Chapter 60

It happened to be a weekend, and Zhao Xin could stay in Bincheng for two more days. He thought it was too much trouble for Huo Yu to travel back and forth to Ningdahe Hotel, so Zhao Xin simply booked a hotel for Huo Yu for two days and asked him to take him around on the weekend. Visit Bincheng.

Huo Yu simply brought two changes of clothes and picked them up to pick up Xu Hexing from get out of class.

As soon as Xu Hexing got out of class, he saw Huo Yu leaning against the wall and playing with his mobile phone, with a backpack on his back.

The two of them walked out of the teaching building side by side. Huo Yu took the initiative and said, "I'm going to live out on the weekend and play with my mother for two days."

Xu Hexing knew that his mother had come to Bincheng, so he secretly researched a lot of parent-child communication methods, and taught them from time to time. To Huo Yu.

"Then I won't be able to see you for two days?" Although Xu Hexing was a little disappointed, he was happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

It seems that the relationship between Huo Yu and his mother has eased.

After Huo Yu accompanied his mother to visit the school last time, Huo Yu's whole person changed, and it was obvious that he was happy.

"Just two days, very soon."

Huo Yu's tone was light. Xu Hexing always felt that he was a little stiff, as if he was very nervous.

Xu Hexing couldn't help but glanced at her again, and asked tentatively: "Are you nervous?"

Huo Yu's expression froze for a moment, and he admitted honestly: "It's a bit, I haven't been with her for such a long time."

"Don't be nervous . "That's your mother!" Xu Hexing comforted her calmly, but it didn't work.

"Oh, by the way, which hotel are you staying in? Is it close to the attractions?"

Huo Yu said the name of a hotel, and Xu Hexing was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

He looked at Huo Yu with a thoughtful look, and then stretched out his hand to compare a number: "How many hotels will you stay in??"

The hotel was booked by Zhao Xin's assistant, and Huo Yu didn't know about it in advance: "Maybe Because it's a superior sea view room?"

"That makes sense. There must be a reason why this hotel is so expensive." Xu Hexing said in a low voice.

"Remember what I said, be calm, communicate calmly, and be soft when you should be soft!" Xu Hexing muttered again, still worried about Huo Yu.

After all, Huo Yu is quite boring sometimes and likes to hold back everything.

"I know, Teacher Xu." Huo Yu listened patiently to his lecture.

"Also, show me what the superior sea view room looks like after you check in."

Huo Yu chuckled, "I promise to complete the task, please rest assured the organization."

Xu Hexing pretended to be: "Very good, Comrade Xiao Huo, the organization trusts you very much. "The organization will definitely reward you when you come back."

"What reward?"

"I can't say, I'll find out when you come back." "

Okay, can the organization give me some encouragement beforehand?"

How dare he want to kiss so blatantly when there are people around him?

"Comrade Xiao Huo, don't touch your nose or face!" After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and walked forward, regardless of whether Huo Yu followed, because he knew that Huo Yu would definitely do it.

Huo Yu pretended to be resentful and said, "Please forgive me!"

His voice was quite loud, attracting the glances of passing classmates.

Xu Hexing was startled by him and hurriedly pulled him away, scolding him as he walked, and did not bother to take over the scene: "Stop being so conspicuous!"

Huo Yu smiled and obediently let him hold his arm and walk away. Xu Hexing originally said I wanted to pretend to scold him, but when I turned around and saw him smiling, my eyes narrowed and I couldn't say anything.

I thought to myself, since you look so good, I won’t care about you anymore. -The

first thing Huo Yu did when he checked into the hotel was to shoot a video of Xu Hexing in the room from all angles.

Also included is a seascape shot from a high altitude.

It seems like you can hear the sound of the waves through the screen.

Xu Hexing actually never thought there was anything strange about the sea.

From childhood, he spent most of his spring and autumn outings and holidays at the beach.

It wasn't until he saw the photo that Huo Yu sent him that Xu Hexing suddenly realized how romantic it was to watch the sea together.

