Xin Zhai

After hanging up Su Xiaoqian's phone call, Ye Li's mood was terrible.He didn't give Su Xiaoqian any comfort, but he was discouraged instead.

It is two or three kilometers away from the school to the apartment, and you can take a bus.If Ye Li was alone, he didn't bother to wait and walked back directly.These nights, he was in a good mood on the way back from the library to his apartment, sometimes humming as he walked.Because he feels that what he is doing is meaningful and his life is full and full.But today, when he was walking on the road, this happy mood was like smoke, blown by the wind gently, and it was blown away.

When we got back to the apartment, the living room was dark, with a faint light coming from the TV. Ye Li took a closer look and found that there were four or five people sitting on the sofa, watching a ghost movie together.

"Hey Yeli, come on, let's watch together." Wang Xin called him.

"Look." Ye Li ran to the library after class today, and hasn't eaten until now.He opened the refrigerator and saw that it was empty, only half a bag of sliced ​​bread, and he didn't know if they had eaten tonight.I didn’t come back to cook at night, so I have to go to the cafeteria again at noon tomorrow. The $[-] set meal, hamburger and fries, there is nothing to eat.

"There's pizza in the oven, you can eat it while it's hot." David saw him take out half a bag of bread slices, and said, "If you don't come back to cook, we won't have to eat! We can only buy junk food!"

Ye Li didn't have any appetite so far, so he saw that there were still two pieces of pizza left, so he decided to put it in the microwave and plan to eat it, so as not to waste it.

"Hey, Xiao Li, I know a girl who also likes horse racing, can I introduce you?"

"From our school?" Ye Li took out the pizza and took a bite.

"Yes, she also runs every day, you can go together."

"Oh." Ye Li buried his head in eating one piece of pizza, then picked up the second one, "By the way, do you know where sports equipment is cheap? I want to buy a pair of compression pants for the marathon next month."

"You know, there are several outlets in the suburbs, let's go together on weekends." David asked again, "Call that girl?"

"Stop barking, I'm not in the mood."

"Hey, let me tell you, I'm in good shape!" David said, gesturing on his chest and behind his butt.

Ye Li was amused by him and laughed straight away: "You like... like this?" He also gestured to his chest.

David shook his head like a rattle: "I don't like it, I'm afraid."

"Introduce to Wang Xin, his computer is like that."

"What? What's it like?" Wang Xin shouted, "I wonder if that was a human or a ghost?"

David owns a second-hand Toyota, and he took Ye to the outlets on Saturday. Although David doesn't run, he likes to play football and is a full-fledged equipment party.The two entered a store, and David asked the clerk for a long time before choosing a pair of compression pants and handing them to Ye Li.

"Try this."

Ye Li looked at the price tag: "It's a bit expensive."

"It's expensive, go and try it."

This is the first time for Ye Li to wear this kind of trousers. It took a lot of effort in the dressing room. After pulling them up, he found that his legs were tightly wrapped, which was very uncomfortable. The shape of every part of his body below the waist was different. I can see clearly.

"Are you wearing it? Come out and have a look."

Ye Li stretched his head out: "Bring me a pair of shorts."

"What are you doing? I'm sorry! There are men outside!"

"hurry up."

David couldn't help laughing and threw him a pair of shorts: "It's not a girl! No, girls won't be shy to try on pants!"

Just as Ye Li was about to close the door, David leaned over and smiled: "Are you too young to meet people?"

"roll!"

Ye Li slammed the door shut, put on shorts, and walked out of the dressing room.He stood in front of the mirror and found that besides David, there were two shop assistants staring at him.

Ye Li took a closer look before he could clearly see the appearance of his entire leg.Compression pants will clearly show the muscle lines on his legs.There was little fat on his legs, because the trousers were somewhat reflective, and his thighs were spindle-shaped, tightening at the knees and stretching at the calves.

"Looks good!" David gave him a thumbs up.

