Gu Xidong almost played a set of boxing to prove that he just didn't stand firm and was not unwell, so he reluctantly reassured his grandfather and went back to the house to sleep.

Gu Xidong wiped the square table, threw the melon skin bag into the trash can and covered it with cardboard to prevent mosquitoes and flies, he walked to the eaves, took a pair of dark blue plastic slippers from the simple shoe rack against the wall of the main house and changed them, and tucked the half-used sneakers forward into the empty space, and then walked towards the courtyard sink.

This kind of water pipe is erected high from the ground, and the simple pool with a half-foot-high cement platform around the water pipe is now impossible to find in Gujia Village. He once persuaded his grandfather to abandon the old and replace it with a new one on the grounds that the pool was in disrepair and the exposed water pipes were easy to freeze in winter, but his grandfather, who had always loved him and obeyed him, was uncharacteristic and resolutely refused to change it. Grandpa usually treats him like a treasure, never says anything serious to him, let alone loses his temper, but that time, he clearly felt the change in his grandfather's mood, the old man was anxious to express but couldn't say it, so angry that his already thin face turned purple, he pointed to the sink and kept gesturing to his grandson, and seriously and formally 'told' Gu Xidong that as long as he lived, this pool that had been used for decades could not be picked.

Seeing that his grandfather reacted so strongly, Gu Xidong didn't dare to mention this matter anymore to make his old man angry.

In fact, like his grandfather, he has long been accustomed to this 'multi-functional' sink, which can not only wash vegetables, rice, and clothes, but also meet the needs of him and his grandfather to take a shower at any time in the hot summer.

They don't have a luxury bath room, and they don't need a shower, so they just need to strip off and stand in the pool, pick up the bucket next to them that has been warmed by the sun, and pour it down from the head.

In his memory, there has always been such a picture. On the night when the cicadas were singing and the frogs were chirping, he stood in the pool with his bare buttocks, and his grandfather picked up a red plastic scoop of water, and at the same time quickly flicked his thumb with the middle finger of his other hand, and flicked it to his head, and then it was a pleasure to pour it to the end.

"Hahahaha...... Hahaha......"

The childish laughter echoed under the old locust tree and echoed in his ears......

A sultry wind blew, Gu Xidong's body shook, and his eyes gradually became clear.

He tilted his head and looked towards the lighted room, then quickened his movements and took off his white T-shirt.

Hidden under the T-shirt was a muscular young body, but it was too thin, and the black sweatpants were loosely stuck at the waist, and the black tie looked like an ornament, which looked so redundant.

He untied the knot and was about to take off his pants, but as if he suddenly remembered something, his fingers were clasped on the elastic band of his pants, and he stopped moving.

After a while, he put his right leg on the edge of the pool and slowly pulled his trouser leg up from his ankle until his knee was exposed.

The light in Grandpa's house cast a warm orange glow around the pool, and he bent down and rubbed his fingers against the hideous wound on his knee.

"Shhh He gritted his teeth and frowned, waiting for the sharp tingling to pass.

He counted in his mind.

Five seconds, six seconds at most, and he'll get through it.

This is the experience he has recently learned.

But this time, he counted to ten, and only then did he feel his right knee slowly go from pain to burning to numbness.

His knees were obviously more than twice as swollen as they were yesterday, and the transparent skin glowed strangely under the lamp, and he couldn't help but reach out and press it, but his eyelids twitched from being stimulated.

Gu Xidong blew hard, and a trace of annoyance flashed in his clear eyes.

See, that's what happens to his meddling!

That night, if he hadn't saved the 'ghost', he wouldn't have rolled down the stairs and broken his knee! Later, in order to cover up the living expenses spent by him to pay for the medical expenses, he secretly went to work a second job behind his grandfather's back.

Grandpa only knew that he was working as a tutor at a nearby education and training institution, but he didn't know that his precious grandson would have to drag his sick leg for two hours in a smoky night market food stall after class.

Speaking of this, Gu Xidong's mind couldn't help but have a miserable white and bloodless face, speaking of which, the culprit who caused him to become this miserable picture was this ghostly girl, mentioning her, I can't help but think of the toilet turmoil at the beginning of school, that was the most humiliating life experience for him Gu Xidong when he grew so big, as a man.

But somehow, the girl who was supposed to hold a grudge and stay away watched her fall stubbornly like a tree, such a pair of frightened eyes, full of hatred and shame, staring at him fiercely, he was so enchanted that he couldn't move his feet, and unveiled the layer of indifferent armor on his body for the first time, like a hero in a film and television drama, he would rather be injured than protect the safety of the other party.

Now this result, in the final analysis, he is to blame.

After all, she had never begged him for anything.

I don't know what happened to her, she should have reconciled with her parents, when the head nurse was talking to her parents on the phone, he clearly heard her mother's excited cry while standing aside waiting for the phone.

Undisguised cries were accompanied by uncontrollable screams.

That voice can't be faked, even if he is a person without a mother, he can feel the heartfelt maternal love and affection.

Maternal love.

Do all mothers in this world really love their children?

Gu Xidong's lips moved, the corners of his mouth turned downward, revealing a mocking smile.

He wiped his face heavily, grabbed the elastic band around his waist, took off his pants viciously, and threw them aside.

After taking a shower, Gu Xidong went back to the house to sleep in sports shorts.

Passing by his grandfather's room, he subconsciously slowed down.

In fact, grandpa is deaf and mute, he can't hear grandpa even if he fires guns at home, but subconsciously, he always feels that grandpa can hear everything and see everything, so from childhood to adulthood, he is used to talking softly in front of his old man, and he is even more careful when walking at night, for fear of waking up his sleeping grandfather.

Because the light was still on in the room, he was not at ease, so he pushed the door through the crack and looked in.

Grandpa's room is the main house, and the light bulb wattage on the roof is not high, which makes the old house look even darker.

In the center of the room there is a black table of eight immortals, next to two hollow carved chairs, grandpa told him that this is the old object when he and his grandmother got married, many of the old objects made by hand were broken and lost, but only this set of hospitality furniture has been good, like his grandmother who has been dead for many years is accompanying him.

There was a single bed by the window in the room, but there was no one on the bed at the moment, he looked in the direction of the head of the bed, and sure enough, in front of a low cabinet next to the bed, he saw the figure of his grandfather.

Grandpa stood there motionless, staring at the two frames placed on the low cabinet in a daze.

Gu Xidong didn't need to look to know that his grandfather was thinking about his deceased grandmother and his martyr's only son again.

Gu Zhengnan.

His biological father.

Thirteen years ago, Gu Zhengnan, an officer of a certain unit, unfortunately died in the line of duty during a disaster relief mission and died honorably.