Tao Xinyi’s eyes hurt from the light emitted by the mobile phone, she shed tears and laughed softly.

The two words that lit up on the screen were "Lu Ming", not "Mom". She knew how to read and knew it wasn't "Mom". Fortunately, it was "Lu Ming". She cried and laughed, and answered the phone:

"What's wrong?"

Hearing her trembling voice, Lu Ming felt panicked. He wanted to ask her, "Why are you sad?", but he was afraid of exposing her scars, so he just said, "I miss you."

"Oh."

Tao Xinyi nodded and smiled, and immediately covered her mouth to prevent her crying from coming out, as if a needle was piercing her flesh and sewing her heart shut.

"I know you are crying. There is no need to pretend in front of me." Lu Ming softened his tone and tried to comfort her.

Then, a burst of suppressed crying came from the other end of the phone. Tao Xinyi still suppressed her voice. She was not afraid that Lu Ming would hear it, but that her mother would hear it. This mentality is strangely logical and natural.

Lu Ming heard the constant noise coming from the other end of the phone, frowned slightly, and said, "Where are you now? Don't lie."

"Isn't it funny... at the door of home? I'm actually at the door of the house. In fact, I want to wait... for my mother to call me. As long as she calls me, I will go home..." Tao Xinyi said while shedding tears

I wiped it clean and tried to put on a smiling mask, but my limbs and bones were blown cold by the wind.

A dull pain spread from Lu Ming's heart, and he slowed down and said:

"Then I called you. Can you go home? It's cold outside."

"Oh. I understand. Let me tell you, it's really cold outside. I'm freezing to death. Fortunately, you miss me." Tao Xinyi said, clenching her fists and seeing the time "23:26" flashing on the screen.

Said: "I'm going home, you go to bed early. Hang up, see you tomorrow."

"Okay."

Lu Ming said, still putting the phone to his ear and not hanging up.

"Well, I don't want to hang up, so you can hang up." Tao Xinyi took out the key from her pocket and continued: "I'm fine, don't worry."

"Call me if you have anything, I'll always be there."

After Lu Ming finished speaking, he waited another three seconds and hung up the phone when he saw that she had nothing else to say. Then, he turned the ringer on his phone to the loudest, probably to review wrong math questions.

Listening to the "beep" sound coming from the other end of the phone, Tao Xinyi turned the key and opened the door, changed her shoes lightly, without turning on the light, walked in the dark, went up to the second floor, and saw a light coming from her mother's room.

It leaked from the crack in the door.

Lu Meiqing heard the footsteps and shouted: "Come in, I have something to tell you."

The voice sounded a little angry. Tao Xinyi quickly wiped away the tears, pushed the door open and went in, lowering her head: "Mom, what's the matter?"

"Your Uncle Song wants to invite us to have dinner together tomorrow night. Tomorrow, we will wait for you at the school gate. If you have anything to do, don't let the fun be ruined." Lu Meiqing frowned slightly, and seeing Tao Xinyi lowering her head and not looking at anyone, she said dissatisfiedly: "Raise your head. Lower your head."

What does it look like to be disrespectful and impolite!"

Tao Xinyi raised her head, revealing her red and swollen eyes, which were empty and devoid of any emotion.

"Cry for me! Uncle Song came to pick you up. Tell me if you have any dissatisfaction. Don't pretend to be aggrieved! Do I have to stay married for you for the rest of my life? After your father divorced me, less than a year later,

I took a vixen in the year and gave birth to three sons..."

The resentful voice echoed in the room. The more Lu Meiqing spoke, the more excited she became, her voice became louder and louder, and she even started crying in grievance.

Tao Xinyi didn't respond, just listened and nodded from time to time.

After a long time, Lu Meiqing's tone began to slow down and she said: "Mom spent her youth for you, you must know it. I have had a hard time for you all these years. You must have a conscience."

"Mom, I know. I'm not crying because of Uncle Song. I like Uncle Song very much."

Tao Xinyi pretended to smile sincerely and continued: "I cried because I was moved. Teacher Wang only sent me test papers, and I was very moved. However, I have to review the final exams in the evening these days, so I really don't have time to talk to you.

Let’s eat together.”

Hearing that there was an exam, Lu Meiqing nodded slightly and said, "Quanming will be very happy to know that you like him. Okay, go back to your room to review. Bring me a glass of warm water."

"Okay."

Tao Xinyi poured water for her mother mechanically, put it on her bedside table, returned to her room, and began to review.

As she continued to learn, she couldn't help but frown. She couldn't help but want to cry, but she couldn't cry. Instead, she felt ridiculous, but she couldn't laugh. There was no expression on her face, and her mood was as calm as stagnant water.<

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After reviewing until twelve o'clock in the morning, Tao Xinyi took out her mobile phone and dialed Lu Ming's phone number.

At this time, Lu Ming was doing math when his cell phone rang suddenly, causing him to write incorrectly. When he found out it was Xin Yi, he answered the call immediately.

Before he could say anything, Tao Xinyi looked relaxed and said: "I miss you, what should I do?"

"Then let me talk to you. How about I tell you a joke?" Lu Ming said while typing "jokes that girls like" in the browser search box.

Tao Xinyi said softly: "I don't listen to jokes. Huh! I caught you. What do you want to do if you don't sleep at night!"

"Miss, you're here to catch me." Lu Ming smiled softly and said, "What if I deliberately didn't answer your call, wouldn't you know that I stayed up late? There's a bug in your method.

Optimization."

"I believe you won't intentionally not answer my call."

Tao Xinyi said firmly, believing it as a matter of course, just like believing that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

Lu Ming pursed his lips, thought carefully, and said solemnly: "Indeed, I will not deliberately not answer your call. Now, do we want to sleep?"

"No! I want to hear a joke."

Hearing this, Lu Ming helplessly smiled, browsed the jokes on the website carefully, and picked a few that he thought were funny and told them to Tao Xinyi.

The boy's tone was very gentle, like a stream flowing through a dry field, soothing her heart. Some particularly strange jokes made the girl smile. She turned to look at the full moon outside the window and said: "The final exam is tomorrow.

Come on, let’s go to bed. I’ve been crying for a long time, my eyes are sore, and I want to sleep.”

"Okay."

Tao Xinyi listened to the voice on the other end of the phone, her heart moved slightly, and she whispered: "I like you."

Then, before Lu Ming could react, she immediately hung up the phone and lay on the bed to sleep. The corners of her raised mouth were filled with sweetness, and even her dreams were beautiful.

Lu Ming was a little confused when he heard the "beep" sound, and his heart was running wildly like a wild horse, with the momentum of jumping out of his throat.

Tao Xinyi likes him, he knows this very clearly. But after hearing the four words "I like you" with his own ears, Lu Ming still couldn't help but giggle, and was so excited that he couldn't sleep for an hour.
Chapter completed!