middle of the road

Cheng Yang handed in the money to the charging window of the hospital, took the expense statement handed over by the staff, and saw that the amount owed on it turned to zero, and the balance was a figure that was heavy enough to make him feel at ease. The unreliability in his heart finally found its destination.

When he returned to the ward, Cheng Ying fell asleep, and Cheng Le was lying beside her bed reading a storybook.

Cheng Yang asked him to sleep at the end of the bed. Apart from going back to pick up some things occasionally, the two of them basically never left the hospital these days.

He asked for leave for both of them. In the afternoon, Cheng Ying's class teacher came over and gave some condolence money. Before leaving, he told him that if there were difficulties, their school could organize a donation, but Cheng Yang refused.

He hasn't reached the end of the mountain, and he still has a way to maintain it.

The doctor told him that day that Cheng Ying's current physical condition required systemic nutritional support to maintain the balance of the body. Cheng Yang made a note of it. In the past two days, her incision was not so painful and she could eat something. He decided to After buying vegetables and going home to cook for herself, the little girl has lost a lot of weight in the past few days, and she is also stronger than he thought. There were a few times when the pain was so severe that she held back her tears.

"I'll bring the soup later, you can feed it to my sister." Cheng Yang packed some dirty clothes into the bag.

"What about you?" Cheng Le asked.

"I have something to do at night, so I won't come over."

Cheng Le looked at him, "Aren't you coming all night?"

"Yeah." Cheng Yang said, "Call me if you need anything."

"...Oh." Although Cheng Le felt a little strange, he still nodded, "What about tomorrow?"

"Come over tomorrow of course." Cheng Yang looked at him, "Go back and have a good sleep tomorrow, you will have dark circles under your eyes."

Cheng Le touched his eyes, then looked at his, "Brother, why don't you have dark circles?"

"I slept secretly." Cheng Yang carried him to the end of the bed and threw him a blanket, "Go to sleep."

After March, the days became longer, and it was still light at six o'clock. After leaving the hospital, Cheng Yang rode to the vegetable market to buy some ribs, and when he came back, he put them in the pot to stew, and fried a plate of lettuce, and picked out a portion for one person. Cheng Le, and then he went to wash the clothes he brought back.

After washing, the pot was almost stewed. He poured out half a bowl for himself, and put the rest in an insulated bucket. Back up.

He went into the room and took off the school uniform he was wearing inside, even though Boss Zhang offered him several cryptic proposals for him to wear the school uniform that day when he gave him the money.

Cheng Yang didn't listen to him. In fact, he didn't listen to anything except the 3 yuan that was finalized after bargaining. He stood there with his hands down, watching him hold the calculator with voice function, and the mechanical female voice clicked. Calculate the price for him at once, accurate to every time he is called in and out in the future, as if his dignity has been sunk into the dust and is worthless.

Boss Zhang said with a smile that he was losing money, and that Cheng Yang is a person who knows how to do business, and he will definitely be promising in the future. His appearance of resigning himself to parting with love is as if he is a big philanthropist who only does business at a loss.

Cheng Yang didn't refute, it was his own wish, he just thought it was a bit funny, everyone's life is not worth 3 yuan, just a skin.

Maybe this is exactly what Boss Zhang thinks is worthless.

He cleaned himself up, took all his things, went to the hospital first, and told Cheng Le to take care of his sister. If there was anything to call the hotel, he would come back as soon as possible. Then he checked the time and went downstairs to ride The car is gone.

Chi Yu kicked Cheng Yang's stool over.

He wanted to get angry, wanted to scold him for not knowing what to do, wanted to drag him out of that dark, shabby house and beat him up severely. It had been three days since he was shut down at his place that night, and Cheng Yang had spent three days. It's been a while since I came to school.

He went to ask Huang Ming, and Huang Ming said that he had already asked for leave, and accidentally sprained his ankle. He went to the doctor and said that he would rest at home for two days.

Chi Yu's first reaction was that his fucking ankle was twisted. He can guarantee that when he climbed up the stairs that day, there was nothing wrong with him, and someone who wouldn't go to the hospital if his head was broken, went to see a doctor after twisting his ankle. Why do you think it's so ridiculous? I don't know how to find a better reason for lying.

