Ji Shu held his breath, he didn't feel it before, but now he smelled the lingering smell of oil smoke from Dad Ji's body, he nodded rusty.

"Is Madam still busy?" Ji Dad asked him.

Ji Shu lied to Ji's father for the first time: "she is still busy, why don't you go back to the border town first?"

Although he didn't get along with his biological mother for a long time, he knew his mother, and what he decided would not change again. No matter how long Dad Ji stayed in the living room, she would never see her.

If it weren't for the banquet being held today, her mother would probably not even let them in at the door of the Shen family for fear that the guests would bump into them at the door.

But Dad Ji believed: "We won't stay any longer. If Mrs. is not busy, can you ask her to call me and ask her for help? Study hard and don't worry about other things."

"I will." Ji Shu nodded, "My mother will definitely help if she can."

His voice fell, and the red-haired boy who lowered his head raised his eyes to look at him. For some reason, he had a feeling of being pierced, and he subconsciously avoided his eyes.

It was already two o'clock in the morning when we left from Shen's house. Dad Ji and Shen Chi took the night train, which took seventy-five hours to go to the border town.

"I didn't choose the time to come." Ji Dad sighed, with a hint of hope in his eyes, "But Xiaoshu said that Mrs. Shen would help, and she should."

Shen Chi didn't speak.

The train moved slowly, and everyone around them fell asleep leaning on their seats, but the young man didn't. He stared at the splendid night scene of Yancheng without blinking, until Yancheng gradually disappeared beyond the horizon.

*

Three days after returning to Yancheng, Dad Ji walked into the door and said to Aunt Ji, "I haven't seen Mrs. Shen."

Aunt Ji looked at Dad Ji with a disappointed tone: "I should have asked the Shen family for money back then, but now Dad is still lying in the hospital waiting for surgery, what do you say?"

"I'll go back to my mother's house to borrow some."

Ji's mother went out.

"How can she borrow money from her mother's family? It's not bad if she doesn't borrow money from her." Aunt Ji looked at Ji's back and shook her head, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Shen Chi's open room, "Didn't Xiaochi come back together?"

"He's back to school."

Hearing Dad Ji's words, Aunt Ji looked at Shen Chi's room: "Xiao Chi can't really have no money. Maybe there are passbooks or something in the room, and even if it's bad, there are things brought from Shen's house."

"Don't touch Xiaochi's things." Ji Dad scolded.

Aunt Ji persuaded him: "You have seen how Dad has been in the hospital these days. Dad misses you the most when he is awake. I hope the Shen family doesn't know when to wait. Can you bear to watch Dad go?"

Hearing the last sentence, Dad Ji didn't speak any more and acquiesced.

Aunt Ji walked into Shen Chi's room, looked at the brand-new computer and snorted, "This computer is tens of thousands less."

She opened Shen Chi's suitcase: "Clothes are fine. Xiaochi is growing fast at this age. If he doesn't wear any clothes in the future, he can leave them to Lele. Lele hasn't worn such good clothes yet."

Dad Ji frowned.

However, Aunt Ji rummaged through the suitcase and found nothing but clothes. She muttered, "It shouldn't be."

Just as she was closing the suitcase, the door of the bungalow suddenly opened, and there was the sound of the boy's footsteps.

Aunt Ji hurriedly zipped the suitcase, came out of Shen Chi's room, and greeted with unsteady breathing: "Xiao Chi, you're back."

Shen Chi went home to get the textbook, he passed Aunt Ji's side, and walked to his room without saying a word.

In the room, the suitcase was hurriedly put on the ground, and the clothes were tucked into a ball, obviously the traces of being opened, as if searching for something.

Shen Chi pursed his lips, and was about to speak with a cold face, but when he saw Dad Ji beside Aunt Ji, his eyes suddenly stopped, and his thin back trembled.

He didn't say a word, and closed his room heavily, blocking out all light. The darkness would make him feel safe.

The boy leaned against the wall and closed his eyes, and after a long while, the back under his shirt stopped shaking.

He turned on his phone and sent a message, probably because of the grievances he didn't even realize because of the internet.

[Shen Chi] I've already given all the money, why do they still think I'm rich? I can't bear to eat shredded pork with sauce for four or five yuan

The other side seemed to have guessed the reason and asked a question.

【Yan Xuexiao】Is something wrong at home?

He restrained his trembling hands.

[Shen Chi] Grandpa is ill. Heart bypass surgery costs 100,000 yuan. I only have less than 20,000 yuan. My suitcase was opened when I got home today.

[Shen Chi] I know, if it weren't for blood relationship, no one would want a child like me, and their behavior is quite normal. If only I could become an adult sooner, I would be an adult when I become an adult, and I can live by myself

The young man on the other end looked at the text on the screen thoughtfully, do you want to grow up because no one wants it?

After a while, Shen Chi received a reply.

[Yan Xuexiao] Not yet an adult?

He subconsciously retorted.

【Shen Chi】Seventeen years old

The screen lit up again, and he received the last sentence from the other party. For some reason, the heart under his chest jumped suddenly.

[Yan Xuexiao] Still a child

It seemed to be a low sigh.

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