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Chapter No.17

Of course, Lian Kai would not believe the statement that Santa Claus would sneak into the chimney on Christmas Eve to deliver gifts to obedient children.There is no chimney in his house, but there is a telephone.At two o'clock in the morning, Lian Kai was woken up by a nasty phone ringing, and of course it couldn't be Santa Claus calling.

"Hey, get up, I've made a big discovery!" Just as Lian Kai picked up the microphone, Song Yi's startled voice came from inside.

"Are you sick? Do you know what time it is?" Lian Kai was sleepy, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy about this sudden interruption.

"Guess who I saw tonight?" Song Yi's voice on the other end of the phone sounded full of energy, as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

"Who is it?" Lian Kai muttered vaguely.

"Guess, I promise you won't be able to guess if you kill me!"

"What the hell?" Lian Kai said deliberately.

"Bah! Bah! Bah! Can't you say something nice?" Song Yi spat three times, and then said in a mysterious tone, "Let me tell you, I saw Dongye and Luo Ling in the church just now."

"I thought you saw the Virgin Mary." Lian Kai yawned long after speaking.

"Do you know what they are doing?" Seeing that Lian Kai didn't take his words seriously at all, Song Yi couldn't help but increase his tone.

"what are you doing?"

"You don't believe me, but I saw them both..." At this point, Song Yi suddenly hesitated to speak, "Oh, forget it, I took a photo, you'd better look at it yourself."

After a while, the mobile phone on the bedside table beeped.Lian Kai lazily picked up the phone and turned on the screen, and instantly lost his sleepiness.

"How is it? Is it exciting enough?" Song Yi's tone was rather smug.

"You took this?"

"Of course, absolutely exclusive!"

"Why only one?" Lian Kai swipe the screen with his fingertips, his tone somewhat disappointed.

"You still want a series? This means that I react quickly. If it were someone else, I would be scared to death. Why would I want to take pictures."

"Have you turned on the flash?"

"I forgot to turn it off. I was scared to death. I was almost discovered." Song Yi patted his chest, as if he was still a little scared.

"It still looks like this with the flash on?" Lian Kai glanced at the photo again, and said quite dissatisfied.

"Just be content! Don't you expect the two of them to pose for me to take pictures! You think it's wedding photos!" Song Yi wanted to ask for credit in front of Lian Kai, but he was scolded instead, and he couldn't help complaining.

Lian Kai didn't speak any more, picked up his phone and looked at the photo carefully.To be honest, the quality of the photos is really not very good, but it is shocking enough.It's a pity that one of them has his back to the camera, while the other one can recognize who it is even though only half of his face is photographed.

"What's going on?" Lian Kai wanted to know more details.

"Didn't I just tell you to go to the church for mass? Oh, you're so right that you didn't go. It's not fun at all. I heard that priest there for more than half an hour, and I don't know what he is talking about. I... ..”

"Get to the point." Lian Kai's voice was a little hurried.

"Later, the few of us were really bored and left early, but when I went back, I saw Dongye and Luo Ling sitting inside. At that time, I felt something was wrong. You said it was so late, and they were still in the church What are you doing here? But I never thought that the two of them would, would..." Lian Kai seemed to be able to see Song Yi's beaming expression across the phone.

"It was just the two of them?"

"What do you think? No matter how brave they are, they dare not do this in public, right?"

"What about you? Didn't you leave early? Why are you going back?"

Song Yi was stunned suddenly, as if he didn't expect Lian Kai to ask this question, "Uh...I...I'm going back...to go to the toilet."

"To the restroom?"

"Ah, I was in a hurry to urinate at the time, and I couldn't find a toilet nearby, so I wanted to go back and borrow the toilet."

"Go to the church to borrow the toilet?" Lian Kai's tone was full of suspicion.

"Yeah, hehe, God loves the world." Song Yi laughed a few times, and he felt that this lie was a bit rotten.

"Really?"

"Of course it's true! When have I ever lied to you?" Song Yi said solemnly.

