Bamboo Horse Cultivation Manual [Rebirth]

In the early morning of the next day, Ye Li woke up early as usual.

It was exactly six o'clock. If it was this time normally, the old man would have already taken the puppy out for a walk.But because of the injury and fracture, he must be awake now, but he is still at home.

Ye Li calmly went to the bathroom on the second floor to wash his face, then calmly knocked on the door of the old man's room.

Sure enough, the old man's voice came from inside: "Come in."

Seeing that it was Ye Li, the old man smiled and said, "What's the matter? Xiao Li."

Ye Li said, "I want to help you wash up."

"Hehe, what a good boy."

Seeing Ye Li approaching, she helped him get some clothes on the side to change into, then helped him sit on the wheelchair beside him, pushed him to the bathroom not far away, and washed his face.

The old man looked at Ye Li with more and more relief.

Carefully sending the old man down the stairs, the nanny has already prepared breakfast and put it on the table.

Watching the old man finish his breakfast, Ye Li asked him if he wanted to go out for a walk and get some fresh air.

The old man thought that the time should be early, and Ye Li would not be delayed from going to school, so he smiled and nodded: "Well, let's go shopping."

Ye Li tied the little black dog's leash, then pulled the leash, pushed the wheelchair, and went out together.

The morning breeze was blowing, Ye Li asked, "Will it be cold? Do you want to add an extra coat?"

The old man replied no.

He seemed very happy that the child he treated as his own grandson could take care of him like this, and he couldn't stop smiling just thinking about it.

Ye Li asked the old man the route he wanted to go, and then led the old man there.

His expression was the same as usual, as if he was an ordinary, good boy who was filial to his elders.

He pushed the old man into the park, then found a chair and sat down.

The little black dog exhaled a breath that could vaguely see the white mist, and squatted at the feet of the two happily circling around.

The old man was sitting in a wheelchair, watching the bustling scene in the park in the morning, with a relaxed expression.

It was at this time that Ye Li suddenly opened his mouth.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa."

This sudden, without warning words made the old man stunned for a moment.

"what happened?"

He thought Ye Li was still blaming himself for causing him to fall down the stairs.

"We are a family, there is no need to care about this." The old man's face was very kind.

Ye Li took a deep breath and stood up from the chair.Then, under the shocked gaze of the old man, he knelt down heavily.

Bending down, keeping the elbows close to the ground, knocking his head on the brick floor, he said to the old man, "Please, don't take Xiao Mu away!"

The old man was startled, he didn't hear what Ye Li said at all, his arms were long enough, he leaned out, and hurriedly tried to pull Ye Li up from the wheelchair: "You child, what happened all of a sudden!"

"I beg you, I want Xiao Mu to go!" Ye Li said, "It's all my fault, it's my favorite Xiao Mu, all this is my fault, Xiao Mu is innocent."

The old man heard Ye Li's words clearly, but he didn't understand.He said, "Okay, you get up first, this kid—"

Ye Li kept hitting the ground with his head: "I was wrong, I was wrong, please don't embarrass Xiao Mu, please."

Drops of water fell to the ground unknowingly, stained with traces of gray drop by drop.

The old man accidentally fell off the wheelchair in a hurry, and without thinking about getting up, he touched Ye Li's face with his dry and thin palm in the posture of falling, and then quickly pressed Ye Li's face. On the forehead, he stopped his masochistic kowtow.

Ye Li's head stopped.

Curious crowds began to gather around, Ye Li was still sobbing softly.The old man comforted Ye Li's face with his palms, wiping away his tears.

"Xiao Li, don't cry, you are a strong child."

"..." Ye Li slowly raised his head and looked at the old man.

"Get up first, what's the matter, calm down and talk about it."

Ye Li wiped away the tears that he didn't expect to flow down his face with his hands. He got up and supported the old man's arm, and sent the old man back to the wheelchair.

The old man looked at him: "What happened, why are you crying? You don't want Xiao Mu to go to Shanghai?"

"I'm sorry." Ye Li lowered his head: "It's all my fault."

The old man patted Ye Li's palm reassuringly: "Don't blame yourself, grandpa doesn't blame you."

Hearing this sentence, Ye Li looked at the old man in a daze.

The old man said, "Do you want to go to school with Xiao Mu?"

Ye Li nodded.

"sorry."

"You don't need to apologize, you did nothing wrong." The old man said, "You have the right to keep Mu'er and speak your mind."

