Xin Zhai

Ye Li and a dozen other people in his class took the train all the way north, first took the high-speed rail, then transferred to the regular express, and arrived at the easternmost part of Heilongjiang Province.Midsummer here is much more comfortable than City Y.City Y started at the end of July and had an unbearable sweltering season.But although it is hot here at noon, the air is dry.The wind blows on the face, like the wind in early autumn in North China, clear and gentle.So as long as you stand in the shade and rest for a while, you will feel cool and refreshed immediately.

Along the way, everyone ate and lived together. The boys no longer stared at the computer and played games as usual, and communicated more with the girls.A dozen or so classmates suddenly became close.

During their first few days here, they visited several farms.Several students like Su Xiaoqian, Shi Jingchen and others rarely had the opportunity to see livestock such as pigs, cows, and sheep, and they surrounded and looked at them excitedly.Ye Li had seen quite a lot, so he didn't think it was new.There is a very famous dairy company here, and more than a dozen farms in the surrounding area provide milk sources for the company.In the next few days, everyone went to visit the dairy factory.This kind of opportunity is quite rare for everyone.The factory area is clean and tidy, and the workshop has special dust-proof and germ-proof equipment, and the management is much stricter.Whether it is milling, sterilization, filling or packaging production lines, the degree of automation is quite high.

On the Monday of the second week here, a person in charge led everyone to the agricultural reclamation area.The car drove for 10 minutes, got out of the car, and Ye Li saw the endless Sanjiang Plain in front of him.

It was a very sunny day.The wind is a little strong.The wheat is at the ripening stage, endless waves of golden wheat poured into Ye Li's eyes layer by layer.The clouds in the distance are very low, constantly changing shape with the wind, and flowing quickly to one side.

Ye Li was immediately relaxed and happy, he felt that the capacity of his heart had grown.This scenery touched him no less than the first time he saw the sea in University A.

"Ah—so beautiful!" Liu Na and Zhou Shi shouted beside them.

"I never thought, is this the legendary 'Great Northern Wilderness'?"

"Yes, students," said the person in charge of the agricultural reclamation area, "the land we are stepping on now is the fertile black soil of the Great Northern Wilderness."

While listening to his introduction, everyone excitedly took pictures on the edge of the wheat field.More than a dozen people posed in various poses in groups of threes and took many pictures.

"Ye Li, come here and take a picture." Ye Li raised his head and saw Liu Na calling him from the front.At this time Liu Na was standing on the edge of the wheat field, waving at him.

Ye Li hesitated for a moment, then he heard Liu Na calling him again, so he walked to Liu Na's side.

Zhou Shi was holding a mobile phone, standing in front of them, ready to take pictures.Everyone was in a mess, and many boys and girls entered the frame alone. For example, before Liu Na called him, they just took a photo with Su Xiaoqian.Liu Na put her arms on Su Xiaoqian's shoulders enthusiastically, and the two laughed happily.

But I don't know what's going on, but with Ye Li and her, the atmosphere feels weird.

Liu Na stood upright, with one shoulder just touching Ye Li's arm, not too far or too close, so there was nothing wrong with it.They are very familiar with each other, and they usually communicate a lot, Ye Li didn't feel that there was anything wrong.Then just at this moment, the crowd just fell silent.

As a result, more than a dozen people looked at the two of them standing there dumbfounded.

After finally finishing the filming, Zhou Shi gave the camera to Su Xiaoqian who was next to him, and walked over while dragging Shi Jingchen with one hand.

"Come on, let's take a picture together!" Zhou Shiwan took Shi Jingchen's arm and stood on the other side of Liu Na.Ye Li expected that if this photo was taken, it should be a layout with two girls standing in the middle, with him and Shi Jingchen on both sides.He felt even more strange, why did Zhou Shi drag Shi Jingchen over to take pictures with him and Liu Na?

It took Ye Li's brain three seconds to make a decision, no matter the reason, he didn't want to take this photo anyway.He threw down the sentence "I won't take pictures, you take pictures", and walked away.

Zhou Shi was embarrassed for a moment, Shi Jingchen was busy posing for the camera from the beginning to the end, only Liu Na's face was a little uneasy.But soon, everyone proposed to take a group photo, and then moved on to the next activity.

On the way back, Ye Li sent Tong Yan a few photos of the simple scenery.Just after posting, dozens of photos popped up in the class group, all of which were taken by everyone just now.

