Feather to be a beauty

Chapter 4 Courage Not to Fear
Around seven o'clock, someone brought the porridge.When the man opened the food box, Cheng Jun let out a "wow", and a faint sweet fragrance wafted to the tip of his nose. It was glutinous rice porridge with longan and red dates.

The rice porridge is sweet and soft and melts in the mouth.It's a pity that the wound was on her chin, so she could only take small sips.In fact, a child like Cheng Jun has never asked for food, as long as she can satisfy her hunger, it is good for her.But this morning, looking at the white mist forming above the bowl, she was already looking forward to tomorrow morning.

After Cheng Jun had breakfast, he lay happily on the sofa and waited for Lu Renzhou. He didn't expect that Lu Renzhou would drag her to the hospital as soon as he arrived.She resisted almost reflexively, opened the car door and was about to run.Lu Renzhou didn't obstruct it, but said casually: "Then you go back, anyway, there will be a pigeon race later, and I have to go to work."

Cheng Jun stopped his movements and withdrew his hand hesitantly, "Pigeon race? Really? You didn't even bring any pigeons."

"It has already been sent."

Lu Renzhou was wearing a dark fleece shirt and a light gray cardigan over it today. He leaned leisurely on the driver's seat, elegant and handsome.

"..." Cheng Jun stared at him sideways, and suddenly said, "You look so good-looking!" You are more beautiful than anyone I have ever met.

Lu Renzhou was caught off guard and choked. He raised his eyes and gave her a sideways glance, then covered his lips with his fist and smiled softly.It's not that he hasn't been praised before, on the contrary, he is tired of hearing some words, but the little girl blinked her eyes and smiled innocently and straightforwardly, Lu Renzhou felt her ears warm slightly.

Little girl film!He coughed lightly, put his elbows on the steering wheel, looked sideways at her, and smiled harmlessly, "Make a decision quickly."

Cheng Jun cried and hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth with an extremely aggrieved expression, "If you lie to me, I will never talk to you again."

In the hospital, Cheng Jun stopped making noise, and obediently walked into the injection room when he was called.Sitting in the corridor and watching her walk in, Lu Renzhou felt uneasy. Why are you so obedient?

Cheng Jun has been looking for barefoot doctors in the town for serious and minor illnesses since he was a child. To be honest, today is the first time he has been to such a big hospital.Seeing the white-clothed doctor and all kinds of medical equipment that she had only seen on TV all of a sudden, she instantly felt so small and nervous, and of course she didn't dare to cause trouble rashly.

After entering the door, the young nurse wore a mask, glanced up at her, and pointed to the hospital bed by the wall, "Lie on the bed." As soon as she woke up, didn't she just get an injection and lie on the bed?what to doBullying her as a child?
Cheng Jun stared at the nurse vigilantly, watching her pick up the syringe and walk towards him quickly!
This posture - Chengjun's muddled factor immediately revived.She clutched her chin, backed away like a hairy hair, and then jumped onto the bed like a monkey, her eyes wide open and she stretched out her hands to protect her chest.

"Get down for me." The little nurse sternly yelled, her eyes widened, staring at the footprints on the white sheet, "What are you doing! Where are the parents?"

The parents vaguely heard the loud noises in the injection room from outside, and immediately opened the door to come in, just in time to hear the nurse calling to other colleagues, "Hurry up and grab her!"

It was such a serious battle between the enemy and ourselves, Lu Renzhou couldn't laugh or cry, and approached resignedly.Cheng Jun quickly jumped down and ran behind him, aggrieved: "You don't believe me if I say no, look what she wants to do to me!"

Lu Renzhou glanced at her, tapped her lips with his index finger to make her stop, then turned to the nurse, "Sorry, she's just afraid of injections, she doesn't mean anything."

His voice was unhurried, low-meld and gentle, and most of the nurse's anger melted unknowingly.It's just that I was still somewhat angry in my heart, and was about to raise my head to reprimand, but I caught his eyes.

Cheng Jun looked up in a daze, only to see the fierce nurse raised her hand and seemingly casually took off the mask, lowered her head with a reddish face, and said coquettishly: "That can't make trouble like this, look at what we have trampled on our hospital bed. That's it."

"Sorry to trouble you." Lu Renzhou said.

Hearing his apology, Cheng Jun tugged at the lapel of his clothes behind him, muttering in a low voice, "Why did you suddenly change her face? She was much more fierce than this just now."

Lu Renzhou glanced down at her again and said nothing. He suddenly bent down and hugged her forcefully, causing Cheng Jun to wrap his arms around his neck in fright.Lu Renzhou put her on his lap, and after clamping her legs, he smiled at the nurse, "I'll grab her, come on."

The little nurse pursed her lips, leaned down, put one hand on Cheng Jun's cool buttocks, looked at Lu Renzhou and reminded gently, "Be careful, I'm about to start."

Cheng Jun was originally tightly bound by Lu Renzhou's arms and couldn't move. Hearing this, he tried his best to twist his buttocks. Lu Renzhou said in a deep voice, "Don't move, it will be fine soon!"

"No!" Cheng Jun leaned his elbow against his chest, trying to separate the two of them a bit, and raised his other hand to cover his eyes, "You can't see!"

Lu Renzhou was stunned, and Cheng Jun soon felt more and more vibrations coming from his chest.She was even more embarrassed. What's wrong if a man and a woman can't kiss each other?
He pulled her hand down, with a smile in his eyes, "I won't look at it, don't worry!"

He motioned to the nurse who was already looking slightly drunk. The little nurse saw Cheng Jun's fuss, blushed when she started, and said in a considerate manner: "You must be careful, the kid has a lot of strength."

"Little girl is afraid of pain, please be gentle."

"it is good."

Cheng Jun finished his mental preparation, hugged his hand tightly, and waited for a long time with his eyes closed. The little nurse was still hanging out her little butt, chatting slowly with Lu Renzhou.She was angry in her heart, shouldn't it be me who should be careful?

After the little nurse finally finished beating, Cheng Jun was about to pull up his pants, but found that Lu Renzhou's fingers were still pressing the cotton swab on her buttocks.Cheng Jun twisted and wanted to jump off, but Lu Renzhou stopped him: "Wait a little longer."

Cheng Jun's little face turned red again, she is already 12 years old, okay?Know a lot of things, you know?She was suffering silently until she walked out of the hospital and got into the car. Her whole body was weird, with a rhythm of the same hands and feet.

Lu Renzhou followed her two steps away, and couldn't help laughing again. The little girl began to know how to be shy.

After coming out of the hospital, Lu Renzhou Shou Nuo took her to the place where the pigeon race was held, and people sent pigeons to sign up one after another.In fact, most of the pigeon breeders are uncles and uncles. When they walked in, they attracted the attention of many people. Cheng Jun looked around curiously.

There is a row of long tables in the huge office, and several staff members sit at the table to receive applicants. A large banner hangs above their heads, "XX City Carrier Pigeon Association's 2002 Winter 1000-kilometer Burma Race".

There were two long queues behind the table, and the uncles and uncles were chatting with their pigeon cages.

"Where's your pigeon?" Cheng Jun asked.

"in front of."

Cheng Jun said "Oh", and saw an old man in front of the table take the things handed over by the staff and stick them on the pigeon's feet, "What is he doing?"

"That's called a password ring, I'll show you later." Lu Renzhou replied.He looked down at her head that kept looking around, bent the corner of his mouth, and stretched out his right hand to her, "There are many people here, don't run around."

Cheng Jun put his hand in his palm, then tilted his head, "Hey, your hands are so warm."

Lu Renzhou held her hand, pinched her face with two fingers, and led her directly to the registration desk.Cheng Jun saw a somewhat familiar figure approaching, "Isn't this Cheng Jun? He's grown taller."

