Yin Chang slowly leaned on the steering wheel, replaying what happened from last night to the present in his mind, and tightened his hands a little... On the phone just now, he didn't dare to tell Teacher Lin that Shao Junling had disappeared.
No wonder Shao Junling had that kind of look when he saw him yesterday, no wonder he didn't show any introspection from the beginning to the end...
Thinking of Shao Junling's shocked reaction when he said that harsh word, and thinking of the two tears he couldn't help falling before he ran away... That was the first time he saw Shao Junling after he brought him out of the orphanage cry.
Inexplicably, the words that Fiona said sounded in Yin Chang's ears again - if a person stays in the mud for a long time, he will not feel that life is too sad. But once someone gave him hope and let him down, it would be more cruel than hurting him directly.
Yin Chang felt that his viscera were tightly pulled into a ball, and all the anger turned into guilt, biting back at his heart.
But why the hell didn't that kid say anything about being wronged!
"...!" Yin Chang thumped the steering wheel heavily.
Driving back to the Huaihe apartment, when seeing Yao Manhuai downstairs, Yin Chang's whole body seemed to be taken out of his soul.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and Shao Junling had disappeared for more than eight hours from nine o'clock in the morning.
Seeing that the city was about to fall into darkness, Yin Chang became more and more worried: "Where can he go?"
Yao Manhuai also frowned and said: "He is so young, I don't think he will go far, let's mobilize the security guards and look around together..."
Yin Chang shook his head. Ordinary children said that running away from home might be a threat to adults, and even if they really ran out, they might not be able to endure the pain for a few days. But Shao Junling is different. He was a homeless child before he went to the orphanage. If he wants to leave, that is "returning to nature", no matter how hard it is, he will not be afraid. Just like when he ran away in the morning, he didn't know how to say hello to himself, and just turned around and left.
But when he thought that he would suffer from the cold and misery outside, Yin Chang's heart felt as if it was fried with oil.
"Aunt Yao," he suddenly raised his head and looked at Yao Manhuai, as if he had made a huge decision, "If you still can't find him tonight, I will record a video and post it on Weibo tomorrow morning, mobilizing fans and netizens to find him together." He, whoever finds me will give one million, no, I will give as much as I want... "
Yao Manhuai's temples throbbed when he heard this, "Don't be impulsive!"
Yin Chang: "I'm not impulsive, I'm serious."
Yao Manhuai said solemnly: "Don't think about these things. If you can find them, let's go, let's take a closer look at the community surveillance."
The two were about to go to the property, when there was a "squeak" behind them, Yin Chang turned his head vigilantly, and saw a figure flashing behind the flower bed like a rabbit. Yin Chang paused, turned around and rushed in that direction.
Seeing this, the shadow immediately jumped out from behind the flower bed. Looking at the figure, it was indeed Shao Junling!
"Shao Junling, stop for me!" With the target to catch, and now that he is outside, it is easier for people to chase, Yin Chang took three or two steps with his long legs and caught up with him, grabbing the opponent by the collar.
Shao Junling yelled, almost being caught and turned on his back, struggling desperately without giving up.
Yin Chang panted, "You're still running! Do I know that I've been looking for you for a whole day!?"
Seeing Shao Junling jumping wildly for a while, Yin Chang was afraid that another one would accidentally let him escape, so he opened his arms and bound him with all his strength. But he didn't want Shao Junling to be out of breath, grab the palm in front of him and just take a bite.
"... Hiss!" Yin Chang trembled in pain, but still didn't dare to let go of him.
Shao Junling bit hard for a while, seeing that this method didn't work, he burst into tears with a "wow", and mumbled while crying: "I don't want you anymore! Let me go! You are bad! I don't want to accompany you anymore !"
This is the longest sentence that Yin Chang has ever heard Shao Junling say after he brought him back, but now all he can think about is how to appease Shao Junling first, and he doesn't bother to find out if he made a mistake in that sentence object and subject.
"Hush!" Yin Chang didn't care about the pain in his hands, and coaxed anxiously in his ear, "Okay, it's my fault, shhh, don't cry..."
Wearing high heels, Yao Manhuai trotted halfway before catching up with the two brothers. Yin Chang was kneeling on the ground with one leg, holding Shao Junling tightly in his arms from behind, apologizing to him nicely: "It's my brother's fault." Okay, my brother shouldn't have said that, I take it back, okay..."
She couldn't speak or put her hand in, so she could only stare blankly from behind.
Yin Chang pressed his ear again and said something. Shao Junling was out of breath, but he finally stopped struggling.
The surrounding area was getting darker and darker, and the street lights in the community were turned on at the same time. One of the lights happened to fall on Yin Chang and Shao Junling, casting a silhouette of Yin Chang hugging his younger brother on the ground.
Seeing that Shao Junling calmed down, Yin Chang turned him over to face himself: "Ms. Lin has already called me and told me what you and Xue Zi asked. Since you fought with others to defend me, why didn't you tell me yesterday?"
Shao Junling twitched and pursed his lips to express his displeasure, but he still didn't speak.
Yin Chang continued: "I told you a long time ago that if you feel uncomfortable, you have to speak out. If you don't tell me, I will never know, and I may misunderstand you."
Shao Junling stared at him blankly, then lowered his eyes as if to escape after a while.
Yin Chang sighed, still holding his wrist with one hand to prevent him from escaping, and gently caressing his cheek with the other hand, brushing away his tears with his thumb, his slightly frowned brows were filled with distress and guilt, and the feeling of being in Shao Junling after finally finding him. What a relief.
