Like you
Shouldn't.
You shouldn't get carried away.
You shouldn't be greedy.
Rong Yi parked the car downstairs of the dormitory building and looked at the people coming in and out of the dormitory door. His eyes were as deep as the bottomless sea.
After sitting quietly for a while, he walked into the dormitory building.
In the elevator, he bumped into the squad leader again. The squad leader exchanged pleasantries with him, and he politely replied. As if he hadn't expected him to be so approachable today, the squad leader excitedly followed him out of the elevator, wanting to say something more.
Rong Yi stopped and turned to look at the squad leader.
"Are you okay?"
Although it was a question, it did not contain any doubtful meaning. Coupled with his expressionless face, the squad leader's face froze. He said softly, "No more, no more, you are busy." After that, he turned around awkwardly and got into the elevator, secretly cursing himself for being so tactless today.
Rong Yi stepped forward and after a few breaths, stopped in front of a door with a number written on the doorplate.
303.
Rong Yi still remembers the moment when she followed the dormitory manager to the new dormitory after returning to school and saw Li Mantao.
He had many such dreams, but never expected them to come true.
But it came true.
Strong emotions surged in his heart, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and he took off his mask, hoping to be recognized.
But it didn't.
His eyes were full of anger. He looked at him like a stranger, hated him, and his gaze burned him. Rong Yi fled in panic.
Fortunately, Manman is still the brave Manman and extends her hand to him again.
The sound of laughter woke Rong Yi up. Several people walked past each other arm in arm, like standard good brothers and good buddies, which was also how Manman defined their relationship.
He had originally made up his mind to stay by Manman's side forever in this capacity, but greed gradually destroyed his sanity. Every day he looked at his beloved, but he could only regard himself as a friend. Even if she was the so-called best friend, he was not satisfied!
If the contents of that USB drive were seen by Manman...
Rong Yi looked at the unlocked door, took a deep breath, and pushed it open.
*
sunrise coffee shop.
Li Mantao pushed the door open and entered the store breathlessly. He saw Kong Zhong looking around like a thief and waving at him.
"What's going on? Where's the USB drive I gave you yesterday?"
Kong Zhong pulled the USB drive out of his pocket. Li Mantao tried to take it, but he dodged it. Li Mantao looked at Kong Zhong suspiciously, "What are you doing?"
Kong Zhong had a serious expression on his face. He opened his mouth to say something, but after looking around, he closed his mouth. "Come with me to the car first. I have something to ask you."
Li Mantao followed him into the car, not knowing why. Wan Shanlin was sitting in the driver's seat, playing with his cell phone without saying a word.
"What do you want to say? Can you give me the USB drive first? It belongs to Rong Yi and is very important to him."
Kong Zhong frowned even more tightly, "Taotao, I'm asking you seriously, answer truthfully."
Seeing that he had no intention of returning the item to her for the time being, Li Mantao had no choice but to be patient and said, "Okay, go ahead and ask. After you're done, give me the USB drive right away."
"What is your relationship with Rong Yi?"
Li Mantao: “?”
Li Mantao said with a smile: "What kind of relationship could that be? We're just friends, buddies."
Kong Zhong slapped his forehead and said, "It's over."
"What's going on? Can you please stop talking to the Riddler here?"
Kong Zhong sighed deeply: "Taotao, let me ask you, do you know what the relationship is between me and your brother Wan?"
Li Mantao glanced at Wan Shanlin in the driver's seat and wondered why Brother Wan got in. "I know."
"Then you, do you think it's possible for you and Rong Yi to develop a relationship like the one between me and Wan Shanlin?"
Kong Zhong spoke hesitantly. Li Mantao reacted for two seconds and said reflexively, "How is that possible?" But his mind flashed back to Rong Yi's face approaching him that night.
Li Mantao shook his head, shook Rong Yi out, and repeated, "How is that possible? We are good brothers!"
"Alas! Alas! Alas!" Kong Zhong sighed three times, "You can only know a person's face but not his heart!"
"How can you know a person's face but not his heart?" Li Mantao frowned. "You're not going to open that USB drive and look at it, are you?"
Kong Zhong was speechless, "I'm not just curious for a moment."
Li Mantao patted Kong Zhong and said anxiously, "Didn't I tell you not to move? Brother Zhong, why are you such a person?"
Kong Zhong knew what he was doing wasn't right, but he couldn't help his curiosity. Anything that could make that expressionless face so anxious must be very interesting. Furthermore, Kong Zhong was acting out of selfish motives – Li Mantao had been his closest friend and most attached to him, but then Rong Yi showed up and abducted his daughter, Taotao. While Kong Zhong pretended to be open-minded, he was actually a little upset.
But he thought there was a movie inside and wanted to find some evidence against Rong Yi, so he opened the USB drive to look at it. He didn't expect to see that kind of thing!
Kong Zhong felt very wronged and said stubbornly, "How would I know what was inside? If I hadn't looked, wouldn't you have been kept in the dark?"
Li Mantao was becoming more and more confused. He couldn't understand what Kong Zhong was saying, but he intuitively felt that it was not something that would benefit Rong Yi. He couldn't help but think of the strange question Rong Yi had asked him when he was at home.
