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Chapter 156 Childhood Friends (11)

Duan Xu suddenly stood up and walked towards Luo Ke, which scared Luo Ke. He stood up from the stool and asked, "What are you doing? Do you want to hit me?"

Looking at Duan Xu's height and physique, Luo Ke took a step back, "You are not from our family, and you still want to hit me?"

Yan Yulian glared at him and asked, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"That's right. His last name is Duan, and he has nothing to do with us. Only Third Uncle is stupid and actually helps others raise children."

Duan Xu walked around Luo Ke and poured a glass of water from the table behind him. He said in a cold voice: "Raising me is better than raising you."

Luo Ke's face turned red with anger. "What do you mean? You think you are superior to me because you studied at Capital University while I studied at No. 3 Middle School, right?"

"If you have nothing to do, go out and plow the two acres of land in front of the door," Chen Ye glanced at Luo Ke, then stood up and pulled Duan Xu out of the room.

At dinner time, the table was bustling with activity and the atmosphere was cheerful, except for Luo Ke, who had a stern face and did not move his chopsticks. The eldest aunt always doted on this only son and kept asking him what was wrong and whether he had been bullied. While she spoke, she glanced at Duan Xu and Chen Ye, as if she had already identified the "murderer" in her heart.

Li Debang, who was sitting at the top, couldn't stand it anymore. He slapped the table and said, "It's fine if he doesn't want to eat. He's already grown up. Don't try to coax him. He'll eat when he's hungry."

Luo Ke felt wronged: "Grandpa, this afternoon Duan Xu mocked me for my poor grades, and you didn't care about him."

Li Debang knows his grandson's moral character very well. He said: "If your grades are not good, study hard. If you can do well, you won't be afraid of being ridiculed by others."

The eldest aunt put down her chopsticks and said, "Dad, I don't like what you said. Our child's grades are not good, but he is obedient and sensible. How can he let others ridicule him? I don't even know who your grandson is."

She emphasized the word "others", which was obviously directed at Duan Xu.

Luo Ke looked at Duan Xu smugly, with provocation in his eyes.

Li Lijun stepped out to smooth things over, "Sister, there is no one else here. Dad didn't mean that, and Xiao Xu certainly didn't mean to be sarcastic."

After a cold snort, Li Lixiu said, "Other people's things are theirs. No matter how long we keep them, they are not with us."

My uncle Jiang Wei said, "Okay, stop talking."

He glared at Li Lixiu and said, "Didn't you see that Dad is unhappy?"

After seeing Li Debang's expression, Li Lixiu immediately stopped.

The house in her hometown was about to be demolished. Li Lixiu targeted Duan Xu not only because of Luo Ke, but also because she was worried that her grandfather would give a share of the demolition compensation to Duan Xu.

In the evening, my second aunt brought her daughter Yan Yulian back home. My second uncle was seriously ill, so they had to rush back to take care of him.

My eldest aunt and her family returned to my eldest uncle's house. My eldest uncle and my eldest aunt are from the same village, and he also has a house in the village.

Chen Ye and Duan Xu slept in the same bed. The light in the room was dim. Chen Ye said, "You didn't take Luo Ke's words to heart today, did you?"

Duan Xu said: "No."

"That's good. Luo Ke is not smart. Don't pay attention to him. You have lived in our house for so many years. We have been a family for a long time."

Duan Xu hummed, and turned his head. Chen Ye also turned his head, and the two looked at each other for a while.

The night in the countryside is not peaceful, and the chirping of insects outside the window drifts in with the night wind.

In addition to the chirping of insects and frogs, there is another sound in the room that is particularly obvious.

"Thump...thump..."

Someone's heartbeat suddenly became noticeable, and Chen lowered his eyes to avoid Duan Xu's gaze.

"Let's go fishing tomorrow."

Duan Xu's Adam's apple rolled several times, and he stared at Chen Ye without moving away. He said, "Okay."

The wind was blowing quite hard, and Chen Ye wanted to get up and close the window beside the bed. Duan Xu also got up at this moment, and the two of them bumped into each other.

Chen Ye's head bumped against Duan Xu's arm, and he reached out and touched his forehead. Duan Xu held his wrist and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay," Chen Ye smiled, "Your arm is not made of stone, it doesn't hurt that much."

After breaking free from Duan Xu's hand, Chen Ye stood up and closed the window.

