Qin Yiyan wanted to give himself some time to calm down, so he took out a set of clean clothes from the closet and threw them on the bed: "Go take a shower first."

Xie Huai didn't know what phone call he answered, but he vaguely felt that his face was serious, but he didn't dare to ask directly, and bowed his head obediently.

"There are also towels." He rummaged through the cabinet a few times, tore open the package and handed it to him, "All the toiletries are in the bathroom, you can use them directly."

After a pause, he added: "...if you don't mind."

Of course Xie Huai didn't mind, but felt that his tone was strange, so he said he was fine, and walked into the bathroom with a washbasin in his hand.

Postgraduate dormitories with their own private bathrooms are much more comfortable than their big bathrooms. When Xie Huai first entered school, he had classes every evening, and he was not only crowded but also suffered from the pain of taking cold showers.

But now, he is not in the mood to enjoy life, just take a shower and it will be over.

Unexpectedly, the ball of clothes Qin Yiyan gave didn't include pajama pants, and the top was also a very loose plus size, covering all the way to the thighs, and a small part of the black underwear/pants was looming on the edge of the white T.

Helpless, he could only shake his two big white legs and come out with his wet hair drooping.While muttering in his heart, a pair of familiar legs suddenly appeared in his slightly lowered field of vision.

He looked up and his eyes collided.

Qin Yiyan folded his arms around his chest, staring straight at him with slightly drooping eyes.Seeing him open the door, he deliberately took a few steps forward, forcing him into a corner.

It seems to have been guarding the door.

Xie Huai's lips moved, and a few syllables came out of his nasal cavity: "Don't watch, right? I won't run away."

Qin Yiyan lowered his eyebrows a little more, and stared at him calmly, without any intention of speaking.

The two stood like this for half a minute in the cramped entrance.

Xie Huai subconsciously held his breath, and the cold wind blew directly on his wet legs.After a while, he gathered the towel on his shoulders and whispered, "It's a bit cold."

Hearing this, the other party sighed sullenly, took the towel that he had prepared earlier from the hanger, and stepped forward to wrap his hair that was still dripping.

"Hmm." He lowered Xie Huai's head a few inches and stuffed his head into his chest.A quick breath passed by his ears.

But the force was very comfortable, and the broken hair on the sideburns swung with the towel and tied him on his face.

"What happened?" He finally couldn't help asking.

Qin Yiyan paused, raised his other hand to wrap around his shoulder, and walked into the room: "I want to ask you something."

"Let's talk." Xie Huai didn't know what to do, but he still wanted to try to comfort him.

Qin Yiyan, however, avoided making eye contact, walked back to the room with his arms around his shoulders, and went straight to the point: "Did you really completely lose your memory after the car accident?"

Xie Huai didn't expect him to ask this question, his thoughts froze for a moment, and he nodded instinctively.

"I injured my brain and was in a coma for more than ten days. When I woke up, my mind went blank, and I couldn't even take notes."

He just felt pain and fear.

"Then you know the time and place, right?" Qin Yiyan dragged the chair to the side of the bed and sat down opposite him.

Xie Huai immediately felt a sense of oppression that belonged to him alone, and silently expressed some kind of urgency.

Could it be because of the mysterious call half an hour ago?Xie Huai put his legs together cautiously, like a prisoner on trial.

"In May 2016, I was 5 years old. My family insisted on forcing me to choose science. I had a quarrel with them and wanted to go to Xichai City for a few days."

"How did you think of going to such a far place?!" Qin Yiyan's face froze, and he asked sharply.

Xie Huai was taken aback, and curled his lips: "You should know that our great-grandfather is an alumnus, and my hometown is also in the southwest. At that time, I wanted to scare my parents, but I didn't dare to go to someone I didn't know..."

But Qin Yiyan couldn't hear any words anymore, so he rushed forward and grabbed his shoulders and shook him vigorously: "The exact location? What's the name of the person who bumped into you?"

"I...don't remember." Xie Huai didn't want to mention this at all, so he hesitated to answer.Qin Yiyan, however, was like a beast that had been hungry for three days, and suddenly rushed over and forced him down on the bed.

Xie Huai couldn't avoid it, and was pushed to the point of being outrageous.The whole person falls on the bed, even if the mattress is soft, it still hurts.

He took a deep breath and raised his head in a panic: "What are you doing?"

"Do you know that this car accident might be a murder? You still have signs of being tied up on your wrist. This is definitely not a car accident! Why didn't anyone find out at the time?" Qin Yiyan frowned and looked down at him condescendingly, "Xie Huai, Where did you go before the car accident? Did you see something you shouldn't?"

"I really can't remember..."

"Then you want me to recall it for you?" Qin Yiyan couldn't give up after struggling for five years to finally find this clue.Even though the person in front of him was Xie Huai, a poor little boy who had been frightened to the point of disorientation by him, impulse and longing still swallowed his reason.

Qin Yiyan turned off the light, leaving only endless darkness in the whole room, and occasionally the wind blew the curtains, revealing a faint moonlight.He pressed Xie Huai's shoulder with one hand, and moved his other hand to his wrist, and suddenly - clasped it tightly.

"Oh!" Xie Huai exclaimed.

Qin Yiyan ignored him, pinched his bulging cheeks, leaned into his ear and asked in a deep voice: "Did they tie you up and throw you into a dark room, just like now?"

