“What’s so good about that man? Why are you still with him?! Was he by your side when you committed suicide? What was he doing after you got into a car accident? How cheap are you to be unable to leave him?”

Cheng Lu’s expression changed drastically. These facts that came out of Gu Yin’s mouth were actually so ear-piercing. That’s right, how cheap was Jiang Xu? Rather than being inseparable from Jiang Xu, it was better to say that she still had a sliver of hope. Perhaps Jiang Xu would regain his memory when he woke up tomorrow. How gentle was Jiang Xu in the past? Thoughtful?

Gu Yin, who do you think you are? What qualifications do you have to say love to me? You’re rich and you’re amazing. I misjudged you. I didn’t expect you to be such a person. I’m such a lowly person! Cheng Lu howls heartbroken. She can’t care about that much. Her heart hurts so much.

“Yes, I’m just a stranger. I shouldn’t have driven by. I think you’re so pitiful and kind to you. Haha, in the end… Whatever, you and that man will live a lifetime.” Gu Yin threw open the door and left without turning back. He was too impulsive. For a woman he had known for less than a few months, there was no need for him to do this.

Normally, he would whisper softly to her, and when he saw her pitiful, he couldn’t help but show his goodwill. However, he was the first to fall in love with her. So, the iron tree would also bloom.

In the blink of an eye, in the courtyard of the rented house, there were a few chimonanthus. The speckled blood-red color added a bit of joy to the lifeless surroundings. She took up a part-time job at a nearby milk tea shop.

Ever since that incident, Cheng Lu has never seen Gu Yin again. It is as if this person has never appeared before. She tosses and sends that expensive mobile phone to Gu Yin’s mansion. In the end, she still doesn’t want to owe him anything.

Xie Dongmei, who had originally said she would visit Cheng Lu last month, was also unable to get away from her studies. Xie Dongmei had always worked hard, working part-time for several jobs and getting a scholarship every year. It wasn’t that she didn’t envy Xie Dongmei, but so what?

Jiang Xu hadn’t returned home for a long time, I’m guessing there’s a place to eat, drink, and gamble, She was much more relaxed. The originally thin woman was not an adult in just a few months. Her cheeks were weakened and her eyes were sunken. In addition, she had insomnia recently. She had to go to the hospital every month to check her body again. She was so stressed that her hair fell off. After the new year, she was only 21 years old, and she would slowly recover. Cheng Lu comforted herself.

He met Jiang Xu again at the police station.

It was a misty morning. Cheng Lu was cooking breakfast in the kitchen. Today, she had to get up early because the milk tea shop was going to serve new products. The cold wind got into her coat and made her hands tremble.

“Is this Jiang Xu’s home? Is Miss Cheng Lu here?”

The policeman walked into this remote and narrow old courtyard. There were a few pieces of clothes that were frozen on the rope of the courtyard. The hostess was looking at him with a puzzled expression, “I’m Cheng Lu. May I ask who you are?”

The policeman lit up his ID. “We are policemen. Please come with us.”

The police let Cheng Lu know the reason for the incident directly. Jiang Xu was caught stealing. Because Jiang Xu refused to say Cheng Lu’s mobile phone number, they had no choice but to visit him personally.

“Changing mountains and rivers is hard to change.” This is what Cheng Lu thinks of, or “A dog can’t change its nature and eat shit.”

Cheng Lu calls the manager of the milk tea shop to ask for leave and advances her salary for two months. Then she follows two burly policemen to the police station.

This is not the first time. Once, Cheng Lu thought that this kind of situation would never happen again. In the end, she was left with endless disappointment.

Her gaze slowly landed somewhere and gradually lost its focus. Her memories pulled her back to her distant youth.

“Why are you stealing?” Cheng Lu asks the anxious Jiang Xu. The youth’s eyes reveal fear.

“You wouldn’t understand even if I said it.” Jiang Xu hurriedly wanted to end the topic. The girl wore a brand-new school uniform, and the expectation on her face made him feel uncomfortable.

“How do you know that I don’t believe you if you don’t tell me?” This was the third day that Jiang Xu arrived at the orphanage. He didn’t say a word from morning till night because he was the oldest child here. Everyone was a little afraid of him. Only Cheng Lu always looked for an opportunity to talk to him. She couldn’t forget the young man’s fragile gaze at the corner of the street that day, as if she saw another person.

Jiang Xu lowered his head and tightly grabbed the corner of his clothes. He had short hair, fine bangs covering half of his forehead, and a mole at the corner of his slender eyelid. Cheng Lu felt that this boy was really pretty.

Seventeen-year-old Jiang Xu is only a year away from reaching adulthood. The difference between him and Cheng Lu is that he is not a complete orphan. He also has a father who is dependent on each other. However, after his father went into the house and robbed him, he was the only one left. Mother? Jiang Xu had never seen his mother since he was young. In that era of traditional gossip, he had been bullied and ridiculed by his peers because of his mother who had fallen into the mortal world. The hatred suppressed in his heart had increased over the years, but he had nowhere to release it.

They were all worried that their children would learn from Jiang Xu when he was young, so Jiang Xu didn’t have any friends from childhood until he met Cheng Lu. Looking at the young girl in front of him with pure temperament and pity in her eyes, he felt as if he saw a ray of dawn. It turned out that being cared for was like this.

