River City Story

Chapter 21

Lin Yan never scolded anyone seriously, Sun Linlin was lucky to be No.1.Lin Yan felt that he was stupid enough to waste time chatting in the school corridor about masturbation or not.After living for 15 years, the most foolish time, he didn't run away.

He has just entered high school, and he is very concerned about being respected.He doesn't care about being liked by anyone, but he hates the phrase "I've fallen in love with you" very much, and there is an attitude of looking down between the lines.Adding a dog-headed military adviser to lobby from it made him dumbfounded!It's like the underworld ordered the younger brother, it's nothing.

"I'm pissed off, I'm pissed off, I'm pissed off, I'm pissed off." He gritted his teeth and got angry as he walked.

"Who is mad at you?" A familiar voice came, he grabbed his schoolbag and looked up, surprised: "Why are you here?"

He Zhengxi bumped into his shoulder: "I feel like my brother is going to die of anger, so my brother is here."

"Yes, I'll give you a little red flower today." Lin Yan made a gesture with a flower on his chest, and patted him twice at the end, saying: "Be good, and next time you can get a floating red flag." .”

"Hey, I must perform well and strive to be a good example for my younger brother." He Zhengxi kicked the ground and jumped onto Lin Yan's back.

"God!" Lin Yan's knees softened, and he stretched out his hand to support the lamppost next to him, "You are so heavy, let me carry it, and let your brother's firewood stick go."

"I'm heavy?" He Zhengxi hurriedly wanted to slide down, but was supported by Lin Yan.

"Don't move, I'm just kidding, you can carry it, take your schoolbag." Lin Yan took out his hand, and then vigorously lifted He Zhengxi's buttocks, "You have weighed ten catties this summer vacation, He is tall and muscular, and the energy to study hard is still not enough."

"I started exercising harder at the beginning of school, and tried to lose weight." He Zhengxi put his arms around Lin Yan's neck, and gnawed on his ear bones with his mouth open.

"Why lose weight? You're not fat." Lin Yan shrank his neck, "Don't gnaw, it's too itchy, hey! No, no, I'll gnaw again when I can't bear it anymore!"

He Zhengxi jumped off Lin Yan when he saw the good news: "Shouldn't you be angry now?"

Lin Yan supported his knees and nodded: "Thank you brother, brother is not angry. Let's go, get on the bus, eat something good tonight, and celebrate the start of school."

"I want to eat beef balls!"

"Eat until you are full!"

Seeing He Zhengxi, Lin Yan was no longer angry.He Zhengxi can always find a way to make him feel at ease. Although these methods are basically stupid, no matter how stupid they are, Lin Yan can sweep away the haze.

"My dear brother!" Lin Yan turned around and hugged He Zhengxi's head, and rubbed it vigorously, "You are really my brother's sweetheart!"

He Zhengxi let him rub it up and down completely, and then tried to raise his head, and looked at Lin Yan steadfastly, his eyes were shining.

"A good brother will always be good to his brother, absolutely, I swear."

His expression was much more serious than usual, and he didn't smile. He was probably a little nervous, and his clenched fists trembled slightly.There were people and cars around, but the moment He Zhengxi spoke, Lin Yan felt that the whole world became quiet.The 12-year-old copper pea boy in front of him seems to have some signs of growing into a big tree again.

Lin Yan was almost stunned. He didn't come back to himself until the bus driver honked at them. He grabbed He Zhengxi's cuffs and ran into the bus quickly, almost forgetting to swipe his bus card.

"My brother is finally entering the growth stage." Lin Yan pinched He Zhengxi's ear.

"I've developed a long time ago! You still think I'm a child..." He Zhengxi felt aggrieved. He thought that what he said just now would bring tears to Lin Yan's eyes, but he returned this sentence to him.

"Really?" When did it develop?Lin Yan tilted his head and looked at He Zhengxi. He didn't feel that He Zhengxi had changed at all, except for his height.

After hearing this, He Zhengxi turned his head to look at the scenery helplessly: "Hey, brother, you are too slow."

"Are you saying that I'm slow? Sure enough, I've reached puberty." Lin Yan sighed pretendingly, and gestured with his thumb and forefinger, "When your——a little bit old, your mouth was as sweet as honey. Yes, not long ago I kept rubbing my head against me, but today I think I'm slow, I really am a little white-eyed wolf."

