As soon as it was cold, the nights were long, and it was still dark in the morning. When the red light counted down, Zhou Ming took a look in the rearview mirror.

Cheng Zan nestled in the back, slumped and hugging a pillow in a daze.

"Are you hungry?" Zhou Ming withdrew his gaze, "There is a breakfast stall ahead, I can wait for you for a while."

The person behind raised his head slowly, and replied after a while: "Brother, have you eaten?"

"Well," Zhou Ming stepped on the gas pedal lightly, "I came out after cooking for him, so I ate something by the way."

Cheng Zan: "..."

His mind finally cleared up from the turbidity, and with a little bit of curiosity he cheered up: "How did you and the senior get together?"

Zhou Ming didn't speak. From Cheng Zan's perspective, he could only see it in the rearview mirror. The man's eyes were slightly bent, revealing a soft light.

"Ah, I may have talked too much," Cheng Zan said cautiously, but still spoke very slowly, "It's just that we all guessed at that time, what kind of person the senior would find."

It's not the rush hour yet, and there aren't many vehicles on the road. Cheng Zan looks out the window unconsciously. The sun hasn't risen yet, and the sky outside is still dizzy.

"he's good."

Zhou Ming finished his sentence for no reason, and then remained silent.

Cheng Zan actually blushed a little when he heard that, wrapped his arms around the pillow, and couldn't help but start talking about his school days, and once loved a very good girl, but he was too timid at that time, and only dared to look at her from a distanceLooking at her brisk back, she watched her skirt flutter past her, until she disappeared into the distance of the road.

He babbled a lot, dissecting all his secret thoughts in one go, even covered his face with a choked-up sob, his shoulders trembled slightly.

The vehicle turned a corner smoothly, and a soft sound came from the front.

"It's okay, I'm listening."

Cheng Zan buried his face in his hands, took several deep breaths, and then opened his mouth, sniffling, "Thank you."

"I didn't do anything," Zhou Ming didn't turn his head, "the tissue is on your right."

After not washing himself seriously for a long time, the skin on his face was a little sore from rubbing. Cheng Zan lowered his head and suddenly understood why Ji Yunqing liked Zhou Ming.

Although this person is very quiet, he doesn't need to say anything, there is a kind of magic that wants to confide in him.

"Here we are," Zhou Ming turned his head when the vehicle stopped by the side of the road, "Is that your parents?"

He turned sideways while unbuttoning his seat belt, his rolled up sleeve wrapped a short section of his strong arm, Zhou Ming looked at Cheng Zan expressionlessly: "It's time to get out of the car."

Cheng Zan sat blankly without moving, but hugged the pillow even tighter.

His parents came as scheduled and stood by the side of the road, well dressed, with a tall and elegant posture.

No matter what time it is, it is as if you are on the stage, facing the spotlight and adjusting all your expressions.

His gray hair had been dyed for a while, and the original black came out, making it look distinct. Cheng Zan mechanically put down the pillow and opened the car door. As soon as he took a step, his legs went limp, and Zhou Ming supported his arm beside him., Did not kneel on the ground.

The father was the first to cast his eyes, and quickly moved away the moment they met.

There was still a perfect smile on the mother's face, she stepped forward slowly, and nodded at the two: "Come?"

"Mom," Cheng Zan opened and closed his mouth again, "I..."

The familiar upward curve of the corner of the mouth was extremely strange at this moment, uncomfortable, panicky, even frightened, Cheng Zan was sour before he could finish his sentence, bowed down and vomited.

Yu Qiulan finally had another expression on her face, and her eyes were gloomy looking at the filth on her skirt.

In fact, there is nothing dirty, it is the acid water in the stomach.

Cheng Zan hadn't eaten well.

Zhou Ming held him with one hand to prevent him from sliding limply, and with the other hand he took a bottle of mineral water from the side of the cab, unscrewed it and handed it to him.

Cheng Zan gargled in a daze, his throat was hot, but his lips were so dry that they were about to crack. The next second, a tissue was stuffed in his hand, and his deep voice could not be refused.

"Drink some more water."

Yu Qiulan finally spoke, without any smile on her face: "I'll cut to the chase, what did you give that Ouyang Yu?"

"I don't know." Zhou Ming didn't look at her, "I just sent Cheng Zan over to see you."

"I don't know?" Yu Qiulan's voice was ironic, "Ji Yunqing is messing around outside, don't you care?"

"Who said I don't care and don't ask?" Zhou Ming finally raised his eyes, "I'll pass him the brick."

Yu Qiulan didn't understand for a moment, and was about to open her mouth angrily, when she heard laughter.

