Xiao Yiheng has not contacted Li Cheng for 1 day, 14 hours and 23 minutes.
Li Cheng knows Xiao Yiheng - this is not normal.
Even during the most tiring period of Li Cheng's training, the two of them couldn't talk for two a day, but Xiao Yiheng insisted on saying good morning and good night to Li Cheng every day, even if there was no response, he would not fall for a day.
But now, the chat records of the two still remain on the previous day. Li Cheng sent him a long message, but Xiao Yiheng didn't even reply to a punctuation mark.
Li Cheng tried to call Xiao Yiheng. The overseas call was expensive, but he couldn't care less.
However, he only received a cold echo from the system - "The call you dialed has been switched off."
If Xiao Yiheng's phone is lost or broken, with his personality, he will change his phone to contact Li Cheng as soon as possible. It is absolutely impossible to lose contact for so long as he is now!
All kinds of bad guesses popped up in Li Cheng's unspeakable panic and worry.
No... don't be cranky.
Li Cheng bit her lower lip, took out her mobile phone and called Teacher Qiu Xian.
The call was connected quickly.
Li Cheng didn't meander around and asked straight to the point: "Mr. Qiu, have you and your wife recently went to school to find Xiao Yiheng?"
"Ah?" Teacher Qiu Xian was inexplicable, "No, actually, during the Spring Festival this time, we still wanted to go to the school to see him and bring him some dumplings, but we couldn't get through the phone calls for the past few days. Shut down." She paused and asked keenly, "Li Cheng, what happened to Xiao Yiheng? Can't you contact him?"
"… "
Li Cheng's heart sank. He didn't want the teacher to worry about it. He tried his best to pretend that nothing happened and said, "Sorry, we actually had a fight recently. I'm not playing in Australia now, so I can't go back. You are going to see him at school recently, you can help me coax him... "
Teacher Qiu was really deceived by him. He really thought that the young couple had a conflict. She enthusiastically taught him how an omega should coax an alpha after a quarrel. Li Cheng went in with his left ear and went out with his right, and hummed in response.
After Li Cheng hung up the phone, he rushed to the coach's room and applied to her to return to China early.
Coach Yu was surprised by his request: "...you won't participate in the closing ceremony? The day after tomorrow is the closing ceremony. This time, you will raise the flag. After the closing ceremony, the whole group will charter a flight to return to China. We have already greeted the media and will meet when we pick up the plane. The media came to interview…”
Li Cheng spoke quickly: "Coach Yu, I'm really, really, really, really, really in a hurry. I can't wait for three days. I have something important to go back to China. As for raising the flag at the closing ceremony, I'm sorry, please find someone else in the team. ."
Seeing that the anxiety on his face did not seem like a fake, Coach Yu finally agreed to his leave.
"Then you go back alone, you must pay attention to safety on the road." Coach Yu asked, "What happened, if you need help from the team, just speak up."
Li Cheng shook his head and didn't go into details. He knew that if he told anyone that he was anxious to rush back to China because his boyfriend didn't reply to him for a day, everyone would definitely say that he made a fuss.
However, he believed in his sixth sense, and he believed more in the tacit understanding between him and Xiao Yiheng.
Xiao Yiheng must have encountered some trouble!
"By the way, there is one more thing to remind you." Coach Yu stopped, "The team doctor said that the dose of inhibitor given to you before the game should be completely metabolized in your body. You may enter a fever at any time. This time, because of the side effects of the drug, your boom period will be very dangerous. Li Cheng, you must pay attention to the changes in your body. It is best to stay at home after returning to China and wait for the boom period to pass. "
Li Cheng smiled bitterly, how could he have time to "stay at home quietly"? If Xiao Yiheng really had an accident, even if he broke out during the boom period, he would not be able to stop for a second.
After leaving with the coach, Li Cheng immediately bought the latest flight and rushed back to the dormitory to pack up.
He didn't have much luggage in the first place, and many things were dispensable. He threw most of the things away. There were only two gold medals and necessities of life in the empty box.
…
After a ten-hour flight, the plane landed at the Huaguo Capital Airport.
Li Cheng was on a red-eye flight. It stands to reason that he should have a good sleep on the plane to recharge his batteries. But his spirit could not relax no matter what, and he just survived the long flight.
After landing, as soon as he turned on his mobile phone, a lot of messages poured in immediately.
