After Crossing Through Ten Worlds, I Failed To Run Away

After exchanging contact information with Ji Ning, Zhou Lin chatted with him that night, mainly about tutoring.

He offered a high hourly salary, and introduced Zhou Cun's situation, portraying him as an image with average grades in mathematics and a lot of room for improvement. It is not difficult to imitate. Ji Ning really has no reason to refuse, and soon After agreeing, it was finally agreed that if there are no special circumstances, the counseling will be held every Sunday morning.

Generally speaking, Zhou Lin has nothing to do every Sunday morning and can stay at home. He asked Ji Ning to be Zhou Cun's tutor in order to meet Ji Ning. If he was not at home, it would be meaningless.

For the first time in class, Zhou Lin drove to school and entered Ji Ning in the name of taking Ji Ning to the door. After the business car drove into the villa area, Ji Ning had a look of surprise on his face, as if he hadn't expected it. Zhou Lin's family conditions are so superior.

"Hello, Teacher Ji."

After entering the villa, the young man Zhou Cun smiled and stood at the door to greet Ji Ning. Ji Ning nodded at him, changed his shoes and went into the living room, asking, "Where do we have classes? Zhou Cun's room ?”

"Just in the living room." The boy smiled, "My room is a bit messy, I'm sorry to let the teacher see it."

"That's fine too."

Ji Ning nodded, without saying anything, sat on the sofa with the boy, drank some tea, nodded and smiled at Zhou Lin, and started today's lecture.

He had already learned about the progress of the school from the boy before and made preparations in advance. The two quickly entered the state and explained some problems.

Zhou Lin also sat aside, crossed his slender legs, and listened quietly without saying a word.

Lecture in the living room was actually what he meant, because he was worried about letting those two people be alone in a closed room, and in the living room, he could still see their situation at any time. Another reason was to avoid letting Ji Ning see To the large and small Mathematical Olympiad trophies and competition award certificates in the bedroom bookcase.

Soon half of the class was over, and when it was time for a break, the boy claimed that he was going to the bathroom and temporarily left the living room.

Zhou Lin looked at Ji Ning who was sorting out the manuscript paper, like a brother who cared about his younger brother's studies, and asked Ji Ning: "Mr. Ji, how did you feel teaching my brother just now?"

"Student Zhou Cun is really smart. No matter what the problem is, he can understand it at a glance."

Ji Ning smiled, then frowned slightly, and said with a little uncertainty: "So I haven't really figured out his level. He asked me some questions, some of which were very basic, and some of which were more advanced. I always I feel that there are some things that he shouldn't know, but it seems to be proposed on purpose..."

Zhou Lin didn't say a word. In fact, in order for Ji Ning to tutor Zhou Cun, Zhou Cun also made a lot of preparations in advance. After all, he really didn't need tutoring for ordinary studies, and he collected those questions from his classmates.

With Zhou Cun's mathematical level, these questions seemed to him to be the same, they were all equally simple, so he asked them all, but there was an unintentional mistake and he couldn't pretend it well.

"He has a good foundation." After pondering for a moment, Zhou Lin said, "It's just that he often makes simple mistakes, maybe because he is not careful enough."

"okay, I get it."

Ji Ning nodded, and then the boy came out and went to the second half of the class. After the successful completion, Zhou Lin wanted to drive Ji Ning back, and Ji Ning immediately waved his hand and said, "Don't bother Mr. Zhou, I know how to ride a car. Just go back by yourself."

"It's okay, it's just on the way, I have something to do over there."

At Zhou Lin's insistence, Ji Ning had no choice but to get into his car again. On the way back, Zhou Lin seemed to inadvertently ask, "Does Teacher Ji like mystery novels?"

"Ah, yes, I am..." Ji Ning replied in a daze, "How do you know?"

"I saw your profile picture, which is a string of initials, which should be the message left by the perfumer before his death in "The Mystery of Perfume."

The handsome Alpha curled his lips into a smile, and glanced lightly at the people around him: "I'm a fan of Kayden's books."

"What a coincidence? Me too. He is my favorite mystery novelist." Ji Ning showed a hint of surprise, "He is very unpopular in China, and few people have heard of him. You are the first person I have ever met who likes him." His people."

"I was also surprised." Zhou Lin said, "Why don't we talk about him later?"

"That's great, I really want to talk to someone about him. And Samantha Green, has Mr. Zhou heard of her name? She is Caden's friend and a mystery novelist."

"..."

The two chatted happily all the way. Zhou Lin drove into the school and parked the car under Ji Ning's dormitory. Ji Ning got out of the car, stood outside the car and waved to Zhou Lin, saying, "Thank you, Mr. Zhou, then I'll go back first, be careful on the way."

