Maybe it's because of what happened today.

That night, Duan Jiaxu had a dream.

In the dream, he received the admission notice from Nanwu University. He dreamed that a week before the report, the money his mother Xu Ruoshu gave him to go to college was robbed by the so-called "creditors".

I dreamed about that night.

The family's house had been sold long ago. They rented a one-bedroom, one-living house, with Xu Ruoshu sleeping in the room and him sleeping in the living room.

Duan Jiaxu found several tutoring and part-time jobs during the summer, and went home very late every day.

That day, when he got home, he heard Xu Ruoshu talking on the phone.

She was on the phone with her uncle, a relative who had seen her raising a child by herself in the past and had given her a lot of help.

The phone is in the living room.

Duan Jiaxu saw Xu Ruoshu dialing the phone and saying hello to the other party. Then, she smiled and said slowly: "Brother, my Ash has been admitted to Nanwu University."

After saying this, she fell silent, as if she felt it was too difficult to say anything, so she didn't say anything again.

But everything I wanted to say seemed to be vented from this sentence.

You can't even hide it.

Nanwu University, what a good university.

My son was admitted to such a good university.

But I have no money.

I didn't even keep the money he earned from working for himself in order to go to college.

I want him to study.

Could you... lend me a few thousand dollars?

The next moment, the uncle's abusive voice came from the phone. The quality of the receiver was not good, and the voice was noisy. When he spoke, it spread throughout the living room: "Do you want to be shameless! Are you the only ones in trouble? What obligation do I have?

Help you? I also have children to raise! I also want to live! Borrowing money from midnight to midnight! Fuck! Get out!"

Duan Jiaxu immediately walked over, took the phone from her hand, and hung up.

The room became quiet.

Xu Ruoshu was stunned for a long time, then suddenly she covered her eyes, cried, and murmured, "Mom, I'm sorry for you... Mom, I'm sorry for you..."

Before junior high school, Duan Jiaxu had never been short of money.

So he never felt how important money was.

But when the practical problems come down.

Only then did he realize that money can make a person undergo great changes in just a few years.

Duan Jiaxu watched as his bright and confident mother was gradually overwhelmed by these things and became timid and inferior. Under the influence of these things, she became seriously ill and aged rapidly.

Then, Duan Jiaxu saw it.

At that time, he, who had just grown up, squatted in front of Xu Ruoshu and looked up at her. He curled up the corners of his mouth and said to her with a smile: "Mom, do you believe it? I can make all this money back in the future."

"..."

"You don't have to borrow money from others anymore. I will make my own money, and I will support you." The young man said gently, "I can help you live the good life you had before."

"..."

so.

——Just wait a little longer, okay?

Duan Jiaxu woke up from his dream.

It was still dark and the room was pitch dark. He lost his sleep, got up and left the room, went to the living room to fill a glass of water, and then took two ice cubes from the refrigerator and threw them in.

It was just after three in the morning.

Duan Jiaxu stood at the dining table, picked up his phone and glanced at it. Apart from the blocked group chat, the only new messages he found were that Qian Fei was going crazy in the WeChat group.

Qian Fei: [Brothers!]

Qian Fei: [I! Want! Get married!]

Qian Fei: [Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!]

Qian Fei: [I! Proposal!!!!!! Success!!!!!!!!]

Comes with a series of emoticons.

Qian Fei: [I'm so excited that I can't sleep. I have to come up and tell you hahahahahahahahaha!]

Qian Fei: [Are you all asleep??]

Duan Jiaxu replied: [No.]

The next moment, the phone rang and Qian Fei called him.

Duan Jiaxu raised his eyebrows, took the cup, walked back to the sofa, sat down, and picked it up.

"Old Xu, why aren't you asleep at this time?" Qian Fei's voice was carefree, "You don't have sex."

Duan Jiaxu chuckled and said slowly: "I'm done."

"..." Qian Fei said, "Wait a minute. I haven't said anything yet! Do you know how I proposed? Isn't today New Year's Eve?..."

Duan Jiaxu leaned back in his chair and listened silently.

After a while, Qian Fei finished sharing his story, but his excitement was not diminished at all: "How was it? It's awesome."

"Um."

"Why don't you fart a few tonight?"

"Huh? Maybe it's because you're getting married." Duan Jiaxu said casually, "I'm a little sad. Didn't you say you wanted to make do with me before?"

"..." Qian Fei said, "Can you stop being disgusting with me? What I said when I was drunk, how many years have you remembered?"

Duan Jiaxu stopped joking and said with a smile: "Okay, congratulations, brother."

"Oh, that's right." The soon-to-be-married man immediately entered the matchmaker state and said with a smile, "Did you go to the blind date you mentioned last time?"

"I just mentioned it to you casually." Duan Jiaxu said lazily, "How many people have you told this matter?"

"No, how come you can't find it all the time?" Qian Fei said, "Why don't you come to Nanwu? How many girls in our school like you? I will arrange a blind date for you, and you can do whatever you want here.

Several boats.”

Duan Jiaxu chuckled: "Spare me."

"If I want to look like you, I will have another fucking girlfriend every day."

"Aren't you afraid of letting your wife-to-be hear it?"

"Isn't she not here?" Qian Fei said, "I'm serious, if you don't say the right one, you can't even have someone you like."

Duan Jiaxu hummed.

Qian Fei was shocked: "Not to mention liking, liking, or liking?"

Hearing this, Duan Jiaxu fell silent.

This was like acquiescence, Qian Fei immediately said: "Fuck, there is a situation."

"..."

"Who?"

Duan Jiaxu lied: "You don't know me, you're a little young."

"How young is it?" Qian Fei said, "It can't be that she hasn't been born yet."

He said with a smile: "It's not that small either."

"I won't talk about you if you are underage. If you don't dare to pursue me when you are an adult, then I will look down on you."

"Are you done with your excitement? It's time to go to bed." Duan Jiaxu didn't intend to talk about this topic anymore and said calmly, "Married people."

"You haven't finished yet!"

"Sleep."

Duan Jiaxu hung up the phone.

Then, he drank all the water in his hand, walked to the TV cabinet, picked up the photo with Sang Zhi, walked back to the room, and put it on the bedside table.

Duan Jiaxu stared at it for a few seconds.

No matter how you look at it, you still look like a child.

What was he thinking?

You've been single for too long.

Duan Jiaxu sighed, tapped it with his fingertips, and said three words slowly, as if to remind himself.
To be continued...