Cheng Zan was covering his stomach, his back was bent low, his hair was long, and when he lowered his head, he covered half of his face, so he couldn't see his expression clearly, he could only hear the loud laugh and his trembling shoulders.

"Straighten your back!" Yu Qiulan scolded, "What do you look like!"

"Mom," Cheng Zan finally raised his head, coughing a little while laughing, "I couldn't hold back when I heard the joke, don't you want to laugh?"

"Also, it's nice to be straight, but mom."

Cheng Zan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "It's really comfortable to hunched over like this once in a while."

Zhou Ming took a deep look at him, and Cheng Zan nodded immediately: "That's enough, thank you, let's go."

As he spoke, he turned around to drive the door, but Yu Qiulan went up to it and slammed it shut. An instinctive uneasiness welled up in her heart. Her voice was finally no longer stable, and her elegant arc was gone. Two law lines appeared, and she was caught.The red lips are a little obvious, like cracked porcelain.

"where did you go?"

Cheng Zan said softly, "Surrender yourself."

Yu Qiulan was stunned for a moment, then immediately took a step back: "You have no evidence."

"I have a certificate from the hospital," Cheng Zan opened the car door again, "it's enough to say..."

"What I mean is," Yu Qiulan interrupted him bluntly, "you have no evidence to prove that we did it."

The hand on the car door stopped, with two exaggerated metal rings on it, which made the complexion pale.

"Ouyang Yu did it," Yu Qiulan continued, "He loves his talents and cherishes them, and he took risks..."

Zhou Ming didn't give her a chance to finish, he helped Cheng Zan open the car door, and pushed gently behind him, the tall young man sat in lightly like a fallen leaf, and disappeared into the darkness.

"I still have something to say," Yu Qiulan hurried forward, "You are still young and still have a chance, why are you so different from others, so stupid!"

"Aunt Yu," Zhou Ming turned around, "Actually, Cheng Zan doesn't like dancing."

A faint figure appeared on the car window, Yu Qiulan brushed her hair in response to this reflection, and said with a sneer, "He likes it."

The morning rush hour came, and the vehicles converging and congested behind them. After a short pause, they drove forward again, like a silent machine, repeating the daily routine in an orderly manner. Zhou Ming turned his back to the busy traffic, and smiled faintly: "That's fine.", let’s not talk about this, I will give you something, you should like it.”

He stretched out his hand, and in his white palm was lying in the shape of a USB drive.

"Recorder," Zhou Ming smiled softly and harmlessly, "Want to listen?"

Tinnitus, heart palpitations, that familiar feeling struck again, Cheng Zan's fingers turned slightly white from the force, curled up to grab the pillow, his teeth chattered.

He breathed heavily.

I really want to open the door.

I really want to rush into the endless traffic.

Will it hurt if you get run over, will your body be torn apart like when you are stretched?

"Are you ok?"

A somewhat deep voice came, and finally regained a little clarity. Cheng Zan raised his head in a daze, and saw the mints in his hand that he didn't know when.

He tore it slowly into his mouth.

Sweet.

Why is it so sweet.

The teeth were so sweet that couldn't help feeling sick.

"Is it done?" He spoke slowly, startled by his hoarse voice, "Did they... go back?"

Zhou Ming has already started the vehicle: "Well, the water has been muddied, have you thought about it?"

The heartbeat gradually calmed down, and Cheng Zan's teeth crushed the candy.

"Well, I've thought about it."

Zhou Ming was silent for a while, and then replied when he was driving on the viaduct: "Wait for you to come out, I will pick you up."

"I want to go abroad when the time comes," Cheng Zan felt the sweet taste in his mouth become bitter when the mints were almost melted, "I want to go for a walk, see the world, see the place where my sister lived, when the time comes...Maybe I can borrow some money from you."

"Okay," Zhou Ming smiled slightly, "We'll wait."

Cheng Zan's gaze turned to the window, and tears streamed down his face as he was stabbed by the slowly rising sun.

He really doesn't like dancing.

But for more than 20 years of his life, he was completely occupied by dancing, so that he didn't even know what he liked. That girl seemed to be just a passer-by in his life.A little hallucination stolen from me is not my own sweetness.

He rarely eats sugar.

I have been abroad many times, all for performances.

The curtain call under the gorgeous lights, received the beautiful flowers, but never walked through the ordinary streets and alleys.

Cheng Zan is learning and likes some things. Although he has not gained much at the moment, it is enough to make him feel novel, so that he finally has a little vision for the future where he no longer needs to dance.

