unspeakable ice

Chapter 23 Mindless and Unhappy

Among the people in the Western House, there are only a few who are not locals, and Xiaoding is one of them. He bought a ticket early and was going back to his hometown for the New Year. On the day of his departure, Yu Xiaolong drove him to the station by motorcycle.

On the way, Xiaoding told him that he still felt that there was something strange about Xia Cong being caught by Caigan before. It wasn't that he wanted to evade responsibility, but it really made him unable to figure it out.

Yu Xiaolong asked what was wrong, Cai Gan purposely did this for revenge, and they were very secretive, and from the logic of the matter itself, there seemed to be no flaws.

"I can't tell, it's just a feeling." Xiao Ding said: "We followed him for a few days, and found that he always wanted to get rid of us intentionally or unintentionally."

"That may be because..." Yu Xiaolong thought for a while, but he didn't know what words to use to describe Xia Cong. It's not a day or two. He feels that this person is strange all the time, "He doesn't want to be followed .”

"It's possible, but since you mentioned it to him, he shouldn't be so repulsive. You think he is a student, knowing that there is danger, but deliberately trying to get rid of people who can provide him with safety. Is it reasonable?"

"Or he thinks that since he can save you, he must also be able to protect himself. As a result, you see, he blames you for not protecting you well, and," Xiao Ding said, "if it's just this point, I wouldn't doubt it so much."

"What else?" Yu Xiaolong frowned.

"At the beginning we followed him, he showed resistance, then we followed very carefully, taking care of him as a student, but the problem is that no matter how concealed we are, he seems to be able to detect it."

"Very vigilant?"

"Yes, stronger than me, what is the background of this person?"

What background?This question stopped Yu Xiaolong.

a student.

A student who claimed to be weak but was on par with him.

Or a rich second generation who can drag racing, paint, play the violin, and is full of skills and pursuit of exquisite character and unique rich second generation.

Or, a homosexual who lingers in the flowers but coyly shows a soft spot for him and claims to think about him day and night.

Yu Xiaolong didn't know the background of this person, he had known him for so long, and had been in contact with him many times, he still didn't know how credible the words Xia Cong said were true or false.

Probably the only thing he can be sure of is that Xu Yinliang has learned from the past. He didn't take Xia Cong's stalking of him as too absurd.

Li Gui and the others recently picked up a group of people who fled from other places. The leader is Wan Junhua, known as Brother Jun. He wears his iconic army green coat and has been wearing it for almost a winter.

Yu Xiaolong hadn't heard of this guy before, and he didn't want to go outside with an acre of land in front of the gate, let alone cultivate other people's. Judging from the current several fights, this group of people is a little more capable than Caigan , but nothing to fear.

Maybe the other side soon realized that it is not so easy to grab something from them, the offensive is no longer as fierce as before, Yu Xiaolong came to the door several times but was in vain, and the situation was temporarily stabilized up.

And the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and no one wants to start a conflict at this time, so the two parties temporarily chose to stand still because of the verbal ceasefire agreement of "New Year's Eve".

Yu Xiaolong was the last one to leave again this year. Unlike the annual leave of ordinary people, he only left for one night. For him, the biggest difference between this night and his usual homecoming is that there is more festive atmosphere around him.

He opened two cans for the black dog for the New Year's Eve dinner, and moved the kennel that Zhao Fei had decorated warmly and girlishly to a place sheltered from the wind, and finally patted the dog's head twice as usual.

The days are still getting better and better. Now not only do you have dog food every meal, but you can even eat canned meat occasionally.

When Yu Xiaolong came in, Yu Xingqiang was cooking in the kitchen, which surprised him, because as far as he could remember, he had never eaten a meal made by Yu Xingqiang.

Cai Qunying always mentioned to him that when Yu Xingqiang was pursuing her back then, he was not only good at buying vegetables and cooking, but also repairing electrical appliances, making furniture, painting walls and knocking nails. male.

Yu Xiaolong couldn't imagine it, because to him, the meaning of the word father was too vague and thin except for the title.

The only thing left for him was his weak and sick body, and his still stubborn and indifferent soul that couldn't be covered up by the sick body.

"Didn't I tell you to come back early? Why is it so late? Hurry up and help your dad. He's been busy all by himself." Cai Qunying immediately complained when she saw him come in.

Yu Xiaolong took off his coat, went in to wash his hands, and asked Yu Xingqiang if there was anything he could do for him. Yu Xingqiang casually pointed out a few things, and Yu Xiaolong took the hand silently. During this period, the two of them had no communication as usual.

Cai Qunying came in from time to time to enliven the atmosphere, and Yu Xiaolong could see that she was working hard, hoping that the relationship between the father and son would melt away like the relationship between their husband and wife, and continue their relationship.

It's a pity that no one buys it from her. The repeated neglect makes her look a little sad and pitiful.

During dinner, amidst the festive and lively songs and laughter of the Spring Festival Gala, and the fireworks outside that sometimes illuminated the windows, Yu Xiaolong raised his cup, touched Yu Xingqiang and Cai Qunying respectively, and said Happy New Year.

Yu Xingqiang was taken aback for a moment, and then replied Happy New Year, but Cai Qunying almost shed tears because of this, which made Yu Xingqiang a little impatient, and put the food with chopsticks into her bowl, "Okay, why are you crying, it's New Year's Eve, eat .”

