My deskmate is always catching me [Rebirth]

Lu Xiao held his arm steadily to prevent him from falling.

Ye Cheng raised his head and looked at him, lowered his voice and said, "I heard some movement in the house, so I came over to take a look."

He thought that Jiang Yirong had said that Lu Xiao avoided keeping tabs on matters at home, so she was a little worried that he would misunderstand her.

Lu Xiao's eyes were bottomless, but there was no blame or anger in them.

"You wait at the door for a while, I'll take care of it." There was a hint of comfort in his tone.

Ye Cheng nodded blankly, watched him walk in, turned around and closed the door.

The moment the door closed, Meng Li raised his head and looked over, as if he had just noticed their presence.

After a while, there were struggles and screams inside, as well as the sound of things falling to the ground.

Ye Cheng's palms were sweating a lot, and he couldn't help but feel nervous. He leaned against the crack in the door and listened to the movement in the room, and felt a sweat in his heart.

Lu Xiao seemed to have been talking, but it was unclear what he said, and Meng Li's shouts gradually turned into sobs.

Ye Cheng could vaguely hear her crying, saying repeatedly, "He's playing tricks on me," "He did it on purpose," and "I'm not going."

Lu Xiao's voice was unclear: "Okay, I'm not going. Don't go anywhere, just stay at home."

He stayed inside for almost ten minutes before walking out while talking on the phone.

When he opened the door, he and Ye Cheng made a "sorry" gesture, and Ye Cheng nodded.

Lu Xiao closed the door, took Meng Li's mobile phone next to him and made a call.

"Yes, Huang Yuan, she seems to be unstable these days."

"Well, I have injected her with a sedative. Do you want to go to the hospital tonight?"

"...Okay, please excuse me. We will wait for you tomorrow."

He said a few more polite words before hanging up the phone.

When he shouted "Huangyuan‌", Ye Cheng's heart skipped a beat and he understood everything instantly.

It turns out that the "sick relative" in Qingshan is Meng Li.

No wonder she seemed to be in a bad mental state. She was often very sad and happy, and couldn't control her emotions.

Lu Xiao walked in front of him and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I scared you."

He heard the noise and ran out in a hurry without even wearing shoes.

Ye Cheng shook his head. At this time, Mrs. Wang came up with cleaning tools.

She seemed as skilled as if she had done this job hundreds of times. Without even looking at them, she pushed the door open and walked into the room.

The two people's eyes fell on Fang's feet at the same time, and they took off and said: "You are not injured, are you?"

When the words came out almost simultaneously, they were all stunned.

Immediately, Lu Xiao saw red blood spots on the instep of his feet.

"Did you scratch?" He squatted down and grabbed Ye Cheng's instep with his hands.

Ye Cheng was startled, shrank back, and said unnaturally: "It's okay, it's just a little skin injury."

"Skin injuries also need to be treated. If they become infected, it will be troublesome." Lu Xiao said, taking him back to his room.

He asked Ye Cheng to sit down on the bed and rummaged through the cabinets to find a medical kit.

That ‌‌ didn’t look big, but the blood was smeared on the pale skin, which made people feel ‌ a little shocking.

Lu Xiao squatted down and put his feet on her knees.

This posture made Ye Cheng feel awkward, but he was too embarrassed to move around.

Lu Xiao used a cotton swab to wipe away the blood bit by bit, doing it very gently, and asking "Does it hurt?" from time to time.

Finally, I picked the smallest band-aid and put it on the wound carefully.

Seeing that Ye Cheng was silent, he took the initiative and said, "Don't you always groan when you get hurt? Why are you so quiet today?"

"I don't just groan when I get hurt, okay?" Ye Cheng retorted.

Lu Xiao sneered.

Ye Cheng said: "I'm just worried about you."

This time around, Lu Xiao was quiet.

He slowly stopped smiling.

Ye Cheng watched him put away the medical kit and put it back where it belongs, with no expression on his face.

He said nonchalantly: "There's nothing to worry about. I'm used to it."

Ye Cheng hesitated for a moment, then asked: "When did Auntie's illness begin?"

Now that it has been broken, and Lu Xiao doesn't seem to resent him knowing, he has to figure out what's going on, and whether the lack of guarantees has anything to do with his dropping out of school.

