Absinthe

Chapter 73

Hao Ai hasn't chatted with his grandma for a long time. He sat next to her and planned to have a good chat with the old man.

"Grandma, do you still remember Zhong Xiu?" Hao Ai pointed to Zhong Xiu and asked her.

There was a cloudy light in the old man's eyes. She thought about it for a moment, then shook her head blankly, as if she hadn't remembered.

Hao Ai and Zhong Xiu looked at each other strangely.Even though we only met once, Zhong Xiu stayed at home for one night, so he wouldn't even forget about it.

"He's Zhong Xiu, he visited our house last time."

"Oh," my grandma suddenly realized, "how is your mother doing recently?"

"Okay..." Zhong Xiu didn't understand why she suddenly mentioned Yang Yingqiong.

Grandma speaks very slowly: "She and your dad used to quarrel a lot, please persuade them well, don't let them quarrel too much, it will hurt your peace."

"Grandma...that's Qu Yihang." Hao Ai said helplessly.

Grandma stared at Zhong Xiu for a long time, as if she wanted to see a hole in Zhong Xiu's face, then smiled slowly and said: "Really? Oh, look at my memory, I am getting old."

"Grandma, do you remember who I am?" Hao Ai pointed to himself again.

"Ai Ai," the grandma continued, "I can't forget my grandson, I'm not a fool."

After hearing this, Hao Ai didn't feel much relieved. Seeing his gloomy expression, his uncle comforted him: "The elderly are forgetful, so it's fine."

"It's time to eat." At this time, my aunt came out of the kitchen with the dishes: "Ai Ai and Zhong Xiu, you two should eat more."

"Okay, thank you, aunt."

But it wasn't long after the two of them ate, and they weren't very good at eating.

Tang Ziyang opened the cake box, lit a candle, and asked Hao Ai to make a wish, so Hao Ai closed his eyes and made a wish seriously.Uncle and aunt also prepared a birthday present for him.

After eating, Hao Ai couldn't hold back Tang Ziyang's begging, so he played games with him for a while.

On the way back by bus, Hao Ai put the bag in his lap on his lap, which contained clothes bought by his aunt and a watch given to him by his uncle.

"Do I have a gift?" Hao Ai didn't hide the expectation in his eyes at all, and turned to look at Zhong Xiu who was sitting behind him.

"Of course there is," Zhong Xiu said with a smile, "I put it in Lijing Hua Mansion."

"You're still hiding it, do you want to surprise me?"

"Yes." Zhong Xiu smiled lightly.

Arriving at Zhong Xiu's rented house, Hao Ai asked impatiently as soon as he changed his shoes, "Where's my gift?"

"I'll get it." Zhong Xiu said, and walked into his bedroom.

Hao Ai sat outside waiting helplessly.

After a while, Zhong Xiu came out with a square box: "Don't look at it now, I'm a little embarrassed."

"What? Shoes?" It looked like a shoe box. Hao Ai took it over, and it was quite heavy. He couldn't restrain his curiosity, and shook the box. There was a rustling sound inside, and it turned out to be shoes.

"If you don't want to watch it now, when will it be appropriate for me to watch it?"

"Then read it now, I'm going to do my homework!" Zhong Xiu said and went back to the room.

What's so embarrassing about this?

Hao Ai carefully opened the black gift box, which was many times more beautiful than the box he had put the gift in before.

There is indeed a pair of shoes inside, which are new sneakers from his favorite sports brand.There seemed to be something under the shoe, Hao Ai took out the shoe.

Oh, it's a set of five and three.

……Good for you.

Hao Ai took out the five-year college entrance examination and three-year simulation set with a look of disgust, and found that there was something pressed underneath, a kraft paper envelope, was it a letter?

Hao Ai opened the envelope, and saw Zhong Xiu's flowing handwriting. The first line was: What chemical reaction is the catalyst for the reaction product?

What is this, a chemistry problem?Hao Ai was stunned.

He went on to look down:

I know that the Mn2+ produced by the reaction of oxalic acid and acidic potassium permanganate is the catalyst of the reaction.

What chemical reaction catalyst can reflect love?

I don't know, maybe when I met you

I guess I should compare you to everything romantic

For example

A mountain torrent rushes indiscriminately

Or a firelight to light up my day

but you are just you

Dazzling in the crowd

And I'm secretly fascinated in the corner

Hao Ai found that there seemed to be writing on the back, so he turned over the letter paper, and there was a line of small characters: I can't write poetry, don't laugh when you read it.