Zhao Xin casually said that she wanted to try Northeastern specialties, so Huo Yu took her to a restaurant frequented by locals.

Huo Yu sat at the table, ordered his meal, and continued chatting with Xu Hexing, his expression soft.

The food was almost ready. When Zhao Xin moved his chopsticks, Huo Yu subconsciously picked up Xu Hexing's favorite dish. When he put it to his mouth, he saw that it was broccoli. He paused, and the scene of sitting and eating with Xu Hexing came to mind again.

"When did you like to eat broccoli?" Zhao Xin looked at his distracted look and vaguely remembered that Huo Yu didn't seem to like broccoli.

Huo Yu didn't expect that Zhao Xin could actually remember his preferences, and he felt warm in his heart. "My friend likes it very much. I tried it a few times and found that it's not bad."

When he mentioned his friend, Zhao Xin's reaction became much weirder.

"Which friend is that? Do I know him?"

"You don't know him, he's my college classmate."

Zhao Xin took a sip of tea, "Are we close to each other? I thought you didn't like making friends."

Huo Yu lowered his eyes. , in fact, it's not that he doesn't like making friends, it's just that Zhao Xin controlled his right to make friends when he was young. Almost everyone with whom he had a good relationship had to go through her "trial", so he was too lazy to socialize.

"We have a very good relationship and are my best friends." He emphasized the word "best" specially.

Zhao Xin put down his chopsticks before taking two bites and leaned back on his chair with a scrutinizing expression. She remembered what the girl said that day.

"When you grow up, I won't restrict you from making friends, but you have to be careful." She said vaguely, picked up the handkerchief and wiped her mouth: "Don't let people misunderstand."

Huo Yu suddenly raised his eyes to look at her. Zhao Xin's expression remained unchanged, as if covered with a thick mask, making it difficult for people to see her true face.

Huo Yu nodded perfunctorily and said nothing.

"By the way, do you want to have a drink? We, mother and son, haven't had a good chat for a long time." Zhao Xin said, raising his hand to hand the cup to Huo Yu, but his arm accidentally touched the chopsticks.

The chopsticks made a crisp sound when they hit the ground, but Huo Yu felt a palpitation in his heart for no reason.

It was as if the chopsticks didn't fall to the ground, but pierced my heart.

Huo Yu frowned: "I'll call the waiter to bring a pair of chopsticks."

Huo Yu stood up, glanced at the mobile phone lying on the table, turned around and pushed open the private room door, waved to the waiter outside the door, and said two simple words After the sentence, he returned to the private room. Only to find that Zhao Xin was holding his mobile phone in his hand, Huo Yu's heart skipped a beat.

Even before Huo Yu had time to get angry, he just wanted to question Zhao Xin when he preemptively said, "Your phone is on."

Zhao Xin stared at Huo Yu, as if he wanted to see through him, and Huo Yu felt a cold gaze coming on him. Eroding on oneself.

"Mom, don't touch my phone." Huo Yu said coldly.

Zhao Xin smiled, but Huo Yu felt that the smile was fake.

"I'm afraid it's an emergency, but you have a password on your phone. I didn't see it, so don't worry." Zhao Xin whispered softly.

Before Huo Yu had time to relax, he heard Zhao Xin ask: "Is the wallpaper Xu Hexing?"

The three words Xu Hexing were like a button. Zhao Xin just touched it lightly, and Huo Yu turned on the protection reflexively. Barrier, his face darkened and he said nothing.

Zhao Xin probably understood it by looking at his reaction.

"Really?" she asked.

Huo Yu's lips moved: "Yes." "

He's very handsome. He looks very outgoing."

Huo Yu couldn't figure out what she was thinking, so he could only remain silent.

"Do you like him?" Zhao Xin's tone was very soft, but it was like a sharp knife cutting straight into his body.

Huo Yu clenched his hands hard. Even though his nails were trimmed cleanly and neatly, it still hurt terribly.

He tried hard to control his interest and opened his mouth, but he couldn't say the word "no".

"Like it? Or don't you like it?"

