Heal the King

Tao Han closed his eyes, the tip of his nose smelled of the same type of body wash as his own, feeling at ease and comfortable.

"How does it feel?" Xu Yiqing let him go and asked softly.

"It's a bit sticky." Tao Han rubbed it with the back of his hand, "Fortunately, I'm not a little girl...it's so uncomfortable to paint."

Xu Yiqing smiled softly in his ear.

"Forget." Tao Han smiled, "You have to paint too."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Yiqing kissed him again.

Like withered grass that has been exposed to nectar for a long time, the whole body feels soaked and soft, even the mouth seems to be wrapped in honey, and the strawberry taste is sweet and greasy.

When Tao Han was still in the fog, he felt something vibrating. He thought that he was so excited by the props. When he realized it, he found that it was Xu Yiqing's cell phone on the bed.

"Phone..." Tao Han glanced at it, saw two big words flashing on it, and hurriedly patted Xu Yiqing, "Your mother, your mother, your mother..."

"..." Xu Yiqing supported him with his hands, let go of him, and raised his hand to get the phone.

Tao Han happened to look at his face, and saw a trace of consternation and helplessness on his face that was easy to miss.

"I'll answer the phone." Xu Yiqing raised her hand to hook his neck, and stroked the back of his head with her hand, "Hey, wait for me."

He said, stood up and walked out.

Xu Yiqing's anomaly made Tao Han immediately realize that what Gao Gao said in the morning was really related to Xu Yiqing.After all, why did Xu Yiqing avoid Su Hong when he received a call from him?

Perhaps Xu Yiqing was too reassuring about him, knowing that he might not follow her to eavesdrop, but Tao Han felt so impatient, kicked off the cotton slippers, and tiptoed out of the house with bare feet to silence herself , for fear that Xu Yiqing would hear it.

As a result, Xu Yiqing was not standing inside the house. Tao Han saw that his windbreaker was still there, which meant that he went out without wearing a coat at all.

Tao Han noticed that no one was in the room and immediately stomped on the stairs, and went down the steps in two or three steps.I ran to the window to have a look, and immediately squatted down again.

Xu Yiqing stood in the yard with his back leaning on him.

Tao Han squatted down and quietly opened the window.In order to eavesdrop, I had to squat into a very shameful position, but as soon as I put my ear on it, I heard Xu Yiqing say into the phone:

"You'll be fine."

"What are you fighting for? What are you fighting for?" His tone was a little impatient. "This injury is not enough for you. You have something wrong. What do you want me to do?"

"Okay, okay... I'm begging you, mom?" Xu Yiqing said, "Can we not bother? I said I'll take care of it..."

He took two steps back and forth, and sighed: "No... I didn't tell him... I have no plans, and I may never tell him. This is our business, I don't want him to have too much burden..."

"Us? We're fine, we're fine..."

Tao Han clasped the window with his hands, a little dazed.As soon as these sentences passed through his mind, he was basically certain. Regarding the rumors in the morning, he guessed roughly. All in all, it must have something to do with him.

But now, he doesn't want to talk to himself.

Every time this happens, Tao Han's uncontrollable anger rises up. He knows that he doesn't like Xu Yiqing's actions, but he still treats him as an outsider again and again, and this time seems to be no exception. .

……

Xu Yiqing hung up the phone, stood in the yard and let out a long breath.He stood with his mobile phone in his hand for a while, trying to adjust his face, afraid that Tao Han would see him flustered when he went back, but as soon as he turned his head, he saw Tao Han standing behind him.

"You..." Xu Yiqing was taken aback. He had no idea why the other party was standing in the yard and still looked at him with such a blank expression. The two looked at each other for a long while before Xu Yiqing said, "Did you hear that?" ?”

"Mostly..." Tao Han slowly approached him, "What's wrong with your mother?"

Xu Yiqing shook his head and brushed past him: "It's nothing serious, don't worry about it."

"Stand." Tao Han turned around and grabbed his wrist, pulling him in place.

"It's really no big deal." Xu Yiqing said, "She's just..."

"I thought you would grow a bit after getting along for so many days, but you have not, at all! I am living with you carefully, I hope you are happy, I hope we can be good in the future, how about you? Are you from the beginning to the end? Just treat me as an outsider?" Tao Han's last few words became louder and louder, and he simply pulled the person over and pointed at himself, "Look at me!"

