catch the dream

The three of them discussed Chen Yekai for a while, and Yu Hao remembered what he said to himself, maybe this head teacher who shines like a god, already knew what he wanted.

"However, the academic circle is also very chaotic." Fu Liqun replied while peeling the shrimp, "It's all about plagiarism, teacher-student love, and conspiracy."

"He's not that kind of person." Yu Hao said.

"Do you admire him very much?" Zhou Sheng looked at Yu Hao, and Yu Hao hurriedly said, "No, I admire you the most."

"Why do I sound like irony."

"No, no, really."

The three of Yu Hao ate enough to support the wall, and they were thinking about where to find a part-time job next, earning the food expenses for the winter vacation and preparing winter clothes.After the final exams, the winter vacation will start soon, everyone has to go home, Yu Hao has no home for a long time, so he can only stay in the dormitory for the New Year.

It’s good to have all gone, the ears are clean, and I just read a book and preview the content of the next semester. At the end of the year, businesses are short of people, and it’s easy for work-students to find work. It’s too cold to deliver food, so I can go to KFC to fry french fries.

As they were passing by the fourth floor of the shopping mall, the three of them suddenly saw Chen Yekai eating western food with a couple.

"Who is that?" Zhou Sheng became interested. Opposite Chen Yekai sat a middle-aged man in his 50s and a woman in her forties. The woman was very elegant and wore pearls in her ears.

"Don't watch." Yu Hao told Zhou Sheng to leave quickly, thinking that Chen Yekai didn't come tonight, he must be receiving friends, he has his circle, and he is the teacher's care for them, so it's not good to bother him all the time.

Zhou Sheng also took the initiative to say hello to Chen Yekai, but was dragged away by Fu Liqun and Yu Hao. Yu Hao wanted to go back to the dormitory after eating, but the two dragged him to the city center to count down. The three of them each held an inflatable stick , knocking back and forth.

"Don't you all accompany your girlfriend?" Yu Hao asked.

Fu Liqun was beating them both with an inflatable stick, and suddenly said with a smile, "Would you like to introduce me?"

Zhou Sheng gave Yu Hao a look to signal Yu Hao not to ask any more questions, Yu Hao thought to himself, wow, this is too hot, broke up?Looking at Zhou Sheng again, he thought that maybe Zhou Sheng didn't have an appointment tonight and was planning to spend some time with Fu Liqun, so he wisely didn't ask any more questions.

The big clock in the city center rang, and Yu Hao watched his grandma's twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve last year, recalling that he had experienced too many things in the past year.

Balloons flew into the air one after another, the scene was extremely spectacular, but Yu Hao thought of the general, and when he said goodbye at the end, he was almost sure that the general was a person.I just don't know at this moment, is he spending the new year like them?

"Happy New Year!" Zhou Sheng and Fu Liqun knocked on Yu Hao together, Yu Hao came back to his senses and yelled, and the three of them beat each other with inflatable sticks, laughing haha.

At this moment, their respective mobile phones rang. Fu Liqun and Zhou Sheng hurriedly took out their mobile phones, answering the phone and replying the message.When Zhou Sheng put on the earphones, he laughed handsomely when he heard the voice over there.

Fu Liqun bowed his head and replied to WeChat.

Only Yu Hao, probably no one would send him greetings, at this moment, Zhou Sheng hung up the phone.

Zhou Sheng: "Who are you waiting for news?"

Zhou Sheng's eyes seemed to be smiling but not smiling, a little strange, what Yu Hao was thinking at this moment was whether the general would cross the barrier between dreams and reality, and say Happy New Year to him?But it's impossible to think about it, and the general doesn't know his contact information.

What if... it's someone I know in real life?Yu Hao didn't know why, but this bold idea suddenly came to his mind.

He took out his phone, and while he was editing in the dialog box, a message came first from the other side.

"Happy New Year, new year, new life. Don't forget your song." Chen Yekai also sent him a red envelope.

"Why are you the only one with the red envelope!" Fu Liqun glanced at Yu Hao's phone screen, and Yu Hao hurriedly said, "I'll give it to you!"

"We were all sent by him!" Zhou Sheng said, "It's so unfair!" The red envelope was only [-] yuan, and Fu Liqun roared again: "It's not rare!"

