Chapter 84 Chapter 84 How can I catch up with you?
Qiao Zhuo paused for a moment and tried to stand up, but failed several times.
Bai Yue stood by, his arms folded, watching without any intention of helping. He said coldly, "Just for thirty minutes, it's like this?"
"Will you give it to me without a fight?"
"No." Bai Yue rolled his eyes.
"Ask your little brother to run over, I have something in my car." Qiao Zhuoyi said.
"Why?" Bai Yue jumped off the stage lightly and sat down on the chair next to him.
"Then I'll go?" Qiao Zhuoyi grabbed the ropes tightly to avoid falling down. He was in pain all over, and his left cheek was swollen, which made him look a little funny.
In his current condition, even if he rolled down, he might not be able to crawl back tomorrow.
"Dunzi!" Bai Yue roared.
"Here!" Dunzi was pushed by someone and his square body rolled in.
"If you eavesdrop again, I'll skin you alive!" Bai Yue said. "Listen to him, go."
"Wait a minute," Qiao Zhuo took a breath and said to Dunzi, "Come here."
Dunzi glanced at Bai Yue before walking towards Qiao Zhuoyi. At his signal, he put his ear closer.
"What what?"
When he walked outside, a group of people surrounded Dunzi and asked him questions.
"Don't block the way! Be careful of Brother Yue getting mad," Dunzi said, "You'll know later."
The speed at which the pillar moves down is not much faster than Qiao Zhuoyi's, but it has the advantage of being at a constant speed without any pauses.
Also, his tonnage is sufficient, and if others go, Qiao Zhuo is afraid that they won’t be able to get up.
"Oh shit! Man, slow down!"
Dunzi's voice came up, and everyone leaned over the railing and looked out, and saw a dog with a completely black body except for a white circle around its neck pulling Fatty Dun up.
"Oh my god, what a handsome dog!"
That is, although Blanket is a dog at home, he is a majestic and handsome dog when he goes out.
Qiao Zhuo took it to take a bath before coming, so it must be shiny and full of energy now.
But after being in the car for a while, he must be going crazy now.
Out of the corner of his eye, Qiao Zhuo saw Bai Yue taking out a cigarette box, and he said angrily: "This is a public place, report it."
If he is suffering, others can't expect to feel comfortable either.
Unable to stand or move, he simply sat down beside the ring. This way he was still in a commanding position, and spoke like an order: "Call your people in."
Bai Yue's knuckles turned white and he looked like he wanted to beat him up again.
Beat me if you want. Qiao Zhuo resisted and said, "Give me a bottle of water."
Bai Yue picked up a bottle from beside his leg and threw it directly at him, shouting outside: "Dunzi! Get in here!"
It did roll in. Blanket smelled the scent of its owner among the mixed smells of sweat, rubber, etc. in the boxing gym, and rushed towards the door.
The force was absolutely incredible, Dunzi was almost thrown down. He simply sat down, pushed the ground with his feet, and used his butt as a brake. Blanket whimpered at Qiao Zhuo, as if it was about to cry.
"Let go, the blanket doesn't bite."
When Bai Yue heard him call for blanket, his eyes fell over and he never looked away again. His expression changed completely.
Dunzi's entire body erupted in alarm. He got out and closed the door tightly. "Don't look!"
Bai Yue stared at the blanket intently. He rushed to Qiao Zhuoyi and put his front paws on it. Qiao Zhuoyi groaned in pain, and he immediately put it down, circling around his legs, whimpering anxiously.
Blanket stuck out its tongue to lick his wound, but was afraid of hurting Qiao Zhuoyi. It had never seen its master in such a miserable state.
After observing for a while, it took a few steps back, jumped up from not far away, walked over, and rubbed its head against his hand cautiously.
Qiao Zhuoyi patted his back gently: "I'm fine."
"What do you call it?" Bai Yue asked.
"Blanket." Qiao Zhuo met his gaze, "Not a jar."
Tan Du and Bai Yue raised a cat together. They picked it up in the alley where Tan Du had taken a knife for Bai Yue. The little black cat liked to sit on all fours. It had a small head and a sturdy body, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Bai's mother gave it a very descriptive name - Tanzi.
TZ, Tan Du’s WeChat name and avatar are both this.
After the two went to college and worked separately, they were raised by Bai's mother and father. After the two elders passed away, Tanzi did not survive the winter.
They all left.
Everyone who lived in that old house is gone.
For some unknown reason, Bai Yue posted a notice of Tanzi's death on his WeChat Moments.
