The next day the meeting was held at the base as usual.

Gao Jianhong talked for a while, feeling that Zhu Yun was a little absent-minded.

"What's wrong, there's a problem?"

"Huh?" Zhu Yun came back to her senses and shook her head, "No." She looked to the side, "Where did Li Xun go today?" ”

Gao Jianhong: "I don't know, he called me in the morning and said that there was something wrong today, and I was put in charge of the base today." ”

Something?

Does it have anything to do with the woman yesterday?

Zhu Yun didn't want to be distracted, but she couldn't help but think about it.

"Come on, go on." Gao Jianhong stretched out his finger and hooked it in front of Zhu Yun.

Li Xun escaped all of today's class, and after the afternoon class, Zhu Yun came to the base and found that Li Xun had returned. He snuggled up in the stool as usual to write the program, as usual.

Zhu Yun sat down and asked casually, "Where did you go today?" ”

Li Xun: "Go to the city center for a walk. ”

Zhu Yun: "Downtown? What are you going to do there? ”

Li Xun glanced at Zhu Yun and sneered: "What's the matter, the princess's competition is already foolproof, and she has begun to have the energy to study idle things?" ”

“……”

Who rarely studies you, owes the debt to the champion.

Zhu Yun snorted in her heart and turned her head to do her own thing. She overheard a bag at Li Xun's feet, which seemed to be from the Central Stadium......

In the evening, Gao Jianhong asked Zhu Yun to go to dinner together, and on the way he was still thinking about the details of the competition, "It seems that many people have done the analysis of malicious programs in the previous sessions, should we get something new." ”

Zhu Yun said: "Okay, but there are so many general directions in the safety competition, or from the hardware-" After a pause, Gao Jianhong asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhu Yun looked at the entrance of the campus, and there seemed to be a person standing across the road.

"Zhu Yun?"

"Uh......" Zhu Yun opened her mouth, and Gao Jianhong said, "Let's go, what do you want to eat, go eat outside?" ”

Zhu Yun: "No need, just eat at school, and then go back to work." ”

Gao Jianhong smiled, "Don't be in such a hurry, take it easy, I'm not Li Xun." ”

They walked to the cafeteria, Zhu Yun lowered his head all the way, counting the bluestones on the ground, and Gao Jianhong didn't listen to a word. Finally, the moment she stepped into the steps, Zhu Yun stopped.

"That ......," Zhu Yun called Gao Jianhong, "I remember something, I have to go back to the dormitory." ”

"What's the matter?"

Zhu Yun said nonsense, "My mother asked me to send her something, but I accidentally forgot it." You don't have to wait for me, eat first, and see you at the base in the evening. ”

"Okay then."

Gao Jianhong entered the cafeteria by himself, and Zhu Yun took three steps and two steps to the school gate.

Are you there?

Are you there?

Are you there?

Zhu Yun searched everywhere and finally found the figure at the door of a dessert shop on the opposite road.

In fact, at this distance, it is really difficult to see a person clearly, and Zhu Yun is mainly recognized by her clothes that are so dirty that they can no longer be dirty.

She pretended to pass by, walked past the woman, and as she passed by, she glanced at the ground with her afterglow. The woman has a sallow face and poor skin. She was carrying a large bag, her shoulders slumped, and she looked very tired.

After Zhu Yun walked over, he turned the bow of the boat and walked again.

After walking like this three or four times in a row, Zhu Yun stopped, and finally looked in the direction of the campus, and made sure that there was no shadow of Li Xun, so he went head-on.

"Oops!"

Zhu Yun bumped the woman from behind and apologized again and again: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" ”

The woman seemed to be startled, but immediately reacted, "No, it's okay." ”

Zhu Yun: "I'm really sorry, I'm thinking about things, and I'm ...... if I'm not careful"

The woman shook her head: "It's okay." ”

She has a strong local accent, but she lacks the strength to speak, she is emaciated, and she is worried.

Zhu Yun asked tentatively, "Are you from out of town carrying so much luggage by yourself?" ”

"What? Oh...... Yes, yes, from out of town. ”

"Traveling here?"

"Not ......"

"What's that for?"

The woman was very slow to respond, and every time Zhu Yun finished asking, it took several seconds to hear the answer.

“…… I came to my brother. ”

Zhu Yun analyzed this sentence for a second, and then instantly fried in his heart.

Brother!

Brother!!

It turned out to be a younger brother-!!!!!!

Zhu Yun looked at the woman's face again.

