To Oak

In the morning, the torrential rain had stopped, leaving only a little patter of rain. The road outside the window was a mess, with leaves and trunks all over the ground.Zhu Miao was still lying on the couch, breathing steadily, and the sound of Xiang Shu rolling up the stainless steel roller blind didn't wake him up, and he didn't know if he was really awake or pretending to be asleep.

Xiang Shu gently closed the bathroom door, took it easy, and washed up briefly.

He felt itchy on his back, lifted his clothes, and looked in the mirror. On the tattoo on his back, a few red marks were particularly conspicuous.He remembered the chat with Zhu Miao about the scratches before, and couldn't help laughing. After laughing, he pulled down the corners of his mouth and put on his clothes.

There was a rustling sound outside, maybe Zhu Miao got up.

Zhu Miao fell asleep muttering to himself last night after venting his anger through alcohol, Xiang Shu carried him to sleep on the sofa, and he himself slept on the floor all night, his back ached.Although they didn't really do it, it was undoubtedly derailed, which was completely unexpected by Xiang Shu.

But he himself couldn't figure it out, he wasn't drunk, and he should be more responsible than Zhu Miao.But Zhu Miao is like a little sun radiating light, with a strange centripetal force, which makes people can't help but get close to him, bully him and love him.Xiang Shu put his hands on the edge of the sink and thought, maybe when he dreamed of Zhu Miao for the first time, he expected such a day to come.

He took out his mobile phone and looked at the calendar. The college entrance examination is less than a month away.

He opened the door and went out, Zhu Miao was sitting on the sofa rubbing his eyes, his hair was messed up, and his expression was confused, as if he was not fully awake yet.

"Are you still dizzy? I'm going to buy some breakfast."

Zhu Miao nodded foolishly first, and when he finally focused his eyes on Xiang Shu, he seemed to have finally come to his senses, recalling what happened last night, his face turned red all of a sudden, and he quickly lay back on the couch , with a muffled "hmm".

Xiang Shu was afraid that he would suffocate himself to death, so he stopped teasing him and went out to buy food.When he came back, Zhu Miao had already washed up, let the cats out, fed them, wiped the bar counter, and mopped the floor.When he was mopping the floor, several cats used the mop head as a cat teaser, and kept jumping around. Zhu Miao drove them away and came back after a while.

Xiang Shu put down his breakfast, gently pushed the cats away with his feet, and said "no" several times sternly, and the cats scattered like birds and beasts, and found their usual places to stay together and nestled together.

"Eat first," he said.

Xiang Shu bought Zhu Miao's favorite food, and Zhu Miao took it to eat in the yard. Xiang Shu made a cup of American-style latte with extra milk, and gave the latte to Zhu Miao. The American style was his own.

The two were sitting in the yard having breakfast. On the road outside, the cleaners were sweeping away the dead branches and leaves on the street. The air was fresh and completely free from the dullness of yesterday. When the wind blew, the wind chimes hanging on the eaves of the yard rang softly.Zhu Miaoan ate breakfast quietly, and Xiang Shu ate quickly. After finishing eating, he lit a cigarette and dangled. He collected the broken branches of the flowers and trees in the yard and put them into garbage bags.

Zhu Miao also finished eating, drinking the hot latte slowly while staring at Xiang Shu's squatting back.

He finished his latte, holding the cup, but he hasn't decided what to say to Xiang Shu yet.When Xiang Shu stood up and turned around to look at him, he suddenly thought of what to say.

"Brother, are you in the store today? Do you give me tutoring?"

Xiang Shu didn't expect Zhu Miao's first sentence to be this, put out the cigarette, and said, "Okay."

Zhu Miao smiled while biting the rim of the cup, showing a mouthful of white teeth, very happy.Zhu Miao thinks that this is very good. If they make it clear, they may not be able to reach an agreement, so that's fine.There is no rejection, no cold war and avoidance.Xiang Shu picked up the garbage bag in one hand and rubbed the top of Zhu Miao's head before leaving.

There was no one in the store when the rainstorm stopped.

