love like poison

Chapter 13 I am here

"Archie! Why are you here?"

The cold wind at night blew violently the moment the door was opened, and Lin Mu shivered sleepily!

Liu Zhiqi stood quietly with the backlight.

Lin Mu was taken aback, and looked at Liu Zhiqi who was pale and embarrassed, and almost thought he was dreaming.

Liu Zhiqi went into the room without saying a word.

Lin Mu followed behind, and looked down at Liu Zhiqi's bare feet, which had already turned purple from the cold!

"Why don't you wear shoes! Also, why are your clothes still wet?"

Lin Mu hurriedly called a pot of hot water and put it on the side of the sofa, "What's wrong with you?"

Liu Zhiqi still didn't speak, his face was ashen.

Lin Mu frowned unconsciously, seeing that Liu Zhiqi had no intention of making any moves, he sighed softly and leaned over to put Liu Zhiqi's feet into the hot water.

Xu Shi's feet, which were sore from the cold, were suddenly immersed in hot water. Liu Zhi suddenly felt that his feet were stinging and painful, as if being bitten by thousands of ants. His brows were slightly frowned, and finally he felt a little alive.

Lin Mu and Liu Zhiqi have always been informal in getting along, and when they found their own clothes, they started to help Liu Zhiqi change.

Liu Zhiqi was not used to being served like this, so he took his clothes and changed himself.

Of course, with years of affection here, Liu Zhiqi had nothing to shy away from, and stripped naked one by one in front of Lin Mu.

Lin Mu didn't care, instead, he looked at Liu Zhiqi's naked body and said leisurely, "Ah Qi, you are a little fatter than before."

Liu Zhiqi paused for a moment, then unconsciously recalled those days spent in Xiao's residence, but thinking about it, there was only a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth.

Lin Mu never knew how to read words and expressions, he only knew that Liu Zhiqi was in a bad mood at this moment.

"Why did you come to my house so late?" Lin Mu asked.

Liu Zhiqi moved his mouth, but he still didn't say a word.

"Where did you go before? I went to your house to find you several times and you were not at home!" Lin Mu asked again.

Liu Zhiqi felt a little heavy in his heart again, he still didn't speak, but the tip of his nose felt a little sore, he raised his head and stared at the ceiling for a while, and endured the pain again.

Lin Mu was affected by Liu Zhiqi's emotions, lowered his head and let out a long sigh, and said again:

"Archie, you haven't come to school for more than a month, and the school has given you a final warning."

Liu Zhiqi still didn't speak.

Lin Mu said again, "Also...it is still rumored in school that there is a murderer in your family..."

The corner of Liu Zhiqi's mouth finally twitched, and he sneered, "It doesn't matter."

Lin Mu was taken aback, and confirmed, "Could it be..."

"Yes." Liu Zhiqi replied with a smile, "It's true. My father was killed by my mother!"

Lin Mu couldn't speak for a moment, but watched Liu Zhiqi's face gradually change from silence to pain, his breathing gradually became short of breath, and finally his eyes turned red and he choked up, saying:

"Muzai, isn't this... a TV series that looks like dog blood?"

Lin Mu panicked and quickly hugged Liu Zhiqi.

Knowing each other for so many years, he has never seen Liu Zhiqi like this, and he couldn't help but feel like crying, patted Liu Zhiqi's back to comfort him: "No, no..." But after thinking about it, he could only comfort him palely. : "It's over, it's all over..."

Liu Zhiqi couldn't help sobbing, he no longer had the haughty look he had when facing Lin Mu, and buried all the feelings in his heart into tears as he buried himself in Lin Mu's shoulder.

After all, Lin Mu was half a head smaller than Liu Zhiqi, and after being leaned on for a long time, it was hard to avoid, but he still persisted.

After finding someone to confide in, although Liu Zhiqi still couldn't express the grievance in his heart, at least he cried to his heart's content.

Having cried enough, Liu Zhiqi sat back on the sofa and fell into a dead silence again.

