Scumbag's contract canary

Yuan Xi didn't wake Tang Du up, he was in an extremely excited state after hanging up the phone.He never thought about the possibility of being selected, and even had the mentality of using this experience to enrich his creative experience. He just painted what he was thinking about day and night during that time.

He really wanted to share this news with Tang Du, and wanted to hear him say a word of praise, as simple as it could be.

Yuan Xi stayed there until dawn, and the heavy curtains in the bedroom were drawn. He felt Tang Du move, so he turned on his phone and took a look.

There was still a while before the usual wake-up time, but Tang Du grabbed his arm and hugged him as if he had woken up. Yuan Xi was so sleepy that he couldn't breathe, and he pushed his shoulder vigorously.

Tang Du sighed, and suddenly asked him, "Why did you wake up so early?"

Yuan Xi was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, Tang Du clung to him, his reaction was a little obvious in the morning, his voice was so hoarse that people couldn't hear him clearly.

After hugging him for a while, Tang Du let him go, and was about to get out of bed when Yuan Xi grabbed his wrist.

Tang Du turned around, lowered his head and kissed the corner of his mouth, planning to go to the toilet first, but was pulled again.

"Yuan Xi, you..." Before Tang Du could finish teasing him, Yuan Xi handed the phone screen to his eyes.

It said: My work has been selected into the exhibition.

Yuan Xi's hands were still trembling slightly, and he looked at Tang Du with bright eyes, looking forward to and scared.

Tang Du held Yuan Xi's wrist after reading, and said without hesitation, "It's amazing, little painter."

The mentor's compliment followed one sentence after another. Yuan Xi was thinking about his own affairs when the water was overflowing. He didn't feel that his heart was fluctuating a lot, but Tang Du looked at him intently. Just a few simple words made Yuan Xi very embarrassed. He lowered his head, showing a slight smile.

Afterwards, they washed up in the bathroom together, and Tang Du asked Yuan Xi to shave him. This was the first time Yuan Xi shaved for someone else, so he was afraid of hurting Tang Du, so he stood between him and the sink, surrounded tightly.

Yuan Xi was very serious, and carefully shaved bit by bit. After shaving cleanly, he reached out and touched Tang Du's chin, and put down the razor when he felt that it was no longer prickly.

Tang Du hugged him when he turned around to clean the sink, and asked, "Would you like to take you out to celebrate at night? Do you need to go back to school during the day?"

Yuan Xi paused for a moment, he didn't expect Tang Du to have such a plan, so he nodded before he realized it.

"Do you want to go out to celebrate or go back to school during the day?"

Yuan Xi hesitated for a moment, this time he nodded first, and then nodded again after a while, every time it was very heavy.

Tang Du seemed to be amused by his strange separation method, touched the back of his head, and said, "I'll pick you up that night."

Yuan Xi and Tang Du went out together, one to school and the other to the company.

There is a large wall of honor at the school gate, and Yuan Xi saw his own photo when he passed by there.

The photo was taken when he entered the freshman year. Yuan Xi originally planned to find a photo studio at the school gate to solve the problem. Unexpectedly, He Yao took the initiative to bring up the issue of ID photos, saying that a lot of ID photos should be used for the start of school, and even brought a model The teacher came to help Yuan Xi take care of his hair.

Yuan Xi in the photo is very handsome, his brows and eyes are softer than they are now because of his childishness, but it still gives people a feeling that he is not approachable.Yuan Xi was a little distracted looking at the photo. Because he couldn't speak, he had always been used to hiding from the crowd.

There is a line of small characters written at the bottom of the photo, to the effect that his work was selected for the art exhibition, and above him are some brothers and sisters who also got this opportunity, and their names are all left on the famous works now.This used to be the place Yuanxi longed for the most.

The mentor had been waiting for him in the office early, and he was in good spirits. When he saw Yuan Xi, he stood up from his chair, first said some words of congratulations, and then cared about his body.The instructor said that he looked better than before. During the period when he just handed in the painting, he even wondered if he pushed him too hard, and was afraid that something would happen to Yuan Xi.

"So when your little uncle called to ask me, I was so nervous, what a child, I can't take it badly."

Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment when he heard the mentor say little uncle, and asked: What little uncle?

The instructor gave him a strange look and said, "I answered the phone for you in the early morning, and the voice sounded very mature."

Yuan Xi blinked quickly, and soon realized that the person he was talking about was Tang Du.

What did he ask?

The instructor understood after seeing this, the child probably didn't know that his uncle was so worried about him, so he said understandingly: "I just asked me why your mental state was so bad at that time, but don't blame your uncle, he is doing it for your own good." .”

Yuan Xi nodded dully.

"Now you have to take a good rest, otherwise what if you don't feel comfortable going abroad?" The instructor said while taking out something similar to an invitation letter and handing it to Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi didn't understand what he said, and opened the file only to find that it was a letter of recommendation.

"Rhode Island School of Design, majoring in oil painting, you can go to the last year of college first, and then plan to graduate."

Are you going abroad?

Yuan Xi was distracted while holding a thick piece of letter paper.

When he walked out of the tutor's office, Yuan Xi also met many other teachers. It happened to be the time when the first class was about to begin. They all learned about Yuan Xi's grades and asked, "Are you Yuan Xi?" and then came up to congratulate him he.

This is the time that Yuan Xi smiled the most to different people, but he knew it must be a bad smile.

The roommates also knew the news, many groups of the school that Yuan Xi joined were in Aite him, countless people whose names Yuan Xi didn't even know came out to congratulate him, Yuan Xi politely replied.

The dormitory group was talking about the game in the afternoon, and asked Yuan Xi if he was at school, and if he wanted to go with them, Yuan Xi agreed.

A few people went to eat first at noon, because they were going to play golf in the afternoon, and they didn't eat much.Song Wanwan was also there, and the atmosphere at the table was very lively.

Chi Zhou held the cup of tea and said, "I won't drink any more, let's congratulate Yuan Xi first."

Everyone raised their cups to touch Yuan Xi. Ou Yuan said that Chi Zhou was not sincere. Chi Zhou smiled and said, "I will definitely do it next time." Then he sighed: "Are you going to go abroad? It's amazing."

Yuan Xi lowered his head and poked at the vegetables in the bowl with the chopsticks in his hand.

"That's right," Ou Yuan just came to his senses, "This kind of thing usually has a recommendation letter, which school is it this time?"

Yuan Xi showed them in the group: Rhodes Island.

Several people made surprise sounds in unison.Yuan Xi just laughed cooperatively, not particularly happy.

Yu Zeming knocked on the table and said: "Stop making trouble, let's eat, there will be no room for later."

In the afternoon, because the other grades basically had classes, there were almost no people on the court. Song Wanwan put on a thick layer of sunscreen and was still complaining about the hot weather.

It's not that Yuan Xi has never been to the stadium with everyone, but he is always responsible for standing on the sidelines with a lot of bottles of water. When the game is halftime or over, Chi Zhou and Yu Zeming will point out his location to a group of girls who gather around to deliver water. direction, and thus reject them.

This time, he just sat in the auditorium next to Song Wanwan and watched.

The sound of the basketball hitting the ground was loud and clear. Yuan Xi sat upright, not moving much like a statue. During this time, Song Wanwan wanted to chat with him several times, but he either didn't hear it, or answered very perfunctorily.

They only played for more than two hours. After it was over, everyone went to the locker room to change. Song Wanwan said that there was class and they had to leave first.

The first one to come out was Yu Zeming, he took a simple bath, took a bottle of mineral water at the foot of Yuanxi, unscrewed it and took a few sips, twisting the bottle cap and saying, "Do you want to go? I'm afraid Tang Du will not agree."

Yuan Xi still looked at the huge basketball court in front of him.

The sun was a little smaller now, leaving a band of light on the court.

"It's about the future, you have to think about it carefully." Yu Zeming stopped short.

Tang Du called early, interrupting Yuan Xi's original decision to go back and change.

They went to a restaurant near the sea, which was relatively remote and spent a lot of time on the road.

It was already dark when we arrived. Tang Du booked a small stand alone. A long table was filled with all kinds of dishes, but not all of them were seafood. The main part was still light. vegetable.

Tang Du prepared in a hurry, and when the waiter came up to open the wine, he took a bouquet of roses from their hands.