"Yes! We don't care too much!" Zhou Sheng also said angrily full of complaints, Yu Hao had no choice but to give them each a red envelope, and it was over.

"Happy New Year--"

"Happy New Year--"

Yu Hao hugged Fu Liqun, and when he hugged Zhou Sheng again, Zhou Sheng supported his chin and pushed him away.

"Don't be nasty!"

The three of them laughed, and Ying City was instantly submerged in the ocean of balloons and laughter.

Yu Hao thought to himself, Happy New Year, General, no matter where you are.

During the three-day holiday on New Year's Day, Yu Hao found another job. During holidays and weekends, he rode an electric bike to fill the dolls in the mall's claw machines.I thought to myself that couples in this city really like to hold dolls, and there are so many dolls that I don’t know where they went.He and the takeaway and courier riders were waiting for red lights on electric vehicles, wearing thick gloves and masks, and when they looked at the endless stream of people, they often felt like those NPCs in their dreams.

Everyone is used to placing an order, takeaway can come to your door, and express delivery will be delivered to your home. The bustling service industry crowd, like street trees, traffic lights, and sewer manhole covers, has become a public service in this city. One of the facilities, he used to fry French fries in McDonald's, he felt that he was an automatic ordering intelligent robot, and in the eyes of customers, he was a part of the cash register.

And these, Chen Yekai, who taught him to "live his own life", may never have the opportunity to experience it.

Everyone wants to break through the class and no longer struggle at the bottom of society, but these things will always be done by someone. How much can the world change because of oneself?

During the few days of the final exam, it snowed heavily outside the window, Ying City had no heating in the south, and everyone's hands were numb from the cold.Zhou Sheng sat not far from Yu Hao, and Yu Hao could catch a glimpse of his back thinking hard from time to time, especially during the English test, Yu Hao was more nervous about him and Fu Liqun than he was about himself, and fell asleep lying on his stomach within an hour after seeing him , shouted angrily in his heart: why sleep!Get up and answer the question!Check it out when you're done!

"I really know it!" Zhou Sheng said impatiently, "Don't be too entangled in English, didn't you say it? I'm afraid that I will correct the right answer wrong later."

"Is it really done?" Yu Hao looked at Zhou Sheng suspiciously.

"It's done!" Zhou Sheng put Yu Hao in his arms, took him to the cafeteria for dinner, and said, "I'm sure!"

Yu Hao asked again: "Have you finished writing the composition?"

"It's finished!" Zhou Sheng said, "Why are you so mother-in-law?"

After the English test, it was the last advanced math in the afternoon. Before entering the test room, Zhou Sheng suddenly said to him, "I'll tell you something, Yu Hao."

Yu Hao: "?"

Zhou Sheng suddenly said: "Forget it, let's talk about it later."

Yu Hao looked puzzled, the two of them were separated in the high math, Yu Hao glanced at the test paper, thank God, Chen Yekai spoke very well, he knew most of the questions, but in the end he still couldn't finish... When handing in the test paper, Yu Hao was completely alone They all exhausted all their strength and slumped on the chair. Just as they were about to ask Zhou Sheng what he had to say, Chen Yekai sent him a message.

[Come and find me, I'll wait for you in the dormitory. 】

"Yu Hao!"

"I'm going to Teacher Chen's dormitory!" Yu Hao walked downstairs quickly, and said to Zhou Sheng, "I've paid off my part-time job tonight, so I'll treat you and Fu Liqun to dinner tomorrow!"

Zhou Sheng poked his head around the corner and said, "What?! Go to Kaikai's dormitory? Can't you say something in the office? Is this trying to rule you out?"

Yu Hao: "..."

Chen Yekai lives in the dormitory for young teachers arranged by the school. It is located on the westernmost side of the school. The environment is quite good. Apart from the lack of students and teachers, the School of Education is still very rich.After receiving money from the students, there are funds allocated, and land can be sold.Teachers who live off-campus enjoy allowances such as settling allowances, while those who live on-campus, like Chen Yekai, live in a large single-person suite.

Chen Yekai's house was very tidy, and a nanny came to clean it every day. Yu Hao waited at the door for a while, when Chen Yekai just came back, he opened the door for him and said, "Come in, what do you want to drink?"