"Okay, see you next week."

Zhou Lin sat in the driver's seat and watched Ji Ning enter the dormitory building before starting the car and leaving the school and returning home.

The so-called drop-in, of course, was for him to get along with Ji Ning alone, and the coincidence of being both a book fan was of course also deliberately created by him. He knew Ji Ning's preferences very well, just in order to have more common topics with him.

As time went by, Zhou Lin and Ji Ning became more and more familiar. Apart from meeting each other in class, the two also made an appointment to go to activities for fans of reasoning novels, and made an appointment to watch several suspenseful movies. Getting better and better.

"It's going well?"

Noticing that Zhou Lin who was sitting on the sofa put down his phone, there was still a faint smile on his lips, and he seemed to be in a good mood. The boy passed him with a book and asked with a smile.

"is acceptable."

Zhou Lin closed the chat page between him and Ji Ning, looked at the boy, glanced at the book in his hand, paused, and asked, "Are you watching "The Mystery of Perfume"?"

"Yes, I heard you and Teacher Ji mentioned this book while chatting, and I became interested, so I bought a copy." The boy nodded and said, "It's really exciting."

"If you're interested, you can also take a look."

Zhou Lin said so, lowering his eyelashes, but slightly tightened his hand holding the phone.

He knew that his brother would also be interested in mystery novels. When he was at home, he would occasionally see them chatting about related plots. Now the boy showed such a tendency, which reminded him of the past, and he couldn't help Some distraught.

He suddenly looked up at the boy, and asked, "What kind of person do you think Ji Ning is?"

The young man thought for a while and replied: "He is very good, good-looking, gentle tempered, smart and patient. I can't find any faults in him." He smiled slightly, "It matches you very well."

"You really think so?" Zhou Lin asked.

"Yes, it's really great if you can be together." The teenager nodded, "Mom and Dad will definitely be happy too."

"I'll be with him."

Zhou Lin and the boy looked at each other for a few seconds, and spoke in a low voice.

"Will."

The boy blinked his eyes and smiled softly: "Okay, I will congratulate you then."

……

In a blink of an eye, it was Sunday and Zhou Lin sent a message to Ji Ning as usual. In addition to teaching Zhou Cun, he also planned to invite Ji Ning to watch a movie in the afternoon, and he could stay at his house for dinner at noon.

"I'm sorry, I can't make it this Sunday. I'm in a hurry. I'll make up for Zhou Cun in the future."

However, in the message, Ji Ning replied like this. Seeing this, Zhou Lin replied: "It's okay, you look at your own situation. What is it, does it matter? Do you need help?"

"It's okay, I can handle it myself, thank you, see you later."

After chatting for a few words, Zhou Lin looked down at the chat record and frowned slightly.

Although it wasn't obvious, he could see the urgency and anxiety in Ji Ning's tone, as if he had really encountered some trouble.

The more he thought about it, the more worried he became. He called Ji Ning directly, but no one answered. The situation may be more serious than he thought. Zhou Lin immediately pushed other matters, drove away from the company, and went to Ji Ning's school , drove directly to the downstairs of his dormitory.

He walked to the door of the dormitory building and was about to register his identity when he unexpectedly ran into Ji Ning's roommate. He had met this roommate several times before when he sent Ji Ning back, and they both left an impression on each other.

"Mr. Zhou?" The roommate showed a surprised expression after seeing him, and immediately realized, "Could it be that you are here to find Ji Ning?"

"Yes." Zhou Lin nodded, "He said he was in a hurry, and I was not at ease, so I came over to have a look."

"He's gone home." The roommate said, with a worried expression on his face, "It seems that something happened to him at home... When he left, I saw that his face was very bad, so I asked him what's the matter, he He didn't tell me, he just said he was going home."

Zhou Lin's heart sank when he heard this.In his original experience, Ji Ning's family was also in business, but then the company went bankrupt unexpectedly, was heavily in debt, and his parents fell ill because of it. Is this what happened now?

He immediately continued to call Ji Ning, but there was still no answer, so he went to the office building of the department, found the address of Ji Ning's home from the list of counselors, and drove to the city where Ji Ning was located.

However, when he arrived at the location in the address, Zhou Lin found that the house had already been sold, and Ji Ning and his family did not live here. It was already late at night, and Ji Ning could not be contacted. In desperation, Zhou Lin was about to go to the hotel Checked in, but unexpectedly received a message from Ji Ning.

"Sorry, I've been busy during the day, and now I see that you have called me a lot. Is there something urgent?"

