"I do not......"
Xue Yan's face turned ugly instantly, as if he spat out a few words between his teeth: "I'm not kidding..."
He probably didn't expect to get such a response at all. It was embarrassing and irritating. Just like the chat last night, he was at a loss and couldn't find a way out. It seemed like he was constantly being pushed into a narrow alley, retreating again and again. Retreat, but there is no way to retreat. I want to get out, but I keep hitting the wall and have no way out.
Xue Yan realized with horror that this might be his last chance.
Because the man in front of me seems to have a soft temper, but he has more principles and ideas than anyone else, and he will not be influenced at all.
He took it too much for granted. He was forced to go abroad for two years, and he thought that when he came back and found the other person, he could still restore the previous relationship, so that the man could continue to stay by his side and accompany him, but no matter he was pretending to be calm. Well, he tried to arouse the other party's emotions unreasonably, but in the end he failed to get any relief. The bottom line receded faster than he imagined. It was crazy. He couldn't wait at all, so he tried again. Found it.
But it still doesn't work...
What should he do to make the teacher believe him? He regretted it, really regretted it.
An unspeakable depression gradually grew stronger, and Xue Yan took a step forward: "Teacher, why don't you believe me? I'm really not kidding..."
"I don't care if you're joking or not."
Huo Jin stood in front of Zhu Xiaoxiao: "Reply you with the words you just said, because the teacher doesn't like you, do you understand?"
Xue Yan lowered his face and looked at Huo Jin: "Get out of the way."
"If you don't give in, what can you do to me?"
Huo Jin snorted: "Speaking of which, the person the teacher wants to avoid more than me is probably you, Xue Yan, why don't you have any self-awareness at all?"
"you......"
"Uh, Teacher Li?"
Zhu Xiaoxiao's slightly embarrassed voice sounded. Unexpectedly, he bumped into Li Duanhua again. However, there was no Huo Ran around Li Duanhua now. The other party should have left, but he remembered that the relationship between the two broke up ten minutes ago, and he had not yet adjusted from the awkwardness. I had a good attitude, but in the blink of an eye I met him again, which made me feel a little uncomfortable.
But his expression was unnatural, and the face of Li Duanhua opposite him was also a little unnatural, and his eyes were clearly looking elsewhere than him.
Zhu Xiaoxiao was a little confused. Following Li Duanhua's line of sight, he realized that what Li Duanhua was looking at was actually Xue Yan.
Xue Yan obviously also saw Li Duanhua. The look on his face at this time, how should I put it, made Zhu Xiaoxiao inexplicably feel like a storm was coming, which caused Xue Yan's whole temperament to become condensed, as if he was suppressing something. Same.
"Um......"
Zhu Xiaoxiao took the initiative to break the silence: "Where are you going, Teacher Li? You..."
Before he could finish speaking, his arm was grabbed violently.
"Teacher, do you know him?"
Xue Yan's voice was low and his eyes were dark, with emotions he couldn't understand floating in his eyes. He asked again: "Do you know him, teacher?"
"He is a teacher in our college."
Zhu Xiaoxiao met Xue Yan's eyes: "Of course I know him..."
When he said this, he immediately realized that Xue Yan also knew Li Duanhua. It was strange. Is the world so small? After two years, his colleagues not only had that kind of relationship with Huo Ran, but also had that relationship with Xue Yan. Do you know him too? Thinking like this, Zhu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but look at Li Duanhua standing next to him.
At this time, the look on the other party's face had returned to normal, as if the unnatural look just now was an illusion, and he came over with a smile: "I originally wanted to go out to school to buy something, but I didn't expect..." As he said, Li Duanhua turned his gaze to Xue Yan and said with emotion: "It's been a long time since I saw you. I didn't expect to see you here."
Huo Jin raised an eyebrow: "Teacher Li, do you know Xue Yan?"
Li Duanhua hummed, continued to look at Xue Yan, and said with a smile: "I taught Xue Yan English before, but not for a long time, probably when Xue Yan was a freshman in high school. I didn't expect that it has been so long, and we meet again, I almost didn't recognize it."
Zhu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, teaching English?