Lin Mu knew that he couldn't disturb Liu Zhiqi too much at this time, and he could only give him space to digest any kind of suffering.

"You sit down first, you can go to sleep if you want, just go to my bed." Lin Mu put Liu Zhiqi's changed clothes into the washing machine, and said, "By the way, are you hungry? I still have some food at home." The food, although it is said to be instant noodles."

Liu Zhiqi didn't speak, just nodded.

Lin Mu's family often travels abroad, so there are no less than 360 days in a year, [-] days a year, and Lin Mu is the only one in this house.

Because he lives alone, Lin Mu hardly cooks. He either orders takeaway or goes out to eat. The only food at home is instant noodles and ham sausage.

Liu Zhiqi was not picky, so he would eat whatever Lin Mu gave him at this time.

The instant noodles were a bit salty, but Liu Zhiqi couldn't eat them.

The instant noodles are warm, at least after eating, my heart doesn't seem so empty, my thoughts are a little chaotic, and my nerves' perception of bitterness has become dull.

A small bed, two people squeezed together, but because they often slept together when they were young, they didn't feel any discomfort.

Liu Zhiqi's mood was still low, Lin Mu didn't ask any more questions, and just lay quietly with Liu Zhiqi.

In his sleep, Lin Mu heard a rustling sound, which seemed to be the sound of crying and choking. The chaotic sleep gradually dissipated, but just as he opened his eyes slightly, he saw Liu Zhiqi standing at the window at some time, Open the windows and let the cool air blow.

Sobbing and sniffing, not only cold runny nose but also crying.

But in the next second, Lin Mu saw a drop of water sliding down Liu Zhiqi's face.

Liu Zhiqi was so sad that he didn't notice Lin Mu.

"Should... want to go there?" Lin Mu hesitated, worried in his heart, "Under normal circumstances, a man doesn't want people to know that he is crying... But... I cried in front of me just now... It should be fine. Bar?"

Liu Zhiqi didn't know how long he had been crying, even with the faint light of the street light, Lin Mu seemed to be able to see Liu Zhiqi's red and swollen eye sockets carefully.

"Archie..." Lin Mu still couldn't hold back, "What's wrong with you? If it's still because of your mother..."

Liu Zhiqi didn't expect Lin Mu to wake up, he was startled, turned his face away, and tried his best to restrain his sobs.

"Is it still that strong?" Lin Mu sighed inwardly.Walking towards Liu Zhiqi, he said, "If you feel uncomfortable, you will be uncomfortable. Don't let the cold wind blow, come back to bed." While talking, he closed the window and pulled Liu Zhiqi back on the bed.

"Archie, did something else happen? If it's just about your mother...you shouldn't have to suffer for so long!" Lin Mu finally planned to ask thoroughly.

Liu Zhiqi couldn't hold back his nose again, and finally he was willing to say what was in his heart:

"I... I have someone I like, but I'm just a replacement for his ex! What did I do wrong? I thought... I thought I had nothing left, but I still have him! I thought he was real I like me! I thought... I was so uncomfortable! Why do I always have to be like this!! Why..."

Lin Mu was a little surprised:

"The person he likes? Will he still like someone else??" But seeing Liu Zhiqi in such pain, Lin Mu felt uncomfortable, and quickly comforted him: "It's okay, it's just...just an emotional experience in adolescence, after a few days It’s okay, you still have me! If you cry for love again, I will look down on you and see your joke!”

Lin Mu knew that what he said was a little clumsy.

Liu Zhiqi also thought he was funny, if he was cute, he would love it, and if it hurts, it would hurt!No matter how determined his heart is, he will never be a plant!

"Then...then what do you do?" Lin Mu continued to ask, but suddenly he reacted and asked in shock: "You! You can't live in someone's house, right! You are not here when I look for you these days..."

Liu Zhiqi covered his face with choked tears, stopped crying, nodded heavily, and turned his back again.

Lin Mu knew that he must have cried again.

"We haven't seen each other for so long, what kind of woman are you with, and how did you become like this?" Lin Mu was surprised.

