Chapter 37
Chapter 37
I haven't seen him in a few years, but Yan Xiaomu's skeleton has been opened to full length. Although he is still shorter than Xu Qingqiao by half his head, his arms and legs are long. Standing in front of people is no longer the child he used to be. Most of his face has faded away, and the baby fat has faded. , what was left was handsome, but I don't know if it was because of illness, or because she was too thin, her eye sockets were slightly sunken, and she was morbidly thin.
Within a few seconds of holding the person, Yan Xiaomu let go of his hand, shrank back a bit, and lowered his head, like a punished cat, consciously wanting to leave the owner free space.
Like doing something wrong, I only dared to take a peek at Xu Qingqiao from the corner of my eye, and saw that the boy's face was still handsome, but a little more mature, and he changed into a formal suit, with a protruding Adam's apple under the collar of his unbuttoned shirt, and his cuffs were rolled up. Looking up, you can see the strong forearm, and the straight suit pants make the legs long and straight.
In contrast, Yan Xiaomu's beige short sleeves and drawstring shorts just below the knees still looked childish.
After being hugged, Xu Qingqiao didn't seem to be angry, and her tone softened: "You don't feel well?"
Wang Meimei was in the car, leaning half her body out of the window: "Can Yan Xiaomu go?"
As soon as Yan Xiaomu saw Xu Qingqiao, he couldn't walk anymore. In the end, Xu Qingqiao said that he was on the way and took him to the hospital himself.
At first, Wang Meimei was worried that she would follow her, but she was pulled back by Chen Xue before she stopped and sent Xu Qingqiao's car away with suspicious eyes, and did not forget to call out behind her, asking Yan Xiaomu to keep in touch with her.
The temperature of the air conditioner in the car was a little lower, so Xu Qingqiao reached out to Yan Xiaomu's passenger side to help him adjust the air volume and direction.
They broke up for more than four years, and they didn't see each other for more than four years. Xu Qingqiao remembered that the last time they met was when Yan Xiaomu came to his rented room to tell him the news after receiving the admission notice.
At that time, they had already broken up, but Yan Xiaomu still came over with his schoolbag on his back, carrying a big bag and a small bag in his hand.
He was sentenced to probation that year and did not need to go to jail. Later, he was approved by the police station to take the college entrance examination as scheduled.
On the day of the end of the college entrance examination, he kept his promise to find Yan Xiaomu, but it was Li Cai who arrived one step earlier than him.
But Li Cai was not looking for Yan Xiaomu, but Lin Xiangyu.
Perhaps it was due to the childish revenge mentality of puberty, but Li Cai, who has always been taciturn, revealed all Yan Xiaomu's secrets this time, saying that he had observed Yan Xiaomu for two years and found out that he was gay, and he had been dating Xu Qingqiao since the second year of high school. in love.
Although it was unbelievable, Yan Xiaomu's long-term abnormality and excessive concern for Xu Qingqiao were all explained, which made Lin Xiangyu break through the line of defense immediately.
There is a saying that most parents are gentle and amiable before their children come out of the closet. Once the children come out, they will immediately change their temperament.
Lin Xiangyu belongs to such parents.
Yan Xiaomu once said that she was the best mother in the world, but such a good mother, after learning that Yan Xiaomu was gay, she became completely different.
On the day Xu Qingqiao came to the door, Lin Xiangyu slapped him and said that he would sue him for pedophilia and assaulting her child.
"He was so young when he was with you, what did he know? Tell me what did he know?" Lin Xiangyu grabbed Xu Qingqiao by the collar and said hoarsely, "Men... two men... tell me you Do you treat him like a girl? Just because my son looks like a girl, why don’t you just treat him like a girl? Tell me, right?”
The noodle restaurant was closed during the day, Yan Xiaomu was locked in his room and was not allowed to go downstairs, Xu Qingqiao remained silent on the first floor and allowed Lin Xiangyu to beat and scold her.
"Now it seems that it's all my fault. I never thought that I would push him to you again and again..." Lin Xiangyu was tired from crying, and sat on the stool next to the TV. Her hair was disheveled and she didn't look decent as an adult. She smiled wryly. , "Man, he likes a man... Do you know how much more hardship he will suffer in the future if he is gay?"