"Isn't it all the same? Then just buy this." Ye Li rushed back to the dressing room quickly.

"Why don't you try something else?"

"No need, just this."

On the way back, it was a little hot in the car.Ye Li didn't sleep well these few nights.He closed his eyes and began to drowsy after a while.In a daze, he heard David say: "Xiao Li, do you like boys?"

Ye Li began to suspect that he was hallucinating, so he moved his body but didn't speak.

He closed his eyes, and heard David say again: "Australia is the most free! It doesn't matter what your orientation is. You see, there are people on the road, and nothing will be considered strange!"

After hearing this sentence, Ye Li felt as if a pot of water was boiling in his heart, bubbling and bubbling, he couldn't calm down, and his eyes were hot from the smoke.

He turned his head and looked at David, and smiled sheepishly.There is also a little gratitude in this smile.

It can be regarded as a default.

A month later, Ye Li participated in a marathon here.This time his score improved by more than half an hour than last time.When he passed the finish line, many students and the crowd watching the race were cheering for him.Ye Li was very excited and enjoyed it very much.For a horse runner, at this moment, these things harvested at the finish line are enough for him to run for another year.

At noon that day, we went to a restaurant run by a Chinese to have a meal and drink some wine.After returning, Ye Li was tired and sleepy, and fell asleep directly on the bed.When he woke up, he saw a message from Tong Yan on his phone.

"Have you finished your run? How's your score?"

He looked at his watch, it was half past six in the evening.

A week ago, he mentioned to Tong Yan that he was going to have a horse race today, thinking he didn't remember.

The room was very dark, his joints were hurting all over his body, his muscles were sore, he was too lazy to get up and turn on the lights, and he didn't want to type, so he tried to press a voice call.

"Hey?"

"Wait a minute." Tong Yan's side was very noisy. After waiting for a while, he probably walked to a quiet place before he could speak clearly, "Okay."

Ye Li said: "The race is over, more than 40 minutes faster than last year."

"Not bad. Seems like I've been practicing. So much progress."

"Well, after running every day, I will feel much better."

"Exercise is fun."

Tong Yan paused and asked, "I replied to your email yesterday afternoon, did you read it?"

"I haven't taken care of it yet. I went to teach Chinese yesterday."

"Oh." Tong Yan said, "I've built another shelf here, with dual motors, let's try it first."

"So fast."

"Hehe, I forced Yang Ziyue and Zhang Zhen to have no time to eat."

Ye Li was lying in the dark, his mind didn't seem to be fully awake, and he wanted to talk to him about something else, something that had nothing to do with the project or study, whatever.

"Yesterday, Chen Shan told me that her parents divorced." He said.

"Why divorced? Didn't you have a second child?"

"Her father likes someone else."

Ye Li was very sad when he heard the news that day, and wanted to call Cheng Luoyi, but finally gave up.He doesn't have the ability to comfort Cheng Luoyi now.In fact, he has always been Cheng Luoyi's audience, but now he doesn't even have the courage to listen to her.

Tong Yan said "Oh" noncommittally, and asked, "Why?"

"Her father asked her mother to go back to her hometown to start a company, and then the two separated, getting together less and more, each busy with their own business..." Ye Li stopped at this point, expecting Tong Yan to say something.

"Ye Li, are you awake? David actually cooked! Cooked noodles! Come and eat!"

At this moment, Wang Xin probably heard him wake up and called him in the living room.

"Wait a minute!" Ye Li shouted towards the crack of the door.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xin opened the door and said, "He said you said you needed to replenish carbohydrates after the race, so you bought a cake just now, and you still won't let me cut it, so come quickly."

It was the first time Ye Li heard about the method of replenishing carbohydrates with cakes, and just wanted to say "I'm on the phone, come right away".

As a result, he heard Tong Yan say on the other end of the phone: "Let's go eat."

Ye Li lost all desire to chat with him now, so he pressed the red end button hard with his thumb, and pressed it several times in a hurry, as if he thought it was too slow.