The little beauty I teased has grown up

Perhaps it was thanks to Luo Qinghuai's candies that Huo Zhou's state finally adjusted back.

Although Luo Qinghuai did not succeed in confessing, he was relieved.

As long as it is good for Huo Zhou, he doesn't think it is useless.

As for the confession, he didn't dare to try again for the time being, and he would ask Huo Zhou what kind of method he likes when he has a chance.

A few days after Thanksgiving, another monthly exam was ushered in. What happened to Huo Zhou had a great impact on Huo Zhou. His study time this month did not decrease at all, but his ranking in this exam only increased by two places.

Compared with the previous two times, this is simply a step backward.

Seeing the results came out, Huo Zhou felt deeply guilty.

On the one hand, I feel sorry for Luo Qinghuai who stayed up with him every night, on the other hand, I feel that I just slapped myself in front of my parents after boasting about Haikou, and I have no face to face my parents.

But the school seemed to be deliberately against him, and the result announcement happened to be on Friday again.

Huo Zhou listlessly kicked the pebbles on the side of the road. He knew that his parents and Luo Qinghuai would not blame him, but would comfort him instead.But just because of this, he felt even more uneasy.

It's really strange, I haven't been a good student for a few days, and I don't have the thick skin of being a scumbag.

"Brother, let's go to the movies." Luo Qinghuai secretly gave Huo Zhou movie tickets with Xu Yao on his back, "Your idol has released a new movie."

As soon as the answer was correct, Luo Qinghuai knew that Huo Zhou would not do well in the exam this time. He had expected that Huo Zhou would be unhappy after the result, and he had been thinking about it for several days to coax him to be happy.

This time Luo Qinghuai's surprise was in the right place.

Huo Zhou was overjoyed, and immediately put the annoyance of failing the exam behind him: "My God, Huaibao, you are a little angel, right?"

Huo Zhou was really happy. He had heard about this movie for a long time, but it was never shown on TV.

Speaking of which, he hasn't seen a movie in a movie theater seriously.

Looking at Huo Zhou's instantly brightened eyes, Luo Qinghuai was also happy.

The movie theater is not far from the Peking University courtyard, so they went home first to pack their schoolbags.

When he came out of the compound, Luo Qinghuai went to say hello to Mother Luo.

Mother Luo not only sells breakfast, but also sets up a stall to sell some snacks when students leave school in the afternoon, which is very hard work.

Looking at the busy mother, Luo Qinghuai felt a little guilty, he should have stayed to help.

However, he really wanted to go to the movies with Huo Zhou.

"Go and play." Mother Luo saw that he couldn't speak, and said with a smile, "I can do it alone, and you can't help much here... Hurry up and go."

She pushed Luo Qinghuai far away, as if she couldn't wait to drive him away.

Luo Qinghuai left without thinking too much, but secretly decided to come back to do more work at night.

Huo Zhou watched from the side, feeling a little strange in his heart.

Luo Qinghuai's family conditions are not good, he has always known.

However, in recent years, Mama Luo's breakfast stall has actually done a very good business. Sometimes I heard the adults talking behind their backs. Although Mama Luo worked hard, she earned no less than working in a factory.

Moreover, Huo Zhou remembered that for Luo Qinghuai's high score in the senior high school entrance examination, there was a large amount of scholarship, and the school even exempted him from all school fees.

Luo's mother has always been very simple, she doesn't wear makeup or dress up, and the clothes she wears are basically washed to pale.

Luo Qinghuai also doesn't use money indiscriminately, and usually doesn't see any relatives in their family.

Then why does mother Luo work so hard?

Where did his family's money go?

After all, he is not the head of the family. Huo Zhou doesn't have a very specific concept of a family's expenses, and this thought is only fleeting, so he won't ask Luo Qinghuai.

"Let's go." Luo Qinghuai walked over and smiled at Huo Zhou.

Huo Zhou nodded, and said, "Don't worry, Huaibao, when we come back from watching the movie, I'll help you with the work... I will, I will peel potatoes."

Although Luo Qinghuai smiled nonchalantly, Huo Zhou could still see the guilt in his eyes.

Luo Qinghuai was really happy this time: "Forget it, if you peel potatoes, we will lose a lot."

Huo Zhou had never done any work since he was a child. When he was a child, he saw Luo Qinghuai working and always wanted to help.Luo Qinghuai couldn't resist, so he asked him to help peel the potatoes once, but after peeling, the potatoes were half smaller, and Luo Qinghuai laughed for a long time.

