Chapter 18
Chapter 18
In January 2009, Dafu's studio was reopened. The studio was opened on the ground, but it was still called the roof studio.Xu Qingqiao quit the rent and moved out of the previous house, and found another house close to the studio.
The day Xu Qingqiao moved was Saturday, Yan Xiaomu ran over to stay with him and watched the mover go up and down the stairs. Actually, there were not many things. Xu Qingqiao had packed them in advance. His living conditions were very simple. The only thing to watch out for is a box of Shen Rong's paintings.
There are not many paintings left by Shen Rong, and Xu Qingqiao has framed them one by one, so they can be taken away easily.
Shen Rong has not received much professional painting training. Painting is all based on love and talent. When she first married Xu Ruhai, she lived the life of an ordinary woman. As a title holder, her peaceful life has come to an end, and from then on, she only thinks about how to keep her son from being too much influenced by his father, so that he can grow up safely and healthily.
Shen Rong was born beautiful, so it became the original sin in Xu Ruhai's place. Xu Ruhai had seen too many seductive women, so he thought that beautiful people must use sex to seduce others, so jealousy grew wildly, and Shen Rong was increasingly strictly guarded, forbidding him to show his face. Seeing Shen Rong's growing indifference towards him, I couldn't help thinking that there was someone outside Shen Rong behind his back. On the day Shen Rong proposed to him for divorce, Xu Ruhai, who was seriously challenged by male and husband rights, choked Shen Rong's neck after drinking, and easily passed away. Let this poor woman with no strength to restrain the chicken die.
When Shen Rong left, Xu Qingqiao hadn't graduated from elementary school, and he was studying in a closed noble school. He remembered that it was a rainy day, and his grandma, whom he hadn't seen for more than half a year, came to pick him up from school. He obviously held an umbrella, but his face was all wet , I don't know if it's rain or tears, they all flow mottled from the deep gully on the face.
Grandma's family is an ordinary family, and they can't afford to provoke desperadoes. Coupled with the fact that Xu Qingqiao's loss of mother has become irreversible, grandma didn't want him to leave behind the psychological shadow of his father killing his mother, so he just told him Shen Rong suddenly died of a serious illness.
Xu Ruhai was in Tongcheng, where the legal system was not yet perfect, and the people did not sue the officials. The grandmother's family was under pressure from all sides, and the only one who died in vain was Shen Rong.
Less than half a year after Shen Rong left, Xu Ruhai remarried. At the banquet, the drunken person slapped Xu Qingqiao in public, pointed at his nose and said, "Don't you stay here to show your father's face, you are like your mother, I Can kill your mother, but can't kill you?"
Paper can't hold fire, Xu Qingqiao seems to have grown up since then, and finally understands why she was taken away to live in her grandma's house, and why her grandma's house kept secret about Shen Rong's death, let alone Xu Ruhai. .
Retreat and self-preservation are the subconscious reactions of most disadvantaged groups in the face of the most vicious black and evil forces. It is naturally brave to risk your life to exchange for a slim chance of winning, but if you know that bravery will not win the corresponding rights, it is still okay to be a mantis. feasible?
Grandma's family not only has a daughter, but also two sons who are already married. Tongcheng is a small place, and every penny they earn is more or less in Xu Ruhai's influence network.
So Xu Qingqiao was the last person in the world who missed Shen Rong.
Xu Qingqiao has no intention of letting the people who have left affect his life too much, but he will not forget everything that should be remembered, so he never puts the last paintings left by Shen Rong in too conspicuous places, but every time he moves, he brings them with him. superior.
When she graduated from junior high school, Xu Qingqiao enrolled in a high school that was far away from Xu Ruhai and her grandmother's home, and joined Dafu.
Dafu's family has a little relationship with his grandma's family, but they haven't been in close contact. Xu Qingqiao and Dafu became friends when he was sent by Shen Rong to Dafu's house to learn painting from Dafu since he was in the first grade. Later, Dafu went to a foreign art academy to study , but during festivals and holidays, the two still make friends through painting. Although there is a ten-year age difference, they get along like buddies. Even after Shen Rong's death, Xu Qingqiao's mentality has matured so rapidly that he almost surpassed Dafu.