He turned to look at Xue Yan, only to see that Xue Yan still had a sullen face. Looking down inadvertently, he was surprised to find that Xue Yan clenched his fists. What was going on...
Before Zhu Xiaoxiao could figure it out, he heard Xue Yan laugh, looked at Li Duanhua, and said with confusion: "So you work here."
The smile on Li Duanhua's face froze.
There was something wrong with the atmosphere between the two people, especially Xue Yan, who didn't even hide it. His rejection of Li Duanhua was obvious. If Zhu Xiaoxiao and Huo Jin couldn't see it, it would definitely be impossible. They just didn't know the relationship between Xue Yan and Li Duanhua. What happened during the period.
But it was definitely hard for the two of them to say anything at this time, but Zhu Xiaoxiao looked at Xue Yan, then at Li Duanhua, and couldn't help but frown.
At this time, Li Duanhua said goodbye: "Well, you can just chat and I won't disturb you anymore."
After saying that, he turned around and walked back, not even leaving the school gate, his steps seemed to be in a hurry.
A cold light flashed in Xue Yan's eyes. He looked away from Li Duanhua's back and looked at Zhu Xiaoxiao. He frowned and said, "Teacher, stay away from him."
Zhu Xiaoxiao: "Why?"
Xue Yan pursed his lips and said nothing, with a bad look on his face.
"If you don't tell me the reason, it's impossible for me to stay away from my colleagues just because of your words."
"teacher--"
"Xue Yan, I have my own life."
Zhu Xiaoxiao interrupted Xue Yan: "I don't believe in not accepting your love and pursuit. Please stop disturbing my life. I beg you."
............
After that day, Xue Yan never appeared again.
But his life returned to peace, but problems frequently occurred with Li Duanhua. First, he crashed into a car on the way to work, got into a dispute with someone, ended up being beaten, and almost got into trouble. Later, although the other party was fully responsible, But Li Duanhua didn't ask for any favors, and his face was beaten so hard that he couldn't even look at it.
Then I was beaten again when I got home from get off work. This time I went directly to the hospital and lay there for two days. I heard that I met a gangster who ran fast and couldn't catch him.
When Li Duanhua came out of the hospital, his face was still bruised and his arms were hung up. What Zhu Xiaoxiao didn't expect was that after Li Duanhua was discharged from the hospital, he was called directly to the principal's office and didn't come back for a long time. When he came back, his face looked very different, even with a hint of anger, making people afraid to approach him easily.
Someone who was well-informed secretly spread the truth - Li Duanhua was fired from the school and left without any leeway.
No one knows why, everyone is guessing.
But inexplicably, Zhu Xiaoxiao suddenly felt that everything that happened to Li Duanhua was probably, maybe... Xue Yan's handiwork. He couldn't explain the reason, but the moment he heard the news, he inexplicably thought of Xue Yan. Yan - because that day, he felt several times that Xue Yan always had a hidden cruelty when facing Li Duanhua.
And what Li Duanhua said to him before leaving also confirmed his suspicion from the side - Li Duanhua asked him to help plead with Xue Yan.
It was one thing to speculate on his own, but after hearing what Li Duanhua said, Zhu Xiaoxiao still asked: "Does Teacher Li have any evidence to prove that Xue Yan did this?"
Speaking of which, ever since Li Duanhua encountered these things and even lost his job, Zhu Xiaoxiao could not help but wonder what kind of hatred there was between Xue Yan and Li Duanhua. They actually messed with people like this. The most terrifying thing is not to teach you a lesson all at once, but Constantly causing trouble for you and making your life difficult.
Li Duanhua is in this state now. Not only are there injuries on his face and body, but his expression is also visibly haggard and pale.
Hearing Zhu Xiaoxiao ask this, Li Duanhua forced a smile, a little embarrassed: "Actually... some unpleasant things did happen between Xue Yan and I, but they were all misunderstandings. I have explained them and apologized. I apologized... If it wasn't Xue Yan who did it, then why did I lose my job after I met him?"
"Teacher Wen, I still have a mortgage to repay, and my car was hit by someone last time and needs to be repaired. If I didn't have to, I wouldn't come here to find you."
"Teacher Wen, please help me ask. At least help me confirm. If it is really Xue Yan...then I can apologize and clear up the misunderstanding to Xue Yan."
