Raw rice boiled into small porridge

He Tian didn't tell Ye Jiawen about returning to school early.First, he didn't want Ye Jiawen to know that he was "nosy". Whether it was him catching thieves in other places or the matter about Xin Yue, Ye Jiawen had expressed his attitude euphemistically, and he didn't want him to cause trouble. causing unnecessary danger and distress to oneself.Secondly, he also wanted to give Ye Jiawen a surprise. Valentine's Day was coming soon. If he suddenly appeared in front of him with a gift on that day, he would be happy to see it.

He Tian soon started his plan to find Ding Xiaoxiang. He first went to Ding's house to have a look. The door of the dilapidated house in the village in the city was open. There was no one inside, and even the furniture and furnishings were emptied.He Tian went in and turned around, and there were some garbage and papers scattered on the ground. He Tian picked up an old photo and saw that it was a group photo of Ding Xiaoxiang and his parents when he was a child. Among the parents, they are not like the current Ding Xiaoxiang at all.

He Tian shook off the dust on the photo, flattened it and put it in his pocket, and left the room.The door of the house opposite Ding Xiaoxiang's house was also wide open, and workers were coming out of it carrying home appliances.

"Slow down, be careful...don't touch my refrigerator..." The boss of Li's family carefully supported the refrigerator and followed behind the workers. When he looked up, he saw He Tian coming out of Ding's house.

The two recognized each other, and both were a little embarrassed.

The boss signaled the workers to go down first, stood up straight and clapped his hands twice, and said with a dry smile: "It's you, classmate, thank you for my dad's incident last time... We plan to rent out this house, come and clean it up..."

He Tian nodded and smiled politely, and passed him by without saying a word, wanting to go downstairs.

But the man turned to his back and said, "Are you looking for someone from the Ding family?"

He Tian stopped, turned around and raised his head, and said expectantly, "I'm looking for Ding Xiaoxiang, have you met him?"

The man shook his head and frowned in disgust: "I heard from the neighbors that his mother was caught stealing, and the debtor came to move their things in anger and beat the child. The child ran away, and his whereabouts are unknown..." The man walked down two steps, came to He Tian, ​​blinked his eyes and said mysteriously, "He used to take drugs, and he went out to sell his ass for taking drugs? Do you know? "

He Tian didn't make a sound. He did a lot of homework for these drug addicts in the community. He took two notebooks in his notes. How could he not know?

"Later, there were rumors that he owed a lot of money and offended people on the road, so he had no choice but to go back to his old job..." The man kindly patted He Tian on the shoulder and persuaded: "This kind of person Why are you looking for him? He owes you money? If it’s not too much, I don’t think I’ll ask for it. Be careful that you won’t be able to eat fish and you’ll be covered in fishy fish.”

He Tian dodged his hand, thanked him blankly, and left.

He Tian rode his bicycle around several nearby Internet cafes, small restaurants, and supermarkets, and all he got were rumors, not much of real value, and some rumors were alarmist. The hard worker, some said that he might have died, and the corpse of an unknown man was found near here a few days ago, and some said that the boy was actually taken care of by the big boss to live a good life.

He Tian's brain hurts hearing all these things.

All he could do was leave a phone number for each potential insider and ask them to notify him as soon as they had news.

When the dusk fell, He Tian found nothing, and Ding Xiaoxiang couldn't find it for the time being. He still had to live his own life.He left the village in the city, ate alone in the shopping mall in the business district, went shopping after dinner, and chose a dark blue fine-striped tie for Ye Jiawen as a Valentine's Day gift.When he was about to leave, he saw the claw machine in the corner again. He remembered that when he went to Ye Jiawen's house for the first time, he found that his display cabinet was full of monkeys. At that time, he was surprised by Ye Jiawen. There is such a girlish hobby. Later, when I think about it, his boyfriend is a fun and coquettish person who always surprises people. It is quite reasonable to have a hobby of collecting cute things.

One of the claw machines was full of monkeys, and He Tian walked over with a smile in his eyes.

