grey alley

Pei Sanliang's mouth was easy to pry, and he would utter all kinds of words if he was given a sum of money.

This man who had worked half his life in the small mountain village was smoking a cigarette, smacking his mouth and exhaling a long puff of smoke. His trouser legs were still stained with mud. He sat down on the table without any psychological burden, and learned the purpose of Lu Mingzhou's visit. , puffed out nonchalantly: "How much do you give?"

Lu Mingzhou smiled, "How about 20?"

Pei Sanliang paused for a moment, then stared at him suddenly, and looked at him in disbelief, "Are you serious?"

The smile on Lu Mingzhou's face faded, and when he was expressionless, there was a slight sense of oppression on his body, "Yes, 20, I'll buy you a piece of news, I just want to know his past."

Pei Sanliang pinched his cigarette, rubbed his hands, his expression was no longer as contemptuous as it was at the beginning, "May I ask, is there any relationship between you and Xiqing?"

"I'm his boyfriend." Lu Mingzhou didn't think about it.

Pei Sanliang was taken aback, "Huh?"

Lu Mingzhou raised his eyebrows, "Is there any question?"

Pei Sanliang's expression seemed to be about to say something, but he swallowed it back and waved his hand: "It's nothing..." Although he knew that rich people spend money like water, the number 20 is somewhat subtle, and he just wanted to ask Mouth, I didn't expect such a result to be asked.

"Can you tell me now?"

"Yes, of course."

After the first cigarette was finished, he wanted to smoke the second one, but looking at the "noble man" in front of him, he put the cigarette case back, took out a toothpick from the toothpick box on the table, and bit it. Bite: "The child came to our house at the age of 17. Before that, his father had been raising him in the city and pampered him like a girl."

He took a deep breath, "His father is my cousin. He moved out of here a long time ago and never came back. I haven't seen him for more than 20 years. The last time I heard the news was him. news of his death."

"My cousin jumped off the building. I haven't seen my sister-in-law. At that time, I didn't pay attention to their news because I didn't communicate with each other and my relationship was very ordinary."

"After a few months, someone called me. This child was not taken in, and because he was raised too delicately, he couldn't do anything, and he couldn't even cook well," he kept grinding his teeth. That toothpick, "If you bring this back, it will be a small oil bottle, but I think he is really pitiful, so I brought him back—"

Lu Mingzhou interrupted with a frown, not wanting to hear such a biased self-report from him again, "What about his mother?"

Pei Sanliang was stunned for a moment, "Huh?"

"Where's his mother, Jiang Qianxue? Why is it your turn to adopt him?"

Pei Sanliang also frowned, tried to think back, and murmured: "It's weird, I really don't have the impression of this person, I didn't pay attention to this at the time..."

"But since it will be my turn to adopt..." Pei Sanliang thought and said, "Either his mother has lost the ability to work and can't afford to support him, or his mother may have died, so he will notify us relatives to see if there are any No one wants to take him in?"

Lu Mingzhou closed his eyes, thinking that he might have found the problem.

There was only news of Pei Xingu's death, but no news about Jiang Qianxue. What happened after Pei Xingu jumped off the building? Why did Jiang Qianxue also die?

Pei Sanliang clicked and bit the toothpick in his mouth, "If you really want to know, you can find the people who informed me whether Pei Xiqing can be taken in, but it's been a long time and I don't remember much, it should be some kind of temporary shelter, It is to deal with these matters, maybe the orphanage." As for which party it is, he really doesn't remember.

"Is there a phone?"

Several years ago, they would occasionally return visits. After thinking for a long time, Pei Sanliang finally found a phone number from the corner of the phone's address book, "It should be this one, right? I remember it was in the eastern suburbs of the city."

"Okay, thank you." Lu Mingzhou nodded, "The 20 will be transferred to your account later, and," he stood up, smiling slightly: "The 20 that Xiqing transferred to your account, please be sure Be strong in your beliefs and don't be influenced by outsiders to give it back, I think it's money well spent."

20 to buy out all the affection and connection between Pei Xiqing and this kind of family is really worth it.

Pei Sanliang didn't realize it at first, they were used to talking straight to the point, and scolded those who didn't like it, but after subconsciously rehearsing that sentence in their hearts, they felt irritated by yin and yang, so they stood up and stinked Face to see off guests, "Go slowly, don't see off."

Lu Mingzhou left Shi Shiran.

He went to the shelter that Pei Sanliang mentioned, which was actually an orphanage.

At that time, Pei Xiqing was already 17 years old, and he was about to become an adult. It seemed unbelievable that he still had to rely on the orphanage to arrange his future affairs, but at that time, he really couldn't do anything, and he couldn't support himself at all. Own.

