passenger

Qiao Hao didn't expect that Shi Dongdong took him to an unremarkable small restaurant by the side of the road.

The restaurant was so small that there were only five narrow small tables in the whole store. There was almost no decoration in the store, and even two fluorescent lamps were not turned on.

"The budget is limited, so I can only treat you to this." Shi Dongdong smiled at Qiao Hao holding a menu made of paper, ready to order.

"What's your budget?" Qiao Hao asked.

Shi Dongdong didn't seem to have expected Qiao Hao to be so straightforward, so he took his backpack, rummaged through the outermost pocket, then raised his head and said, "Leave enough for tonight's accommodation, about a hundred or so." One dollar can buy you this meal."

"Accommodation fee?" Qiao Hao frowned, "Where do you live?"

Shi Dongdong looked at Qiao Hao, seeming to be thinking about his credibility, and after a few seconds of hesitation, he finally replied, "There is a small hotel nearby, it's very cheap, only 40 yuan per night."

"is it safe?"

"What's not safe, I'm a man, all my belongings are this bag." Shi Dongdong looked at the backpack beside him, because the drawing board was too big, so the zipper of the big pocket of the backpack was not closed.

"So you go to the park to paint every day?" Qiao Hao asked again, suddenly feeling a little uncomfortable.

Shi Dongdong nodded, with an expression of no big deal.

Qiao Hao wanted to ask something again, but he had already lowered his head and started to check the menu.

"Since I'm treating guests, I'm here to order." He said bluntly.

In the end, Shi Dongdong ordered two meat and two vegetables, and two bowls of rice, saying that it was the most affordable way to eat in this small shop.

When the dishes were served, he pointed to a plate of fish-flavored shredded pork and said to Qiao Hao, "Try it, although it's a small shop, I think their dishes are very delicious. The best fish-flavored shredded pork.”

As Shi Dongdong said, he picked up a chopstick and put it into his mouth.

"Have you been eating these these days?" Qiao Hao picked up some dishes, but he couldn't taste anything.

"If I said that I still occasionally buy two breads for a meal at the convenience store, wouldn't you be about to cry?" Shi Dongdong began to laugh.

"I'm just asking." Qiao Hao glanced at the dishes on the table again, they were heavy and greasy.

"You have disgust written all over your face." Shi Dongdong made a hurt expression.

"No." Qiao Hao simply denied, but he was not in the mood to joke with the person opposite.In fact, he is not particular about food. As a resident doctor, he often orders takeaway from the small restaurant next to the hospital when he is on duty.However, Shi Dongdong is different, regardless of his family background, at least he is still a patient.

Qiao Hao lowered his head and silently picked up the food.

Shi Dongdong ignored him and beckoned to the waiter, telling them to serve the meal quickly.

"Can I... have two more bottles of beer?" Qiao Hao asked suddenly.

"Beer? No problem." Shi Dongdong greeted the waiter briskly, and then said to Qiao Hao, "I thought you doctors don't drink too much."

"To celebrate that I met you again, of course I have to have a few drinks." Qiao Hao finally smiled, thinking that he shouldn't make his "dislike" too obvious.

"Then I'll have a few drinks to celebrate that I got the ticket to Faye Wong's concert." Shi Dongdong held his chin and took the empty glass in front of him.

"You can't, I can only drink it." Qiao Hao snatched the cup and put it in front of him.

Shi Dongdong frowned in dissatisfaction, as if he wanted to refute, but after a pause for a few seconds, he finally just smiled at himself, picked up the rice bowl silently, picked up a few grains of rice with chopsticks, and put it into his mouth.

"When are you going to go back?" Qiao Hao asked after drinking most of his glass of wine.

"Go back after dinner, otherwise you still want to watch another movie?" Shi Dongdong sneered.

"You know what I'm asking." Qiao Hao could only sigh.

"I thought you would insist on not asking, has my father ever looked for you?" Shi Dongdong put down his chopsticks.

"No." Qiao Hao replied, but suddenly he was not sure whether Chen Zhi was his father's person.

"Actually, they will find me sooner or later. I just wait until the day they find me before going back." Shi Dongdong said leisurely.

"But you need treatment." Qiao Hao said seriously.

"So I didn't go far, and I will go back when it's time to go." Shi Dongdong also explained "seriously", as if his answer was a very convincing answer.

"So now you want to live a life of freedom and carelessness, right?" Qiao Hao said helplessly.

"No, no, it's not that noble," Shi Dongdong laughed immediately, "I just want to annoy my dad, and at the same time see how long I can support myself. Don't you think I'm a son who doesn't understand the hardships of life?"

"I never said that."

"You always felt that way."

