Heartbeat again
The boy didn't look at him, but faced the crowd and raised his phone above his head.
Meng Yisheng: "I filmed the video at the time, so I know very clearly that the child dropped the popsicle on the ground. He must have been afraid of being criticized by his parents, so he chose to find the nearest person to blame."
"It's just that this child didn't know that this matter would be blown out of proportion by her blackmailing mother."
"If you don't believe me, just look."
After Meng Yisheng finished speaking, several tall men came closer.
In the video on the screen, Tao Luobai was leaning quietly against the window watching the fish swimming by. Suddenly, the figure of a child broke into the camera.
The next second, the camera angle shook, then rotated and shot to the ground before the screen went black. It must be that Meng Yisheng saw his friend being hit by someone and hurriedly wanted to support him.
Someone in the crowd gasped.
The matter has become clear at this point. What Tao Luobai encountered was indeed an unprovoked disaster.
The crowd of onlookers were always used as pawns. When they saw the women and children, their eyes suddenly became unfriendly, and public opinion was once again reversed.
"You are a blackmailer, woman!"
"After all this time, I was completely deceived by this woman and child. Really, they relied on their status as a vulnerable group to wrongly accuse this young man."
"I should have known this earlier. He's such a good person. How could he deny what he did? After all this time, it turns out it was all a show put on by a yelling woman like you to extort money from him!"
"Everyone, surround this place. Call the police and send her to the police station. She's taking advantage of us out of our sympathy. We need to teach her a lesson, so she doesn't blackmail us in the future. It's like what happened to this little brother today, leaving us speechless!"
The woman and the child suddenly became the target of everyone's criticism. The child, who had been crying just now, stopped crying all of a sudden and hid behind the woman sobbing.
Tao Luobai also looked over.
The woman's expression was extremely flustered, as if she knew nothing, yet also as if she knew everything. Her voice suddenly weakened. She looked at the people around her, wanting to explain, "I, I didn't know my son was lying. I really thought he had been hit."
Seeing that everyone's gazes didn't soften at all because of her words, the woman looked at Tao Luobai again, "Brother, I really didn't mean to wrongly accuse you. I didn't know my child was lying."
"Please be kind and forgive him." The woman said, pinching the child's shoulders, and the child burst into tears again.
"Look, he's crying because of guilt. Just forgive him." The woman looked at Tao Luobai flatteringly.
Tao Luobai didn't know how to react to this scene for a moment. Passersby were disturbing him. Some asked him to get to the bottom of it, while others said that it was not easy for this woman and child, and asked him to let it go...
In front of Tao Luo, the woman's eyes turned red quietly. He had thought of teaching these two people a lesson no matter what, but when the words came to his lips, he hesitated to open his mouth.
Tao Luobai clenched his fists, wondering whether he should be soft-hearted.
Suddenly, he felt his hand being grabbed by someone beside him.
A figure suddenly stepped forward and stood diagonally in front of him.
Tao Luobai glanced sideways, and Meng Yisheng's serious yet handsome face came into his sight.
At this moment, Tao Luobai could see that Meng Yisheng must be a little angry, and his face looked fierce.
Before Tao Luobai could speak, Meng Yisheng said, "You hurt him like this, and not only do you shirk responsibility, you even want him to forgive you. Aren't you being a little too optimistic?"
The woman said, "I'm talking to this little brother, why are you butting in?" She was immediately embarrassed by the way someone, who looked like a high school student, had said to her. "Are you trying to kill us, mother and son?"
Huh? Kill them all? You've probably watched too many short videos. After Meng Yisheng said that, and the woman's answer was so abstract, Tao Luobai's last bit of sympathy disappeared completely. He looked at the woman, and his initial hesitation completely disappeared.
Instead, I want this matter to be resolved fairly and the culprit to be taught a lesson.
Tao Luobai was about to retort, but unexpectedly, the person next to him reacted faster than him -
Meng Yisheng: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's obvious that you failed to extort money and were found out. Now you are begging for forgiveness. Do you think that if others don't forgive you, they will kill you? Then why are you still doing this? Jumping into the river earlier would not cause so much trouble to others!"
Meng Yisheng: "Look, how many people around you have been influenced by you. They originally came here happily to play today, but ended up being deceived by a woman like you and ended up like this. And my friend is the most innocent person, and you almost made him bear such a big blame. Don't you feel guilty? You even dare to put this responsibility on your child."
"Ask yourself, do you still have a conscience?" After saying this, Meng Yisheng took a long breath. It was obvious that he had been holding back some emotions in his heart, and he finally let them out, looking very excited.
Tao Luobai was somewhat moved by this scene.
His new, annoying friend seemed to genuinely want to stand up for him.
