Heal the King

The sun has been out for two days, and the temperature is above [-] degrees. Tao Han only needs a thin long sleeve for playing basketball at night, and a sports jacket when he gets cold on the way back to the dormitory.

Unexpectedly, when I got up in the morning of the third day, as soon as I walked to the door and opened the window, I saw the snow falling outside.

"Oh my God." Tao Han said to himself, "Is it really snowing?"

The snow hadn't accumulated yet, and it was blowing heavily with the wind. It was always slippery and difficult to walk in the snow in the south. Standing by the bed, Tao Han had already seen two people staggering on the road.

The sudden drop in temperature forced him to dig out the down jacket from the closet and wrap it outside the thin sweater.

There is no class all day today, he has time to stay in the dormitory and do some things.

He reads the unfinished books last week, prepares lessons, and checks emails. He is used to writing calendars by hand, and hangs a calendar on his wall.It was densely packed with his own itinerary, and today there were items listed in numbers after "check". After he read it carefully, he saw that "Weibo" was written at the end.

If I said before that I should study hard and get to know my lover well, I still have to start here...

The conditions in the dormitory are limited, and it is extremely cold in winter, and they rely on shaking their legs for a living.The thought of renting a house outside is no longer a day or two.But once he applied to the college, the leader always taught him to be frugal and not extravagant, and he would even criticize his Aston Martin parked in the garage.Tao Han was afraid of listening to the old man's nagging, so he could only give up.

Tao Han read a book wrapped in a quilt, and saw that the curtains were drawn at night, and it was already white outside.

This kind of weather naturally canceled outdoor sports, Tao Han was shivering from the cold, and suddenly remembered the days when he used to sleep wrapped in a blanket by the fireplace.

fireplace……

I saw a small heater at the teacher's house next door before, and Tao Han felt that he needed to go to the mall someday to buy one.

When he picked up his phone and started to fiddle with Weibo, he found that he had many unread messages.Tao Han opened it casually, and saw the message Yu Zilian had given him:

Yu Zilian:

- It's snowing! !Why don't you come and see? ?

Tao Han flipped through it, and Yu Zilian sent him several photos, among which there were other people mixed in. It seemed that people from their department had gone to school together to build a snowman.There are all kinds of snowmen in strange shapes, some of which are not snowmen at all, like aliens from an unknown planet.

Tao Han replied:

——It’s snowing so much outside to play, so go back early.

Yu Zilian sent a group photo. There were seven or eight people, both male and female, big and small.He saw a beautiful little girl at a glance, and reckoned it was the legendary tie flower.

Tao Han looked around, but did not see Chen Jue.

Tao Han:

——What about Chen Jue?

Yu Zilian:

——Don't mention it, I don't know what to lose my temper with me this afternoon, and I don't bother to talk to him. No one talks to anyone this time, and I still have a party tonight.

Tao Han:

——If it’s snowing heavily, don’t play around.

He quit WeChat and opened Weibo, feeling that something was wrong, he opened WeChat again, and saw the conversation he had with Chen Jue that day.

The two of them hadn't been in touch for the past two days, and the conversation was limited to the social activities organized by Chen Juesuo Academy.Tao Han didn't know why he and Yu Zilian had such a quarrel.

Tao Han touched the phone, after all, he felt that he was also a teacher, and it was right to care about his classmates, which was not nosy.

Tao Han:

——Have you gone to a fellowship, Classmate Chen?

After a while, Chen Jue sent him a message back:

Chen Jue:

--teacher

--I

--You come

Tao Han:

——?

Tao Han narrowed his eyes.

--What’s wrong with you?Where are you?

Chen Jue didn't reply to the message after 2 minutes.

Tao Han couldn't think about it. He found Chen Jue's phone number from the roster and called it. As soon as he called in, he heard a noisy voice from the opposite side. Chen Jue's voice was a little strange: "Teacher? Teacher..."

"Where are you?"

"I... I'm in a wine... bar..."

"Are you drinking?" Tao Han was taken aback, "Who else?"

"Do you have a boyfriend? You have a boyfriend?" A voice came from the phone.

"No..." Chen Jue said softly.

"It's fine if you don't." The other party smiled, and there was another burst of noisy laughter around, which almost covered Chen Jue's voice.

"Chen Jue!" Tao Han raised his tone nervously, "Where are you, if you can't tell, just give the phone to your companion, hurry up."

