An Accident in Broad Daylight

After often failing to get through to Xu Tangcheng's phone calls, Yi Zhe also began to reflect on whether he was being too nervous and long-winded.Afraid of disturbing Xu Tangcheng's normal study and work, he stopped making calls, and only sent text messages occasionally to remind him to pay attention to eating.Sometimes Xu Tangcheng would reply quickly, and sometimes he would come back after a long time, telling him that he had already eaten and was giving a report to the teacher just now, so he didn't look at his phone.

Yi Zhe didn't pay much attention to the delayed reply.He understood it plain and simple. It was nothing more than the fact that Xu Tangcheng had taken a break some time ago, so he had to step up and finish the work that should be done before the winter vacation.For him, the deepest and deepest thought is to send him a text message and ask, "Is there anything I can do to help you?"

It wasn't until that day, when they went to the supermarket together, that he realized that it was an escape.

I don't know what's going on, but it's the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, and the weather suddenly rises a few degrees.It was much warmer and there was no wind, Yi Zhe felt that this kind of weather was very suitable for going out for a stroll.In particular, Xu Tang's body is weak, and he has to stay in the laboratory for a week, which is really bad for his health.After planning, he ran to the laboratory to wait for him when he was about to eat lunch.

He stood at the door, looked sideways, and saw Xu Tangcheng sitting in the row closest to the wall, with earphones plugged into his ears, staring at the computer screen seriously.A boy next to him touched him, and Xu Tangcheng immediately took off his earphones.The boy said something to his screen, Xu Tangcheng leaned over and grabbed his mouse.

"Student, who are you looking for?" A girl who had just returned from receiving a cup of hot water saw him and asked kindly.

When Yi Zhe said Xu Tangcheng's name, the girl nodded and said thoughtfully, "I'll call for you."

His eyes followed the girl's back, and he saw Xu Tangcheng glance at him.Before he had time to smile at him, he had already stood up and packed the things on the seat.

"what happened?"

The corridor was very quiet, Xu Tangcheng's voice flashed very close.Yi Zhe moved his feet a little, and made an excuse that he had prepared.

"I want to go to the supermarket and do some shopping. Will you come with me?"

Xu Tangcheng looked at him, and slowly wrapped the earphone cable in his hand.

Yi Zhe's eyes followed the headphone cable, and he didn't feel that the scene was very familiar until the neat ball passed through Xu Tangcheng's fingers and was held in his hand.

The corners of his mouth turned up, and he didn't even notice it.Xu Tangcheng saw it all.

"I... my laboratory..."

Xu Tangcheng's first reaction was to refuse, but when he opened his mouth, he realized that he couldn't tell a lie to deceive him.He squeezed the earphone in his hand, met his expectant eyes, and said, "Go, it's fine."

Looking back later, the first compromise was probably called soft-hearted, and soft-hearted, it was more like a doomed ending from the beginning.

He couldn't lie to him then, and he couldn't lie to himself in the end.

When we arrived at the supermarket, he was still pushing the cart, and he walked on the side.

Coming here was originally an excuse for him to find Xu Tangcheng, but Yi Zhe didn't really need anything.The two walked around, and only a few packs of snacks and a toothpaste were thrown into the shopping cart.

Yi Zhe looked at Xu Tangcheng and asked him, "Don't you need to buy anything?"

"No need," Xu Tangcheng shook his head, "I'll be home in two days, I don't have anything to buy."

After paying the bill, there were pastries from Daoxiang Village near the door. Yi Zhe noticed that Xu Tangcheng took a second look and asked him if he wanted to buy it.But Xu Tangcheng still shook his head and said no.

Yi Zhe felt a little strange at this time, they usually go to the supermarket together, Xu Tangcheng also likes to buy some snacks such as plums and biscuits, but today he didn't buy anything, even if he wants to go home, it seems that there is no need to do so.He thought for a while, then turned his body slightly and asked him, "Are you feeling unwell again?"

Xu Tangcheng was startled: "No."

Yi Zhe looked him around suspiciously, then nodded reluctantly.Xu Tangcheng wanted to explain something more, but thought of something, and continued to keep silent.

After saying these two words, he had already walked to the stall in Daoxiang Village.Yi Zhe stopped, took a step back, and looked in through the glass window: "I haven't eaten Daoxiangcun, is it delicious?"

"It's okay, I think the green tea cake is delicious, nothing else."

"Then let's buy a few dollars."

All the snacks are placed behind the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, with layers of grids rising from the ground.

Yi Zhe bent down, looked around, and found the green tea cake Xu Tangcheng had mentioned.But when he turned his head and wanted to confirm to him if this was the case, he saw Xu Tangcheng standing behind him looking at him intently.

"what happened?"

He straightened up unconsciously, unable to take his gaze away from his eyes.The boss was asking him what kind of dim sum he wanted through the glass window, but for some reason, he suddenly panicked.When he came back to his senses, Xu Tangcheng had already told the boss softly that he wanted five green tea cakes.

When he looked at Xu Tangcheng again, the complicated eyes just now seemed like his illusion.

Yi Zhe's original plan was that after shopping in the supermarket, it would be noon, so he could tell Xu Tangcheng to have a meal.He has long taken a fancy to a restaurant that specializes in shrimp dumplings and wontons. He heard from the girls in his class that the taste is very delicious.

In the past, Xu Tangcheng took him to eat in various delicious restaurants. This was the first time that he discovered a place and brought him here.