"Okay, stop talking, Yisheng." Tao Luobai grabbed Meng Yisheng's hand and pulled him back from in front of him. Meng Yisheng's stunned eyes flashed before his eyes. Tao Luobai said to Tao Luobai who was being pulled straight towards him, "Thank you very much. You have done enough. Leave the rest to me."
Tao Luobai took a deep breath, walked towards the woman, and stood in front of her and the child.
There was a hint of pleading in the woman's eyes, and the child began to sob slowly.
"It's not that he wants to kill you, it's me who wants to."
"So, ma'am, and brother, we'll meet at the police station later."
…
afternoon.
Tao Luobai and Meng Yisheng walked out of the police station together and greeted the sunshine at four o'clock in the afternoon.
The warm yellow color reflected on Meng Yisheng's face. Tao Luobai thought that he had wasted his entire afternoon but did not get the desired result - the woman and child were not convicted of extortion and were only given a verbal warning by the police.
Tao Luobai felt infinite guilt in his heart. He always felt that he had ruined Meng Yisheng's outing today, although he also knew that what happened today was an accident and could not be blamed on him.
Tao Luobai glanced at Meng Yisheng again, and Meng Yisheng happened to turn his head to look at him at this moment. A handsome face suddenly appeared in front of him. Tao Luobai swallowed his saliva and spit out one word, "You..."
"You can call me Yisheng. Didn't you say that before?" Meng Yisheng smiled and winked at Tao Luobai.
Tao Luobai's face flushed with embarrassment. He lowered his head and replied lightly, "Yeah."
At that time, he didn't know why he blurted out Meng Yisheng's name so naturally, but now, he was extremely glad that he blurted it out at that time.
Tao Luobai could clearly feel that the relationship between him and Meng Yisheng had made great progress invisibly.
Meng Yisheng: "Then I will notify Gui Yue and the others to come over here, and we will find a restaurant to eat together. After the meal, I will go back by myself."
Tao Luobai nodded and watched Meng Yisheng typing. For some reason, he suddenly wanted to ask him a question, "Did you believe me because you happened to have filmed my video?"
After Tao Luobai asked the question, he regretted it belatedly. What kind of question was he asking? How did he want Meng Yisheng to answer it?
Do I have to listen to someone say in a cheesy way, "Even if I didn't witness this, I would still believe you."
Don't even think about it. At that time, they hadn't spent much time together, and at most they were just familiar strangers. How could they possibly—
"Even if I didn't see it, I still believed you."
A boy's gentle voice came, and Tao Luobai raised his head.
Meng Yisheng's smiling face came into his eyes, and with the sunlight, Tao Luobai felt warm.
Tao Luobai saw his own reflection in Meng Yisheng's eyes. They locked eyes for a moment, then he realized he had been staring at him for too long. He turned his head away and whispered, "Thank you."
"Between us, there's no need to say thank you."
"Okay." Tao Luobai responded in a very low voice. Even he himself didn't know whether the person on the other side heard it after he said it.
…
After dinner, the four of them went their separate ways.
Along the way, Bai Qiaosong kept talking about his and Meng Guiyue's adventures, as if he had met a life-long confidant. He was very excited when he talked about it. Tao Luobai responded with a few words. After all, he could not empathize with these extroverted socialites who liked to play around.
Bai Qiaosong was talking until his mouth was almost dry, and then he realized that Tao Luobai looked absent-minded. Recalling what Meng Guiyue had told him about Tao Luobai and her brother being blackmailed, he had the answer in his mind.
Bai Qiaosong looked at Tao Luobai cautiously, "Are you still unhappy about what happened this morning? It's okay. Life is so long, and you will always meet all kinds of people. There's no need to mind too much-"
"That's not the reason." Tao Luobai shook his head in denial.
"What's the reason?" Bai Qiaosong was a little curious.
"I don't know either." Tao Luobai lowered his eyes. When he said he didn't know, he really didn't know. Although this incident did not make the woman and the child get the punishment they wanted, it also brought him and Meng Yisheng closer. Logically, he should not be unhappy, Tao Luobai asked himself this in his heart.
Wait, Tao Luobai came to his senses. Why did he subconsciously equate his familiarity with Meng Yisheng with his feeling happy? Could it be that?
The heart is because of Tao Luobai's intention
Tao Luobai didn't dare to think about it anymore. He hoped that he had misunderstood something, but Tao Luobai always felt.
He seemed to have returned to the time when he played games with Shining Brother. However, the object of his emotions was no longer Shining Brother.
Thinking of Meng Yisheng's appointment with him to play games again tonight, Tao Luobai shook his head and put aside his inner thoughts.
It must be the illusion brought to him by the fact that he was about to play King of Glory. How could he have a good impression of someone so easily?
Brother Shining. Tao Luobai muttered to himself.
I might have to let you go.
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