South of Chutian

In the second half of the dinner, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and the atmosphere suddenly turned cold.When Professor Tang went to the bathroom, Xu Rong let out a long breath and said softly, "Junior brother, is he all right?"

"Do you have his number, call and ask?" Bao Lei's expression was also very nervous, "Damn, that one just now scared me to death."

"How can I have his number..."

"What did we say wrong?" Bao Lei looked at the other students, and glanced at Tian Xiaoqin's face a few more times, "Well, Xiaoqin, I heard that you are in a relationship... Is that why you're so excited?"

Tian Xiaoqin's face turned pale: "No way."

"Then is he really motion sick?"

"Yes, it's possible?" Tian Xiaoqin murmured, "When we were working on the project before, he really only took the subway..."

A quarter of an hour ago, when Xu Rong finished saying "she and Yuechi are together", the other students began to co-operate with booing.Is there half a minute?Maybe there was, Li Yuechi saw Tang Heng raised his head very slowly, and the two of them looked at each other for a moment, Tang Heng's eyes widened, his expression was clean but at a loss - Li Yuechi felt his heart soften a little, The feeling of being punched made him want to bend over and cover his chest.

His father's pneumoconiosis was already very serious, and one of the many complications caused by it was cardiogenic lung disease.Every time he fell ill, his father shrunk in the chair, grinning his teeth and clutching his left chest with both hands.He didn't know what kind of pain it was, but at this moment, he suddenly felt the same.

Tang Heng stood up suddenly, and the chair rubbed against the ground with a piercing sound.

"I'm motion sick, I can't eat," he said, "You guys eat."

Then he rushed out of the private room in full view and never returned.

Professor Tang was also stunned. After a few seconds, he said in embarrassment: "This kid...who is messing with him again? Sigh...you eat your food, it's fine."

Li Yuechi really wanted to chase him out, but he couldn't.The last image in the field of vision is the belt of Tang Heng's dark blue coat. The coat was bought for him by Tang Heng's mother. It is made of light and soft cashmere, and there is a belt sewn together with the clothes. Tang Heng always Don't wear that belt, it's too troublesome.

He couldn't expose their relationship, especially - Tian Xiaoqin just lied.

After the exam in the morning, he and Tian Xiaoqin were called to the office by Professor Tang.Professor An was there when he first entered, frowning, hands behind his back, with a serious expression.Professor Tang sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, and said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, there will definitely be you this year, and I've already greeted them!"

Professor An left, and Professor Tang looked at the two of them and said, "Xiaoqin, you imported the photos from the SLR into my computer, which are the photos we took in Dawu. Yuechi, how about you, send these to Vice President Wang Office, don’t send it by mistake, these are related to Lao An’s evaluation of Changjiang Scholars.”

It was a thick file bag.Li Yuechi was a little puzzled - since it was such an important thing, why didn't he let him take it by himself when Professor An was there just now?Or, why not let An Yun send it?

But he didn't think too much, took the document according to Professor Tang's instructions, and carefully put it in his backpack.The School of Social Sciences is some distance away from the administrative building. Li Yuechi originally planned to walk there, but it was still early anyway.As a result, he ran into his roommate as soon as he came downstairs.

His roommate drove him to the administrative building on an electric scooter, and after he finished delivering the documents, he was sent back to the social college.

So it took him a lot less time than expected.

Going upstairs, the door of Professor Tang's office is closed.Li Yuechi raised his hand and knocked, and Professor Tang asked loudly, "Who is it?"

"Teacher, it's me," Li Yuechi said, "The documents have been delivered."

"Oh, so soon—then you should go back first, go to Fuchunxuan for dinner at eleven o'clock."

"Okay—" It always feels a little strange to talk through the door like this.

However, the door opened in the next second, with a loud "click", Tian Xiaoqin rushed out and slammed into his arms hard.

"Teacher, I, Yuechi and I, let's go back together," her voice trembled, her hands tightly grasping Li Yuechi's wrist, "my campus card has been left in his dormitory."

"Oh, fine, then you go back first," Professor Tang walked over slowly, staring at Li Yuechi like a hawk, "I don't even know when you two got together."

Tian Xiaoqin turned her back to him: "Last month."

Professor Tang smiled: "You two are a perfect match."

Tian Xiaoqin didn't let go of his hands until they walked out of the building of the School of Social Sciences and sat down on a bench.Through a layer of sweater, she scratched Li Yuechi's wrist with two red marks.

She raised her face, which was full of tears.

"Li Yuechi...I'm sorry, I, I scared you..." Tian Xiaoqin wiped his face in embarrassment, "I can't help it just now, Li Yuechi."

Li Yuechi took a deep breath: "What's wrong with you?"

