To Oak

Xiang Shu didn't show up for several days in a row, didn't come until the weekend, and didn't come until the next weekend, and the only one who stayed in the store was Yiling.Zhu Miao couldn't bear it any longer, and asked, "Where's the boss?"

Yiling stared at him blankly, and reacted for a while, as if he didn't realize that Xiang Shu was the boss.

"Oh," Yiling woke up like a dream, "went out."

A decisive and simple answer, as if this is just an extremely simple question, and it has been clearly explained so far.Zhu Miao didn't have the nerve to ask any more, did she go out?where to goWhen are you coming back?Every question seemed to be overstepped.

This weekend is a rare free time, and there are not too many customers. Zhu Miao stood by the bar and watched Yile make coffee, curiously pointing at the utensils on the bar, asking this and that.Yiling answered every question without being disturbed at all--this is what an excellent barista should do, talking while rushing, with one mind and two tasks, and the work in hand is still meticulous.

Zhu Miao heard one head and two big ones, but didn't understand much.

He used to think that brewing coffee means pouring coffee powder into hot water, stirring, melting, and it's done, but the reality is far more complicated than this.He tentatively said, "I kind of... want to learn..."

Yi Ning nodded, took out a book from the bookshelf next to the bar, and handed it to Zhu Miao, the one she had been reading before.

Zhu Miao nodded in a daze, took the book, sat on the side, and turned over the first page piously and earnestly. There were many notes and notes on it, which made the whole book look far richer than it was.Zhu Miao carefully read the first page for 10 minutes—but didn't understand it.

The awkward coffee name and the name of the production area made him completely confused.

As soon as he looked up, he saw Yining looking at her. Although she was still expressionless, Zhu Miao, who was getting familiar with her day by day, could see expectation and excitement in her eyes, as if she had finally sold Amway after begging hard.Zhu Miao could only laugh dryly and said, "It's pretty good-looking, I... I'll save it to watch at night..."

Yiling nodded in satisfaction, then took out a few books from the bookshelf in succession, and gave them to Zhu Miao, but Zhu Miao had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept them.

"By the way," Yining said, "Xiang Shu asked you to add him on WeChat, and he wants to pay you."

Zhu Miao stood up, took the mobile phone over, scanned the QR code, sent a friend request, and asked casually, "Did he tell you today?"

Yiling thought about it seriously, and said, "It seems like the day before yesterday."

Zhu Miao: "..."

The friend request sent out has not been answered, but Zhu Miao has no time to worry about this matter. There are things in school that are more worthy of his troubles.

After the confrontation between Xiang Shu and Yi Ning last time, the group of schoolboys who were full, fine, clean, and fond of finding faults subsided, but Zhu Miao’s most hated person in his life——Lin Zhou, he started giving Zhu Miao "Looking for trouble".

Zhu Miao usually doesn’t come into the office when there is nothing to do. The English teacher in the next class that I ran into on the road sent him to help pass a message to the office.As soon as he opened the door, the person to whom he wanted to pass the message was not there, and Lin Zhou and another teacher Zhu Miao didn't know were sitting in the office impressively.

Zhu Miao turned around and wanted to leave.He is like a small animal that seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages. Whenever he sees Lin Zhou, he pricks all over his body, and he feels uncomfortable everywhere.

"Zhu Miao," Lin Zhou said kindly, wearing myopia glasses, "come here."

There were others, Zhu Miao walked over stiffly, Lin Zhou grabbed his elbow and asked him to sit down.Zhu Miao felt as if the skin on her elbow had been licked by a snake letter, it was cold and sticky, making people sick.

Lin Zhou said with a smile: "Have you often had conflicts with your classmates recently? If there is any difficulty, just tell the teacher..."

Zhu Miao slightly shook off his hand and said, "No."

Zhu Miao bounced a little on the chair, because Lin Zhou put his hand under the table on his thigh.The weather has gradually warmed up, and half of Lin Zhou's palm is attached to the skin of his thigh in the school uniform shorts that Zhu Miao is wearing.Zhu Miao felt her heart was beating fast, she didn't know what to do, she was at a loss, her mind clamored to jump up and punch him, but the result was unimaginable, and she couldn't do it casually.

The naive batch just moved his fist casually.

What Xiang Shu said, Zhu Miao was distracted.

Zhu Miao remembered the first time, about half a year ago, it was a sweltering afternoon when she secretly hid in the utility room at the end of the corridor to read a book. It was so hot that Zhu Miao was sweating all over and her heart beat faster.Lin Zhou found him and confiscated the books he was reading.

He was extremely nervous, and he was ashamed to speak of the contents of the book, as if he was naked to the public.Zhu Miao was so anxious that she wanted to cry.Lin Zhou has always been gentle, and he is known among the students as a talkative (or easy to bully) teacher.Lin Zhou didn't criticize and scold, but asked Zhu Miao to find him in the office after school.Zhu Miao went there anxiously, which was beyond his expectation, but Lin Zhou just comforted him.

"It's nothing, homosexuality is no big deal." Lin Zhou said.

The three sensitive words in the middle made Zhu Miao extremely nervous. His back was covered with sweat, and he was afraid and eager to continue listening.

Lin Zhou said: "It's normal, take it easy, me too."

Zhu Miao raised his head abruptly, unable to believe what he heard, he said, "Teacher, are you too?"

In astonishment, he didn't notice that Lin Zhou was getting closer and closer, like a poisonous snake approaching its prey little by little, without making a sound.Lin Zhou put his hands on his thighs, and all the breath he exhaled sprayed on Zhu Miao's neck.

Lin Zhou said: "Men and men... can do a lot of things. Have you ever done it yourself? The teacher can help you..."

As his hand moved higher and higher, Zhu Miao woke up suddenly, swung his hand away, snatched the confiscated book from Lin Zhou's desk, and fled.

Memories and reality suddenly overlapped.

At this time, Zhu Miao also stood up abruptly, brought the chair down, and scared the other teacher in the office, but he couldn't care less, turned around and ran out of the office, and didn't want to go to class anymore. Flipping out, I dare not stop, for fear of being overwhelmed by fear and loathing once I stop.

From that day on, gossip about Zhu Miao began to spread among the classmates in the class, and several boys began to find fault.

On that day, he confronted his sexuality for the first time. Paradoxically, the first person he met was Lin Zhou. What Lin Zhou did made him, his sexuality and himself disgusting. In this way, keep running, running all the way on the road scorched by the scorching sun.

He couldn't breathe as the hot air squeezed in his direction from all directions.At that time, he had nowhere to go, so he could only run aimlessly in the streets and alleys, and finally squatted in the corner of the corridor outside his house, silently in a daze, and maybe even cried.

But it's different now. Zhu Miao has somewhere to go, and the place he can go is much safer than the "home" he has always been.

Running and running, Zhu Miao slowed down a little bit. Running made his heart beat fast, he was out of breath, and his chest heaved violently.

He ran all the way back to the coffee shop, but what he didn't expect was that there was not only Yimeng in the shop, but also Xiang Shu, whom he hadn't seen for more than two weeks.

Zhu Miao almost didn't recognize him. Xiang Shu's whole body was two or three shades darker, and there were sunburn marks on the back of his neck and arms that hadn't healed yet. His slightly long hair was also shaved off, turning into a His short hair, which has just grown furry stubble, makes his facial features particularly prominent.

It's like a refugee who has been wandering for two or three months.

"Hey, it's so early, did you skip class?" Xiang Shu said.

After his skin darkened, his teeth looked very white, like the spokesperson of black toothpaste, Zhu Miao almost couldn't hold back his laughter, and his bad mood was wiped away.