fish in cage

Bai Heng will graduate from university soon.

The juniors in the Bai family will go abroad to study after university or graduation. It is not all for academic qualifications, but also for experience. Bai Liang has been studying for 36 years since he was 28 years old. He gradually took over the family business after graduating from a Ph.D.

Although Bai Heng didn't have to take the exact same path as him, the Bai family paid special attention to the matter of studying. According to the original plan of the Bai family, Bai Heng should go to the United States to study at the end of the year, but no one thought that he would break out halfway. With the uncertain factor of He Ling, the plan to study abroad naturally ran aground.

University B's financial management is among the best in the country. In his junior year, Bai Heng gave up his school's insurance research quota. Now he can only rely on himself if he wants to further his studies.

He has been so busy lately that he has to prepare his graduation thesis, think about the postgraduate entrance examination, and prevent He Ling from escaping. He wished he could be divided into three people, and even He Ling felt tired watching it.

He Ling has been very quiet on the surface recently, such as now.

Bai Heng was collecting materials for his thesis, so he sat quietly on the sofa and watched TV, and glanced at the serious-looking Bai Heng from time to time. He had seen many appearances of Bai Heng, cute, gentle, angry, gloomy , but it was the first time I saw Bai Heng showing an expression similar to worry and anxiety—on the matter of writing a thesis, even if Confucius came, he would probably have to scratch his head.

Looking at the beauty under the lamp, I have to say that Bai Heng's stern face has a unique charm, a little childishness has faded, it is a little more stern, and it is more attractive, the beauty is in front, He Ling has been looking at it for a long time. look away.

Maybe it's because the current picture is too harmonious, he actually had the illusion of a quiet time, if the chain on his ankle is ignored.

He moved, and the sound of a bell sounded from his feet, breaking the silence in the room, and Bai Heng, who was buried in front of the notebook, also raised his head upon hearing the sound.

He Ling said caringly, "Take a break."

Bai Heng also seemed to need to recharge the battery, closed the notebook, and stuck it to He Ling's body in three or five steps.

He Ling let him hug her tightly, and said casually, "When is your graduation ceremony?"

"next month."

He Ling thought for a while, then tentatively asked, "Can I go?"

Bai Heng looked at him warily, but didn't speak.

He immediately knew that there was no chance, and said in frustration, "It seems that I will not be able to witness the important moment of your life."

Bai Heng pursed her red lips slightly, "There will be photos."

He Ling was originally a drunkard who didn't want to drink, so he was noncommittal.

Although Bai Heng is not as careless as he was at the beginning, he still looks very closely at him. From the time he left the bedroom to now, half a month has passed, He Ling tried more than once to get out of the living room, but Bai Heng rejected them one by one. He was anxious to get angry, and he was afraid that the disguise of these days would be seen through and all previous efforts would be wasted, so he didn't dare to show dissatisfaction at all, and continued to act out that he was willing to stay here.

He was thinking about something, and Bai Heng asked abruptly, "Do you really want to go out?"

He Ling's heart skipped a beat, and he slowly shook his head while maintaining his composure.

Bai Heng didn't know if he believed him, and didn't continue this topic.

Counting the days, He Ling has been here for two months.

A sociable person who does not appear in front of the public for two months will definitely arouse the suspicion of relatives and friends, among which He Ling's mother is the most suspicious.

In the past two or three weeks, He Ling would make video calls with her family, and if not, she would call to report her safety and chat about family affairs, but in the past two months, He Ling has only communicated with her through text, and she has asked for more than one video call with He Ling. , Bai Heng had no choice but to find all kinds of reasons to evade, but he couldn't hide it anymore.

Yesterday, Mother He called He Ling again, but Bai Heng saw that the contact did not answer.

There are many ways to "disappear" a person. The safest way is to break contact after traveling abroad. There are endless cases of this kind. It is extremely difficult to investigate whether it is domestic or foreign, but Bai Heng has not done it for a long time. It was worried that the He family's parents were too old to accept the loss of their son.

If something happened to the He family elders, it would be impossible for He Ling to forgive Bai Heng in his life.

He Ling had repeatedly asked Bai Heng whether his parents had contacted him, but Bai Heng didn't answer directly every time, which made him very upset.

Seeing that he has been disconnected for many days, He Ling is a little impatient.

Bo Heng got tired of meeting him, and continued to plunge into the thesis.

He hesitated again and again, and asked, "Are my parents okay?"

He clearly saw Bai Heng's expression change slightly, thinking that something happened to his parents, he said anxiously, "Xiao Bai, you know how my parents treat you, they are only my son, if I haven't contacted them for a long time, they will be worried ,” he said in a soft tone, “can you, let me have a video chat with them?”

Bai Heng raised his eyes from the sea of ​​obscure books, and after two seconds of silence, he replied, "They are fine."

"It's okay if you don't have a video, but what about the phone?" He Ling was still worried, and discussed it, fearing that Bai Heng would not agree, and said quickly, "I promise I'll just chat with them, I won't say anything."

