Gu Xiaole returned to his room, put down his schoolbag, casually threw the table basketball to the corner next to the large bookcase, and then sat on the rotating computer chair all of a sudden.

He looked up at the ceiling, a beautiful painting of musical symbols.

"Tuan Tuan will come back on his own." Gu Xiaole muttered to himself.

He got up and walked to the bookcase, his gaze unintentionally swept to the side, and then paused.

There was a behemoth, covered by a huge white cloth.

The white cloth is clean and clean.

Gu Xiaole stretched out his hand, touched the white cloth, and then retracted his hand like an electric shock.

He quietly opened the door, stretched out his hand to hold on to the railing in front of the door, and looked at Grandma Gu who was preparing dinner in the hall on the first floor.

And the enthusiastic Joli.

Looking at Grandma Gu, and then looking back at the white cloth, Gu Xiaole pursed her lips and lowered her eyelashes.

When he was very young, he did a bad thing that made it impossible for his grandmother to continue walking for the rest of her life.

According to my grandfather, he was only three years old.

It was still a bitterly cold winter.

The sudden departure of his parents made him very unacceptable. He walked on two small legs, and chased the big steamer that drifted farther and farther away on the sea.

At that time, grandpa was talking about business in the city and did not come back, so it was grandma who accompanied him to see his parents leave.

Because his grandmother's legs and feet were inconvenient, he couldn't catch up with him who was running fast, so he suddenly fell into the sea near the pier.

Grandma was frightened, and regardless of her age, she jumped into the sea and rescued him.

It was still raining a lot, and the cold sea water was soaking, and my grandmother, who had been looking for him for a long time, was completely necrotic in both legs after rescuing him.

Grandma was admitted to the hospital.

She was in a coma for a long time – she was in a coma and had CPR.

Thankfully, the surgery was successful.

Otherwise, Gu Xiaole felt that he should feel guilty for the rest of his life.

Grandpa heard the news of his grandmother's hospitalization and quickly rushed back.

That year, Grandpa took care of Grandma for a whole year and never left.

That year, he developed a high fever and forgot many, many things - in fact, even if he didn't have a fever, he can't remember the things he had done as a child.

I can't remember what my parents looked like - in addition to my grandparents, there was only one family photo of the three of them.

When Grandpa was there, he was very supportive of himself in chasing his dreams.

After his grandfather was gone, Gu Xiaole chose to give up chasing his dreams.

Because he felt guilty, and because he had to take care of the elderly Grandma Gu.

So since Grandpa Gu left, Gu Xiaole has never touched the object under the white cloth again.

I never played basketball again.

"My little Brian, it's time for dinner." Grandma Gu beckoned to the young man upstairs, and the faint yellow light reflected her kind and amiable smile.

Yu Guang glanced at the white cloth, Gu Xiaole took the door, walked down the stairs, fetched napkins for Grandma Gu and Qiao Li, then sat down, picked up the knife and fork and began to eat quietly.

This night, except for Qiao Li and Grandma Gu talking eagerly in English, there was only Gu Xiaole's silent chewing.

The lights were slightly drunk, the candles were flickering, and Joli's face was stained with red halos from drinking red wine.

She looked at Gu Xiaole who entered the door, and then looked at the empty houses around, and suddenly felt very uncomfortable in her heart.

"Grandma, why don't you hire a babysitter?" She asked suddenly.

Grandma Gu took a sip of red wine elegantly: "My dear little Brian is worried about my safety. So before moving in, he assured me that he would take care of all the housework. ”

She put down her goblet and glanced sideways at the closed door on the second floor.

"Grandma, if you don't mind me arguing, I will often come to visit you in the future and do some housework for you, is it okay?"

Qiao Li was stunned when she saw Grandma Gu, and hurriedly said, "Your legs and feet are inconvenient, it will be very tiring to do this." Xiaole has his studies, and I, as his teacher, should help him relieve some of his burden. ”

"That's really bothering you." Grandma Gu shook her head.

"It's okay, it's not a hassle at all." Jory grinned, her sapphire eyes looking beautiful in the light.

"Grandma, is it okay to ask a very abrupt question?" Jory also glanced at the door and asked hesitantly.

Listening to her awkward Chinese, Grandma Gu couldn't help but smile at the corner of her mouth: "Of course." ”

"I always feel that Xiaole's personality is very silent, is it because of what he experienced in his childhood?" Under the dining table, Joli's hand curled up quietly.

Grandma Gu was silent, and the smile on the corner of her mouth slowly faded.

"At a very young age, my little Brian, whose parents for some reason left him and went to distant England. That year he chased the steamer for a long, long time, so much so that he accidentally fell into the sea. It was I who saved him—"

Grandma Gu lowered her head and gently stroked her legs, "So these legs can't let me walk anymore." ”

After the shock, Joli bit her lip lightly and fell silent.

Maybe it was after this, after hearing what he had done, that Gu Xiaole became silent and not close to others.

Thinking of the lonely boy he saw walking alone next to the lawn at school just now, Qiao Li's eyes had a different emotion.

What a ...... Heart-wrenching child.

At this time, Gu Xiaole didn't know at all that a decision Qiao Li had made in secret, or that it had already been decided, and now it was a more determined decision, which changed his vision for the future.

It also changed his silence.

In the next few weeks, as long as Qiao Li got off work, she would come to Gu Xiaole's house almost every day to help Grandma Gu tidy up the housework.

This did not make Gu Xiaole grateful, on the contrary, he became more and more silent.

Because as long as he sees Qiao Li, Gu Xiaole will think of the United Kingdom.

That made him resist to the extreme.

In order to prevent Qiao Li from continuing to come to his home, Gu Xiaole felt that he should do something.

He remembered some of the bad things that those bad kids often did in the Noble Academy, and hesitated.

But at the thought of Britain, his gaze slowly hardened.

At the end of the last class of the day, Gu Xiaole packed his schoolbag as quickly as possible, carried it with one hand, and walked to the underground garage with a familiar car - Qiao Li parked the car here every day and took him home every day.

He looked around, and when he saw that there was no one, he quietly squatted down and took out a delicate and small toolbox from his school bag.

Another moment of hesitation.

Pursing his lips, Gu Xiaole reached out to open the toolbox.

When Qiao Li came, Gu Xiaole had already packed everything.

He leaned against the car door and looked down at the book in his hand.

"Xiaole, classmate is so well-behaved today?" Jory was surprised.