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"Just now you said that Xiao Ran is your friend, why, that Xiao Ran also came to Deyilou to visit you?"

"Master Bai, are you joking? Xiao Ran is a serious scholar. He has never entered this proud building, and his ears will turn red even if he jokes with him." Canxing blinked, he was not lying, Xiao Ran would step into the building today Deyilou really didn't come for him.It is ashamed to say that he, Canxing, who is so delicate, can't compare to a sudden rainstorm.

"Oh, bookworm." Xiao Ran seemed to laugh when he heard Bai Ye. "People like nerds are really boring. They don't understand style and don't know how to please others. Canxing, I didn't expect a romantic person like you to have friendship with a nerd."

Xiao Ran didn't know why, it seemed as if he was bumped so hard that he felt a dull ache.Bookworm, bookworm, isn't he a bookworm?In Bai Ye's heart, is this the evaluation of himself?

"Scholars have their good points too. Master Bai, at least a scholar is gentle and polite. People say that a gentleman is modest..."

"It's all pedantic." Bai Ye interrupted Canxing's good words in a lukewarm manner, and sneered again and again. "Ignorant and uneducated, it can only be used for entertainment. It's not as cute as you are obedient."

Canxing blinked in embarrassment... Well, what Master Bai said to the scholar, I don't need to say good things to the scholar, anyway, the scholar is indeed boring, Xiao Ran is just an exception... What Master Bai said was not Xiao Ran, he cared So many why.

So he smiled coquettishly. "Hey, Master Bai, Canxing is overwhelmed by your praise so much. Come on, let's have another drink."

"By the way, Master Bai, from your tone, it seems that you don't want to see those who study?"

"Fortunately, I'm a life-hunter, and I have nothing to do with their gentlemen. I'm far away from that nerd, just a little contact."

"Hey, you must be an unlikable guy if you can still be so disliked after just getting in touch with Master Bai."

Bai Ye said coldly: "Why should I like him?"

Xiao Ran pressed his chest tightly with one hand, and slowly bent down until he knelt down on the ground, curled up into a ball.

"Master Bai, tell Canxing what kind of person he is?"

"It's ridiculous, do you want to hear it too?"

"Tell me, Master Bai, let's just relieve Canxing from boredom, okay?"

"Oh, he's just a fool. Dumb and pedantic, with a stupid head, living with his wife's memorial tablet all day long, and easy to cheat...you can get started with just a few words of coaxing, but it's a pity that it's jerky and boring, boring...well, Apart from his ability to cook good dishes, he is really useless."

"Master Bai, just kidding, if that scholar is really so boring, would you still kidnap him?"

"Why not? There is never too little entertainment."

"Hehe, Master Bai, you really...then do you like me? Did Canxing please you?"

"What do you say?"

Xiao Ran knelt on the ground and couldn't get up again.The sky collapsed, the walls became paralyzed, and those who hid and didn't want to see others were pulled out naked and spread out in front of him, watching his heart being crushed bit by bit, bleeding from the bones, the bitterness made his stomach sick.

The noise from the next door has started to change gradually. Even at the beginning, Canxing still remembered that there was a shy Xiao Ran hiding next door. After all, this body has long been used to him, and after being teased by Bai Ye, he softened to him. His previous self-restraint has long been lost It's beyond cloud nine.

Xiao Ran was in pain as he listened.He felt that he should cry, his eyes were swollen and sore, but he couldn't shed a single tear, but his stomach regurgitated badly, and streams of sour water went straight to his throat, and his whole body was so cold that he shivered. The knuckles of both hands propped on the ground were stiff and bluish.

"Master Xiao Ran, what's the matter with you?" Kong Yan, who was going to the kitchen to make ginger soup, pushed in through the small door and was startled. He saw Xiao Ran kneeling on the ground, his face pale and still trembling. Could it be that he had caught a cold?He hurriedly put the bowl in his hand aside, and then came forward to help Xiao Ran.

Bai Ye is deaf. He had heard someone breathing in the next room before. He thought it was the servants who were serving him and didn't pay attention. Suddenly, when he heard someone calling Xiao Ran's name, he froze on the spot, and then pushed away Can Xing got up and gathered his robe casually, opened the door and walked to the door of the side room.

Putting his hand on the door, Bai Ye didn't make any next move.If it is really Xiao Ran, if Xiao Ran has heard what he said just now, what can he do?

What is he afraid of?Could it be that these words just now were not from his heart?Fear?Why does he have such a strange psychology?

The door was opened in front of his eyes, and the pale Xiao Ran stood in front of him, looking at him quietly, serious and calm, his dark eyes trembling slightly, but his eyes never moved away from his face.

Bai Ye thought, Xiao Ran, your face is really like a ghost now, except for the black eyes and red lips, how far do you think you are from a flamboyant ghost?

Bai Ye thought, Xiao Ran, what are you looking at?Looking at it so seriously, it seems that I really haven't seen you look at me like this?What did you find out?

