Chasing Tides

The first thing Ning Lan thought of was to notify Ji Zhinan immediately.

He wasn't sure if it was Xue Ying who took his mobile phone. If it wasn't Xue Ying but a thief, the danger still existed.The possibility of getting it back is basically zero, and the only thing we can do now is to prepare countermeasures.

He took out the new mobile phone in the drawer, clicked on Weibo and realized that Ji Zhinan might not be able to see the private messages, so he looked around the room in a panic and saw Sui Yi's mobile phone on the table.

The unlocking password was the same as his bank card password. Ning Lan unlocked it effortlessly, found the phone number of "Teacher Ji" in the address book, and sent a text message: [I lost my phone]

He didn't dare to make a call because he was afraid that Sui Yi would hear the voice. Putting his phone here meant that Sui Yi was still in the dormitory.

Ning Lan immediately wanted to delete the text message after sending it, his hands were sweaty, and he didn't click it after swiping a few times. There were footsteps approaching outside the house, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat. After pressing " "Delete", the hand shook, and the phone fell to the ground with a "boom".

"Are you awake?" Sui Yi opened the door and came in. Seeing Ning Lan standing barefoot on the floor with no clothes on, she frowned, "Are you a child? I don't know how to put on your shoes first when you wake up."

He leaned over to get the shoes that had been kicked under the bed, Ning Lan also bent down sharply, their heads bumped into each other suddenly, Ning Lan lost his balance, fell backwards, and sat on the ground.

Sui Yi smiled and said, "What's the rush? I'll get it for you." After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and took out Ning Lan's slippers, her eyes inevitably swept over the mobile phone lying on the corner of the bed, and picked it up by the way, wondering, " How did it fall to the ground?"

Ning Lan didn't dare to vent her anger, she clenched her hands behind her back, trembling uncontrollably.

Sui Yi doesn't like to play with mobile phones very much, so he picked them up and put them in his pocket, then turned around and stretched out his hand to Ning Lan: "Isn't it cold on the ground?"

Ning Lan hesitated for a moment, took his hand and stood up.When Sui Yi stood up, Ning Lan threw herself into his arms suddenly, and Sui Yi leaned into his ear and whispered, "Or are you...waiting for me to pick you up?"

A numbness pierced his ears, Ning Lan blushed half of his face, and pushed Sui Yi away to go out.

Sui Yi curled the corners of his mouth behind him.

You usually spend a lot of time, but now you're shy?

Ning Lan never dreamed that Sui Yi would prepare breakfast for him.

"The eggs... took a little long to fry, and I've already cut off the burnt part on the side." Sui Yi said while putting two strange-shaped things on the plate in front of Ning Lan, seeing him staring blankly. He moved and coughed dryly, "Eat some biscuits first, and drink some milk."

The Pocky chocolate bars that Ning Lan bought from the supermarket were disassembled by him and neatly placed on the plate, which became a unique dish.

The initial surprise and bewilderment gradually dissipated, Ning Lan picked up a chocolate bar, pursed her lips and smiled.

Sui Yi on the opposite side was ridiculed when he cooked for the first time, and he couldn't hold back his face. He reached out to take the plate in front of Ning Lan: "Don't eat it, I'll go out and buy a new one."

"Hey." Ning Lan covered the plate with both hands, "I ate it, it looks delicious."

Although Sui Yi didn't quite believe it, he still withdrew his hand and took a sip of milk at a loss.

Ning Lan picked up a chocolate bar and placed it next to two eggs: "Do you know what this is?"

Sui Yi thought that he was holding back his tricks and was about to laugh at himself, and was about to explode with a dark face. Ning Lan held up the plate and showed him: "Does it look like 100, the number 100?"

Sui Yi glanced at it, but didn't turn around: "One hundred?"

"When I was young, every time I had a final exam, I would eat a fried dough stick and two eggs in the morning, so that I could get full marks in the exam." Ning Lan said.

It was obviously a superstitious and naive move, but when Ning Lan said it seriously, Sui Yi had no intention of laughing at all.

"Then... did you get full marks in the exam?"