At night, Duan Xu opened his eyes and Chen Ye's head was resting on his chest, with almost half of his body hanging on Duan Xu.

Their sleeping positions have been almost the same for many years, and Duan Xu has gotten used to it. But today, perhaps because they changed beds, Chen Ye hugged him tighter, and Duan Xu almost couldn't breathe in his dream.

Chen Ye's breathing hit Duan Xu's chest evenly, and the flesh on his cheeks was squeezed out, looking almost childish. Duan Xu curled his lips, remembering the baby fat on Chen Ye's face when he was a child.

Duan Xu put the hand that was on Chen Ye's waist on Chen Ye's cheek and poked it gently. Chen Ye's face was very soft, and Duan Xu felt like he was touching a ball of cotton.

Perhaps sensing something, Chen Ye frowned and moved his mouth.

Chen Ye suddenly turned to the left and lay on the bed in a spread-eagle position. He slapped Duan Xu on the chest with one hand.

As he turned over, Duan Xu's fingertips touched something soft and became wet.

Almost instantly, a tiny electric current stimulated Duan Xu's entire body, causing his body to go numb starting from his spine, especially his fingers, which no longer felt like his own.

Duan Xu's heart was beating like a drum when Chen Ye's right hand touched his chest.

The moonlight was blocked out by the window, but a ray of it always leaked in through the gaps, giving a glimpse into the boy's thoughts.

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Chen Ye woke up very early. Because his grandparents had a standard schedule and had breakfast at 8 o'clock every morning, Chen Ye sat at the dining table at 7:55.

Grandma scooped an egg into Chen Ye's bowl with a spoon and said, "Xiao Guo, don't just drink the fermented glutinous rice water. Eat more eggs so that you can grow taller."

Chen Ye: "Thank you, grandma."

Grandma smiled and picked up an egg for Duan Xu as well. "That's great. It's as tall as Xiao Xu."

Zhou Ying said: "His father and I are not very tall. It would be good if we can grow 1.8 meters tall."

"That's not necessarily true. Nutrition is better now, unlike before." Grandpa took a sip of porridge and said, "Eat more good food, and you will definitely grow taller."

After dinner, Chen Ye and Duan Xu immediately took their grandfather’s fishing rods and went to the pond not far from their home.

The Chinese New Year is just five or six days away. They can catch the fish and feed them in the tank, and then kill and eat them during the Chinese New Year.

After spreading the bait and sticking the fishing rod on the shore, Chen Ye and Duan Xu sat on the bench and looked at the lake quietly.

A white bird flew past Chen Ye and dropped some shit, which almost landed on Chen Ye. Chen Ye moved the bench towards Duan Xu.

The two people were very close to each other, and their clothes rubbed against each other, making a sound. Duan Xu calmly distanced himself from Chen Ye, and Chen Ye did not notice his tiny movement.

Chen Ye stared at the lake for a while and then looked at Duan Xu. Duan Xu is almost 20 years old this year and looks like an adult man. His facial features are good-looking, his eyelashes are long and thick, and his nose is very straight when viewed from the side. When he was in the first year of high school, a modeling agency asked him to be a part-time model.

Duan Xu's slightly deep voice sounded, "Why are you staring at me?"

"Why are there bruises under your eyes? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Duan Xu said: "There were too many mosquitoes last night and it was too noisy."

"Is that so?" Chen Ye pulled a blade of grass from the ground. "Then light some mosquito coils tonight. I thought there were no mosquitoes in winter, but there are still some."

The fish bladder moved, and Duan Xu pulled out the fishing rod that was stuck in the soil, reeled in the line, and a crucian carp the size of a palm was caught.

After a morning, there were seven or eight more small fish in the big green bucket.

Staring at the fish jumping around in the bucket, Chen Ye pointed at them and said, "This one I caught, this one you caught, this one you caught, this one I caught, this one you caught..."

The ones at the back were all fished by Duan Xu.

Duan Xu asked: "Why do you want to remember this?"

"You don't understand. It tastes better when you catch your own fish."

Chen Ye was also thinking about marking the fish he caught.

Two days later, my eldest and second aunts and their families came again.

Second aunt didn't look very well because her husband's condition was getting worse.

After dinner, Li Debang called the whole family to the main hall.

He took two puffs of the leaf cigarette, his old face serious. After smoking half of the cigarette, the eldest aunt couldn't sit still anymore. She asked, "Dad, do you have something to say?"