It was still early after school in the afternoon, and Lin Zheng and the others spent a while in the bookstore near the school before slowly walking home on their bicycles.
The sunset was just in the sky, and Shi Qi was sitting in the back seat with her schoolbag on her back and Lin Zheng's in her arms.
Lin Zheng was teaching her to recite the text, and Shi Qi muttered that she was reluctant, but she couldn't bear Lin Zheng's good words to persuade her. She frowned and begged Lin Zheng to remind her, and laughed happily to show that she had recited it.
Her smile spread far and wide, full of the simplicity and purity of youth.
After reciting the text, Shi Qi thought of something, leaned her head over and asked Lin Zheng, "Zhenger, what do you think the girl in Class 1 who snatched you second in grade looks like?"
Lin Zheng lowered his body and stepped uphill with all his strength, "You buy me two catties of pot helmets, and I will carry them on my back and go to class 1 to ask you?"
"Forget it, Class 1 is too far away, I'm afraid two catties won't be enough for you." Shi Qi judged based on his imagination, "I think she is definitely not as good-looking as you, nor as smart as you."
Lin Zheng privately thought that Shi Qi's conclusion was very correct, "There is no way, most people will lose their light in front of naturally beautiful people."
Shi Qi nodded without hesitation, "That's right! My Zheng'er is a little angel with circles on her head, it's bright wherever it floats."
"Hahaha!" Lin Zheng laughed madly, "Then do I still need to be able to fly?"
Shi Qi stuck Lin Zheng's schoolbag between the car seat and herself, spread her hands, and put her wrists on Lin Zheng's butterfly bones, imitating the way wings fly and agitating, "Huh, fly up!"
"Let's go!" Lin Zheng speeded up in coordination with Shi Qi, and the car galloped on the quiet path, flying higher and higher with their innocent good mood.
At the intersection of Shiqijia, Lin Zheng put her down and told her again, "Remember to recite after finishing your homework. I will call you at ten o'clock. If you make a mistake, you will have an extra ten minutes to recite."
Shi Qi was full of confidence, "Don't worry, I promise to complete the task!"
"Then I'm leaving."
"Okay."
Shiqi stood at the intersection, watching Lin Zheng walk away, "Zheng'er, miss me at night!"
Lin Zheng waved back towards the setting sun.
Shi Qi looked at her lonely back and suddenly felt a sore nose.
I don't know if Zheng'er will have something to eat when she goes home?
Shi Qi didn't leave, and watched Lin Zheng turn and disappear before stepping on the curb and walking home.
As soon as she entered the door, she could smell the aroma of food.
"Spicy crayfish!" Shi Qi was so greedy that his mouth was watering.
Shi's mother slapped her hand that was stealing food, and said angrily, "Wash your hands!"
Shi Qi sticks out his tongue, throws down his schoolbag and runs to the bathroom, Shi's father chases after him and puts the **** slippers.
This kind of picture surrounded by parents, Lin Zheng is very envious every time he sees it.
"Mom, call Zheng'er and ask her to come to our house to eat crayfish." Shi Qi shouted from the bathroom, "Zheng'er likes to eat crayfish the most."
Shi's mother set the dishes and said back to her, "Your Auntie Feng is back today, someone is cooking for Zheng'er."
"Really?" Shi Qi was pleasantly surprised. When she saw that her father was still there, she turned to ask him, "Dad, aren't you and Aunt Feng both in the Quality Inspection Institute? You are the minister, and Auntie is the section chief. How can she be better than you?" Are you still busy? And uncle, after becoming the regional director of a foreign company, uncle is really busy every day? They are so busy that they almost have no time to take care of Zhenger."
Shi's father patted his daughter's head and smiled dotingly, "Children don't understand what adults do, so don't talk nonsense in front of Zheng'er."
Shi Qi pursed his lips, "I definitely wouldn't tell Zheng'er, I just feel sorry for her. This summer vacation is so long, and my uncles and aunts are not here. If it weren't for our family to come, Zheng'er might not even have food."
Shi's father wiped his daughter's hands and blocked the door to let her go out first, "How can it be, your aunt is watching, so Zheng'er won't be hungry."
"I'm hungry right now." Shi Qi muttered softly.
Shi's father and Shi's mother who came over looked at each other and said nothing.
The children are all grown up, and some things may not be kept secret for long. However, what Shi's mother said just now was true. As soon as Lin Zheng entered the door, she saw her mother sitting on the sofa and reading materials. Her downcast eyes froze. It's time to light up.
