suicide
"Why is he here too?" Li Mantao pointed at Rong Yi expressionlessly and asked Li Mi.
Li Mi pinched his palm and pretended to be surprised: "Don't you know? Rong Yi has also joined our club, so of course he has to come."
Li Mantao: "...When?"
Li Mi: "Yesterday."
Li Mantao: “…………”
Li Mi: "The villa we booked is too expensive. Doesn't this mean we need to ask more people to come and pay for it? It just so happens that you two have a good relationship and Rong Yi is rich, so I went to find him."
Li Mantao looked Li Mi up and down suspiciously. Li Mi blinked at him innocently, "What's wrong?"
You're kidding me, I don't even want to make up a good excuse. Li Mi is so gossipy and cunning, how could she not know that he and Rong Yi... how to say, broke up?
Li Mantao complained in his mind about the words that sounded like a child throwing a tantrum.
He glanced at Rong Yi, who was carrying a bag and looking a little embarrassed. He was not sure whether Li Mi had called Rong Yi over on his own initiative to make them reconcile, or whether Rong Yi had gone to Li Mi for help.
He did not tell anyone about Rong Yi secretly photographing him, and also ordered Kong Zhong to keep his mouth shut. Li Mi probably didn't know the details of what happened. She always did things with discretion, so it was more likely that Rong Yi would ask Li Mi for help.
Li Mantao didn't say anything else.
The team building trip was scheduled for three days and two nights, with a total of 22 people: 10 men and 12 women. Most of them were members, with the remainder being their friends and romantic partners. Those with cars drove up, bringing in six cars. Li Mantao watched as the members chatted and laughed as they filled up the other five, just as planned. The only remaining car was the one in front of him, the one he knew so well: Rong Yi's car.
Now only Rong Yi and Li Mantao were left standing and hadn't gotten on the bus.
"...Get in the car?" Rong Yi asked in a low voice.
Li Mantao got on the car.
Sitting on the passenger seat, Li Mantao closed his eyes and prepared to sleep. It was not because he was so angry that he didn't want to talk to anyone, but the gathering time was too early. It was only seven o'clock. After the holiday, he usually slept until nine or ten o'clock. He didn't sleep well last night and was really sleepy.
The mountain they were going to climb was called Yunjin Mountain, and it took two hours to drive there. Li Mantao fell asleep along the way, and when they arrived at the ticket office of the scenic spot, he was still a little unconscious.
After taking the ticket from the ticket seller, Li Mantao took a deep breath and caught up with the main group.
It was a cloudy day, not too hot, but even so, Li Mantao began to sweat profusely after walking for a while. He looked at the people's energetic faces and wondered countless times if he had a brain cramp in agreeing to come.
Just when I was feeling so hot that I wanted to hit someone, a cool breeze suddenly blew past my ears, accompanied by a slight "buzzing" sound.
Li Mantao turned his head and saw a small fan blowing towards him. He glanced at Rong Yi who was holding the small fan. He felt refreshed and didn't even sweat.
"I don't want it." He turned his head and saw a pavilion not far away, so he walked over to rest.
"I have one more." Rong Yi said. He was silent for a few seconds, then said, "I took the initiative. Are you angry?"
It turned out that Rong Yi had found it himself.
The two were at the end of the team, some distance away from the other members.
"I know that whatever I say now sounds like an excuse, but," Rong Yi lowered his eyes, "Manman, I'm so afraid that you'll disappear from my world like before. I was sent abroad, alone in a foreign country, with nothing to prove that we ever got along. Sometimes, I even suspect that the memory was just a fabrication to numb myself because it was too painful.
"I know my feelings for you are shameful, and you will leave again sooner or later. Before that, I want to leave something behind: your photo, your voice, your smell... anything that can prove your existence.
"That night, you said you had feelings for my kiss, and I was so happy I almost went crazy. I thought it meant you might like me too. I was so happy that I sneaked into your room."
Rong Yi looked at the young man in front of him with pain in his eyes, pleading, "I know I was wrong, but I promise that apart from that time, I have not done anything else that is beyond my rights. Manman, please, forgive me, okay?"
Forgive Rong Yi?
Li Mantao was inexpressibly emotional. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he saw two tourists coming towards the pavilion, he closed his mouth again.
He didn't say anything, but just snatched the small fan from Rong Yi's hand and continued to climb up while feeling the wind blowing.
Rong Yi looked at his back, his hands trembling slightly. He stayed there for a long time to calm himself down before catching up again.
The two of them had completely lost contact with the main force, and no messages were sent to Li Mi. Li Mantao understood that Li Mi was determined to bring them together.
"Hey, what benefits did you give Li Mi that made her help you so much?"
Li Mantao stood in front of the stall, looking at Rong Yi who was paying the stall owner, and asked in a not-so-nice tone.
Rong Yi held up two grilled sausages and tentatively offered one to Li Mantao. Li Mantao took it without hesitation and nibbled on it slowly. "I'm asking you a question."