He never thought that Liu Zhiqi would be a person who could suffer like this because of his feelings. To be precise, he thought that this person had no feelings.

Seeing Liu Zhiqi's appearance, he must be unwilling to say anything to him, Lin Mu thought about it, and closed his eyes to rest.

Many days passed like this.

Liu Zhiqi was still the same, always silent, and didn't feel like eating three meals a day.

Lin Mu is a good student. Although he is worried about Liu Zhiqi, he still has to go to school obediently.

Returning to school after a weekend, a good student like Lin Mu was a little annoyed. One was because there was no Liu Zhiqi in school, and the other was because Liu Zhiqi, who seemed to have lost his soul, was still at home.

There was a circle of girls around the school gate, Lin Mu walked over curiously, and murmured in his heart: "Who is it? Is there any celebrity here? Go and see."

Girls who are so weak that they can't even unscrew the bottle caps on weekdays will be stronger than cows once they see a handsome guy committing nympho disease!

Lin Mu tried his best to squeeze into the first three floors of the crowd amidst the cursing of the girls, and took advantage of his height, which was slightly higher than most of the girls, to make the onlookers see clearly.

"Wow! What a domineering car!" Lin Mu was amazed at first, and then saw the person standing beside the car.

"Wow, so tall! This man... looks hard to get close to! Although he is handsome!" Lin Mu exclaimed unconsciously.

The man immediately noticed Lin Mu, the only boy in the crowd, and immediately walked over and pulled Lin Mu out, staring fixedly at Lin Mu, as if organizing his words.

Lin Mu suddenly felt the resentment from the girls, his face was a little embarrassed, and he said with an awkward smile: "That... you, what's the matter with you?"

The man still didn't speak, his lips parted and closed again.

Lin Mu wanted to run away a little bit, and screamed in his heart: "Brother, let me go first! I will be torn apart by these girls!"

"Excuse me, do you know Liu Zhiqi?" the man finally asked.

Lin Mu was taken aback, and sized the man up from head to toe, even though he looked up from the chin up!

But then thinking of Liu Zhiqi's abnormal behavior that day, he immediately denied, "I don't know."

But the man didn't seem to believe it, and frowned slightly: "If you know him, tell him, tell him..."

tell what?The man didn't seem to think it through.

Lin Mu knew that his lie had been seen through, but he immediately felt angry, and suddenly lost his face and said:

"Tell him what?! Although I'm not sure if you are the person he said, but since you made him look like that, I won't allow you to approach him again!"

"My name is Xiao Huang." The man ignored Lin Mu's anger and said to himself:

"If you know where he is, can you take me to him?"

"What are you looking for him for?!" Lin Mu was a little anxious, and his voice became a little higher, "Do you still think he is not miserable enough?!"

"I..." Xiao Huang was speechless, and slightly lowered his head in guilt.

Lin Mu felt that this appearance was hypocritical, he shook off Xiao Huang's hand, rushed out of the crowd, and ran into the school!

On the school road, the students on duty swept the ground so that the dust flew all over the sky, Lin Mu covered his nose in discomfort, the anger just now could not be suppressed, and instead fermented intensified.

"I didn't expect it to be a boy!" Lin Mu was a little surprised, but felt that if it was a girl, Liu Zhiqi would not be like that.After all, in his impression, Liu Zhiqi always thought girls were troublesome creatures.

"It's a man!"

Lin Mu would still be a little surprised, "Although I don't discriminate against homosexuals, and I... oh, I don't look like a good person at first glance! It's like a lump of ice, such a big, big, big, tall, cold, handsome guy is probably only a girl. Call it willing to indulge!"

Lin Mu admitted that his words were a little sour, but is it normal for such a person to be envied?

"No wonder it feels so uncomfortable!" Lin Mu seemed to understand Liu Zhiqi's mood.

But now Lin Mu felt a little embarrassed again:

"Although I don't know exactly what happened to them, should I tell Archie about it?"