Now that Luo Qinghuai mentioned it, Huo Zhou was also embarrassed. He turned his eyes away in embarrassment, but he happened to meet a boy who was about his age.

Huo Zhou let out a "huh", and the boy took a deep look at him, then quickly turned around and ran away.

Seeing Huo Zhou's thoughtful expression, Luo Qinghuai asked casually, "What's wrong?"

"That boy just now looks familiar to me." Huo Zhou rubbed his head, thinking hard, "It seems like I've seen it somewhere... Where have I seen it?"

Luo Qinghuai didn't know who the boy he was talking about, so he looked around when he heard the words.He didn't see the boy Huo Zhou was talking about, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a man wearing a peaked cap looking this way, then pulled the brim of the cap down, lowered his head and hurriedly blended into the crowd.

This behavior always looked a little guilty, and the figure seemed familiar, so Luo Qinghuai paid attention.

But when he took a closer look, the man had disappeared into the crowd, completely gone.

Luo Qinghuai didn't see the man's face, so he didn't know if the familiar feeling was true, or if he was influenced by Huo Zhou and thought too much.

"Forget it, I must have seen it in school." Huo Zhou couldn't figure it out and gave up, "Let's go, the movie is about to start."

The school is so big, there are always some students who have met but don't know each other, so it's not surprising that they look familiar.

However, the middle-aged man did not look like a school teacher.

Luo Qinghuai looked around again, but still found nothing unusual.

Forget it, maybe thinking too much.

Don't disturb Huo Zhou's mood while watching a movie.

Luo Qinghuai stopped thinking about it and followed Huo Zhou to continue walking towards the cinema.

He didn't know that as soon as he walked away, a man wearing a peaked cap walked out of a convenience store opposite, and hurried towards the North Courtyard.

Luo Qinghuai chatted with Huo Zhou, and soon arrived at the entrance of the cinema.

Huo Zhou slapped his head suddenly: "I remembered!"

Luo Qinghuai was taken aback by him, and while taking out the movie ticket to check it out, he asked, "What do you remember?"

"That person just now!" Huo Zhou was very excited, "It's Dalong! Oh, you don't know Dalong. He was a friend of ours when we were young, and he moved away later. The house you rented belongs to his family..."

Before Huo Zhou finished speaking, Luo Qinghuai suddenly put his hands away, his face changed drastically: "Brother, go in and have a look, I have to go home."

He remembered who that man was.

Luo Qinghuai stuffed the movie ticket into Huo Zhou's hand, and quickly ran back the way he came.

"Huaibao, what's the matter with you?" Huo Zhou was puzzled, and chased after him holding the movie ticket, "Wait for me!"

"Go to the movies!" Luo Qinghuai didn't stop at all, and ran away in a blink of an eye, "I'll go home and have a look, and I'll find you later."

Luo Qinghuai is not a person who makes a fuss, he is so anxious, something must have happened, how can Huo Zhou go to the movies with peace of mind?

He also ran with Luo Qinghuai.

But Luo Qinghuai was very fast, and he disappeared in a blink of an eye. Fortunately, Huo Zhou knew that he was running towards home, so he chased him all the way.

When he ran to the intersection of Peking University Courtyard, Huo Zhou was almost out of breath. He bent over and propped up his knees to take a rest, but in the distance, the place where Luo's mother usually set up a stall was crowded with people.

Huo Zhou felt a "thump" in his heart, his legs went limp in fright, and he almost fell down.

He hurriedly steadied himself, and with boundless strength, he rushed over quickly.

"Let's go, please let me go..." Huo Zhou pushed aside the crowd of onlookers and squeezed to the front.

Mama Luo's food stall has been overturned, ingredients, condiments and bowls, chopsticks and dishes are scattered all over the floor. Mama Luo is standing in the corner, and Luo Qinghuai stands in front of her, confronting a man wearing a peaked cap.

The peaked cap stepped on the overturned snack cart, twirling a sharp fruit knife in his hand, his eyes were full of hostility, and his words were full of resentment: "...I have been in prison for eight years and suffered a lot. You two A slut is eating and drinking spicy food outside, who is going to blame me? Anyway, I have nothing, so what are you afraid of? Bitch, look at your son, is he still in junior high school? What would happen to someone if they were disabled, would you be willing?"

Huo Zhou was so angry that his face turned blue, but the man in the peaked cap had a knife in his hand, so he didn't dare to step forward casually.

In case of angering a man, Luo Qinghuai must be the first to be hurt.

