Stared at by his bright eyes, Qi Yao looked away from him, and the movements of his hands continued, becoming more and more gentle.

After a while of silence, Xu Mi pressed his hand, his face was covered with a thin layer of red, and said softly, "It's okay, I don't feel any pain anymore."

"Well, I'm a little tired."

Qi Yao immediately withdrew his hand as he spoke, his ears turned red at some point, and he controlled the wheelchair towards the door.

"thank you."

Xu Mi spoke to his back, and suddenly felt that Qi Yao was not so difficult to get along with, he was just a somewhat awkward boy.

"Ah."

Qi Yao responded lightly, and left the study without hesitation.

Xu Mi smiled softly, got up and closed the door, he hadn't fallen asleep so fast yet.

Looking back at Qi Yao's homework, I don't know if he just listened to it or not.He reads books seriously, so he should really want to learn.Xu Mi thought for a while, and marked the knowledge points and problem-solving ideas with a red pen next to his wrong questions, and asked him to do it again tomorrow.

Outside, Qi Yao had already lay back on the bed, without any sleepiness.He pursed his lips, looking at the dark sky outside the window, his dark eyes were a little empty.

-

When Xu Mi woke up in the morning, she called her mother, trying to tell her that she would go back to pick her up later, but the phone never got through.Mom must be awake at this time. Could it be that she didn't bring her mobile phone when she went out?

Not knowing why, Xu Mi panicked badly.

"Qi Yao, when are you going to send people over? Otherwise, I'll be fine. I want to go now."

Qi Yao was having breakfast face to face with him, and when he heard this, he looked up at him: "I'll go with you after eating, Auntie may not agree if I don't explain things clearly."

"it is good."

What he said made sense, Xu Mi agreed, settled his share in twos and twos, and then stared straight at Qi Yao.

After eating unhurriedly, Qi Yao wiped his mouth and asked the butler to prepare the car.

On the way, Xu Mi called her a few more times but still didn't answer her, and didn't return any messages.

"Qi Yao, did the person you arranged send any news? I can't get in touch with my mother right now."

Xu Mi thought that Qi Yao had asked someone to take care of his mother, and he should be able to receive a report if there was anything wrong.

As soon as the words fell, Qi Yao's cell phone rang.

"Brother Yao, Xu Mi's mother is gone! She went out in the morning, we thought she was shopping for vegetables, so we didn't pay much attention, but we couldn't find it in a blink of an eye." The person on the other end of the phone said anxiously, "I asked others to go to the nearby Look for it, I am currently guarding the stairs of his house, and there is no news yet."

It was so close that Xu Mi heard it without Qi Yao's retelling. At that moment, he felt his heart was hit hard.

Looking at his pale face, Qi Yao patted him on the back and continued to talk: "Turn out the surrounding surveillance, and ask someone in a place without surveillance. And people who are familiar with her should go and see if they are visiting. Then check whether the location in her mobile phone is still available."

After explaining to Qi Yao, he hung up the phone, and his tone eased: "Xu Mi, don't panic, it may not be that something happened."

His hand was still on Xu Mi's back. He used to know that he was thin, but he didn't expect to be so thin. When he touched it, he was full of bones, which made him panic.

"Why did you install location in my mother's phone?"

Xu Mi didn't know why he was still so clear-headed and could notice this matter.

Qi Yao was stunned for a moment, and said in a calm tone: "It's convenient for you to look after her, wouldn't it come in handy now? Otherwise, what do you think?"

Xu Mi would have believed such an explanation a few days ago, but Qi Yao has repeatedly tested him these days, obviously knowing something.Xu Mi couldn't believe it.

"No, you are quite attentive to my mother."

Xu Mi forced a smile, didn't want to talk anymore, just hoped to hurry up and get home sooner.

Qi Yao narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at him for a while, then withdrew his hand, turned his body to look out the window, and said casually: "Hurry up."

It usually takes an hour's drive, but today it takes 10 minutes to arrive.

Xu Mi couldn't wait to go upstairs and took out the key to open the door.The house was empty and there was no sound.

I found a letter and a bank card on the bedside table in my mother's room. Xu Mi opened it with trembling hands, and it was indeed my mother's handwriting: Yubao, my mother is away temporarily, don't worry about me, and don't look for me. ...Good boy, take care of yourself, Mommy loves you.

The content of the letter was short and contained little information, so Xu Mi read it quickly.He didn't know where his mother had gone, why she had to leave, and whether there was any danger.Panic filled his chest, making it hard for him to breathe.

Qi Yao looked at it silently for a while, approached him, grabbed the letter paper to read, and then put it aside casually.

"What are you doing!"

Xu Mi glared at him angrily, with a fierce tone.The eye sockets are red, like rabbits, not deterrent at all.

