No.70 days

Without thinking about anything else, Shao Wu took Yang Shuyi home directly—it was the house where the family of three lived before his parents divorced.After they divorced, Wu Yan moved out, while Shao Wu's father moved to live with Shao Wu's mother-in-law, who lived in another house in the same community.

Fortunately, Shao Wu kept the keys to the house.

There are only two words for Shao Wu's feelings at this time: chaos.It was a gift from Zhu Jingjing eight years ago. Eight years ago, if he guessed correctly, Zhu Jingjing used that gift to confess her love to him eight years ago.But he accidentally didn't see it.No, it wasn't a coincidence, in the final analysis it was because he only regarded Zhu Jingjing as a good friend, and at that time all his thoughts were on Yang Shuyi.

If Zhu Jingjing had always liked him all these years—similarly, all these years, he still focused on Yang Shuyi.

He went back to the house where he had lived for nearly 20 years. The furnishings had not changed, but the moment he opened the door, the air raised a lot of dust.It seems that it has been deserted for a long time.Shao Wu's heart felt sour. The most direct reason for his parents' divorce was his impulsive coming out.

Yang Shuyi followed behind Shao Wu without saying a word, and the two walked into the balcony.The balcony of this house is very wide, and the sundries at home are usually piled in the side cabinets.Shao Wu opened the cabinet and rummaged through it. He coughed a few times due to the dust, but he didn't stop moving his hands.Old shoeboxes, food processors, tool boxes... He moved these things out one by one, and soon he saw a blue plastic bag standing in the corner of the cabinet, with "Yongchuan No. [-] Middle School" printed on it.

At that time, during the winter and summer vacations, the school would use this kind of plastic bags to pack the students' holiday homework, and send out a set for each student.

There was a narrow red streak at the opening of the plastic bag.Shao Wu reached out to take out the bag and took out the red gift box inside.It was originally bright red, but after these years, it has faded to dark red, and the paper corners of the box are also wrinkled, presumably because of the abundant rain and humid air in Yongchuan.

That's right, there are always many rainy days in Yongchuan, many wet and cold winter days, but today's weather is very good, the afternoon sun comes in from the window and falls on Shao Wu, very warm.The sunlight also fell on the gift box he was holding, coating the dark red with a layer of gold, so the gift box was as brand new as yesterday.

His memory is also like this damp box, which slowly becomes brighter after being exposed to the sun. On May 2008, 5, he received a lot of gifts, including a pen from Zheng Xiaoning, a secret Huanggang scroll from Han Huiyuan and Zhou Lei, a gift box from Zhu Jingjing, and... and Yang Shuyi, for him drawn doodles.

On the wall that has been knocked down long ago.Shao Wu clearly remembered that behind that wall was a dusty tube building, with dark green creepers climbing up the wall, making rustling noises when the wind blew.Is that tube building still there?Or, has it been demolished?

Just like his friends, Zhou Lei and Han Huiyuan who failed to get together in the end, and Zheng Xiaoning who had a crush on Yang Shuyi, where are they now?

Are they doing well?

Shao Wu was silent for a moment, and under Yang Shuyi's gaze, he opened the gift box in his hand.

The gift that was eight years late appeared before his eyes.It is a set of Fuwa dolls, Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini.Now it seems that he is still clever and cute. Eight years ago, Yang Shuyi took him to see the graffiti, and the painting was also Fuwa.That year, Fuwa was everywhere, Beijing was about to hold the Olympic Games, and he really wanted to go to Beijing to study in university.

Under the body of the third Fuwa, Huanhuan, was a square-folded post-it note.

It was unfolded, and it was written with a dark blue carbon pen:

Shao Wu, I like you very much.

Shao Wu lowered his head and stared at the post-it note for a long time.

During the years when he had been secretly in love with Yang Shuyi, had Zhu Jingjing also been in love with him all the time?

How long has she liked him?

Those... He understood all those things. When Zhu Jingjing first returned to No. [-] Middle School as a teacher, she offered to pretend to be a couple with him, and at Shen Qi and Wang Yiheng's wedding, Zhu Jingjing got drunk and asked him to pick her up. Yes...it turned out to be like this.

If he could have found out sooner, he could have rejected her sooner.But she has also seen that he likes Yang Shuyi... Yes, these things are unbearable, even if he knows Yang Shuyi is straight, even if Zhu Jingjing knows he is gay.

Shao Wu blinked his eyes, his nose was already sore, not because he regretted not being with Zhu Jingjing - he couldn't force it.Just because, he knew, it was bitter.

Yang Shuyi leaned over and picked up the plastic bag of "Yongchuan No. [-] Middle School". After a few seconds, he said, "What is this?"

There were a few gravels lying in his palm.

Shao Wu was also taken aback.

Is it...

"That wall?" Yang Shuyi spoke one step ahead of him, "Is that the wall, the one with the graffiti?"

"Well," Shao Wu tried his best to suppress his choked sobs, "I fell down during the earthquake, so I... picked up a few stones and brought them back."

Yang Shuyi put the gravel back into the bag and remained silent.

