What do you do when someone reaches out in front of you and can pull you up?

April had no choice, and her eyes darkened for a moment. Obviously, this man must have investigated her living situation before looking for her.

She opened her mouth and said with some difficulty: "You want me to spy on Gu Qingyan?" ”

Shen Yanjin frowned when he heard her straightforward question, and shook his head a little disapprovingly, "This is not surveillance, I just care about him." ”

April was silent. She is not stupid, if it is really like what the man said, why would Gu Qingyan rather live in school than go back, and she remembered that she once helped the teenager carry his luggage, which means that he did not live in school in the first place.

Judging by this reaction of the man, it seems that the teenager is avoiding him?

Why, why should he hide from his adoptive father?

When he was in deep thought in April, Shen Yanjin beside him said slowly: "As far as I know, your grandmother is in urgent need of surgery now, and I think the reward I can give you is even richer than you imagined, enough for your grandmother to have money to live a better life after the operation." ”

It seemed that the girl in front of him was a little uninteresting, and a hint of mockery flashed in the man's dark eyes, "What's more, you are not my only candidate, I will not force you, if you don't agree, I can find someone else." ”

"I promise." April spoke quickly.

Met the man's knowing gaze, she repeated: "Whatever you ask, I will agree." ”

It's not a big deal, it's just surveillance. April repeated to herself over and over again, her eyes a little sour, she blinked vigorously, and soon the fog in her eyes was blinked.

"Good." The man hooked his lips and smiled with satisfaction, "The one who knows the times is Junjie, you are a smart child." ”

Next, Shen Yanjin explained some matters that need to be paid attention to in April, and at the end, he asked her casually: "I heard that you are good friends with that girl named Xia Bai?" ”

April's heart sank.

Yes, since the man has investigated her, of course he can know everything about her. April bit her lower lip and let out a low "um".

Shen Yanjin seemed to be recalling something, and his gaze turned leisurely to the pedestrians coming and going.

"I've seen Xia Bai, she looks really beautiful, no wonder Qingyan likes it so much."

As he spoke, he reached out and touched his lips, a smile of unknown meaning flashing in his eyes.

April didn't know what he wanted to do when he mentioned Xia Bai, and she was faintly uneasy in her heart, and the man's next words confirmed her intuition.

Shen Yanjin said: "I don't like Qingyan to have others around her, you can find a way to break them up." ”

An understatement, as if to say "the weather is nice today". April had always felt that something was wrong, and after hearing what the man said, a somewhat incredible thought suddenly rushed into his heart.

Could he ......

Startled by this idea, April quickly shook his head and said to himself: Impossible, how can it be?

But there was a voice in her heart telling her: The boy was not like this before, what has he endured over the years to become the indifferent and defensive appearance he is now?

She raised her head and slowly put her eyes on Shen Yanjin's face.

At the first sight of this man, she intuitively felt danger. Although he was dressed in elegant and gorgeous fur, there was a crazy and dark look in those dark eyes.

At that moment, April suddenly realized that he would ruin Gu Qingyan.

"Have you figured it out?"

Shen Yanjin's leisurely tone came from his ears, and April slowly lowered his eyes, and the hands on both sides were slightly closed.

"Well, don't worry, I'll definitely keep them separated."

She said this sentence heavily and slowly, without the slightest hesitation.

Shen Yanjin's gaze fell lightly on April's pale fingertips, and the smile in his eyes was a little strong.

Surrounded by the laughter of the students, April only felt cold, cold to the bone.

***

It has been a week since that meeting with Shen Yanjin, and this week, grandma's condition has improved greatly, and Xia Bai has returned to school.

In April, I went to see Xia Bai in the real yàn class, and at that time Xia Bai was very sorry to tell her that she couldn't lend her money, saying that something happened to her family.

Looking at the pale and haggard on Xia Bai's face, who had always been energetic, April felt a little uncomfortable, and reluctantly smiled and told her that it didn't matter, and the matter had been resolved.