He Zhengxi defended: "Why do you become a little white-eyed wolf? I just hope that you can treat me as an adult occasionally." At least, don't make decisions alone...

After hearing this, Lin Yan chuckled a few times, poked He Zhengxi on the cheek and said, "Most children are unwilling to admit that they are children." He pointed to himself and said to He Zhengxi, "You think I am a child?" Is it?" He Zhengxi shook his head and nodded.

"I'm really immature, and I would like to be a child all my life, but sometimes I have to be an adult, but it's not good to be too old, and people will think you're not interesting."

Lin Yan opened the car window wide, took a breath of fresh air, and continued: "So, just do what you should do at your age, there is no need to frame yourself as a child or an adult You may not believe me. After all, I am only three years older than you, so I am not a senior in life. But myself, I really hope to be a heartless, stupid, ordinary high school student. Only now Look, I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy this kind of welfare. Don't turn around and regret it after you are over 20 years old." He bit his lower lip lightly, looked at He Zhengxi with a smile for a while, blinked his eyes again, and dragged his face Say, "Hey, I'm a little embarrassed to tell you this, but just get what I mean."

In the crowded and noisy carriage, Lin Yan casually chatted with He Zhengxi about this slightly heart-to-heart topic.He seldom made demands on He Zhengxi, and he was not like the elder brother of ordinary people, he was much more meticulous than those people.Since childhood, Lin Yan had hardly enjoyed the love and care from his parents, so he wanted to treat He Zhengxi well.If I have not experienced it myself, let my younger brother experience it. Even if he is only 15 years old, he has no money and too little life experience, so the so-called success is still far away.

For a person to experience happiness, sometimes, those things are not needed at all.

"Brother..." He Zhengxi grabbed Lin Yan's hand and put it on his head, "If you're okay, you should touch this cutie more. I'm still young and just weaned, so I need your love so much." Lin Yan rubbed his palms back and forth, trying to shrink his size, which almost made Lin Yan laugh out loud.

"Come on you, let's not get bored in the car and affect the appearance of the city."

"How come, our internal and external qualities are enough to be the spokesperson of the city."

"Cheeky beyond the walls."

After getting off the bus, they bought minced beef in the market next to the alley. The two brothers walked home talking and laughing. Before they reached the gate of the old ancestral hall, they saw Lao Li standing at the gate with a small steamer. Lin Yan greeted him .

"Grandpa Li, what are you doing?"

"It can be regarded as coming back. I steamed two fish, and I can't finish them anyway. I bring you one." When Lao Li didn't sell breakfast, he would occasionally go to Lao Jiang's clinic to chat and chat. Now that Lao Jiang is gone, He also seemed to be ten years older in an instant.

Steaming fish on a hot day is a hard job. If it weren't for the two of them, Lao Li would definitely not suffer in the kitchen.

Lin Yan accepted it with an apologetic face: "It's just right, don't take back the beef you just bought." He handed the pot to He Zhengxi, freed his hand, and took Lao Li's arm: "Don't say no, Must eat together!"

Lao Li patted him twice, and said with a smile, "You kid! That's fine, I just have something to tell you."

Lin Yan: "Okay."

The three of them entered the room, He Zhengxi went to change clothes, Lin Yan stayed in the room with Old Li, and listened to what he had to say.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Don't talk about Xu Jialin, Lin Yan thought, he didn't know what to say.

Lao Li put on a straight face and said: "Don't worry, I won't talk about your uncle. I didn't take it seriously at first, but I saw it again just now, and I think I need to remind you."

Seeing Lao Li's serious expression, Lin Yan became serious unconsciously: "I'm afraid of your posture..."

Lao Li patted him on the shoulder, lit a cigarette and said slowly: "During the middle of the month, I always saw someone standing at the door of your house and looking inside. He only picked Xiao He when he was at home alone. Waiting for you to come back , he also left. No, you are not here this afternoon, he came again. I didn’t do anything, just stood there, I went up to ask him, he smiled at me, turned around and left without saying a word I wondered, not long ago, Xiaohe did what he did for justice. Don’t be an accomplice of human traffickers to seek revenge. You two children, you should pay attention. Tell Xiaohe to leave school and find a few more classmates to go home with, it’s really impossible , just stay at my place first.”

