flawed

Chapter 76 Be good, don't cry

"Why did you come here?"

"Brother Hua brought me here."

Qi Nuliang turned to Deng Jianghua with an ugly expression: "Who asked you to bring him here?"

"He insisted that I bring him to you."

"You can do whatever he asks you to do, and you will follow him in the future."

Deng Jianghua: "..."

"I asked him to bring me here." Jiang Yu smoothed things over.

The familiar scene between the manager and his wife did not happen. Jiang Yu calmly walked towards Qi Nuliang, bowed and smiled at the foreman, "Auntie, please sit over, thank you."

Although the foreman was a foreman, his actual age was only in his early twenties. When he was called auntie by a boy who was half a head taller than her, he couldn't help but quickly moved away.

"I don't want to call in advance when I come here." Qi Nuliang took his feet off the coffee table and put on his coat, "What's the matter?"

"Can't I come to see you if it's okay?"

"What do I mean..."

It was Qi Nuliang's turn to play again.Originally, the cards were bad, and he didn't know how to play them. In addition, Jiang Yu was sitting beside him, and now he was even more worried.

"Brother Qi, hurry up, just give out two cards."

"What's the rush?" Qi Nuliang frowned more and more.

Jiang Yu stretched out his finger, drew two cards from that hand, and played them out, but he didn't expect that the opponent couldn't afford it.After that, Jiang Yu played the cards for him a few times.

Qi Nuliang was surprised, when did this kid learn to play cards, and he was pretty good at it.

At the end of the round, his subordinates shuffled the cards, but Qi Nuliang waved his hands: "Don't play, you all go do your own work." Turning to look at the girl who just squeezed his shoulders, "Go and do your work too."

"Brother Qi, why don't you introduce me?"

"Introduce a fart, hurry up and get out."

Qi Nuliang stood up, shooed everyone away, and also asked them to take away the playing cards and the messy fast food boxes in the room.

Jiang Yu looked around and caught a glimpse of the single iron bed against the wall and the quilt wrapped into a ball on the bed.

Qi Nuliang opened the refrigerator in the corner, took out two cans of Coke, and handed one to Jiang Yu: "Aren't you going to school today?"

"today is Sunday."

"Have you finished your homework?"

"I finished it yesterday."

"Yeah." Qi Nuliang took a sip of Coke, "If you need anything, you can call me, you shouldn't come to this kind of place."

"Didn't you fight, and you won't come back either."

Jiang Yu looked at Qi Nuliang with the stubborn and innocent gaze of the young man, even though there was no complaint in that gaze, it made him a little ashamed.

"Brother, today is your 27th birthday."

"Really?" Qi Nuliang scratched his head, "I forgot... By the way, have you eaten yet?"

"No, I cooked at home, and I planned to wait for you to come back to eat together."

Jiang Yu's tone was indifferent, without the slightest sign of being unhappy or blaming, which instead made Qi Nuliang feel very guilty.

"Why don't you ask your buddies to go out to eat together? More people will celebrate your birthday, it will be more lively than just the two of us." Jiang Yu suggested.

Qi Nuliang thought for a while: "You have already cooked, so go home and eat."

He asked Deng Jianghua to get the car keys, and by the way blamed him for bringing Jiang Yu here, at least he should have called first.Let the children see a group of people playing cards together. If the child fails to learn in the future, he will be the first to let him go.

Deng Jianghua couldn't tell what he was suffering from, so he could only slander him, that kid is much better at playing cards than you, and he will be bad sooner.

Seeing that there was no one following Qi Nuliang, Jiang Yu pretended to be surprised: "Aren't they called Brother Hua?"

"No, the family can't accommodate such people. Also, Brother Hua, he is not your brother, so don't get close to such people."

Jiang Yu pondered for a while, then called out crisply: "Brother!"

"how?"

"Nothing, call me whatever you want."

After finishing speaking, he gave Qi Nuliang a bright smile, which made him baffled.

