[Tomb Raider] Escape

Qiao Yu ran upstairs from the escalator almost subconsciously, and then quickly sat on the escalator going down next to her. She stretched her neck and followed Nangong Gousheng closely with her eyes.

There was a lot of people in the shopping mall, and Nangong Gousheng's figure flickered among the crowd. Qiao Yu almost forgot to breathe, staring at him without blinking, not daring to move away for a moment.

When Qiao Yu went downstairs, Nangong Gousheng had already walked out of the mall with the young man.Qiao Yu pushed through the crowd and chased in the direction the two left. When he arrived at the entrance of the shopping mall, he saw the two figures flashing past the corner and then disappeared. He immediately started to chase.

At this time, Qiao Yu was in such a hurry that he didn't have time to think about it. He didn't even know why he was chasing him. As for who the man next to Nangong Gousheng was, he didn't even think about it.It was just instinct that drove him to chase, and he could vaguely guess something in his subconscious, but he didn't want to think about it, and he didn't have time to think about it.

After Nangong Gousheng and the young man left the mall, they walked slowly on the street arm in arm.Qiao Yu silently followed behind. When the strange man accidentally turned his head to talk to Nangong Gousheng, he could see his side face—clean, young, somewhat similar to himself.

He was shocked by his realization, and he couldn't think of anything more than shock.

Ten minutes later, Nangong Gousheng and the man walked out of the busy city and came to a secluded residential area.Qiao Yu followed from a distance. The contact lenses allowed him to see the world very clearly. The quiet street made the conversation between the two almost verbatim reach his ears.

The young man asked playfully: "You disappeared for so long a while ago, and the calls to you were always disconnected. Where did you go?"

Nangong Gousheng said lightly, "I'm going to Egypt to pan for gold."

The young man asked, "What did you go to Egypt for? Did you go abroad even if you were fighting?"

Nangong Gousheng smiled and said, "Yes."

The young man obviously didn't take his words seriously, but he wasn't interested in delving into it. He laughed and teased, "How many flowers did you plant outside?"

Standing behind, Qiao Yu couldn't see Nangong Gousheng's expression, but only knew that Nangong Gousheng didn't answer.

The young man stretched out his hand and said coquettishly, "You've been away for so long, you should give me a present, right?"

Nangong Gousheng put his hand into his pocket, and as expected, he took out a box and handed it to him.The box contained the gold necklace he took out from the underground palace of the son of Nubia, which had been treated with rust.Qiao Yu accidentally saw him put the necklace into the box this morning, Nangong Gousheng didn't know he saw it, and secretly put the box into his pocket.

——The reason why Qiao Yu didn't say anything was because he thought that the necklace would be Nangong Gousheng's trick to coax him.But now, things are already in the hands of others.

The young man opened it and took a look. He didn't doubt the value of the thing, closed the lid and put it in his pocket, kissed Nangong Gousheng on the street without hesitation, and said sweetly, "Thank you."

Nangong Gousheng leaned close to his ear and said something, the young man let out a cheerful laugh.

Qiao Yu's mind was left blank.

Afterwards, Nangong Gousheng and the young man chatted and laughed, and Qiao Yu didn't listen to them. He didn't even follow them forward, and watched them disappear from sight.When he came back to his senses and tried to chase him again, he had lost his target.

Finally, he returned home in a daze.

That night when Nangong Gousheng returned to Qiao Yu's home, there seemed to be no one in the room, and it was pitch black.He turned on the light, and suddenly saw a figure sitting with his back on the sofa, and couldn't help being slightly startled.

Nangong Gousheng called tentatively: "Little Qiao?"

Qiao Yu didn't reply.

Nangong Gousheng stepped forward and saw Qiao Yu lowering her head, wondering what she was thinking.Nangong Gousheng sensed something was wrong and asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"

Qiao Yu raised her head and said calmly, "I want that gold necklace you brought back from Egypt. Give me... can you?" His choked up voice betrayed him when he said the last three words.

Nangong Gousheng was slightly taken aback, and immediately guessed the whole story.

He knelt down in front of Qiao Yu and said honestly, "I'm giving it away."

Qiao Yu gasped, and encouraged her to maintain her emotional stability: "How long have you been together?"

Nangong Gousheng didn't hesitate for long: "Uh... about two years."

Qiao Yu's calmness just now was defeated by the sentence "two years". She stood up from the sofa suddenly, stared at Nangong Gousheng, gasped for breath but did not speak.

Only then did Nangong Gousheng realize that his eyes had turned red at some point, his heart tightened slightly, and he was suddenly at a loss for words.

Qiao Yu suddenly lost her temper, swept all the books and cups on the coffee table to the ground, picked up the remote control on the sofa and threw it at Nangong Gousheng.Nangong Gousheng didn't dodge much, he just raised his hand to block it.

Qiao Yu's chest heaved violently, "Get out."

The black cat sleeping in the corner was awakened by the sound of the glass smashing on the ground, and screamed softly.

Nangong Gousheng stood up unhurriedly, his mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he only turned into a self-deprecating and indifferent smile, turned and walked out.

He walked to the door and stopped.

The next step is to step out of the gate, but he seems a little hesitant.

The black cat walked to his feet and lay down outside the door, as if deliberately blocking his way out.

Looking at his back, Qiao Yu really wanted to rush to the room to pack his things, then ran out and threw on him and yelled for him to get lost, but he immediately thought that Nangong Gousheng didn't leave anything here.At the beginning, he came here empty-handed, and he came easily, perhaps because there was no bondage when he left.

