lost spark

She said her name was Jin Xi.

Ye Ting didn't need to remember her, and Jin Xi didn't mind either.

"Anyway, wait for someone, let's chat." Jin Xi took a puff of smoke, leaned on the stone pillar behind the seat, his slender legs under the shorts overlapped in a relaxed posture, as if he really asked like chatting about homework Him: "When did you come back?"

"It's this summer." After Ye Ting heard her name, more memories came back. Jin Xi was Qu Yixiao's deskmate for half a semester, and was pursued by many people because of her good looks, but never people into her eyes.

"I remember that it was summer when you left." Jin Xi said.

Ye Ting frowned, he didn't know if it was because of the strong smell of smoke, or because of Jin Xi's words, but his intuition made him resist the desire to leave.He is not familiar with Jin Xi, it can be said that there is no intersection at all, and he doesn't think that Jin Xi cares about him.

After a long silence, Jin Xi turned his head, looking for something to say, and said, "Did you know? Qu Yixiao took a month's sick leave. Oh, yes, you didn't know, you had already left by then."

"Sick leave?" Ye Ting's heart skipped a beat for no reason, and she tensed her body to look at her, but she turned her head to look somewhere in nothingness, Ye Ting asked, "What do you mean?"

"At the beginning of school, the head teacher didn't change the seats in time. We could still be at the same table for two months, but Qu Yixiao took a leave of absence and cut it by half. He had a health problem and had to go to the hospital."

Jin Xi is not a sentimental person, but at this moment, he seemed to be nostalgic, and smiled: "I know what disease you want to ask, severe anemia, and stomach problems. As for whether it is bleeding or rotting, I am not sure."

After finishing speaking, Jin Xi found that Ye Ting was staring at her.

Turning back to look at him indifferently, the fearless eyes made Ye Ting on the opposite side feel extremely uncomfortable suddenly, and his voice became dark: "How could this be?"

"Then you're asking the wrong person. Let me tell you what I saw."

Jin Xi's voice was pleasant, and her fingers holding the cigarette were long and slender. She still had the same posture, with a bit of arrogance and coldness, as she narrated the story she had seen with her own eyes.

"At the beginning of school, Qu Yixiao seemed to be a different person. He was very thin, and he looked unhealthy. The school uniform that used to fit had become loose, which shocked the teachers. After all, he was a good student who paid attention to him, and he was called I went to ask about the situation. I don’t know what Qu Yixiao said. What he experienced during the summer vacation. He ate biscuits and steamed buns mixed with boiled water, and instant noodles could last twice. Occasionally, he went to the cafeteria to eat once, but they were all two vegetarian dishes. , a free bowl of soup, a large meal will fill you up, which is considered a luxury.”

"I can see that he is very short of money. I'm afraid that one day he will starve to death like that." Jin Xi raised her head, her exquisite and smooth collarbone is very eye-catching, she said: "I don't know what others think, as a tablemate , I can’t stand it anymore, I brought him breakfast, buns, sandwiches, cakes, I brought them for three days, and he paid me for all three days.”

"Guess what he said." Jin Xi tilted his head to look at the stiff person beside him, and before she could answer she said, "He said, 'Thank you, I don't have any money to pay you back, so don't bring it to me'."

"How could this happen? You see, I have the same question as you." Jin Xi looked at Ye Ting leisurely, "It's all like that, and you know that you don't owe favors, and you are alone. If you are dead, you are also alone, yes Bar?"

Ye Ting opened his mouth, but couldn't squeeze out a single word, and even moved his fingers with difficulty.

"When I saw him like that, I thought of you. A few people asked about it, but you never showed up. After inquiring, they said that you had changed schools, and the parents couldn't be contacted. I knew something was wrong. As for why, you better I know better. I wasn’t surprised at all after that. The intensity of study was too high, so I guess I was not feeling well. If my body couldn’t keep up, I would naturally fall down. I think it’s a good thing.”

