"Find out the title deed of the old house as soon as possible, and I can deal with it."

"It's okay, just be happy." The words in his voice aroused everyone's dissatisfaction. Without waiting for them to attack, he turned around and was about to leave. The aunt, who had suppressed her temper for a long time, finally screamed.

"Who allowed you to go! Night Kite, your grandmother's painting is in your hand, hand it over. The forced tone sounded like an inquiry, but it wasn't waiting for my affirmation. Some turned around in disbelief with sour eyes.

"That painting was given to me by my grandmother. I gave this old mansion, as for the painting, forget it. ”

My refusal finally made my mother, who had been sitting upright, get up and walk towards me.

"Daughter, why are you guarding that painting, Mom is doing this, ......."

"Okay, we can't talk about it, we'll talk about it another day."

Ruthlessly, he didn't look at his mother, who looked sad behind him, and left directly despite the abuse of his elders.

Walking out of the old mansion, he blinked his already sour eyes. Zhou Zhuojin, who was in the shade of a tree not far away, saw me and threw away the dead branches he was playing with and ran over. Before he could speak, there was a stray stream of footsteps behind him.

"Yo, I said why don't you hand over the painting, it turns out that I have a man, I'm afraid I won't have money to spend in the future!"

"That's it, eldest sister, look at the good daughter you raised."

The ridicule one after another made Zhou Zhuojin frown, but he did not refute it. I listened to the words coming from behind me coldly, and turned my head to look at my mother who was disappointed in the crowd.

"Mom, do you want this picture?"

The voice slowly stopped as I asked, and Zhou Zhuojin tried to pull me for comfort, but he broke free of his own eyes, still looking at his mother.

"Whatever you want, anyway, it doesn't necessarily belong to anyone in your hands."

My mother's complaining tone made my tears finally flow out, and I looked around at the elders I respected in the past, but I didn't know what to say at the moment.

Stretching out a slightly trembling hand to Zhou Zhuojin behind him, Zhou Zhuojin wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything after all, but just handed the painting tube he brought to my hand.

When I came with a painting, I just wanted to gamble on whether I was too careful to guess people's hearts, and I never thought that I was too young. Sometimes I complain! I complained about my mother's timidity and lack of opinions, and I was always swayed by others, but when I thought of her refusal to give up on me and her helpless marriage, I couldn't be ruthless.

"This painting is just money after all, and in that case, wouldn't it be nice to talk about it? I value it very much, and I'm worried that you can't keep it well, so why don't you spread it out and say, how much? ”

The elder who was standing on the steps and looking at me didn't react for a while, and then smiled unabashedly. To them, my words were very strong. The aunt beside the mother sneered and said deliberately.

"Fifty thousand! You also know that the painting is more than that, and you don't have that much money, so you might as well hand it over! ”

I bowed my head and smiled, everyone knew that this painting was more than 50,000, and my aunt said this, just knowing that I couldn't take it out, and deliberately embarrassed me.

"I don't have to hand over this painting, I'm almost eighteen, and I can handle my things. It's just that since my mother has spoken, I can't be too unkind as a daughter. I'll pay tomorrow. After saying that, without waiting for them to say anything more, he left with the painting tube in his arms.

Zhou Zhuojin pushed the motorcycle silently and followed me for a long time. As the sun set, he stopped and said in a muffled voice.

"I'm hungry."

"Whatever you want to eat, I'll buy it."

"Dumplings."

In the summer evening, the heat has not subsided, and Zhou Zhuojin, who has always been arrogant, can't care about the pedestrians walking by, and sits on the beach with my ass.

The sea climbed to shore with the wind in waves, and then receded. Open the steaming dumplings, let the heat cover the tears overflowing from the eyes, and chew with a smile.

"These dumplings are so much better than birthday cakes! Although I don't remember the taste of the cake anymore. The vague murmur made Zhou Zhuojin beside him stunned for a moment.

"Nonsense! This dumpling is very famous, and I waited in line for a long time to buy it. ”

"You pig, you can smell it from far away."

In the past, when Zhou Zhuojin heard me describe him like this, he would have rushed over and grabbed my neck. But today, he restrained himself again.

"Zhou Zhuojin, do you know why I dare to accept the 50,000 yuan? From the first time my parents quarreled, I began to save money, pressed the New Year's money for living expenses, and now I am working part-time, I am just worried that one day when no one wants me, I can still shelter myself from the wind and rain. He swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty, wiped away his tears and continued.

"I don't know that I'm not that important, I don't know that I can't find a friend to make friends other than Jian Yan. It's just that I want to live because I believe I will be happy. ”

"Of course! We will all be happy. It seems that the sadness in Zhou Zhuojin's words is too strong, which makes me turn my head to look at him with red eyes.

"Night Kite, in fact, I am the same as you, and I am also a flat boat on the sea."

"Night kite, if you want to cry, eat a full meal first, so that you have the strength to cry."

