Ning Lan didn't seem to hear clearly, so she unscrewed the ointment, squeezed out a little bit and wiped it on Sui Yi's wound, then swiftly tore a Band-Aid with her mouth and wrapped it around the first joint of his middle finger.
Sui Yi wanted to withdraw his hand.
"Don't move." Ning Lan said while holding his hand.
Sui Yi didn't move. Ning Lan's fingers are slender, her nails are clean and round, and her fingertips are glowing with tender pink, but the pulp of her fingers is covered with fine lines and even a few small wounds, which is completely irrelevant to pampering.
Sui Yi thought it was strange, he wasn't very smart, wasn't he very good at cheating? Why do you always make yourself so embarrassed
"Okay." After bandaging, Ning Lan blew on his fingers, "It doesn't hurt now, right?"
The blown skin immediately became numb for a while, Sui Yi retracted his hand, clenched his fist, and put his fingertips against his palm, trying to eliminate this strange feeling.
Ning Lan realized that the move just now was too intimate, touched her nose and said, "I'm sorry, I'm used to it... I heard that it won't hurt to blow it."
What are you used to
Sui Yi opened his mouth, but didn't ask. In the end, only politely said "thank you".
AOW's first national signing event ended in early summer. When Ning Lan received the third month's salary from the company, she was in a trance for a while before realizing that she had joined the group for more than two months.
The salary this time includes the share of the album. Although the company has divided seven people and then divided it, there is not much left, but at least it is still a large sum for him. He took part of it as living expenses for the next month, and moved another part to call his aunt, leaving the rest in the card.
He wanted to wait for a five-digit integer to return it to Sui Yi, but it was too ugly for a few thousand and a few hundred dollars.
Before returning to the dormitory, he went to the supermarket. In addition to the ready-to-eat food, he also took a few bottles of imported drinks and bought some vegetables. These things took up the bulk of the checkout, which made him feel distressed for a while.
There was no one in the dormitory, so Ning Lan first sent a group text message to her teammates, saying that they would be invited to dinner in the evening, then put the drinks on everyone's table, and went to take a shower first.
The hot water hit her face gently, and Ning Lan closed her eyes. After floating outside for more than a month, returning to the dormitory gave him a long-lost sense of comfort, like returning home.
Thinking of this, he froze for a moment. Where does he have a home
Before Dad died, people came to collect debts every three days. Ning Lan remembered one time when she went to school in the morning, when she opened the door, she was poured on her head by the smelly filth, and she was almost beaten. And his father, who was supposed to take responsibility, hid in the room for a few days and didn't dare to show up.
Later, they often moved, and even lived in sheds and underground passages. He couldn't eat enough when he was growing, and he stole money from classmates several times. The amount was very small, only enough to buy a pack of instant noodles. He thought that when he had money, he would quietly return it. But he was soon caught. The teacher called his mother over. In front of the whole class, his mother tugged and beat him, crying hysterically, tearing his only complete coat to shreds.
Later, when his father died, he was sent to his uncle and aunt's house. The uncle divided his sister's room in half and put up a box spring bed, which was his small room. He cherishes this hard-earned place very much, tries hard to please his uncles and aunts, and tries his best to be nice to his sister. He goes out to work during the winter and summer vacations. and hairpin head flowers.
But people will change, and slowly, delicious and fun food can no longer please his sister, and auntie's polite concern for him at the beginning has turned into annoyance and disgust. One day he clearly heard his aunt say to his uncle at the door of the kitchen, "When will you send that kid away? Could it be that he will stay at our house until he gets married and has a baby?"
Ning Lan has a good memory, but he can't remember how he felt at the time, so he was probably a little sad. Probably a little more sad than when Dad didn't come out to look at him when the swill was splashed.
After graduating from high school and starting work, he worked hard to earn money, looking forward to being able to return to his hometown in ten or eight years to buy a small house, a house of his own, without having to move around precariously, and without fear of being caught. Drive away, go out in front of the rising sun every day, and go home in the sunset. You don’t have to hide or look at people’s faces to live your life.
Originally, I had almost saved enough money, and the housing price in my hometown was low and stable. It would not be difficult to make a down payment.
Ning Lan wiped the water from her face. Now that the money is gone, he still owes a debt of ass. From Boss Liu's side plus Sui Yi's, it's enough that he can't turn over before the age of 30.
Unless it comes with a windfall.
After taking a shower, Ning Lan spent two yuan on the Internet to bet on a sports lottery ticket, and then got into the kitchen.
He used to work in the capital and when he was less nervous, he would buy some vegetables and go back to cook them to improve his meals. Today I bought steak, fish, pork belly, chicken wings, prawns, and many other vegetarian dishes. Even Lu Xiaochuan and Fang Yu should have enough to eat.