"Uncle Zhong!" It turned out that Lu Renzhou was afraid of delaying the registration, so he asked Uncle Zhong to bring the pigeons.

Uncle Zhong looked at her chin wrapped in thick gauze, and bent down, "You have to refrain from eating it these few days, or it will leave a scar in the future, and it won't look good."

At this time, Lu Renzhou handed Cheng Jun a sticker consisting of a serial number and a password strip, "Put the big one on the pigeon's feet."

She likes to do things like sticking stickers.Before, Lin Xiaoguang brought a four-wheel-drive brother sticker to school, but Cheng Jun was coveted for a long time, but he couldn't get it.In the end, I saved my breakfast money, bought a few and posted them on the bedside.

Lu Renzhou grabbed the pigeon, and Cheng Jun tore off the password strip enthusiastically, and asked him, "Is this the password ring you mentioned?"

"Yes, it is the identity certificate of the racing pigeon. After the pigeon arrives home, it will check with the organizer according to the password of the pigeon."

"Like a code?"

Lu Renzhou smiled, "That's right."

His explanation made Cheng Jun feel that what he is doing now is solemn and great, with a mysterious look.Both Lu Renzhou and Uncle Zhong were amused by her furtive expression.

After the ring is pasted, the pigeon is handed over to the organizer, and the owner can no longer touch the pigeon until the end of the whole race.During the period, the organizer will also stamp a black stamp on each pigeon, which is the second identification of the pigeons in this competition, in case someone cheats and replaces the pigeons in the middle.

This is a multi-provincial league. The organizer will set off immediately after collecting the pigeons, and send the pigeons to the release place thousands of kilometers away. After meeting with the players from various provinces, a high-level competition will be held. Win or lose.

"Aren't you worried?" Sending your child so far away is too invisible and intangible, and there are too many uncertainties.

"We have done everything we need to do, and the rest is up to the pigeons themselves. The organizer will send them to far away places, and the pigeons will fly home by their own ability. This is the real pigeon racing. "

At this time, Cheng Jun still didn't understand the true meaning of "you can only rely on yourself", let alone understand Lu Renzhou's intention to say this to her.Seeing the pigeons enter the arena and isolate themselves from their owners, Cheng Jun only felt that the competition was even more mysterious. The competitive factor in her bones was aroused a little bit, and of course, she also had the curiosity to watch the excitement.

After the pigeon collection, Uncle Zhong went back to Jianglin by himself, and Lu Renzhou drove Cheng Jun home.Lu Renzhou's cell phone rang halfway, he took it out and took a look, looked ahead and handed the cell phone to Cheng Jun.

It was Ye Chengcheng calling.

She glanced at Lu Renzhou in surprise, and answered the phone at his signal.

"Hello, brother?"

"Chengjun?" Ye Chengcheng was stunned on the phone for a moment, then laughed, "No wonder Lao Lu asked me to call at this hour. I heard you were injured, does it still hurt?"

Cheng Jun touched the gauze and shook his head, "It won't hurt if you don't touch it." After a pause, she asked, "Brother, have you been busy lately?"

Ye Chengcheng coughed, "Well, I'm very busy. You have to be obedient, and I will visit you when I have time."

Cheng Jun had nothing to say, and returned the phone to Lu Renzhou.

Lu Renzhou stared at the road ahead, noticing her obviously depressed mood, "I hope your brother comes to see you so much?"

Cheng Jun sneered, leaned his head back, and shook his head indifferently against the back of the chair, "He has said for many years that he would come to see me, and I'm not stupid. I knew he was coaxing me."

Lu Renzhou glanced sideways at her, sighed almost inaudibly, and raised his hand to rub the top of her head.

"It's not as good as you." Cheng Jun narrowed his eyes slightly, already used to his habit of rubbing her head.

Cheng Jun propped his head in silence and looked out of the car window. Ye Chengcheng didn't come to see her, or didn't dare to come to see her, which was a fact she knew a long time ago.Sometimes she just asks casually when she is at a loss for words. At her age, she has already begun to know how to be reserved and save face.

However, she still has expectations after all.This expectation was always there until she was 16 years old, but it was hidden deeply year after year.

In this competition, the pigeons will be released on time at six o'clock the next morning.For a thousand-kilometer race, the pigeons can fly continuously for more than ten hours, and the pigeons will return home at least in the evening.

Lu Renzhou told Cheng Jun that they implemented the Berma system for this competition, which is a very unique competition system in domestic competitions.The biggest difference between Burma Race and general competitions is the setting of the highest award "Burma Award".

To put it bluntly, this kind of competition system is a way of prize distribution - rain or shine, if only one pigeon returns home within the effective time stipulated by the pigeon club, then this pigeon is the champion of this competition, and it can also be called Burma pigeon.

Burma will receive the highest honor and take all the bonuses of the awards. One can imagine how rich they are.All participating fanciers must fully agree with this racing system and sign the Burma system agreement.

In a sense, "Burma" is the highest title among domestic champion pigeons.

Lu Renzhou said: "This is a competition system that is willing to bet and admit defeat. It is the most direct obedience to the king who returns from victory. In the ultra-long-distance race of a thousand kilometers, the pigeons that can come back are true braves, and more pigeons may never leave. return."

Because of Lu Renzhou's words, after Cheng Jun came out of the pigeon collection scene, he remained agitated and anxious, and went home with his fists clenched.

Lu Renzhou looked at her amusedly. When he got off the car, Lu Renzhou called her to stop. When he bent down and wanted to let her treat him normally, he suddenly paused and stopped talking.From the corner of his eyes, behind Cheng Jun, Lin Aizhen and a man came out of the gate talking and laughing, their appearance was intimate.

Cheng Jun looked up at Lu Renzhou, just in time to see a flash of surprise on his face.She followed his gaze and looked back, and when she saw clearly the hands of the wretched man on Lin Aizhen's waist, the smile on her face disappeared.

Cheng Jun gritted his teeth and stood there, his fists clenched tighter and tighter.Such a small child, with a clearly childish and cute face, turned cold in an instant, and the hostility towards his mother was undisguised in his eyes, which was shocking to watch.

She ran over, vigorously pushed Lin Aizhen and the two away, and rushed into the house without looking back.

The man who was knocked away was called Wang Zhiqiang, and he didn't mind being knocked away by Cheng Jun. He just pinched Lin Aizhen's waist and smiled inexplicably, "It's as prickly as you."

Lin Aizhen glanced at Cheng Jun's back lightly, then turned her head and smiled at Lu Renzhou, "I don't worry about her tetanus as a mother, but you do."

"I happened to be on the way." Lu Renzhou glanced at the man, and nodded slightly to Lin Aizhen.

Lin Aizhen sneered, and left holding Wang Zhiqiang's hand.

Wang Zhiqiang was made very uncomfortable by Lu Renzhou's stare, and looked back at him frequently, asking, "Who is this? What the hell!"

"Idlers, what do you care about so much?"

Inside, Cheng Jun rushed straight to Lin Aizhen's room, like a puppy with its tail lit, grabbed the man's things and threw them to the ground.

slippers!coat!jeans!
Throw it all away!

On the dressing table—

Razor!perfume!Styling water!
Also, torn panties...

A big hand grabbed her arm in time, Cheng Jun suddenly looked up at him, his eyes were red.

What does Lin Aizhen mean to her?Not her mother, not her family, but the only person she depends on in this world.They live under the same roof, and sometimes they don't see each other for a day or even a few days. Lin Aizhen curses her as a bad luck, scolds her for ruining her life, but she is the only one who doesn't abandon her.

But now, is everything going to change?
She hasn't learned to be independent yet, and she can't leave here, so is that person going to leave first?