Zhou Zhuo's empathetic appearance made my emotions surge again, and I deliberately gulped down dumplings to divert my attention. couldn't help but look up from the lunch, looked at him with teary eyes, and couldn't help crying in a low voice. Crying until my eyes are sour, and the grievances in my heart are getting more and more swollen. Seeing that I couldn't stop crying, Zhou Zhuo panicked.

"Hey, all the other women have cried. Why are you crying more and more! ”

"Wow, wow, wow......."

"Don't cry! I was wrong, I shouldn't have made you cry. At most, I'll let you go in the future, Kite, don't cry, you'll be blind if you cry again. ”

The last sentence made me slowly calm down. Yes, wouldn't it be more pitiful to be blind again?

"You said that! I'll let it go later. ”

Raised his sleeves to wipe away his tears, got up and patted the sand on his buttocks, and left directly without waiting for Zhou Zhuojin to react. It's not that I'm nervous, or greedy. It's just that I'm used to going against the grain, and I never know what fairness is.

Zhou Zhuojin, who has always disappeared on Saturdays and weekends for no reason, rarely appeared at the door of my residence. In the past, Monday to Friday, that is, when I got off work and class, came to see if I was okay, but on Saturdays and weekends, I never answered the phone and did not reply to the text messages.

"Why are you here?"

"Are you so surprised to see me, it seems that I have a great influence on you." Ignoring my obstruction, he pushed me away and walked in. As if he was the master, he was at ease.

The two sat under the flower stand on the roof of the building, brewing a pot of tea, savoring the old man who did not belong to this age.

"Kite, do you hate your mother?" The abrupt topic made me conclude for a while, I have known each other for so long, Zhou Zhuojin has never talked about family with me.

"Don't hate, she's my mother."

"I really envy you, although your mother is eccentric, at least she loves you. My mom, if it weren't for the photos, I would have almost forgotten that I actually had a mom. Zhou Zhuo fell decadently on the tatami mat and looked at the sky.

"You never mention your family." took a sip of tea and waited for Zhou Zhuojin's trust.

"My mom's family is good, and my dad's family is average. When they fell in love when they were young, they were opposed by their grandmother's family, and the result of resolutely getting married was too much intervention by their strong grandmother. Grandma can't get used to her pampered daughter-in-law, and grandma looks down on her poor son-in-law. My mother suffered from depression and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital when I was five years old. The words that sounded like lines turned into sentimentality as the throat choked.

"Do you know where I am on Saturdays and weekends?"

"I'm going to visit your mother." My words made Zhou Zhuojin nod childishly.

"Kite, don't leave me, never, and don't abandon me." The murmur was drowned in a nasal voice, and he rested on my lap and looked at me with a pleading face. This is by far our most intimate action.

It turned out that Zhou Zhuojin's father went to the hospital to force his wife to sign a divorce agreement. The former loving husband and wife, because of money, have become unrecognizable. Zhou Zhuojin, who has witnessed everything since he was a child, seems to care about nothing, but everything hurts in his heart.

After dinner, he accompanied Zhou Zhuojin to the hospital to visit his mother. Maybe it's because of the high cost, and I can't see the scene of a group of patients rushing up on TV.

His heart was pounding, he clenched Zhou Zhuojin's hand, and walked with his steps, in exchange for Zhou Zhuojin's chuckle. Glaring at him with a false look, he shook off his hand and walked forward with the accompanying nurse.

The ward is very luxurious, which makes me a little more confused about Zhou Zhuojin's identity. At the front of the balcony sat a very beautiful woman, looking at the dress, it was not at all obvious that she had a mental problem.

"Mom, look who I've brought to see you." Zhou Zhuojin's words interrupted the sittingness of the lady in front of him. Turning around, the face as delicate as Zhou Zhuojin convinced me of the strength of genes.

"Hello Auntie." The shy tone provoked Zhou Zhuojin's chuckle again, but even Zhou Zhuojin's mother laughed.

"Good boy, sit down, Auntie doesn't hit people." Auntie's joking tone made me embarrassed. Are they all so direct?

"Auntie, I didn't mean that."

"Mom, the kite is thin-skinned, don't tease her. When the time comes, she won't want your son, where will I find it? Raised his elbow and hit Zhou Zhuojin behind him, Zhou Zhuojin pretended to rub his stomach.

"You, your mouth is so sweet, don't let my future daughter-in-law think you're frivolous." Auntie's sharp words made me even more embarrassed. Looks like this is the first time we've met. Who knew that Zhou Zhuojin's mother seemed to see my thoughts and said.

"This kid, it's the first time I've brought a girl to see me, and my aunt can see that he cares about you very much." The boom made me a little overwhelmed. Until Zhou Zhuojin led me out of the hospital, he didn't react from that sentence.

Care about!

What is the relationship between me and Zhou Zhuojin? We never say it, but we don't say it down. Is it just because you don't want to be alone?