Humans are the most complex creatures because of the existence of emotions.

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"It's very similar? What's it?"

Li Luolin asked with some confusion.

"It looks very much like my son. That guy also has this habit. He has since he was a child..."

The old man lowered his head, making Li Luolin unable to see his expression clearly, and that feeling of loss and a little painful expression.

"Your son? I thought I was the only one who had this habit, but I didn't expect that there were people like me..."

Li Luolin grinned and then said casually.

"Well, my son, it's just that I haven't seen him for a long time..."

The old man raised his head and smiled on his face, but the smile looked full of powerlessness and nothingness.

The flashing eyes made Li Luolin unable to see clearly what kind of emotion it was.

"Why?"

When Li Luolin asked, he also realized that it was inappropriate.

But there was no way, and the words were blurted out.

"Ah, he has arrived in another world, so naturally I can't see it..."

The old man was still smiling, looking at the laughter, but Li Luolin was a little at a loss.

"I, that, I'm really sorry..."

Li Luolin stood up straight and apologized.

"What's there to be sorry for..."

"I have to thank you very much..."

The old man sat upright and said solemnly.

"Then I accept your thank you, and you should accept my apology..."

Li Luolin stood up and said solemnly.

"You kid is interesting..."

The old man laughed.

Smiling and watching.

Thinking, thinking.

The boy in front of you, the boy in your mind.

The boy who appeared, the boy who lost.

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Three days later.

Li Luolin received a call from the old man.

I was invited to have dinner at the elderly house and bought a lot of gifts on the way.

When I waited at the old man's house, I was scolded and complained for a long time.

"I also said I was going to bring gifts to your home to visit your parents. Thank you very much. I'll bring me gifts..."

The old man felt inexplicably intimate about Li Luolin, so he rubbed his head directly and complained.

"You invited me to dinner at home, so of course you can't come empty-handed. Besides, these gifts are not so precious..."

"You don't have to visit my house anymore. My parents are not at home..."

Li Luolin did not resist this kind of kind behavior at all and said with a smile.

"Yeah? Are you all working outside when you are not at home? So who are you living with?"

The old man took the gift from Li Luolin and then frowned and asked.

"Ahh, I live alone now..."

Li Luolin spoke and told the old man directly.

"Where are living alone, where do your parents work, why don't you bring you with you?"

The old man's brows gradually became larger and there was a little doubt in his eyes.

"Well, what should I say... My mother passed away. As for my dad, he did something wrong, and now he is in prison."

Subconsciously trying to hide it, but inadvertently glanced at the concern and warmth in the eyes of the old man.

For a moment, emotions surged out in my heart, and finally the truth was revealed.

I wanted to pretend to be free and easy, but my expression failed to do as he wished, and gradually became bitter and heavy.

The atmosphere solidified for a while.

The old man suddenly felt speechless and didn't know how to comfort the young man in front of him.

Thousands of emotions came, and Li Luolin was a little uncontrollable.

All the methods were used, but they could not be suppressed.

I tried hard to restore the expression on my face.

But the attempts over and over again ended in failure.

"Let's go and help me process the ingredients. Since I live alone, these basic things should be able to do..."

After all, the old man has experienced countless spring and autumn storms, and his basic ability to deal with emotions is still much better than that of the young man Li Luolin.

He temporarily suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart, then patted his shoulder and turned around and left.

Li Luolin lowered his head and followed the old man.

“The knife skills are very beautiful…”

The old man couldn't help but praise after looking at the radish and celery that Li Luolin had cut.

"It's nothing. I used to work as a chef in a restaurant where an old man I knew, and I naturally became proficient after cutting it too many times..."

Li Luolin wiped off the ingredients stained on the kitchen knife, then rinsed it over, stretched out his thumb and wiped his nose, and then said.

"Working? Are you still working part-time..."

The old man's movements were a little slower, and he turned his head and looked at Li Luolin and asked.

"Yeah, I have to support myself..."

Because I had told the old man that I had suppressed my heart for a long time before, I felt that there was no need to hide it at this time.

The emotion gradually became suppressed and restrained, and he said with a smile.

“So how about learning?”

The old man took out a spoon and tasted the soup in the pot, and then asked.

"It's okay, the first place in the class..."

Li Luolin said with a smile.

"It's great. I usually work part-time and haven't missed my studies yet. It's really good..."

The old man said in surprise, and then patted his shoulder with great satisfaction.

The more I understand the boy in front of me, the more surprised I feel.

The more I understand the boy in front of me, the more I admire him.

Life is already like this, and you can still restrain yourself and improve yourself.

Really a very good teenager.

Looking at Li Luolin's side face, the old man unconsciously summed up a face in his mind.

More and more similar, slowly...

Become a person.

"Luo Lin, I can call you like that..."

An idea suddenly popped up in the old man's mind, feeling ridiculous and wanted to suppress it.

But that thought surged upwards, unable to block and could not be cleared.

"sure…"

Li Luolin ended up wearing gloves in the old man's hand and washing some tableware.

"There is something that is a bit ridiculous and a bit abrupt, but I still want to tell you..."

The old man sorted out some things in his head and said solemnly.
To be continued...