"If you don't tell the truth again, I'll tell Aunt Wenhui." Lian Kai unhurriedly showed his trump card.

"Don't! Don't tell my mother!" Song Yi immediately surrendered, "Uh...Actually, it was Yunyun who said that the pair of candle holders in the church were pretty, so I just..."

"You want to steal something?"

"What stealing? At worst, he will set a price, and I will just buy it."

"Isn't that called stealing? If you dare to steal things from the church, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"

"Okay, why are you more verbose than my mother? Now, let me tell you, don't let my mother know about this, otherwise I might as well let lightning strike me." Song Yi nervously warned.

Suddenly there was no sound on the phone.

"Hey, why don't you talk?"

"I was thinking, what would Principal Wei's reaction be if he saw this photo?"

"Principal Wei? What do you mean..." Song Yi rolled his eyes, as if he had understood it, but then asked hesitantly: "But there is only Dong Ye in this photo, do you think he will betray Luo Ling?" ?”

"Of course he won't! But do you think Luo Ling will just watch Dong Ye take the blame for this alone?"

"You mean..."

"Okay, you just wait and see the good show!" Lian Kai didn't explain any more, and the corner of his mouth involuntarily evoked a smug smile.It had been a long time since such a smile appeared on his face.It was a kind of joy from the bottom of my heart, the joy of finally being able to raise my eyebrows, and it was also a kind of hearty feeling that I was about to witness the opponent's defeat and my own feet.

The winter sun is as reserved as a young girl in love, bright but reserved.As soon as Luo Ling woke up, he sneezed several times, and the white air that came out of his mouth made the winter cold even more palpable.He moved his stiff neck a little, and everything he looked at was still exactly the same as yesterday.But can everything really be the same as before?

It has been three years since Father Ding was transferred to this district.There are not many church members in this area, and the one who impressed him the most is Luo Ling.I still remember that the first time the two met was on a Sunday morning, when he just opened the iron door of the church and saw a boy sitting on the steps of the chapel door.

"Aren't you too late?" The boy was not restrained when he saw him, but yawned lazily.

"How did you get in?" In contrast, Father Ding looked a little surprised.

"Hmm." The boy pointed to the iron railing on one side with his chin, "I waited for a long time and no one came to open the door, so I had to come in first."

After listening to the boy's explanation, Father Ding was speechless for a moment.Since he took up the priesthood, he has never seen anyone climb the wall of the church, and he did it so confidently!

"Our church opens at eight o'clock. Don't come so early next time. And the correct way to enter the church is to enter through the iron gate. Any other methods are not allowed. Do you understand?" Father Ding said solemnly.

"Hehe, you're quite an interesting priest. Well, I've decided to come to worship with you in the future." The boy stood up and patted his jeans casually, as if this was a great gift to Father Ding of.

"You...are you really a believer?" Seeing that he was so young, Father Ding couldn't help being suspicious.It was not uncommon for kids his age to come to church out of curiosity, but usually after one or two visits they never came again.

"Are you really a priest?" The boy asked without answering, his smile was open and bright.

However, today, that casual and straightforward boy seemed to be a little preoccupied, with a less wanton smile on his face, but a little more tired and confused.

"Why did you come so early? Did you come in over the wall again?"

Seeing that it was Father Ding, Luo Ling forced a smile. "I was afraid that you came too early and you didn't open the door, so I didn't go back at all last night."

"What? Did you sleep here yesterday?" Based on his knowledge of this church over the years, Father Ding can say with certainty that the chapel is definitely not a suitable place to sleep.

"Why? You don't want to ask me for an overnight fee, do you?" Luo Ling casually joked, but in fact he barely closed his eyes that night.

"Something on your mind?" Father Ding saw his abnormality. "Did you get criticized by the teacher at school? Or did you have a conflict with your classmates?"

"You think I'm still a child?" Luo Ling glanced at Father Ding, who was not a few years older than himself, and forced a wry smile from the corner of his mouth.