"You're right. I really didn't notice this. Fortunately, nothing happened now." Lin Yan was also afraid for a while.Some time ago, He Zhengxi recognized the kidnapper on the street, and it was indeed possible to be targeted.Thinking of this, he felt that he was too negligent. If He Zhengxi was slapped into a fool, it would be too late.

When he told He Zhengxi about this matter, He Zhengxi also felt a little terrified, but he didn't have any classmates living here, Lin Yan was worried.It's not just the suspicion that the traffickers came to seek revenge, it would not be a good thing if Xu Jialin's opponent came to find him.Although Lin Yan firmly believed that Xu Jialin was no match at all, the old man Xu was just a big face, and he hid all his time, so it wasn't worthwhile to have any grudges.

After dinner and seeing off Lao Li, Lin Yan was still in a panic. He walked around the room a few times, and finally decided to call Lu Chi.

Lu Chi was probably very busy there, and he didn't pick up until the fourth call.

"I was thinking of calling you, but you called first. I'm too busy these two days to take care of anything." Lu Chi said first, "I'll drive over on Saturday, and with Xiaohe, let's go out for dinner OK."

"Don't worry, brother Lu Chi, I have something to discuss with you." Lin Yan wrapped his fingers around the phone line, "Do you have time now? Do you want to wait a while?"

"No, no, I'm about to withdraw, you just say it." Lu Chi walked outside and walked through the office door, "Something happened?"

Lin Yan hummed, and then repeated what Lao Li said to Lu Chi again.

"There should be surveillance around there. I'll ask my colleagues to help take a look. After dinner on the weekend, I'll go to your door alone to install a camera. Don't worry too much. Although I take it for granted, I haven't seen it for so long. Take action, the possibility of seeking revenge is not very high." From Lin Yan's words, Lu Chi couldn't tell what was going on with this person, so he could only answer in this way.

"That's right, if I'm concerned, it's messed up. If that person wanted to attack, he would have beaten him up long ago, and waited for someone to find out." Lin Yan said with a smile while holding the receiver.

"Just figure it out for yourself. Don't be too nervous. Uncle Xu has an accident. You must be under a lot of pressure. You pretend to be calm. I guess you haven't slept well in the past two days." Lu Chi asked.

Lin Yan: "Yes, but I can't let my brother know, at least he is the eldest brother."

Lu Chi: "How about... I go to the old ancestral hall and check in with my bags? Or, you guys come to my house for a while? Your aunt Xin has been talking about it for the past two days."

"I understand what you mean, don't worry, I used to stay alone, but now it's two people, it's much better." Lin Yan said.

Lu Chi knocked on the wall and shook his head: "You still understand what I mean, what do you understand? I know that you don't like to move your nest, don't force it, and when I finish my work, I can spare more time to go to the old ancestral hall Alright, clean it up and wait for brother!"

"What the hell!" Lin Yan laughed, "A 30-year-old is still making such mentally retarded jokes."

"What 30, don't say it, I'll be 13 forever..."

"Are you sure you know the exact meaning of 13?" Lin Yan teased.

Lu Chi pinched his brows: "...I can't stand you middle school students, I don't deserve it."

Lin Yan: "You can beat it on weekends."

Lu Chi smiled and said: "That's right, beat you on the weekend. I can't do it. It's worth two nights. I have to go home and sleep, hang up first."

Lin Yan: "Okay, go home and be safe."

Lu Chi: "Understood, don't worry about it."

Lin Yan said repeatedly: "Don't worry, don't worry, just hang up."

"This kid is really..." Lu Chi glanced at the hung up phone, yawned helplessly and drove.Before he had time to eat dinner, he was looking for a place to settle his food and clothing first. He wandered aimlessly on the street for a few minutes, but couldn't find anything he wanted, so he woke up from hunger.

"Why don't you go and have a look first?" He said to himself, turned the car around and drove towards Linshui Street.

After Lin Yan made the phone call with Lu Chi, he felt less anxious, but he had no idea who this person was and why he kept coming to see He Zhengxi.I feel a little uneasy in my heart, but I can't tell what it is for, and I dare not think deeply.

After thinking about it for a while, but couldn't come up with any results, I simply cut off my thoughts and started reading.Lin Yan took out a headband from the drawer of the writing desk to fix his bangs, and his vision finally widened.His hair had grown a lot recently, but he didn't have the heart to cut it. When he cleaned Xu Jialin's room on a regular basis, he cleaned out a headband, and he wiped it clean with alcohol cotton and kept it for himself.There was only one woman, Shen Han, who came to the family, and Shen Han always lost things, most of them belonged to her.

