Temporary cohabitation

Cheng Shi's reaction was unexpected.Thinking that he was overly worried, Guan Tong helped explain, "I also have classmates who are night blind... Maybe it's just that they can't see it in places with poor lighting? It's fine if you don't go out at night, and it doesn't have much impact on your daily life. Right? Teacher Ren?"

"Yes. Nothing serious."

Cheng Shi held the bouquet in his arms higher.A large blooming champagne rose blocked his face, he lowered his head and wiped his eyes quickly, and said with a smile, "No, I'm still reminiscing about the group photo just now. It's a delayed touch."

"Oh, when you hold a signing event by yourself in the future, there will definitely be many more fans than those who came to take a group photo today. Small scenes, small scenes, just take it as a habit in advance."

Everyone tacitly put aside the conversation, no one cared about his momentary gaffe, and no one mentioned the escape room game just discussed.

On the surface, this small episode did not affect the whole day's play schedule, and Cheng Shi quickly returned to normal.

Ren Mingyao looked at him, but he seemed to see him again when he came back from sweeping the tomb in Qingming. The loss of soul hidden in his eyes made the originally happy and enjoyable day unreal.

After saying goodbye to the three of Guantong, they returned home, and Cheng Shi helped the child wash up and put on comfortable cotton pajamas, and put them on the carpet to play with the building blocks that Guantong gave him.

He washed the vase and filled it with clean water, unwrapped the bouquet sent by fans, and inserted the pruned branches into the vase, busy quietly without saying a word.

He brought that distraught state home.

Ren Mingyao didn't get a response when he called him, so he had to emphasize his tone, "Cheng Shi, listen to me."

Then he raised his head slowly, his eyes blank and helpless.

Ren Mingyao said, "The last time we met, it wasn't at the school bus stop, right?"

**

Cheng Shi's reaction to his "night blindness" was so strong, no matter how slow he was, he would still think about it.

The night before, I couldn't sleep all night, and all kinds of unsolvable problems came to my eyes.

Cheng Shi looked at him, still holding the scissors in his right hand, and cut off the thin stem of the rose with a click, and the champagne-colored petals fell to the ground, and Cheng Xiaojun picked them up and stuffed them into his mouth.

Cheng Shi put away the scissors, took milk tablets in exchange, and coaxed in a low voice, "Xiaojun, spit it out."

Ren Mingyao waited patiently. From the corner of his eye, the crystal vase that had been idle for a long time was decorated with vitality. The freshly sprinkled water drops were attached to the leaves of champagne roses, which were so delicate and charming.

He must have an answer.

After finishing the flower arrangement and coaxing the child, Cheng Shi dried his hands and said slowly, "That winter vacation, you came to my uncle's house to look for me, remember."

"How do you know?" Ren Mingyao frowned.From the beginning of the sentence, he felt something was wrong, "One day, some of them in the class yelled to have a barbecue together, and it was near your place."

He wanted to call Shang Cheng Shi together, but he didn't get through.Cheng Shi didn't tell him the exact address of his uncle's house, so he could only estimate the approximate area from the bus station where Cheng Shi usually got off, wandered around there, thinking of trying his luck, "You didn't call back that day , I didn't find you."

"You saw me."

Cheng Shi said calmly, "It's in that alley. When you passed by, you stopped and took a look in, remember."

"I am there."

He will never forget that night.

Being dragged to the alley behind the house by Cheng Yong in a fit of rage, he would never have expected, nor wanted to meet Ren Mingyao.

He even thought he was hallucinating from being beaten.A street lamp at the entrance of the alley has been in disrepair for a long time, dim and dim, and can only illuminate two steps.He curled up in the depths of the alley, with an untouchable light in front of his eyes, and in the distance, a young man casually passed by with his hands in his pockets, stopped in his footsteps, and turned his head to cast his gaze.

At that moment, the pain from fists and feet falling on his body seemed insignificant.He hoped that he could disappear from the world, and all the memories about him would be completely erased from Ren Mingyao's mind.

The old street lamp did not illuminate him, nor did it illuminate Ren Mingyao.There was a ray of light between him and Ren Mingyao, but there were still two periods of cold darkness.

But he did meet Ren Mingyao's eyes.A look of reluctance to get into trouble appeared on that indifferent face, and then he turned and left.It was strange that he was slightly short-sighted, but he could see everything that night clearly and finely.

So he never thought that Ren Mingyao really didn't see him.

The next day, he received the text message of the dinner party late, and he interpreted Ren Mingyao's normal tone as deliberately nonchalant.He thought he understood Ren Mingyao's situation empathetically, and he also pretended that nothing had happened, and replied in the same normal tone, and we will meet again next time.

Thinking about it now, those days when my heart was bleeding and I was still trying to pretend to be indifferent, all the suffering I suffered was meaningless.It's pathetic and ridiculous that he's been smart enough to "understand" for so many years.

"Why didn't you call me?"

"Because it's none of your business. Even if you see it, it's not easy to come and intervene. I'll only embarrass you if I call you out. And I'm so old, it's... how embarrassing to be beaten, It's best if you don't say anything and just pretend you didn't see it, and you'll save face for me."

