Zhang's father was not there, he said that he was already at his hometown, and went to the hospital at dawn.

This set of operations is mainly because he was already afraid of the fact that he almost lied to the correctional institution last time. Zhang Cheng also knew it, so he sighed and didn't say much. Zhang Xun went upstairs directly to the hospital, and only he and Zhang's mother were in the ward.

Zhang Xun didn't say when he'd be there, and he hit the gate of the second courtyard. After walking around, he didn't see his father, so he decided to go upstairs to have a look.

The smell of disinfectant in the hospital is very strong, and most of the people in the inpatient department look ashamed. Zhang Xun doesn’t like this environment. To be honest, he already felt very uncomfortable when he first arrived in his hometown. This city is no longer his home. up.

The mobile phone vibrated, with a reassuring touch, the irritability between Zhang Xun's brows slightly eased, and he picked it up to look at it.

Message sent by Chen Linhu: [Wake up.Eat breakfast? ]

It means that he woke up and asked Zhang Xun if he had breakfast.

Chen Linhu usually doesn't get up so early, but because he was worried yesterday, he sent a message to Zhang Xun while eating, and slept very late. He probably wasn't awake at the moment, so he asked about the situation while touching his phone, otherwise he wouldn't have spoken in such a nonsensical manner.

Really grown up.Zhang Xun thought to himself, no matter how anxious and caring he was, he would be concerned about other people's feelings, so he made indirect remarks in a more tactful way.

After Zhang Xun replied roguely, "Put on your clothes and take a picture for me to see", he calmed down a bit, his face returned to his usual expression, and instead of taking the elevator, he took the stairs to the third floor.

After walking a few steps, he saw Zhang Cheng coming back from fetching water in the corridor. The two brothers met their eyes, and Zhang Xun was slightly taken aback.

It has only been a few months since we met last time, and Zhang Cheng is haggard as if he has aged three or four years.

It is said that when a newly married man is at his most energetic, Zhang Cheng doesn't see a trace of his hair at all. His hair is messy as if blown by the wind, and his eyes are bloodshot. It looks like he is in the hospital again. one night.

"Come here?" Zhang Cheng whispered, "It's okay, Dad has to go to the Chinese Medicine Hospital for a physical examination today, and it's far away from here."

Zhang Xun said "hmm", and looked at his brother again: "You...why are you like this?"

"It's the same when you stay up for a few nights. The escort is the most difficult." Zhang Cheng knew that he was talking about his appearance, and said with a wry smile, "You don't have to worry about me dragging you and not letting you go. To tell you the truth, I can't wait to hurry I want you to meet her so that we can go back and get your computer or something, and I will take a shower and tidy up, and I have to go to work."

Zhang Xun: "Why don't you hire a nurse?"

"I've invited a few of you, but Mom doesn't want to, she's always picky, and she'll lie on the bed and say she's uncomfortable when she says a few words," Zhang Cheng said, "Dad doesn't even look down on them, he has to say that his own children are in place. You My sister-in-law is pregnant again, so how can I stay up all night, I can only run around more."

Zhang Xun was really convinced. He really didn't understand the brain circuit of the group of people who were related to him. It seemed that it was a taboo for nurses and children to take care of them together.

"Don't look like that, now you know that I'm not easy to get along with." Zhang Cheng rubbed his eyes and laughed a few times, "I really let you come because I couldn't hold on. Stay with me. Just treat it as a small lesson for me, and I promise you it's just this one time."

This guarantee is still somewhat credible.Zhang Xun has observed Zhang Cheng since he was a child. This elder brother is not very good in other aspects, but he is quite faithful to what he promised. Otherwise, when he lied to him to go home, Zhang's father would not have made up nonsense himself. , He also knew that the eldest son couldn't do such a thing.

"What's the situation now?" Zhang Xun asked, paused, and thought of Chen Linhu's words, he couldn't hold back and added in a strange way, "Mother's love that came late?"