But she knew that she must be sorry for Xia Bai.

Later, April heard some gossip and learned that something big had happened in Xia Bai's family. Her father was suspected of business fraud and had been arrested by the police, and the family's various properties were also sold.

There are many female students who have been jealous of Xia Bai, and they have fallen behind the well, and April was very angry when she heard it, and punctured the bicycle tires of several girls.

And Shen Yanjin's orders have not yet been implemented in April. She hesitated, now was the time when Xia Bai was most vulnerable, and any blow could knock her down.

Because he was worried about Xia Bai, April rummaged through the entire school and finally found her on the roof of the school.

At that time, Xia Bai was crying bitterly in Gu Qingyan's arms, his fair little face was full of tears, and the indifference on the young man's face also faded, engraved with full distress and pity.

That was Gu Qingyan, who had never been seen in April.

Xia Bai cried and choked up: "Qingyan, what should I do, my father is still in prison now, and there are people at home who come to collect debts every day, and my mother insists on letting me continue to go to school in order to keep me from being affected, but where do I have any thoughts about going to school." ”

Facing such a Xia Bai, Gu Qingyan was distressed and self-blaming.

Shen Yanjin had called him to warn him before, but he didn't listen, and now he was even involved with Xia Bai.

He was only seventeen years old, and he was also confused about the future, thinking that Xia Bai was the brightest sunshine in his life, but he was powerless to wait.

Is it that he can't escape that man in his life?

The despair in the young man's eyes hit like a tide, he lowered his head slightly, reached out and gently stroked Xia Bai's hair, and whispered: "Xia Bai, don't cry, there will definitely be a way to solve it, I will definitely not let you have anything." ”

His voice was low at first, but by the last sentence, it had become more and more firm.

At that time, Xia Bai couldn't understand the love in the young man's eyes, she felt that the whole sky was about to fall, and she couldn't see the road ahead at all.

The two snuggled up to each other, warming each other in this cold and windy place, and no one noticed that there was a girl quietly watching them.

April didn't bother them, she went the way she came, and left silently.

Because of the delay in April, Shen Yanjin's patience finally ran out, and gave her an ultimatum that if she could not complete the task he had assigned, he would interrupt her grandmother's medical expenses at any time.

As a last resort, April found the head teacher of the real yàn class and told him the news that Xia Bai and Gu Qingyan were in love.

At that time, early love was strictly forbidden in S, and the students in the real yàn class often joked about Xia Bai and Gu Qingyan, but they didn't know that they were really in love. When the head teacher of the real yàn class found out, he immediately called the two to the office for a conversation.

April didn't know the content of the conversation, but since then, Xia Bai has never walked with Gu Qingyan again.

Later, when Xia Bai revealed his heart to her, he said: "I am not the proud princess I used to be, and I am no longer qualified to stand by Qingyan's side, and at that time, the head teacher told me that if I don't break up with Qingyan, he will inform my mother, I don't want my mother to worry about her." ”

Xia Bai's tears are like boiling water, burning April's heart with burning pain.

Lin April, you are really vicious, you will definitely have retribution.

April cursed herself in her heart, her eyes darkened.

***

Grandma's leg injury is getting better day by day, but April's heart is getting numb day by day.

Because he wanted to report Gu Qingyan's situation to Shen Yanjin, April spent all his free time on the young man.

Although the lovelorn Gu Qingyan didn't look like he had changed, his black and white eyes could no longer project any brilliance. He spends his free time in the library, using all his energy to tackle these extremely difficult questions. His grades were still the first, but Xia Bai's grades plummeted, and he soon left the real class and returned to the ordinary class.

Although there are only two buildings between the ordinary class and the real yàn class, for Xia Bai and Gu Qingyan, it is a world of difference.

April blinked and set her eyes on the teenager in front of her.

