pretend to be poor
Chapter 23
The two stayed alone in the firewood room for about ten minutes. The dedicated Min Hong came to scare Tong Huai several times, and Tong Huai basically shrank into Xue Ting's arms. She didn't care anymore because she lost her face. The court will not let go.
I don't know how long it took before Yu Wen came over with a red lantern and opened the woodshed.
They solved a team task, and the others were trapped in the wing room. Yu Wen got the key to the firewood room and released Tong Huai and Xue Ting.
The three of them temporarily left the team to do another task, go to Minhong's former room, find her favorite things, put them in the mourning hall, and exchange the keys to the wing room.
Although it was not Song Ying who directly caused Min Hong's tragic death, as a scumbag who abandoned his wife and son, Tong Huai was also taken care of by Min Hong on the way back.
Min Hong's room was also pitch black. As soon as the three of them entered, the red lanterns in the room automatically lit up, giving a little light.
Instead of helping, it made it even scarier.
Yu Wen looked left and right, closed the door, showed off the Watch on his wrist, and called out the flashlight: "Do you want to stump me with this level of difficulty?"
Tong Huai was shocked: "Aren't you not allowed to bring lighting equipment?"
"I brought it in secretly, and they will never find it."
Almost as soon as Yu Wen finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside the house, and the voice of the staff sounded emotionless: "Student, it is forbidden to bring lighting equipment. Please leave the equipment to us for temporary storage."
Yu asked: "..."
Yu Wen struggled to death: "It lights up by itself."
Staff: "Student, please obey the rules."
The face slap came so quickly, Yu Wen touched his nose resentfully, took it off and handed it out.
The room became gloomy again, and he spread his hands: "No way, just grope slowly in the dark, and pray that you don't touch your daughter-in-law's cold little hands in the dark."
Tong Huai: "..."
Fuck you, uncle, no one will treat you as dumb if you don't speak.
"Before I got a clue, Minhong and you are in love and are willing to marry you because you have common interests. What are your interests?" Yu Wen fumbled on the table, teasing Tong Huai.
Tong Huai leaned next to Xue Ting and rolled his eyes: "I don't know."
Yu asked: "Ask your father."
"Father, what are my interests?" Tong Huai asked casually without interest.
Xue Ting glanced at him lightly, and answered concisely: "Calligraphy and painting."
"..."
Tong Huai wondered: "You were ghosted by Song Ying's father?"
"I've been to Song Ying's study before, and there are a lot of calligraphy and paintings in it, signed by Min Hong."
As soon as Yu Wen heard it, he went to feel for the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, trying to distinguish which painting was different with his eyes open.
Tong Huai still remembered Yu Wen's sloppy words, so he didn't dare to stay too far away from Xue Ting, and followed him in small steps.Yu Wen finished scraping half of the wall, and turned around to see him leaning over to Xue Ting's side with question marks all over his head: "Huai Zai, what are you doing?"
Tong Huai said softly, "I'm with my father."
"..."
The two walked to the innermost wall, and there was a painting hanging in the middle. In the dim light, the portrait of the woman on the painting was a little weird, as if they were looking at the three uninvited guests.
Tong Huai intuitively felt that this painting was what they were looking for, and poked Xue Ting's waist: "Take it off and have a look."
The waist was itchy from being poked, Xue Ting glanced at him, said nothing in a good-tempered manner, and raised his hand to take off the calligraphy and painting.
Unexpectedly, when the painting was taken off, a hole was exposed behind it.
A wide eye was behind the hole, staring at them without blinking.
Tong Huai met that eye unexpectedly: "..."
Xue Ting was silent, and reacted very quickly, covering the hole with a painting.
When Yu Wen heard the movement, he also groped over: "Did you find it?"
"Yeah." Xue Ting nodded calmly, handed the painting to Yu Wen, sideways to cover Tong Huai's sight, "Let's go."
The room was too dark, and it wasn't too close. Yu Wen didn't see Tong Huai's snow-white face with fright, so he took it happily and went to rescue the others.
Xue Ting and Tong Huai followed behind, and shun Tong Huai's back: "Is it okay?"
Tong Huai's scalp exploded, he gritted his teeth and didn't cry out, barely suppressing the goosebumps, and exhaled: "...fuck."
After recovering, he asked a little tangled up, "Aren't you afraid that she will poke you if you block it like that?"
Xue Ting: "..."
Xue Ting said: "My son has already poked it, it's okay for my daughter-in-law to poke it again."
"..."
Xue Ting looked at him like a cat with its hair blown up, felt a little pity for him, and it was more funny.
He had never met someone as interesting as Tong Huai.
He was obviously terrified to death, insisting on holding on for the sake of other people's atmosphere and his own face.
After the whole team assembled, everyone continued to look for clues to solve the puzzle.
Xue Ting followed lazily and didn't like to talk much. For some reason, he suddenly became more active. He could always find the most useful information from the limited clues and stitch them together into an information chain.
The team's puzzle-solving speed has been greatly accelerated, and there is no need to waste time waiting for NPCs to scare them on a level.
With 10 minutes before the end of the game, everyone successfully found the way to clear the level and got the real cause of Min Hong's death.
It turned out that there was no strange disease at all.
Song Zhijin is a beast in clothes. While his son Song Ying is out, he covets Minhong's beauty, rapes Minhong and threatens her in every possible way.
Soon Minhong became pregnant, and Song Zhijin was worried that she had her own seed in her stomach, and even more afraid that the matter would be revealed, so she simply bribed the doctor and the witch, one to inject medicine into the well where the townspeople drink water, and the other to spread rumors.
Minhong was tortured into a trick, innocent died tragically, with great resentment, turned into a ghost to take revenge, and exposed Song Zhijin's ugly face in front of the townspeople.
But the townspeople don't care about the truth at all.
Noisy voices sounded from all directions, buzzing and disturbing. Occasionally, a few clear words could be heard, and a group of students could be heard cursing.
"Flies don't bite seamless eggs, it's not you who seduced Master Song, how could Master Song do that?"
"You're already dead, so why are you still doing harm?"
"What's the point of the truth now? Min Hong, hurry up, you've made a mess in the town..."
Involuntary accusations pierced like sharp swords, and the voices around her grew louder. Everyone was urging her to stop and let her go, and everyone looked disgusting.
Min Hong went from unbelievable to furious, and finally went completely mad, screaming and dragging the whole town to be buried with her.
The town was reduced to ashes in a fire.
Although Tong Huai was afraid, he entered the role smoothly and poked Xue Ting angrily: "So you are also a scumbag."
"..." Xue Ting snapped his fingers back, "You use the word well, son of a scumbag."
Although the plot was clichéd, everyone had a good time playing it. After shouting "Thank you Brother Xue for carrying us", they chatted and walked through the aisle, went back outside, and got their things back from the staff.
Tong Huai secretly pulled Xue Ting's sleeve while the others were not paying attention.
Xue Ting turned his head puzzled.
He bent his eyes towards Xue Ting and smiled, with tiny gleams floating on his eyelashes, his eyes were like clear amber: "Thank you."
Xue Ting hadn't had much sense of participation, but then he suddenly became active, apparently in order to clear the level earlier.
