Jigsaw puzzle

Perhaps because of the date, Han Yicheng was the only one in the huge cemetery today. Li Ran looked at Han Yicheng standing in front of the tombstone from a distance, and exhaled a puff of smoke.

Han Yicheng stood upright at first, but then slowly lost his strength and hunched up, and finally squatted in front of the tombstone, hugging into a ball.

Li Ran didn't count how long it took, and when his legs felt a little uncomfortable, Han Yicheng walked out from inside.

His eyes were red, as if he had just cried.

"You're quite strong," Li Ran stroked Han Yicheng's hair, and said softly, "If I were you, I would hug someone else and cry."

Hearing these words, Han Yicheng sniffled his nose as if he was stimulated by something, and two lines of tears silently rolled down the corners of his eyes.

Li Ran had never seen someone cry so quietly, almost without making a sound, only tears kept falling out.Li Ran hurriedly took a step forward, hugged Han Yicheng, who was much taller than him, into his arms, and patted him lightly with his hands to give him comfort.

"If you're in a bad mood, just cry out loud," Li Ran said softly in Han Yicheng's ear, "I'm very experienced in this area."

Han Yicheng retracted his arms and hugged Li Ran even tighter, but he still didn't make a sound.Until the last time he wiped his eyes and let go of Li Ran, he was very quiet.

"I'll drive back." Li Ran turned around and walked back slowly, "What do you want to eat? I'll cook you a bowl of noodles when I go back?"

Han Yicheng nodded and stayed silent as the co-pilot, so Li Ran turned on his car's Bluetooth and connected it to his phone to play music.

A relaxed English slow song sounded in the car, and Han Yicheng didn't bother to listen to what the lyrics were singing.There is a melody of wind chimes in the background sound, which is very brainwashing. Han Yicheng unconsciously always looks for the same melody, until the car is parked in the community, he just wakes up like a dream.

Before the two went upstairs, Li Ran went to the canteen to buy a large bucket of ice cream, and handed the bucket to Han Yicheng before cooking instant noodles.

Han Yicheng: "Isn't it time to eat?"

Li Ran continued with the operation without looking back, "Aren't you an adult? Why are there so many rules? You can eat whatever you want!"

Han Yicheng had no choice but to open the jar obediently, and put the ice cream inside into his mouth.He unexpectedly found that when Li Ran put the steaming noodles on the table, he really felt better.

There was a soft-boiled egg lying in the fragrant noodles. When Han Yicheng poked it with his chopsticks, the rich golden liquid flowed out.

"My sister is very kind to me," Han Yicheng looked at the soft-boiled egg, and suddenly said, "She is very similar to you."

Li Ran was taken aback: "Like me?"

"Well," Han Yicheng took a bite of the noodles and continued, "She always takes me out to play and helps me think of essay topics. When I was bullied when I was young, she would stand up for me."

"Sounds cool." Li Ran said.

"She is good at mathematics, physics and chemistry, but she was the last one to study liberal arts. At that time, she especially liked reading novels and wrote lyrics." Recalling the past, Han Yicheng's expression softened. "And she has a lot of friends. I was in junior high school. At that time, she was in the same high school as me, and many boys asked me to deliver letters to her," Han Yicheng smiled, "She also talks very funny, if you can meet her, you will definitely like it."

"Is that so?" Li Ran asked, "Then why are you making Qi Xin's father cheaper?"

Han Yicheng paused, as if he was seriously recalling something.

"Qi Dongqing...we met when she was in college," Han Yicheng said, "She went to the bar to play, and Qi Dongqing sang there, and after chasing my sister for a year, I finally caught up with her."

Han Yicheng was silent for a while, took out his phone, found Qi Dongqing's QQ, searched for a while, and clicked on a photo to show Li Ran.

This photo is a group photo of Han Yanan and Qi Dongqing. As expected by Li Ran, Qi Dongqing in the early years was very handsome. Even though the pixels of this photo are very low, Li Ran can still see the heroic spirit in Qi Dongqing's eyebrows.

But compared to Qi Dongqing, Li Ran was more surprised by Han Yanan in the photo. She raised her arm towards the camera, and there was a big whale tattooed on the inside of her forearm.

The whale is different from the small and fresh patterns on the market today. It is rendered in pure black, giving people a sense of grandeur.Li Ran glanced at the date of this photo, which was 14 years ago.

At that time, Li Ran had just graduated from elementary school, and it was rare to see girls with such large tattoos on their bodies.

Li Ran vaguely felt that Han Yicheng's parents, who had never been seen before, and Han Yicheng's very introverted personality had a lot to do with Han Yanan's death.He felt that the death of his sister should be the cause of Han Yicheng's current situation, but he didn't want to ask further questions for the time being.

Han Yicheng was very resistant to this matter, and telling him about it this time was enough to muster his courage. Li Ran was afraid that if he pushed him too hard, not only would it not help him untie his knot, but it would hurt the relationship between the two of them.