"Teacher..." Chen Jue said, "I... I am... I will send you the location..."

Tao Han grabbed his phone and car keys and went out. The snow outside was a little lighter, but the roads were covered with snow.Tao Han felt that driving out in this weather would be fatal, but obviously he couldn't get a car in this weather.

Tao Han thought, it’s okay if he doesn’t know, knowing that his student Daxuetian is still being poured alcohol by someone who doesn’t know his identity, it’s a challenge to his bottom line.

He drove his dusty car out of the garage, and at night the wind could be heard even inside the well-insulated car.Tao Han drove to the door, and the uncle at the door looked into his car: "Teacher Tao? Are you going out so late??"

"Something happened." Tao Han said, "Excuse me, please open the door for me."

……

At the booth next to the bar counter, a man in a casual shirt stretched out of the booth with his legs crossed.There were two glasses and an ice bucket in front of him. The amber liquid swirled around in the glass, and the man raised his eyes.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Xu Yiqing gave the umbrella to the waiter next to him, took off the heavy scarf and sighed, "It's really cold today..."

Bai Fan put his mouth against the rim of the glass, and put a poured glass of pure whiskey without ice in front of his eyes.

"Are you really planning to stay drunk?" Xu Yiqing said speechlessly, grabbing the cup with one hand and taking a sip, burning from throat to stomach.

"I think you need it." Bai Fan looked him up and down, "You..."

"Why are you so thin?" Xu Yiqing said.

"You can answer quickly? Congratulations." Bai Fan touched him with a cup, "Don't you want to say something to me?"

"It depends on what you want to hear." Xu Yiqing said, "Pure drinking is fine, and you will be responsible for carrying me back later."

Bai Fan and his booth were in a hidden place, and they exchanged glasses without talking for a while, and finally began to feel the slight drunkenness, so they could speak slowly.

"It's a failure, isn't it?" Xu Yiqing said, "All the scenes have been cut, which means that everyone's efforts have been in vain. I can't pay back the favors I owe."

"Do you know the reason?" Bai Fan propped his head on his hands and looked at him.

"What else could it be?" Xu Yiqing's face turned pale, and the more he drank, the whiter he became. "After I was found out to be gay, I couldn't get a lot of resources. Not only this one, but many later ones, the director even heard my name. I’m afraid that if the show doesn’t end up in China, I can’t sacrifice a crew.”

"You're so smart." Bai Fan sighed, drank the contents of the cup, and knocked the cup on the table, "Sometimes I feel sorry for your smartness. I used to think that this way of doing things with you would work in perfect harmony and seamlessly. Now But I hope you are more confused, and I am also more confused."

Xu Yiqing poured him wine and laughed: "Smart? I'm smart, so I can't think of a way out now. I've passed my role, and I'll play a gay man with AIDS. There must be word of mouth when it is released.”

"I'm confident that your acting skills are good." Bai Fan took the cup.

"I'm also confident in myself." Xu Yiqing clinked glasses with him, "But then, in the next play, will I still play a gay character?"

Bai Fan didn't speak, he was drinking with his head up, his Adam's apple was rolling up and down, almost in the state of drinking water.

Xu Yiqing looked at his neck: "I don't even want to"

"I don't even want to." Bai Fan put down his wine glass while smiling, and spread his hands to him, motioning for him to pour the wine, "I spent so much time on you when I was in my twenties, I hope you will keep making money for me. It has become a legend in the direction I need. It has also delayed my relationship for many years.  …”

"Hahahaha..." Xu Yiqing couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at, I should have been with Lin Wen long ago without you." Bai Fan pointed at him, "So I'm more reconciled than you, do you know?"

"I know." Xu Yiqing was still smiling, "I have let you down, let down many people, and I have ruined many people's lives and dreams with me."

"...Did you think so?" Bai Fan said, "Although it is true, you have finally changed from being the most profitable in my hands to me using other people's money to support you. Really, the output is much higher than that of others. low."

"Okay, I don't want to drink with you now." Xu Yiqing drank his head up, put his hand on his forehead, and was a little dizzy before his eyes, "Does Lin Wen know that you have such a poisonous tongue?"