Seeing that Nangong Gousheng was really about to leave, Qiao Yu was driven by an inexplicable force to rush up and grab his arm.Nangong Gousheng turned around in surprise, Qiao Yu suffocated tears all afternoon, but he just held Nangong Gousheng tightly, whether to leave or stay, without saying a word.

Nangong Gousheng hugged him sideways, and coaxed him softly, "Stop crying."

Qiao Yu grabbed his skirt and choked up, "Why? Give me a reason."

Nangong Gousheng looked into Qiao Yu's eyes. At this moment, he clearly had a hundred and ten thousand ways to make Qiao Yu happy, but he suddenly couldn't bear to lie to him—in fact, it was as early as when Qiao Yu just made trouble, He can completely resolve this crisis; if he doesn't lie, then he should leave in a cool and unrestrained manner, but looking at the threshold under his feet, he is a little reluctant to step out.

In the end, Nangong Gousheng gently stroked Qiao Yu's hair: "It's not what you think."

——In his whole life, he never said a few words of truth.

A few hours later, Nangong Gousheng put his arms around Qiao Yu who was still sobbing, and gently wiped away the tears on his face.He explained in a few words that the image of the man who was with him this afternoon in Qiao Yu's mind was portrayed as a young man who admired Nangong Gousheng, and Nangong Gousheng just didn't refuse to flirt with him—although Not far from the truth, but not the whole truth.The truth is that Nangong Gousheng admires this young man very much, and this young man is also very open-minded. The relationship between the two is more like a friend who can go to bed.

At this time, Qiao Yu's anger had been completely annihilated, and she hugged Nangong Gousheng and sobbed, "Don't lie to me...don't lie to me..."

Nangong Gousheng gently stroked his hair: "Okay." He may not lie, but he will not hide it.

Qiao Yu leaned in his arms, and the touch around him was clearly warm, but the uneasiness in his heart was like moss in a dark corner, growing crazily.

This relationship was originally like walking a tightrope. After realizing it, Qiao Yu hid in the illusion of tenderness and happiness for too long, and finally did not escape the invasion of this flood.

A few days later, Li Yaoyao asked Nangong Gousheng to go out, and Nangong Gousheng put on a vest and shorts and went out.

Wearing an apron, Qiao Yu came out of the kitchen with a spatula in her hand and called out to him, "The weather forecast says it will rain this afternoon. You should wear more clothes and bring an umbrella."

Nangong Gousheng picked up Eagle No. [-], yelled at it for a long time, patted his buttocks and stood up: "No. [-] said it won't rain today."

Qiao Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Then you...you should take your umbrella, just in case."

Nangong Gousheng waved his hand: "No need, no need."

Qiao Yu couldn't help it, and said again: "Are you coming back for dinner? I'll cook it today."

Nangong Gousheng nodded.

Qiao Yu said: "Your apprentices—especially Li Yaoyao—like to pick up trash. I saw him pick up cigarette holders from the ground to smoke. Pay attention to hygiene, don't follow him."

Nangong Gousheng nodded again, thinking: You were still in school when I taught Xiao Sangou to catch mice and eat them.

Qiao Yu went on and on about everything from making soy sauce to buying rice, and Nangong Gousheng listened patiently.In the end, Qiao Yu finally had nothing to say, and could only say, "Then you go."

When Nangong Gousheng walked to the door, Qiao Yu suddenly said, "Why don't you bring some more clothes, it's almost autumn, it might be cold if you wear it like this."

Nangong Gousheng wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he went back to his room and took out another piece of clothing.

Qiao Yu watched the door close in front of her, was stunned for a long time, sighed softly, said to herself with a wry smile, "Can you...not go?"

Nangong Gousheng and Li Yaoyao squatted under the Oriental Pearl Tower wearing tattered clothes, and placed a stainless steel cup in front of each of them.

Li Yaoyao picked up a cigarette butt from the ground, and while holding the cigarette in his mouth, he touched a match from his trouser pocket and said vaguely: "Master, I heard that you were captured by Qiao Yu a few days ago?"

Nangong Gousheng took out his pipe and began to fill it with tobacco. He said casually, "Oh, you little brat, who told you?"

Li Yaoyao gloated and said with a gleeful smile: "That little boy in 98, he said he saw it the other day, let me ask if you were caught." —— Li Yaoyao's No.90 eighth teacher, that is, Qiao Yu The young man I saw that day.

Nangong Gousheng shook his head with a smile: "Well, it's fine."

Li Yaoyao lit a cigarette, took a puff, turned her head and sprayed it on Nangong Gousheng's face, and said teasingly: "Qiao Yu is very sticky, he is extremely sticky, and he doesn't have any principles. I guess he can be coaxed." ?”

南宫狗剩不轻不重揍了他一拳，细长的眼睛弯了弯，难得感慨地说了句正儿八经的话：“三分情，七分骗；人生如戏，全靠演技啊..."

Qiao Yu came out of the kitchen and started packing the documents for the next day.

The phone rang suddenly, and Qiao Yu saw that the caller was an insurance company employee, so he picked it up.The staff member said that there was something wrong with the insurance procedures. Qiao Yu was busy arranging the documents, with her mobile phone under her shoulder, and asked unhappily, "What else can I do?"

The person on the other end of the phone said: "Sir, the insurance beneficiary you filled in, Nangong Gousheng, did you fill in the wrong information?"

Qiao Yu froze suddenly, and the movement of her hands stopped.

The person on the other end of the phone continued: "Mr. Qiao, the ID number you filled in does not exist, please confirm with me, in case you pay the money in the future, this insurance will become invalid..."

Qiao Yu didn't listen to a word that followed.

He suddenly realized that the missing bond between him and Nangong Gousheng was definitely not as simple as the material level.