South of Chutian

When Tang Heng saw the words "Director Xu" on the screen, he felt as if he had passed away.He froze for two seconds before he remembered what he had done - smashed the glass of the hotel, caught Sun Jihao and Manager Qi in bed, and then ran to Banxi Village in the middle of the night, leaving an unspeakable mess...

He doesn't want to answer the call.

However, in the next second, Li Yuechi pressed the green call button as if he connected with him.

Tang Heng bit the bullet and took the phone: "Hello?"

"Hey, Xiao Tang," Director Xu's voice was extremely hoarse, "Are you okay?"

Tang Heng said, "It's okay."

"Why is the phone turned off? Oh, I'm so scared to death."

"out of battery."

"Oh, it's good that people are fine, I'm really anxious to death."

Tang Heng thought you were in a hurry, he must have gotten through with the village chief in the middle of the night last night—otherwise he wouldn't have called Li Yuechi's cell phone.

"Director Xu," Tang Heng frowned, "Do you have anything to do?"

"That's what you said, Xiao Tang," Director Xu smiled wryly, "Aren't we here to work?"

"What are you working on now?"

"When something like this happens, you have to give an explanation. The Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Poverty Alleviation Office here are all troublesome things..."

"Then trouble you."

"Why," the other party's tone changed slightly, "you don't care about the trouble you caused?"

"I don't care, shouldn't you be happy?"

"What are you talking about, Xiao Tang!"

"I have more important things."

"I've been unlucky for eight lifetimes," Director Xu sighed hypocritically, "One and two are not fuel-efficient lamps."

Tang Heng was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he said, "I'll contact you when I have time."

"Don't hang up yet!"

"how?"

"I heard that that kid was your classmate, who stabbed Professor Tang back then—right?"

"Correct."

"I'll come over tomorrow," Director Xu said. "It's not convenient on the phone. Let's talk in person."

When Tang Heng was talking to Director Xu, Li Yuechi went out with the basin, as if deliberately avoiding it.At this moment, he hadn't come back yet, and the mobile phone fell into Tang Heng's hands - Tang Heng couldn't help but look at the interface of his mobile phone.When they separated, smartphones were already available, but they were far less popular and less functional than they are now.After six years of separation, Tang Heng realized that he knew very little about Li Yuechi, such as what brand of mobile phone he used?Six years ago, he used a non-brand, and his mobile phone was as heavy as a brick, but now—oh, now he uses Xiaomi.

The background is dark green, like the picture that comes with the system, and the APP is also extremely streamlined, WeChat, Taobao, Alipay, Bank of China... Wait, Douyu?

Tang Heng felt that the name sounded familiar. He was stunned for two seconds, and suddenly remembered that this was a live broadcast app. Last semester, a few students did a group assignment with the content of the Douyu live broadcast... Li Yuechi actually watched the live broadcast?What live broadcast?Tang Heng recalled the content of the group assignment, and three characters suddenly appeared in his mind: female anchor.

The kind of female anchor who is as beautiful as a flower, singing and dancing, with plump buttocks and thin waist.

Tang Heng frowned, and was about to click in to have a look, when a notification popped up at the top of the screen:

Fliggy: The "Guiyang-Macau, China" flight you are concerned about has been updated!

The door was pushed open, and Li Yuechi walked in: "Finished?"

Tang Heng held up his mobile phone, knowing that his expression was not good: "Why are you checking the air ticket from Guiyang to Macau?"

Li Yuechi asked calmly, "Did you check my phone?"

"It popped up by itself."

"..."

"Are you, are you checking when I'm leaving?"

"..."

"You want me to go?"

"Tang Heng," Li Yuechi frowned, "I'll bring you some food."

"Li Yuechi!"

Li Yuechi had already turned around, but stood there without moving.

Tang Heng knew that he was exaggerating—maybe in the two days when he and Li Yuechi reunited, Li Yuechi really hoped that he would leave early, maybe Li Yuechi also felt bad when he wanted him to leave early, very uncomfortable.He understands all these reasons, but he just can't control himself, he doesn't know if this is a sign of BPD recurrence, as long as he thinks of "leaving Li Yuechi" and thinking of Li Yuechi pushing him away, even if it is just a Thoughts not put into practice—his reason was like a thin porcelain bowl that shattered with a crisp sound.

Tang Heng forced himself to call him in as calm a tone as possible: "Li Yuechi."

Li Yuechi still turned his back to him and whispered, "You don't want to go?"

"I do not go."

"I won't leave tomorrow, I won't leave this week, but what about in the future?" Li Yuechi paused, "You can't stay in this kind of place."

"Wherever you are, I will be there."

"Tang Heng," Li Yuechi turned around, with a calm helplessness on his face, "I can't go where you can go, and you shouldn't stay where I am."

His words were like a fire, burning in Tang Heng's mind with a bang, and he shed tears instantly.Tang Heng couldn't figure out why he was like this, let alone why Li Yuechi thought this way, but the worst thing was that even so, he could understand what Li Yuechi meant.

In a sense, they already have two lives.

"It's like this again." Li Yuechi walked up to Tang Heng and wiped away his tears with his hand, but new tears came out immediately, "I can't help you if you're like this."

Tang Heng said tremblingly, "Don't drive me away."

"Okay, I won't rush."

"I can't even think about it."

"Well," he coaxed a child, "I don't want to."

"Li Yuechi!" Tang Heng grabbed his collar and said hurriedly, "I'm serious."

"I'm telling the truth." Li Yuechi looked into Tang Heng's eyes. After a while, he picked up his phone, opened the APP, and entered the order history. "I didn't check when you will go back. I pushed this because——"

He handed Tang Heng his mobile phone, and the screen showed the order at the end of September last year, Guiyang flew to Macau, and the payment failed.

"Because I almost bought a plane ticket before, so I pushed it to me."

Tang Heng said in a daze, "Going to Macau? Then—then why didn't you go?!"

"It was impulsive at first," Li Yuechi lowered his eyes and smiled, "And I have a criminal record, so getting a pass is very troublesome."

The fire was extinguished in an instant, leaving cold ashes all over the ground.

Tang Heng belatedly said, "You will always be here from now on, won't you?"

Li Yuechi said, "Yes."

In fact, it's not that he wants to stay in this remote village or county town.It seemed that Tang Heng didn't realize until now that he was no longer the promising Li Yuechi—not the high-achieving student from Han University, or the young man who had promised him to go to Beijing to find a job after graduation.

He has been in prison, has an elderly mother and a mentally retarded brother, and he can't go anywhere.

Tang Heng was stunned for a moment, then hugged Li Yuechi tightly, resting his cheek on his thin shoulder.

Tang Heng said, "I'll stay."

Li Yuechi sighed softly: "It's not worth it."

"What is worth it? Take a Macau hukou? Make money? Be a professor?"

"You said these are very good and worthy of you."

"--how about you?"

Li Yuechi said calmly, "I'm not worthy."