Xu Ruhai has been at odds with Xu Qingqiao for many years, but patriarchy caused trouble. On the first day of Xu Qingqiao's high school, Xu Qingqiao was forced to "escort" Xu Qingqiao to school. A group of bodyguards gave Xu Qingqiao a big show, and at the same time warned him not to forget that I will always be my son. Always be a son.
All the things to be moved were loaded into the car, Yan Xiaomu heard the moving master calling Xu Qingqiao several times downstairs but did not respond, so he ran from the corridor into the empty rental room again, and found Xu Qingqiao on the balcony.
Xu Qingqiao smoked fiercely, there were freshly extinguished cigarette butts all over the floor, they were not cleaned, and they were all piled up by his feet, when Yan Xiaomu opened the balcony door and was choked by the strong smell of smoke, Xu Qingqiao pinched the cigarette at hand.
"Master asked if we could leave?" Yan Xiaomu fanned the air in front of him with his hand, "You smoke so much..."
When Xu Qingqiao was about to leave, Yan Xiaomu suddenly came up to him, grabbed his collar, touched his lips on tiptoe, then stood still, and said solemnly: "You smoke too much, your mouth is not sweet. gone."
Xu Qingqiao knew that Yan Xiaomu's kiss was just a show, and the emphasis was on what he said later. After all, he touched his lips without even opening his mouth. How could he know whether it was sweet or not.
Xu Qingqiao looked at him: "Don't you like me smoking?"
Yan Xiaomu grabbed the hem of his coat and stammered, "Don't smoke so much, it's bad for your health."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Xu Qingqiao knew what to say and Yan Xiaomu liked to listen.
Sure enough, Yan Xiaomu's face immediately turned red, even the roots of his ears turned red, and he blinked his eyes in a panic and said, "What do you mean by listening to me, it's for your own good not to smoke."
Before Xu Qingqiao hooked him, the man was extremely shy.
Xu Qingqiao pulled him into her arms and hugged him, lowered her head to touch his cheek, and said deliberately: "Listen to what my wife said?"
Yan Xiaomu seemed to be frozen suddenly, his eyes were wide open and he was speechless. It took him a while to realize, and he said stupidly: "Wife...why is she a wife..."
Xu Qingqiao said, "That's your husband."
Yan Xiaomu's face became hotter, he hesitated and said: "Well, let's call me my wife..."
Xu Qingqiao smiled lowly, and pinched Yan Xiaomu's face into a bun shape. Yan Xiaomu was still immersed in the "wife" just now, so ashamed that he didn't dare to look at Xu Qingqiao, and let others knead and flatten him.
The balcony was very windy, Xu Qingqiao was afraid that Yan Xiaomu would catch cold, so he didn't stay for long, and quickly left with someone.
After asking the moving master to move all the things into the new house, Xu Qingqiao didn't rush to tidy up, and took Yan Xiaomu to the studio first.
Part of the reason for Dafu's move was due to Xu Ruhai's ticking time bomb, but more importantly, as Xu Qingqiao said before, it was for the long-term development of the studio.After all, the location of the previous studio was remote, and with the tightening of policies in recent years, there was a risk of being demolished and built illegally at any time. It was not in vain to get a sum of compensation from Xu Ruhai, and it was a good thing to take this opportunity to erect the signboard on the roof again. one pile.
This was the first time Yan Xiaomu went there after the studio reopened. On the way, Yan Xiaomu asked Xu Qingqiao to stop in front of a fruit shop, and then ran to buy a bag of red apples for Dafu, wishing Dafu's studio a prosperous business.Da Fu grinned happily, as if he couldn't see the flower baskets and fruit baskets in the store, he carried Yan Xiaomu's bag with only three apples, and praised Xu Qingqiao for his politeness.
Later, the three apples were eaten one by one.
The first and second floors are all studios, and there is a small attic above. Although the attic is only a place for Dafu to take a lunch break, the space is not big, but it is still fully furnished. In order to save space, I bought a tatami bed and two tatami mats. Together, Dafu and Xu Qingqiao slept here before.