Xu Yiqing looked down at him, with neither sadness nor joy on his face.

"I know you've worked hard, I don't want to quarrel with you...I don't want to take my anger out on you! But your attitude...your attitude towards me all the time, you think it's caring and loving, you know I have How sad?" Tao Han held his shoulders, his expression a little uncontrollable.

"I'm sorry..." Xu Yiqing lost focus and said in a low voice.

"What else do you want besides being sorry?" Tao Han pushed back with both arms, and said loudly, "Why don't you beat me up, I don't want you like this, you carry so much Are you not tired?"

He pushed twice in a row, and with the third push, Xu Yiqing hit the unclosed door with his back.The feeling of weightlessness made him lie back on his back. Tao Han was taken aback, and subconsciously grabbed his wrist, but it was too late.

Xu Yiqing fell heavily on top of the cotton blanket at the door, Tao Han tried to turn him over halfway, but Xu Yiqing had already taken him by the shoulders and held him tightly in his arms.

Tao Han revealed a pair of eyes, and lay on his side beside Xu Yiqing. He was stunned for three seconds, then got up from the ground: "Brother?"

Xu Yiqing moved his hand away slightly, but did not answer, he moved his waist, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it, and he was not injured, so he got up from the ground.

"...I didn't mean it, I'm sorry." Tao Han said a little annoyed.

"It's okay..." Xu Yiqing stood up and patted the dust, "I'm a little tired."

"..." Tao Han looked at him, "Then you plan to let this matter go like this again, don't tell me anything, don't tell me what you are thinking, then what am I going to do with you today? What do you mean? I think I'm stupid."

"It's boring for you to stay with me all day, isn't it?" Xu Yiqing flicked her fingers across the hem of her clothes.

"..." Tao Han put his hands on his waist and sighed, "Whatever you want, whatever you think, I won't ask any questions about you in the future, whatever you like."

"Tao Han, we don't speak angry words..." Xu Yiqing pulled his hand.

"It's not angry words." Tao Han frowned, "No!"

Xu Yiqing looked at him, loosened his hand and slowly put it down.

Tao Han knew that he was getting a little angry, and when he was angry, he would be like this, and he could bear it as much as he could, or he became calmer and calmer when he was extremely angry, his eyes cooled down, but no anger could be seen on his face.

"I'm tired." Xu Yiqing repeated it again, as if showing weakness and begging, but also seemed to be mixed with anger, "If you insist on this state, there is no way for us to talk."

He said, turned around and walked up the stairs.

Tao Han still had a hint of the strawberry aroma from the lipstick left behind from the kiss just now in Tao Han's mouth. He licked his lips, clicked his tongue, grabbed the windbreaker and bag from the hanger next to the sofa, opened the door and went out.

I haven't smoked for a long time, and I seem to almost forget the taste of tobacco.

Tao Han tilted his head and nodded one, walked out of the long passage quickly, and after leaving the courtyard, he took two deep puffs, almost unbearable enough to cough, only to find that he was quite effective in quitting smoking.

It was almost early morning, and there were few people on the street. Occasionally, one or two cars drove by, blowing Tao Han's clothes.

It is no longer the biting cold wind in winter, but it is still slightly cool against the face at night.One second, he was still kissing tenderly in his lover's arms, and the next second he ran to the street in a fit of anger to blow the cold wind. What is it all about?

Because of getting up at five o'clock, this day seems to be extraordinarily long, and recalling it seems a bit unreal.

Tao Han didn't drive, he knew there was a hotel nearby, he didn't want to go back and sleep with Xu Yiqing, it's good for the two of them to calm down for a night.

After walking to the hotel and opening the room, he realized that he forgot to bring the charging cable. He took out his mobile phone with low battery and turned it off.

Tao Han asked the front desk to borrow one, and walked slowly to the room, thinking that if Xu Yiqing was worried that he would call and felt that he had closed the opportunity, what would he think, would he be worried?He must be worried... let him worry for a while.

Even if he didn't want to cause trouble to Xu Yiqing, in the end, the trouble would still come to him.