Still a delicate, flawless face, his eyelashes were long, and when he looked down at a book, the eyelashes would cover his eyes, leaving a dappled shadow on his eyelids. His lips are full and moisturized, and when he is strict, the lip line is tightened, but the corners of his mouth are naturally upturned, with a hint of cunning arc. The bridge of his nose is graceful and structured, like a folded wing, lining the whole face three-dimensional and deep.

The boy was not distracted, even if April's gaze was a little blatant, he did not notice it in the slightest.

April retracted his gaze to his homework book.

I didn't remember any of those complicated formulas, and the clip of Xia Bai and the boy flashed back to her mind, and she let out a deep breath.

- Click.

There was the sound of books falling to the ground in his ears, and April came back to his senses only to find that it was the sound of Gu Qingyan's book falling.

Without thinking about it, she put down the pen and bent down to pick it up, and the boy also bent down at this time, and the fingertips of the two accidentally touched each other. Gu Qingyan's fingertips still had a hint of coolness, and April shrank and quickly withdrew his hand.

Just as she was about to raise her head, her eyes accidentally fell on the boy's arm, and when she saw those hideous marks all over it, April's body froze for a moment.

Gu Qingyan sensitively discovered April's abnormality, and pulled down his sleeves expressionlessly, just covering those traces.

April thought of Shen Yanjin again, knowing that she shouldn't ask, she still asked: "The injury on your arm...... How did it come about? ”

The boy didn't expect that the always silent girl would ask him this question in person, he was silent for a moment, and said in a stiff tone: "It's none of your business." ”

Because of Xia Bai's matter, he finally went back to see Shen Yanjin, and the man kept saying that he loved him, but he took a stick and whipped him mercilessly. I remember when I was a child, Shen Yanjin was very good to him, but as time went by, his kindness to him deteriorated. He had seen Shen Yanjin look at him with deep eyes more than once, and although he felt strange at that time, he didn't suspect it, until, he accidentally knew about Shen Yanjin's sexual orientation.

It's not disgusting, he has tried to escape many times, but Shen Yanjin has a way to find him every time. Once, he fled the city by train, when he was only fifteen years old, but was eventually captured by Shen Yanjin. He locked him in the basement and beat him with a wooden stick, because he couldn't get his love, Shen Yanjin used this way to vent.

Shen Yanjin once stroked his face obsessively, saying that his face was the most perfect work of art, so when Shen Yanjin beat him, he would never hit him in the face.

If it weren't for his insistence on living in the school despite Shen Yanjin's opposition, he might have gone crazy.

April was still suspicious, but after seeing the injuries on the boy's body, she finally confirmed her suspicions completely.

It turned out that in a place she didn't know, the teenager she looked up to was in hell.

At this moment, her heart suddenly became extremely calm, an unprecedented calm.

April still followed Shen Yanjin's request and reported Gu Qingyan's movements to him on time. Grandma's condition has stabilized, and after taking Shen Yanjin's money in April, she took her back home. She is still busy, running at home and school.

Not a single qiē is abnormal.

Until one day, Xia Bai suddenly told her that she was going to elope with Gu Qingyan.

What a romantic and crazy word, presumably every girl in love will fantasize about her favorite boy holding her hand and taking her to the ends of the earth.

April was shocked when he heard it. She had been spying on the two of them, but she didn't even notice that they were secretly planning to do so.

She wanted to stop them from going crazy, but then she thought about it, if the boy could get away from here, would he be happy? April didn't tell Shen Yanjin about this, and she even gave Xia Bai all the money she got from Shen Yanjin. This money is what she owes them.

On the day Xia Bai eloped with Gu Qingyan, April didn't go to see them off, she didn't dare to face them. It wasn't until it was getting late that she took the bus and came to the train station alone.

She wanted to see where they had left last.

At that time, it was raining hazy in the sky, and there were not many people waiting at the train station.

