HBWnovel Chapter 16 I Cover You
Chapter 16 I Cover You
Bei Yao came home from school, but mother Bei was not at home, so there was no ready dinner and no note on the table.
Yesterday, Mama Bei was on the night shift, so it was logical that she should have a day off today, but Bei Yao waited at home and did not wait for Mama Bei to come back.
He took out the leftover steamed buns from the refrigerator, put them on the steamer to heat up, and filled his stomach with pickles.
When waking up at night, passing by the living room, the white moonlight penetrated the glass windows and filled the living room. When Bei Yao saw Mama Bei sitting on the sofa, his head woke up.
"Mom, are you back?"
Mother Bei let out a soft "hmm".
Bei Yao said: "Stop sitting here, it's cold at night, go back to the house and rest."
When Bei Yao came back from the toilet, Mama Bei still maintained that action.
Bei Yao felt something was wrong, turned on the light and walked over.
Mother Bei, who had been in the dark for a long time, was not used to the strong light. She squinted her eyes, and when she opened them again, Bei Yao's face was very close at hand.
Bei Yao looked at Mama Bei's left face with concern. There was a piece of gauze the size of half a palm pasted there, and bruises could be clearly seen on the other exposed skin: "Mom, what's wrong with your face?"
"It's okay." Bei's mother dodged her eyes, staring at the coffee table and said, "I met a robber on the way, and I didn't give him money, so I was beaten up."
Bei Yao squatted on the ground and said caringly: "Mom, don't do this next time, just give those people money if they ask for it, and don't let yourself get hurt."
"The family doesn't have much money." Mama Bei suddenly said this, which brought the topic to an abrupt end, and no one continued.
After Bei's father left, Bei Yao knew that the family was not rich now, so he not only took the initiative to tell Bei's mother that he didn't need pocket money, but also handed over the New Year's money to her mother.
The two talked about other topics tacitly. Bei Yao didn't tell Mama Bei that she was bullied at school, and Mama Bei didn't tell Bei Yao that her bonus for this month was almost deducted because of distraction. Money is simply worse for the current mother and child.
The mother and son both reported good news but not bad news. In the end, mother Bei patted Bei Yao's hand and told him to go to bed quickly. There was class tomorrow, so she ended the chat.
Bei Yao looked back three times at every step, always feeling that something was wrong with his mother, but he couldn't understand it. He shook his head and told himself not to think too much. He lay back on the bed and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep for a long time.
Confused people have one thing in common. They desperately want to find a solution to the problem, but after a few hours, their brains are blank after all, and they can't even know how the time passed.
Bei Yao has been unable to fall asleep since chatting with Mama Bei.The next morning, he went to school with a pair of giant panda eyes, and he was still thinking on the road.
Dad is gone, the family has no money, his grades are not good, and he probably won't even pass the college entrance examination. Instead of wasting the tuition fees of these years, it is better to start a social work early to make money.But he is only 13 years old, and the textbook says that he is a child laborer, and no unit dares to use him.
Came to the school in a daze, someone pointed behind his back. These days, Bei Yao has long been used to other people's gossip. It is a fact that his father eloped with a prostitute, and he can't refute it.
Bei Yao didn't expect that even gossip would escalate.
"Look at me and say that his father ran away with a prostitute, it's not just his father's problem."
"What's the matter? What else is there?"
"Hmph, the fuck is flirting, stealing guys outside."
"real or fake?"
"What do you think? Otherwise, why don't you want such a big son? It's probably not my seed. It's pitiful that his father has been wearing a cuckold for so many years."
"Oh, it makes sense if that's the case!"
"Who doesn't say, he is a bastard!"
If those people were telling the truth, Bei Yao would not explain a single word to others, but now they are simply making up things.
Bei Yao turned around, and angrily walked towards the two bodies.He didn't say anything, but the stared person choked in displeasure: "What are you looking at!"
Bei Yao said angrily, "Don't speak ill of my mother."
"We're telling the truth, your mother did something to other men yesterday!"
Bei Yao didn't believe this man's words at all, and retorted: "Your mother is like that!"
"Bastard, why do you insult my mother!"
Bei Yao frowned: "You insulted my mother first!"
"What I'm saying is the truth. If I have the guts to do it, I'm afraid that others won't say it. Who has nothing to do to insult your mother?"
When the two of you said something to each other, they were about to fight.Hearing the movement, Li Xiaohang hurried out of the classroom and took Bei Yao away.