Bai Heng seemed unmoved, He Ling stood up from the sofa, walked nearly two meters away from the desk and could no longer move forward, he was angry and anxious, but he still had to forcefully smile, "Xiao Bai, you Shut me up, my parents will find them sooner or later, you don’t want to cause trouble for yourself, you can watch the video I’m talking to them, and if I say something you shouldn’t, you can immediately cut off the call. "

Seeing that Bai Heng seemed to be moved by his persuasion, He Ling said, "They like you very much, and they must be very happy to see me still with you. Don't you want to be recognized by my parents?"

Bai Heng's eyes flickered slightly, and after struggling for a while, he still maintained his original decision, avoiding He Ling's question, and just said, "It's getting late, go to bed."

Bai Heng refused to enter, He Ling felt that all his expressions were like throwing stones into a bottomless pit, there was no echo at all, and he couldn't pretend to be good-tempered, so he dragged his ankle chains and walked towards the bedroom with a cold face.

He lay down on the bed, turned his back to Bai Heng, with a gesture of resistance, not long after, Bai Heng hugged him from behind, pecked at the back of his neck as if flattering him, and said in a muffled voice, "He Ling, I will let you see your uncle and aunt in the future, but not now."

He Ling avoided Bai Heng's contact, turned over suddenly, pushed Bai Heng, and said angrily, "That's my parents, not your parents, of course you don't care."

Bai Heng pursed his lips, if he really didn't care that much, He Ling would have been on the missing persons list last month, he didn't make any excuses, and locked He Ling in his arms regardless of He Ling's struggle, He Ling was furious , recklessly biting Bai Heng's shoulder, Bai Heng frowned in pain, but he didn't hide, nor was he willing to attack He Ling, but let He Ling vent his anger.

He Ling gritted his teeth sorely before letting go pantingly. The clothes on Bai Heng's shoulders were a little wet. Bleeding tooth marks, asked in a deep voice, "Why don't you hide?"

Bai Heng blinked aggrievedly, "I don't want you to be angry."

He Ling wondered if there were not many things about Bai Heng that made him angry. Just being under house arrest was enough to make him angry for the rest of his life, but right now he didn't want to have a conflict with Bai Heng, so he said shyly, "My parents put me It's not easy to raise such a big..."

Speaking of the last word, it felt like there was already a sobbing sound, He Ling sniffed, "Forget it, you won't understand, go to sleep."

Bai Heng hesitated to speak, but finally said nothing, but hugged He Ling even tighter.

Two days later, Bai Heng went out on business. He was busy with his graduation recently, so he went out more frequently than before. He Ling didn't care too much. He slept until noon before getting up, had lunch, watched a movie in the bedroom, and got up. Go to the living room to pour water.

He is now clinging to hope that in the matter of uncuffing his handcuffs, the first few times Bai Heng went out, he would pretend to go around the house to find a way out, but after a few times, he was completely discouraged, and in the defense In the matter of watching him escape, Bai Heng was very thoughtful.

He Ling wandered around the room for a while, feeling really bored till now, and was thinking about whether to go back and take a nap, when he saw something on the desk that made his blood boil - his mobile phone.

He Ling's head exploded almost instantly.

The chain can't reach the desk, but if you want to sweep things off the desk, it's not impossible.

He was short of breath, as if seeing the coming freedom, he took a few steps forward quickly, because he was too excited, his hands shook so badly, some of the water in the cup spilled out.

But when he was restrained by the ankle chain, the pulling sensation on his legs also pulled back his reason little by little.

Last time, in order to test him, Bai Heng put the keys on the bedside table, but this time, although the mobile phone was placed on the desk out of his reach, could it be that Bai Heng did it on purpose?

Whether Bai Heng is monitoring his actions now, He Ling's whole body went numb, and he didn't dare to move.

As long as he takes a gamble, he can get out of here with his mobile phone and contact the outside world, but what if he gambles wrong?

It was with great difficulty that Bai Heng regained some trust in him. If it was Bai Heng's temptation this time, he would never see the light of day again.

He Ling was about to lose his grip on the cup, his head was in a mess, freedom seemed to be at his fingertips, but he didn't dare to gamble the rest of his life.

He heard the clucking sound of his upper and lower teeth colliding together, and after standing there for about ten seconds, he held the cup firmly, forcing himself to turn around and stop looking at the phone.

Bai Heng will never keep everything secret.

He was almost certain that this was Bai Heng's test for him, but if he took the mobile phone, his pretended resignation and compromise would be exposed.

He Ling walked back to the bedroom with heavy steps, and almost changed his mind a few times, but in the end, with his strong willpower, he sat on the bed steadily, and even opened the book pretendingly.

Every distorted and blurred character reminded him to keep calm and not fall into Bai Heng's tricks again and again.

His breathing gradually became steady and long, and the characters gradually became clear and visible.

Half an hour later, Bai Heng appeared in the bedroom with his mobile phone, and He Ling knew that he had made the right bet.