After entering the bathroom, Ling Xiao first took off Zhu Shan's clothes and carefully examined her whole body.

Zhu Shan's face was a little red, and her eyes wandered: "I'm not hurt."

"What about the heart? Is there anything uncomfortable?"

Zhu Shan shook her head, "No."

When she faced Ren Xingxian alone, she was really scared, helpless and desperate, but when Ling Xiao appeared and hugged her, those feelings completely dissipated.

Later, during the more than ten hours that Zhu Shan was in the police station, police comrades, Prosecutor Su, Li Shang, etc., everyone cared about and comforted her, and was serious and cautious about this case.

She knew that she was able to clear her suspicion so quickly because of the results of various departments rushing back from their warm homes and staying up late to add some points.

Where is she still uncomfortable?

She will not ignore the kindness and gentleness of this world because of people like Ren Xingxian.

After taking a bath, Zhu Shan sat on the sink and carefully shaved Ling Xiao.

After shaving, Ling Xiao touched his chin and approved, "It's okay."

Zhu Shan bent the corners of her mouth proudly.

When they came out again, Ling Ma and Ling Yue had already returned.

The nearby restaurants were closed, and they only bought a few stalls of cooked food, and even put a few flavors of instant rice on the table.

It was a very cold Chinese New Year's Eve meal, but Zhu Shan found it delicious.

They all found delicious.

After eating, everyone sat on the sofa and watched the Spring Festival Gala.

Ling Xiao was not very comfortable, so he simply said two words and went back to the room.

Mother Ling put down the melon seeds, a little worried: "My son seems to be very uncomfortable, Yue Yue, you go and see your brother."

As soon as Ling Yue put down her phone, Zhu Shan had already stood up, stuffed the pillow to Ling Yue, and volunteered: "I'll go."

Zhu Shan went back to the room and didn't see anyone at all, so she went to the bathroom.

When she pushed open the bathroom door, Ling Xiao had already taken off her shirt.

His voice was hoarse than in the evening: "I'm sweating, take a shower."

Zhu Shan stepped forward: "I'll help you."

But before her hand touched anyone, she was caught.

Ling Xiao lowered his eyes to look at her, his eyes turned on her face, and finally raised her hand: "Didn't you say that your hands were sore just now?"

！！！

He raised his eyebrows, "Are you coming again?"

The picture of taking a bath just now ran to her mind again, and Zhu Shan's ears seemed to hear his low gasp again, and she felt that her palms were starting to be hot, as if the hot thing was still twitching in her palms.

She retracted her hand suddenly: "You're so annoying, it's obviously you......"

"That's you touching me."

She's obviously helping him take a bath!

Zhu Shan was bitten back, and she was so angry that she wanted to kick him, but thinking that he was sick, she just glared at him.

After Ling Xiao teased her, he laughed wildly, grabbed her shoulders and turned her one hundred and eighty degrees, and pushed her out of the door: "I'll wash it myself, soon."

This time, Ling Xiao locked the door of the bathroom.

I thought it would be a benefit to take a bath together, but I had a damn cold, I couldn't do anything, it was torture, and it wasn't pleasant at all, but I couldn't let her in again.

Zhu Shan leaned on the door and left only when she heard the sound of water.

Her phone has been turned off for a long time and is now charging at the bedside.

Zhu Shan half-nested on the side of the bed and turned on her phone.

For a while, a lot of information poured in, all of which cared about her.

After Zhu Shan replied one by one, she opened the online platform. Sure enough, as Officer Song said, all the relevant news last night has been blocked.

Zhu Shan played with her phone for a while and heard a "ding" sound.

She turned her head and saw Ling Xiao's phone lit up.

Zhu Shan was afraid that he was in a hurry, so she crawled over and turned on her phone.

is a text message from an unfamiliar number.

[Hello Lawyer Ling, I'm Ren Xingxian.

You should be in a lot of pain when you receive this text message, right?

I'm just going to tell you, mine

The goal, always, is you.

I just thought, you watch the people you love the most suffer. 】

Zhu Shan's fingers trembled.

It turned out that Ren Xingxian did all this, not against her, but at Ling Xiao.

This text message should have been set up in advance, and it was the last sword he stabbed Ling Xiao after the matter was completed.

Tell him that everything that the person he loves most has received at this moment is due to him.

It's so perverted.

Zhu Shan came back to her senses and immediately deleted this text message.

Ling Xiao didn't need to know.

It's over.

After Zhu Shan deleted the text message, she was a little weak and walked out of the room directly.

