middle of the road

On the way to the hospital, Cheng Yang kept hugging him. At first, Chi Yu was still a little conscious, and wanted to touch his face with his blood-stained hands, to reassure him not to worry, he didn't hurt anything vital, it just hurt a little. But because the car was a little bumpy when driving out from here, I failed to do so several times.

Cheng Yang lowered his eyes and glanced at him, Chi Yu smiled at him, Cheng Yang grabbed his hand, and put his palm on his face.

This move made Chi Yu's blood hot, and he subconsciously stuck to him. Cheng Yang felt his back hugged a little tighter, and Chi Yu greedily inhaled the smell of his body, but unfortunately he couldn't hold on for too long. Soon, he gradually fainted due to blood loss and pain.

When Chi Yu woke up, he found that he was already lying on the hospital bed again, and felt an indescribable feeling of powerlessness and boredom in his heart. This year, he ran away many times due to various injuries. The hospital, really can't have any good impression of this place.

But thinking about the accident before the Chinese New Year, when he opened his eyes and saw Cheng Yang sitting on his bedside waiting for him to wake up, I felt that moderate vulnerability was not all an unbearable bad thing, at least it was indeed since then that Cheng Yang gave him The gap is loose, although the gap is not big, it is enough for a person like him to stay safely by his side.

And that's all he wanted.

Just don't know this time...

Forget it, using these to blackmail Cheng Yang or make him feel distressed or guilty was never his original intention.

What's more... There's nothing else to say about this bit of bitterness, it's luck that Cheng Yang doesn't get angry with him this time.

He slowly opened his eyes, but to his disappointment, the person sitting by the bed was not Cheng Yang, but Zhao Shuangqing.

"Wake up." Zhao Shuangqing stood up, "How do you feel, does it hurt?"

Chi Yu smiled weakly at her, and said hoarsely, "It's okay, I can't die."

Seeing his appearance, Zhao Shuangqing felt a little distressed, but at the same time she was so angry that she glared at him, "Go ahead, see how many lives you have left, I'll call the doctor over."

"What about him?" Chi Yu's uninjured hand got out of the bed, touching the wound on the other side, which was painful and numb, and the feeling was really uncomfortable.

"Lie down well, who made you move around, you don't think it hurts enough, right?" Zhao Shuangqing saw that his face was turning pale, and hurriedly stopped him from sitting up.

Chi Yu looked unwillingly, and walked around the room, not even leaving the door, and finally looked at her again.

"Look for the one named Cheng Yang." Zhao Shuangqing gave him an annoyed look, "Go back and rest. I've been here for two days. If you don't feel sorry for me, I can't stand it anymore."

Chi Yu guessed that she might have seen something, but he didn't care, Zhao Shuangqing was more open-minded than Chi Haidong, so she probably didn't take it seriously.

Hearing that Cheng Yang was just tired, he breathed a sigh of relief and slowly lay down again.

Before going out, Zhao Shuangqing asked him if there was anything he wanted to eat or drink, and she would have someone deliver it later.

Chi Yu shook his head and asked the nurse for two painkillers.

In the afternoon, Fu Jin and Jiang Mingyang came over and sat with him for a while, and learned from them that Cheng Yang should put down the phone that day, so he called the police without any hesitation. After the police, he stepped over and controlled Cheng Linsheng. He is now in the detention center.

Chi Yu knew about Cheng Linsheng's existence and that he had been harassing them since he had contact with Cheng Le, so he took the initiative to find him and offered to give him money every month on the condition that he let Cheng Yang go.

Although Cheng Linsheng was skeptical at first, this doubt was obviously insignificant in the face of money, and a deal was concluded just like that.

The first few months were uneventful, and Chi Yu transferred a fixed tens of thousands of yuan to Cheng Linsheng's card every once in a while. Most of the time, he gave cash directly. It is getting bigger and bigger, and the gap is naturally getting bigger and bigger.