Cheng Jun is a desperate walker caught in the endless quagmire, no, she is not a walker, she was born in the quagmire and lives in the quagmire, from the moment she was born, she was destined to step in.There is no one around without wind and light, and every time she is unwilling and struggling, no one knows, but in exchange for falling into this quagmire faster and deeper.

And Lin Aizhen is her only companion now, even though Lin Aizhen is full of impatience and neglect towards her, she still holds her hand after all.

When Cheng Jun first saw Lin Aizhen teasing that man at home, he felt a strong sense of embarrassment being abandoned by his friends.This embarrassing situation made her instinctively feel a sense of crisis.The appearance of Wang Zhiqiang made Cheng Jun realize that once Lin Aizhen let go of her hand, she might be directly swallowed by this reality without even having a chance to call for help.

But for Lu Renzhou to encounter such a scene, she was more angry and overwhelmed by this situation.

Lu Renzhou seemed to feel her embarrassment, bent down, and comforted her softly, "Don't be sad, Cheng Jun, don't hurt yourself with anger!"

Just this one sentence, the sense of shame that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet, suddenly turned into tears of his daughter, wet his face.

Contrary to her passionate personality, Cheng Jun's eyes were a light brown color with misty eyes, and he was a little dazed when looking at him.

Lu Renzhou bent his legs, leaned slightly on the red brick with one knee, and almost squatted down to look at her.The old house had good lighting, and the sunlight from the patio came in and stopped at their feet, melting both of them into the warm warmth.

The light was dazzling, Lu Renzhou looked at her, she had grown taller, but she was still very small, pitifully thin standing in front of him.

He sighed and finally stretched out a hand, gently pulling her into his arms.

The blurred eyes were instantly burned even more painfully.

Lu Renzhou's hand lightly rested on her head, and the warmth of his palm passed to her little by little, which was the warmest and most powerful support.

In the sunlight, Cheng Jun buried his head on his neck and remained silent for a long time. After he calmed down, he shook his head slightly and said in a muffled voice, "I'm not sad, I just feel sick. They met at the poker table. That man and my mother She's an idiot, shameless in working together." After she finished speaking, she let out a long sigh of relief, and looked at him with her neck straightened, "I know you're going to say that I'm so uncultivated, but I feel much more comfortable after scolding me."

Lu Renzhou looked into her eyes, and after a while, he curled the corner of his mouth and denied softly: "When did I say that?"

Cheng Jun also smiled, and the haze on her face finally eased a bit. She curled her lips, "Actually, she never cared about me, and what she wants to do has nothing to do with me, so I'm really not sad."

"Cheng Jun, there is something I haven't told you." Lu Renzhou was silent for a few seconds and said, "You are great, really."

He suddenly gave such an inexplicable compliment, but she seemed to understand his intention at once, and a smile slowly bloomed on her face involuntarily.

You're great, and even though you're in a tough spot right now, it's not your fault.

You are great, so I believe that you can get out of this predicament.

After lunch that day, Lu Renzhou drove her around outside, bought a lot of snacks for her, and took her to change her medicine before returning to Jianglin.

The next day, Cheng Jun stayed by the phone after lunch, waiting for Lu Renzhou to tell her the results of the pigeon race.When it was almost three o'clock, there was a sudden drizzle outside, and it was getting denser and denser. She was in a hurry, grabbed the phone and called Lu Renzhou.

The cold air suddenly fell, and most places in East China were raining. Lu Renzhou said: "This kind of weather will inevitably affect the pigeon's sense of direction. Now we can only see the pigeon's ability."

After suffering like this for a few more hours, at seven o'clock in the evening, the rain hadn't abated at all, and Cheng Jun squatted anxiously by the patio, staring longingly at the night outside, which was boundless and dark.Three hours have passed the expected home time, and none of the participating pigeons has returned home so far.

At nine o'clock, Lu Renzhou ordered her to go to bed, "If I come back, I will call you."

At ten o'clock, Cheng Jun was still watching by the phone, and Lu Renzhou said in a deep voice on the phone: "If you do this again, I won't take you to participate in the competition in the future." He is now beginning to regret that the little girl is still young and her heart is not strong enough. Mature, shouldn't she be exposed to events that are too utilitarian?

Cheng Jun dawdled for a long time before returning to his room and laying down on the bed. He couldn't hold back until midnight and fell into a deep sleep.When she closed her eyes, she murmured subconsciously: "Don't sleep—"

In the middle of the night, the rain gradually stopped, and Cheng Jun had already fallen asleep.

Lu Renzhou, who was half asleep and half awake, suddenly heard a few familiar "cuckoo" sounds from the pigeons at the window, grabbed his coat and opened the door to go out.

The pigeon, which had been late for eleven hours, was now parked in the courtyard with drooping wet feathers, long gone from its former grandeur.

When the pigeon heard the sound of the door being hurriedly pushed out from downstairs, its transparent eyes immediately changed direction and looked elsewhere.

Lu Renzhou climbed up to the top floor and opened the door for it.The little thing tilted his head and hesitated for a long time, until Lu Renzhou called it a few times, then spread his wings and slammed into his arms.Buried his little head in Lu Renzhou's arms, he rubbed against his soft sweater aggrievedly.

Such a harsh environment of wind and rain, not to mention animals, even people can't stand it after being exposed to the rain for two hours.What's more, it has been flying continuously for more than 20 hours. This is a competition, there is no food supply and no rest time, and everything depends on its homing instinct.

Lu Renzhou was busy for half an hour, clocked the pigeon, and the system automatically registered the result of the pigeon.After placing the pigeons and lying on the bed again, it was already dawn.

Lu Renzhou had just fallen asleep when the phone beside the bed buzzed.

He closed his eyes to touch the phone, looked at the time, and suddenly felt an inexplicable irritability in his heart.

The original intention was just to coax her and satisfy her long-standing curiosity.It's true that he didn't think carefully, and she shouldn't have been exposed to these events prematurely.

The phone was still vibrating, Lu Renzhou rubbed his hair, sighed long before answering the phone.

"Gezi, did you really go back?" Cheng Jun repeatedly confirmed with him.

"Yes, I didn't lie to you." To Lu Renzhou's surprise, he was always worried that the child would be too obsessed with the results of the competition, which would affect her judgment on some things.

"It's good to come back." Cheng Jun played with his hair and said boldly, "Hey, as the saying goes, he will be a good man again in 20 years, and he will not be afraid of running out of firewood if he keeps the green hills."

Lu Renzhou leaned on the bed and listened to the child comforting him in the language taught by the physical education teacher, and stretched out his hand to rub his forehead in a funny way. The anxiety in his heart gradually faded away, followed by sleepiness after waiting all night, "Yes, don't worry. .”

I don't know who is relieved.

A few days later, it was the end of the twelfth lunar month again, and Cheng Jun had his jaw stitches removed.When she woke up in the morning, she raised her chin and looked in the mirror, and saw that the wound had turned into a pale pink line.

While secretly rejoicing, she suddenly heard a "cuckoo" cry at the door, which was so captivating that she pushed the table away excitedly and ran out.

Lu Renzhou took out a handful of miscellaneous grains from his backpack, squatted on one leg in front of the pigeon, heard the creaking sound of the door opening, and turned around to find the little girl hiding behind him, covering her mouth with her little hand and sniggering.He put the miscellaneous grains in her hand, "You come and feed."

Cheng Jun smiled happily, holding miscellaneous grains, and squatted carefully at his feet.

"From now on, Xiaohui will fly over once every morning, and you will be responsible for feeding it well, and then let it return to Jianglin safely." Lu Renzhou patted the little pigeon's head, "This is a carrier pigeon for you, to reward you for obediently removing the stitches yesterday. Gift."

Cheng Jun raised his head suddenly when he heard the words, his eyes sparkled.

