Tentative

No matter who Shen Yizhuo had by his side, life had to go on.Qu Zhe knew very well in his heart that he still needed to work and save money. Outside of this time, as long as he could see Shen Yizhuo, he would be satisfied.I saw Shen Yizhuo talking to a girl in a milk tea shop that day, and he has seen him several times since then.But it was a coincidence that he had never seen the girl's face, and he didn't know if it was the same one.

If it's the same one, it's probably Shen Yizhuo's girlfriend.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, summer is here, and the semester is coming to an end.Qu Zhe was anxious because of this - if it was summer vacation, it would mean that he would not see Shen Yizhuo for two months.

10:30 in the evening.

Jiang Yuzhao had nothing to do, so he went to Tartary Buckwheat Coffee to wait for Qu Zhe to get off work.He was sitting bored, there was only one table of customers left in the store, Qu Zhe had already packed up the back of the house a long time ago, just waiting for this table of customers to leave, and his work for today was over.

Jiang Yuzhao was playing a mobile game. He was holding the mobile phone with both hands and resting his elbows on the table. It seemed that sitting was really boring. He suddenly raised his hand, leaned back on the chair, and sighed while holding the mobile phone: "Ah— —Your job is really idle.”

"Really, it's pretty good." Qu Zhe looked at him, pursed his lips and smiled.

He is also holding a mobile phone - it has to be said that the functions of mobile phones nowadays are beyond Qu Zhe's imagination.The model that Jiang Yuzhao used is not old. Under Jiang Yuzhao's guidance, he can at least use his mobile phone to read Weibo now.

@宇雅雅日: It's so hot!

@宇雅雅日: The person I like happens to like me too.

@宇雅雅日: Even if you are by my side, I still miss you very much【Photo.jpg】

@宇雅雅日: Watching a movie [Jesus]【Photo.jpg】

His Weibo account didn’t even include his name. His name was a string of “mobile phone users” plus a string of unknown numbers.But it doesn't matter, the only reason Qu Zhe uses Weibo is to see Qu Xiaoyu's face and to know how she is doing.

Qu Zhe was stunned for a moment when he saw the latest one: In that photo, Qu Xiaoyu was taking a selfie while sitting in a movie theater, and there were obviously people beside him.It's just that the man only showed his shoulders and arms, nothing else. Judging from his body shape, he could tell that he was a man, but he couldn't see anything else.

"Damn, I'm dead." Jiang Yuzhao exclaimed, just as the game was over there.He put down the phone, saw Qu Zhe's expression was not normal, opened his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"

"...My sister may have a boyfriend."

"Oh? Let me see." Jiang Yuzhao said, holding out his hand.

Qu Zhe didn't shy away, and handed him the phone.Jiang Yuzhao turned it over, looked at it and said: "It's normal, your sister is so beautiful, it's normal for boys to like it."

"Too……"

"Are you worried that she will be cheated?"

"A little bit."

"Hey, it's okay." Jiang Yuzhao said, "She is very smart at first glance, so she won't be deceived."

While the two were talking, the guests at that table finally got up and left.Qu Zhe hastily put away the phone and said, "I'll clean it up, it'll be ready soon."

"Well, no hurry."

Jiang Yuzhao started playing games again. This time he stood up, looked down at the phone screen, and slowly walked out of the store.After Qu Zhe packed everything up, turned off the lights, and closed the gate, Jiang Yuzhao put down his phone, and the two walked to the tattoo shop side by side.

"You slept in Sister Tian's shop again today?"

"Yeah, the car is being maintained, it's troublesome to go home."

"Do you live far away?"

"Driving for an hour, you said it's far away."

"...that's quite far away." Qu Zhe said, taking out the crumpled soft-packed cigarette case in his pocket.There was only the last cigarette left in it, so Qu Zhe lit it, crumpled the cigarette case and planned to throw it away.Jiang Yuzhao has sharp eyes: "Did you change the brand?"

"Um……"

"Didn't you draw seven stars all the time?"

Qu Zhe took a deep breath, his expression a little unnatural: "Occasionally I want to change."

"It's the last one, do you want to buy a pack?" Jiang Yuzhao raised his chin and pointed to a convenience store not far away.Qu Zhe shook his head: "There is none there, you have to go to 711."

"Oh, let's wait then."

From buckwheat coffee to the tattoo shop, you don’t pass 711, but there is one more than 100 meters away in the other direction at the fork.When he reached the fork in the road, Jiang Yuzhao answered the phone.Qu Zhe pointed to 711, gestured twice, and signaled him to wait on the spot, and just go and buy it by himself.

Jiang Yuzhao nodded, stopped, and continued talking to the person on the phone.

Qu Zhe walked into the store quickly. He didn't have anything to buy, so he went straight to the bar and glanced at the neatly displayed cigarettes behind the waiter.

"Cigarette No. 17, thank you."

"Take bag No. 17."

Before Qu Zhe finished speaking, he heard someone next to him speak almost at the same time.He turned his head in surprise, and the other party also looked at him in surprise—there were not many people smoking Lucky, and there were not many stores where they could buy Lucky.

At this glance, the two were stunned at the same time.

The waiter took two packs of lucky from the shelf and put them on the table to quote.Qu Zhe didn't want any more cigarettes, so he turned his head and left.

Shen Yizhuo quickly grabbed his wrist and said softly, "Where are you going?"

