Text Volume Peng Hao stood at the gate of Daronghe Restaurant. He lowered his head and looked at the map on his mobile phone to confirm that it was this restaurant.

So he walked in, and immediately a receptionist came up to him and asked, "Sir, how many are there?"

Peng Hao said: "Jinjiang private room."

"Please follow me." The welcoming lady in cheongsam turned around and led the way.

After bringing Peng Hao to the door of the private room, she knocked on the door first, then opened the door and let Peng Hao in.

As soon as the private room door opened, everyone in the room saw Peng Hao standing at the door. Someone waved to him: "Haohao is here? Come in, come in!"

After Peng Hao entered, he greeted the elders in the room one by one. He first walked to a white-haired old man sitting at the table and said respectfully: "Hello, grandpa."

Then he turned to another white-haired old man sitting next to grandpa and said, "Hello, grandma."

After a serious illness, my grandfather was a little tired. He sat on the chair without moving. He just nodded and said yes, which was considered to be a response to him. The grandmother next to him smiled and waved to Peng Hao: "Haohao, you come from home alone."

Are you afraid of coming to Jincheng?"

A middle-aged woman with curly hair next to her complained to her grandmother: "Hey, Mom, don't treat Haohao like a child. He will be a college student soon..."

Peng Hao turned around and greeted the middle-aged woman and the middle-aged man standing next to her: "Hello, aunt, hello, aunt."

"Okay." The eldest aunt nodded and said, "Our mother is right. No matter how big Haohao is, he is still a child in her eyes, isn't he?"

Then he turned to Peng Hao and asked: "When did you come to Jincheng?"

"I've been here for several days, and I've already gone to school to register." Peng Hao replied politely.

"Why didn't you tell me in advance? I'll pick you up at the airport..." My aunt laughed and "blamed" Peng Hao.

"I specifically asked my mother not to tell you that I am a college student and should learn to solve problems independently."

"Good, promising. Much better than your brother!" the aunt praised, then turned to a child behind him and shouted: "When your cousin is here, he doesn't even know how to come up and say hello. He just hugs him all day long.

Play games on your phone!”

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy sitting on the sofa in the private room heard his father's roar and reluctantly stood up. He pursed his lips and said hello to Peng Hao from a distance: "Hello, cousin..."

After saying that, he buried his head in the phone screen again, not even waiting for his cousin to return the gift.

Seeing their son being so perfunctory, Peng Hao's aunt and uncle were also helpless: "This child..."

Peng Hao laughed and didn't care about his cousin.

Not only this cousin, he also has two older brothers. He has not been able to play with them since he was a child, and his relationship has been very indifferent. If they suddenly become enthusiastic, he might not know how to get along with them...

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Peng Hao arrived a little early, and the large round table in the private room that could accommodate twenty people was empty.

He sat next to his grandmother and chatted with her and his aunt.

But mainly when his grandmother and aunt asked him questions, he answered them without taking the initiative to talk about anything.

After a while, another family came, namely my brother-in-law, his aunt, and his cousin.

When my uncle and aunt saw Peng Hao, they sighed that Peng Hao had grown up. The last time they saw him was three years ago when he returned to his hometown after graduating from the third grade of junior high school. At that time, my sister brought her son Peng Hao back to play around, but they haven't seen each other since.

Here we are. Unexpectedly, Peng Hao was admitted to Andong University in Jincheng, and now we can see him more often.

After seeing Peng Hao, my cousin greeted him and chatted for a few words.

Peng Haodu responded one by one with a slightly shy smile, far from being enthusiastic.

He sat there, and if no one came to talk to him, he would sit quietly and never take the initiative to talk to anyone.

In the eyes of the elders, Peng Hao is still as quiet, well-behaved and obedient as when he stayed at his grandparents' house.

In the eyes of his peers, Peng Hao was still as boring as when he was a child. So after chatting with Peng Hao for a while, his cousin ran to find his younger cousin and chatted with him about games.

The last ones to arrive were the uncle and his cousin's family. Peng Hao greeted them in turn.

The uncle asked what university Peng Hao was admitted to. After hearing that it was Anton University, one of the top universities in the area, the expression on his face changed, and then he glanced at his son, who had just graduated from university this year.

Peng Hao knew that his uncle was feeling unbalanced because his son, Peng Hao's eldest cousin, went to a junior college...

The uncle who felt uncomfortable didn't say anything. It was the aunt who came out to smooth things over: "Oh, when I was young, among the brothers, Haohao was the best at reading, and now he is really successful..."

The eldest cousin who came in with his parents heard what his mother said and couldn't help but rolled his eyes and muttered in a low voice: "What's so great about a poor man..."

He said it very quietly, but he happened to say it when he was walking past Peng Hao, so Peng Hao heard it.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or intentional.

But Peng Hao didn't react at all and just pretended not to hear.

Everyone is here, so naturally we sit down to eat.

Today is a family dinner, and the convener is the head of the family, Peng Hao's grandfather, who is also the father of his uncles and aunts.

