life partner

Chapter 11 Growth

After Xu Cheng entered junior high school, he separated from his brother again.

Xu Jing's elementary school is two streets away from Xu Cheng's middle school, and it takes only five or six minutes to walk, but Xu Jing feels that he and his brother are separated by thousands of miles, separated at the intersection every day Sometimes, always reluctant and worried.

Xu Cheng was still half a head taller than his younger brother. He lowered his eyes and looked at Xu Jing calmly. He was wearing a new school uniform, exuding a fresh fragrance.

Xu Jing got closer, and smelled the same smell as her brother, and wrinkled her nose, "What kind of washing powder does our mother use?"

Come on, let's just go off topic like this, and talk about the sadness of parting!

Xu Cheng was taken aback, his thick eyelashes fluttered, and the corners of his eyes turned up, "I don't know." He pursed his lips and said, "Why don't you go and ask."

Xu Jing shrank her neck, "Come on, I won't ask her?" He kept making small movements, smoothing the hair on his brother's forehead, then looked at his brother and said, "I'll wait here after school You, let's go home together tonight."

Xu Cheng nodded, Xu Jing pulled his schoolbag, turned his head and left, Xu Cheng stood at the same place, behind him was a thick and thick camphor tree, scattered scattered fragments of sunlight in the thick branches and leaves, staying mottled in Xu Cheng's place. On his face, the momentary lingering light made his profile suddenly darken.

Xu Cheng's gaze was firmly locked on Xu Jing who was walking away slowly, and Li Haoxi, who was shoulder to shoulder with Xu Jing.

My brother's friend... walked beside Xu Jing, that was his position.

He watched silently, until Xu Jing disappeared, and then moved his eyes away.

In fact, Xu Cheng's life in junior high school is no different from that in elementary school, he still doesn't care much about people, and if he insists on talking to strangers, it's not very smooth, and his stuttering appearance makes people anxious.

Except for Xu Cheng's poor interpersonal communication, some other aspects of him have grown quite fast, such as his height.When Xu Cheng reached the age of growing his body, his body grew like a stick. He only grew tall, but not fleshy. The whole person looked thinner than before.

Li Huiyao was worried that Xu Cheng's nutrition would be worse, so she bought him a box of calcium tablets for him to eat.However, her worries were completely unnecessary, because after Xu Cheng's height was raised by a few centimeters, he stopped in the same place.

Since then, the growth has only been half a centimeter in a few months, and there is no longer the momentum of crazy growth at the beginning.

As Xu Cheng grew taller, Xu Jing began to envy him, and often stood on tiptoe next to Xu Cheng, trying to figure out where Xu Cheng was.

Xu Cheng watched his brother trying to stand on tiptoe, and poked his brother on the forehead, "Short."

Xu Jing almost didn't recite it in one breath, looked at Xu Cheng dryly with round eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "Just wait, one day you will be taller than you."

Xu Cheng didn't speak, just looked down at his younger brother, his glazed eyes were full of smiles.

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On the weekend, Xu Jing was dragged by his mother to have his hair cut. Xu Jing's hair grows very fast, and he needs to get a haircut about once a month. His mother pushed him into the barber shop for a haircut. A cheap hand shaved a long white mark on his head, and the white ditch was particularly conspicuous in the black hair. In the end, Li Huiyao waved his hand and asked the barber to shave his son's head bald.

Afterwards, Xu Jing touched her bald head, which was very smooth, and further confirmed the fact that she was not his mother's own.

But Xu Cheng listened to Huanxi's brother's new look. Not everyone can shave a bald head. Xu Jing's head is in a good shape, so he looks pretty good after shaving it. Xu Cheng looks like a ball Rubbing his brother's bare head, Xu Jing let his brother ravage her helplessly.

"nice."

It was rare for Xu Cheng to comment on his brother, so Xu Jing had no choice but to accept it dumbfounded.

The next day, Xu Jing went to school with this bald head, and sure enough, the rate of turning heads soared.

Li Haoxi also looked at his bald head and laughed straight, the square eyes on the bridge of the nose were almost shaken off, Xu Jing snorted, patted Li Haoxi's forehead and pressed it to the ground, the way he treated Li Haoxi followed his brother It was completely two people, Xu Jing beat up Li Haoxi viciously, and then walked away refreshed.