When making cola chicken wings, he specially reserved a few wings, marinated them, wrapped them in egg liquid and flour, and placed them ready to make fried chicken wings. Although I haven't eaten with everyone for a long time, Sui Yi likes to eat fried food, and he always remembers it.
After two hours of busy work, several large dishes were prepared, and the vegetarian dishes were also cut and coded on the chopping board. Ning Lan washed her hands and picked up her mobile phone, and saw Wang Bingyang's reply ten minutes ago: We are outside, we won't come back to eat at night, Brother Lan, eat by yourself!
He guessed that the "we" Wang Bingyang said were probably the four other people in the dormitory besides him.
Lu Xiaochuan and Fang Yu also replied that they were eating at home and would not come.
Ning Lan sat in the living room for a while, then took the small cake bought in the supermarket out of the box and put it in her mouth, making a very ungodly wish, hoping that the lottery ticket she just bought would win.
Today is his birthday, and the November on his ID card was changed at his own discretion when his mother changed his age. Xie Tianhao likes boys who are tender and watery, and Ning Lan has a tender face, so there is no sense of disobedience when he is five years younger.
He didn't care about his birthday or anything, but the date displayed on the ATM machine reminded him when he was withdrawing money. It was just a break this afternoon. He had already said that he wanted to invite everyone to dinner. Eating outside was expensive and unsanitary, so he went to the supermarket and passed the fresh food section, thinking that it would be better to choose a day than to hit the sun, so let's do it today.
In fact, he still moved a little unrealistic thought in his subconscious, today is his birthday, didn't he say that the birthday is the biggest? Maybe God will help him and let him go smoothly
Really think too much.
After eating the cake, Ning Lan was no longer hungry. She wrapped the cold dishes in plastic wrap and put them in the refrigerator. She walked around the house a few times bored, then took the keys and went out. She decided to go to the company to practice dancing to pass the time.
I went to the company and found an empty practice room. I just finished stretching and dancing for a while when my mother called.
These days, my mother called him every now and then, but he ignored most of them. Anyway, if there was an emergency, she would kill her with serial calls or text messages. until the call.
And today's call, Ning Lan wanted to answer.
He counted to ten silently in his heart, then picked it up,
"Hey, Lanlan."
Ning Lan wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Well, Mom."
The other end of the phone paused: "Stinky boy, how long has it been since you called Mom?"
Ning Lan sat down against the wall, not knowing what to say, and gave a heavy "um" in a nasal voice.
"Mom saw you on TV. Your new job is to be a star. Why didn't you tell mom?"
Ning Lan rubbed the itchy scar on her knee: "It's nothing, just sing and dance, not a star."
"That's how big stars start out. My son is so handsome, and sooner or later, he will become popular."
Ning Lan smiled. His indomitable spirit was probably inherited from his mother, but he was not as heartless as her.
He wanted to ask his mother if he remembered what day it was today, but what his mother said next shattered the warmth that had just risen in his heart.
"Mom doesn't even have money to eat now, and you don't answer the phone call. Mom broke her nose last time by Xie Tianhao, and she wants to have plastic surgery... You can earn a lot without being popular, right? Look. You paid 200,000 yuan last time..."
The smile slowly disappeared from her face, Ning Lan pursed her lips and said, "I'm out of money."
"Can I borrow some from your company? I heard that your company is very rich, and the clothes for you are so beautiful..." Without hearing Ning Lan's reply, her mother said, "How about borrowing some from your teammates? Ah, I read the gossip on the Internet, saying that several of your teammates are rich second-generation... "
"I don't borrow it." Ning Lan interrupted immediately. After speaking, he felt ridiculous again. He already owed his teammates 200,000 yuan. Now, why are you pretending to be stubborn and stubborn
"Okay, I don't want to borrow it." The mother on the other end of the phone changed her tone immediately, "But Lan Lan, why don't you make some money for my mother to eat, my mother is so poor now, she doesn't have enough to eat, she has nowhere to go, and her nose is still there. Crooked..." As she spoke, she began to cry, if she didn't stop her, she would be able to cry loudly on the spot.
Ning Lan didn't want to hear it, so she pressed the hang up button hard, and then called her mother with the last payment from her bank card.
After a while, my mother sent a text message: Received my son! If you have money in the future, don't give it to that bad woman, Jin Feng. Mom will save it for you and use it for your marriage.
marry? Does selling him to someone else count as marriage
Ning Lan looked at the words on the phone and let out a wry smile from her throat.
When I dragged my tired body to the downstairs of the dormitory, it was already completely dark.
The wind in the early summer night was very cool, and the stars were shining in the night sky. Ning Lan sat on the edge of the flower bed at the bottom of the building and looked up and counted for a while, until a cloud floated over to block the light, and then she closed her clothes and buttoned her hood on her head. , going upstairs while rubbing cold hands.
Open the door, the living room light is on, and you can vaguely hear movement in the kitchen.