There was a long period of silence in the air, and people passed by from time to time, and no one was distracted.

Jin Xi put out the cigarette, and waved his hand in front of the pale-faced Ye Ting: "Scared? Well, the above, delete, what I said is all false, you better not believe it."

After a long time, Ye Ting rolled his eyes and murmured: "You used to..."

"Yes, I liked him before. But you are lovers, I have already seen it."

When you like someone, you can see this person clearly from head to toe.Jin Xi also couldn't explain why she wanted to say this when she met Ye Ting, who was once a rival in love. Maybe she did it on purpose to let Ye Ting experience the price of unhappiness back then.

It's just that when she grew up, she was also deeply involved in the emotional vortex, knowing that the right and wrong of the two people are inextricably linked, and there is no way out just by looking at one of them.

Ye Ting pursed her lips, with a bad complexion: "Then now?"

Jin Xi shrugged, and answered his strange concern: "My husband entered the steam room with you."

"I see." Ye Ting stood up and said, "Sorry, I'll leave for a while."

Jin Xi felt a little disappointed when he saw his panicky back that he couldn't hide no matter how hard he tried. She was still waiting for Ye Ting to continue her story, thinking of this, she curled her lips.

Forget it.

toilet compartment.

Ye Ting took out his mobile phone to make a call, trying to look calm.

Liang Jieyun's voice sounded quickly: "Son?"

"Did you leave Qu Yixiao's living expenses when you left?" Ye Ting couldn't wait for a moment, he wanted to hear the answer right away.

"Why did you ask him?" Liang Jieyun paused, and said, "Didn't I tell you that I left a sum of money, so why ask?"

"You lied." Ye Ting said word by word: "You didn't at all. You didn't give him a penny, did you?"

Liang Jieyun tried to speak hard: "Ye Ting, you...why are you crazy?"

"You just have to tell me don't you?"

"Yes, I walked in a hurry at that time, how could I have thought of this, not to mention that he has hands and feet, so he can't suffer much, unlike you..." After saying it, Liang Jieyun felt that it was nothing. It's easy to hide.

She was still babbling, Ye Ting leaned against the door panel while holding the phone, and burst into tears.

No wonder he went to buy couplets on such a cold day, no wonder he was able to find stomach medicine at home when he was sick last time.

He was really spoiled by Qu Yixiao, no matter before or after the separation.If he had known about this earlier, he would never have asked Qu Yixiao if he liked him a little bit.

Not important anymore.

Ye Ting closed his eyes and suppressed the sobs in his voice: "He is not an adult, no matter how sensible and capable he is, he still needs to study and eat. Even if he makes a big mistake, he is still a living person. How can he have no room for it?" Keep."

"Mom, the pet you've kept for ten years has died, and you still know how to find a good place to bury it."

"You used to be so kind to him. You said he was pitiful and sensible. You liked him the most. I thought you wouldn't be so cruel. How...how could you lie to me. "

"Ye Ting, have you forgotten?" Liang Jieyun was silent for 2 minutes, and then cruelly told him a fact: "At that time, didn't you also go with your father and me. What's more, people like that, keep him by your side What are you doing?"

Qu Yixiao didn't see Ye Ting after he came out of the shower, and he searched around but found no one, only Jin Xi who was sitting in the rest area and changed his clothes.

"Where's my husband?" Jin Xi beckoned to him: "Come and sit down, Ye Ting was sitting here just now."

"Did you see him?" Qu Yixiao walked over.

"Well, we chatted for a while, but I don't know where I went now." The woman finished her makeup, her body was enchanting and charming, she brought him a glass of orange juice, raised her hand and asked, "Would you like to drink? "

Qu Yixiao shook his head: "No, I'll go find him."

Jin Xi lowered his eyebrows and smiled, enjoying himself bluntly: "Go, my husband is coming soon."

No trace was found on the first floor, and it took four phone calls to answer.

