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When Li Hetai walked out of the school gate, that was the scene he saw. As far as the eye could see, only that one figure was clear.
"Did your parents come to pick you up?" The person in charge of the physical fitness test stood to the side.
The admiration directed at the children was undisguised.
Unexpectedly, truly unexpectedly, I've never seen such a prodigy before. This child has broken all the records set in the school's ten-year history, and every single one of them is a new record.
If we recruit this person, we might be able to bring him to the city center for a competition.
"Student Li?"
Seeing the other person standing motionless by the doorplate, he moved closer:
"Shall I take you home on my motorcycle?"
However, the strange thing about this child is that he doesn't like to talk; in fact, he didn't say a single word today.
"I'm waiting for someone."
The child didn't even want to look away, and his tone was shooing, but the person didn't notice.
Amid the noise, he replied in surprise, "You're leaving?"
"No, no, your parents aren't here yet. At the very least, you should go with the photographer you were with earlier. I can't let you leave alone." The PE teacher shook his head repeatedly, his face full of disapproval.
At this moment, Li Hetai's face fell completely. He turned around, wanting only to get away, but then a familiar scent quickly flew into his nostrils, and soon his vision suddenly rose.
He was lifted up and carried.
You're pretending you can't see me, aren't you?
From the meaning conveyed by those eyes looking straight ahead, Li Hetai turned his head away.
"Are you Li's parent?"
“Yes, I am his guardian.” Gu Xinglan handed over the things she had bought in advance.
It wasn't a bribe; he just wanted to find out what was going on. Gu Xinglan leaned closer and winked mysteriously, "What do you think... how is the child's enrollment going?"
The other person took the bag, gave a thumbs-up, and smiled, saying, "Smart and capable."
Then it's a sure thing.
Gu Xinglan laughed as well.
Community.
The two walked in without any hindrance.
No one bothered him. In fact, since he came out of the police station, everyone played a complete game of hide-and-seek with him. Wherever he was, there was no one else. The difference from before was that they would point and run away, but now they would run away as fast as they could.
However, the child walking in front seemed quite satisfied.
Until the door of the rented house.
"He Tai!"
Liang Xiaodan lowered her head, then looked up with a mixture of surprise and fear, carrying a small cardboard box in both hands.
"I came here for no other reason than to hand over some things."
The box, with its exposed corners and edges, contained various paper airplanes and envelopes.
“I know you’re coming to school. I’ve already told everyone beforehand. This is a letter from everyone welcoming you.” Liang Xiaodan looked at someone ingratiatingly.
But the other person's eyes were completely black. Even though he was looking directly at the other person, he felt like he was being ignored... as if the other person was looking at a stationary stone.
The more I think about it, the less I can control my thoughts.
In just three seconds, the atmosphere changed drastically, as if the air itself had stopped moving.
He turned to the adult behind him and looked at him with pleading eyes.
Gu Xinglan, however, was completely focused on the voice on her phone.
If I receive a message from the school tomorrow, I can take Li Hetai there directly in the afternoon.
Just then, the production team called to urge him on, so he explained the situation for today and tomorrow.
When she hung up, Gu Xinglan let out a long sigh of relief. When she looked up again, Li Hetai in front of her hadn't entered the house yet.
My gaze passed through Li Hetai and then I noticed the child who was mostly hidden in the shadows in front of the door.
"It's so late, why are you still here?" Gu Xinglan glanced at the time on her phone and quickly went over.
But then they discovered that the other person was crying uncontrollably, like a flood bursting its banks. Their eyes were red and swollen, and the tears were soaking into the cardboard box, leaving it damp and even wetting a large area of their clothes.
Upon seeing who it was, Gu Xinglan was so shocked she almost dropped her phone.
The child's grandfather was a hot-tempered thug who disrespected his elders, which also influenced the child.
As if by muscle memory, Gu Xinglan was already reaching into her pocket for a tissue.
When the child squatted down, he was like a powder keg that had been lit, and he threw the box to the ground.
With a "whoosh" sound, paper airplanes and envelopes fell all over the floor.
The handkerchief that had been pulled out was also pushed to the ground by the other party.
Then came a few loud bangs as the child ran off, crying, trampling the tissues on the ground into shreds under his shoes. The person who had handed the tissues to him was also knocked to the ground, and dust billowed up everywhere.
Everything in those shopping bags spilled out.
A transparent packaging bag, resembling a black bear-patterned pajama set, slid down and bumped against the tip of someone's shoe.
Li Hetai's eyes twitched slightly, shifting from the figure in front of him to the object his shoe was pressing against.
With a "whoosh," it was quickly taken back.
"I was planning to surprise you."
Gu Xinglan snatched the packaging bag away, and he hurriedly stuffed it into his shopping bag.
Touching the scattered papers around her, Gu Xinglan looked towards the stairwell with a sense of helplessness.
The child ran to his doorstep crying for some reason. Please... please don't let those old men come back.
Thinking about the stakes involved, I almost broke out in a cold sweat.
Tomorrow is a very important day; he, especially Li Hetai, must not be delayed by anything else.
So, Gu Xinglan stuffed the shopping bags, big and small, into Li Hetai's arms.
“I’m returning the child’s lost item to him.”
The purpose of the paper airplanes and envelopes on the ground is unknown, and the owner of the items dropped them and ran away. After collecting the cardboard boxes, he wanted to chase after the child.
Just as she was about to leave, a gust of wind swept by, accompanied by a whooshing sound, stopping Gu Xinglan in her tracks.
The paper airplane made of cardboard swept over his head at such a speed that the airflow was so obvious that it even vibrated and made a sound, before finally flying out through the small ventilation hole.
"I come over."
The dim light blurred Li Hetai's expression.
The cardboard box in his hand was snatched away, followed by the shopping bags, which the other person threw, hitting him squarely in the chest.
Watching the other person's rapidly departing figure, Gu Xinglan hurriedly called out from behind, "Speak to him properly, don't provoke him..." his grandfather.
Before he could finish speaking, the figure vanished.
*
The clock on the wall points to six o'clock.
After taking a shower, I came out of the living room but couldn't see Li Hetai anywhere; there were only shopping bags.
As the tempting aroma of the food on the table wafted out, he reluctantly looked away and picked up the chocolate the merchant had given him.
The red box of chocolates is printed with a pumpkin with big teeth and a black cat with green eyes, and the bandages are made of alternating green and black lace.
He participated in a lucky draw for every 200 yuan spent, and by sheer coincidence, he won a chocolate, which happened to be from a pop-up store next door with a theme from a certain country.
Even if you can't read the words, can't you smell the aroma?
Gu Xinglan tore one open and ate it. The moment she bit into the dark chocolate, the rich aroma was replaced by the strong rum liquid, which almost exploded on her tongue.
Gu Xinglan's relaxed body tensed up instantly, and her eyes widened.
The wine is good, and the dark chocolate is just the right amount of bitter, but now is not the time to drink strong liquor to one's heart's content.
He rushed to the bathroom and vomited.
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