He said he sprained his ankle, or simply said that his spine was broken by him that day, and he might be more convinced and sympathetic.

Chi Yu was in an extremely bad mood for the past two days. Fu Jin asked him what was wrong. He put on a face and didn't want to say anything. He just wanted to throw him twice with a firecracker at hand. For this reason, he almost got into a fight with Feng Jun. That's also a bullying thing, seeing that Chi Yu's aura is wrong, and after he changed his beard and eyes and played all kinds of dirty tricks before, he didn't even dare to fart when he sat there.

After the self-study class was over that night, Fu Jin said that he was invited to have a bowl of noodles and a bowl of mung bean soup by the way. Maybe it was because the weather has been hot and dry recently, so people inevitably got angry. He thought he had a fight with Chi Haidong. It's too inconvenient to say too much, so I can only comfort him like this.

Chi Yu said that he had left beforehand, and Fu Jin couldn't stop him. Seeing him riding out of the school gate, he shook his head and subconsciously touched his neck.

His memory of that night ended when he sat down on that chair. He couldn’t remember what happened after that. He just remembered that there were flowers and grass behind the chair, and then he was bitten by something. It’s been the third day Well, there are still marks, which is also bad luck. Thinking about it, he also wants to kick the stool.

Chi Yu went to Cheng Yang's house by bicycle, and no one was there without any accidents. This time he learned his lesson and didn't wait outside. Instead, he went downstairs to ask Aunt Qiu. Aunt Qiu said that Cheng Ying was sick. Cheng Le is in the hospital.

I got sick?What disease?

Aunt Qiu couldn't tell, all she knew was that she had been stabbed.

"Which hospital?"

"Affiliated hospital, I have the ward number here, I'll give it to you."

The affiliated hospital is the best hospital here, but not the nearest hospital. Is Cheng Ying seriously ill?Thinking of Cheng Yang's state that night, Chi Yu had some bad guesses in his heart.

He put his bicycle downstairs and took a taxi to the affiliated hospital. There were only Cheng Ying and Cheng Le in the ward. Seeing him coming in, Cheng Le stood up and called him.

"Why are you two alone?" He walked in, and Cheng Ying looked at him with a pale face.

"Is it better?" Chi Yu asked.

Cheng Ying nodded, pointing to the stool with the finger hanging on the bottle, signaling him to sit down.

Chi Yu waved his hand, "Where's your brother?"

"Go to work." Cheng Le said as he dragged the stool next to him.

Chi Yu looked at the time, it was already past ten o'clock, normally this time should be back soon, he sat down, ready to wait here for a while, but heard Cheng Le say again: "He won't come back at night."

Chi Yu frowned subconsciously, "What did he say?"

"Yeah." Cheng Le nodded, "They said it would be tomorrow morning."

Chi Yu stood up abruptly, and ran out under the unresponsive gazes of Cheng Ying and Cheng Le.

Passing by the nurse's desk when he went out, he stopped and asked them about Cheng Ying's treatment status and expenses. Something exploded, and then the blood roared to the top of the head in an instant.

Where did it come from? !

It all adds up to [-] to [-] yuan, so if the kid wants to have so much money, does he need to live frugally and work hard every day? !

Chi Yu almost didn't need to think about who gave him the money, and if he was away all night, what would he exchange for it?

Fuck!

Thinking of the person he dared not touch, who sold himself for such a small amount of money, Chi Yu was furious, why didn't he come to him?Nothing he said in the cafeteria that day was false, why didn't he believe it!

Chi Yu suppressed his anger, took out his mobile phone tremblingly, and called Chi Haidong, asking him to give him Boss Zhang's number right now!

Chi Haidong didn't ask him what he was doing here, but he heard that his tone was wrong, so he asked him to be more polite when talking to his elders no matter what he had.

Be fucking polite!

The fuck is going to sleep with his people, what face is there to ask him to be so polite, he was too polite that day, making the old man think that he was not a threat at all, turned his head and stared at him lewdly the piece of meat in it.