Ye Li flipped through it roughly, and Zhou Shi also posted the photos of him and Liu Na.But no one cared because there were just too many photos.He breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the discussions in the group.Then he flipped through the photos on his phone, and there were two single photos of him in it.Shi Jingchen took the photo for him. To his surprise, Shi Jingchen took the photo very well.In the second photo, he smiled naturally. The wind blows his hair fluffy. When the sun shines, it shines like the ears of wheat behind him.The more Ye Li watched it, the more he liked it, and he became a little narcissistic when he saw the back.He thought about it, and sent this photo to Tong Yan as well.

Since he came out to practice, Tong Yan never contacted him again.He only told Tong Yan after arriving at the destination, but Tong Yan didn't reply to him until that night.He absently listened to the person in charge of the agricultural reclamation area telling the history of the Great Northern Wilderness in the car.At dinner time, we all eat together.A dozen people sat at two round tables and ate.Liu Na used to sit with him at a table by the window, but today she sat at another table, eating with her head depressed.Ye Li guessed that she might be upset because of the photo taking, but he didn't intend to ask.

He waited for a century, and even ate his supper in a state of restlessness.How embarrassing it would be if Tong Yan ignored him.

After dinner, when he was out for a walk with a few people, his phone finally rang.

Tong Yan replied with two words: "It looks good."

nice?He sent a total of three landscape photos and one portrait photo of himself. What does "good-looking" mean?

Ye Li dared to reply and asked, "Which one looks better?"

"They all look good." Tong Yan said.

During this time, Tong Yan stayed in the big laboratory from eight to nine every day.The students were all gone, and the department didn't have too many chores, so he began to concentrate on the circuit diagram of the robotic arm.He plans to finalize the circuit diagram during the summer vacation, complete the board next semester, and enter the testing stage.Because he left late and the lab didn't have a landline, he didn't meet Cheng Mingming these days.He thought that Cheng Mingming would not come again, but one night, he was a little tired and wanted to go back to the dormitory to rest at night.He went back to the office to pack his things after six o'clock.The summer department hall is almost empty at this time.Unexpectedly, as soon as he sat down on the chair, the door opened.When he saw it, it was Cheng Mingming.

Cheng Mingming carried a backpack and a peaked cap today, looking like a student.Tong Yan guessed that he didn't want to attract others' attention, so he dressed like this on purpose.

The conversation between the two was the same as before, nothing more than Cheng Mingming asked him to forgive, saying that it was just that one time.Tong Yan disagrees.

Cheng Mingming said, "I haven't seen you for a while, and I miss you so much."

"It's useless for you to do this. It's really obvious. It's impossible for no one to notice if you keep coming like this. What good will it do you if the whole world knows that I'm gay?"

Cheng Mingming smiled: "Are you afraid? So you are afraid of being known."

"It's okay to know, but I think you are really pursuing me again as you said yourself. It's too high-profile to pursue me like this. I don't like high-profile, really. Don't come."

After Tong Yan finished speaking, he took his own things and wanted to take Cheng Mingming out. When he opened the door, Tong Yan saw Lin Li standing outside the door with a stunned and surprised look on his face.

Tong Yan was also taken aback. Before she could speak, Lin Li ran away.

He drove Cheng Mingming away and went back to the dormitory, thinking about it.Tong Yan had hardly seen Lin Li during this period of time, and somehow she happened to be bumped into by Lin Li, and she must have heard it all.He wanted to find an opportunity to explain to her, but he didn't expect that Lin Li came to him with red eyes the next day.

Lin Li's eyes were red and swollen, she probably cried and didn't sleep well.She walked into the child actor's office, closed the door, and asked straight to the point: "Are you gay?"

Tong Yan thought, this girl is really happy to talk.So he didn't have to go around in circles.

"Yes."

To Tong Yan's surprise, Lin Li asked again: "You, do you only like men, or both men and women?"

Tong Yan looked at her, smiled and said, "I only like men."

After hearing this, Lin Li burst into tears in two lines.She touched her tears with the back of her hand and said, "Got it."

Tong Yan's heart ached, and he instinctively wanted to wipe away her tears with his hands, but halfway through, he changed the direction.He took a piece of paper from the table and handed it to Lin Li.

Tong Yan didn't say anything, it was irrelevant if he said less, but disturbed people's mood if he said too much.Lin Li's exquisite heart naturally understands everything.