"I tried to convince myself that it was for his own good to let Xiao Mu go." Ye Li said, "I also thought about it, if you decide to let Xiao Mu leave, then although I am reluctant, I will not disobey your intention. But Xiao Mu doesn't want to leave."

The old man looked closely at Ye Li.

"I don't expect you to make any changes because of reasons I don't want to part with. But, at least, I hope you can listen to Xiao Mu's opinion." Ye Li's voice choked up again, and he said intermittently: "He, he can't , because of my fault, I have to leave here. If I want to leave, I will also leave."

The old man's expression gradually became sad because of Ye Li's sadness.

"Good boy, good boy."

The old man didn't know what to say.

Ye Li didn't intend to persuade the old man to let Qiu Mu stay because of his reluctance.I just hope that the old man can listen to Qiu Mu's plan a little bit, and respect Qiu Mu's opinion a little bit.

He is really too sensible, so sensible that even the elderly feel distressed.

Looking at the tear stains in the corner of Ye Li's eyes, the old man suddenly remembered that this seemed to be the first time he saw Ye Li crying.

Thinking about the first time Ye Li cried, it was to protect Qiu Mu's thoughts, and begged the old man to respect Qiu Mu's decision.The old man's heart softened even more.

Ye Li looked at the old man and said: "I know I was wrong, I can't do anything, can you forgive me? It doesn't matter what you say about me or how you treat me next, I admit it, after all, it is me It's not right. But Xiao Mu is not wrong."

The old man looked at Ye Li and said to him, "Xiao Li, come here."

Ye Li clenched his lower lip, then walked over firmly.

The old man stretched out his hand and poked towards Ye Li's head.Ye Li closed his eyes tightly, bent down, and stretched his head to a position within easy reach of the old man.

The blow and pain I imagined did not come.

The caress and pity, like a spring breeze, warmly conveyed from the soft touch of the scalp to the heart.

The nose is sour again.

Why do you treat him so well? It is obvious that his behavior has betrayed the old man's trust.

Didn't doing so make him more afraid to get close to Qiu Mu, or to do anything to disappoint the old man.

The old man said, "I hope Mu'er stays?"

Ye Li choked with sobs: "Yes."

The old man said: "Okay, then stay."

Ye Li was startled.

"I know what Mu'er and his parents are thinking. They just want to take this opportunity to take me to Shanghai." The old man said, "If I don't go, they will say, 'Mu'er is all because of I have to stay in such a small place because of my grandpa', I want to threaten me with this."

"..."

"I won't listen to them and do what they say." The old man, who was obviously resigned and wanted to leave his hometown for his grandson and go to Shanghai, changed his mind under Ye Li's tears: "Do you think I will leave like this? Except Xiao Li , no one can control grandpa."

Ye Li stared blankly at the old man.

"If Mu'er really wants to stay here, no one can take him away, not even his parents." The old man said: "The most important thing is that my two good grandsons can live happily."

Ye Li's lips trembled, his eyes became hot, and he almost forced tears again.

The old man said: "Fame and property are not important, this is what I have been saying all the time. Muer's parents won't listen, so forget it! At least you two children can live happily, and grandpa can still protect you well .”

"But......"

Ye Li wanted to ask the old man if he didn't care about his careless thoughts about Qiu Mu, but he couldn't ask.

How can you be so kind to him, how can you be so kind to him.

The old man looked at Ye Li lovingly and said, "So, don't cry anymore. Grandpa knows that you care about Mu'er, knows that you are good to Mu'er, and grandpa also likes your affectionate appearance. You have done nothing wrong."

Ye Li almost couldn't help crying again.

His knees softened and he knelt on the ground, lying on the old man's lap with his hands and head, and kept saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry".

The old man lowered his head and looked at Ye Li, brushing his palm comfortingly across Ye Li's back, hoping to calm him down through this kind of contact.

A few minutes later, Ye Li's mood returned to normal.

He wiped his cheek with his hand in embarrassment, thinking about his performance just now, he was really ashamed.

He has never lost his composure in such a big way.

The old man was very considerate and didn't mention this matter again, so that Ye Li wouldn't be too embarrassed.

"But, what about your health?" Ye Li said, "Xiao Mu and I are going to school, and Aunt Huang can't stay at home all day. I'm really worried. What if there is another accident one day? manage."

The old man was silent for a while, then smiled at Ye Li and said, "It's okay, Grandpa is fine."

Ye Li stubbornly shook his head.

The old man began to feel embarrassed.

"Besides, you are still injured. After two days, Xiaomu's mother will go back to Shanghai, and there will be no one at home to accompany you." Ye Li said: "Even if you recover from your injury, you can move around freely. There must be someone who can handle blood pressure matters." Be by your side and take care of you at all times."