Hao Ai smiled.He doesn't usually read poems very much, and his appreciation of poems is very limited, but this is a poem written for him, a poem written for him by Zhong Xiu.

Following Zhongxiu's wishes, he didn't go to his room right away, because he was quite embarrassed himself, so he went after cooling off the heat on his face.

So he carried the computer out from another room and continued editing the video. Just after deleting a few redundant clips, Qu Yihang sent a message: Come out to play in the afternoon?

"I want to take Zhong Xiu with me." Hao Ai replied.

Qu Yihang: Who do you like to bring with you!

Hao Ai: OK

Qu Yihang posted in the group in the next second: The appointment is over, the appointment is over, see you at the old place, everyone.

Hao Ai Hui: 1

Chen Rao and Xue Kai also replied below.

Hao Ai knocked on the door of Zhongxiu's room: "Skateboarding this afternoon, are you going?"

The door opened in response, and Zhong Xiu also saw the news in the group.

"Go," he said.

Before going out, Hao Ai suddenly turned his head to look at Zhong Xiu and said, "By the way, I saw that poem, and it's very well written."

"Shut up." Zhong Xiu blushed and said.

When they arrived at the place, Qu Yihang hadn't come yet, but Xue Kai came and was sitting by the bowl pool, and there were a few new faces playing in the open space next to it.

They looked like novices, they were practicing Ollie, very unstable, Xue Kai didn't play with them, but sat on the skateboard and watched, laughing at anyone who was unstable or fell down.

Hao Ai went over and slapped Xue Kai on the head, "You're laughing."

"They are too good." Xue Kai muttered.

"Who do you look down on? You used to be like this."

Hao Ai was too lazy to talk to Xue Kai any more, and went to the open space to teach those novices the correct foot position and how to jump more stably. He said it was a teaching, but in fact it was just a simple demonstration. The key to learning had to be practiced by himself.

Zhong Xiu sat on the opposite step and watched Hao Ai's every move, stepping on the board with confidence, and jumping up and down soaringly and handsomely.

After Hao Ai taught them, they walked over, put the skateboard on the ground, sat next to Zhong Xiu, and said: "When I first started skateboarding, no one played with me. One weekend, I practiced Ollie alone in the open space. A child looked at me, and I jumped up okay, and they laughed at me when I failed. I thought it was nothing at the time, but then I thought, if it were someone else, I might lose my confidence and never want to play again," he smiled. , and laughed at himself: "Fortunately, I have a thick skin."

Zhong Xiu touched his head.The reason why Zhong Xiu likes skateboarding is because when he is stepping on a skateboard, he feels that he is free and doesn’t have to think about anything, just like stepping on the wind, he can go wherever he wants to go. Perhaps the reason why they like skateboarding is the same.

Hao Ai didn't want to play in the bowl pool, and leaned on Zhong Xiu's shoulder to play with his mobile phone like no one else was there.

Qu Yihang and Chen Rao came over one after another. Instead of disturbing the world of the two, they went to Xue Kai's side.

"Why are they both more tired now than before?" Xue Kai asked.

"Because they are a couple." Chen Rao said.

"Fuck me?" Xue Kai was startled.

"Can't tell? They're dating." Qu Yihang said.

"The two men are dating?" Xue Kai said with some disgust, "Fuck, you're really fucking sick, aren't you afraid of getting sick?"

"That's because you haven't seen the world before." Chen Rao frowned, and said abruptly, "You dare to say that in front of Hao Ai? Oops."

Xue Kai shut his mouth in embarrassment, he would definitely not be able to beat Hao Ai in a fight.

"Be careful what you say in the future, don't act like a mentally retarded person," Chen Rao said, "If Hao Ai really kicked you, I might make amends too."

"Sister Yan, weren't you in the past, were you so kind to Hao Ai?" Xue Kai looked at Chen Rao, then at Qu Yihang, who was expressionless, and said cautiously.

"I resigned in spite of the difficulties, everyone has a partner, and if I get close, isn't that cheap?" Chen Rao's cigarette was almost exhausted, she dusted off the cigarette ash, smiled, and said: " Wait until they break up."

"Haha," Xue Kai also laughed, but his expression was not angry: "When will they divide?"

"Before I said that I would definitely get points before graduation," Chen Rao asked like a gambling addict, "Do you want to gamble?"