"Xu Mi, who are you showing this ghostly look to? Does it help what has happened? Didn't Auntie tell you to leave temporarily and let you take care of yourself?"

Qi Yao sneered.

"Leave me alone!"

Xu Mi just felt bored looking at him. If it wasn't for him, she would have been by her mother's side all the time, and she wouldn't have left without a sound.This kind of venting of anger has no reason at all, Xu Mi knew in his heart that he couldn't control it, and he still wanted to stimulate himself with sarcastic remarks.

"Then why do you care about me, huh? Xu Mi, have you been putting up with me for a long time, and you think I'm bored, and now you take the opportunity to vent it? I let you vent it and come at me. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't I will leave Auntie now. It’s nothing to torment yourself, you’re cowardly!” Qi Yao moved closer, grabbed his hand and hit her on the face with a crisp sound.

"Just like that, how nice."

Qi Yao pursed his lips and looked up at him, red fingerprints were printed on his fair face, he didn't seem to feel pain.

Xu Mi was frightened by him, and stared blankly at him, feeling suddenly guilty.Of course he knew that Qi Yao didn't want him to keep his sadness in his heart, and wanted to help him vent it.He said those words on purpose, this awkward boy always used his clumsy methods to be nice to those who wanted to protect.

He took Xu Mi's hand and wanted to wave it to his face again, Xu Mi broke free quickly.

"I'm sorry, Qi Yao."

Xu Mi squatted down, reached out and gently stroked his sore spot, the apology in his eyes was about to overflow.

This sorry is not only for the present, but also for the prejudice that has always been.All his kindness to Qi Yao has a common purpose, but he is kind to a character named Qi Yao, not to him, an independent and living individual.And Qi Yao already regarded him as a friend.

"What's the use of being sorry, you admit that you dislike me."

Qi Yao backed the wheelchair and separated from Xu Mi, don't turn your head and don't want to look at him.

"I'm sorry, I don't have it in my heart, and you don't want to think that way. I am willing to do everything. Qi Yao, you are a very good friend, you are worth cherishing, thank you very much."

Xu Mi said sincerely that the idea of ​​blaming Qi Yao was just a momentary paranoia, and he had no position to blame him.

Xu Mi walked over, knelt down in front of Qi Yao, and asked in a warm voice, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt."

Qi Yao mumbled.

"Calm down? Put your things away and go get a glass of water."

Xu Mi stuffed the letter paper and bank card into the envelope, poured a glass obediently, and handed it to Qi Yao.

"Drink by yourself." Qi Yao pushed back, with a disgusted expression on his face, "You won't take care of yourself and still say you don't need me to take care of it? Auntie probably thinks you are a troublesome person, so she left because she didn't want to take care of you."

"Hmph, Qi Yao, you will suffer a lot sooner or later."

Xu Mi snorted softly, drank a few sips of water, and felt much more comfortable, not out of breath.

"You don't need to care about that. Come and see the situation with me when you feel better. If you just left in the morning, you might be able to catch up."

"it is good."

Xu Mi and Qi Yao went to a few places that Xia Ran usually went to, and asked the neighbors about Xia Ran's whereabouts, but they didn't get any useful information.

After checking the location of the mobile phone, the mobile phone was thrown in the trash can and followed the garbage truck to the garbage station. It was Xia Ran's deliberate misleading.

The monitoring on the road was only when Xia Ran walked out of the vegetable market, and the rest could not be traced.

Near noon, all the people sent out to look for it returned.

"Brother Yao, there is no passenger named Xia Ran at the train station or the airport. If you leave by bus, it will be difficult to check."

A brother reported breathlessly.

"As long as there are signs in the nearby hotels, I have seen them, and there are none."

Qi Yao looked at Xu Mi: "What do you mean? Are you still looking for it?"

If Xia Ran hides on purpose, there may not be any results if he continues to search.And she walked so cleanly, there must be someone behind her to help.

Xu Mi still wanted to find him in his heart, "What about him, did you check?"

"Can't check."

Qi Yao smiled, a little self-deprecating.

"Thank you Qi Yao, everyone has worked hard, and I will invite you to dinner later. I still want to ask someone."

Xu Mi smiled and thanked everyone.

"Meng Ju?"

Qi Yao guessed it right away.

"Correct."

Xu Mi intuited that Meng Jie was an insider. Assuming that the person who helped Xia Ran leave must be one of Meng Xiegui and Meng Jie, then Meng Jie was more likely.The reason is that Meng Xiegui is against them.

"Ask the driver to take you there."

"how about you?"

"I'll wait for you here, remember to come back and find me."

"it is good."

Xu Mi didn't hesitate any longer, and ran out quickly.

"Brother Yao, you and sister-in-law are so affectionate."

After Xu Mi left, a boy said enviously.