It's a clichéd plot, but what Tang Du did would move Yuan Xi inexplicably.

He wore a suit, and Yuan Xi guessed that he didn't have time to change it after work. On the sleeves of the shirt were cuff buttons given by Yuan Xi. Yuan Xi hadn't seen him wearing anything else for a long time.Tang Du crossed the distance of a long table and walked towards Yuanxi slowly. The leather shoes made a sound on the wooden pavilion, which reminded Yuanxi of the basketball court in the afternoon.

A large bouquet of roses was stuffed into Yuan Xi's hands. Yuan Xi had never collected the flowers before, so he didn't know how heavy they were. He even staggered a bit when he took them, but was quickly supported by Tang Du.

"Give it to my little genius." Tang Du bent down and kissed him from a distance of 99 roses.

After the dinner, Tang Du didn't take Yuan Xi home directly, but took his hand and walked along the beach.

The rose was given to Uncle Chen, who left.

At night, the seaside is a little cool and the wind is strong, but it carries a fishy and salty smell that Yuanxi is not familiar with.

He has been following Tang Du's side all the time, and he can't walk in the same position with him every step of the way, resulting in many chaotic footprints on the beach.

Yuan Xi thought that he and Tang Du had always been like this, that everything comes first and second.

They stayed in a seaside hotel, looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows, although they couldn't see the sea clearly, but Yuan Xi knew it must be beautiful, he was pressed against the glass, and looked sideways to see the schoolbag that Tang Du casually threw on the table.

The schoolbag was very light, and Yuan Xi didn't feel tired after carrying it all the way, because there was only one thing in it besides his student card.

——The letter of recommendation that allowed him to study at the top art college in the United States.

Two or three days later, the mentor sent a text message to ask Yuan Xi what he meant, but Yuan Xi said that he still needs to think about it.The tutor called directly in surprise, and systematically explained the benefits of studying abroad. In the end, he said that he had never encountered such an opportunity and hesitated. If there are any obstacles in life, he has already told the school over there about his situation, and the teacher will help as much as possible.

The mentor spoke earnestly, Yuan Xi only replied that he had to think about it, and don't tell his uncle about it.

The tutor respected Yuan Xi's idea and agreed to him.

Yuan Xi went to the hospital to see Zheng Lan once after the final assessment of this semester. Zheng Lan began to ask about him and Tang Du. Yuan Xi still spoke very conservatively, and Zheng Lan didn't force him.

When it was about to end, Yuan Xi glanced at the wall clock on the wall, the water in the cup in his hand had already been drunk but was still pouring into his mouth.

Zheng Lan smiled and said, "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Yuan Xi squeezed the paper cup tightly, and handed the question to Zheng Lan that he had typed before departure: "Excuse me, am I sick?"

Zheng Lan told him honestly, "Analysed from the assessment situation, you are currently showing signs of depression, and you need to take medicine to adjust, otherwise it is very likely to develop in a serious direction."

Looking at him, Yuan Xi immediately became terrified, typing with trembling fingers: You will protect the privacy of patients, right?

Zheng Lan realized that what he wanted to talk about was Tang Du, and comforted him: "You can rest assured about this, I will not disclose your condition to anyone without your permission."

Before Yuan Xi left the consulting room, the last words Zheng Lan said were: "You don't need to treat yourself as a patient, and you don't need to be obsessed with it all the time. It's for a better life in the end, isn't it?"

Yuan Xi's number appeared on the screen of the pharmacy. Yuan Xi trotted to the window. He didn't even bother to listen to what the doctor had to say. He just kept watching him take the medicine on the medicine box with a pen. I hope he can be a little faster. .

Finally taking his own medicine from the doctor, Yuan Xi carefully stuffed it into his schoolbag, opened a book to cover the plastic pocket, and quickly returned to the screen, only daring to leave after seeing his number disappear.

In the evening, Yuan Xi was going to the company to have dinner with Tang Du. Uncle Chen picked him up when he came out of the hospital.

Uncle Chen saw that he had a bad expression, thought it was because the temperature had dropped a little these days, and reminded him to close the windows of the back seats.

