Chasing Tides

Chapter 55

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The first thing Ning Lan thought of was to inform Ji Zhinan immediately.

He wasn't sure if Xue Ying took his phone, if it wasn't Xue Ying but the thief, the danger would still exist. The possibility of getting it back is basically zero, and the only thing that can be done now is to prepare for countermeasures.

He took out the new mobile phone in the drawer, opened Weibo, and remembered that Ji Zhinan might not be able to see the private messages. He frantically walked around the room and saw Sui Yi's mobile phone on the table.

The unlock password was the same as his bank card password. Ning Lan unlocked it effortlessly, dug out "Mr. Ji"'s phone number in the address book, and sent a text message: [I lost my phone]

He didn't dare to call because he was afraid that Sui Yi would hear the voice, so he put his mobile phone here, which meant that Sui Yi's people were still in the dormitory.

Ning Lan wanted to delete the text message immediately after sending it, but his hands were sweaty, and he didn't click on it after a few strokes. There were footsteps approaching outside the house, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat. At the moment of "Delete", his hand shook, and the phone fell to the ground with a "dong" sound.

"Awake?" Sui Yi pushed open the door and came in. Seeing that Ning Lan was undressed, standing barefoot on the floor, she frowned, "Are you a child? You don't know how to put on shoes first when you wake up."

He leaned over to get the shoes that had been kicked under the bed, and Ning Lan also hurriedly bent over. The heads of the two slammed into each other. Ning Lan couldn't stabilize, and fell back and sat on the ground.

Sui Yi smiled and said, "What's the hurry? I'll get it for you." After speaking, he lowered his head and took out Ning Lan's slippers, his eyes inevitably swept across the phone lying on the corner of the bed, picked it up by the way, and said doubtfully, " How did it fall to the ground?"

Ning Lan didn't dare to come out, her hands clenched fists behind her, trembling uncontrollably.

Sui Yi doesn't usually like to play with mobile phones, so he picked it up and put it in his pocket, then turned around and stretched out his hand to Ning Lan: "Isn't it cold on the ground?"

Ning Lan hesitated for a moment, then took his hand and stood up. When Sui Yi tried to get up, Ning Lan suddenly rushed into his arms. Sui Yi leaned against his ear and whispered, "Or... wait for me to hug you?"

An itch pierced through the cochlea, and half of Ning Lan's face turned red as she pushed Sui Yi away to go out.

Sui Yi curled the corners of his mouth behind him.

I used to be very rough, but now I am shy

Ning Lan never dreamed that Sui Yi would prepare breakfast for him.

"The egg... It took a long time to fry, and I've already cut off the burnt part." Sui Yi said as he put two odd-shaped objects on the plate in front of Ning Lan, and saw that he was stunned. , said with a dry cough, "Eat some biscuits and some milk first."

The Pocky chocolate bar Ning Lan bought from the supermarket was taken apart by him and placed neatly on the plate, which also became a unique dish.

The initial surprise and confusion gradually dissipated, Ning Lan picked up a chocolate bar, pursed her lips and smiled.

On the opposite side, Sui Yi was laughed at the first time he cooked, and he couldn't hold back his face. He reached out to take the plate in front of Ning Lan: "Don't eat it, I'll go out and buy a new one."

"Hey." Ning Lan covered the plate with both hands, "I eat it, it looks delicious."

Although Sui Yi didn't quite believe it, he retracted his hand and took a sip of milk at a loss.

Ning Lan picked up a chocolate bar and placed it next to the two eggs: "Do you know what this is?"

Sui Yi thought that he was holding back and prepared to laugh at himself. He was about to attack with a dark face. Ning Lan held up the plate and showed him: "Does it look like 100, the number is 100?"

Sui Yi glanced at it, but didn't turn around: "One hundred?"

"When I was a child, every final exam, I would eat a fried dough stick and two eggs in the morning, so that I could get a full score." Ning Lan said.

It was obviously a superstitious and naive move, but it was said seriously from Ning Lan's mouth, but Sui Yi had no intention of laughing at all.

"Then... did you get full marks in the test?"

