An Accident in Broad Daylight

Xu Tangcheng hurried home with a bunch of presents on the weekend. Yi Zhe knew that he was coming back, so he waited downstairs early, and fed the black cat that he hadn't seen for a long time.

The day after the results came out, Yi Zhe called Xu Tangcheng and said he would treat him to dinner. Xu Tangcheng guessed that Yi Zhe would not go to those class reunions, so he said to him: "I remember you said that some classmates helped you with homework. Well, do you want to treat them to a meal? By the way, get together."

In any case, Xu Tangcheng believes that the friendship between classmates in middle school is different from that in college, graduate school, etc.Teenagers, the purest, most passionate, teenage campus, and the most impossible to replicate.

Yi Zhe over there thought for a while and said "OK", but immediately said: "Then you come too."

"You classmates have dinner, can't I go?"

Xu Tangcheng wanted to take him to eat some delicious food after he finished gathering with his classmates, but Yi Zhe said, "Okay, you are also the one who helps me."

When he said this, Xu Tangcheng's heart softened, and he agreed.

"Where are you going to eat tonight?"

Yi Zhe took what was in Xu Tangcheng's hand and helped him carry it home.

"Originally, I wanted to treat you to something good, but... I work part-time in a barbecue restaurant, and the boss insisted that I gather with him." He carefully looked at Xu Tangcheng's face and asked, "Do you want to eat? No If we eat, we will change the land, you choose."

"Yes," Xu Tangcheng immediately said happily, "I haven't eaten barbecue for a long time. The barbecue restaurants around our school are all restaurant-style, not as refreshing as our home."

Yi Zhe breathed a sigh of relief, but asked again: "Will Tang Qi go? If she goes, it's better not to barbecue, it's too choking."

"She won't go, she went to my uncle's house to play."

Yi Zhe nodded.When the two went upstairs, Yi Zhe was about to hand the bag to Xu Tangcheng, but Xu Tangcheng waved his hand: "Here, congratulations."

Yi Zhe was taken aback.Xu Tangcheng smiled, and pulled one side of the bag to show him the contents.

"It's nothing, I bought you a schoolbag and a watch."

When I was in No. [-] Middle School, everyone’s books were kept in school all year round, and there was only one and a half days off in a month. Almost no one took their books home. Xu Tangcheng thought that Yi Zhe must not have a schoolbag, so he went to give it to him. Picked one.As for the watch, it was Xu Tangcheng's admission gift that he chose after considering for a long time.

Although Yi Zhe doesn't know the various brands of watches, but looking at the style and packaging of the watch, he knows that it must not be cheap.

"You don't have to keep buying things for me." He squeezed the paper bag, lowered his head, then raised it again, "You..."

He wanted to say that it would be good if you came back, but he was not sure if such words were a bit abrupt when the words came to his lips.

"you……"

The door opposite was suddenly opened, Zhou Hui leaned out, saw them, and smiled: "I said that I just heard the movement at the door, why didn't you go in when you came back?"

"Immediately." Xu Tangcheng was afraid that Yi Zhe would reject the gift again, so he shoved the bag into his hand, "I'm going to change clothes, I'll come out right away, you can put the things back first."

Yi Zhe looked at him, then at Zhou Hui who had a gentle face behind him, and nodded silently.

The watch was cool when he put it on, Yi Zhe quietly watched the second hand turn many times, but still felt that he hadn't seen enough.Xu Tangcheng was very happy to see him put on the watch, and kept praising it for looking good.

"It seems that I have a good eye." Walking on the road, he even grabbed Yi Zhe's hand and put it in front of him to admire, "I fell in love with this watch immediately, don't you think the design of this dial is particularly beautiful? And You look much better wearing it than mine, my wrist is thinner, and the watch looks too big to fit, and the salesperson didn’t suggest me to buy it, but I thought it should be just right for you.”

He stretched out his wrist to compare with Yi Zhe, Yi Zhe looked sideways, moved his forearm again, adjusted it to a position completely parallel to his, and got closer.

His own arms are thicker than his, and even darker.

Yi Zhe raised the corner of his mouth.

