Blinded chapter 81
Extra 3
Xu Hao sat down next to Xie Li.
Xie Li handed him soy milk, inviting him to have breakfast. Suddenly remembering he hadn’t introduced Chang Xiaojia yet, he hesitated for a moment and said, “This is Chang Xiaojia.”
With soy milk in hand, Xu Hao looked towards Chang Xiaojia.
Chang Xiaojia didn’t lift his head.
Xie Li continued, “This is my classmate Xu Hao, he also comes from Harbor City.”
Only then did Chang Xiaojia lazily lift his eyelids and said, “I know.”
Unable to resist, Xu Hao grabbed Xie Li’s arm and said, “Can we talk for a moment?”
Setting down his chopsticks, Xie Li looked at him puzzled, “Of course, what do you want to say?”
Xu Hao pulled Xie Li, “Come with me.”
Chang Xiaojia lifted his head to look at Xu Hao.
Xu Hao had already stood up, still holding onto Xie Li’s arm, attempting to pull him up aside.
Xie Li stood up, reaching out to pat Chang Xiaojia’s head soothingly, “You eat first; I’ll be back soon.”
Chang Xiaojia lightly replied with a “Hmm.”
Following Xu Hao, Xie Li entered the guest room, closing the door. Immediately, Xu Hao asked, “Why is Chang Xiaojia here?”
“Uumh,” Xie Li didn’t know how to answer Xu Hao’s question.
Xu Hao said, “Did you take him in?” He quickly thought that Xie Li had infiltrated Hongfang by getting close to the incarcerated Chang Xiaojia. Now that Chang Guanshan was dead, Xie Li was still harboring Chang Xiaojia. “Do you feel guilty towards Chang Xiaojia? Have you developed feelings for him? Wake up, he’s Chang Guanshan’s son, and do you remember Haiman? She died because of him!”
“He didn’t do it,” Xie Li said. “He’s Chang Guanshan’s son, but he’s not like him. He has never condoned cruelty, and Haiman’s death was not caused by him.”
Unable to hold back, Xu Hao questioned, “How can you be so sure?”
“Because I handled the case. I spent a long time in the Chang family; what don’t I know?” He glanced at the closed door, lowering his voice. “Xiaojia’s mother was killed by Chang Guanshan.”
Xu Hao was momentarily stunned.
Xie Li continued, “I handed the notebook containing the personnel exchanges between the Harbor Government Police and Chang Guanshan to Yu Zhengkun, and it was Chang Xiaojia who gave it to me.”
Xu Hao wore an expression of disbelief.
Xie Li patted his shoulder, “As for Haiman, Chang Xin already confessed that he ordered his subordinates to do it, and it has nothing to do with Chang Xiaojia.”
Xu Hao hesitated, asking, “Is it true?”
“If you don’t believe it, you can ask your colleagues in Harbor.” After saying this, he lowered his voice and leaned towards Xu Hao’s ear, “There’s one more thing I have to tell you. Chang Xiaojia and I are together now.”
For a moment, Xu Hao couldn’t react. “Together? What do you mean?”
“Living together, sleeping together, basically that kind of meaning.”
Xu Hao stood there as if struck by lightning, staring at Xie Li with wide eyes, unable to speak for a while.
Xie Li patted his shoulder, “let’s go have breakfast first.” Then he opened the door and walked out.
After breakfast, Xie Li called Chang Xiaojia to put on a coat and go out to see the snow together.
At this point, Xu Hao should have left, but he suddenly didn’t want to go. The words Xie Li just said had stirred up a mess in his head, and he was curious about this current Chang Xiaojia.
There were many children and parents in the courtyard coming out to see the snow. At this time, the snow was even bigger than when Xie Li went out in the morning. Chang Xiaojia, wearing a down jacket and a hat, stood in the open space in front of the building, looking up at the sky.
Xie Li was not far from him. A child running around accidentally bumped into Xie Li’s leg and fell to the ground. Xie Li was helping the parents lift the child.
Xu Hao squatted on the side of the flower bed, looking at Chang Xiaojia. He wasn’t sure how old Chang Xiaojia was now, twenty-one or twenty-two? But Chang Xiaojia seemed to have hardly changed from the time he saw him. His figure was still slender and thin like a youth. Chang Xiaojia tilted his head, and his whole face was slightly red from the cold. When viewed from the side, his nose was pointed, and his eyes were clear and bright. His thin lips were slightly open, exhaling pure white breath with each breath.
A snowflake drifted in the air, landing precisely on his nose. Maintaining his tilted head, he turned around to find Xie Li.
At this moment, Xie Li had already helped the fallen child and stood straight. He reached out, holding Chang Xiaojia’s arm, and lowered his head to look at the snowflake on his nose.
Xu Hao didn’t know what Xie Li said to Chang Xiaojia, but Chang Xiaojia leaned closer, pressing his nose against Xie Li’s neck. Xie Li shivered for a moment but didn’t avoid it, instead, he smiled and hugged him.
When Chang Xiaojia lifted his head again, a gleam of light gathered in his clear eyes, forming the reflection of a person.
Xu Hao didn’t know how, but his head suddenly came up with an artistic phrase: “This is the look of love.”
He stood up from the flower bed, shaking off the goosebumps all over his body. He was about to say to Xie Li that he was leaving.
Facing them, he saw Chang Xiaojia standing next to Xie Li, sticking out his tongue to catch a snowflake. He was momentarily stunned, unable to say what he wanted to say.
Chang Xiaojia closed his mouth expressionlessly, giving Xu Hao a cold look.
Xu Hao looked at Xie Li, smiled, and said, “no need to see me off. I’m leaving.” After speaking, he waved his hand and walked away, planning to take the subway.
He walked slowly, hearing Chang Xiaojia saying to Xie Li behind him, “Do you know what snow tastes like?”
Xie Li was obviously teasing him, “I don’t know.”
Chang Xiaojia said, “I have some in my mouth. Do you want to taste it?”
Unable to resist, Xu Hao turned his head and saw Xie Li quickly kissing Chang Xiaojia on the lips. He felt nervous for no reason, turned his head to look around, and saw that no one was paying attention to this side.
Then he heard Xie Li saying, “Sweet.”
By this time, he had walked a bit further away. Chang Xiaojia said something else, but he couldn’t hear it. Unable to help it, he sighed softly, put his icy hands into his coat pockets, and began to consider what kind of hotel to stay in that night.