Tentative

In the blink of an eye, the summer was over, and Jiang Yuzhao started running between the school and M8, as if avoiding something, and only went to Guantian Store once a month to see it.

That night when he returned to his home, it was rare to see that Jiang's father and that man were still sitting in the living room, eating supper.Seeing Jiang Yuzhao coming back, the man looked over with a smile: "Xiao Zhao, come over for some supper?"

Jiang Yuzhao shook his head and wanted to refuse, but Jiang's father said in a deep voice, "Come and sit for a while, I happen to have something to tell you."

"Oh."

He had to go to the sofa and sit down.There are a lot of seafood barbecues on the coffee table, which are all men's favorite things to eat.The man quickly picked up the bowl of crayfish and handed it to Jiang Yuzhao: "Take some, this restaurant tastes pretty good."

He nodded, put on his transparent gloves and started eating.

The man was very handsome, and Jiang Yuzhao didn't know his exact age, but he looked like he was 27 or [-] years old, not much older than himself.He has a gentle personality, which is very different from Jiang's father. He always smiles when he does anything and says anything, as if he has nothing to worry about.

When he saw this man for the first time ten years ago, Jiang's father only said that he was an old friend from the past, and he just came back from abroad, and didn't say anything else.At that time, he was still young and couldn't understand many things, but his mother saw it clearly.It didn't take long for her mother to quarrel with her father, which often made her teary-eyed. Later, Jiang Yuzhao could often see her mother crying in the bedroom while his father didn't come home at night. When he went to the store to look, he would always Seeing the man there, he smiled and helped.

Later, he understood from the few words in the quarrel—that person was his father's first love.

While talking to Father Jiang about the business in the store, the man peeled the crayfish, and put all the peeled shrimp meat into his father's bowl.

After a long time, Father Jiang said: "Tomorrow is your Uncle Qin's birthday, let's have dinner together tonight."

Jiang Yuzhao knew he was talking to him, and nodded: "Okay."

If it was changed to before, he would definitely not go.For a long time, he felt sick whenever he saw a man's face, and he often quarreled with him at home.Said it was noisy, but the man just frowned at him and never responded to those harsh words.

After meeting Qu Zhe, he became more and more tolerant of men staying in this house.

Until now, he has been completely indifferent.

He was eating shrimp next to him, and Jiang's father was talking to the man, and the topic would come up to him from time to time, but it was always the man who asked, "Has Xiao Zhao had a girlfriend?"

"No."

"There should be quite a few girls in school who like you," the man said, "You're tall and handsome."

"Fortunately."

Jiang Yuzhao's temper is not very good, and he has no patience with his classmates. How could any girl like him.Thinking about it, he felt uncomfortable. He took off his gloves and wiped his mouth: "I'm full, let's talk. I've been busy in the store recently, so I'm a little tired."

"Go." Father Jiang said.

The man also responded with a smile.

On the second night, Jiang Yuzhao arrived as scheduled. The banquet was set in a private room of a big hotel, and many people came.He came a little late, almost everyone had arrived, and there were already a lot of gifts on the table behind the man, Jiang Yuzhao was empty-handed, feeling a little embarrassed for a while.contain

Just as Jiang's father was about to speak, the man took the first step: "Xiao Zhao is here, come and sit quickly." There was still an empty seat beside him, obviously reserved for Jiang Yuzhao.

He embarrassingly moved over, and whispered to the man, "Happy birthday."

"Thank you."

Most of the people who came were friends of men, and everyone was chatting lively. On the other side of Jiang Yuzhao was a girl he had never seen before, chattering very lively.

"Everyone is here, let's start the banquet." Jiang's father took the lead to pick up the wine glass, and everyone present raised their glasses, "Have a drink first, and wish A Yuan a happy birthday."

The girl had the loudest voice, holding up the orange juice and saying, "Happy birthday, Uncle Yuan! Every year is eighteen!"

"Thank you Xiaoshi, your mouth is so sweet." The man said.