"You should be scolded and you deserve to be scolded." Bai Fan was also a little flustered, leaning on the back of the chair, with a lazy voice, "But you can't attribute all the faults to you. Excessive self-blame is equal to selfishness. I hope you understand this. You The illness relapses, and you don’t trust anyone, including me, including yourself. If you continue to deteriorate like this, you can’t even act and sing at all, and you can’t even live.”

"I have a choice?" Xu Yiqing touched his chest with his hand, leaned forward, "I used to have it, do I have it now?"

Bai Fan spread his hands to him: "Why can't there be, you once believed in me, do you believe me now?"

Xu Yiqing looked at his hands.

"I can see that your hands... have overlapping shadows." Xu Yiqing said.

"Because you drank too much." Bai Fan hooked his lips and shook his hands.

Xu Yiqing fished a handful with one hand but failed to catch it, and grabbed Bai Fan's hand with both hands: "...I have always believed in you."

"Don't believe me." Bai Fan said, "Don't hold my hand, only my wife can hold my hand."

Xu Yiqing obediently let go, leaned back on the back of the chair, and said with the last bit of sobriety: "I thank you very much...you didn't have to pull me anymore...I really believe in you, I envy you and Lin Wen...I It's just you friends... I rely on what I'm talking about... Tsk."

Bai Fan stared at him blankly for a while: "I... Ah, Lin Wen!"

"Huh?" Xu Yiqing lowered his head and rubbed his eyebrows.

"I want to call Lin Wen." Bai Fan said suddenly.

Then Bai Fan really started to make a phone call, lying on the table and started talking, "wife help me, I'm too drunk" "wife, I want to take a Land Rover, you come by car"...Xu Yiqing poured a glass by himself and shook his head , it is a bit difficult to see the cup.

"Wife..." Xu Yiqing said blankly, "My name is Tao Han's wife, will he kill me..."

……

Tao Han sneezed, and the people behind him were startled and suddenly raised their heads.

"Spit, don't spit on me, or you will die." Tao Han said.

"I don't... don't want to..." Chen Jue said softly.

Tao Han carried him on his back for a while, the two were silent for a while, and Chen Jue hiccupped.After a while, Tao Han felt liquid dripping on his exposed neck.

"Why are you crying?" Tao Han said, "If you don't know how to drink, just drink less, those people are no one, they all plot against you because of your good looks."

"Yeah." Chen Jue hiccupped again, "Teacher Tao, what should I do..."

"What should I do?" Tao Han was a little tired from reciting, and stayed for a while to catch his breath.

The large and small bars on a street were still brightly lit in the snowy night, and Tao Han felt the back of his neck was a bit cold from the tears continuously streaming down from Chen Jue.

"I really like him." Chen Jue murmured on Tao Han's back, "He's going to date the department flower, and I don't want to go on like this. But I took the economics and management exam to be in the same university and college as him. Willing to..."

"Does he know?" Tao Han asked.

"I don't know." Chen Jue said.

"Actually, you are quite obvious." Tao Han sighed, "The first time I saw you, I thought you should be interested in him."

"...Is it so obvious." Chen Jue said softly, "I'm sorry, Teacher Tao, I won't drink again next time... hiccup."

"Forget that there is no need for a person to punish himself with drinking, and there is no need to think about finding someone else to replace him." Tao Han looked forward, "I have been so stupid with you before, and then I thought it was unnecessary, really unnecessary. Who can I feel the same way as you, you have to treat yourself first.”

"Teacher Tao, I think if I met you first, I might fall in love with you too." Chen Jue smiled softly, "You always make me feel like you are my male god."

Tao Han's heart skipped a beat.

"Xu Yiqing..." Chen Jue added his name, and then started humming his song intermittently.

"Where does it look like?" Tao Han looked at him slightly sideways.

Chen Jue leaned against him: "Maybe it's the gentleness of an adult, which makes people feel at ease."

Tao Han looked forward again, not far from the garage, he walked slowly, and suddenly saw two people at the door of the store in front of him.

One with his thin back turned to him, the other...

Chen Jue still lowered her head, humming in his ear.

Tao Han squinted his eyes, feeling a little unreal. The man's face was pale, and he leaned slightly to hug the person in front of him, and patted the back of the other's head with his hands, as if he was talking.

Xu Yiqing hugged him gently, as if wanting to stand up.As a result, he seemed to be unsteady after drinking too much, and the people under him took a little effort to support him.

"Ms. Xu..." The man who was much shorter than him let out a long sigh of relief, "You are so heavy!!!"