evil sea tide

He suddenly thought of Hai Donglin.The man who called him for three days in a row did not make any movement today. Chao Sheng thought about whether he should also take the initiative to say hello. He has helped him a lot, and he should also greet him a happy new year.

He was already a little sleepy, so he wanted a quick fix, so he picked up the phone and dialed it.However, there was no response to the beeping sound for more than ten times. Chao Sheng thought that the other party would not have time to answer the phone and was ready to hang up, but at this moment he heard Hai Donglin's voice——

"Chaosheng?"

He hurriedly picked up the phone, "Well, Mr. Hai, did I bother you?"

"No."

Hai Donglin's voice was the same as usual, but Chao Sheng felt an imperceptible fatigue and burnout.

"I'm fine. It's almost 12 o'clock. I just want to say happy new year to you."

The voice on the other end finally smiled, "Happy New Year, Chaosheng."

Originally, he planned to hang up the talk for a long time, but Hai Donglin's appearance aroused Chao Sheng's curiosity. After all, when they chatted, the topic seemed to revolve around him all the time. He had almost nothing about Hai Donglin. Know.

"Are you... are you at home?" After hesitating for a while, he finally asked.

Hai Donglin did not answer immediately as usual, but was silent for a while, Chao Sheng heard his slight snort, and then a faint "good".

But you don't sound nice at all.

It was only 12 minutes before 5 o'clock, the sound of firecrackers outside was roaring, and all kinds of fireworks and salutes reflected the night like day, Chao Sheng almost shouted, "Mr. Hai, it's too loud outside, I can't hear you." Alright, hang up now!"

The call was hung up suddenly, but it rang again immediately—it was from Hai Donglin.

"Don't hang up, that's it."

The other party's cold voice came over, breaking through the thunderous sound of fireworks and firecrackers, which clearly reached Chao Sheng's ears.He didn't quite understand what the other party meant, and he could also hear the noise from Hai Donglin's side.

Don't hang up?that's all?

He put the phone next to his head in doubt. It was close to zero, and the sound of firecrackers reached its climax. At the same time, thousands of households ignited colorful fireworks of different shapes. In an instant, countless huge flowers exploded in the night sky. Spring flowers are in full bloom.

At the moment when the twelve o'clock bell rang, Chao Sheng said "Happy New Year, Hai Donglin" to the phone. He felt that the other party should not be able to hear it, because the noise was too loud.

The other party seemed to say something, but he could barely recognize that it was Hai Donglin's unique voice. As for the content, it was completely lost in the festive atmosphere.

I don't know how long the sound of firecrackers lasted, until Chao Sheng couldn't resist the power of the biological clock and fell asleep in a daze, there were sporadic sound of firecrackers outside.

The phone was forgotten by him, but he still kept talking.

Since he had been busy for a whole day on New Year's Eve, Chao Sheng was quite tired, so this sleep was not affected by the sporadic salutes, but fell asleep directly until dawn.

He opened his eyes slightly, and the first ray of sunshine of the new year came in through the cracks in the curtains. He yawned and stretched.

"woke up?"

The voice from nowhere startled Chao Sheng, causing him to accidentally bump his head against the back of the bed.

"Ouch—who, who?"

Shocked before he was fully awake, he looked around in a panic, his room was no different from last night, then this voice——

At this time, there was another laughter from the place next to the pillow, Chao Sheng only followed the sound and looked over, it turned out to be his mobile phone!Look at the screen above again, the talk time is eight hours, 24 minutes and eight seconds! !

"Does it hurt? Am I so scary?"

Hai Donglin remembered again with a smiling voice, and Chao Sheng asked in a trembling voice: "Hai, Mr. Hai? Did you not sleep all night?"

"I took a nap in the middle, I'm not very tired."

This is not normal!This is so abnormal!

No matter how rough Chao Sheng's nerves were, he realized that something was wrong, "Then why didn't you hang up the phone?"

"I want to say good morning to you for the first time this year."

"..."

"Good morning, Chaosheng."

"Morning, good morning..." The heater in the room was not turned on very high, but Chao Sheng felt that it was a little suffocating, especially when listening to Hai Donglin's words, the violent heartbeat made the eardrums tremble .

There was a voice roaring in his mind, which made him not even hear what Hai Donglin said later, until he hung up the phone, he just remembered the other party's good morning.

He knew that Hai Donglin had a little desire for him, but it was only a little bit. After all, there were so many outstanding people who came and went around him. Not to mention anything else, even Gu Xiao last time was better than himself. Much more refined and beautiful.Except for the occasional stepping over the boundary, basically the two get along fairly happily.

——So he thought Hai Donglin was just teasing him.

But this idea suddenly collapsed at this moment, he remembered Hai Donglin's tone of voice when he spoke to him, gentle and tolerant, even with imperceptible petting... drowning?

Why does Hai Donglin always help him?Why are you so tolerant of yourself?Why do you call yourself every night?Why was he so angry that day?

All the questions seemed to have answers, although Chao Sheng was not sure, but this thought was only slightly revealed, and he was already scared out of his wits.