He hoped that these news were all from Xiao Yiheng, but unfortunately his hope was lost.
The news all came from his teammates, of which Zhou Jian sent the most.
Li Cheng couldn't hide his disappointment.
Zhou Jian: Li Cheng, why did you suddenly leave
Zhou Jian: The coach told me just now that you have something to go back to China, and let me take you as a flag bearer.
Zhou Jian: What happened? Why did you leave in such a hurry
Li Cheng replied.
Lili Orange: Come back to work.
Zhou Jian: …
Zhou Jian: Is it related to your boyfriend
Li Cheng didn't expect Zhou Jian to be so sharp.
Grain Orange: Mmmm.
Zhou Jian: …
Zhou Jian: Do you remember that I told you before I set off that after I won the gold medal, do I have something to tell you
Zhou Jian: I wanted to tell you in person, but you left suddenly.
Li Cheng vaguely remembered this incident, but now he is all focused on Xiao Yiheng's affairs, and no one else can affect him.
Lilicheng: If you have something to say, just say it on WeChat.
The radio wave was quiet, and there was no echo.
Li Cheng didn't take this episode to heart. All his attention is now on his boyfriend who has been missing for three days. No one else can affect him.
After leaving the airport, he immediately took a taxi and went straight to the Huaguo Academy of Fine Arts.
The capital had just fallen snow, and the wheels ran over the remaining snow, leaving a trail of muddy trails.
In this silver-white world, fiery red lanterns hang on the branches on both sides of the street. Looking around, there are slogans "Happy Spring Festival" everywhere.
Li Cheng was taken aback and asked the taxi driver, "It's almost New Year's Eve?"
"Yes," said the taxi driver beamingly, "it's the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month today!"
The taxi stopped at the gate of Huaguo Academy of Fine Arts. Li Cheng got out of the car with his luggage. He knocked on the gate of the Academy of Fine Arts and told the security guard that he was looking for someone.
The winter camp of the Academy of Fine Arts does not have a holiday, and students will spend the last Spring Festival of high school in painting.
"Looking for someone? No, no, no." The security guard waved his hands again and again, "The winter camp is closed, and no one can be let in!"
Li Cheng said, "Then can you help me call that person out?"
But the security guards only admit death, neither allowing them to leave nor to enter.
But how can such a regulation stop Li Cheng
He went straight to the back wall of the school, found a place without a camera, and simply jumped over the fence with a simple run-up and hand support!
Last time, it was Xiao Yiheng who climbed the high fence for Li Cheng, but this time it was Li Cheng who went to find him.
Huaguo Academy of Fine Arts is not big, Li Cheng quickly found the studio of the students.
It was lunch break now, and the studio was empty, not a single person could be seen.
Li Cheng walked into the studio and looked at the works in turn. He knew that this was the final work prepared by the students in order to impact the recommended places. Within ten days, whoever came up with a work that satisfied all the teachers would be able to stay.
The forms of these works are varied, and they are not limited to the form of expression. Li Cheng shuttled between the rows of works. He saw sketches drawn with black carbon pencils, abstract works layered like mosaics, landscapes, and many oil paintings. .
But among these works, none of the signatures are the familiar three words.
In the end, Li Cheng stopped in front of a pair of easels with their backs against the wall. The easels were covered with a heavy felt cloth. There seemed to be some voice guiding him.
He raised his hand and grabbed a corner of the felt cloth, and with a gentle tug, the felt cloth slipped down along the edge of the frame, revealing the works hidden underneath.
It was an unfinished painting.
It was a portrait made of countless intense colors stacked together.
Gold, orange, blue.
It is the splendor of notes falling on the keys, and the roar of water droplets entering the sea.
The magic wand that turned into a paintbrush directed those colors to collide together.
The figure of the person in the painting is very vague, the face, lips and nose are not clearly outlined, only a pair of eyes are carefully carved, as if they are alive.
Those eyes are full of love and faith, and every audience who sees these eyes will be fascinated by the splendor in those eyes.
Li Cheng stared blankly at the painting.
Hold your breath.
Because he recognized the person in the painting.
- That's himself.
There is no doubt that this unfinished portrait is the work of Xiao Yiheng.
This is the countless times Xiao Yiheng has written for Li Cheng.
But this time the meaning is completely different. It is no longer a sketch for self-entertainment; it is carefully sketched by alpha and will be presented in front of all teachers in the most perfect manner. door.
