Intimate Brother
"I'm mainly here to ask when was the last time you saw him? He's missed several finals and isn't returning phone messages."
The counselor looked anxious. "Over a week ago, someone saw Rong Yi leaving the school in a dazed state. He hasn't been seen since, and we can't contact him. I heard from students that Rong Yi and his roommate had a very good relationship, so I wanted to ask... Did something happen to Rong Yi?"
He hesitated when he asked the last question, his face full of fear that his student would commit suicide due to depression.
Li Mantao gave the counselor a complicated look and said, "I don't know either. Teacher, you should call the police."
After saying that, he opened the door, ignored the counselor's questions, walked straight into the dormitory and closed the door.
The knocking on the door continued for several minutes before finally giving up.
Li Mantao leaned against the door, listened to the footsteps fading away, and lowered his eyes slightly.
You didn’t come back to take the final exam. Don’t you want to graduate?
He made up a sentence in a casual manner, but there was a thought that kept lingering in his mind.
What if Rongyi really can’t get over it?
He remembered what Rong Yi had said before.
"In this world, I have nothing else to cling to except Manman."
Li Mantao bit his lips hard, trying to sober himself up. They had lost contact for so long, but Rong Yi didn't seem to be depressed.
No, that's not right. That's different. A voice in his heart denied him again.
Li Mantao didn't move until his legs became numb from standing.
He put the file bag on the table and turned to leave the dormitory.
When he came to the gate of Rong Yi's community again, the security guard still remembered him and greeted him happily.
"Are you back?"
Li Mantao smiled back, "Come and get something."
Li Mantao took the elevator to Rong Yi's house and took a deep breath. Everything that happened that day was still clearly engraved in his mind.
He entered the code and the door opened.
I didn't change my password...
However, when he entered the room, Li Mantao discovered that everything in the room was exactly as it was before he left. Rong Yi had really kept his promise and had never returned.
He walked around the house several times and finally stopped in front of the surveillance camera in the living room.
"Rong Yi, are you watching? If you see it, come back. This is your home. Where are you going to hide?"
Li Mantao stared at the camera, pursed his lips, and turned away. "Deng Yangshuo, and your counselor are very worried about you. Send them a message, or they'll call the police, and it won't look good if they come after you."
"Love isn't the only emotion in this world. There's also family and friendship. Your brother treats you very well, and Deng Yangshuo, too. You... you should think about it carefully. When you've figured it out, come to me and we can talk it over."
After talking for a long time, Li Mantao suddenly found something wrong. He moved closer to the camera and saw that there was no light. The camera was offline.
Li Mantao: “…”
Okay, I've been performing a monologue for half a day.
He locked the door and left the complex.
It was a scorching hot day, and Li Mantao was sweating profusely after walking in the sun for a few minutes. He walked to a milk tea shop, looked at the prices on the menu, and quietly walked to a convenience store nearby to buy a bottle of mineral water.
Sitting on the plastic bench seat at the entrance of the convenience store, Li Mantao calculated his savings in his mind.
Rong Yi gave him nearly 250,000 yuan in tips for his live broadcast. He originally wanted to return the money to Rong Yi when his savings were sufficient, but now that this happened... he had to pay it back quickly.
However, even after taking out all the income from his live broadcast, it was still far from enough, so he had to move out the money that he had originally intended to return to Lian Yu.
If you give this one, you won’t be able to pay that one back.
Li Mantao sighed. Fortunately, Lian Yu was easy to talk to and never asked him to pay back the money.
We can only wait until the summer comic exhibition is over, and then the official of "Xunxian Wendao" will give him the money, and then pay him back.
Until then, save some money.
Li Mantao tilted his head back, took a big gulp of water, and wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth.
In fact, if he wants to make money quickly, he can just start live streaming and ask for tips. Anyway, he is on vacation after his exams and has not found a part-time job. He has plenty of time to live stream, and the fans who have been waiting for him will definitely not be stingy with gifts.
But. Li Mantao sighed.
Now that he knew who user 1231 was and what made Rong Yi give him the reward, he didn't dare to broadcast anymore.
The audience for his first live broadcast was brought in by Rong Yi's high-priced gift, which helped him accumulate his first batch of fans. After that, he even personally helped him hype up the popularity. I wonder how many of his current fans came because of Rong Yi.
Otherwise, who would like to watch boring live painting shows?
Li Mantao knows very well that he is not a qualified anchor, he doesn't know how to make things lively or play memes, and he doesn't deserve those gifts and love.
Suddenly, someone sat down on the seat next to him. Li Mantao glanced to the side and saw a man who looked familiar. He was sipping a bottle of iced black tea in his hand. He looked uninterested and continued to think about random things with his head down.
"Hiss... Are you... Xiaoguang?!" The man was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly asked loudly.
Xiaoguang? Is anyone cosplaying as Xiaoguang? Li Mantao raised his head and looked around.
A big hand patted his shoulder, and the man said excitedly, "Xiao Guang! It's me. We went to film together back then!"
The man had a loud voice and his words were very ambiguous, and passers-by all cast their eyes over to him.
Li Mantao: "Ah???"
Wait, Xiaoguang!
