He said I was soft and nice

Xu Chen is on a business trip in City Y. It may be that he was well prepared and reached an agreement with the partner very quickly.

Secretary Sun waited beside him, "President Xu, it's almost time for lunch, do you want to leave now?"

But Xu Chen just frowned and looked at the phone without answering.

Seeing that he finished the mission ahead of schedule, he thought that he would have time to video chat with Qi Ling tonight, but after sending the message, Qi Ling did not reply for several hours, obviously Qi Ling pestered him to talk about it several times yesterday .

And this morning, he would call Qi Ling logically, but Qi Ling hastily said something to him in advance, [I have something to do today, so I won't call]

Not even the final punctuation mark.

He thought that Qi Ling was busy with something today, so he didn't bother him anymore, but now since the last reply, Qi Ling has no news for a full six hours.

He made a call, but it also showed that the phone was turned off and could not be dialed.

If Qi Ling went to the library, there would be sockets there, and there would be no power outages. Even if the phone was broken, the computer could still log in to WeChat, wouldn't both of them have problems?If he was at home, Qi Ling should have no reason to disappear suddenly.

There is only one possibility, something happened to the other party.

Xu Chen's eyes dimmed, and he looked up at Secretary Sun: "How far is it from here to Qingshui City?"

Qi Changyong and Yao Peilan looked at the man in suits and leather shoes at the door with vigilant expressions, "Who are you looking for?"

The two had just coaxed Qi Yue to finish dinner, and were discussing about Qi Ling's departure, when there was a knock on the door without saying anything.

Xu Chen saw clearly through the opened door, except for the two people at the door, there was only a four or five-year-old child playing with toys in the hall, and Qi Ling was nowhere to be seen.

"The two are Qi Ling's parents, right? I have something to ask him."

Yao Peilan looked at Xu Chen calmly. The other person had an outstanding temperament. At first glance, he looked like a high-level executive with a successful career. There was an assistant behind him, who was obviously not from their place.

She asked: "Who are you? What are you looking for Qi Ling?"

"I'm Qi Ling's friend in City A. I happened to pass by Qingshui City this time, so I wanted to see him, but I couldn't get through to his phone number, so I came here directly." Xu Chen looked up the stairs inside the house, "Is he home?"

Qi Changyong blocked his sight at once, his eyes were not friendly, "What are you looking at? Go, go, he's not at home!"

He was angered by Qi Ling before, but now that a so-called "Qi Ling's friend" happened to hit him with a gun, his tone of course would not be polite.

After he finished speaking, he wanted to push him out, but was blocked by Secretary Sun.

Secretary Sun warned, "Mr. Qi, please watch your words and deeds."

He really didn't expect that the family that could raise Qi Ling such an outstanding and polite child would be so arrogant.

Qi Changyong was brushed away unceremoniously by Secretary Sun, putting a safe distance between him and his boss.

Qi Changyong became angry instantly, "What are you guys! This is my house!"

He subconsciously wanted to find something to beat him out, but Yao Peilan kicked him hard, "Shut up!"

Those who have no eyesight will know how to do it!

After being taught a lesson by her, Qi Changyong became honest all of a sudden. After he calmed down, he realized that the other party seemed to have a lot of background, and the cars parked at the door alone cost millions.

After seeing Qi Changyong calm down, Yao Peilan met Xu Chen and said coldly, "I've never heard that Qi Ling has a friend like you. It's not convenient for Qi Ling to come forward now. Let's wait until the end of the summer vacation to talk about anything."

After she finished speaking, she wanted to close the door. Xu Chen gave Secretary Sun a wink, and the other party understood it, and directly put his hand against the door, "It's like this, we really have something very important to find Qi Ling, please let him come out one time."

The family's reaction was really strange. No parent would be so vigilant and disgusted when they heard that their child's friend was visiting, and even directly doubted the identity of the other party, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

Seeing that she couldn't push the door, Yao Peilan's expression sank, "I know you have a lot of background, but trespassing on other people's houses is illegal, do you believe I'm going to call the police now?"

Xu Chen paid no heed to his threat, "It's just that, I also want to call the police. Now I have reason to suspect that you are illegally detaining others and depriving them of their personal freedom. Do you need me to call 110 for you?"

Qi Ling never showed up, and his cell phone couldn't get through. This situation is absolutely abnormal.

Xu Chen took out his mobile phone, and he really seemed to want to call the police.

Yao Peilan immediately stopped her in a sharp voice: "What nonsense are you talking about! How can we detain Qi Ling!"