Visible only to Suki.
"Su Qi conveyed it." Qiao Zhuoyi said, "Tan Du has come back."
"When?" Bai Yue kept his eyes on Blanket, who bared his teeth and growled unfriendlyly.
Qiao Zhuoyi gently pinched the back of its neck, and the blanket stopped making any noise. Its chin rested lightly on his legs, but its eyes were still staring fiercely in the direction of Bai Yue.
"The month the jar disappeared, it must have been a rainy day. Su Qi said that when he returned, he was completely soaked."
Bai Yue narrowed his eyes. He remembered that day, it was raining so heavily that he was stuck in the supermarket when he went out to buy something. When he returned, his neighbor mentioned that a young man had been standing at his door for a long time. He asked the man to come in and take shelter from the rain, but the man ran away again. He thought it was strange and asked him to check if he had lost anything at home.
Qiao Zhuo noticed his expression change and continued, "Do you know that Tan Du is intolerant to caffeine?"
"Bullshit!" Bai Yue said, "He used to drink every day."
"But not now," Qiao Zhuoyi said, staring at him. "Not only that, he has no sense of taste."
"Liar!" Bai Yue unconsciously clenched his fists, his mouth full of lies. That bastard clearly knew how to eat and drink. He was the one who cooked when they all got together before. He would dislike anything he and Su Qi cooked if it was too salty or too bland.
Qiao Zhuoyi lowered his eyelids, hugged the blanket tightly, and said slowly: "Your parents cooked a table of food for him before they left. He didn't see it until he returned more than a month later...
"If Su Qi hadn't taken him to the hospital in time, he would have gone to accompany your parents now.
"Then he lost his sense of taste and became caffeine intolerant. He didn't tell me, and even Suki didn't know."
"I used to think he was pretending. Why was he showing off his cooking skills when he has no sense of taste? Why was he opening a coffee shop when he has a caffeine intolerance? He only eats a small amount, just to maintain basic nutrition. Now I think he is punishing himself. He has to live because his life belongs to you, but he can't live too well because he feels he doesn't deserve it."
Bai Yue stared at him intently, gritting his teeth and remaining silent.
Qiao Zhuo sniffed and the blanket moved closer to his arms again.
He calmed down and said, "Your store has had trouble, right? Last summer."
Bai Yue's eyelids twitched.
"Tan Du has made a lot of connections." Qiao Zhuoyi said.
Bai Yue roared: "Who wants him..."
"Yes, you don't need him. He's the one who needs you. He only dares to make up for it secretly behind your back. And your first batch of students..."
Qiao Zhuo told Su Qi everything he had asked. He knew that Tan Du would not just leave. He had done a lot of things for Bai Yue behind the scenes.
"He's been out there for the past two years. When I first met him, he was like a savage, sleeping in the open air, wandering aimlessly. He was all alone and couldn't find the meaning of life. Some people can make amends for their mistakes, but he didn't have that chance."
Bai Yue swayed as if he was unsteady on his feet.
"Go!" Qiao Zhuo patted the blanket, and the blanket jumped off the ring and sat down around Bai Yue's calf.
Bai Yue squatted down and touched it, then asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you really think he was wrong?"
Qiao Zhuo climbed down from the ring using both hands and feet, sat down next to him and said, "This is his responsibility, he can't escape it."
"He is truly a saint." Bai Yue took out a cigarette with trembling hands, but he couldn't move the grinding wheel.
"You don't hate him anymore, at least not now. Three years, you should have figured it out."
Bai Yue quietly finished smoking a cigarette and asked again: "What do you want by saying this?"
"I don't want anything," Qiao Zhuoyi said, "I just felt you needed to know. Later I thought about it, that day in the store, you didn't intend to land that punch. You just thought you'd want to know how Tan Du had been living these past few years."
Bai Yue sneered: "You are quite imaginative then."
The chuckle was a little far away. He glanced over and saw Qiao Zhuoyi lying down again. His wound was swollen horribly. Bai Yue was curious: "What if you can't beat me today?"
Qiao Zhuo said, "Damn it!" and said, "We'll continue tomorrow."
"……madman."
Bai Yue took a photo from a strange angle while no one was paying attention, removed a person with a black and red profile picture from the blacklist, and clicked send.
Take this mad dog away
Qiao Zhuoyi didn't know when he fell asleep, the heating in the venue seemed to be turned on quite high.
The blanket nestled in his arms, not daring to move, until a familiar scent drifted in from the crack in the door, and then it rolled over and got up.