Yu Hao rarely went to a friend's house. The first thing he felt when he entered the door was that he was afraid of dirtying Chen Yekai's house. Chen Yekai took off his coat, brought Yu Hao's slippers, and said, "Sit."

"Don't drink, don't drink..."

"Drink." Chen Yekai turned on the coffee machine, made a cup of coffee for Yu Hao, and sat by the side, with a stack of PS4 games under the TV, as well as chocolates brought back from abroad, and Chen Yekai handed the chocolates to him again. Yu Hao ate it and said, "This kind of chocolate tastes really good when paired with coffee."

Chen Yekai's house looks like a single aristocratic apartment, Yu Hao once wondered, Chen Yekai doesn't have the same clothes every day, wouldn't it be troublesome to wash them?

"I'm sure someone will come to collect it after a phone call!" Zhou Sheng said casually at the time, "You don't have to worry about him, just wash my clothes."

Fu Liqun's answer was: "Rich people wear their clothes only once and throw them away, don't you know?"

Well, poverty really limited my imagination, Yu Hao saw many things in Chen Yekai's house, but he didn't know what they were for.Yu Hao wore a jacket for three days in a row, and he didn't bother to wash it when he returned to the dormitory every day, so he fell asleep when he was so tired. Sitting dryly at the moment, he felt very uncomfortable for a while.Just now when Chen Yekai opened the shoe cabinet to find slippers for him, Yu Hao saw a pair of limited edition sky-high price sneakers, so he started to chat awkwardly.

"Teacher, do you play basketball too?"

"I didn't play well." Chen Yekai said, "Playing football is okay, and I'm busy at the end of the semester. I'm going to invite you to play football during the winter vacation."

Yu Hao is more of a rookie, knowing that Chen Yekai's so-called "not playing well" is all about being a top student who "failed the exam again this time". "I don't play well, so don't laugh at me." As a result, he took more than twenty kills in a row, Yu Hao only felt that he was following a lawn mower, and after the end, the two of them were reported together for cheating.

"I haven't seen you play football before." Yu Hao said.

Chen Yekai was holding a cup of coffee: "I used to be in the department team as an undergraduate, but I played less after I was a graduate student. Don't call me teacher, you can learn from Zhou Sheng and them, just call me Kaikai."

Yu Hao thought to himself that "it's not bad", I'm still the girls in my class, let's call you a male god... But I really can't say this, sitting opposite Chen Yekai, for some reason, I feel that I am being taught the unspoken rules of.

"Have you thought about what you said last time?" Chen Yekai asked again.

Yu Hao: "..."

Why is this dialogue more and more like the lines in a TV series, Yu Hao thought to himself.

"No." Yu Hao thought for a while, then said a little confused.

Chen Yekai: "..."

Yu Hao: "?"

Chen Yekai: "I haven't chosen a song yet?"

"Ah, this!" Yu Hao immediately said, "I've chosen it! I've already reported it to the youth league committee! The song I chose before the exam."

He also thought that Chen Yekai started to care about his life vision and future plans, and he felt weird all over, and said with a smile: "Say it earlier! I thought it was something."

A homeroom teacher called the students home alone, and asked "Have you thought about it yet?" Yu Hao immediately relaxed, but it was impossible for Chen Yekai to fall in love with him.This god-level head teacher who is handsome beyond the sky, his origin and background are a mystery, and his sexuality is a mystery. Some people say that he likes Yujie type, some say that he is married, and some say that he is gay.

If you really want to dive into me...

...Of course that's great!Wish it was better!

Yu Hao thought to himself, but in fact, he really never thought about such a fantasy.

I don't know why, ever since he fell in love with the general, he has been tossed by exuberant hormones recently. He decided to try to find a boyfriend after this Spring Festival. After all, this will be a brand new beginning.He will no longer close himself, he will try to understand and love a person.This person may be from school or from society, but it will never be Chen Yekai.

He is not good enough for him, and of course the other party will not come to date a student, not to mention whether he is gay or not.If he has a boyfriend in the future, he doesn't want his boyfriend to be such a dazzling person, he really feels insecure.

"What song did you choose?"

Yu Hao was flipping through his phone, Chen Yekai leaned over to look at it, his body smelled very light of perfume, Yu Hao was a little nervous, suddenly changed his mind, and said, "Can we stop singing now?"