Cheng Lu sits on the ground, Her hands resting on her cheeks as she listened to the young man’s pleasant voice echoing in her ears, She watched as Jiang Xu softly recounted his tragic experiences over the past few years. The more she spoke, the more excited she became. Cheng Lu patted his shoulder and handed him a tissue. Her tears naturally fell along with Jiang Xu’s emotions. In the afternoon of April, the sun shone on her face. She could even clearly see the fine fur on her skin. The two teenagers on the broad grass comforted each other and licked each other’s wounds.

After Cheng Lu went to high school, her figure became more and more curvaceous. Occasionally, a few boys would write her love letters, It’s just that her heart is with someone else, The first kiss and the first night were all given to Jiang Xu on his eighteenth birthday. She didn’t know whether it was right or wrong. Of course, she also had a condition, that is, she would let Jiang Xu study with her and enter university to get rid of the current terrible situation. However, Jiang Xu dropped out of school early and his mind was no longer on the book. After he politely refused, Cheng Lu thought for a while and no longer made things difficult for him. Later, she said, “Then you must promise me that you won’t steal anymore.”

Jiang Xu promised her, saying, “If I steal again in the future, just take one of my arms and feed it to the dog.”

Cheng Lu looks at him, “There’s no need to be so poisonous. I believe you.”

Jiang Xu began to work everywhere. He said that he would try to save up money to buy a house and a car as soon as possible and marry Cheng Lu home as his wife. At this time, Cheng Lu would lower her head shyly. “That will be in the future,” he said.

She naively felt that the Jiang Xu in front of her had completely changed because of her arrival. He had gradually changed from a rude and violent bad youth who lived by stealing to a gentle and considerate little man.

“Cheng Lu, who is the boy talking to you after school today?”

“He is a study council member of our school. He told me some things about tomorrow’s class.”

“Is he really that close to you?”

“If you don’t believe me, I won’t like any boy other than you.” Cheng Lu pouts and says coquettishly. Jiang Xu always likes to be jealous, even a little serious. When he sees any boy talking to him, he has to question him for a long time. Sometimes, when he gets impatient, Jiang Xu will shiver. She can only explain with a smile and try to keep a distance from those boys.

“Cheng Lu, will you forget me when you go to college in the future?”

“No, I will always be by your side.”

“Really?” At this moment, Jiang Xu was like a child asking for candy from an adult. His eyes were filled with suspicion and loneliness.

Later, under Jiang Xu’s coercion and temptation, Cheng Lu voluntarily gave up the chance to go to university after taking the college entrance exam. The dean of the orphanage and the head teacher advised her for a long time, but it was useless. Everyone knew about Jiang Xu and Cheng Lu, but they didn’t expect that Jiang Xu had such a great influence on Cheng Lu. Wasn’t this self-destruction?

Dong Mei said that you will regret it in the future.

No, I won’t regret it. Cheng Lu said firmly.

Cheng Lu successfully enrolled in the Music Department Academy. She secretly cried for a long time while holding the admission letter. Jiang Xu was a man who had accompanied her for so long. It was better to say that he was family than love. No matter what, he could not give her up easily. She simply gambled and lost her entire life at a glance.

Jiang Xu said, “Cheng Lu, did you know that woman is back?”

He never called her mother. That woman was already very polite. If he could, he would probably call her a whore or a bitch?

“Your mother?” Cheng Lu rarely heard him mention his mother, but every time she spoke, her gaze was filled with hatred and despair. There must be an irresolvable misunderstanding between Jiang Xu and her mother.

She only knew that Jiang Xu’s mother abandoned the father and son when Jiang Xu was very young because she could not stand poverty. It was said that she ran away with a rich man after that, and this journey lasted for more than ten years.

She didn’t know how to comfort Jiang Xu. Jiang Xu looked at her and said, “Cheng Lu, you’re not leaving me, are you?”

“I won’t.” Cheng Lu holds his arm and leans her head against her shoulder. The Jiang Xu in front of her instantly makes her motherly. She promised Jiang Xu. No matter what happens in the future, she will not abandon him unless he doesn’t love her anymore.

“Do you want to see her?”

“No.” Jiang Xu said simply. The current Jiang Xu was different from before. He put away his usual gentleness and his eyes were no longer so clear. What was the reason?

Jiang Xu did not tell Cheng Lu that he had already met that woman. He called her by her name, “Li Shufen, you have no right to care about me. Please disappear from my world.”

He felt that she was dirty, disgusting, and shameless. How could such a person be his mother?

Li Shufen was dressed like a noble lady, wearing high-grade brand women’s clothing. Her skin was well maintained, she wore exquisite makeup, and the corners of her eyes were faintly visible.

“How are you after so many years?”

“Bitch, you’re heartless. I have no intention.”

His voice was so soft, but it sounded strange and ear-piercing to Li Shufen. She looked at the child in front of her who could no longer see the outline of her childhood. Her heart was filled with guilt and resentment, “I know you hate me. But Xiao Xu, mother had no choice but to do so.”

What a compulsion!

“Please don’t call me Xiao Xu! I will be disgusted!” He glared covetously at the woman in front of him, “My mother died long ago when I was born. Haha.” Jiang Xu chuckled. His fingernails were embedded in his flesh. He wished he could kill this woman immediately. In Jiang Xu’s subconscious, everything was caused by this woman. Without her, his father would not have fallen into a state of despair and eventually embarked on the path of crime, and he would not have turned from a sensible and obedient child into a prostitute and the son of a criminal that everyone could bully.