"You're welcome." Seeing him smiling, Xue Ting's mouth twitched, and he lowered his head to his ear, "Little birthday boy."
Breath sprayed on the pinnae, his voice was low and deep, magnetic and pleasant to hear.
I don't know if it was because he was too close, or because of his voice, Tong Huai was stunned, his ears were numb, and the white earlobe was visible to the naked eye bit by bit with a blush, and the blood color occupied the snow white.
Then the redness will spread to the neck.
Xue Ting put one hand in his pocket, looked at his earlobe happily, and laughed softly.
If it weren't for the fear that Tong Huai would turn his face on the spot, he would even have thought of reaching out to shake him viciously.
Tong Huai spontaneously ignited on the spot for three seconds, feeling a little baffled, rubbing his earlobe in wonder, staring at Xue Ting, who was obviously teasing him, turned away, and hooked Zhao Gou and Yu Wen's necks: "Let's go, hurry up!" Let's gather, I'm hungry."
When it was mentioned that they were hungry, everyone felt hungry too, went downstairs together and waited at the agreed place.
Shopping malls and video game malls also arrived one after another. There were so many people who didn't have dinner. After a little bit of confusion, they raised their hands and voted to eat hot pot.
There are many people and it is lively.
Zhao Gou often goes out to play with people, and he is familiar with all the hot pot restaurants in this city, so he immediately waved his hand: "The hot pot in the shopping mall nearby is good, it's a time-honored brand, and the taste is good, I'll take you there."
Yu Wen was the first to react, glanced at Tong Huai maliciously, and winked as he walked: "Gossip everyone, the owner of the shopping mall over there seems to have the last name..."
Thinking of this incident, Tong Huai glanced carefully at Xue Ting, stuffed the strawberries and candied haws bought on the roadside into Yu Wen's mouth, and said gently: "Eat slowly, and be careful not to choke to death."
After Yu Wen's remark, Tong Huai became more careful when entering the mall.
This shopping mall is under the name of Tong Jingyuan.
When he was in junior high school, he often called out friends and led a group of people to treat guests to dinner. The manager of the mall knew him, and would cooperate and call him young master with a smile, to save face.
Thinking about the past is unbearable, if it happens, he will be finished.
Fortunately, the trip was safe, and it was not so unlucky to meet the manager.
Intentionally or not, when they sat down, everyone tacitly gave up Tong Huai's left and right seats, with Xue Ting on the left and Yu Wen on the right.
The shopping mall here is not cheap, and other people don't know Tong Huai's family background. Although they are jokingly asking him to treat him, but with so many people, it is naturally impossible for Tong Huai to come, order a mandarin duck pot, and order dishes one by one. Finally, prepare to pay in the AA system.
Tong Huai resisted the urge to treat guests, and kept thinking that I was poor.
After ordering food, Yu Wen ordered wine, both beer and white.Tong Huai caught a glimpse of the girls and the obedient squad leader Lu Ziran who followed, and opened the takeaway to order milk tea: "If you can't drink alcohol, drink milk tea. Anyone who wants to drink, please report."
A girl smiled and said, "Our little boy is really caring."
Zhao Gou sighed: "Where is our boy, brother Xue's boy."
"Huh?" Lu Ziran was dumbfounded, unable to keep up with his rhythm.
Chen Yuan also smiled: "Didn't you see that Brother Tong has been sticking to Brother Xue?"
After Yu Wen finished ordering wine, he joined in the fun: "Father and son love each other deeply, father and son love each other deeply."
The whole table laughed.
When Tong Huai heard the people around him laugh, the veins on his forehead twitched, and he maintained a polite smile: "I'm going to prepare the last dish for tonight, Zhao Gou and Chen Yuanyu asked, give me what you want Knife, I'll put the slices into the pot for you."
The way he spoke with a smile was slightly intrusive, Zhao Gou shrank his neck, and immediately turned against him without any backbone: "Brother Tong, I was wrong, I reported it, it was all ordered by Chen Yuan!"
Also fucking misfortune.
"Get out." Chen Yuan picked up a grapefruit and hit him on the face.
Xue Ting folded his hands, leaning on the back of the chair as if he had no bones, watching them quarreling lazily, his eyes moved to Tong Huai's earlobe.
The small and delicate earlobe has become white again.
...the red dot looks better.
Crystal clear, like southern red beads, red agate.
He unconsciously rubbed his fingertips and stared at Tong Huai's earlobe for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
He didn't look away until Yu Wen turned to talk to Tong Huai and noticed him.
Yu Wen frowned, always felt that Xue Ting's gaze on Tong Huai just now was not quite right, it seemed to be cannibalistic and very aggressive, which made him terrified.
But upon closer inspection, Xue Ting returned to his usual indifference, as if the moment just now was just his illusion.
Zhao Gou got drunk before he drank, and boldly cue Xue Ting: "I see Brother Xue has been brushing up questions and studying all day long, has he never drank?"
Xue Ting smiled casually: "I've drank it, and the capacity for alcohol is average."
"Don't be afraid," Tong Huai became excited when he heard this, and patted him on the shoulder, "Brother Tong is covering you, they will feed you and I will help you drink."
Xue Ting raised his eyebrows, and his smile became more genuine: "Then thank you, Brother Tong."
While talking, the soup pot, wine and dishes were brought up together.
Tong Huai said to Xue Ting that brother Tong was beautiful, put the fat cow into the pot, and gave Xue Ting all the fat cows.
Zhao Gou didn't grab it, and sighed: "Sure enough, father and son love each other..."
"Try again." Tong Huai passed the spoon over and raised his eyelids, "I'll also send you a fat cow, but it doesn't matter where it will be sent."
Zhao Gou held the fat cow between his arms, and admitted his mistake with a smile: "Brother who gives the meat is brother, thank you Brother Tong!"
After eating for a while and filling his stomach, Yu Wen opened a beer and handed it to the person who wanted to drink.A few people on the table couldn't drink, so they raised milk tea.
"Today's birthday star," Yu Wen raised the beer bottle and looked at Tong Huai with a smile, his eyes were soft, "17 years old."
Tong Huai handed the succulent grapes to Xue Ting, raised the beer bottle, and drank half of the bottle in one gulp under the applause and cheers of everyone.
Xue Ting twitched the corners of his mouth helplessly, and slowly sipped the grapes in the milk tea.
Everyone was eating and drinking, and after a while, Chen Yuan couldn't do it anymore, so he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Wait a minute, the main event hasn't started yet, so don't pour me down."
As soon as the voice fell, the lights in the private room dimmed.
Everyone was stunned, puzzled.
The door of the box was opened, and the staff slowly walked in pushing the trolley. On it was a beautiful big birthday cake, surrounded by clusters of exquisite flowers and gifts.
Zhao Gou was stunned, pulled Chen Yuan and asked quietly: "It doesn't seem like the scene we planned is that big?"
Tong Huai was shocked when he saw who was pushing the birthday cake.
Mall manager!
However, the manager didn't seem to recognize Tong Huai, and said to everyone with a smile: "I heard that there is a birthday guest at this table today, and our store specially sent birthday cakes and gifts. The discount for this table is [-]% off, free refills, and free drinks .I wish this little classmate a happy birthday, good health, and wishes come true.”
