Bo Jin's palms were warm and dry, unlike some boys who were always sweaty. There was a thin layer of calluses on his palms, and it felt very reliable to hold. Xie Ruan was held by him, and the fear in her heart was instantly relieved a lot.
The long overpass seemed no longer an insurmountable gap. Xie Ruan took a deep breath, finally overcame the psychological barrier, and walked forward.
He walked very slowly, with his eyes downcast, trying not to look down. Bo Jin did not urge him, but just slowed down his pace, matched his pace, and led him forward little by little.
"Hey, Brother Bo, what are you two doing?" Sun Haoxiang and his companions were walking fast, and seeing that the two of them had not caught up for a long time, they simply turned back to look for them, and ended up seeing this scene.
He whistled, his face full of sarcasm.
The other people also had expressions of watching the fun, especially Song Xinghe, who almost wanted to take a magnifying glass to take a look.
Bo Jin glanced sideways at Xie Ruan.
Although Xie Ruan's fear of heights was not as severe as at the beginning, he was still a little dazed and probably couldn't understand what Sun Haoxiang meant for a while.
He knew that Xie Ruan was thin-skinned and didn't like being teased. If she heard what Sun Haoxiang said, she would probably let go just to save face and force herself to move forward.
Fearing that he would really do so, Bo Jin held Xie Ruan's hand tighter. He raised his eyelids and glanced at Sun Haoxiang, saying indifferently, "Can't you see for yourself if you don't have eyes?"
I knew this old beast was shameless, indeed!
Sun Haoxiang was choked by him, but his gossipy heart was not dead. He rolled his eyes and continued, "It's broad daylight, you two should pay attention to the impact."
"What impact?" Bo Jin sneered. "They all have green codes, so what's wrong with holding hands? Are you from America?"
Sun Haoxiang: “…”
Others: “…”
"Are you still going?" Bo Jin took a few steps and saw that they were still standing there stupidly. He turned back and said with a smile, "You don't want to eat, right? Fine, it's just the two of us..."
"Let's go, let's go!" He Mingjie had been thinking about this meal for the whole morning. When he heard this, he forgot all the gossip and hand-holding. Fearing that Bo Jinzhen would ask them to go back, he pulled Song Xinghe and Sun Haoxiang and ran forward.
Pan Yu followed them slowly. When he passed Bo Jin and Xie Ruan, he looked back, his eyes fixed on Xie Ruan's slightly pale face.
Bo Jin raised his eyebrows.
Pan Yu pushed his glasses, gave him a knowing smile, turned around and continued walking.
The owner of the restaurant that Bo Jin mentioned was indeed very willful. He didn't even have a sign. If there weren't a lot of people eating inside, no one would have thought that this was a restaurant.
The boss was a serious old man, who was walking over here with a plate of braised pork trotters. When he looked up and saw Bo Jin, Xie Ruan and the others, he immediately laughed: "Little Bo is here."
He was completely different from the serious look he had just had.
"Well, I brought some friends over for dinner," Bo Jin took the plate from him and asked, "Which table?"
"Do you really need to fight with just these two customers?" The boss said so, but he couldn't stop smiling and pointed under the fan, "Over there."
Bo Jin nodded and passed the plate of braised pork trotters over.
After getting off the overpass, Xie Ruan felt much better. Seeing this scene, he asked Sun Haoxiang in surprise: "Does Bo Jin know the boss?"
"Yeah," Sun Haoxiang said, although he didn't know the details, he had been here a few times, "It seems like they have known each other for many years, and they have a good relationship."
Xie Ruan was thoughtful and suddenly felt that he knew too little about Bo Jin.
Apart from what happened to him at school, I know nothing else.
This won’t work. If he wants to find out the reason why Bo Jin committed suicide, he must first understand this person thoroughly.
But how can I know
Ask Sun Haoxiang and others
No, just holding hands on the overpass was enough to cause misunderstanding. If I ask about Bo Jin at this time, it will be hard for them not to think things wrong.
What should I do then
While Xie Ruan was thinking hard, the boss had already led them into the innermost private room.
A neighbor's friendly teasing came from outside: "Hey, Lao Wang, didn't you say you don't want to open a private room? Why did you make an exception when Xiao Bo came?"
