Chu Mian's thoughts were wandering, and she didn't speak for a long time.
After he recovered his strength and was able to walk normally, Cui He couldn't help worrying about his body: "Then, what should we do now? Does this matter affect your condition or not... Are you in good condition recently?"
"I haven't noticed." Chu Mian's eyes were a little out of focus, she looked around aimlessly, refusing to look directly at Cui He's face, "I really don't know anything, I didn't lie to you, let me talk about it after I think it through. "
"Yeah." Cui He understands Chu Mian's strong self-esteem, not to mention admitting that he likes the same sex, he can't even compliment others in a normal way, and he always leaves people with a habit of alienation and indifference. impression.
She didn't know what to do, so she could only help him keep the secret first.
When Chu Mian returned to the private room, he didn't have any appetite to eat anymore, so he insisted on caring about his appetite, so he leaned over and asked, "Are you hungry? How about I go out with you to eat something else?"
Chu Mian shook her head, drank her drink on her own, occasionally met Cui He's eyes, and immediately looked away guiltily.
He clenched his cup tightly, regretting that he didn't directly deny it just now, but said an ambiguous answer like "I don't know"... It's too substandard.
—How could it be "like".
At most, he cares about Ran beyond the boundaries of ordinary friends. At the very least, he has no emotional possessiveness towards Ran. If Yu Ran goes to find a girlfriend now, he can completely accept it.
So, it's not really a "like" at all.
The students around were still chatting and laughing, Chu Mian was silently playing with her mobile phone, and when the restaurant closed in the afternoon, the celebration banquet was finally over. He deliberately didn't mean to burn, and while the other party was talking to others, he hurried downstairs to take a taxi home, and finally his mind was clear.
"Baa, are you going home for the holiday? I'm looking at the ticket."
Chu Mian agreed to her aunt and let her choose a time at will.
According to the usual practice, he will go to Shanghai to live with his parents for a few days during the May Day holiday. Since the last meal with Ye Zhihan broke up, the mother and son have never contacted by phone again, but Chu Mian will often receive greetings from her assistant, presumably to pass the message on behalf of her mother.
Obviously, Ye Zhihan cared more about his own face than his own son's feelings, and he refused to condescend and say "sorry"; Chu Mian took it very seriously, just as he was unwilling to take the initiative to care about his mother.
Early this morning, Chu Mian boarded the plane to Shanghai by himself, and landed two hours later, his father had already sent a driver to pick him up back to the apartment.
There was only the father in the house. Seeing that Chu Mian had come back, the man walked over and put his arms around his shoulders, and said with a smile, "You're still pretty skinny, why don't you eat more?"
Chu Mian glanced at his strong arm muscles, "Of course everyone is thinner than you."
The two were sitting on the sofa, and while watching TV, Chu Yu casually asked about Chu Mian's recent situation, but he only went in his left ear and out his right ear, and after a while he asked his son the same question again, completely oblivious to Chu Mian's start Depression.
What was playing on the screen should be the internal video of his father's company. Chu Mian also knew those artists, all of whom were popular, and several of them were about the same age as him, but his father was more willing to care about them.
"Is pocket money enough?" Chu Yu asked him, "It's the holidays, and I'll ask the finances to give you more money. You can go buy things you like or play with friends."
"My friends are all in Ronggang."
"Then go back and spend it as you want."
Chu Mian didn't refuse again, he received a fixed payment of 30,000 yuan every half a month, but he couldn't even spend 300 yuan a week, and the money could only be stored in the card and gradually increased the value.
Chu Yu remembered something and asked, "Are you going to take the college entrance examination next year?"
"I'm only a freshman in high school."
"Oh yes." Chu Yu nodded, "How about it, are you planning to go abroad?"
"Staying in China, I want to study at Peking Union Medical College."
After listening to him, Chu Yu smacked his lips and was not interested in asking any more. It seemed that he was not satisfied with his son's ambition, but he still respected his choice.
Although Chu Mian was a little cautious in front of his father, at least Chu Yu would not cover up his true thoughts with an elegant attitude like Ye Zhihan, which made Chu Mian a little easier.