Sitting in the car, Qi Nuliang asked, "Have you read it on the computer? Do you like it?"

"Look, I like it."

"The first in the half-term exam, I didn't say anything when I asked you what you want. I went to the city and saw that those middle school students used computers to study, so I bought one for you. Use it to study hard, and you can only play games during the holidays."

"understood."

Qi Nuliang hesitated to speak, and only reached out to pat Jiang Yu's head.

When he was alone, he would often think that it would be great if Jiang Yu was his own brother.Real relatives don't have the grievances and hatreds of the past, so you don't have to worry about the day when things come to light, and you don't have to think about the person you care about so much that one day he will be regarded as an enemy.

It was already afternoon when I got home, and the food was reheated and served on the table.It was served with a beautiful birthday cake with "Happy Birthday" framed on it.

Jiang Yu brought the bowls and chopsticks: "Brother, do you want to eat first, or cake first?"

Qi Nuliang looked at the table of sumptuous meals and cakes, and felt a lump in his throat for a moment.No one has ever given him a birthday, not when he was a child, and even less when he grew up, this is the first time.

Seeing that he was silent, Jiang Yu asked again: "How about we light the candles first?" He said that he had inserted the "2" and "7" candles on both sides of the cake, "And then make a wish?"

"You can coax a child to do this."

Qi Nuliang wanted to take down the candles, but was blocked: "I bought them all back, don't waste them, hurry up and make one."

Jiang Yu urged him, and reached into his pocket, took out his lighter and lit a candle.In his hand is just the most common plastic lighter, not the one used by Qi Nuliang.

"Brother, where's your lighter?" Seeing that Qi Nuliang was a little dazed, he reminded, "It's just the silver-white one with the dragon pattern on it."

"...I lost it." Qi Nuliang suddenly remembered the whereabouts of the lighter, felt guilty for some reason, and turned his eyes away, "I don't know where it went."

"Really? It was just right." Jiang Yu went back to the room while talking.

When he came out, Qi Nuliang had already blown out the candles, cut the cake, and didn't know if he made a wish along the way.

He handed a box to Qi Nuliang: "Brother, happy 27th birthday!"

Qi Nuliang put down the cake cutter, wiped the sweat from his hands on his clothes, and took it over: "What is it?"

"open to take a look."

He opened the box, and it happened to be a lighter inside.It’s also Zippo’s, but it’s matte black. Except for the small logo in the corner, there’s a gilded “seven” on the front. It looks exquisite and high-end, better than his previous one.

Seeing Qi Nuliang looking over and over in his hand, Jiang Yu asked him, "Do you like it?"

"Who paid you for this?"

"You gave it."

Qi Nuliang looked up at Jiang Yu, and said angrily, "I don't give you money to let you do this, but to let you have enough food in school, and buy what you lack." He took money out of his pocket and gave him, "Do you have any money on you?"

"and also."

"If you have one, take it first."

Qi Nuliang ate two pinches of vegetables, which smelled of paste, looked up at Jiang Yu, and found that he was also frowning.

"That one is a bit burnt, eat this." Jiang Yu moved the plate of chicken wings in front of him, and moved another plate of shredded pork to fill it up, "This one is not burnt."

"you made it yourself?"

"Yeah, I did it all morning."

Qi Nuliang bowed his head in silence for a moment, then exchanged the plate of chicken wings: "Just order something to eat from outside, if you don't have the money, tell me about it."

The two ate in silence for a while, Jiang Yu suddenly put down his chopsticks, looked at Qi Nuliang, pursed the corners of his mouth, and asked as if he had spent a lot of effort: "Brother, are you looking for someone?"

Qi Nuliang raised his head, with a chicken wing stuffed in his mouth, with a blank expression.

"Is it the aunt who sat next to you and gave you a shoulder squeeze just now? She is pretty, but she is too thin, her skin is a little dark, and she is a little short. She might not go well with you..."

Qi Nuliang's eyes widened suddenly, he spat out the half-gnawed chicken wing, and quickly argued: "What nonsense is Jing talking about, who told you that she is my partner, Deng Jianghua?"