Lin Xiangyu came from a small place, and I have heard of a case of homosexuality in the village in my life. The two men were finally beaten to death by several homophobic villagers. Even the family members were unwilling to collect the corpses, and waited until they rotted in the fields. was burned.
There is no room for negotiation on this matter. Lin Xiangyu has raised Yan Xiaomu for more than ten years and has never made any other demands on him. Now she would rather make Yan Xiaomu hate her than prevent a greater tragedy from happening.
That day, Lin Xiangyu's nails left a long mark on Xu Qingqiao's face, and the mark spread all the way to Xu Qingqiao's heart.
——Aunt Lin, have you ever asked Xiao Mu what he thinks?
——If he chooses you, do you want him to never have me as a mother?
Xu Qingqiao has a hundred ways to take Yan Xiaomu away, but Yan Xiaomu only has one mother.
——I don't believe that my son would really like men. He is still young and relies on you so much. Without you, he would not have embarked on this path.
——Please don't try to change his sexual orientation, because there is no way to change it, and he will only suffer more.
It seems that there is always such a character in most dog blood plots, a couple who love each other must be separated, but in their story, Xu Qingqiao never even said love to Yan Xiaomu, and the two will be separated.
Later, Yan Xiaomu sneaked out from home at night to look for him, and kept knocking on the door of his house, crying so badly, the crying was infinitely amplified in the corridor, and finally Xu Qingqiao had to pull him in when the neighbors came out to curse.
He held Yan Xiaomu in his arms for a long time, so long that it almost created the illusion that the two of them were still the same as usual, so long that it seemed like a lifetime would pass like this.
In the end, they broke up, asking Yan Xiaomu not to fall in love for the time being, and to do her mother's ideological work well, maybe one day her mother will accept it.
Even if he couldn't be sure, whether this day came first, or Yan Xiaomu forgot about him first.
Yan Xiaomu choked up: "Why can't you like boys? It is clearly stated that homosexuality is normal." When Lin Xiangyu came to ask him, he also refuted in the same way, and in the end he was grounded and couldn't even go out during the day.
The same question, this time Xu Qingqiao was silent.
"Is it okay if we don't break up?" Yan Xiaomu covered his eyes with his palms, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably, "I, I tidied up the room yesterday, you, you can live right away after moving here."
"Yan Xiaomu, I won't move there."
"Did mom scold you?" Yan Xiaomu rubbed his eyes, his chest heaved violently, "You, don't blame mom, mom must be angry because of my puppy love, wait for mom to calm down after a while... ..."
At this time, Yan Xiaomu was not mature enough to realize the seriousness of the problem, but Xu Qingqiao couldn't be naive.
"Your mother didn't scold me." Xu Qingqiao touched Yan Xiaomu's face, wanted to kiss him, but held back, "Your mother will be worried when you come here at night, I'll take you home now."
"If we want to break up, can we just break up temporarily and get back together when mom is no longer angry..." Yan Xiaomu's tone could be called pleading.
Xu Qingqiao didn't answer him, ignored his crying, and picked him up to take away.
Yan Xiaomu came here on a bicycle, and finally Xu Qingqiao followed him on a bicycle. The two of them rode in the direction of the noodle shop, one behind the other, and when Yan Xiaomu hesitated to stop, Xu Qingqiao would follow behind. Kick his wheel and urge him on.
It was getting late, there was no nightlife in the neighborhood, the streets were empty, and a heavy silence covered them. The only sound on the road was the sound of two bicycle wheels rolling over the sand and gravel on the ground.
Xu Qingqiao stared at Yan Xiaomu's infinitely elongated shadow by the street lights, and when he was still a corner away from the noodle shop, he suddenly had the idea of taking Yan Xiaomu away.
But now he is empty-handed, all he has on his back is the accusation of patricide and a lifelong criminal record, while Yan Xiaomu still has his family and a promising future.
——I can be your boyfriend and take good care of you, but I am too young to take care of you, but my mother can take care of you for me.
When we arrived at the noodle shop, the main door was already closed, and the small door next to it was still open. Xu Qingqiao took Yan Xiaomu into the shop, and saw Lin Xiangyu sitting slumped by the cashier, the light in his eyes brightened and then dimmed when he looked up.
