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Chapter 36 You Are My Light

Chocolate ice cream has no sweetness when you first eat it, and the rich bitterness stimulates the taste buds, and it slowly turns into sweetness after you sip it.

Xie Zhi maintained a high posture, and did not urge Lu Mian to take the ice cream.He quietly looked up at Lu Mian, looking at his gradually reddened eye sockets, the eyes seemed to be untiring, blinking only once in a long time.There were originally tears in the eyes, but he forcefully forced them back.

Lu Mian is like a robot without self-awareness. The ice cream is handed in front of him, and he bites down mechanically until it's gone.

The posture of the two of them squatting and feeding ice cream attracted the attention of passers-by. Although Xie Zhi was quite willing to feed Lu Mian and finish eating the ice cream like this, but considering that Lu Mian was in a bad mood now, he withdrew his hand.

When he stood up, his legs were a little numb. He bent down to look at Lu Mian's face in the hood, and asked softly, "Are you tired? Let's find a place to sit, shall we?"

Lu Mian nodded expressionlessly. Although it was the same as usual, Xie Zhi was keenly aware that Lu Mian was very sad now.

Xie Zhi tugged on Lu Mian's sleeve, making sure that Lu Mian had no rejection, then dragged Lu Mian to the rest area.

"Sit here." Xie Zhi pointed to an empty chair, Lu Mian nodded, and sat down obediently.

Xie Zhi squatted down in front of Lu Mian, and stretched out his hand to straighten Lu Mian's hair on the forehead that was blown by the wind. He wanted to ask what happened to Lu Mian, but he was afraid that his talking would add to Lu Mian's troubles, so he could only suppress his doubts Take it to heart.

He looked at the nearby snack bar and said with a smile, "If you eat too much ice cream, you will still be thirsty. I'll buy you some ice water."

Lu Mian seemed to hear it, and nodded.

After Xie Zhi left, Lu Mian slowly recovered from his sluggishness. He leaned back on the chair and let out a heavy breath.

His eyes were still sore, and he endured it for a long time to keep the tears from falling.He suddenly felt a little grateful for Xie Zhi's thoughtfulness, which would not embarrass him too much.

He doesn't need verbal comfort from others, he just wants to be alone for a while.

……

"Little Treasure, don't run amok!" A woman's eager voice came from behind, and the footsteps came from far to near. The child ran past Lu Mian. He didn't seem to see Lu Mian who was sitting, and his body bumped into Lu Mian's hands and feet. She didn't stop even after stepping on Lu Mian's shoes.

"I'm sorry, Xiaobao didn't do it on purpose..." The voice stopped abruptly.

Lu Mian glanced at the footprints left by the child on the sneakers.

When he came out today, he was wearing the limited-edition sneakers Xie Zhi gave him. The white sneakers were originally clean, but when the child stepped on them, there was a dirty mud mark on them.

Lu Mian raised her head and looked calmly at the woman standing in front of him.

There was not much surprise in Xiao Yu's eyes, but she did not expect Lu Mian to sit here.

"Mom." Lu Mian spoke first, and called Xiao Yu softly.

Xiao Yu didn't respond to the shout, but said: "Xiaobao is still young, he didn't do it on purpose, take the shoes back and wash them and they will be clean."

It was completely different from the voice of apologizing before I didn't see him, Xiao Yu's voice was very cold.

Lu Mian fixedly looked at Xiao Yu, and said, "It's not easy to wash."

Xiao Yu's face was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help but speak harshly: "You don't need to do anything, didn't your dad find a new wife? I heard that she is very good to you and will agree to any request. Let her wash it for you. .”

Xiao Yu's words seemed to have stepped on Lu Mian's sore spot, and Lu Mian couldn't help but sneered: "This shoe is a birthday present from my friend, it's new, and it's a limited edition, I can't ruin other people's feelings, you still Pay me back."

Xiao Yu frowned, and said impatiently, "How much?"

Lu Mian said the amount, the money is quite expensive for a student, but for a businessman with a good income, it can be easily afforded.What's more, Xiao Yu's husband is not short of money.

Xiao Yu refused: "Lu Mian, did you do it on purpose?"

Lu Mian: "What?"

