Tentative

"Yizhuo, eat more." The woman in the cheongsam said softly.

"Thank you, auntie." Shen Yizhuo nodded with a smile, and put the food into his mouth gracefully.Shen Guyu sat on the main seat, and suddenly asked: "How is school?"

"Very good." Shen Yizhuo replied indifferently.

"In two years, I will go to college again." Shen Guyu said, looking at the boy in the last seat.His face was still childish, his brows looked a bit like Shen Yizhuo's, but his lips and nose looked like a woman's.

Shen Yiwei raised his head when he heard the words, "...it's still early."

"You should have prepared earlier."

Shen Yiwei was born to a woman, Shen Yizhuo's half brother, five years younger than him.The topic suddenly turned to Shen Yiwei, the woman and Shen Guyu asked about Shen Yiwei's situation without saying a word.The boy who was still in the rebellious stage was full of impatience, and the only answers were short words like "yes" and "um".

Shen Yizhuo didn't participate in it, he quickly finished his meal, wiped his mouth and said, "Dad, Auntie, I'm full."

"Well," Shen Guyu said, "I mostly stay at home during the holidays."

"I just want to tell you something." Shen Yizhuo looked at him and said with an impeccable smile on his face, "I plan to prepare for the exam, so I don't want to live in the dormitory."

"You want to move out?"

"Yes."

Shen Guyu chewed the food in his mouth, thought for a moment and said, "I'll let Xiao Zhou arrange it for you later."

"Thank you dad."

"Dad, then I also want to move outside!" Shen Yiwei said suddenly.

The woman took his bowl of soup, and blamed him a little: "You are still young, how can you live outside, and you don't live in school now, you are honestly living at home."

"Why, Shen Yizhuo can live outside, and I want to live outside too." Shen Yiwei said.

"He's your brother!" Shen Guyu frowned, "What does it look like to call him by his first name?"

"Yiwei, you want to call me brother, you can't talk like that."

Shen Yizhuo smiled, as if he didn't care at all: "It's okay...then I'll go back to my room and read a book first."

"Go."

He got up, and when he passed by Shen Yiwei, he gave him a playful look.His movements were very subtle, the woman and Shen Guyu didn't notice at all, only Shen Yiwei knew that he was showing off.

Shen Yiwei flicked his chopsticks violently: "I'm full!"

When Qu Zhe woke up, Shen Yizhuo had already left.I forgot to take off my contact lenses last night, and now my eyes are hurting badly.He turned on his phone and looked at it. Shen Yizhuo had sent him a message, to the effect that there was still something to do, and he would contact him when he was free.Qu Zhe hastily washed and went downstairs.Downstairs is still the same as yesterday, and someone has already started to clean it up.There were several drunken people lying on the sofa, and the sound of cleaning did not wake them up.

Qu Zhe came down, and the man who drove him and Shen Yizhuo yesterday noticed him, and hurriedly said, "I got up so early...Brother Shen told me to take you back, should you go now?"

He was a little flattered - he had never had this kind of treatment since he was a child.He nodded dully and said, "I'm ready to go back..."

"Then you wait at the door, I'm going to drive now." The man said, before Qu Zhe could answer, he had already walked towards the door.

Qu Zhe didn't know what role Shen Yizhuo played in this group of people.He couldn't guess it, but he heard those classmates talking a few years ago that Shen Yizhuo's family must be very rich, much richer than he imagined.

The driver was still the same as last night, wanting to say something to Qu Zhe.But Qu Zhe kept looking at the phone in silence. He didn't even get a response after saying a few words, so he could only ask embarrassingly, "Where do you live, and where can I drive?"

"I live near the pedestrian street of A, it would be nice to be nearby, thank you." Qu Zhe said.

He stared at the message Shen Yizhuo had sent before on the screen of his mobile phone, it was after ten o'clock in the morning.It's already twelve o'clock at the moment, and it stands to reason that they could sleep until the afternoon when they played until then last night.But Shen Yizhuo got up and left after only three or four hours of sleep, maybe something really happened.

Qu Zhe could only comfort himself in this way.

He thought for a long time in the car, and in the end he only sent back a short message to Shen Yizhuo: I'm going back.

Until he really got out of the car and returned to Guan Tian's place smelling of alcohol, Shen Yizhuo didn't reply.Guan Tian just got up and was cooking, when he heard the noise outside, he thought it was a reserved guest: "Welcome, are you here so early?"

She poked her head out of the kitchen, still holding a spoon in her hand, and was startled when she saw Qu Zhe: "It's Ah Zhe who came back... where did you go last night...?"

"My friend's birthday, I went to play for a while." Qu Zhe said.

Guan Tian nodded, and went into the kitchen again: "Okay, take a shower quickly, your body smells of alcohol."

"it is good."

"I'm making soup here, and there's still half an hour left. You take a bath and ask Ah Zhao to get up and eat." Guan Tian continued.

Qu Zhe obediently responded, and quietly went upstairs to get a change of clothes.He pushed open the door of the storage room, and Jiang Yuzhao was sleeping on his bed.The small fan on the table creaked and turned. The weather was already very hot, and the storage room was small and hot. Jiang Yuzhao was wearing shorts and his upper body was bare, and all the bedding and quilts were thrown against the wall.At the beginning of June, Guan Tian wanted to install an air conditioner in the storage room, but Qu Zhe really didn't want her to spend any more money on him, and he couldn't afford it, so he refused.It was Guan Tian who found a small fan for him to make do with, and he only stayed in the storage room when he slept all day, Qu Zhe thought it would be over soon.

But now that Jiang Yuzhao is so hot, Qu Zhe feels both funny and guilty.

