you are with the light

Chapter 30

Chen Ke's memory of his father is very vague, to be precise, he has no memory.

He has lived with his mother since he could remember, and Chen Wanran never told him about his father. For a while, he even thought that there was no such thing as a father in this world.

If it weren't for the conversations among the little ones, he wouldn't have known he had a terrible father, that his father had gone to jail.

Although his father did not appear in his life, he seems to be influenced by his father all the time.They are all the same, and they seem to have a different kind of love for crime.

At this moment, facing the boy lying on the ground not knowing whether he was alive or dead, he had no fear in his heart, but was vaguely excited.

"What... what should I do?" Chen Wanran asked Chen Ke helplessly, "Will he die, ah, let's send him to the hospital..."

Chen Wanran's voice aroused Chen Ke's rationality.He calmed down, then stretched out his hand to the tip of the boy's nose, still breathing.

"Send it to the hospital and call the police." Chen Ke said.

At this moment, Chen Wanran hesitated: "But... if this happens, what should you do..." She thought about it, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration, and she grabbed her son's hand and said, "Just say it, just say this I beat the child, so don't admit it, okay?"

Chen Ke said: "If you can beat him, can you still be bullied by him like this? I will take responsibility for what I did. You don't need to do this."

Chen Wanran grabbed his arm and did not let go, and looked at him firmly: "Don't be stubborn, listen to the mother, even if the mother begs you, don't admit it..."

Although there was some blood at the scene, the boy's injury was not serious. When the police came, Chen Wanran insisted that she had beaten her. She said she was acting in self-defense, and started crying as she spoke, putting her hand on the policeman's shoulder by the way.

To some extent, Chen Wanran is omnipotent.

When everything was almost resolved, Chen Ke remembered Gu Jinbei.When returning home, Gu Jinbei was sitting on the sofa. When he heard the voice, he turned his head and saw Chen Ke, his eyes lit up: "Brother Chen."

Chen Ke stood at the door and said, "Come out, I'll take you to dinner."

Chen Wanran will not come back tonight, Chen Ke knew what she was going to do, but he was too lazy to get angry, even the feeling of powerlessness was left, only numbness.

Gu Jinbei walked over and said in a tone eager to be praised: "I cleaned up the blood very well. If the police come, there will be no evidence."

Chen Ke always felt that this sounded strange and uncomfortable, but he couldn't find what made him uncomfortable for a while.He took Gu Jinbei to have a meal, and when he got home and saw the cleaned tiles, he suddenly realized what made him uncomfortable.

so perfect.

The room was tidy and clean, without any traces left. If it wasn't for the faint pain in the beating hand, Chen Ke would have thought he was dreaming.

He looked at Gu Jinbei, who obviously didn't realize how unreasonable the scene was.He smiled at Chen Ke: "It's great, isn't it."

However, Chen Ke frowned: "Next time, don't do this next time." He is really a contradictory person. He obviously enjoys beating people very happily, and even feels that it is good to kill him for a moment, but he is only facing the opponent who can handle it almost perfectly. Gu Jinbei at the scene, he actually felt angry.

"This is wrong, you can't be proficient in these things." He walked out of the room, and Gu Jinbei followed behind him, he seemed unable to understand: "Why?"

"There's no reason, it's just not allowed." Chen Ke walked into the kitchen, and Gu Jinbei followed.Gu Jinbei said: "Okay. I will listen to you."

These words made Chen Ke feel more comfortable, he liked this sentence. "I listen to you" is Gu Jinbei's trust in him, and he enjoys the feeling of being trusted.

Chen Wanran came back later.She changed into a new dress and covered herself tightly.When Gu Jinbei saw her, he called out cautiously: "Hello, Auntie."

"Okay." Chen Wanran was so tired that she couldn't even squeeze out a smile for Gu Jinbei, "I'll go to sleep first."

When the two were lying on the bed at night, Gu Jinbei tentatively asked what happened during his absence. Chen Ke said, "It's nothing." Kim Bei should not know this.

Gu Jinbei heard that he didn't want to talk, so he stopped asking.This small town is so big, every little thing that happens will spread, and within a few days Gu Jinbei knew that Hu An had been beaten. The exact reason is unknown, but he was sent to the hospital anyway.

Liu Man told him about this. She tried to make Gu Jinbei laugh as a joke, but Gu Jinbei didn't laugh.