If the police really come to investigate, she can't afford to lose face.

I don't know if there was too much movement at the door, Qi Yue from inside ran over after hearing the words, and angrily punched Secretary Sun on the leg, "You are not allowed to bully my parents! You are as bad as that person! Hit me!" kill you!"

Xu Chen immediately looked at the child when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice, "Where was that person before?"

Qi Yue was frightened by Xu Chen's fierce aura and took a step back, "We beat the bad guy away! You are also a bad guy!"

But as soon as he finished speaking harshly, he couldn't bear it any longer, and threw himself into Qi Changyong's arms and began to cry.

Yao Peilan didn't want to entangle with them anymore, and said bitterly: "He ran away and said he would never come back to this house. It must be because there are real people outside that he dared to confront us like this."

In the past, Qi Ling would not have such confidence, but this time it seemed that he was determined to escape from their control.

As she was talking, her eyes suddenly fell on Xu Chen, and when she realized something, she went mad for a moment, "Is that person you! I just said why Qi Ling is so rebellious all of a sudden, it seems that he really found a backer, you are very happy Rich, right? It’s Qi Ling who you abducted!”

"The hickey is still so deep, is it for us to see it on purpose, right! Are you disgusting? Are you afraid of being punished by God for doing such a thing?"

As soon as Yao Peilan said that, she wanted to rush up and scratch Xu Chen, but was blocked by the sharp-eyed Secretary Sun. He was about to tell his boss to stay away, but instead of retreating, Xu Chen took a step forward.

"Secretary Sun, let her go."

"Ah?" Secretary Sun couldn't believe her ears, "But if I let go, she will go crazy..."

"It's okay, I want to see if she dares." Xu Chen glanced coldly at Yao Peilan who seemed to be crazy, and did not hide the sarcasm in his tone.

From what she said just now, Xu Chen could tell what kind of person Yao Peilan was.

□□, selfish, with great malice towards his son.

But the other party has always been very rational, and did not choose to meet him head-on.

Secretary Sun had no choice but to grit her teeth and let go of the shackles on Yao Peilan, but she still stood vigilantly aside to prevent her from posing any threat to Xu Chen.

Sure enough, Yao Peilan didn't dare to do anything to Xu Chen. If she damaged that tailored suit, she might not be able to afford it.

"What exactly do you want?" Yao Peilan stared at him resentfully.

Xu Chen couldn't discern emotion in his dark eyes. He looked at the parents in front of him with a blank expression on his face, "It's very simple, tell me what happened here, and where Qi Ling went."

When the two returned to the car, Secretary Sun glanced at the closed door of Qi Ling's house. He didn't know how to express his feelings, "Just because you know your son is gay, you forced him away? What the hell!"

And according to what the other party said, Qi Ling came out of the closet in high school, if he was still so resistant after so many years, why did he keep Qi Ling at home!He also arranged a blind date at home, what the hell was going on?

"All they need is a doll that looks good on the surface."

After Xu Chen said this, he looked at a nearby family, walked up to it, and said, "Hello."

It may be that they quarreled too fiercely at Qi Ling's house, and the neighbors next to them came out to watch in twos and threes, but they quickly shrank back after seeing the movement of Qi Ling's house. He hesitated to look at them.

This person was Aunt Li who asked Qi Ling to go to her house to shelter from the rain. She saw Xu Chen approaching with complicated eyes, "Qi Ling ran away from home again?"

Xu Chen sensitively sensed [again] in her mouth, "Has this happened many times?"

Aunt Li sighed, "No, it should have started from the first year of Qi Ling's high school! Almost once every two weeks, the next door can be noisy, Qi Ling's small body can't stand up to the couple. If you scold me, you can only run in the end."

"At first, his family begged the next door to help them find someone, but after a few times, they stopped looking. Yao Peilan and Qi Changyong watched in person. I could see them quietly following Qi Changyong several times. Behind Ling, it's like something, it's obvious that the child is just going to and from school normally."

The more Aunt Li talked, the more she felt out of breath, "Once they lost someone, and everyone helped to find them, but they couldn't find them. One night later, Qi Ling came back by himself, and he was seriously ill. It won't work."

"From then on, they didn't care about Qi Ling's departure. Yao Peilan told us, [I will come back anyway, can I still fly?] But after that, Qi Ling's condition gradually improved. I thought their family was doing well. gone."

"I didn't expect that not only would the child not be able to enter the door, and the wind and rain would be in vain at the door, but it would also take away the popularity."