After Jiang Yuzhao made the phone call, he waited at the intersection for a while, but there was no sign of Qu Zhe.It stands to reason that even if he walked slowly to buy a pack of cigarettes, it would only take a few minutes, but he had been standing at the intersection for more than ten minutes without seeing Qu Zhe.

He kept looking at the convenience store, only seeing the white light from the signboard, and there was no one walking towards him.

Jiang Yuzhao pondered for a few minutes, got a little impatient, and simply walked over there.

From a distance, he saw Qu Zhe standing at the door of 711, smoking a cigarette, and felt a little baffled.As he walked there, Qu Zhe's figure became clearer and clearer. Just as he was about to raise his voice to say hello, the phone in his pocket buzzed again: "Hello?"

"I... I have something to do, don't wait for me." It was Qu Zhe's voice.

Jiang Yuzhao stopped in his tracks, and felt a little dazed listening to the voice on the phone—there was clearly someone standing beside Qu Zhe, but because he was standing under the light board, he couldn't see his face clearly.But he could still guess who it was.

Seeing that he didn't reply, Qu Zhe asked again: "Hello?"

"Ah, ah?"

"I'm in a hurry, you go back first, sorry."

"……okay."

Jiang Yuzhao hesitated for a few seconds, but still responded, "Then I'll go back."

He hung up the phone, but still stared at the two people standing side by side.They were smoking and not being intimate, but he was so far away that he couldn't hear what they were saying or doing.

There are probably some things that only the person involved knows what it is like, but others can't understand it, let alone interfere.

Jiang Yuzhao knew that he was someone else.

Qu Zhe stood beside him smoking a cigarette, even his fingertips were trembling.He never thought that he would meet Shen Yizhuo face to face in such an unexpected situation.The people around him remained calm and did not speak.

The first time he saw Shen Yizhuo, his mind went blank.He was full of uneasiness, he just wanted to leave quickly, he just wanted to escape - he was not ready to meet Shen Yizhuo at all.But that hand held his wrist with an astonishing temperature. At that moment, Qu Zhe felt as if all his strength had been drained, and he couldn't move a single step.

"Where are you going?" Shen Yizhuo's voice could not tell whether it was joy or anger, his tongue began to lose control, and he began to stumble again: "I, I..."

Shen Yizhuo didn't seem to care what he had to say, he still grabbed his hand, picked up the cigarette with the other hand, and paid for it: "I didn't expect to meet like this... Don't rush away, we should catch up on the old days."

It was quite dark outside, except for the light of a street lamp and a convenience store sign.Shen Yizhuo pulled him to stand under the light board, skillfully unwrapped the cigarette, and handed him one: "Long time no see."

Qu Zhe went on: "...Yes."

"You live nearby?"

"Uh-huh."

Shen Yizhuo let go of his hand, took out the lighter from his pocket, and handed it to Qu Zhe before he lit it himself.Qu Zhe took it over, the cold metal lighter was in his hand, he glanced at it hastily, it was no longer the original one, at some point, Shen Yizhuo changed it.

They were standing very close, and he could vaguely smell the fragrance of Shen Yizhuo's hair - the same, it was no longer the smell in his memory.

He just gave him the lighter first, and Shen Yizhuo didn't say anything else, but Qu Zhe still seemed to understand his hint, trembling slightly, rubbing the flint, and after a little firework flashed, the dark blue flame ignited.He took the lighter and handed it over to him.

Shen Yizhuo had a cigarette in his mouth, and the flame moved closer to the front. Shen Yizhuo's lips were slightly hooked, and he seemed to bow his head in satisfaction, letting Qu Zhe light the cigarette on his lips.

Even though it has been so long, even if there is no connection between them, even if the relationship has been deformed from the very beginning...every bit at the beginning seems to be engraved on Qu Zhe's bones, and he can't refuse any request from Shen Yizhuo.No, in other words, Shen Yizhuo doesn't need to speak, just a look and a movement, and he is willing to be Shen Yizhuo's dog.

Shen Yizhuo took a deep breath, looked at him standing beside him embarrassed, and said calmly: "Order it for yourself, don't be so afraid."

"Well..." After lighting it up for himself as promised, he wanted to return the lighter to Shen Yizhuo, but the other party didn't pick it up, and just continued calmly: "Don't go back tonight, I have a lot to say to you."

If it weren't for Shen Yizhuo's words, Qu Zhe would have almost forgotten that Jiang Yuzhao was still waiting for him not far away.

"Hello?" He called Jiang Yuzhao and wanted to call his name, but before he spoke, he suddenly realized that maybe he shouldn't let Shen Yizhuo know that he still had contact with Jiang Yuzhao, "I...I have something to do, don't you Wait for me...Hello? I'm in a hurry, you go back first, sorry."

Qu Zhe has no intention to figure out what the person on the other end of the phone is thinking.

During the smoking break, he quietly raised his eyes to look at Shen Yizhuo - which was completely different from looking at him from a distance.His eyebrows and eyes have experienced these years, although there are some changes, they are still the appearance in Qu Zhe's memory.

The two stood side by side in silence for a long time.

Shen Yizhuo put out the cigarette on the ashtray standing beside him, and finally looked at him.Feeling his gaze, Qu Zhe lowered his head even more flustered, only to hear Shen Yizhuo say: "Qu Zhe, do you still like me?"

His heart skipped a beat and he couldn't answer.