Once, twice, three times... until the eighth time, He Tian didn't even get a hair out, and several times, he almost shivered for the last time. Seeing that the doll reached the exit, it fell back again with a snap. Tian's heart also lifted up and fell, like riding a roller coaster.Hopeful and disappointed again and again, He Tian was dejected, wishing to tear up the iron cabinet, snatch all the dolls inside, and everyone who saw it would have a share, one for each...

When he tried for the tenth time, he put in the coin, closed his eyes and prayed silently for a while, and when he opened his eyes again to push the joystick, he realized that there was actually a person standing beside him.

"I've been watching you for a long time, and I'm so anxious that I can't catch it. Let me try this time?" It was a young boy, who looked a few years older than He Tian, ​​with a good appearance, neat clothes, and wearing a black frame Glasses, elegant temperament, but there is a more mature and stable aura faintly.

He Tian was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously let go of the joystick. The next second, the boy smiled at him and held the putter firmly: "Which one do you want?"

Which one do you want?He would be thankful for grabbing any one at random. He Tian nervously watched the slowly rising mechanical arm, and said, "...anything will do."

The boy was confident and his eyes sparkled. While adjusting the angle of the robotic arm so that it was aimed at a Monchhichi wearing a pink gauze dress, he said briskly, "It's Valentine's Day tomorrow. Are you going to give this to your girlfriend?"

He Tian stared closely at the fall of the mechanical arm, and even paused to breathe, as if he was afraid that his weak air current would blow the steel tool away.

Caught.

He Tian watched Meng Qiqi being hoisted up and moving forward steadily, he took a breath and replied, "No, I don't have a girlfriend."

The boy raised his eyebrows, staring at the movement inside the glass cover meticulously, with a trace of surprise and playfulness in his tone: "You played by yourself?"

He Tian fell silent, and as Meng Qiqi got closer and closer to the exit, his heart rose again.

Three inches, two inches, one inch, the doll finally fell to the exit impartially like an overripe apple, and the next moment it was held firmly in the palm of the boy.

It worked!He Tian was so excited that tears almost filled his eyes, this damn doll is so hard to pinch!

He even got carried away with joy, grabbed the boy's arm and said thank you with a smile on his face.

The boy was also very happy, and handed Meng Qiqi over: "You're welcome, this one has skills." He didn't stop after speaking, waved to He Tian, ​​then turned and left.

He Tian held Monchichi, like a child who found a treasure, and watched him walk away, only then remembered that he should at least buy him a drink to express his gratitude.

There was no chance of seeing each other again in this vast crowd. He Tian shook his head and scolded himself for being stupid. He took his tie and Monchichi and rode back to school.

Valentine's Day was Friday, and He Tian sent Ye Jiawen a message in the afternoon, asking if he wanted to work overtime tonight.

Ye Jiawen quickly replied to him: working overtime, and since you're not here, I might as well hide in the office to save myself from getting hurt.

He immediately sent another one: Go back to the video at night, around ten o'clock, let me take a good look at you. [bad smile] [bad smile]

He Tian returned his two shy expressions, and put down his phone. Since he was scheduled to work overtime, he might as well go to the house and wait for him later. Anyway, there are many weekends, so he doesn't care about these few hours.

He Tian made up his mind and planned to use this time to look for Ding Xiaoxiang again. Today he plans to go to the bar where Ding Xiaoxiang often hangs out. Even if it is difficult to meet him in person, he may meet his former lonely friends." fellow-men".

He Tian hesitated for a while in the dormitory alone. He was still very scared to let him go to the bar by himself, but now that Xin Yue is not here, no one can accompany him. After much deliberation, he finally made up his mind. The things that people give are all in public places, and you are a consumer, so there should be no problem, right?

He Tian stood at the door of the Seven Colors Bar again. He was in a very complicated mood. A few months ago, he ran into Ding Xiaoxiang who had been missing for several days here, and then chased him into the door of the opposite hotel, and then... met Ye Gavin's.