"Hmm..." Qiao Zhuo opened his eyes and rubbed his eyelids with a yoga mat draped over him. "Hmm?"
"Zhuo Yi." Tan Du squatted down and looked at him without saying anything else, his eyes suddenly turned red.
"Tan Du?" Qiao Zhuoyi cleared his throat. "Why are you here?"
"Bai Yue asked me to come." Tan Du supported his back and helped him sit up.
"Hiss," Qiao Zhuoyi pinched his shoulder, "Where is he?"
"Outside." When Tan Du came in, Bai Yue only said to him, "Your life is worth it." He didn't know what they talked about, but the look in Bai Yue's eyes when he looked at him was different.
His boss, Mr. Qiao, is really capable.
Qiao Zhuoyi moved the corner of his mouth tentatively.
Tan Du held his fingertips above the wound, afraid that speaking would disturb the wound, and asked almost in a whisper, "Does it hurt?"
"Nonsense!" Qiao Zhuo twitched his lips, "Come and see how I beat you up."
He had rested enough and spoke with full energy.
It's a familiar taste.
Tan Du breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and smiled: "I tried it."
"Tsk," Qiao Zhuo glared at him, "give me a hand."
After a good sleep, all the soreness in his body came back and he felt very tired.
Tan Du put his arm around his waist, took one of his arms and put it on his shoulders to support him.
The two turned around and saw Bai Yue pushing the door open with no expression on his face.
Tan Du supported the man and walked slowly over to him, stopping beside him.
Bai Yue sneered: "Why? You want revenge?"
Tan Du smiled and shook his head.
Bai Yue glanced at Qiao Zhuoyi again: "He's quite tough."
Qiao Zhuo glanced at him and was too lazy to argue.
Bai Yue walked past the two of them and spoke as they were almost at the door: "When you have time, take this mad dog to meet my parents."
Tan Du's body trembled, and Qiao Zhuoyi gently patted the back of his hand.
Tan Du turned around and looked at Bai Yue.
Bai Yue didn't look at him. He wiped the ropes with a rag he had found somewhere. "They know."
"Know...what?" Tan Du asked.
"I know you like men." Bai Yue replied, "We were chatting that night, and Mom heard it. She interrogated me after you fell asleep."
Tan Du unconsciously tightened his fingers. Qiao Zhuo put his hand into his palm. Tan Du relaxed a little and smiled at him.
"Don't laugh, it's ugly." Qiao Zhuo replied stiffly.
"How can you say that with such a face?" Bai Yue raised his head and said, then immediately lowered his eyes when he met Tan Du's.
Tan Du opened his mouth: "They..." Are they also disappointed in me and think I'm abnormal?
"Don't get the wrong idea," Bai Yue said, throwing away the rag. "Have you forgotten what my mother said to you last?"
——Uncles and aunts support you in whatever you do.
Every word that Bai's father and mother said that day was engraved in Tan Du's mind. He stared at Bai Yue in disbelief.
"That's what you think." Bai Yue jumped off the stage and went to the corner to get a mop. "They told you not to worry, they support you. If your parents don't agree, they can have a say..."
Half-truths are the most believable.
Not that night.
He went back home before the competition and accidentally let it slip.
My parents knew that Tan Du was having a hard time recently, so they went over to check on him.
I won’t say this anymore. If I say this, he will go out and wander again.
It doesn't make any sense.
"Thank you." Tan Du said.
Bai Yue ignored him and continued mopping the floor seriously.
"Let's go." Qiao Zhuo pulled Tan Du.
"Um."
Tan Du originally wanted to take Qiao Zhuoyi to the hospital, but Qiao Zhuoyi said that he could just apply some medicine when he got home. "Do you think he would really kill me?"
Won't.
Tan Du relaxed, left Qiao Zhuoyi's car here, and drove back off-road.
On the way, Qiao Zhuo glanced at him from time to time.
"I'm fine." Tan Du said, neither laughing nor crying.
Qiao Zhuo took a closer look and saw that Tan Du was different after coming out of the boxing gym.
It was like there was an invisible thread that led directly to another world. Father and Mother Bai held one end, and there was a knot in the middle tied by Tan Du himself. Now he took the initiative to cut the knot, and the endless energy and spirit were transported back bit by bit.
I feel relieved.
On the way, Qiao Zhuoyi said he was hungry, but he didn't want to go into the restaurant with such a face.
Tan Du smiled and kissed him on the cheek, saying, "Boss Qiao looks good no matter what."
Before the fist landed, he quickly got out of the car and packed three meals.