They arranged to meet directly at the barbecue restaurant, so there were only Yi Zhe and Xu Tangcheng walking all the way there.The journey was not long, only ten minutes, but the two of them never stopped talking.Not all conversations have meaningful content, most of the time they are just chatting and nonsense, for example, when waiting for a red light, Xu Tangcheng saw a milk tea shop on the side of the road, and asked: "When did you open a milk tea shop?" ?”

Yi Zhe turned his head to look, but he didn't know when the store opened.He doesn't seem to pay attention to the changes in the surrounding environment, even if it's a road that he passes every day, he doesn't take a second look.

"It should be newly opened."

"It looks pretty good, is it good to drink?"

"I haven't drank."

The signal light has been switched, but Yi Zhe has not left.

"Do you want a drink? I'll get it for you..." After a pause, he changed his words, "Shall we buy a drink?"

"Come on," Xu Tangcheng thought for a while, "Eating skewers and drinking milk tea doesn't go well."

As usual, when he made a decision, Yi Zhe would nod in response.

After walking two steps, Xu Tangcheng said "Hey" and asked, "Will I have a generation gap with you later?"

Counting with my fingers, there is still a difference of six years, and there are two gaps.

"What if I don't understand what you're saying?" Thinking of this, Xu Tangcheng himself found it funny, and felt that he had become an "old man" completely when he was with them.

Yi Zhe immediately said, "Just talk to me, you can understand what I say."

"How can I do that?" Xu Tangcheng laughed, "Don't worry, I've been struggling in the student union for a few years, and I'll try my best to keep up with you when the time comes, so I won't embarrass you."

"No," Yi Zhe explained, "They were too noisy. Especially the one with chestnut hair named You Fang. He insisted on coming with him. He talked a lot, so you don't need to pay attention to him."

When Xu Tangcheng heard this, he just smiled and shook his head: "No, I have to look like a big brother next door."

The two of them had just arrived, and Zhao Weifan and the others had also arrived. The owner of the barbecue shop just came out of the house with a plate of peanuts and edamame, and immediately greeted them when he saw them.He not only greeted him, but also introduced him to the friends who came here for dinner. He was so enthusiastic that Yi Zhe regretted agreeing to have dinner here.

"Oh, you don't know, that table is all well-studied." As if showing off his own children, the boss pointed to Yi Zhe and Zhao Weifan and said, "Did you see that these two children who work here have scored more than 700 points in the exam?" !"

The table was amazed and said "amazing", but Yi Zhe was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig into the ground.He glanced around indiscriminately, and saw Xu Tangcheng beside him covering his mouth with his fist and laughing.

You Fang seemed to think it was not lively enough, so he slung one arm on the back of the chair, raised the other arm, and patted Jiang Ziyang beside him: "Boss, there is another one here, and it is more than 700. There are three or seven in total." Bai's, I'm eating at your place!"

Jiang Ziyang was photographed so that he leaned forward, raised his hand, and pushed his glasses that were shaking down.

Zhao Weifan glared at You Fang.

The boss heard this, and immediately shouted: "It's more than 700! Oh, tell me how the test is done! By the way, have you seen the big banner hanging in No. [-] Middle School? Not only No. [-] Middle School, but also on several streets. Now, the co-author is the names of the three of you!"

Mentioning this, Yi Zhe became even more embarrassed. In the past, No. [-] Middle School would hang up such a large banner, but it usually waited until the colleges and universities had finished their admissions before hanging up a few words like "Warmly celebrate our school xxx student being admitted by xx university" .This year, their grades were really good, and the headmaster was so happy that he posted the three of them out after the grades were awarded, which made Yi Zhe get goosebumps when he saw it, and he didn't want to go to those streets at all.

The boss finished showing off, walked over, and supported the back of a chair with both hands: "You are a table of top students."

"I'm not." You Fang hurriedly dismissed it.

"Not only are you over 600, you are also a top student, a top student."

The boss looked at Xu Tangcheng again: "I think this is also a top student."

Yi Zhe had been keeping his head buried, concentrating on stamping the edamame on the table, but suddenly he raised his head and said to the boss, "Well, he's big A."

The boss let out an "ouch" with an expression of appreciation on his face.Yi Zhe straightened his back, and then added: "Doctor."

