Chapter 20
Chapter 20
When the two arrived in City A, Qin Lichuan sent Xia Chen to his door. Xia Chen hesitated and asked him.
"Want to go up and sit down?"
The man raised his eyebrows, stepped on the accelerator and drove the car straight into it.
The corner of Xia Chen's mouth twitched, regretting in his heart that he shouldn't have said this more, even if he didn't ask this man, he wouldn't be polite to him.
No one lived in the house for so many days, Xia Chen asked him to change heels and come in, took off his backpack and started cleaning.
"Do you want some water?" He asked while tidying up, but before the man could answer, he added, "If you want to drink water, cook it yourself, the kitchen is over there."
Qin Lichuan rubbed his nose and went to the kitchen to boil water for himself.
After the water was boiled, both of them were a little tired. Xia Chen roughly changed the bed sheets in the bedroom first, "This place has just been tidied up, go in and sleep for a while."
Qin Lichuan did not refuse. There are not many opportunities to enter Xia Chen's private domain so openly.
The man pushed open the glass door and went in. The quilt inside was pulled tightly, and it looked clean and tidy.
He sat by the bed, looking at the sketchbook on the bedside thinking, Xia Chen usually carries these with him, but this time the notebook was placed here safely, it can be seen that Xia Chen must leave a week ago the haste.
I was about to pick it up and have a look.
Then I heard Xia Chen call out suddenly, "Qin Lichuan!"
The man's eyebrows twitched. If the calculation is correct, it should be the first time that this man called his name completely and clearly.
He only heard Xia Chen pull the door open, walked in a few steps, and took away the sketchbook in front of him.
Qin Lichuan raised his eyebrows and looked at the things in his arms, beckoning him to explain.
Xia Chen touched his nose, "You can't watch this yet, go to sleep, go to sleep."
Qin Lichuan, "..."
Xia Chen went out, closed the glass door with his backhand, turned his back to the man and didn't know what he was thinking, after a while he looked around and put the things into the bag.
The man sat on the bed and looked at Xia Chen who continued to tidy up as if nothing had happened, his heart turned a little bit.
Could there be something about him in it?
When Qin Lichuan woke up again, Xia Chen was reading materials in front of the computer.
He watched helplessly as the man came out with a confused face, entered his bathroom with ease, and then swaggered and sat on the sofa behind him.
Tsk, this feeling of being crossed in one's own domain...is really weird.
"what happened?"
Qin Lichuan noticed that he had been staring at him, and asked while pouring himself a glass of water.
Xia Chen shook his head, turned around and continued to look at the computer.
In fact, he wanted to ask, it's getting late, when will you go back.
It's just that not only did the man not leave, but he borrowed Xia Chen's laptop to process the emails, and then went back to look at his phone after processing.
Xia Chen helped people fix a few more pictures, stretched his neck, and glanced at the time beside him, it was almost dinner time.
"What do you want to eat?" Qin Lichuan's voice suddenly appeared.
He turned around and stared at him for a few seconds, "... what?"
Qin Lichuan sent a message, "Go out to eat or eat at home?"
Xia Chen didn't want to move, "Order takeaway, eat at home."
He thought the man would eat with him, but as soon as he brought in the delivery, he was ready to go back.
"I have to go to the company, you eat first."
Xia Chen nodded and sent people out. He didn't know what else to do in the company at this time. He was a little dazed at the pile of takeaway boxes. Maybe the boss had more things to do.
At this point, it is not difficult to guess the relationship between Qin Lichuan and the Qin family.
Xia Chen still doesn't know whether knowing Qin Lichuan is a good thing or a bad thing.
Indeed, slowly he was getting used to this person appearing by his side from time to time.
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Before the last exam, many of us had already started to play wildly. Seeing that it was the end of the year, the school gradually became desolate.
Ren Siyi played with her boyfriend for a full ten days, so she didn't study much. The arrangement of the Academy of Fine Arts was a bit special. It took ten or so days after the public class was over before she had to catch the last bus to take the professional theory class.
After the exam, she almost cried when she saw Xia Chen.
"What should I do? I feel like I'm going to hang up."
Xia Chen thought about the possibility, and replied honestly, "It should be unlikely, your attendance rate is quite high."
"A high attendance rate is not worth the thirty or forty points in the test paper." Ren Siyi covered her head in frustration in the wind.
Xia Chen has never been very good at comforting others, the two of them stood in a daze for a long time before they heard Qin Qing's voice not far away, Xia Chen felt relieved.
"Xia Chen, Siyi, have you guys finished the exam?" Qin Qing asked.
Ren Siyi saw Qin Qing as if she had found her relatives, she stretched out her arms and wanted to hug her, "Well, after the exam, it's also abolished."
Qin Qing, "..."
Xia Chen twitched the corner of his mouth, and stood a little further away from Ren Siyi and Qin Qing.
