Chapter 9: Brother and Sister (3)
Bai Siqi's gaze crossed Bai Yutong's shoulder, and froze on Jiang Qianqian, who was sitting cross-legged on the tatami mat and constantly clasping her feet with her hands, the cute girl raised her little head and showed her a very idiotic smile.
Bai Siqi shook her head gently, "Alas, Yudian's mood is not very stable now, and she won't say anything when asked, just hugging her knees and shaking her head." I really can't help it, so I have to come to you, after all, you are her approved 'brother', I think she will still listen to you. ”
Bai Yutong scratched his head in embarrassment, "Okay, the responsibility for this matter is mainly on me, it's all because I didn't tell her that I still have such a sister......"
"Stop! If you blame yourself, there will be time in the future, now follow me to find the raindrops, by the way, bring your sister with you, anyway, she will know sooner or later, it is better to solve the problem at once. Bai Siqi said.
Bai Yutong was startled, "Ah, this, this...... Not very well, in case...... What if things get worse......"
Hearing his resignation, Bai Siqi immediately lowered her face and said angrily, "Do you know the reason why you should be interrupted and suffer from it? Grinding, you are still not a man? Can you not think about escaping all day long? It's the first time I've seen Yudi crying so sadly, as her good friend, do you know how distressed I am?"
Listening to Bai Siqi's words, Bai Yutong slowly lowered his head, not daring to look into her eyes, like a child reflecting on his mistakes on the wall.
It was because of his excessive hesitation that he caused his current pain, and for him, life is the process of producing pain and consuming it as a person...... And every time he remembered the scene of that day, there would always be countless lions hiding in his throat and roaring, but there was nothing he could do.
For Bai Yutong, having a good memory is just a burden, and often the more impressive, the clearer the details recall. There is a saying that people suffer because they have a good memory.
Because there is always some pain in the past that you don't want to forget, but you don't want to face. It is buried in the most conspicuous place in memory and can be seen when you look up, like a sky without clouds.
Yuzhou, early summer.
The weather is not very hot yet, and the birds with grass and branches are shuttling in the warm wind, like surfers holding selfie sticks. Occasionally, you can hear the cicada's solo performance with a rustic flavor, which makes you feel like you are in the green nature, and you can't help but want to eat a sweet ice cream and relax.
The rooms are mostly decorated in a simple style, which is very suitable for single men and office workers. But at this moment, there was a girl in plain clothes lying quietly on the only European single bed in the room, and the warm sunlight shone through the cracks in the blinds on the coffee-colored wooden floor.
This is a high-end apartment on the outskirts of the city, and although the accommodation is good, there are very few long-term residents here due to its distance from the city center.
The girl touched the bandage around her forehead with her bruised hands, then looked up at the blank ceiling and sighed. Then she heard a continuous, heavy knock on the door in the living room, like a death knell at midnight.
The girl's eyes became as sharp as a leopard in an instant, and she walked out of the room lightly and quietly touched the back of the security door in the living room.
Through the cat's eye installed on the door, she saw a young man in a black shirt, with a very ordinary face and short fluffy black hair.
The moment she saw the young man, the girl was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth, Bai Yutong! How could it be him?
Bai Yutong put his hand on his chin and pondered twice, and made a puzzled expression of "Officer Chen, I think there are still doubts in this case". His gaze was fixed on an inconspicuous white button next to the door, and above the button was intimately marked with the words "doorbell".
I was going to ring the doorbell...... Bai Yutong touched the back of his head awkwardly, then put his hand on the doorbell and pressed it twice, only to see the electric bell of "beep ding, there are guests coming" from inside the door.
The girl behind the door didn't react or move, she wanted to disguise that there was no one in the house, maybe by doing so, the boy would leave.
Bai Yutong put his mouth on the keyhole, "Long Xueyang, I know you're inside, open the door quickly! I'm your good friend Bai Yutong, remember?"
