it takes a little effort

Ling Chuan regretted letting Jiang Kai pick him up at the train station.

Jiang Kai is very busy with work, and he may have to ask for leave. Will wages be deducted?

When he thought that the money he earned so hard serving tea and water would be deducted, he immediately felt a little distressed.

But this time Jiang Kai's phone will not get through.

Shut down.

He can only wait.

Mom and Dad had already gone back with their luggage, and he was waiting at the station alone.

He just came back from City X, he didn't wear much, and he couldn't adapt to the cold air of Yucheng. After he sneezed five times in a row in the cold wind, he got into the waiting hall and bought a cup of hot milk tea in the small supermarket. hand.

There was a lot of people in the station, there were those who were reluctant to say goodbye, those who were eagerly looking forward to it, and those who hung their shoulders like glue.

Everyone who comes and goes seems to have their own story.

Ling Chuan sat on the chair, wondering about the occupations of these people, whether they were going to travel or work, and looked at the door from time to time.

very nice.

Finally came back.

Do you want to rush forward for a hug later or hold it with restraint?

Pounce on it.

Hey.

More than an hour has passed since the appointed time.

Ling Chuan called Jiang Kai a few more times, but the phone was still turned off.

This is strange.

Could it be that there is no electricity?

Ling Chuan stared anxiously at the exit, leaned back on the chair and fell asleep while waiting. It wasn't until his mother's phone poked him that he realized that it was already twelve o'clock.

Waited for three full hours.

Two situations flashed through his mind, first, Jiang Kai forgot, and second, Jiang Kai couldn't come because of something.

He expected the first type, because the first type could not extend to other possibilities, and the second type, he didn't dare to think too much, and immediately took a taxi when he got out of the station and went straight to the place where Jiang Kai worked.

The waiter at the restaurant said: "He resigned the afternoon before yesterday, and he still pushed this big suitcase, saying he was going to travel."

The afternoon before yesterday?

Resigned?

tourism?

When he talked to Jiang Kai for the last time the night before yesterday, Jiang Kai didn't mention this, where to travel?

A shameless thought flashed through my mind, could it be that I went to City X?

No, no, no, it's impossible, Jiang Kai knew he was coming back, so how could he go back.

Jiang Kai's phone has been disconnected...

The more Ling Chuan thought about it, the more nervous he felt, and he almost fell into a fight when he went out.

The door lock of 301 was changed, and Ling Chuan noticed it at a glance when he got home, and he kept ringing the doorbell.

Could Jiang Kai have moved?

When this idea popped up, he felt as if someone had hit his chest.

During the waiting time, Ling Chuan's eyelids twitched and he was so bored.

Unsurprisingly, no one responded.

He immediately ran to the balcony.

However, the picture that appeared in the next second completely stunned him.

There was a hole in the window of the bedroom, and the furnishings and electrical appliances inside were arranged in a mess, and some chair legs were broken.

What happened?

What about Jiang Kai?

is it safe?

Ling Chuan took a tight breath, raised his hand and smashed the window glass, and easily turned into the bedroom. In the closet, Jiang Kai's clothes were gone.

When he glanced at the mobile phone on the table, his mind suddenly went blank.

It felt like my heart was being pinched by something, and I couldn't breathe.

His intuition told him that Jiang Kai was gone.

Ling Chuan's legs were weak, he supported the table and slowly sat down in front of the desk.

What the hell is going on here?

Why didn't Jiang Kai even say hello before he left?

Where did it go?

The room was as cold as an icehouse.

Ling Chuan opened Jiang Kai's gloomy profile picture with trembling fingers, and sent a message.

【Where are you? 】

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the head portrait was still gray.

Although I knew in my heart that this question would not receive a reply, I still looked forward to it.

Even if it is a little bit of hope, he is holding on tightly like a life-saving straw.

With red eyes, he desperately tried to find traces of Jiang Kai in the house.

Even a little bit of information is fine.

But no, nothing, Jiang Kai left nothing, not even a pen.

When Ling Chuan rummaged through the boxes, big drops of bright red fell to the ground.

Only then did he realize that his right arm had been cut, and his sleeve had been stained red.

Ling Chuan wiped the wet corners of his eyes, knelt down and wiped away the blood on the ground back and forth.

feeling bad.

Unprecedented feeling, uncomfortable to eat, unable to fall asleep, as if a big stone is blocked in the chest, it is uncomfortable to toss and turn.

For two consecutive days, Ling Chuan locked himself in the room, holding his mobile phone all the time, flipping through the chat records in it over and over again.

It all happened so suddenly that it felt unreal.

It always felt like a nightmare. After waking up from the nightmare, Jiang Kai would still wait for him at the elevator entrance as before, and go to school together.

There will be a smile on the corner of the mouth.

But when he opened his eyes, the shots were shattered.

Ling Chuan didn't go next door again, and he didn't want to face the reality that Jiang Kai had left.

It seems that only the replies, messages, and photos in the album on the phone can prove that this person has really appeared in his life.

My mother has heard a lot of rumors about 301 that night.

