The unattainable beauty was driven to depravity and madness by a wicked seed.

Lu Sui shook off Shen Qinghuai's finger, left the noodle shop and walked north. Liu Qiushui was a little confused by the word "Mom". After realizing what was happening, she told Shen Qinghuai to hurry up and chase after her, saying that she would close the door and go home.

Shen Qinghuai caught up with Lu Sui and tugged at his sleeve, but was shaken off. He tried three times, and was shaken off three times. So he simply took his hand and didn't mention what had just happened. "Want to go for a walk? There are snack shops and clothing stores up ahead. The clothing stores sell snacks, but they're not healthy."

"I want to eat it."

"Let's go buy some food first, then go to the snack shop. Do you want to go to the clothing store?"

"I have clothes." No need to buy any.

"it is good."

Shen Qinghuai released Lu Sui's hand, put his arm around his shoulder, and walked to the snack stall amidst the crowd and mixed smells.

Lu Sui looked at the environment and didn't want to go. She finally found a very clean place, but the food was terrible. Shen Qinghuai said, "You want to eat barbecue? I'll buy the ingredients and make it for you tomorrow morning. I remember Aunt Xu has a barbecue grill. Do you still want some takoyaki?"

"I won't eat it."

Shen Qinghuai took the bamboo skewer from his hand, bit off most of it, ate the rest, threw it into the trash can, and then led Lu Sui to the Haoxianglai snack shop. Lu Sui picked up a bag of potato chips and said, "This is only two yuan and ninety cents."

"Yes, in snack shops like this, potato chips are cheaper, while bulk items are more expensive."

Shen Qinghuai bought two large bags of potato chips and wanted to buy Lu Sui some loose cheese sticks, but Lu Sui refused. Instead, he opened a bag of buckwheat flakes for Lu Sui and asked if he wanted to go home. Lu Sui said he wanted to go to a clothing store, so Shen Qinghuai took him there. Seeing that he was heading towards the section with clothes suitable for Liu Qiushui, Shen Qinghuai knew that he wanted to buy some for Liu Qiushui.

Lu Sui said, "Her sleeve was torn."

Shen Qinghuai bent down slightly and leaned closer to Lu Sui, whispering to him, "My mom usually wears tattered clothes when she works at the noodle shop, but she'll change into nicer clothes tomorrow when the noodle shop closes."

Lu Sui's eyelashes trembled slightly. "She gave me the money to buy the snacks, and I don't want to owe her anything."

Shen Qinghuai knew that talking too much would annoy Lu Sui, and Lu Sui also disliked him talking too much, so he accompanied him to choose. When paying, Lu Sui said, "Use the family card."

Around 8 o'clock, Shen Qinghuai and Lu Sui were walking towards home. When he saw Lu Sui stop, he turned back and carried her on his back. "Aren't you cold?"

"The items are so cheap."

"Because this is a town."

"You like it here."

I don't really like it.

Lu Sui rested her chin on Shen Qinghuai's shoulder. "You don't want to go back with me."

"think."

"I'm sleepy."

"Hang on a little longer, don't fall asleep yet. It's windy, don't catch a cold. We'll be home soon." Afraid Lu Sui would fall asleep, Shen Qinghuai would gently bounce him every few steps and ask, "Are you asleep?"

"...I can't sleep."

Shen Qinghuai chuckled, tilting his head to gently rub his face against Lu Sui's. Lu Sui bit his lip with a loud yelp, but quickly released him, pushing Shen Qinghuai's face back to its normal position. He then stared ahead. It was already dark, and most of the restaurants still had their lights on, although the streetlights were not very bright, casting long shadows on the ground.

"It was the first time I'd ever been carried on someone's back."

Shen Qinghuai softened his voice, "Then I'll carry you on my back often from now on."

"No."

"?"

"Hold me." Only when we're face to face can I see Shen Qinghuai's face and eyes.

"it is good."

"Do I smell bad?" Do I smell like the noodle shop?

"It doesn't smell bad, it smells wonderful, it smells wonderful everywhere."

A few minutes later, Shen Qinghuai carried Lu Sui back home. He pushed open the door to the room, and a wave of hot air rushed out. Liu Qiushui had turned on the air conditioner. Shen Qinghuai put Lu Sui on a chair, closed the door, and drew the curtains.

Lu Sui looked around Shen Qinghuai's room. There was a cabinet, a bed, a set of tables and chairs, and a bookshelf against the wall. There weren't many things there.