Sure enough, seeing this, Han Yicheng stopped talking again. He silently ate the remaining noodles and went to the sink to wash the dishes.

Li Ran didn't know why he cared so much about Han Yicheng. It wasn't until he lay down under the quilt at night that he was about to fall asleep that he suddenly realized that his Spring Festival holiday was over.

After that night, Li Ran clearly felt that Han Yicheng's attitude towards him had undergone subtle but comprehensive changes.

In the past, Han Yicheng always maintained a natural distance from him. When he showed his kindness to Han Yicheng, Han Yicheng thanked him politely.

Now, Han Yicheng can take it for granted that he helps take care of Qi Xin, and even went to Li Ran's house to make a living during the Lantern Festival.

As for Li Ran's mean-spirited teasing all the time, although Han Yicheng was no match, he occasionally learned how to fight back.

Qi Xin downloaded a dance game on the PS4 in the living room. She avoided all the fashionable songs, and played the divine song to the TV every day, twitching like a puppet.

As a dance teacher, Li Ran was very saddened to see it, and when he came out, he pretended not to see it, and walked past without looking sideways.

As a result, one time later, he was stopped by Han Yicheng.

"Look," Han Yicheng pointed at Qi Xin expressionlessly, "Your student."

All in all, Li Ran felt that Han Yicheng was getting more and more smokey, and he was very satisfied with it.Affected by his good mood, Li Ran opened several classes in the peak season at one go, and spent every day teaching in the dance room.

One morning, Li Ran passed by the living room wrapped in a towel after taking a shower, and Han Yicheng happened to come out of the bedroom.The two looked at each other for a while, Han Yicheng looked at Li Ran calmly and said, "You have lost a lot of weight."

"Am I obviously thinner?" Li Ran raised his shirt in front of the mirror in the dance room, and asked Yu suspiciously, "Why can't I see it?"

"It's okay," Xiaoyu replied with a glance at him, "You can't tell just by looking at the face, you have to see—" Yuyu's voice stopped suddenly, and he ran over from the front desk in surprise, "Li Ran! Are you Let’s talk about a boyfriend!!!”

"What, why don't you become a screenwriter with your imagination?" Li Ran gave Xiao Yu a glance, "My landlord asked me this."

"Your landlord sees you naked every day?" Yu Yu looked in disbelief, and suddenly changed the topic, "Oh no, when did you share the rent with someone else?"

"Last time, there was a parent who said he had an apartment very suitable." Li Ran imitated Han Yicheng's expression, "That one, the one who always rolls his eyes to look at people, is Qi Xin's parent."

Yu Yu suddenly screamed: "Damn!!! Li Ran, why don't you show some shame! You actually messed with the parents of students!!! You!! Moral corruption!"

"What, we are pure roommates, okay?" Li Ran hooked the corners of his lips, and added in a low voice, "I haven't even written my horoscope yet."

Li Ran ignored Yu Wuwu's gossiping gaze, went downstairs and saw Han Yicheng's car parked by the side of the road, he happily opened the door and got in.Recently, he was really tired after class at night, so he would send WeChat to ask Han Yicheng to pick him up.And Han Yicheng would obediently come to him if he was fine.

"Qi Xin didn't come over today?" Li Ran asked as he put on his seat belt.

Han Yicheng shook his head: "Today is with her father."

"Old Han," Li Ran moved closer to Han Yicheng and winked at him, "Do you want me to take you to a good place to hang out?"

Han Yicheng:?

The good place Li Ran mentioned was the street stall street that he had coveted for a long time.In the past, every time Li Ran finished teaching too late, he would come here to satisfy his hunger.Every winter because of the cold weather, the food stalls will be closed for two months. Li Ran looks forward to the stars and the moon every day, and now he finally hopes for these little three rounds again.

"This..." Han Yicheng looked at the black tofu cubes in the paper bowl hesitantly, and asked Li Ran, "Eat it directly?"

At this time, Li Ran had completely surrendered to the deep-fried stinky tofu, as if every sour bean inside had been infused with soul.

"Hey," Li Ran said with a smile, "I haven't seen it again? This is the way to go." After he finished speaking, he used chopsticks to poke several holes in the surface of Han Yicheng's stinky tofu, allowing the surrounding sauce to seep in.

"Okay, now you can enjoy it!"

Han Yicheng put the stinky tofu that had been manually "filled with soup" into his mouth, and waited for a long time before he dared to chew.

"Is it fragrant?" Li Ran asked excitedly, "Isn't this feel so refreshing?"

Han Yicheng nodded honestly: "It's delicious."

Li Ran chuckled, picked out a bunch of crab sticks from the Malatang pool in front of him, and put them in Han Yicheng's bowl.

The temperature in early spring is still a bit low, and the freshly cooked crab sticks are steaming in Han Yicheng's bowl, which makes people feel inexplicably satisfied.