"Is it convenient to answer the phone?" Zhou Lin replied immediately.

"convenient."

Zhou Lin immediately dialed Ji Ning's phone number, and the phone was picked up after a while, and Ji Ning's voice came from the other end: "Zhou Lin?"

As the two became acquainted, Ji Ning's address to him was no longer so alienated. Zhou Lin could hear a slight hoarseness in his voice. He listened to his heart, softened his tone, and asked, "What are you talking about?" how's it going?"

"I...it's okay." Ji Ning said, "Thank you for caring about me. Are you calling me because you are in a hurry to find me?"

"I'm afraid something will happen to you." Zhou Lin said, "I'm sorry, I went to your school to look for you, met your roommate, learned that you went home, and asked for your home address without your permission. Now I'm near your house, I hope you don't get angry."

"Are you outside my house?"

Ji Ning's voice sounded extremely surprised, but without any angry emotion: "How did you find this place?"

"I heard that something happened to your family." Zhou Lin said, "I'm really worried about you, Ji Ning, I want to see you. Can you tell me where you are?"

"Thank you for caring so much about me..."

Ji Ning thanked him, unable to hide the bitterness in his voice: "We can meet, I can't let you come for nothing, but it's inconvenient for me to leave for a long time, so I have to trouble you to come here, it's a bit far from my home."

"It's okay, I came here by car." Zhou Lin's tone became more and more quiet, and he whispered in a soothing tone, "We met and said, don't be sad, and there is me."

"Row……"

Ji Ning suddenly choked up, and Zhou Lin's heart ached even more when he heard it. He just wanted to rush to his side to be with him immediately. After receiving the address, he immediately drove to the neighborhood.

This very old community is full of narrow alleys, and cars cannot enter. Zhou Lin parked the car outside and hurried in. According to the house number Ji Ning gave, he found a dilapidated three-story building. In a small building, send a message to Ji Ning.

"I'm downstairs."

"Okay, I'll be right out."

But after a while, Zhou Lin heard the sound of someone stepping on slippers going downstairs from the stairs of the small building. The condition of the small building was so poor that even the lights in the corridor were broken. Ji Ning lit the stairs with the flashlight of his mobile phone , walked down in a hurry, came outside the building, and smiled at Zhou Lin.

"I didn't expect you to come here."

Standing under the dim streetlight, Zhou Lin could see that although Ji Ning was smiling, the smile was forced, his face was pale, and the corners of his eyes were a little swollen, as if he hadn't had a good rest for a long time.

"You live here now?"

Zhou Lin looked up at the dilapidated windows of the small building, and his tone sank, but it wasn't aimed at Ji Ning.

Looking at Ji Ning's haggard eyes, Zhou Lin felt sorry for him, and wanted to touch his face or hug him, but he didn't want to scare people, so he put down the hand that was about to be raised, and clenched it slightly finger.

"There is something at home, and the shortage of money is serious, so I have to move here for the time being." Ji Ning pursed his lips, lowered his eyes and said, "I will move out when I have more money."

"What happened?" Zhou Lin actually already knew, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he had to let Ji Ning say it first.

"...My family is in business. My dad wanted to expand the scale, but was deceived by his partner and acted as a guarantor for him. The partner ran away with the money, and all the debts were calculated on my dad's head... "

Maybe he finally had someone to confide in, Ji Ning's voice trembled when he spoke, he raised his hand to wipe his eyes, and whispered.

"My family owes a lot of money, and my parents are also very sick, but I really don't have the money to send them to the hospital for treatment...Zhou Lin, I know it's bad for me to say this, but can I...can I talk to you? Would you like to borrow some money? The condition of this house is too poor, they must not be able to support them living here, I—"

His voice stopped abruptly, his red eyes widened slightly, and it was Zhou Lin who hugged him tightly in his arms.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Zhou Lin put one arm around his waist, and raised the other hand to caress his hair. The light was dim, and the faint fragrance of epiphyllum lingered in his breath, but at the moment he had no other thoughts, but his heart ached badly.

"I'll help you, you don't have to worry about anything."

"Zhou...Zhou Lin..."

The Omega in his arms also hugged him back, his body was shaking all the time, and weeping gradually came.

"I'm really scared. Those debt collectors threatened my parents before, saying that if they don't pay back the money, they will..."

"You and your family will be fine, I assure you."

Zhou Lin let go of Ji Ning gently, raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said softly, with a soothing voice, "it will all pass, you have a good rest tonight, and I will come to find you tomorrow you."

Ji Ning rubbed his red eyes, nodded slightly, Zhou Lin said a few more words to him, and then watched him enter the small building.

