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A boy nearly two meters tall broke in. Guan Hongzhu was so frightened that she retreated behind the podium.

Xu Jiangtong clasped his wrist, and broke it off the door frame little by little: "...you didn't hear it all, did you?"

Tao Xihong didn't want to argue with him about the so-called "white lies", so he broke away from Xu Jiangtong's hand and took a few steps forward: "Did you ever look for me in these years?"

"You are me..." Guan Hongzhu clutched the backpack strap in her hand, avoiding his gaze, and the corner of her mouth trembled, "Sorry, kid."

"I think you are worried about being sentenced and ruining your hard-won return to normal life?" Tao Xihong looked at the face somewhat similar to his own, but his heart was full of unfamiliarity.

Guan Hongzhu stood behind the podium, three feet away from him, silent.

In the past 19 years, she didn't even feel like mother and child, and she didn't even ask him how he was doing now, but just silently watched the newly weaned child grow up smoothly.

This kind of birth actually made Tao Xihong feel better.Compared with the recognition scene of crying, self-blame and confession, this kind of relationship between the two is more real.

Tao Xihong had already foreseen the fact of being abandoned, and never thought of reconnecting with them.

Perhaps it was because Xu Jiangtong was present, and after learning that he was a posthumous child who was forcibly born and suffered by her, he was still able to suppress his emotions to the critical point.

"Do you know how I got here in the past 19 years?" Tao Xihong lowered his voice and only asked one sentence.

Does she know how many times she has sprained her foot, how many ligaments she has broken?His life was not like this originally, even with a little love from his parents, it would not force his only means of earning a living into a "hobby".

During countless tired and confused nights, Tao Xihong thought about it.He felt that to live was to suffer and suffer, and life was meaningless at all.

Although Hongzhu wanted to say something, she finally kept her mouth shut.

Xu Jiangtong stood aside and witnessed the whole process without any obstruction, allowing Tao Xihong to vent his resentment.

He seemed to be able to understand Tao Xihong's strong resistance and cold war when he insisted on helping him find his parents.

Just like his fantasy of amnesia, Tao Xihong is also using escape to protect himself, and keeps telling himself that they must have encountered difficulties that they cannot overcome, so they have no choice but to abandon him.

They obviously have so many similar pains, but they have delayed empathy until now.

Xu Jiangtong stepped forward and put Tao Xihong's shoulders: "Let's go."

"Wait!" Guan Hongzhu finally spoke, "Jiang Jizhe sent me a very important item before committing suicide, can I ask you to pick it up?"

Xu Jiangtong mainly took care of Tao Xihong's emotions, and was not in the mood to chat at all, so he dragged him out.

"Go with her." Tao Xihong stopped suddenly, "I'll just wait for you downstairs."

"But……"

"I won't leave you alone." Tao Xihong thought, after all, this matter is related to his biological father, and Xu Jiangtong has been working on it all the time, so he has the right to know the truth.

"Okay," Xu Jiangtong clasped his fingers, turned to take care of Hongzhu, "I'll go with you."

The parents who gathered at the door to pick up their children had already left, so Guan Hongzhu went to get her battery car from the shed, and when she got to the gate, she helped them hail a taxi and gave her home address.

Her family lives near the Children's Palace, about a 10-minute drive away.Soon, the car stopped in front of an old residential area with yellowed exterior walls, and Guan Hongzhu waited for them at the door, holding the battery car.

This real estate has been around for at least 20 years, and the ivy has grown crop after crop, and has climbed to the highest point.Tao Xihong looked around and squeezed Xu Jiangtong's hand again: "Go and come back quickly."

Xu Jiangtong nodded solemnly and followed Guan Hongzhu inside.The stairwell in the community is cramped and steep, and there are still traces of small advertisements on the wall of the aisle.

Her house lived on the third floor, and the moment she closed the door, Guan Hongzhu, who had been silent all this time, broke out completely, her legs softened, and she sat on the ground and began to cry.

"I'm sorry, my family really suffered a serious accident that year. I can't even eat, and my children will starve to death with me."

