I don't know if it's a boy

"Brothers, give it to me!" Li Li waved his hand, and a dozen people ran out from the corner of the alley.

"You were playing us with Sun Zhe and his gang that day. Brothers have been waiting for you for a long time, and I have to let you know what you can't mess with."

Tao Zhiyuan was frightened by this scene, his legs were so heavy that he couldn't lift up and run, he watched helplessly as a group of them surrounded him.

"Don't come here, I... I will call the police..." Tao Zhiyuan hurriedly took out his elderly phone and wanted to call the police. Unexpectedly, Li Li's reaction was faster, and he hit his arm with a stick, causing pain. De Tao Zhiyuan threw the phone far away.

Tao Zhiyuan held his bruised arm and didn't have time to look at it, but suddenly thought that maybe Sun Zhe and the others hadn't gone far, so he started shouting for help.

"Hey, did you hear someone shouting in the alley? The voice seems very familiar..." Wang Zhuo rubbed the back of his head and said with some doubts.

Sun Zhe turned around neatly and rushed into the alley, shouting as he ran, "It's Tao Zhiyuan!"

"It can't be that Li Li and the others can't get a bargain with us, so go block him..." Zhang Yitian suddenly said with a flash of inspiration.

"It doesn't matter, let's go and have a look first!" Wang Zhuo also ran up.

So the three of them ran around in the alley like headless chickens, only feeling the sound getting closer but still seeing no one.

Suddenly Sun Zhe shouted, "I know where it is, the commissary from last time."

This time, under the leadership of Sun Zhe, I finally found the right place. I saw Tao Zhiyuan's schoolbag was thrown far away, and he was hiding in a corner, squatting on the ground holding his head, and a group of people surrounded him and kicked his schoolbag. There are all kinds of obscenities on the back of his mouth.

Sun Zhe's anger suddenly surged up, he rushed to the middle of the crowd with a few strides, grabbed the stick from a person beside him and started to fight back, Wang Zhuo and Zhang Yitian picked up glass bottles and a small supermarket from the ground next to him The broom in front suddenly slashed a bloody path.

The two groups started to fight together, and Sun Zhe and the others gradually lost ground. At this time, the owner of the small supermarket was finally quarreled. Seeing the mess in front of the store, he yelled,

"Try another one, I've already called the police!"

Li Li didn't expect that Sun Zhe was nearby, and the owner of the supermarket called the police again, so he felt a little guilty, but he still couldn't lose his momentum, so he said viciously: "Sun Zhe, this matter between us is not over!"

"It's impossible for you to finish thinking about it. If you don't look for me, I'll look for you!" Sun Zhe finally blew out the anger that he had been holding back for the past few days, pointing at his nose and cursing.

"Tomorrow night in the old campus of No. [-] Middle School, we have to finish one." He gently hugged Tao Zhiyuan who was still squatting on the ground in a daze, and said viciously as before.

Li Li gave a thumbs down gesture, turned around and walked towards the alley with his friend.

"Fuck, Li Li is an idiot, he actually found you." Sun Zhe pulled Tao Zhiyuan to rotate 360 ​​degrees to check.

Wang Zhuo also threw the wine bottle in the trash can, picked up Tao Zhiyuan's schoolbag in the distance, Zhang Yitian returned the supermarket owner's broom in a good manner, firmly said that there is no need to call the police, and invited the man again go back.

"Ah Zhe, the other day you said that Tao Zhiyuan was the one who helped you drive Li Li away?" Zhang Yitian picked up the elderly machine at his feet, walked over and asked Tao Zhiyuan, "Is this yours too?"

Both Sun Zhe and Tao Zhiyuan only responded, Sun Zhe's eyes were still on Tao Zhiyuan, Tao Zhiyuan patted his clothes silently, took the schoolbag in Wang Zhuo's hand and carried it on his back.

The four of them recovered from the fight just now, Wang Zhuo first asked: "Then what should we do now, I don't know if they will come back?"

Sun Zhe said succinctly, "Go to the entrance of the alley and watch, I'll take him back." Then he put his hand on the schoolbag behind Tao Zhiyuan, his eyes beckoning him to lead the way.

So the four separated in twos, and after turning around, Sun Zhe was still asking Tao Zhiyuan, "Are you scared? Is there any other discomfort besides the arms?"

Tao Zhiyuan pursed his lips and still didn't speak, but his eyes were comforting Sun Zhe.

"If you are really missing an arm or a leg today, do you know that my brother will support you for the rest of my life..." Sun Zhe tried to comfort him with words, and said calmly.

"I'm really fine, you...you don't need to support me." Tao Zhiyuan was shy by his teasing words, and started to walk forward at a faster pace.

Seeing that he was finally willing to speak, Sun Zhe stopped making trouble with him, but said softly and in a low voice: "Save my number, and tell me if you feel uncomfortable tomorrow. If it is serious, I will take you to the hospital." ?"

Tao Zhiyuan nodded lightly. Seeing his positive response, Sun Zhe finally let go of his hanging heart. The child who is usually not very talkative must be very scared today.

Soon, the two arrived at Tao Zhiyuan's house, and he spoke first, "Senior, I'm home, you guys go back first."