Jiang Yuzhao, who was at the table, was the quietest. He just clinked glasses and didn't speak.The people at the table had a good atmosphere, drinking and chatting lively, and even Jiang's father, who has always been unsmiling, seemed to be in a good mood today.Jiang Yuzhao moved two chopsticks, a little bored, picked up the phone and looked at it.

Actually there is nothing to see.

Except for things in the store, no one looked for him.

He tossed and turned and finally clicked on the text message interface. The text message between him and Qu Zhe stayed after the last time they separated. He didn't look for Qu Zhe, and Qu Zhe didn't look for him either.

Jiang Yuzhao was in a daze when the girl next to him suddenly leaned into his ear and asked, "Are you Uncle Jiang's son?"

"Yeah." He turned off his phone and responded casually.

"My name is Qin Shi, what's your name!" The girl was very enthusiastic and not afraid of strangers at all.

Jiang Yuzhao could only say indifferently: "Jiang Yuzhao."

"Where do you study, are you here?"

"S is big."

"Wow, I'm also a freshman in S University!" she said, "Then I'm going to call you a senior."

"No need." Jiang Yuzhao said.

Seeing that they were chatting enthusiastically, the man suddenly added the topic: "Then Xiao Zhao, please leave a contact information with Xiao Shi, and I will take care of her at school in the future."

Jiang Yuzhao was actually reluctant, but today is the man's birthday, and with so many people present, he didn't want to lose face to the man, so he said, "Yes, add WeChat."

"Okay, okay, I'll sweep you!" Qin Shi said happily.

Jiang Yuzhao was bored with the meal, and when the meal was over, he immediately wanted to find an excuse to go back to the restaurant first.But Qin Shi glanced at the time, and said before him: "It's still early, you can go shopping with me, Brother Zhao."

Jiang Yuzhao showed embarrassment, hesitated for a moment and said: "I have something to do when I go back to the store."

He said, looking at Jiang's father, but Jiang's father said: "I'm not busy going to the store today, and I have nothing to do. You can go shopping with her."

"..." If it was something that Jiang Yuzhao didn't want to do a few years ago, no matter what they said, it would be useless.But now, he has matured a lot, and it is not too difficult to go shopping with the girl, so he can only respond: "Okay, then you wait for me at the door, and I will drive."

"Okay."

Qin Shi is pretty, delicate and charming, and her voice is soft, lively and cute when she speaks.

Jiang Yuzhao drove the car and rolled down the window at the entrance of the hotel. Qin Shi immediately greeted the elders and sat in the co-pilot enthusiastically.

"Where do you want to go?"

"Let's go to the movies—" Qin Shi said, and took out her mobile phone to search for the latest movie news, "Let me see... this is good, a suspense movie, do you like it?"

She handed the phone to Jiang Yuzhao and asked what he meant.Jiang Yuzhao didn't like watching movies at all, so he didn't care what to watch, and nodded casually: "Okay, which movie theater to go to?"

"It's nearby, Qianda."

"Row."

The girl chirped and asked Jiang Yuzhao all kinds of questions, and finally got to the point with a blushing face: "Then... does brother Zhao have a girlfriend?"

"Huh? No."

"So..." Qin Shi turned her face to look out of the window, and secretly smiled.

It was the first time he saw Qin Shi, but it was not the first time Qin Shi saw him. It was just that Jiang Yuzhao used to have a cold face every time he appeared at a family gathering, and would quarrel with Jiang's father within 10 minutes. Then leave.That's why he never paid attention to Qin Shi.

Although Qin Shi talked a lot, she was not annoying.Rather, because she looks sweet, she is cute when she speaks, and the topics she talks about are not difficult for people to answer. Jiang Yuzhao does not reject it, but chats with this nominal sister a little relaxedly without saying a word.

The movie she chose was also very good-looking. Jiang Yuzhao seldom had such a comfortable time, watching movies with her, unconsciously, he still enjoyed watching them.

After the movie ended, Qin Shi rubbed her stomach and said, "Brother Zhao, I'm a little hungry, let's go have some supper."

"You ate so much at night... Are you hungry again?"

"How can I eat a lot?"

"I've seen you keep talking." Jiang Yuzhao said, "You look thin, so you can eat it?"