When he arrived, the fallen leaves fell to the soil. He got off the car briskly, waved at Zhou Ming, and showed his first real smile today.

Ouyang Yu had already started to sweat.

It's almost October, why is it still so hot?

He grabbed the remote control of the air conditioner, thought for a while and then put it down. He couldn't hold back and made an intercom call to the security room. As soon as he got through, he couldn't wait to open his mouth: "Hello? Is Teacher Li here?"

"Nope," the young security guard said in dialect, "Ms. Li hasn't been here for a long time, so I don't think it's certain that today..."

Ouyang Yu hung up the phone abruptly.

There was a knock on the door, he coughed twice, and put on a beaming smile: "Enter..."

His smile froze.

Ji Yunqing wore a black sweater, which made his little face as white and clean as snow, and the slight smile on the corner of his lips was soft and pleasant.

"Uncle Ouyang," he came in self-consciously, and sat on the sofa unceremoniously, "Ms. Li told me that she will go abroad for an exchange soon, and she will just get on the plane."

"Why don't I know?" Ouyang Yu was dumbfounded, "She's so old..."

"The old lady loves majors and students," Ji Yunqing opened his mouth indifferently, "I have worked hard for the dance troupe all my life, so I shouldn't cause trouble for her anymore. Besides, I have been taught by my elders since I was a child to respect the old and love the young."

"You need to get a sincere statue," he squinted, "do you think so?"

The empty office was silent for a moment.

"Let's not go around in circles," Ouyang Yu suddenly opened his mouth, "There is nothing in the regiment that I'm sorry for you. What happened two years ago was that you were entangled by a family of lunatics. It has nothing to do with others. Your name is also for the sake of the overall situation and the interests of the collective.Sacrifice is nothing compared to that.”

He was articulate, completely lacking the stickiness of his previous bureaucratic accent.

"The Cheng family is so overjoyed and hypocritical, they will overturn sooner or later, if not today, it will be later." Ouyang Yu grabbed the rough porcelain teacup, "You are a smart person, let me tell you the truth, they have been reported a long time ago and are under investigation..."

Ji Yunqing didn't look at him, but stared at the front deeply. Ouyang Yu stopped chattering and looked forward. The trash can in the corner of the office was a bit dirty, the plastic bag had leaked, and half of the cigarette butts fell outside.

"Old buildings are like this," Ouyang Yu smiled, "The office in that commercial office building is really clean."

"Well," Ji Yunqing nodded, "It's dirty here."

Ouyang Yu's heart skipped a beat.

"Eating kickbacks to make money is normal in your eyes." Ji Yunqing finally looked away, "I am also very familiar with the whole process, and I am cautious in doing things. I have always traded in cash."

"I don't understand what you said," Ouyang Yu stood up, "Yun Qing, I've already found that explanation for you..."

Ji Yunqing glanced at him lightly: "Thank you, but I don't need it anymore."

"Aren't you afraid that your reputation will be stepped on?"

"They will withdraw the lawsuit tomorrow," Ji Yunqing said softly, "Uncle Ouyang, you can also tell the truth, you are forced to operate these things, and Aunt Yu is using your tricks..."

Ouyang Yu propped his hands on the desk, staring blankly ahead.

Why, Teacher Li clearly promised himself that he would come to persuade Ji Yunqing to calm down.

He was obviously very careful, why did the other party know these things?

Ji Yunqing then stood up, standing upright like a cedar: "Today is the last day, you can chat with Aunt Yu again."

After speaking, he glanced at the trash can again with disgust, turned and left, walking quickly.

Ouyang Yu's lips were trembling.

...the door is not closed!

He didn't meet any acquaintances. Ji Yunqing walked through the pear tree in the parking lot. The fruits on it were already ripe and hung heavily on it, bending the branches slightly. From a distance, he saw the man standing beside the car, and saw himCome here and open the co-pilot's door.

Ji Yunqing lazily leaned on the back of the chair, allowing the other party to turn sideways and place a soft kiss on her face.

He figured it out, as soon as he saw Zhou Ming, the first thing he would do was to be kissed.

It's all muscle memory.

"go home?"

"Um."

The vehicle started smoothly, and Ji Yunqing glanced at the pear tree that was gradually driving away, and suddenly asked: "At that time, were you secretly filming me here?"

Zhou Ming was silent for a while before replying: "...Yes."

"Why," Ji Yunqing looked at him narrowly, "did you like me then?"

"I didn't know what I was thinking at the time," Zhou Ming said with a smile, "I just thought that you look good when you smile under the moonlight."

