middle of the road

Chi Yu sat on the ground with his back against the edge of the bed, staring at the things piled up on the floor in front of him in a daze. He didn't move his fingers until his body became a little stiff because he kept the same posture for a long time. Came back to God in a blank.

He slowly straightened up, put everything away, carefully smoothed the corners of the folded book, and then put it back in place.

After sitting for a while, he took his mobile phone and saw that Cheng Yang had called him three times, two hours ago.

He dialed back, within two rings, the other side answered, "What's the matter?" He asked.

"Where are you now?" I don't know if it was his illusion, Cheng Yang's voice sounded a little chaotic on the phone.

"At home." Chi Yu said, he could easily detect the anomaly here, but he didn't want to ask him.

"Can you...can you lend me some more money?"

"How many?"

"..." Cheng Yang didn't say a word. It was already very difficult for him to borrow money, and one hundred thousand was even more difficult to say.

Chi Yu got impatient after waiting for a while, and gave him an address, "I'm here, come and get it now."

After hanging up the phone, Chi Yu collapsed on the sofa, feeling a little dazed, as if he had a fever, but also as if he didn't, and his breathing was a bit heavy, so heavy that he found it hard to hear it, like his chest and back There was a mouth, as if someone had blocked it with a dead weight of iron.

He turned over, the sofa was not long enough, he curled up slightly, and fell asleep like this, until there was a knock on the door outside, and he woke up suddenly, breaking free from all kinds of messy dreams.

He took a deep breath and got up to open the door. Cheng Yang stood outside the door with sweat dripping from his forehead and his face was indescribably pale.

Chi Yu glanced at him, "Come in."

"No." Cheng Yang said, "I'll leave after I take it."

"So urgent." Chi Yu frowned slightly, "What happened?"

Cheng Yang didn't speak, but pursed his lips a little restrainedly, as if he was not going to explain to him, Chi Yu was not in the mood to get to the bottom of this matter with him here, and others were a little exhausted, so he let it go Waving his hand, "Forget it, I won't ask you."

He casually searched around the living room, and then went to his own room to look for it. When he came out, he was in a hurry. He didn't know if he had brought his wallet. When he called for someone to come and get it, he didn't think of it.

If he won't be there in a while, he may have to trouble Cheng Yang to go back there with him, no, we can't go back together, and ask him to take it out for him.

Cheng Yang stood at the door without saying a word, just watching him wandering around the house like this, as if he was looking for something that was completely insignificant to him, compared with it, he just stood there Here, it is already too heavy to lift its head.

There is a thin door, behind the contrast of one light and one heavy, there are two completely different worlds, how could he not know.

Facing Cheng Yunsheng asking for money, such an astronomical figure, his first reaction was Chi Yu, the only person around him who could help him. He said that if he asked for money, he could come to him, and he was willing to give it any amount.

Cheng Yang was grateful for his generosity to him, but he didn't want to owe him a second.

He can owe anyone, but not him alone.

Maybe he knew the reason, let himself pick Chi Yu out of everyone and treat him specially, which reminded him that it was because money kept suppressing himself in front of him, and the more he owed, the weaker his position was. The relationship becomes more deformed.

He even regretted why he spoke to him in the first place. He thought that he would repay the borrowed favor in a way that they all recognized, and it would not be a burden to anyone. However, until now, the more he repaid, such a sense of imbalance It was getting heavier and heavier in his heart.

He wanted to get rid of it, and was eager to get rid of it, but the reality forced him to repeat the same mistakes, rolling the snowball called inferiority in front of the person he wanted to talk to on an equal footing.

He has to stop Cheng Yunsheng's mouth. He is now a villain, and money is the best way. No matter what, he will not and will not let Tao Zhiquan be involved, so talking to Chi Yu is his only choice right now. .

He kept saying to himself in his heart that with their current relationship and what they have in the future, it's no big deal, it's just a little money, and it's only temporary, and he will definitely be able to repay it in the future. At that time, people will still be...

