I thought I was a jerk

Xie Wenhan hasn't received a call from his mother for a long time.

The woman's voice was soft and waxy, with the accent of Wu Nong's soft language unique to the local dialect.But Xie Wenhan's memory was instantly immersed in a certain snowy night.

At that time, the woman looked at her tenderly, with tears in her eyes: "Wenhan, I already have a new life, don't bother me."

He was driven away in the snow with no money or mobile phone, and he had to walk a long way from the rented house, like a down and out stray dog.He huddled outside the bank to avoid the wind and snow, and the homeless man thought he had frozen to death and called the police.

Now his mother says she wants him to come home.

Xie Wenhan was silent for a long time, until the woman began to cry while urging her.He said slowly, "Okay."

Maybe it's all going upwards.

He entered competitions, and professors of great renown were associated with him.

With the school paying more attention to him, Xie Wenhan has never been harassed by those who blocked him, and now his mother has contacted him again—even if it is for other reasons.

His life is getting better.

Xie Wenhan's gaze fell gently on the young man in the back row who was basking in the sun by the window.

It started with the arrival of Xue Ci.

This week happened to coincide with the small holiday, Xue Ci really had no reason to refuse the request to go back to Xue's house, so he had to respond briefly on the phone and agree perfunctorily.

Father Xue on the opposite side didn't hear the perfunctory at all.He showed a satisfied expression, and began to plan where to take Xue Ci to travel during the vacation—the magazines on the table were spread out.The title is a bold line of red letters:

"Cheats for Closer Parent-child Relationship 2.0".

And if Xue Ci could grow ears, I'm afraid those cat ears would have fallen off limply by now.

Most of the Qingpu students beside them were also talking about the holidays, and these young boys all showed joyful and yearning expressions, wishing they could fly out of school in the next moment.They said excitedly that they would travel to islands, learn to ski, and climb to the highest observation deck. During these few days of vacation, it seems that everyone has endless things to do and travel.

Xie Wenhan walked to Xue Ci's desk.

Young Master Xue raised his head from the sun, his eyes could not be opened under the strong light, his complexion was still as pale as snow, and he couldn't get tanned no matter what.

Xie Wenhan said abruptly, "Sugar."

He lowered his eyes, and quickly placed a box of light blue moon-shaped cardboard boxes on Xue Ci's desk. He spoke quickly, but his earlobes were a little red, "Thank you for your care before."

Because of this period of getting along, Xue Ci has already mentioned Xie Wenhan from "classmates" to "acquaintances".He looked at the paper box in front of him, hesitated for a moment between the two options, and chose to accept it.

Xue Ci opened Xie Wenhan's present in front of him.The packaging of the candy was not of any brand he had ever seen, but it was beautifully folded into various shapes of stars and moons.

One of the peeled ones was chocolate, Xue Ci lowered his head and put it in his mouth, and the rich aroma overflowed in an instant.It's not very sweet, but the taste of milk chocolate is very mellow, and it's better than the custom-made candy Xue's family used to make.

Only when the chocolate melted in his mouth did Xue Ci raise his head and talk to Xie Wenhan.

"Thank you." He commented honestly, "It's delicious."

On Xie Wenhan's perennially icy face, it seemed that the ice and snow had melted.The nervousness of the high hanging disappeared, and he lowered his eyes and said: "There is still one box that is not finished, I will bring it to you after the holiday."

It turned out that Xie Wenhan made the candy himself.

Xue Ci was lowering his head and fiddling with the candy wrappers. He wanted to decline politely when he heard Xie Wenhan's words, but when he looked up, he saw that the boy's black pupils seemed to be shining brightly like a round of sun, and he was inexplicably slow to refuse.Immediately afterwards, Xie Wenhan left quickly with a rather relaxed attitude, sat in front of the desk, flipped through the book with his back straight, and had no intention of continuing the conversation.

……never mind.

Xue Ci retracted his eyes, and began to think about what kind of salute to return, so that he would not appear so rude.

They didn't notice how shocked, unbelievable, and accusatory the other students looked at Xie Wenhan!

