Burn

Both Xu Ran's WeChat and Li Dongyao on the phone were blocked by Xiao Huan. Xu Ran didn't block him, but his phone was turned off, his WeChat didn't reply, and he couldn't find anyone at his house. It's been almost a week.

Before getting off work on Friday, Xiao Huan asked Li Dongyao: "Would you like to come to my house for dinner? My second dad has always said that he wants to see you." Of course Li Dongyao was happy.Before leaving, Xiao Huan was rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the office, and Li Dongyao asked him what he was doing.

"Find a box of tea and bring it to my dad." After searching for a long time, Xiao Huan frowned.

Li Dongyao waved his hand: "Don't look for it, take you to my friend to get two boxes, just treat me as a tribute to my two fathers."

Xiao Huan said yes.When we arrived at Li Dongyao's friend's tea shop, Xiao Huan went around every corner. The tea shop was neither small nor big, more than 100 square meters, with elegant colors and a Chinese-style layout.The staff inside are all young girls.

Li Dongyao looked at him back and forth, leaned over and asked, "Is it not bad?"

Xiao Huan nodded in approval.

"It would be great if Xu Ran came to work here!" Li Dongyao sighed regretfully.

"Yeah." Xiao Huan remained calm.

"I looked for Xu Ran a few days ago, but I didn't see anyone. I think he really doesn't want to change, so forget it." Li Dongyao didn't mention Xu Ran in front of Xiao Huan this week, nor did he ask him.He intuited that the two had a story.

"How about you, how are you with him?" Li Dongyao asked casually.

"No contact." Xiao Huan said with a cold face.

Li Dongyao couldn't see through it.

"I thought Xu Ran should at least be a little special to you!" Li Dongyao also knew that his sudden approach was too abrupt for Xu Ran.He would refuse his help, which he expected.He wasn't all out to help Xu Ran.

Xiao Huan's eyes deepened, and a paralyzed face reminded Li Dongyao: "We have to go!"

Li Dongyao sighed regretfully, took two boxes of Zhengyan cinnamon from Wuyi Mountain, and followed him to No. 32 Ninghai Road for dinner.

Xiao Huan took people home for dinner, and Tian Yuan "cared" about all his concerns on Li Dongyao.

"Do you have any friends?" "Are you in a relationship?" "When are you going to get married?"

Xiao Huan looked at the three talking and laughing at the side, thinking that it would be great if Li Dongyao was the son of the two fathers, and the two old people might have less troubles.

After dinner, Tianyuan dragged Li Dongyao to wash the dishes. Normally, this was Xiao Huan's job. He went to the living room to accompany Xiao Yimo to make the tea brought by Li Dongyao.

"Has anything happened recently?" Xiao Yimo asked him while boiling water.

Xiao Huan knew what he was asking. After the sudden chat last time, it was inevitable for the old man to be worried.

"I didn't tell your second dad about you." Xiao Yimo opened the tea bag and poured the tea into the tea bowl.

"Thank you." Xiao Huan didn't know what to say.

Xiao Yimo poured boiling water into the tea bowl: "How is the person you want to help?"

Xiao Huan was silent for a while, and when Xiao Yimo was sharing tea, he said, "He is gone."

Xiao Yimo paused the hand holding the justice cup to share the tea, he looked up at Xiao Huan, with melancholy, irritability and uneasiness in his eyes.

"You can't reach me on the phone?"

"Ah."

"Have you been to his house?"

"Yeah." I've been there at night, during the day, and at midnight, but there's no one there.The old lady who lived across the door said that she saw him moving things outside.

"What about his workplace?"

"No, I said I left." Xiao Huan also went to the office that Li Dongyao said, and also met the middle-aged fat person in charge. He said that Xu Ran had resigned, quit, and he didn't know where he went.So did the other takeaways.He also tested Li Dongyao, but he has never met him.

"Drink tea first." Xiao Yimo pointed to the tea in front of him.

Xiao Huan picked it up, took a sip, the tea tasted slightly bitter.

"Is he avoiding you?" Xiao Yimo asked.

Xiao Huan couldn't think of any other reason.

"Maybe something happened." Xiao Yimo comforted.

What else could have happened?The family is gone.Xiao Huan didn't want to say it.

"What did you do to him, and he wants to do this?" Finally, he asked the question.

Xiao Huan shook his head, not knowing where to start.

At the end of that night, Xu Ran pushed him away with all his strength.Xu Ran cried and said, "Xiao Huan, don't do this!"

He didn't speak, and after being pushed away, he suddenly realized what he was doing.However, the excitement of the body is so real, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Xu Ran said: "I used to really like you very much, really like you."

"But now I don't like it anymore, don't do this kind of thing to me."