"I was sitting in front of the computer, and the teacher came over suddenly..." She shivered.

Li Yuechi had a premonition, and asked softly, "What are you doing here?"

"He said that the photos need to be picked out, and the unsightly ones should be deleted... He leaned over to look at the screen, and suddenly put... his hand into my back..."

Later, whenever Li Yuechi recalled this moment, a secret guilt always rose in his heart.Because he had to admit that his first reaction at this moment was not "what about Tian Xiaoqin".

The first thought in his mind was: Does Tang Heng know?

Soon he had the answer - Tang Heng must not know.Because with Tang Heng's personality, such behavior is absolutely intolerable.Just like he didn't hear Tang Heng sing that night, and later he explained that it was because Bao Lei was touching Tian Xiaoqin, and Tang Heng readily accepted this explanation.Tang Heng is the most black and white person.

Then he thought, what should Tian Xiaoqin do?

"Yuechi, you, don't you have a girlfriend?" Tian Xiaoqin asked tremblingly.

"……No."

"Then can you be like just now, I'm sorry Yuechi...can you pretend to be my boyfriend like just now?"

She is begging him.

"Do you think..." He wanted to say, do you think this is useful, and the words came to his lips, "If you can, then you can."

"I'm sorry, Yuechi, I'm really sorry," Tian Xiaoqin kept apologizing while crying, "I have no other choice...I can't, I can't drop out of school."

"What if I change the instructor?"

"I don't know if I can change it, I can ask...but I can't quit school."

"Well," Li Yuechi stared at his reddened fingertips, "try it. But don't tell other students about our 'together', okay?"

"Okay, I won't say..."

Tian Xiaoqin gradually stopped crying, she sat on the chair, her whole body was dull.And Li Yuechi sat beside her, his heart was in a mess.During the period, Tang Heng called a phone call, but he didn't even dare to answer it.

He didn't know how to explain this to Tang Heng-in the end he decided not to.Your uncle sexually harassed a girl, and might even rape a girl—he didn't know how to say this to Tang Heng.Those were Tang Heng's relatives. An Yun said that Tang Heng's father passed away early, and Teacher Tang took care of him like his father.

He also couldn't tell Tian Xiaoqin that I'm with Tang Heng—Professor Tang's nephew—and I might not be able to help you, or you should drop out of school.Because he knew that Tian Xiaoqin could not drop out of school. She came from the Sociology Department of Normal University with the highest credit score. Her family is in a rural area in Hunan. She said that in order to support her graduate school, her parents took a loan from the bank and then went to Wenzhou. work to earn a living.

The life of a certain kind of people is like this. They have to pay a hundred times the price for what others get naturally. They are a hundred times more determined than others and cannot afford to lose. He and Tian Xiaoqin are both this kind of people.

So I had to hide it from Tang Heng?This is what Fu Chunxuan thought before meeting Tang Heng.

But why did Tang Heng attend their teacher's dinner?

But how did Xu Rong know that he and Tian Xiaoqin were "together"?

Who the hell can tell him why?

Tang Heng rushed out of Fuchun Pavilion and boarded a bus at random.It was the noon rush hour, and the bus was crowded with students in school uniforms. The pungent gasoline smell was mixed with the smell of food. After about two stops, Tang Heng couldn't bear it anymore, and staggered off the bus.

There are people everywhere. I don’t know why there are so many people in Wuhan. It seems that everyone is watching his jokes.Tang Heng lowered his head and walked quickly. At the same time, he reached into his pocket and touched the off button on the side of the phone.He was afraid that Li Yuechi would not call him, and he was also afraid that Li Yuechi would call him.

He was a little nauseous, he really got motion sickness, and at the same time he was surprised that he could remember Wu Si's words at this time, Wu Si said that maybe people like Li Yuechi would only be with the same kind.Is he and Tian Xiaoqin the same kind?Probably, be it.

He seemed to have walked a long, long way, and then the sky darkened bit by bit, and the rare sunny day in Wuhan gradually disappeared before his eyes.After noon, the chill came up again, and the city was like a cold drop of water.

The soles of the feet have already developed blisters, the phone is turned off, and I don't know what time it is.

Tang Heng sat on the iron ladder at the door. After sitting for a while, he saw Li Yuechi coming from a distance.

He still went back to their rental house, as if he was waiting for Li Yuechi to find him, or for Li Yuechi to explain.After Li Yuechi, the skyline has turned into a light gray, and the moon has risen.