When meeting colleagues, Zhu Xiaoxiao simply refused.
Coupled with Li Duanhua's sincere attitude, Zhu Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to refuse him after encountering these things and losing his job, so he finally agreed.
——Unexpectedly, Xue Yan didn't come to him, but he wanted to go to Xue Yan again.
After getting Xue Yan's contact information from a student he had met before, Zhu Xiaoxiao thought for a while and added Xue Yan's WeChat account according to the contact information. Then he asked tactfully about Li Duanhua. Rather than calling, This kind of text communication is better.
And he didn't want Xue Yan to know his phone number.
Xue Yan responded quickly, but said he wanted to meet in person.
[The teacher wants to know about Li Duanhua and I, so let's talk face to face. 】
Zhu Xiaoxiao frowned: [I am just confirming for Teacher Li. As for the matter between you and him, it has nothing to do with me. 】
After a long time, the other person sent another message, with a hint of resentment: [Then why should I tell the teacher if I did it? I don't know your contact information or where you live, except for school. , I don't even know where to find you. You still don't let me find you. Why are you questioning me now on behalf of Li Duanhua? This is my address. Teacher, if you really want to ask something on behalf of Li Duanhua, come here to find me. I. 】
Zhu Xiaoxiao laughed angrily, thinking that if I don't let you come to me, you will let me go to you, right?
Throw the phone aside immediately, he will not go if you love so-and-so.
But Li Duanhua didn't know the problem between him and Xue Yan, and even sent a message to ask about the situation, saying that he couldn't find another job at the moment, and he didn't dare to go out easily for fear of getting into trouble again, as if someone was always secretly watching him.
Zhu Xiaoxiao frowned. Under such circumstances, it was hard to admit that he had a bad relationship with Xue Yan and could not help. In desperation, he had no choice but to open the WeChat chat interface with Xue Yan and sent a message to Xue Yan, asking Is it possible to change the interview to another place? It is impossible for him to go to Xue Yan's house.
But after the message was sent, there was no response for a long time.
Zhu Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to wait any longer, so he called Xue Yan using the previous contact information, but no one answered the call.
what's the situation?
I called twice more, but still no one answered.
Nothing will happen, right?
Zhu Xiaoxiao put down his mobile phone, sent two more WeChat messages to Xue Yan, and also sent a voice call, but also received no response. He thought that he could just forget if he couldn't find anyone, but after putting down the mobile phone, he couldn't think of anything, and finally looked at After checking the address sent by Xue Yan on WeChat, he raked his hair irritably.
............
After following the address given on WeChat, Zhu Xiaoxiao thought to himself that he was just afraid that something might happen to Xue Yan. After all, he couldn't contact anyone else who knew Xue Yan.
But he didn't expect that where Xue Yan lived...
When he came here, Zhu Xiaoxiao thought that the address Xue Yan sent him was a fake address. After all, although the location here is good, they are all old houses. When he came here, he specifically took a look at the layout of the apartments here. They were probably not big. Where to go.
I never imagined that Xue Yan would live in a place like this.
It's not that this place is not good, but Xue Yan's status and family conditions do not allow him to live here. After all, the Xue family only has one child. Even if he finds a house to live in, the location cannot be like this. .
It can only be said that if Xue Yan really lives here, it is his own idea and he wants to live here.
With suspicion, Zhu Xiaoxiao reached out and knocked on the door. He specially came during off-duty hours. If Xue Yan really lived here, then he should be at home at this time. If the door couldn't be knocked...he would come over anyway. Take a look...
After knocking several times, no one opened the door.
Zhu Xiaoxiao frowned and knocked on the door harder, knock, knock, knock——
Still nothing happened.
The knocking on the door gradually stopped.
But just when Zhu Xiaoxiao felt that there was no one inside and wanted to turn around and leave, there was a click and the door opened.
"It's not that you don't want to come -"
Meeting Zhu Xiaoxiao's gaze, Xue Yan's impatient voice suddenly stopped, as if in disbelief, his eyes suddenly widened.
"Teacher, you...why are you here?"
"Isn't it the address you gave me?"
Zhu Xiaoxiao stared at Xue Yan's face, frowning slightly: "Why did you..."