How can Xie Wenhan and Xue Ci have such a good relationship, Xue Ci even accepted his gift——

The other students thought that it should be because of participating in the competition together that the two got in touch. Xie Wenhan was close to the water, so they hooked up with Xue Ci.Before that, the two of them were in the sky and in the ground, as if they had never spoken to each other.

Immediately, I felt sour and jealous, why did they go to the competition with Xue Ci, it wasn't them.

Ugh……

It's because they didn't work hard enough.

Now Xie Wenhan is also the eyeball of the old class, he can't move it, even Feng Jue is much more honest, they can only sigh with regret, at most they stare at Xie Wenhan more fiercely.

Until the holiday started and ended, when the teenagers came back from playing wildly, Xue Ci finished taking notes in two reference books at Xue's house.

The freshmen calmed down and returned to the classroom, and the sudden empty seat in the front row became obvious.

That was Xie Wenhan's position.

Xue Ci thought of what Xie Wenhan said to him, that he would give him another box of candy after the holiday—of course he didn't think about that box of candy, but he always felt a little strange.

There are still those two thick and heavy chip-related books in his drawer. The dark red cover is covered with bronzing fonts. Because it takes up too much space, a corner will protrude from the drawer. Xue Ci occasionally It will hit the corner of the book, and the soft skin will wear a little red mark.

This is his return gift to Xie Wenhan.

But Xie Wenhan didn't come.

After school, the head teacher's door was gently pushed open.The black-haired freshman stood obediently at the door, and many students passing by wanted to touch this cute looking child, but they withdrew their hands after finding out that it was Qingpu's common treasure, thinking about controlling themselves so as not to He was hunted down by Senior Xue Fu.

Xue Ci knocked on the door and asked, "Teacher, can I come in?"

When the homeroom teacher saw Xue Ci, his smile immediately rose. He asked Xue Ci to come in and sit down. Hearing that Xue Ci asked about Xie Wenhan's situation, he suddenly felt that Xue Ci was really friendly to his classmates and had an extraordinary personality of a boy from an aristocratic family. Soft heart - he was also the first person to ask about Xie Wenhan.

The homeroom teacher said softly and regretfully: "Student Xie Wenhan is sick, his mother is very sad, and the illness has a great impact... At present, the formalities for suspension of school have been completed."

Get ill?

And it still sounds seriously ill.

Xue Ci asked, "Which hospital are you in?"

The head teacher said: "It's recuperating at home. Xie's family has a professional medical room and doctors."

These aristocratic families would be like this, they would hire famous doctors with quite good medical skills as their personal doctors, and the mansion was equipped with complete medical equipment.

However, given the current status of the Xie family, I am afraid that they do not have many contacts to invite famous doctors with excellent medical skills, and the maintenance of medical equipment is also a big waste. It is better to go directly to some big hospitals in Beijing.

Xue Ci lowered his eyes slightly, and replied calmly, "Thank you teacher."

·

Beatings, brainwashing, long-term exposure to strong light without sleep, all these tortures fell on a young boy who was underage.

The woman cried more and more terribly, it was like a cry that would only appear in a horror movie, it was terrifying.She shouted sharply: "Wen Han, Wen Han, please give in, you promise him—"

Xie Wenhan hadn't drank water for a long time, his throat was as dry as if he had been scorched by the sun, and he couldn't say a word, but he still said in a rather hoarse voice: "No."

In front of the eyes is an extremely bright, dizzying glare.

But Xie Wenhan was immersed in endless darkness.

He returned to Xie's house and was asked to drop out of Qingpu.

Facing his mother's tears, Xie Wenhan fell into an ice cave, and wanted to leave extremely angrily. During the dispute, he found almost black bruises on the other party's wrist, and followed the traces to find more scars.

"He domestically abused you?" Xie Wenhan asked with suppressed anger, which made him a little unacceptable, but he still stubbornly said to his mother: "I will take you away, you want a divorce—"

Then he was slapped hard, and Mrs. Xie screamed sharply and scolded him: "What nonsense are you talking about, shut up, shut up!"