Ning Lan didn't know what to think, the light in his eyes trembled, then quickly dimmed, shook his head and said, "No."

It's been seven years, and he should have forgotten about the rainy summer and the exam that carried all his hopes. Perhaps because of the recent nightmares, he can still recall the feeling of despair at that time.

Sui Yi wiped his mouth with a tissue, stood up and walked towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Ning Lan also got up.

Sui Yi said as he changed his shoes, "Go buy fried dough sticks, they are sold at the gate of the community."

Ning Lan was a little confused: "No, I'll just say it casually, I don't really want to eat it."

"I want to eat it." Sui Yi said, "I want to eat it myself, can't I?"

Ning Lan let go of the hand holding his arm: "Then go and come back quickly."

When the doorbell rang, Ning Lan was looking through the contents of the shopping bag in the kitchen. The chocolate was intact. I wonder if Sui Yi saw it.

He stuffed the chocolate box deep into the bag, and when he opened the door, he was still thinking, how quickly does the gate of the community come and go here

The first thing that caught my eye was a large bouquet of fiery red roses. The fragrance of the flowers stinging Ning Lan's nose itchy, almost sneezing. Then a head stuck out from behind the bouquet, and Lu Xiaozhou's blue eyes were half exposed from under the sunglasses: "Morning my baby."

While Ning Lan was in a daze, Lu Xiaozhou flexibly squeezed into the door, stuffed the flowers into Ning Lan's arms, saw something to eat on the table, and said excitedly, "Wow, there is breakfast, I'm just hungry."

Ning Lan put down the flowers and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "What are you doing here?"

Before Lu Xiaozhou's butt could touch the dining chair, he was pushed away and pouted, "I heard that you are here alone, and they came over as soon as they got off the plane..."

"What are you doing here? Go back quickly." Ning Lan pushed him out.

I haven't seen him for nearly a year, but Lu Xiaozhou has grown a lot taller. He looks similar to Sui Yi. The young man is brute force, and Ning Lan can't push him at all.

"Baby, beauty, let me stay for a while, just for a while, I just came..." Lu Xiaozhou clawed at the corner of the table and didn't let go, his eyes turned red when he said it, as if he could cry in the next second.

Ning Lan was not soft-hearted at all. The moment he blocked Lu Xiaozhou, he decided to cut off all contact with him. No matter whether the child was sincere or fake, he had no position to accept it.

Seeing that Ning Lan was unmoved, and he used his real strength to blast himself out, Lu Xiaozhou had nothing to do, and shouted, "I know, I know you are going to quit the group, I have graduated, you can go later. Wherever I go, I will accompany you wherever you want."

Hearing this, Ning Lan was in a trance for a moment, and suddenly remembered the fans who had always supported him. When the news of his exit from the group is announced, will they be sad, will they hate him, or will they regret the words they once said they would always be with him.

These are not the fact that he can pretend not to know anything by not checking his mobile phone and refusing to receive outside news. He lived up to their love, and sooner or later he would be punished.

Seeing that Ning Lan's hands were loosened, Lu Xiaozhou thought he was shaken, and pursued the victory: "We can go around the world, I will take you to Hollywood, Disney, and take you to see the place where I was born and raised, where there are mountains and seas, There is also Cranberry, Cranberry, do you know? Red, the Chinese name is what is it? Then we went to L City to ride the Ferris wheel. The TV said that the wish at the highest point of the Ferris wheel will definitely come true, and then we will go again… "

The enthusiasm of the young man seemed to be inexhaustible. Lu Xiaozhou was chattering, but Ning Lan felt that these were not things that a person hiding in the gutter could just think about. He would not dare to imagine such beauty in his dreams.

Lu Xiaozhou's mouth was dry, he finished conceiving his life blueprint for the next 20 years, and looked straight at Ning Lan: "As long as you say yes, we will leave tomorrow, oh no, now."

Ning Lan raised his head to look at him, Lu Xiaozhou seemed to see hope, and said eagerly, "Promise me, okay?"