Huo Zhou hurriedly glanced around the adults who were watching the fun. With so many people, it would be no problem to take off their peaked caps.But obviously, they didn't intend to be nosy, they just stood and watched from a distance, as long as the peaked caps took a look, they would take a step back, and some people even couldn't hide their gloating looks in their eyes.

Huo Zhou vaguely heard the word "retribution".

There were a few uncles and aunts whom Huo Zhou was familiar with, and they were usually full of benevolence and morality. When they met Huo Zhou's gaze at this time, they all turned away in embarrassment, obviously not intending to help.

Don't blame them, the gangster has a murder weapon in his hand.

Huo Zhou took a few deep breaths and forced himself to calm down.

He first grabbed a familiar parent next to him, and begged in a low voice: "Uncle Li, please call the police for your help, okay?"

He didn't have a mobile phone, and he didn't dare to leave the scene.

That Uncle Li hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.

But he didn't dare to call the police in front of the peaked cap, so he sneaked out of the crowd to make a call.

Huo Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

The peaked cap over there said some more nasty words, Luo Qinghuai's mother finally couldn't help it, and asked the peaked cap: "What do you really want?"

"I originally wanted to take revenge, but your man is already dead, so what can I do with the dead ghost?" The peaked cap slowly approached Luo Qinghuai's mother and son, and said wretchedly, "How about this, your man ruined my home, I'll take it to death." There is nothing now. Anyway, you don’t have a man anymore, so just follow me and give me a son, which can be considered as compensation for your man’s fault, and I can take this little bastard together..."

Mother Luo's expression almost made her vomit, but she had to endure it, her hand hanging by her side was clenched into a fist, and the veins on the back of her hand, which had been working hard all the year round, burst out.

Huo Zhou's temples were throbbing, and he wanted to rush over to tear the man apart, but he knew he was not capable of that.

The peaked cap was almost in front of Luo Qinghuai.

Luo Qinghuai's lips were pursed into a line, his face was pale, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

Huo Zhou was too familiar with Luo Qinghuai, he knew from his appearance that he was going to fight, and he had to find a way to help Luo Qinghuai.

Huo Zhou suddenly shouted at the peaked cap: "Hey! That uncle wearing the hat!"

The peaked cap turned his head, his eyes blazed fiercely, and the tip of the knife in his hand was still facing Luo Qinghuai.

Huo Zhou approached him and asked, "Do you want to know the truth about the bombing?"

The peaked cap was taken aback.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Luo Qinghuai suddenly rushed forward and grabbed the man's knife hand.

Luo Qinghuai wanted to grab the knife, but no matter how strong he was, he was no match for a grown man, so he couldn't grab the knife right away.

Peaked Cap was furious, and raised his other hand to grab the knife, but Luo Qinghuai held him back tightly.

Huo Zhou used the fastest speed in his life to rush over and hug the other hand of the peaked cap.

Mother Luo, who was a little slower to react, also ran over, and the three of them worked together to snatch the knife.

The peaked cap didn't expect that two children and a woman would snatch the knife when the boat capsized in the gutter. He became so angry that he picked up the stool next to him and threw it at Huo Zhou's head.

Huo Zhou was thrown to the ground by his peaked cap during the snatch just now, and he hasn't gotten up yet.

Luo Qinghuai was still holding the knife he had just snatched from the peaked cap in his hand, and before he had time to think about it, he directly stabbed the knife in the leg of the peaked cap.

Blood gushed out in an instant, everyone was dumbfounded, and Luo Qinghuai was also dumbfounded when he saw the knife in his hand.

The peaked cap was also sturdy, seeing so much blood, it became frenzied and wanted to pinch Luo Qinghuai's neck.

Huo Zhou thought of what the teacher said, there are large arteries in human legs, and people will die if they are punctured.

He was so panicked that he crawled over to hug Luo Qinghuai, covered his eyes, and said to the peaked cap: "Don't move, your arteries are ruptured, you will die if you move."

The peaked cap was afraid of death after all, he was bluffed for life, and stood where he was, not daring to move again.

The crowd of onlookers exploded, and some people shouted "Killed".

At this moment, the police car roared over.

Several policemen got out of the car, controlled the scene, treated the wound for the peaked cap, sent him to the hospital, and brought the three of Huo Zhou into the police car, while leaving some people to question the onlookers.

Luo Qinghuai's face was pale, his eyes were blank, and Huo Zhou kept hugging him.

The policeman took a look, but did not separate them.

When they arrived at the police station, the two were forcibly recorded separately.

Huo Zhou told all he knew, and asked the policeman eagerly: "Uncle policeman, will that person die?"

