Chapter 63

Li Wenyu left the hospital before Pei Xin woke up.

He didn't change his clothes, and he was afraid of disturbing other people when taking the bus, so he took a taxi home in front of the hospital.

The chaos in the corridor had returned to quiet. He took out the key as he went upstairs. When he got to the door, he realized that he had not locked the door at all in his rush.

The living room was the same as when he left, except that the sun was setting and dusk filled the room.

The air conditioning kept blowing in the room, and the blood on the floor had dried. From a distance, it looked dark red, like a murder scene in a movie.

Li Wenyu took off his clothes, threw them into the trash can along with the pair of scissors, and began to clean up these horrific traces.

He moved very slowly, and by the time he finished all this, night had fallen. The room was groggy. Li Wenyu didn't turn on the lights. He used the light from the window to sit in the corner of the sofa and turned on the TV, then turned up the volume.

It was still the police movie that he hadn't finished watching last time, but this time he couldn't fall asleep, so he turned down the sound again and leaned on the sofa.

The night was deep and quiet, but he suddenly heard heavy footsteps coming from the corridor. Li Wenyu instantly stood up with thorns all over his body and looked at the door behind him warily.

After a while, the sound of footsteps became distant and soft, and then completely disappeared.

However, Li Wenyu was still tense and unable to relax. He suddenly stood up, paused the TV screen, picked up his cell phone from the coffee table, found a phone number in his address book, and dialed it.

The phone beeped twice and the call was connected. Li Wenyu grabbed the soft sofa with his fingers and his throat was a little stiff: "Ying Wei, I have something to ask you for help. Do you have time?"

The voice on the other end was a little noisy . , chaotic human voices and music mixed together, Ying Wei's familiar voice with a smile seemed very faint when he came over: "Yes, I happened to be in City B." He paused, seemed to lower his head and glanced at the time, and continued: "It's too late today. I'll go find you tomorrow."

Li Wenyu glanced at the street lights outside and said hesitantly: "I moved and no longer live in the same place. I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow. It's near your company. Restaurant."

"Moving?" Ying Wei said in a slightly surprised voice, "It's a housewarming celebration, so I should come and sit down. Even if it's a meal, I should invite you."

Li Wenyu pursed his lips, but in the end he didn't. Rejection: "Is that okay tomorrow morning? I'll send you the location later."

"Okay."

After making the call, the tight string in Li Wenyu's head finally loosened slightly. He turned off the TV, and there was no Returning to the room, he lay on his side on the sofa and closed his eyes.

The next day, he was woken up by the sun. The midsummer sun was very dazzling at eight o'clock, and the living room was hot and bright.

Li Wenyu hadn't eaten anything since yesterday, and his stomach hurt. He went into the kitchen, cooked a bowl of noodles, ate it, and then continued to wait.

It was almost eleven o'clock when Ying Wei arrived, when the sun was the hottest at noon.

Li Wenyu didn't meet Ying Wei often in the past few years, but every time he could clearly feel the changes in him. His childlike facial features and increasingly angular lines make him look far removed from his youth.

Li Wenyu poured him a glass of water, glanced at the curtains that were blown by the wind, and said softly: "I'm sorry, the curtains are not very good at blocking out the light, so they are a bit too sunny."

Ying Wei glanced around and curled his lips: " Your house is nice and quiet."

Li Wenyu paused and sat down on the other side of the sofa: "Thank you for letting me come to City B. This is a very nice city."

Ying Wei said in a casual tone. He said jokingly: "If you thank me, Pei Xin will probably want to kill me."

Li Wenyu turned pale instantly and looked up at him: "You know he is coming?"

"You will call me, except I can't think of any other reason for this." Ying Wei looked normal, as if he was expecting it.

Li Wenyu stared blankly, remembering that in the coffee shop in City A five years ago, Ying Wei was sitting opposite, with the same expression as now.

But at that time, Li Wenyu could not have imagined that one day he would ask Ying Wei for help again.

At that time, he thought that as long as he made up his mind to leave, he would be able to escape from hell completely.

Give up relatives, give up friends, give up studies. All this was too difficult for the seventeen-year-old him. Before escaping from City C back to Nanwang Lane, he could not make this determination at all. He just wanted to leave that strange city first and get away from Pei Xin's control. He wanted to see his grandma and his aunt.

But when he opened the door to his home, he only saw the familiar face in his memory.

The middle-aged man sitting on the sofa saw him coming in and just glanced at Li Wenyu. He didn't speak for a long time, and his dark and red face was gloomy: "Have you forgotten who I am? My uncle can't even call me." "What?"

This is his uncle, Ji Chenggang.

Li Wenyu, however, stared blankly there, still not speaking. At this time, grandma walked out of the room. She was a little flustered when she saw Li Wenyu. She came forward and took his hand: "Xiao Yu is back. Are you okay with making up classes at school?"

Li Wenyu turned around and was greeted by grandma's skinny look After holding hands and entering the room, she finally came to her senses and said slowly with a white face: "Why...why did he come back?"

Grandma sighed tremblingly: "He refused to leave, and he must ask your aunt to get the money. Give it to him. He and your aunt haven't divorced yet, and it won't work if the police come. Just... stay here

?" Li Wenyu seemed a little confused, his eyes were empty, "Let him stay here. Stay?"

Grandma lowered her head and said after a while, "There is nothing we can do."

Li Wenyu's fever had not subsided, but it had already started again on the train back. His head froze for a while, and it took a long time before he responded and walked out slowly.

The living room was surrounded by the sound of the TV. Ji Chenggang crossed his legs on the coffee table, squinting and smoking while looking at the TV. The smoke was filled, but it could not cover his shiny face.

Li Wenyu raised his eyes and saw a family photo in a blue frame hanging on the wall behind the sofa.

It was taken when he was six years old. He had just reached his father Li Yuanzhou's waist. He was afraid of being embarrassed and refused to stand when the photo was taken, so he had to sit on the sofa. On the right is the grandma with not yet gray hair, the mother with a soft smile, Li Teng is holding Ji He's hand, they are all smiling.

Li Wenyu looked at it for a while, until his eyes were swollen, and then he blinked slowly. His stomach was churning, and he couldn't help but rush into the bathroom and vomit.

Until all the acidic water in his stomach was vomited out, and there was nothing left to vomit, he washed his face, touched his hot cheeks, looked up again, and saw the pale and embarrassed face in the mirror.

He left a bank card and walked out of the house.