endless summer

In the afternoon, the studio on the second floor of the Art Building.

After the teacher of the public election Chinese painting class demonstrated how to draw an orchid, a dozen or so students around him dispersed, each found a corner of the long table, spread rice paper, picked up a brush and ink, and began to draw.

"Are you from the Chinese Department?" You Anlang asked the girl next to him. He heard the teacher talking to her just now.

"Yeah, what's the matter?" The girl stopped her brush and looked up at him with a flattered expression.

You Anlang smiled embarrassedly, "I'm just curious, do you usually read a lot of books? I want to borrow some books from the library, but I don't know what to read."

"Well, do you have a favorite type? I can make a list of books for you." The girl blushed a little when he laughed, and thought about it seriously before saying.

The whispered voice in the quiet studio caught the teacher's attention. The quiet Chinese painting teacher coughed, and the girl quickly shut up.After a while, I stuck out my tongue and whispered, "Let's add a WeChat account and continue chatting."

After she finished speaking, she raised her face and looked at You Anlang nervously, as if she was afraid that he would refuse.But he simply agreed.

After the girl came back from get out of class, she hurriedly made a list of recommended books of various types, and she was more proactive than doing the final homework of a special course. After nervously sending it to You Anlang, she soon received a sincere thank you .

After that, she held her mobile phone in her hand and paid attention to WeChat every day, but he never took the initiative to contact her again.

The roommates watched in amazement as she suddenly became extremely happy, and then slowly became depressed.

You Anlang himself knew nothing about this.He got the book list and went to the library after dinner.

After wandering around the library for a long time and borrowing a few books, he didn't really want to leave.

It was still early to watch, so he simply went to watch a movie on the first floor, and then went upstairs after the movie, and it was almost closing time.Walking out of the elevator, I saw Xia Yu at the borrowing and returning office.

You Anlang's eyes lit up instantly, and he walked over to say hello, "Are you here to borrow books too?"

"Yes." Xia Yu put the book in her schoolbag, smiled, "Go back to the dormitory?"

"Ah."

The two walked out of the library side by side, turned into the path surrounded by bamboo forests, and chatted while walking.

"Did you just finish watching the movie?" Xia Yu asked casually with a smile on her face.

"En." You Anlang nodded.

"What's playing tonight?" Xia Yu asked again.

""Death in Venice"." You Anlang looked at Xia Yu, observing his expression carefully.

"Oh." Xia Yu's expression didn't change, she still smiled faintly, "I haven't seen it, what are you talking about?"

"A middle-aged composer went to Venice for vacation, and then..." You Anlang replied in a low voice, then suddenly stopped and stopped talking.

For some reason, at this moment, he recalled the composer's monologue at the end of the film——

I want to see him, just for 5 minutes, I want to look into his eyes, hear his voice, look at his hands and know what's going on in his life.

"Huh?" Xia Yu asked with her eyes.

The voices of the people around him brought You Anlang back to reality, he smiled slightly, lowered his head to look into Xia Yu's eyes, and answered his question softly, with three simple and clear words, "Homosexuality."

Even under the dim light of the street lamp, he could clearly see that the smile on Xia Yu's face froze and then gradually disappeared.

The air was quiet for three to five seconds.

"You discriminate against homosexuals?" You Anlang asked calmly.

"No." Xia Yu replied with a forced smile.

You Anlang fell silent, bowed his head and walked.

"Don't get me wrong," Xia Yu was a little anxious, "Although I am not, I really don't mean any discrimination."

"Yeah." You Anlang smiled.

There was no more words along the way, and the two returned to their respective dormitories in silence.

After this night, You Anlang clearly felt that Xia Yu's attitude towards him had changed.

Although he sat with Xia Yu and Shu Fang every Monday in the Tang and Song literature class, he spoke naturally when discussing.But there is always Shu Fang between them.

You Anlang bought a bottle of water for Xia Yu, who said politely, "Thank you, but I'm used to bringing my own water glass."

But Shu Fang returned to the classroom from the outside, picked up the bottle of water, and exclaimed at the label, "I'll drink it if you don't drink it, this is water worth double digits."

In this exclamation, You Anlang's face became hot with embarrassment, and he subconsciously looked at Xia Yu, seeing that he just smiled and continued to read.

"By the way, An Lang, do you have a girlfriend?" Shu Fang sat on the desk with his legs dangling, unscrewed the cap of the bottle and said after taking a sip of water.

You Anlang was taken aback for a moment, and answered in surprise, "No."

"Eh? That's right, you're only a freshman." Shu Fang jumped down with his hands on the table and walked to him.

"Hmm." You Anlang paid attention to Xia Yu from the corner of his eye, and could only see his drooping eyelashes and the always slightly raised corners of his lips.

"Then there must have been before?" Shu Fang approached with a smile on his face, "I guess there must be more than one!"

You Anlang was stunned for a moment, then pondered for three seconds, "Well, there must have been two."

Clap, the sound of something falling to the ground.

