Speak without thinking
Like? How is that possible? How can this be?
Li Mantao was trapped in Rong Yi's arms, as if all the oxygen had been taken up by Rong Yi and he couldn't breathe.
"I like you... Manman... I like you so much..." Rong Yi's low whisper kept echoing in his ears, and his words were full of thrilling love. Li Mantao shuddered.
The courage required to truly face all this was beyond his imagination. His hands were trembling as he struggled to break free from Rong Yi's arms.
He raised his eyes, and when his gaze met Rong Yi's, he immediately looked away as if they were burned.
His mind was too confused to respond properly. He needed some quiet time to think it all out.
However, before he could take the first step, Rong Yi's arms swept over him again and trapped him.
"Manman, you said you wouldn't leave me." Rong Yi actually looked like "you must keep your promise."
Li Mantao laughed out loud in anger, blurting out, "You're filming me now, breaking into my room while I'm asleep. Are you going to drug me and rape me next?"
Rong Yi froze and whispered in defense: "No... I can't."
Li Mantao said coldly: "If you don't know, let me go."
Rong Yi paused for two seconds, and finally let go of her hand.
Li Mantao pushed him aside and walked towards the door.
Rong Yi followed him silently, and only stood in front of the door when he was about to open it.
Li Mantao looked at him with a tense expression. "What? You won't let me leave? Imprison me? Do you really want to break the law?"
Rong Yi lowered his eyes and said after a while, "If you don't leave, I will leave."
"How dare I stay here? What if you installed surveillance cameras in my room? I don't want my every word and action to be monitored by others."
"……No."
Not wanting to hear any more hurtful words coming out of those lips, Rong Yi said the last two words and turned to leave.
"I won't come back, don't be afraid."
"sorry."
The door was opened and closed again, and Li Mantao sat exhausted on the carpet in the entrance hall, feeling confused.
Rong Yi is gone.
I don't know how long I sat there when a cell phone suddenly rang in the study.
Li Mantao didn't move, but the ringing persisted for seven or eight times, making him want to destroy the world.
With a serious face, he stood up with the help of the shoe cabinet. His vision turned black and white. After a moment of pause, he slowly moved towards the study.
The person who called was also very determined, as he didn't hang up the phone.
Li Mantao walked to the desk and looked at his mobile phone. The words "Brother Zhong" were displayed on the screen.
When he saw these two words, a trace of resentment flashed through his heart. If Kong Zhong had not opened the USB drive without permission, how could he and Rong Yi have come to this point?
This thought shocked him. How could he hate Kong Zhong? Kong Zhong had helped him so many times during his college years.
Li Mantao slapped his temples hard, trying to wake himself up.
He picked up the phone and tried his best to calm down and appear normal. "Hello?"
Kong Zhong's loud shout came from the other end: "Taotao, you finally answered the phone. I was so scared. I was at the gate of Rong Yi's community, but the guard wouldn't let me in, saying I wasn't the owner. I was almost buying a house here."
Li Mantao wanted to laugh, but couldn't. "Don't worry, I'm fine."
Kong Zhong's voice became cautious: "Really?" He lowered his voice a little, as if talking to the people around him: "How about I buy a house and move in?"
Knowing that Kong Zhong was teasing him, Li Mantao smiled twice to save face, not caring how fake or ugly his smile sounded. "What are you buying? Aren't you afraid that your uncle will suspend your card again? I won't help you if that happens."
Kong Zhong's tone was still filled with worry: "How about you pack up your things and stay at my house for a few days?"
Li Mantao was silent for a moment and said, "No need, I'll just go back to the dormitory."
"The dormitory is good! The dormitory is also nice. I'll wait for you at the gate of the community. Let's go back to the dormitory together."
"Yeah." Li Mantao hung up the phone.
It’s time to go back to the dormitory. It’s time to go back to the dormitory long ago.
He came in before saying that he was going to take care of the injured Rongyi, but even after he recovered, he stayed here and ate and lived at Rongyi's place. He is so shameless.
Li Mantao stared blankly at the two chairs placed side by side in front of the desk, tears finally streaming down his face.
*
Kong Zhong stood by the car, looking anxiously into the community, occasionally glaring at the security guard in the security booth. A pair of eyes was almost not enough for him.
Wan Shanlin leaned against the car door, staring at Kong Zhong's back expressionlessly, and said with dissatisfaction: "Get in the car and wait, don't you want to get some sun?"
Kong Zhong ignored him and continued to wait eagerly.
It was almost half an hour later that Li Mantao appeared with a bag on his back. Kong Zhong finally felt relieved to see that he had come out safely.
He didn't know why he was so nervous. He always felt that Rong Yi would do something terrible if her true identity was exposed. No matter how much Wan Shanlin comforted him, he couldn't let go of his worries.
Fortunately, Li Mantao came out, and it seemed that he was going to break up with Rong Yi, which was also a good thing.
Kong Zhong breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed Li Mantao's head vigorously. Seeing the bag in his hand, he asked, "What is this?"
Li Mantao also glanced at the takeaway bag in his hand and whispered, "Lunch."