"It's true, we didn't believe you two were together at the beginning, but we didn't expect our relationship to be so good after so long."

……

Hearing everyone's envy and emotion, Qi Yao thought to himself, I didn't even know that I had a good relationship with him.

Going directly to Meng Jie's house, he might not be there, Xu Mi called in advance to ask him out, Meng Jie mentioned the name of a restaurant and said we would meet there.

When he got there, Meng Jie was already there, the waiter led him to the box and left, the door was closed behind him.

"Brother Jie..."

Before Xu Mi could finish speaking, he was interrupted.

"I do know about Auntie. You don't have to ask me where Auntie is. I promised not to tell you. I can only tell you that Auntie is safe and will come back when the time is right."

Meng Jie smiled softly and spoke softly.

"Don't worry too much, just eat something first."

Meng Jie gave him a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, which was Xu Mi's favorite food when he was a child. It was sweet and a little sour, and the meat was full of fragrance.

"Brother Jie, why?"

Xu Mi wanted an answer, because he wanted to protect him, so did he keep it from him?Why never think about it, he is more willing to bear it together?Of course, he has no right to blame their love and care, he is just angry at his own incompetence.

"Eat first. Look at your pale face. Auntie will be unhappy if she sees you like this."

Meng Jie comforted softly, bypassing his questioning.

"Will you tell me when you're done eating?"

This question is very unreasonable, Meng Jie has no obligation to tell him the truth, nor is he obliged to take care of his body.However, Xu Mi really wanted to know.

Seeing the eagerness in his clear eyes, Meng Jie fell silent.

Xu Mi's eyes dimmed little by little, he lowered his head and stuffed food into his mouth mechanically, chewing and swallowing.

No matter which world you are in, you always speak with strength.If he is not a weak high school student with absolute power now, the people he wants to protect will believe him and rely on him.Pointing to the pity of the powerful to survive, not thinking about improving oneself, and eventually perishing.

One day, his hands will be able to enclose the person he loves and give him a world of peace of mind.Xu Mi yearns for ease, and life never grants him ease.

"Mimi, take good care of yourself, Auntie is safe, and she hopes you are safe too."

Seeing that he had almost eaten, Meng Jie handed him a glass of warm water.

The water Qi Yao gave was sweet, but this cup contained helpless bitterness.

"Thank you Brother Jie, I'm going back."

He made up his mind not to tell himself the truth, seeing this side was because he was afraid that he would go to extremes, so Xu Mi didn't make things difficult for him anymore.He wants to find out the truth for himself.

"Mimi..."

Meng Jie looked at his dull eyes, pale face, but still smiling, and felt sore in his heart.

His back was thin and bleak, as if he was about to fall down at any time, but his steps didn't hesitate at all.

Meng Jie realized that the little boy in his memory had really grown up, and he still hurt him.

"came back?"

When Xu Mi returned home, Qi Yao was the only one left in the house.

"Well, why didn't anyone stay? It's dangerous."

Xu Mi disapproved and shook his hand, which was as cold as imagined.

He found a hot water bottle in the room, fully charged it, and stuffed it into his arms.

"Can you go back today? I want to be alone."

Xu Mi was physically and mentally exhausted, so he wanted to stay quietly for a while, trying to figure out the way ahead.

"No, what if something happens to you in such a distraught state?"

Qi Yao had a cold face.

"I know you care about me, don't worry I'm awake now."

Xu Mi smiled.

"Be less narcissistic, who cares, you."

Qi Yao was retorting with a cold face, but he didn't expect his stomach to let out a "cuckoo" sound.

"Pfft, there are not many ingredients at home, let me serve you a bowl of noodles."

Xu Mi guessed that the ancestor was picky about not eating at noon, so he quickly cooked noodles for him.

"It's hot, be careful."

Qi Yao was probably very hungry, so he ignored it, and a big bowl of noodles was finished within a few minutes.

After wiping his mouth clean, he asked, "Did you come up with something?"

Xu Mi shook his head, "Maybe I'm too weak. Everyone doesn't believe that I can bear it, so they choose to hide it from me. They have their reasons for doing so. It stands to reason that I should be grateful, but I am really sad and feel that I It's useless."

"Well... you are still a little bit useful, and you have done a good job on this side."

Qi Yao glanced at the noodle bowl with no soup left, and looked away unnaturally.

"Hahahaha thank you for the compliment."

When he said this, Xu Mi's sad mood went away.

"You study well." Qi Yao added, "Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. You are weak now because you are still young. In ten or twenty years, I believe you will not be worse than others. Rather than complaining about yourself, it is better to work hard Brace yourself, at that time, whether it's auntie or anyone you care about, you can protect."

Xu Mi looked at Qi Yao steadily, as if meeting him for the first time.Why didn't he know that Qi Yao could speak so nicely?

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