Hai Donglin...maybe...it's true...

He has no idea at all, if it was the beginning, he might immediately draw a line with him and never communicate with him, but now he has regarded him as a friend, how will he face Hai Donglin in the future?

On the other end, Hai Donglin, who hung up the phone, closed his eyes. He didn't feel tired after a sleepless night. He listened to the young man's even breathing throughout the night, imagining his peaceful sleep.It gave him a sense of peace that he hadn't felt in this home for a long time.

There was a knock on the door, and the servant said to him at the door: "Young master, the master calls you to go down for dinner."

Hai Donglin didn't respond, he stood up and went downstairs, and when he got to the dining room, he saw the happy "family".

His father, Hai Tai'an, was sitting on the main seat and greeted him, "Dong Lin, come over for dinner."

Beside him is his second son, Hai Zhijie.And his continuation, Wang Ying, is virtuously serving dishes for their father and son.

Hai Donglin just glanced at it, then said coldly: "No, I have an appointment, so I'm leaving first."

"Who did you date on the first day of the new year! Don't you even have time to have breakfast with my old man?" The eldest son's wings have grown too hard, and no one in the entire Hai family can hold him down anymore. When he left the country, the relationship between their father and son became increasingly indifferent. Now, except for the holidays, he hardly ever sees his eldest son.

"Father," Hai Donglin raised the corners of his mouth, "You never lack people around you, so why bother with me."

After speaking, he walked directly to the door.

"You, you... hey..." Hai Tai'an patted the table angrily, but he didn't say a word when he saw the tall figure walking out of the house.

"Tai'an, don't be angry, Donglin may have something to do." Wang Ying patted him on the back to comfort him.

Hai Zhijie added fuel to the fire, "How many times can he come back a year? Dad, why do you care about him?"

"Pong!"

The table was slammed down again, and Hai Tai'an pointed at his nose and scolded his youngest son, "What kind of tone are you talking about! No matter how bad he is, he's still your brother!"

Wang Ying hurriedly smoothed things over and reprimanded her son. Hai Zhijie apologized, but he was extremely disdainful in his heart. No matter how rude his elder brother was to his father, no one dared to say a word about him. Like a shadow, he and his mother can't get through it, why!

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On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Chaosheng was in a trance of such contradictory and complicated emotions. When eating breakfast, he soaked buns in soy milk as fried dough sticks.

After that, he sat at the desk in the room and read the book, his eyes were fixed on it, but none of the words jumped into his mind.Now his mind is full of Hai Donglin, every word he said to himself, every movement he made, now that he thinks about it, there is a deep meaning in it!

I am so stupid!

Chao Sheng patted his forehead hard, leaving a faint red mark on it, but he couldn't get rid of these troubles no matter what.

Just now there was the sound of opening the door, and Chao Sheng knew that it was his eldest brother and sister-in-law who came back. He should go out to say hello to them as usual, and wish them a happy new year, but he covered his face with the book and lazily drooped I don't want to move the chair.

What should he do...

After a while, he heard a noisy sound coming from outside the house. At first, the sound was not very loud, but gradually, it seemed that the sound of the dispute became louder and louder, and it was clearly transmitted to his ears through the crack of the door.

Chao Sheng couldn't sit still anymore, he opened the door and walked out, the voice seemed to be coming from the direction of the living room.

He didn't go into the living room, but leaned against the door and looked in. From this angle, he saw Jiang Wantong with his back turned to him, and Jiang Ma was facing him, scolding his daughter, "You damn girl, what happened like this?" Don't tell us about big things! Do you still think we are your parents?"

Jiang's father looked helpless, and wanted to persuade his wife but was stared back, so he could only say distressedly: "Tongtong, you really shouldn't hide this from us. Your counselor said that you have been refusing to pick her up for the past few days." Call, that's how we got here."

Beside him were Cui Linlin, who was watching a show, and the elder brother, who looked indifferent.

"Dad, Mom, it's not that I don't want to say it, but what's the use of telling you? The quota for public expenses is gone. Will you pay me to go to the United States with the quota at your own expense?"

Contrary to his usual well-behaved image, Jiang Wantong clenched his fists and retorted back, but the sobbing in his voice could not deceive anyone.

"Are you still reasonable? If you don't go, don't go. Why do you travel so far with a girl to study? It's not enough for you to finish college. The most important thing for a woman is to find a good husband's family. It's useless to study so many books."

Jiang's father didn't agree with his wife's statement, "Didn't you listen to what her counselor said, Tongtong is a good seed, it would be a pity not to go to the United States for further studies."

Mother Jiang rolled his eyes at him and said: "She can talk, why don't the good seedlings be sent by the government, and we have to pay for it ourselves? What kind of school is this, we will let him go for a while, and then we won't let him go for a while." After thinking about it, he stared Glancing at her daughter, "Say it yourself, what did you do to make the school withdraw your public-funded quota?"

At this time, Jiang Wantong, who had been suppressed for a long time, could no longer bear the grief in his heart, and cried loudly, "Because someone gave our department head a gift and robbed me of my seat!"