After Ji Ning's figure disappeared, Zhou Lin's expression suddenly sank, he took out his mobile phone and made a call, and said in a cold voice, "I need your help with something."

……

In the past few days, Zhou Lin turned down many company affairs and stayed here to help Ji Ning.

He found a special person to handle the matter of Ji Ning's parents' company, and contacted a high-end nursing home to let his parents move in to recuperate; the debtors have been brought back and are being investigated by the police. Those debt collectors called, This time it was very polite, saying that the debt had been paid.

Ji Ning and his family didn't know that Zhou Lin did all these things for them. Zhou Lin was their family's benefactor. His parents almost knelt down to thank Zhou Lin, but Zhou Lin helped him in time.

"I don't even know how to thank you..."

On the way back with Zhou Lin, Ji Ning sat in the co-pilot and looked at Zhou Lin beside him with a complicated expression: "I will definitely repay the money to you, even if it takes a lifetime, I will repay it." .”

Zhou Lin showed a little smile, he really wanted Ji Ning to repay him with his whole life, but it was not money, but something else.

"We're friends."

He said to Ji Ning: "No matter what happens, I will be with you. If there is any trouble, you can come to me. I am always welcome."

Ji Ning didn't speak, just looked at his side face silently, then slowly closed his eyes, and fell asleep unknowingly.Zhou Lin didn't bother him either. He didn't stop the car until he drove back to Ji Ning's school, and woke Ji Ning softly: "We're here."

"Hmm..." Ji Ning rubbed his watery eyes, stared blankly for a few seconds, then slowly unbuckled his seat belt and said, "Thank you..."

Zhou Lin smiled softly, caressed his face lovingly in his heart, and said, "Go back and sleep again."

"it is good."

Ji Ning woke up a little, nodded obediently, Zhou Lin got out of the car, helped Ji Ning take out the suitcase from the trunk, stood outside the car, and watched Ji Ning go back as usual.

But this time Ji Ning didn't leave, instead he looked at Zhou Lin and said, "Get in the car."

"It's okay." Zhou Lin said, "I'll wait a little longer."

"Every time you watch me go," Ji Ning lowered his eyes and said, "I want to watch you leave this time."

Zhou Lin's heart was soft, and he raised the corners of his lips and replied, "Okay."

He got into the car, sat in the driver's seat, fastened his seat belt, and started the car. Suddenly, Ji Ning came over and knocked on the window.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Lin rolled down the car window, "Did you forget something?"

"No, I just want to say, be careful on the road, and send me a message when you get home."

"it is good."

"And..."

Ji Ning opened his lips, a faint blush appeared on his face, and whispered.

"I have no other intentions. I will definitely pay you back the money, but I want to say... I may not want us to be just friends."

Zhou Lin's heart skipped a beat suddenly, wanting him to speak more clearly, he immediately reached out and unbuckled his seat belt, but Ji Ning ran very fast and immediately dragged his suitcase into the dormitory building.

Zhou Lin got out of the car and forgot to pull out the car keys. He wanted to chase upstairs, but suddenly received a message from Ji Ning on his phone.

"Don't come up, I, I dare not see you..."

"Shall we meet again in a few days?"

"Don't forget to let me know when you get home."

Zhou Lin took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement, and called Ji Ning's cell phone, but Ji Ning never answered, and sent him a message: "I don't dare to talk to you..."

This is simply deliberately torturing him...

Looking at the message on the phone, Zhou Lin shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, so he had to send him a text message: "Is it okay to talk like this?"

"...I'll talk about it when you get home."

Zhou Lin had no choice but to put away his mobile phone, and drove back home. His fast heartbeat never slowed down all the way, and the excitement in his heart did not completely calm down as he entered the house.

At least the teenager sitting in the living room using his mobile phone could tell that he was very happy, so he put down his mobile phone and stood up to greet him with a smile.

"Brother, you seem to be very happy that you are back? Is Teacher Ji okay?"

"Yes, it's all resolved." Zhou Lin responded to the boy with a gentle smile that melted between his brows and eyes.

"That's good." The boy said, "I've been quite worried these days, as long as it's okay. Are you thirsty? I'll pour you a glass of water."

"Thank you."

Zhou Lin nodded slightly, and sat on the sofa. Suddenly, there was a ring on the coffee table. It was a message from the mobile phone that the boy placed on it. The screen lit up. Zhou Lin glanced over subconsciously, but after seeing the screen saver The movement stopped for an instant.

The boy's cell phone screen saver is a very light watercolor painting, with a large blank background, only a light flower in the middle.

With just one glance, he suddenly recognized the species of the flower.

That is epiphyllum.