"When you were in the fast food restaurant, you didn't say a word, and you didn't call me mom when you saw me. After we left, you followed me eagerly. Are you waiting here on purpose to extort my money? You and your dad can't see me happy. Is it?" There were people around, Xiao Yu didn't care about the eyes of the people around him at all, and his voice was not lowered.

With her current appearance, she was completely different from the woman sitting in the pumpkin cart in the fast food restaurant.

Impatientness was written all over her body, and she didn't pay attention to Lu Mian's increasingly cold face.

Lu Mian thought that Xiao Yu hadn't noticed him, but it turned out that Xiao Yu had seen him a long time ago.Xiao Yu was still the same as before, as if he didn't exist.

The hands under the sleeves were clenched tightly, and the nails pressed against the joints, causing a sharp pain.

Lu Mian: "I came here with my friends, is there a problem? We came to the fast food restaurant first, and I sat here to enjoy myself. It was your son who didn't have eyes and stepped on me. How could you say it was intentional?" ?”

"You—" Xiao Yu's chest rose and fell, and he stared at Lu Mian in disbelief.

The child who only looked at her eagerly in his memory became extremely strange, and Lu Mian actually learned to disobey her.

"Heh, friend, what kind of naughty friend have you made again? Is that boy you were with just now your new boyfriend? Or did you just hook up with him somewhere?" Xiao Yu sarcastically said.

Lu Mian pursed her thin lips, and Xiao Yu said again: "If Lu Qing knew that his son is a pervert, what would he think?"

Xiao Yu was really annoyed, he couldn't control the volume, causing people in the seat next to him to look sideways.

Lu Mian originally wanted to end this topic, and he didn't want to ask Xiao Yu for the money for the shoes. He was very tired and just wanted to be alone for a while.

When Xiao Yu mentioned Xie Zhi, his anger rose immediately.

Lu Mian ignored those probing gazes, pulled her lips, and said in a low voice: "Since when I was young, you forced me to wear girls' clothes, my dad knew that his son was a pervert who was forced by his mother. "

Xiao Yu laughed angrily: "Your father is not at home, is that what your stepmother taught you?"

Lu Mian also sneered a few times: "It has nothing to do with my stepmother, I spent the first 16 years with you."

Xiao Yu: "Lu Mian! I never taught you to talk to elders like this."

Lu Mian no longer restrained her voice, and said coldly, "You didn't teach me that even if you have a husband, you still have to go out and have extramarital affairs."

The surrounding eyes shifted from Lu Mian to Xiao Yu, she stared at Lu Mian in embarrassment, turned around and left without looking back.The back is very embarrassed.

After Lu Mian finished speaking, he regretted it. Looking at Xiao Yu's furious back, he buried his head in his arms, closed his eyes and pretended to be dead.

Xiao Yu's face with changing expressions flashed repeatedly in his mind.

Even if Xiao Yu never had a good attitude towards him, he never thought of talking to Xiao Yu like this.

"Xiaobao, you can't just step on other people's shoes in the future." Xiao Yu searched for a long time, and found Lin Yibao, the stepson who was picking flowers, by the flower bed in front of the bathroom.

Lin Yibao pouted, and said unhappily: "Why can't I step on it? I heard that, tell Dad that that guy just now is your own son, and he followed us on purpose. Did he ask you for money? I told you You, your money belongs to my father, and all my father's money will be used to buy me snacks and toys, don't even think about giving money to your own son, it will all be mine in the future."

Xiao Yu looked embarrassed. She originally didn't want to come to Lin Yibao, but her husband was holding her little daughter, so she had to chase him out.

She hates dealing with such disobedient children the most.

She had to take Lin Yibao back to her husband on business.

Xiao Yu endured and endured, suppressed his anger, and changed into a perfect smile when he spoke: "Why, he didn't come to ask me for money, his father will give him money."

Lin Yibao: "You lied! My grandma said that you only followed my dad because he was rich. Why did you divorce his dad when he is so rich!"

Xiao Yu smiled wryly and said, "Because his father is very busy and can't accompany me. Your father is different. Your father is gentle and considerate. He will accompany us when he is resting!"

Lin Yibao snorted twice: "You are still lying, my dad is also busy! Why are you so old like those aunts, why do you still need my dad to accompany you, women are troublesome!"

Xiao Yu's complexion changed, and his voice was no longer gentle: "What auntie?"