"We are all children before God." Father Ding said and stuffed a piece of chocolate into Luo Ling's hand, "

So no matter what we have done, as long as we sincerely repent, God will forgive us. "

After listening to Father Ding's words, Luo Ling couldn't help but looked up at the icon of God on the altar, and murmured, "But...will he forgive me?"

"What did you say?" Father Ding asked.

Just as Luo Ling wanted to find an excuse to prevaricate, the phone in his pocket rang in a timely manner.

"Hey, what are you doing today? Come to my house if you have nothing to do. My mother just learned a dish of Thai roast chicken, so I must ask you to come over and try it." The familiar voice on the phone was as gentle and clear as ever, Luo Ling's A smile finally appeared on his face.It's just that the smile didn't stay on his face for long, and the heaviness on his heart didn't ease a bit.

Wang Siyuan is a local, and Wang's mother cooks good food, so when Luo Ling first came here to go to school, he often went to his house to make tooth sacrifices.But later, because of the formation of a band, coupled with the gradual increase in studies, less came.As soon as he entered the door today, Mother Wang pulled him to ask questions, as if her own son hadn't come home for a long time.

"No wonder people say that the fragrance is far away and the smell is near. Look at my mother, she is happier to see you than to see me!" Wang Siyuan complained as soon as he entered his room.

Luo Ling was not in the mood to joke, and sat down silently at the desk.

"Any cigarettes?"

"Smoke? What's the matter? You haven't touched this thing for a long time." In fact, from the moment Luo Ling entered the door, Wang Siyuan already felt that something was wrong with him.

"It's nothing, I just want to smoke suddenly." Luo Ling said quietly.

"Wait, I'll look for it." Although Wang Siyuan had doubts in his heart, he didn't say anything more, and he came back with half a pack of cigarettes after going out for a while. "My mom is trying to force my dad to quit smoking recently. Fortunately, I know he has half a pack hidden under the fish tank."

Luo Ling took out a cigarette, picked up the lighter and lit it, then took a deep puff.Wherever the flames passed, the small half of the scroll immediately burned to ashes.

"What's wrong with you today?" Wang Siyuan still remembered the last time he saw him smoking a cigarette or when he participated in the National Campus Band Competition.That time they were eliminated in the semi-finals. When they returned to the dormitory at night, the five of them stayed up all night, smoking and drinking together in the room, laughing and cursing at life.

Luo Ling didn't answer Wang Siyuan's question, but just lowered his head and smoked, a cigarette was about to burn out.

"You can talk about it if you don't want to, but smoking won't solve the problem."

Luo Ling raised his head and exhaled a long wisp of white smoke into the air with a tired face. "Siyuan, if I'm not me anymore, will you still consider me a friend?"

Wang Siyuan was taken aback for a moment, "Are you not you? Then who are you?"

"I mean... If one day you find that I am different from what you imagined, what will you do?" Luo Ling's face showed a rare seriousness.

"I find that you are different from what I imagined every day," Wang Siyuan deliberately put on a straight face, and then said indifferently, "But so what? You are still you, and some things will never change."

Luo Ling was stunned for a moment, unable to speak for a while.

"What's the matter? Why this look? Don't tell me you're so moved that you're going to cry."

Luo Ling couldn't help but lowered his head and smiled, "I really didn't see that you are quite good at coaxing people, but why haven't I seen you coaxing a girlfriend back?"

"Don't tell me about this kind of thing. Oh, by the way, Xin Ya came to see you after the concert yesterday."

"What's the matter?" Luo Ling asked.

"She didn't say. But it seems like it's important."

Luo Ling frowned and didn't ask any more questions.

"You and her..." Wang Siyuan seldom gossips, but now that it's here, he still has to ask.

"She and I are just ordinary friends." Luo Ling said quickly and briefly.

"Don't you really feel nothing for her?"

"You don't know if I have feelings for her?"

Seeing his resolute attitude, Wang Siyuan could only smile helplessly, "Sometimes I'm really curious, what kind of person do you want to make you fall in love with?"

Hearing this, Luo Ling couldn't help being shocked. He took a deep breath of the cigarette, and then put out the flame on the cigarette butt in the empty cup.