Li Yuechi's coat was open, revealing his old blue sweater.He approached, his footsteps heavy as iron.Tang Heng was not at all surprised that he could find him, but was surprised that at this moment he didn't want to quarrel with him at all, and of course he didn't want to question him.He just suddenly felt very tired. He walked around like a puppet all afternoon, and his body didn't feel uncomfortable. At this moment, the feeling of fatigue suddenly surged.He really didn't want to quarrel with him, didn't want to hear him say "impossible", didn't want him to smoke in the corridor all night.

It would be nice if nothing happened.They can go to the alley to buy two bowls of Xiangyang beef noodles, add eggs, refueling sticks, and two glasses of rice wine.Then go back to their home, turn on the air conditioner and electric blanket, lie down together and chat casually.

"Tang Heng," Li Yuechi's voice was hoarse and deep, "Where have you been?"

"I forgot," Tang Heng paused, "I really forgot."

"..."

Li Yuechi stood a few steps away from him, as long as he jumped down the steps, he could touch his body.In fact, if Li Yuechi said "come here" like last time, he thought it would be hard for him to hold back.

But Li Yuechi didn't say anything.Li Yuechi just looked at him motionless, as if he really had nothing to do with him.Tang Heng thought, I have nothing to do with you, right?

"I'm not with Tian Xiaoqin." Li Yuechi said after a while.

"Well, then what?"

"It's Tian Xiaoqin... who said it herself. She knows I don't have a girlfriend and wants me to help. Bao Lei is still harassing her."

"I know you're not together." Tang Heng lowered his head and wrapped his fingers around his belt.Li Yuechi was busy with classes and part-time jobs, and spent most of the rest of the time with him—he knew that Li Yuechi had no time to date Tian Xiaoqin.

But why did Tian Xiaoqin use Li Yuechi as a cover?Why was it Tian Xiaoqin last time and Tian Xiaoqin this time?Why were the students all booing so happily as if they were a good match?Although we are not together now - what about next semester?What about next year?What about after he goes abroad?

"Tang Heng." Li Yuechi bent down and put his hands on his knees.The distance between the two drew a little closer, and if Tang Heng stretched out his hand, he could touch his face.

His lips were chapped and peeled, and his hair was disheveled, like a traveler on a long journey.

"Don't lie to me, okay," Tang Heng said in a low voice, "Even if you want to be with her in the future...don't lie to me."

Li Yuechi said, "I won't lie to you."

"Show me your phone." Tang Heng said in a relaxed tone.In fact, he knew that Li Yuechi's cell phone was clean. Firstly, Li Yuechi did not fall in love with Tian Xiaoqin. Secondly, even if they had something, a smart person like Li Yuechi would not leave any clues on the phone.

Li Yuechi simply took out his mobile phone and handed it to him.

As he expected, "Tang Heng" took up most of the space in the call log.The remaining sporadic entries are "Teacher Cui", "Mom" and "Teacher Tang".Tang Heng glanced at it briefly, then opened the text message inbox.At this time, he didn't want to look at it anymore, this gesture was so embarrassing, he didn't want to be the kind of person who was waiting to check his lover's mobile phone.But he had to do something to convince himself to believe in Li Yuechi.

In the first item in the inbox, China Mobile reminded that the phone bill was less than 10 yuan.Second, China Mobile launched a new data package.The third item, which he sent to Li Yuechi last night: Do you want to eat barbecue?I'll bring it back along the way.Article [-], Article [-], Article [-]...

Tang Heng numbly pressed the page-turning button, watching the text messages on the screen change rapidly.Mom, Tang Heng, China Mobile, and almost nothing else.

"Tang Heng." Li Yuechi called him suddenly.

Tang Heng raised his finger and looked at Li Yuechi.In the next second, his eyes returned to the screen.

He saw a text message from An Yun.A long time ago.Calculating the time, it turned out to be the rainy night when the two of them quarreled, at 47:[-].

Tang Heng said, "Can I watch it?" He clicked on the text message while speaking.

The white light on the screen was dazzling, reflecting Li Yuechi's hands that were frozen in midair.

An Yun:

I heard from Xiaoqin that you had a fight with Tang Heng, so I want to say a few words for Tang Heng from the perspective of a friend.When he was 11 years old, his father died suddenly in a car accident. After that, his mother took him away from Beijing, went to many places for business, and lived in nowhere.It may be because of these reasons that Tang Heng's personality is a bit withdrawn, and his mental state is not stable.When we were in high school, his personality was much more extreme than now. He often couldn't find anyone for a few days, which made his family anxious to death.I'm not saying these things for him... Anyway, he really likes you, if you can, please tolerate him more, thank you.

Tang Heng raised his face slowly, and first smiled: "Damn, I can't see that An Yun is so tough and tender?"

Then he stared at Li Yuechi and said word by word: "Do you think I'm sick too?"