Only then did Lin Yibao remember his father's previous instructions, he said "I'm going to the toilet", and then slipped into the toilet as if fleeing, completely ignoring Xiao Yu who was already pale behind him.

Xie Zhi put on the hat of the sweater, and when passing by Xiao Yu, he coldly glanced at the woman who was so angry that she couldn't stop panting.

……

There were not many people in the toilet, Xie Zhi stood at the door of the men's toilet, and when he saw Lin Yibao coming out, he stopped the child with a smile.

Lin Yibao was only eight or nine years old, not tall, and only reached Xie Zhi's waist.Xie Zhi took out the lollipop in his pocket and asked Lin Yibao, "Do you want to eat it?"

Lin Yibao looked at Xie Zhi vigilantly, and asked, "Who are you? My grandma said that you can't just eat what strangers give you."

Xie Zhi took out a palm-sized Ultraman Tiga from his pocket and showed it to Lin Yibao.

"I just got it from the game, I don't like this thing, do you want it?"

Lin Yibao's eyes lit up instantly: "Yes, if you don't like it, just give it to me!"

"Okay." Xie Zhi said and walked a few steps inside, Lin Yibao stared eagerly at the Ultraman Tiga in his hand, and unknowingly followed Xie Zhi inside.

Everyone in the toilet left, Xie Zhi stretched out his long arms, closed the toilet door, and locked it.

Lin Yibao was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he wanted to grab the doorknob, but Xie Zhi snatched it back with one arm.

"You, what do you want to do?" Lin Yibao felt afraid now, and tremblingly said.

Xie Zhi turned his face coldly, showing a fierce look on his already aggressive face: "What do you think I want to do?"

Lin Yibao was frightened, and tears began to flow out.

"You are an adult, and you are so tall, how, how can you bully me, a child!"

Xie Zhi smiled and said, "Who said adults can't bully children? The reason I grow so tall is to bully children like you."

Lin Yibao was shocked: "You, you are shameless!"

Xie Zhi nodded: "You're right, I'm just shameless."

Encountering the iron plate, Lin Yibao was at a loss. He wanted to yell to attract Xiao Yu outside, but Xie Zhi blocked his mouth with a wad of paper.

Lin Yibao was so frightened that he fell to the ground, the imaginary fist didn't come down, the tall boy in front of him stomped on his shoes several times with a cold face.

Lin Yibao was in tears, and the other party kicked off his shoe with his toe.

Xie Zhi grabbed the child's shoes and threw them into the unflushed toilet next door.

"The next time I see you bullying others, I'll put your head in there." Xie Zhi pointed at the toilet and threatened.

Lin Yibao cried loudly, his mouth was blocked, and he could only make a weak whimper.

Xie Zhi smiled, squatted down in front of Lin Yibao, he held Ultraman Tiga and shook the child, asking, "Do you want it?"

The child who was only eight or nine years old was quickly distracted. He stopped crying and nodded blankly.

Xie Zhi stuffed Di Jia back into his pocket, and sneered, "You don't deserve it."

Lin Yibao: "..."

Lin Yibao: "Wow--"

It was getting colder and it was getting dark very early.

Xie Zhi reckoned that Lu Mian had almost recovered, so she returned to the rest area with the octopus balls and ice water she just bought.

Lu Mian lay on the table, as if falling asleep.

The hood did not cover the entire head, leaving a few locks of forehead hair and half of the face exposed.

Xie Zhi held his breath, and sat lightly beside Lu Mian.

Lu Mian closed his eyes, his long curly eyelashes were wet with tears, drooping listlessly, his white eyes were smudged red, as if he had cried, his nose was red, and his breath was blocked In the crook of his arms, his already rosy lips were moistened.

The draft was blocked by Xie Zhi, and when she realized that there was no wind, Lu Mian opened her eyes.

A pair of hands suddenly appeared on the table, opening a box, the round octopus balls were exposed, and the fragrance wafted into Lu Mian's nose.It was only then that Lu Mian felt hungry.

Xie Zhi inserted a small octopus ball with a bamboo stick, handed it to Lu Mian's mouth, and said with a smile, "You're hungry."

Lu Mian raised her head, opened her mouth to hold a whole ball in her mouth.

The two of you took one and I ate one, and finished the whole box of octopus balls, without talking the whole time.