Xia Yu leaned over to pick something up from the ground, saw that the two people on the left and the right were looking at her, and explained with a smile: "My pen."

Jingling, the bell for the second class rang, Shu Fang had no choice but to swallow what he wanted to say, and reluctantly returned to his seat with water.

After class, Xia Yu walked out of the classroom first, telling them to go to the study room and let them go back first.

You Anlang followed him subconsciously and took two steps, but he stopped him silently with a glance back.

"Then let's go first, I'm going to the supermarket to buy something, will you go too?"

After waving to Xia Yu, Shu put his hand on An Lang's shoulder and asked.

"I am with you."

In the supermarket, in front of the shelves of toiletries, Shu Fang looked at the rows of shower gels in front of him, and said to himself, "Which one should I buy?"

You Anlang glanced from top to bottom, suddenly smiled, picked up a box of Safeguard, and said, "This is good."

"Hey, why are you as nostalgic as Xia Yu? Who still uses soap these days?"

Shu Fang glanced at the box of Safeguard with distaste, curled his lips and reached for a bottle of Dove milk after finishing speaking.

"Really?" You Anlang smiled and put the soap into the shopping basket.

Going back to the dormitory from the supermarket, he went to Building No. [-] first, just in time to see Xia Yu walking into the hall with her schoolbag on her back.

"Xia Yu wait for me!"

Shu Fang ran forward quickly, grabbed Xia Yu's clothes, and stuffed a plastic bag of shopping into his hands, "Get it for me first, I'll go to the laundry room to get the clothes, wait for me for a few minutes. "

As soon as the voice fell, the person ran away without a trace.

At the gate of the dormitory building, there stood two boys carrying plastic bags.

The two looked at each other silently for a while——

"Anything else?" Xia Yu asked with a smile.

You Anlang looked at him and said softly, "You don't like me."

Xia Yu took a step back and put distance between them, "No."

"Then you like me." You Anlang squinted his eyes and smiled complacently.

"Of course." Xia Yu also smiled.

"Really?" You Anlang's eyes lit up.

"We are friends, aren't we? I also like Shu Fang." Xia Yu still smiled.

"Oh." You Anlang's eyes dimmed again, and he lowered his head, but soon regained his energy, and said with a smile, "Yes."

Then silence.

After half a minute of silence, Shu Fang came back with a plastic bucket of clothes.

Seeing that You Anlang hadn't left, he said, "We'll go to Nanmen Cafe for dinner later, will you come with us?"

Xia Yu turned to look at Shu Fang in surprise, but Shu Fang looked at You Anlang and waited for an answer.

"Okay." You Anlang agreed without looking at Xia Yu.

When they arrived at the coffee shop, Shu Fang and Xia Yu sat down by the window, and You Anlang took the initiative to go to the front desk to help them order food.

When she came back, she saw Xia Yu resting her chin on the table with one hand and holding the glass water cup on the table with the other, smiling and listening to Shu Fang's excited talk.

Under the wall lamp, his shadow is reflected on the glass window. He is dressed in white and blue trousers, with a fresh and refined demeanor, and his gestures are pleasing to the eye.

You Anlang sat across from Xia Yu, and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

Xia Yu picked up the glass and took a sip of water, lowered her eyes and smiled, without answering.

But Shu Fang immediately turned to You Anlang, and told him like he was pouring beans: "There is a boy in our class who dropped out of school... Guess why? He went shopping in the mall and was discovered by scouts! Then I just swiped Weibo, He is about to debut as a member of some boy group! Oh, by the way, his name is Chen Yun, have you met An Lang? What do you think he looks like?"

You Anlang also picked up the transparent blue glass water glass, took a sip of lemonade, looked at Shu Fang with confused eyes over the rim of the glass, then shook his head lightly, and said, "I haven't seen it before."

Suddenly, Xia Yu put down the cup, folded her hands on the table, leaned forward and looked at You Anlang with a smile in her eyes.

Then, he said in disbelief: "I really haven't seen him? He is quite famous, and he is the best-looking boy in our dean of literature."

You Anlang was taken aback for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Aren't you the prettiest?"

"Huh? Right? I also think Xia Yu is prettier than him." Shu Fang quickly nodded in agreement, tapped his fingers on the glass tabletop, and murmured, "By the way, why hasn't the meal come... Ah! Here it comes. "

As soon as the words fell, a waiter in uniform came over with a tray, put down a piece of rice with fresh tomato and beef brisket, and said with an apologetic smile, "Sorry for keeping you waiting."

"How about two copies?" Shu Fang asked.

"Sorry, it may take a while." The waiter replied.

"Okay, okay, hurry up."

After Shu Fang waved the waiter to leave, he picked up the spoon, "I'm so hungry, I'll eat first. Huh? Xia Yu, what's your expression?"

Xia Yu's face was very pale, but blushed a little for some reason, and seemed hesitant to speak.

He and You Anlang were seated by the window, on the inside. When Shu Fang was talking to the waiter just now, they also said a few words, probably not loudly, so Shu Fang didn't hear them.