Ning Lan was very tired and felt that he could no longer smile at anyone today. He walked around the dining table full of shopping bags and wanted to go straight back to the house. As he approached the kitchen, he heard the conversation between Gu Chenkai and Gao Ming.
"What is all this? Who did it?"
"Ning Lan, he was in the dormitory in the afternoon."
"It's really annoying. The refrigerator is not big. These plates are crowded here. Where do I put my drink yogurt?"
"Tsk... After doing so much, do you really think we'll come back to eat? Take it out and take up space."
"There's nowhere to put it out... just throw it away."
Ning Lan didn't want to listen to it anymore. The negative content that he could receive today was on the verge of reaching its limit. He would be out of breath if he listened to it any longer. He walked back to the room as if escaping. When he entered the door, he saw two bottles lying in the trash can by the door. drinks.
Sui Yi was changing clothes, and as soon as he took off his T-shirt, he turned around and saw Ning Lan who had just entered the door.
Ning Lan's face was not very good, her lips were slightly purple, as if she was frozen, she greeted Sui Yi with drooping eyelids, and went to her bed and lay down facing inward.
Sui Yi wanted to ask him what was wrong, but felt that he seemed fine. After thinking about it, he put down his clothes, turned around, took out a long box from the shopping bag on the table, and walked to Ning Lan's bed: "I didn't buy it. The same ointment, the clerk said it works the same."
Ning Lan moved, turned her head and glanced at the ointment, and stretched out a hand to take it: "Thank you."
His "thank you" was inexplicable, Sui Yi thought, clearly I used his ointment first.
Ning Lan took the thing and turned around, her shoulders curled inward, and the protruding shoulder blades were on her back, which was pitifully thin.
He didn't smile just now, and his dimples didn't show.
Sui Yi stood for a while, then leaned down to help Ning Lan pull the quilt off the end of the bed and cover him.
Ning Lan shook for a while, then curled up again.
Just as Sui Yi was about to ask him if he was uncomfortable, the door of the room was pushed open from the outside, and Gu Chenkai and Gao Ming walked in chatting and laughing. Gao Ming dances well and often guides Gu Chenkai. The two of them have been playing well recently.
Sui Yi still maintained the posture of covering Ning Lan with a quilt. Gu Chenkai suddenly faced the situation in front of him, and his laughter stopped abruptly: "Brother, what are you doing?"
Sui Yi straightened up and faced him: "Is things packed? Go to bed early, and I have to train tomorrow."
Gu Chenkai's eyes widened, he walked forward as if he couldn't believe it, glanced at the person lying on the bed, suddenly angry, he lifted his foot and kicked Ning Lan's back: "Please don't seduce my brother, Do you think I'm joking with you?"
As he was about to kick again, Sui Yi didn't expect Gu Chenkai to make a move, so he hurriedly grabbed him: "What are you doing, Xiao Chen?"
Gu Chenkai was pulled away, didn't kick him up, and danced at Ning Lan: "Get up for me! Speak clearly! I thought my brother was so stupid and easy to bully, but actually tricked him into giving you money? There are scumbags everywhere. , bah, shameless!"
Sui Yi was shocked and looked at Gu Chenkai: "Who did you listen to?"
Ning Lan sat up slowly, still with a sullen face. When he got out of bed and put on his shoes, Wang Bingyang next door was also attracted by the noise here, and stupidly asked what happened.
Gu Chenkai told the whole story how Ning Lan seduced his brother and how he cheated his brother out of money. He also added a lot of his own guesses and fantasies, and told the whole story vividly and sounded very credible. .
Sui Yi interrupted several times but couldn't get in, Gu Chenkai was so angry that he couldn't stop him at all, and he couldn't beat him.
Ning Lan listened, and she almost believed it. His chest was shaking violently, as if it would explode at any moment. He didn't want to stay here for a second. He opened the cabinet and quickly packed his luggage. After taking two steps, Sui Yi stopped him.
"Where are you going?" Sui Yi asked with a frown.
Ning Lan was still wearing the hat on the hoodie and looked up to meet his eyes: "Don't worry, I will return the money to you if I don't run away."
Sui Yi was startled by his red eyes, and inadvertently made him squeeze past him.
"Yangyang, has the upper bunk in your room been repaired?" Sui Yi heard Ning Lan ask Wang Bingyang. As he got closer, he could hear Ning Lan's voice trembling.
"Ah? Ah... It's fixed."
Gu Chenkai raised his voice and asked, "Don't you want to live next door?"
Gao Ming followed: "I don't agree, don't move here."
Wang Bingyang walked over and pulled Gao Ming's sleeve, lowered his voice and said, "Brother, don't do this... Brother Lan lives with us originally."
Gu Chenkai sneered at the two next door with his arms crossed: "Brother Gao Ming, Yangyang, you have to be careful, he will not only steal things, but also..."
"And seduce people?" Ning Lan, who was standing at the door, turned around and answered herself.