In the living room, the Spring Festival Gala continued to play, Ling Yue had fallen asleep on the sofa with a pillow, and Ling's mother didn't watch TV, holding her mobile phone and laughing.

Seeing Zhu Shan, Mother Ling beckoned, "Is he okay?"

"It's okay, he's just sweating and taking a shower."

"If you sweat well, it means that the cold is about to be cured."

Zhu Shan sat down, Ling's mother immediately handed the mobile phone to Zhu Shan, and the screen of the mobile phone was a video of a baby less than a year old, lying on the crib and kicking his legs.

Ling's mother blinked: "Shanshan, you and Ling Xiao can also have a child, look, how cute."

Oh my God, spawn?

Zhu Shan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and returned the phone: "Auntie, I'll go see Ling Xiao again."

After saying that, Zhu Shan hid in the room again.

Ling Xiao just finished taking a shower and came out wiping his hair: "Good girl, help me blow my hair."

Zhu Shan let out an "oh", and then blew Ling Xiao's hair.

The hair was half-blown, and the room suddenly burst into a multicolored light.

It's time to set off fireworks.

Ling Xiao pulled Zhu Shan's hand down and snatched the hair dryer away.

Zhu Shan: "It's almost dry."

As if he hadn't heard, he half-hugged the person and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window: "Go and watch the fireworks."

"But..."

"Sanshan, we haven't seen fireworks together in six years."

Six years...

yes, six years.

Zhu Shan is only twenty-three years old, and six years is already more than a quarter of her.

It's really long.

Outside the window, fireworks are dense.

They exploded like flowers in the heights, illuminating the night and shining brightly, and the sparks sprang out in all directions, then slowly fell and disappeared.

Zhu Shan covered her ears with her little hands and drilled into Ling Xiao's arms.

Her little face was printed with various colors by fireworks, her eyes were bright, and she would close her eyes and bury her chest in his chest because of the explosion of "bang".

Ling Xiao looked at her for a long time, and finally stopped at her full lips, and then sighed.

Zhu Shan suddenly stood up straight from his arms and pointed out the window: "Blue! And the blue ones!"

She tugged at his clothes and looked up, "Look, Ling Xiao, look!"

Ling Xiao saw a blue light in her big eyes.

He grabbed her chin, forcefully tilted her head, and then bit her cheek with resentment.

This time, it was really a bit hard.

Zhu Shan was about to die of anger.

Ling Xiao herself was speechless, obviously wanting to watch fireworks with her, but because she only watched fireworks, she was a little jealous.

******

Early in the morning of the third day of junior high school, they returned to their hometown together.

That day, Ling's mother was in a particularly good mood, and she made a big table of dishes for dinner.

But her cooking skills are not good, and everyone eats very politely.

Ling's mother suddenly spoke at the dinner table, "Shanshan, can you hold a wedding in June?"

Zhu Shan bit her chopsticks.

How is this topic again.

In the past few days, Ling's mother has not stopped on this topic.

Ling's mother immediately looked at Ling Xiao: "Son, your father can't come back for the New Year, he can be free in June, when the time comes."

It's just the right time to have a wedding."

Speaking of this, Ling's mother smiled happily: "Shanshan, I am retiring this year, you can have a child, I will help you take it."

Child?

Before the topic of the wedding was over, the children were mentioned again, and the meatballs in Zhu Shan's hands fell off.

Ling's mother took out her mobile phone and flipped through it: "Look, my friend's granddaughter, how cute she is. You see she doesn't have any teeth, and she still wants to eat, and she cries if she doesn't give it."

Ling's mother kept holding her hand, and Zhu Shan had to take the phone in embarrassment.

A small video is playing on the mobile phone, in which a little baby in a small red cotton jacket is watching the hearty Chinese New Year's Eve dinner crying with his teeth and claws, making the whole table laugh.

Zhu Shan returned the phone and echoed, "Well, cute."

Ling's mother swiped her fingers on the screen of her mobile phone, smiling:

"My son is handsome, and Shanshan is beautiful, how lovely my grandchildren must be."

"You give birth to a child, you don't have to worry about anything at that time, confinement, child, I have taken care of it, you just have to give birth."

"By the way, isn't it about scientific conception now? You don't have to stay up late, and you have to take that pregnancy supplement."

Ling's mother paused, "I asked my friend what her daughter-in-law took the pregnancy supplement called, I forgot it for a while."

Ling Yue laughed while holding the vegetables: "Is my rank going to improve?"

Zhu Shan gritted her teeth and kicked Ling Yue's foot fiercely.

Their feet were hot under the dining table.

"That's enough!" Suddenly, Ling Xiao let out a deep voice.

