Tentative

Qu Zhe was lying on the folding bed, and wanted to smoke a cigarette, but thought that Jiang Yuzhao would sleep here for a while, so he had to give up.Within a few minutes, he heard footsteps going upstairs. Jiang Yuzhao gently opened the door and walked in. After locking the door, he said, "Are you sleeping inside or outside?"

"I also can."

"Then you sleep in it."

"Okay." Qu Zhe said, moving inside.Jiang Yuzhao had a towel hanging around his neck. Seeing Qu Zhe go in, he sat down on the edge of the bed and wiped his hair carelessly.

They also want to share the same bed with others, but Jiang Yuzhao and Shen Yizhuo are very different to Qu Zhe.He still remembers the first time he slept at Shen Yizhuo's house - no matter how many times he stayed overnight, or how many times he slept in the same bed with Shen Yizhuo, he was as nervous as the first time.

But now, Jiang Yuzhao was sitting next to him, about to sleep together, but he didn't feel anything strange.

The two of them didn't speak, they heard the sound of towels rubbing against their hair.After a while, when Jiang Yuzhao's hair was mostly dry, he hung the towel on the doorknob, took off his shoes and went to bed, and leaned against the bedside to play with his phone.

Qu Zhe took the book next to the pillow and looked at it. The light was blocked by Jiang Yuzhao a lot, and it was a bit difficult to read. After a while, his eyes began to be sore and uncomfortable, so he had to put down the book and rub it.Jiang Yuzhao raised his head and said, "Is your eyes uncomfortable?"

"No... just tired." Qu Zhe rubbed his eyes and said, "It's time to sleep."

"Oh, let's go to sleep." Jiang Yuzhao lifted the quilt and lay down, stretched out his hand to pull the lamp beside the bed, and Qu Zhe also closed the book and lay down.

In the storage room, there was only the moonlight outside. Two big men slept on the single bed, which was somewhat crowded. Even though Qu Zhe was always leaning against the wall, he was still shoulder to shoulder with Jiang Yuzhao.The room was quiet, except for the sound of the breathing of the two people at different frequencies.

Qu Zhe closed his eyes, but his mind was in a mess, thinking of many things from the past.

"Are you asleep?" Jiang Yuzhao said suddenly, breaking the calm and interrupting the memories projected in his mind.He responded muffledly, and Jiang Yuzhao said again: "Squeeze or not, or I'd better go to sleep underneath."

"It's fine, I think it's fine."

Jiang Yuzhao paused, turned over suddenly, and turned to Qu Zhe: "It might be better this way."

Qu Zhe did not respond, still lying on his back.His eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, and Jiang Yuzhao could vaguely see his side face with eyes closed.The first time he saw Qu Zhe take off his glasses, it was a night a few years ago when he snatched his glasses as a prank.

Different from those who were isolated because of their ugly appearance, Qu Zhe was actually born very well, with a high nose bridge, but narrow nose wings, and his eyes are dull due to myopia, but the shape of the eyes is good, and the inner corners of the eyes look down slightly. Looking into his eyes, Jiang Yuzhao couldn't tell what it felt like.

At this moment, he could only see the lines of the side face and the eyelashes illuminated by the moonlight.

The eyelashes are so long, Jiang Yuzhao thought.

"Actually... this is the first time I slept with a friend." Jiang Yuzhao said suddenly.

His voice was very soft, as if he was telling a story, and he didn't need Qu Zhe to respond, he continued on his own: "I haven't told you about my family... Hey, I haven't told anyone either. One day you were on the rooftop with him... I actually saw it."

Qu Zhe's eyelashes trembled slightly.

Qu Zhe knew who "he" was.

"I used to really hate homosexuality. Remember that time, when your parents passed away, I told you," Jiang Yuzhao continued, "My mother died when I was in the first grade of junior high school. It was suicide. She died from ten years ago. After jumping down a few floors, I stood behind her and didn't hold her back."

Jiang Yuzhao's tone began to become uncomfortable, apparently he had never tried to open up to anyone so much, but for some reason, in this quiet atmosphere, he suddenly felt the desire to talk.

"My dad actually doesn't like her, but likes another young man... that man is not much older than me. Not long after my mother passed away, that man lived in my house. I understood at that time why my mother would seek death .”

After he finished saying this sentence, he sighed long, and it seemed a bit difficult to say it.

Qu Zhe was surprised, but he still didn't open his eyes, but said softly: "My condolences."

"It's okay, it's all over." I don't know who he was comforting, but Jiang Yuzhao went on to say, "I hate them, and I hate homosexuality, and then I was stuffed into the sky.

"You know, you were really cowardly at that time, and I was annoyed when I saw you... probably because I saw myself standing helplessly behind my mother.

"Later when I found out about you and him, I suddenly felt that I was wrong.

"My mother is undoubtedly a victim, but you are also a victim. I have always felt that human nature is inherently evil. Seeing the reactions of those so-called classmates, I feel so even more.

"I don't know what qualifications they have to judge others. I feel disgusted. It's really disgusting that some people feel happy when they collectively bully a weak person."

Probably because he kept one posture for too long, Qu Zhe was uncomfortable, so he turned over hesitantly, and faced Jiang Yuzhao face to face.He suddenly opened his eyes and met Jiang Yuzhao's eyes.

What Jiang Yuzhao was going to say was blocked by this look, his lips were slightly parted but he couldn't say it for a long time.

Qu Zhe said: "It's all in the past...but I'm still very grateful to you."

"There is nothing to be grateful for." Jiang Yuzhao said, "Maybe I should thank you."

"Ok?"

"Later, I didn't hate my father so much when I saw him again, including that young man... So now, at least we won't make both parties unhappy when we meet again."

