The room was very cold.

Although the room was dark, the owner of the room did not light a candle.

Xu Hongping squatted down with a towel soaked in warm water, gently wiped his mother's skin, one after another, very carefully.

"Ping'er."

Some hoarse voices sounded.

Xu Hongping raised his head curiously: "What's wrong with me?"

"Mom hopes you can grow up."

Xu Hongping smiled slightly: "The child is in his twenties, he is already..."

Words are interrupted.

“…I hope you can stand alone.”

Xu Hongping was stunned, then lowered his head and continued to wipe his mother's skin without saying a word.

“…Do you understand?”

"Um."

Xu Hongping put the towel in a basin and soaked it, then picked it up and wringed it out, and continued to wipe it.

"Do you remember what you like most when you were a kid?"

"Remember, candied haws."

"Do you really like it?"

"Well...really!"

"Then, what should I do if the candied haws were stolen?"

“…I don’t know.”

As soon as the words finished, a crisp slap sounded in the room!

"Bang!" The woman who was originally sitting on the bed motionless actually waved her palm and slapped her on Xu Hongping's face!

"Don't know?"

Xu Hongping only felt half of his face burning pain. After hesitating for a moment, he still said, "...Boy, I really don't know!"

"Bang!" The woman slapped her again, her voice was rapid and merciless.

"Do you understand?"

The slap directly hit his head to the side. Xu Hongping covered his face and turned his head, picking up the towel that accidentally fell to the ground.

"Mom, the towel is dirty, I'll change it." As he said that, Xu Hongping put the towel in a basin, picked up the basin and walked out.

His mother sat on the bed, motionless, and allowed him to leave.

The doors and windows were closed, and the room looked extremely dark.

Like a big mouth, swallowing the light that was barely illuminated in little by little... In the end, there was no trace of light left.

……………………

After washing up for his mother, Xu Hongping came to a corner as usual and secretly looked at the street.

"Here's here!..."

Seeing Xiaozhu jumping on the street not far away, Xu Hongping was tidying up his clothes frantically.

"Ahem!"

He cleared his throat and began to try to make the sound clear and bright. He patted his clothes and tidied up his clothes. Then he gently shook the sandalwood fan in his hand and walked out "inadvertently".

"...Oh? Xiaozhu! Such a coincidence!"

Xiao Zhu raised his eyebrows and noticed that Xu Hongping actually appeared at the corner. She smiled slightly and greeted her: "It's so good that Xu Hongping! It's such a coincidence that we've met again!"

After a moment, Xiaozhu frowned: "Hmm? What's wrong with your face?"

Xu Hongping was stunned, subconsciously touched his cheek and smiled awkwardly.

"Oh!... I'm not afraid of you making jokes when I say it! I was bitten by mosquitoes last night, and I slapped it in the face with a hurry, hahaha!"

With a raised brow, Xu Hongping suddenly discovered that there was someone next to Xiaozhu!

The young man was wearing a long blue gown and had a pretty face. It was Jiang Li, who had met him once.

Seeing Xu Hongping appear suddenly, Jiang Li, who was in a good mood, also smiled and greeted: "Good morning Brother Xu!"

After Xiaozhu learned that Jiang Li had a holiday, she went out to play with him.

When he found that Xiaozhu was actually going shopping with someone else, a hint of loss flashed in Xu Hongping's eyes, but soon he adjusted himself more elegantly!

"So it's Brother Jiang! I haven't seen each other for a few days, Brother Jiang is still of extraordinary temperament..." He stopped shaking the fan, bowed slightly, and showed his great respect.

Jiang Li smiled meaningfully, without any action, but began to praise him: "Ha! I haven't seen you for a few days, Brother Xu is still so elegant and gentle..."

Xiaozhu looked at the two young men who started to praise each other again and rolled her eyes. The two men praised each other for the first time when they met, but now they are complimenting each other again when they meet again.

Listening to Jiang Li's words, Xu Hongping began to shake his fan again. Today he seemed very impatient and directly activated his first "dagger appearance" with Jiang Li!

"Brother Jiang, don't be proud of him. I have been studying business for many years, and my body is full of stinking... Unlike Brother Jiang, you are a pharmacy who is a medicine delivery guy. The work you do is dirty and tiring, but you are immersed in saving the world..."

Xu Hongping always kept smiling and looked very elegant.

——His attitude seemed very sincere, but his words were sarcastic.

"Oh?" Jiang Li raised his eyebrows and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Young man, finally I can't help but start to belittle me? OK, then I'll just "reciting things"...

"Where is it, Brother Xu is very talented, why should you be humble? I think..." Since the other party was rude at first, Jiang Li did not intend to continue to be polite.

What should be argued must be argued.

...

After one stick of incense, Xu Hongping no longer had the previous elegant attitude!

At this moment, he looked at the boy who was chanting in front of him, and sweated coldly.

"This pharmacy guy... is so... so scary!"

The two of them held each other for a stick of incense! At this moment, he finally realized that he was no match for this pharmacy guy at all! Looking at the boy who was still praising him in front of him, endless fear emerged in his eyes!

"... And I think this sandalwood fan is also very good with your temperament, Brother Xu!" Regardless of whether Xu Hongping took his own words or not, Jiang Li continued to talk.

"Its wood is unique, and even when standing here, it has a natural fragrance... It can be imagined that once it is fanned, it will definitely be a faint fragrance that refreshes the heart! As far as I know, the white skin is white sandalwood, and the one with rotten purple skin is red sandalwood. Brother Xu, what you hold is white sandalwood that is even better than red sandalwood! It can be seen that Brother Xu, you must be an elegant person, I admire you very much!..."

Xu Hongping was stunned. He looked at the fan in his hand foolishly, shocked. He didn't know that the fan he bought casually on the roadside actually had so many tricks!

"And I think..." Jiang Li didn't seem to praise enough, so he continued to find something to praise.

Xu Hongping's sweat as big as beans slid down and he took a deep breath. After listening to Jiang Li's countless flattering words, only three words appeared in his heart at this moment...

——I can’t beat it!

I lost!

I, Xu Hongping, can't beat him!

He wants to praise me as a god!

...

"Brother Xu, go slowly!"

Seeing Xu Hongping leaving with a frivolous step, Jiang Li smiled and waved goodbye.

After hearing this, Xu Hongping, who had finally found an excuse to leave, suddenly became soft and staggered!

The medicine hall is really a crouching tiger and hidden dragon.

At first he was praised well, and the atmosphere was harmonious... As soon as he appeared, he turned into a terrifying monster of holding people, without any mercy!

It's still unscientific! He is obviously just a guy! How could he retreat step by step, retreat step by step, retreat step by step...

Looking at Xu Hongping's lonely back, Xiaozhu shook her head helplessly: "Jiang Li, are you too much? I feel that you are going to be praised by you?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "If you are willing to play this game, then let's play with it. Let's not hit the smiling people!"

"But……"

"Don't, look at how happy he was just laughing!"

Xiaozhu raised her head, recalled Xu Hongping's mourning face just now, and sighed. At the same time, she was also secretly wondering: "Why do this Xu Hongping always meet me by chance..."

Jiang Li suddenly shouted, interrupting Xiaozhu's thoughts.

"Xiaozhu..."

"ah?"

"He really likes you!"
To be continued...