"You still have to attend the rehearsal?" Chen Yekai stood up with a smile and said, "You have to sing later. Of course I can walk away and not listen."

"Cai... dress rehearsal?!" Yu Hao was shocked, he didn't expect it to be so fast.

Chen Yekai: "I'll be on stage tomorrow night. I'm afraid it will affect your exam these days, so I haven't urged you to come here."

Yu Hao hadn't practiced singing much yet, so he suddenly became more nervous. Fortunately, Chen Yekai didn't remind him, otherwise he would definitely fail the exam these days. He followed Chen Yekai into the room. Chen Yekai opened the closet and said, "Clothes Have you chosen? You can choose a set you like."

Yu Hao is 176 centimeters, Chen Yekai is 180 centimeters, Yu Hao can also wear his clothes, there are several sets of suits in the closet, they are too formal, Yu Hao thought about it, and said, "Shall I go buy one?"

"It doesn't matter, you can wear mine." Chen Yekai said, "There is no need to spend this money."

Yu Hao couldn't just go on stage like this, and he also knew that Chen Yekai was doing it for his own good, so he nodded gratefully. He had never felt anything about clothes, and he couldn't afford them anyway.He might not be used to suddenly wearing a formal suit. He thought for a while and said, "I don't wear a suit jacket, just a shirt."

Chen Yekai said, "It's up to you."

"Is this one okay?" Yu Hao took out two sets of shirts from the closet. The outside was a navy blue shirt, and the inside was white. The white one looked a bit old, not like an expensive one. So he took off his black shirt and compared it to a white one.

"This one..." Chen Yekai said, "It's better to pick a better one."

Yu Hao: "Let's just go with it, a white shirt and trousers."

Chen Yekai was very surprised: "Do you like this style?"

Yu Hao said, "I fell in love with it immediately."

Chen Yekai had no choice but to stop forcing Yu Hao, and said, "Then you try it?" Then he threw the navy blue shirt into another cabinet, found a pair of slim-fit trousers and handed them to him, and looked at his watch again: "Hurry up and take you to the rehearsal."

After Yu Hao changed it, he showed it to Chen Yekai. Chen Yekai was looking at his mobile phone in the living room, without raising his head, he said, "Very good."

Yu Hao: "You haven't watched it yet!"

Chen Yekai looked up, and the two were suddenly silent for a while.

"Okay." Chen Yekai said, "Let's just leave it at that, put on some makeup and trim your eyebrows, you'll be pretty handsome."

Yu Hao keenly felt that Chen Yekai seemed a little angry, maybe because he picked the cheapest one.But he didn't do it because of inferiority, but because he felt...

"Teacher Chen." Yu Hao put the clothes in his bag and said anxiously.

"En." Chen Yekai put his hands in his pockets, walked ahead, and looked back at Yu Hao.

"I just want to let the real me stand on stage and sing." Yu Hao explained, "So...so..."

"A good-looking person can look good in anything." Chen Yekai said with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "You are quite confident now."

Yu Hao laughed, Chen Yekai led him into the auditorium for the rehearsal, the party secretary was there, and nodded towards them.

Yu Hao glanced at his watch, he had to finish the last job of the day before eight o'clock, and ask the supervisor to settle the payment, he wondered if the rehearsal would end smoothly.However, the rehearsals were endless, and Yu Hao thought of a serious problem - the rehearsals were longer than the actual performance.

He kept looking at his watch, and finally Chen Yekai asked, "What's the matter?"

After Yu Hao explained the situation, Chen Yekai said, "You haven't had dinner yet."

Yu Hao was afraid that the supervisor would default on his salary, so he said, "Either I will go there first."

"Go." Chen Yekai said to the student council again, and the president asked in a daze, "Then what should I do?"

"I'll sing for him." Chen Yekai said, "I'm tone-deaf, please bear with me."

Everyone immediately ignored Yu Hao, and said together, "Okay, okay!" Yu Hao thought thank God, and was finally able to get away.

He rushed to the place as fast as he could, and finished loading today's dolls. Zhou Sheng kept sending messages asking where he was and when he was going back to school. Yu Hao replied that he was working part-time. Zhou Sheng called him again. Yu Hao was alone at the time. People have to support the glass cabinet so that it does not fall down, and they have to fill it with dolls in a hurry.