Qiao Hao couldn't argue with him, so he lowered his head and took a sip of beer.

"However, I am very happy now. It is indeed as you said, free and unencumbered." Shi Dongdong shrugged, as if he wanted to comfort Qiao Hao.

After hearing this, Qiao Hao became even more depressed.

"Have you had a headache lately?" he asked.

"Didn't you also say that my cancer cells are only in the early stage, so it's not that serious." Shi Dongdong tapped his head lightly with his fingers. In fact, he was still wearing a hat.

"That's also a cancer cell, you have to receive treatment as soon as possible!" Qiao Hao became angry, and slammed the cup in his hand on the table.

Shi Dongdong was speechless for a long time by Qiao Hao's reaction, and there was a silence between the two of them.

Qiao Hao regretted a little, he poured himself another glass of wine with a sullen head, while pouring the wine, he observed Shi Dongdong secretly, wondering if he had spoken too directly.

The person on the opposite side lowered his head first, put a few grains of rice into his mouth, and then his shoulders began to shake slowly.Qiao Hao's heart quickly rose, thinking that Shi Dongdong was sobbing.

He put down his chopsticks almost immediately, and reached out to try to lift the man's face, to make sure he was really crying.

However, before his hand was fully extended, Shi Dongdong raised his head.It turned out that he was laughing.

He smiled so much that he put his hand on his nose and said slowly, "He... Qi... Healing..."

Qiao Hao felt like he couldn't smile, so he had to retract his hand that was frozen in midair.

"Do you think these three words are very joyful?" Shi Dongdong's smile was still on his face.

Qiao Hao ignored him.

"Okay, I promise you, how about throwing yourself into the trap after watching the concert?" The man finally stopped laughing.

"Really?" Qiao Hao couldn't believe it.

"I'm also afraid of death," Shi Dongdong poked the rice grains in the bowl with his chopsticks, and there was still more than half a bowl of rice in the bowl, "No matter how self-willed I am, I won't make it difficult for my own life, 'It's just this once in a lifetime, Oh swallow'..."

At the end of Shi Dongdong's speech, he sang a straight line.

Qiao Hao looked into his eyes, wanting to look into his heart, but couldn't perceive whether the other's clear eyes were really transparent.But no matter what, hearing Shi Dongdong say that, he was relieved a lot.At least, until the end of the concert, I can always follow him, and the concert is the day after tomorrow.

Qiao Hao touched Shi Dongdong's rice bowl with his glass, and drank the wine in the glass.

"Is this song Faye Wong's too?" he asked.

"It seems that you really don't know her well, and you pretended to be a hardcore to buy infield tickets. Tell me about your story with that person." Shi Dongdong immediately changed the subject.

Qiao Hao could only smile, there was really nothing to say about him and "that one".

However, he took another sip of wine, feeling that he really wanted to drink away his worries.

At the end of the meal, the two checked out and left. Qiao Hao found that his footsteps were shaking successfully.

Poor Shi Dongdong is a thin and weak person, and he has to support him with a backpack on his back.

"Can you go home by yourself?" Shi Dongdong asked Qiao Hao at the bus stop.

"Why don't you send me off?" Qiao Hao knew that he would show his face whenever he drank, so he must be very drunk at this moment.

Shi Dongdong hesitated for a moment, but the next second, the bus arrived just in time.

Taking advantage of his drunkenness, Qiao Hao hugged Shi Dongdong and walked up. On the way, he staggered unknowingly, and then took a peek at the people around him. He seemed to have accepted the reality that he was going to send a drunk home today.

The bus was empty at night, Qiao Hao was supported by Shi Dongdong and sat in the row behind the door.

On the seat, Qiao Hao lost the reason to hug Shi Dongdong, and could only lean crookedly on the backrest.Fortunately, he can still see the people around him from the corner of his eye.The man became very quiet at this time, without the previous jokes and self-deprecation, just holding his backpack and looking at the scenery outside the car window.His profile was so handsome and beautiful that Qiao Hao could hardly take his eyes off him.With the help of alcohol, he seemed to vaguely see that little boy from ten years ago, holding his schoolbag in his arms, sitting quietly beside him.

"Dongdong..." he shouted.

Shi Dongdong didn't turn his face away.

Qiao Hao began to wonder if he was really drunk, and the screaming was just an illusion of his own.

Or, the sound of the engine on the car and the wind outside the window were so loud that the people around didn't hear it.

Qiao Hao didn't call him anymore, he simply took a heavy breath and sniffed, and without warning, he closed the window next to Shi Dongdong.

Only then did Shi Dongdong turn his head to look at him, and said, "Sleep for a while, I'll call you when you arrive at the station."