"I have a long body." Qin Shi raised her eyebrows, and then laughed again, with two small dimples at the corners of her mouth, looking very attractive.Rao Jiang Yuzhao had no interest in girls at first, and he found it pleasing to the eye, so he said, "That's fine, what do you want to eat, but I can't eat it."

"There's a porridge shop nearby!"

"You are quite clear."

"Of course." Qin Shi proudly puffed up her chest and said, "I know how to eat. Next time I have time, I will take you to eat delicious food."

"Okay, okay..." Jiang Yuzhao responded.

The porridge shop was very close to the movie theater, and Jiang Yuzhao didn't drive, just walked and chatted with Qin Shi.

Jiang Yuzhao glanced aimlessly, and suddenly saw a familiar figure on the street—it was Shen Yizhuo, who had just walked out of the convenience store, and met Jiang Yuzhao's eyes as soon as he looked up.

"Jiang Yuzhao..." Shen Yizhuo was startled at first, and then laughed meaningfully.In the next second, a short-haired girl came out of the convenience store and took Shen Yizhuo's hand very familiarly.

Jiang Yuzhao's pupils tightened suddenly. Although the girl was wearing makeup, she could tell at a glance that she looked very similar to Qu Zhe.

"Shen Yizhuo, you..." "Long time no see, I haven't settled with you last time." Shen Yizhuo said in a deep voice.

The girl looked at Jiang Yuzhao, then at Shen Yizhuo and asked, "Yizhuo, are you friends?"

"Former classmates." Shen Yizhuo said flatly.

Jiang Yuzhao didn't want to talk to him too much, he just wanted to leave quickly. Who knew that Shen Yizhuo, like an old classmate he hadn't seen for a long time, exchanged pleasantries: "Staying outside so late, this is..." He said, looking at Qin poetry.

Qin Shi was about to introduce herself, but Jiang Yuzhao suddenly grabbed her hand and grabbed it so tightly that it almost hurt her.

"This is my girlfriend, I will accompany her out to watch a movie." Jiang Yuzhao said.

"I thought you..." Shen Yizhuo had a complicated look on his face. He was about to say something, but he took back the second half of the sentence, considering that Qu Xiaoyu was still by his side.There was an elusive smile on his lips, he looked at Qin Shi, then at Jiang Yuzhao.

Of course Jiang Yuzhao knew what he was alluding to, looked at Shen Yizhuo provocatively and said, "...Then what about the one beside you?"

"What do you think?" Shen Yizhuo said with a smile, "Next time we have time, let's talk in detail when we meet."

"Let's talk." After Jiang Yuzhao finished speaking, he pulled Qin Shi away.

They just met their eyes, and they already understood what both of them wanted to hide - Qu Zhe, a topic they didn't want to mention in front of the two girls.Although they didn't like each other for a long time, and even had a fight, they maintained a high degree of tacit understanding in this matter.

Qu Zhe has a younger sister. Jiang Yuzhao knew that the girl just now was Qu Zhe's younger sister.If this was the case, Shen Yizhuo would be extremely disgusted if he continued to be confused with Qu Zhe while he was with Qu Zhe's sister.Does Qu Zhe know?Does Qu Zhe's sister know?

But he is not qualified to ask Shen Yizhuo these questions, because he doesn't want to be asked by Shen Yizhuo why he cares about Qu Zhe so much.

...he doesn't want to be gay.

Qin Shi was dumbfounded when she heard this, she didn't say a word, and let Jiang Yuzhao lead her away.The two walked a long way, and even passed the porridge shop. It was not until Jiang Yuzhao came to his senses that he let her go, and hurriedly said, "Sorry, just now."

"It's all right!" Qin Shi immediately waved her hand and said with a smile, "It's all right!"

"Just now...the person I don't want to see. If you say it's your girlfriend, you don't need to explain so much." Jiang Yuzhao had no choice but to explain in this way.

Qin Shi smiled sweetly, but her cheeks flushed slightly, and she replied, "Actually... I'm quite happy."

Jiang Yuzhao didn't care to listen to her, and didn't even understand the meaning behind this sentence.