Gentlemen's Friends

Chapter 12 Part 6: Four ([-])
The man let go of his voice and laughed as if hearing a big joke, with a look of contempt on his face, but he didn't bother anymore.

Qu Tongqiu was helped out of the gate by Yang Miao in the midst of snickering, his face was flushed, he didn't know if it was because of the swollen beating or shame.

"come in."

Back home, Yang Miao fumbled to press the switch on the wall, turned on the light, took the hand of the little boy who was standing outside the door with his head bowed, and pulled him in.

"Does it hurt?"

Being asked this question, Qu Tongqiu shook his head, feeling more and more ashamed.

Yang Miao held his face tenderly: "Come on, let me see where the injury is." After a closer look, seeing that there was no serious problem, she went to take out ice cubes to apply to his swollen cheeks.

Qu Tongqiu covered his face, thinking of his embarrassing performance, he didn't dare to look up at her, and only whispered: "I will become stronger in the future."

Yang Miao smiled, blew on his flushed cheeks, and then nodded his forehead: "You are such a gentle boy."

The two ice packs were almost covered, and Qu Tongqiu's uncomfortable feeling of inferiority also slightly improved.

The woman who wiped his cheeks smiled and said, "Do you want to stay tonight?"

Qu Tongqiu suddenly opened his eyes wide, looking at the beautiful and soft face of the woman in front of him, he was shocked by the meaning of those words and was speechless for a while.

"Or, you don't like it?"

Qu Tongqiu was gently pulled over by her, his palms were sweating from embarrassment, his face was flushed, and he didn't dare to lift his eyes. Gradually, when he touched the woman's soft lips, his heart started beating desperately.

The first jerky kiss with a woman, Qu Tongqiu felt nervous and happy while experiencing it, thinking that this is his official first kiss...

When I woke up, I knew naturally that it was dawn.Qu Tongqiu showed his face from the quilt, blushing unconsciously, turned to look at the pillow, Yang Miao was also looking at him with a smile.

In the early morning after staying overnight, he couldn't think of anything sweet to say to such an important woman in his life. After blushing for a while, he could only stammer, "I, I will take responsibility for you."

Yang Miao was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud, mixed with astonishment and amusement, not meant to be mocking, her eyes gradually turned red, and she poked his forehead again: "You."

Qu Tongqiu was inexplicably excited all morning. He ran around to buy vegetables for Yang Miao, cleaned the room, and also cleaned the stairs of the apartment, and even helped to throw away the garbage of several residents downstairs.That strange sweetness and sense of responsibility made him unable to calm down at all.

After leaving Yang Miao's house, he went to find Ren Ningyuan.The mood of sharing is so urgent that the tens of seconds from ringing the doorbell to the door opening are unbearably long.

Ren Ningyuan saw his red and swollen face through the crack of the opened door, so he took off the anti-theft chain, opened the door, and frowned slightly: "What's wrong with you?"

Qu Tongqiu was already at a loss, and said nervously: "Me, me and my girlfriend, that's it."

Ren Ningyuan groaned, as if he had been choked, coughed a few times and said calmly, "This is very good."

"Well, I must be responsible to her. It would be great if I could get married after graduation."

Ren Ningyuan nodded in agreement, but did not continue the topic as he wished, and only asked him: "Is there anything else?"

"Ah..." If you want to talk about important things, there is really nothing else, but it seems that Ren Ningyuan means to close the door, Qu Tongqiu had to think of a topic again, "That..."

"Ok?"

"Yang Miao met some entangled guests last night..."

"Isn't it inevitable to do this?"

Such an answer is a bit cruel, but he is not wrong to say so.Qu Tongqiu had no choice but to say: "I'm her boyfriend, so I should find a way to protect her as much as possible..."

Ren Ningyuan smiled and said, "Do you want me to help you solve it?"

"Boss..."

Ren Ningyuan replied gently: "Let's talk about it when I'm free." Then he closed the door.

Qu Tongqiu had no choice but to leave, thinking that Ren Ningyuan seemed to be really busy recently, and he should do something to help. It might be more practical to sort out the essence notes of each course this semester.

But Qu Tongqiu couldn't finish sorting out the notes after all.

The man who looked like a foreigner called a few people to teach him a lesson, it was too easy to deal with him, not to mention that he didn't follow Ren Ningyuan now, he was almost like a human sandbag who was beaten for no money.

Qu Tongqiu was admitted to the hospital again, and this is the first time. It is common for him to report to the hospital after being beaten, and he doesn't even feel sad about it.

But what made him sad was that there was a subject where the final exam was due ahead of schedule. He had prepared very hard, but he was unable to attend while lying on the hospital bed.He can only wait for the postponement or make-up exam, and no matter how hard he tries, if he misses it, he will miss it, and it is impossible to receive the scholarship.

Yang Miao stayed with him in the hospital all the time. With her here, he was too embarrassed to complain of pain, so he could only endure it.