After she said this, Zhu Yun found out that this woman was actually very tall, Zhu Yun's standard height was one meter six or eight, and she was still half a cut short in front of this woman. If you look closely, this woman's face is actually okay, although the temperament is very earthy and the skin is poorly maintained, but the foundation is still OK......

Moreover, the phoenix eyes of the inner pair are ......

Zhu Yun was a little stunned.

I don't know why, she didn't feel this way in the face of Li Xun's various fashionable girlfriends and boba exes before.

But the one in front of her is Li Xun's sister.

She was his relative.

Zhu Yun's memory is not bad, and she still clearly remembers how Zhang Xiaobei threatened Li Xun at the beginning. His hukou is rural, but the school has not been able to contact his family......

He didn't go home for the New Year.

Looking at Li Xun's attitude towards this woman last night, he must have a very bad relationship with his family. If you mess around, you will be known by Li Xun, and it doesn't feel like a joke.

Zhu Yun thought about whether to retreat as if she had never seen her before.

The woman still had her head down, and there were old-fashioned and shabby cloth bags piled up beside her, stained with dust, and large bags in her hands. Although she was tall, she was really thin and stood alone on the side of the road, exhausted.

Zhu Yun was a little unbearable, this was his sister. She pointed to the café next to her and asked, "How about you go sit for a while?" ”

The woman hurriedly waved her hand, "No need." ”

Zhu Yun: "It just so happens that I'm also waiting for someone, let's go inside and wait." ”

"I really don't need to."

Zhu Yun tried her best to put on the kindest and most sincere smile in her life, and finally her face stiffened, and finally persuaded the woman to go to the café.

This café is not low grade on College Street, and the waiter is a part-time student with a snobbish eye, and his face is not good when he sees the woman's dress and a pile of luggage.

"We have a minimum spend here."

Zhu Yun had never heard anyone talk to her in such a tone in her life, and she was surprised and almost splashed the coffee at the next table on her face.

The woman bowed her head: "Forget it...... I'll go outside and wait. ”

"Don't don't, come, you sit first." Zhu Yun pressed the woman into the seat and ordered two cups of coffee.

When the coffee was served, the woman didn't drink it, she kept her head down, and didn't dare to touch anything.

Zhu Yun tried to find something to talk about.

"That...... What's your name? ”

"Li Lan."

Also surnamed Li.

"You and your brother are biological?"

Li Lan shook his head.

"Cousin?"

Still shaking his head.

……

Zhu Yun changed his mind: "How long have you not seen him?" ”

Li Lan's voice was very small, "It's been a long, long time." ”

Zhu Yun asked a few more words, and found that Li Lan's movements were getting smaller and smaller, and in the end it was simply silent, she looked carefully and found that Li Lan's shoulders were shaking slightly, as if she was crying.

"Are you alright?"

Li Lan: "It's okay. ”

She looked too sad.

Zhu Yun hesitated and took out her mobile phone. "Is your brother from our school, what is his name, maybe I know, I'll help you find him."

"Nope." Li Lan immediately refused, she raised her head, and sure enough, her eyes were red. "Don't look for him, he doesn't want to see me......"

He doesn't want to do too many things, how can everything go his way.

"It's okay, just a meeting."

"Don't, really don't, he's going to be angry!"

Zhu Yun looked at Li Lan's submissive appearance, she was very annoyed, she frowned, and she didn't plan to do any more foreshadowing, so she went straight to the question-

"Aren't you sisters and brothers, what kind of enmity is there, why can't we meet, he hates you so much?"

Li Lan's face turned pale instantly.

Babble, yes......

Broken, broken, broken! Only then did Zhu Yun react and remedied: "I didn't mean that, that is, I think-"

"He should hate us." Li Lan muttered, she covered her face with her hands, "He didn't want to see us......"

What's the situation?

Zhu Yun slowly provoked her feelings and guided her to let down her guard.

It seems that Li Lan doesn't have many people to talk about these topics on weekdays, and in the face of Zhu Yun, a kind stranger, she relaxed a little.

Zhu Yun listened to Li Lan tell the story of the past, and her heart was shocked. It's not that the content of the story is magnificent, just because the protagonist in it is Li Xun.

She spied on his secrets without his permission.

She wanted to stop, too, but she couldn't.

*

Li Lan and Li Xun's hometown is in a land of fish and rice, Zhu Yun has heard of there, there is a very famous lake, looking at the color of mountains and rivers, although it is a rural area, it is very beautiful.

Zhu Yun thought to himself, water and soil nourish people, no wonder his skin is so delicate.

Li Lan's education is low, and many words are not clear how to say it.