Cheng Shi forced a smile and said, "I thought you had finally improved your EQ, but I didn't expect to see it at all. I'm happy for you in vain."

Ren Mingyao hummed.Relatively silent to each other.

That was the last time they "saw each other" eight years ago.During the winter vacation, they only texted and called occasionally, until they lost contact before school started.He went to all possible places and asked Cheng Shi's grandma, but he didn't find out the whereabouts of Cheng Shi.

He misremembered the last side.

He didn't even know what day Cheng Shi was talking about.

It was an ordinary day in winter vacation.He passed by a dark alley and glanced inadvertently.

Without his knowledge, he saw Cheng Zhi for the last time.

Ren Mingyao only knew the general situation of Cheng Zhi's family.Knowing that he lives in his uncle's house, he is often treated harshly because he is dependent on others.But when he came to school, he almost never mentioned family matters. Regarding "harsh treatment", Ren Mingyao's understanding was still in the usual sarcastic remarks, or excessive punishment after doing something wrong. He never thought that his family environment was so bad.

Whether Cheng Shi didn't ask for help that night because he didn't want to cause trouble for him, or because he was too desperate to give up calling for help, it is unknown now.

Ren Mingyao was silent for a long time before asking, "Is this why you don't come to school?"

"Of course not." Cheng Shi said.

That night had indeed dealt him a devastating blow.But it's too cunning and unfair to put all the responsibility on Ren Mingyao.

At that time, nothing matters anymore.Ren Mingyao, school, even grandma, nothing is enough to keep him.He felt that if he stayed one more day, he would die in that house, and he wanted to escape no matter what, to a place that no one knew about.Or die, where no one knows.

He had no doubt that Cheng Yong really wanted to kill him that night.

He gritted his teeth and dared not make a sound.He couldn't ask Ren Mingyao for help because he couldn't explain why he was beaten.

At that time, I really thought it was the end of the world and I couldn't survive.But in the blink of an eye, now, he is still alive and well, and when he thinks about the past, it seems like a lifetime away.

"Later, I wanted to leave. It was my own decision not to go to university."

Cheng Shi sighed deeply, "But I really remembered what happened that night for a long time. It's silly."

The original appearance of the matter was unexpected, and he should have been relieved now that he knew.But my heart was still heavy, and even when I said this, I didn't feel relieved easily.

"It's really stupid." Ren Mingyao said.

Cheng Shi reluctantly bent his lips, and was about to end the topic with a few more echoes, when he heard his voice again, "You should have called me."

Ren Mingyao said firmly, "I'm not afraid of embarrassment. No matter who it is, at least I won't let you continue to be beaten."

Cheng Shi was stunned, the corner of his mouth froze with the expression of hard work, and after a while, his tone was astringent, "Yeah... I should know."

Looking back after many years, even he himself can't understand his thoughts at that time.

Who did he think Ren Mingyao was?

Ren Mingyao treated him so well, how could he stand by and watch?

He shook his head slowly, tears fell without warning, but he kept repeating over and over again, "Why am I so stupid...I'm really..."

This topic should have ended, and it should be turned over.He felt regretful, remorseful, and even sorry, both for his wishful thinking and for Ren Mingyao who knew nothing.

But Ren Mingyao's last sentence was not consolation, which made him feel aggrieved.

Ren Mingyao obviously didn't expect it either.He has been deliberately restraining his emotions. Seeing that he finished speaking so calmly and was about to take the child to sleep in a few minutes, he suddenly started to cry and couldn't stop crying.

He himself said, "Oh, what am I doing?", and wiped it off with a tissue in embarrassment.But he couldn't finish wiping it anyway, so he frantically took out the tissues, one by one.Just when the last few sheets were used up, he watched the tissue box being emptied, and his whole soul seemed to be emptied for a moment, and he said to himself numbly, "There are no more...why are there no more?"

He didn't even know why he was crying, whether it was because he had misunderstood Ren Mingyao for many years, or because Ren Mingyao might have changed his life.He didn't know what kind of reaction he should use to deal with the late truth he got today, no matter how unwilling he was, it would be useless in the end.

Ren Mingyao hadn't been frightened like this for many years.I have never seen such a crying person in my life. I took two packs of tissues and poured juice twice, for fear that he would pass out from dehydration.

He even scared Cheng Xiaojun to cry together, and the child was still crying when he was tired and fell asleep.She didn't wail or speak, she had nothing to say, but she couldn't stop her tears, her sobbing was low and hoarse in her throat, and her eyes were red.

Ren Mingyao was eager to comfort, but didn't know what to say, and gradually turned into sincere concern, "Why don't you go to the hospital." Let the doctor see if there is something wrong with the unstoppable tears.

"..."

Cheng Shi turned his tears into a smile, picked up the pillow on the sofa and threw it at him viciously, as if he wanted to vent his anger on him, "You are the only one who is sick!"

He was finally willing to speak, and he had a more vivid expression than weeping.

It's worth it if you can have this effect with a few pillows.Ren Mingyao breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the pillow, and handed it to him without hesitation, "Small a few more."

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