Jigsaw puzzle

Han Yicheng's expression was like that of a child who was caught doing bad things. He avoided Li Ran's gaze and didn't want to make him sad, so he took several steps back, pulling the two of them far away.

"...I'm fine." Han Yicheng said these words stubbornly, his whole body tensed up into a defensive posture, and his expression became a little hideous because of the pain.

Li Ran took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, and he secretly scolded himself for his weak performance just now in his mind.Obviously he wanted to help Han Yicheng, how could he cry first and make the atmosphere even worse.

"It doesn't matter if you have something to do." Li Ran took two steps forward and forced Han Yicheng to the bedside where there was nowhere to retreat. When Han Yicheng tried to escape, he grabbed his hand and looked at him almost with a smile on his face. Pleading, "Don't shake off my hand."

Han Yicheng froze all of a sudden. At this moment, he felt that the skin on Li Ran's hand was burning, which was the source of torture and the hope of redemption.He stared down at the floor, his arms clamped above his ribs, motionless.

Li Ran saw that Han Yicheng didn't completely reject him, so he put his hand on his chest, letting the sound of his beating heartbeat pass through Han Yicheng's arm to his heart.

"It's okay," Li Ran repeated, "let me know what happened, please?"

Accompanied by an inaudible whimper, Han Yicheng trembled, his eyes gradually filled with despair, but he still didn't push away Li Ran's unbuttoned hand.

Li Ran felt that Han Yicheng was like a panicked and injured beast, on the verge of collapse, and controlled himself with all his willpower, so he didn't run away.

Facing such Han Yicheng, he felt very distressed, and there was always a small voice in his heart persuading him: How about forgetting it?He is in such pain, don't push him any further.

But Li Ran also understands that if he sits idly by now, Han Yicheng's condition will only get worse. If the existing scars are not properly treated and kept in the dark, they will inevitably fester and deteriorate, both physically and psychologically.

Li Ran made up his mind and took off Han Yicheng's shirt. The edges of the wound on both sides of Han Yicheng's ribs were exposed. Once these scars were not covered by his clothes, even if Han Yicheng hid them in such a secret place, it would still be useless.

Han Yicheng trembled even more, his eyes were red, he was so big sitting here, but he seemed to be squeezed into a ball in a cramped space, even the eyes that were always full of coldness in the past were very pitiful now .

Li Ran felt pain in his chest and even his stomach. He wrapped his arms around Han Yicheng, and rubbed his fingers on his back to comfort him.

After a long time, Han Yicheng asked tremblingly, "Will you leave me?"

Li Ran quickly shook his head: "No."

"Are you afraid of me?" Han Yicheng asked again.

"I'm not afraid of you, I like you." Li Ran tightened his arms, and pressed his chest against Han Yicheng's collarbone, which hurt a little. "I like you, so I'm afraid that you will get hurt. Can you understand?"

After receiving Li Ran's assurance, Han Yicheng seemed to calm down a bit. His tense body gradually relaxed, and the blue veins that had been exposed just now were also hidden in the texture.

"When did you start doing this?" Li Ran asked while touching his wound.

These wounds/wounds were distributed on Han Yicheng's body, some of them had healed into a brown color slightly darker than the surrounding skin, and some of them had not been formed for a long time, and were still crimson with blood scabs.

"I don't remember." Han Yicheng turned his head away, not wanting to admit that there was a connection between his self-harm and Li Ran.

"Did it start before going to Thailand?" Li Ran asked him, "The injury on your hand that time was not an accident, right?"

Han Yicheng gave a "hmm", hurriedly put his clothes back on, deliberately avoided Li Ran and ran to the living room.

Li Ran didn't even wear slippers, he came out with bare heels, and saw Han Yicheng washing in the bathroom with his windbreaker spread out on the sofa, as if he was planning to go out.

"Where are you going?"

"unit."

"Isn't today Saturday?" Li Ran asked him.

Han Yicheng still didn't look at Li Ran, and focused on what he was doing: "I have to work overtime."

Li Ran felt that he might have to give Han Yicheng some space for himself, so he didn't poke him, but leaned against the door frame and said, "Then you come back early, I will avoid the limelight these two days and not go to the dance room."

Han Yicheng responded vaguely, and hurriedly closed the door and ran away as if fleeing.Li Ran was left alone in the room, and he slid down from the door frame weakly, and finally squatted on the ground.

When people are extremely bored, the brain will empty out like self-protection.Li Ran sat on the ground for a while, but before he recovered, he was forced to return to reality by the continuous beeps from his mobile phone.

Probably because the parents of yesterday's class woke up at this point, and started chattering in the wechat group in the dance studio, and some troublesome people transferred all the posts on weibo to the group. Her private life was uncovered in the group.

Li Ran watched the news in the group scroll up one by one, not even in the mood to explain or refute.

Only when Yu Zai sent him WeChat one by one, and analyzed with him in a logical manner, how to reply to the parents, could the students in the class be retained.

In the old days, Li Ran would go out for a few days because of this matter, regardless of whether it was useful or not, he had to do what he needed to do first.

But now, as if all his strength had been drained from his body, he could only send WeChat one by one to the group.

-I'm really sorry for the accident that happened yesterday. It was caused by my personal affairs and I caused trouble for everyone.

-The police are in contact with the issue of compensation, and I will give you an explanation.

However, many parents in the group did not buy his good-tempered apology, and even encouraged other colleges to clamor for a refund.

- For those who have not finished the course, if you want a refund, you can refund part of it. I also hope that everyone can understand each other. In view of the serious attitude of the dance studio teachers in the past, try to finish the course as much as possible.

