Boiling point

Sure enough, after the class meeting, He Xin was invited to the office by Teacher Wang in three sedan chairs.

He Xin's school uniform was loose and loose, and there was a bit of coolness in the indecency. Teacher Wang took another look, coughed and said seriously, "Teacher wants to talk to you."

He Xin said, "We have nothing in common," but she still opened her chair and sat down.

"Then find a common language." Teacher Wang looked at his impatient expression, patted the table and said, "Is this the attitude you should have towards a fan girl?"

He Xin laughed, "Mr. Wang, I can't afford a heavy fan girl like you."

"It is said that after understanding idol's temper, most of the fans will turn from fans to black. Your teacher and I are almost the same." Teacher Wang drank tea, flipped through the test paper for a while and said, "Let's talk seriously, what level are you in other subjects? I don’t know, but Mr. Teng told me that your English is very good, and your vocabulary and spoken English are far above everyone else, why did you only get [-] points in the test this time?”

He Xin said lightly, "I won't."

"Do you still don't want to take the test?" Teacher Wang said sharply, "I don't believe that what you blurted out is a string of advanced vocabulary, and you can't even do these questions, and you don't even know these simple words. No problem, it's an attitude problem."

Seeing that he didn't speak, Teacher Wang sighed softly, "If your IQ is really so anxious, you won't know even one of the questions here, and I won't be so angry if you hand in a blank paper. I'm angry because of your attitude. Obviously you are You can do well, why give up on yourself?"

He Xin smiled after hearing her words, "Give up on yourself? I didn't, I was always like this." His father's scolding at him and his mother's crying flashed through his mind, and he said word by word, "I can't help you with mud. Looks like it's on the wall."

Teacher Wang choked for a moment, looking at He Xin's look of "I have nothing to do with the whole world, don't count me in, let me fend for myself", she was a little upset, she could probably guess his family situation, so This is not the first time she has encountered such a case in her teaching career. Teacher Wang cleared her throat and said tentatively, "It's useless to pour poisonous chicken soup on you. You are clearer than anyone else. I just want to say that since you Now that there is only one person, you should be more responsible for your own life, shouldn’t you? Otherwise, what’s the point of coming to Nanxi from your hometown? If you don’t want to change the status quo, why did you come?”

He Xin looked at her silently, her eyes did not reveal any changes.

Teacher Wang handed him the test paper, "I won't say anything else, you go back and correct the test paper, if you can fill it in, if you can't, come to me."

This conversation lasted for a while, and it was almost autumn, and it was getting dark faster than before. Looking at the lights in the teaching building, He Xin felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. He took the test paper, bowed his head and said goodbye, then turned and left.

Teacher Wang stopped him again, "By the way, how is Li Yanqi doing recently? You two live together, is there anything wrong with him?"

He Xin tilted her head, "Do you think he is the kind of person who will make people find something wrong with him?"

Teacher Wang agreed with this, smiled and said to himself, "You two are the most handsome, but you are the least worrying. Although Li Yanqi has good grades, he has a stubborn temper. You have to be like a donkey, you won’t listen to anything you tell him, rebellious boy, can you two save each other? I’m out of luck.”

He Xin stopped and asked after a long time, "Do you know about his father, teacher?"

Teacher Wang said, "It's not comprehensive, and I listen to what others say. Do you want to hear it?"

He Xin was noncommittal, and when she turned around, she touched the cigarette in her trouser pocket, rubbed it, and said, "Forget it, I will ask him when I want to know."

Although the man used pig feed to pretend to be food for him, but this kind of talk from others, no matter how good-natured it is, would be a bit disrespectful, and He Xin couldn't do that.

Li Yanqi brought his younger brother back from the hospital today. He dispensed some extra medicine at one time. In addition to the medical expenses, he almost paid all the money around him. He had to find a new job to subsidize his living expenses. A local restaurant serves as a waiter and serves as a night show, from 08:30 to [-] o'clock in the evening.

But he didn't expect to work there too, and when the foreman introduced each other, they were both a little embarrassed.

But the business was very good at night, and Li Yanqi didn't think about it until the end of the night shift. , At the door of the store, I saw Li Jin who left work one shift earlier than him.

Squatting hard on the ground and drawing circles, seeing Li Yanqi coming out, he immediately patted his butt and stood up, without saying a word, just looked at him.

