For the favor of Mr. Shen

"Hey, little brat."

Shen Mu was too frightened to say a word.

The last time Shi Yiqing saw Jiang Chenyi downstairs, but he didn't know where Shi Yiqing started watching and what he heard.

It doesn't matter if you only see it when the sound is coming out, if you heard it before...

He really couldn't quibble.

Shi Yiqing sensed Shen Mu's timidity and withdrawal.

Normally Shi Yiqing would have retreated, he didn't want to embarrass Uncle Shen, but now he didn't want to back down.

"Uncle Shen, it doesn't matter if you are."

"Ah Qing, I..." Sweat dripped from Shen Mu's forehead, he didn't dare to look into Shi Yiqing's eyes.

Shi Yiqing pushed forward and moved a little in Shen Mu's direction: "Uncle Shen, so you haven't had a girlfriend for so many years, and you don't fall in love or get married, is it because you don't like women?"

Shen Mu frowned: "Don't talk nonsense!"

He didn't know how to communicate this matter with Shi Yiqing, but he always felt that Shi Yiqing should not know.

He was afraid of affecting Shi Yiqing.

It's really hard to say if Shi Yiqing was really affected.

"Uncle Shen, it's not that I don't know everything, I'm already an adult." Shi Yiqing said, he saw the sweat on Shen Mu's forehead and the flustered look in his eyes.

Suddenly I didn't want to continue talking.

He stepped back a little, and after a moment of silence he said, "No matter what you are, we will always be together."

Shen Mu breathed a sigh of relief, letting himself calm down.

After a while, Shi Yiqing heard Shen Mu say to him in a soft voice, "Ah Qing, let's talk about these things another day, okay?"

Shi Yiqing hummed and said nothing else.

"I don't want to lie to you, but I can't be hasty about many things. Also, I don't mean that to Jiang Chenyi."

He answered Shi Yiqing's first question.

Afraid he would think too much.

It seems that even the moon is off work, and the city is falling asleep one after another. The light from the window is no longer available, and the house is plunged into darkness, and no one can see anyone.

When Shi Yiqing woke up the next day, Shen Mu had already gotten up. Shi Yiqing lay on the bed for a while, watching the strange room empty out.

Almost said it last night.

Shi Yiqing suddenly felt that there was no way to have a future with Uncle Shen.

too heavy.

When he secretly turned his face to look over last night, he saw Uncle Shen's face, his drooping eyelashes and slightly frowning brows.

This is too heavy for Uncle Shen.

When Shi Yiqing walked out of the bedroom door, he found that there was no one at home, and Uncle Shen was not there. When he wanted to go back to his room and get his mobile phone to call him, he heard someone open the door.

Shen Mu opened the door and came in, holding two large plastic bags in his hand.

"Get up."

He looked the same every day, as if those awkward conversations didn't happen last night.

Shi Yiqing scratched the back of his head: "Well, why did you go?"

Shen Mu: "I went out to buy breakfast, and when I saw potted plants for sale, I picked two pots and bought them to keep. They are easy-to-live varieties. Have you washed up? Hurry up and have breakfast, and go to the cemetery later."

"it is good."

When Shi Yiqing came out of the wash, Shen Mu had already put the potted plants on the balcony, and was going to transplant them into big pots in the afternoon.

After breakfast, the two went out and took a taxi to the police cemetery in Maihe City. Because Shi Yiqing's father died in the line of duty, he had divorced Tan Xiaoli at that time, and Shi Yiqing was less than seven years old at the time, and the funeral was organized by the unit and the neighborhood committee.

It's not a solar term right now, I saw two people in the cemetery at a glance, Shi Yiqing registered with his ID card and walked in.

Shen Mu followed Shi Yiqing with a bag of food and two bunches of chrysanthemums.

Every time I go back to Maihe, I come to visit my father's grave. The cemetery is almost the place Shi Yiqing is most familiar with.

The location was relatively high, and the two of them were sweating profusely after walking, Shen Mu was still wearing a hat and sunglasses, Shi Yiqing was wearing nothing, it was hot and sun-dried.

After finally climbing to the middle of the mountain to find a seat, Shi Yiqing sat down on the small stone steps opposite the tombstone.

"I'm exhausted."

Shen Mu has been exercising all year round, and he feels fine. Seeing Shi Yiqing panting like that, he couldn't help laughing at him: "Didn't you exercise for the past six months?"

"Where is the time, I can only do a little hand exercise in the classroom."

"Hand movements?"

"Well, I wrote the paper until my right hand cramped."

Shen Mu was speechless.

"Take a good workout this summer. I'll get you a gym card. Swimming is also fine. Would you like to hire a personal trainer?"

Shi Yiqing suddenly smirked, and looked up at Shen Mu: "Can I ask you to be my personal trainer?"