Ren Ningyuan also came, looked at his appearance, and said lightly: "Who did it?"

Qu Tongqiu knew that he was going to stand up for him, he was grateful in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Boss, I'm fine, I can be discharged from the hospital in a few days, the doctor said."

Ren Ningyuan ignored him and looked at Yang Miao patiently, "Did your guest do it?"

Yang Miao nodded and shook her head again: "It's not someone to mess with, so you better leave it alone."

Ren Ningyuan smiled: "Oh, how difficult it is to provoke, let's hear it."

"Tongqiu is my boyfriend. I will take care of what happened because of me. They didn't offend you, so you don't need to wade into this muddy water."

Ren Ningyuan smiled and said: "You are being polite. How could this matter not offend me? It depends on the owner to beat a dog." Then he looked at Qu Tongqiu, "Right?"

Qu Tongqiu was taken aback for a moment, he had always been a pawn who devoted himself to Ren Ningyuan at his disposal, but he felt a little uncomfortable when he was said that, and he only gave a vague "um".

He is too attached to Ren Ningyuan, he is really like a dog, he admires and is loyal for no reason, even being kicked or kicked occasionally will not affect his loyalty.There are so many people who follow Ren Ningyuan, he is just one of them who is not outstanding.

This time Qu Tongqiu stayed in the hospital for a long time.Although he was used to being beaten in school, the methods of those people in the society were more ruthless than the bullying of students on campus.

Yang Miao is a very considerate and good woman. Although she is busy and tired at work, she still comes to accompany him for a while every day. She suffers from not being able to cook, so she gives the ingredients to the chef in the small restaurant, and takes them to the hospital after cooking. Be flexible.

During the long hospital stay, Ren Ningyuan visited once and never came again.Qu Tong looked forward to Qiutian, but never saw him again.

However, he knew that Ren Ningyuan was busy and would always have a lot of things to deal with. Even if he sat quietly, his mind was running at high speed, thinking about many problems that he could not imagine. Such little people.Thinking about it this way, I was relieved and at ease.

Qu Tongqiu waited until he was almost discharged from the hospital, but he still didn't see Ren Ningyuan, knowing that Ren Ningyuan had forgotten him, so he went to ask Yang Miao, "How is the boss?"

"Are you worried about him?" Yang Miao served him soup, "Take care of yourself first. Ren Ningyuan is the last thing you need to worry about. He ordered the group of people to be repaired into a bad shape, and he has enough prestige. He is a local snake. He can overcome it, and there is nothing he can’t do.”

Qu Tongqiu questioned: "A local snake? Isn't that a foreigner?"

"The one who led someone to beat you is a Nordic species. He has only been here not long ago, but he is the distinguished guest of Fourth Master Qiao."

"Who is Fourth Master Qiao?"

"You," Yang Miao nodded his head with a smile, "you only read the books of sages, and of course you don't hear anything out of the window. Qiao Si is a powerful character, not a good person, we can't afford to mess with it, just remember that. .”

Qu Tongqiu agreed with a "yes".

On the hospital bed, he was still worried that Ren Ningyuan would suffer a loss, but things seemed to be going well, and Ren Ningyuan had already settled it satisfactorily.

At the same age and as a man, he can only get beaten up, but Ren Ningyuan can get twice as much.Ren Ningyuan is indeed an idol to him.

Qu Tongqiu was full of longing after thinking about it: "How did the boss beat them?"

Yang Miao said with a smile: "Ah, I don't want to talk about it, the bloody scene will scare people."

Seeing her playful look, Qu Tongqiu thought she was cute: "I'm not afraid."

"But some people will be afraid."

"Hey, it turned out that you were the one who was scared."

"not me."

Qu Tongqiu was a little confused, but Yang Miao stopped talking, cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and said, "I haven't had my period this month."

Hearing such a private topic, Qu Tongqiu blushed reflexively before he had time to think: "Uh..."

"I am pregnant."

Qu Tongqiu knocked on the door persistently for a long time.He confirmed that the master was at home, because he could vaguely hear the movement inside.He was always careful not to disturb Ren Ningyuan, but this time it was different.

The door finally opened.

Ren Ningyuan stood barefoot, with trouser legs scattered on his feet, looking relaxed and relaxed. He glanced at him and said, "Are you discharged from the hospital?"

"Well, it just came out today."

Ren Ningyuan let out an "oh" indifferently.

Qu Tongqiu couldn't tell if he was angry, so he said anxiously, "Boss."

"what's up?"

Although I have repeatedly chewed and digested this fact for a long time in the past two days, I still stuttered when I spoke: "I, my girlfriend, are pregnant."

Ren Ningyuan suddenly raised his eyes to look at him, and the two looked at each other without making a sound.

Qu Tongqiu had never looked at Ren Ningyuan so seriously for a long time. He only felt that the eyes lacking emotional fluctuations were deep and dark, and there was a strong sense of oppression when he squinted slightly, so he couldn't help feeling a little flustered.