The car drove forward a little further and found a suitable place to stop.
As far as the eye can see is a small hill with stars hanging on the top of the hill. At the foot of the hill is a large field. After eating, Tanzi ran in the field, jumping up from time to time to catch unknown insects.
The two of them leaned against the front of the car and had the most satisfying meal they had had in a while under the cover of night.
Tan Du didn't ask what Qiao Zhuoyi said, and Qiao Zhuoyi was too lazy to speak. He had difficulty eating, and every time he opened his mouth, the corners of his mouth twitched.
But he was hungry and exhausted, so he quickly finished his meal and turned his head away.
Tan Du paused and asked, "Can I give you my share too?"
Boss Qiao took it without hesitation and showed off, rubbing his belly and proudly saying, "Go home!"
The car sped along steadily. After getting out, the two looked at each other in surprise.
They couldn't get in the door.
Qiao Zhuoyi's keys were in his car, which was still in front of the boxing gym.
Qiao Zhuo locked Tan Du's key in the drawer. Tan Du had been at home for so many days that he had never thought about it.
"Damn!" Qiao Zhuo slammed the door.
"Are there any spare ones?" Tan Du asked.
"Gui Yiyou." Qiao Zhuo said irritably.
"Where is it? I'll get it." Tan Du said.
"..." Qiao Zhuo had no idea how to put things away. Besides, the key hadn't been used for eight hundred years. "Let's go together."
"Can it be done?" Tan Du frowned.
"Put away that expression," Boss Qiao said, "Who are you looking down on?"
Tan Du helped the disabled person get on the bus again.
When they arrived at the small building, the disabled person refused to give in and jumped out of the car by himself. His legs went weak and he almost fell to his knees. Before Tan Du rushed over, he held on to the car door to steady himself.
After finally finding the key and going downstairs, Qiao Zhuo froze as soon as his left foot stepped on the step. It was easy to go upstairs but difficult to go down.
"What's wrong?" Tan Du just pinched his sleeve. He tried to help him several times when he came up, but was slapped away by Boss Qiao.
Qiao Zhuo looked at him expressionlessly, turned his face away, and squeezed out two words word by word: "Help me."
The hand on the sleeve immediately reached over and firmly wrapped around his hand. Tan Du said seriously, "How about I hold you..."
"Shut up!" Qiao Zhuoyi pressed the armrest with one hand, supported his arm with the other, and moved slowly down.
The stairs are particularly long tonight.
Qiao Zhuo wanted to curse, but finally his toes touched the last step, and his heels slowly landed and stepped firmly.
"Hiss—" Before he could catch his breath, Tan Du, who had been bent over, stood up straight and hit his chin with the back of his head.
Boss Qiao suffered another injury. He clutched his jaw, his eyes red as he roared, "Damn you, Tan Du!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, let me see." Tan Du gently opened his mouth, fortunately he didn't bite his lip.
He felt distressed, but Boss Qiao's angry look was actually a little cute. The corners of his mouth unconsciously raised, and he tentatively extended his forearm, "Take a bite to calm down?"
"Get lost!"
Qiao Zhuo pushed him away and walked out angrily. He didn't walk fast, and took a break after every two steps, like a little old man.
Tan Du stood there, as if he saw the appearance of the two people decades later. His nose felt a little sore, but his heart was filled.
"Talk about the boss?"
"Hmm?" Tan Du looked around in the direction of the voice.
"Here," a resident on the second floor poked his head out, "It's really you. I just thought I heard your name."
"It's me. Sorry to bother you." Tan Du rubbed his nose.
The resident looked at the figure not far away, limping and looking very embarrassed. He winked and said, "Is that Boss Qiao? Is he making trouble again?"
"No, no." Tan Du replied quickly.
"I understand. The tattoo parlor owner has such a bad temper, it's easy for you to endure it for so long," the man said, his face showing dissatisfaction, but his eyes looked like he was enjoying the show. "He should be taught a lesson."
After saying that, he closed the window and retreated.
Tan Du held his forehead and smiled bitterly. He could vaguely hear the words "the rabbit is forced into a corner" coming from inside. What did this have to do with anything?
He heard an off-road vehicle horn and hurried over at a trot.
Finally entering the villa, Qiao Zhuo began to revisit the past. He glanced at the blanket and said, "Wasn't it left for me?"
Tan Du knew that he had looked for Su Qi, so he rubbed his nose and his eyes flickered.
Qiao Zhuo kicked him and said, "Speak."
"It's you... not just you." Tan Du grabbed him and pressed his calf.
