when you look at me

That was 2007.

In 2007, there was no earthquake in Wenchuan, and the Olympic Games had not yet held in Beijing. Yuan Yiping was a sophomore in Gancheng No. 08 Middle School. He got up at 30:2007 in the morning to go to school, and went to study at [-]:[-] in the evening. In [-], Yuan Yiping never took a train, took a subway, or traveled far.

In 2007, Yuan Yizhi worked as a warehouse manager in a supermarket diagonally opposite Gancheng Iron and Steel Plant.He was tall and big, wearing a plaid shirt that was popular at the time, with blue stripes on a white background, and his eyebrows were heroic.

Later, time drove all the way to 2017 like a speeding train. Looking back on 2007, Yuan Yiping was always in a trance.Scene after scene was in front of my eyes. In the evening of summer of 2007, Yuan Yizhi handed Yuan Yiping a bottle of iced soda and said, I know you are tired from studying, so come and rest for a while.At that time, the evening was always full of clouds and clouds, the sky above was orange-red, and the edge of the sky was lavender. It was magnificent and majestic that could not be described in words.Later, Yuan Yiping never saw such a sunset glow again.

It was on a cloudy evening that occasionally there was a roaring motorcycle driving a young man passing by on the road, the street lights were on, and it was still dark.

At the kebab stall, Yuan Yizhi ordered a beer, a plate of cold peanuts, a plate of cold pig ears, and roast lamb for 20 yuan.Then he asked Yuan Yiping: "Look at the menu, what would you like to drink?"

Yuan Yiping took the menu, looked at it, and thought that the drinks sold at this stall were indeed a bit more expensive than those at the canteen, so he said, "Can I drink beer?"

"What kind of beer do you drink?" Yuan Yiping smiled, with a dimple on the left corner of his mouth: "Don't you have to study at night later?"

"You don't have to go," Yuan Yiping explained, "I just finished my exam today."

"Then I don't dare to let you drink alcohol. If mom knows, she will scold me to death. Hey, how about Nutrition Express? I think it's quite delicious."

"It's too sweet...take a bottle of mineral water."

"Hey," Yuan Yizhi raised his eyebrows: "It doesn't smell at all, drink—this, jasmine tea, not too sweet, okay?"

Yuan Yiping glanced at it. A bottle of jasmine tea costs three yuan, which is cheaper than Nutrition Express.

"Well, okay."

After ordering the dishes, Yuan Yiping asked Yuan Yizhi: "Did you get paid?"

"Not only did I post it, but it also increased by two hundred—don't tell Mom," Yuan Yizhi warned with a smile on his lips, "Or she said to save it for me again."

"Why did you raise your salary?"

"Look how handsome I am," Yuan Yizhi said cheerfully, "Tomorrow you take away one hundred, and you can buy whatever you want, ah."

"Uh, thank you brother."

"Hey, what are you talking about with me—Chen Shuo!" Yuan Yizhi suddenly stretched his neck and waved his arms vigorously: "Here!"

Yuan Yiping was taken aback by him, why was he so excited all of a sudden?

Before coming here, Yuan Yizhi said that today he was having dinner with a friend of his.

Yuan Yiping was agitated, thinking could it be his girlfriend?

But before he could turn around, a clear male voice came from behind.

"So excited?"

Then a man pulled the plastic chair beside Yuan Yiping and sat down.

"You..." Yuan Yizhi stuttered, paused, and then said, "How did you get here?"

"I don't get off work until 6:30," the man said, turning his head to look at Yuan Yiping: "Is this our brother?"

Yuan Yizhi nodded: "Yes, Yiping."

Yuan Yiping felt a little uncomfortable being called "brother" by the man. He is already a sophomore in high school, and Yuan Yizhi usually doesn't call him "brother", but just "Yiping".

"Yiping," the man said with a smile on his eyes, "I'm Chen Shuo, Chen Kaige's Chen, and Shuo's spirit is transmitted to Jin Tuo's Shuo."

Yuan Yiping was stunned for a moment, and said: "... Hello."

Only then did he concentrate on looking at the people around him. This Chen Shuo was really—so pretty.

He is very white, with a long neck and broad shoulders, with a neat figure, and a pair of rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose.His eyes are not too big, but they grow into an obvious curved arc, like two arched crescents lying flat.

This pair of eyes almost seemed to be able to see through the moonlight, falling on Yuan Yiping's body clearly and brightly.

"How tall is Yiping?" Chen Shuo asked.

"Sophomore year."

"Oh, it's tiring to study, isn't it?"

"Alright... alright."

Chen Shuo smiled, asked a few more questions, and turned to Yuan Yizhi, "You two brothers really look alike."

"Nonsense, isn't it?" Yuan Yizhi also smiled: "Is your ulcer healed? I asked the boss to put pepper on the mutton skewers."

"It's almost too good." Chen Shuo poured himself beer, hooked the corner of his mouth at Yuan Yizhi, and said in a sly tone, "Didn't you still eat braised noodles at my house yesterday? Don't you know if it's good or not?"

"My... Auntie's noodles are not spicy." Yuan Yizhi raised his voice as if he had a guilty conscience.

Chen Shuo stopped talking, just pursed his lips lightly, leaned on the back of the chair and looked at Yuan Yizhi.

Then Yuan Yiping noticed that Yuan Yizhi blushed.

Later Yuan Yiping found out that Yuan Yizhi blushed because he and Chen Shuo kissed for the first time at Chen Shuo's house that day.