"Wow! Did you see the luxury car parked at the door just now? Isn't it so cool!!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I'm so envious! And the driver is so cool, he feels like a celebrity! No, it should be more stylish than a celebrity, right?"

"But just now I heard that that person is Liu Zhiqi from Class [-], Year [-]!"

"Ah? You mean the one whose mother was arrested for taking drugs?"

"That's right! That's the one..."

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The ear-piercing voices of discussion entered Lin Mu's ears little by little. Lin Mu clenched his fists in anger, and finally couldn't restrain himself, and shouted:

"How does his family have anything to do with you!!"

Those boys looked at Lin Mu in surprise, shut their mouths and fled quickly.

Lin Mu panted heavily, but he didn't feel happy in his heart, as if he was the one being talked about!

Since Liu Zhiqi innocently skipped class for a week, this incident spread like a letter with wings in the school.

Lin Mu didn't believe it at first, and went to Liu Zhiqi's house several times to look for it.But in the end, when the report that the major anti-drug case was finally solved was broadcast on TV, Lin Mu had no choice but to believe it.

Because of this incident, everyone in the school regards Liu Zhiqi as a monster, and the school is also looking for excuses to expel Liu Zhiqi.

But Lin Mu couldn't do anything except lament the cruelty of the world.

But the only thing that can be thankful is that Liu Zhiqi doesn't like reading, so even if he is expelled maliciously, it won't cause any real harm.

Because of these unfavorable things that happened early in the morning, Lin Mu couldn't listen to the class all day.Usually every class can fill the notebook to the brim, but at the end of the day today, the notebooks of each subject are blank, and the ink is not stained.

"It's time to go back!" Lin Mu simply packed his schoolbag, thinking that Liu Zhiqi must have not eaten, so he decided to take a long way to buy some fresh ingredients and go back to cook a good meal to comfort Liu Zhiqi.

With two bags full of ingredients in his hands, Lin Mu was in a good mood, but when he walked to the door of the house, he suddenly remembered that he didn't know how to cook!

"Archie should be able to cook... right?"

Lin Mu had no choice but to pin his hopes on Liu Zhiqi.

"I'm back!" Opening the door, Lin Mu deliberately raised his voice a few decibels, even though he knew Liu Zhiqi would not respond.

The door opened at the same angle as when he went out in the morning. Lin Mu knew that Liu Zhiqi must not have even gotten out of bed, and when he walked over, he saw Liu Zhiqi lying on the bed with his lifeless eyes open like a dead person.

"Look, I bought a lot of vegetables, let's cook tonight!"

Lin Mu squeezed out a smile on purpose, pretending to look forward to it.

Liu Zhiqi "died" for the past few days, and his mood has improved a lot, his eyes moved slightly and said: "What are you cooking?"

"Uh..." Lin Mu was a little embarrassed, "I don't know how to cook, can you?"

Liu Zhiqi finally sat up, with his expression still not fluctuating, he said: "Me neither."

The voice was very small and weak and hoarse.

Lin Mu's smile inevitably gradually froze, and finally disappeared completely: "Then... what do you eat? Takeaway?"

"casual."

Liu Zhiqi lay back down again, not so much that he didn't care, it's better to say that he didn't even bother to eat.

Lin Mu remembered what happened in the morning again, and recalled those discussions, his eyes were a little moist and red, and he sat heavily on the side of the bed and said:

"Archie, compared to the current you, I like the original you who made a bad face and said dirty words to me, and didn't take me seriously! The current you is very uncomfortable."

Liu Zhiqi didn't speak, and simply pulled the quilt over his head, refusing all communication.

Lin Mu couldn't bear it anymore, and threw off the quilt and cursed:

"A broken man can make you like this. Are you promising! Even if that person is rich, tall and handsome, there are many people who are better than him!!! You are like a dead person. But What about others? It’s the same with you and without you!!”

Lin Mu's words were three points false and seven points true, but they were all to stimulate Liu Zhiqi, at least to make Liu Zhiqi look like a living person!

These words are valid.