After Li Ran sent this WeChat message, there was another burst of cynicism in the group, and Li Ran suddenly didn't want to explain any more. He transferred an account to Xiao Xiao and asked her to refund the parents who asked for a refund according to the remaining courses.

Explain shit, he thought, I did nothing wrong.

After finishing these things, he threw his mobile phone on the bed in annoyance, and went to the refrigerator to find a drink.He and Han Yicheng bought the two bottles of wine in the refrigerator together at the airport.

He couldn't remember the last time he drank alone like this. Anyway, since he moved to the apartment here, he didn't need to drink to get rid of his worries.

In the past, no matter how troublesome things Li Ran encountered outside, as long as he came back and saw Han Yicheng sitting on the sofa playing games expressionlessly, he felt at ease as if someone was following his back.

Now the people behind him are falling apart, but Li Ran doesn't know how to make up for it.

Li Ran waited in such a daze until night, when Han Yicheng came back, unexpectedly, followed by Qi Xin in school uniform.

"...Would you like something to eat?" Li Ran stuffed some snacks indiscriminately to suppress the alcohol, and asked the two people who had just entered the door.

Qi Xin's little mind was spinning quickly, she had guessed that something should have happened between Han Yicheng and Li Ran, she shook her head cautiously: "I just ate outside, I... went to do my homework."

With Qi Xin here, Li Ran couldn't directly talk to Han Yicheng about that matter, so he could only focus on him, not daring to relax for a moment, for fear that he would do something to hurt him again.

Although Han Yicheng's mentality has changed obviously, he still tries his best to cover it up, pretending that everything is the same as before.

He sat on the sofa and played games at first, but later he couldn't avoid Li Ran's gaze, so he hid on the balcony, insisting on forcibly resurrecting the morning glory that was full of windows.

"It's fine if you die, it's almost winter now, even if you're indoors, it's about time to wither." Li Ran walked behind Han Yicheng at some point, and handed him a small porcelain bowl, "Keep the seeds, It can be planted again next year.”

Han Yicheng took the small porcelain bowl silently, took out the seeds one by one from the side of the withered flowers, put them in the bowl and put them away.

Li Ran just wanted to chat with him, but before he could organize his words, Han Yicheng glanced at him, turned his head and left and went back to his own room.

It was like this for the next few days, Han Yicheng always wanted to be with Qi Xin, and he didn't have the chance to be alone with Li Ran.In the next few days, Qi Xin went to follow Qi Dongqing, and he started to work overtime again.He didn't get home until after eleven o'clock every night, and went back to sleep as soon as he came back, deliberately missing all opportunities to sit down and talk with Li Ran.

Li Ran let him make trouble like this for several days, and his patience was gradually exhausted.

He didn't blame Han Yicheng for his bad attitude towards him. What he was disappointed about was that Han Yicheng never wanted to solve his problems from the bottom of his heart.From Li Ran's point of view, Han Yicheng would rather sacrifice the relationship between the two than not trust him. Li Ran was very annoyed by this perception.

This morning, as soon as he came out of the bedroom door and met Han Yicheng's eyes, Han Yicheng subconsciously quickened his hand movements, wanting to leave early.

Li Ran was woken up in the morning by the bombardment of bad news from the dance studio. Yesterday, Duan Chenyi's brain was cramped. After knowing that his fans attacked Li Ran, he posted an apology statement to the dance studio on the Internet, and asked the fans to stay away from his personal friends. .

This statement is almost equivalent to a declaration of coming out.For a while, the dance room was pushed to the cusp again, and there was a large group of paparazzi media stationed at the door, so Li Ran had to suspend the courses of the old shop.

Classes are gone, but the salary can't control the teachers coming back, and the rent has to be paid step by step.In an instant, Li Ran's funds were beyond his means, and he was about to lose money next month.

Under such circumstances, Li Ran couldn't be in a good mood anymore.He saw Han Yicheng who was trying to hide from him in the living room, and for the first time after the two dated, he really spoke to Han Yicheng in a cold tone.

"I'll go home for a few days, you don't have to plan how to hide from me, come back early at night."

Han Yicheng's hand holding the object froze, and his nails silently dug into the flesh.

"You... go back for a few days?"

Li Ran didn't know if it was his own illusion, but he actually felt that Han Yicheng's tone was a little cowardly, as if he was afraid of himself.

It's a pity that Han Yicheng's cold treatment for several days made Li Ran not in the mood to think about Han Yicheng's situation. He couldn't hold back, and blurted out hurtful words: "Anyway, you also hope that the longer the better, right? When you don't want to avoid me anymore, I'm just coming back."

After Li Ran finished speaking, he felt that what he had said was serious. He saw Han Yicheng shaking slightly, and regretted it again.But what he said was like splashed water, and there was no way to undo the damage that had been done. Li Ran had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk by Han Yicheng's side, thinking about going home all night, and coming back tomorrow to apologize and coax others.

It wasn't until the moment Li Ran closed the door that Han Yicheng woke up from the dizziness of falling. When Li Ran said the words "I'll go home for a few days", his head buzzed, and his whole body seemed to fall into the cliff Generally, the legs are a little soft.

He suddenly felt that there was no point in doing anything, so he walked aimlessly around the room twice, and unconsciously walked to the morning glory climbing frame in front of the window sill.

The vines all over the window were completely withered and yellow. Because they had grown so well before, even though they were all withered and dead, they still covered a large area of ​​sunlight.

Han Yicheng touched one of the leaves with his hand, and there was a crisp sound of snapping at the joint of the leaf stem, and the whole leaf fell to the ground.