Ning Lan's lips moved, as if she was about to answer, when suddenly there was a loud bang, and the two turned their heads to look at the door. Sui Yi stood at the door, looking gloomily at the two people standing face to face.

It was Lu Xiaozhou who reacted first, and his smiling face turned to mourning for a second, complaining, "The atmosphere is good, can't you come in after a while?"

Ning Lan was stunned for a moment, then walked over to pick up the plastic bag from Sui Yi's hand, and explained, "I thought it was you who came back when he knocked on the door, but I didn't know he would..."

Before he could finish speaking, Sui Yi held up the phone in front of him: "What about this, you don't know what's going on?"

The moment she saw the text message on the screen, Ning Lan's mind was empty, and her breathing was suffocated. Sure enough, it was not deleted, God could not have given him such good luck.

Retribution has finally come.

Seeing that the two of them were stalemate at the door, Lu Xiaozhou stepped forward and said, "Captain, you have something to say. If you have nothing to say, give Lan Lan to me... Where are you taking him?"

Sui Yi grabbed Ning Lan's wrist and dragged him into the room, then slammed the door shut, locked it, and blocked Lu Xiaozhou, who was screaming.

The bag in Ning Lan's hand fell to the ground, and several golden fried dough sticks rolled out. He crouched down to pick it up, and was picked up by Sui Yi's arm. His thin body shook several times before barely standing still.

"Did you send the text message?" Sui Yi held the phone up to Ning Lan again.

Ning Lan's back stiffened, and she looked down at the floor: "Yes."

"Did you take the photo of Ji Zhinan's marriage certificate?"

"Yes."

The two were so close, Ning Lan could easily feel the anger radiating from Sui Yi. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and still saw Sui Yi's thin lips tightly pursed into lines, and eyes full of disappointment and disgust.

It wasn't a dream.

Sui Yi then asked, "Is it for the money again?"

Ning Lan shook her head: "No, no." He only remembered that he took this photo with Sui Yi's dirty mind that he would give up if he knew about it, but in the end he was sad because he couldn't bear it, so he didn't say anything in his heart.

"No?" Sui Yi sneered, "Isn't everything you do for money? Sleeping with me is also for money, tell me now no?"

Sui Yi can't forget what Ning Lan said, "I don't like you". This sentence is a thorn in his heart, always reminding him - this person is with you for money, and he doesn't take you to heart at all. superior.

The funny thing is that he knew that he was a living ATM in Ning Lan's eyes, but he still felt sorry for him, wanted to take care of him, and tried his best to help him find excuses and excuse him when something happened.

When I was queuing up to buy breakfast just now, I received a news feed on my mobile phone, "A certain traffic small fresh meat hidden marriage real hammer", swiped his finger away and jumped to the news interface, and when he saw the second half of one of them's ID number, he was heartbroken. feel bad.

In the entertainment industry, it is said that the age is not big, the date of birth matches the date of birth, and it can also be called fresh meat. Except for Ji Zhinan, there is no one else. With the power of the Ji family and the Qin family, it is impossible for this kind of news to have a chance to spread. come out.

Sui Yi was puzzled, and exited the news interface. The phone did not jump back to the home screen, but stopped on a text message. 40 minutes before the message was sent, the recipient, Mr. Ji, said the message: I lost my phone.

Now that the cause and effect exist, connecting the fragments together is a complete clue, with a motive, a time to commit the crime, and evidence that has not been destroyed in time. The suspect who had already been locked was in front of him, and he said with a straight face that he didn't do it.

Ning Lan couldn't see her current expression, so she must be embarrassed in Sui Yi's eyes. I don't know how many times I've faced this situation, but Ning Lan's hands and feet are still cold, and even his own voice can't be controlled stably.

He wanted to confess everything, and couldn't wait to say it all, but he didn't dare to say it, for fear that Sui Yi would not believe it. In Sui Yi's eyes, he has always been a villain full of lies.

"My phone, I lost it yesterday. There were too many people in the studio. I, I didn't pay attention. It should be Xue..."

The tension and fear from the subconscious made Ning Lan incoherent, Sui Yi laughed halfway after hearing it: "Didn't you change that old antique phone? Why did you suddenly change it back?"

