fish in cage

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Bo Heng has never experienced dormitory life since he was a child, and he is not used to living with others. Three years ago, he was successfully admitted to University B. His brother Bo Liang bought a two-bedroom apartment for him in a high-end residential area closest to the school. As a school opening gift, Bai Heng would go back to Bai's house except on weekends, and lived here most of the time.

Uncle Chen sent him downstairs in the community and asked him if he wanted to go out tonight.

"Uncle Chen, get off work, I'll just go to school by myself tomorrow." Bai Heng responded, and got out of the car with fried shrimp dumplings.

He was spoiled and raised, and he ate delicious delicacies since he was a child. Food didn't attract him much, but now he can't wait to try the fried dumplings brought to him by He Ling.

Bo Heng went all the way up to the thirteenth floor. After washing his hands, he opened the carton expectantly. Because he didn't eat in time, the six fried dumplings were next to each other, with the dumpling skins stuck to each other. But Bai Heng still bit off half of it without hesitation, chewed it twice, her beautiful eyebrows frowned unconsciously.

The skin of the fried dumplings is as thick as a city wall, and the shrimp inside is not very fresh, with a bit of fishy smell, and it seems to be mixed with flour. You don’t know whether you are eating the skin or the stuffing after one bite. The taste is spoiled. For Bai Heng, it was a little hard to swallow, but he only paused for a moment, and then continued to chew.

This was specially brought to him by He Ling, and he didn't want to disappoint He Ling's wishes.

Bai Heng wiped out the fried dumplings, and at the end of the meal, he felt a little nauseated. He frowned and poured a half cup of cold water to wash away the powdery feeling in his mouth.

He turned on his phone and sent a message to He Ling, "The fried dumplings are delicious," he thought for a while and added, "Next time we will go to the teahouse together."

After waiting for a while, the phone was silent, and Bai Heng's face showed a grievance that he didn't even notice.

He specially turned the notification volume of his mobile phone to the maximum, and even put his mobile phone on the vanity table when he was taking a shower, so as to receive He Ling's reply as soon as possible, but He Ling didn't reply him until eleven o'clock in the evening.

Have you been drinking?

Or are you too happy to take care of him?

Bai Heng leaned against the edge of the bed, flipping through the pages of the book in his hand in every possible way, but couldn't read a single word.

His life is extremely regular, perhaps another word can be called boring.

Bai Heng is the youngest member of the family. Since he was born, his family has treated him like a precious species on the verge of extinction, protecting him tightly, and fearing that he may make mistakes, so his education is extremely strict. He would never do what he was not allowed to do, and he would estrange himself from the friends who were not allowed to make him. As time passed, Bai Heng had only a handful of people to come and go, and even fewer entertainment activities.

His pre-university life was full of various courses. Although he had more time to arrange for himself after college, but because of his habits for 18 years, his life was not much different from before. Studying in class, watching books and movies in spare time, repeating the cycle.

As he got older, his aunt began to realize that he needed to accumulate social experience and no longer restricted his friends as before, but he preferred to spend a whole day alone in the studio than going out to socialize.

Only He Ling was an accident.

He Ling fell into his life like an uncertain factor, making his routine life colorful.

Bai Heng couldn't help paying attention.

After realizing that he could no longer read the contents of the book, Bai Heng closed the book helplessly and turned on the phone again. Unfortunately, what he expected did not appear.

Three and a half hours had passed, and He Ling still ignored him.

No one has ever neglected him so much.

With a little subtlety, Bai Heng clicked on He Ling's news, and a photo released half an hour ago caught him off guard—it was a photo of He Ling and the man driving the car. cup of laughter.

In the gorgeous light, He Ling's clear and beautiful face was slightly reddened by the alcohol, and even the ends of the long and narrow eyes were crimson, like an elegant ink painting falling into a drop of thick rouge, making people unable to resist exploring The beauty under his cold shell.

Bai Heng suddenly clenched his phone tightly, staring at the photo on the screen, the white crabapple blooming on the back of his mind kept flashing in his mind, for a moment, grievance, confusion, unwillingness, and various emotions swept over his heart. The place is filled with unfamiliar sourness.

When he had time to post news, but didn't reply to his messages, Bai Heng bit his lip and turned off the phone, stuffed himself into the bed, and when he poked his head out again, the circles of his eyes were already red.

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When Bai Heng was feeling depressed, He Ling and Wang Shuo were chatting happily in the pub.

Wang Shuo and He Ling are in the same major. After graduation, he worked as a market researcher in a jewelry company. Over the years, he has traveled far and wide, met many people, and has a sharp eye. He just came back from a business trip two days ago, and He Ling asked him to find a piece of good quality. For cordierite, the dinner party is not only for reminiscing about the past, but also for thanking you.