Jiang Yu didn't say if it was true, but said: "She squeezed your shoulders for you, it can be seen that she likes you very much."

"You see a fart." Qi Nuliang twisted his neck, he was still stiff at the moment, but it was much better than it was in the morning.

"I had a stiff neck last night, and I couldn't straighten my neck in the morning. The foreman is good at massaging, and I asked her to pinch it. Otherwise, I still can't straighten up now."

Hearing this explanation, Jiang Yu not only didn't believe it, but also sincerely said: "Brother, it's okay, you can tell me these things, I can understand. You are 27 this year, and others are married and have children at this age. You because I'm still single."

Jiang Yu lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, with a very sad look: "Actually, it doesn't matter to me. I can move out to live on campus. Our school's accommodation is also cheap. A room with bunk beds for 16 people can live for a semester for only 500 yuan. Buying one heats up quickly, and the problem of taking a bath in winter is also solved. Although the lights will be turned off at night, the street light in front of the toilet will always be on, so I can go there to read.

"This house is not big, and it will be enough to live with your family. When I am admitted to live in high school, I will come back once a month, and I won't bother you..."

Hearing Jiang Yu's words getting more and more outrageous, Qi Nuliang pressed his chopsticks and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? Which eye of yours saw that I was going to get married? Don't say it, can you?"

Jiang Yu blinked: "No?"

"No, don't think about it all day long, and put all your energy into studying." Qi Nuliang frowned fiercely, he had almost never gotten into a hurry with this child, but today he couldn't hold back his anger.

"Then why are you avoiding me? Don't you always go home?" Jiang Yu's mouth trembled as he said that, with an aggrieved and pitiful look, "Brother, do you hate me?

"Do you think I didn't study hard enough, or something else? If you are dissatisfied, can you tell me? Don't let me go home every day alone, I don't want to be alone..."

Originally, the grievance was only for Qi Nuliang to watch, but who knew that he really became aggrieved as he talked, a line of tears trickled down the corner of his eyes to the tip of his chin, followed by his nose and eyes turning red.

Qi Nuliang only knew how pitiful it was when the child was still young two years ago, when he cried with pear blossoms and rain, but he didn't expect him to be so old, and suddenly burst into tears when he was still able to talk.

The teenager's tears were more forbearing and reserved than the children's, and they also carried more weight. One by one, they fell straight into Qi Nuliang's heart, causing pain in his chest.

Not only hurt, but also flustered, he hurriedly explained: "What nonsense are you talking about, why should I hate you? I hate you, I will buy you any computer, and tell you not to think about it."

"Why don't you come back to live?"

"I, I... that's not busy."

"Busy playing cards and being pressed on shoulders..." Jiang Yu covered his face with his hands, tears dripping down more and more, and the sound of sniffing became louder.

Qi Nuliang was going crazy, and quickly moved to Jiang Yu's side: "Okay, okay, I will come back to live in the future, okay, okay..."

He pulled away Jiang Yu's hand covering his face, seeing his crying face, his heart felt sour and sad one after another.

He drooped his eyebrows, wiped Jiang Yu's face with a tissue, and comforted him sadly: "Brother doesn't hate you. It's my own reason for not coming back this time, and it has nothing to do with you. You are fine. I keep telling others about you." It's my pride..."

Jiang Yu put his arm around Qi Nuliang's shoulder, buried his face on his shoulder, sobbing: "...I don't like a person..."

Qi Nuliang put his arms around him and patted his back: "It's my fault, I'm sorry, I'll be back in the future."

What he should have thought of was the shadow that those years of wandering alone had cast on the child.Now Jiang Yu is the only one he can rely on, but he only cares about his own feelings and blindly escapes, never thinking that this child is enduring such lonely torment alone.

Qi Nuliang put his arms around Jiang Yu's back and swayed from side to side, comforting him softly, "I promise to come back every day in the future."

"Hey, don't cry."