He rummaged through a piece of clean clothes in his bag and came out. He turned his head and saw that Jiang Yuzhao's cell phone was next to the pillow. He probably touched it in his sleep. Half of it was outside the bed, ready to fall off at any time.Qu Zhe walked over to pick up the phone, trying to help him put it on the table.

Who knew that Jiang Yuzhao's phone didn't even have a password, or even a screen lock.As soon as he touched the phone screen, the phone lit up—but what he saw was not the desktop, but the text message editing interface.It is still an interface for sending text messages to yourself.

There is still a line of unsent words in the edit box: Are you with Shen Yizhuo?

Qu Zhe looked at the line of words, inexplicably flustered.He hurriedly turned off the screen, put the phone on the table, and hurried out.

He took a quick shower and woke up Jiang Yuzhao as if he didn't know anything.The other party's forehead was covered with sweat, and he got up very unhappy.Jiang Yuzhao woke up, then looked at Qu Zhe, whose hair was still wet, turned his head uncomfortably, and wiped his sweat: "Are you back?"

"Well... Sister Tian asked you to go down to eat."

"Last night you..."

"That last night..." Qu Zhe wanted to explain, but he really didn't know how to explain—he had no friends here, and he didn't know anyone except Jiang Yuzhao and Guan Tian. I knew it was fake.

Before he could speak, Jiang Yuzhao said, "It's okay, I'll take a shower first, you go down and eat with my sister first, don't wait for me."

After he finished speaking, he got up, and said again: "Do you have any clean clothes, lend me to wear them."

"Yes, yes..." Qu Zhe quickly responded, rummaged through the bag for a while, and gave him a plain white T-shirt.Jiang Yuzhao didn't pick anything, and went to the bathroom with it.

When he came out of the shower, Guan Tian's dishes just turned off the fire.She took out the casserole with gloves on, put it on the small table and said, "Azhe, take the bowl and chopsticks!"

"it is good."

Jiang Yuzhao walked to the table and sat down feeling uncomfortable, clearly not getting enough sleep.He straightened his clothes for a while, Guan Tian took off his gloves and looked at him: "Your clothes are too small..."

"This is Qu Zhe's." Jiang Yuzhao frowned.

He is 1.8 meters tall, but Qu Zhe is only 1.7 meters. His clothes were worn on Jiang Yuzhao's body, and the loose T-shirt looked like tights, which made him uncomfortable.Seeing his appearance, Guan Tian thought it was funny, so he kindly said: "Go and look in my closet, there is a shirt, you should be able to wear it."

"Oh."

Jiang Yuzhao ran upstairs again to look for it. Sure enough, there was a shirt he could wear, but it was a thin long-sleeved shirt that didn't suit the weather.While buttoning his buttons, he went downstairs: "Whose is this..."

"Chu Zhan's."

"???" Jiang Yuzhao rolled up his sleeves and looked at her in surprise.Also surprised was Qu Zhe, who had just brought the bowls and chopsticks over and was already sitting next to Guan Tian.

But the person concerned continued as if he didn't notice: "His previous clothes, remember to wash and iron them and return them to me."

Jiang Yuzhao walked to the table and sat down. Guan Tian just filled a bowl of soup and handed it to him: "Here, I have stewed this beef tendon all night, try it quickly."

"...Sister, you and Chu Zhan..."

Guan Tian continued to ladle the soup, and said indifferently, "We were lovers before."

"Then what happened next...?"

"We broke up later." She smiled and handed a new bowl to Qu Zhe, "What's the matter, can't I still fall in love?"

"...I just didn't expect it." Jiang Yuzhao picked up the bowl and took a sip guiltily. It was almost scalding, but the taste was really good.He really thought that Guan Tian had never been in a relationship, after all, it seemed that she didn't like anyone.

Qu Zhe tasted the beef tendon that was almost stewed first, and his mouth was full of aroma after taking a bite.He also couldn't taste what else had been done in this soup, the taste was much more delicious than the stewed beef tendon he had eaten before.That night Chu Zhan did not hide the tattoo on his hand at all, and even took the initiative to explain the reason to him, saying that he and Guan Tian had been together, Qu Zhe was not surprised at all.

But what is puzzling is that Chu Zhan still seems to like Guan Tian very much, Guan Tian is also alone, why they are not together.

The same question also appeared in Jiang Yuzhao's mind, but he asked without hesitation, "Then why are you not together now?"

Guan Tian took a sip of the soup and smacked his lips lightly: "It's not bad, it tastes like this... Chu Zhan was married a long time ago."

"..."

"..."

"Hurry up and eat quickly, don't talk." Guan Tian said, "What is Ah Zhao planning to do for his birthday this year?"

"Is your birthday coming soon?" Qu Zhe looked at him.

Jiang Yuzhao was a little embarrassed: "You are such an adult, what kind of birthday is it?"

"Nonsense, in my eyes you are still a child." Guan Tian said with a smile, "I booked a rafting in a nearby tourist spot, the three of us have a good day."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Qu Zhe again: "Can I ask for a day off?"

Qu Zhe tilted his head and thought for a while: "It should be possible, there is no business during the summer vacation."

"Then it's a deal. Ah Zhao will drive and we'll go rafting! We'll eat cake when we come back tonight!"

Jiang Yuzhao looked at Guan Tian's expectant face, and then at Qu Zhe next to him.In fact, every year on his birthday, his father and men will give a red envelope, invite him to dinner, and other activities, and he doesn't have this habit either.Guan Tian used to travel all over the world and was often away, but every year he would give him some rare gifts, this year was the first time to arrange activities for him.

If you really care about it, it's like celebrating your birthday with a friend for the first time.

Jiang Yuzhao couldn't help but look forward to it.