Lu Renzhou resisted rubbing the pigeon's hair with the hand that hadn't touched the pigeon before, and stated in advance, "You child is easy to play with things and lose your mind. Xiao Hui can't follow you until you grow up."

"..."

"But you can use it."

"..."

In the next two days, Lu Renzhou conducted intensive training for Xiao Hui near Cheng Jun's house, and Xiao Hui was able to go back and forth between Jianglin Pigeon Loft and Cheng Jun's house proficiently. Daily book.

Cheng Jun got up early every day and waited happily for its visit. After greeting him, he wrote a small note and asked it to be delivered to Lu Renzhou.

This is exactly the rumored flying pigeon in the martial arts——

Cheng Jun is immersed in the martial arts world he built every day, and believes that he is responsible for informing the mysterious master, and avoids Lin Xiaoguang and other ordinary people to play this game happily.

And the content of the report is nothing more than that some people are very excited to catch a grasshopper today, and they are also very excited to pull out a tooth by themselves last night.Sometimes Lu Renzhou would answer her, and sometimes he would clip a blank note to her, because one day Cheng Jun found that his note was much prettier than her thin composition paper.

Sometimes this girl would copy a difficult problem that she encountered the day before yesterday. If Lu Renzhou was at home, he would write down the steps to solve the problem and ask Xiao Hui to give it to her.

This girl got a little crazy when she was playing, and even secretly sent a voice transmission for thousands of miles, begging Lu Renzhou to come to her parent meeting.

Cheng Jun didn't want to ask Lin Aizhen to attend, because it was useless to call, but the teacher of the graduating class couldn't bear it and gave an ultimatum. If the parents didn't come to school the next day, she wouldn't even think about leaving school.

This silly girl imagined that Lu Renzhou would fall from the sky to save her from the fire and water, but unexpectedly, the class teacher put her back, and Lu Renzhou did not show up.

That night, when Lu Renzhou returned home and called her back, Cheng Jun took the opportunity to scold him for being immoral.

Lu Renzhou listened to the girl complaining endlessly, and interrupted her, "Don't you know that there is still a means of communication in modern society called the telephone? Next time something like this happens, wouldn't it be more convenient to call me directly?"

"..."

"Didn't I tell you yesterday that I was going to compete in other places, and I just saw the letter from Xiao Hui."

"……I forgot."

Although such oolongs happened, Chengjun's enthusiasm remained undiminished, and it lasted until she was promoted to junior high school and ushered in her first beautiful and happy summer vacation without homework.

It was so hot in midsummer that he couldn't go out at noon. Cheng Jun was bored and leaned on the sofa watching TV, and the hot wind blew on him tirelessly.Amidst the loud advertisements, someone outside the door suddenly called her name, "Cheng Jun."

She was startled, and her forehead slammed on the armrest with a bang.

She rubbed her head and looked around, "Brother?!"

Immediately stand barefoot on the ground.

"Are you home alone?" Ye Chengcheng walked in with a slight smile, and put the fruit and milk in his hand on the table.

Cheng Jun let out a "hmm", and the two of them froze in embarrassment for some reason.

The last time Cheng Jun saw him was when he was nine years old. Four years later, she could barely remember how he looked like an adult.Relatively speaking, in the old photo in Cheng Jun's hand, the ten-year-old Ye Chengcheng is more three-dimensional than the current him.

Ye Chengcheng was much more mature than four years ago, and seemed to be about the same height as Lu Renzhou. He was wearing a white shirt, buttoned carefully on the second top.The fan in Cheng Jun's house was "buzzing", and there was a thin line of sweat on the tip of his nose, which was very similar to Cheng Jun.And Lin Aizhen sweated from her forehead when she was hot, obviously this was inherited from their deceased father.

Ye Chengcheng sat down opposite her, and Cheng Jun turned the fan to him, and then sat down properly, his back was wet after a while.

In the afternoon, I made an appointment with Lin Xiaoguang to go fishing in the river, but the kid hasn't shown up until now. There is only one possibility—his mother detained him at home.Cheng Jun put his hands on the sofa chair, thinking about it.

"I remember you are taking the elementary school graduation exam this semester." Ye Chengcheng asked, "How are your grades?"

Cheng Jun wiped the sweat from the tip of his nose with the back of his hand, grinned, "That's it, it's enough for junior high school anyway."

Ye Chengcheng also laughed, "We still have to strive to do better."

Cheng Jun lowered his eyes, and when he heard Lin Xiaoguang calling her "呵呵" from behind the door, she rolled her eyes and said "wait" to Ye Chengcheng.She put on her slippers, ran out and whispered to Lin Xiaoguang for a while, then turned to Ye Chengcheng who was sitting in the hall: "Want to call my mother back?"

"okay."

"Then you call for me, just say, just say that a person surnamed Ye is coming to our house as a guest." Cheng Jun instructed Lin Xiaoguang, "You can convey it to me. If she doesn't come back, I will settle the score with you tomorrow."

"I really thought you were the devil king." Lin Xiaoguang threw down a provocative sentence and ran away without any hope.

However, Cheng Jun's threat still worked, and Lin Xiaoguang relayed Cheng Jun's exact words to Lin Aizhen verbatim.Lin Aizhen raised her eyebrows and threw a card impatiently, "No time."

The mother and daughter of the Lin family were not easy to provoke, Lin Xiaoguang swallowed, crying out for grievances in his heart.He lingered on the poker table, only one thought, Lin Chengjun is indeed the devil, and now his fists are getting stronger and stronger.Lin Aizhen played two more rounds before lazily asking him: "Have you seen what people look like?"

"A man, quite young."

Lin Aizhen snorted coldly, squeezed the cards in her hand, and finally threw the cards on the table, "Fatty, come here and replace me."

Cheng Jun sat with Ye Chengcheng in a daze for a long time before remembering to pour him water.Ye Chengcheng took the water from her hand and asked, "Chengjun, do you want to go to Jianglin?"

"Huh?" She couldn't remember the ins and outs of the experience when she was nine years old, but she couldn't forget the Ye family's attitude towards her.That's why she knew Lu Renzhou.Ye Chengcheng's invitation sounded like teasing her.

"Do you still remember Grandpa?" Ye Chengcheng explained, "After I saw you last time, I kept thinking about you. He missed you very much, so he asked me to pick you up."

"You are a big family member of the Ye family, don't tease our little Chengjun." Lin Aizhen opened the door and came in, speaking for Chengjun.

Ye Chengcheng coughed lightly, stood up, opened his mouth and called in a low voice: "...Mom."

Lin Aizhen paused, and sat down beside Cheng Jun, "Speak quickly if you have anything to say, I'm not free."

Ye Chengcheng glanced at Cheng Jun and said, "Grandpa is not in good health recently and has been in the hospital for a long time. He wants to see Cheng Jun. He..."

"You came behind Mrs. Ye's back?" Lin Aizhen interrupted him with a sneer.

Ye Chengcheng was speechless for a while.

Lin Aizhen twitched her lips, turned her head to look at Jun, "What? Seeing you like this, don't you remember the pain?"

"I don't have a good memory, so I don't know what you said." Cheng Jun rolled his eyes, "Besides, why are you attacking my brother?"

"Yes, he is your brother, you should kiss him well." Lin Aizhen sneered, "I don't know who was kicked out and thrown into someone's house in the middle of the night to stay overnight."

"Others have treated me much better than you." Cheng Jun also imitated her back, and the expressions of the two were exactly the same.

Ye Chengcheng raised his hand to cover his lips and coughed lightly, "Cheng Jun, why don't you go and play with your friends first, and I'll talk to Mom."

"……All right."

"……no talking."