Xie Wenhan tasted a little fishy smell in his mouth, and his mother's rejection and malice made him sober.He no longer forcibly pulled Mrs. Xie away, but still had the idea of ​​making this matter public, but soon, Xie Wenhan found that he could not leave either.

His stepfather took off his mask, and things were far more malevolent than a young teenager could have imagined.

He was imprisoned. Compared with the physical pain of being beaten, the mental torture was more unacceptable.

He was being brainwashed and controlled. Xie Enrong asked him to accept "reality" and this kind of life countless times.

His mother told him personally that there is nothing wrong with living like this, and let him resign to his fate.

It's not that Xie Wenhan can't give in first, but he knows very well that it's the first line of defense. After being defeated, he will slowly turn into the same pathetic monster.

Xie Wenhan would rather die.

No matter how painful it is, the answer from his mouth will always be negative.

His attitude finally made Xie Enrong throw away the whip indifferently, and turned into a wanton beating.

"It's a pity," Xie Enrong said with emotion, "I just wanted you to be more obedient, and you still have a chance to be free, but why are you not as smart as your mother?"

Xie Wenhan seemed to be dead.

His chest didn't rise and fall, his eyes were closed tightly, and his face was gray.

"It doesn't matter, it's good to be a gadget to vent stress." Xie Enrong has already decided that he can't be controlled, and it's the same to imprison Xie Wenhan in this basement forever.It's just that the boy is like a puppet, and rarely responds back, so it can't give him the stimulation of sadism.

He said with pity: "You shouldn't do anything unrealistic, someone will come to save your dream, right?"

"Except for your mother, you have no relatives or friends." Xie Enrong said realistically, "The school has also completed the procedures for suspension of school—soon, it will become a procedure for withdrawing from school."

"No one will remember your name, and those who have seen you will forget you. Xie Wenhan no longer exists and will live in this basement forever." Xie Enrong tried to break through Xie Wenhan's psychological defense again, but The young man really seemed to lose his life, his eyes were half-closed in a dull and numb manner.

Xie Enrong finally felt bored and left the basement indifferently.

And Xie Wenhan fell into the darkness infinitely by himself.

As soon as Xie Enrong came out of the basement, he heard the housekeeper carefully ask for instructions: "A classmate from Master Wenhan came to visit."

Except for Xie Enrong and Mrs. Xie, few people in the Xie family knew the secret.So the butler was very cautious in treating this sick stepson. Someone claimed to be Xie Wenhan's classmate, and that young master was out-and-out dressed and imposing, so he decided to invite people in to wait.

Xie Enrong frowned.

He didn't expect that a gloomy and eccentric child like Xie Wenhan would actually have friends who came to visit him, it was so strange.But when he walked into the waiting room, the frowning expression seamlessly switched to a good old man, and he seemed to be a very kind gentleman.

Even the friends who faced the stepson were warmly entertained.

Xue Ci sat at the head seat on the sofa, and did not take a sip of the snacks and drinks in front of him, and only looked up lazily when Patriarch Xie came out.

Xie Enrong thought that the friends that Xie Wenhan can make at this level must be very bad. Even if they are both studying in Qingpu, they should be from ordinary families.

But just looking at Xue Ci for the first time, his eyes couldn't help but shine a little, the young master was born beautiful and delicate, every part of his body was made of gold and silver, and his family background is very good, and he is very loved .

At the same time, extremely high vigilance and vigilance arose in his heart.

Master Xie still had a broad smile on his face. Mrs. Xie appeared with him, pouring tea with downcast eyes, looking like a virtuous and considerate wife.

Xie Enrong said politely: "Are you Wenhan's friend? I don't know which family's young master?"

Xue Ci glanced at him, but didn't even stand up to answer, he looked very delicate and impolite, full of the inferiority of a young master.Instead of answering Xie Enrong's question, he asked instead: "Where is Xie Wenhan?"

Mrs. Xie hurriedly said: "He is sick, and now he is recuperating in the ward, and he cannot see guests."

"So sick?"

Xie Enrong replied: "It needs careful monitoring, mainly because it is contagious. It is not good for people to visit the doctor. You have to ask the doctor."