Yuan Xi mechanically pushed up the car window, stared at the scenery outside the window for a long time, and when the car stopped under the traffic light in front of Huazhou Building, Yuan Xi hurriedly patted the car as if suddenly thinking of something. In the driver's seat, let Uncle Chen read the message he sent.

Uncle Chen frowned and put down his phone, and drove past Huazhou Building as he wanted, without stopping.Because Yuan Xi suddenly said that he was going back to the villa and had very important things to take.

The extra laps wasted a lot of time. Tang Du had already left work but didn't wait for Yuan Xi. He didn't reply to his text messages, so he called Uncle Chen. Uncle Chen told him that he wanted to get something. Tang Du "Yeah," and hung up the phone without saying anything.

Uncle Chen waited for Yuan Xi in the cab for more than 40 minutes. When Yuan Xi came out, he was still empty-handed, not even the schoolbag on his shoulder.But he was very clear that this kind of thing was beyond the scope of his understanding, so he didn't say anything, and dutifully sent Yuan Xi back to Hua Zhou.

Standing alone in Hua Zhou's elevator, Yuan Xi felt that Zheng Lan must have said something wrong, or he didn't pay as much attention when taking the scale as he did in the exam, because he must be sick, very sick.

He couldn't accept that he needed to take medicine to adjust his mental illness. He went back to the villa and circled many times, and finally hid the medicine in the deep place where the winter clothes were placed in the closet.

At that time, the phone rang, it was a text message from Tang Du, asking him where he was, and there were several Yuanxi ahead that Yuan Xi hadn't seen.

Yuan Xi struggled to stand up from the ground, realizing that his current mental state was very bad.

Yes... yes, Tang Du can't tell, Tang Du is still waiting for me to eat dinner, he must be hungry, yesterday he said he would cut the steak for me, don't make trouble for him.

While pinching his palms hard to hold back his tears, Yuan Xi frantically pushed aside the clothes stacked on the medicine bag, tore off the medicine packaging forcefully, poured out the medicine and ate it with the cold water in the morning, watching being messed up The messy closet only dullly felt the pain in my hand.

He needs to get well first...try to get well.

That day, Yuan Xi was almost two hours late, Tang Du's face was stinky, but he still fulfilled his promise, allowing Yuan Xi to eat the steak without using a knife, and finally told him: "If there is something urgent, please remember to reply. "

Fortunately, the western restaurant was dimly lit at that time, as soon as Yuan Xi lowered his head, the shadow covered his face.

A few years ago, when Yuan Xi didn't remember much, he once heard a conversation between his parents.

They talked in the bedroom with their voices suppressed, because they thought Yuan Xi was asleep.

The main topic was to discuss Yuan Xi's schooling. Yuan Zhifang said that he needed to greet his classmates first, but He Yao disagreed.

When the mother was emotional, she spoke quickly. She said: "Should we stand in front of so many people and say that the child is disabled, and please take care of him?"

Yuan Zhifang didn't think of a reason to refute for the time being, so He Yao said a lot more, and finally said in a sad tone: "Then what if the child doesn't make any friends and someone bullies him?"

Both of them fell silent, Yuan Xi turned over but did not open his eyes, they left immediately and quietly.

Yuan Xi grew up with the label of "disability" on his back. He always has an aura of being unapproachable to strangers, because he dare not take the initiative to communicate with others, and he has deep inferiority complex and fear buried inside.

Although He Yao and Yuan Zhifang told him many times: "You are a healthy child. Everyone in this world has many ways to express themselves, and language is just one of them."

Yuan Xi didn't believe it, so he gave up expressing himself many times.

When Tang Du hugged Yuan Xi in the back seat, pressed his head on his shoulder, and asked him if his meeting with Zheng Lanshun was not going well today, and if there was anything he wanted to say to him, Yuan Xi felt that he had found it—expressed another way.

Yuan Xi was completely occupied by the teacher's words.

He is very clear that he wants to go, study, follow more teachers, and see a bigger world.

Moreover, there is a man named Tang Du in this world who gave Yuan Xi everything he has now, and is Yuan Xi's heart home.

Because Yuan Xi wanted to stay by his side forever, she was no longer satisfied with her current self.