Go back and plug it in, and the charging sign will be displayed on the phone.Tao Han paced around the room a few times, and when he heard the familiar sound of starting up, he jumped onto the bed and hugged the phone with both hands.

A WeChat message rolled out.

But it wasn't Xu Yiqing.

Xu Yiqing didn't even call him.

Tao Han was instantly discouraged, he didn't know if Xu Yiqing did it on purpose, or if he didn't notice that he was gone at all.After all, he was very tired today, did he already go to sleep when he went upstairs and entered the bedroom?Or, the moment he got angry at that time, he still has no intention of forgiving him.

... After gradually digesting his anger, Tao Han slowly began to reflect on his impulsive behavior just now.

Moreover, Xu Yiqing's mother, Su Hong, must have encountered something difficult, possibly related to that "threat".

Tao Han propped his head on his hand and turned over the phone, opened the address book, swipe aimlessly twice, and suddenly thought that he could just ask Su Hong himself?Why beat around the bush.

At this point, I don't know if Su Hong has slept or not, so Tao Han tentatively sent "Aunt Hong, are you asleep?"

One minute later, Su Hong sent him a message directly:

--not yet.

Tao Han breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly made a phone call. Su Hong answered, with a slightly surprised tone: "Why are you staying up so late? Why are you calling me?"

"Ah..." Tao Han originally wanted to call him "Auntie", but suddenly remembered that he was asked to call him "Mom" last time. After hesitating for a long time, he felt shy again, fearing that Su Hong would come back abruptly. After hesitating for a long time, he still said softly, "Mom." ...Why didn't you sleep?"

"..." Su Hong could hear the strange tone in his tone, "What's wrong with you? Isn't Yiqing by your side?"

"Not here." Tao Han said, "I'm going out, and I'm staying outside tonight."

"Oh, did you quarrel?" Su Hong said, "If you quarrel, you won't come to me to act like a baby, you, let me guess, is it because of me?"

"..." Tao Han asked softly, "Mom, he won't tell me what's wrong with you, can you tell me? I'm worried about you and him too."

Su Hong's speech speed is not slow at ordinary times, her voice is always a bit shrill and coquettish, but the pronunciation of each enunciation is precise, perhaps because of her early work in the Shanghai Theater Troupe: "Actually, it's not a big deal, he also made a fuss out of a molehill. Arguing about this matter, is it a fuss when you are full? I was just cut twice on the arm with a knife. "

Because Tao Han's tone was so calm, he almost felt that "it's nothing serious".

He opened his mouth to think "hmm", when he suddenly reacted, he took a breath and his voice broke: "What? Swipe your arm?"

"En." Su Hong responded.

"When did it happen? Who did it?" Tao Han got up from the bed, "Do you have something to do now? Why didn't you say it earlier!"

"You two are a perfect match, you both say the same thing." Su Hong said, "...Don't worry, even if the skin is broken and the wound is not deep, there is no need for stitches. Now the tetanus injection is fine. Then Just let me tell you, and you don’t have to ask him.”

Tao Han squeezed the phone tightly: "Okay."

"Actually, it's not a big deal. As you know, I have been single for many years after his father left. Years ago, I met a steel business owner who was three years younger than me."

"Years ago?" Tao Han said, "...I didn't hear you say it during Chinese New Year."

"I don't think it's necessary to bring him to meet you after two months of dating, and it's not a matter of getting married. It's not too late to bring him to see you when you really accept each other, but ..." Su Hong said, "After that, the two of us got to know each other better, and I gradually discovered something..."

Su Hong paused: "He probably thinks that I care more about his wealth, so he doesn't like to tell the truth to me a lot of the time, he's a bit of a braggart, and when he gets in touch with him a lot, he will find that his wealth and status are not as much as his own. , a person who is a bit vain."

"He cheated money...?" Tao Han asked.

"That's not true." Su Hong said, "But at the time I felt that this matter was harmless. It's okay for a man to brag, but he just brags a little too much, okay, I can accept it, so the relationship deepened, and I also Confessed to him about my son."

"Then you already trust him a lot." Tao Han said.