After the boss shook his head and left in admiration, Xu Tangcheng approached Yi Zhe: "I've only been a doctor for a year."

"It's not too late."

Hearing the boss still yelling, Zhao Weifan bit a peanut and covered his face, and whispered, "Does the whole city need to know that we're eating here tonight?"

You Fang, who was sitting on the side, smiled cheaply: "Who made you the top three."

"Then why are you here?" Zhao Weifan scolded him.

You Fang smiled at her: "I will go wherever you go."

"Everyone, Yi Zhe, knows how to treat guests to thank us for tutoring. What about you, I tutored you for a long time and didn't even buy a plate of edamame."

"Oh, sister, don't bring such wronged people." You Fang leaned towards Zhao Weifan, "Do I want to find you for dinner every day, and you tell me that you want to sleep, you are not free, and you want to play with your nephew, no I'm free, I have to work part-time, I don't have time... And you don't take me to play with part-time jobs, you don't even give me a chance to express my gratitude..."

Xu Tangcheng watched them chattering with great interest, and after a while secretly poked Yi Zhe with the unopened chopsticks.Yi Zhe leaned over, and Xu Tangcheng asked in a low voice, "Are they boyfriend and girlfriend?"

Yi Zhe shook his head, and said into his ear: "He pursued Zhao Weifan unilaterally."

Xu Tangcheng nodded abruptly.He sat up straight again, but no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the girl was also doing it on purpose. Every word he said was clearly disgusting to the boy, but it was neither painful nor itchy, showing obvious intimacy.

The advantage of being acquaintances is that the boss always greets them at the table, and other guests urge them repeatedly, but they set up a table in just a few clicks.Zhao Weifan and Yi Zhe were familiar with each other, so they went to pick up a few bottles of beer and came back.

Yi Zhe put a bottle of Arctic Ocean in front of Xu Tangcheng: "Drink this."

Xu Tangcheng didn't understand: "Why should I drink this?"

"Aren't you a bad drinker? Stop drinking." Yi Zhe lifted the bottle cap with a screwdriver, and moved the bottle towards Xu Tangcheng.

Xu Tangcheng patted his wrist, walked around his hand and took a bottle of beer.

"Who do you look down on?"

Seeing that he took two sips before he did anything, Yi Zhe raised his eyebrows, drinking as much as he wanted, or at worst he would carry him back.

There is really no generation gap between Xu Tangcheng and the others, not only is there no generation gap, it makes sense, especially with You Fang.After only two glasses of wine, You Fang had already moved to Xu Tangcheng's side, holding his shoulders and calling out "brother".

Who is your brother?

Yi Zhe was not happy to see it, and drank a whole glass of wine himself.

When the meal was almost finished, Xu Tangcheng suddenly reached out and touched his thigh.Yi Zhe froze, and quickly stabilized himself: "What?"

"Don't keep drinking by yourself," Xu Tangcheng whispered to him, "They have helped you so much, just say a few words of thanks to them."

"Oh." Yi Zhe subconsciously listened to his words, raised his glass and stood up, but after standing up, he realized that it seemed unnecessary to be so grand.He got up suddenly, causing several people at the table to look at him, including Xu Tangcheng of course.

It would be foolish to sit down now.

"That..." Yi Zhe cleared his throat, "I was not good at English and Chinese..."

People who have never said such words or experienced such a scene were stuck when they just opened their mouths.

It was a lively meal time, and the surroundings were very chaotic. He stammered and couldn't explain why. Amidst the embarrassment and panic, his first reaction was to look for Xu Tangcheng.

Turning around, Xu Tangcheng was leaning comfortably on the back of the chair, with his hands crossed on his lap, tilting his head slightly, and looking at him with a faint smile.

The feasting and drinking lights up his eyes, and in the middle is his Yi Zhe.

A heart seemed to have been in a deep sleep for a long time. Yi Zhe couldn't accurately describe the shock of that look. He only knew that he had never been looked at with such eyes in such a big way.

There is encouragement in those eyes, trust, and even...

pride.

Pride, this has become his belief for many years.

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【Volume [-]-Confession to You】