Blow

Regarding Ji Xinci, Wen Xiao's first impression is that he is very tolerant of external things.For example, Wen Xiao's sexual orientation was exposed in front of Ji Xinci at the very beginning, and was quickly accepted without any rejection.

In addition, Ji Xinci is also the closest to Wen Xiao among the several roommates.And they are also very destined, often meet on the road, or stay in the dormitory, and go out at the same time, so there are more opportunities to communicate with each other, and know something about each other.

In late October, about a week before the 29th, Ji Xinci mentioned Wen Xiao's birthday.

"How about it, I can't live it," Ji Xinci asked on the way back to the dormitory from the library in the evening, "It's a rare [-]th anniversary."

Wen Xiao said: "Who said I? I'm a repeat student, a class higher than you."

Ji Xinci was dumbfounded.He knew Wen Xiao's birthday, zodiac sign, hobbies, hometown...but he didn't expect Wen Xiao to repeat his studies for a year.

"So you're really the big brother?" He looked surprised, "What a coincidence."

The ranking of their dormitories is based on the order of occupancy. Wen Xiao was the first to arrive, so he was naturally hailed as the boss.

Wen Xiao gave him a funny look.

Ji Xinci said again: "Brother, then I will call you brother from now on."

"Just call it by name," Wen Xiao didn't like him calling it that way. For some reason, it felt a bit strange, "It's so clear what to do."

Then the two returned to the dormitory.Wen Xiao packed his schoolbag as usual, and went out to work as his part-time tutor, still taking the child of the Wang family, Wang Jinglei.

Speaking of which, the last time the little girl lost contact, he has not received a follow-up answer so far. He only knows that he was notified to suspend teaching for a week, and then both parties acted as if nothing had happened, and everything went on as usual.

——Of course not without any changes.At least Wang Jinglei is much quieter and more obedient than before. She always looks at her homework on her own, and doesn't talk to him or ask questions.So many times, Wen Xiao no longer felt the need for himself as a tutor.

He went over today, intending to discuss this matter with Wang Mama, and planned to resign and change a job, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable about taking other people's salary for nothing.

Therefore, when meeting Wang Jinglei, Wen Xiao was the first to declare this point.

Unexpectedly, Wang Jinglei suddenly became emotional, raised her head and said loudly: "I've behaved in everything, but you are still not satisfied with me?"

"It's not dissatisfaction," Wen Xiao frowned slightly, and explained, "It's just that I found out that you don't need a tutor—you don't have any problems with your homework."

Wang Jinglei said angrily: "Then do you know what my mother will think of me if you say you quit? I've tried my best to make her happy, can you stop making trouble?"

Wen Xiao was taken aback.

"You wrote all of these." Then Wang Jinglei pushed over a stack of test papers.

Wen Xiao glanced at her and said, "Even if I continue to be a tutor, I can't just help you with your homework."

"Then what do you want to do?" Wang Jinglei said impatiently, "I have never seen you like this. You are not happy to get paid for nothing, and you think your work is too leisurely."

Wen Xiao asked back: "You really want me to take money from your mother for nothing?"

Wang Jinglei immediately retorted: "You have a good idea!" After speaking, she glared at Wen Xiao angrily.

Wen Xiao suddenly had a headache, not knowing what was going on with her, where her anger came from, and how to communicate with this child.He simply crossed his arms, leaned back in the chair and watched her.

"...Anyway, you can't leave," Wang Jinglei said, "otherwise I'll tell my mother that you abused me and left because of a guilty conscience."

Wen Xiao calmly said, "What do you mean by that?"

Wang Jinglei said: "My mother is happy to hire a tutor for me, so let her do it, and it will be interesting if she is happy."

Wen Xiao asked, "Then why is she unhappy?"

"Because my dad—" Wang Jinglei blurted out a few words, immediately realized something, shut up, and looked at Wen Xiao vigilantly.

This was the first time Wen Xiao heard the name "Dad" from her mouth.In addition, Wen Xiao felt very familiar with some of Wang Jinglei's words for some reason.

Wen Xiao turned his eyes away, looked at the darkening sky outside the window, and said: "I know you may have some family affairs that you can't talk about. I'm not interested, and I won't ask. But my job is really important to you and me. It's not necessary. I'll explain it to your mother, and you don't have to worry about her blaming you. "

He thought these words were clear enough, but what Wang Jinglei caught was another important point.She opened her eyes wide and said, "'Some' family stuff? You're 'not interested'? Do you know how big things are going on in our family, you can't even imagine!”

Wen Xiao still overestimated the mental maturity of most children in this age group.He himself was too precocious, thinking that everyone in the world would keep secret family affairs secret like he used to, but in fact, many children are still in the stage of struggling for attention. Hearing things like contempt and "no interest" in the interview.

"You wait." Wang Jinglei said, ran away from her seat, and walked out of the room.

Following her actions, Wen Xiao had a vague feeling of digging his own grave, and he could almost foresee today's result, that is, he might really not be able to resign in a short time.

After a while, Wang Jinglei trotted back with a photo frame in her hand.

"This is my dad," she put the photo frame on the desk, "I saw him that day—the first time I can remember."

Wen Xiao understood that the so-called "day" must be the end of the National Day holiday, the day Wang Jinglei lost contact.He looked at the photo frame on the table and found that it was a family portrait of a family of three. In the photo, Wang Jinglei was still very young, about two or three years old.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out to cover the photo.

Wang Jinglei blocked Wen Xiao's line of sight, and asked, "You have watched it for so long, and you have nothing to say?"

Wen Xiao said, "No."