Li Yanqi avoided his gaze, turned and left.

"Li Yanqi." He called out to him with great effort, "You...wait a moment."

Li Yanqi stopped and didn't look back, "What?"

He took two strenuous steps, rubbed his hands, and said nervously, "My father's case will be retried soon."

Li Yanqi immediately interrupted him, "It has nothing to do with me."

"I know." Fei Jin said, "You don't need to wade into this muddy water. Uncle has run away, and you have no responsibility to bear these criticisms for him."

"But I heard that you have received a letter from your uncle. I want to ask you if there is any evidence in the letter to prove that at that time..."

Li Yanqi's voice was very indifferent, "I don't know, I haven't opened it."

Tien was a little anxious, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Li Yanqi, "I don't need you to say anything, can you give me those letters, I..."

Li Yanqi closed his eyes and opened them again, his eyelashes were a little wet, "Can you guarantee that I will win this time? Can you guarantee that if I get ahead, that incident will be reversed successfully? If I lose, Jiang Zhiming Will the family let you go? Will they let me go? You still have your mother by your side to protect you. I am alone, and I have a seven-year-old brother with a heart attack. I can’t risk everything to stand On your side." He breathed silently, trying his best to calm himself down, "Back then, my dad was impulsive once, and he paid a heavy price for it. He dared to do it but didn't do it, so he ran away. , Now I don’t know where to hide and live like a fly, but I can’t, my brother only has me, he has only me.”

Li Yanqi looked at the exhausted and disappointed face, and said in a dry voice, "...I'm sorry, I've always been such a selfish person."

He struggled to grab the hem of his clothes, and shook his head, "I want to say sorry to you, I have made things difficult for others, and you are innocent in the first place."

Li Yanqi didn't speak, he hated his coldness, but he had to bow his head for the sake of life.

Struggle smiled at him, then waved his hand and said goodbye.

The wall at the door of the store was peeling off. Li Yanqi touched it, and felt a sudden tingling sensation from his fingertips. In the narrow and cramped alley, he felt the despair growing in the darkness. Li Yanqi buried his face in his arms , took a deep breath, what should he do?

Should I trust the policeman, or should I just take a gamble?

He is conflicted and frightened.

It was already late when Li Yanqi got home, he took out the key to open the door in the dark, Li An was lying on the bed doing puzzles, when he saw him coming, he immediately jumped out of bed, jumped into his arms, Li Yanqi hugged him Get up, stroke his hair and say, "Did you take a shower?"

"Not yet." Li An said, "I want to wait for you to come back before washing."

"Go and wash, my brother has washed the clothes."

Seeing Li An carrying a bucket into the bathroom, Li Yanqi walked around the room, the shadows of the trees outside were swaying, the wind was strong, it was probably going to rain, and after walking for a long time, he finally came to the desk with his hands clasped As soon as he opened the drawer full of letters, there was a savage knock on the door.

Li Yanqi withdrew his hand, went to the door and opened it, and saw He Xin holding the phone, exhaustion showed unreservedly on his dark circles.

"The door is locked again?" Li Yanqi turned sideways and let him in.

"No, I can't sleep. I'm done taking the medicine." Because the temperature outside suddenly dropped, He Xin put on a coat and zipped it up to his chin. He looked a bit free-spirited. After the door closed, he half leaned against the wall Started up and said, "What's the app you told me about that promotes sleep?"

"Listen to the rain." Li Yanqi took out the phone and pointed it out to him, "That's it."

He Xin glanced at it, sat down on a chair beside her and downloaded it.

The small bench was narrow and small, and the position of his legs curled up was uncomfortable. Li Yanqi pondered for a moment, "Sit on the bed. Seeing you like this, I feel like I'm twisting a hemp rope."

"Oh." He Xin stood up and moved onto his bed.

Li Yanqi made a new blanket, and it was quite soft on his buttocks. After He Xin finished downloading, he opened the app and listened to two hypnotic rain songs, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

He put down his cell phone, and said with a sense of indignation, "It doesn't work, I don't feel it, do you have any other methods?"

Li Yanqi turned to look at him, "Have you not slept for a few days?"

"Three days." He Xin clicked his tongue, "Is there a stimulant in your lemon egg roll?"