"..."

Ye Li said something that made the old man dumbfounded: "I think, even if you say let Xiao Mu stay now, Xiao Mu will pretend to be deaf and dumb and try her best to use her studies as a 'threat' to make you stay with him. I went to Shanghai. After all, you can’t get good care here, and everyone is worried about you staying at home alone.”

So after going around and around, the old man still has to go to Shanghai in the end, and then he has to find a way to send Qiu Mu back under the obstruction of Qiu Mu's parents?

This is really...

After figuring out his future whereabouts, the old man was really wanting to laugh at the same time.

Qiu Mu had no idea that so many things actually happened between Ye Li and the old man who came back from outside the house when he just woke up and sat at the dining table in a daze to eat breakfast quietly.

Grandpa and grandson are both moody people.Ye Li's expression was natural, and there was no trace of crying at all.Except for the wound on the forehead, and the dust on the knees and elbows revealing a little flaw, it is impossible to see what happened just now.

Before Qiu Mu found out that something was wrong, Ye Li sent the old man to the dining table to have breakfast, ran to the bedroom and changed his clothes, and completely disguised himself to be watertight.

So except for the old man, no one knew what Ye Li had done when he summoned up his courage in private.

Walking to the dining table, Ye Li subconsciously wanted to sit back where he was most used to sitting, which was next to Qiu Mu.

But after glancing at the old man in the main seat, Ye Li silently took the food on the dinner plate, carried it to the left hand side of the old man, and sat down face to face with Qiu Mu.

Qiu Mu: "?"

Qiu Mu's mother was on the phone in the wind and rain and walked quickly from the stairs, discussing work matters with the person on the other end of the phone in a serious tone, talking while eating, and talking about the old man eating breakfast soon Yes, and there is no intention of stopping.

Ye Li and Qiu Mu had gotten used to this kind of picture during their recent summer vacation, so they adapted well.But the old man became more and more angry. Seeing that his daughter-in-law was still on the phone, he endured it. When the phone call finally ended, he broke out in one breath: "What does it look like!"

In this family, the old man has never seen anyone eat like this. Qiu Mu and Ye Li are very self-conscious. Sitting at the dining table with chopsticks in their hands, they will never touch their mobile phones. Over time, by contrast The old man is even more disgusted with Qiu Mu's mother's style of focusing on business.

Qiu Mu's mother quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, Dad, I'm not over there. I'm too busy and I can only deal with it on the phone for a while. I will pay attention next time."

The old man's beard is raised: "Hmph! With your appearance, Mu'er will be spoiled by the two of you once she passes by."

Qiu Mu sat aside, his eyes moved inadvertently because of this sentence.

He seems to have found a way to persuade the adults not to stay in Shanghai.

Ye Li packed up the dishes on the table and walked out of the kitchen.Said to Qiu Mu: "It's time to go to school."

Qiu Mu got off the chair, carried her schoolbag on her back, and said goodbye to the two elders.

The two left home together.

Qiu Mu said: "Grandpa seems very dissatisfied with the style of parents who only think about business."

Ye Li: "Yes."

Qiu Mu turned her head and said to Ye Li: "You say, after I trick grandpa to Shanghai, tell grandpa that I don't like living with my parents and I want to live with you, how about it?"

Even though he knew it was an excuse, Ye Li's heart still skipped a beat because of this casual sentence.

"Maybe it can work." Ye Li said: "When I went out in the morning, I told grandpa that you wish to stay here, and grandpa seems to have listened."

"Really?" Qiu Mu was a little surprised. After all, this kind of behavior is very rare in Ye Li. He smiled and patted Ye Li's shoulder: "Thank you."

"..." Ye Li forced a smile: "After all, you stayed here because of Xiao Yu."

"Yes." Qiu Mu thought to himself, it was because of Gu Yu that he traveled all the way to this small town to go to school.Then I met Ye Li here.

Ye Li: "..."

"But speaking of it, do you feel that you are deliberately avoiding me?" Qiu Mu propped her chin with her fingers, her thoughtful eyes turned back and forth on Ye Li.

Ye Li was taken aback: "Why do you say that?"

Qiu Mu blinked: "It's just a feeling, I don't know how to describe it."

Ye Li avoided Qiu Mu's gaze uncomfortably: "It's an illusion."

Qiu Mu pointed at Ye Li's face with his index finger: "Look! Now you're avoiding me again!"

"..."