"You—" Wang Jinglei was a little annoyed, and suddenly sneered, "That's right, a person like you lives too comfortably, and doesn't understand what happened to me."

Wen Xiao didn't refute her words, but felt that such a young child said the word "life" very delicately.

Wang Jinglei put the photo frame face down and clasped it, as if she was hiding a lot of emotion in her heart, her chest kept heaving, she was so angry that she was about to cry.This can't help but make people suspect that her obedient and sensible behavior in the recent period is all a depressing disguise.

Everything else is fine, but if she starts to cry, there is really nothing Wen Xiao can do.He had no choice but to think about a question, and said, "Then let me ask you, you've only seen photos, and it's been so long, how did you recognize your father?"

Wang Jinglei said: "He hasn't changed much, but he has also changed... Anyway, I can recognize it, do you understand telepathy?"

Wen Xiao asked again: "Since you are going to see him, why didn't you answer your mother's call?"

"I didn't see him, but followed him," Wang Jinglei said, "I turned off my phone to silent, and I didn't have time to look at it."

"You followed him?"

"Yes, he has been on his way, and I have been chasing him. Later, a policeman asked me what I was doing, and I said I was looking for my dad, and he would help...then they took my dad away, saying he was an old man."

No one could have imagined that things would go like this, it was too dramatic, giving people a sense of absurd unreality.

Wen Xiao was really surprised this time, and looked at Wang Jinglei in astonishment.

Wang Jinglei continued: "Afterwards, my mother told me everything, that my father owed debts, caused a lot of trouble, and was not a good person, so she divorced my father and took me alone... But I still don't understand, she used to Why did you lie to me and say that my dad just couldn't find us."

——The last sentence is probably the reason for her desire to "want to be seen".

"Do you wish your father was that kind of person?" Wen Xiao asked.

Without even thinking about it, Wang Jinglei said, "How is it possible?"

Wen Xiao said lightly: "So your mother doesn't want you to know about this. You can tell me these things openly now, but if you know the truth from the beginning, can you do this to your classmates and friends around you? You avoid them, you're afraid to be around them because you know your dad is a bad guy and you don't deserve to be with them."

"What do you mean!" Wang Jinglei was shocked and angry.

Wen Xiao said: "I treat you as an adult, so I talk to you like this. If you don't want to listen, forget it."

Maybe it was because of his expression, or maybe it was because his words expressed respect for the other party as a peer.Wang Jinglei calmed down slowly, and looked at him hesitantly.

Wen Xiao went on to say, "But I'm still not sure what kind of mood you were in when you told me these things."

"It's just disappointment and anger," Wang Jinglei pouted, "I didn't know the result would be like this, I've been waiting for so long, I've been waiting for so long, I've been looking for so long—how could my father be such a person? Why?"

Her eyes were slightly red.

Parents have always been the first idols of children, and children have a natural expectation and admiration for their parents.It's a pity that some parents are doomed to live up to this pure and clean feeling.

Wen Xiao's heart was also ups and downs.

"But I don't agree with what you said just now," Wang Jinglei said suddenly. "So what if my father is a bad guy, so I don't deserve to play with my friends? It's his fault, not me, so I won't be afraid .The friend should be mine or mine, I still have my mother, I will work hard to study and earn money to take care of her, I will live my life well, and I will be very happy."

Wen Xiao was completely stunned when he heard this, and looked at the 14-year-old girl with complicated eyes.And Wang Jinglei's voice was a little choked up.

Wen Xiao thought for a while, and said, "I've finished my beautiful words, so it's a little late to cry."

Wang Jinglei forced back her tears when she heard the words, stared at him and said, "Of course, I won't make my mother unhappy anymore. In fact, she didn't hire a tutor for me to help me with my homework. She was just too busy with work. Spend time with me, don't worry about me being alone at home. I always wanted to play games by myself, so I deliberately made my previous teacher go away."

Wen Xiao then pointed to himself.

"You—you look pleasing to the eye, don't you?" Wang Jinglei said aggressively.

Wen Xiao couldn't help laughing.

Wang Jinglei immediately expressed her position: "I declare in advance that I don't like you. You are so old and you don't have a date. You must have a brain problem."

Wen Xiao said, "How do you know I don't have one?"

"Can you have it?" Wang Jinglei looked at him suspiciously, "Dream. You can see your face, and your words are too ugly. If you just post a sentence on Weibo, you can hang it on the wall and be sprayed for three days and three nights." level."

Wen Xiao thought to himself: Is his speech really so ugly?How does Xia Jue feel when talking to him?

There was a moment of silence in the room.

"Hey, do you really want to resign?" Wang Jinglei asked again.

Wen Xiao didn't answer directly.

Later, when Mama Wang came back, he only asked for a reduction in the daily salary. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Wang Jinglei eavesdropping on the crack of the door, with a nervous expression on her face.

In the end, it took a lot of effort to persuade Mama Wang to reduce her daily salary by [-], and Wen Xiao got up to leave.

On the way back to school, it began to rain lightly.He can no longer spend time downstairs in the dormitory, so he can only go upstairs while wearing earphones and Xia Jue's voice, ready to hang up after entering the dormitory door.

However, as soon as the key was inserted into the keyhole, the door opened without turning it. Ji Xinci poked his head out from inside and greeted him with a smile: "Brother, are you back?" There was an indescribable intimacy in his tone.

Xia Jue suddenly fell silent on the other end of the call, and repeated softly: "Brother?"

...Wen Xiao paused, and suddenly understood why it was so strange for Ji Xinci to call him that in the evening.

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