When he spoke, his head was lowered, his shoulders shrugged slightly, and tears fell to the ground.It was raining and thundering outside, and the light of lightning was imprinted on the windows.

He agreed, saying "yes".He didn't leave immediately, but deleted Li Dongyao from Xu Ran's phone, sat down and drank half a glass of water, and didn't leave until Xu Ran's tears stopped.

It was already pouring rain outside, with a cold wind.Sitting in the car, he watched the lights in Xu Ran's room go out, and then the fire in his body went out.

He planned to come back to him a day later, but a day later, he was gone.His words that he didn't think about had no one to listen to.

"Some things cannot be forced." Xiao Yimo poured Xiao Huan a second cup of tea.

"Dad, do you think I'm weird, weird and indifferent?" This is the second time Xiao Huan asked this question.

Xiao Yimo drank a cup of tea and looked at him seriously: "You are very special. You were born very special. When you were a baby, you were different from ordinary children. You didn't like to cry or laugh. You didn't speak until you were two years old. You are good at reading, the teacher said you have a high IQ, you don’t like to talk, and you don’t like to play with others.”

This was the first time Xiao Yimo recalled his childhood in front of Xiao Huan.

"Your second dad and I both think that you are lonely because of us. We all know that there are people in school who laugh at you and exclude you. But we can't help you, and we are very sad."

"But you have grown into a normal teenager, a normal youth, and a normal adult. Maybe you are still special in some aspects, but your specialness does not hurt others, it is not a shortcoming. This world should allow the existence of different people."

"What if it hurts?" Xiao Huan looked at Xiao Yimo.

Xiao Yimo stretched out his hand and pressed his shoulder: "Then try to make up for it."

Xiao Huan didn't know how to make up for it.

After Tian Yuan and Li Dongyao finished washing the dishes, they entered the room after saying this. Seeing the father and son drinking tea quietly, Tian Yuan couldn't help laughing: "What's the point of the two drinking tea while staring at each other!"

Li Dongyao sat next to Xiao Huan, and Xiao Yimo poured tea for him.The tea aroma is strong, and the tea soup is slightly bitter in the mouth, but soon turns sweet.Li Dongyao took a sip and exclaimed, "Good tea."

After drinking tea, Li Dongyao went home, and Xiao Huan stayed overnight.Before leaving, Li Dongyao leaned into Xiao Huan's ear and whispered, "Xu Ran has resigned and changed jobs. The person in charge told me that. If you want to find him, I can help you find someone to ask."

Xiao Huan was still expressionless, Li Dongyao sighed: "Sometimes I wonder if you have a facial nerve problem!"

"Do you want me to help, in a word?" Li Dongyao poked him.

"No need." Xiao Huan replied with a cold face.

"A dead duck with a hard mouth!" Li Dongyao scolded.It was only when he was just chatting with Tian Yuan that he suddenly realized Xiao Huan's intention to get tea at night.There is no shortage of tea at home, and looking for tea is an excuse.Going to his friend's tea shop is the purpose.Xu Ran disappeared, he thought he was hidden by him, so he went to the tea shop to find Xu Ran.He just took advantage of the restroom to call Xu Ran's person in charge to ask questions, only to find out that Xu Ran had resigned.

After Li Dongyao left, Xiao Huan sat with the two fathers and watched TV for a while, then went back to the room to sleep.It was rare that Tian Yuan didn't ask questions while watching TV.Before he closed the door, Tian Yuan had already moved to Xiao Yimo's side, as if he had a secret to share with him.

"Dongyao said that Xiao Huan is in love!" Tian Yuan's excited eyes were almost smoothed out.

"Really?" Xiao Yimo glanced at Xiao Huan's door.

"Dongyao said there will be no fakes."

"Who is that?"

Tian Yuan's brows that had just stretched out frowned again: "Dong Yao said he had never seen it, and Xiao Huan didn't tell him either."

"Then how does he know how to call love?"

"The feeling of a friend, Dongyao said so." Tian Yuan also thought he was ridiculous when he heard Li Dongyao say that at first, but Li Dongyao said that he and Xiao Huan have been friends for so many years, and some subtle changes cannot be seen by others. But he can see clearly.

"Uncle, you just trust me, you are absolutely right!" Li Dongyao assured Tian Yuan, patting his chest like this.

"This kid is really interesting." Xiao Yimo was amused.

"I don't know who that child is!" Although Tian Yuan was very curious, he also knew that if Xiao Huan didn't tell, it would be useless for him to ask.

"When he wants to say something, he will naturally say it." Xiao Yimo looked at Xiao Huan's door.

"I really don't know who this child looks like!" In the end, it ended with the same emotion.