"I said, why are you avoiding me? aren't we friends?' friends come with good wine, jackals come with shotguns'~"
"Please, it's hot outside, can you let me go in and blow the air conditioner? My panties are soaked with sweat......"
“...... Jin Lian, you're not very embarrassed, aren't you stealing ...... with Ximenqing?"
Hearing this, Long Xueyang gritted his teeth, and finally couldn't help but open the security door, kicked Bai Yutong's buttocks, and then reached out and pulled his ear with ease.
She glared and said, "How many times has my mother told you, don't call me Jinlian! Don't call me Jinlian! If I hear you call me Jinlian again, I'll stuff all the mustard and chili oil into your chrysanthemums! Did you hear clearly? You dead taro!"
Bai Yutong begged for mercy desperately, "Ouch~ It hurts me to death, aunt and grandmother let go, I know it's wrong, I won't dare to ...... next time"
After hearing Bai Yutong's assurance, Long Xueyang let go of his hand and spared his life. Every time he begged for mercy, she would let him go temporarily, but in fact, in her subconscious, this behavior was closer to a habit that had accumulated over time.
When Long Xueyang withdrew his hand, Bai Yutong happened to notice the bandage on her forehead and the bruises on the back of her hand.
He was stunned for a moment, "What happened to you?"
Long Xueyang subconsciously hid his hand behind his back, "No, nothing, come in first." ”
"Oooh. ”
Bai Yutong picked up the freshly brewed instant coffee on the crystal coffee table, then brought it to his lips and took a sip slowly, and did not forget to pretend to nod after drinking.
"Uh-huh! This coffee tastes good. ”
Long Xueyang rolled his eyes, "You have nothing to pretend to be a Wall Street financial elite? Put away your damn tune, my God, this coffee is just a discount on the supermarket shelf, nothing special." "You're just a bottle of wind oil essence, don't think of yourself as a monster!" Okay, back to the point, say, why are you coming to me this time?"
Bai Yutong glanced at the bandage on the girl's forehead without a trace, "Isn't it okay to visit an old friend? Why do you have to feel that the topic has become so heavy? Think about how long we haven't seen each other?"
Long Xueyang scoffed at this answer, "Don't give this to the old lady! If you don't come early or late, why did you choose this time?"
Bai Yutong was stunned for a moment, "At this time?"
"No, nothing. Long Xueyang deliberately avoided this question, "What is the purpose of you looking for me? If it's okay, please wash the cup for the old lady after drinking coffee, and then get out of this apartment!"
I didn't expect Long Xueyang to give an eviction order so simply, Bai Yutong was anxious, "Okay, okay, it's actually Lao Zhao who called me to come here to find you, he said that you had an accident a few days ago and suffered some injuries, and it was quite serious, I thought about how we weren't good friends, so I took the time to come and explore ......"
Before Bai Yutong could speak, Long Xueyang's expression collapsed, and his face became more and more gloomy, "You just said...... Who's calling you?"
"Of course it's Lao Zhao! Lao Zhao, Zhao Lintan, our classmates, you won't remember it, are you? What are you kidding? You used to ask him to help you write essays, although the Chinese teacher saw through it the next day...... Bai Yutong said with relish.
Long Xueyang stretched out his hand to stop him, "Slow, I didn't mean that." Listen, first of all, I wasn't injured because of some accident, all the injuries on my body were beaten by someone; secondly, I didn't disclose this to anyone at all, so Lao Zhao didn't know about my injury at all; finally, do you know who the person who took the lead in beating me was?"
Bai Yutong plucked up the courage to ask, "Yes, who is it?"
"Li Xuguang. Long Xueyang said word by word.
Hearing this name, Bai Yutong's heart jumped in shock, and he said hesitantly, "How could it be him? Could it be that he has already ...... Got it?"