The policeman glanced at him but didn't answer.

Huo Zhou was very anxious, and he was a little incoherent: "Huai, Luo Qinghuai stabbed him to save me. If he didn't save me, I would be crushed to death by that person. Luo Qinghuai was acting in self-defense. He didn't intend to kill someone..."

Seeing that he was about to cry, the police couldn't laugh or cry: "Who told you that someone died?"

"Ah?" Huo Zhou was so surprised that he almost jumped up, "No, not dead?"

The policeman nodded: "Don't worry, it's just scary, it's all right now."

Huo Zhou's heart finally fell to the ground. He was so happy that he stood up across the table and hugged the policeman who was taking notes: "Thank you, Uncle Policeman."

God knows how scared he was just now, if that person dies, Luo Qinghuai will become a murderer, if Luo Qinghuai becomes a murderer... He simply dare not think about it.

The uncle of the policeman was very helpless when he hugged him, patted him on the back and made him sit down: "You are not old, but you are quite courageous, and you can be considered brave."

Huo Zhou didn't hear what he said clearly, he just felt happy.

The case was not complicated, there were many witnesses, and the peaked cap was not seriously injured. The matter was soon cleared up and Huo Zhou was released.

As soon as he came out, he saw his parents standing in the hall and circling anxiously, and he felt extremely ashamed.

In the words of Grandma Huo Zhou, their old Huo family obeyed the law and never caused trouble. They didn't even know which way the gate of the police station opened.

Now because of him, his parents went to the police station to be frightened. He is really unfilial.

Huo's father and Huo's mother had obviously figured out the ins and outs of the matter, and had no intention of blaming Huo Zhou at all. Seeing that he was not injured or frightened, her hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

"Let's go, let's go home." Mother Huo held Huo Zhou's hand tightly and thanked the police.

Huo Zhou took two steps and felt something was wrong: "Where's Huaibao?"

Mother Huo's face changed slightly: "Huaibao is fine, let's go home and wait for him."

"Since it's fine, why don't you go home together?" Huo Zhou refused to leave, "What happened to Huai Bao?"

After a stalemate for a while, the police uncle who just took the notes told him that because Luo Qinghuai did not cooperate with the police investigation, he could not leave for the time being.

According to him, Luo Qinghuai will not be let go tonight.

Huo Zhou was in a panic all of a sudden: "Huaibao didn't do it on purpose, he must be scared. I found out that he was scared just now. It's not that he didn't want to say it, maybe it was, maybe he couldn't say it..."

The police uncle said it was very embarrassing. If Luo Qinghuai did not cooperate, they would not be able to release him.

Huo Zhou volunteered: "I, I'll talk to him, he listens to me the most..."

Huo's mother's face became even more ugly, and she didn't want him to get involved in these things: "You are a suspect yourself, how could you two make a series of confessions? This is against the rules, don't think about it, Qinghuai can figure it out for himself Yes, let's go home and wait."

Huo Zhou refused to leave: "Aren't I already fine? That means I'm not a suspect."

Huo's mother was really worried today. If the matter was serious, that person really died, or there were other accidents, Huo Zhou would leave a record at the police station, and his life would be ruined.

She is still very scared now, seeing Huo Zhou like this and getting angry: "You didn't do anything wrong, the police uncle won't arrest you, go away!"

When Huo Zhou was stubborn, he was also the one who could not be pulled back by nine cows. He broke away from Huo's mother's hand, ran to the police uncle who had just made the record, and punched him lightly.

Huo Zhou said straightforwardly: "I attacked the police, can you arrest me now?"

It was originally a heavy matter, but a group of people abruptly made him laugh.

Huo's father took Huo's mother's hand and persuaded: "Forget it, if Luo Qinghuai doesn't come out today, even if he is forced to take him away, he can squat in front of the police station for a night. In this cold day, it's better to let him Stay at the police station."

Mother Huo: ... What kind of logic is this?

But there was nothing she could do.

Huo's father communicated with the police uncle and agreed to let Huo Zhou persuade Luo Qinghuai.

Luo Qinghuai was locked in a small room. He sat on a chair blankly, his eyes vainly falling on a certain red handprint on the wall, and he didn't turn around for a long time.

Huo Zhou looked at the dark red handprints on the wall and asked the police uncle, "Is that a bloody handprint?"

The police uncle thought he was cute and silly, so he nodded solemnly: "Yes."

"You guys, you won't be tortured into tricks, will you?" Huo Zhou was startled and frightened, trembling.