"Okay, there is medicine at home, right? Remember to apply it later, or I will pick you up for school tomorrow."

"It's really unnecessary, those people should not be so free..."

Sun Zhe saw that his attitude was firm, so he pursed his lips, so he could only agree to him, "It's getting late, go home soon, see you tomorrow."

Tao Zhiyuan waved at him, turned around and entered the yard.

It was already ten o'clock when Sun Zhe walked out of the alley after sending Tao Zhiyuan home. Wang Zhuo and Zhang Yitian were fighting mosquitoes while looking at their mobile phones.

He walked up to the two of them, raised his hand, and motioned to go home.

"Azhe, is my deskmate okay?" Wang Zhuo put his phone back in his pocket, put his hands in his pockets, shrunk his neck, and said tremblingly.

"I think he was really scared just now, Azhe, you really owe a big favor." Zhang Yitian also echoed.

Sun Zhe said sullenly, "I know." Then he took out the cigarettes in his pocket, handed them two, and began to puff.

The three of them walked to the community and saw that the guard had already fallen asleep, so they began to knock on the glass of his room. Fortunately, the uncle knew them and let them go easily.

Wang Zhuo and Zhang Yitian lived next to each other, and Sun Zhe's house was separated from them by a villa, so Sun Zhe had to go a little further. After saying hello, the three of them parted ways and went home.

However, Sun Zhe wandered around outside for several times, thinking about what to do about Li Li and Tao Zhiyuan at the same time. He felt that the question was a bit tricky, and after thinking about it for a long time, there was no answer, so he shook his head and turned back home.

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Tao Zhiyuan entered the room only to find Yang Songjie sitting on the sofa, as if waiting for him,

"Come back son, sit down, mom wants to talk to you."

Tao Zhiyuan seemed to be able to guess the next conversation. He stood in the living room for a while, and finally put down his schoolbag and sat on the sofa.

"You know... Mom has had a hard time these years, so..."

Tao Zhiyuan couldn't hold back when she uttered the first sentence, trembling all over,

"So, does mom want us, me and my brother..." His voice was trembling and hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

"Mom, I'm sorry for you, but your father is having an affair, he doesn't want this family anymore, I really can't hold on anymore." She finally broke down, lying in Tao Zhiyuan's arms and crying loudly.

Tao Zhiyuan knew how much his mother had suffered these years, but because he and his younger brother had been enduring it, he had no reason or confidence to keep his mother, and finally let go of the hands that wanted to hug her back.

"Good mother, I will support you, and so will my brother."

Yang Songjie left his arms, got up without hesitation and returned to the room.

Tao Zhiyuan sat on the sofa in a daze for a long time, then walked towards his younger brother's room, knocked lightly a few times and entered without waiting for a reply.

Unsurprisingly, my younger brother was hugging his knees on the bed, and he slowly raised his head when he came in. The light in the room was not turned on, but the tears on his face were clearly visible.

Tao Sijian asked him softly: "Brother...we don't have a home anymore, right..."

Tao Zhiyuan couldn't hold on any longer, walked to the bed and knelt down on the bed, hugged his younger brother, and the two burst into tears.

Finally, the younger brother was tired from crying and fell asleep in his arms. Tao Zhiyuan helped him cover the quilt and walked out gently.When he walked to the living room, he glanced at his mother's room reflexively. The light was still on. He sighed and dragged his heavy body back to the room to sleep.

Maybe it won't be so sad in sleep, he thought.

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The next morning, he and his mother appeared in the living room at about the same time, and the mother explained, "Mom doesn't go to work today, so I can cook for you all day, okay?"

Although he was asking him, it was difficult for him to say no, "Okay, thank you mom", Tao Zhiyuan spit out a few words in a low voice with his hoarse throat.

Yang Songjie nodded, walked into the kitchen, beat eggs and said: "My brother is still young, I will transfer him back to his hometown, grandparents will take good care of him, and then I will come back to continue working, you just... Let's live with Dad..."

"Okay." Tao Zhiyuan looked at his mother's hunched back, feeling distressed and sad. His mother was also very beautiful when she was young...

"Just study hard. You don't have to worry about money. Whether you want to learn competitions or prepare for the college entrance examination, as long as you think you won't regret it." Yang Songjie continued to speak slowly, with tears already covering the cutting board, refusing looked back at him.

"it is good."

"Also, remember to always keep the medicine by your side, do you know that the mobile phone is also by your side..." Yang Songjie was almost speechless from crying, and continued to tell Tao Zhiyuan.

"it is good."

"Okay, breakfast is almost ready, go and wake up my brother."

Tao Zhiyuan responded to her with actions, walked into his younger brother's room, saw his younger brother got up early, sat on the stool, tears fell on the exercise book, pursed his mouth and refused to speak.

He lightly patted his younger brother on the back, urged him silently, and then left the room again.

After breakfast, he and his younger brother went out together, shoulder to shoulder, but no one was willing to speak...

Walking out of the alley, the two said goodbye and went to their own schools, but Tao Zhiyuan saw Sun Zhe riding a bicycle and smiled wantonly at him.

Tao Zhiyuan will never forget that smile in his life...

That was the first ray of sunshine that Tao Zhiyuan saw after being in darkness for a long time.

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This chapter is rather depressing.