"What do you think?" Long Xueyang's face became ugly, "A month ago, he found someone to block me on my way home, each of them had a controlled knife in their hands, I didn't dare to resist at all, I could only obey them." So, they took me to the toilet in Tremella Park, Tremella Park, you know? ”
Bai Yutong nodded, he had heard of the notoriety of Tremella Park, which was regarded by the gangsters as a good place for a fight, and the police didn't care too much, "three nos" meant "no surveillance, no control, no passers-by"
"At that time, Li Xuguang dragged me by the hair, then hit me on the head with his fists, kicked me in the stomach with his knees, pushed me to the ground, and stepped on my hands with his shoes on...... You don't know how cruel his methods were! I felt like I was falling apart, and I had nightmares almost every night since that month. In my dream, he was like a devil, and I couldn't help but tremble when I thought about it...... I endured their torture for two hours, but in the end I fainted, and when I woke up, I was already in the hospital bed, and all the injuries on my body were due to him!" Long Xueyang's breathing became short, his lips were white, and there was no trace of blood.
"Really...... Is it him?" Bai Yutong asked tremblingly.
"Of course, you think I'm going to forget that bastard's face?"
"How did he, how did he become such a devil? He wasn't before...... Don't I like you very much?" Bai Yutong didn't dare to look her eyes.
Long Xueyang said loudly, "That was before, people always change, do you understand?"
"But shouldn't that matter only the three of us know? If you don't say it, I won't ...... it" Speaking of this, Bai Yutong came to his senses, "No! Lao Zhao has no reason to betray us at all!"
"Yes...... That's the case! He told Li Xuguang the truth behind his back, and Li Xuguang held a grudge against me when he found out, so he took the lead in finding someone to teach me a harsh lesson, which is reasonable! Otherwise, how would you explain this?" Long Xueyang said through gritted teeth.
"How so...... Lao Zhao is a good person......" Bai Yutong said earnestly.
"Shut up! Everyone used to be a good person! But this does not mean that a good person is a good person all his life, everyone has the potential to be a bad person, as long as the wings are broken, every angel is a devil!"
She unbuttoned her plain clothes, revealing a slender "pork belly", which was really "pork belly", colorful like a palette in the hands of a painter.
"See?"
Bai Yutong nodded, "It turns out that you like to wear a white bra......"
"Damn, my mother is letting you see the bruises on my body, do you see it? It's been a month, but this injury is still as new as new......
Bai Yutong couldn't help but swallow as he looked at the shocking bumps on her skin, he couldn't imagine what these bumps looked like a month ago, they must have been enough to make people feel sick.
How did she survive such a serious injury?
"That'...... You can't live here alone just to hide from him, right?"
"Well, it's an asset in my dad's name, and I have the key to this room. My parents didn't know about the beating, and I didn't tell them, so they would be worried if they knew......"
"Didn't you call the police......?
"No, if the police had been called, who knew what unthinkable things those guys would have done?"
Speaking of this, Long Xueyang carefully put on her clothes, and Bai Yutong had to admit that her figure was much more shapely now than when she was in junior high school. It turns out that after years of development, the messy dull hair will eventually turn into plump wings.
Bai Yutong wanted to say something to comfort the desperate girl, but his nose smelled a pungent smell of burning.
"Did you cook anything in the kitchen?"
"How is it possible, do you think I'm good for cooking now? I've been eating milk powder and instant noodles for the past month. Long Xueyang pointed to the bandage he had wrapped around his calf.
"Milk powder, it seems that your little life is quite moist!"
", if I don't eat milk powder, my body's recovery can't keep up, it's about to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, I have to heal my injuries quickly and then go home to eat the dumplings made by my mother......"
At this moment, a pink smartphone placed on the coffee table sounded a crisp message prompt. Long Xueyang picked it up and glanced at the phone screen with a puzzled face, and found that it was a text message sent by an unfamiliar number.
It reads: Hehe, did you meet him? Are you happy? Oh, you see how good I am? I invite him all the way to you...... Okay, okay, it's not interesting to talk about that, you adulterers, enjoy your last days, maybe you can roll a sheet before you die, please do something meaningful, or you'll end up in hell to regret it, hahaha......