Xue Yan suddenly covered his mouth as if he remembered something.
Zhu Xiaoxiao: "...Don't cover up, you've all seen it."
Xue Yan was in very bad condition in front of him. His face was red, and there was a blister on the corner of his mouth. It was so big that it hurt to look at it. He looked a little haggard, even worse than Li Duanhua. Zhu Xiaoxiao shook his head helplessly, feeling If you really want to be Xue Yan, there is really no one else who keeps troubling Li Duanhua like this.
Xue Yan coughed, put down his hand hesitantly, then opened the door a little more, turned sideways and whispered: "Teacher, come in first."
Zhu Xiaoxiao glanced at Xue Yan, walked in, and asked, "Why don't you answer the phone?"
"cell phone......"
Xue Yan scratched his hair: "Probably the battery is out."
Zhu Xiaoxiao looked back at Xue Yan: "If you feel uncomfortable, I can leave first -"
"don't want."
Xue Yan pursed her lower lip: "I'm not feeling uncomfortable."
"You have a hoarse voice."
Zhu Xiaoxiao looked at Xue Yan walking over and felt that the other person was shaking a little when walking. He was indeed in a very bad condition. He was wearing wrinkled home clothes, his hair was messy, and he had a laid-back look: "Xue Yan, you..."
"Um?"
"Your family won't go bankrupt, right?"
Zhu Xiaoxiao hesitated, but he didn't hear any news about the Xue family.
Xue Yan: "..."
Zhu Xiaoxiao: "Well, pretend I didn't say that."
As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I felt like I was asking a stupid question.
Seeing that Xue Yan didn't speak and kept looking at him, Zhu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but look away and looked at the whole room. The apartment here was really not big, just two bedrooms and one living room, more than 80 square meters, which was very ordinary. residence, I still can't figure out why Xue Yan lives here.
"Teacher, why did you come to me? Didn't you say you wouldn't come?" Xue Yan suddenly said.
After asking, he coughed twice, the corners of his eyes and cheeks turned red, and his body swayed a bit.
Zhu Xiaoxiao subconsciously stretched out his hand: "Are you okay..."
"Teacher, are you worried about me?"
Xue Yan held Zhu Xiaoxiao's hand. Because the corners of his eyes were red and moist, he felt vulnerable: "You came here because you were worried about me?"
"I...I just want to help Li Duanhua find out."
Zhu Xiaoxiao frowned and wanted to take out his hand: "You are really not in good condition. Go to the hospital. I can take you..."
"I dont go."
Xue Yan's tone was a little urgent: "Teacher, I ask you to stay away from him. He is not a good person. Just stay away from him. Teacher, you believe me..."
"Ahem——"
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. I will take you to the hospital..."
"I'm fine. I just had a fever and a cold, and then... I didn't eat for a day."
Xue Yan looked at Zhu Xiaoxiao and asked cautiously, "Teacher, can you cook me some food?"
Zhu Xiaoxiao: "I..."
"I have instant noodles at home."
Xue Yan hurriedly said: "Just make instant noodles and eat them, okay?"
Looking at Xue Yan's pale and sickly red face, Zhu Xiaoxiao sighed silently: "Then you go to the room and lie down for a while, and I'll make a meal."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Yan's eyebrows relaxed.
"Thank you teacher, thank you..."
............
Zhu Xiaoxiao cooked a bowl of instant noodles with complicated and indistinguishable emotions, thinking about Xue Yan's last thank you, which had a humble tone in it, and his state... Why did he have a fever and a cold, and the corners of his mouth Another big blister appeared, just like a fever... He didn't dare to think about it further.
The instant noodles are cooked, and I crack an egg in as usual.
After putting the noodles on the coffee table in the living room, Zhu Xiaoxiao knocked on the bedroom door and asked Xue Yan to get up and eat.
However, there was no movement inside.
Subconsciously feeling something bad, Zhu Xiaoxiao immediately opened the door and walked in. He saw Xue Yan lying on his side on the bed, breathing slightly hurriedly. His brows were furrowed, his eyes were tightly closed, and his lips were pale and peeling. He looked even worse than The previous state was even worse.
"Xue Yan? Are you okay?"