Qiu Mu asked: "I won't make you unhappy, will I?"

Ye Li: "No."

Qiu Mu deliberately moved closer to Ye Li: "Really?"

"Ah."

"..." Qiu Mu's eyes were fixed on Ye Li's profile, and he didn't leave for a long time.

Two days later, Qiu Mu's mother left Guangling.

A month later, the old man's injury improved and he was able to try to walk slowly while leaning on the wall.

At the same time, the final exam came as scheduled.

On the second day after the exam, Qiu Mu's mother hurried back to Guangling again.

This time, she came to take Qiu Mu and the old man away.

"..."

Qiu Mu sorted out the things needed to go to the Shanghai residence in the room.Ye Li stood at the door, watching Qiu Mu pack his luggage, silent.

Qiu Mu's mother said: "Why do you bring such a small amount of things, let's prepare spring and summer clothes together, and the books on these bookshelves, don't you want them?"

In the eyes of Qiu Mu's mother, Qiu Mu is going to live in Shanghai in the future, so it is not "living temporarily", but "moving everything there".But Qiu Mu practiced Tai Chi and said: "There are too many things to bring, and the rest will be sent to Shanghai by courier later."

Qiu Mu's mother: "There are so many things, how do you send them?"

Qiu Mu said casually: "Xiao Li is still here, just tell him what you need."

Qiu Mu's mother looked back at Ye Li who was standing at the door.

Ye Li was thinking about other things in his mind, and his mind was not here.Caught off guard by the two, he hurriedly came back to his senses and smiled at Qiu Mu's mother: "..."

Qiu Mu's mother seemed to be used to Ye Li being treated unconditionally by Qiu Mu and the old man, she also smiled at Ye Li, and then complained to Qiu Mu: "Although it can be like this, but it can't be too much trouble for Xiao Li, How many things do you have here, how long does it take for Xiaoli to tidy up."

Qiu Mu laughed and said, "No trouble, no trouble, Xiaoli won't despise me for trouble."

Qiu Mu's mother can't always complain about the good relationship between the two brothers in front of Ye Li. She is relieved and can only accept it with a smile no matter how dissatisfied she is.

Qiu Mu and Ye Li exchanged glances, then stood up: "By the way, I haven't said goodbye to Xiao Yu yet, Mom, I'll go out first."

Then he pulled Ye Li and went out with him to find Gu Yu.

Standing in front of the hanger at the door, the two put on their coats and scarves.

"My mother told Xiao Yu that I might not come back in the next few years, and Xiao Yu seemed quite disturbed." Qiu Mu said, "So during the time I'm away, please help me and Xiao Yu to explain more."

Ye Li: "Yes."

"Your scarf is not tied properly." Qiu Mu looked at Ye Li and reminded him.Then when Ye Li tidied it once, but still didn't tidy it up, he reached out to help.

Ye Li's eyes widened slightly, and he subconsciously avoided it.

The movements of Qiu Mu's hands froze immediately.

"..."

The eyelashes fluttered up and down, and his eyes flickered.Then don't look away, retracting the arm pretending to be natural, Qiu Mu said: "Go, let's go to Xiao Yu's house."

Ye Li lowered his head and did not speak, nor did he look at Qiu Mu: "..."

Standing at the door of Gu Yu's house and chatting with Gu Yu, seeing Gu Yu nervously asking "Are you really coming back? Don't leave, okay?" Qiu Mu should be happy, but she was unusually depressed.

He found that Ye Li seemed to have alienated him.During this time, he talked to Ye Li many times and made many attempts.He explained to Ye Li that he didn't stay here because of Gu Yu, and he was also very reluctant to leave Ye Li, and there were reasons for Ye Li's willingness to stay, but Ye Li didn't express anything other than a gratified smile. No.

Apologizing is useless, probing is useless, showing intimacy is useless.

Could it be that things have finally started to feel disgusting to him and tired of him?

Excluding all confirmed answers, this seems to be the only possibility.

Thinking of this, Qiu Mu's heart began to ache.

It's good to be hated by anyone, but don't be disgusted by Ye Li.

Otherwise, this blow would definitely make Qiu Mu unable to recover for a long time.

Watching Gu Yu return home, only Qiu Mu and Ye Li were left on the street.Finally, Qiu Mu couldn't bear the sense of distance that Ye Li deliberately walked half a step away from him, so she suddenly accelerated to Ye Li's side, and took Ye Li's hand.

Ye Li looked at him in shock, and after being dazed for two seconds, he quickly pulled his hand away from Qiu Mu's palm.