After being praised suddenly, Xia Yu lowered her head and stared at the back of her hand, and said in a low voice, "Of course he is good-looking, I am so ordinary."

"You are the prettiest in my eyes." You Anlang said jokingly, but he couldn't tell if it was a joke or sincerity.

Xia Yu raised her head to look at him, with a helpless smile, "You are affection—"

Xia Yu stopped suddenly while speaking, bit her lower lip and fell silent, her smile gradually disappeared, and her expression turned cold a little bit.

You Anlang stared at him silently, the air between the two of them seemed to freeze, until Shu Fang's fresh tomato and beef brisket rice arrived, and the hot aroma eased the atmosphere.

"Where did we talk just now?" Shu Fang said after taking a bite.

"Chen Yun from your hospital." You Anlang replied.

"Oh yes, I just wanted to say that scouts should find you, An Lang! Your temperament is much better than Chen Yun's!" Shu Fang said, "Xia Yu, don't you?"

Xia Yu nodded and smiled.

You Anlang glanced at Xia Yu, and smiled disapprovingly: "I'm too lazy."

Shu Fang kept saying it's a pity, it's a pity, the waiter came to deliver the food again——

"Your shrimp wanton noodles."

Put it in front of Xia Yu.

Then I apologize that the other one will have to wait a little longer.

Shu Fang looked at You Anlang sympathetically, "Probably the eels in your eel rice are freshly caught..."

Xia Yu picked up a pair of soft golden noodles with chopsticks from the white porcelain bowl. The aroma was overflowing, and she couldn't help laughing at this moment.

You Anlang smiled, picked up the water glass and took another sip of lemonade, turned his gaze out of the window, and saw raindrops falling on the glass window in an instant, and soon more and more dense, Getting heavier and heavier.

Without warning, it rained heavily in an instant.

"It's raining, do you have umbrellas?" Shu Fang looked out the window.

"No," Xia Yu said, "but the summer showers will stop soon."

At this time, some students suddenly entered the coffee shop, and some of them asked why no one sang today.

On the small stage in the distance, there is a piano and a guitar.

When Shu Fang heard the clerk say that the resident singer had asked for leave, he suddenly remembered something, his eyes flickered, and he put down his spoon and said to You Anlang, "Aren't you a good piano player, An Lang? Anyway, you haven't come for dinner, go try it?"

Xia Yu also stopped her chopsticks and looked at You Anlang.

"Okay." You Anlang listened, thought for a few seconds, stood up with a smile, and walked straight to the front desk.

One minute later, Shu Fang saw that he finished talking with the girl at the front desk and walked towards the small stage in the distance, but he didn't touch the piano, but bent down to pick up the guitar, and sat down in front of the microphone in a casual posture.

As soon as the soothing guitar prelude came out, almost all the diners in the restaurant looked around following the sound, and it fell silent for a moment.

The chord stopped for a while, and a deep, slightly hoarse, clear male voice sounded——

"When I stand in front of the window, you go farther and farther, every time my heart beats, do you hear..."

The boy on the stage bowed his head and plucked the guitar lightly. After singing the first line, all the guests in the audience became lively, and some girls clapped their hands vigorously, shouting nicely repeatedly.

You Anlang paused, raised his eyes to look at Xia Yu, and smiled embarrassedly, the tips of his ears began to turn red, but the other party avoided his gaze.

He could only take a deep breath, lowered his eyes and continued to sing——

"The faint, flickering eyes hide your shyness and deepen my miss. You will definitely see the junction of two hearts, as long as you are willing to step forward... Miss you every day, ask yourself every day, what do you want? It's time to tell you..."

"I miss you every day, hold on to my heart every day, and leave my best love to you...all to you."

After singing the last sentence of the first stanza, he raised his head again with a slight smile, and looked towards the window——

But only saw Shu Fang put down his bowl and stood up, clapping his hands to the beat, with an expression of excitement and admiration.

Xia Yu was gone.

You Anlang was stunned, the hand that was plucking the strings stopped, stood up, put down the piano, and walked to the position.

The guests at other tables and the girls who surrounded him and even took out their mobile phones to record and take pictures were very surprised, shouting: "Eh? Why didn't you finish singing? Why did you leave?"

You Anlang turned his head and nodded and smiled at them, then left the stage without stopping and walked back to Shu Fang.

Shu Fang listened to the dissatisfied boos around him demanding to continue, and asked him puzzledly: "Why don't you finish singing? It's so good!"

"I'm a little embarrassed." You Anlang smiled shyly, pointed to a plate of eel rice on the table, sat down and said, "And I'm hungry."

"Okay, that's right. We've finished eating." Shu Fang also sat back with regret.

After You Anlang took a few mouthfuls of food, he asked casually, "Where's Xia Yu?"

Shu Fang fiddled with the phone without looking up, "He went out to answer a call and said he would be back later."

"...Have you been out for a long time?" After being stunned for a while, You Anlang asked again.

"His phone rang just after you sang a few lines!" Shu Fang looked regretful again, and raised the phone to show him the recording page, "I have to record it for him!"