Reverse Approach

【11】

The third high school's sports meeting was held on a Saturday at the end of September, and the next day was a small long holiday in October.

As a sprinter, Liao Nanqing tried his best to finish second to last.His heart was beating fast because it was his first time participating in a sports meeting.When the run was over, Liao Nanqing even had a slight smile in the corner of his eyes.Ge Yun was lying on the guardrail, holding a bottle of unopened water in his hand, Xu Yanyan came over and stretched out his hand: "Fatty Ge, I'm thirsty."

"If you want to drink, get it yourself." Ge Yun wanted to give Liao Nanqing the water.

Xu Yanyan snatched the bottle of water: "Drink what's in your hand!" He whistled smartly and ran away.

Ge Yun scolded angrily: "Xu Jianjian!"

"Hey!" One end responded cheerfully.

Ge Yun was so mad!Even with displeasure, she went to get another bottle of water, stuffed it and pushed it into the arms of Liao Nanqing who was walking back slowly, and said with a sullen face, "Everyone in the class gets a bottle, this is yours."

Liao Nanqing was taken aback, and asked suspiciously: "What's wrong with you? Has Xu Yanyan provoked you again?" As he spoke, a girl from the same class who had just finished a high jump competition walked by, shouting that she was thirsty.

Liao Nanqing was on duty with this girl, so he was a little familiar, so he handed the water to the girl without any hassle.

In his eyes, it was just a bottle of water allocated to the class.But in Ge Yun's eyes, this is definitely not just a bottle of water.

Ge Jun felt that he was going to be pissed off by Liao Nanqing and Xu Yanyan, so he turned around and left, cursing as he walked, "Men are not good things!" The little affection he had just raised for Liao Nanqing was instantly suppressed by a bottle of water.Ge Yun shook her ponytail vigorously, turned around and stared at Liao Nanqing several times, the picture was full of fierce words.

"..."

Liao Nanqing didn't know what he did wrong, wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, and looked innocently at the girl who was drinking water.

The girl knew a little better than Liao Nanqing, and said awkwardly: "Then...how about I give it back to you?"

She drank it all, Liao Nanqing would definitely not want to go back.He sat down in his seat, chatted with the classmates around him for a few words, and then fell silent.He is still not good at getting along with his classmates. When there are too many people, he stutters a little and doesn't know what to say.Usually at times like this, Liao Nanqing is used to being alone quietly.

While no one was paying attention, he hid in the equipment room with his mobile phone in his pocket.

There was a lot of noise outside, but Liao Nanqing didn't care at all. He closed the door softly, and secretly took out his mobile phone to send a message to Su Beimo.

He asked Su Beimo if he was busy, and Su Beimo replied quickly, saying no, he had just finished eating.

It was Liao Nanqing who dialed the call. He was sitting in the equipment room, listening to the blind tone on the phone, his heart was itchy and empty, and he was digging at the hem of his shoes with his fingertips, waiting silently.After a while, it was Su Beimo who called back, and Liao Nanqing answered the phone in seconds.

Su Beimo had just returned to the office after eating in the company cafeteria. In order not to disturb his colleagues on lunch break, he hid in the tea room.After all, Liao Nanqing was very quiet when he was not talking, but he would be nagging when he was talking, and he really couldn't hang up the phone for a while.

After answering the phone, Liao Nanqing told Su Beimo about the sports meeting and about going to Xu Yanyan's house in two days, with a very happy tone.After all, he hasn't received any birthday invitations since he was ten years old.

He looked like a child who got candy, Huaibao seemed to hold it in his palm and show it to the closest people.

The topics of their chats always revolved around Xu Yanyan and Ge Yun, as well as those monotonous and youthful sentences.

He said that Xu Yanyan always gave him snacks, he also said that Xu Yanyan was taught by the head teacher when he slept in class, and that Ge Yun also sometimes slacked off in his studies.He told Su Beimo everything, and he didn't want to leave anything behind.

Any trifle, small matter, is extremely new to Liao Nanqing, and he wants to share it with Su Beimo.

Hearing his happy tone, Su Beimo felt inexplicably apprehensive.On the other end of the phone is Liao Nanqing, who is gradually connecting with the normal world and entering the youthful student days.After having new friends, Liao Nanqing's world is no longer monotonous, and Su Beimo can hear the changes in Liao Nanqing.

He is getting better and better, as he expected.

An inexplicable sense of loss overflowed my heart, indescribably sour.Not because Liao Nanqing became better, but because he might soon be out of my sight.Su Beimo was both happy for him, but also reluctant.

But Su Beimo didn't express it. Instead, his tone was slow and gentle: "Have you decided what gift to bring? Is there enough money?"

"Ge Yun said that the two of us bought a pair of sneakers together as a gift for him. It's a good deal for the two of us to buy together, and Xu Yanyan likes this gift. Besides, the food in the cafeteria here is very affordable, so I can save some money this month." Liao Nanqing said He tiptoed the bamboo pole on stilts lying on the ground, and asked in a low voice, "Su Beimo, when is your birthday?"

"November 11, how about you?"

"I don't like birthdays." Liao Nanqing muttered, and turned a corner knowingly, "Su Beimo, why is your school so far away?"

"Actually, it's not far."

"But it's far away for me..." I have to take a train, and I can't get there by bus or walk.

"That's far away." Su Beimo said with a low laugh.

Liao Nanqing was coaxed by his laughter and his whole body went limp: "Tomorrow is a long holiday, and I can see you again."