Li Cheng suddenly remembered that Xiao Yiheng once told him on the phone that when Li Cheng returned from the competition, he would give him this secret gift.
Now, Li Cheng has lifted the veil of the mysterious gift in advance, but where did the young alpha who drew this work go
Just when Li Cheng was in a daze, a loud shout suddenly came from outside the classroom door - "That boy with golden hair! Who are you and where did you get in?!!"
The owner of the voice was a girl. Her voice was clearly trembling, but her words contained a ridiculous threat: "You, you, you, please don't move! Let me tell you, this room is full of values. Liancheng's paintings, if you dare to paint a single stroke, you will not be able to pay for your bankruptcy!!"
Li Cheng really didn't want to destroy the paintings in this room (although he was very skeptical about the words "valuable"), he put down the felt cloth in his hand, and turned around honestly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding. I'm here. Just to find a friend."
As he spoke, he turned around and saw a girl who looked about his age beside the door of the painting room holding a broom and watching him vigilantly.
The girl's hair was dyed pink on the left, and kept black on the right, with two high ponytails on the left and the right. The contrast of pink and black was unforgettable.
The moment Li Cheng saw the girl's face clearly, he blurted out and called out her name: "—Are you Amy?"
"—Are you Li Cheng?"
The two were quiet at the same time.
"—Are you Xiao Yiheng's classmate?"
"—You are Xiao Yiheng's boyfriend?"
It was quiet again.
"—I heard Xiao Yiheng mention you!"
"—I heard Xiao Yiheng mention you!"
"… "
"… "
The two looked at each other, for fear of becoming a repeater again.
In the end, Li Cheng, who was still impatient, spoke first: "Amy, I'm here to find Xiao Yiheng, do you know where he is?"
Hearing his question, Amy's expression became very dazed.
"He didn't tell you about such a big thing?"
Li Cheng asked, "What did you say?"
"He dropped out!" Amy said regretfully. "Just a few days ago, he was drawing in the studio when he suddenly received a call, his expression became very wrong, and then he suddenly dropped out of school that night."
Li Orange: ! ! !
"Drop out????" Li Cheng thought he had heard it wrong.
How could Xiao Yiheng drop out of school? He likes painting so much, and he has worked so hard to get the opportunity to study at the National Academy of Fine Arts in China. How could he just give up
But Amy's tone was extraordinarily determined. She saw Xiao Yiheng pulling her luggage and leaving with her own eyes. Other classmates said that Xiao Yiheng must be tired of painting and wanted to go back to be his master, so she left without looking back!
But Amy didn't believe it. She chased after Xiao Yiheng and kept asking him why he suddenly dropped out of school. But Xiao Yiheng didn't explain anything - "he just said, let me give you the paintings he drew." Amy scratched her head, "I was quite strange at the time, and he didn't tell me your contact information, how could I The painting is handed over to you, I didn't expect you to find it yourself."
Looking at the painting, Li Cheng felt that Xiao Yiheng's sudden departure had become a mysterious puzzle. A mess of wool was tangled together and placed in front of him, but he couldn't sort out the clues.
Li Cheng: "Then what? When Xiao Yiheng left the school, was there anything unusual? For example, a depressed expression?"
"No... Oh, by the way, after he walked out of the school gate, he got into a car parked on the side of the road!"
Li Cheng immediately asked what features the car had.
"No features, just a car that can be seen everywhere... I remembered, there were two people sitting in that car besides the driver. One was sitting in the back seat, and the other was sitting in the passenger seat. After Xiao Yiheng sat in the back seat, the middle-aged woman in the passenger seat walked down and sat in the back seat - just like the escorting prisoners in the TV series, all three of them sat in the back seat." Because that scene really It's so strange that even after so many days, Amy can still remember it clearly.
A middle-aged woman
A middle-aged woman who will come to the school to find Xiao Yiheng and has the ability to "actively" drop him out of school
A terrible guess appeared in Li Cheng's mind.
Li Cheng desperately stopped himself from thinking wildly, but after eliminating all possible mistakes, the only thing left was the correct answer.
Even this answer is so cruel.
Seeing that his face suddenly changed, Amy asked timidly, "Li Cheng, do you know where Xiao Yiheng went?"
"... I know." Li Cheng opened the mobile app and booked the latest flight to Huacheng, "Xiao Yiheng should have been taken away by his parents."