Lu Xiao stood in front of the bed and looked at him, and said lightly, "It's been many years, and no one took her seriously before. They always thought she was forced by my father. Then the next time she fell ill, she hugged me.

Only when you jump into the river will your family realize that you are not doing it."

Ye Cheng said in shock: "Jump into the river?"

"Don't be nervous, isn't it okay? We are all still alive."

Lu Xiao seemed to be tired of standing, so he walked over and sat down against the edge of the bed.

Ye Cheng also got up from the bed and sat next to him.

Floor heating keeps the entire room at a constant temperature, and the floor also feels warm.

It was snowing heavily outside the house, and the two of them were leaning against each other, feeling relaxed.

Lu Xiao said slowly: "She and my dad have never lived in harmony for a day. When my dad was in China, he suspected him of cheating all day long and sent a private detective to follow him."

"Later he really cheated on me, and my mother went crazy. She was sharpening the knife at home in the middle of the night, twisting the rope, and said she was going to get the mistress."

"There is no history of mental illness in our family. All this was caused by my father."

Ye Cheng took a breath. He didn't expect that Meng Li would be so frightened when he got sick.

"When she's not crazy, I'm fine. She'll attack people when she gets sick."

"Sister-in-law Wang was afraid that she would hurt me, so she asked me to move to Baize. She stayed here to take care of my mother." Lu Xiao was calm, as if she was telling someone else's story.

"When I was a kid, I didn't know anything about mental illness. I just thought my mother was a lunatic. She would fight with a bunch of gangsters all day long, and no one would care about me."

"Didn't you ask me why I have so much fighting experience?"

"It was cultivated from that time. Because others laughed at my mother as a lunatic, I would fight with them."

Ye Cheng stopped talking and couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.

It turns out that he still lived in Baize, why didn't he meet him earlier? It would be great if he had known him when he was a child, he thought silently.

Lu Xiao continued: "One day, our school organized a movie viewing, and I was sitting in the last row. Suddenly the back door lit up, and then my mother walked in, came over and sat next to me."

Ye Cheng looked at his side face, the smooth nose bridge and jawline, with a hint of warmth in his stubbornness.

He laughed: "It's just like a dream, do you understand?"

"While eating popcorn, I raised my head and said, 'Mom, are you coming to take me home?' My mother hugged me and cried on the spot. Then the next day, she took me back from Baize

."

Ye Cheng didn't know what Lu Xiao looked like when he was a child, and there were no photos of him as a child in his old house.

But he could only imagine how she could hold back tears when a fierce little boy asked Meng Li this question with expectant eyes.

"When she's not sick, she's really fine." Lu Xiao stressed again helplessly.

Ye Cheng suddenly wanted to hug him, and then he really did so.

He put his arm around Lu Xiao's shoulders, hugged him as close to a brother as possible, and patted his shoulder and back.

Lu Xiao's muscles stiffened, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "Why are you pitying me?"

Ye Cheng put down his hand with a guilty conscience and said, "It's not pity, I just feel... that's why you have such a bad temper."

In order to cover up his feelings, he deliberately found excuses to hurt others.

Lu Xiao actually laughed: "Don't think that I don't dare to hit you."

Ye Cheng asked him: "How is your father and your mother? Did you ever quarrel or... fight?"

Lu Xiao smiled and said, "He doesn't hit women, he only hit me."

Ye Cheng was even more confused, so Jiang Yirong really misunderstood?

"And he never goes home, even if he goes back to Nandu." Lu Xiao said, "Even if he comes back and quarrels with my mother once, my mother will be so happy that she can eat three bowls of rice."

"I understand, cold violence." Ye Chengruo thought thoughtfully, "Then are they planning to divorce?"

Lu Xiao sighed: "To be honest, I look forward to their divorce every day. But that is impossible. My mother is like this now, and we can't be separated at all."

Ye Cheng nodded. It is indeed difficult for a partner with a mental illness to divorce.

The two were silent for a brief moment, and the clock in the room ticked.

Although there was a lot of excitement that night, Lu Xiao still liked this conversation, as if he was getting closer to Ye Cheng.