As he said that, the manager quietly winked at Tong Huai, and left the cake without disturbing him.
Tong Huai was startled, and took out his phone, and sure enough, there was a message from Secretary Lin.
-Secretary Lin: Mr. Tong is in a meeting, he came out halfway and told me to ask the manager over there to deliver the cake.Xiaohuai, happy birthday [cake]
-Secretary Lin: He has been asking me from yesterday to today if I can postpone the meeting and entertainment, and he was still asking me about my flight information until just now.Don't be mad at your dad, he misses you all the time.
Seeing the latter sentence, Tong Huai's nose turned sore and his eyes felt a little hot.
The empty plate on the table was taken away by the following staff, the cake was placed on the table, candles were inserted and lit, everyone regained their senses, clapped their hands and sang the birthday song.
Tong Huai quietly wiped the corners of his eyes while the others were not paying attention.
Vaguely, he noticed that Xue Ting seemed to have noticed his movements.
He was a little nervous, afraid that Xue Ting would ask more questions, and didn't know how to answer.
For a long while, Xue Ting calmly looked away and didn't ask anything.
After singing the birthday song, Zhao Gou urged Tong Huai to make a wish.
Tong Huai closed his eyes, regardless of whether it was useful or not, he made several wishes.
I hope that Tong Jingyuan will be able to celebrate his birthday with him next year.
I hope Xue Ting can find his partner as soon as possible.
I hope that everyone here can do what they want to do, or get admitted to the school of their choice.
Yulu Junzhan took care of everything, Tong Huai opened his eyes, blew out the candles, and cut the cake for everyone with a smile.
The cake is exquisitely made, obviously custom-made, and the carved figurines on it are carefully carved. The cream is not greasy and melts in the mouth. It is several times more delicious than those bought in ordinary cake shops.
Everyone eats cakes honestly, they don't play the trick of throwing cakes and smearing cream, they are sloppy and wasteful, everyone is a delicate person.
Halfway through eating, Zhao Gou ran to turn on the light as if thinking of something, took out his cell phone, and asked for a group photo.
Tong Huai is a birthday star, wearing a paper crown on his head, surrounded by the crowd, with Xue Ting, who is lazy and expressionless, on the left, and Yu Wen, who is looking for an angle and pretending to be cool, on the right, and snapped several photos.
Zhao Gou sighed that it was true, and spread it on Weibo and Moments.
After eating sweet, there is also spicy hot pot to eat, just to neutralize.
Everyone also took out the prepared gifts one after another, the new game console, the hidden blind box, the exquisite little brooch, and the CD record. Tong Huai took it away happily, then elbowed the indifferent Xue Ting, and asked suspiciously : "You don't really prepare a five-three set for me, do you?"
Xue Ting picked up a piece of beef and chewed it slowly: "What do you think?"
"..."
Scared.
After eating almost, I started to focus on drinking.Tong Huai was a scumbag in the escape room, was attacked by Min Hong, was the protagonist at the table, and was drunk by everyone happily.
In this atmosphere, those who don't drink can't help but drink a few glasses, and they are all drunk after a while.
Tong Huai was also drunk.
A person who is usually so boisterous is quite quiet when he is drunk, with his hands on his knees, he sits upright obediently, with his eyes open in a daze, and when others tease him, he burps when he is drunk, and then licks his pink and moist lips. , staring at people with watery eyes, with clean eyes, so clear that one can see to the end at a glance.
It looks like guilt is coming out.
But the more you look at it, the more you want to bully.
Xue Ting drank the milk tea slowly, seeing that other people couldn't help but wanted to pour him, he realized his conscience and got up to block it.
Everyone at the table thought he didn't know how to drink, but they didn't know that the beer was mixed with white. After two glasses, he still didn't change his face, and he wasn't drunk at all.
Zhao Gou reacted slowly, and looked sympathetically at the drunk and foolish classmate Xiaotong.
Like a little white flower, it also holds back wine for others.
The one next to you is obviously a pig and a tiger!
Yu Wen who started booing was also drunk.
No one dares to provoke the bully in school. After sitting at the same table, everyone realized that he was surprisingly easy to get along with. Anyway, he was more annoying than the seemingly gentle but cold student god. Everyone beat Tong Huai, and dared not bully him. Xue Ting, greet him as much as possible.
Yu Wen opened his eyes in confusion. Tong Huai was obviously sitting next to him, and he reached out and scratched in the air: "Where is Huai Zai, I took him home, it should be dark."
His voice was indistinct, only Xue Ting heard it.
Bring Tong Huai home?
The relationship between the two seems to be much closer than he imagined.
Xue Ting paused, turned his head, his eyes were a little dark: "It's already dark."
Yu Wen was stunned for a moment: "That can't be done."
"why?"
Yu asked: "Tong Huai is afraid of the dark."
Hearing his name suddenly, Tong Huai, who had been sitting for a long time like an obedient boy, became unhappy: "I'm not afraid anymore."
Yu Wen scratched his head, as if he was remembering, after a long while, he said, "I don't seem to be afraid anymore."
Then he lay down on the table and passed out drunk.
For no reason, Xue Ting was stabbed in the heart by something thin and sharp.
Followed by some subtle, unclear emotions.
Why was Tong Huai afraid of the dark before?
Because no one is home?
The vague unhappiness in his heart continued to swell, Xue Ting closed his eyes and guessed all the reasons.
Tong Huai has grown up and passed the age when he is confident and afraid of the dark, so he is not afraid anymore.
Almost everyone else at the table was also drunk, humming and talking drunkenly.
"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuku
"My mother said that if I fail the monthly exam, my game console will be confiscated..."
"Fuck, let's not talk about the exam on this big day, it's a headache just thinking about it."
"What a happy day, brother Tong is celebrating his birthday and not getting married."
"There's a lot of homework for the National Day..."
"Why are you crying! What's so special about the homework, I should be crying. I saw the girl I like giving breakfast to other boys in the exam room this morning. I'm broken in love!!!"
"What are you? The girl I like told me she likes girls in order to hide from me. I want to raise money for sex reassignment surgery."
There were all kinds of drunkenness on the table, a few fell asleep soundly, and the rest were howling.
This is an age where you can cry when you want to cry, laugh when you want to laugh, make friends when you want to make friends, and fall in love when you want to fall in love. All emotions are pure, there are few impurities, there is no hypocrisy in the adult world, and there is no deliberate flattery.
Among the group of people, Xue Ting, Lu Ziran and Lin Tanya were the only ones who were still awake. Lu Ziran and Lin Tanya looked at each other helplessly: "These drunks."
Lu Ziran is the class monitor and is used to being responsible for all the students. He stood up and said, "Xiaoya, you watch them here. Xue Ting and I will send the boys down to take a taxi first."
Xue Ting had no objection, hummed, and followed Lu Ziran to take everyone down one by one.
They are all classmates, and they are not completely drunk. It is not difficult to ask for the address and send them home.
After moving the other boys except Tong Huai, the remaining girls were sent back by Lin Tanya and Lu Ziran respectively.