Shen Mu laughed: "I'm very expensive."

Shi Yiqing: "I can mop the floor and wash your clothes to pay off your debt."

While joking with each other, Shen Mu's hands were not idle, he took out the prepared wet tissue and began to wipe the tombstone and the small platform in front of it.

Shi Yiqing also got up, went to squat down, and wiped the tombstone for his father himself.

Compared with the tombstone next to it, Dad's tombstone is much more plain, with his name, grandparents' names and Shi Yiqing's name written on it.

"Why do you feel that the tombstone has become smaller?" Shi Yiqing stood up straight after wiping it clean, and used his hand to measure the height between himself and the tombstone.

Shen Mu: "You have grown up."

Shi Yiqing smiled, didn't continue talking, and watched Shen Mu arrange the things he brought.

"Master, Ah Qing has grown up, hasn't he?" Shen Mu said to himself.

Shi Yiqing: "He can't hear it again."

Shen Mu looked up at him, and after looking thoughtfully for a while, he said, "I've really grown up, and now I don't believe that I can talk to my deceased relatives."

Shi Yiqing: "I'm... don't know what to say."

"Do you remember? When you were a child, you always talked to the stars, looking for the brightest one in the starry sky."

Shi Yiqing pursed his lips, did not speak, took out three sticks of incense and lit them, knelt down in front of the tomb and closed his eyes.

He said silently in his heart: "Because I later found the eternal moon in my life. He was so bright that I couldn't see the stars. Dad, the moon 12 years ago is still the moon today, but the moonlight is not the moonlight 12 years ago. .I'm sorry Dad."

It took nearly two hours to sweep the tomb, and it was already noon when it was finished. The sun was very strong, and the sky was not covered by a cloud.

Shi Yiqing unconsciously reached out to touch his face.

"Wait a moment."

When Shi Yiqing heard Shen Mu talking behind him, he stopped and turned around to look up.

Before he could see the person clearly, there was a peaked cap covering his head, the small brim of the hat blocked the hot sun, and his eyes were finally opened.

"how about you?"

"It's not important, let's go, go down and take a taxi."

"I look ugly in a hat."

"No way, your couplet is so small, it looks pretty, but... it's a little bigger."

After Shen Mu finished speaking, he walked down and walked in front of Shi Yiqing. The steps down the mountain were very long, and there was still at least 10 minutes to go. Shi Yiqing took a deep breath and followed.

Wearing the hat on his head, he could still smell a little bit of Uncle Shen's scent.

Although he said it was the smell of laundry detergent, according to Shi Yiqing's observations over the years, when he lived with Uncle Shen and washed the clothes by himself, he didn't have this smell.

Everyone smells different.

After that, I lived in Maihe City for two days before returning to Yongnan City. When I went back, the squad leader found a summer job and wanted to make some money for himself.Lin Lian went to find his grandfather and aunt, and they happened to be on the island for a vacation.

Shen Mu had to go to work again, Shi Yiqing stayed at home by himself.

It was agreed to go to Thailand in three days. Shen Mu originally planned to go to Europe, because Shi Yiqing studied fine arts, and there are many exhibitions and museums in Europe.

But thinking that he has been in retreat for the exam for so long, he should find a place for pure play, with blue sky and sea, handsome guys and beautiful women, and it would be nice to be able to go out to eat and stroll around with his slippers on every day.

At noon the day before he left, Shi Yiqing was shopping in the shopping mall, buying some sunscreen or something to prepare for the island tour.

He didn't know what was good or not, but he just wanted to buy a better one, so he went to the counter where Aunt Xiangjun worked before and asked if there was any sunscreen.

I thought that big brands should not be cheap, but I never thought that a small tube of sunscreen would cost 600 yuan.

Shi Yiqing was worried that it would not be enough and asked someone to take two.

My heart was bleeding when I checked out.

In the past, Aunt Xiangjun brought them lotion, cream, facial cleanser and the like, which must not be cheap.

Then I went to a clothing store by myself and bought flip flops and beach shorts, both in duplicate, only in different sizes.

I was excited all afternoon for the upcoming trip with Uncle Shen, and made an appointment with Uncle Shen to eat braised chicken in the evening.

Unexpectedly, after five o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Yicheng called.

"Ah Qing, I know that you are going to travel with Shen Mu, but there is something I still need to tell you."

His tone made Shi Yiqing feel nervous, "What's wrong?"

Liu Yicheng: "A while ago your mother was not feeling well. We went to the city hospital for a comprehensive screening. The results came out yesterday, and she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The situation is not very optimistic. She said she didn't want to tell you, but I think the family should Let's face this together."

Shi Yiqing was stunned for a moment, and he didn't speak for a long time, standing at the entrance of the escalator in the shopping mall with mixed feelings.