The two opened a booth, during which many handsome men and beautiful women came up to strike up a conversation. Wang Shuo had a girlfriend who had been dating for six years. Said that he has a wife, and He Ling has never lacked suitors, and it is even more popular in this kind of pleasure-seeking place, and he was invited several glasses of wine in succession.

Although He Ling is affectionate, but before confirming the relationship, he is only limited to flirting. He does not touch 419. Firstly, he thinks it is dirty, and secondly, he is afraid of contracting some kind of disease.

When a handsome college student posted it, he was half-pushed and touched twice on the face and waist, and said a few flirtatious words, that's all.With Bai Heng in front of him, his eye for picking people has reached its peak, and he is not so tempted to see a good-looking one.

The college student was very disappointed, and stalked He Ling for a long time, but He Ling was so entangled by him that he had no choice but to give him the contact information, and then he was able to escape.

He Ling didn't come home until one o'clock in the morning. He had already discovered Bai Heng's message, but he deliberately delayed replying, and even sent a message.

He drank a little too much tonight, he was really tired, he was not in the mood to speculate on Bai Heng's mood, he lay on the bed after taking a shower, and sent a voice message to Bai Heng before his eyelids closed, the voice soaked in alcohol contained Confused, "As long as you like it."

He Ling noticed that this reply was a bit perfunctory, but he couldn't resist the drowsiness, and fell asleep as soon as he threw the phone away.

He fell asleep until he woke up naturally, and turned on his phone to check the unread messages.

He habitually deals with work first, and then clicks on private letters. The college student who added last night sent him a photo of his abs at three o'clock in the middle of the night, with the text, "Brother, don't you really want to try me?"

He Ling zoomed in and admired the plump six-pack abs for a while, but lacked interest and didn't respond.

What he didn't expect was that after his voice, Bai Heng replied to him almost without gap. Even if it was just text, He Ling could feel his full of resentment, "You are only going home now?"

Obviously, in Bai Heng's impression, returning home late is a very bad behavior.

He Ling smiled, and typed a line, "I fell asleep last night, so I didn't see the message."

This is the truth.

He rubbed his messy hair and got up to wash up, put his phone on the sink, and looked over as soon as the reminder sounded.

"I calm down."

He Ling spit out the foam, a little unclear, so it took a while to recall that he was the one who asked each other to calm down.

Bai Heng immediately sent another message, "He Ling, let's meet up."

He Ling rinsed his mouth clean, saying that it was a lie to be unhappy, he smiled back, "I will pick you up at your school the day after tomorrow."

"it is good."

Looking at this simple word, He Ling seemed to be able to see Bai Heng's solemn expression.

He raised his eyes and suddenly saw himself smiling in the mirror, and the smile deepened a bit. He waited for this day for nearly two months, and it turned out that he was happier than he imagined to be liked by Bai Heng.

In the evening, He Ling took the iolite that Wang Shuo found to the jewelry processing factory. There was a master craftsman he knew well, surnamed Chang, and He Ling was his old customer.

Master Chang was drinking tea, and when he saw He Ling, he greeted him warmly, "Xiao He, the new Pu'er, let's try it."

He Ling strode over and said with a smile, "I must try a few more cups of Master Chang's good tea."

The apprentice in the store was polishing a piece of water-seed jadeite, He Ling took a second look, sat down, chatted with Master Chang for a while, took out the blueprint in his pocket, and said straight to the point, "I want to ask you for a favor. "

The drawings were spread out, and there were several design drawings of the guppies lying on them, and each side was extremely detailed.

He opened the velvet box again, and inside was an unpolished cordierite rough.

Master Chang held the iolite in his hand and looked at it for a while, "When do you want it?"

"It's this month, it's for giving away, I need to trouble you." He Ling gave a rare extra instruction.

Master Chang teased, "Should I bring it to the little girl?"

He Ling didn't refute. Thinking of Bai Heng's face, he said seriously, "Well, a very beautiful little girl."

Iolite is not a high-grade sapphire, and it is even called "the sapphire of the poor" because of its cheap price, but the guppy that He Ling saw in the colorful glass tank that day was the closest to this purple-blue color. Beautiful, clean, and clear—adjectives that belong exclusively to Bai Heng.

Of course, He Ling also admitted that this is the best thing he can give Bai Heng in the near future, and it is hard for him to bear it no matter how high-end it is.

This is also the first time he has designed jewelry for a love object. In the past, his design was only for Party A and money. This time, it was purely because of his liking. Although he didn't know how long this liking could last, at least Bai Heng was in his current state. tops the list of favorites.

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I checked all the information about gems in the article, and asked me why, because I can't even afford sapphires from poor people, so don't take gems related seriously.