"You can put it this way." Su Hong said, "I always thought that at my age, I would not be able to get ahead in a relationship, but in the end I was put together by this grandson. I only found out later that when he was dating me before, he was on the wrong foot. At that time, he was hanging on me while preparing to get back with his ex-wife, but when he heard that my son was a big star, he immediately turned around and broke up with him. Would his ex-wife be willing to block me when she came to block him, If you go back and forth with this matter, you will know the cause and effect.”

Tao Han felt a twinge in his heart, thinking that the scumbags in this world really have no age or experience.

"His wife is already an ex-wife anyway, so of course I don't want to continue, I'm stupid. I just told him to break up, there's nothing to talk about." Su Hong said, "In the end, he came to the door with a knife in his hand. He yelled at me like a lunatic, and cut off two bloody streaks on my arm."

"Did you call the police?" Tao Han asked.

"Yiqing's concert and movie are about to be released, so I called the police here. It would be boring if there was a big trouble." Su Hong said, "At first, I thought he knew he was afraid and wouldn't cause any trouble for us. In the end, he turned around and ran to threaten his company for some reason, so Yiqing had to find out."

Tao Han swallowed: "So it's like this..."

"Yiqing was afraid that something might happen to me, so he asked me to go back to my hometown in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to stay for two days, not to stay in Shanghai." Su Hong said, "Their company also knew about this situation, and wanted to quickly resolve this matter in the most low-key way. I think it should be the best way... But you know that I am a short-tempered person, and we have been dating for two months. I think it is a part of him to cheat. I can't bear this kind of deception! I get angry when I think of the two wounds he gave me on my arm, what a lunatic! You dare to treat me like this in broad daylight, the more I think about it, the more angry I get, and I want to come back and fight him hard!"

Tao Han remembered Xu Yiqing's phone call just now, and everything became clear: "So that's the case, it's okay, Mom, I believe he will solve this matter for you if he says he will solve it for you, don't worry."

"...Don't worry about it." Su Hong changed the subject, "Speaking of which, why are you arguing with him?"

"..." Tao Han knew that he couldn't hold back this, and Su Hong was as thoughtful as Xu Yiqing, so he could only tell Su Hong exactly what happened just now.

"You guys." Su Hong sighed, "Three-year-olds are smarter than you, and this matter is worth arguing about? Don't you know if he trusts you or not? Look, can't you come down now? How about you Just live outside, and don't affect my son's IQ."

"...He's not very smart either." Tao Han muttered.

"Yo, you're still talking back." Su Hong said, "Alright then, let me see what you guys want to do, and see how you get down the steps."

Tao Han glanced at his watch and said, "Mom, it's already twelve o'clock, you're not sleepy."

"Not sleepy." Su Hong said.

"...Well, I forgot that you play mahjong, and your schedule is different from ours." Tao Han yawned, "I'm sleepy, I've been working with your son all day, and I leave at five o'clock... Will not sleep..."

"You still accompany him when he works?" Su Hong said, "You want to go with him, right?"

"How is it possible, he..." Tao Han said halfway, then suddenly stopped.

... He should have been at a loss at that moment, even though he knew that the other party might not even know about Tao Han's existence, he would still care about the intimidating "be careful of your family".He also wanted to have someone who could concentrate on his work and calm down the panic in his heart when he was most panicked.

After all, Su Hong was too important to him.

As for himself, he never regarded him as an "outsider".

"Tao Han!!"

"what!"

Tao Han responded, only to realize that Su Hong was calling him: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

"You seem to be really sleepy, go to bed." Su Hong said, "Send him a WeChat message before going to bed and tell him that you are fine, otherwise, with his personality, I guess I won't be able to sleep all night."

"...Okay." Tao Han responded, "Thank you, Mom."

"...No thanks, son." Su Hong said, "It's dead."

Tao Han hung up the phone, sent Xu Yiqing a wechat message, and sent his location.

Xu Yiqing replied almost instantly:

--it is good.

I really didn't sleep...

Tao Han clutched the phone to his chest, his eyelids couldn't move anymore, he wanted to apologize, he had to wait until he recovered enough energy to apologize, lest he fell asleep halfway through the speech, let alone being unable to speak clearly.

After a night, I don't know how I fell asleep.

The alarm clock woke him up, Tao Han looked at his phone, it was eight o'clock.He rubbed his hair and woke up for a while, then sat up suddenly.