So he asked bluntly, "Are you guys going to have another one?"
Chu Yu was silent at first, then shook his head calmly, "Maybe I will cause you trouble in the future."
"You don't have to think about me." Chu Mian said, "Just make a decision, I have no objection."
Not only his parents, but other important elders in the family had expectations of him to engage in business, but now he can't meet their definition of "excellent", and Chu Mian would rather be ignored by them than to bear the disappointment of everyone.
Chu Yu avoided talking about it, just patted him on the shoulder and told him "it's okay".
The father and son had a simple meal in the evening, and then went about their own business. Chu Mian stayed in the room and read English novels until late at night, realizing that his parents would not come back tonight, so he turned off all the lights and went to sleep.
The next day, her parents still hadn't come home, Chu Mian was used to this kind of situation. Three meals a day are specially delivered by someone, they are extremely rich, and there are too many to eat. In addition to myself, there is actually a golden python raised by my father at home. It is locked in a special room and cannot come out, as if it has been forgotten like him.
Yu Ran sent a lot of QQ messages, and Chu Mian read them carefully, but didn't reply in detail, and only made up a reason why she recently had poor signal in the suburbs of Shanghai.
Even if he avoided Cui He's question, he couldn't deceive his heart. Before he figured out what kind of feelings he had for Ran, he didn't want to be interfered in his judgment by the other party.
On the third day of the holiday, the parents went home.
Chu Mian sat at the dining table waiting for them to eat together, and at the same time waiting for Ye Zhihan to take the initiative to talk to her. But the dinner was almost over, and the mother and son were still in a state of cold war. Chu Yu felt that the atmosphere was stiff, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it. After dinner, he went out to the balcony to drink and make phone calls.
Chu Mian didn't leave the dining table when he was full. He pretended to continue cutting the steak. From the corner of his eye, he quietly observed his mother's movements, and found that she still kept her gestures graceful and dignified, and she never even cast a casual glance on his side.
Chu Mian's fingers holding the knife and fork lost strength, and he knew that his mother was also waiting for him to take the initiative to show affection.
-Never.
Chu Mian immediately made a decision, put down the tableware, and went back to the house.
If he spends so much time with his mother, he will only hate her more and more, so he immediately booked a plane ticket back to Ronggang, then packed his things, and came out of the room with the suitcase openly, and went out without saying hello to his father .
When going through the security check at Hongqiao Airport, Chu Mian received a call from Yu Ran, and the other party complained in a joking tone: "What are you doing in the suburbs, growing vegetables or feeding pigs? Are you connected to the signal? When are you coming back?" what?"
"Ten thirty." Chu Mian looked at the time on her boarding pass.
"Huh? Ten thirty tonight?"
"Well. The signal will be ready soon, just wait."
"Okay, I'll wait for you!"
Yu Ran put down the phone excitedly, checked the flight time from Shanghai to Ronggang on the Internet, and found that Chu Mian did not arrive until 12:30 in the morning.
At that time, there must be no taxis when going out again. After changing his clothes, he will take a taxi to the airport now.
Chu Mian fell asleep directly after boarding the plane, and when he was woken up by the flight attendant, he was already more than a thousand kilometers away from Shanghai.
After picking up his luggage, he turned on his mobile phone to check the hotel information, and the text message window kept popping up on the screen, Yu Ran asked himself "Have you arrived?" The last one was three minutes ago.
Chu Mian walked out of the airport while bowing his head while typing, and before he finished editing the text message, he heard a clear voice in front of him shouting, "Chu Mian!"
He looked up in surprise, and there was a man in white clothes and a black baseball cap squatting on the roadside steps, who immediately stood up when he saw him.
"Why..." Chu Mian stared blankly at the handsome boy running towards him, and couldn't help laughing, "I didn't let you come."
Yu Ran folded the brim of his hat, looked up at him, and said earnestly, "I don't worry about you being out alone in the middle of the night. What if someone kills you while you're sleeping?"
Chu Mian's heart was very hot, she stood there and forgot to leave, "How long have you been waiting?"