He never liked others meddling in his own business, but Ye Cheng was different.

He wanted to understand this person and also wanted to understand himself.

Lu Xiao turned to him and said, "Stop talking about me, where is your mother? Don't talk about it yet, I'll guess."

He looked at Ye Cheng intently, "To be able to give birth to a person as good-looking as you, my aunt must be pretty and have a gentle personality."

Ye Cheng raised the corner of his mouth,

"You guessed it, what else do you think?"

"Auntie should also be a top student, with excellent English." Lu Xiaozhen speculated seriously.

"Well, she is better at mathematics. She used to be a mathematics professor at Nandu University." Ye Cheng recalled.

Lu Xiao hissed, "Fuck, why can't I learn? It's hereditary. My mother hasn't studied since she graduated from high school. My father is a bad student and dropped out of junior high school. Later, he just bought

Got the ‌university certificate.”

Ye Cheng couldn't help but smile: "That's not true, uncle can run such a big company after all."

In his impression, Lu Yaoshan was a cruel and ruthless boss. He never knew that he had never even gone to high school seriously.

"You can do business with just a few dollars these days. Besides, his military advisor is staffed by top students from the Ivy League." Lu Xiao said disdainfully.

Ye Cheng felt that what he said made sense: "No wonder, people with higher education usually work for others, and my mother also has to work for the school."

Lu Xiao asked doubtfully: "Why didn't I see auntie when I went to your house last time? Does she live in the university dormitory?"

Ye Cheng twitched his lips: "My mother passed away many years ago."

Lu Xiao was stunned, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth and said "Ah".

"I, I didn't mean to..." He sat up straight and explained stumblingly.

Ye Cheng smiled and said: "It's okay, it's been almost twelve years, and I have long been desensitized."

"So when you said that your aunt picked you up at the cinema, I was quite touched." He said, "I don't even remember my mother at all. I don't remember her picking me up from kindergarten at all."

Lu Xiao had always had no expression before, but now that she heard what he said, her expression was so sad that she almost cried.

He pulled Ye Cheng's sleeve and shook it, and said in a low voice: "I will pick you up after watching the movie."

"I'll wait for you after school and eat with you too."

"Don't be unhappy."

Ye Cheng was not unhappy. On the contrary, he wanted to laugh a little and was a little moved.

Just as he was about to speak, Lu Xiao asked softly: "Can I hug you?"

Unbiased, he had the same impulse just now.

Lu Xiao looked at him slightly nervously, as if she was afraid of his rejection.

After all, in his impression, Ye Cheng rarely took the initiative to have physical contact with others, let alone hugs.

The air became quiet, and Ye Cheng opened his arms and said, "Okay."

Lu Xiao took a deep breath, took two steps forward, and tremblingly reached out to hug him.

He thought about following the gap between Ye Cheng's open hands and wrapping his arms around his waist; but he felt that this posture was a little inappropriate, so he put his arms on it instead.

This moment of hesitation seemed clumsy and green.

Ye Cheng couldn't help but laugh, moved forward and hugged his waist.

Because of the mistake he made just now, Lu Xiao's whole body became even more tense, and his heartbeat in his chest was deafening. He himself was afraid of disturbing the person in his arms.

This was the first time that he completely held Ye Cheng in his arms, with a gesture of ownership and acceptance.

Not as soft as expected.

He thought that Ye Cheng would be soft and soft. After all, he had fair skin and soft cheeks, and he should look like that plush toy.

Actually completely different.

The boy's bones are slightly curving, and he is so thin that he can wrap it around with one hand.

The hair is full of his scent, a hint of bluebell.

From midsummer to early winter, from the fingertips to my heart.

Lu Xiao felt that his heart palpitations were severe, and the longing in his body was getting more and more intense. He slowly closed his arms and held Fang firmly in his arms.

Feeling his strength, Ye Cheng didn't struggle at all and allowed him to hug her tighter and tighter, burying his face on his shoulder.

Someone did an experiment, which proved that after two people hug each other for a period of time, they will develop a sense of trust.

But Lu Xiao felt that this experiment was not rigorous enough.

Because the moment he hugged Ye Cheng, he felt that the whole world belonged to him.