Xu Jiangtong gave her a cold look, and finally helped her to the sofa out of courtesy.

Guan Hongzhu took out a few sheets of paper, cleaned herself up in a panic, and poured water for Xu Jiangtong in a hurry.When I opened the cupboard, I found that the tea leaves were moldy, and finally boiled a pot of water hastily.

"What's his name now, and how is he doing?" After a long while, she finally plucked up the courage to ask about Tao Xihong's recent situation.

Xu Jiangtong looked at the clear water in the cup and introduced, "His name is Tao Xihong. He is studying at the Central University of Technology. I am his teacher at the same school."

"Such a good university, really amazing..." Guan Hongzhu muttered to herself, "Then he can find a good job after graduation?"

"I don't bother you to worry about this." Xu Jiangtong's voice softened a lot when he mentioned Tao Xihong, "His future is much more than just a job."

Guan Hongzhu was startled when she heard this.

Xu Jiangtong didn't go into details, but urged: "Where is the thing that Mr. Jiang left for you?"

"Wait a moment." Guan Hongzhu took out a metal box from the bedroom, unlocked the small lock hanging on it, and took out an old-fashioned tape, "This is what he sent me before he died, and there is another man's voice , it should be in Italian. I can’t understand it, and I dare not find someone to translate it.”

The tape is also covered with a plastic case, which seems to be well protected.Xu Jiangtong saw the small words on it, which further confirmed his thoughts: "How much do you know about Jiang Jizhe's situation before committing suicide?"

Guan Hongzhu rubbed her hands unnaturally, and finally told the whole thing.

I guessed right with Xu Jiangtong, they met at that art exhibition.At that time, Guan Hongzhu was in her early twenties, which was the time when young girls admired talents.The two spent a night together in a bewilderment, only to find out the following spring that she was pregnant.

Guan Hongzhu tried every means to contact Jiang Jizhe, but what she got was a ruthless response.Jiang Jizhe said that he would send her 1 yuan as an insurance payment, and asked her to have an abortion immediately after receiving the money.

But when she opened the envelope, she found that besides ten bundles of brand-new banknotes, there were paintings and tapes inside.

Soon, she received news of Jiang Jizhe's suicide.Faced with all kinds of coincidences, Guan Hongzhu felt that there was something hidden in it. The man she was unwilling to admire died like this, and finally gave birth to his child willfully.

Listening to her description between the lines, Xu Jiangtong clenched his fists angrily.

"One last question, do you remember his birthday?"

"The night of September 9." Guan Hongzhu said firmly, "It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, and you can see the moon when you look up."

At this point, Xu Jiangtong felt that it was almost the same.He couldn't bear Tao Xihong to wait outside for too long, put the tape in his bag, and left Guan Hongzhu's house.

Tao Xihong was squatting on the open space downstairs with his buttocks pouted, tossing and turning in the soil with a branch.

"Little Tao!" Xu Jiangtong called out from a distance.Tao Xihong jumped down from the high ground lightly after hearing the words: "Have you got everything?"

Xu Jiangtong nodded: "I will investigate as soon as possible."

Tao Xihong frowned: "Don't tire yourself out."

"Don't worry." Seeing the red light in the corners of his eyes, Xu Jiangtong raised his hand to straighten his hair at the temples, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lied to you today."

"It's okay, I don't blame you."

During the 10 minutes waiting downstairs, Tao Xihong thought a lot.If it is said that the joys and sorrows that people experience in this life are conserved, meeting Xu Jiangtong and overcoming many obstacles with him to become a lover is undoubtedly the most beautiful color bestowed on him by God.

Why hurt the mind of the person in front of you for the past that cannot be changed?

A month ago, he almost lost Teacher Xiao Jiang, and he didn't want to make the same mistake a second time.

Xu Jiangtong also had a lot to say, for example, he finally asked about Tao Xihong's birthday, filling in his past.

It's just not the time to say that yet.

Facing the last light of the evening, Xu Jiangtong took him away from the apartment building that was supposed to record his childhood.

"Tao Xihong, let's go home."

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