Huo Yu's Adam's apple rolled violently, "He is my friend, of course I like him."

Zhao Xin touched a strand of hanging curly hair and chuckled: "Look at My eyes, Huo Yu."

He looked a little dazed. He subconsciously raised his head and looked into the eyes of this powerful woman. This was her mother. Her eyes seemed to be able to see through everything and dig out his most secret thoughts. .

"Then your relationship is really fragile." She raised her hand to grab Huo Yu's shoulders and repeated, "Just friends?"

Huo Yu neither admitted nor refuted.

He knew that if he admitted it now, he would only face more. But if he didn't admit it, all his self-esteem would feel like being trampled under his feet, and he would feel a little confused for a moment.

He just fell in love, nothing special.

There is no crime of murder, and no good girls are forced into prostitution.

He did nothing wrong.

Why are you so timid?

Especially under Zhao Xin's sarcastic gaze, he felt even more uncomfortable.

"I checked on him last night. He is really a good boy. His family is not bad. Both parents are teachers. He has many talents all over the world."

Zhao Xin sat back on the stool and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat. "He himself is not bad either. , Sunshine is progressive, I guess I won an award in the speech contest I participated in when I was a freshman."

Zhao Xin pulled out a video from his phone. The picture quality was not very good, as if it had been saved and forwarded many times.

Zhao Xin handed it to him and asked, "Would you like to take a look? Oh yes, you may have already seen it, do you want to review it again."

Huo Yu resisted, closing his eyes and not looking at her phone, but in the video He couldn't stop his eyes from opening when Xu Hexing's clean voice sounded.

He was naturally attracted to Xu Hexing.

Xu Hexing in the picture is still a bit immature, but he can't hide the slightest wantonness.

It was this speech contest that allowed Huo Yu to completely understand his own heart.

He understood that his inexplicable possessiveness towards Xu Hexing was not just due to friendship.

At that time, Huo Yu was sitting in the audience, sitting in the crowd and looking up at him.

Xu Hexing is a pushy person, and he has no stage fright when standing on stage.

The title of the speech has only one word: "I".

He smiled openly and proudly. After taking the stage to express my thanks, I got straight to the point.

"You are so young and energetic, much more lively than you." Zhao Xin was still commenting from the side, but Huo Yu couldn't hear his words clearly at all, and all he could see was Xu Hexing shrinking in this small screen.

It seems like he can give himself more power.

He first introduced his name, which consists of three words.

Expectations, cranes, stars.

As noble as a crane, as bright as a star. This is what his parents expected of him.

Huo Yu's heart trembled heavily, and even his breathing was suppressed. He was breathing heavily, as if something invisible was pressing on him, making him unable to breathe.

He suddenly understood what Zhao Xin meant.

Zhao Xin did not have a heart-breaking argument with her, but chose a cold way to let himself understand everything.

"It's a pretty good name, what do you think?" Looking at Huo Yu's almost collapsed expression, Zhao Xin curled her lips. Her goal had obviously been achieved.

"His parents must have high hopes for him, right? What about you, do you want him to take the sunny road or walk with you on the dark path?" Huo Yu's eyes were empty, and it flashed through his mind that the two of them could only walk in the darkness. Scenes of intimacy and kissing on a dark alley.

"Just graduate, it will be fine." He whispered, finally finishing the sentence.

Zhao Xin sneered, laughing at his nonsense: "Campus is the simplest place. When you enter society, you will only face more. Don't tell me you haven't thought about it?"

Yes, of course he has thought about it. I thought about it countless times before getting together with Xu Hexing.

But he really couldn't refuse him.

The phrase "Just graduate, it will be fine." is more like an excuse he used to convince himself.

"Okay, even if he is willing to face everything with you, what about his parents? Can they accept you?"

Huo Yu was still resisting: "I will work hard to get recognition."

"Huo Yu, I don't even know what to say. If you are stupid, you should call yourself innocent." Zhao Xin's sharp tone penetrated the most vulnerable part of Huo Yu's heart.