Xue Ting helped Tong Huai who was still sitting there obediently, who was slowly drinking the milk tea he stuffed before he left: "I'll take this back."
"Then Tong Huai will trouble you. Remember to report that you are safe when you get home." Lu Ziran smiled, nodded, and took the lead to take a step ahead.
Tong Huai didn't carry a schoolbag. Fortunately, the presents were not big. Xue Ting put all the things in his bag and took Tong Huai out of the mall.
It's past nine o'clock, and the night has overturned the sky like flowing water. Looking up at the sky in the city, you can only see towering high-rise buildings and misty clouds, but you can't see the stars.
This area is as prosperous as water, and it is the peak hour at this time, bustling with traffic, neon lights shining on the whole city, and the glimmer of light that was crushed on the ground faintly reflects the bustle and bustle.
Seeing so many people, Tong Huai reflexively leaned towards Xue Ting, grabbed his sleeve blankly, his eyes were reddish from the wind: "Hurry up."
"Huh?" Xue Ting didn't hear clearly, and approached him, "What?"
Tong Huai was really drunk, and his mind was not so clear, he muttered: "Hurry up, don't lose me."
Do you know what you are talking about?
Xue Ting lowered his eyes, and for a moment, his cool fingers poked his cheek, and put him into his arms as he said: "Okay, I won't lose it."
"You haven't wished me a happy birthday yet." Tong Huai said the next sentence and forgot the last sentence, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "You paddled while singing the birthday song, pretend I didn't notice it."
He was so drunk that he forgot what his name was, but he remembered this clearly.
Xue Ting found it funny.
The boy lowered his eyes and looked at the blushing child in his arms for a while, his lips moved.
Teenagers of this age more or less have a common problem - the more simple and straightforward words that carry blessings and friendship, the more embarrassed they are to say them.
It seems that as long as one speaks, the stubborn pride will collapse in place and be wiped out.
And it's still on the street with people coming and going.
Fortunately, Tong Huai didn't hold on to her either.
After being drunk, Tong Huai was less talkative, and had no interest in the outside world. He pursed his lips, grabbed Xue Ting's collar with one hand, and drooped his long curled eyelashes. It was the complete opposite of his usual heartless look.
Xue Ting suddenly understood why Xu Xingzhou said that he and Tong Huai were very similar.
He took a taxi and went back to Wangzhen District.
Tong Huai sat obediently all the way, and when he was about to reach the intersection, he suddenly covered his mouth, frowned and poked Xue Ting: "Stop quickly, I want to vomit."
When the driver heard that it was okay, he stopped the car quickly.Tong Huai jumped out of the car, turned around but couldn't find the trash can, and said with a mournful face, "Stop throwing up."
Xue Ting: "..."
Then you are quite civic-minded.
Tong Huai really didn't want to vomit, but he didn't want to leave when the car left.
He squatted on the ground, feeling wronged to death. He walked too much today and his feet hurt: "I don't want to walk."
Xue Ting was standing beside him, and under the gazes coming and going, he calmly pressed a lock of curly hair on the top of his head: "Then how do you go back?"
"You carry me on your back." Tong Huai raised his face, smiled flatteringly like a child, and stretched out his hands, as if he had prepared this speech long ago, his eyes were bright.
Xue Ting and him looked at each other for a moment, frowned, and belatedly discovered something very bad.
... It's hard to refuse the coquettish Tong Huai.
Like a jar of colorful and beautiful candies, it is sprinkled and rolled out, exuding a sweet fragrance, and actively inviting people to taste it.
Who can say no to that.
Realizing this, the expression on Xue Ting's face disappeared little by little, showing a slight discomfort.He leaned over and looked at the anxious Tong Huai for a moment, pulled him up with a cold face, put down his schoolbag on his back, and then bent down with his back to him.
Tong Huai immediately climbed onto his back, his feet off the ground, and he narrowed his eyes in enjoyment.
The temperature in Linlan City has begun to cool down, the night is not so hot, the cool wind blowing on his forehead is very comfortable, his head is nodding, and he is almost about to fall into a deep sleep.
Just when Xue Ting thought he had fallen asleep, Tong Huai suddenly said softly: "I used to hate Chinese."
After he was drunk, his speech was a little slurred, and his tone was soft, like cotton candy, light and soft.
What do you hate?Yu asked, or Chinese?
Xue Ting tilted his ears and raised his eyebrows.
Personally, he prefers the former.
"When I was in elementary school," Tong Huai opened his eyes and murmured, "The teacher always asked us to write a propositional composition."
"Ok?"
"Call my mother."
Every time he left a volume blank, he was picked up by the serious Chinese teacher and asked him why he didn't finish his homework properly.
He never explained, just stood on the seat with his neck stiffened and said nothing.
At that time, Tong Jingyuan hadn't picked him up yet, and when he learned about it from his grandparents, he was silent for a long time, and when he came to see Tong Huai, his eyes were slightly red.
The grandparents felt sorry for Tong Huai, and advised Tong Jingyuan to find a new mother for Tong Huai, so that the child would not be wronged at school. Children are the most innocent and innocent, and they know how to hurt people innocently. After hearing the gossip, he ran up to Tong Huai and laughed happily.
Tong Huai often fights with them.
After Tong Jingyuan listened, he had a serious conversation with his young son and asked him if he wanted a new mother.
Father and son have a tacit understanding.
They are all nostalgic people, one does not want a new wife, the other does not want a new mother, and would rather stubbornly guard the garden behind the villa that no longer has a mistress, and the old home video tapes.
Tong Huai still vaguely remembered that day Tong Jingyuan hugged him and said to his grandparents: "I met Zai Zai's mother after spending all my luck. This is the only time in this life, there will be no second time."
As soon as Xue Ting's footsteps stopped, the delicate and breathless emotions when he heard Yu Wen's drunken words at the hot pot restaurant before came to his heart again, sour and soft.
His voice softened: "No one will ask you to write that essay again."
"Ah."
Probably because he mentioned composition while listening to other people's complaints on the table, Tong Huai suddenly thought of such an old thing.
He closed his pan-acid eyelids, and his whole body seemed to be floating in a sea, rising and falling with the waves. Before he knew it, his consciousness slowly sank and he fell into a deep sleep.
The place where I got off the bus was not far from Tong Huai's house. Xue Ting went downstairs to his house and wanted to call Tong Huai, but found that he was already asleep.
It doesn't seem safe to leave Tong Huai alone at home like this.
According to news reports, there are not a few people who suffocate to death every year due to drunken vomit.
Xue Ting pondered for a moment, then looked at the bus station in the distance.The last bus is waiting for people, but the road behind is under repair recently, and it is not stable and bumps badly.
He pursed his lips, looked away, and gently lifted Tong Huai up, carried Tong Huai on his back, and continued to walk forward step by step.
The quiet street lamps lit up the night, and the lights prolonged their shadows, one after another, extending to the endless blurred border.
He suddenly remembered Tong Huai's complaint.
There is no one around, and the further you go in, the more secluded it becomes.
The person behind him was also asleep, breathing lightly against his neck.
Xue Ting lowered his eyelashes and said softly, "Happy birthday, Zai Zai."