"If you find out that I'm not who you thought I was, will you leave me?"
Different? What exactly is different?!
Li Mantao became increasingly uneasy and tried to snatch the USB drive back, but was restrained by Wan Shanlin.
"Don't touch him!"
Kong Zhong yelled at Wan Shanlin, and Wan Shanlin loosened his hand, and Li Mantao was free again.
His eyes were about to turn red, and he didn't understand why the people around him suddenly became so strange.
Kong Zhong hugged him and patted his head, his voice full of heartache, "Don't cry, don't cry, I'll give it to you. Alas, this matter has caused you to take the things and stay away from Rong Yi for now. After you finish looking at the things inside, you can decide how to deal with them. Remember, Brother Zhong will always stand behind you. Come to me if you have any problems."
Li Mantao got out of the car with the USB drive and looked at the people coming and going in confusion.
After a while, he walked towards Rong Yi's house.
There was no one at home and Rongyi hadn't come back.
Li Mantao entered the study and first opened his cell phone to take a look. Rong Yi had not called him or sent him a message.
He looked at the small USB drive in his palm, his thoughts in confusion.
Will the contents here affect the relationship between him and Rong Yi? Why is Rong Yi so scared? Why does Kong Zhong have that expression and ask such a question?
All the answers are hidden in this USB flash drive.
Li Mantao's throat was dry. After thinking for an unknown amount of time, he finally turned on the computer and inserted the USB drive into the port.
The computer loaded for a moment and a window popped up. Li Mantao clicked the mouse and opened the folder.
“…”
Although he had a premonition, when he actually saw it, Li Mantao still unconsciously forgot to breathe.
The screen was densely packed with photos. Just by looking at the thumbnails, Li Mantao could tell who the people in the photos were.
Li Mantao was stunned for a few seconds and mechanically clicked on the first photo.
That was the picture of him walking towards it after class. Judging from his clothes, it was before he and Rong Yi recognized each other.
When was Rong Yi filmed? Why was it filmed?
The answer in his heart became clearer. Li Mantao clicked on the next photo, which popped up a picture of him eating in the cafeteria, and the one after that, a picture of him in class.
Then, the screenshots of the live broadcast, the figure sitting in the coffee shop, the surveillance screenshots when he first entered Rong Yi's house, the photos of him sleeping on the sofa, and the live broadcast of the "mask kiss" punishment with Rong Yi, little by little, he seemed to see that the distance between him and Rong Yi was gradually narrowing.
Li Mantao slid the scroll wheel and flipped through the photos one by one. There were 598 photos in the entire folder, and the protagonist in all of them was him.
The computer screen stopped at the last photo.
He lay in bed, his brows slightly furrowed in anxiety, sleeping uneasily. A familiar hand touched his cheek caressingly, and the meaning behind it was something he couldn't ignore even if he wanted to.
His soul seemed to be trembling. Did Rong Yi have that kind of thought towards him?
He didn't know what he was thinking and didn't know how to face this fact.
The scene of his first meeting with Rong Yi seemed to flash before his eyes, the last time they met before being forced to separate, the misunderstanding at their reunion, the blood at the comic convention, and Rong Yi's meticulous concern for him...
Li Mantao stood up in confusion, took a few breaths, suddenly pulled the USB drive out of the computer, and threw it into the trash can.
After doing this, as if it was not enough, he tore off a few pieces of white paper from the notebook, crumpled them into a ball, and threw them all into the trash can, covering the USB drive tightly.
As long as we pretend that we haven't seen these things, can we pretend that nothing has happened?
Li Mantao had a splitting headache and was holding onto the edge of the table, somewhat unsteadily. His empty stomach was giving him a warning.
He turned around, but paused in silence.
Rong Yi stood at the door of the study, holding a packing bag in her hand, looking at him solemnly.
The study was silent for a long time. Li Mantao forced a smile and said, "Brother, why did you come back so late? Did you find the USB drive?"
If Rong Yi still wanted to maintain this friendship, she should pretend nothing had happened. □□ Yi said nothing and moved closer to him step by step.
Li Mantao held his breath and gritted his teeth as he watched him approach.
Rong Yi put the packing bag on the table, then half squatted down, took out the pieces of white paper, and picked up the USB flash drive.
He stood up and said in a hoarse voice: "Found it."
“…”
He knew everything and saw everything. Li Mantao thought, it's impossible to cover up one's mistakes.
Li Mantao froze in place. Rong Yi placed the USB drive on the table and lowered his head to look closely at the young man in front of him. His face was pale. It was so pitiful that his good friend was shamelessly in love with him.
Rong Yi reached out and gently stroked the boy's cheek. Finally, it was no longer the hypocritical caress of a good friend, but the caress of a lover.
He sighed, put his arms around Li Mantao's waist, rested his chin on the boy's head, and finally said the words buried in his heart.
"I like you."
His tone was soft and pitiful, but his grip was getting tighter and tighter, making Li Mantao feel as if he was being tightly entangled by a snake.
"Manman, don't be afraid of me."
"Manman, don't go."
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