What are you looking at?You heard those words, what were you thinking?Are you a bookworm still looking for reasons for me like you used to?

What exactly do you want to see in my eyes?That's my truth, what exactly do you want to see?

Xiao Ran...Actually, you are not suitable for such a pale complexion, you are still beautiful when you are rosy.Your lips are beautiful, but they should not be as bright red as blood, but as pink as peach blossoms.

Xiao Ran, talk, talk!

talk!

I don't want to see you being so silent like now, you can ask me, you can scold me, I, Bai Ye, am such a person, I admit it, but, you speak!

what are you looking at

"Xiao Ran? What's wrong with you? Why is your face so ugly?" Canxing, who was also dressed and ran to look at Xiao Ran's face, was startled at first, but seeing the confrontation between Bai Ye and Xiao Ran standing at the door I didn't understand what happened for a while, and after thinking about it, I shouted: "Oh, I forgot, how can you listen to me, it's all my fault, I dirty your ears... Master Bai, this is The Mr. Xiao Ran Xiao mentioned just now, he, he, uh, is an honest man, maybe he was a little frightened just now and surprised you, so I will let someone send him home first. Empty words, empty words!"

Xiao Ran blinked, slowly, so slowly that Bai Ye felt that Xiao Ran actually wanted to close his eyes from now on, and he didn't want to open them again.

Then he stopped looking at Bai Ye, and lowered his eyes as if looking at his own feet or at Bai Ye's disheveled clothes.

He twitched his lower lip, and again, and again, until finally it curved into what looked like a smile. "I... seem to have disturbed you, sorry... let's go now, you continue..."

Kong Yan on the side hurried forward to support Xiao Ran, and said softly: "Master Xiao Ran, let me take you back first."

Xiao Ran nodded slowly. "Okay, you shouldn't bother, don't bother."

He was supported by Kong Yan, and turned around to leave the small door where he had just come. Bai Ye watched him turn around, so helpless but indifferent, Bai Ye suddenly disappeared from Xiao Ran's eyes...

Bai Ye stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Ran's sleeve, and when he spoke again, his tone was a little harsher. "You don't ask anything?"

Xiao Ran stared at the cuff that was grabbed by Bai Ye, and shook it twice, but found that he couldn't shake it off, so he turned his head in a daze. "Huh? . . . Are you coming over for lunch tomorrow?"

Bai Ye was agitated for a while, threw off Li Ran's sleeves, pushed away empty words, pulled Li Ran's skirts and grabbed him in front of him, almost viciously said: "Xiao Ran, you heard what I said just now, don't play dumb for me ...I didn't lie to you a word, you are just a boring and pedantic nerd, I took you for entertainment. But Xiao Ran, I made a mistake just now, besides cooking delicious food, you also have another advantage..."

He viciously approached Li Ran's ear, which is Xiao Ran's sensitive part, and often when he breathes on it, the base of his ear will turn red, but unfortunately this trick seems useless today.He stared at the earlobes that were as white and tender as jade, and smiled hoarsely: "You are flirtatious on the bed, I am very satisfied."

He let go of the hand that was holding on to Li Ran's skirt, and watched him kneel down at his feet limply because no one was helping him, his heart was so bad that he longed to see Li Ran cry.He didn't want to see Xiao Ran's indifferent look, as if he didn't have his own existence in his eyes.

Xiao Ran likes himself, Bai Ye knows that Xiao Ran is not a person who can hide, from this person's eyes, Bai Ye could read all this person's thoughts, how could he not see that kind of love that he hardly concealed?

But, I hurt him now, didn't I?Since Xiao Ran loves him, why didn't he respond at all?No fuss, no noise, not even a single tear...

Xiao Ran twitched the corner of his mouth, and actually laughed again, and Xiao Ran was so happy to find that it would make him laugh much easier than before, so the more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he laughed out loud. "Ah, yes, I also thought about it, and I really don't have any advantages. The ancients said that three times a day, you see, my understanding of myself is not as good as your understanding of me. I am really ashamed of the sages. Bai Ye, I'm the one who disturbed you just now, I'm really sorry, Canxing is waiting for you, don't you like him? If you like him, you should treat him well..."

He laughed strangely for a while, then slowly got up from the kneeling posture, staggered and pulled the wooden table on one side to stand firm, looked up at Bai Ye with nothingness in his eyes. "Then, Bai Ye, I won't wait for you to eat tomorrow."

Even a fool could see that something was wrong, Canxing ran forward and tried to help Xiao Ran, but was also pushed away by Xiao Ran. "No, I'm fine. The rain seems to have stopped, Canxing, I'm going home."

He stretched out his hand and patted Canxing's shoulder, squinting his eyes and smiling vaguely. "Didn't you keep saying that you want to find someone who likes you? Canxing, it's not easy to like someone. Even if you know you're wrong and you know the future is bumpy, you will never look back. It's really not easy...so, if you meet someone who really likes you, Remember to cherish it, you must cherish it..."

