Tentative

During the New Year, Qu Zhe and Qu Xiaoyu still got the lucky money from the family.The money is not much, only 200 yuan, so that they can go out to play with their classmates during the Chinese New Year.But Qu Xiaoyu accepted the red envelope, just thanked him honestly, and went back to his room.

Seeing her, Qu Yihao felt annoyed, and cursed in a low voice: "It's Chinese New Year, what's going on with this girl!"

Lin Xiuyan was in a state of mental tension all the time. Hearing this, she quickly changed the subject and said, "I'll go back to my hometown the day after tomorrow. When will you rest?" Qu Yihao snorted coldly, grabbed his clothes The dirty coat on the hat rack was draped over his body: "What are you doing for a rest, three times the salary for Chinese New Year."

"Hey." She could only sigh, "Be careful outside."

"understood."

Qu Yihao's parents, that is, Qu Zhe's grandparents, passed away very early.As a result, Qu Yihao didn't have much contact with his brothers, and everyone lived in peace in different cities.Lin Xiuyan's hometown is in the countryside, and it's quite far from here, so she only finds time to go back to see her aging parents every year during Chinese New Year.Fortunately, Lin Xiuyan has an older sister who has always lived with her parents and can take care of the elderly all the time.

"Qu Zhe!"

He was sitting on the sofa reading a book, when he heard the voice, he raised his head and said, "Huh?"

Lin Xiuyan rolled up her sleeves and started to do housework, saying, "Follow me back to my grandparents the day after tomorrow."

"it is good."

In previous years, Qu Xiaoyu would also follow, but this year there was such a secret, Qu Zhe didn’t dare to ask questions—he didn’t even find a chance to apologize to his sister. Everyone carefully kept the appearance calm so as not to be known by Qu Yihao.

Qu Zhe closed the book and looked out the window.On the contrary, the weather during the past few days of Chinese New Year is quite good, and the outside is quite bright.He got up from the sofa, grabbed his cotton coat, and walked back to the room: "Mom, I'm going out for a stroll."

"it is good--!"

He opened the drawer, and the black box of Seven Stars lay quietly inside. After hesitating for a few seconds, Qu Zhe put it in his pocket and went out the door.

There are many children and friends lighting fireworks on the street, and the whole street is full of fireworks.He had no idea where Qu Zhe should go, he just didn't want to be at home.He put his hands in his pockets, his neck and chin were tightly covered by the scarf, and the unopened pack of cigarettes in his pockets was soon wet and slippery with the sweat from his palms.

Just like a daily fixed task, Qu Zhe naturally went downstairs to Shen Yizhuo. He stared blankly at the window of the living room, and returned back the same way with his head down ten minutes later.It was the first time he had been separated from Shen Yizhuo for such a long time since he was in high school - two days on weekends before were enough for him to not think about eating and drinking, not to mention now, it has been half a month.

Half an hour later, Qu Zhe went to an Internet cafe near the school.

Of course, this is not the first time he has come to an Internet cafe, but Qu Zhe is not interested in online games, and only occasionally comes to listen to music and check things he is interested in—for example, some unclear meanings written on Shen Yizhuo's draft paper if.

After asking for an account at the bar, Qu Zhe looked around while walking in the Internet cafe, and soon found a secluded corner.There was no one around, which just met Qu Zhe's needs.After turning on the computer and entering the account number and password, Qu Zhe thought for a moment, then clicked on the browser and searched for "Happy Together".As the movie started playing, Qu Zhe took out a cigarette, unpacked it, and put one in his mouth.

The lighter that he had prepared for Shen Yizhuo came in handy. He lit him like Shen Yizhuo in his memory, holding two fingers between them, and took a puff into his mouth before taking it away.The bitter taste spread in his mouth, and he still remembered the earth-shaking dizziness before, but now it was difficult to convince himself that they were inhaled into his lungs.But this smell made him feel very familiar and even stable.

He opened his mouth, and the smoke came out immediately, trying to breathe while there was still a little tail left, sucking a few wisps into his lungs.The burning sensation didn't abate much, and his throat was also choked. Qu Zhe couldn't help coughing, and then he took another puff as if he was suffocating with someone.

After the title of the movie appeared, the passionate scene was staged, and the male humming was played in the earphones, but in his eyes, there was something else charming.

When Shen Yizhuo hummed in his ear, it was also so touching.

The brain, which was slightly drowsy due to nicotine, kept collecting the pictures on the screen, interpreting them carefully and carefully.Unlike that night, this time there was no Shen Yizhuo who disturbed his mind, so he could concentrate on understanding what the movie was about.

"Hey."

Suddenly, a voice passed through the earphones and entered Quzhe's ears.There was still a bit of tail left on the cigarette, and he threw it on the ground in a panic, took off his earphones and looked towards the source of the sound—it was Jiang Yuzhao.

His big dog was also beside him, looking at him obediently.

Jiang Yuzhao pulled away the chair next to him and sat down: "You still smoke, I really can't tell."

"Mm, um..." Qu Zhe was somewhat apprehensive towards Jiang Yuzhao.Maybe it was because the other party's attitude of ordering him to do this and that was too tough before, and he always felt that if Jiang Yuzhao was unhappy, he would denounce violence at any time.

The picture of the movie is still playing, and the earphones are hung around the neck, and only a faint sound can be heard.

Qu Zhe was at a loss for the current situation, and didn't know whether to put on the headphones and continue watching movies like no one else; Jiang Yuzhao naturally tied the thick dog leash to the metal pole under the table, and turned it on skillfully.

"Why are you nervous, do I look particularly scary?" Jiang Yuzhao grinned while entering the account password.