He Zhengxi walked in after taking a shower, saw Lin Yan's appearance, and immediately smiled.He dragged a chair and sat down next to Lin Yan and said, "Brother, you look pretty good-looking like this, better than those handsome guys with long hair. They are just a little bit worse."

Lin Yan took a towel and wiped He Zhengxi's head, but he couldn't stand his short hair and didn't feel any sense of accomplishment, so he gave up and said, "You are insulting the Monkey King, no matter how many lifetimes you have practiced, you are not as good as others. "

"Why should I compare with the fictional characters in ancient novels who have achieved more? I'm praising you for showing your forehead!" He Zhengxi shook his head secretly.

"But I quite like bangs, but they are a bit long, and the forehead is chilly." Lin Yan stroked his hair, "Brother Lu Chi said that he would go out for dinner on Saturday, and he would install a surveillance camera for our house by the way."

"Surveillance? What is it for?"

Lin Yan was a little annoyed: "Forgot what I said just now? Put on a monitor and feel at ease. Don't be stumped by someone when you go out in the future and you don't know who did it."

He Zhengxi patted himself on the head: "I have not forgotten, I have not felt any danger approaching recently. Don't underestimate your brother's intuition, it is very accurate."

Lin Yan shook his head and did not speak again.In his eyes, He Zhengxi had already set out on the path of a rebellious boy. He said that he would not get into anything. He only felt that he was going to grow up in the afternoon. Now it was too early, and the copper pea was still a copper pea.He was too lazy to make himself unhappy, reading was more important.

After He Zhengxi finished speaking, he waited expectantly for Lin Yan to give him a comment. He waited and waited, but Lin Yan didn't raise his eyes.On the night before school started, he needed to adjust his state.He Zhengxi walked around the room a few times, rummaging through his schoolbag, pulling the sheets, picking his fingers, and twisting the head of the fan. Changing color and heartbeat, he flipped through the book to make notes.He Zhengxi was busy for a while, and he felt stupid, so he ran to the front of the main room and half-lyed on the porch to blow the night breeze.

"It's boring... my brother doesn't want to play with me... my brother doesn't want me..."

Not long after, a guest came to the door.

"Hey, why are you sitting here? Let's go and call your brother. I bought skewers." As soon as Lu Chi entered the door, he saw He Zhengxi sitting there singing bored, looking a little funny.

He Zhengxi raised his eyelids, his face full of distress.

Lu Chi smiled: "What's the matter, you were bullied by Lin Yan, even I was willing to bow down, you better not ask for trouble."

He Zhengxi straightened up: "My brother won't bully, don't talk nonsense."

Lu Chi: "I knew you had to say that, hurry up, move a table out, and eat meat."

He Zhengxi: "Just wait, I'll ask my brother first."

Lu Chi was surprised: "Your brother is not your father!"

He Zhengxi yelled while running: "It's not my father, it's better than my father!"

Lu Chi: "Understood, accurately interpret the elder brother as father."

Lin Yan opened the door with his ears and came out, caught He Zhengxi who was rushing into the room, frowned and said, "The distance between you two is less than five meters, why are you howling?"

"Look, you don't understand this." Lu Chi said, "I'm howling a few times here, no matter who is outside, I know that there are adults in your house, not only the two children, I will try to come as often as possible in the future. You two go to school safely, don't be distracted by other things."

Lin Yan nodded: "You've been so busy recently that you haven't even eaten a meal? Aren't you going to be transferred?"

Lu Chi scratched his head: "Hand over a few cases... I don't want to transfer it at all. It's not like you don't know that my mother is surprised. It's good to be busy, it's better than being idle." Chuan, "You two have a task tonight, eat with me."

He Zhengxi dragged the table out and excitedly said, "Underagers are not allowed to drink alcohol!"

Lin Yan squinted at him: "Does your expression seem to say that minors are not allowed to drink alcohol? I went to the refrigerator to get two bottles of Coke. I bought them last month. I didn't even mention this."

Seeing Lin Yan leave, Lu Chi lowered his voice and asked He Zhengxi, "How is your brother recently? Is it normal?"

He Zhengxi was confused: "Of course it's normal, do you think he's abnormal?"