Liu Zhiqi finally opened his eyes again, and said softly, "Have you seen him? Has he come to look for me?"

"I found the school! But it's a pity that I neither cry nor make trouble, and I don't see any discomfort or guilt!"

Lin Mu snorted angrily.

Liu Zhiqi sneered, even though he knew that Xiao Huang would not be an expressionless person, his heart still hurt a little.

"Yes! You're right!" Liu Zhiqi took a deep breath, held back his tears, got out of bed and said, "What do you want to eat? I can barely know two dishes!"

"Then..." Lin Mu was a little surprised, "Then... scrambled eggs with tomatoes?"

"Do you look down on me?" Liu Zhiqi finally smiled.

Although his smiling face was still a little unaccustomed to Lin Mu, it made Lin Mu feel very pleasantly surprised at this time, and his heart that had been suppressed for many days was finally released.

"Then what?" Lin Mu also smiled, picked up the ingredients, and followed behind Liu Zhiqi.

Liu Zhiqi thought for a while, and said, "Then...stir-fried meat with mushrooms! Do you want to buy mushrooms and meat again?"

"Yes, yes! Look!" Lin Mu dug out a bunch of mushrooms from the bag.

Liu Zhiqi suddenly had dark lines on his face, raised his hand and slapped the back of Lin Mu's head and said, "This is Flammulina velutipes! Not shiitake mushrooms!"

"Ah?" Lin Mu held Flammulina velutipes in his hand, feeling aggrieved, "It's all mushrooms anyway!"

"Forget it!" Liu Zhiqi took the enoki mushroom, washed it casually, and put it on the cutting board.But then he ran into a problem again: "This... how do you cut it?"

"Ah?" Of course Lin Mu didn't know, and said slowly, "Looking at the hot pot that I usually eat, it seems to be made little by little!"

"What dots? Is that so?" Liu Zhiqi casually grabbed a small poke and asked.

Lin Mu's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, that's it! I'll come too."

A plate of fried meat with "mushrooms" came out of the pan quickly.

Lin Mu leaned over and took a deep breath and said, "It's really fragrant! But...is there too much pepper?"

"Is there a lot?" Liu Zhiqi looked at the flourishing dishes and asked doubtfully, "I only cut a dozen or so peppers!"

"Just..." Lin Mu could feel the heat in his throat before he ate it!

Fortunately, the range hood is powerful enough, otherwise I'm afraid I'll be too choked to stay in the house at this time!

Although Lin Mu felt a little stressed, he still hesitated to pick up a strip of Flammulina velutipes that was dyed reddish by chili peppers, and put it in his mouth, but just after eating it, he felt a numbness on the tip of his tongue, and he let out a big breath, spicy With tears in my eyes:

"Ha! Ha! Phew! You... are these for people to eat!"

Liu Zhi looked at Lin Mu in surprise, picked up a large handful of Flammulina velutipes and ate it into his mouth, tasted it for a long time and said in doubt, "It's not spicy!"

Lin Mu looked in disbelief at Liu Zhiqi who looked normal, broke down completely, and rushed to the faucet to gulp down the cold water.

Liu Zhiqi ate a few more mouthfuls, and murmured: "It's really not spicy! It's quite delicious!"

Obviously, this stack of "mushroom" fried meat is very suitable for Liu Zhiqi's taste, and it will be swept away in a short time!

Lin Mu was still hungry, but Liu Zhiqi definitely couldn't finish his food. After the spicy food in his mouth eased, he ate instant noodles with a grumbling face!

Liu Zhiqi's emotions seemed to have disappeared after being stimulated by the chili pepper, and he insisted on eating several bowls of rice as if he was a different person, and the lifelessness of these days also disappeared!

Lin Mu watched with relief. Although he didn't have a good meal, he was very happy to see Liu Zhiqi finally returned to normal.

"It's not a waste of time!"

Lin Mu was a little thankful that he had bought a bunch of ingredients on the spur of the moment, although he only made one dish of "mushroom" fried pork that was not flattering in taste!