Completely trust this person and be willing to give everything to him.

I want to experience his happiness, his pain, and sympathize with everything about him.

A very stylish sentence rarely appeared in his mind——

I am not a person who likes to work hard, but if the end of my efforts is you, I am willing to give it a try.

The lingering and melancholy falling snow outside the window filled the room with hazy emotions.

Early the next morning, Qingshan sent a car to pick him up.

Meng Li changed his madness from last night and was sent to the car with dull eyes, and was taken away by Mrs. Wang.

Yesterday, Ye Cheng returned to the guest room, calmed down and thought for a long time, and felt that things might not be that simple.

Judging from this trend, the reason why Lu Xiao will leave school in the next semester is closely related to Meng Li's illness.

And Lu Yaoshan was also involved in this matter, so regardless of whether the domestic violence is real or not, he will definitely return to China next year.

You should know by then what happened.

Ye Cheng watched the ambulance leave and asked, "Are you really not going to accompany me? I can go back to my home."

"No." Lu Xiao also looked at the ambulance that was getting away and said, "My mother never lets me follow her for treatment. If I see that process, she will go crazy even more."

Ye Cheng nodded understandingly.

He heard Huang Sheng'an say that mental illness requires electroshock therapy. It sounded cruel. Of course, his family members couldn't see that scene.

Lu Xiao has become accustomed to seeing Meng Li off like this, going back and forth countless times.

He yawned and said, "Let's go back and do my winter vacation homework. Didn't you say you don't have time to do it during the winter camp?"

The winter camp they signed up for will start in three days. Ye Cheng has participated in this organization's summer camp before. It will indeed make people too busy to take care of school homework.

The two of them walked in while talking. The adults in the family left, leaving only them and an aunt who was responsible for cleaning and cooking.

Lu Xiao asked: "What are you going to do specifically in the past two weeks? Are you going to chat with foreigners around the bonfire?"

The corner of Ye Cheng's mouth twitched: "It's more or less like this. This institution pays attention to learning while playing. It will most likely set up a few salons or parties, and then let us communicate on our own."

"That's good. I'll just communicate with you." Lu Xiao opened the study door and let him go in first.

Ye Cheng couldn't laugh or cry: "If you only communicate with me, why would you sign up for winter camp?"

They sat down in front of the desk, which was very wide, and each of them occupied a space.

Lu Xiao had a lot of questions: "Where should we live? In a tent?"

Ye Cheng said: "Based on past experience, it should be a hotel where two people share a standard room."

Lu Xiao's mood finally brightened: "Can I share a room with you?"

"Of course you can, just tell the teacher." Ye Cheng opened the winter vacation homework and said.

Lu Xiao ignored her homework and said while the iron was hot: "Then can you come to my room to sleep tonight?"

His tone was like a child clinging to an adult. Ye Cheng smiled and said in a low voice: "Okay-"

Lu Xiao was satisfied, picked up the pen and started working on the questions.

There was silence in the study room, except for the sound of paper and pen rubbing against each other.

This was not the first time they studied together, but after Lu Xiao wrote two questions, his attention began to get distracted and he always wanted to look at the person next to him.

His eyes glanced back and forth between the paper and the right hand side, not knowing what he was writing randomly.

Ye Cheng was much more attentive than him. He was doing math problems with airpods in his ears.

The room seemed to be too hot. Lu Xiao licked her dry lips and moved around on her seat as if she had been bitten by ants.

After a while, he reached out to grab Ye Cheng's earphones and said, "What are you listening to? Let me listen to it too."

Ye Cheng was caught off guard and he took off one of his earphones, and his calloused fingertips brushed against his earlobe.

He raised his head blankly and saw Lu Xiao put the earphones into his ears.

Lu Xiao thought he would listen to some soft music or white noise to help him concentrate on answering questions.

But what came from the headphones was indeed a love song, and it was quite an old song - "Similar to Love".

You and I have been feeling the same lately

That's something similar to love

On the same day/‌Now love is approaching

That's love/not maybe

…

In the past few years, the lyrics have been straightforward and the melodies have been soft and catchy.

Although the singing didn't sound smooth, Lu Xiao was still hit hard.