He didn't do anything worse than a beast, he just tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, and he didn't expect to succeed once and become an adult again.

It took a while for Ren Ningyuan's expression to change. He frowned slightly and asked, "So careless?"

"I, I don't know very well..." People who knew nothing about men and women before this, how can they talk about carelessness.

"What do you want me to help you with? Looking for a hospital? Abortion fee?"

Qu Tongqiu was taken aback: "You can't kill the child!"

Ren Ningyuan looked at him: "Then, why should she be born? Single mothers are very hard."

"I know..." Qu Tongqiu was a little nervous, facing Ren Ningyuan, just like Yang Miao at that time, swallowed his saliva, and said, "I, I want to get married."

Speaking out, for some reason, he felt as if the air froze for a moment, there was no sound, no movement, and he just looked at Ren Ningyuan tremblingly. The brief lull before pumping him.

Fortunately, Ren Ning was far from his grumpy father. After looking away, his tone was calm: "What about your studies?"

Qu Tongqiu hesitated a little, more because of a guilty conscience of doing something wrong: "Then, there is no other way. I, I will tell my family..."

"Do you think it's worth it?"

Nothing is worth it.To bear the consequences of oneself, one must give up some things.He likes Yang Miao and is willing to be a father, but he should be responsible for a pregnant woman and an unformed baby.

"Boss...then I won't be in school from now on." When he said "get married", he was nervous and happy, but when he said this, he was full of pain.

When Qu Tongqiu thought that he would never be the same in the future, his heart felt pinched, and his breathing was not smooth: "Boss, I will try my best to find a job here. We can still meet often."

no respond.Seeing Ren Ningyuan's indifferent expression, he realized that Ren Ningyuan didn't care whether he could meet or not.Sadness and so on were all just his own unilateral reluctance, so he changed his words and said: "I can still be like before, if the boss wants me to do something, just give me an order."

Ren Ningyuan said "hmm": "Okay, you can go back."

Seeing that he turned around and was about to enter the door, Qu Tongqiu wanted to pull him, but in the end he didn't dare to touch him, so he just grabbed his sleeve: "Boss..."

Ren Ningyuan looked down at his sleeve, then at him: "What?"

"Boss..." Qu Tongqiu only felt that there was a lot of stuff in his chest, but after thinking about it, it was just "reluctant".For him, there is only one Ren Ningyuan; but for Ren Ningyuan, there are too many followers like him, it doesn't matter if there is one more or one less, and they will be blurred in the vast time when he turns his head.

Ren Ningyuan couldn't understand his feeling of reluctance for such a small person.

Looking eagerly at Ren Ningyuan for a while, he squeezed his nose sourly: "You, take care..."

Ren Ningyuan pulled back his sleeves and said with a smile, "You too." Then he entered the room and closed the door.

Qu Tongqiu has been sad for a while, and he also knows the difficulties in reality. Once he starts working part-time, becomes a busy husband and father, and works hard to support a small family, it will be a brand new life.

And on the stage of college life, he hastily showed his face, and he was about to leave the stage first.

As long as the protagonists are still there, there will be no difference if there is a small character missing in the middle.It's just that for him, this last scene is very precious. Before he officially dropped out of school and parted, he still wanted to see Ren Ningyuan a few more times.

Fortunately, if they could be in the same city, the distance wouldn't be too far away, which finally gave him some hope and comfort.

On this day, he snatched a buy one get one free walnut cake at the cake shop, Qu Tongqiu kept one for Yang Miao, and took the other for Ren Ningyuan to eat.

After ringing the doorbell, there was still no answer, and he reached out to knock on the door, and found that the door was ajar. Qu Tongqiu was a little happy for Ren Ningyuan's rare negligence, and pushed the door in with a paper bag.

As soon as he stepped in, he was hit on the forehead, which made his eyes stare.

Qu Tongqiu had formed a conditioned reflex to this violent attack, and immediately threw something to cover his head.Fortunately, the opponent was only trying to subdue him, and didn't intend to enjoy the beating. As soon as Qu Tongqiu realized the disparity in strength, he gave up struggling almost immediately, and captured him without a fight, saving a lot of suffering.

The strong man who beat him picked him up, looked at him so cowardly, and scorned him, pulled a piece of cloth and tied his hands behind his back, and after two or three tyings, he left him on the ground and left him alone.

Qu Tongqiu was terribly frightened. Although his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, he didn't hurt his vitals. He could already see that there were several thug-like men in the room.

A man was sitting on the chair in the middle, and Ren Ningyuan, who was sitting opposite him, was also tied up.

Qu Tongqiu only felt a buzz in his head, and the blood rushed up, and his face turned purple: "Boss! Boss!!"

As soon as he made a sound, the person next to him slapped him, telling him to shut up, and when he heard him screaming uncontrollably, they simply blocked his mouth with a rag.

Ren Ningyuan glanced at him and frowned, but there was no further reaction.

(End of this chapter)