He interrupted Ling Ma's voice, and also interrupted Ling Yue and Zhu Shan's fight.

Ling Xiao put down his chopsticks, frowned slightly, and was very unhappy.

He took a deep breath and looked at Mother Ling, "Can you not disturb my life."

Mother Ling's face suddenly became embarrassed, and her tone was calm: "I care about you."

"Concern?" Ling Xiao snorted self-deprecatingly.

Ling Yue put down his chopsticks: "Brother, what are you doing......

Ling Xiao squinted his eyes and said, "Shut up."

Ling Yue dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and glanced at Zhu Shan.

Zhu Shan didn't understand why Ling Xiao was suddenly so angry.

Mother Ling put down her chopsticks heavily and clasped her hands around her chest: "Okay! We don't say it! You say!"

Ling Xiao leaned back in the chair, tilted his head slightly, looked at the oblique upward, and looked at it for a long time before he spoke: "Twenty-seven years, you haven't taken care of me, I'm used to it, so you are taking care of me now, just to disturb my life."

"Son, no." Ling's mother's voice was a little empty.

"Isn't it?" Ling Xiao's tone didn't fluctuate, it was very gentle, so it was very cold, "Before I was four years old, I lived with my grandparents in the countryside, and I haven't seen you and my dad a few times a year."

Ling Xiao paused, and then said, "When I was less than four years old, you gave birth to Ling Yue and needed to be taken care of by your grandmother, so you brought me back by the way."

"Son—" Ling's mother had tears in her eyes.

These are indeed what she owes to him.

Ling Xiao's fingers on the table curled: "You took care of Ling Yue until she was six years old, and then handed Ling Yue to me, and threw herself into that pile of stones, don't you remember that I was not even ten years old at the time, and I was also a child?"

"Mom... Mom just thinks you can."

"Yes, I can, I can do laundry, cook, and help you take care of Ling Yue." Ling Xiao gritted his teeth and lowered his eyes slightly to meet Ling's mother's gaze, "That's because I know that if I can't help you, I'll be sent to the countryside again, isn't it?"

Mother Ling's eyes widened, it was the first time she had heard Ling Xiao say this.

She has always felt that Ling Xiao is her pride, regardless of academic performance or life skills.

He was like a gift from God, smart and capable, and he didn't need to be bothered by adults.

But now, she knew that Ling Xiao actually made herself not need to worry about adults because of such thoughts.

Mother Ling turned her face away

, secretly wiped his tears.

Ling Xiao still looked at her: "I've taken the first place, I've taken the last place, I've tattooed, I've pierced my ears, I've dyed my hair... Scold! The homeroom teacher has called you a lot, right? Have you ever been back?"

Ling's mother: "I'm sorry, my mother didn't know you were at the time..."

"It's not that you don't care about people, when you're outside, you'll call to ask about Ling Yue's grades, ask about Ling Yue's body, and send gifts to Ling Yue, and even send gifts to Zhu Shan, but never mine, haven't you?"

Mother Ling wiped away her tears and tightened her fingers: "Son, you don't like it."

"Yes, I said it myself, I don't like it." Ling Xiao lowered his eyes and said in a low tone, "That's because, the first time there was no mine, if I say I like it, doesn't it seem... It's too pathetic?"

It's not that he doesn't like it.

It's because I don't have it, so I emphasize that I don't like it.

Mother Ling looked at Ling Xiao, tears rolled uncontrollably, and finally she could only hang her head and mutter, "I'm sorry..."

Ling Xiao's eyes were astringent:

"Yes, you're retired this year, and you suddenly want to take care of your children, but have you considered me and Shanshan?"

"How old is Shanshan, she hasn't graduated yet, she's still a child herself, you let her have a baby?"

"And me, do you know what my law firm is ...... now?"

There was a sudden pause. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then changed the subject:

"What happens after the baby is born?"

"Like me? Without the care and care of your parents, do you follow your grandmother?"

"I don't want my child to do that."

Mother Ling shook her head.

Ling Xiao rolled his throat and stood up and walked towards the gate, "I'll go out for a walk."

Zhu Shan was already full of tears and fell into her chair.

When she heard the door closing, her body trembled, and she immediately chased her out with her coat.

On the dark and old streets, the cold wind is blowing.

The houses on the side of the road are filled with laughter and laughter from time to time.

Ling Xiao is alone, go forward.

The streetlight was far away, stretching his shadow long and lonely.

Zhu Shan discovered for the first time that Ling Xiao was not powerful, he also had sensitive emotions, and he was alone and secretly hid for many years.