Chi Yu thought about calling the police, but it was Cheng Yang's father after all. He wanted to wait until the relationship between him and Cheng Yang was not so tense, and then tell him everything and let him make a choice. Evidence of drug use, it wasn't hard to get him where he was supposed to be out of reach of them ever since.

It's just that he didn't expect Cheng Linsheng to be able to do such a crazy thing in the face of Du Yin's control and desire for money.

He picked Cheng Le because Cheng Le was kind and soft-hearted, but for him and Cheng Yang, Cheng Le happened to be the knot between them. Fortunately, he was fine. Chi Yu thought that if Cheng Le had any accidents because of him again , Cheng Yang will probably never forgive himself in this life.

However, it is hard to say whether Cheng Yang will forgive his recklessness and concealment now.

It was already evening when Chi Yu woke up again, the curtains were not fully drawn, and he could vaguely see the dark sky outside... and Cheng Yang, who was sitting next to him with his head down, correcting the test papers.

Browsing quickly one by one, there was almost no sound when the pages were turned. The corrected ones were placed on the quilt next to Chi Yu's feet, and there were already two neat stacks.

As the end of the term is approaching, while the students have a lot of homework, the burden on the teachers has also increased a lot.

Chi Yu didn't speak, just looked at him so quietly, the effect of the painkiller should have passed, and the pain from the wound was unbearable for him, but he still restrained himself from making a sound, until after a while, Cheng Yang Habitually raising her head, her gaze collided with him.

"Wake up." He folded the paper in half and put it aside, "Are you hungry?"

Chi Yu looked at him and shook his head.

"Eat something if you're not hungry. Your aunt just left, and she said you haven't eaten all day." Cheng Yang stood up, opened the two insulated boxes on the cabinet next to him, and tested the temperature. They were still hot. He came to Fuchiyu and sat up for a while, then arranged the food on the table in front of him.

Chi Yu didn't have much of an appetite, but she managed to eat a bit with the spoon in her good hand.

It was the right hand that was injured, and the left hand was a bit difficult to use because it would pull the wound. He ate a meal for a long time, and he was covered in cold sweat. He didn't call Cheng Yang for help. He can't show his personality, and secondly, he is not so delicate.

But if Cheng Yang could really take care of him like this, he would be very happy.

Later, probably because he couldn't stand it any longer, Cheng Yang brought the soup to his mouth.

Chi Yu swallowed very slowly, but still drank every drop.

After eating, he said he wanted to rest for a while, Cheng Yang called the nurse to come over and change the medicine, after changing he sat back down again, Chi Yu asked him how Cheng Le was.

"I was a little scared, but it's okay." Cheng Yang said without emotion: "What kind of person is my father, he should be prepared."

If Cheng Le doesn't even have the ability to distinguish right from wrong, then there is nothing to complain about this time, and it will be a lesson.

Chi Yu didn't know what to say, Cheng Yang's decisiveness and coldness were given to him by his experience, but as a person who almost screwed up, he couldn't get any relief from the attitude he blamed on himself.

"I'm sorry." He looked at him with a deep apology in his eyes, "I shouldn't have kept such a big thing from you."

"You really should discuss it with me first. You don't know Cheng Linsheng. He is not as easy to deal with as you think."

"This time I didn't think carefully, and I won't do it in the future." Chi Yu stretched out his hand and gently hooked his index finger.

Cheng Yang was worried, but he dared not say it was for himself.

He lowered his voice, "If you feel uneasy, just scold me a few more words, and now I promise to listen to anything you say."

After being silent for a while, Cheng Yang slowly withdrew his hand, seemingly helpless, "I don't blame you, but don't do this in the future."

Cheng Yang went out to answer the phone, and Fu Jin called, asking him about Chi Yu's situation.

It's not a serious injury. He just came here in the afternoon. Of course, Fu Jin knew that there could be no new situation. In fact, he mainly came to tell Cheng Yang to let him take it easy for his sake. Chi Yu should be scolded for this idiot. , but can you wait for him to get better before scolding.