"No.15 was beaten at night, are you sure?" Gu Jinbei asked her.He had a vague guess in his heart, but he didn't dare to think about it, so he could only guess anxiously.

"Isn't it?" Liu Man said, "This matter is very tightly covered, and no one knows about it. It must be something shameful." As she spoke, she suddenly seemed to think of something, and leaned into Gu Jinbei's ear to whisper Said mysteriously, "Do you know why I broke up with him?"

Gu Jinbei turned his ears away and distanced himself from her.He was not interested in what she said, so he shook his head: "I don't want to know."

Liu Man didn't care if he wanted to know or not, but she had to tell him: "I went to his house that day, and when I looked in his drawer, I found a photo album in it, full of photos of Chen Ke's mother!"

It is undeniable that this sentence aroused Gu Jinbei's interest.He looked at Liu Man, and there was a smug smile in Liu Man's eyes: "You would never have imagined that there are nude/photos of Chen Ke's mother in it." Speaking of nude/photos is more reserved and euphemistic, those dirty/sleek /Liu Man can't say the word of love.

Gu Jinbei's heart beat suddenly.

It was several days later when Chen Ke knew that he had hit his cousin that day.Hu An's mother came to reconcile with Chen Wanran, and took out a sum of money to try to bring the matter to a successful conclusion.

"For the sake of the past, don't bother with the child," Hu An's mother said, "We both suppress this matter, which is good for everyone, right? I heard...you also adopted a child .”

Chen Wanran finally accepted the money.

Chen Ke didn't have any feelings for his cousin, or in other words, if Chen Wanran hadn't told him, he wouldn't even know that he had any so-called relatives.He lived with his mother since he was a child, and until now, the word "relative" has been deliberately erased from his life dictionary along with "father".

The rumors in the town are updated every day, and the new ones overwhelm the old ones, and the past seems to be wiped out because of this.The reason for Hu An's beating has not yet been investigated, but the news that Lu Weijian hacked Liu Wu into the hospital spread all over the sky.

Gu Jinbei heard it from others. Liu Man hadn't come to school for a long time, and he didn't come to him. At first, he didn't pay much attention to it, but later he realized something when he heard the rumor.

He went to Liu Man's house, when Liu Man saw him, she didn't smile at him uncharacteristically, she just said: "Goodbye."

At that time, Gu Jinbei didn't understand the meaning behind these three words, but later he realized that it was a farewell. The two reached a fork in their lives. Liu Man chose the opposite direction to him, and then waved to him. Say goodbye to him.

When the rumors were flying everywhere, Chen Ke realized something belatedly.Sun Jiani came to Chen Ke's house to look for him, and cried to him something, which seemed to mean that Liu Wu forced her, Lu Weijian was too cowardly, she was innocent, she was such a miserable woman.

Chen Ke said almost indifferently: "What does that have to do with me?"

Sun Jiani cried very earnestly, wiping her snot and tears. When she heard this, she looked at Chen Ke in disbelief, with condemnation in her eyes: "You... what do you mean?"

"Literally." Chen Ke didn't want to say more to her, "When you did something, you had to think about the consequences. Now that things have come to this point, do you dare to say that you are not wrong?"

Sun Jiani stopped crying, she looked at Chen Ke complainingly: "It's not my fault! Is it my fault that Lu Weijian wanted to rape/rape me? Is it my fault that Liu Wu threatened me? Tell me what I did wrong !Say it!"

Chen Ke said: "I asked you how to deal with that matter, you can just say it." Chen Ke looked into her eyes and said word by word, "You chose this way, no one forced you to make a decision. "

Sun Jiani was taken aback by what he said, and just looked at him like this for a long time before she burst into tears with a "wow".

Chen Ke handed her a tissue.

"Anyway, you are still young, you can start over." Chen Ke said, "There is still a long way to go in life, and you still have a long way to go."

Sun Jiani wiped away her tears and left.That was the last time Chen Ke saw her.Not long after, I heard that her family had moved out, and I didn't know where they moved.

The passing of life is like water in your hands, it slips through your fingers if you don't pay attention.In the blink of an eye, it was the end of November, and the birthdays of Chen Ke and Gu Jinbei were approaching.

For Gu Jinbei, his birthday this year is really meaningless, even because too many things happened this year, he is not in the mood to celebrate his birthday.But Chen Ke is different. After this year's birthday, Chen Ke will be an adult.Adulthood is a very different word. It indicates that a person will grow from youth to youth, to maturity, and to become an independent adult.