"It's going to be very late!" Yu Hao said, "What's the matter? I'm pretending to be a doll, so I'll hang up first!"

Zhou Sheng: "Why did you go to work again?"

"If you don't work, you'll drink the northwest wind!"

"Hurry up, can you please?!" The couple who were waiting to catch the doll got angry, so Yu Hao could only say, "Just now!"

"Complain to him!" The customer said, "Call this number..."

"Don't!" Yu Hao hurriedly begged for mercy, "That's for repairs and not for complaining about employees. If you're kind, I won't call." Any complaints can be made, and today is the payday, in case the boss uses this excuse to deduct money It will be miserable.

After Yu Hao talked about it, after hanging up the phone, he apologized to the customer and ran to the next shopping mall. After a whole night of work, after successfully receiving his salary, he sent a message to ask Chen Yekai if the rehearsal was over, but Chen Yekai didn't reply.

Too bad he was probably angry, Yu Hao hurried back to the auditorium before the lights were turned off, the door of the auditorium was locked and it was pitch black.

When he returned to the dormitory and lay down, Chen Yekai returned his message.

[If you mess up tomorrow night, you just wait for me. 】

Yu Hao quickly apologized, but Chen Yekai still ignored him, but Zhou Sheng's call came.

"Are you crazy?" Zhou Sheng's voice said on the phone, "I'm going to beat someone up! Do you know how long I've been waiting for you?"

Yu Hao was simply baffled, he didn't make an appointment with Zhou Sheng today.

Yu Hao was exhausted like a dog today, no matter how he explained it was useless, Zhou Sheng said again: "What did Chen Yekai ask you to do?"

"I work part-time!" Yu Hao huddled under the blanket, and all his roommates went out after the exam, "I didn't do anything!"

"I'm angry!" Zhou Sheng said, "I've been waiting for you all night!"

"What are you waiting for me to do?" Yu Hao said, "We don't have any appointment today?"

Zhou Sheng stopped talking, Yu Hao didn't know what to say, he didn't eat dinner, he was so hungry that he couldn't bear it, he was scolded everywhere, and his temper was bad.

"Then you can come to me when your anger subsides." Yu Hao said.

"Open the door!" Zhou Sheng roared outside the door.

Yu Hao: "..."

Yu Hao hurriedly got up and opened the door, Zhou Sheng entered the dormitory, casually threw the packed dinner on the table, turned around and put his hands in his trouser pockets and left.

"Zhou Sheng!" Yu Hao was about to chase out, but there was a gust of cold wind outside. Yu Hao hurried back and put on his pants, and chased downstairs in a few steps. The dormitory building had already turned off the lights. He ran and ran to his dormitory.

Yu Hao also jumped down, but Zhou Sheng crossed the atrium, jumped onto the railing behind their dormitory building, just like parkour, climbed up to the second floor of the opposite dormitory building a few times, and went back to the dormitory.

Yu Hao stood in the atrium now, dumbfounded, he couldn't jump up to the building opposite, but luckily a boy came back from his own dormitory, he yelled outside the downstairs door for a long time, the dormitory manager opened the door, Yu Hao had no choice but to go back to the dormitory.

The food that Zhou Sheng packed for him was already cold. Yu Hao was so hungry that he ate in a hurry. He called Zhou Sheng but refused to answer, sent a message, and did not reply. Yu Hao suddenly remembered that Zhou Sheng had something to tell him today. , I had no choice but to apologize to him first. In fact, I didn't know why I apologized, and then I fell asleep anxiously.

The next day is a day when there is no part-time job, no class, and no review.

From New Year's Day to today's January [-]th, Yu Hao has saved a full two thousand and two thousand, which will support his expenses for the entire winter vacation.Prices soared during the Spring Festival, and I had to buy clothes for myself.He decided to go to the supermarket to find a temporary worker to order goods after a while.

The existence of the general has gradually faded away, recalling the dream half a month ago, everything is full of hazy feeling.But he always tried his best to keep emphasizing in his memory that this person really existed.

Yu Hao made a pack of instant noodles in the dormitory, and started to sing into his phone, practicing the songs he would perform on stage at night.He believed that he could sing well. Although he hadn't sung for a long time, he practiced until noon, and wanted to invite Zhou Sheng to dinner, but Zhou Sheng never sent him a message.