The night light was already on, Lu Mian looked up at the dark sky, and finally spoke.

"Xie Zhi, I don't want to leave, let's stay nearby for one night and go back tomorrow, is that okay?"

"Okay." Xie Zhi didn't ask any more questions, took out his mobile phone without hesitation, and quickly booked a hotel closest to here.

……

Xie Zhi threw the rubbish he had eaten into the trash can, and when he came back, he held a white coat that he took off. He couldn't help but put the coat on Lu Mian, and when he was done, he suddenly squatted down with his back facing Lu Mian.

Lu Mian blinked, puzzled, "What are you doing?"

Xie Zhi: "Didn't you say you were tired and didn't want to leave? I'll carry you on my back."

"I..." Lu Mian wanted to say that I can still walk this way by myself, but looking at Xie Zhi's broad back, he suddenly didn't want to say it.

Lu Mian fastened Xie Zhi's coat. The coat was so big that it covered his upper body and even his thighs, as if Xie Zhi was hugging her, which made him feel at ease.

He blushed, moved slowly, and carefully laid on Xie Zhi's back.

Xie Zhi picked him up easily, Lu Mian wrapped her arms around Xie Zhi's neck, and buried her head on Xie Zhi's shoulder.

Smelling the familiar smell from Xie Zhi's body, his heart that had been hanging for a day inexplicably relaxed, making him feel drowsy.

People passing by all looked at them, but Lu Mian didn't care because he was carefully protected by Xie Zhi's coat.

"Today at the fast food restaurant, I saw my mother." Halfway through the walk, Lu Mian, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly spoke.

Xie Zhi gave a low "hmm", and wrapped her arms around Lu Mian's thighs tightly.

"It's true when I say I've never been to an amusement park, they're all so busy they don't have time for me."

"I knew from a very young age that my mother didn't like me..."

No matter what Lu Mian does, she always gets scolded or ignored by Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu would look at him when he was in a good mood, and vent his nameless anger on him when he was in a bad mood, forcing him to do things he didn't want to do.

Lu Mian tried her best to pretend to be a good boy, obediently listened to Xiao Yu's words, and never disobeyed Xiao Yu.

He became an outstanding kid in the eyes of everyone in the school, but Xiao Yu couldn't see it, and it was his fault for speaking up.

After Lu Mian became gender conscious, she refused to wear girls' clothes for the first time. That day Xiao Yu was very angry and lashed out at him.

Therefore, Lu Mian knew about Xiao Yu's bad habit, she had an extreme desire to control, and she didn't allow Lu Mian to disobey even a little bit.

If Lu Mian said "no" to Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu would get revenge full of anger.

Xiao Yu would throw him out of the house, or throw him on the street with people coming and going, pointing at Lu Mian who was wearing girls' clothes and yelling at him, calling him a pervert in front of everyone.Or distort the facts and slander Lu Mian in front of people Lu Mian knows.

Xiao Yu seemed to be able to get morbid satisfaction from slandering his son.

"She never smiled at me softly, maybe she did when I was a child, but I don't remember it anymore. In the fast food restaurant, seeing her being so kind to her daughter, I was suddenly very unwilling, so unwilling to follow Come and see how happy she is now."

Lu Mian knew that the family's misfortune was largely caused by his father, and his father only paid for them with money, without company.

But Xiao Yu married Lu Qing just for money, she has no right to regret or blame anyone.

After taking the money and wanting to be sincere, who wants to play such a childish game with her.

There is no real love in a love that is originally maintained by material things.

Lu Mian has no feelings for his father, and he also needs his father's money, so he can't blame his father.

When facing Lin Yibao, Lu Mian could see the shadow of Xiao Yu from before, but when facing his biological daughter, Xiao Yu showed a completely different side.

For the first time, Lu Mian felt dissatisfied and unwilling.

"Obviously I am her biological son, but she is not even willing to give me the pretended tenderness. She is also a daughter, and she has never been so kind to Yaya."

When Lu Ya was born, the nanny and Lu Mian took care of her most of the time.

They are all daughters born in the same womb, but they are treated differently.

Xie Zhi didn't speak, and quietly listened to Lu Mian's hard-fought confession.

Following Lu Mian's voice, his arms gradually tightened, trying to embed this person into his body, so that Lu Mian would not be hurt.