Clouds suddenly gathered outside the window, thunder roared for a moment, and then raindrops plummeted, hitting the glass with crackling sounds. The rain was not heavy, but the raindrops were heavy.

Zhao Xin raised his hand and closed the window hard, making a heavy sound.

The dishes on the table were barely touched, and it was obvious that Zhao Xin didn't like eating them.

"His parents are both ordinary teachers. They have high hopes for him and give him a lot of love. Are you sure you want their only son to be abnormal with you?"

"We are not abnormal." Huo Yu retorted. It's just that the person they like is of the same sex. The word "abnormal" is too strong and they can't bear it.

"In front of the secular world and the public, you are just abnormal." Zhao Xin said firmly.

"Have you considered what will happen to his family? Have you considered what they will face? This is not a matter of the two of you, but a matter of the two families!"

"Can you endure the pressure and get to the end?"

"I won't regret it even if we are separated." Huo Yu's eyes were scarlet, but he was particularly firm when he said this.

"Then why are you wasting your time now? Do you want to torture each other for a while even if you know we will be separated?"

"Are you really that selfish?" Zhao Xin just finished speaking and took the phone out of Huo Yu's hand. When she came out, there was a group photo on the lock screen. Xu Hexing smiled brightly. She pointed and said, "Do you want to see this smile fade away?"

Huo Yu's heartbeat became slower, and he looked at his phone blankly. Looking at the screen, he thought that maybe he was a selfish person. Zhao Xin said many sharp and mean words, which hurt him all over, but he still refused to let go, but... when he looked at the photo of Xu Hexing with a bright smile, he was stunned for a moment. hesitate.

He admitted that he hoped that Xu Hexing would always stay sunny and smile.

"I only give you two days to think it over." Zhao Xin issued an ultimatum, "If you are unwilling to break up with him, then let me convey it."

She picked up her bag, opened the door, and turned around and said, "But I I'm not good at communicating with children, so I'll talk to his parents directly, you understand me."

The last sentence was a light threat, which completely crushed Huo Yu's spirit.

For the first time, he hoped that Zhao Xin would argue and yell with him. Rather than gouging out his internal organs with such a cold tone.

The pain hit me inch by inch.

He didn't know which part went wrong and why this day came so suddenly.

But none of this seems to be important anymore. There are more difficult problems at hand.

And there seems to be only one final answer to this question.

He stood leaning against the wall for a while before leaving the hotel.

It rained suddenly, and the pedestrians on the road walked in a hurry. He was the only one walking slowly, without an umbrella, and without even the consciousness of taking a taxi.

The rain slid down the side of his face, merged with a tear, and finally fell into a very small puddle.

Someone was selling umbrellas on the road, and Huo Yu stood up in front of him. He couldn't hear clearly what the man was saying, he could only see that his eyes were filled with prayers. Huo Yu was stunned and scanned the QR code to pay, holding the umbrella and walking back into the rain.

This time he was separated from the rain, but the rain had already soaked his clothes, and when the wind blew, coldness covered his body.

Huo Yu only felt uncomfortable everywhere.

My throat is choked and my eyes are sore. My chest felt even more heavy.

He passed by a convenience store and bought a pack of cigarettes. He sat outside the convenience store and stared numbly at the rain curtain in the distance.

He took a heavy drag on the cigarette, and the blue-white smoke covered his face. He shook the ashes skillfully. As soon as the smoke passed through his lungs, the pain was numbed.

One mouthful after another, I don’t know how long it took. The rain stopped and the cigarette box bottomed out.

The phone rang and rang and vibrated again and again. But he didn't dare to look.

He is afraid that his selfishness will invade all his thoughts.

He was afraid of being separated from Xu Hexing, and even more afraid that Xu Hexing would no longer be happy.

The rain came and went just as suddenly.

Soon there were only the pattering of raindrops. But the heavy rain in his heart was still pouring down, soaking his internal organs. I wanted to endure the pain and wring out the rainwater, but I was left with a patch of dampness.

He stood up and held an umbrella, his body was still wet, and his back was infinitely lonely.