But the most important thing in storytelling is love. Zhu Yun heard too many feelings buried in those simple years from Li Lan's stumbling narration.

The two siblings have a half-brother, Li Xun only came to Li Lan's house when he was six years old, and before that, no one knew about his existence.

Li Lan's father, Li Chengbo, was originally a farmer, but later caught up with the tide of the times, did foreign trade business, and opened a factory for a while. At that time, the factory was not small, and there were many employees, and Li Xun's mother was one of them.

According to Li Lan, Li Xun's mother is very beautiful, which is a kind of beauty that is different from the surrounding factory workers, and is extremely flamboyant. Although she was also poor, she lived a very fashionable life, making the most beautiful clothes and listening to the most popular band tapes.

She was criticized in the factory, and she didn't care at all about gossip behind everyone's back.

Li Chengbo soon noticed this special woman, and he concealed that he had a family and began to throw rose branches at Li Xun's mother.

Judging from Li Xun's appearance, Li Chengbo is very handsome, tall, young and vigorous, and full of spirit.

She fell in love with him very lightly and became pregnant with Li Xun.

Li Chengbo has a very common mentality of the older generation in rural areas, preferring sons over daughters. At that time, Li Xun's mother was judged to be a girl by the doctor in the small clinic, Li Chengbo asked her to do it, Li Xun's mother said that she would not say anything, was pregnant for eight months, and left the factory.

Later, Li Chengbo's business failed, and he returned to his hometown without a return for all his money, and his temper became moody.

At that time, Li Lan was only five years old, the eldest in the family, and had three elder brothers. Li Chengbo didn't like her, he often beat and scolded, and his mother didn't dare to be too intimate with her because she was afraid of her father. Li Lan has been doing the heaviest work since he was a child, and everything is left over from his brothers.

Later, Li Chengbo contracted the problem of playing cards and drinking, and the family was full of miasma every day, and everyone had a big temper, except for Li Lan, because in this family, there was no one she could lose her temper.

When she was ten years old, Li Xun's mother brought Li Xun to the house.

Li Lan was still young at that time, and she didn't know what the arrival of their mother and son meant, she was just very happy, because she was not the youngest in the family, maybe she could be angry with Li Xun in the future. But the reality is cruel, and Li Lan soon realized that the new brother was more powerful than the three brothers combined.

Don't talk about bullying, just walk near him, and he will be murdered back.

But Li Xun's arrival also has an advantage for Li Lan, that is, she is no longer a punching bag for her brothers and mother, and they have a new goal. They even pulled Li Lan into one camp for the first time and unanimously showed the outside world.

In the past, the whole family was tortured by Li Chengbo, who was an alcoholic, and suddenly the food chain extended down another section, and the life of Li Xun's mother and son can be seen. Li Lan's mother took out the toughness that she had never had in her life to treat this pair of uninvited guests. Li Xun's mother is okay, but Li Xun's attitude in giving back to them is more than enough, Li Lan's mother is not angry, and it is more and more excessive.

Not enough, since the arrival of Li Xun's mother and son, Li Lan's mother has something to do every day, and her life is much more vivid than before.

Even after living such a life, Li Xun's mother still insisted on staying. At that time, she was seriously ill, she had no family to rely on, and if she didn't come here, six-year-old Li Xun would have no way to live in the future.

Fortunately, Li Chengbo was quite satisfied with his new son, and with him to speak, Li Lan's mother did not dare to be too presumptuous.

Li Xun's mother tried her best to integrate her son into the family, but it backfired, Li Xun never looked at them squarely, for which he was bullied by his three elder brothers, and they didn't take his pride seriously at all.

Li Lan does laundry and cleaning late every day, and often everyone else sleeps and her work is not finished. She had seen several times that Li Xun's mother had advised her child under the moonlight to change his temper, saying that it was no longer time for the two of them to live outside, and that he had to get along with his brothers. Li Xun never said anything, his mother said that she would beat him if she was in a hurry, he was so aggrieved that he cried, but he still refused to agree.

Li Lan's heart softened, she always felt that they were not as hateful as her family said, and she sympathized with them.

Li Lan began to help them quietly, at that time Li Xun's mother was seriously ill and could not sleep at night, Li Lan took advantage of the family's sleep, secretly boiled porridge for her, and took care of her to rest.

She began to like Li Xun's mother, who made her a skirt out of the most simple fabric, which was the first skirt in her life. She also gave her a tape of the band, and Li Lan was not surprisingly obsessed with this trendy thing, and went to them almost whenever she had time.