After the exam is over, Xia Chen went back to the classroom and tidied up briefly, taking away what should be taken away, and packing up what should be packed.
Siyi and Qin Qing hit it off and went to the death carnival, and he left the school without feeling in the mood.
It was still early for lunch, he stood in front of the bus stop sign for a moment, then got off the subway station and went to the orphanage.
The orphanage was very lively at any time, Xia Chen went to greet the director, put down his bag, and went directly to the restaurant to help.
After a while, the children were out of class, and he came out of the back kitchen to help his aunt distribute meals to everyone.
A few children who were close to Xia Chen didn't leave after eating, so they stood in front of him with their lunch boxes in their arms and waited.
The dean laughed and asked Xia Chen to take them to eat.
The children are all lovers of drawing, and every time they see Xia Chen, they want to stick to it like a piece of chewing gum, "Brother Xia Chen, can you teach us how to draw today?" A four or five-year-old girl Looking up at Xia Chen with a small face.
Seeing his heart soften for a while.
This child is the most clingy, but also the most distressing.
She looks like a doll, her eyes are big and her eyelashes are long, and her pupils often sparkle with light.
Xia Chen picked him up and sat on his lap, "It's ok, what does the baby want to draw?"
The girl hugged her own small rice bowl and just learned to eat, which would make her a little dirty, so Xia Chen simply brought her tableware to feed her.
However, the child seemed to be very lethargic today, and he pushed Xia Chen's hand away after taking two bites, "Brother, eat."
Xia Chen put down the spoon and looked at her little face, "What's wrong with the baby? Where is it uncomfortable?"
She rubbed her eyes, "...the baby is sleepy."
Xia Chen touched her head to make sure she didn't have a fever, so he hugged someone to coax her to sleep. After sending her back to the room, the dean brought the doctor over.
Xia Chen's heart skipped a beat, "...what's wrong?"
The dean pulled him to stand aside, "The baby's condition is not very good, I'll bring the doctor over first."
This child was very good-looking, with white and tender skin, soft temper, and obedient.
It's hard to imagine what kind of parents would abandon such a lovely child.
This child has a congenital heart disease. He was picked up and brought here when he was three years old. If he didn't engage in strenuous activities, he was almost the same as an ordinary person, except that he was too quiet.
The weather has been getting colder and colder recently, and the staff found that the child occasionally had heavy breathing, and the whole person appeared in a state of weakness. The staff who took care of these children in the bath these days found that the child's legs were also swollen and purple.
When the doctor did a detailed examination before, he said that the child's surgery must be done as early as possible, and it takes three major and minor surgeries to fully heal.
It's just that the funds allocated by the hospital are limited, and almost all of them are food and clothing funds for all children.There is no extra to pay for these expenses, so it can only be delayed again and again.
The directors of all welfare channels have been put on record, but the donation amount has not been in place for a long time.
Xia Chen came out after watching it for a while, feeling sore in his heart.
The approximate cost of the three surgeries is not that unacceptable in Xia Chen's view, but her parents are so hasty, and the child just doesn't want it.
He calculated the money in his hand, plus the money left by the old man, it would probably be able to support the first-time expenses. After the doctor left, Xia Chen chatted with the dean.
"Let's go to the hospital as soon as possible. I can pay the fee. The baby is already like this, so I may not be able to wait too long." He said.
Xia Chen was the dean who saw it growing up, and she was a little surprised to take out so much money all at once.
"you sure?"
Xia Chen nodded, "... Well, we are on vacation now, I can do more work, and there won't be any problems in life."
The dean still hesitated.
Xia Chen assured her again, "There really won't be any problem, at worst, I'll come back to eat when I'm really hungry, and then you won't just watch me starve to death, will you?"
This was the first time the dean heard such a cold joke from Xia Chen, and she couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
"As long as you know it in your heart, that child has a good temper, and she will thank you later."
Xia Chen nodded, "Then I'll go out first, you are busy first."
Standing under the sun, he took a deep breath, somewhat relieved.
Before the child woke up, he went outside to see the older children. Children in this environment are very strong, and it is not easy to show emotions on their faces. They are more sensitive to emotions than ordinary children.
Seeing that the expressions of the dean and Xia Chen were not very good, they both stayed quietly in the room, not playing around.
Xia Chen was very relieved, and took out some paints and brushes that he brought last time and distributed them to everyone, and held a meeting to teach them how to draw.
For him, this is his second home and the only one.
His parents are already very far away to him, but the memories of the dean and the waves of children here are particularly clear.
Staying here makes him very relaxed, without the pressure and burden of getting along with others, children are the most innocent.
He walked over to the children one by one, watching them draw pictures, it was more like watching their desire for life, it was very healing and moving.
All he can do is try his best to help them have a happy childhood.
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