Chapter 6 Yan Hui

I don’t know when there was another snowstorm outside. The wind was as sharp as a knife. Even the sky was not clear during the day, and snowflakes like salt grains fell one after another.

Li Wenyu bought the ointment and went to a small hotel on the roadside. He couldn't go home at this time. Although his aunt was at work, his grandma was still at home.

The hotel is old and small, but there are a lot of people there. A yellowed banner hangs at the front desk, with the words "Feel at Home" written in cursive. Li Wenyu didn't see clearly at first and slowly walked forward along with the long queue. The smell of low-quality cigarettes stung his nose. It wasn't until he coughed until his eyes were blurry with tears that he finally paid and received the key.

He leaned on the wooden bed of the hotel and took a sip of warm water to moisten his throat before dialing his aunt Li Teng's number.

There was some noise on the other end, and it took a while before I heard Li Teng's voice coming through. He half-raised his voice and said, "Li Wenyu, what did you do yesterday? Why didn't you come home all night? You didn't answer the phone either. Li

Wenyu lowered his head and tried to keep his voice calm, but still a little tired inside: "Auntie, someone left too late in the game hall last night. I accidentally fell asleep and didn't see your phone call. I'm sorry."

"Oh, I got it," Li Teng said hello to the person next to him, and then continued, "Let me know in advance next time. Your grandma kept asking me this morning, and she was so annoyed."

Li Wenyu said. Pursing his lips: "I know, Auntie."

The other end quickly hung up the phone. Li Wenyu took off his clothes and applied anti-inflammatory medicine to the wound. He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes and applied a large amount of it to the unspeakable area behind his back.

After that, his exhausted body could no longer hold up, and he fell back on the unfamiliar bed. He usually recognized the bed very well, but at this moment he didn't care at all and quickly fell into sleep.

In his sleep, he felt hot. His face was very hot, and his head was also filled with hot paste, which was thick and sticky. The wind comes in from some corner.

When I woke up again, there was the sound of rain pattering outside the window, and the north wind kept beating on the window sill. There was no light coming in. It seemed that it was already night.

Li Wenyu touched his phone and checked the time. He opened his eyes in the darkness, seeming to be thinking, but also seemed to be just blanking.

It wasn't until half past nine that he got dressed and went downstairs.

It rained endlessly. He didn't have any money and couldn't buy an umbrella. By the time he got downstairs in the community, he was basically soaked through.

Opening the door, Li Teng and his grandma were sitting at the coffee table. The sound of games surrounded the living room. It was his cousin Ji He who was sitting on the sofa with his mobile phone.

Li Teng glanced at Li Wenyu who had just walked in, frowned and asked, "Why are you so wet? Why don't you bring an umbrella when you go out?"

Li Wenyu wiped the water from his face and whispered, "I forgot. It's okay. I'll just go wash it off now."

He didn't dare to stay for a moment, for fear of discovering the signs of swelling on his face.

"Wait a minute," Li Teng stopped him, squinted his eyes and said, "What's wrong with your face?"

Grandma's eyesight was not very good, so after hearing Li Teng's words, she asked with concern: "What's wrong, Xiao Yu's face ?" Are you hurt?" He stood up from the sofa and walked over.

Li Wenyu's throat tightened, but he still explained calmly: "It's okay, grandma, there was a conflict between a few people in the game hall yesterday, and I fell when I stopped them. You don't have to come over, I'm wet, first Go take a bath."

Li Teng's attention was attracted by the TV and he said nothing. Grandma paused, and then sat down slowly: "Then you must be careful next time."

"I know, Grandma."

Li Wenyu didn't dare to stop for a moment and walked into the room quickly.

He closed his eyes and leaned against the door. He was actually a little lucky that his family didn't care too much about him, otherwise there would be no way to hide the wounds on his body. He would rather die than be discovered by these traces of shame.

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winter rain continued continuously, and the rain and snow blended together, leaving mud on the ground when pedestrians walked through.

When Li Wenyu woke up in the classroom, he still had his last self-study class. The sky outside the window was gray, and the evergreen tree was dripping with snow. He blinked his tired eyes, and when he turned around, he saw Yang Cheng stared at him.

He only squinted for more than ten minutes. He didn't even take off his mask and scarf while sleeping. His voice was a little muffled: "What's wrong?"

Yang Cheng turned the pen in his hand carelessly and looked at him with a smile: "It's okay. It's my first time. It's quite strange that you're sleeping in the classroom."

Li Wenyu didn't want to speak, so he nodded and his mind wandered to nowhere.

He was like a frightened bird all day, confused and confused. Sometimes he seemed to be listening to lectures, and sometimes he seemed to be sleeping with his eyes closed. He didn't dare to look at the phone in his pocket, as if he was afraid of receiving some message.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Yang Cheng glanced at him again and asked hesitantly, "How about going to the hospital?"

Li Wenyu rubbed his sore eyes, shook his head and said, "No, I'm going to the bathroom."

He stood up and walked out. There were only a few scattered people in the corridor, walking in a hurry in the cold wind. Tightening his collar and mask, Li Wenyu walked very slowly. When he passed a certain classroom, the classmates by the window happened to open the window for ventilation. Some harsh pushing and pulling sounds made Li Wenyu glance at it subconsciously.

A group of boys were chatting together, seemingly talking about some interesting topic, and their laughter was particularly loud. Li Wenyu frowned uncomfortably when some explicit words like having a good figure and a wild personality came out, and then he spotted the protagonist of the topic out of the corner of his eye.

Pei Xin sat there with a calm expression. He was slender and leaning on the back of the chair with his arms folded. His whole body was full of arrogance and coldness. He lazily took the mineral water handed to him by the person next to him, raised his head and took a sip. His Adam's apple rolled and disappeared into the collar of his school uniform the moment he lowered his head.

When Pei Xin's eyes met his through the crowd, Li Wenyu was so dazed that he almost missed his footing. Instinct, fear, and some absurd scenes lingered in his mind, and he dug into the palms of his hands. , forcing himself to return to the real scene, and walked quickly towards the bathroom.

He took off his mask in front of the sink, washed his face with cold water, and looked at his pale face mixed with red marks in the mirror. The powerlessness and nausea lingered in his heart.

Li Wenyu returned to the classroom before the school bell rang. The closer the time came to the end of school, the more uneasy he became. Yang Cheng took his paper and copied questions. Everyone around him was immersed in doing their own things. Only he stared at the wall. Bewildered and at a loss.

The ticking bell blended with the sound of rain. When the bell rang, Li Wenyu suddenly trembled, as if he had been startled. Yang Cheng stretched out his hand and waved in front of his eyes: "What's wrong with you today?"

Li Wenyu shook his head, and when he stood up, the chair made a harsh sound on the ground: "It's okay, I'm going home first."

He was minding his own business . As he walked out, Yang Cheng took out the test paper and was about to return it to him, but he saw that the person had already walked away.

"Eh?" Yang Cheng silently put away the test papers that were rattling in the wind and muttered, "Weird."