Ning Lan remembered something, her eyes trembled, then quickly dimmed, she shook her head and said, "No."

It has been seven years, and he should have forgotten that rainy midsummer and the exam that carried all his hopes.Perhaps because of the recent nightmares, he can still recall the feeling of despair at that time.

Sui Yi wiped her mouth with a tissue, stood up and walked towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Ning Lan also stood up.

Sui Yi changed his shoes and said, "Go buy fried dough sticks, they sell them at the gate of the community."

Ning Lan was a little confused: "No, I'll just say it casually, I don't really want to eat it."

"I want to eat." Sui Yi said, "I want to eat, can't I?"

Ning Lan reluctantly let go of his arm: "Then go and come back quickly."

When the doorbell rang, Ning Lan was rummaging through the shopping bags in the kitchen. The chocolate was intact. I don't know if Sui Yi saw it.

He stuffed the box of chocolates deep into the bag, and when he opened the door, he was still thinking, how fast is it to walk back and forth from the gate of the community?

The first thing that catches the eye is a large bouquet of fiery red roses. The fragrance of the flowers blowing towards her face made Ning Lan's nose itchy and she almost sneezed.Then a head poked out from behind the bouquet, and half of Lu Xiaozhou's blue eyes were exposed from under the sunglasses: "Good morning, my baby."

While Ning Lan was in a daze, Lu Xiaozhou nimbly squeezed through the door, stuffed flowers into Ning Lan's arms, saw that there was food on the table, and said excitedly: "Wow, there is breakfast, I'm just hungry."

Ning Lan put down the flowers, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "What are you doing here?"

Before Lu Xiaozhou's butt touched the dining chair, he was pushed away, and he pouted aggrievedly: "I heard that you are here alone, and you came here as soon as you got off the plane..."

"What are you here for? Go back quickly." Ning Lan pushed him away.

I haven't seen him for nearly a year, and Lu Xiaozhou has grown a lot taller. He looks about the same as Sui Yi. The young man has a lot of strength, and Ning Lan can't push him at all.

"Baby, beauty, let me stay for a while, just for a while, I just came here..." Lu Xiaozhou grabbed the corner of the table and didn't let go, his eyes turned red at every turn, as if he could cry in the next second.

Ning Lan had no soft heart at all, the moment he blocked Lu Xiaozhou, he decided to cut off all contact with him, no matter whether the kid was sincere or fake, he had no position to accept it.

Seeing that Ning Lan was unmoved, and was trying to blow himself out with all his strength, Lu Xiaozhou didn't know what to do, and shouted loudly: "I know, I know you are going to quit the group, I have already graduated, you go I will go wherever I want, and I will accompany you whatever you want to do."

After hearing this, Ning Lan was in a daze for a moment, and suddenly remembered those fans who had always supported him.When the news of his withdrawal from the group is announced, will they be sad, will they hate him, will they regret what they said they would stay with him forever.

It's not that he doesn't look at his phone and refuses to receive outside news, so he can pretend that he doesn't know anything.He lived up to their love, and sooner or later he would be punished.

Lu Xiaozhou saw that Ning Lan's hands were loose, and thought he was shaken, and he chased after the victory: "We can go around the world, I will take you to Hollywood, Disney, and take you to see the place where I was born and raised, where there are mountains and seas, And Cranberry, do you know about Cranberry? The red one is called what berry in Chinese... Then we went to L City to ride the Ferris wheel, and the TV said that making a wish at the highest point of the Ferris wheel would definitely come true, and then we went... ..."

The enthusiasm of the young man seemed inexhaustible, Lu Xiaozhou chattered endlessly, but Ning Lan felt that these were not things that a person like him hiding in the gutter could think about casually, he never dared to imagine such beauty in his dreams.

Lu Xiaozhou spoke dryly, finished planning his life blueprint for the next 20 years, and looked straight at Ning Lan: "As long as you agree, we will start tomorrow, oh no, now."

Ning Lan looked up at him, Lu Xiaozhou seemed to see hope, and said urgently, "Promise me, okay?"