Lin Xiangyu chased Yan Xiaomu upstairs, came over to grab Xu Qingqiao's arm, and said in a begging tone: "Qing Qiao, you have pity on me as a mother, Xiaomu's father died long ago, I went to set up a street stall before opening this store, I took Xiaomu with me as soon as weaned. At four o’clock in the morning, the two children followed me to grab the stall. After Xiaomu was able to leave, I asked his sister to take him at home. Once his sister didn’t pay attention and threw him He fell down and lost consciousness. His sister was in a hurry and couldn't find me, so she could only carry him to the street and cry. In the end, the neighbor sent him to the hospital. I was a mother until I went back at night. Just known……"
Lin Xiangyu pleaded with him: "You poor auntie, Xiaomu and his sister have not had a good life with me for a few days. These years have been better. It was really hard before. I can't see my own son being pointed at for the rest of his life. The nose scolds homosexuals."
"I know you young people have your own ideas, but we are from a small place, not an upper-class family. If Yan Xiaomu really imitates other people's homosexuality, his life will be ruined! He will not be able to lift his head when he returns to his hometown. !"
Xu Qingqiao didn't say anything, and took off the red lucky bag from the keychain and put it on the table next to her.
——Mom said this is for you!My sister and I both have one, this one is yours.
--I have it too?
—Of course you have!Mom's hands are so clever, the embroidery is so beautiful!
When Lin Xiangyu saw the lucky bag embroidered with the words "safety in and out", she was really taken aback.
"Anyway, thank you for your care these days. Don't worry, I'm done with Xiaomu."
Later, when Yan Xiaomu came over with the admission notice, Xu Qingqiao didn't ask or read it, but just told him to accept the fact of breaking up, "Yan Xiaomu, you shouldn't go to your ex after breaking up."
Being blocked from the door with big bags and small bags, Yan Xiaomu raised his arms to cover his face, but couldn't stop the overflowing sobs: "You don't count what you say, is it because of my mother..."
Xu Qingqiao still got a high score in the exam. Apart from the police academy, there are other good schools in S City, but he still didn't report any university in S City in the end.
"I have a criminal record so I can't go to the police academy. It has nothing to do with your mother." Xu Qingqiao looked at him and didn't say that he temporarily removed S University from his volunteer list.
Knowing that Xu Qingqiao was going to study elsewhere, Yan Xiaomu didn't blame him, but just rubbed his eyes and said, "It doesn't matter, I have to come back for holidays anyway."
When Xu Qingqiao said goodbye again, and looked away from his face, and stopped looking at him, Yan Xiaomu couldn't cry anymore, the two arms holding the bag were hanging down, and his mouth was open, unable to say anything. Words, a hole split from the throat to the heart.
——Yan Xiaomu, are you listening?
How could Yan Xiaomu be disobedient, because Xu Qingqiao said "together all the time", every time he thought about Xu Qingqiao in the last few months, he would spend twice as much time studying, he never contacted Xu Qingqiao, and never visited The studio or the rented house, even Xu Qingqiao's case was heard from Da Zui, and only then did he know that Xu Qingqiao was sentenced to probation and did not need to go to jail, but his case would remain forever.
Even so, she couldn't resist not looking for Xu Qingqiao, she cried alone for two days and continued to review, just because of Xu Qingqiao's promise.
In the end, as promised, he was admitted to the university in S City, but Xu Qingqiao's promised forever was easily erased by a breakup.
This day, Yan Xiaomu took back the luggage he brought back intact. He ran out while Lin Xiangyu was busy with business, and carried a schoolbag to change clothes and daily necessities.
Before he came, he washed a bag of strawberries himself, and carried them in the bag for fear of being crushed. For two people, he picked the biggest strawberries for Xu Qingqiao.
He was driven home before he had time to share, so he had to eat one by one on the way home, ignoring other people's weird eyes, and shed tears all over his face, crying for as long as he ate.
Almost at home, the tears stopped a little.
The sun began to set in the distance, and a young man on a mountain bike passed him by the side of the road, with a canvas bag hanging on the front of the car, and his white shirt was filled with the wind, chasing the setting sun in the afterglow of the sunset.
Yan Xiaomu looked at the man's back, and suddenly had the urge to run after him, until the boy disappeared around a corner.
This trip to find Xu Qingqiao, Yan Xiaomu naively brought all the luggage he could bring, including two sets of new pajamas.
As long as Xu Qingqiao nodded, he would follow him regardless.
But his rebellious period was over before it even started, because Xu Qingqiao didn't want him anymore.
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