"Ah, you are that... Dong...?"
The man laughed and said, "Dong Yuan! You finally remembered me."
Li Mantao said politely, "Long time no see."
Seeing that Dong Yuan seemed to want to talk about a few more dollars, Li Mantao quickly stood up and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll be leaving first."
If I don't leave now, people around me will think I'm an actor in a weird movie.
It's still between men!
"Don't run!" Dong Yuan actually caught up with him. "My girlfriend said at noon that you didn't reply to her messages. What are you busy with? Why don't you reply to her messages?"
Li Mantao looked at him in confusion. "Who is your girlfriend? Send me a message."
Dong Yuan's eyes widened: "Li Mi, don't you know we are together?"
Li Mantao was stunned: "What???"
Dong Yuan actually pouted as if he was very dissatisfied. "This Li Mi doesn't take me seriously at all. We've been together for so long, and he still hasn't told anyone around him!"
Li Mantao: "How long???"
"Three days!"
Li Mantao was silent.
How did Li Mi fall for this person...
Also, Li Mi was in love, but she didn't even tell him any signs!
The last trace of smile on Li Mantao's face disappeared, and he walked forward with a gloomy face. Dong Yuan continued to chatter with him.
"So why don't you reply to Li Mi's message? We need to have a meeting to discuss the time for team building."
Li Mantao couldn't help but ask, "What team building?"
"Climbing a mountain."
"Are you going too?"
Dong Yuan said as if it was a matter of course: "I am the family member of the club president, of course I have to go."
Oh my God. Li Mantao once again regretted agreeing to this damn team building.
"I'm not free right now, you guys decide."
Dong Yuan seemed oblivious to Li Mantao's dislike and continued to follow him around like a brother. "Xiaoguang, haven't you finished your exams? How come you don't have time?"
"My name is not Xiaoguang, I have a name."
"Okay, then I'll call you Taotao. My girlfriend always calls you that, haha."
Ha, ha, ha, what's there to haha about! Li Mi will break up with you sooner or later.
"Taotao, don't leave so hastily. You looked so pitiful in front of the convenience store just now, almost crying. What happened? Tell me, brother."
Li Mantao stopped and said with a droopy face: "Who is crying?"
"Don't cry, don't cry. Don't you feel uncomfortable under this scorching sun? Come on, come on, I'll treat you to some milk tea and let you go to the store to enjoy the air conditioning." Dong Yuan dragged Li Mantao into the milk tea shop.
Sitting on the sofa, Li Mantao looked at Dong Yuan, who was taking orders at the front desk, with an unfriendly look.
The dissatisfaction with her best friend's new boyfriend even overshadowed the hidden worries in her heart.
Dong Yuan came over with two cups of milk tea and handed one to Li Mantao: "It's a new product. I was planning to taste it with Mimi, but you got there first, haha."
Searching………………
Li Mantao quickly took a sip of milk tea to suppress his nausea.
Dong Yuan also took a sip of milk tea, straightened his face, and said, "Since you've drunk the milk tea, you should tell me what's wrong. I would have believed you if you said you were going to jump off the building."
Li Mantao glanced at him and said, "No matter who jumps off the building, I won't jump off the building."
"That's good. Our brother is strong." Dong Yuan laughed again. "What troubles did you encounter? I'm not exaggerating. I'm a well-known and caring brother in the surrounding area and a friend to women. If you have any black mud, just spit it out here. I guarantee you'll feel refreshed."
Li Mantao looked at Dong Yuan calmly, and Dong Yuan didn't feel awkward either, so he let Li Mantao look at him.
After a while, Li Mantao spoke and whispered, "I have a friend..."
"Sorry to bother you, but this friend you mentioned..."
"Just listen!" Li Mantao interrupted him angrily.
Dong Yuan raised his hands in surrender.
Li Mantao cleared his throat and started again, "My friend has a good friend. This friend is really, really nice. But a while ago, this friend confessed his feelings to my friend. My friend was scared and rejected him, saying some harsh words... Then, this friend disappeared. There's been no news for over a week, so my friend is a little... a little worried that he might be having a hard time."
After speaking haltingly, Li Mantao looked up at Dong Yuan, who was looking thoughtful. He said a few words, "As easy as pie?"
Li Mantao was startled and subconsciously retorted: "No!"
"I understand, I understand." Dong Yuan said, "So that good friend is missing, and you want to go look for him?"
"It's not me, it's my friend."
"Well, your friend wants to find that good friend, so where should he go?"
Li Mantao's eyes dimmed. "I don't know. He's not at home. I don't know where he is... I don't know him at all... No, it's my friends who don't know him."
Dong Yuan pondered, "Running around like a headless fly isn't a solution. Why not call the police?"
"I asked his counselor to call the police, but I don't know if they did."
Seeing Li Mantao's anxiety, Dong Yuan soothed him, "Don't worry. If anything was going to happen, it would have happened a long time ago. You should be hiding in a small corner where no one knows you and healing your broken heart. Think about it, is there any place where you might have shared memories, something deep and profound?"
Li Mantao was too lazy to worry about whether Dong Yuan was talking about him or his friend. After thinking for a moment, a place suddenly appeared in his mind.
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