Chi Yu thought that Cheng Yang might be under that old thing right now, so he wished he could rush over and chop his thing up right now!He never dreamed that anyone would dare to disgust him so much!

No one answered the phone, Chi Yu called again and again, the notification tone kept ringing, and when he hung up the last time, he smashed the phone against the wall with all his might.

He went out to take a taxi to the hotel, where the waiter said it was closed and he didn't see Cheng Yang today.

"What about your boss?"

"Neither did they come."

Holding on to his last hope, Chi Yu took a taxi to Cheng Yang's house. He didn't believe that old thing was capable of torturing him all night. He probably didn't go to the hospital because he was afraid that his younger brothers and sisters would see him. .

There is still no one at home, Chi Yu is sitting by the flower bed downstairs, waiting every minute and every second is suffering, he smokes one after another, as if this can make his heart and lungs so cloudy that he is about to explode All the air was squeezed out of him.

He couldn't think about that scene, but he couldn't help but think about it, is Cheng Yang crazy? Is he crazy? It's not easy to get money, why must he strip himself naked and trade that little bit of dignity? , isn't he the one who cares about face the most? Isn't he unwilling to accept even a little charity? Why is he so shameless all of a sudden?

Doesn't he feel ashamed to let mermaid go?

Chi Yu grabbed his hair vigorously, sat for an unknown amount of time, his smokey eyes were a little sore, he threw the empty box on the ground, and tried to stand up, when suddenly there was the sound of tires compacting the road in the darkness, gradually , he heard footsteps of different shades, coming this way.

Cheng Yang!

Chi Yu restrained himself from moving, and wanted to wait for someone to come closer, to see how he was doing, but the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't restrain the trembling of his hands, so he held them tightly.

What did he want to see? He wanted to see the corners of his broken mouth, his messy clothes, or his limping and glaring walking posture. In guessing over and over again, the person in front of him was blown to pieces.

Chi Yu took two steps forward, staring at him with shadowy eyes, and said in a cold voice, "Where have you been?"

Cheng Yang lowered his head and said nothing. After throwing the car in the corner, he turned his body slightly, trying to get around him.

"I'll ask again, where have you been?" Chi Yu stood in front of him, looking at that pale and thin face, as if all the evidence of crime was branded on it, just wanting to pretend that nothing happened?Is that how you look down on him?

Cheng Yang still didn't speak, Chi Yu grabbed his collar and punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground, he stepped over and rode on Cheng Yang, and dragged him off the ground involuntarily Get up, "Where the hell did you go?! Tell me!"

Cheng Yang raised his head and panted vigorously. Chi Yu saw the wound on the corner of his mouth and the blood flowing from his punch, but he didn't arouse his sympathy at all, because in his opinion, he was responsible for all this.

"If you don't tell me, I'll know where you've been." Chi Yu pulled his pants like crazy, cursing, "Why are you so mean! Ah! If you do this kind of thing, what will he do?" How much are you! How much are you fucking selling once, I will give you double!"

"Let me go!" Cheng Yang struggled, clutching his hands tightly, while Chi Yu held down both his wrists, and suddenly slammed them hard on the concrete floor.

Even in the dream, the person who would bear the abuse even if he wanted to, was sent to the door to be abused by others, and came back with such a ghostly appearance. Chi Yu listened to the sound of bones knocking on the ground, and looked at Cheng Yang, frowning tightly. Desperately hiding to the side, while feeling extremely happy, at the same time feeling like a huge hole in my heart.

He tightened his body as painfully as his fingers hit the ground.

Tears suddenly flowed down Cheng Yang's temples, as if the wall that had been built in his heart for a long time was cracked. He wanted to block it with his hands, but Chi Yu held on tightly, so he could only arch his back hard, feeling bored. He leaned his head against his chest.

Chi Yu took a deep breath, kept straightening his face, and was hidden by him again and again, neither of them said a word, tearing silently in the corner without any light.

In the end, it was Chi Yu who used his superior strength to level Cheng Yang. At that time, his face was almost full of tears. Chi Yu stared at him for a while, and when Cheng Yang's eyes finally came back to normal, he met with him. When he looked at each other, he leaned down and kissed him hard on the lips.