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Chapter 9: Brotherly Love (01)

  Soughing wind and rain in dreams

  Since that night when he visited his head teacher, Chen Haonan felt much more at ease. Although he had not fully understood or digested Mr. Li's words, they had indeed given him a considerable shock.

  In the past few days, Chen Haonan has been consciously adjusting his mentality, and his heart has gradually calmed down. Although sometimes when he suddenly thought of his father, his heart still ached secretly, but he could still adjust well, so he slowly got into the state of learning.

  Sometimes, Chen Haonan really helped Li Qiyun collect and distribute homework - he always felt that he owed her something, although they were relatively good friends, but if it weren't for him, she wouldn't have taken on this thankless task. However, Li Qiyun would always smile and say that she should thank Chen Haonan for giving her the opportunity to exercise. Of course, she didn't know about his family situation, and every time she asked him, he just smiled faintly and brushed it off... But days passed quietly like this.

  Unconsciously, August is left with only a few days. At this time, unfamiliar faces in the campus gradually increased - the opening of high school freshmen brought a lot of fun to high school and high school students.

  During class or when they have free time, most students will either stick their heads out of the window or gather in the hallway to check out the freshmen. Of course, this "observing" isn't like biologists observing the growth process of living things - to be honest, it's more like the sophomore and junior boys checking out the pretty girls among the freshmen. But there are also some sophomore and junior girls who can't help but gossip about the handsome guys among the freshmen. What's more, some bold guys will even take the initiative to go ask a pretty girl for her name, grade level, age, and interests, getting up close and personal.

  In this matter, Chen Haonan seemed extremely out of place. Although sometimes after class he would also go to the corridor and stand for a while, but most of the time he just looked up at the sky and let out a soft sigh. Even if occasionally he would inadvertently glance at the girls walking down from upstairs, he didn't have any wild thoughts, nor would he rush into the midst of others to chat idly...

  Although Chen Haonan's situation is not particularly unusual, it has inadvertently provided some idle and arrogant people with material to wag their tongues. They whispered behind his back, saying that he was pretending to be noble and pretending to be serious. As for these, Chen Haonan always just coldly smiled and didn't bother to pay attention: because in his heart, there were heavy, heavy things!

  It's strange to say, when I was the study committee member before, many classmates, especially those lazy and cunning ones, would often try to get close to Chen Haonan for no reason. But once he "resigned", the situation changed greatly, originally not very eye-catching Li Qiyun became particularly popular, every day there were people surrounding her... This difference can probably only be described by one idiom, that is "the world is unpredictable".

  These changes, Li Qiyue had mentioned to Chen Haonan, and he himself also had some perception, but he didn't pay attention to it, nor did he think much about it, instead feeling that being able to keep a low profile was a good thing. However, there was one person who felt very indignant on behalf of Chen Haonan. This person was Li Donglin.

  Li Donglin and Chen Haonan are of the same age, and both were born in October of the lunar calendar, only a week apart. Compared to Chen Haonan, who is 1.8 meters tall, Li Donglin is slightly shorter, but because he is fatter, he appears more robust.

  Li Donglin is a simple and honest guy, but absolutely first-class humor, often making everyone laugh. After entering Yannan S Middle School for a long time, although he was easy to get along with among many classmates, the truly intimate friend was only Chen Haonan.

  I remember when I first entered S, because of an "early love affair", Li Donglin was almost regarded as a "troublemaker" by all the subject teachers and classmates, but only Chen Haonan accompanied him through that "miserable and dark" period. Perhaps it really proved this sentence: Friends in adversity are true friends! Because of this, the two of them formed a deep friendship, their relationship was not ordinary.

  Li Donglin's home is on the street in Linfeng Town, and his home is diagonally opposite the school gate. After leaving the school gate, you only need to go down a small slope of about 300 meters, cross the road, and you will arrive. Therefore, Chen Haonan was often taken by Li Donglin to his home for dinner. In this way, Chen Haonan became very familiar with Li Donglin's family members while having meals "back and forth".

  Li Donglin's father (surnamed Li, named Changhao, often called "Uncle Li" by Haonan) and mother (surnamed Qiao, named Huiying, often called "Aunt Qiao" by Haonan), especially his mother, particularly liked Chen Haonan, even jokingly saying that they would marry off "Jiajia" to him in the future. "Jiajia" was Li Jia, Li Donglin's younger sister and the apple of her parents' eye. Of course, all this was in the past, when Li Jia was still in second grade junior high school, but now she is already in third grade.

  However, since the start of this semester, Li Donglin has found that Chen Haonan has changed a lot, and he can't help but worry about him for some unknown reason. Especially after Li Qiyuan replaced Chen Haonan as the study committee member, Li Donglin felt indignant and was on the verge of going to find Old Li to argue with him, if not for Chen Haonan's intervention.

  But Chen Haonan has been avoiding Li Donglin, he didn't dare to mention his family affairs to him, because he knew he would definitely worry about it, and he didn't want his good brother to worry for him. So whenever Li Donglin came to ask, Chen Haonan always used irrelevant words to brush him off, or pretended not to hear, or deliberately acted foolishly, or even simply made an excuse to slip away...

  Li Donglin was particularly perplexed by this, and he often muttered to himself: What's wrong with Haonan? Doesn't he consider me a brother anymore?... He often felt pangs of heartache because of this.

  In addition, Li Donglin's parents also often nagged because Chen Haonan hadn't come to their house for a long time. Li Jia was the same, she hoped Chen Haonan would tutor her homework. Of course, the problems of his parents and sister were all directed at Li Donglin, but when they asked about Chen Haonan, his expression would suddenly change drastically - Li's father, mother, and Li Jia also found it very strange.

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