Lu Mian obediently lay on Xie Zhi's back, speaking in a soft voice, occasionally mixed with a few nasal sounds.

"It seems that everything I do is wrong. She thinks I'm not good, she thinks I'm a pervert..."

"No, you're fine, and you're not a pervert!" Xie Zhi finally spoke up, retorting eagerly.

The little sister he met during the summer vacation in elementary school turned out to be Lu Mian. The 'little sister' was the most beautiful child he had ever seen, even though the gender was male, so what?

Lu Mian is so good, how could he be a pervert.

Lu Mian smiled wryly: "Before I met Su Ci, I had a very gloomy personality, no friends, and no one to talk to. I had a childhood friend named Gu Cun. I had a good relationship with him, but we were not in the same school. My mother I am not allowed to play with him, she locked me at home, trying to turn me into a dark person like her..."

That's why he missed the appointment with his big brother.

From that day on, he never saw his eldest brother again.

The palm of the hand was suddenly opened, and something hard was stuffed in.

Lu Mian raised her hand, and saw a palm-sized Ultraman Tiga.

Xie Zhi said in a coaxing tone: "I won this by playing a game. The children onlookers are envious, but I didn't give it to anyone, not even the other children, only you."

Lu Mian looked at the exquisitely crafted toy in her hand, and slowly pursed the corners of her lips.

Xie Zhi: "Compared to being dark and perverted, you are less than one-tenth of me. You know what kind of person I am, but you have been tolerant of all my shortcomings. If you were someone else, you would have been scared away by me. Lu Mian, you are fine, I wish others would say that you are not good, then only I can see you."

Lu Mian can't laugh or cry, Xie Zhi really has self-knowledge.

The originally uncomfortable emotions were disturbed by Xie Zhi, and she wanted to cry again.

Today, for the sake of Shen Wei and Xie Zhi, he said harsh words to Xiao Yu for the first time.

He felt very happy after saying it, and he didn't regret it.

"Xie Zhi."

"Ok?"

"Shoes..." Lu Mian's voice was choked and muffled, "The shoes you gave me... were trampled dirty. I wiped them for a long time, but I couldn't clean them... I wasted your heart, I'm sorry..."

It was the first time I heard Lu Mian's grievance, and the accumulated heartache gradually expanded.

Lu Mian is like a child who has been wronged outside and tells him all the grievances pitifully after returning home.

Xie Zhi only felt that his chest was wrapped in a thick sourness, and he couldn't help being happy that Lu Mian finally opened his heart to him.

Xie Zhiwen said softly: "It's okay, I'll wash it for you when you go back, if you can't wash it off, I will give you another pair of shoes, no, I will give you many, many pairs..."

His eyebrows and eyes were gentle, he held Lu Mian tightly, and promised: "Lu Mian, I will give you many, many presents in the future, shoes, clothes, whatever you want, I will give you, we will build a cloakroom, specially Put your things, you change one a day, throw it away when it gets dirty, we don’t care about dirty things.”

Lu Mian was amused by his serious tone, her voice was astringent: "Is this wasteful?"

"Lu Mian, are you finally laughing?" Xie Zhi followed with a chuckle.

He lowered his head and kissed Lu Mian's fingertips, whispering softly, his voice was unprecedentedly gentle——

"Lu Mian, I am very grateful that you tolerate all my shortcomings. You are my light, so how can you be bad?"

Xie Zhi felt that the thick clothes on her shoulders were wet with tears again.

His little friend has been hiding in the shell, even crying carefully.

"Lu Mian, when you want to cry, you can cry loudly. There is no shame in crying in front of me. If you are afraid of losing face, I will tell you all my shameful secrets, so that you won't feel ashamed."

Lu Mian grabbed Xie Zhi's clothes tightly, his whole body was wrapped in Xie Zhi's temperature, he couldn't breathe, but he didn't want to let go.

Xie Zhi said again: "Lu Mian, you have to cry loudly, so that I can know that you are sad, so that I can comfort you."

"Mianmian, give me a chance to comfort you, okay?"

Big drops of tears fell down, Lu Mian hugged Xie Zhi's neck tightly, and smeared the tears on Xie Zhi's neck.

He pressed against Xie Zhi's ear, opened his mouth, and let out a sound.