"Tsk, I forgot. Haven't had lunch yet? You're cold. Let's go get some crab noodles, shall we?"
"No need, I'll just go back and warm it up." Li Mantao smiled, "Brother Zhong, I'm a little tired, you guys go ahead."
Seeing him like this, Kong Zhong didn't dare to say anything more, "Okay, let's go back to the dormitory first."
After returning to the dormitory, Li Mantao did not touch the things in the packed bag. He first made the bed and took a shower before opening the packed bag.
It is the restaurant where he and Rongyi often eat.
Li Mantao put the cold food into his mouth one bite at a time. Noticing Kong Zhong's hesitant look, he put down his chopsticks and said, "Brother Zhong, I'm really fine."
Kong Zhong swallowed and said, "Taotao, did you...look at that USB drive?"
Li Mantao said calmly, "I saw it."
Kong Zhong looked at his forced calm expression and felt extremely distressed. "Then... did Rong Yi know that you had seen it?"
"Know."
"What are you going to do now?"
Li Mantao picked up his chopsticks again and took a mouthful of rice. "Brother Zhong, I don't really want to talk about this right now. It's finals week soon, and I need to prepare for the exam."
"Yeah, the exam is important, I have to prepare for it too, hahahaha. If I fail so many subjects again this time, my dad will tear me apart. Do you know how scary he is? He said he's never talked about such a low score before and he doubts I'm his child. If I didn't look so much like him, he would have done a paternity test."
Li Mantao took something out of his pocket and handed it to Kong Zhong, "Brother Zhong, this is for you."
When Kong Zhong saw the familiar USB flash drive, he jumped up like a frightened bird, "This, this, this..."
"Here are the review materials I compiled for you, as well as the predicted possible questions. Remember to print them out."
"Oh, so this is it, haha..." Kong Zhong wiped his sweat and took the USB drive.
After finishing all the food, Li Mantao climbed onto the bed. His stomach was so bloated that it seemed to make him ignore the tightness in his chest.
He closed his eyes and did not open them until Kong Zhong woke him up at nine o'clock in the evening.
Kong Zhong looked at the bloodshot in the boy's eyes and regretted his decision again. Is this result good or bad?
"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"
Li Mantao shook his head. "I'm not hungry. I just want to sleep."
Kong Zhong had no choice but to let him continue sleeping.
Li Mantao couldn't sleep.
As soon as he woke up, a mess of thoughts came to his mind. He lay down for a while and then got out of bed to start reviewing.
Immersed in the sea of books, he finally had a moment of peace.
He read until three in the morning. His eyes were so dry that he could not bear it. When he felt drowsy, he turned off the desk lamp and climbed into bed.
The next few days passed like this. Kong Zhong was worried like a hen protecting her chicks, afraid that Rong Yi would come to disturb Li Mantao. But he was really worrying too much. Rong Yi disappeared as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth, and there was no news of him.
Thanks to his hard work and study these past few days, Li Mantao performed extremely well in the first exam of the final week, forming a sharp contrast with Kong Zhong's embarrassed look.
"I'm going to have trouble with this subject. If I give the teacher a red envelope, will she help me out?"
Li Mantao: “…”
Kong Zhong just said it casually, and after a few minutes of being depressed, he became excited again, "The next exam is still a day and a half away, I need to go out and relax."
Li Mantao looked at Kong Zhong and felt that he might not have any money for living expenses this summer vacation.
Shaking his head, Li Mantao walked towards the dormitory, ready to continue reviewing other courses.
When he arrived at the dormitory, he received a message from an unexpected person.
Deng Yangshuo: Teacher Taotao, do you know where Rongyi is now? I can't get in touch with him.
Deng Yangshuo...a friend Rong Yi met abroad.
Li Mantao sat on the chair and thought about the comic exhibition.
He came to his senses, typed a few words in the text box, locked the phone and put it in the drawer.
Li Mantao: I don’t know.
Deng Yangshuo on the other end saw the reply and asked a few more questions, but unfortunately Li Mantao did not reply.
In the next few exams, Li Mantao performed steadily as usual. After finishing the last exam, he walked out of the examination room and looked at the sun hanging high in the sky, and a sense of confusion arose in his heart again.
What should he do now?
He was patted on the shoulder and turned around. Kong Zhong put his arm around his shoulder with a smile and said, "Finally, the exam is over. Let's go celebrate. I asked your brother Wan to order some barbecued crayfish."
"No." Li Mantao smiled and said, "You young lovers are having a date, why should I join in the fun?"
"What kind of date? Just a barbecue!"
"Forget it. I keep interfering with your dates like this. Brother Wan looks like he wants to rip my hands off."
"How dare he! This is outrageous!"
Li Mantao refused again and again, so Kong Zhong had to let him go back to the dormitory.
But when I walked to the dormitory door, I saw a strange young man standing at the door, looking very anxious.
Li Mantao stepped forward and asked doubtfully, "Hello, what can I do for you?"
The young man's eyes lit up when he saw him.
"Hello, hello, I'm Rongyi's counselor."
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