It's not too late, but today is Valentine's Day, the bar is already full of people and noisy, He Tian finally found a seat, he sat down and ordered a glass of juice, and immediately felt a few ambiguous eyes around him. followed.

Between fleeing and staying, He Tian had a fierce ideological struggle for a while, but He Tian still stubbornly raised his slightly flushed cheeks, looking for familiar faces in the crowd. He didn't come here for fun, he had a mission.

The hard work pays off, God is merciful, and the goal is delivered to the door by itself.

After about a quarter of an hour, someone whistled at He Tian, ​​and someone directly called out to ask if he was alone. He Tian felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles, he gritted his teeth and stood up, ready to leave. He really... couldn't stand the atmosphere.

At this moment, a skinny boy with colorful hair came over and exclaimed with surprise in his eyes, "Hey, isn't this Mr. He?"

He Tian recognized him at a glance. This was another of the more than 50 community drug rehabilitation service clients in their social work center. He was nicknamed Xiao Q. His family opened a small restaurant in a village in the city.He and Ding Xiaoxiang are both neighbors and friends, but his situation is much better than Ding Xiaoxiang's, and now he has fully returned to normal life, and he no longer needs to be supervised by them every day.

He is used to calling Mr. Hu Nianxi Mr. Hu, so he casually calls him Mr. He Tian Xiaohe.

"I heard from my mother yesterday that you were looking for Ding Xiaoxiang? You didn't come here to find him, did you?" Xiao Q scratched his head. He couldn't think of any reason other than this reason to make a good boy like He Tian come to the whole city. The famous gay bar.

He Tian ignored the embarrassment and embarrassment, and hurriedly asked, "Do you have any news about him?"

Xiao Q pouted, leaned into his ear and said, "Anyway, I can't find him here. I also heard from former friends that he was controlled by a gang of gangsters, and he sold himself to pay off debts. He might be in some nightclub. I'm more specific." Let me help you find out..."

As soon as I said this, a man holding a big beer came over staggeringly, his hands and feet were unsteady, and the liquid in the glass splashed all over the place. He came over and hooked Xiao Q's shoulders, and said with a smirk: "It's a pretty good run." Come on, do you despise me and have a crush on this handsome guy?"

Xiao Q hooked shoulders with the man, and said with a smile, "No, brother, a friend, he is alone, I'll come over to say hello."

The man looked at He Tian with drunken eyes, as if he couldn't control his body, he threw himself forward, spraying the hot smell of alcohol onto He Tian's face, and said with his tongue out, "It's better to spend Valentine's Day alone... It's a pity, bro, I'll introduce you to one."

He Tian stepped back in a hurry, knocked down the stool behind him, and there was a loud bang, and the people around quickly cast curious glances in this direction.

Xiao Q was taken aback, and with a stiff smile wanted to pull the man away, but the man shook off his hand and said unwillingly, "What? I, I mean it kindly..." As he spoke, he wanted to pull He Tian away again.

He Tian knocked over the stool, his body was unstable, he swayed back and almost fell, he put a hand around his waist to help him, and at the same time a clear voice came from behind, saying clearly and steadily: "This big brother, he Not alone."

He Tian turned his head quickly, and faced a familiar face, this was...

This time, He Tian's face blindness didn't last long, and the boy behind him was the one who helped him hold Meng Qiqi yesterday.

……

Ye Jiawen was struggling at the company when he suddenly received a call from an old friend. They hadn't been in touch for a while. Ye Jiawen stared at the caller ID for a few seconds before answering the call——

"Hello, old clock."

"Kevin, I'm at Seven Colors Bar..."

"Oh, I'm working overtime today, so I probably won't be able to go out to play."

"No, the last time I went to your Christmas party, didn't you have a new boyfriend? At that time, it was confession and deep kiss..."

"Yeah, why?" Ye Jiawen frowned.

"Your little boyfriend is dating someone at Seven Colors Bar, do you know that?"