Long Xueyang looked up at Bai Yutong, his eyes sharp like an eagle preying on a marmot.
"What's the matter, looking at me like this?" Bai Yutong was startled by Long Xueyang's eyes, and cold sweat oozed out of his pores.
"You smell it too, don't you?"
"Yes, I smelled it a long time ago, I guess I forgot to turn off the fire in the soup downstairs, right?" Bai Yutong guessed.
But Long Xueyang didn't relax because of his explanation, she swallowed her saliva, her voice trembling in the air, "And ...... An explanation. ”
Bai Yutong was attracted by her detective behavior, so he followed her words and continued, "What explanation?"
"You...... Don't you feel hot?"
"Seems like a little. Bai Yutong nodded approvingly, "Huh, how can it be so hot?"
He remembered that Long Xueyang had turned on the air conditioner when he stepped into the living room, could it be that the air conditioner had struck?
Bai Yutong turned his head to look at the desktop air conditioner placed in the corner of the living room, and the red ribbon tied to the air outlet was blown up and down by the air conditioner, like a plastic bag hanging on a tree branch. The air conditioner is in good working condition, and there is no fault phenomenon of strike at all.
So what's going on?
At this time, a faint black smoke squeezed into the living room through the crack in the door, Long Xueyang and Bai Yutong happened to see this scene, and they each glanced at each other thoughtfully.
Bai Yutong said, "I'm going to take a look?"
"That'...... You be careful. Long Xueyang said.
"Hmm. ”
Just as Bai Yutong got up and walked in the direction of the door, the solid security door fell in front of him like dominoes, and the door was full of red aluminum alloy blocks, which were so abrupt and dazzling.
What surprised him even more was the outside blocked by the threshold, a world of raging fire, like the entrance to hell. Feel the flow of air, and the flames flow unimpeded like liquid into the living room full of wooden floors.
Bai Yutong was stunned by the scene in front of him, he was stunned and didn't dare to move, he had never encountered a fire, he thought that kind of thing should be lost to him for the rest of his life, because his father was a firefighter.
"Taro, why are you still stunned! Run!" Long Xueyang limped over and grabbed him.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Bai Yutong came back to his senses and stammered, "Where are you going, where are you going!"
Long Xueyang raised his fist and hammered it on his head, "Because your father is still a firefighter, didn't he teach you some ways to save yourself?"
"Yes, yes, my dad is a firefighter, my dad is a firefighter, I, I want to think, I want to think!" Bai Yutong was so anxious, "You, you go into the bedroom, I'll go see if there is water in the toilet!"
Long Xueyang nodded, and then limped in the direction of the bedroom. Bai Yutong hurriedly rushed into the toilet, and then unscrewed the faucet in the sink, but there was no water gushing out.
How can there be no water......? Bai Yutong was dumbfounded, he hurriedly turned on the switch of the water heater, but there was still no water.
Bai Yutong turned around and ran into the kitchen again, but when he turned on the faucet, he was disappointed again, why was there no water at this time?
Just when Bai Yutong was about to fall into a desperate situation, he suddenly thought that there was half a bucket of mineral water on the water dispenser in the living room, and Long Xueyang used the boiling water boiled by the water dispenser to make coffee for him.
I can't imagine that water dispensers are sometimes extra reliable!
Bai Yutong smiled and removed half a bucket of mineral water from the water dispenser, then picked it up and rushed into the bedroom in the face of the fire on the floor.
After closing the door, Bai Yutong leaned against the door panting, he looked around, but he didn't find Long Xueyang's figure.
"Long Xueyang, where are you hiding? Come out quickly, we have to quickly set up the isolation zone, and then wait for rescue...... Where are you......"
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I'm sorry readers, but the author of this chapter has handled it many times and is not very satisfied, and it has taken a lot of time, so I have to delay the release. Sorry again.