Cheng Jun still went to fish with Lin Xiaoguang, but she was absent-minded in the river. Lin Xiaoguang had several in the bottle, and she still bent over to soak her feet in the water in a daze.

Lin Xiaoguang shook the bottle in his hand and said, "Haha, Lin Chengjun, look at your ability!"

Cheng Jun frowned abruptly and straightened up, causing Lin Xiaoguang's chubby legs to shrink back in fright, "I'd like to accept the bet, and lend me your pigeons tomorrow."

Cheng Jun looked at him or not, turned around and walked towards the shore with a splash, and ran home with wet slippers.Seeing the tightly closed gate of her house from a distance, she couldn't help but stand still in place, letting the scorching sun be exposed.

Early the next morning, Xiaohui landed on the stone pier at the door flutteringly.Cheng Jun read the written note again, and then clamped it to Xiao Hui's leg.She gently combed Xiao Hui's feathers, "Xiao Hui, hurry home when you're full, and ask Brother Lu to tell me what to do."

Unfortunately, before Lu Renzhou wrote back to her, she had already made her own decision.And it's not really a big deal that made her make this decision, it's just that Lin Aizhen's wild man Wang Zhiqiang is too annoying.

After Cheng Jun sent Xiao Hui away, he went to a roadside stall to buy breakfast, and ate it while walking along the road.With something on her mind, she soon went home.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she got home, she saw a man with his upper body naked, dangling freely in her house as if he had entered no one's land.Cheng Jun's face turned cold, he walked in, and gave a heavy "pooh" to the ground.

Wang Zhiqiang got up to go to the bathroom, and when he caught a glimpse of Cheng Jun's action through half-closed eyes, he was shocked suddenly, and said "hey" in a rough voice.

No one can bear to be glanced up and down by a brat-sized stinky girl.The war thus began inevitably.

Lin Aizhen was woken up by the sound of bickering between the two, got up from the bed angrily, and threw a piece of clothing on Wang Zhiqiang's head, "Don't let anyone sleep, Lin Chengjun, tell me where to go."

"This is my home, and I'm here." Cheng Jun pointed at Wang Zhiqiang, "This wild man can stay here, why should I leave?"

"What are you talking about? A little girl with such a stinky mouth!" Wang Zhiqiang was furious, but he didn't speak foul words like before.

Cheng Jun stood there holding his hands, without looking at him, "No matter how stinky you are, you are disgusting, you scum who eats soft rice." Eat soft rice is a new word she learned on TV, and she simulated the scene where she yelled at him with this word. More than once or twice.

"People can make me happy by eating soft food, how about you?" Lin Aizhen smiled, "Aside from making people feel bad, what's the use of raising you?"

"Have you raised me yet? Apart from giving me some money at the beginning of the month, have you ever done anything reliable?" Cheng Jun retorted, "Didn't you get your money from the Ye family!"

"Slap!" Before she finished speaking, Lin Aizhen slapped her across the face.Cheng Jun gritted her teeth, she was too aware of the consequences of mentioning the Ye family, but when she got more energy, she insisted on mentioning it, and poked at people's hearts.

"Why should I be reduced to taking money from Ye's family? Why should I live in this poor country? Lin Chengjun, you remember it for me, it's all because of you! You ruined everything I have, and it's not wrong to call you a bad luck!"

Wang Zhiqiang stood aside, poking Cheng Jun's forehead with his finger, gloating, "It makes your mouth stink."

Cheng Jun shook off his hand, gritted his teeth, and raised his chin to face Lin Aizhen, "I'm just unlucky, what's the matter? Why don't you let me go to Ye's house?"

"Get out! You have the guts, don't tell me where you want to go, and it's best not to come back." Lin Aizhen was so angry that her chest kept rising and falling, "I have raised a white-eyed wolf, and it makes me miserable every day."

Cheng Jun made others and herself tremble with anger, and finally gave a cold snort, and her second run away from home with great momentum started again.

This time, she didn't bring anything, and ran away with the remaining money for this month.

Cheng Jun stared blankly at the thin old man on the hospital bed. He had his eyes closed, with many age spots on his face, thinning hair, and emaciated limbs.

An hour ago, Cheng Jun stood alone at the Jianglin Station where there were many people coming and going, and dialed Ye Chengcheng's mobile phone from a public phone. Ye Chengcheng quickly sent someone to pick her up to the hospital.

Ye Chengcheng bent down and whispered in the old man's ear, "Grandpa? Grandpa, Cheng Jun is here."

After a long while, the old man slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were cloudy and depressed.

Ye Chengcheng signaled Cheng Jun to come in with his eyes, Cheng Jun pursed his lips, and stood timidly at the head of the bed.

The old man turned his eyes slowly and looked at her slowly. After a long time, he said "yes" three times in a hoarse voice.

Cheng Jun didn't know what was wrong, so he blinked and smiled silly.

"Grandpa, look, she looks very good, healthy and cute." Ye Chengcheng said softly.

"Okay, okay." The old man just repeated one word, and at that moment, Cheng Jun clearly saw the wet corners of the old man's eyes.

"Cheng Jun, grandpa." Ye Chengcheng reminded Cheng Jun who was standing still.

Cheng Jun looked at the old man, then at Ye Chengcheng, and finally called "Grandpa" crisply after a while.A line of old tears slipped from the corners of the old man's eyes and onto the white pillowcase, "Okay, okay! Good boy, I have wronged you!"

Ye Chengcheng withdrew at some point, and Cheng Jun was the only one left in the ward talking with his grandfather.After waking up for a while, the old man became more energetic and his voice became much clearer.Cheng Jun stood at the head of the bed stupidly, his grandfather asked a question, and she answered it, with a rare and cute appearance.

Soon it was lunch time, and a nurse came in to help the old man defecate.Ye Chengcheng took Cheng Jun outside the ward and discussed with her, "Cheng Jun, let me take you out for a while first, and come back in the afternoon, okay?"

"Don't you need to take care of grandpa?"

Ye Chengcheng paused and said, "Someone is coming to replace you, don't worry, and grandpa needs to rest."

"……Oh."

Ye Chengcheng led her down the stairs, and Grandma Ye Yang Lanshu arrived in the ward, just in time.

The two went to eat at a Cantonese restaurant near the hospital. While waiting for the food to be served, Cheng Jun asked him to borrow his mobile phone and called Lu Renzhou.She was worried that if Lu Renzhou wrote back to her, something would happen if Xiao Hui couldn't find her.

Ye Chengcheng was quite surprised, "You keep in touch with him often?"

"Didn't he visit me when he went to Zhangxiang to play?"

Ye Chengcheng knew about this, and since he was thinking about other things at the moment, he didn't ask any more questions.But Cheng Jun felt a little guilty, always feeling that he had lied to his brother.But, to be honest... my brother might be embarrassed.

Cheng Jun thought so, and seeing that his expression was fine, he asked softly, "Why can't Grandpa even move his hands?"

Ye Chengcheng put the hot bowls and chopsticks in front of her, pulled the corner of his mouth and said "um", and Cheng Jun fell silent.Ye Chengcheng himself was also a man of few words, and the two of them ate a meal quietly.

After the meal, Cheng Jun scooped up milk pudding spoon by spoon. Ye Chengcheng glanced at her and asked, "Cheng Jun, what do you usually like to play at home?"

"I like to go to the river to play." Cheng Jun bit the spoon, squinted his eyes and smiled, "It's cool in the water."

"Then, shall I take you swimming later?"

"Aren't you going back to the hospital?"

"I'll go to the hospital tomorrow. I called my mother. You can stay in Jianglin for a few more days to accompany grandpa."

Cheng Jun didn't know what Ye Chengcheng told Lin Aizhen, but she was here anyway, and Lin Aizhen couldn't do anything to her, so she simply listened to Ye Chengcheng's arrangement heartlessly.

