3-25: "I only have you left..."
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For some reason, Huaiyan shivered at the entrance of the residential area.
He had a strange, bad feeling.
I originally thought I wouldn't be coming back tonight and wouldn't have to face Bai Wenzhou again.
But he didn't expect the man to keep calling relentlessly, leaving him nowhere to hide.
Huaiyan glanced down at her phone again.
From the moment he left without saying goodbye this morning until now.
Bai Wenzhou made twenty-one phone calls and sent forty-odd messages to him.
At first glance, it was shocking.
Huaiyan could almost picture Bai Wenzhou's expression as he sent these messages and made countless phone calls, only to find no one answering.
However, the message did not truly express the man's anxiety.
Even this afternoon, Bai Wenzhou calmly asked him if he wanted to go home together.
In fact, Huai Yan had already seen it.
The moment the man sent him the message that afternoon, he read that line of text over and over again, no less than ten times.
But Huaiyan remained aloof and didn't reply to the message.
"Bai Wenzhou must be frantic with worry," 073 said quietly. "He doesn't usually call you this many times."
The two are now close, and their relationship is even closer than that of teacher and student.
Bai Wenzhou usually only messages Huaiyan around noon to ask him to go out for lunch.
Or, after school in the afternoon, Bai Wenzhou would wait for Huaiyan in the car, and they would exchange messages.
In addition, men are generally quiet and even when expressing their emotions, they are indifferent.
"I...I disturbed them." Huaiyan clutched her schoolbag tightly and lowered her head. "If I come back, I'll have to leave again."
Perhaps Gao Mingze doesn't like him.
A student was staying at his teacher's house and even occupied a guest room.
Moreover, Huaiyan was not very friendly to Gao Mingze during their first meeting, showing obvious unfamiliarity.
If Gao Mingze didn't like him, he could just say a few words to Bai Wenzhou.
In the end, the man came to him again.
"Are you stupid?" 073 sighed. "You haven't even graduated yet, and you see Bai Wenzhou every day."
She'd lived with the man for so long, and this falling out would be bad for both of them.
“I…” Huaiyan’s eyes were red, and it took her a long time to say, “I just don’t want to be too embarrassed.”
073 fell silent, and seemed somewhat sad.
Huaiyan's mood became even more depressed.
If he really gets kicked out, will Gao Mingze laugh at him?
They laughed at his overestimation of his abilities, and at his feigned indifference and haughtiness.
Thinking this, the boy had already returned home and was standing in front of the combination lock.
He didn't dare ring the doorbell, and he didn't know how to face Bai Wenzhou.
The thought of men made Huaiyan's mind go blank, and she felt depressed.
"Crack".
The combination lock emitted an unlocking sound, and the door opened accordingly.
The living room lights were on, and the man was sitting on the sofa with his back to the entryway.
Huaiyan felt a little nervous without realizing it, and subconsciously swallowed.
The boy, like a child who had done something wrong, carefully closed the door.
Bai Wenzhou did not speak first, but remained silent.
The living room was eerily quiet; you could hear a pin drop.
Suddenly, Huaiyan regretted leaving without saying goodbye this morning.
When he thought about how anxious Bai Wenzhou was and how many times he had called him, his regret reached its peak.
The boy approached the man timidly, carefully considering his words of apology.
"Teacher Bai... Teacher Bai." The boy's voice was soft and weak, sounding pitiful and helpless. "I..."
He slowly stood still in front of the man, his head hanging low, looking lost and bewildered.
"Um."
Bai Wenzhou raised his eyes, his voice cold and deep, the pressure emanating from him almost making one's legs go weak, "You know you're back now?"
Huaiyan bit her lip, unsure how to apologize in a way that would ease Bai Wenzhou's anger.
But knowing Bai Wenzhou's temperament, he dared not speak.
The cold white light from the living room spread out above the boy's head, enveloping the entire space.
The light source was so cold and harsh that it made Huaiyan feel inexplicably uneasy.
The two were very close at this moment, and Huaiyan seemed to smell a faint scent of tobacco.
...Does Bai Wenzhou still smoke?
Huaiyan felt a suffocating pain in her chest.
When the man was with him, he never touched a cigarette, and Huaiyan almost never smelled cigarette smoke.
Why does the man start smoking as soon as he gets intimate with Gao Mingze?
When did you learn it?
The boy's eyes were red at the corners, and he tried hard to control himself and not let the tears fall.
"I just want to stay there for one night." After a long silence, the boy finally said, his voice choked with emotion, "...Please don't be angry."
The words had barely left his mouth.
"Huai inkstone".
Bai Wenzhou suddenly called out the boy's full name, his voice cold and harsh, like the winter wind.
The man stared at him with eyes like a deep pool, and stated expressionlessly, "You've learned to lie."
Huai Yan trembled and, somewhat incredulously, raised her head.
This was the first time he had heard Bai Wenzhou call him by his full name.
His tone contained disappointment, questioning, and a sense of indifferent detachment.
It's as if one is certain of something, hence the use of a calm, affirmative tone.
This reminded Huaiyan of something for no apparent reason.
When he first arrived in this world, Bai Wenzhou spoke to him in the same tone.
It was even colder than it was back then.
Undeniably, Huaiyan panicked.
The boy's thin back was covered in a layer of cold sweat, his nose stung with tears, and he felt an urge to cry.