Zhu Xiaoxiao was a little frightened. He quickly walked to the bed and reached out to touch Xue Yan's forehead. It was frighteningly hot.
Probably feeling the touch on his forehead, Xue Yan raised his eyelids with difficulty.
Zhu Xiaoxiao immediately said: "You really should go to the hospital, can you get up? Otherwise, I'll call..."
"No--"
"Do you want to die?" Zhu Xiaoxiao asked angrily.
Xue Yan took a breath, as if he didn't have enough strength, his eyelids drooped again, and his mouth moved as if he was chanting something, but it was quieter than the sound he made just now. Zhu Xiaoxiao couldn't hear clearly, so he leaned down and spoke slightly. Get closer and listen——
"No no...don't go..."
"...Xue Yan, can you please stop being willful?"
"Nobody...nobody cares...I'm not going..."
Zhu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment.
Xue Yan frowned again, opened his eyes again, looked at the bedside table, struggled slightly: "There is medicine, just take the medicine and you will be fine..."
"Is the medicine here?"
Zhu Xiaoxiao came back to his senses and pulled the drawer of the bedside table directly behind him. He was stunned for a moment. It was full of medicines. After a brief look, there were stomach medicines and cold medicines, including unpacked medicine boxes. , I ate it probably once.
"Teacher, don't go..."
Just as he was looking at the medicine in the drawer, Zhu Xiaoxiao felt his hand on the bed being grabbed. Xue Yan's palms were hot. He was lying on the bed and coughing. Now his eyes and cheeks were redder, and he looked at him with heavy eyelids. From time to time, There is a feeling that I want to close it, but I still don't want to close it.
Zhu Xiaoxiao saw that Xue Yan was resolute and really didn't want to go to the hospital, so he gave Xue Yan medicine. Looking at his state, he probably couldn't eat noodles, so he had to let Xue Yan continue to lie down and add another quilt. See if it feels better if you sweat a lot.
Under such circumstances, it was difficult for Zhu Xiaoxiao to leave, and he didn't know who to contact to take care of Xue Yan, so he had no choice but to stay.
He asked Xue Yan who he could talk to, but Xue Yan was silent for a long time, shook his head with difficulty, and stopped talking, leaving Zhu Xiaoxiao a little helpless.
After the medicine took effect, Xue Yan's eyelids became heavier and heavier. Finally he couldn't hold on any longer and closed his eyes, but he didn't know if he was asleep or not. Anyway, he was very restless. He kept frowning and talking nonsense. Zhu Xiaoxiao He listened closer and pursed his lips after listening for a while.
Because Xue Yan either called his name or shouted to him not to leave, as if he was afraid that he would leave, and the hand was still holding him hard. He was obviously so feverish that he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes. But it was as if he was grasping at straws, so hard that his fingertips turned white and he was trembling slightly.
But even with all his strength, he could easily break away with this little strength. Zhu Xiaoxiao tried to move, and saw Xue Yan instantly opened his eyes and looked over.
"you......"
Seeing him sitting by the bed, Xue Yan stared at him for two seconds before slowly drooping his eyelids: "No, don't go...don't go..."
Zhu Xiaoxiao thought helplessly that if I really leave, you won't be able to stop me.
Sitting not wanting to look at Xue Yan, he turned his attention elsewhere. Then Zhu Xiaoxiao suddenly saw something next to Xue Yan's pillow. At first, the thing was blocked by the pillow. Zhu Xiaoxiao didn't pay much attention to it, but now looking at that thing, Only then did I realize that it was somewhat familiar, and the more I looked at it, the more familiar it became.
He glanced at Xue Yan and tentatively moved the edge of the pillow with his other hand to pull out the things underneath.
When the thing next to the pillow was completely exposed, Zhu Xiaoxiao was stunned.
This is......
Isn't this the key to the house he rented two years ago? Why are you here with Xue Yan?
He used the key often, and the color and size were already familiar to him. What's more, the piggy keychain attached to the key looked so familiar that he couldn't possibly admit it.
So, why is this key here with Xue Yan? Didn't he return the rented house back then?
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Xue Yan: I'm looking for two matchsticks!
Piggy: Why are you looking for matchsticks?
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