In the dream, Tong Huai felt that he was lying on a feather.
The wind is very gentle, and the person carrying him is also very gentle.
I don't know how long it took before Yu Wen came over with a red lantern and opened the woodshed.
They solved a team task, and the others were trapped in the wing room. Yu Wen got the key to the firewood room and released Tong Huai and Xue Ting.
The three of them temporarily left the team to do another task, go to Minhong's former room, find her favorite things, put them in the mourning hall, and exchange the keys to the wing room.
Although it was not Song Ying who directly caused Min Hong's tragic death, as a scumbag who abandoned his wife and son, Tong Huai was also taken care of by Min Hong on the way back.
Min Hong's room was also pitch black. As soon as the three of them entered, the red lanterns in the room automatically lit up, giving a little light.
Instead of helping, it made it even scarier.
Yu Wen looked left and right, closed the door, showed off the Watch on his wrist, and called out the flashlight: "Do you want to stump me with this level of difficulty?"
Tong Huai was shocked: "Aren't you not allowed to bring lighting equipment?"
"I brought it in secretly, and they will never find it."
Almost as soon as Yu Wen finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside the house, and the voice of the staff sounded emotionless: "Student, it is forbidden to bring lighting equipment. Please leave the equipment to us for temporary storage."
Yu asked: "..."
Yu Wen struggled to death: "It lights up by itself."
Staff: "Student, please obey the rules."
The face slap came so quickly, Yu Wen touched his nose resentfully, took it off and handed it out.
The room became gloomy again, and he spread his hands: "No way, just grope slowly in the dark, and pray that you don't touch your daughter-in-law's cold little hands in the dark."
Tong Huai: "..."
Fuck you, uncle, no one will treat you as dumb if you don't speak.
"Before I got a clue, Minhong and you are in love and are willing to marry you because you have common interests. What are your interests?" Yu Wen fumbled on the table, teasing Tong Huai.
Tong Huai leaned next to Xue Ting and rolled his eyes: "I don't know."
Yu asked: "Ask your father."
"Father, what are my interests?" Tong Huai asked casually without interest.
Xue Ting glanced at him lightly, and answered concisely: "Calligraphy and painting."
"..."
Tong Huai wondered: "You were ghosted by Song Ying's father?"
"I've been to Song Ying's study before, and there are a lot of calligraphy and paintings in it, signed by Min Hong."
As soon as Yu Wen heard it, he went to feel for the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, trying to distinguish which painting was different with his eyes open.
Tong Huai still remembered Yu Wen's sloppy words, so he didn't dare to stay too far away from Xue Ting, and followed him in small steps.Yu Wen finished scraping half of the wall, and turned around to see him leaning over to Xue Ting's side with question marks all over his head: "Huai Zai, what are you doing?"
Tong Huai said softly, "I'm with my father."
"..."
The two walked to the innermost wall, and there was a painting hanging in the middle. In the dim light, the portrait of the woman on the painting was a little weird, as if they were looking at the three uninvited guests.
Tong Huai intuitively felt that this painting was what they were looking for, and poked Xue Ting's waist: "Take it off and have a look."
The waist was itchy from being poked, Xue Ting glanced at him, said nothing in a good-tempered manner, and raised his hand to take off the calligraphy and painting.
Unexpectedly, when the painting was taken off, a hole was exposed behind it.
A wide eye was behind the hole, staring at them without blinking.
Tong Huai met that eye unexpectedly: "..."
Xue Ting was silent, and reacted very quickly, covering the hole with a painting.
When Yu Wen heard the movement, he also groped over: "Did you find it?"
"Yeah." Xue Ting nodded calmly, handed the painting to Yu Wen, sideways to cover Tong Huai's sight, "Let's go."
The room was too dark, and it wasn't too close. Yu Wen didn't see Tong Huai's snow-white face with fright, so he took it happily and went to rescue the others.
Xue Ting and Tong Huai followed behind, and shun Tong Huai's back: "Is it okay?"
Tong Huai's scalp exploded, he gritted his teeth and didn't cry out, barely suppressing the goosebumps, and exhaled: "...fuck."
After recovering, he asked a little tangled up, "Aren't you afraid that she will poke you if you block it like that?"
Xue Ting: "..."
Xue Ting said: "My son has already poked it, it's okay for my daughter-in-law to poke it again."
"..."
Xue Ting looked at him like a cat with its hair blown up, felt a little pity for him, and it was more funny.
He had never met someone as interesting as Tong Huai.
He was obviously terrified to death, insisting on holding on for the sake of other people's atmosphere and his own face.
After the whole team assembled, everyone continued to look for clues to solve the puzzle.
Xue Ting followed lazily and didn't like to talk much. For some reason, he suddenly became more active. He could always find the most useful information from the limited clues and stitch them together into an information chain.
The team's puzzle-solving speed has been greatly accelerated, and there is no need to waste time waiting for NPCs to scare them on a level.
With 10 minutes before the end of the game, everyone successfully found the way to clear the level and got the real cause of Min Hong's death.
It turned out that there was no strange disease at all.
Song Zhijin is a beast in clothes. While his son Song Ying is out, he covets Minhong's beauty, rapes Minhong and threatens her in every possible way.
Soon Minhong became pregnant, and Song Zhijin was worried that she had her own seed in her stomach, and even more afraid that the matter would be revealed, so she simply bribed the doctor and the witch, one to inject medicine into the well where the townspeople drink water, and the other to spread rumors.
Minhong was tortured into a trick, innocent died tragically, with great resentment, turned into a ghost to take revenge, and exposed Song Zhijin's ugly face in front of the townspeople.
But the townspeople don't care about the truth at all.
Noisy voices sounded from all directions, buzzing and disturbing. Occasionally, a few clear words could be heard, and a group of students could be heard cursing.
"Flies don't bite seamless eggs, it's not you who seduced Master Song, how could Master Song do that?"
"You're already dead, so why are you still doing harm?"
"What's the point of the truth now? Min Hong, hurry up, you've made a mess in the town..."
Involuntary accusations pierced like sharp swords, and the voices around her grew louder. Everyone was urging her to stop and let her go, and everyone looked disgusting.
Min Hong went from unbelievable to furious, and finally went completely mad, screaming and dragging the whole town to be buried with her.
The town was reduced to ashes in a fire.
Although Tong Huai was afraid, he entered the role smoothly and poked Xue Ting angrily: "So you are also a scumbag."
"..." Xue Ting snapped his fingers back, "You use the word well, son of a scumbag."
Although the plot was clichéd, everyone had a good time playing it. After shouting "Thank you Brother Xue for carrying us", they chatted and walked through the aisle, went back outside, and got their things back from the staff.
Tong Huai secretly pulled Xue Ting's sleeve while the others were not paying attention.
Xue Ting turned his head puzzled.
He bent his eyes towards Xue Ting and smiled, with tiny gleams floating on his eyelashes, his eyes were like clear amber: "Thank you."
Xue Ting hadn't had much sense of participation, but then he suddenly became active, apparently in order to clear the level earlier.
"You're welcome." Seeing him smiling, Xue Ting's mouth twitched, and he lowered his head to his ear, "Little birthday boy."