Ye Ting's words were very confusing. When it came to seeing the hot spring, Qu Yixiao didn't know that he had gone to the top floor. He was angry and at the same time let go of his heart, and quickly took the elevator up.

There is an artificial hot spring on the top floor of the hotel, which is the feature of the hotel. The environment is beautiful and the terrain is superior. The hot spring is divided into two large and small pools. At night, colorful lights are intertwined and neon is colorful.

There were not many people spending money at this time, Qu Yixiao got out of the elevator and walked straight in, and saw Ye Ting sitting in the self-service area at a glance.

In order to find him, Qu Yixiao was sweating profusely, and his collar was wet a lot. Now that the person who said he was waiting for him was sitting there drinking leisurely and safely, Qu Yixiao felt angry and funny.

Ye Ting also found him, and stood up from the stool excitedly, her cheeks were flushed, she opened her hands to beg for a hug, her speech was a little vague, with a bit of lingering: "You are here."

"You're drunk." Just standing crookedly, I don't know how much I drank. In the past, Ye Ting always disliked the bitter taste of wine and refused to drink, but now he is happy.

Qu Yixiao wanted to grab him.

But before they touched it, Ye Ting withdrew her hands back, clutching her skirt tightly to her chest, her knuckles turned white.This look is like a deer that has been shot, unable to walk, can only cry for help, bleeding out.

"It hurts so much, here." Ye Ting said, his drunkenness prevented him from noticing that the red wine in his glass had spilled all over the floor.

"Get up, go home." Qu Yixiao was helpless, took out the cup in his hand and put it on the table, and wiped the wine stains on his hands and clothes with the paper towel handed over by the waiter. The whole process was quiet and patient .

After doing all this, he squatted down again, and left the hotel with his back under the eyes of everyone.

All the way home, Ye Ting lay obediently on Qu Yixiao's back, with his head resting on Qu Yixiao's shoulder, reeking of alcohol, but kept yelling pain in his mouth.

Qu Yixiao didn't know where he was hurting, so he ignored him, thinking that he was insane from alcohol, but he didn't know that Ye Ting was crying until he felt the moisture from his skin.

"Where does it hurt you?" Qu Yixiao asked him with his head tilted, he was too close to kiss him, and those moist eyes stared straight at him.

Ye Ting didn't answer, and he didn't complain about the pain anymore, as if he was asleep, but the sobbing sound close to his ear told him that he wasn't in fact.Ye Ting has been looking at Qu Yixiao's side face, all the hot air sprayed on the side of Qu Yixiao's neck.

After getting out of the taxi and entering the gate of the apartment, the street lights made the shadows of the two of them very long.

Qu Yixiao hasn't carried Ye Ting on his back for many years. Back then, Ye Ting on his back was never so cute. He loved to poke his face, pinch his chin, dance so loudly that he couldn't hold him Only then was he willing to settle down.

There were stray cats fighting in the bushes, and their calls were tearing apart. Ye Ting might have been startled, moved, and began to cry out in pain again, but this time it was not the only one, and his voice was especially alarming in the quiet night.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left you, Qu Yixiao...I'm sorry..."

Qu Yixiao stopped in his tracks, he was sure he heard clearly.He seemed to know why Ye Ting suddenly went to drink, the dusty memory was dug up by this sentence, and the anger accumulated in his heart all night was instantly replaced by another kind of anger.

"Are you awake?" Qu Yixiao asked through gritted teeth.

"I was wrong." Ye Ting began to repeat these three words.

Still drunk.

Qu Yixiao clenched his fists. After so many years, he always felt that those things were indifferent, and it should be the same now.But when these things came out of Ye Ting's mouth, those past pains seemed to come back doubled.

Walked home slowly, opened the door and changed his shoes, washed his face with cold water, no matter how much Ye Ting was put on the bed sobbing and admitting his mistake, he didn't say a word.