Lin Zheng quickly took off her shoes and put them in order, then happily ran over and asked, "Mom, when did you come back?"
Feng Haian didn't raise her head, her voice was as cold as ever, "I just arrived." She didn't have any desire to talk to Lin Zheng.
Lin Zheng's enthusiasm suddenly cooled down, and he stood up awkwardly in the living room, not knowing what to say.
After standing there for about three or four minutes, Feng Haian still ignored Lin Zheng.
Lin Zheng smiled silently, and said in a low voice: "Mom, Mr. Gu said that someone must join the parents' WeChat group."
Feng Haian's train of thought was interrupted, and he frowned impatiently, "Let your dad join."
"Okay." Lin Zheng nodded obediently, and then asked her with a smile, "I haven't seen my dad for three months and six days. When will he come back? Will he read it when he sends WeChat? Or do I need to call first to explain? "
Feng Hai'an paused while looking through the materials, raised his head, and slowed down his voice, "This teacher Gu you mentioned is your homeroom teacher?"
Lin Zheng, "Yes." Her smile was clean and flawless.
"How is this teacher?"
"very good."
"Being very good is a good person, or a strong teaching ability?"
"all good."
"That's good."
The dry conversation ended, and the two were relatively silent for a while, and the atmosphere was inexplicably awkward.
Feng Hai'an put down the materials and brought up the original topic, "How to add the parent group? Tell me, I'll add it later."
Lin Zheng took out a crumpled QR code from his pocket, "This is the QR code of the parent group, you can add it by scanning the code."
The QR code was printed by Lin Zheng at the printing department of the school after school. She didn't know if it would be useful, but she just couldn't bear the little hope in her heart.
Now it seems that although this approach is a bit self-indulgent, it is not completely in vain anyway.
"Give it to me." Feng Haian said.
Lin Zheng walked over, subconsciously wanting to hand it to Feng Haian, and when he met her cold expression, he changed his hand and put it on the coffee table.
Feng Hai'an's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, and his expression was obviously startled, but seeing the smile on Lin Zheng's face, he couldn't tell anything unusual.
Feng Haian moved his lips, wanting to say something, but before he could make a sound, Lin Zheng said one step ahead of her: "Mom, I'm going to do my homework, you are busy."
You are busy, what an unfamiliar word.
Feng Haian nodded, "Go."
Lin Zheng carried her schoolbag and strode towards her room in big strides.
Looking at her brisk steps, Feng Hai'an slowly felt sour in his heart.
This is the child she gave birth to in October, and now she is so unfamiliar. If... Feng Hai'an's distressed eyes suddenly sink, he quickly picks up the information and continues to look through it, as if the sympathy just now was just a fleeting illusion.
On the other side, Lin Zheng leaned against the door panel in a daze after entering the room.
She left in a hurry in the morning, the curtains were not drawn, and there was no light in the room at the moment, and it was very cold. She recalled Feng Haian's cold expression just now, and felt very sad.
It's just that we haven't seen each other for more than a month. She doesn't know how to communicate with her mother. She can't run out of words in her mind every time she writes a composition. How come she doesn't even have the most basic greetings when she comes to the closest people? meeting?
Lin Zheng walked to the window with her schoolbag and pulled the curtains aside.
The afterglow of the setting sun hangs in the sky, warm and harmonious, and it hurts the eyes a little.
Lin Zheng raised her hand and pressed her palm against the glass window. The coldness on the window gradually overdraws the temperature in her body.
At seven o'clock, Lin Zheng started to do homework.
There was very little homework today, and it only took an hour and a half with the preview.
Lin Zheng tidied up her schoolbag, stepped on her feet carefully and walked to the door of the room, listening to the sound with her ear against the door panel.
It was very quiet outside.
Lin Zheng was afraid that Feng Hai'an would just nest in his room and start a silent live broadcast—writing.
Lin Zheng's calligraphy has been taught by famous masters, and she is regarded as a leader among the younger generation. She didn't have much affection for calligraphy at first, and she had already learned Guzheng at that time.
Lin Zheng was taught Guzheng by a well-known old professor from the Conservatory of Music. She is kind and kind in private, but when it comes to majors, she becomes very strict. She spends a lot of time practicing every day, and races against time when encountering competitions. If you add calligraphy It's equivalent to taking up almost all of her spare time. It's too hard, but no matter how hard it is, it can't match Feng Haian's liking.