Zhu Miao spent the whole day reviewing, and Xiang Shu sat next to him, combed him for a while, watched him do the mock paper, and then gave him the wrong questions.I wish Miao more and more enthusiasm in learning, and Xiang Shu didn't play with his mobile phone or walk away when he was doing the questions, but took a coffee yearbook to read beside him, and took notes while reading.

The learning atmosphere is very strong.

What is rare is that with Xiang Shu's company, Zhu Miao's learning is not boring at all, the correct rate of doing the questions is gradually increasing, and he is full of energy. The two of them studied like this for a whole day.

Finally, when Xiang Shu closed and left, Zhu Miao was a little reluctant to leave.

He leaned against the door and said, "Brother, are you still coming tomorrow?"

Xiang Shu turned on his phone, looked at it, and said, "Sister Yiling will be on duty tomorrow." "Ah..." Zhu Miao was visibly disappointed.

"Don't want to see her?" Xiang Shu teased.Zhu Miao quickly said, "No, no—"

Xiang Shu reached out to rub his hair, turned around and waved away.Zhu Miao was left standing where she was, pawing at the door, the deer bumping wildly, thinking that she could study for a few more hours, and she was more excited than a cat that had been knocked down by catnip.He turned and went back into the shop, yelling "Go back to the cage".

A few cats were startled by him, but they were unexpectedly obedient, and went upstairs screaming "meow meow".Zhu Miao was full of energy, humming a song and went upstairs to continue studying.

In the next few days, Xiang Shu will basically come to the store. Even if he is not guarding the store, he will come to the store for a while. When Zhu Miao sees him, he will seize the opportunity to catch him. Ask some questions.He found that he stopped at the bottleneck period before because his foundation was not solid, and when he learned more and more deeply, the knowledge structure could not be established, and it became chaotic.Xiang Shu's logic is clear, and he took him to do the outline of the topic together, and it became clear all at once.

The results of the mock exam are getting better and better every time, and if this continues, he feels that he can get a second one in the exam.

Zhu Miao has never felt so hopeful in life. The college entrance examination is coming soon, and he always feels that as long as the college entrance examination goes smoothly, everything will be solved.After the college entrance examination is over, he can learn coffee from Yiling and Xiang Shu, and he can also learn to be a barista and earn his own tuition.

At that time, he will be more confident, and he will be able to say a lot to Xiang Shu.

When school was about to leave, after a long absence, Lin Zhou called Zhu Miao to his office.Zhu Miao subconsciously wanted to refuse, but now he has more confidence, and there are other teachers in the office, he boldly walked in, did not sit down at all, and stood a few steps away from Lin Zhou, and asked politely: " Teacher, are you okay?"

While other teachers went to the window to answer the phone, Lin Zhou suddenly said, "Zhu Miao, I'm going to call the police about your cousin beating me last time."

Zhu Miao's eyes widened. He didn't expect Lin Zhou to be so thick-skinned. He subconsciously said, "How dare you?"

He was so loud that the teacher by the window looked back at him suspiciously.Lin Zhou lowered his voice and said, "Why don't I dare. I still have the injury report. If you dare to tell him, I will call the police tomorrow, as long as you..."

Lin Zhou's gaze was like a poisonous snake, crawling and sliding across Zhu Miao's face.Zhu Miao got goose bumps all over her body, turned around and ran out of the office, walking a long way, her heart still beating, and her back was covered with sweat.He was in a state of agitation, remembering how Lin Zhou was beaten at that time, and couldn't help wondering if someone really saw it, and what if he really called the police.

As soon as he returned to the store and saw Yi Ning and Xiang Shu, his heart calmed down a little.

Xiang Shu asked: "Did the mock test result be issued today?"

Zhu Miao pretended to be nonchalant, took out the report card, and showed them the improvement compared to last time.When Xiang Shu saw it, he wanted to replace the original report card on the wall.

Zhu Miao hurriedly said, "Isn't it only by counting to the top that you can be replaced?"

Xiang Shu took off the original report card and said, "You are one of the best with us."