Ning Lan's lips moved, as if to answer, suddenly there was a loud "bang", and both of them turned their heads to look at the door. Sui Yi stood at the door, looking gloomy at the two people standing opposite each other.

It was Lu Xiaozhou who reacted first, his smiling face turned into mourning in a second, and he complained: "The atmosphere is good, can't you come in later?"

Ning Lan was stunned for a moment, walked over to pick up the plastic bag in Sui Yi's hand, and explained: "When he knocked on the door, I thought it was you who came back. I didn't know he would..."

Before he finished speaking, Sui Yi raised the phone in front of him: "What about this, you don't know what's going on?"

The moment Ning Lan saw the text message on the screen, Ning Lan's mind went blank and her breath was suffocated.Sure enough, he didn't delete it. God couldn't give him such good luck.

Retribution finally came.

Lu Xiaozhou saw the two of them stalemate at the door, stepped forward and said: "Captain, if you have something to say, hurry up, if you have nothing to say, let Lan Lan to me... Hey, where are you taking him?"

Sui Yi grabbed Ning Lan's wrist and dragged him into the room, then slammed the door and locked it, blocking the screaming Lu Xiaozhou from the outside.

The bag in Ning Lan's hand fell to the ground, and a few golden fritters rolled out. He knelt down to pick it up, but was picked up by Sui Yi's arm, and his thin body shook several times before he managed to stand still.

"SMS, did you send it?" Sui Yi raised the phone to Ning Lan again.

Ning Lan's back was stiff, and she looked down at the floor: "Yes."

"Did you take the photo of Ji Zhinan's marriage certificate?"

"Yes."

The two were so close that Ning Lan could easily feel the anger emanating from Sui Yi's body.He closed his eyes, then opened them again, in front of his eyes were still Sui Yi's thin lips tightly pursed into a line, and eyes full of disappointment and disgust.

It was not a dream.

Sui Yi then asked: "For money again?"

Ning Lan shook her head: "No, no." He only remembered that he took this photo with the dirty intention that Sui Yi would give up if he found out, but in the end he didn't say anything because he couldn't bear his sadness.

"No?" Sui Yi sneered, "Isn't everything you do for money? Sleeping with me is also for money, tell me now, right?"

Sui Yi can't forget what Ning Lan said "I don't like you", this sentence is a thorn in his heart, reminding him all the time - this person is with you for money, he didn't let you go at all on heart.

The ridiculous thing is that he knows that he is a living cash machine in Ning Lan's eyes, but he still feels sorry for him, wants to take care of him, and tries his best to help him find excuses and excuse him when something happens.

When queuing up to buy breakfast just now, he received a news push on his mobile phone that "a certain small fresh meat hidden marriage is a real hammer", and he slid his finger to jump to the news interface. Feel bad.

The entertainment industry says that it is not big, and the date of birth matches, and it can be called a fresh meat. There is no one other than Ji Zhinan. With the influence of the Ji family and the Qin family, this kind of news cannot have the opportunity to spread come out.

Sui Yi was puzzled, exited the news interface, the phone did not jump back to the main screen, but stopped on a text message, the recipient was Teacher Ji 40 minutes ago, the content of the message: I lost my phone.

Now that the cause and effect are in place, connecting the fragments together is a complete clue, with a motive, a time for committing the crime, and evidence that has not been destroyed in time.But the locked suspect was right in front of him, and he said without changing his face that he didn't do anything.

Ning Lan couldn't see her expression now, she must have been embarrassed in Sui Yi's eyes.I don't know how many times I have faced this situation, Ning Lan's hands and feet are still cold, and she can't even control her voice.

He wanted to confess everything, and couldn't wait to tell it all, but he didn't dare to say it, for fear that Sui Yi wouldn't believe it.In Sui Yi's eyes, he has always been a villain full of lies.

"I lost my phone yesterday. There were too many people in the studio. I, I didn't pay attention. It should be Xue..."

The subconscious nervousness and fear made Ning Lan incoherent, and Sui Yi laughed halfway through hearing it: "Didn't you change that old antique phone? Why did you change it back all of a sudden?"