Asking Fu Liqun to have dinner after the evening performance, Fu Liqun replied: [I'm not at school today, you should be busy. 】

Yu Hao suddenly felt a little lonely. In the past, he always walked alone and didn't feel it. After making Zhou Sheng as a friend, he ignored him at first, as if he was missing something.

Yu Hao thought that maybe he was hated by others again, so he could only return to his previous state and go to the cafeteria to eat alone.After taking a shower, he changed into the shirt and trousers that Chen Yekai lent him, put on a down vest, and went to the auditorium to participate in today's performance at the appointed time.

The performance time is scheduled to start at [-]:[-] pm and end at [-]:[-] pm, and the teachers will have a dinner.

When Yu Hao arrived, the performance had already started. The dean of the college gave a speech at the front, introducing Professor Lin Xun and his lover, reporting on the construction of the academic style in the past year, and looking forward to the future goals of the school in the new year.

"It's you." The party secretary said when he saw Yu Hao.

Yu Hao looked forward from the backstage and found that Professor Lin Xun and his lover were the couple who had dinner with Chen Yekai on New Year's Eve.He hurriedly apologized to the party secretary, but the rehearsal didn't catch up, and everyone in the backstage said it was understandable, and said "understandable", but there was a hint of alienation in their eyes. Yu Hao was used to such eyes, so he didn't say much .The people in the literature and art department knew each other, and when they were waiting to go on stage, they were eating melon seeds and eating snacks, chatting very happily, and Yu Hao stood aside.

"It's too cold there," said the Youth League secretary, "Come here to comb your hair and put on some makeup."

Yu Hao let them work through his hair, when he heard Chen Yekai's voice outside, asking, "Has he come yet?"

The Youth League secretary replied that he was coming, but Chen Yekai didn't come to see him, and said, "Just come, then turn around and leave."

Yu Hao had his hair done and light makeup on. When he returned to the backstage, everyone was silent.

"Is it strange?" Yu Hao said.

The girls were silent for a moment, and then they all said, "It's pretty handsome."

Yu Hao laughed and got a chair to sit on. He didn't notice that everyone around him was looking at him. He just wore earphones and listened to the song he wanted to sing over and over again.

Zhou Sheng finally sent a text message, asking him: 【Have you eaten yet? 】

Yu Hao replied: [I have a performance tonight. 】

Zhou Sheng posted an angry QQ emoticon: [I know, I asked you if you have eaten. 】

Yu Hao hurriedly replied and finished eating, Zhou Sheng replied: 【Sing well, don't get out of tune. 】

Yu Hao was not afraid of going out of tune at first, but he started to be afraid of going out of tune as soon as Zhou Sheng said it, and Zhou Sheng asked him what he sang and who it was for, Yu Hao replied: [To a friend. 】

【oh? 】Zhou Sheng finished posting, and there is no more news.

As the time drew closer, Yu Hao began to get nervous uncontrollably.

"Don't drink water all the time." The party secretary reminded him.

Yu Hao had already drank two bottles of water, but his throat was still dry. He was afraid that his voice would be hoarse when he came on stage.

"I'm going to the bathroom..." Yu Hao said tremblingly.

"Don't be nervous." The Communist Youth League secretary said, "It's just a performance report, and nothing will happen if you fail to sing. It's your first time on stage?"

Yu Hao waved his hand, and ran to pee quickly. When he rushed back, the backstage urged: "Hurry up! It's your turn, it's your turn!"

"Take off your down jacket!" The party secretary asked him to take off his down jacket, handed him the mic, and said, "Don't shoot, don't say 'hey', go up and say welcome to our college, and then directly sing a cappella. After singing the first sentence, the accompaniment I will follow, don’t be nervous! ”

"Be careful not to fall off the steps!"

"Don't hold your head up and sing! The camera angle is not good!"

When Yu Hao walked onto the stage, he glanced up inadvertently, and the first person he saw was Zhou Sheng who was standing in the last row of the auditorium.

Zhou Sheng was standing in the last row of the auditorium watching the performance, he bowed slightly, and leaned on the railing casually, and beside him stood his girlfriend—the beautiful girl who warmed Yu Hao's hands together in that cold winter.

At this moment, the tension of this life has finally accumulated to its peak and then collapsed, just like the thousands of years of snow on the snow mountain "bang", all of them pressed down on him.