What Jiang Yuzhao said that night surprised Qu Zhe.He never thought that something like that would happen behind Jiang Yuzhao, nor did he think that someone would be grateful to him.

Later, Jiang Yuzhao continued to speak intermittently. People tend to be sentimental at night. He talked a lot, but he didn't know when he became sleepy. The more he spoke, the more he laughed, and the words became more and more vague.Qu Zhe fell asleep while listening, and Jiang Yuzhao fell asleep while talking.

a few hours ago.

Jiang Yuzhao didn't expect to see Shen Yizhuo in the store - there were so many customers in the store, except for those regular customers who came every day like signing in, he never paid attention to the other customers.But that day, as soon as he walked to manager Luo's office from the crowded outside, he wanted to take a breather, when he saw Shen Yizhuo standing in a place where customers should not be there, asking about something with the employee T.

It's strange that he appeared here, and it's not strange to say that it's not strange.Jiang Yuzhao was in the same school as him, and they had met each other more or less in school, but neither of them pretended to know each other, and neither of them had any intention of recalling the past.Speaking of it, Jiang Yuzhao and Shen Yizhuo didn't get along, as if they were born with each other.

Jiang Yuzhao walked in behind him, because it was noisy outside, everyone had to work hard to make sure others could hear them.Shen Yizhuo was no exception, he raised his voice to ask little T something, but Jiang Yuzhao didn't hear the footsteps coming over at all.

"This is from your store!" Shen Yizhuo handed something to Little T.

Jiang Yuzhao was the tallest at that time, and he is still much taller than Shen Yizhuo now, so he can easily see what it is.It was an eye-covering mask worn by employees during an event in the store a few days ago, and it was not a rare thing.

Little T took it over and took a look, and said truthfully: "Yes! It's from our store!"

"Excuse me, do any of the employees here have tattoos on their backs!"

"This...that's a lot!" Little T said with a smile.

It's not uncommon for people who work in nightclubs to have tattoos on their bodies.

Shen Yizhuo said again: "Probably a little below the neck, the tattoo is a number, '799'."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuzhao's face darkened instantly.He was often in Guan Tian's shop, and he also saw Qu Zhe coming out topless after taking a shower.When Guan Tian met for the first time, he was still grinning and praised his craftsmanship.

Shen Yizhuo's words, in Jiang Yuzhao's ears, not only meant the superficial meaning, but also had a deeper meaning - Shen Yizhuo was the person that night.

All of a sudden, a burst of anger burst out, completely out of control.

"I don't know about this..." Little T responded, before he finished speaking, Jiang Yuzhao had already put his hand on Shen Yizhuo's shoulder, Little T said quickly, "Master Jiang..."

"Jiang...?" Shen Yizhuo turned around puzzled, "Jiang Yuzhao..."

Jiang Yuzhao did not speak.Before Shen Yizhuo could react, he had already punched Shen Yizhuo.This punch aimed at his stomach with such great force that Shen Yizhuo let out a muffled grunt and took several steps back.But Jiang Yuzhao still wanted to be puzzled, strode in front of him, grabbed Shen Yizhuo by the collar, and punched him hard on the cheekbone again.

The blow was so hard that Shen Yizhuo couldn't stand up at all. He fell to the wall, his forehead hit the corner of the small window next to the fruit plate, and immediately began to bleed.

He supported the wall to stabilize his body, looked at Jiang Yuzhao with undisguised disgust in his eyes, and growled, "What are you doing?"

"What am I doing?" It would be fine if Shen Yizhuo didn't speak, but when he said that, Jiang Yuzhao became even more angry, "Shen Yizhuo, you scum, think about what good things you have done yourself!" He rushed forward like crazy.

Little T was dumbfounded by the side, he came back to his senses and ran towards Manager Luo's office immediately.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Shen Yizhuo cursed.Being beaten for no reason, Shen Yizhuo was also angry. He raised his hand to wipe the blood seeping from his forehead, clenched his fists and greeted Jiang Yuzhao's face.Although he is not as tall as Jiang Yuzhao, he usually does sports a lot. If there is a real fight, it is not certain who will win.

Jiang Yuzhao was caught off guard and was punched in the face, and the two scuffled together.

"Master Jiang, Master Jiang!"

Little T asked Manager Luo to come over, and brought a lot of people with him.He yelled twice, but Jiang Yuzhao didn't act as if he didn't hear him. In desperation, he had no choice but to say: "Hurry up and stop him!!"

The employees stepped forward and dragged the two of them away. Many people blocked the middle of the two of them. Manager Luo pulled Shen Yizhuo and walked aside: "I'm sorry, this guest, today's blame is on me."

"Don't talk nonsense with him!" Jiang Yuzhao raised his voice, "Shen Yizhuo, you are not welcome here, as far as you go, never come to my shop."

After he finished speaking, he turned to the staff, including Manager Luo, and said, "Did you hear clearly?"

"Jiang Yuzhao, you are really sick."

Being pulled away, Shen Yizhuo quickly regained his composure.He shook off Manager Luo's hand that was holding him, said this sentence coldly, turned and left.

Looking at him like that, Jiang Yuzhao felt as if his fist was hitting the cotton, and he was very stunned.But the person has already left, and it is impossible for him to chase him out and insist on fighting him to the death.Now four or five employees around him are busy restraining him, Jiang Yuzhao angrily throws everyone away: "Don't fuck me!!"

"Master Jiang... why did you have a conflict with the guest...?"

"Manager Luo, I told you to bring my friend in person. What have you done to me?" Jiang Yuzhao scolded angrily, "You'd better not make any more mistakes, or get out of here."

Jiang Yuzhao said this, and angrily walked towards the back door, leaving Manager Luo at a loss as to what was going on.