No.70 days

Shao Wu asked in a daze: "What way?"

But Zhu Jingjing bit her lip and shook her head: "Forget it, it may not be useful."

"It's okay, you... tell me."

Zhu Jingjing sighed again, and said softly, "I plan to go back to No. [-] Middle School to work after I graduate."

Shao Wu nodded: "I know." He had heard from Zhu Jingjing that she planned to return to Yongchuan to be a physical education teacher after graduation, because her father was not in good health and she was an only daughter, so she didn't want to go too far.

"That's right, you can, you can pretend to be in love with me..." She stumbled slightly, "You told your parents that you want to be with me, so you want to go back to Yongchuan... At least it's a reason, right?"

Shao Wu was at a loss, he didn't expect such a way.

"But you...you... think it's okay?"

"I'm OK," Zhu Jingjing smiled and said proudly, "I'll do you a little favor if we're with each other. I think, if you say you don't want to go to graduate school now, your parents will definitely I don't want to, but after two or three years, they won't urge you to go to graduate school, right? Just let this time go by..."

Shao Wu thought, what Zhu Jingjing said made sense.He considers himself a person who has no interest in academics, and he chose English major when he applied for volunteers because he has always been the best in English.In the end, it was just parents who couldn't make it through - Shao Wu thought guiltily, he was going to let them down again.

In fact, sometimes, very rarely, Shao Wu once doubted his parents' expectations of him. Of course, it may be a bit exaggerated to say "doubt", but he did think this way: his parents let him go abroad, probably more It's because of face.Everyone knows that the Shao family child has good grades and went to a key university—although he gave up the National People’s Congress strangely—but the major is 985.Parents are both leaders in their respective units, and there are countless compliments. Shao Wu has heard too many compliments from uncles and aunts since he was a child. OK!

Parents want him to go abroad because "children go abroad to study" is more face-saving, right?Just like his parents hope that he will continue to study for graduate school, in Yongchuan, a small closed city, "the child goes to graduate school" also has face.

But he probably has to choose the path that makes them lose face the most: don't go to graduate school, don't go abroad, and return to Yongchuan after graduation.It seems that his rebellious period only started from the moment he changed his choice, and it has not ended until now. He is gay, which has decided that he will go on a road of no return. He will not get married and have children. In another ten years, 15 years , he will become a weirdo in the eyes of relatives and friends-how disappointed will parents be at that time?Maybe he should let them down in advance, so that the later disappointment will not be so tragic.

"Jingjing, if you are willing..." Shao Wu had mixed feelings in his heart, "Then let's pretend to be together... Thank you, really."

Zhu Jingjing looked at Shao Wu, and after a few seconds, she smiled and stretched out her hand: "Then let's cooperate well."

Shao Wu also extended his hand and shook her hand, the girl's hand was a little cold.

It was not until a few years later that Shao Wu realized that only those who are loved dare to love, and only those who are pampered dare to be willful - the so-called "have nothing to fear".And when he understood this, it was too late.Perhaps this is the price of "understanding".

Leaving the coffee shop, Shao Wu went home, distracted all the way, his mind was in a mess.He tried to sort out the order for himself: First, the matter of the graduate school cannot be hidden for too long. After all, the students who succeed in the graduate school next semester will receive a pre-admission letter, but he does not have one, so he has to find a time to tell his father about it. Mom confesses.Second, he wants to persuade his parents to return to work in Yongchuan.Although in fact, he didn't really want to come back, since he couldn't go to Chengdu, and since he couldn't stay in the same city as Yang Shuyi, it didn't matter where he was, Yongchuan, Guangzhou, Beijing, all the same.But if he wanted to pretend to be in love with Zhu Jingjing, he could only go back to Yongchuan.Third, third is... what is it?Shao Wu said to himself, it's nothing, isn't that the way it is?Yang Shuyi will go to work in Chengdu, while he will stay in Yongchuan.

The night sky was slender as a line of rain, and at some point it was dark, and the T-shirt was stained with rain, sticking to the body.Shao Wu suddenly wanted to go there to have a look. He boarded the bus, got off after about ten minutes, walked for a few minutes, and finally stopped in front of a bathing club.

The former Yinhe Internet cafe has become a Vienna bathing club, with shiny marble steps built at the door.Shao Wu clearly remembered that night when he was about to give up, he found Yang Shuyi at Yinhe Internet Cafe.And now that the Internet cafe is gone, he has no reason to go to Yang Shuyi anymore.

Shao Wu stood at the entrance of the bathing club, staring at this resplendent building.After a few minutes, he turned and left.On the way to the station, the pocket of his trousers suddenly shook.

Shao Wu ignored it—he kept receiving spam messages these days.

Until he got home, took a shower, and before going to bed, Shao Wu took the phone to charge. The moment he connected the charger, the screen of the phone lit up, and he saw an unread text message.

Sender: Shuyi

Boom.Something pounded heavily in his chest.

He thought that he would never receive Yang Shuyi's text messages again in his life.

Yang Shuyi said: Shao Wu, I'm sorry, what I said that day was too serious, I apologize to you, I hope I didn't hurt you.

Shao Wu stood holding the phone for a long, long time.Then he replied: Are we still friends?

Soon Yang Shuyi came back: Of course they are friends.

Shao Wu let out a long breath, feeling that most of his soul was cut off by these five words.Like an innocent hunter, Yang Shuyi feinted his shot, but it hit him in the chest.

He remembered on the way out of the coffee shop, number one, number two, number three—what was number three?By the way, the third is the selfishness he has to admit: Yongchuan is also Yang Shuyi's home, her mother-in-law and Longlong are both here - Yang Shuyi always wants to go back to Yongchuan, right?

Yongchuan is their strongest connection.