"..." Zhang Cheng choked, "I don't quite understand, anyway, it's just like having nightmares all the time, so I'll feel at ease when I see you. Your sister-in-law suspected that something was wrong, so she asked Dad to see a psychiatrist. Wiping away tears when being scolded by my father."

Zhang Xun held back his words coldly for a while: "It's really interesting that she didn't divorce you."

Zhang Cheng curled his lips bitterly: "I've recently...considered moving out. Move if I can. The worst plan is to change jobs, go to the south to develop, and bring your sister-in-law with me."

Zhang Xun was stunned by these words, and looked at Zhang Cheng again, his lips moved slightly, but he didn't say anything.

"Okay, if we want to talk, we can go and see her alone." Zhang Cheng moved his stiff neck and pointed at the doorway of the ward, "I'm already awake, and I can't sleep for a few hours a day. You can figure it out yourself. Leave if you can't continue the chat, my car is parked downstairs."

Zhang Xun nodded, grasped the vibrating mobile phone in his pocket, and raised his feet to enter the ward, but he heard someone behind him yelling: "You still have the face!"

This sound was so familiar, almost like a childhood nightmare, Zhang Xun immediately turned around, barely avoiding a slap that was going to slap him on the back of the head.

Behind him is Zhang's father with a livid face and panting like a cow. He is getting older and seems to be smaller than Zhang Xun's memory, but his voice is always oppressive as before: "Little beast! Sinister! The embarrassing thing... must Your mother and father came back after death, right?!"

Zhang Xun felt his blood surge, and looked at Zhang Cheng angrily, but Zhang Cheng also looked at his father in disbelief.

"Dad, you, why are you here?!" Zhang Cheng was shocked, and heard someone calling out to him in a trembling voice, and when he looked up, he found that there was a woman behind Zhang's father, who was his wife, "Xiao Yun? What's going on, won't you stay at home?!"

Xiao Yun's eyes were red, she sobbed and said, "It's Dad who saw your spare phone... the husband I stopped, I really stopped..."

"I want to see your phone, what's the matter? You are my son, why can't I see it?!" Father Zhang pushed Zhang Cheng, "Your account will be settled later!"

Zhang Cheng looked bewildered, apparently he had no idea how things had come to this point.

Zhang Xun was already overwhelmed with anger, but he calmed down a lot after the anger passed. There was a fucking voice in the ward, but he didn't plan to go in again.

Originally, I planned to come back for the last time. If we can talk, we can talk about it. If we can’t, we can talk about it. Now, in this situation, it seems that there is no need to talk about it. It would be disgusting to stay for a second, so Zhang Xun turned his head and wanted to leave.

"Stop! You can stay here for medical treatment, don't go with those messy people, and you are still welcome at home," Father Zhang said sharply, "Or I will go to Baoxiang to find you, your classmate... Duan Qiao, right? It's not a fun thing! I have to ask, since he knows you are in Baoxiang, why didn't he tell us!"

Zhang Xun's face was covered with a layer of frost, his eyes swept over like ice skates, and he turned his head to face his furious father. A trace of astonishment flashed across Zhang's father's face, but he was quickly covered up by embarrassment.

Zhang Cheng over there came back to his senses: "I didn't say, Xiao Xun, I really didn't! Dad, where did you know this—"

"The information on your backup machine is very clear," Zhang's father's anger also burned on the eldest son, "You knew it at the beginning of the year, why didn't you say it? Isn't that your brother? I'm not your father? Zhang Cheng, I raised him." A dog also knows how to wag its tail, what's the use of raising a son!"

Zhang Cheng's face turned pale, and it took a few seconds before he said, "Dad, that's my cell phone and my privacy... I'm already thirty, and I'm a human being."

"I'm not sick, I'm a normal person, the person I like is very good, nothing could be better." Zhang Xun looked at his father, trembling all over, but his voice was very calm, his heart seemed to be floating on a stagnant pool, cold He said coldly, "I am also a human being. If you like dogs, who was Zhang Haisheng?"

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