The uncle of the policeman was ambiguous on purpose: "So, if you have any questions, you must be honest. Don't try to hide and escape. You should persuade your friends."

The police uncle went out after finishing speaking, and closed the door.The voice was actually not loud, but Huo Zhou shivered from fright.

Looking at the many "bloody handprints" on the wall, he thought of a suspect who was beaten all over his body and had nowhere to escape. He leaned on the wall in despair, but left two bloody handprints in vain...

Luo Qinghuai over there turned a blind eye to everything that happened here, and didn't seem to hear any sound, and remained motionless the whole time.

"Huaibao." Huo Zhou's eyes turned to Luo Qinghuai, and he calmed down. He couldn't let Luo Qinghuai be beaten.

It wasn't their fault in the first place, and they can go out after explaining well.

Luo Qinghuai finally reacted when he heard Huo Zhou's voice.

He blinked his eyes, as if wondering how he heard Huo Zhou's voice, and after another two seconds, he slowly turned his head in disbelief.

Huo Zhou had already walked in front of Luo Qinghuai: "Huaibao, are you okay?"

Luo Qinghuai stood up suddenly: "Why are you here?"

Huo Zhou heard that although his voice was a little hoarse, but he spoke normally, he was slightly relieved: "I'll come and see you."

"Where is this place? What are you looking for? Get out!" Luo Qinghuai was very excited and wanted to push Huo Zhou out the door.

It's a pity that the door was locked by the police uncle, and they couldn't open it at all.

"Did they lock you up?" Luo Qinghuai became even more excited, "Did they misunderstand you? I'll go tell them..."

"Huaibao." Huo Zhou just leaned his back against the door and hugged Luo Qinghuai into his arms, "I'm fine, I'm just worried about you, so I took the initiative to tell them that I want to come and see you. Don't you think I'm fine? You Don't get excited, don't get excited..."

Luo Qinghuai struggled non-stop, and Huo Zhou didn't know what he was thinking, so he lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead.

Luo Qinghuai struggled a few more times, then suddenly stopped moving, and his whole body became a clay sculpture and wood carving.

Huo Zhou just hugged him like this, and coaxed softly: "Hui Bao is good, it's okay, brother is here, don't be afraid..."

Time seems to be reversed, back to many years ago, whenever he fell and cried and was unhappy, someone coaxed him like this... Luo Qinghuai's long-stretched string suddenly broke, and he held Huo Zhou's skirt tightly, crying up.

"Huaibao..." Huo Zhou was so distressed that he didn't know what to say, so he just patted him on the back, "Cry, it's fine if you cry."

Luo Qinghuai cried for a long time before slowly calming down, Huo Zhou's sweater was soaked by his tears.

But Huo Zhou didn't care about these, and gently rubbed Luo Qinghuai's hair: "Do you feel better?"

Luo Qinghuai was suddenly very embarrassed, blushing and softly said: "Thank you."

"It's okay, if you still want to cry, you can continue." Huo Zhou was relieved to see him back to normal, "My brother's arms will always be there."

Luo Qinghuai was embarrassed to cry anymore, he began to think about the situation now.

"That man was only slightly injured, nothing happened." Huo Zhou took the initiative to explain to him, "We are all just self-defense, and nothing will happen. You tell the police uncle about the situation at that time, and we can go out. "

It was only then that Luo Qinghuai remembered that someone seemed to have been asking him questions before, but he couldn't concentrate at all at that time, and he didn't hear what others asked at all.

"I'm sorry." Luo Qinghuai finally knew why Huo Zhou appeared here.

"What are you sorry for?" Huo Zhou rubbed his cheek lovingly, "Let's rest for a while."

"No." Luo Qinghuai looked at the wall clock on the wall, "It's getting late, I'll take notes first."

They knocked on the door and called the police.

It's past the off-duty time, and the man on duty happens to be the police uncle who took the record for Huo Zhou before.

He didn't want the two children to spend the night in the detention center, so he didn't let Huo Zhou avoid him, and started questioning Luo Qinghuai directly in front of him.

"Do you know the victim?" the police uncle asked.

Luo Qinghuai was very unhappy with the term "victim", but looking at the innocent Huo Zhou next to him, he still nodded and said, "Yes. His name is Gao Yushu, he should be my father's former colleague."

Huo Zhou's heart skipped a beat.

When he was in Peking University, he heard the peaked cap talk, and he guessed that he might have something to do with the events of the year, so he bluffed him with the "truth" out of desperation.

Now it seems that it is really relevant.