Qiao Zhuo glanced at the photo on the TV cabinet, and thought of Tan Du's red eyes on his first day here, and asked, "When you first came back, was it..."
"Yeah, I want to cry." Tan Du stood up, took the photo frame, found the photo of him and Tan Zi, put it in front of him and said, "Are they alike?"
"picture."
This photo is different from Tan Du’s profile picture. Tan Zi is not wearing any clothes and the white circle on his neck is very obvious.
Ignoring the ears, at first glance, it looks exactly like the blanket I used as a child.
"Okay, take a shower first, and then I'll apply medicine on you." Tan Du said.
Qiao Zhuoyi didn't want to move, but he had to go to the store tomorrow, so he stretched out his arms and put them around Tan Du, his meaning was very clear - you come.
Boss Tan is very happy to help.
He applied the medicine carefully, and Qiao Zhuo felt much better when he woke up, but the redness and swelling at the corners of his mouth and chin would not go away for a while.
Today, Si Mo is going to do a tattoo for someone. The pattern is a bit complicated, and she said it frankly, only because Boss Qiao is next to her that she feels confident.
So, Boss Qiao went there with a colorful face.
When he stepped into the small building, he saw a flash of light. He stepped out and looked around, but saw no one.
He didn't take it to heart and went upstairs slowly.
Xiao Luo and Si Mo looked at him at the same time. Xiao Luo took a breath, looked at the screen again, and muttered: "Brother Zhuo, what's wrong with you? Did you really fight?"
"I was beaten." Qiao Zhuo was still not walking properly and had to hold on to the wall to move. It was hard to believe that he fell down in his current state.
"No, you are being beaten unilaterally?" Xiao Luo rushed over to help him.
Qiao Zhuoyi fell on the sofa, too lazy to pay attention to him.
Xiao Luo looked at Si Mo, his mouth open and completely frozen. Si Mo was also stunned for a long time before he took a tissue, walked over and closed his jaw through the tissue, coughed lightly and said, "Boss Qiao, I will finish the work as soon as possible, you go back and rest early."
"It's okay." Qiao Zhuo said, it didn't matter where he lay, the expression on his face just looked scary, he didn't know why these two people reacted so strongly.
"They thought I hit them." During afternoon tea, Boss Tan explained to him.
"What the hell?" Qiao Zhuo's eyes widened.
"Ahem." Tan Du flipped through a photo. It was a picture of Qiao Zhuo entering the small building early in the morning. No one knew how he found the angle, but Boss Qiao was staring at the gate of TD, with the wound on his face, looking ferocious, as if he had some deep hatred with TD.
Tan Du repeated what the neighbor said last night.
"Okay, okay, you're a rabbit," Qiao Zhuoyi said, completely convinced by the power of the rumor. If he hadn't been the person involved, he would have believed it. "I'm a wolf, and I'll eat you sooner or later."
Tan Du rubbed his nose: "I explained, but no one believed me."
He asked Xiaolu to issue a clarification in his think tank, but it was useless. A group of people could only sigh and lament why they didn't catch up with this good show.
"They're still making bets." Tan Du attacked again.
"What are you betting on?" Qiao Zhuo poked Red Velvet to vent his anger.
"When are we going to have a fight openly?" Tan Du suppressed his laughter.
"..." Qiao Zhuo took a few deep breaths and slammed the table. "Sooner or later, I'm going to let them know what a total kill means!"
Tan Du smiled and reached out, trying to wipe the cream off the corner of his mouth with his fingertips, but Qiao Zhuo quickly dodged: "Don't touch me, who are you?"
I forgot, I haven’t caught up with her yet.
Boss Tan withdrew his hand, took out a tissue and handed it over.
Qiao Zhuo glanced at him, leaned over and raised the corner of his eyebrow.
Tan Du smiled and wiped it for him, then asked softly, "Boss Qiao, can you show me a way forward? How can I catch up with you?"
Qiao Zhuo's eyes turned and he asked, "Boss Tan said before that blue suits me?"
"Any color suits you." Tan Du replied seriously.
"Get lost," Qiao Zhuo said as he took a bite of red velvet. "I think red suits you very well."
"Hmm?" Tan Du asked, "Can you be more specific?"
Qiao Zhuo raised his eyelids and raised his eyebrows.
Tan Du: "Hmm?"
Qiao Zhuoyi: “Yeah.”
Tan Du held his forehead and smiled bitterly: "Really?"
Boss Qiao stuffed the last bite into his mouth and stood up coolly: "Seriously."
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