"However, the cure rate of breast cancer is gradually increasing. We don't need to be too pessimistic. It's just that she is not in a good mood these days and may need us to be with her."

Shi Yiqing's tone was a little trembling: "Okay, I understand, thank you, Uncle Liu."

After hanging up the phone, Shi Yiqing realized that his heart was beating so fast.

How did Tan Xiaoli get sick?In my impression, she is in good health, and at most she catches a cold occasionally throughout the year. She also likes outdoor sports and exercises regularly.

What's the matter with this disease? !

Shi Yiqing took her mobile phone to check for breast cancer online, which is the most common cancer among women.

After watching it for a long time, Liu Yicheng spoke to the point and did not specifically comfort Shi Yiqing.

Shi Yiqing called Shen Mu while walking home.

Shen Mu was just about to get off work, and he was in the parking lot: "Well, Ah Qing, do you want to eat pork ribs, braised pork ribs are also very good, you can have both together."

"Uncle Shen," Shi Yiqing still felt a little unreal, and said with a slight sigh, "I can't go on a graduation trip."

Shen Mu: "What's wrong?"

Shi Yiqing: "My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, I think I should go back and be with her."

Shen Mu was also very surprised, and almost didn't realize it all at once: "Have you been diagnosed?"

"Well, I was diagnosed yesterday. Uncle Liu called me just now. I'm going home now to pack my things and go to the high-speed rail station."

Shen Mu hurriedly said: "You wait for me at home, and I will take you there."

Shi Yiqing didn't refuse, Shen Mu just arrived home after packing up his things at home, stuffed his things in the back seat and set foot on the way back to Dingzhou City.

In fact, it's okay to go back the next day, but Shi Yiqing felt very uneasy and his heart was empty.

Maybe it's because Tan Xiaoli is his only blood relative in this world.

"It's okay, Ah Qing. The cure rate of breast cancer is quite high now. The most important thing now is to make her feel better and cooperate with the treatment."

Shen Mu paid attention to Shi Yiqing's emotions while driving.

Shi Yiqing nodded: "She is so impatient, she must be thinking about where to buy a cemetery."

Shi Yiqing said wicked jokes, but his eyes were still worried.

When Shi Yiqing decided to go to Dingzhou City to go to school to prepare for the college entrance examination, Shen Mu actually felt a little sad. The child he raised with his own hands still left and went back to his biological mother, and he would become a lonely family again.

At that time, Shen Mu would occasionally be jealous of Tan Xiaoli.

But seeing Shi Yiqing worried about Tan Xiaoli now, he only felt that Shi Yiqing had really grown up.

This is what a man should do.

After thinking about it, Shi Yiqing decided to go to Dingzhou to study a year and a half ago, wasn't it because he was sensible?

It was because he was timid and stubborn, insisting on treating Shi Yiqing like a child.

When we got home, it was already early [-] o'clock in the evening, it was very late, so Shen Mu didn't want to go upstairs to sit for a while.

"I'll find a hotel to stay in the city, and I'll come to visit her when I find time tomorrow depending on the situation."

"Why..." Shi Yiqing was puzzled, what a toss.

Seeing that he was unhappy, Shen Mu stretched out his hand to tidy up his bangs that were too long, and explained: "I'm always an outsider, you can rush home in the middle of the night, but I can't, I'm a guest and I have to be polite, otherwise I'll be in trouble in the future." Sorry to see you."

Shi Yiqing was a little embarrassed, but also a little sad.

On the one hand, I understand that God’s negligence is mainly for himself, and on the other hand, I feel that no matter how much he has done, he will always be an outsider here.

"Uncle Shen..."

Shi Yiqing called him softly, and the two stood by Shen Mu's car door, and then Shi Yiqing lingered into Shen Mu's arms like when he was a child.

Shen Mu thought it was the child's worry and vulnerability after knowing his mother's illness, so naturally he would not reject him.

Shen Mu reached out and hugged Shi Yiqing's back, this was the first time he felt Shi Yiqing's bones soared.

This is exactly the skeleton of an adult male.

"It's okay, don't be afraid, be strong in front of mom, okay? I've always been there."

Shi Yiqing nodded sullenly.

"Uncle Shen, will you always be with me?"

"Of course."

"Will your boyfriend not mind after that?" Shi Yiqing really wanted to ask.

But he still maintained his rationality, withdrew from Shen Mu's embrace and said, "Then I'll go up."

"Well, I'll call you when I get to the hotel."

"it is good."

After speaking, Shen Mu got into the car and drove away.

Shi Yiqing turned to enter the community with his two bags of things in hand, when he saw someone looking at him from the small fountain at the entrance of the community.

It was Liu Yicheng.

The author says:

Oh, I forgot to set the timer orz...