"Eat your food, I enjoy it!" Boss Wang cursed with a smile, put a pot of barley tea on the round table, and said, "Wait, the food will be served soon."
He went out in a hurry again.
I don't know where the barley tea in the store was bought, but I can smell its fragrance without opening the lid. Bo Jin poured a cup for Xie Ruan and pushed it over, asking softly, "Are you feeling better?"
Xie Ruan said "hmm" a little embarrassedly, lowered his head and drank a sip of tea. After a moment, he turned to Bo Jin awkwardly: "How did you know?"
Bo Jin smiled and said, "I saw it on the rooftop that day."
Xie Ruan suddenly realized that this was the case. He had said that he had only recently developed a fear of heights, and even Song Xinghe didn't know about it, so how could Bo Jin know
The two of them gathered together to talk, and He Mingjie and his friends were not idle either. As soon as they sat down, they took out their phones and opened the chat software, and said to Song Xinghe: "Come on, scan my QR code and I'll add you to our group."
group
A light bulb went off in Xie Ruan's head, and he suddenly remembered that he had seen on the forum before that Bo Jin seemed to have a fan group.
Since we are all fans, we must know our idols very well.
You can join the group and take a look, maybe you can find useful information.
The more Xie Ruan thought about it, the more excited she became. She turned her head and glanced at Bo Jin, only to see that he was drinking tea and not paying attention to her. She slightly turned sideways and clicked into the forum to start looking for the group number.
He was lucky because the group number was in the first post he searched.
Xie Ruan hid his phone under the table like a thief and quietly switched to his secondary account to search.
When Xie Ruan saw the search results, his hands trembled and he almost threw his phone away. What the hell is "Bo Shen Harem Group"? Can't these people come up with a more normal group name? !
But he had no choice.
Xie Ruan comforted himself in his heart that it was just a small account and no one would know it was him under the hood, while he clicked the application to join.
"What are you doing?" Xie Ruan was startled when the table in front of him was suddenly knocked. He quickly turned off the screen and looked up, only to see Bo Jin looking at him leisurely. "It's time to eat."
Only then did Xie Ruan notice that the dishes had been served without him noticing.
Boss Wang obviously understands the appetite of adolescent boys, as he serves a generous portion of each dish, including one soy sauce chicken and barbecued pork, one roast goose, one roast pork ribs, a braised pork platter, and a large plate of Chinese cabbage in soup and hand-ground tofu.
Xie Ruan swallowed and put down the phone: "Nothing."
He didn’t know when his application to join the group would be approved, so he decided to eat first.
Bo Jin did not miss the faint trace of guilt on his face. He squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while, which made Xie Ruan nervous. Then he handed him a pair of chopsticks.
The food in this restaurant is really good. Xie Ruan forgot everything after taking a bite of the soy sauce chicken. It is really delicious. The chicken skin is not greasy and the chicken is not dry. The soy sauce is just right, very fresh, but not so much that it takes away the taste of the food itself.
Xie Ruan ate with great satisfaction and even poured the remaining soy sauce into his bowl and mixed it with rice.
Others were no less eager, and the dishes on the table were swept away. After finishing the meal, I had only one thought in my mind: come again next time!
There was not much time for lunch break, so Bo Jin paid the money and planned to leave with Xie Ruan and the others. Boss Wang could not refuse, so he forcefully stuffed a box of durian cakes into his mouth before letting them out.
The group went back to school, playing and laughing. When they passed the teachers' restroom on the fifth floor, Bo Jin suddenly threw the box of durian cakes to Sun Haoxiang: "Take it back and share it. I'm going to the restroom."
This was what Sun Haoxiang was most willing to do. He happily responded and ran to the classroom.
Xie Ruan also wanted to follow them, but just as he took a step, he was stopped by Bo Jin.
"what?"
Bo Jin looked at him with a smile: "Accompany me to the toilet."
Xie Ruan was speechless: "Are you an elementary school student?"
"Where?" Bo Jin smiled and said shamelessly, "I haven't graduated from kindergarten yet, so you must abide by the traditional Chinese virtues of respecting the elderly and loving the young."
Xie Ruan: “…”
Why does this guy always manage to refresh his bottom line
But despite her dislike, Xie Ruan still went with him. It happened that she had just finished her meal and went to wash her hands.