Li Xiaohang hugged Bei Yao's waist and stretched out to the corridor. Bei Yao struggled relentlessly, vowing to reason clearly with that person: "Don't pull me, I want to reason with that person, don't let him talk nonsense about my mother."
"I know you're feeling uncomfortable. It's hard for anyone to have this kind of thing happen. Those people are very boring and deliberately distort the facts. Don't take those words to heart." Li Xiaohang blocked the person in a corner and said a few words of comfort , and asked again, "Auntie, are you okay?"
Bei Yao didn't hear what he said, so he shook his head and said, "It's all right."
"Then..." Li Xiaohang hesitated for a long time, but did not ask further.
Bei Yao's current situation has no time to take care of himself. For him, the future seems to be covered by a thick white fog, and he can't see anything clearly, let alone have the experience to beg Wen Ye to accept him as his younger brother.
Wen Ye really lived a comfortable life for a few days, and Bei Yao never appeared in front of him once for a whole month.
Wen Ye was very happy, and it was great to be back to the life of a lone ranger. Only occasionally when he was bored and wanted to chat with the people behind him, and when he turned around and found that the little tail had long disappeared, would he feel that something was missing.
However, this is rarely the case.
Two weeks after Bei Yao disappeared, Xu Zheng asked Wen Ye once: "What about the kid?"
Wen Ye said angrily, "How do I know where he is?"
Today Xu Zheng ran to Wen Ye again and said, "Have you talked to that brat Bei Yao recently?"
Wen Ye still didn't give him a good temper: "No, if you want to find him, go by yourself and don't bother me."
Xu Zheng was upset, and pushed Wen Ye's chest, not letting him go away: "Huh? I said why are you so cold-blooded, at least they gave you breakfast for nearly a semester."
Wen Ye said with a blank expression: "I gave him the breakfast money, and I owe him nothing."
"Won't it take time and effort to queue up early in the morning and send it to you? How about the money? Have you ever given it?" Xu Zheng said mercilessly, "To please you, Bei Yao wants to be your little brother. Do you know how much you paid? You can't see the injuries on his body?"
Wen Ye found it funny: "Who caused those injuries? What capital do you have to blame me."
Xu Zheng rubbed his nose guiltily, raised his head and admitted: "Okay, I made those, but he and I are willing to fight and suffer, you care about me?"
"I don't care about you, and you don't care about me."
"You are so like this. Why don't you ask about such a big incident at Bei Yao's house?" Xu Zheng lowered his voice, "I even cared for a few words, you are more fucking cold-blooded than me .”
Xu Zheng didn't lie to Wen Ye with his words, he really went to Bei Yao, and returned the money he "borrowed" from Bei Yao back then, and even paid back a little more, but Bei Yao refused to take it and shook his hand. He refused, saying that when he was playing ball with Xu Zheng, the other party had invited him to dinner many times, so there was no need for that, and the money would be regarded as his payment for the dinner.
With just this sentence, Xu Zheng's admiration for Bei Yao rose rapidly, and at the same time, his inner debt also increased day by day.Who didn't know that most of his money was "borrowed" from other students, and except for Chu Xiangdong, no one had ever treated him like this.
People who can really be friends can be clearly distinguished from those who are friends with Xu Zheng. Although Bei Yao is essentially a coward and Xu Zheng hates this kind of person, it is Bei Yao's attitude towards this matter that makes him really want to be with him. Bei Yao as friends.
Xu Zheng put away the money, and said flatly: "Okay, I won't talk about those nonsense anymore. If you have any troubles in the future, you can come to me. If someone bullies you, I will avenge you and I will cover you."
Bei Yao smiled lightly, "Okay, thank you."
Xu Zheng was stung by that smile. He knew that Bei Yao would never come to him if something happened to him. The boss in his heart was Wen Ye, not him.
Wen Ye looked at him coldly: "Are you done? Let me go when you're done."
Xu Zheng asked: "You don't want to know what it is?"
"The sky is falling or what's the matter?" Wen Ye had an expression of not being close to strangers. He didn't believe that a junior high school student could encounter such a big thing. He even suspected that Xu Zheng came to him because Xu Zheng had discussed it with Bei Yao. plan.
Xu Zheng roared: "His father ran away with a prostitute, his mother was raped yesterday, and now everyone in the school is laughing at him, and everyone in his grade is bullying and ostracizing him, you Say it's a big deal!"