Ye Chengcheng bought a pink swimsuit for Cheng Jun. After Cheng Jun changed his clothes and came out, he saw Ye Chengcheng still wearing his original clothes, standing at the entrance and making a phone call.He lowered his head slightly and frowned slightly. When he saw Cheng Jun, he said "I know" to the phone and hung up.

Cheng Jun obediently sat by the pool, his feet soaked in the water.Ye Chengcheng squatted beside her, hesitated for a moment, and said apologetically, "Cheng Jun, I need to go back to deal with something urgent in the company. Can I find someone to play with you?"

"Then you take me back to the hospital." Cheng Jun thought for a while and said.

Ye Chengcheng paused, and quickly said: "It's hot, you play here first, and I'll pick you up after I finish my work."

Cheng Jun raised his eyes and glanced at him, "Then can you ask Brother Lu?" After she finished speaking, she explained, "He said, when I come to Jianglin, please treat me well."

Ye Chengcheng originally intended to ask a coach to watch her, but he didn't mind what she said.In his circle of friends so far, only Lu Renzhou knew of Cheng Jun's existence. He believed that Lu Renzhou was not a talkative person, and it would be more reassuring to find an acquaintance to accompany her, so he got up and walked aside to call Lu Renzhou.

Lu Renzhou arrived at the swimming pool half an hour later, Ye Chengcheng had already left, and there was only one coach sitting on the side of the swimming pool to guard.Cheng Jun had been playing in the water for a while, when he saw Lu Renzhou coming over, Balabala rowed over and lay down by the pool.

He was very different from when he usually went to see her today. His shirt, trousers, and dark blue striped tie made his figure taller and taller.Cheng Jun couldn't tell how he felt, but he felt that he seemed to be stronger than a few years ago. His shoulders were very broad, and Cheng Jun felt that he could sit on them without any problem.

Lu Renzhou walked over from a distance with his hands in his pockets, stopped in front of her, and bent down to look at her, "Little girl, next time you run away from home, be careful not to be kidnapped and sold in the mountains."

There were only the two of them in the empty swimming pool. Cheng Jun smirked and slapped the water hard, and the water splashed on his black trousers. "You couldn't scare me when I was young, and you still use this trick now."

Lu Renzhou suddenly knelt down, grabbed her hand that was pulling the water and said seriously: "I'm not trying to scare you. There have been many cases of missing girls in the news recently. For a little guy like you, bad guys can carry one away with one hand. If you don't believe me, try it." try?"

He moved her hand, beckoning her to try it.Then Cheng Jun twisted his body with all his strength, and the last foot was still propped against the wall of the swimming pool. The result was naturally——he couldn't get rid of his one-handed restraint at all.

Lu Renzhou still didn't let go, "In the future, you must never run around alone, remember?"

"...I know." Cheng Jun pouted, looking very disconvinced.

"ensure?"

"do not guarantee."

"Huh?" He squeezed hard.

"Okay, sure."

Only then did Lu Renzhou let go of his hand in satisfaction, looked into the water, raised his chin, "Swim one and let me see."

Cheng Jun immediately scrambled away with his hands and feet. When he turned back in the middle of the swim, Lu Renzhou had already stood up, with his hands in his pockets, and smiled with one side of his mouth, looking at her with interest——

So pure dog planing style.

He beckoned her to swim back, with a smile on his brows and eyes, "I'm going to change clothes, you just play here, don't swim in the middle."

Lu Renzhou came back soon, and Cheng Jun had already swam to the middle again, looking at him from a distance with his head tilted.Lu Renzhou threw a swimming ring down, "Hold this when you're tired."

Cheng Jun swam over and hugged the swimming ring, then pointed at his naked upper body with a smile, "abdominal muscles."

Before Lu Renzhou got into the water, he was choked hard.

Been molested?

Cheng Jun winked and smiled, and in the blink of an eye Lu Renzhou had already swam up to her. She was so frightened that she let go of the swimming ring and patted the water before running away.Soon Cheng Jun discovered that with her dominating Zhang Xiang's swimming performance, no matter how hard she swam, she couldn't swim against Lu Renzhou.

He kept parallel with her all the time, even turned sideways and smiled at her leisurely.

Bullying children!

Cheng Jun was not reconciled and continued to make trouble.

After a while, Lu Renzhou stopped her waist first, took her to the pool, and said with a light smile, "Okay, let's stop making trouble."

Cheng Jun lay there panting slightly, Lu Renzhou curled his mouth, sat down on the recliner, wiped his face with a towel, and asked her, "Have you met Grandpa?"

"Yeah." Cheng Jun's eyes flickered, and he quickly lowered his eyelids, soaking one hand in the water and circling slowly, "Grandpa said that my eyes and nose are most similar to... my father."

Lu Renzhou was silent for a while, and called her, "Come here." Cheng Jun climbed up obediently without making a sound, took the mineral water and sat beside him.

In fact, when she left the ward in the morning, she heard the nurse tell her grandfather that Mrs. Ye had already arrived downstairs.She put her feet next to Lu Renzhou's, compared them, curled her lips and muttered: "I knew it a long time ago, but my brother is still pretending."

Lu Renzhou looked down and saw her small movements. A small foot was stepping on her big foot, which was obviously several sizes larger than hers. It was small and tender, with thin toes, and there was only a small piece of skin left on the instep, which was whiter than other places. It was sun-baked. past traces.

Lu Renzhou rubbed her head, momentarily at a loss for words and didn't know what to say.She tilted her head to look at him, and said indifferently, "You can teach me how to swim like you did just now."

So after dinner, when Ye Chengcheng came to pick her up, Cheng Jun danced and danced with Lu Renzhou in water strokes.

Ye Chengcheng and Lu Renzhou leaned against the car and chatted. Ye Chengcheng lit a cigarette and said to Lu Renzhou wearily, "Thank you."

When Lu Renzhou asked about his grandfather, Ye Chengcheng didn't speak, but shook his head slightly.

The atmosphere was a bit depressing, Lu Renzhou patted him on the shoulder.Ye Chengcheng was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Have you completed the formalities?"

"almost."

"when are we leaving?"

Sensing Cheng Jun's gaze, Lu Renzhou looked down at her and replied, "The end of August."

Ye Chengcheng took a puff of cigarette, "Find some time to get together."

"...Where are you going at the end of August?" Cheng Jun poked his head between the two and asked.

"..."

"Brother Lu was admitted by a very powerful school of architecture, and he is going to study in the UK." Ye Chengcheng said.

Lu Renzhou patted her on the head, Cheng Jun bowed his head and said "oh", squatting quietly to the side to play by himself.

After Lu Renzhou left, she jumped and forgot to ask him a very serious question-what about the pigeons?
She struggled with this question all night, but she never called Lu Renzhou to ask.

At this time, she was even more dazed when she saw her grandfather on the ventilator in the ICU ward.Various instruments in the ward beeped, and occasionally medical staff hurried past in the corridor.Ye Chengcheng didn't tell her about her grandfather, but judging by his expression, Cheng Jun didn't dare to ask more.

Cheng Jun instinctively rejects hospitals, as long as they wear white robes, she will be afraid.The time when Lu Renzhou took her there was the only time. She didn't even go to a dentist before pulling out her teeth.

Speaking of which, I would also like to thank Lin Xiaoguang.The first front tooth she replaced was from a fight with him.In fact, it wasn't Lin Xiaoguang who hit her, it was she who hit Lin Xiaoguang so hard, a punch hit her face, and a tooth fell out...

Lin Xiaoguang had more experience in changing teeth before her, and when he saw her mouth full of blood, he was so frightened that he hurriedly dragged her to find his father.