On the way from here until standing here, he reminded and warned over and over again, trying to convince himself.

However, when Chi Yu handed him the card and saw that it was the same card as the one he had given him before, Cheng Yang still struggled hard in his heart, and the place where he had been stung felt a dull pain again.

He still remembers the password of the card.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Chi Yu motioned to him, "Huh?"

Cheng Yang lowered his head and took a step back, suddenly he couldn't see the color on it clearly.He clearly remembered how he took the card from him back then, and what kind of mood he had in withdrawing the money.

It's completely different from when I took it from Boss Zhang.

So, what he really wants to convince himself is that being fucked by Chi Yu is different from being fucked by others?

"Forget it." The voice in Cheng Yang's heart stopped abruptly, and he turned and walked towards the elevator.

Puzzled, Chi Yu came out and grabbed his arm, "What's the matter?"

"No need." Cheng Yang broke away from him and went to press the elevator, "I'm going back."

"What's your situation?!" Chi Yu quickly covered the keyboard with his eyes and hands, and stared back at him, "I came here just to say something to me? You're playing with me."

"Then say one more word of sorry." Cheng Yang looked in the direction of the safe passage, prepared for him not to let go, so he went straight down.

Chi Yu pushed his shoulder, "You know I don't mean it, what do you want to do, you just take the money if you want it."

"It's nothing." Cheng Yang shook his head, "I just suddenly remembered that I still have more."

Cheng Yang didn't tell him the exact figure, so Chi Yu never knew how much he wanted. He thought it was because he didn't have enough savings after he stopped working, so he came to ask him to borrow money. It's nothing, just give him pocket money.

He hasn't recovered from his own state, and has been a little indifferent to him since he called him. Chi Yu thought he minded this, so he couldn't help slowing down his tone, "And you came here in such a hurry?" He put the card in his hand , "You can take it yourself, as much as you want."

"No need." Cheng Yang still shook his head and returned the card to him. In order to make him feel that it was his own problem, he deliberately added, "It has nothing to do with you, it's because I didn't think about it." But he was eager to leave here Resolute, making these words very unconvincing in Chi Yu's view.

Chi Yu was suddenly a little tired because of his attitude all the time. He didn't owe Cheng Yang anything. He didn't know why he had to endure his stubbornness. He let go of his hand and his eyes turned cold, "I Ask me one last time, do you really want it? If you want it, I can accompany you to pick it up right now.

He thought Cheng Yang would be subdued if he kept his words to a minimum, but he didn't know that he had always been a person who would take soft things but not tough ones.

The elevator finally came, and Cheng Yang walked in, turned around and looked at him, "I won't beg you this time, and I won't in the future."

"What do you mean?!" Chi Yu slammed on the elevator door with one hand, "You fucking explain clearly? What did you use that money for?"

"It's just for petty use, don't worry." Cheng Yang smiled at him slightly, "Even if I don't have it, I won't sell it."

"Cheng Yang!" Chi Yu yelled, obviously humiliating himself, but he was the one who felt the embarrassment in his ears. He restrained the urge to get angry and handed the card over again, "I really don't want it. ?”

Cheng Yang looked away, his lips trembled imperceptibly, and after a pause, he said, "I shouldn't have come."

Chi Yu took two steps back, and the door slowly closed in front of him. In the ever-shrinking field of vision, Cheng Yang's tired face showed a forbearance.

He squeezed the card tightly in his hand, and the downward number keys were beating. He suddenly felt glaring, and a burst of anger welled up in his heart. His already extremely depressed mood did not ease in the slightest. At this moment, he was even more annoyed. He slammed his fist against the wall next to him.

After coming out, Qian Cheng Ying and Cheng Le let Aunt Qiu's house go, afraid they would worry, except for the bus ride, the rest of the journey was done by running, but he also knew that it was useless, just because Cheng Yunsheng appeared at their house , He couldn't continue to hide many things from them, for example, they would move out from here soon and find a new place to live.

