Fake Slackers

Xie Yu remembered that he only mentioned about him and He Chao to Ms. Gu after the college entrance examination.

They have a different way of getting along with other parents and children. During the first year of high school, Ms. Gu was more like the candidate who "prepared for the exam", and her nerves were tense all day long.

The college entrance examination was not over yet, and Xie Yu didn't dare to influence her.

"Don't study too late, take it easy, ah, don't think about it too much, take the test as usual."

As Gu Xuelan said, she added vegetables to his bowl: "...Eat more."

In Ms. Gu's eyes, Xie Yu, who 'reviews very late', wants to say that she basically goes to bed at ten o'clock every night, and her life is stress-free.

After Xie Yu finished eating the chopstick dish, he changed the subject calmly: "There is someone in the next class who is having sex, and I called the parents last week."

Gu Xuelan is not the kind of rigid parent, and even has a little girlishness in her heart, she is very lenient about "puppy love", and usually asks her son: Is there anyone he likes, has he secretly fallen in love.

It is not incomprehensible that each age group has unique and precious qualities that are unique to that age group.

Hazy, green, enthusiastic and flamboyant.

"Young," Gu Xuelan sighed, "Hey, it's nice to be young."

After the college entrance examination, Gu Xuelan who said "it's nice to be young" suffered the most unspeakable shock in more than ten years.

Xie Yu didn't even have time to change the school uniform on his body. He planned to go to Heishui Street just after the exam, and pulled Gu Xuelan into it by the way: "Mom, let's go together?"

Gu Xuelan didn't pay attention to the second part of the sentence, she rarely returned to Heishui Street, and she also knew that Aunt Mei and the others had spent a lot of effort this year, busy changing into simpler clothes, and brought a few gifts before leaving.

The dinner table was very lively.

A table of people sat in the courtyard, enjoying the shade in the open air.

Even though Gu Xuelan was already dressed casually, she still couldn't resist Lei Ma's trendy pair of men's pants: "..."

"These beach shorts belong to Lei Zi's father," Lei's mother raised her leg and said with a smile, "it's quite cool."

Xu Yanmei directly held the beer bottle, lifted the cap with her bare hands, and the cap rolled to the concrete floor.She habitually passed the wine forward, and only halfway through the hand did she realize that Gu Xuelan didn't drink beer: "Look at you—you're here right away, why are you bringing so many things?"

Gu Xuelan usually doesn't drink much, so she took the bottle of wine and poured some into the water glass.

"How are you?" Xie Yu raised his hand and clinked glasses with Zhou Dalei.

"VP Club, substitute," Zhou Dalei said, "In less than half a year, I'll show you another starter."

"Big batch."

"That's right, your brother, I'm a thief."

Three rounds of wine.

The topic went from the college entrance examination all the way, and finally talked about playing mahjong. Before we made an appointment, Xie Yu, who was sitting there eating quietly the whole time, suddenly said: "Mom, Aunt Mei , let me say something."

Xie Yu drank half a bottle of wine, his ears were a little red, then he stood up and faced the people in front of him—except for Gu Xuelan, the people in Heishui Street who were not related by blood or who were like relatives.

He looked normal, but his fingers on the edge of the table unconsciously tightened: "I have a partner. The second year of high school is not just for fun, it's very serious, so serious...he will be the only one in this life."

"His name is He Zhao."

Xie Yu didn't have any special ideas.You don't need to explain to anyone, and you can ignore the eyes of the world, but they are different.

People at the dinner table had different expressions, most of them were surprised.

Xu Yanmei: "That He Chao who was here last time?"

Zhou Dalei: "Fuck, that He Chao?"

Gu Xuelan opened her mouth, almost unable to find her own voice: "...He Zhao?"

On the way back, Gu Xuelan didn't speak for a long time.When the car pulled into the garage, she didn't even realize it was there.

In all fairness, she likes He Zhao a child.

But she never thought about it.

Even though he noticed that every time he called, as long as that child was around, Xie Yu would become different from usual.

Unexplainable changes, think about it carefully... In fact, there are early signs.

Gu Xuelan's first reaction was that she couldn't accept it.

However, when she touched Xie Yu's eyes, all she wanted to say stopped abruptly.

There was trust and hope in those eyes.

She thought of the sentence she wrote in her letter to him back then: No matter what choice you make.

——I just want you to be safe and happy.

"Have you made up your mind?"

Xie Yu said, "Think it over."