April walked very slowly, letting the rain fall on her cheeks and hair. Her mood was not as uncomfortable as she imagined, but felt a little relaxed, and she even began to imagine Xia Bai and Gu Qingyan's future life in her mind. I don't know if their future children want them to be as good-looking, maybe they will be even better looking than them.

April thought about it, and the light in her eyes became brighter and brighter, like a dusty pearl, retreating from the dust, emitting a moist and soft light.

However, this glimmer of light, when he saw a familiar figure, was annihilated into ashes.

It was Gu Qingyan who was supposed to leave by train.

The boy was dressed in a dark blue trench coat, and his fine hair was covered with fine rain, and his long diagonal bangs were moistened by the rain and hung down obediently on his smooth forehead. Even at such a moment of wolf bèi, his back was still straight, standing in the drizzle, as if cut off from the whole world.

A drizzle of rain hit April's glasses, and the lenses were coated with moisture, and she took them off, stretched out her sleeve and wiped them, and put them back on. She wanted to just walk forward, but as if she thought of something, she turned away for a moment.

When he came back again, April had an extra umbrella in his hand.

Because she was in a hurry, she even forgot to take an umbrella and ran directly to the teenager's side. When she raised her eyes and met the boy's desperate and desolate gaze, her heart suffocated.

April quickly looked away, and then remembered the black umbrella in his hand. She quickly opened the umbrella and held it firmly above the boy's head.

Gu Qingyan didn't blink at the girl's arrival, he just looked ahead, and he didn't know where to put his gaze.

April pursed her lips, holding her umbrella while reaching out and tugging at his sleeve, "It seems to be raining heavily, let's go back quickly." ”

The boy still didn't respond. At this time, he seemed to be unconscious, only a shell remained, and his expression was blank. Seeing that he didn't leave, April gritted his teeth and dragged him out of here. I don't know how to get Gu Qingyan on the bus, the two sat together, and the young man cast his eyes on the twilight night sky outside the window.

April didn't speak, didn't ask him where Xia Bai was, why he was the only one, she just stared at the umbrella in a daze, and let the rain slide down from the umbrella.

She never said anything comforting, and she didn't know how to make the boy happy.

The only thing she could do was to hand him an umbrella on such a drizzly evening.

The two were silent all the way, and when they arrived at the station, April helped Gu Qingyan get off the bus, and sent him downstairs to the boys' dormitory with an umbrella.

Not knowing what to say, April just lowered her head and said, "I'll go first." ”

"Wait a minute." As soon as the boy spoke, his voice was a little hoarse, and there was a little nasal sound.

April turned her head a little suspiciously, and before she could see anything, Gu Qingyan had already hugged her into her arms.

It was a somewhat cold hug.

The boy didn't seem to have much strength, and leaned most of his body weight on April's body, April held the umbrella and blinked his eyelids very slowly.

Gu Qingyan's hoarse and indistinguishable voice came from his ears: "Let me lean in, it'll be fine for a while." ”

April opened his mouth and gave a silent "um".

It was time for dinner, and no one was passing by. April heard the ticking of the rain falling on the umbrella, and also heard the breathing of the teenager in his ear.

At that moment, their hearts were close together.

After a while, Gu Qingyan let go of April, and her pale lips lifted slightly: "Thank you." ”

He took two steps back, then nodded slightly towards April, then turned and stepped up the steps, walking into the dormitory with a tall posture.

April stood in place for a long time, until she could no longer see the other party's back, and then she held the umbrella and walked back step by step. Her legs felt like they were filled with lead, and every step she took was heavy.

Because the umbrella was a little low, she could only see the muddy road under her feet, and it was not until she heard the friction sound from the impact of the umbrella that she stopped abruptly.

Raised the umbrella slightly, and in front of her eyes, Shen Yanjin was holding an umbrella, looking at her solemnly and coldly.

"Lin April." The voice of the unsympathetic xù sounded slowly, "Do you know what happened to deceiving me?" ”