When Cheng Yang entered, Zhang Cuiping was cooking in the kitchen. Cheng Yunsheng sat on the sofa watching TV with his legs crossed. When he saw him coming back, he first glanced at his hand, then he took a puff of cigarette and grinned. , "Don't tell me I've been there for so long, is it a waste of time?"

Cheng Yang walked over, turned off the TV, and regained his usual calmness, "You know that I can't afford that much money."

"Then I don't care, whatever method you use, since you dared to lie to me, you have to bear the consequences." Cheng Yunsheng said.

Cheng Yang sat down and looked at him for a while, "Apart from what that person said, what evidence do you have?"

Cheng Yunsheng didn't understand the meaning of his sudden question, "Why? Do you think he didn't say enough to expose you? Don't forget, that Dai is now on my side."

"In this case, why don't you go directly to Tao Zhiquan?"

Cheng Yunsheng was stunned.

"He did it. He wanted to help me. I didn't know it. You can sue me. At most, I'll move out from here. It's no different from what you asked me to do now, but you can find him. It’s different, he must be able to afford more money than a poor student like me.”

"You..." Cheng Yunsheng didn't expect him to be so direct, he sat up and slapped the table, "You think I'm afraid to look for him, do you?"

"It's not that you don't dare, you know that you can't get any benefits from him. Now that the coffin is settled, you have nothing but the confessions of those two people. It is impossible for Cheng Guangde to jump out of the grave to speak for you again, Uncle Tao." If you are well-informed, you will deceive me."

"And," Cheng Yang took the cigarette Cheng Yunsheng put there from the coffee table, lit it in his mouth, and took a puff, "If you want to talk about the loss, it's just the rent, how sure are you that you can send him in? , You are actually very clear, that's why you came to me and used my psychology of not wanting him to be implicated to force me to submit. One hundred thousand is just a number you said casually, and you know that I can't get a penny out of it."

"You fart!" Cheng Yunsheng stared at him, "Don't fucking talk to me about it, I'll tell you right now, one hundred thousand is one hundred thousand, don't even think about a penny, believe it or not I even Sue together!"

Cheng Yang was not provoked by him. At first he said that he wanted to call the police, he was a little panicked, because he knew that Tao Zhiquan had really tampered with it. On the way back, he calmed down slowly, thinking that he really wanted to report him early. Will come to talk to him at this time.

"Now I also give you two choices?" He shook the cigarette ash, and began to negotiate terms, "Either you sue now, and see what you can get in the end with the little evidence in your hand. Either I will write you an IOU, and I will add a little more to the rent for this year and a half, counting you [-], and I will pay you back slowly when I work in the future."

Cheng Yang looked at him, "Think about it, if you really want to die, I can make you get nothing."

Cheng Yunsheng uttered a rough sentence and threw the ashtray at him. Cheng Yang dodged and did not fight back. He also didn't want to provoke him now. After all, if Cheng Yunsheng is not calm about the condition he gave, he must take revenge for their deception. If it is, it is very likely that he will not accept it, and then he will do something that is not good for them. Even if he is not convicted in the end, Tao Zhiquan will not be able to bear the lawsuit.

What's more, Cheng Yang didn't know what the result would be. He just touched Cheng Yunsheng's psychology and used it in reverse.

Cheng Yunsheng grimaced and wanted to scold him for something more. It would be best to slap him twice to make this lawless beast suffer, but Cheng Yang was completely unmoved, and his eyes changed from calm to fierce. Cheng Yunsheng watched , had to hold back the breath.

Cheng Yang was so ruthless that he had seen it before, although he didn't want to admit it, but he was a little afraid of him, a nephew who had no tutors and dared to fight with his elders. Maybe he was more gentle, more obedient, and his temper could be less aggressive. so forced him.

Cheng Yunsheng's end to him at this time can be described in one word, and his mother asked for it.