Tentative

The long vacation was diluted by playing games with Jiang Yuzhao in the Internet cafe every day, and in the blink of an eye, it was finally the start of school.Qu Zhe got up early in the morning, had finished washing at six o'clock, and went to school to eat with a schoolbag of foreign literature on his back.He ordered a bowl of pea noodles at the breakfast shop in front of the school - that very popular noodle stall, and ate it slowly for an hour, enduring his nausea, but he didn't see any sign of Shen Yizhuo.

Every minute and every second of high school is precious, and freshman year is no exception.In the morning, I will report on the new textbooks, and classes will start in the afternoon.During this period, Qu Zhe was not sure when Shen Yizhuo would come over.After there were more people at the school gate, Qu Zhe followed the flow of people into the school, honestly handed in his homework, went to the academic office to pick up new textbooks, and returned to his seat.

Everyone is actively discussing the anecdotes that happened during the winter vacation, and there are still many people who did not show up, including Shen Yizhuo and Jiang Yuzhao.

Qu Zhe flipped through the collection of poems in the bag on his seat, but couldn't see a single word. He always felt that the time had become extraordinarily long and he was suffering.It was around ten o'clock when Jiang Yuzhao entered the classroom yawning.He went straight to Qu Zhe, and said to Qu Zhe with a tired face, "Hey, help me get the book."

"Oh...oh." Qu Zhe nodded, put down the collection of poems and walked out.

Jiang Yuzhao glanced at the title of the book and said, "You still read these..."

"I……"

"It's okay, it's okay, go and help me get the book."

"it is good."

When he came out of the student office with a stack of new books in his arms, he saw Shen Yizhuo as soon as he looked up—he was not wearing a school uniform, but a khaki woolen coat, dark blue jeans and black Martin boots. The surrounding classmates are far apart, and many girls are secretly looking at him.Qu Zhe froze in place, but Shen Yizhuo walked up to him generously and said, "Just here?"

"No, it's not...it's already here."

"Then how did you get the book?"

"I'll help Jiang Yuzhao..." Qu Zhe said anxiously.

The smile on Shen Yizhuo's face did not decrease by half, and he whispered generously and decently: "Is he disabled, must someone help him?"

"……sorry."

"Wait for me, I'll get the book."

"Ok."

When Shen Yizhuo also came out with the book in his arms, the two walked side by side in the direction of the classroom.Shen Yizhuo didn't intend to explain to Qu Zhe why no one was seen during the winter vacation. He just asked other insignificant questions indifferently: "Have you read all the books?"

"finish watching……"

"how do you feel?"

"Good……"

"Then let's read a few more books today." Shen Yizhuo said indifferently, "Jiang Yuzhao started ordering you around again...?"

Qu Zhe frowned, and didn't know what he wanted to ask, so he could only truthfully say, "It's not counting...just asking me to help..."

"You are happy?"

"I……"

"Then you can help him do it." Shen Yizhuo said.

During this conversation, he wore a slight smile throughout the whole process, as if he was talking about something relaxed and interesting.But in Qu Zhe's view, this smile is full of deep meaning, which makes him involuntarily afraid.After he finished speaking, his pace suddenly quickened, breaking the rhythm with Qu Zhe, and he left alone.

Qu Zhe didn't dare to catch up hastily, so he could only follow behind, letting the distance get further and further away.

When he returned to the classroom, Shen Yizhuo was already arranging the books and test papers in his seat, while Jiang Yuzhao was leaning on the chair bored, shaking slightly, holding the "Four Quartets" that Qu Zhe had just reviewed in his hand.Seeing this scene, Qu Zhe immediately looked at Shen Yizhuo, trying to find some clues from his expression.But Shen Yizhuo maintained an indifferent expression, doing his own thing seriously, as if he noticed what Jiang Yuzhao was doing.

Qu Zhe walked over, put the new book on Jiang Yuzhao's table, and made a muffled sound: "...why take my book?"

"Look at what you're looking at." Jiang Yuzhao closed it indifferently, "It's really boring, what is it all about."

Qu Zhe snatched the book from him suddenly, leaving only one sentence, "It's not good to take other people's things", and hurried back to his seat, stuffing the book into his bag.

"What..." Jiang Yuzhao frowned slightly, and looked at him unhappily, "You really have a temper now."

The weird atmosphere lasted for a while, Li Tuzhi walked into the classroom, cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, be quiet."

At this time, most people have arrived, and it will be time for lunch. Li Tuzhi said: "Classes start at two o'clock in the afternoon. The class schedule is here. The class leader will use the class fee to copy it and send it to everyone."

"Ok!"

"There is nothing else, don't be late in the afternoon!"

Qu Zhe approached Shen Yizhuo, and said in a low voice, "At noon... let's have dinner together..." "Shen Yizhuo!" A boy came over with a loud greeting, completely covering up Qu Zhe's voice, "Let's have dinner at noon, how is your winter vacation? Sample?"

Shen Yizhuo smiled and stood up: "Okay, I'm back home for the winter vacation, and I'm very busy."

"Oh yes, your parents don't seem to be here."

"Well, that's right."

"You are very handsome today..."

"Come here as soon as I got off the car, and I didn't have time to go back and change."

While they were talking, they walked out, Qu Zhe, who was lying on the table, looked like a joke.He stared blankly at Shen Yizhuo leaving just like that, with mixed feelings in his heart, but he didn't know what to do.

