The difference between cloud and mud

The only variable in Xiao Fengtai's plan is his inability to control Jiang Tong's schedule.To be on the safe side, he can only take the position as soon as possible and wait on the sidelines.The air-conditioning in the hall of the biology building was pleasant. Xiao Fengtai sat on the suitcase and played with his mobile phone. He swiped across the screen with one hand, unable to focus on any kind of application, but heard his own heartbeat more and more clearly.

Jiang Tong walked out of the elevator with a middle-aged man, and Xiao Fengtai guessed that this was the well-known academic professor he was talking about—younger than he imagined.He got up from the suitcase.Jiang Tong gradually approached.The sky turned from cloudy to sunny, and the sun shone through the glass curtain wall on the corner where he was standing. His back was hot from the sun at first, and then he felt a slight itching.

He stood there silently, but he knew very well in his heart that it was impossible for Jiang Tong not to see him.Xiao Fengtai was even sure that their eyes briefly met in midair for a second, but Jiang Tong's eyes swept over him like a dragonfly floating on water, and quickly turned away.

He passed him without looking back.

Jiang Tong and the middle-aged man walked out the door with a smile and continued to talk at the gate.Xiao Fengtai was far away, and heard some broken sentences, which were nothing more than tasteless polite words.The two waved goodbye, the middle-aged man turned back to take the elevator, and Jiang Tong left the biology building without looking back.

Among the various possibilities Xiao Fengtai assumed, the only difference was the difference in the degree of surprise of Jiang Tong.He froze in place, in disbelief at what had just happened.

Could it be that he misjudged the person, and the person who just passed by was not Jiang Tong?

However, when Xiao Fengtai believed it was true and was about to convince himself to continue waiting, Jiang Tong went back and forth with a blank expression on his face.Before Xiao Fengtai could speak, Jiang Tong picked up his suitcase and quickly walked out of the biology building.

The campus is lined with green trees, but it is a pity that the old trees cannot absorb the heat in the air like metabolizing carbon dioxide.Jiang Tong's strides were big and urgent, Xiao Fengtai had to trot to follow, and soon broke out in a hot sweat.

"Put down my suitcase!" He finally got anxious and shouted at Jiang Tong.Jiang Tong ignored him and continued to move forward at a rapid march.

Grievance, doubt and anger are mixed and fermented.Xiao Fengtai was furious, caught up with Jiang Tong and pushed him violently: "I'll let you put down my box!"

Jiang Tong stopped abruptly.He turned around and looked down at Xiao Fengtai, his eyes were dark, like the dark sky before the storm in midsummer.Xiao Fengtai realized ridiculously that Jiang Tong was very angry at this moment, and even when they first met and was unreasonably provoked by him, Jiang Tong had never been so angry.

"Does your family know that you have come to Beijing?" Jiang Tong asked dryly.

"I'm here to participate in the summer camp—" Xiao Fengtai had no choice but to tell the truth because of the sense of oppression conveyed by the young man, "But I left the team and will join my classmates in two weeks."

"I know what you're thinking, you guessed it right." He straightened his back and showed Jiang Tong a slightly mocking smile, but his eyes gradually became hot.

"I just didn't tell my family, I didn't tell the school, I didn't tell you, I dragged my luggage and came to Beijing to find you wishful thinking."

Jiang Tong's expression softened, maybe he realized Xiao Fengtai's grievance belatedly.He slowed down his voice: "Where do you live? I'll take you back."

"It's too late." Xiao Fengtai said in a low voice, "They have already set off for Shanghai."

He lied.The schedule of the summer camp in Beijing has just begun.But Jiang Tong's reaction gave Xiao Fengtai a familiar and bad premonition.Few times in his life, Xiao Fengtai lets his tongue act before his brain.

If Jiang Tong knew that he was homeless and had nowhere to go, how would he react?

Jiang Tong frowned and thought for a moment, then began to search for flight information on his mobile phone.

"I'll take you to Shanghai." He said calmly and firmly, "We'll take the high-speed train in the afternoon, and we can join your classmates tonight."

"I won't go." Xiao Fengtai said quickly.

"Don't make trouble." Jiang Tong said irritably: "Tell me your passport number, I will book tickets now."

"I said I won't go to Shanghai!" Xiao Fengtai said anxiously: "Jiang Tong, why on earth do you not want me to stay in Beijing?"

He couldn't understand Jiang Tong's unusually cold and resolute attitude.Being in a different place, Xiao Fengtai was sure that he would wish Jiang Tong could stay - away from the social network in Singapore, they could do whatever they wanted in Beijing and do all the things that normal couples can do.He dreamed of such a day.

Unless Jiang Tong really has something to hide from him - such as his second girlfriend in Beijing.Xiao Fengtai has experienced it himself, and has seen similar scenes played out countless times on the people around him.He refused to consider the possibility for the time being.

Jiang Tong's eyes were full of unreasonable words: "No serious hotel accepts minors staying alone, do you know that? Where do you stay in Beijing? Sleeping in the bridge cave with blind flow?"

"Why can't I live in your house?" Xiao Fengtai said casually, "Let's just say that I am your junior in Singapore and travel to Beijing during the summer vacation. I can share a room with you, just share a bed."

Jiang Tong rarely talked about his family with Xiao Fengtai.Xiao Fengtai’s own wishful thinking gave him the background of a typical mainland student in Singapore: an urban middle-class family with little money and not too short of money.Most of the parents are well-educated. Although they are half-way couples, the family atmosphere is warm and harmonious, so they are willing to invest in Jiang Tong's education.

Jiang Tong doesn't look like a kid from a wealthy family in mainland China.But since I am a native of Beijing and can come to Singapore to study, my family should have a somewhat decent house.Xiao Fengtai is used to living in villas and single-family apartments, and he thinks that he has lowered the standard to a very low level.

However, Jiang Tong's expression seemed to be slapped in the face.

"You don't want to live with me," he whispered.