"You sit here first, I'll go drive the car into the yard." Shen Qinghuai took the coat that Lu Sui bought for Liu Qiushui and went out.

"Son, do you sleep with him at night?"

"Mm." Shen Qinghuai handed over what he was holding. "The coat Lu Sui bought for you."

Liu Qiushui felt extremely guilty, as Lu Sui kept bringing her gifts and buying her clothes.

"Go ahead, don't feel guilty," Shen Qinghuai said. "Don't say too many wasteful things in front of him, he doesn't like to hear them."

"I understand. Ask him what he wants to eat tomorrow, and I'll make it for him."

"He wants to eat barbecue. I'll go buy breakfast tomorrow morning, and then buy barbecue seasoning after the supermarket opens. I'll go get the tricycle now, I need to drive the car in."

"Yes, yes, we have to drive it in." If some scoundrel scratches the car, we won't be able to find the culprit.

Liu Qiushui pushed the tricycle, opened both doors to their maximum, and let Shen Qinghuai drive in. She then delivered the remaining two boxes from the trunk to Xu Suya next door to thank her for taking Liu Qiushui to the hospital. After that, she closed and locked the doors.

"Xiao Lu, are you taking a shower? I plugged in the water heater this afternoon."

"wash."

"Okay, I'll go find him a towel that hasn't been used yet—"

"No need, Mom, we have our own."

Shen Qinghuai went to the car to get his bag, locked the car, and went back to his room. Lu Sui was looking at the doll on his wall, a little bear dressed in a police uniform, which was given to him by the traffic cop who had answered a question correctly on the road earlier.

Do you like it?

"dislike."

"Then I'll take you to the claw machine. We'll try to win whatever you like, okay?"

"Where to?"

"It's an arcade, but the environment isn't as nice as in Beijing." Shen Qinghuai opened his bag and looked for pajamas for Lu Sui.

"I want to take a shower."

"I know, I'll take you there right away." Shen Qinghuai put the things Lu Sui needed for a bath in a small basket, removed the silicone patch from his lower back, squatted down to take off his socks and put on slippers, draped a coat over him, and took him to the bathroom in the yard, where Liu Qiushui had already turned on the warm light.

Shen Qinghuai placed the small basket on the sink, put Lu Sui's pajamas in a clean basin, and taught Lu Sui how to turn on the shower. Lu Sui said, "It's cold."

"Do you still want to wash?"

"wash."

Shen Qinghuai tied Lu Sui's hair up high and put it in a bun. "Then tonight we'll just take a shower and not wash our hair, otherwise it'll be too cold and I'm afraid you'll catch a cold. We'll go back tomorrow afternoon. I'm sorry to trouble you."

"I'm sorry for making this difficult for you."

"Okay, give me your coat, and take off your clothes too. I'll take them out so they don't get dirty."

"No."

"?" Shen Qinghuai patted his head. "I'll turn my back on you and not look at you."

While Lu Sui was taking off his clothes, Shen Qinghuai asked him, "Do you remember how to turn on the shower? Turning to the left is to turn up the temperature."

"Know."

A minute later, Shen Qinghuai carried Lu Sui's clothes out, emptying the snack bag to put them in, planning to wash Lu Sui's clothes when they got back, since the washing machine here didn't have a sterilization and drying function.

After he finished packing, he went to wash Lu Sui's socks. When he saw Liu Qiushui come out, he told her how to take the tonics. Liu Qiushui agreed, but she was reluctant to eat them. Then, thinking of something, she said, "Take these to your grandmother and let her eat them."

Shen Qinghuai said, "Grandma has some too. These things have a very short shelf life, and they'll be wasted if they expire. The doctor said you need to take care of your health."

Liu Qiushui looked at the packaging box and said okay, she would eat it.

Such expensive things shouldn't be wasted; it's better to just eat them.

Shen Qinghuai hung the socks up to dry, took his clean coat, and waited for Lu Sui at the bathroom door. When Lu Sui came out, Shen Qinghuai wrapped him up and took him back to his room. "Are you cold?"

As they were talking, Lu Sui sneezed. "It was cold at first, but the water made me feel warmer."

Shen Qinghuai took a few tissues to dry Lu Sui's feet, put on socks, washed his hands, poured hot water for Lu Sui to drink, and applied Vitamin E lotion to his scars. The bed was cold, so Shen Qinghuai said, "I'll take a quick shower and warm up the bed when I get back."

A warm bed.

Lu Sui glanced back at the bed and nodded.