For some reason, this scene made Yao Manhuai's eyes sore.
Yin Chang pulled Shao Junling up and said to Yao Manhuai, "Let's go up first and then talk."
When the three of them went upstairs, Yin Chang hid the elevator card and locked the security door to ensure that Shao Junling couldn't escape anywhere. Then he slumped on the sofa and said wearily, "Aunt Yao, order some takeaway for us."
Yao Manhuai: "Well, you two have a rest first."
Shao Junling was sitting on the other side of the sofa two seats away from Yin Chang. He was all dirty, and he didn't know where he was hiding during the day, and they made a group of them search for it all day but couldn't find it.
But now Yin Chang is too lazy to pursue, he just wants to breathe a sigh of relief.
After having dinner with the brothers, Yao Manhuai went back first.
After the meal, Yin Chang urged Shao Junling to take a bath, and he himself went to the main guard to take a hot bath. He closed his eyes and raised his head, brushing his hair back with both hands, letting the warm water splash on his face...
He thought a lot about how to get along with Shao Junling next, and how to make him take the initiative to talk to him.
In the past, Shao Junling was unwilling to talk about it, and Yin Chang didn't bother to talk about it, but after what happened today, he couldn't bear it anymore. If he didn't take the initiative to take this step, Shao Junling might never change.
They have already suffered from communication problems twice, the last time was spicy hot pot, but every time he asked Shao Junling "Why didn't you say it", it didn't work at all, and next time he encountered the same problem, Shao Junling still wouldn't Express.
But the other party didn't seem to be deliberately against him, he was also very wronged and sad today, Yin Chang saw it.
Maybe it's not that the other party doesn't want to speak, but that he finds it difficult to speak
Maybe he has a serious expression barrier, which is psychological, and he can only speak out when he is in a state of emotional breakdown—for example, the last time he was in the orphanage, he was ridiculed by those children, or just downstairs , he cried and said a long sentence...
... What did he say
It seems... I don't want you anymore...
Yin Chang thought about it for a while, and suddenly he laughed. He just said angrily, "I knew you were so difficult to manage, I shouldn't have brought you back." Do you want to be qualified? Really.
The stabbing pain from his hand interrupted Yin Chang's thoughts. He turned his head and looked, only to remember the bite by Shao Junling just now.
Yin Chang turned off the shower. Seeing that the wound was not serious, he didn't do any treatment. He just took a bath towel and wrapped it around his body, and walked out like this.
Shao Junling had already finished washing, and was sitting on the sofa playing with a Rubik's Cube. He always took a bath faster than Yin Chang, rushing in and out, as if rushing in for homework.
Yin Chang walked up to him, and wiped the base of his ear with his hand—whether there is dirt or residual bath liquid is Yin Chang's intuitive way to check whether he has taken a clean bath.
Shao Junling shrank his neck, he was a little ticklish, maybe because he cried just now, his eyes were still a little red now.
"Are you sleepy?" Yin Chang looked at the time, it was almost nine o'clock, and he asked, "Do you want to go to bed? Teacher Lin will give you a holiday, so you don't have to go to school tomorrow."
Shao Junling blinked at him twice, as if expressing doubts.
Yin Chang looked at him. This time, instead of guessing, he asked directly, "What do you want to say?"
Shao Junling blinked twice again, and a tangled expression began to appear on his face.
Yin Chang encouraged him: "Think about it, don't worry, speak slowly."
Shao Junling opened his mouth, and after more than ten seconds, he choked out a sentence: "What about you?"
Yin Chang was nervous for him just now, but when he heard these two words, he breathed a sigh of relief...
Shao Junling's reaction somewhat confirmed his guess in the bathroom. His speaking program was running too slowly, and when he opened his mouth, normal people would have long been impatient, and even in the process of his deliberation, the interlocutor directly gave him the conclusion of "not speaking".
Yin Chang asked Shao Junling what he meant by "what about you?": "Do you want to ask me if I want to go to bed, or what I'm going to do tomorrow?"
Shao Junling hesitated for two seconds before saying, "Tomorrow."
"I..." Yin Chang raised his hand and rubbed Shao Junling's hair that hadn't been dried much, and asked in a harmonious voice, "I'll stay with you at home, okay?"
Shao Junling: "..."
A minute later, Yin Chang still put his hands on Shao Junling's head, stared at him intently, and urged, "Say it."
Shao Junling: "???"
Yin Chang: "I'm asking you, okay?"
Shao Junling's ears were red, so he said in a low voice, "Okay."
Yin Chang smiled faintly. Tomorrow is dance training, so he decided to ask for a day off. On Saturday and Sunday, he and Shao Junling spent three days in this apartment without going anywhere, to double-check whether his conclusion was correct.
After a whole day of tossing, both of them were very tired, so they didn't talk much at night.
After dinner the next morning, Yin Chang called Shao Junling to him and said, "Come on, let's review what happened yesterday."
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[Interlude]
Shao Junling: Uncle Yin asked me to accompany you. I went home with you only because I saw you look good. How dare you despise me! If you don't want you, you don't want you, hum~
Yin Chang:? ?
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After taking a shower, Yin Chang sat on the sofa and asked Shao Junling—
Shao Junling: Director! What happened to him, did he foul! QAQ
Director (indifferent): No, he activated your strategy card.
Yin Chang (smiling, touching his head to kill): Are you okay
Shao Junling: Okay, okay, whatever you want is OK... (Q///Q)
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