Suddenly he asked again: "Do you like copics because I gave you copics?"

Did he remember?

Shao Wu smiled wryly and nodded.

Yang Shuyi didn't say anything else, the two stood together on the balcony in a daze, outside the window, the clear spring sky was like a piece of glass, reflecting their eyes, cheeks, and many, many memories.Shao Wu suddenly wanted to go back to that time, there was no earthquake, no graduation, they were just ignorant sophomores in high school, who felt that life was bright, and even the sourness of liking someone was just sour.

After a long time, finally adjusted his mood, Shao Wu put the gift box back into the bag and said, "Let's go."

Yang Shuyi stood still and didn't look at him, and asked softly, "Do you regret it?"

"Regret what?"

"Regret liking me, regret not liking her...she is very good."

"Is it useful to regret it?" Shao Wu paused, "And I don't regret it."

"It's still a little bit."

"I really don't regret it."

"But you care about her."

"We," Shao Wu said blankly, "we are friends."

He didn't know why Yang Shuyi said these words, did he seem to have ambiguous feelings for Zhu Jingjing?Yang Shuyi doesn't know who his thoughts are on?His parents could say this, other old classmates could say it, even the students he had taught in Yongchuan No. [-] Middle School could say it - only Yang Shuyi, why didn't Yang Shuyi believe him?

He has done all the stupid things he can do for Yang Shuyi.

For a moment, confusion and anger intertwined, and Shao Wu couldn't help clenching the bag in his hand tightly.

"But you didn't let me go to her wedding," Yang Shuyi said in an extremely aggrieved tone, "Isn't it because you are afraid of her being sad?"

"I just found out about her today—she liked me—can you be reasonable," Shao Wu couldn't help raising the decibel, "and why I don't let you go, you don't want to go? You just said It's not embarrassing to meet them after getting married and divorced—"

Shao Wu suddenly fell silent, he thought that Yang Shuyi didn't want to see his old classmate because he had the same idea as him: it would be embarrassing to see him.

But today at the banquet, Yang Shuyi calmly told them that he was divorced.

"I'm not embarrassed," Yang Shuyi said word by word, "I wish everyone would know that I'm with you."

He looked straight at Shao Wu, his dark pupils seemed to gather the light, and then shot into Shao Wu's chest.Shao Wu's heartbeat began to speed up.

"What about the red envelopes? You even have to give the red envelopes separately from me. Isn't it because you are afraid that others will suspect us?" Shao Wu vaguely felt that he had already lost, but he still asked him bluffing.

"..."

"Huh?" Seeing that he didn't speak, Shao Wu asked, "Is it?"

"The reason for sending them off separately," Yang Shuyi sighed, as if resigned to his fate, "Shao Wu, do you know what is 'existence'?"

Shao Wu reacted for several seconds.

Then, the first thought in my mind was: Why is Yang Shuyi so boring?

Second thought: What kind of high school student jealousy is this?

No, high school students don't do this anymore, they have to be junior high school students, no more sophomores!Oh, sending a red envelope to Zhu Jingjing's wedding is similar to Yang Shuyi who wrote "here for a visit" at the wedding scene - Shao Wu helped him write it.

Yang Shuyi, what have you been thinking about every day.

Shao Wu calmed down in an instant, he felt a little dumbfounded, but seeing that Yang Shuyi's aura had weakened, he took advantage of the victory to pursue him, and continued, "You still think my clothes are ugly, and you think I'm going to play ball."

"I didn't say ugly."

"That's what you mean."

"It's because you look like a ball player because you're so tender!" Yang Shuyi huffed, his cheeks bulging, "It's not like you're getting married, why do you look so good in clothes? Who are you showing them to?"

"You are still fighting with me! You have ignored me these days!"

"It's you who ignored me! You're the one who got into trouble with this one today and called that one tomorrow!"

"What did you say?"

"It's that Chen Mang," Yang Shuyi gritted his teeth, "Also, Zhu Jingjing is always the first to notify you of her marriage, before the classmate group sends a message to you..."

Shao Wu was dumbfounded.

What kind of jealousy is Yang Shuyi?This can also be jealous?

"I don't want to be like this either," Yang Shuyi lowered his head, like a limp canine, "I'm thinking too much, I'm sorry."

No, why is this person like this?

Did you start apologizing after just arguing?

Take the lead in occupying the moral high ground?

Too badass, right?

Shao Wu felt that he couldn't handle it at all, and his rationality told him that he should prove his innocence in a vicious manner, so why would Yang Shuyi act like a wronged little daughter-in-law by eating vinegar indiscriminately!But—but his hand was uncontrollable, and he gently grabbed Yang Shuyi's hand.

"I don't blame you," the vocal cords were uncontrollable, "I just thought... that you didn't go to the wedding because you didn't want to be with me."

Yang Shuyi moved his lips and said softly, "Of course not."

"Then, then this matter...is over?" Shao Wu squeezed his palm, "Look, I didn't know that Jingjing liked me until today, and she is married, we really have nothing to do."

Yang Shuyi gave a vague "hmm", but he still looked unhappy.