mountain fog

The agreed rehearsal time for the stage play was 06:30 in the evening. Lin Yikai and Chen Jite moved the costumes into the designated rehearsal room, divided them into equal parts, and went through the process. It was approaching eight o'clock, and Ma Qunyao hadn't appeared yet.

"Is he still coming?" Lin Yikai glanced at the phone information, the chat interface only had a sentence sent by himself an hour ago

[What about people? 】

There was no reply, as if a pigeon had been released.

"I'll look for him in the class." Just as Lin Yikai got up, a person in the corner raised his hand weakly and called him, "He's not in the class, and my deskmate said he never came to the evening self-study at all."

Lin Yikai closed the door of the rehearsal room, and waited some distance before sending a WeChat call to Ma Qunyao. In the quiet corridor, there was only the sound of Lin Yikai pacing back and forth, and the voice waiting to be connected would be interrupted every two seconds. Hang up, the snow outside the window fell on the tree branches and fell to the ground with a vibrating roar. Lin Yikai looked from the fourth floor, and under the tree was a schoolbag covered in snow with half of the red strap exposed. Moving up, there was a thin person squatting on the top of the snow-covered wall.

I don't know when the snow fell again outside, and it was freezing everywhere. He was only wearing a short sleeve with a big neckline exposed. Lin Yikai turned on the flashlight to illuminate the hair that had turned white a lot, and growled His voice was trembling, "Ma Qunyao, are you crazy?!"

The person who was shouted froze in place, not knowing whether he was frightened or his limbs were stiff from the cold. When he regained consciousness, Lin Yikai had already appeared under the wall with his down jacket in his arms.

"Come down? Are you looking at the scenery from above?" Lin Yikai opened his hand and motioned him to jump down. Ma Qunyao supported the wall and jumped to the ground nimbly. Before he got up, Lin Yikai covered his head with clothes face.

"Are you out of your mind?" Lin Yikai dragged his arm and angrily walked towards the rehearsal classroom, "Do you want to freeze yourself to death, fall yourself to death, or do both so that our school can publish it in the newspaper? Get famous?"

Ma Qunyao let him drag the dripping schoolbag without saying a word. The more Lin Yikai thought about it, the more angry he became, he simply turned around and wanted to teach him face to face, but when he turned around, there was light red water running down Ma Qunyao's wet head Seeing the way the corner of his forehead slipped fell into his eyes, Lin Yikai was speechless for a moment, and simply dragged him to walk a few more steps to the classroom with the lights on. When he touched the light, those small wounds covered by the night instantly had nowhere to hide The shape is fully exposed.

Lin Yikai got closer, and could even smell the fresh smell of blood.

Seeing that he was getting too close, Ma Qunyao pushed him away and took two steps back into the shadows. One of them was in the dark and the other was in the light. At first glance, they looked like people from two worlds.

Lin Yikai approached him again and grabbed him to take a closer look. On the bridge of his nose, on his cheeks, and on the corners of his mouth, his entire face was covered with large and small scratches. Ma Qunyao didn't speak, and Lin Yikai didn't speak. In such a stalemate, Lin Yikai pulled Ma Qunyao away again until the voices of talking in the classroom got closer and closer.

Chen Jite and everyone were bored waiting in the classroom, and when they were about to go out to buy something to eat together, they received a WeChat message from Lin Yikai.

[Alin: The rehearsal is cancelled, free activities. 】

"Attention!" Art raised his phone excitedly, "Alin said free activities, everyone go to the cafeteria to watch other groups rehearse!"

Lin Yikai took Ma Qunyao to the dormitory. In the not-so-large six-person room, only the innermost two beds facing each other were covered with bedding. Lin Yikai pushed him into the room and locked the door. Ma Qunyao stood in the middle of the room frowning, feeling a little at a loss for a while.

After finding out the medical kit, Lin Yikai took a stool and sat by the bed and beckoned to him, "Come here."

Ma Qunyao looked down at his body covered in plaster, and subconsciously shook his head at him, "No, I'm fine."

"Aren't you going to rehearse?"

Ma Qunyao laughed in a low voice with the corners of his mouth pulled, but the smile was too ugly.

Lin Yikai walked over and pulled him to sit by the bed. The smell of disinfectant and iodophor diluted the bloody smell to the point where he could hardly smell it. "Did you fall? Or did you fight?" The fingertips that landed on his face were careful and gentle , Ma Qunyao pursed his lips in silence, and Lin Yikai continued to ask with a cold face, "Do you think I won't report you?"

"Just have fun." Lin Yikai gritted his teeth and pressed a cotton swab onto Ma Qunyao's skinned finger joints, "I'm not the kind of person who would make small reports."

Lin Yikai let out a long sigh of relief and relaxed after cleaning his eyes carefully. Ma Qunyao was dumb the whole time, and he didn't look like a wolf anymore. Lin Yikai stared at him with folded arms, feeling more and more that something was wrong with him.

"Hey, talk to me." Without an answer, Lin Yikai had no choice but to get up, but before he could stand still, Ma Qunyao suddenly rushed forward and stretched out his arms to hold him tightly. Lin Yikai was frightened After a jump, he didn't dare to exert any force on the skinny head that was attached to his waist and abdomen. He raised his hands, put them down and raised them again, until he felt the person holding him trembling slightly. on the back of his neck.

"A man doesn't flick his tears lightly." Lin Yikai rubbed his hair carefully and muttered, "No matter how old you are..."