Gu Xuelan slowly closed her eyes, opened them again, and finally said softly: "Mom is very happy if you are willing to tell me. Someday ask him to come out for a meal and meet him."

Xie Yu took a shower and lay on the bed. At first, he thought he would be in a calm mood, but it was just to be honest, but when he saw text messages, Aunt Mei's, Da Lei's...

He watched and suddenly buried his face in the pillow.

When He Zhao received the call, he didn't know that he had "indirectly" met the child's parents, but he just felt the child's voice muffled: "What's wrong?"

"The next time you call, don't call Aunt Gu."

He Zhao didn't realize it: "Are you making Auntie look too old, and your mother is not happy? Then what's my name, or I'll call you sister next time?"

Xie Yu said, "You idiot, call me Mom."

He Zhao seemed to be disconnected, Xie Yu was about to hang up the phone, and when he was about to press 'hang up', he heard him ask again: "Is that what I thought?"

"Could it still be what you think, called sister? Seniority really counts."

"you……"

He Zhao said "you" for a long time, and finally smiled: "Then you can add Lao He's WeChat account. He has been begging me for almost two years. I was afraid of scaring you, so I never gave it."

Xie Yu: "..."

two years?

"I told him on the first day of dating, I said that I found someone I like very much, this boy is very cute."

He Zhao's father is a man of god.

Ever since He Zhao expressed his affection for the creative short video, Lao He felt that this gift was chosen very tastefully. After successfully adding Xie Yu as a friend, he immediately went to the online shopping platform to order another one.

Xie Yu just woke up in the morning, and turned on his mobile phone to check the time, only to see a group of African children dancing wildly with blackboards in their hands.

"He Chao, He Chao!"

"Xie Yu, Xie Yu!"

"Hundred Years of Harmony!"

……

So for Xie Yu, the biggest bad news of the year is probably: his birthday is approaching.

But birthdays can't be avoided.

He tried a lot, but still couldn't convince himself: don't care about the He family.

The sophomore year was busy with schoolwork, and after taking a day to accompany He Zhao to class, he started to get busy again.I almost forgot about my birthday, but was accidentally reminded by Old Professor Yang: "You don't need to use it next week, give your data to Senior Brother Wang and let him follow up."

"what?"

Old Professor Yang smiled: "I forgot my birthday? I don't want to be said to be squeezing you so that you can't even celebrate your birthday."

Xie Yuxin said, it's good to be squeezed.

There were few tasks this day, Xie Yu came out of the laboratory, and there was still half an hour before get out of class was over.

He thought about it and planned to wait for his boyfriend to finish class.

The classroom is very quiet, only the voice of the finance teacher: "Let f be the preference relationship defined on the consumption set X, if for any x, y, xfy in X if and only if u(x)≥u(y) ..."

Xie Yu didn't go in, nor did he show his face through the window, he leaned against the wall and waited for a while.

It was only after He Zhao came out of class that he saw someone: "Why did you come here?"

"Wait for you," Xie Yu lowered his head, and after replying to the WeChat message, he looked up at him, "Your father said he was going to give me a big gift, so please persuade him not to give it away, I appreciate it."

"I think so, I'll just give it away...why is he joining in the fun?"

He Chaoshun laughed at Old He, then heard Xie Yu say again: "You don't give it to your mother, it's the best blessing for me that you two don't give me anything."

"..."

As a result, He Zhao really lived in peace for several days, and only sent him two messages on his birthday.

-[position]

-come over.

Positioning is a restaurant.

A certain Kuo Shao surnamed He even reserved the venue.

The store is small, but the decoration is elegant, and there is a singing platform at the front.

Xie Yu sat and waited for a long time but didn't find anyone. He ran around with all kinds of strange gifts in his mind, which made him upset.

Just as I was about to send a text message to ask, the lights in the entire restaurant dimmed for a few seconds without warning.

Then Xie Yu heard a cappella, and following the cappella, the lights on the bar lit up little by little.

"What are you doing?"

He Zhao didn't make a sound at first, stopped and coughed, raised his index finger and made a "shh" gesture to him.

Without accompaniment, He Zhao sang in the most direct way for a full 4 minutes.

It's Qiuyou, the sophomore in high school, the one he sang on the bus.

After He Zhao sang the last line, he didn't say happy birthday. He leaned on the microphone and asked, "I plan to give you a ring this year, the one you wear on your ring finger and never take off for the rest of your life. I wonder if my kids will accept it?"