Damn, today is Monday, is there an invigilator?

He hurriedly put on his shoes and trousers, and ran to the bathroom to wash up. After washing and brushing his hair, he realized that today's exam is in the afternoon...

It was also a false alarm...

Picking up the phone, Tao Han saw that Xu Yiqing's message was still on yesterday's "OK", and didn't say anything else.

Tao Han poked the d, b, and q back and forth on the screen with his fingers, but he couldn't make the next q. He typed, deleted, and deleted, and finally sighed, and dialed Xu Yiqing's phone number.

"Hey?"

When Tao Han heard it was a female voice, he froze for a moment: "Hello..."

"Teacher Tao?" the other party said, "I am Gao Gao."

"Ah, good morning." Tao Han said, "Why do you..."

"Ms. Xu has lessons in the morning and is taking a shower. I'll pick him up to go to the company later." Gao Gao said, "I'll tell him to call you back when he comes out."

"No, no, no..." Tao Han immediately hesitated, "Just, just tell him I called, it doesn't matter if he calls back or not."

Gao Gao laughed: "Okay, I got it."

Tao Han hung up the phone, held his hair in his hands and rubbed it for a while, and stood up after rubbing his head full of static electricity.

I brought a bag with me when I went out yesterday. There are books and a portable hard drive of the laptop in the bag. Anyway, I can go to class directly with it on my back.Tao Han picked up his bag and went downstairs to check out.

There is a cafe in the lobby of the hotel. He passed by the cafe and saw a few new thermos cups in the cafe, which are quite nice. Tao Han bought a bottle of mineral water and put it on the table before class. It was very casual, and he often finished a lecture. Finished a bottle in class.The cleaning aunt will come in to clean after a class, and every time before get out of class, she will stare at the bottle in his hand without moving.

At first, Tao Han thought she was going to recycle and sell it for money, but then she couldn’t help but ask, and the aunt said, “The first time I saw that you sorted and threw the garbage into the wrong bin, I decided to keep watching you until you threw it in the right way. As for dignified university teachers, they can’t tell the difference between dry garbage and recyclables.”

Tao Han: "...So that's the case, I'm sorry I was wrong."

Auntie: "It's good to know your mistakes. Be careful next time."

Tao Han: "..."

Later, he discovered that the thermos cup is simply a standard equipment for university teachers to give lectures. When he entered the office, basically everyone had a thermos cup.

Tao Han saw this cup in a coffee shop. The cool black shape seemed to match his temperament quite well. It was also a good brand for the cooperation with the coffee shop. He thought about it and bought it.

Starting today, I am also a cool teacher Tao who has a thermos, and I no longer have to carry a mineral water bottle to class.Tao Han took it to the office, washed and ironed it carefully, and went back to his seat to think about what to soak.He doesn't even like wolfberry scented tea or tea, so he can drink boiled water at most...

Forget it, pour a glass of boiling water.

Tao Han walked towards the tea room with a cup in his hand, and saw Jiang Ping, the female teacher with whom he had a good relationship, in the tea room with her hands on her hips, looking solemnly in front of her.

Tao Han smelled it: "Coffee?"

"It's pour over coffee..." Jiang Ping turned to look at him, "Is it delicious?"

"Not bad." Tao Han said.

"That's... eh? Bought a new cup? Teacher Tao, you finally joined our army of thermos cups." Jiang Ping said, "What are you here to drink?"

"Boiling water." Tao Han said.

"It's so boring." Jiang Ping said, "But you will fall in love with it. Standing on the podium with a thermos and pointing out the country, wow, that feels so cool."

"...How cool." Tao Han laughed, and suddenly thought of something, "Yes, everything can be installed here...!!"

……

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Tao Han was holding a stack of test papers and handing them out to those in the first row.

Holding his newly bought thermos, he took a sip of his ice-free Four Seasons Milk Green Three-Part Candy while walking on the podium, and said seriously: "This midterm exam, if I find any cheating, No matter how big or small, whether the circumstances are serious or not, they will all be recorded as major demerits."

There was no sound below, Tao Han put the thermos cup on the table, pinched the dial with both hands and looked down at the watch, the bell suddenly rang in his ears, he raised his head and said, "Let's start answering the questions."