"So you want to see me?" Su Beimo leaned against the window sill in the tea room, slowly putting one hand into his trouser pocket.

"Well, I really want to."

Liao Nanqing's frankness caught Su Beimo by surprise. After a long time, Su Beimo said, "Why do you always say nasty things? It's embarrassing."

He was stunned: "Huh?"

"Ah what?" Su Beimo asked him back.

Liao Nanqing was distressed: "Is there something wrong?"

"Ok?"

"I miss you." Liao Nanqing said, but Su Beimo didn't come to his senses for a long time, "Is there anything wrong with missing you?"

Three straightforward words.

Even Liao Nanqing didn't know that he was so capable of flirting with Su Beimo.Liao Nanqing was an ignorant seed. After Su Beimo watered him, he began to recognize people.He likes Su Beimo, but he doesn't know how to express it.Or, how to find out that I like Su Beimo.He just instinctively does what he wants to do, such as this sentence of missing you.

Like a seed sprouting and seeing the sun for the first time.

He blurted it out, from the bottom of his heart, and told the truth.

Su Beimo's face blushed uncontrollably, he didn't know that he was so easily moved.

The almost simple and clear three words hit Su Beimo's heart directly, making him feel a little shy.What flashed through his mind was the scene of Liao Nanqing seeing him off at the station, the young man's thin body was dazzling.

Liao Nanqing opened his mouth.

I miss you, I miss you.

……

The beating of Su Beimo's heart was clear to his ears, and it gradually accelerated, stepping into a paranoid endless loop.

He was numb by this strange feeling.

Hesitating, he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a colleague who came over suddenly.Liao Nanqing heard the colleague over there and Su Beimo mention the meeting in the afternoon, so he quickly said, "Go ahead, I'll hang up first."

The call was cut off in an instant, and the phone fell into a deep black screen. Liao Nanqing hung up faster than anyone else.

The colleague bumped into Su Beimo's arm, winked and said, "Your partner?"

Only then did Su Beimo come back to his senses.

"No." Su Beimo poured a glass of water casually and drank it slowly, rarely trying to hide his nervousness.The light blue shirt was close-fitting, and after rolling up the sleeves, he seemed to be tall and well-proportioned. He thought for a long time before he came up with a suitable description, "a younger brother."

As soon as the colleague heard that he was not a partner, he lost the nature of gossip: "It's hard for our company to come to you as a fresh meat. If we know that you have a partner, those female colleagues will die of grief."

Su Beimo smiled: "Brother Xu, you really know how to joke."

"But you and your younger brother are too diligent in contacting each other. You call and send messages every day. If you don't know, I thought your younger brother was the right one." Xu Yuanming always liked to joke, and he didn't say anything serious, "But Ah, it's easy for your younger brother to rely on you too much. Boys, it's always better to be independent, and you can adapt quickly when you leave the society. "

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

"He likes to ask me some questions in his third year of high school." Subconsciously, Su Beimo defended Liao Nanqing, and he also noticed this question in his heart, "Indeed, boys should be more independent."

"Your brother?"

"No."

"I do have a younger brother. After work, I can't say a word for a week. I only contact him when I have something to do."

Xu Yuanming shrugged, leaned over and suppressed his throat: "Speaking of which, prepare well for the meeting in the afternoon. Manager Wang's face is quite stinky recently. We probably have to work overtime during the October holiday."

"work overtime?"

"Yeah, I really want to be transferred to Mr. Li's department. They never squeeze employees' normal holidays. Hey..."

Su Beimo frowned.

Seeing his lost energy, Xu Yuanming murmured in his heart, saying that he wasn't his date, and that he had to go back to meet him during the long vacation.He comforted Su Beimo: "It's overtime, it's over in a blink of an eye."

Ask Xu Yuanming to say "auspicious words", in the afternoon meeting, Manager Wang really took the gunpowder, criticized each of them, threw all their reports and work materials on the table, and announced the bad news of working overtime during the short holiday.

After the meeting, Su Beimo leaned back on the office chair with a headache and exhaled.

Xu Yuanming was still blowing the cool breeze, he didn't care to listen, he went to the company's refrigerator to scan the code and bought a bottle of iced coffee.It is estimated that I will not be able to get off work until the early morning tonight, so it is better to accept it calmly and arrange the work at hand early.Su Beimo was always optimistic about working overtime, unlike the other interns who were crying.

He hesitated for a while, and sent a message to Liao Nanqing: [I won't be back from the long vacation, I have to work overtime. ] Just to alienate the excessively close relationship between the two of them, he didn't want Liao Nanqing's new life to become twists and turns because of him.

He anxiously recalled Xu Yuanming's sentence: "Boys, it's always good to be independent, and you can adapt quickly when you leave the society."

Think about it once, and my heart will go blank.It felt very strange, like falling into a dark four-in-one space, feeling at a loss.

The phone vibrates.

Liao Nanqing replied in seconds: [Pay attention to your body. ]

This reply was like that of a little old man. Su Beimo put away his phone, and before he put it in his pocket, it vibrated again.

[Can I come to you? ]

Su Beimo almost flatly refused: [I have been working overtime, are you planning to come to our company to squat and do hygiene? ]

I haven't returned for a long time.

Su Beimo had already finished a can of coffee, and his stomach was churning.

He sent Liao Nanqing: [Strive for progress in the monthly exam in October, remember to review carefully during the short holiday. ]

The other end reluctantly replied: [Okay. ]