Her voice was full of helplessness. If there was such a well-behaved, beautiful and intelligent child as Qi Ling in their family, she would feel that her ancestors had accumulated virtue.

Secretary Sun became speechless the more he listened. These parents are too perverted...

Qi Ling didn't grow crooked like this, so he was determined.

He was about to say something, but from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Xu Chen's hand hanging beside him clenched tightly, with veins popping out on the back of his hand, as if suppressing a lot of anger, but the other party's voice was still calm, just a few degrees lower .

"Excuse me, have you seen where Qi Ling has gone today?"

Aunt Li thought for a moment, and said uncertainly: "I heard the movement and took a look, as if I saw him carrying a suitcase to the opposite river."

After getting into the car, Secretary Sun was a little impatient, "Mr. Xu, Qi Ling won't be overthinking it, right?"

He had seen the map before, and there was a small park near the river, and there were no other buildings.

"Impossible." Xu Chen quickly denied him, but did not give a reason, "Secretary Sun, call the police and ask the police to help us find it together."

Hearing his serious tone, Secretary Sun nodded, "Okay, I'll call right away."

He had never seen Xu Chen like this before, his brows were furrowed tightly, and he kept calling Qi Ling uninterruptedly, even if it showed that the phone was turned off, he continued to call.

There was even an imperceptible tremor in his tone just now, as if he was frightened by some thought.

"Get out of the car and cooperate with the police later. I'll take a look around first."

After Secretary Sun left, Xu Chen went to the small park to take a look, but there was no one there. At this moment, the sky began to rain again, and the raindrops became bigger and bigger, blurring the scenery in front of the car window.

Now it's even harder to find someone.

Xu Chen was even more irritable, he hammered the reverse dial suddenly, and couldn't help but swear, which was quite different from his usual calm image.

He didn't know what would happen if he couldn't find anyone again, he didn't even dare to think about Secretary Sun's previous assumption...

He looked at the nearby map repeatedly, and his eyes suddenly fell on a place——

[Xingshan Cemetery].

He didn't think about it because Qi Ling is most afraid of ghosts.

But he remembered what Aunt Li said, "Everyone helps to find someone, but no matter how hard they look, they can't find them."

If the familiar locals can't find it...

Without further hesitation, Xu Chen started the car and drove towards the cemetery.

Qi Ling sat in a corner, looking up at the sky, the rain was dense, and it fell on his face, chin, collar, from the outside to the inside, drenching him thoroughly.

He stuffed the shirt in his arms again, and he was relieved after making sure that no corners of Xu Chen's shirt were exposed.

He should have told Xu Chen first, but he forgot to charge his phone last night, and by the time he realized it, the phone had already been turned off.

Xu Chen is so busy, he shouldn't be aware of it, right?

When he takes a little longer, he will leave here and return to City A to find Xu Chen.

He wiped his face with his hands, wiping off the drops of water.

In fact, he felt that he could cry for a while, obviously with the heavy rain as a cover, in this deserted corner, no one would notice him no matter how loudly he cried.

But he couldn't cry, as if he had expected this ending long ago, he didn't even want to move, he sat here from morning to night, it was sunny in the morning, but now it was raining heavily.

He stretched out his hand and spread his palm open, the raindrops gathered little by little, flowing along the lines of the palm, and then leaked little by little from the gap between the fingers, dripping on the gray concrete floor, disappearing.

He closed his hands and spread them out again, but he didn't catch anything, it was empty.

Qi Ling looked at his thin white fingers, which became more delicate and clean under the infiltration of rain.

It's a nice pair of hands.

But he didn't feel disgusted for no reason. Why are his hands so small, they feel heavy when holding a few books, and they feel sore after writing for a long time.

[squeamish]

[waste]

[useless]

These embarrassing words filled his ears, gathered together with the sound of rain, and penetrated everywhere.

But just like the hand, he was born like this, what can he do?

Qi Ling held his head, as if he had fallen into a nightmare, and kept repeating,

"I don't, I'm not, I'm also a normal person, I'm right..."

"I am not wrong……"

But the voice became smaller and smaller, Qi Ling bit his lip at last, and curled himself into a ball, silent and closed.

After an unknown period of time, he noticed that the sound of the water above his head seemed to be quieter, and even the swearing and sarcasm subsided a little bit. He raised his head from his knees in a daze, and suddenly a pair of muddy shoes appeared in front of him.

He blinked, and before he could speak, he was hugged into a dry and warm embrace.

The opponent's movements were very light, but his voice was hoarse.

"Sorry, I'm late."