"Not long, only a quarter of an hour." Yu Ran lied without showing any trace, "Are you going home now?"
"Booked a hotel, over there."
It was drizzling in the middle of the night, so it was not necessary to open an umbrella, and it was not a big problem to take a shower. However, Yu Ran took off his baseball cap, raised his hand to put it on for Chu Mian, and then lifted the hood behind the sweater to keep out the rain.
"Why are you flying at this time, your parents are not worried?"
"Well, I want to come back soon." Chu Mian sighed casually, "I'm a little tired these days."
Yu Ran has never been to Shanghai, so he doesn't know what the suburbs look like, but he has seen the suburbs of Ronggang, where there are many vegetable fields. So he logically thought that Chu Mian was doing farm work in Shanghai recently, so he took the initiative to take over the suitcase, "Then let me carry it for you, you rest for a while."
Chu Mian hesitated, but let it go.
He found that when he accepted Yu Ran's kindness, he became more and more at ease, as if subconsciously, he had decided that Yu Ran should take good care of him, and he did not consciously enjoy this special treatment.
Under the dim streetlights, the shadows of the two people faltered, stretched continuously, and then shrunk into two dark circles under their feet.
As soon as Chu Mian entered the hotel room, she took off her coat and lay down on the bed to rest. Yu Ran asked him if he would like supper, but he shook his head and refused.
But not long after, he still heard Yu Ran standing at the door and whispering on the phone: "Well, I want two, it doesn't matter if there is no discount... What kind of oil?"
Chu Mian rubbed Yu Ran's baseball cap with her fingers, recurring in her mind the moment when she walked out of the airport and saw him, her body immediately warmed up, and she gradually felt a sense of security returning to herself.
After Yu Ran hung up the phone, he walked to the bedside, "Hey, I'm home."
Chu Mian's eyes were fixed on him, but she didn't say anything.
"Give me the hat." Yu Ran said, bending over Chu Mian's body to get it.
Chu Mian realized that if he didn't keep him, he would really leave, "I can open a room for you...you might as well stay in the hotel for the night."
Yu Ran paused, thought for a few seconds, and simply agreed: "It's fine, anyway, I'm too lazy to move."
Chu Mian breathed a sigh of relief, got up and touched the phone, "I'm calling the front desk now."
"It's okay." Yu Ran patted the bed without hesitation, "Isn't your bed quite big!"
Chu Mian withdrew her hand dumbly, adjusted her breathing, and unconsciously moved a little to the side. But after thinking about it for half a minute, he couldn't help but contact the front desk and ask the staff to bring another set of pillows and quilts.
He waited for his heart rate to return to normal, feeling a little hungry, and casually asked Yu Ran: "What did you call just now?"
Yu Ran lowered his head to play the mobile game, and replied nonchalantly, "Oh, didn't you say you were tired, I called you a masseur."
Chu Mian was puzzled for two seconds, looked down, and suddenly found a small card on the white bed sheet.
He immediately grabbed it, and saw that the card was printed with a young and beautiful woman, next to it were big colorful italic characters—
"Health massage center, Korean silk' socks massage, Thai essential oil massage, classical palace milk massage."
"Safe, hygienic, fast! The service is first-class, Bao Jun is happy to the end!"
Chu Mian almost fell over with his eyes darkened, he questioned Yu Ran with trembling fingertips, "You called this...'massage'?"
"En!" Yu Ran generously admitted, took out another card from his pocket, and read out with a smile: "See, 'Let your troubles of the day be swept away'! Just look at it, Chu Mian!"
Chu Mian felt chest tightness and shortness of breath from his radiant expression, she sighed to the end, and laughed out of breath.
"Hey, look at your joy." Yu Ran leaned over and patted him on the shoulder, "Brother, I am so happy!"
Chu Mian clenched her teeth.
"Actually, there is a surprise, how about I tell you now?"
Chu Mian narrowed her eyes to look at him.
Putting his palm to his mouth, Yu Ran cheerfully shouted at Chu Mian: "I called you two—"