Breath sprayed on the pinnae, his voice was low and deep, magnetic and pleasant to hear.
I don't know if it was because he was too close, or because of his voice, Tong Huai was stunned, his ears were numb, and the white earlobe was visible to the naked eye bit by bit with a blush, and the blood color occupied the snow white.
Then the redness will spread to the neck.
Xue Ting put one hand in his pocket, looked at his earlobe happily, and laughed softly.
If it weren't for the fear that Tong Huai would turn his face on the spot, he would even have thought of reaching out to shake him viciously.
Tong Huai spontaneously ignited on the spot for three seconds, feeling a little baffled, rubbing his earlobe in wonder, staring at Xue Ting, who was obviously teasing him, turned away, and hooked Zhao Gou and Yu Wen's necks: "Let's go, hurry up!" Let's gather, I'm hungry."
When it was mentioned that they were hungry, everyone felt hungry too, went downstairs together and waited at the agreed place.
Shopping malls and video game malls also arrived one after another. There were so many people who didn't have dinner. After a little bit of confusion, they raised their hands and voted to eat hot pot.
There are many people and it is lively.
Zhao Gou often goes out to play with people, and he is familiar with all the hot pot restaurants in this city, so he immediately waved his hand: "The hot pot in the shopping mall nearby is good, it's a time-honored brand, and the taste is good, I'll take you there."
Yu Wen was the first to react, glanced at Tong Huai maliciously, and winked as he walked: "Gossip everyone, the owner of the shopping mall over there seems to have the last name..."
Thinking of this incident, Tong Huai glanced carefully at Xue Ting, stuffed the strawberries and candied haws bought on the roadside into Yu Wen's mouth, and said gently: "Eat slowly, and be careful not to choke to death."
After Yu Wen's remark, Tong Huai became more careful when entering the mall.
This shopping mall is under the name of Tong Jingyuan.
When he was in junior high school, he often called out friends and led a group of people to treat guests to dinner. The manager of the mall knew him, and would cooperate and call him young master with a smile, to save face.
Thinking about the past is unbearable, if it happens, he will be finished.
Fortunately, the trip was safe, and it was not so unlucky to meet the manager.
Intentionally or not, when they sat down, everyone tacitly gave up Tong Huai's left and right seats, with Xue Ting on the left and Yu Wen on the right.
The shopping mall here is not cheap, and other people don't know Tong Huai's family background. Although they are jokingly asking him to treat him, but with so many people, it is naturally impossible for Tong Huai to come, order a mandarin duck pot, and order dishes one by one. Finally, prepare to pay in the AA system.
Tong Huai resisted the urge to treat guests, and kept thinking that I was poor.
After ordering food, Yu Wen ordered wine, both beer and white.Tong Huai caught a glimpse of the girls and the obedient squad leader Lu Ziran who followed, and opened the takeaway to order milk tea: "If you can't drink alcohol, drink milk tea. Anyone who wants to drink, please report."
A girl smiled and said, "Our little boy is really caring."
Zhao Gou sighed: "Where is our boy, brother Xue's boy."
"Huh?" Lu Ziran was dumbfounded, unable to keep up with his rhythm.
Chen Yuan also smiled: "Didn't you see that Brother Tong has been sticking to Brother Xue?"
After Yu Wen finished ordering wine, he joined in the fun: "Father and son love each other deeply, father and son love each other deeply."
The whole table laughed.
When Tong Huai heard the people around him laugh, the veins on his forehead twitched, and he maintained a polite smile: "I'm going to prepare the last dish for tonight, Zhao Gou and Chen Yuanyu asked, give me what you want Knife, I'll put the slices into the pot for you."
The way he spoke with a smile was slightly intrusive, Zhao Gou shrank his neck, and immediately turned against him without any backbone: "Brother Tong, I was wrong, I reported it, it was all ordered by Chen Yuan!"
Also fucking misfortune.
"Get out." Chen Yuan picked up a grapefruit and hit him on the face.
Xue Ting folded his hands, leaning on the back of the chair as if he had no bones, watching them quarreling lazily, his eyes moved to Tong Huai's earlobe.
The small and delicate earlobe has become white again.
...the red dot looks better.
Crystal clear, like southern red beads, red agate.
He unconsciously rubbed his fingertips and stared at Tong Huai's earlobe for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
He didn't look away until Yu Wen turned to talk to Tong Huai and noticed him.
Yu Wen frowned, always felt that Xue Ting's gaze on Tong Huai just now was not quite right, it seemed to be cannibalistic and very aggressive, which made him terrified.
But upon closer inspection, Xue Ting returned to his usual indifference, as if the moment just now was just his illusion.
Zhao Gou got drunk before he drank, and boldly cue Xue Ting: "I see Brother Xue has been brushing up questions and studying all day long, has he never drank?"
Xue Ting smiled casually: "I've drank it, and the capacity for alcohol is average."
"Don't be afraid," Tong Huai became excited when he heard this, and patted him on the shoulder, "Brother Tong is covering you, they will feed you and I will help you drink."
Xue Ting raised his eyebrows, and his smile became more genuine: "Then thank you, Brother Tong."
While talking, the soup pot, wine and dishes were brought up together.
Tong Huai said to Xue Ting that brother Tong was beautiful, put the fat cow into the pot, and gave Xue Ting all the fat cows.
Zhao Gou didn't grab it, and sighed: "Sure enough, father and son love each other..."
"Try again." Tong Huai passed the spoon over and raised his eyelids, "I'll also send you a fat cow, but it doesn't matter where it will be sent."
Zhao Gou held the fat cow between his arms, and admitted his mistake with a smile: "Brother who gives the meat is brother, thank you Brother Tong!"
After eating for a while and filling his stomach, Yu Wen opened a beer and handed it to the person who wanted to drink.A few people on the table couldn't drink, so they raised milk tea.
"Today's birthday star," Yu Wen raised the beer bottle and looked at Tong Huai with a smile, his eyes were soft, "17 years old."
Tong Huai handed the succulent grapes to Xue Ting, raised the beer bottle, and drank half of the bottle in one gulp under the applause and cheers of everyone.
Xue Ting twitched the corners of his mouth helplessly, and slowly sipped the grapes in the milk tea.
Everyone was eating and drinking, and after a while, Chen Yuan couldn't do it anymore, so he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Wait a minute, the main event hasn't started yet, so don't pour me down."
As soon as the voice fell, the lights in the private room dimmed.
Everyone was stunned, puzzled.
The door of the box was opened, and the staff slowly walked in pushing the trolley. On it was a beautiful big birthday cake, surrounded by clusters of exquisite flowers and gifts.
Zhao Gou was stunned, pulled Chen Yuan and asked quietly: "It doesn't seem like the scene we planned is that big?"
Tong Huai was shocked when he saw who was pushing the birthday cake.
Mall manager!
However, the manager didn't seem to recognize Tong Huai, and said to everyone with a smile: "I heard that there is a birthday guest at this table today, and our store specially sent birthday cakes and gifts. The discount for this table is [-]% off, free refills, and free drinks .I wish this little classmate a happy birthday, good health, and wishes come true.”