"What's there to bet on? You'll score sooner or later," Xue Kai guessed, "Then I'll be more precise about the time, before the third semester of the third year of high school."

"Why so precise? Hao Ai will definitely hit you when he hears it." Qu Yihang, who had been silent all this time, punched Xue Kai on the head.

He looked at Chen Rao again, with a teasing smile on his face: "Don't worry about it, even if they break up, it has nothing to do with you."

Chen Rao hit him with the cigarette butt he had just smoked: "You want to take care of it? Why doesn't my son have anything to do with me?"

"He's my son, okay?" Qu Yihang dodged and saw that the cigarette butt she threw was still sparkling, and patted his clothes with lingering fear: "You woman is so vicious, what if you light it up for me?" manage?"

"Why didn't it light up?" Chen Rao regretted.

"He's your son and mine, so what's the relationship between us?" Qu Yihang looked at Hao Ai's back sitting on the steps not far away, and asked Chen Rao angrily.

"What's the matter? Are you worthy?" Chen Rao laughed mockingly.

Qu Yihang didn't know what to do: "I think I'm very worthy."

"Get lost." Chen Rao glanced sideways at Qu Yihang holding a new board, and asked again, "For Hao Ai?"

Qu Yihang's birthday gift to Hao Ai was a new board of Reaper, a limited edition newly launched by a well-known skateboard brand.

"Well, a birthday present." Qu Yihang said lightly.

Chen Rao confirmed in surprise: "What?"

"Today is Ai Ai's birthday."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"He didn't let me talk."

"You really don't want to tell me?" Chen Rao stood up from the skateboard, a little annoyed: "I didn't prepare anything!"

Chen Rao studies acting and often goes out for training camps. There is a special cultural tutor at home, so she doesn't go to school often, and even Zheng Chuan can't stay there during holidays. In the past few years, she traveled around the Dragon Boat Festival, but this holiday because of I had something to do at home, so I didn't go out.

"You don't prepare every year." Qu Yihang pointed it out very shamelessly.

Hao Ai didn't tell anyone when her birthday was, and Chen Rao didn't ask either. After all, she didn't pay much attention to this matter.

Chen Rao: "..."

"If you really feel embarrassed, you can send me a red envelope." Qu Yihang said.

Chen Rao wondered, "No, why should I send it to you?"

"Did you see this board? I can tell him later that we gave it together." Qu Yihang lifted the board up and shook it in front of Chen Rao's eyes.

"Who's with you? Get lost." Chen Rao gave him an impatient look.

Chen Rao said: "Happy birthday, I will give you a gift when I come back."

Hao Ai didn't care about this, he waved his hand and said it was all right.

A few people played in the bowl pool for a while, Zhong Xiu and Hao Ai did not eat with them at night, they actually ate quite a lot at their uncle's house at noon, because the kindness was too much.I really can't eat anything right now.

Besides, Hao Ai has to continue editing videos when he goes back.

In the afternoon when Xu Yiran just finished the exam, he asked Hao Ai how the video was doing. Hao Ai was also very anxious, but told her not to worry, it will be over soon.

On the last day of the holiday, Hao Ai finally finished editing the video. He compiled a few behind-the-scenes shots and sent them to Xu Yiran together.

Xu Yiran asked Hao Ai when he was free and wanted to treat him to dinner.

Hao Ai said, let's talk about it after the exam.

After school started, there were exams one after another, and the final exam was coming soon. At this juncture, the class teacher Zhang Zhiyuan asked for leave.

During the class break, I heard from the class monitor that Zhang Zhiyuan's elderly mother was ill and needed him to go to the hospital to take care of her for a few days.

Someone asked eagerly: "What is the disease? Is it serious? Shall we go to the hospital to visit?"

Lao Zhang seems to be strict in class, but he is not. He is very popular with his classmates.

"It seems to be Alzheimer's disease? The teacher said it's not serious, so don't worry."

"Alzheimer's disease, is it senile dementia?"

Hao Ai heard someone whispering to the people next to him.

"Yes, my relatives have this disease. Their intelligence is like a child's. They can't speak clearly. They don't know anyone. It seems that they can't take care of themselves when it's serious. Old Zhang's mother is probably the latter kind. Everyone needs to go to the hospital to take care of them.”

Hao Ai didn't know what to think of, and suddenly panicked.

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