Based on what he knew about Shen Yizhuo, the other party was obviously angry.

But whether it was because he helped Jiang Yuzhao get angry with books, or because Jiang Yuzhao took his bookish anger without authorization, he didn't know.Maybe both, maybe neither, just simply don't want to bother with him.

"...No matter how much you like it, it will be annoying to follow it every day."

What Jiang Yuzhao said suddenly came out, Qu Zhe sighed, stood up silently and walked out.

"Hey!" Jiang Yuzhao hurried to catch up, grabbed Qu Zhe's shoulder and said, "Let's eat together!"

"……what?"

Shen Yizhuo, who was walking a lot in front of them, glanced back calmly, and continued to chat with the boys on boring topics.

Qu Zhe pushed him in a panic and said, "I...I don't like hooking my shoulders..."

"You talk so strangely, you just put your arms around your arms, and you still 'hook your shoulders and your back'," Jiang Yuzhao let go of his hands, and laughed, "Did you just read those inexplicable poems? How silly."

"I'll go home for lunch..." Qu Zhe could only make up an excuse.But he always ate out at noon, so Lin Xiuyan never prepared his meals.

Who knew that Jiang Yuzhao didn't hear the polite refusal at all, and the corners of his mouth raised even more: "Then I'll go to your house to eat."

"..."

"How about it?"

"Okay, I'll go out to eat with you, it's not convenient at my house..." Qu Zhe sighed, a little disappointed.

In contrast, Jiang Yuzhao was all smiles, as if something great had happened, which was quite different from his usual lazy look.

Jiang Yuzhao took him to an unfamiliar small restaurant, a little far from the school, but it was just what Qu Zhe wanted - if he happened to be in the same restaurant as Shen Yizhuo, he really couldn't eat it.But in this situation, Qu Zhe also eats like chewing wax, and Jiang Yuzhao chatters with him, and he can only cope with it with "um" and "ah".

This day was extremely difficult, and Shen Yizhuo ignored Qu Zhe again.After the self-study get out of class in the evening, he couldn't help following not far away, until the person who was on the same road with Shen Yizhuo left at the fork in the road, he quickened his pace to follow: "Shen Yizhuo!"

The other party didn't respond, and continued to walk home at the same speed.

Qu Zhe trotted to catch up, stood panting in front of Shen Yizhuo, bit his lower lip and said, "Shen Yizhuo..."

Being stopped by him like this, Shen Yizhuo had no choice but to stop.He looked at Qu Zhe, his indifferent expression turned into a smile: "Is there something wrong?"

"I..." There was a little sweat on his forehead, and his body was also hot. He couldn't say a word after seeing Shen Yizhuo's face, so he said, "I'll return the book to you."

"Okay." Shen Yizhuo nodded.

He took out all five books from his bag and handed them over in a pile.Shen Yizhuo took it, pulled out the "Four Quartets", and threw it on the side of the road without any hesitation.The book made a sound when it fell to the ground, and Qu Zhe looked at it in a daze until the other party said again: "Is there anything else? I'm going back."

"...I'm sorry!" He lowered his head hastily, holding back his apology.

"Why do you apologize?" Shen Yizhuo asked lightly.

"I... I shouldn't have helped Jiang Yuzhao get the book... I, I shouldn't have let him touch your book..."

"So you know," the smile in Shen Yizhuo's voice didn't hide, "I hate other people touching my things the most."

"Sorry……"

"Qu Zhe," Qu Zhe raised his head nervously, only to see his hands in his overcoat, his eyes shining brightly from the street lights in the night, "You should keep a distance from everyone, don't you understand?"

"I……"

"You should be clear now." After he finished speaking, he bypassed Qu Zhe and was about to leave.

It seems that Shen Yizhuo may hate Jiang Yuzhao very much.This is like a small group in twos and threes for a long time. If one of them makes friends with other groups, it is tantamount to betrayal.Qu Zhe wasn't sure if this was the correct meaning of Shen Yizhuo's words, at that moment he acted only by instinct.

Qu Zhe quickly grabbed Shen Yizhuo's coat, with a strong nasal voice, as if he was about to cry: "I'm sorry, I was wrong..."

——Intuition told him that if Shen Yizhuo left like this, he would never have a chance to talk to him again.

——Instinct is also clamoring crazily, how important Shen Yizhuo is to him.

About Shen Yizhuo was moved by his crying, he turned around, raised his head a little proudly, looked at Qu Zhe's downcast brows, and said after a long while: "Spend the night at my house tonight."

"Okay..." If his voice was only slightly choked before, then when he heard this sentence, his nose was sour and he was about to cry.

He didn't see Shen Yizhuo throughout the winter vacation. He flipped through those books every day, sniffed the smell of unlit tobacco from time to time, went to the Internet cafe to watch the movie over and over again, just to imitate a little bit of Shen Yizhuo's side from these behaviors. Feel.Now that he finally saw him, whether it was joy or previous fear, he had the urge to cry.

Shen Yizhuo grabbed his hand instead, and pulled him back home: "You must be loyal to me, it's your choice."

"Yeah." Qu Zhe sniffed, watching the shadow on the ground lengthen and shorten, and so on.

Shen Yizhuo's voice sounded like heaven in his ears: "As long as you are obedient, I will treat you well... Only I will treat you well, you know."

"……Know."