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Chapter 18

Until sitting on the sofa at Zhuo Mu's house, Zhao Ji was a little dazed.

Holding a glass of orange juice in his hand, he looked around the entire living room while the owner of the house was out of sight.

In a house with two bedrooms and one living room, the color of the living room is colder. Gray wallpaper with white stripes is plastered all over the living room. The floor is light-colored and the sofa is gray.

The bedroom doors were tightly closed, and he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​spying.

Zhuo Mu came out of the bedroom, "This is pajamas. You should take a shower first."

Chao Ji responded and went into the bathroom. He heard the TV in the living room turned on, and the voices of the host and the guests teasing each other came over.

He thought, sure enough, when there are many people, the house still feels like home.

Zhuo Mu sat on the sofa in the living room and didn't pay much attention to the TV.

He sat quietly and looked in the direction of the bathroom for a while, and after a while he probably really understood the reason why he couldn't see anything through the door, so he picked up his cell phone and called Bai Cheng.

Still shutting down.

Ever since he returned to Changzhou from City Z, Bai Cheng's phone has never been turned on again.

Shen Yuan only thought that Bai Cheng was on vacation.

Chao Ji changed into his pajamas, wiped his wet hair with a towel, and went out of the bathroom to see Zhuo Mu playing with his phone.Seeing him coming out, Zhuo Mu asked, "Have you contacted Qin Chu recently?"

Chao Ji was a little guilty, thinking that the last contact was seven or eight days ago, and it was a mistake to move him out this time to say that he turned off the phone. He simply didn't answer, but asked, "What's wrong?"

"Bai Cheng hasn't seen anyone for more than half a month, and his phone has been turned off."

"Then ask Qin..." Chao Ji was halfway through the sentence, feeling that he seemed a little dull, so he closed his mouth.

Chaoji took out the mobile phone from his coat pocket and called Qin Chu, but it was turned off.

"The last time I talked to Qin Chu was a week ago."

Zhuo Mu nodded, walked into the bathroom, came out with a hair dryer after a while, and blow-dried Chao Ji's wet hair involuntarily.

Chao Ji's hair is slightly long and soft, which doesn't quite resemble his bluffing since he was a child.

He doesn't want to ask at all now, and it's not like why the disabled person blows his hair.

Think of it as Zhuo Mu's brain twitching, once you remind him, what if he regrets it.

That night, he entered the room and lay down on Zhuo Mu's bed.

The electric heater in the next room is broken, so it is temporarily unoccupied.Zhuo Mu himself took him to the ice cellar next door to stay for a minute, and Chao Ji guessed that the temperature in that room might be lower than the temperature outside.

So he climbed into bed obediently.

Zhuo Mu came out of the shower, the body wash smelled the same as his body, a faint soapy scent.Zhuo Mu lay down on the other side of the bed, the light was already turned off when he entered the door.

It's almost 11:30.

Two people, each with a quilt, occupy one side of the double bed.

"I'll contact Qin Chu tomorrow to have a look." Chaoji turned over and lay down on his back, staring at the ceiling that he couldn't see clearly and said, "If you can't find anyone again, go to his parents' residence to see if Qin Chu has caused any trouble. "

"Ah."

Zhuo Mu responded calmly, Chao Ji turned over again, and now he turned 180 degrees to see Zhuo Mu's face clearly.Zhuo Mu knew much more than him, Chao Ji thought.

But Zhuo Mu didn't want to tell him, he has been like this since he was a child, he can't speak half a word of others, no matter whether it is good or bad, what he cares about is that small, square world.

He walked around this square world like a day for decades, circle after circle.

Chaoji was lying not far from him.

This kind of situation also happened in City Z, but it didn't make him feel a sense of belonging like this moment.

Maybe it's because this is Changzhou, or it's just that it's snowing today, which makes his pretentious mood brighter.

"Where did you go in the year of the college entrance examination?"

There was a long silence, so silent that when Chaoji felt that Zhuo Mu would never answer his stupid question, Zhuo Mu said, "In Changzhou, I found another house to live in."

"Is there anything better than home?"

Zhuo Mu was stunned for a moment, then said flatly: "It's okay."

Chao Ji hesitated for a moment, completely unimaginable, Zhuo Mu said that fortunately, how much was omitted.

"After moving the house? You took the college entrance examination in the second year, and you repeated it in the middle year? No, you can pass the entrance examination of Z University in the first year." Chaoji seemed to be talking to himself. talking.

"That year happened to be the construction of Changzhou City, and there were many opportunities to make money. I was on the construction site for half a year. The boss was a relative of Bai Cheng, and the wages were never in arrears."

"The student loan was settled, I went to find you, but you were not here. At first I was very angry, but most of my emotions were because I didn't know what to do. When I tried to pull you away, I couldn't go away without scolding. .When people leave, I really don’t know where to look for them. Ask someone else?”

Chaoji laughed to himself, and then said: "Others don't know you as well as I do. Even I can't find you, and I have no way to start. I want to see you, probably unless you come back by yourself."

"In the beginning, someone took care of me, and I didn't suffer much. In less than June, I had already saved enough tuition fees for two years, and I planned to go to college for the rest of the living expenses. I also had some savings in high school in bits and pieces before."

Zhuo Mu chopped off all the branches that grew out of it, and showed Chao Ji a thing that was smooth enough and not sharp.

"After the results came out, I applied to Z University. I didn't obey the adjustment, and my score was enough to study design."

"Bai Cheng's family found a No. [-] middle school, and I signed up for half a semester. Later, I directly took the college entrance examination and studied architecture at university."

The two of them seemed to want to explain everything about that year, but when it came to their mouths, everything became a short paragraph.One year, such a long time, to break it apart and look at it in just a few sentences.

Even though Zhao Ji felt uncomfortable in every possible way, time passed in a hurry.

His nose felt a little sore, he cursed himself for not being up to date, and asked, "Why did you leave suddenly?"