After all the sundries were emptied, Dafu also prepared a small one-meter-wide desk for Yan Xiaomu. Yan Xiaomu was so flattered that he held onto Xu Qingqiao's arm and dared not let go until he saw Xu Qingqiao nod his head before bending his eyes and saying, "Thank you, Brother Dafu." ".
Before the Club Day Gala, there was a final exam, so in January, many club rehearsals were put aside, including Yan Xiaomu and Zhang Ming's sketch performance, and everyone entered the state of preparing for the exam.
After Xu Qingqiao moved away from Yan Xiaomu, it was inconvenient for Yan Xiaomu to go back and forth. Coupled with the short time at night, he only went to Xu Qingqiao's house on weekends.
In fact, if Yan Xiaomu asked, Xu Qingqiao would also come to him, but he knew that Xu Qingqiao was busy, and he usually had to paint and work as a teaching assistant in the studio, so he never said that Xu Qingqiao would come to him, and just waited obediently for the weekend.
Since Xu Qingqiao told him to study at his own pace last time, Yan Xiaomu began to try to give up the knowledge points he didn't understand in class, and instead consolidate the basic sections.I was not used to it at first, and I couldn’t help but listen to the teacher’s lectures with my ears pricked up. Although I didn’t keep up with anything, gradually, when I didn’t understand the lectures, I was able to devote a little attention to reviewing old knowledge points and doing my own problems. up.
In 2009, the Chinese New Year was early, and the winter vacation was also early. The final exam ended in the second week of January.
The society festival party is held on the second day after the exam, the night before the winter vacation.
On the day of the party, Zhang Ming borrowed his father's suit and dressed up like a dog. Before going on stage, he ran to the bathroom more than a dozen times to look in the mirror. Wang Meimei brought a camera from home and went with Liu Chunyan to pull Chen Xue from the dance club. Taking a group photo, Yan Xiaomu squeezed into the group of girls laughing until his cheeks were sore, and several girls were still shouting for another one and another one.
The drama club's program was arranged at the last few, Xu Qingqiao came late, but just in time, Yan Xiaomu found Xu Qingqiao in the direction of the class headquarters before going on stage, even the preparatory posture for the stage was very airy, hooking Wang Meimei's arm I'm about to go up the stage.
Then she was grabbed by Wang Meimei, "Shouldn't I be the one holding your arm?"
During the rehearsal, it was Wang Meimei who held his arm, and Yan Xiaomu was used to holding Xu Qingqiao's arm. Just now, when he glanced at Xu Qingqiao, he subconsciously regarded himself as the "woman".
Wang Meimei laughed and said in a low voice, "Sure enough, it's Xiaoshou..."
Yan Xiaomu read it in the book, and knew that the little shou that Wang Meimei said was the "shou" of "attacking shou", and according to her, Xu Qingqiao was obviously the attacking party.
Yan Xiaomu only knows that "gong" and "shou" are very neutral expressions among gay men, just like boyfriend and girlfriend among boyfriends and girlfriends, but he has never thought about it more deeply, and at this moment he suddenly rose up for some reason. She blushed and couldn't speak well: "You, don't talk nonsense..."
"I haven't said anything yet, I'll tell you something more exciting when I step off the stage." Wang Meimei's smile at the moment can be called a hooligan.
While talking, they reached the center of the stage, and the two of them immediately entered the performance state. Yan Xiaomu carefully followed the rehearsal moves, and Wang Meimei took his arm and walked with him, without making a single mistake in the whole process.
Xu Qingqiao was watching from the audience. He didn't know if it was because of the lighting on the stage, or if Yan Xiaomu's blush was slapped on her face. No matter how he looked at it, she felt that Yan Xiaomu's face was red, and her neck was also red, while Wang Meimei next to her was much more normal. She blushed like him, but she didn't know why, she played the role of a witness who witnessed the murder scene, but she kept smiling all the time.
After the end, Xu Qingqiao went to the backstage to look for Yan Xiaomu, but found that when Yan Xiaomu saw him, his body movements became uncoordinated, he staggered half a step, his eyes were dull at first, and then his face flushed redder than on the stage just now.
So Xu Qingqiao stopped and did not move forward after a few meters. Sure enough, after a few seconds, Yan Xiaomu turned and ran away.
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