Gu Jinbei thought for a long time and didn't know what kind of gift to give Chen Ke.Now that he is adopted by the Chen family, he doesn't have as much money as before, and he can't afford many beautiful but expensive gifts.

Gu Jinbei hesitated for a long time before deciding to write a letter to Chen Ke.But that letter was not delivered that day.

Mrs. Chen committed suicide on December [-]st.

This woman was greedy for life and afraid of death, she would scream for a long time even with a little pain, but when she jumped from the top floor of the hospital, she didn't hesitate at all.

A new day begins with bad news, and Chen Ke's birthday is shrouded in death.Old Mrs. Chen's move is rare and clever, she wants Chen Ke to always remember this day, how she resisted and ruined his very precious coming-of-age ceremony.

Chen Wanran was stunned when she received the news, and she cried after hanging up the phone.She was complaining and attached to her mother, and these two emotions mixed together, causing her to cry.

Chen Wanran was supported by Chen Ke to take a last look at her mother.The old lady was wrapped in a white cloth, and she looked like a quiet time.Chen Wanran couldn't hold back and cried again, but Chen Ke just watched coldly without shedding a single tear.

What he thought at the time was: It is good to die.

His feelings seemed to be missing a piece, he couldn't cry like Chen Wanran, he was even a little happy and relieved.

Chen Wanran stayed in the hospital for one night, and Chen Ke stayed with her all the time. He called Gu Jinbei on the way and said that he would not go back tonight and asked him to go to bed early.

The next day, Chen Wanran was busy with the funeral of Mrs. Chen.The funeral here must be held in a good manner, otherwise it will cause people to gossip.Chen Ke was afraid that Chen Wanran would not be able to bear it, so he stayed with her all the time until Gu Jinbei's birthday was passed.

After the matter was settled and Mrs. Chen was buried, the atmosphere in the family changed a little bit.The new year came quietly without knowing it, but although there were not many things happened in this family this year, it was enough to make it difficult for people to live this year.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Chen Wanran went out.Chen Ke took Gu Jinbei to set off firecrackers in the yard.The older you get, the harder it is to satisfy yourself with fireworks.They put a few and found it boring, so they gave them to the children in the yard.

The old lady on the first floor stood watching them, her eyes were still sharp, but inevitably tired.She is getting old, and half of her body has already sunk into the loess.

The two went out for a walk and walked around the river.The embankment began to build a fence, and it is said that it will take several years to complete.Someone was setting off a Kongming lantern by the river, and the two looked at each other, but neither of them said to buy one and let it go.

Then they walked home silently.

Chen Ke went into the toilet to take a shower, and Gu Jinbei dug out the letter he had prepared for Chen Ke from the room.He was a little apprehensive, and he was still looking forward to it. Although it was already late, as long as he poured his heart into it, it wasn't too late.

When Chen Ke came out of the shower, Gu Jinbei handed him the letter in his hand, and he said shyly, "Happy belated birthday, and a birthday present."

Chen Ke took the letter from Gu Jinbei and smiled at him: "Thank you."

When Gu Jinbei went to take a shower, Chen Ke opened the letter:

Dear Brother Chen:

Hello there!

I don't know if you still remember the summer five years ago, when we first met.At that time, we didn't know that fate had bound us tightly together, we didn't know that we would face many things together, and we didn't know that we would become close family members in the end.

I am very happy to meet you, and Aunt Chen.

It might sound weird, but I like you because you handed me a bowl of white tofu.I like a person is that simple.As long as you treat me a little bit better, I am willing to repay you wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly.

This year may not be a happy year, but it doesn't matter, it will be next year, and it will be the year after that, and it will be the same for many, many years when we are together.

Let's go together, okay?

Gu Jinbei

When Gu Jinbei came out of the toilet, he saw Chen Ke sitting on the bed with the letter he wrote in his hand.Gu Jinbei suddenly felt a little shy and dared not walk over.

"Thank you." Chen Ke raised the letter in Yang's hand, "This gift is great."

Gu Jinbei walked towards him, and there was the sound of firecrackers outside the house. When the sound subsided a little, the two heard someone shouting: "New Year is here——"

The two looked at each other and smiled at each other.

The author has something to say: Chen Ke and 14-year-old Gu Jinbei said: Goodbye!

The original budget for this stage was 33 chapters, and three chapters have been shortened. The following stage will enter the emotional drama hahaha (in my lifetime)