After the meal, Yu Xiaolong washed the dishes, Cai Qunying stayed in the room for a while, and came to the kitchen, Yu Xiaolong looked at her with hesitation, "What's wrong?"

Cai Qunying glanced outside, and whispered: "I saw the money you put on my bed, why...it's so much less than last year, I don't mean to say anything, I know you are working hard outside, but... ..."

"No less." Yu Xiaolong said without looking up, "This is for this month, and I will give you the rest next month."

Cai Qunying paused, "What do you mean?"

"If you can't manage money well, then I'll take care of it for you, that's what it means."

Cai Qunying couldn't believe it, "What do you mean I can't manage money well? Did I spend money so lavishly? You want to calculate like this."

"This is not a calculation. I ask you for money, that's called a calculation." Yu Xiaolong stopped his hands and lowered his voice, "The useless things you bought add up to forty to fifty thousand. Isn't it called lavish?"

"Who said it's useless, you can ask your father, you can ask if it is effective for him to take it."

When Cai Qunying talked about what she was good at, her waist was straighter than before, "Do you think that you can have the spirit you are now with radiotherapy alone? Is this a disease that can be cured after a few treatments? I know you If you say anything, you just don’t believe it.”

"Then what are you talking about?"

"But you can't let others not believe it. You can see what he is doing now. This is a life-saving medicine. Don't you want to just watch your father die to make you happy."

Yu Xiaolong suddenly felt suffocated, he took a deep breath, "If I want to watch him die, I won't get any money back."

Money is indeed a good thing, it gives people courage and support, and after he said this, Cai Qunying shut up, because she knew that if it wasn't for Yu Xiaolong, Yu Xingqiang wouldn't even have the chance to take such pictures.

"Your father gave birth to you after all. How chilling he was when you said such things." Cai Qunying slowed down her tone, "He is not in good health now. Be considerate of him. It is not easy for him. How about radiotherapy?" Is it made by a human being? Every time I finish it, I will either faint or vomit. What kind of torture is a good person, and there are only skeletons left. I think that thing is cheating money."

"I don't care what you think." Yu Xiaolong said: "I will add another month at most, and I will give you two months of living expenses. The hospital will pay you as much as you want. You know how much this disease costs. I earn by myself. Not that much."

"But you are his own son. If you don't take it out now, when will you take it? What do you want me to do? Do you want me to go out to work? Is this realistic? Who will take care of him when I leave? You want to kill me..."

"What's the noise? It won't stop for a whole year!" Yu Xingqiang coughed outside, and Cai Qunying hurried out. The two of them said something, and after a while, they heard the sound of the door opening and closing.

Cai Qunying was sitting on the sofa crying softly, while Yu Xiaolong was standing in the small kitchen, feeling uncomfortable in his stomach. The hot meal he had just eaten was as cold as a stone, icy and hard, making his chest heavy Such as accumulated mountains.

The phone rang, and it was Xia Cong who answered it.

"So you're a local, have you gone home for the New Year?" Xia Cong's voice sounded like he was outside, with the noisy wind in the background.

"You didn't go back?" Yu Xiaolong asked.

"Homeless." He said, "I'm where you live. I've been seeing you for the past two days, and I thought you were the same as me."

"..." A rich second generation who was caught in a fight for favor and homeless.

"What's up?"

"Yeah, it's such a grand festival, isn't it pitiful that I'm alone, come out and accompany me, little curly hair."

Yu Xiaolong looked at the swaying tree shadows outside the window, he didn't know whether it was the overly depressing environment that made him eager to relieve himself, or Xia Cong's pitiful voice bewitched him at this time, he was silent for a while, sighed softly, looked at the He glanced out the window.

"You find a place to stay first, I..."

"I'll come to pick you up." Xia Cong said with a smile.

As soon as the car door was opened and closed, there was a forceful air-conditioning. It was really cold outside today. In the southern weather, minus eighty-nine degrees was already the limit. Yu Xiaolong wrapped his clothes tightly when he went up, but he still couldn't hold back his chatter.

Xia Cong turned up the temperature of the air conditioner in the car, and glanced at him, "Are you unhappy?"

"Ok?"

"I found that every time I see you, you always look so unhappy, like someone owes you money."

Yu Xiaolong replied coolly, "Then what are you seeing?"

"Did I say I don't like it?" Xia Cong smiled, "I seem to have been trying to prove to you that I just like your rough look."

Yu Xiaolong sat down a little bit, let himself sink into the seat, the collar of the down jacket covered half of his face, he said: "It's a pity that you can only like it, you can't be rough."

"Wow." Xia Cong whistled lightly, probably because he didn't expect Yu Xiaolong to reply him like this.

For his verbal harassment, he has always either punched each other or glared, and he hardly gave a good face, let alone such a provocative counterattack, which made him look a little unusual today.

After the car drove out of the community, Xia Cong said after turning a corner, "Suddenly thought of a joke, the two of us are like this now, don't you think one is brainless and the other is unhappy."

Yu Xiaolong glanced at his side face, which was half-shadowed by the passing light and shadow, "It's hard to say whether I'm happy or not, but you're definitely not brainless."

"You can say that I have brains elsewhere, but here with you..." Xia Cong deliberately paused, "I seldom take the initiative to chase people, the exception is no more than three days, and you are the exception among the exceptions."