Li Xun is not very good at taking care of people, and he is helpless about his mother's illness, Li Lan took out his sister's posture to criticize him: "You have to listen to your mother." She knows those three brothers best, they like to bully stubborn, as long as they follow them, they will soon get tired of it.

She kindly persuaded her, but unfortunately Li Xunli ignored her, Li Lan said angrily: "This is your mother's wish!" ”

Li Xun glared at her, "It's not!" ”

couldn't communicate, and Li Lan ignored him.

Later, Li Xun's mother died.

When she left, she was very miserable, so sick that she had no human form and shrunk into a ball, and her appearance was so terrifying that Li Lan's mother didn't trouble them for a few days.

It was late at night when she left, and Li Lan was also present, Li Xun probably knew that her mother was dying, and she cried bitterly. When he was dying, his mother took him by the hand and mechanically told him to integrate into the new family and live a good life in the future. Looking at such a mother, Li Xun finally nodded and agreed to her last request.

This should have been her long-cherished wish, but for some reason, the moment he really said "good", his mother raised her dry hand and grabbed his back as if she had been greatly stimulated, with infinite nostalgia and unwillingness.

"No......" she said to her son with the last strength of her life, "Li Xun, you must not be like them." ”

Li Xun clenched his teeth when he heard this, he buried his face deep in his mother's palm, and promised her: "Got it." ”

The mother left unharmed.

Li Lan stood on the sidelines and watched, she didn't know how to describe the mood at that time, it was the first time she received another kind of emotional relationship that was different from this family.

She began to try her best to help her brother, who never called her sister.

Later, Li Xun started to go to school, there were few schools in their hometown, primary and junior high schools were together, Li Lan's eldest brother had graduated, the second brother and third brother were all in junior high school, and Li Lan only studied in primary school for three years and went home to help work.

Since Li Xun started going to school, Li Lan found that his brothers bullied Li Xun even more ruthlessly. She didn't know where they got their anger, as if Li Xun was an enemy who shared the sky.

Li Xun never complained, but after all, he was just a child, and he endured it if he couldn't fight, and it didn't take long for him to be covered in bruises.

The brothers secretly tore up his books, threw his schoolbag, and created an opportunity to prevent him from going to school, but no matter how injured Li Xun was, no matter how bad the books were, Li Xun never missed a day's classes. And he also learned not to read while his brothers were there.

Therefore, when night fell, under the tile lamp in the small courtyard, in addition to Li Lan who was washing clothes, there was another Li Xun who was a warm book.

Once Li Lan asked him, "Why do you like reading so much?" ”

Li Xun replied angrily: "It's as if I said that you can understand." ”

His attitude towards her was as bad as ever, or rather he was hostile to the whole family. But Li Lan didn't care, anyway, there were many people who were bad for her, and she felt that Li Xun's murder was not really fierce.

She silently took care of him, washed and cooked for him, and helped him distract his brothers.

The days passed, one night, Li Lan was surprised to find that Li Xun did not come out to read, she found Li Xun in the pile of debris in the backyard, where he had been covering his ribs, Li Lan asked him what was wrong, and he did not answer.

Later, Li Lan learned that Li Xun was admitted to the only "key class" in the broken school that was not bad, and this class was in the north building, a certain distance from where Li Lan's brothers went to school.

But the key class has to pay an extra part of the tuition, and Li Lan's mother can't give Li Xun money, so Li Xun didn't succeed in that class, and he returned to the previous place.

The brothers were very happy, and Li Xun had another conflict with them, and they happily beat him up, and his ribs were cracked.

Li Xun didn't go to the hospital, Li Lan gave him a simple treatment, and secretly saved money to buy pork ribs stewed soup for him to drink.

When Li Xun was able to stand up, he took the initiative to talk to Li Lan for the first time - he borrowed money from her.

Li Lan didn't have any money herself, but Li Xun didn't care, he yelled at her, Li Lan was so anxious that she cried, and finally lied and begged her mother for some money.

Li Xun got the money and went to the county seat alone. When he returned, everyone, including Li Lan, was startled, and he dyed his hair the color of pure gold.

At that time, hair dyeing was not popular, especially this exaggerated color, which was even rarer.

Because of such a maverick hair color, Li Xun suffered more bullying, and even Li Chengbo was furious. When Li Chengbo was angry, the whole family shrank in the corner, and no one dared to step forward.

Several times, Li Lan felt as if his father was about to beat Li Xun to death......

But until the end, Li Xun still refused to admit his mistake and refused to dye his hair back.

Over time, everyone got tired of fighting, scolding, and getting used to it.

So, the little boy used this simple and childish way to prove that he was different from others.