"I...I..."
Huaiyan suddenly broke down, her words becoming incoherent, "I didn't lie, teacher, I..."
Now that things have come to this, Huai Yan has to admit that he is more afraid of Bai Wenzhou getting angry than he imagined.
The man only changed his tone, and he immediately crumbled and became flustered.
"I didn't lie to you..." The boy trembled as he slowly approached the man, his almond-shaped eyes as red as a rabbit's.
The boy's face was originally delicate and petite, yet incredibly beautiful.
Her face was streaked with tears, and her crying was heartbreaking.
But Bai Wenzhou remained unmoved.
The man simply stared at the boy expressionlessly, his look terrifyingly cruel.
"Teacher, teacher..." Huaiyan sobbed, tightly gripping the man's slender hand, and knelt helplessly on the carpet.
His delicate, deer-like eyes were now filled with shattered light.
The soft carpet beneath him was something the boy had spotted while passing by a high-end furniture store one day.
At that time, the man paid and took the goods without the slightest hesitation, fulfilling all his requests.
The warmth and memories of that time now give Huaiyan a feeling of being in another world.
Huaiyan trembled as she grabbed the blanket beneath her, helplessly placing her wet, tear-streaked face on Bai Wenzhou's knees.
The boy was trying to gain the man's forgiveness by adopting such an ingratiating attitude.
But Bai Wenzhou remained as indifferent as ever.
He looked at the boy's red and swollen eyes, remaining unmoved.
"Please don't be angry, please don't be angry..."
The more Bai Wenzhou acted this way, the more panicked and disoriented Huaiyan became.
For the past seven or eight months of living together, Bai Wenzhou had been extremely good to him.
They were more than just teacher and student; they were like friends.
As long as Huaiyan clearly expresses what she wants, that item will appear at her home the next day.
Even the game consoles that teenagers love most, the latest mobile phones, and skis that are so expensive they're jaw-dropping are countless.
Huaiyan already possesses all of these.
Bai Wenzhou had no particular feelings for him, which is the reaction of any normal teacher.
If it were any other teacher, the answer would be the same.
Bai Wenzhou was angrier than ever before, simply because the boy had run off to Lu Yu's side, which worried him.
After all, only Bai Wenzhou knew what kind of person Lu Yu was.
When they go crazy, they don't care about anything.
Even now, the man hasn't said anything that sounds like blame.
But Huai Yan knew.
The man was already on the verge of exploding in anger, which was rapidly escalating.
This anger, however, was not caused by any other emotion.
Ultimately, Huaiyan was still afraid and somewhat disappointed.
The man doesn't like him; his anger is for his safety.
Fearing that Bai Wenzhou would abandon him, he would take the initiative to propose separation.
Even though she had been mentally prepared, Huaiyan still took the initiative to return to her apartment.
But on the surface, he did all this out of tact, so as not to get in Bai Wenzhou's way.
In reality, it's just a lack of security.
The boy craved a man's care, and even amidst fear and trepidation, somewhat enjoyed a man's anger.
This at least shows that Bai Wenzhou cares about him.
He's content as long as the man is still willing to take care of him.
then.
The boy lowered his eyes and, like a fledgling bird, timidly and gently placed his hand on Bai Wenzhou's palm.
“I…I’m just afraid…” his voice was soft, tinged with aggrieved sobs, “…afraid that you won’t want me anymore.”
He was afraid that Gao Mingze would take his place, and that the relationship they had worked so hard to build would collapse in an instant.
Bai Wenzhou narrowed his eyes, pinched the boy's chin with one hand, and asked calmly in a condescending manner, "Why?"
Why are you afraid?
In this house, there has always been only the boy.
"You're with Mr. Gao... you're together with him..."
After a long silence, Huaiyan took the man's wrist and mustered her courage to ask in a trembling voice, "Will... you kick me out?"
With a partner, a student is naturally no match for a lover.
What right does he have to continue standing by Bai Wenzhou's side?
"Hmm." Bai Wenzhou said expressionlessly and calmly, "So that's why you don't want to come back."
Huaiyan's breath hitched, as if she wanted to explain something further.
Bai Wenzhou then added, "He doesn't contact me either."
For an entire day, the boy seemed to have vanished without a trace.
"I...I didn't mean to, teacher..."
"...I have no family anymore."
Huaiyan's lips trembled slightly, and she sobbed so hard she could barely speak, "I only have you left."
Only Bai Wenzhou had given him some warmth after his parents passed away.
When he was being bullied at school, it was Bai Wenzhou who saved him.
When Jiang Yuxing's spot was snatched away, it was he who begged Bai Wenzhou for it.
The time when he was being followed by his childhood friend, whom he hadn't seen for years, and was almost dragged away, it was Bai Wenzhou who suddenly appeared.
Without any warning.
The man even took the time to tutor him.
One by one, one by one.
Huaiyan had long since lost sight of her own feelings.
He couldn't distinguish it, nor could he recognize it.
For him, Bai Wenzhou had long transcended everything.
He is a teacher, an older brother, and a parent.
It is his only and final connection in this world.
But the man already has a very suitable candidate by his side.
Because Bai Wenzhou did not deny it, he had already reconciled with Gao Mingze.
Even in the original storyline, Huaiyan had no chance at all.
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