"no……"

"Do you often come to Internet cafes?"

"No……"

"For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, you don't need to run away from relatives. It's so pitiful to come to the Internet cafe alone."

"I..." Qu Zhe replied with twinkling eyes, "You are not alone."

"Yo," hearing this, Jiang Yuzhao looked at him, and then swept over the pack of cigarettes on the table, "... Forget it, I'll buy you a Coke, do you want to drink?"

"No need..." "Waiter! Two bottles of Coke!" Qu Zhe had already said his refusal, but Jiang Yuzhao ordered him a bottle as if he didn't hear it.

"thanks……"

"Playing games? Are you coming to an Internet cafe to watch a movie? What kind of movie are you watching?" Jiang Yuzhao leaned over to watch while talking, he shook the mouse, and the name and time of the movie appeared on it, "'Happy Together'? Porn? "

"No..." Qu Zhe whispered.

"It doesn't matter, it's so boring to come to the Internet cafe to watch movies, let's play games." He said, and he had already clicked on the popular online game and entered the account number.Many people in the class are playing this game, and Qu Zhe often hears boys talking together.This kind of game always gives Qu Zhe an endless feeling, as if it will never end no matter when you play it, you just need to play it every day.

Qu Zhe doesn't like endless things.

So he actually loves life because life is limited.

"I won't, sorry."

After the invitation failed, Jiang Yuzhao pursed his lips in displeasure, and played the game on his own without any further force.The waiter came over with two bottles of Coke in glass bottles. Jiang Yuzhao threw away his habit of drinking from the bottles, but Qu Zhe held it, staring at the screen seriously while biting the straw.

While Qu Zhe wasn't paying attention to him, Jiang Yuzhao quietly searched the browser for the title of the movie he saw just now, and the introduction clearly stated "gay people".The scene that I accidentally witnessed on the rooftop that day appeared again, Jiang Yuzhao shook his head lightly, allowing himself to focus more on the game.

Watching this movie for the second time, Qu Zhe still couldn't interpret the dark and lengthy scenes in it. He could understand the beauty of the picture and the lines in it, but he couldn't grasp the flashing feeling to understand the two scenes. The protagonist's emotional entanglements.

Because Jiang Yuzhao was beside him, Qu Zhe didn't dare to light a cigarette anymore, but put the cigarette in his pocket when Jiang Yuzhao wasn't paying attention.

The movie finally came to an end, and he clicked on the webpage and kept searching for the interpretation of the movie.

Jiang Yuzhao glanced at his screen from the corner of his eye, and it turned from dark to bright, and invited again: "Finished? Come and play games with me."

"I really won't..."

"It's very simple, I'll teach you, come on." Jiang Yuzhao said, let his character stand in a safe area, grabbed Qu Zhe's mouse without any explanation, clicked on the game login interface and said, "Register an account. "

"I don't have an email address..."

"What about QQ? Is there always a QQ mailbox?"

"nor……"

"Are you a primitive, really convinced." He simply quit the game, stretched his waist, pressed on the armrest of the seat, explained carefully, and taught Qu Zhe to operate: "This, um, you enter a name, hey Just fill in the rest as you like, and you can change them later... Remember this string of numbers, wait a minute..."

He turned back to his computer and didn't know what he did. Then Qu Zhe coughed in his earphones, and a message flashed in the corner.

"Tap open, open, accept."

"it is good……"

Qu Zhexin applied for the QQ name column, and he wrote "Extraordinary". Of course, Jiang Yuzhao knew what this implied.

But he didn't expose it, he just continued to teach Qu Zhe how to register the game, how to get in, and then a lot of miscellaneous things.After about half an hour, Qu Zhe was on the right track and was able to follow Jiang Yuzhao's character swaying here and there.He doesn't know the fun of the game, nor its purpose, but he does whatever Jiang Yuzhao asks him to do.

But looking at Jiang Yuzhao's face, the other party seemed to be enjoying it, with the corners of his mouth raised all the time, pointing Qu Zhe what to do from time to time.

The Coke bottle on the table was already empty, Jiang Yuzhao asked the waiter for two more bottles, and then said: "Actually, you can smoke if you want, I don't care."

"..." Qu Zhe hesitated for a few seconds, "Don't you smoke?"

"Don't smoke."

"Oh……"

"You seem disappointed?" Jiang Yuzhao turned to look at him and said, "Is it true that poor students should smoke? This kind of thinking is really, really stupid."

"no……"

"What's the excuse? You're not the only one who thinks so." Jiang Yuzhao retracted his gaze and said, "Anyway, I don't care."

"Aren't you... very angry, being misunderstood..."

"No, they have nothing to do with me." He quickly operated his fingers on the keyboard, the last trace of blood from the boss was killed, and the announcement "Congratulations XXX" appeared on the screen, Jiang Yuzhao took the Coke and threw away the sipper, "You just care too much about what other people think. If they don't like you, they won't like you. You won't die because of this, and Shen Yizhuo won't live two years longer just because everyone likes him."

Qu Zhe was slightly taken aback, but did not speak.

Jiang Yuzhao took a sip of Coke, breathed out and said, "Do you have a mobile phone, give me the number, and we will go online together next time."

"I...I don't have a cell phone."

"Oh, then I'll copy my number to you later." Jiang Yuzhao said, "Anyway, I'm free, so call me if you want to come out and play games."

"it is good."

The big dog lay obediently on the edge of the seat, not making noise, and looked at Jiang Yuzhao lazily, with love in its round eyes.Qu Zhe glanced at it, but couldn't tell what it felt like, but he always felt that its eyes were sincere, so sincere that it made people feel ashamed.