At that time, although the little Lin Zheng was willful, she also understood the two-way relationship in the relationship. Since Feng Haian liked it, then she just persisted, it didn't matter.
After getting through it, it became a habit. Even in the critical moment of preparing for the high school entrance examination, Lin Zheng didn't relax her practice. However, it was hard work that paid off, and her increasingly refined calligraphy always won her a lot of praise in the live broadcast.
8 o'clock is the leisure time. Not long after Lin Zheng went up, many people came to watch, and the 800-meter physical test was also there.
Lin Zheng didn't know what was wrong, but when she saw 800 meters from her side, she remembered her "don't cry" that day. She could always see through her own unhappiness, as if... for the past year and a half, as long as she was online, she was always there.
Apart from teachers and friends, she is the person who accompanies her the most.
"My mother is at home today." Lin Zheng typed on the public screen, and then waited silently for something.
She didn't realize it herself, she only reacted when she saw someone urging her to start, and slowly withdrew her hand that was still on the keyboard.
She had never met these people before, so there was no need to tell them about her family affairs, but for some reason, when she saw the physical test of 800 meters, Lin Zheng wanted to tell her, to let her know that she was not alone at home today.
"That's good." The physical test eight hundred meters replied.
Lin Zheng's heart warmed, and he picked up a pen and copied today's new text "Qinyuanchun·Snow".
Xiaokai practiced the mind, and Lin Zheng lost the sense of time when she calmed down. As she grew up, she liked to be immersed in the fragrance of ink and feel the tranquility of "losing contact" with the outside world.
It was almost ten o'clock in the blink of an eye, and someone in the room said they were going to take a shower. Lin Zheng put down his pen and turned on the microphone, "Thank you for staying with me, see you next time."
The public screen replied quickly, "See you next time."
Eight hundred meters on the side of the body didn't say anything, and brushed the lollipop for her silently.
Lin Zheng has always been curious, why does this person like lollipops so much? She brushes herself with presents every time, without exception, it's all lollipops.
Lin Zheng hesitated, put her chin in one hand, and asked her casually, "Why do you like giving me lollipops so much?"
The movement of brushing lollipops at 800 meters on the side of the body did not stop.
Lin Zheng was not in a hurry, and waited quietly. Then, a low and quiet female voice came, "It is most useful to coax children with lollipops."
This sound!
Lin Zheng curled up his fingers sticking to the side of his face, looking at the name of the 800-meter physical tester for a moment, "You..."
"What's wrong with me?" The physical test 800 meters changed to typing on the public screen.
"It's nothing." Lin Zheng smiled and shook his head, dispelling the thoughts in his heart. At this point, Teacher Gu must still be preparing lessons, why would he come to watch her write blindly? Yes, there are many people with similar voices, this person is definitely not Teacher Gu.
"I'm going to wash up, goodbye." Lin Zheng said.
Eight hundred meters replied, "Goodbye."
Lin Zheng turned off the live broadcast, and sat blankly at the table in a daze.
Suddenly there was nothing to do, and she felt empty in her heart.
On the other side of the computer, Gu Nanzhi took a sip of the cold coffee with a guilty conscience. She was too careless just now, and she was only focusing on giving gifts to the children, and she almost fell off because of this tone.
"Hey." Gu Nanzhi shook his head helplessly and continued to prepare lessons, hoping that the children didn't find out.
But the kid seems to be in a good mood today, and the smiles in the camera are much more than before.
It seems that family is indeed very important to her.
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Lin Zheng only sat for a while before getting up to pack her things, then carefully opened the door of the room and looked out.
It was pitch black outside.
Lin Zheng fumbled out of the room, went to the study first, there was no light under the crack of the door, and then went to Feng Haian's room, which was also very quiet, as if no one had been there.
Lin Zheng stood at the door in a daze, lowered her head, trying to find a reason to convince herself not to be disappointed.
She was the same as herself, she left quietly because she was afraid of disturbing the other party?
Did she leave because she couldn't wait for herself to come out? just left?
Lin Zheng blinked her sore eyes, walked to the living room through the black, sat on the seat where Feng Haian had sat, and reached out to touch it.
Cool, she has been gone for a long time.
Some emotions ferment quickly through the night.
What happened to her home? Why are her parents missing?
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Lin Zheng: I feel bad, I want Teacher Gu to coax me.
P.S.: No one reads this article, and I may not write it for a while when the manuscript is exhausted, but it must not be cheated, eh~