Ji Yunqing suddenly realized: "Oh, you have taken a fancy to my beauty."

"Forget it," Zhou Ming took advantage of a red light, turned his face, "I think you are more cute than beautiful."

Ji Yunqing smiled and stretched out his hand, and gently twisted his ear, itching like a feather, it could be called a caress, it made Zhou Ming hide numbly, and his cheeks were a little red.

"Okay, it's done," Ji Yunqing withdrew his hand and yawned, "The trouble is gone, I can eat the crab you made."

"Okay, now the crab is getting fat."

It was already noon, and the late autumn sun was shining warmly. Ji Yunqing squinted his eyes and was lost in thought. After a while, he replied: "He went back?"

"Well," Zhou Ming thought for a while before opening his mouth, "This is a good thing for him."

Ji Yunqing quietly looked out the window.

The next thing has nothing to do with them, and the two gangs will not bite each other for long. The collapse of the Cheng family will happen sooner or later. I am used to being on the stage, and every movement is inspected by a magnifying glass. In the long run, it will not make people feel grateful.Be more cautious, but feel complacent as it should be.

He didn't really do much.

It's just exposing the dirty things floating under the water.

Ji Yunqing likes to dance, it's the thing itself, what he doesn't like is the rules, factions, and even struggles behind it, so when a respected teacher calls him, he still refuses, and only replies with a short sentence.

"Teacher, I think it's dirty there."

The teacher was very smart, so he didn't say anything more, just sighed and told him that if the water is clear, there will be no fish.

Everyone understands this truth.

Ouyang Yu's hands and feet were not clean, which became an opportunity for Yu Qiulan to coerce and lure her, and Yu Qiulan and his wife's greed and pursuit of fame and fortune also dragged them into the abyss.

When you are on stage, every move you make will be watched, even if it is blocked by a curtain, it will be daylight.

"By the way, how did you get the evidence that the Cheng family bribed Ouyang Yu?" Ji Yunqing turned his face and asked curiously.

Zhou Ming focused on the road ahead: "There were two people when Aunt Yu came to see me. I checked the surveillance in private and found that it was her driver. Once this person is vain, he has to do everything on the surface by himself., and at the same time raised his own social status, he might not want to do private things."

"It's actually very simple, including police investigations. If you are careful, you will always encounter a breakthrough. If you are close to the ink, the driver will naturally be greedy and secretly deduct some things. Anyway, it is cash that cannot be explained clearly.Shake a shot, and when you feel guilty, you will reveal your flaws."

Zhou Ming sighed with some regret: "Actually, I even took a PS on the picture to make him think it was taken at Ouyang's house, but it didn't work."

Just leave the rest to time and the police.

"Don't talk about such annoying things," Ji Yunqing suddenly opened his mouth as if thinking of something, "I'm a little curious, don't you swear when you are angry?"

Coming home soon, Zhou Ming thought about it for a while, and said honestly: "It seems that it really won't."

"Then when others scold you, won't you scold back, what will you say?"

Zhou Ming said without hesitation, "Rebound."

The vehicle turned a corner, and Ji Yunqing laughed until his shoulders trembled: "I haven't heard these two words since elementary school."

"I have never been yelled at since I was in elementary school, saying that someone wants to beat me up."

"You are so childish!"

"...Little Treasure, in fact, you too."

Ji Yunqing laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back, he opened the car window and let the wind blow for a while, sometimes Zhou Ming's sudden words would poke his own laughing points, which almost made his stomach ache from laughing.

"Forget it, since you've called me childish, then I'll just play tricks," he turned his face, and pointed out the window confidently, "There's a balloon seller across the street, buy it for me, I want a little dinosaur!"

Zhou Ming smiled and slowed down, and drove to the parking space next to him: "What else do you need? There are supermarkets and vegetable markets nearby, let's talk about it together."

"I want small crabs, oranges, and ice-cold cones!"

Zhou Ming parked the car and unbuckled his seat belt: "What else?"

"No more," Ji Yunqing thought about it seriously, "That's all for now."

"Did you forget something?"

"No, nothing else is needed..."

In the next second, the warm breath came softly and irresistibly, and Ji Yunqing's chin was pinched and bumped into those clear eyes.

The lips were bitten lightly as if being punished, and then let go quickly, poking in little by little, evoking panting ambiguity and heartbeat, the breathing gradually became heavy, all senses were taken away, Ji Yunqing clung to the other party in a dazeHe couldn't stop panting, and the man's voice was hoarse and low, scratching his already hot ears.

"What I need most...isn't it a kiss?"