It is true that Xu Jing's hair grows fast, within a few days, a section of fluffy soft hair grew on his bare head. The part of the scalp I touched grows especially slowly. When his hair grows, you can see that the left side of his head is sparse.

This feeling of youthful baldness really makes Xu Jing's ass hurt!

He looked melancholy at his handsome face in the mirror, couldn't help touching the sparse scalp, and turned his head to look at his brother sadly.

Xu Jing's appearance was the same as when An An was shaved off in summer, with staring eyes full of mourning, Xu Cheng looked at him with his neck tilted, walked out silently, and took An An who was curled up in the cat's nest. Anthracene was hugged, "It has experience, and it comes to comfort."

Xu Jing looked at his brother in disbelief, but Xu Cheng looked serious, so Xu Jing could only lower his head and move his face closer.

An An raised her head and glanced at Xu Jing, and called out softly, Xu Jing reached out and poked An An on the forehead, suddenly An An raised her paw and patted Xu Jing's nose, Xu Jing covered her nose and howled : "Smelly cat, you stinky cat."

Xu Cheng vaguely remembered that it was a sunny afternoon, and the pale golden light split on his retina, coating Xu Jing in his eyes with a thin layer of gold. Red marks, there is still a bald part of the hair on his head, but Xu Cheng was attracted by Xu Jing for no reason.

That is his younger brother, a blood relative of the same mother. He has a cheerful personality and a warm smile. He can tell jokes, play tricks and fight. There seems to be a light source of dissatisfaction on his body, just like a stove in winter. .

Xu Cheng took his brother's hand, smoothed Xu Jing's messy hair, and looked at him seriously, "Xu Jing."

"Huh?" Suddenly Xu Cheng's tone became extremely serious, Xu Jing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help correcting his attitude, "What's wrong, brother?"

So, I heard Xu Cheng say seriously: "I think your hair is pretty."

Ah... I don't need you to comfort me anymore, Xu Jing growled in his heart, but, I have to say, Xu Jing was very happy to hear his brother's words, he hooked Xu Cheng's neck, leaned his face closer, and breathed heavily On his brother's soft lips, "I knew my brother had the most discerning eyes." Then, he moved closer and pressed his brother's lips.

It took a long time for the lips to stick together, Xu Jing seemed to be tasting the taste, he pursed his lips, and then arched against Xu Cheng's cheek like a big dog, "Brother, your mouth is so sweet."

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In the three years of junior high school, Xu Cheng was actually quite numb. The people around him gradually grew up, and the curiosity and ignorance they had when they were young gradually disappeared. When they saw Xu Cheng, they would only react in a normal way, " Oh, so he is the genius with autism!"

After all, Xu Cheng is like this in the eyes of others.

The word "genius" has been with Xu Cheng for more than ten years. It was not until he entered the society that this commendatory term was replaced by another derogatory term. At that time, he had already fallen from "genius" to "fool".

In the year of the high school entrance examination, Xu Cheng was admitted to the best high school in the city with the No.1 score in the school. At that time, Xu Jing also followed in his brother's footsteps and entered the junior high school.

Xu Cheng's high school is far away from home, and it takes an hour and a half to take the subway, plus the bus time, it will take more than half a day to go back and forth. According to Xu Cheng's situation, he has to live in school, But……

Li Huiyao was worried about Xu Cheng's illness. She knew that Xu Cheng's autism had never been better. She was afraid that Xu Cheng would go to school alone, unable to take care of himself, and even be bullied.

But Xu Cheng's father, Xu Yingren, was not as delicate as his wife thought. In his opinion, the eldest son's silence and introversion was due to his wife's good protection, and Xu Cheng was already so old that he was fully capable of living alone. In the end, he sent Xu Cheng to school without any hesitation.

Xu Jing was very reluctant to part with his brother, but after hearing a lot of truths from his father, he finally figured it out. Maybe it would be better to let his brother face the outside world alone, so even if he was reluctant in his heart, he would not say anything. Did not say it.

After Li Huiyao sent Xu Cheng to school, he made the bed for him, and Xu Cheng sat on a chair, looking at his mother intently.