He waved away Canxing's protruding hand, then pushed away the empty words that wanted to help him, and shook his head. "No, you keep busy with your work... I should go back to where I should be, don't send me, I know the way back."

He took a deep breath, stood up straight, bowed to Bai Ye, turned around and left without looking at anyone in front of him.

Bai Ye stood and watched until Xiao Ran's back completely disappeared behind the small door.

He suddenly kicked the wooden table on one side, causing the wooden table to hit the wall and shatter into pieces.

Canxing covered her mouth and looked at Bai Ye in horror, and it took a long time to find her voice. "...Master Bai, if you have any misunderstanding with Xiao Ran, it's better to explain it clearly. Xiao Ran is an honest man, if you tell him and coax him, he will understand."

Bai Ye glanced coldly. "What did you say? Huh? What do you think I just said? Do you think I lied to him? If I lied to him, it would be a lie when I coaxed him into bed!"

Canxing sighed lightly. "Master Bai, just act like a talkative star. We've seen many things too much... An honest person like Xiao Ran, once something is settled, he's got into a dead end, and if he wants to get it back in the future, it's going to be a lot of trouble. .If you cherish him a little, go and explain it now."

"It's not your turn to talk about my affairs." Bai Ye flicked his sleeve, and the chair beside him flew out and hit the wall, following in the footsteps of the desk just now.

"It's Canxing who talks too much..." Canxing paused, glared at Bai Ye, and then said, "Canxing just talk too much. Xiao Ran is my friend. If Master Bai, you really have no interest in Xiao Ran, please Master Bai." Please let Xiao Ran go! He is no better than Canxing, how can you bear to hurt such an honest man, Lord Bai?"

"Hmph, it's not for others to talk about my affairs! I'm here to have fun, not to listen to your lectures, Canxing, if you are satisfied with the lesson, let's go back to the next door and continue; if you still want to continue nagging... "He pointed to the fragments in the corner. "I don't mind dismantling you like that."

Bai Ye didn't go directly to Xiao Ran's cabin the next day, he took his carriage to the northwest.He felt that it would be better to give Xiao Ran some time to think about it, and it would be better when he came back to see that person again, Xiao Ran had already figured it out.

Bai Ye is very satisfied with his way of getting along with Xiao Ran. He thinks that since you, Xiao Ran like you, you can continue to accept this kind of life, so I will give you a little time. If you figure it out, it will be fine.

On some other people, Bai Ye's trick has been tried and tested repeatedly.Of course, there were breakups, but Bai Ye didn't think Xiao Ran would, such a cowardly person, where would he dare to go?Why don't you obediently wait for him to...

Bai Ye wanted to bully Xiao Ran well, wanted to see him cry, beg for mercy, see him panting under his body with his eyes closed, wanted to push him...

But there will always be Xiao Ran's pale face that day, those blood-stained red lips, and Xiao Ran's eyes that are so pale that there is no trace of emotion.

So Bai Ye ran away for two full months.

So he didn't know how Xiao Ran stumbled back to his wooden house that night, helpless, and he didn't know that that night Xiao Ran fell on the threshold and leaned against the door panel to feel the cold wind and looked at the stars and figured it out. how much.He didn't know that that night, Xiao Ran's eyes were clearer than the night, and the tears on his cheeks could not be blown away by the wind.

Two months later, when Bai Ye paid a surprise visit as usual, the house was empty.

The house was not considered empty, the furniture was still there, and even the bedding he was familiar with was still on the bed.But Bai Ye found that those important things to Xiao Ran were gone.

For example, Xiao Ran's clothes and all his possessions, such as Xiao Ran's favorite books, such as Xiao Ran's usual pen and inkstone, and Bi He Qionghua's spiritual tablet.

Xiao Ran left.

Bai Ye kicked open the door of Zhang's house with unknowing panic, found Zhang Ting who was studying hard in the study and asked, "Where is Xiao Ran?"

"Sir? Sir gone, I think if he had the choice he would never come back."

"Gone? Where did he go?"

"At that time, it was only said that an old friend sent a letter inviting him to travel across the country together. Where did he really go? The husband didn't say anything. Two months ago, the husband suddenly announced that the school was closed, and he left within a few days after making arrangements for the students under his door. Even I couldn't see him off."

As soon as Bai Ye heard that there would be nothing more to find out, he shook off Zhang Ting and was about to leave, but Zhang Ting laughed desolately behind him. "I don't know where Mr. went, but I know why Mr. left. We hurt him, you, me, we together! That day in Deyilou, he was there all the time, he knew everything... So Mr. left, He will never want to see us again!"

Bai Ye was silent for a moment, then turned around, with the corners of his mouth raised, and he smiled strangely. "No, you are wrong. I am the one who forced him away, and you are not worthy."

Bai Ye rushed back to Xiao Ran's hut and threw himself on the bed. He had the urge to destroy everything in front of him, but in the end, he just hugged the quilt and fell asleep quietly.