There are all kinds of messes, such as drunken rioters, door-to-door debt collectors, domestic violence, and the most outrageous thing is that there is a mistress in the house, who was originally destined to make trouble,

None of them are believable.

How this farce started and ended no one knows.

Tao Liang didn't know the news until a week later. Since he was on a business trip at the time, he was at a loss when he received the package.

"Then do you still keep the package he sent you? Is there any other information in it?" Ling Chuan asked.

"No, it's just a card with a password and a sentence, which means that the money in the card is paid to me. I didn't understand what it meant, and no one answered the phone, so I hurried back to check," Tao Liang said, "I guess there was some trouble with his family, and his dad also called me."

"Did you say anything?" Ling Chuan asked.

"It's the same as what you asked," Tao Liang said, "His father has already called the police."

Ling Chuan frowned, "Then if there is any news, please do tell me."

Tao Liang left him a cell phone number.

This feeling of emptiness made Ling Chuan feel bored, and he would think of Jiang Kai whenever he did or watched anything.

I really want to see it again, even if it's just a glance.

Just make sure he's fine now.

He began to reorganize what happened during this time.

Many small details that he felt strange at the time but didn't think about carefully emerged one by one.

Something was wrong with Jiang Kai a long time ago, as if he had been worried about something.

It's not normal to not be home for a day.

I feel upset just thinking about it.

If only I could care more about him.

It would have been nice to come back sooner.

When Ling Chuan went back, he habitually walked to the balcony. Tao Liang reminded him with a face full of shock. After he realized it, he smiled awkwardly.

When I turned around and went back to the living room, I saw the flowerpot on the wall of the balcony.

It was too dark before, so I didn't notice, the flower pot was moved to a corner and blocked by a chair.

Ling Chuan squatted down, looking at the succulents planted together with Jiang Kai, the tip of his nose started to turn sour inexplicably.

All the memories came flooding back like a tsunami.

But the person who was sitting across from him was gone.

It's been over a week with no news at all.

When Ling Chuan picked up the flower pot, he found a piece of post-it note folded in half under it.

He stared, as if someone had poured a bottle of cooling oil, and he instantly became sober.

His fingers trembled a little as he unfolded the note.

"Take good care of 'me', and bless your money rolling in."

Very short sentence.

Jiang Kai's usual style.

He stared at the line of familiar fonts, from clear to blurry.

This is a sentence that Jiang Kai specially left for him, a sentence that only he can understand.

Ling Chuan sniffed, went back and washed his face.

Standing in front of the mirror, I almost didn't recognize myself.

He really didn't know that his lacrimal glands were so well developed before. In the past few days, his eyes were swollen like lanterns. His father's thick lines even suspected that he was broken in love.

He clipped the post-it note into the book.

Jiang Kai's message gave him a little comfort, but at the same time made him feel disappointed.

That sounded like farewell.

At this moment, a crazy idea sprouted in his heart.

This winter vacation, for Ling Chuan, was extremely boring, so boring that he started to write questions crazily.

Just like Jiang Kai still lives next door, every day he climbs to the balcony next door to check in and water the dogs.

"You seem to be a little fatter." Ling Chuan squeezed Er Gouzi's plump leaves, "It's almost crowded out Brother Kai's place."

Ling Chuan loosened the soil, and moved the Xiongtongzi named 'Jiang Kai' a little outside to ensure that it could be exposed to the sun at 360 degrees without any dead angle.

On the day when the school report started, he took a trip to foreign language.

It's a pity that I asked all the teachers in the whole grade, but I didn't get any news.

There was no application for withdrawal and no enrollment.

Jiang Kai's class teacher politely invited him to drink tea and chat about his relationship with Jiang Kai, and he was so scared that he quickly slipped away.

what relationship?

Friendship?

Definitely better than friends!

However, with such a good relationship, they didn't even give a notice when they left.

Ling Chuan sighed silently.

The person who went downstairs met his deadly enemy. When Li Yu saw him, he turned and walked back.

"Stop!" Ling Chuan grabbed his collar, "Why are you running?"

"Your family drove this road?" Li Yu turned his head and stared at him.

I don't know why, now Ling Chuan has completely lost his temper when he saw this coward.

At the beginning, Li Yu's words of being gay made him so angry that he wanted to blow up the school. Now that I think about it, it's quite funny.

"Talk to you." Ling Chuan smiled.

Li Yu looked at him suspiciously.

"Are you and Gu Siyi okay?" Ling Chuan found a particularly delicate beginning for this greeting.

Li Yu choked on a mouthful of water, "Return, return."

"I wish you two sweet happiness, and get married soon after graduation." Ling Chuan said with a smile.

Li Yu coughed and flushed, "Is there something wrong with you?"

Ling Chuan laughed twice, "Yeah, he's quite sick."

"Take care quickly." Li Yu wiped the corner of his mouth.

"Hey," Ling Chuan patted Li Yu's shoulder, "I want to ask you something."

"Are you looking for Jiang Kai?" Li Yu brushed off his hands on his shoulders.