He is a man with strong self-esteem and a bad mentality. Although he will not really have the ability to quarrel with Cheng Yang, but he will feel uncomfortable and wronged later, and then he will create new problems for himself, especially in the current situation where he behaves. It's a case where I don't feel surprised that anything stupid is paid for.

Cheng Yang knew that Fu Jin was exaggerating on purpose to soften his heart, but he really didn't have a temper now, especially when he returned to the ward and saw Chi Yu staring at the wall in front of him in a daze, cutting a piece in his hand. When the apple has oxidized and turned yellow, I don't even know how to eat it, and I don't feel that I can really scold him for something.

He walked over and threw the apple for him, Chi Yu came back to look at him.

"I still want to thank you for Cheng Le's matter. Even without you, Cheng Linsheng would not let us go sooner or later, so don't think too much about it."

Cheng Yang's attitude has never been harsh, but Chi Yu can understand any emotions he has about his arbitrariness in this matter.

Only his purpose...

"Do you believe what I said before?"

Cheng Yang raised his head, "Say what?"

Chi Yu smiled faintly, "I said that I didn't do this to make you thank me, nor did I want to use it as a threat to make you forgive me, I just wanted to help you and make your life easier, and I don't want to see you repeatedly Being dragged down, you are so good, you are not the kind of person who should live the life before."

"So Cheng Yang, you don't need to feel that you owe me anything, you are still you, and our relationship is still the same." Chi Yu slightly looked away, "Besides, I don't think there is anything wrong now."

You can see him when you open your eyes. If he still has extra hypocritical complaints, it means that the previous hardships are not deep enough.

Cheng Yang looked at the paper at his feet, didn't speak for a while, and then asked, "How much does he owe you?"

Chi Yu obviously didn't expect him to think of this because of his few words, he tried to sit up with his hands on his hands, "That's not what I meant..."

Cheng Yang stopped him, "I know that's not what you mean, I don't need to owe you a favor, because I didn't ask you to do anything for me."

Chi Yu was stunned for a moment, apparently for a person who always puts a lot of emphasis on favors, such words surprised him.

"He definitely hasn't come out with the money now, and your loss is because of me, so every penny is one yard, and I will settle this with you."

Chi Yu understood what he meant, and immediately said, "But I'm not in a hurry right now, can we figure it out later?"

"Wait until you get out of the hospital this time." Cheng Yang said and glanced at him, "I'm not in a hurry."

The two of them didn't speak for another hour or two, Cheng Yang continued to grade the papers, Chi Yu took out his phone, and simply replied a few WeChat messages.

As more and more papers were placed at his feet, Chi Yu counted them. Even the nine books in his hand, Cheng Yang took three classes this semester, that is, three sets. Normally, he There should be evening self-study today, it seems that I have asked for leave.

"Go back, you still have class tomorrow." Chi Yu said.

"After a while." Cheng Yang said, "After you go to sleep, are you sleepy now?"

"A little bit." Chi Yu said, but he didn't move at all.

After a while, the last book was finished, Chi Yu shrank into the quilt, Cheng Yang got up and packed his things, "I'll come back tomorrow."

"Cheng Yang." Chi Yu stopped him before he left, "Do you still remember the time you were hospitalized?"

"Ok?"

"We didn't know each other well at that time. In your house, you were afraid that I would get hurt because of you, so you took the hit from your uncle for me." Chi Yu looked at him and paused, "What about this time, this time you blocked the slap." In front of me, is it the same reason?"

Cheng Yang kept silent, as if this question stumped him, he thought about it for a long time, but in the end he didn't give Chi Yu an answer.

If he said yes, that's not what Chi Yu wanted to hear. If he said no, Chi Yu would want to know the reason why a person was so desperate for him.

And he didn't say anything. From Chi Yu's point of view, it might be the best answer he could get from Cheng Yang at present.