"Can I come back?"

Before turning on the light in the room, his face was immersed in a shadow, the wind was blowing outside the window, some dust fell on the pale window sill, Xu Cheng's face was full of trance and bewilderment, his teeth He tightly clasped his lower lip, tasted the smell of blood, and then slowly released it, uttering a sentence, "I'm afraid."

When Li Huiyao came down from the ladder, she could never be cruel to her eldest son. At that moment, she almost pulled Xu Cheng up and took him home. The door of the dormitory opened, and Xu Cheng's three roommates left. Come in.

Several roommates looked at Xu Cheng in surprise, then turned their heads to look at Li Huiyao, and said politely: "Hello, Auntie!"

Li Huiyao opened her eyebrows, smiled, then lowered her head again, stretched out her hand to stroke Xu Cheng's hair, and said in a low voice, "Chengcheng, bear with me. Mom, think of a way to see if I can rent a house next to your school."

Xu Cheng looked up at her quickly, opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Li Huiyao said a few words to a few boys, it was nothing more than Xu Cheng's ignorance, something he didn't do well, and they needed to take care of him, the older boys nodded in agreement.

After a while, Li Huiyao was about to leave. She separated the fruit she had bought for Xu Cheng in the cabinet and told him to eat an apple every day. Xu Cheng sat on the chair like a melancholy prince. Looking at his mother, he nodded slightly.

After Li Huiyao left, Xu Cheng sat motionless on the chair. At this moment, the lights in the room were already on, and the bright light shone on his side face. The thin lips from the bridge of his straight nose exuded a smile. A stern breath.

Some of the roommates had a more lively personality. Seeing Xu Cheng sitting there blankly, they leaned over and laughed and said, "Your mother is so young. Hello, my name is Xie Mingqi."

Xu Cheng's hands trembled violently. He lowered his head. From Xie Mingqi's perspective, he could only see Xu Cheng's eyelashes trembling. Xie Mingqi frowned and called tentatively, "Student, what's your name?" ah?"

Xu Cheng's lips trembled, and his thin voice escaped from his throat, but no one could hear him. His voice was too low, and the atmosphere in the dormitory was a bit delicate. Xie Mingqi thought that Xu Cheng ignored him, and his expression was embarrassing , Xu Cheng couldn't hear him anymore, and his tense heart fell back quietly.

Then, he heard Xie Mingqi's soft complaint, "Who is it, really!"

Suddenly, his falling heart was tightened, Xu Cheng looked at the ground helplessly, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he bit his lower lip fiercely.

The thin lips were dripping with blood from his bite, and Xu Cheng, who was occupied by disappointment and panic, realized the gap between himself and ordinary people on his first night in high school.

He has never been a "genius". To him, the word genius is just a sarcasm. In front of ordinary people, he is just a fool who can't even speak clearly.

That's why when they were young, those children would laugh at him and bully him with peace of mind, because even they knew that this person was abnormal.

The night is like icy water in the polar region. In the deep blue night, there is a cold sky. The cold and silent breath permeates Xu Cheng's whole body. He is curled up in the quilt, and he hugs himself tightly. Man, he couldn't feel the warmth, he was filled with apprehension and fear, and he began to miss Xu Jing crazily.

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"Tick...tick..."

Time was flowing like mud, Xu Cheng stared at the clock dial of the watch, the minute and second hands overlapped and then separated.

"Xu Cheng, why are you in a daze, stand up and answer this question."

The teacher tapped on the blackboard and stared at him urgently. Xu Cheng stood up stiffly. His fingers were bent on the table, bearing his own weight. His knuckles were hurting bluntly. He looked up quickly at the words on the blackboard. Formula, lowered his head and quickly said the answer.

The answer was completely correct, the teacher froze for a moment, then frowned, "Sit down."

Xu Cheng sat down, and faint low-pitched discussions began to sound around him. The dense sounds were like countless wasps. They passed by and wreaked havoc. Their tail needles made Xu Cheng feel pain. He leaned his forehead heavily on the table On the ground, the cold table is also trying to declare war on him.

He is very uncomfortable, he is so uncomfortable that he is dying...

But who will come to rescue him?