Lu Chi: "Although you are still young, you should care about him more when you have time..." Before he could finish speaking, He Zhengxi was eager to speak. Lu Chi signaled him to pause first, and then said: "I mean Yes, you should understand and listen more to what he says, your brother is quite tired alone, not to mention high school students themselves are under a lot of pressure. In addition to Uncle Xu's affairs, he cares more than you..."

He Zhengxi opened his mouth, but this time he still couldn't finish his sentence. Lin Yan came back with two bottles of Coke, "What are you talking about?"

"No, I didn't say anything."

"You heard wrong."

The two replied in unison.

"Okay." Lin Yan put down the glass and stretched, "You can do whatever you want."

Lu Chi: "Don't you want to eat it? The chicken elbows here are very delicious. Don't you like it?"

He Zhengxi frowned and interjected: "Why don't I know."

Lin Yan spread out the mat and sat down, took a glass of water and said, "You guys eat, I can't eat at night." He looked at He Zhengxi: "Remember to brush your teeth, you know."

He Zhengxi replied bluntly: "Absolutely obey orders!"

Lin Yan smiled and took a sip of water.

Lu Chi bought a lot of things and brought them over, most of which were mutton skewers.The two people in front of them ate quite happily, Lin Yan was really embarrassed to stand up to ventilate, so he could only take small sips of water to suppress his nausea.Looking at this appearance, in the eyes of Lu Chi and He Zhengxi, they thought he was greedy for this thing...

"Brother, eat as much as you want, don't suppress your desire for food."

"Your brother is right, don't you just grill skewers, you are too thin, you don't need to lose weight."

Lin Yan waved his hand and said, "No, I'm just a little thirsty, you just need to eat."

"Try it, just one bite, this meat is fat and thin, and you don't need to dip it in sauce, Brother Lu Chi is too good at buying it." He Zhengxi raised a mutton skewer and stuffed it directly into Lin Yan's mouth.

"I don't want to eat, I can't stand this... Hey! Don't!" Lin Yan was caught off guard and had intimate contact with the meat skewers before he finished speaking, and a smell of mutton overflowed from his mouth.

He Zhengxi is an idiot!Lin Yan grabbed the meat skewer and slapped it on the table, gritted his teeth, stood up, and went straight to the sink.

"Cough!" One couldn't hold back, and spit out what he ate in the afternoon in a few mouthfuls, his throat hurt from choking, and his stomach seemed to be twisted hard.In short, from the inside out, Lin Yan was extremely uncomfortable.

"Brother..." He Zhengxi hurried over.

"He Zhengxi, what the hell are you!" Lin Yan didn't finish his sentence, and he was overwhelmed again, he turned around and spit out another mouthful, cursing: "Ancestor, can we do something reliable. "

Lu Chi took a glass of water and handed it to Lin Yan: "Rinse your mouth first, I also thought you liked this stuff, didn't you always make mutton dumplings before, and you will definitely not bring these here from now on, I will replace it with beef pork belly for you. "

"Don't talk about streaky pork! Big brother, please do me a favor..." Thinking of the oily appearance of pork belly, Lin Yan disarmed his stomach again. He tried hard at the sink, but in the end he didn't spit out anything of value.

Lu Chi held up Lin Yan's arm: "You can't do this, you vomited up. Xiaohe, go get a cup of hot water."

"Oh!" He Zhengxi responded and immediately ran back.

"I'll be fine after sitting down for a while. Have a good dinner, what have you done to me?" Lin Yan said with a sour voice, and smiled apologetically at Lu Chi.

Lu Chi raised his eyebrows: "No one will affect my appetite, don't worry. Don't say a few words, your voice is like a broken gong."

"Hey." Lin Yan huddled on the stool and hugged his knees, "Actually, I also like to eat mutton, but I can't stand the taste, so I'm not lucky."

"Who said that?" Lu Chi shook his finger at him, "Fortune, you'll have to wait decades to know it. We haven't reached the age to talk about good fortune yet."

Lin Yan teased: "Don't, who is with you? You are 30, I am 15, and the younger one is only 12."

Seeing that the two were about to pinch again, He Zhengxi took the opportunity to hold water in front of them, "Mix it with cold water, let's drink it."

"Yo." Lin Yan raised his eyes to look at him, "It's amazing to be so careful."

He Zhengxi blushed and urged: "Drink quickly!"

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I forgot the previous summary in a blink of an eye, so I can only repeat one sentence, I am really sorry.