Later, every time Lin Xiaoguang went to the town to find a dentist to extract her teeth, she would rather eat sugarcane and knock her teeth out than to find a dentist, because she found that she could just punch herself like that.

As for why she is afraid of doctors, she still can't figure out the exact reason, maybe it's just an innate psychology.

Cheng Jun thought wildly, and it passed in the morning.Grandpa was still in a coma, and her family members couldn't visit her. Around noon, Ye Chengcheng took her back to the apartment near the hospital, left in a hurry after dinner, and didn't reappear until dinner time.

Two days later in the afternoon, Cheng Jun, who was dozing alone in the apartment, was suddenly awakened by someone.She frowned and opened her eyes, and heard Ye Chengcheng's unusually anxious voice, "Cheng Jun, get up, I'll take you to the hospital."

When the two rushed to the hospital, there were only ten minutes left in the ICU visiting time.After Cheng Jun put on the isolation suit, he walked into the intensive care unit alone.

Grandpa moved his eyes when he heard the movement, and Cheng Jun looked at Ye Chengcheng standing outside the glass window with some embarrassment.Ye Chengcheng signaled her to go over with his eyes, and Cheng Jun took a deep breath and called softly, "Grandpa."

The old man blinked, and big tears suddenly fell from the corners of his eyes.He opened his mouth, and it took him a while to make a sound in his throat, his voice was dry and hoarse, "Cheng Jun... I'm sorry."

"..." Cheng Jun glanced out of the window again, and Ye Chengcheng's hand on the glass had already clenched into a fist.She thought about it, but she really didn't know what to say, so she said softly, "It's okay."

"Ye family, yes, I'm sorry." Grandpa panted and repeated.

Cheng Jun hesitated for a long time, then stretched out his hand and gently wiped the tears from the corners of the old man's eyes.

"In the future, if you have something to do, go to brother, he will definitely take care of you." Grandpa saved up for a long time before he could say a complete sentence.

Cheng Jun gave a soft "hmm", and his throat hurt a little.

Visiting hours passed quickly, the nurse reminded her.

She wanted to say goodbye to grandpa before leaving, so she put one hand on the front of the hospital bed and looked down at him: "Goodbye, grandpa, I will come to see you another day."

In one sentence, Cheng Jun swore that with that one sentence, the instruments in the ward suddenly rang loudly, and the old man on the hospital bed rolled the whites of his eyes, opened his mouth wide, and gasped for breath.

Cheng Jun took a step back in fright, and looked out of the window in horror, only to see Ye Chengcheng slapping the glass suddenly, shouting something loudly, she couldn't hear...

Soon the doctors and nurses ran in, and someone pushed her out the door.

The door slammed shut with a bang, and Cheng Jun's heart beat frighteningly fast.She ran to Ye Chengcheng's side, the curtains inside had been drawn, so she couldn't see what was going on.

Yang Lanshu was on his way, and Ye Chengcheng couldn't care less about sending Cheng Jun away.Because, soon a nurse hurried out of the ward and issued a critical illness notice with a blank expression.

How long has it been?Twenty minutes?half an hour?

When the doctor came out again, he took off his mask apologetically and declared the patient dead.

Cheng Jun stood there in a daze, not sure what happened.What does death mean?The old man was still talking to her just now. Half an hour later, someone told her that it was impossible again, he would never open his eyes again, and there was no such person in this world.His apology, his love, everything about him disappeared with the sound of "death"...

Cheng Jun felt a little nauseous, she raised her head to see Ye Chengcheng.

At this time, anxious footsteps came from the silent corridor. Yang Lanshu saw the doctor's apologetic eyes and was about to faint when her legs softened. Fortunately, the driver behind her helped her up.Cheng Jun turned his head slowly, and saw that the old lady who had met a few years ago turned pale, trembling and unable to stand still.

Yang Lanshu struggled to stand up, waved away Ye Chengcheng's hand that was trying to hold her, and staggered into the ward.The doctors and nurses all backed out, and Ye Chengcheng followed in. Cheng Jun stood at the door with his eyes downcast.

Yang Lanshu covered her mouth and sobbed loudly.At that moment, Cheng Jun saw this powerful old man with a beautiful appearance, and he took off his armor in an instant, leaving only the endless grief of an ordinary old woman bereaved by her decades-long wife.

Without cruelty, without resentment, she is just a poor old lady who is nearly six years old.

Cheng Jun just didn't expect that the crime would fall on her head.

one more time.

Yang Lanshu was lying in front of the hospital bed, her shoulders kept shaking, and she had long lost her former glory.

Suddenly she seemed to think of something, turned around abruptly, her eyes fell on Cheng Jun, and her eyes became sharp in an instant.Yang Lanshu trembled and asked Ye Chengcheng sharply, "Why is she here?"

Ye Chengcheng suddenly understood, but it was too late.

Yang Lanshu rushed over and waved at Cheng Jun with a raised hand.Cheng Jun tilted his head, and that heavy palm landed on his shoulder.Yang Lanshu screamed out of control: "It's all you, it's all you!"

"You bastard! Didn't you harm the Ye family enough? You still want to kill him! Get out! Get out!"

Ye Chengcheng held Yang Lanshu tightly, and shouted at Chengjun: "You go out first."

Yang Lanshu was still screaming, her old and shrill cries resounding through the ward.She waved her hand and threw something at Cheng Jun when she caught it.Cheng Jun seemed to have never heard of it, holding the door frame with his hands, his back straightened, motionless, his eyes fixed on the hospital bed.

When Lu Renzhou arrived, he saw her nails digging into the door frame, and his heart tightened suddenly.

Yang Lanshu is more than sixty years old, and has supported the Ye family and the entire Ye family enterprise for more than ten years. She acts resolutely and resolutely. Outsiders often call the Ye family a Mrs. Yang.Lu Renzhou has always respected this elder, and even Lu Liheng has to be courteous when speaking in front of her.

But at this moment, seeing Yang Lanshu hysterically accuse her own granddaughter of murder, Lu Renzhou frowned ugly.

From the first day Lu Renzhou met Lin Chengjun at the police station, he saw the little girl smile slyly after she succeeds in mischief; she also saw her cry and fight rebelliously when she felt threatened; Not in keeping with his age, he looks like a little grown-up with a serious attitude.

Lu Renzhou had never seen her so sad and silent.

Cheng Jun stood stiffly at the door, with a pale face and dazed eyes, like a robot doll whose pause button was suddenly pressed, cut off the line and lost its vitality.

She stood motionless in place, silently enduring Yang Lanshu's abuse and accusations.

"You nemesis, trash, I'll kill you..."

What a ridiculous accusation, shifting the unexpected misfortunes and disasters of a family to a completely ignorant child, making her life bear the consequences for this unwarranted crime.

She has had no home since she was a child.

She stood there, enduring the unbearable curses and injuries from her relatives. There was no superfluous expression on her face, only a pair of skinny little hands, digging hard into the wooden door frame, the joints were glaringly pale.

She is still a child.

Lu Renzhou walked over quickly and covered her ears with his big hands. He glanced into the ward, bent down to look into Cheng Jun's eyes and said, "Don't be afraid, let's go."

Cheng Jun raised his head in a daze and looked at him blankly.Lu Renzhou paused, then put his hands under her arms, and picked her up like an adult holding a baby.

On a hot summer day, her body was so cold that she didn't have any temperature.

Cheng Jun blinked, put his arms around his neck obediently, and quietly buried his head in the hollow of his shoulder.

The wetness and warmth on her shoulders made Lu Renzhou even more eager to take her away.He hugged her knees with one hand and covered her head with the other, isolating her from the outside world, and quickly walked out of the hospital through the crowd.

Until Lu Renzhou put her in the back seat of the car, Cheng Jun still hugged his neck and refused to lift his head.Lu Renzhou bent over according to her posture, with his hands propped on the leather chair.