"Do you mind?" After the door closed, Bo Jin took out a pack of cigarettes and shook it at Xie Ruan.
Xie Ruan didn't hate the smell of cigarettes, so he shook his head and said, "As you please."
Bo Jin nodded and lowered his head to light the fire.
He looks particularly handsome when he smokes.
One hand in his pocket, the other holding a cigarette. He puffed out smoke in a nonchalant and sexy way, the best-looking person Xie Ruan had ever seen smoking.
Xie Ruan's heart moved, and he shook off the water droplets on his hands and looked at Bo Jin: "Give me one too."
Adolescent boys have some kind of Chuunibyou syndrome. When they see others smoking and looking cool, they want to try it, too.
Bo Jin raised his eyebrows: "Do you smoke?"
Xie Ruan raised his chin and said, "How do you know if it works if you don't try?"
"Goodbye," Bo Jin flicked the ash into the trash can, not letting him get away with it, "He's not a good guy."
"I'll just take a puff." The more he didn't want to give it to her, the more Xie Ruan wanted it. She patiently negotiated with him, "Take it once you know what it tastes like. I promise you won't get addicted."
Bo Jin confirmed with him: "Really just one bite?"
Xie Ruan nodded excitedly: "Really."
Bo Jin looked at his sparkling eyes, with evil intentions rising up in his mind. He took the cigarette out of his mouth and handed it to him.
Xie Ruan: “…”
Who wants him to smoke
Bo Jin smiled and said mischievously, "It's just a puff, why don't you take it?"
Xie Ruan knew that Bo Jin was teasing him again, and glared at him: "Give me a new one." After a pause, he added, "God Bo wouldn't be so stingy that he wouldn't even be willing to give me a cigarette."
I also learned to use provocation.
Bo Jin laughed and pointed to his trouser pocket with his chin: "Get it yourself."
Xie Ruan's eyes lit up, and he bent down and reached out his hand without thinking.
As soon as his fingertips touched the cigarette box, Bo Jin's low voice sounded above his head: "Can you help me, classmate? Where are you touching?"
Xie Ruan paused for a moment.
Bo Jin half leaned against the door frame, lazily exhaled a puff of cigarette, and said with a smile: "Tell me, have you been coveting me for a long time?"
Xie Ruan: “…”
Xie Ruan choked: "Can you die if you are not narcissistic?"
Bo Jin said shamelessly: "A person must first love himself before others love him."
Xie Ruan: “…”
Xie Ruan didn't want to talk to him anymore, so she opened the door and was about to leave, but Bo Jin quickly stopped her: "I was just kidding you."
He chuckled: "Forget about smoking, but don't learn those bad things."
Xie Ruan was startled, and his grip on the door handle gradually loosened.
After a while, he said stiffly: "I know, hurry up, class is about to start."
Bo Jin hummed and lowered his head to smoke.
In the smoke, his eyebrows were drooping, his profile was clear, and his expressionless face looked inexplicably cold.
For some reason, even though Bo Jin was just the same as before, talking dirty and acting frivolous, Xie Ruan felt that he was a little unhappy at the moment.
Xie Ruan hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Are you in a bad mood?"
Bo Jin paused. Over the years, he had become very good at hiding his true emotions. Even his friends who grew up with him in the orphanage could hardly notice it, but Xie Ruan saw it.
Bo Jin wanted to fool around as usual, but when he met Xie Ruan's eyes, he somehow admitted, "Yeah, a little bit."
Xie Ruan's brows immediately frowned: "What happened?"
"Did someone bully you? Or is it a problem with your studies?"
"Don't get angry, tell me and I'll help you with some advice."
"How about I go out with you for a walk? Relaxing your mind might help."
Bo Jin didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly. He watched him worry about him, watched him get anxious about him, watched his emotions change because of him, as if he wanted to imprint this moment forever in his eyes.
After a long time without a response, Xie Ruan became a little nervous, fearing that Bo Jin would get stuck in a bad mood, so she couldn't help but tug at his arm: "Speak."
Bo Jin lowered his eyes and looked at the hand he had placed on him. After a while, he suddenly smiled.
Bo Jin reached out and gently pressed on the top of his head.
A little intimate but not offensive.
"It's okay," he said, his voice gentler than ever before, "Just look at my deskmate."