"I..." Xie Huai almost lost the ability to speak.The dark night reflected Qin Yiyan's sinister side face, and his usually indifferent deep black eyes seemed to be shining with a crazy and greasy blood light, which made him feel that the bed behind him had grown steel nails, which were specially used for interrogating prisoners.

He closed his eyes subconsciously, and the world became even darker.

"And the scars on your hands. They were so neatly burned. At first glance, I didn't think it was burnt by myself from smoking. Did they arrest you?"

Qin Yiyan's desperate bass lingered in his ears.

Xie Huai's stomach twitched, and he was so uncomfortable that he felt sick.

Six years ago, what happened before the car accident?

Kidnapping, dark rooms, cigarette butts, construction sites?

Unrelated words emerged and pieced together in his mind, suddenly like a drop of blood falling into a crystal clear lake, dyeing everything red...

"Brother Chen, don't worry, ask him how much he heard first."

"I'm just afraid that the little bastard won't tell the truth! Damn, he said he didn't bring his mobile phone. Who doesn't take it when going out these days? What if the recording is hidden?"

The door creaked open.

Xie Huai, who was tied up in the corner, looked up with half-closed eyes.

Opening his eyes again, what he saw was Qin Yiyan's gloomy face, which made him unable to distinguish reality from memories for a moment.

He looked up, his eyes wide open, his thoughts completely empty.

"Did you remember something?" Qin Yiyan watched his expression and behavior with more effort.

The man was cursing with a cigarette in his mouth: "Little brat, let me ask you again, when did you come?"

"Can not remember."

"Fart!" He spat, and suddenly, a hot little thing went straight into Xie Huai's fingers.

"Ah—" Xie Huai exclaimed, his body trembling suddenly.

——"I actually hate the smell of cigarettes, but I rely on nicotine to help me sleep. Don't you think it's weird?"

Injuries can never lie.For a moment, Xie Huai vaguely realized that he remembered it, but subconsciously, he didn't want to bring up that memory at all.He just wanted to escape and break free from Qin Yiyan's shackles.

"Don't move!" Sensing his twisting, Qin Yiyan stopped him in a low voice.

It was very dark that night, and only the roar of the car driving at high speed was left in my ears, like bullets piercing through the body, tearing every inch of skin on the body.

"Don't ask, I really don't know! Please let me go..." Xie Huai's voice twitched, and he took a deep breath, mixed with the tears that were about to burst into his eyes, and was choked into an extremely embarrassing situation. I don't know where it came from With strength, he kicked hard, hitting Qin Yiyan's big baby.

He didn't chew, and slowly let go of his hand.

Xie Huai didn't care where he bumped into him, lifted the quilt and buried his head in the pillow, sobbing softly.

All he could remember was pain, endless pain all over his body.There is also the taste of blood, and the sticky feeling of being poured into a pool of blood.

Suddenly, the room brightened.Qin Yiyan took a few steps back and stood beside the bed silently.

Judging from Xie Huai's reaction, he knew that he had guessed correctly, and if he was forced to try again, he would definitely get what he wanted.

But he couldn't do it, the moment he heard Xie Huai's cry, his heart softened.

Even Qin Yiyan was surprised by this.

He always felt that his father's death was strange. In the past five years, at least half of the nights were sleepless. He read the accident report countless times, searched all the companies involved in the design and construction at that time, and all the parents' friends, but The key to the truth has not been found for a long time.

But now, with the key in front of him, he should be happy, but he couldn't laugh.

He had seen Xie Huai cry too many times, it was obviously just a boy who was a little shorter than him, curled up in his arms and cried like a kitten.

He saw himself from Xie Huai, the original beautiful life collapsed overnight like a skyscraper, struggling under the ruins, there are also things that he longs to escape and serious psychological obstacles.

He knew how uncomfortable PTSD was, so he couldn't put his needs above Xie Huai's feelings.

It turns out that during such a long time together, Xie Huai has really become the resonance for him to overcome cognitive obstacles, and his desire to protect beyond liking.

Qin Yiyan's heart throbbed faintly. He opened the drawer and poured two pills into his palm, and swallowed one by himself.

The only sound in the room was Xie Huai's sobbing.He had already guessed what Qin Yiyan was asking, maybe the memory he had lost could really make up a complete jigsaw puzzle for the Qin family.But he really can't remember, and he doesn't want to recall.

As the surroundings gradually quieted down, he tried his best to control his crying, huddled under the quilt and sobbing.

Suddenly, something froze his face.He turned sideways and saw Qin Yiyan holding a glass of water and handing over a pill: "It's getting late, take your medicine and sleep. I'm sorry... I scared you just now."

"..." Xie Huai froze on the bed for a while, not knowing what to say.

Qin Yiyan also didn't know how to face Xie Huai.He knew he was frightening someone and should stay and put him to sleep.But at this moment, he couldn't calm down and accompany him at all.

"Forget it, I'll keep the medicine anyway, you can do it yourself."

He took a deep breath and tried to close the door and leave in the most peaceful tone.

It wasn't until he walked to the boiling water room that he put away all the calmness and gentleness just now, and slammed the phone to the ground, touching the cold surface of the mirror, tears rolled down without warning.

It was the first time he cried since he could remember.

Little did they know that Xie Huai was speechless just now because he saw his red eyes.

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A lot of things happened in [-]D before, I mentioned it on wb, Changpei won’t go into details here orz come back now and finish this article, I plan to find time to open a free short story to compensate for the disappearance during this time orz

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