Ning Lan choked, and a small lingering sound came out of her throat. Sui Yi looked at his dark eyes and asked, "Or are you acting again in order to destroy the evidence?"

Ning Lan's lips trembled a few times, but she didn't say anything.

Seeing him like this, Sui Yi got angry, grabbed his wrist again, and clenched him tightly in his palm with a force that could crush him: "Can you explain, isn't it finished yet? Do you want me to help you make it up? I lost my phone by accident, I just remembered it this morning, the message was to remind him to get ready, right?"

Ning Lan frowned in pain, but her eyes were scattered. Not knowing where she was looking, she nodded slowly: "Yes."

Lu Xiaozhou outside the door was probably tired, the knocking and shouting stopped, the room was so quiet that a needle was falling, and Sui Yi could even hear Ning Lan's chaotic breathing.

Up to now, he will continue to be brave and continue to lie and deceive people.

Sui Yi let out a smirk from his nose, let go of the hand holding Ning Lan's wrist, and turned to leave.

Ning Lan pulled him from behind as before: "Where are you going?"

Sui Yi held his breath, didn't shake him off, tilted his head and said, "Can you handle it?"

Ning Lan still didn't let go: "Eat, let's go after breakfast."

Sui Yi didn't know what new tactics he was playing, but only knew that if he didn't leave, he might really listen to Ning Lan's lies. In front of this person, his reason never seemed to exist.

He turned around, looked down at the man with hunched shoulders and looked very pitiful, and said, "Who do you think you are? I give you money, you sell meat, the initiative in this relationship lies with me, you just need to do your best Duty, if I ask you to take off your clothes, you take it off, and if I ask you to get out, you get out, understand?"

The last two words were almost squeezed out of the gap between the teeth.

These words were not only for Ning Lan, but also for him.

It did have an effect, Ning Lan moved her slender fingers, let go of his clothes, took a step back, and buried her head even lower.

He whispered, "Understood."

After getting the answer, Sui Yi inexplicably became more angry, gritted his teeth and barely managed to lose his temper on the spot. He strode to the door and opened the locked door. Lu Xiaozhou stood there with his mouth open, looking at him puzzled: "You...why are you being so cruel to him."

Sui Yi raised the corner of his mouth: "Do you like him?"

Lu Xiaozhou nodded blankly.

"Then take it." After Sui Yi finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside with a windy pace.

Lu Xiaozhou was agile once, and caught up to block his path: "What do you mean? What do you mean by 'take it'?"

"It's literally." Sui Yi left in a hurry and said indifferently, "He was in my bed yesterday, if you don't think it's dirty, take it."

Lu Xiaozhou was still puzzled: "Why?"

"I don't want anything disobedient."

Every sentence, every word, was clearly transmitted into the room separated by a wall behind him.

Ning Lan raised her hand, covered her ears, and then squatted down slowly. Countless bright and dark and bizarre pictures flashed back in front of her eyes.

Yesterday they were still kissing in the car, hugging and lingering tenderly at night. Two hours ago, he made breakfast for him, and he secretly guessed whether he was also looking forward to the upcoming Valentine's Day.

A cluster of flames suddenly rose up, swaying, twisting, and tearing on the screen. The warm-colored canvas was burned into black holes, which quickly spread out from the center, and finally turned into a black mass of skeletons. They howled, squeezing their throats and laughing, and finally turned to ashes with the sound of slamming the door.

After the madness, all that was left was the charcoal and dust scattered in the sky, and the echoing sound.

- Let you go and go away.

-Then take it.

- I don't want anything that is disobedient.

Ning Lan hugged her body tightly and curled every joint in her body inward. Even so, those voices still didn't let him go, pulling him out of the last protective shell with fangs and claws.

He has fought stubbornly and struggled to the death, but his strength is too small, like hitting a stone with an egg.

After an unknown amount of time, Ning Lan slumped his shoulders and dangled his arms by his side, like a defeated soldier who was drained of his remaining courage, and was finally engulfed by the overwhelming darkness.

He doesn't want me anymore.