The dean thought for a while, and still had a vague impression of the child, "It looks very thin, thin and weak. Before coming to our place, he was sent to do psychological counseling several times."

Lu Mingzhou frowned, "Why?"

"Shortly after his father died, his mother also committed suicide at home," the dean sighed. "He stayed with the corpse for a whole day before calling the police himself, informing the police and handling the follow-up matters."

"What?" Lu Mingzhou was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect to hear such news.

"The kid looked normal when he came here. If they hadn't told me about it, I wouldn't have seen it."

Lu Mingzhou put himself in his shoes and thought about Pei Xiqing's situation, and asked with some difficulty: "How was he at that time?"

"I don't talk very much," the dean thought about it for a while, "but he can laugh when he sees people, and there is no problem in communicating. He is a very good child, but he avoids things at home. From him, he can't find out that his mother committed suicide at home. reason."

"Later, I asked him why he stayed with his mother's body overnight before calling the police. He said it was his mother's request to him before she died." It's over."

Lu Mingzhou stroked the plain ring on his left ring finger, and remained silent for a long time.

……

The dean smiled when he sent him away, "Thank you very much Mr. Lu for your support to this orphanage. Because of your kind deeds, the children will have better living conditions and welfare condolences, and it is precisely because of caring people like you." Only by being willing to lend a helping hand can the children feel the true love in the world and the warmth of society..."

Dean Balabala spoke a lot, like a thank-you speech on stage, but Lu Mingzhou didn't listen to half of the words he said absent-mindedly. When he got into his car, he gently rubbed his forehead and felt a headache.

If you can't find it, you need to know the real problem and still need to tell it from Pei Xiqing's own mouth, but he can't even see anyone now.

He tried to trick Jiang and his wife, but those two kept their mouths tightly shut, as if he would abduct their little grandson and never return...

Well, although he did have such intentions.

Lu Mingzhou frowned, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to turn the ring on his ring finger, which seemed to have become his habit.When he came back to himself, he couldn't help laughing wryly. He didn't know how many times he regretted not being able to go back before Pei Xiqing left because of escaping from reality in those few days.

He only found out about Pei Xiqing's retaliation by Lu Guanqing in the small rental house later, and it had no effect except to make him regret it even more.

I have a headache and can't help but think of some details from the past.

"Uncle, you are so warm." Pei Xiqing would always nestle into his arms when he was on the bed, curled up and sighed in a wrapped posture, as if a wish he had never tried before was fulfilled all at once, and his stretched posture was like a bird The cat showed him its soft belly, "I like it so much."

Lu Mingzhou couldn't help but be moved by his gesture of dedication.

It wasn't until now that a small part of his past was glimpsed that those over-reliance on physical contact became traceable.The more you analyze it, the more depressed you feel.

Maybe Pei Xiqing wasn't naturally cool, but he was given wrong guidance in an inappropriate environment. He has such a body that is different from ordinary people, a father who loves fame and fortune, and his behavior in his mouth A slightly abnormal mother, his family changed again and again, but it seemed that no one loved him.

He grew up in such a gloomy and depressing environment. If things go on like this, how will he develop the ability to empathize in the future to perceive the most common emotions and desires in the eyes of others.

If he doesn't downplay his emotions and become a little more indifferent, then Pei Xiqing's growth all the way to adulthood, I'm afraid it's hard to escape the extreme end even if he isn't crazy?

Lu Mingzhou paused when he turned the ring.

But even though Pei Xiqing has those unknown pasts, after meeting him, he is still willing to respond to his invitation and love, and try his best to make this relationship without regrets in his own way, and work hard to respond and cooperate He, and tried his best to give him everything he could give——

Looking back on it now, it's really... hard not to be unimpressed.

I am moved by his tenderness that coexists with indifference, and at the same time love his indifference in the world, his indifference, his past, his downfall, his curled up posture when he sleeps, and his calling him uncle one after another, With a little sweet and well-behaved smile.

He loves Pei Xiqing like this.

The author has something to say: After thinking about it and thinking about it, the feedback on the sub-cp in the comment area made me a little vacillating, and now I have decided to change the sub-cp_(:з」∠)_

It was originally planned that the vice cp Xueyu×Xuesong’s final ending is that all three of them be be and one of them dies, but I’m a little soft-hearted and don’t want to make trouble. There are quite a lot of people in the comment area who stand for Xuedongqing, so let’s change it to Xueyu×Xuedongqing , As for Xuesong, the road to building a beautiful motherland should be the best ending for him to transform from a paranoid and irritable child trapped by his parents into a mature and stable man, just sauce, chirp~_(:з」 ∠)_

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!