"I guess you haven't eaten this before?" Li Ran looked at Han Yicheng pretending to regret, "Old Han, old Han, your life experience is still not enough!"

Han Yicheng took a bite of the crab stick and felt that the noodles were overcooked, so he poured some spicy soup on it.

"I've eaten Malatang before," he said, "order takeaway."

"No!" Li Ran shook his finger in front of Han Yicheng, "What you ate before was called Malatang, but this—" Li Ran pointed to the bubbling red oil pot in front of him, "Do you know what it is?"

Han Yicheng: "What?"

"This is called dirty hemp, dirty things are dirty," Li Ran said proudly, "Only when it's dirty is it good enough!"

At this moment, the owner of the Zangma stall became upset, and waved his hand at Li Ran, "Young man, our stall is not dirty, so don't talk nonsense."

"Okay, okay," Li Ran stuck out his tongue at Han Yicheng, and said to the boss, "I mean, heavy taste, heavy taste!"

Han Yicheng was amused by Li Ran. When he smiled, his eyes narrowed, as if he had changed his normal aura.So Li Ran is particularly keen to see Han Yicheng smile, just like successfully persuading a super villain to surrender, he has a happy sense of accomplishment.

Moreover, Li Ran felt that Han Yicheng seemed to laugh a lot more now than when he first met a few months ago.He didn't want to attribute it to himself narcissistically, but he couldn't find any other explanation.

Counting the supper this time, Han Yicheng has laughed like this in front of him many times recently.Li Ran was a little proud, and made a handsome pose to the mirror in the dance room, wiped off the sweat from his forehead, and raised his eyebrows.

The sword is not old, he sighed in his heart looking at his handsome reflection.

"By the way, are you really in love?" Xiao Yu was already familiar with Li Ran's behavior now, and asked him calmly while sitting on the sofa.

"Oh?" Li Ran changed his look again and danced for a while, "Why do you see that?"

"In the past few months, every time after get off work, you stayed in the dance room by yourself every day. Either you were trying to keep me from leaving, or you drank too much alcohol by yourself, and you faked your energy during class. stand up!"

Yu Yu pointed out sharply: "It's not like now, after class, there is no one's shadow, and I'm still twisting here proudly!"

Yu Yu dragged his cheeks and looked curious: "You don't really have a relationship with that parent, do you?"

"How could it be!" Li Ran raised his chin at himself in the mirror, "This handsome guy is single, what a pity, he is single!"

"Hey~" Yu Yu made a retching motion, walked over and pushed Li Ran, "Don't tease you anymore, the holes in your pants are so big, you don't have to worry about breaking your legs!"

Li Ran took advantage of the situation and fell to the side, then walked out in big strides, then waved at Xiao Yu, and blew a kiss.

However, life will always strike with a heavy hammer when people are in a good mood, lest someone live too inflatedly.

Li Ran came home that day and planned to cook noodles, but suddenly felt no appetite after sitting in the water.He found a corner on the sofa and curled up, watching idol dramas with Qi Xin.

It didn't take long for Li Ran to feel that the TV series were boring and even had a hypnotic effect, which made his eyelids heavy. At some point, he lost consciousness and fell asleep.

Li Ran felt that he was very cold in his sleep, and it didn't help if he pulled his windbreaker over it. During the period, Qi Xin seemed to call him twice, but he didn't hear it very clearly, so he didn't respond.

Until the last time, Qi Xin's voice was very persistent, while calling him, someone else held his arm and kept shaking it.

"Hey", Li Ran raised his heavy eyelids, and looked at Han Yicheng's concerned eyes, and muttered in a daze, "What are you doing, don't mess with me, let me sleep for a while."

"Go back to sleep," Han Yicheng said, "It's uncomfortable here."

"It's right here..." Li Ran was so sleepy that he tugged on his coat, closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep again.

However, Han Yicheng was very persistent, shook him awake again, and pointed to the room.

"Oh, why are you so annoying!" Li Ran threw his hands aside, turned his back on Han Yicheng in a low voice, "carry me in if you have the ability."

Han Yicheng frowned, asked Qi Xin to help, put one arm of Li Ran around his neck, picked up the back of his knee with the other hand, and carried him back to the bedroom.

"Hiss—" Li Ran found himself being hugged by Han Yicheng, half awake, "I'm panicking!"

Han Yicheng walked into Li Ran's bedroom, gently put him on the bed, and covered him with a quilt.

"Why is it so cold!" Li Ran shrank under the quilt as he said, his face flushed a little.

Han Yicheng thought for a while, took a thin quilt from his room, and put it on Li Ran, intending to turn off the light and leave.

"Did you not close the window?" Li Ran muttered and grabbed Han Yicheng, "It's so cold."

It was only then that Han Yicheng realized that the temperature of Li Ran's hand was abnormal. He quickly put his hand on Li Ran's forehead and tried it, and was stunned for a while.

It took a long time before Han Yicheng came back to his senses.

"You have a fever."