"Hmm." The seemingly extraordinary young master seemed to have finally accepted their words, and his interest was lacking.

He didn't ask what the infectious disease was, and he didn't look like he had to see Xie Wenhan before giving up, which made Xie Enrong's high-hanging heart a little relaxed.

He laughed at himself for being too sensitive, this boy was about the same age as Xie Wenhan, he was just a child, and he was a young master who didn't touch the sun, so he was very easy to fool.When I came to Xie's house, I just took a look around and found something.

It's a pity that such a beautiful child just seems to have a very good family background, otherwise... The image that appeared in Xie Enrong's mind made his eyes look a little coveted and gloomy, but he was restrained and shoved back.

No, this child cannot be offended.

he thinks.

Xue Ci didn't get to see Xie Wenhan, so he just stayed for a while and left without even touching the snacks on the table. His expression was cold and disdainful, obviously he didn't think much of going to Xie's house.

Xie Enrong put away the covetousness in his heart, and with regret, he vented his sadism on Mrs. Xie again, and then went back to the basement, looked at Xie Wenhan who had passed out due to dehydration, and woke him up. Shi Shiran said: "I didn't expect that you still have classmates who will come to see you."

Xie Wenhan developed a high fever and his whole body was burning hot.He couldn't hear what Xie Enrong was saying at all, but from his unfinished description, he thought of Xue Ci.

His body trembled violently, and the chains hanging on his limbs were implicated by his movements, making a loud crashing sound.Xie Wenhan's hoarse voice seemed to be poisoned: "What did you do to him?"

Xie Enrong found it funny: "What can I do to him? He has parents, and he's not a bastard like you."

The main reason is that Xie Enrong is very cautious because of his background, and he doesn't want to overturn in such a matter.

But when Xie Wenhan heard this sarcasm, he became quiet instead and returned to his lifeless appearance.

Xie Enrong seemed to have caught something, he smiled and said, "You don't think that kid can save you, do you?"

"He just came to ask a question, and I replied that it was an infectious disease, so he left in a hurry. He didn't pay much attention to you."

Xie Wenhan just thought about it.

Xue Ci came to see me.

At least he remembers me.

In the long darkness that the boy fell into, it seemed that something else quietly appeared, constantly depicting a picture.

Xie Wenhan closed his eyes.

·

Xue Ci sat in the car, his crow-black eyelashes drooping heavily, and it took him a long time to break free from the discomfort.

It was rare for him to go back to Xue's house on weekends, and he handed the phone to Butler Ji: "Call the police."

The boy's complexion was not very good at this time, he looked extremely pale, and his eyes were half closed as if he was airsick.The housekeeper felt distressed, and preferred to call the private doctor rather than call the police.Seeing the young master who was not active, he asked in a panic: "What happened?" At the same time, he glanced at several people responsible for protecting the young master with unusually sharp eyes.

The bodyguard who followed Young Master Xue also looked confused.

Xue Ci opened his eyes and said, "Let the police search Xie's house on Tanyang Road, just say that they are suspicious... a strict investigation is the right thing to do."

As the steward of Xue's residence, even if the Xie family is just a trivial low-level family, Steward Ji still has an impression.He couldn't help asking: "It's possible, but I'm afraid I need a reason."

Xue Ci had no reason.

He couldn't say that Xie Enrong's eyes made him feel sick.

And Xie Wenhan suddenly disappeared without warning, and Xue Ci became suspicious because of the box of candies that hadn't been delivered to him.

He suspected that Xie Wenhan was not sick.

But now there is no news about Xie Wenhan.

These are all Xue Ci's conjectures, like the willful delusion of the young master, Xue Ci knows that it cannot stand.Opening his eyes, just as he was about to open his mouth to use the identity of Young Master Xue to mess around, he heard Father Xue's voice.

Xue Zhengjing just came back from the outside, with a late autumn chill on his body.There was no expression on his face, but he raised his chin slightly when he heard Xue Ci's words: "Go and do it."

"Young master said strict investigation, so it can only be stricter, not looser."