He stared at the little head reflected in the car window, and whispered to comfort him for a long time.She still acted like she hadn't heard of it, stubbornly refusing to let go.

Lu Renzhou sighed, bent his legs and sat in the back seat, bending over slightly when closing the car door.When he sat upright, Cheng Jun was half hanging on him, and he reached out to touch her face, which was sticky and wet.

Lu Renzhou lifted her up, hugged her with one hand, and stretched out the other hand to turn on the air conditioner in the car.Pulled out a few more sheets of paper, looked down to find her face, "Wipe it, huh?"

Cheng Jun twisted and buried his face in his chest, which immediately became warm, and Lu Renzhou pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly.The inside of the car was quiet and silent, only the wind from the air conditioner gently blowing on the person, sweeping away the heat outside the car.Lu Renzhou said warmly, "Shall I take you to eat something delicious?"

Cheng Jun shook his head silently, then regretted it for a while, and said in a muffled voice, "I want to eat ice cream."

"Okay, I'll have ice cream after dinner."

Lu Renzhou's so-called big meal turned out to be a well-known children's-themed restaurant in the city center.This restaurant is not far from the Lu Group Building, so Lu Renzhou will know.The restaurant business is very good during the summer vacation. Many parents bring their children to eat and play inside. The waiters are all dressed in cartoon clothes and there are many cartoon toys, which are very popular with children.

Cheng Jun followed Lu Renzhou and sat down on a colorful cartoon chair. At the next table, a young mother gently wiped the little boy's chin with a handkerchief. The young father teased him, "Our chin is leaking, let the father The new clothes I bought are all wet." As he spoke, he made a gesture to scratch him, and the little boy hid behind his mother and "giggled" and laughed.

After looking around for a week, Lu Renzhou asked her, "Don't you like it?"

Cheng Jun looked down and shook his head.

Lu Renzhou also realized that she had made a big mistake. What every child in the children's restaurant had was what she desperately desired, but could never get, the love and affection from her parents and relatives.Lu Renzhou couldn't help being annoyed, he picked up the car keys, "Then let's change places."

"There's ice cream over there." Cheng Jun shook his head again, pointing to the self-service counter in the middle of the restaurant.

Lu Renzhou paused, looking at her red and swollen eyes, the dull and distressed feeling slowly came to his heart again.

Cheng Jun lowered his head and was digging for ice cream. Lu Renzhou's phone vibrated, it was a text message, and Ye Chengcheng's name flashed on the screen.Lu Renzhou picked it up to look at it, then put it back.

After Cheng Jun finished eating the second ice cream ball, he raised his eyes to look at him quietly again, Lu Renzhou no longer indulged, "I can't eat any more today, I'll buy it for you another day."

After dinner, Lu Renzhou drove past a night market by the river. In the blurred night, all kinds of street music were noisy.Cheng Jun suddenly pointed out the car window, "Is that an ice skating rink?"

"Huh?" Lu Renzhou glanced in the direction of her finger, "Yes, want to play?"

"Yes." Since she was ten years old, she secretly hoped that Ye Chengcheng would fulfill his promise and bring her to play once every holiday.

Always thinking about it alone.

The last time Lu Renzhou came to the skating rink, he was a high school student and was pulled over by a few friends.He frowned, he didn't like the atmosphere here, but it was clear that Cheng Jun didn't think so.

After Lu Renzhou bought the ticket, Cheng Jun had already sat down to change his shoes. Lu Renzhou squatted down to help her. After putting them on, he took her two hands and helped her tremblingly into the skating rink.

"Hurry up and change your shoes too." Cheng Jun grabbed the railing and looked up at him.

"I'm here watching you."

"If you don't come in, how can I play alone?" Cheng Jun pouted.

"..."

After a stalemate between the two, Lu Renzhou gave in first.He changed his shoes and stood at the entrance. His white clothes and black trousers were clean and handsome, which was out of place with the entire skating rink.In addition, people are tall, and after putting on the shoes, a group of middle school girls couldn't help but look sideways.

So that night, Lu Renzhou held her hand, and under the enthusiastic scrutiny of a group of girls, he fell to the ground frequently.Cheng Jun played until his knees were red. When Lu Renzhou fell to the ground uncontrollably again in order to hold her, Cheng Jun finally showed his first smile that night.

The two fell to the ground with a bang, no matter how absent-minded Cheng Jun was, he noticed that Lu Renzhou's face was black, and she couldn't help grinning, "What's wrong with you!"

"I'm tall." Lu Renzhou rolled his eyes, gave up and bent his long legs, sat on the ground with his arms casually resting on his knees.How could a man in his twenties keep wrestling with a kid here.

"What's the matter?"

"It's normal for a person to be too tall to have an unstable center of gravity." Lu Renzhou squinted at her, "Happy?"

Cheng Jun got up on his knees with his hands on the ground, and nuzzled his chin, "The sister in the miniskirt who took me to skate just now said that she wanted to hook you up. Look, here she comes." After finishing speaking, he waved at the miniskirt.

Lu Renzhou didn't bother to talk to her, and pinched her face with his dirty hands, so he stood up and took her hand, barely slid past her miniskirt sister, and said in an unhappy tone, "Let's play again and go back."

When Lu Renzhou carried her back to the Lu residence, the Lu family members were so surprised that their jaws almost dropped.He carried Cheng Jun into his room before turning around and explaining to the parents who came in, "The little granddaughter of the Ye family, the Ye family is in a mess right now, no one cares about her, I'll bring her back first."

"The little girl has grown so big." Father Lu looked at the sleeping Cheng Jun, and suddenly remembered that his friend had passed away many years ago.

"She was scared today, Mom, please help me watch more tonight." Lu Renzhou turned his head and said to Lu's mother.

"Don't worry." Mother Lu nodded slightly.

Lu Renzhou was the only son of the Lu family. Lu's mother had always been envious of having a daughter, saying that her daughter was caring, unlike her son who was busy with his own affairs all day long, and had never lived at home for a few days.After Cheng Jun fell asleep, he was quiet and soft. Although his eyes were closed, he could still see the small and exquisite facial features. Mother Lu liked it very much.

"Such a good child, what a pity." She sat on the head of the bed, brushed the broken hair from Cheng Jun's forehead, and sighed softly, "You are so cute."

"Okay, let's go to bed early, and I have to go to Ye's house tomorrow and let your mother watch her." Father Lu said.

After Lu Renzhou returned to the guest room and took a shower, he took out his mobile phone, read again the text message that Ye Chengcheng sent earlier asking him to take care of Cheng Jun, and moved his fingers back to a period.Then throw the phone away and go to sleep.

Cheng Jun, who was two rooms apart, did not sleep soundly.In the middle of the night, after Mother Lu went to the bathroom, she went to see Cheng Jun, and found that the little girl was curled up at the foot of the bed, her eyes were tightly closed, and her face was flushed red.

Cheng Jun's fever woke up everyone in the Lu family.Mother Lu fed her the medicine, Cheng Jun opened his eyes in a daze, and looked at the people in the room blankly.

Lu Renzhou was standing at the end of the bed in his pajamas, seeing that she was about to cry, he walked in and touched her forehead, and softly comforted her, "Be good, Cheng Jun, just sleep and you'll be fine."

After hearing his voice, Cheng Jun was surprisingly relieved, and soon closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

After tossing and tossing all night, when Lu Renzhou returned to his room, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.The scene just now echoed in her mind, the little girl closed her eyes tightly, and opened them suddenly after being awakened suddenly by the nightmare.

Such a young child, with a high fever and the terror in his eyes, tried to defend himself: "It wasn't me, I didn't kill him..."

(End of this chapter)