Ning Lan choked, and a small lingering sound came out of her throat.Sui Yi looked at his eyes that were as black as ink, and asked, "Or are you acting again in order to destroy the evidence?"

Ning Lan's lips trembled a few times, but she didn't say anything.

Seeing his appearance, Sui Yi got angry, grabbed his wrist again, and squeezed him hard enough to crush him: "Explain, isn't it finished yet? Do you want me to make it up for you? I accidentally lost my phone, and I just remembered it this morning, and the message was sent to remind him to get ready, right?"

Ning Lan frowned in pain, but her eyes were scattered, she didn't know where to look, she nodded slowly: "Yes."

Lu Xiaozhou outside the door was probably tired, the knocking and shouting ceased, the room was so quiet that a needle could be heard, Sui Yi could even hear Ning Lan's chaotic breathing.

Until now, he will continue to be brave and continue to lie and deceive people.

Sui Yi let out a snort from his nose, let go of the hand holding Ning Lan's wrist, turned around and was about to leave.

As before, Ning Lan grabbed him from behind: "Where are you going?"

Sui Yi held his breath, didn't shake him off, tilted his head and said, "Can you control it?"

Ning Lan still didn't let go: "Eat, let's go after breakfast."

Sui Yi didn't know what new tricks he was playing, but he knew that if he didn't leave, maybe he would really listen to Ning Lan's lies.His reason has never existed in front of this person.

He turned around, looked down at the hunched-shouldered, seemingly pitiful man, and said, "Who do you think you are? I'll give you the money, and you'll sell the meat. I'm the one who takes the initiative in this relationship. You just need to do your best." Duty, if I tell you to take off your clothes, you take off, if I tell you to get out, you get out, understand?"

The last two words were almost squeezed out between the teeth.

This passage is not only for Ning Lan, but also for himself.

It did work, Ning Lan moved her slender fingers, let go of the hem of his clothes, took a step back, and buried her head even lower.

He whispered, "Understood."

After getting the answer, Sui Yi inexplicably became even more angry, gritted his teeth and managed not to lose his composure on the spot.He strode to the door and opened the locked door. Lu Xiaozhou stood there with his mouth wide open, looking at him in puzzlement: "You...why are you being so fierce to him."

Sui Yi raised one corner of his mouth: "Do you like him?"

Lu Xiaozhou nodded blankly.

"Then take it." Sui Yi walked around sideways after finishing speaking, and walked outside like the wind.

Lu Xiaozhou was very quick, and caught up with him to block his way: "What do you mean? What do you mean 'take it'?"

"It's literally." Sui Yi left in a hurry, and said indiscriminately, "He was still on my bed yesterday, if you don't think it's dirty, you can take it."

Lu Xiaozhou was still puzzled: "Why?"

"I don't want anything disobedient."

Every sentence, every word, was transmitted clearly into the room separated by a wall behind him.

Ning Lan raised her hand, covered her ears, and then slowly squatted down, countless bright and dark images flashed before her eyes.

They were still kissing in the car yesterday, and they hugged each other tenderly at night. Two hours ago, he had cooked breakfast for him, and he secretly guessed whether he was also looking forward to the upcoming Valentine's Day.

A cluster of flames suddenly rose up, moving, twisting, and tearing across the screen. The warm-colored canvas was burnt into scorched holes, spreading rapidly outward from the center, and finally turned into a mass of black skeletons.They roared and howled, pinched their throats and laughed, and finally turned into ashes in an instant with the sound of slamming the door.

After the madness was over, there were only charcoal ash and dust floating in the sky, as well as endless echoing sounds.

——If you tell you to go, just go.

—Then you take it.

——I don't want anything disobedient.

Ning Lan hugged her body tightly and curled up every joint in her body. Even so, those voices still didn't let him go, dragging him out of the last protective shell with teeth and claws.

He has resisted stubbornly and struggled to the death, but his strength is too small, like hitting a stone with a pebble.

After an unknown amount of time, Ning Lan slumped her shoulders and hung her arms by her sides, like a soldier who has been defeated in a battle. His last bit of courage was taken away, and finally he was swallowed up by the overwhelming darkness.

He doesn't want me anymore.