Chen Jite and the others lay on the canteen table and waited for nearly an hour before seeing Lin Yikai leading Ma Qunyao arriving late. Ma Qunyao was wearing Lin Yikai's clothes with a mask on his head A newly bought knitted hat.

"Let's do this today. Lin Yikai imitated Art and put his chin on the table and sighed, "I'm so tired, we'll talk about the details tomorrow. "

"Alin, Alin!" Chen Jite shook Lin Yikai's shoulders and wanted to make a suggestion, "We just saw that another class did a reverse cross talk, it was really funny, let's do a reverse cross talk too!"

Ma Qunyao silently sat next to Lin Yikai, watched him rub his temples and said, "We are a stage play, how can we reverse the string?"

"Change Xiangxiang's role to a boy!"

Xiangxiang, a literary and art committee member, raised his hands in agreement, "I have no objection."

Lin Yikai had a severe headache, and subconsciously moved towards Ma Qunyao, "Who do you want to play the heroine?"

"Squad leader, come here!" Everyone tossed loudly, as if it had been premeditated.

Things seemed to be developing in an uncontrollable direction, Lin Yikai resisted, "Have you asked the male lead yet? The male lead may not agree."

Speaking of this, Lin Yikai was taken aback, because Ma Qunyao was late today, and the roles were only assigned to the heroine and supporting actor. Art said he wanted to be the leading actor, but Xiangxiang said that Ma Qunyao's temperament was more suitable. The two couldn't argue, so they had to give up in the end .

"I, I, I, I'll be the leading actor, I don't mind!" Art hugged Lin Yikai's arm tightly, his voice became louder and louder, making Lin Yikai's head buzzing.

Xiangxiang shook her head. She stood up and took two steps back to draw the viewfinder frame with her hands. The three people sitting together in front of her were framed by her for comparison. Finally, she fixed Lin Yikai and Ma Qunyao together and nodded in satisfaction, " You lost Art."

"These two temperaments are too compatible."

Everyone applauded, the minority obeyed the majority, Xiangxiang watched with satisfaction the scene where Lin Yikai blushed and tried to refute while Ma Qunyao stared at him speechlessly, but Art was very unhappy, he looked at the silent Ma Qunyao, Thinking that maybe he was the only breakthrough, so he turned around and grabbed Ma Qunyao's arm, trying to make him give up, "Being a leading actor is very tiring..."

Ma Qunyao lowered his eyes and lowered his head, but his eyes fell on the other hand hidden under the table, "I am willing."

The matter of casting was decided in this way, Lin Yikai took the script and sat in the corner with Ma Qunyao, "What's all this..."

Ma Qunyao ignored his complaints, but read the script over and over with great interest, as if it wasn't him who hugged someone and cried an hour ago.

"Ma Qunyao." Lin Yikai dragged his voice to call him, "Why don't you refuse, or do you think it's nice to see me make a fool of myself?"

"This is not the correct attitude for you to treat your lifesaver." Lin Yikai lay on the table and pointed at him, "Skipping class and fighting, as long as I tell the teacher, you can vomit just by reviewing."

Lin Yikai's fingertips were poking back and forth in front of his eyes, Ma Qunyao stretched out his hand, held his finger in his palm, squeezed it, and then released it. The music of debugging equipment in the cafeteria was loud, and Lin Yikai was pinched His fingers were huddled in his pockets, numb and itchy. I don't know which class's program released the Mayday song. The microphone transmitted the singing to every corner through the speaker.

"Ma Qunyao." Lin Yikai called him in a bored voice with his hands in his pockets, "Who did you fight with?"

The sound of paper flipping stopped for a moment, and Ma Qunyao's breathing seemed to stop for a moment. Lin Yikai turned his head to look at him, and Ma Qunyao was also tilting his head to stare at him, "My dad."

[I don't want you to be alone, alone in the sea of ​​people]

【I don't want you to go through the storm alone】

【I do not want you to be alone……】

It may be because of the harsh electric sound of the inferior audio system. Lin Yikai turned his head, always feeling uncomfortable. Ma Qunyao was still staring at him with burning and serious eyes. He was silent for a while, and then tentatively opened his mouth, "I can……"

"or……"

"You talk first." Ma Qunyao lowered his head to turn over the script again. Lin Yikai sat up straight and looked seriously at the person in front of him. He could still vaguely see the tail of the wound on his cheek covered by the mask. The snow-covered figure always flashed back in his mind, and Lin Yikai poked his side with his fingers and asked him, "Do you want to move to the dormitory to live with me?"

【Maybe in the future you will find someone who understands you and loves you better】

[You must be happier and more prosperous in the next journey]

【I don't want you to float in the sea of ​​people alone】

【I don't want you to go through the storm alone】

【I don't want you to suffer the cruelty of this world alone】

【I don't want tears to accompany you to eternity】

"Okay."

What was Ma Qunyao thinking when he was beaten and when he rushed out of the house?What was Ma Qunyao thinking when walking on the road and feeling cold?Lin Yikai asked him, "What did you want to say just now?"

Ma Qunyao's voice was hoarse, as if he had to use all his strength to pick out the words word by word from his throat, "Can I hug you?"

Seeing that the evening self-study was coming to an end, Xiangxiang dragged Chen Jite to find someone. In the corner, Lin Yikai was held motionless by Ma Qunyao's arms and the atmosphere was too heavy. As he walked forward, he could only ask the people around him uncertainly, "They are playing against each other, right?"

Chen Jite frowned, but did not answer.