The name is to welcome Peng Hao, who comes to Jincheng to study at university.

As the son of a younger sister who married far away, Peng Hao can be considered a member of this big family, although he rarely comes back and his relationship with these relatives is not deep.

However, when he was a child, because his parents were working, he went to elementary school in Jincheng for two years and stayed with his grandparents. They took care of his food and daily life. Therefore, he still has a deep affection for his grandparents.

But in fact, those two years in Jincheng were not pleasant at all for Peng Hao.

A child in the second grade of elementary school left his hometown and parents to come to his hometown to attend elementary school and depend on others. This is pitiful enough in itself. After coming here, he was bullied by his cousins ​​from time to time, as well as the occasional dislike expressed by his uncle and aunt. Perhaps

They all forgot, but Peng Hao still remembered.

The elders' evaluation of him as "honest and obedient" actually means another meaning of "timid and cowardly".

The parents are not around, and no one stands up to help them when they are bullied by their cousins. The cousins’ parents naturally favor their own children. As is human nature, don’t they have to be honest and obedient?

What else?

Do you want to have sex with the other party like cousin Hu Lai did?

But after his cousin finished the fight, his mother stood up and lifted the table and took him home.

After he fights alone, and without his mother or father to stand up for him, he will only be bullied even worse...

Peng Hao still remembers the time when he had a conflict with his cousin and was yelled at by his drunken uncle. He felt so wronged that his pillow towel was soaked while lying alone in bed crying at night. Chapter 1

The next day, I sneaked outside to find a public phone and called my mother.

At that time, smart phones had become popular, and there were very few public phones on the streets. He searched for a long time and walked several streets before he found a working public phone at the entrance of an old alley.

After the call was connected, he did not tell his mother about his grievances, but only said that he missed her.

Because in the process of looking for a public phone, he also thought about it, what is the use of telling his grievances to his mother? His mother, who is busy with work, cannot come to Jincheng to take him away now, otherwise he will never

My son would not have been sent here to live under someone else’s roof.

Since it's impossible to come and take him away, and telling her will only make her mother worried and anxious, then just don't tell her.

So he forced a smile and dealt with his mother's surprised inquiries on the phone, trying not to let her know that he was actually not happy at all living here...

Later, everyone knew that he ran out and looked for a public phone to contact his mother. His relatives teased him about it, or praised him for being smart and sensible. He actually remembered his mother's phone number and knew to call her if he missed her.

Mom calls.

But no one knows the story behind his intelligence and sense.

In that kind of environment, he must be smart and sensible, even if in the eyes of his cousins ​​he is actually timid and cowardly. When Hu Lai and his cousins ​​fought, he watched the whole process. He knew that Hu Lai was not robbing their toys at all.

It was because Hu Lai wanted to play with them, but they were unwilling. Instead, they insulted Hu Lai's father with words.

But when the fight between the two parties alerted the adults, in front of my grandfather and a room full of adults, my cousins ​​complained first, saying that Hu Lai had robbed their toys and broken them.

At this time, Peng Hao, who was hiding in the crowd, knew the cause and effect of the matter. If he had stood up, maybe Hu Lai would not be accused by thousands of people. But he chose to remain silent and huddled quietly in the corner without coming out.

To say something fair for Hu Lai. In the end, the deceived grandfather gave Hu Lai a severe beating, and it also led to Hu Lai's mother, his aunt, giving everyone the money on the first day of the new year.

An unpleasant one...

That was the first Spring Festival that Peng Hao celebrated after arriving in Jincheng, and it was also the last time he saw his aunt and his family.

When he graduated from the third grade of junior high school, he went back to Jincheng Laojiang with his mother. The relatives also gathered together, eating, drinking, and chatting. But he did not see his cousin Hu Lai and his aunt and their family on that occasion.

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Although his mother didn't explain it to him, he still knew from the words of adults and cousins ​​that his aunt and his family seemed to have had a lot of trouble with his grandfather and uncle, and had not been back for a long time, becoming strangers to each other.

It was at that time that he started to envy his cousin's family. At least they didn't have to act pretentiously with people he didn't like just because they were all relatives.

For example, until now, he can only try to maintain his "quiet and well-behaved" persona in front of relatives he doesn't like, so as to avoid having to deal with them too much.

Cousin is different, he doesn't have to look at their faces here at all.

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The waiters came in and out, bringing the dishes ordered in advance to the table one after another. After introducing the dishes to the guests, they exited the private room so that the guests could chat and dine without being disturbed by outsiders.

Everyone's topic naturally turned to Peng Hao, because he is the nominal protagonist of today's dinner party.

Everyone talked about Andong University, the university Peng Hao was admitted to.

This topic was brought up by my uncle: "Haohao, Anton University is pretty good, but it's still a little behind nationwide. Why didn't you get admitted to Huaqing Yan University?"

He seemed to be speaking carelessly, as if he was asking casually.
To be continued...