Qiu Mu's expression was very hurt.

"Do you hate me so much?"

"Do not......"

"Then why do you want to do this?!" Qiu Mu said loudly, "Why do you avoid me!"

"..." Ye Li glanced around, wanting to see if there was anyone around.

But because of Ye Li's behavior, Qiu Mu hated him even more: "You think I'm disgusting, and you're afraid that others will misunderstand you?"

Ye Li opened his mouth wide: "What..."

Qiu Mu said angrily: "I've had enough!!"

"..."

"Why don't you sit next to me, why do you have to deliberately change the cup to a place I haven't drunk before, why don't you even touch me, why don't you always look into my eyes and talk. What am I not good enough for?" ? Do you despise me! "

Ye Li: "I haven't."

"You liar!" Qiu Mu hammered Ye Li's chest angrily: "You bastard, you bastard! Why are you doing this to me!"

Ye Li subconsciously stretched out his hand to hold Qiu Mu's fist, looked at the nearby figures, and wanted to take him to a place where no one was paying attention: "Don't..."

Qiu Mu was anxious, one hand was held, and the other hand was spread out to grab Ye Li's collar, and he was pulled towards him, and he whispered angrily: "If you dare to leave now Me, I'm never finished with you! Anyone can dislike me, only you can't, do you know that!"

"..." Ye Li didn't know what expression to use to face Qiu Mu.

Qiu Mu: "Why don't you look at me? What are you wary of? What are you avoiding?"

Ye Li: "Sorry."

"I understand, you really started to dislike me." Qiu Mu looked at Ye Li with a bit of hatred: "You want to break up with me, don't you, don't you want to talk to me anymore? You think I want to be with you Grandpa is about to leave Guangling, and he is finally relieved, he doesn't have to force himself to endure me anymore, right?"

Ye Li showed embarrassment: "I'm not—"

"If that's the case, then go away!" Qiu Mu waved his arms in the air, and flung them beside him, making a strong sound of fabric shaking and rubbing against the air, as if expressing the anger in Qiu Mu's heart : "Get out of my house, out of my sight, and don't talk to me again! I can live well without you, but it's just going back to my previous life, no difference!!"

It was Qiu Mu who clearly said such excessive words and kept scolding Ye Li sharply, but showed sad and sad eyes, begging Ye Li not to leave, not to abandon him.

Ye Li finally stopped looking around and couldn't help stretching out his hand to caress Qiu Mu's face.

There was a glimmer of hope in Qiu Mu's eyes, and he hurriedly said, "You won't leave, right!?"

Ye Li nodded.

"Don't leave me." Qiu Mu said quickly: "Please, you are different from others - you won't find me disgusting, right?"

There was a little humble hope in his eyes, like the last straw held by a dying person.

Ye Li was in a complicated mood, looking at Qiu Mu like this, his heart was full of things he wanted to say, but he didn't know how to say them.

"I'm scared of you like this." Qiu Mu whispered in an eager tone: "I beg you, please say something."

"..." His lips twitched a few times, hesitated to speak, and finally sighed: "I'm sorry."

"I don't want to hear this." Qiu Mu's exploring eyes fixed on Ye Li's eyes: "You know I want to hear what you have to say."

Ye Li looked at Qiu Mu with a complicated expression, full of sentimentality.

"What do you want me to say? What do you want me to do."

Keep the distance that friends should have, not too alienated, alienated will make him uneasy.Don't get too close, it will make him think too much.Ye Li endured the emotions in his heart, and said: "Don't worry, I will do whatever you want me to do."

Regardless of whether Qiu Mu's request is what Ye Lixin expected, he will do his best to achieve it.

Qiu Mu tentatively touched Ye Li's face with his fingers, but Ye Li didn't move, letting Qiu Mu touch it.

Qiu Mu seemed to be relieved, he touched Ye Li's face with his hand, and then went to hold Ye Li's palm, seeing that Ye Li didn't resist, he finally let go.

"Great......"

Wiping off the hot sweat that was forced out by him because he was anxious, Qiu Mu said: "If I don't confirm this before departure, I will really not be able to sleep well for a month."

"I'm sorry." Ye Li turned his head and glanced at the closed door behind him. No one came out. Even if the old man was standing by the window, he probably couldn't see their hands holding each other from this angle.

I really want to continue to hold hands with Qiu Mu, but it won't be long before Qiu Mu, who notices that the hands are still held together, will definitely let go.Ye Li slowly loosened his clenched palm, and then slowly pulled it out at a speed that Qiu Mu wouldn't think about.