As he said that, the manager quietly winked at Tong Huai, and left the cake without disturbing him.
Tong Huai was startled, and took out his phone, and sure enough, there was a message from Secretary Lin.
-Secretary Lin: Mr. Tong is in a meeting, he came out halfway and told me to ask the manager over there to deliver the cake.Xiaohuai, happy birthday [cake]
-Secretary Lin: He has been asking me from yesterday to today if I can postpone the meeting and entertainment, and he was still asking me about my flight information until just now.Don't be mad at your dad, he misses you all the time.
Seeing the latter sentence, Tong Huai's nose turned sore and his eyes felt a little hot.
The empty plate on the table was taken away by the following staff, the cake was placed on the table, candles were inserted and lit, everyone regained their senses, clapped their hands and sang the birthday song.
Tong Huai quietly wiped the corners of his eyes while the others were not paying attention.
Vaguely, he noticed that Xue Ting seemed to have noticed his movements.
He was a little nervous, afraid that Xue Ting would ask more questions, and didn't know how to answer.
For a long while, Xue Ting calmly looked away and didn't ask anything.
After singing the birthday song, Zhao Gou urged Tong Huai to make a wish.
Tong Huai closed his eyes, regardless of whether it was useful or not, he made several wishes.
I hope that Tong Jingyuan will be able to celebrate his birthday with him next year.
I hope Xue Ting can find his partner as soon as possible.
I hope that everyone here can do what they want to do, or get admitted to the school of their choice.
Yulu Junzhan took care of everything, Tong Huai opened his eyes, blew out the candles, and cut the cake for everyone with a smile.
The cake is exquisitely made, obviously custom-made, and the carved figurines on it are carefully carved. The cream is not greasy and melts in the mouth. It is several times more delicious than those bought in ordinary cake shops.
Everyone eats cakes honestly, they don't play the trick of throwing cakes and smearing cream, they are sloppy and wasteful, everyone is a delicate person.
Halfway through eating, Zhao Gou ran to turn on the light as if thinking of something, took out his cell phone, and asked for a group photo.
Tong Huai is a birthday star, wearing a paper crown on his head, surrounded by the crowd, with Xue Ting, who is lazy and expressionless, on the left, and Yu Wen, who is looking for an angle and pretending to be cool, on the right, and snapped several photos.
Zhao Gou sighed that it was true, and spread it on Weibo and Moments.
After eating sweet, there is also spicy hot pot to eat, just to neutralize.
Everyone also took out the prepared gifts one after another, the new game console, the hidden blind box, the exquisite little brooch, and the CD record. Tong Huai took it away happily, then elbowed the indifferent Xue Ting, and asked suspiciously : "You don't really prepare a five-three set for me, do you?"
Xue Ting picked up a piece of beef and chewed it slowly: "What do you think?"
"..."
Scared.
After eating almost, I started to focus on drinking.Tong Huai was a scumbag in the escape room, was attacked by Min Hong, was the protagonist at the table, and was drunk by everyone happily.
In this atmosphere, those who don't drink can't help but drink a few glasses, and they are all drunk after a while.
Tong Huai was also drunk.
A person who is usually so boisterous is quite quiet when he is drunk, with his hands on his knees, he sits upright obediently, with his eyes open in a daze, and when others tease him, he burps when he is drunk, and then licks his pink and moist lips. , staring at people with watery eyes, with clean eyes, so clear that one can see to the end at a glance.
It looks like guilt is coming out.
But the more you look at it, the more you want to bully.
Xue Ting drank the milk tea slowly, seeing that other people couldn't help but wanted to pour him, he realized his conscience and got up to block it.
Everyone at the table thought he didn't know how to drink, but they didn't know that the beer was mixed with white. After two glasses, he still didn't change his face, and he wasn't drunk at all.
Zhao Gou reacted slowly, and looked sympathetically at the drunk and foolish classmate Xiaotong.
Like a little white flower, it also holds back wine for others.
The one next to you is obviously a pig and a tiger!
Yu Wen who started booing was also drunk.
No one dares to provoke the bully in school. After sitting at the same table, everyone realized that he was surprisingly easy to get along with. Anyway, he was more annoying than the seemingly gentle but cold student god. Everyone beat Tong Huai, and dared not bully him. Xue Ting, greet him as much as possible.
Yu Wen opened his eyes in confusion. Tong Huai was obviously sitting next to him, and he reached out and scratched in the air: "Where is Huai Zai, I took him home, it should be dark."
His voice was indistinct, only Xue Ting heard it.
Bring Tong Huai home?
The relationship between the two seems to be much closer than he imagined.
Xue Ting paused, turned his head, his eyes were a little dark: "It's already dark."
Yu Wen was stunned for a moment: "That can't be done."
"why?"
Yu asked: "Tong Huai is afraid of the dark."
Hearing his name suddenly, Tong Huai, who had been sitting for a long time like an obedient boy, became unhappy: "I'm not afraid anymore."
Yu Wen scratched his head, as if he was remembering, after a long while, he said, "I don't seem to be afraid anymore."
Then he lay down on the table and passed out drunk.
For no reason, Xue Ting was stabbed in the heart by something thin and sharp.
Followed by some subtle, unclear emotions.
Why was Tong Huai afraid of the dark before?
Because no one is home?
The vague unhappiness in his heart continued to swell, Xue Ting closed his eyes and guessed all the reasons.
Tong Huai has grown up and passed the age when he is confident and afraid of the dark, so he is not afraid anymore.
Almost everyone else at the table was also drunk, humming and talking drunkenly.
"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuku
"My mother said that if I fail the monthly exam, my game console will be confiscated..."
"Fuck, let's not talk about the exam on this big day, it's a headache just thinking about it."
"What a happy day, brother Tong is celebrating his birthday and not getting married."
"There's a lot of homework for the National Day..."
"Why are you crying! What's so special about the homework, I should be crying. I saw the girl I like giving breakfast to other boys in the exam room this morning. I'm broken in love!!!"
"What are you? The girl I like told me she likes girls in order to hide from me. I want to raise money for sex reassignment surgery."
There were all kinds of drunkenness on the table, a few fell asleep soundly, and the rest were howling.
This is an age where you can cry when you want to cry, laugh when you want to laugh, make friends when you want to make friends, and fall in love when you want to fall in love. All emotions are pure, there are few impurities, there is no hypocrisy in the adult world, and there is no deliberate flattery.
Among the group of people, Xue Ting, Lu Ziran and Lin Tanya were the only ones who were still awake. Lu Ziran and Lin Tanya looked at each other helplessly: "These drunks."
Lu Ziran is the class monitor and is used to being responsible for all the students. He stood up and said, "Xiaoya, you watch them here. Xue Ting and I will send the boys down to take a taxi first."
Xue Ting had no objection, hummed, and followed Lu Ziran to take everyone down one by one.
They are all classmates, and they are not completely drunk. It is not difficult to ask for the address and send them home.
After moving the other boys except Tong Huai, the remaining girls were sent back by Lin Tanya and Lu Ziran respectively.
Xue Ting helped Tong Huai who was still sitting there obediently, who was slowly drinking the milk tea he stuffed before he left: "I'll take this back."