Similar to love, isn't it what he feels now with Ye Cheng?

He turned his head, but Ye Cheng had already lowered his head and continued to do his homework.

The sideburns half cover the ears, and because the distance is so close, the lavender blood vessels behind the ears can be clearly seen.

Her eyelashes tremble occasionally, her nose is straight and delicate, and the corners of her mouth curl up in a small arc when thinking.

Just looking at this face, Lu Xiao felt that she could not regard him as a brother.

There are so many good-looking people in the world, but he only fell into the hands of this person.

She originally thought she was just seduced by beauty, but only when he was Ye Cheng, Lu Xiao would feel this way, and it wouldn't be possible for anyone else.

It was Ye Cheng who would supervise his studies and not allow him to fall into depravity.

It was Ye Cheng who would hold him in his arms on snowy nights and exchange secrets with him.

The more he understands this truth, the less he dares to express his feelings rashly.

He felt afraid - afraid that Ye Cheng would reject him, and even more afraid that Ye Cheng would break up with him.

In Lu Xiao's world view, if you can't be a lover, you will definitely grow old and have no contact with each other.

He has always been a bold and impulsive person, but this time he lost his decisiveness and became only tempted and hesitant.

Suddenly, Ye Cheng seemed to realize that he was peeking at her, so he raised his head and looked over.

Lu Xiao was caught on the spot and he didn't even have time to look away.

He blinked in panic, thinking that Ye Cheng was going to mock him.

However, Ye Cheng just stretched out his hand and snatched his headphones back.

"You couldn't concentrate on the questions but still listened to music. How did you finish those six hundred pages?" He said speechlessly.

Lu Xiao didn't dare to say anything and let him take the earphones away.

I thought, how did I get it down? Because every time I think about you, I force myself to do history questions.

Later, as I kept working on it, I finished 600 pages before I knew it.

Even I don’t know how many times I think of you a day.

If Ye Cheng knew his messy thoughts, he would definitely feel that he was a prophet.

Lu Xiao is definitely a love brain, even more so than Tan Xiaoqi.

Once you are tempted, you will lose your mind and have no intention of learning.

Ye Cheng could tell that his mind was not on his homework, but he didn't know why.

He tried to ask: "What's wrong with you? Do you want to play a game? How about playing a game first and then writing?"

It’s okay for Lu Xiao to think about it, but he can’t read a word of it now anyway.

So the two of them put down their pens, picked up their phones and started firing.

Soon, Lu Xiao realized that this method didn’t work.

Because he was completely different from before, just going out and getting supplies.

He began to worry about Ye Cheng and looked back worriedly every step of the way.

He was afraid that Ye Cheng would be hit, afraid that Ye Cheng would be out of supplies, and afraid that Ye Cheng would not be able to keep up with him.

In the end, Ye Cheng became furious: "Brother, what are you doing? That person was so disrespectful just now, why are you looking back at me?"

Only when he really wanted to roll his eyes would he call someone "big brother".

Lu Xiao fell silent again.

Ye Cheng looked at him carefully and said, "Don't you want to play games? Are you addicted to cigarettes? Or do you want to watch cartoons?"

Lu Xiao became angry instantly: "You just want to watch cartoons, can you please stop treating me like a three-year-old child?"

He remembered Ye Cheng's description of his ex, "‌mature, stable, gentle and considerate".

Fuck, doesn’t that mean that he is not mature enough, gentle and considerate enough?

Lu Xiao stood up unbearably, opened the door and walked out to the terrace to enjoy the cold wind.

Ye Cheng looked puzzled. Isn't this person a three-year-old child? Let's not let anyone tell him.

There were a lot of ice chips on the terrace, and the cold wind blew, which made my mind clearer.

Lu Xiao knocked off a piece of ice with one punch, which was really annoying.

When did he become so indecisive?

Damn it, this is not his style.

Angrily, he took out his cell phone and threw the dice for his trumpet.

If the number is odd, express your love; if the number is even, pretend to be stupid.

Then, he threw three even numbers in a row.

Lu Xiao is so angry, fuck, are you going to let others live?

He rubbed his head with his hands, and finally, he secretly vowed in his heart: If he passed the three-level exam, he would confess to Ye Cheng.