They found a place near the corner and ordered a shrimp dumpling, a wonton, two additional dishes, and a quick sand bun.Yi Zhe opened the bag of green tea cakes after the waiter left.He squeezed out a piece and handed it to Xu Tangcheng.

Xu Tangcheng shook his head slightly and looked at him: "I won't eat."

"Why?" Yi Zhe still didn't let go, "I think your appetite still doesn't seem to be good."

Xu Tangcheng naturally knew that it wasn't because of his appetite, but when he explained it to Yi Zhe, he just avoided the important things and said that he actually only likes to eat the skin of this cake, and the filling is too sweet, so he doesn't like it.

"Then you eat the skin." Yi Zhe smiled opposite him, "It's just right, you take two bites of the sides first, and I'll eat the rest."

In fact, these words didn't mean much. Xu Tangcheng recalled that after Yi Zhe went to college, he didn't know when, when they ate, what he couldn't eat and the leftovers, Yi Zhe would take them to eat.Just like that day when he sent him to the station for breakfast, Yi Zhe also ate very slowly, waiting for him to finish eating first.He also joked that it seems that there is a reason for the difference in height between the two.

I didn't think there was anything before, but now that I think about it, it seems that it is really intimate.

It's not that Yi Zhe acted flawlessly, it's just that he got used to this rhythm slowly, and didn't realize why Yi Zhe did this at all.

In the end, he shook his head and rejected the people who had been waiting for him.

"No, you can eat."

This was the first time they had eaten outside since Xu Tangcheng fell ill.Yi Zhe wondered if it was because they hadn't eaten together for a long time, the atmosphere of this meal seemed to be a bit strange all the time.

He has been wondering what is wrong, but he has not analyzed anything.When he was about to finish eating, he asked Xu Tangcheng when he would be home, but Xu Tangcheng seemed to have not heard, and kept looking into the bowl without giving him any response.It was only then that Yi Zhe figured out that the embarrassment of the meal was because Xu Tangcheng seldom spoke.

Yi Zhe guessed many reasons again, guessed that Xu Tangcheng was in a bad mood, guessed that there were too many unfinished things in the laboratory, guessed that he encountered something that required exhaustion.After guessing so much, he didn't even guess his head.After all, he is already trying his best to suppress his own thoughts, trying to make himself only care frankly when facing him.

Although Yi Zhe tried his best to find topics to make Xu Tangcheng happy, the effect didn't seem to be very good. Xu Tangcheng would respond to him as before and chat with him casually, but Yi Zhe still felt something was wrong.In the end, still in an awkward atmosphere, the meal ended.

When the two walked to the door together, it was Xu Tangcheng who was standing in front.But Yi Zhe habitually jumped over him to push the door for him, and the hands of the two collided on the doorknob.

It was nothing, but Xu Tangcheng immediately withdrew his hand.The speed at which he dodged and the look on his face made Yi Zhe freeze in place at that moment.

That was obviously an instinctive reaction, but Xu Tangcheng had never been like this before.

The door didn't open, Xu Tangcheng was caught between him and the door.

Dodging, keeping silent, this series of things were wrong, and Yi Zhe suddenly had a terrible guess.But until the two returned to school without a word, he didn't dare to ask for proof.Even, a huge panic enveloped him, and he couldn't even open his mouth.

"I heard that you want to withdraw from the student union?"

Just after entering the school gate, Xu Tangcheng suddenly asked him this question.

"Well," Yi Zhe was still in a trance, and answered his question too politely, "retired."

"why?"

Xu Tangcheng tried to bring the relationship between the two back to the way it was before, but when the question was asked, he felt that he said these three words bluntly, and even his expression looked like an examiner who was doing a routine questioning.In the end, I didn't have such a strong skill to act calmly in front of Yi Zhe.

Yi Zhe didn't even bother to pay attention to these details.His breathing was chaotic, and his answers to his questions were intermittent and illogical.

"I can't understand it, I can't understand their way... It's quite boring." He realized that he didn't say any specific reasons, so he pulled himself together and continued, "Teacher, I can't wait to make people nod and bow down." , and some people I don't..."

He kept the last two words in his mouth, because they were too sensitive, which triggered some associations that made his hands and feet go weak in panic.

There are others I don't like either.

The return journey that day was like a nightmare. He knew that Xu Tangcheng must have found out, but he was just pretending that he didn't know anything.

In the last few days before the holiday, he didn't look for him again, and he didn't even know when he left school and when he came home.It has already entered the stage of Spring Festival transportation, and it is impossible to buy a train ticket to go home at this time. Yi Zhe has made plans to go to his laboratory for a sneak peek in a few days. If he leaves, he will go to the passenger station by himself. Long-distance bus.

But before he went to take a peek, Lu Ming suddenly asked in the group of the student union if there were any younger students who were still staying at the school, and they would come out to have a meal together before leaving, and he treated them.Many people in the group immediately said that he was hypocritical, and only said that he wanted to treat everyone after everyone had left.Yi Zhe glanced at it and closed the QQ window, pretending not to see it, and not responding.But Lu Ming has great powers, and I don't know how he knew that he was still in school, so he came to chat with him alone soon, and told him to go even if he wanted to withdraw.In the end, I also incidentally said that I invited Xu Tangcheng to come.

Ben refused a few words. After Lu Ming threw out "Xu Tangcheng", Yi Zhe stared blankly at the screen for a long time before typing a word.

it is good.

After closing the computer, he had to face up to a question that he had been avoiding all the time - since that day, Xu Tangcheng had never contacted him.

The green tea cakes I bought that day were still there, but Yi Zhe didn't eat them.Because dare not.