Li Yanqi smiled helplessly, "You can't sleep because of your mouth." He glanced sideways at the test paper on the table, "I'll tell you a question to see if it works."

He Xin nodded readily, and stretched his arms to take down the test paper on the table. It was Li Yanqi's full-score math paper. There were not many corrections. Basically, it was all done in one stroke. It can be seen that the order is very clear. .

"Look at this question." Li Yanqi took out a pen and paper and sat down beside him.

He Xin can't even understand farts, it's purely for sleepiness, this trick is much easier to use than the Rain Sound app, I don't know if the pile of numbers flew into He Xin's mind like a mosaic, disturbing him It was a mess, but it was because Li Yanqi's voice in lectures was too deep, which doubled the hypnotic effect.

He Xin stared at his slender fingers holding the pen, and the side face softly illuminated by the hazy light, and smelled the faint scent of mint from the bedside table, sleepiness welled up on his forehead little by little.

"Will it be?" Li Yanqi asked with his head tilted, and found that He Xin was about to fall asleep in a daze, his head was swayed to the other side, and almost hit the bedside table, he reached out his hand to stop it, and touched his prickly hair.

One of his arms was around He Xin's waist, and he threw himself forward, looking a little stupid, which caused Li An, who came out of the shower, couldn't help laughing.

Li Yanqi withdrew his hand in an instant, lowered his head and coughed, He Xin was thrown on the bed by him, and he turned over and fell asleep holding the quilt.

Li An walked up to him, looked around curiously, raised his head and asked Li Yanqi, "Brother, is he lemon essence?"

Li Yanqi got down from the bed, stared at He Xin's long legs that had nowhere to rest and sighed, and felt that his brother's tone was funny, so he lowered his head and rubbed Li An's hair and said, "Yes."

"Why did he fall asleep?" Li An asked, blinking.

"Children who don't like to study grow up like this." Li Yanqi picked up the water glass next to him and took a sip of water.

Li An poked He Xin's leg with his small paw, "Brother, I know why, I can fall asleep easily when I'm by your side, Sister Liao said, it's because my brother has a sense of security that he let people close to you Relax, then sleepy."

Li Yanqi smiled along with the words, "Then it's time for you to go to bed, it's past twelve o'clock."

The little guy wrapped his arms around his neck, raised his head, and Li Yanqi kissed him on the forehead, "Good night, baby."

Li An climbed to his little bed and covered it with a quilt. Li Yanqi took a change of clothes to wash up. When he walked to his bed, someone grabbed the corner of his clothes.

"what happened?"

Li An spoke very softly, afraid of waking up the person opposite.

"You cover Brother Lemon Jing with a quilt, it will be cold at night."

Li Yanqi suddenly felt a little jealous, "I just met him, and you care about him so much."

Li An sniffed, "Because he is my brother's good friend."

Li Yanqi did not speak for a long time.

good friend?He turned his head and glanced at He Xin who occupied half of his bed in an extremely undisciplined sleeping position, his eyes suddenly became dark.

After taking a shower, Li An was already asleep. Li Yanqi went over to tuck him in the quilt, groped in the dark and walked to his own bed. He Xin was probably really tired and slept soundly. Innocuous little snore.

Li Yanqi was leaning on the mattress, he was very sleepy, but he didn't feel sleepy at all, he closed his eyes, his mind was in a mess, and many emotions came flooding out.

After an unknown amount of time, he heard He Xin talking in his sleep, his voice was very soft and trembling.

Li Yanqi wanted to get some quilt from him, but when he leaned over, he heard him repeating a sentence, "Mom, I was wrong, I'm sorry."

With the light of the moonlight outside the window, Li Yanqi noticed a mottled scar on He Xin's thin and beautiful collarbone.

A very deep one, it seems that it has been aged for a long time.

He Xin's flat tone of self-mockery that night suddenly sounded in his mind.

Have you ever been beaten by your mother?

He Xin turned over and put his right hand on his waist. It was obviously a light touch, but Li Yanqi felt that he was holding onto something tightly.

The aggrieved feeling of being forcibly pressed against the heart came again, and Li Yanqi's fingers curled up subconsciously, tightly clenched into fists.

He suddenly discovered that he was very similar to He Xin, without armor and armed, they were like a crumbling grass in the empty ruins, growing in the cracks in the dry soil and the harsh environment.