The situation of Jiang Haoyue returning late was very unusual.

Lu Miao finally chose not to go back to school tonight, she would continue to wait.

Twelve midnight.

Lu Miao hugged her knees and vaguely saw a figure walking towards him at the entrance of the alley.

The visitor hunched his back, and his legs were inconvenient. He took a step forward with one leg and dragged the other leg forward.

His legs hanging on the ground seemed to have no strength at all, and he walked rather slowly.

Lu Miao called out his name and rushed over quickly.

Jiang Haoyue raised her head and looked at her.

His whole figure seemed to have just been fished out of the water, dripping with sweat; the corners of his mouth were torn, there were several bloodstains on his face, and a large brow bone was swollen.

He was blocked by loan sharks outside of school during his self-study next night.

——I thought this matter could be concealed from Lu Miao for a longer time.

"us……"

He was helpless and guilty, trying to use the usual method to divert her attention.

"Are we going to eat Mala Tang?"

After wiping the sweat off her face, Jiang Haoyue's eyes were wet and her eyes were sullen.

Suddenly, he remembered that his only 100 yuan for meals had been robbed just now.

It's definitely not going to be covered up.

Jiang Haoyue smiled bitterly at Lu Miao: "I don't think I have the money to treat you to Mala Tang."

...

Lu Miao's mind was completely dumbfounded.

She was sitting in Jiang Haoyue's bedroom, listening to him tell her about Jiang Yi's loan sharking, the people who came to collect debts during the Spring Festival, and Jiang Yi's disappearance these days... She considered herself to be the closest person around Jiang Haoyue. The person close to him, she didn't know anything about what happened to him.

"How much money does your dad owe! I'll go and ask my parents to help you."

The reason why Jiang Haoyue didn't tell her is too easy to understand. How can she help? This is the only thing she can do.

He smiled, his face pale as paper.

"Uncle Lu has been helping me, as has Aunt Fang."

Until this moment, Lu Miao really understood: Jiang Haoyue didn't dream of going to the best university, he must go.

Jiang Yi is a cancer that grows by his side and cannot be removed; only by flying to a higher and wider sky can Jiang Haoyue have a chance to come into contact with a bright future. If not, he will wear shackles and be imprisoned here for the rest of his life.

Before, she thought, maybe... Jiang Haoyue will stay in their city, so they don't have to be separated.

Now she knew it was impossible.

She also sincerely hopes that he can escape as soon as possible.

With words of comfort and encouragement, those things that Lu Miao could do were not what Jiang Haoyue needed most.

There was nothing she could do about his pain.

Turning his back, Lu Miao silently wiped the tears from his eyes.

She couldn't cry in front of Jiang Haoyue, adding another burden to him to comfort her.

They tacitly decided to change the subject.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Lu Miao felt very distressed when she saw that his cheeks were so thin and flat.

Jiang Haoyue didn't look at her and replied in a low voice, "Eat."

"Tell the truth." Lu Miao looked serious.

He had to admit honestly: "I didn't eat."

"Ah! By the way, close your eyes!"

As she spoke, she rustled through her school uniform.

"Close your eyes again?"

Jiang Haoyue obeyed obediently.

"What kind of magic is this time?"

He heard a lot of her movements, and this time he learned to be smart and didn't open his eyes in advance.

A soft object was placed in the palm of his hand, bringing Lu Miao's body temperature.

"Don't open your eyes, don't open your eyes, there's one more!"

Then there was the sound of flipping clothes.

what is it?

Jiang Haoyue was confused: What did Lu Miao give him, did he put it in his clothes?

His other palm was spread out, and a new soft object was placed heavily.

"Okay, open your eyes."

Lu Miao looked at him strangely.

"Jiang Haoyue, are you frowning too tightly?"

He coughed awkwardly and saw that he was holding a meat bun in each of his left and right hands.

"Oh, it turned out to be my old friend, Meat Bun."

"Of course! I bring you food every time. Our cafeteria makes it."

Lu Miao crossed her hips and yelled at him fiercely: "Hey, what's with your relieved expression? Think I'm throwing bombs into your hands?"

"No."

Jiang Haoyue broke open the meat bun, ate half of it by himself, and gave her half.

"Did you always bring it like this? Why hide it in your clothes?"

"I don't eat it. You eat all the meat buns. You didn't eat dinner. I was full."

Lu Miao pushed the steamed bun back and proudly asked him for credit: "I cover all the meat buns you eat, so it won't get cold."

Stop chewing buns, Jiang Haoyue looked at her fixedly.

Come to think of it, he must have been moved by his behavior of sacrificing himself to warm up the buns.Lu Miao looked away embarrassedly, waiting for Jiang Haoyue to thank him.

He sighed, then whispered...

"Fool."

"Don't eat the meat buns!" Lu Miao suddenly changed his face and made a gesture to take the buns away.

"I want to eat." Jiang Haoyue took a big bite.

"Hey," she said, caring about him, "you eat slowly, the wound is involved."

Jiang Haoyue didn't listen to her.

He devoured the buns.

Chapter 50 Phoenix

Early June.

The heat that the small town had accumulated for a year, along with several heavy rains, came down to the world as if unshackled.