"Then Tong Huai will trouble you. Remember to report that you are safe when you get home." Lu Ziran smiled, nodded, and took the lead to take a step ahead.
Tong Huai didn't carry a schoolbag. Fortunately, the presents were not big. Xue Ting put all the things in his bag and took Tong Huai out of the mall.
It's past nine o'clock, and the night has overturned the sky like flowing water. Looking up at the sky in the city, you can only see towering high-rise buildings and misty clouds, but you can't see the stars.
This area is as prosperous as water, and it is the peak hour at this time, bustling with traffic, neon lights shining on the whole city, and the glimmer of light that was crushed on the ground faintly reflects the bustle and bustle.
Seeing so many people, Tong Huai reflexively leaned towards Xue Ting, grabbed his sleeve blankly, his eyes were reddish from the wind: "Hurry up."
"Huh?" Xue Ting didn't hear clearly, and approached him, "What?"
Tong Huai was really drunk, and his mind was not so clear, he muttered: "Hurry up, don't lose me."
Do you know what you are talking about?
Xue Ting lowered his eyes, and for a moment, his cool fingers poked his cheek, and put him into his arms as he said: "Okay, I won't lose it."
"You haven't wished me a happy birthday yet." Tong Huai said the next sentence and forgot the last sentence, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "You paddled while singing the birthday song, pretend I didn't notice it."
He was so drunk that he forgot what his name was, but he remembered this clearly.
Xue Ting found it funny.
The boy lowered his eyes and looked at the blushing child in his arms for a while, his lips moved.
Teenagers of this age more or less have a common problem - the more simple and straightforward words that carry blessings and friendship, the more embarrassed they are to say them.
It seems that as long as one speaks, the stubborn pride will collapse in place and be wiped out.
And it's still on the street with people coming and going.
Fortunately, Tong Huai didn't hold on to her either.
After being drunk, Tong Huai was less talkative, and had no interest in the outside world. He pursed his lips, grabbed Xue Ting's collar with one hand, and drooped his long curled eyelashes. It was the complete opposite of his usual heartless look.
Xue Ting suddenly understood why Xu Xingzhou said that he and Tong Huai were very similar.
He took a taxi and went back to Wangzhen District.
Tong Huai sat obediently all the way, and when he was about to reach the intersection, he suddenly covered his mouth, frowned and poked Xue Ting: "Stop quickly, I want to vomit."
When the driver heard that it was okay, he stopped the car quickly.Tong Huai jumped out of the car, turned around but couldn't find the trash can, and said with a mournful face, "Stop throwing up."
Xue Ting: "..."
Then you are quite civic-minded.
Tong Huai really didn't want to vomit, but he didn't want to leave when the car left.
He squatted on the ground, feeling wronged to death. He walked too much today and his feet hurt: "I don't want to walk."
Xue Ting was standing beside him, and under the gazes coming and going, he calmly pressed a lock of curly hair on the top of his head: "Then how do you go back?"
"You carry me on your back." Tong Huai raised his face, smiled flatteringly like a child, and stretched out his hands, as if he had prepared this speech long ago, his eyes were bright.
Xue Ting and him looked at each other for a moment, frowned, and belatedly discovered something very bad.
... It's hard to refuse the coquettish Tong Huai.
Like a jar of colorful and beautiful candies, it is sprinkled and rolled out, exuding a sweet fragrance, and actively inviting people to taste it.
Who can say no to that.
Realizing this, the expression on Xue Ting's face disappeared little by little, showing a slight discomfort.He leaned over and looked at the anxious Tong Huai for a moment, pulled him up with a cold face, put down his schoolbag on his back, and then bent down with his back to him.
Tong Huai immediately climbed onto his back, his feet off the ground, and he narrowed his eyes in enjoyment.
The temperature in Linlan City has begun to cool down, the night is not so hot, the cool wind blowing on his forehead is very comfortable, his head is nodding, and he is almost about to fall into a deep sleep.
Just when Xue Ting thought he had fallen asleep, Tong Huai suddenly said softly: "I used to hate Chinese."
After he was drunk, his speech was a little slurred, and his tone was soft, like cotton candy, light and soft.
What do you hate?Yu asked, or Chinese?
Xue Ting tilted his ears and raised his eyebrows.
Personally, he prefers the former.
"When I was in elementary school," Tong Huai opened his eyes and murmured, "The teacher always asked us to write a propositional composition."
"Ok?"
"Call my mother."
Every time he left a volume blank, he was picked up by the serious Chinese teacher and asked him why he didn't finish his homework properly.
He never explained, just stood on the seat with his neck stiffened and said nothing.
At that time, Tong Jingyuan hadn't picked him up yet, and when he learned about it from his grandparents, he was silent for a long time, and when he came to see Tong Huai, his eyes were slightly red.
The grandparents felt sorry for Tong Huai, and advised Tong Jingyuan to find a new mother for Tong Huai, so that the child would not be wronged at school. Children are the most innocent and innocent, and they know how to hurt people innocently. After hearing the gossip, he ran up to Tong Huai and laughed happily.
Tong Huai often fights with them.
After Tong Jingyuan listened, he had a serious conversation with his young son and asked him if he wanted a new mother.
Father and son have a tacit understanding.
They are all nostalgic people, one does not want a new wife, the other does not want a new mother, and would rather stubbornly guard the garden behind the villa that no longer has a mistress, and the old home video tapes.
Tong Huai still vaguely remembered that day Tong Jingyuan hugged him and said to his grandparents: "I met Zai Zai's mother after spending all my luck. This is the only time in this life, there will be no second time."
As soon as Xue Ting's footsteps stopped, the delicate and breathless emotions when he heard Yu Wen's drunken words at the hot pot restaurant before came to his heart again, sour and soft.
His voice softened: "No one will ask you to write that essay again."
"Ah."
Probably because he mentioned composition while listening to other people's complaints on the table, Tong Huai suddenly thought of such an old thing.
He closed his pan-acid eyelids, and his whole body seemed to be floating in a sea, rising and falling with the waves. Before he knew it, his consciousness slowly sank and he fell into a deep sleep.
The place where I got off the bus was not far from Tong Huai's house. Xue Ting went downstairs to his house and wanted to call Tong Huai, but found that he was already asleep.
It doesn't seem safe to leave Tong Huai alone at home like this.
According to news reports, there are not a few people who suffocate to death every year due to drunken vomit.
Xue Ting pondered for a moment, then looked at the bus station in the distance.The last bus is waiting for people, but the road behind is under repair recently, and it is not stable and bumps badly.
He pursed his lips, looked away, and gently lifted Tong Huai up, carried Tong Huai on his back, and continued to walk forward step by step.
The quiet street lamps lit up the night, and the lights prolonged their shadows, one after another, extending to the endless blurred border.
He suddenly remembered Tong Huai's complaint.
There is no one around, and the further you go in, the more secluded it becomes.
The person behind him was also asleep, breathing lightly against his neck.
Xue Ting lowered his eyelashes and said softly, "Happy birthday, Zai Zai."
In the dream, Tong Huai felt that he was lying on a feather.
The wind is very gentle, and the person carrying him is also very gentle.
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