"No, she didn't."
Okay.
Rong Yi whispered again that he wanted to go to the bathroom, but Li Mantao waved his hand and let him go by himself.
The scenery halfway up the mountain was already spectacular. Li Mantao, who rarely traveled, was mesmerized for a moment. That was until a soft sob caught his attention.
Not really, is the scenery so beautiful that it makes you cry?
Li Mantao looked over with amusement and found that the person crying was a young man who looked like a college student. When he noticed that Li Mantao was looking at him, he didn't react at all and just stared blankly into the distance.
After a while, the young man walked in one direction in a daze. Li Mantao looked at his back and felt something was wrong, so he subconsciously followed him.
The young man walked further and further away, and finally came to a place where few people went after turning several times. Then, he climbed up the fence without any pause, as if to climb over.
Li Mantao was shocked for a moment. There was a cliff over there. This man wanted to commit suicide!
Without time to think, Li Mantao rushed over and hugged the young man's waist, using all his strength to carry the young man back to a safe area.
He was afraid that the young man would not give up and would commit suicide again, so he sat down on his lap and said, "Don't be impulsive!"
The young man cried out in pain, "Can you please move your butt away first?"
"You're not going to be depressed again, are you?" Li Mantao didn't dare to relax.
"No, no."
Li Mantao then sat aside. He was covered in grass debris and didn't care whether his clothes were clean or not. He asked the young man, "What's wrong? Are you sad?"
The young man pouted and tears flowed again.
"I confessed my feelings to the person I've had a crush on for years."
As soon as these words came out, Li Mantao understood that he was rejected.
However, this man had just nearly collapsed, and Li Mantao didn't want to provoke him any further, so he comforted him, "There are always beautiful women in the world."
"That's not my grass!" the young man retorted.
He said sadly, "You don't know her, you don't understand. She is so kind. She encouraged and guided me in my most difficult times. She is the light of my life!"
"After seeing the light, how can a rat like me, who lives in the gutter, be willing to stay in the darkness again?"
Li Mantao: “…”
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But this certainly cannot be said.
Li Mantao tried to give her some chicken soup: "Then go after her. If you die secretly by yourself, won't you never have the chance to be with her?"
The young man sniffed and sobbed, "I'm not worthy of her. If my death can make her remember me forever, my life will be worth it."
As he spoke, he became excited again and struggled to move towards the edge of the cliff. Li Mantao quickly held him down again. He was so overwhelmed that he wanted to just break his legs and make him unable to move.
Of course, this was just a thought. Li Mantao sat on the young man's lap, and the two of them were in a stalemate for a moment.
The young man was lying on the ground, muttering to himself. Li Mantao was too lazy to listen. He was playing with his phone, wondering whether he should send a message to Rong Yi to tell him his location.
But firstly, he didn't know where he was, and secondly, he didn't want to appear as if he had forgiven Rong Yi.
But the young man's distraught look as he tried to commit suicide kept swaying before his eyes, and his suicide declaration echoed in his ears. All these gradually overlapped with Rong Yi, as if it was Rong Yi who was about to jump off the cliff.
Li Mantao felt a little conflicted.
In the end, he took a photo of the surroundings and sent it to Rong Yi.
No text.
This is a compromise.
The message circled for a while and then was sent. A notification sound rang out. Li Mantao rolled his eyes and looked at his phone, but found that there was no reply. The notification sound was not sent from his phone.
He patted the young man awkwardly, "Your news."
"What's the news? I don't care about anything anymore."
"What if it was sent to you by your goddess?"
The young man quickly picked up his phone, and then, with his eyes wide open, he trembled and grabbed the hem of Li Mantao's clothes, "Really... Really..."
The young man let out a long roar towards the sky, which scared Li Mantao a lot.
"What's wrong? Is this really news about your goddess?"
The young man blushed and said, "My goddess said, give me a chance to pursue her!"
He pulled his legs out from under Li Mantao's butt, stood up energetically, and limped down the mountain quickly.
After walking a few steps, he turned around and said to Li Mantao affectionately, "Thank you! And remember, cherish the person in front of you!"
Li Mantao: “…”
He shook his head and walked back, just in time to run into Rong Yi who came looking for him.
"Why did you come here suddenly?" Rong Yi asked.
“Look at the scenery.”
Li Mantao passed Rong Yi, bringing up a breeze, "Let's go, Li Mi and the others are probably at the top of the mountain."
Rong Yi looked at the young man's cheerful back, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
The phone in his pocket vibrated, and a message came in. Rong Yi looked down.
AAA professional computer repairman Xiao Wang: Reporting to Brother Rong, mission accomplished! Guaranteed to bring a thrill to my sister-in-law's soul!
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go!" Li Mantao turned around and saw that Rong Yi had not moved, so he urged him.
Rong Yi put away his phone and replied loudly, "I'm coming."
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