stepping into the night

It was more than half an hour before they returned to the milk tea shop after delivering the milk tea for the two times. It was the time when the most people came to order in the shop. Lin Jiang was afraid that he would be psychologically burdened, so she didn't accompany Ruan Chu any more. After delivering food, he turned around and went back to the milk tea shop, but when Ruan Chu came to pick up the order to deliver at night, it was all given to him by Lin Jiang.

Ruan Chu later found out that Lin Jiang had been transferred with another colleague on purpose that night, and she had to make up another day later.

In the evening when the shop was about to close, Lin Jiang was the only one left at the end. He cleaned up the shop carefully before coming out of the bar, and together with Ruan Chu, who was pushing the electric car, walked towards their respective dormitory buildings in a leisurely manner. Walking, the two of them didn't say anything on the road, only the sound of each other's long breathing could be heard in the night.

It also seemed that someone's heart beat a few beats suddenly, but no one dared to confirm it.

When they reached the fork in the road, both of them stopped at the same time, the moonlight fell softly on the ends of their hair, and accompanied by the cool night wind, Ruan Chu heard Lin Jiang's voice not far from his ears. The local voice sounded, as always, gentle and reassuring: "Good night."

"Good night." Ruan Chu replied.

But this time he didn't go first, and when he turned around pushing his electric car, his gaze involuntarily fell on the newly replaced mirror on the car, and he could see Lin Jiang's straight figure fading away in another direction.

It was only when Ruan Chu returned to the dormitory that he realized that he hadn’t given him the money Lin Jiang gave him to buy bread and rice balls. He silently recalled the prices he had glimpsed when he accompanied his roommates to the canteen downstairs, and then used WeChat to send Lin Jiang Jiang transferred 20 yuan, but Lin Jiang accepted it without refusing.

[Lin]: Too much, I will bring your lunch and dinner for you this semester.

[Chu Ji]: Not much, I calculated the price, senior, you take care of me too much!

There is no reason why 20 yuan will cover all lunch and dinner, Ruan Chu was afraid that Lin Jiang would be like this, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

[Lin]: That much counts as the care fee, I will remind you about the meal time later.

It was only then that Ruan Chu realized that he was being dragged in by Lin Jiang. Lin Jiang was just afraid that he would suffer from stomach problems again, and wanted to watch him eat according to order. This made his heart warm, and he pursed his lips and forgot how to refuse , After thinking about it, I had to send a sentence "Thank you senior" in embarrassment.

But why did Lin Jiang treat him so well?

Will the current seniors take care of their juniors like this?

But Ruan Chu thought that Lin Jiang might also take care of other people with such concern, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, his heart was stuffy, as if covered with something, but he didn't have time to think about it, he had to hurry up Rest and gather enough energy to continue working tomorrow, and Lin Jiang did exactly what he said, as soon as the meal came, she would personally watch over Ruan Chu after eating before letting him go to work.

The seven days of the National Day have passed, and the commission bonus plus three times the base salary, Ruan Chu received 2000 yuan, plus the monthly subsidy that the school will give him and the stipend that he just applied for, so he has a lot of money. All the money was saved and put into the card, and every penny that would be used every month was planned out.

Not long after the National Day, there will be half-term exams. In addition to attending classes and delivering food, Ruan Chu usually reads textbooks, memorizes vocabulary, and practice listening during the rest time. He feels good after the exam, and the other three people in the dormitory also feel that Good, let's make an appointment to go out to have a skewer together.

This expenditure was outside the scope of Ruan Chu's plan, but he didn't want to become estranged with his roommates because of it, so he silently calculated the balance in the card and made preparations before agreeing, but he didn't expect Zhao Tong and the others to find It's not a high-end self-service barbecue shop, but a small shop in front of the school with the signboard blackened by oily smoke, but Zhou Yue and Ye Xingzhi don't mind at all. The bottle blowing is also refreshing.

In the end, among the four people in the dormitory, only Ruan Chu hadn't touched a drop of alcohol. He was really cute, and because he was fair and tender, he looked like an underage high school student. This made other people in the dormitory feel embarrassed to pour him alcohol. Feeling guilty for bullying a minor, Ye Xingzhi only drank a cup, his expression was quite clear, and he and Ruan Chu helped each other back to the dormitory.

Fortunately, when Zhao Tong was drunk, he realized that it was Ruan Chu who helped him. This 1.9-meter strong man with a rough appearance and a delicate heart consciously did not put his weight on Ruan Chu, and was wobbled by Ruan Chu. Walk back with arms crossed.

What they brought back from the trip were not expensive items that would make Ruan Chu feel psychologically burdened, but a few bookmarks, flower petal sachets and a fan, which made Ruan Chu feel moved and grateful.

Ruan Chu plucked up his courage when the salary arrived, and took the initiative to send a message to Lin Jiang to invite him to dinner. This day, the milk tea shop was closed for a day, but Lin Jiang was busy with class, so she only saw the message after school in the afternoon. He agreed very neatly, saying that there were many things to do, so he only asked Ruan Chu to invite him to eat in the cafeteria.

"It's almost half a semester since school started, how do you feel?" Lin Jiang didn't seem very hungry, so she ate a little food slowly, and asked Ruan Chu when she saw that she was almost done eating.

"Very good." Ruan Chu swallowed a mouthful of green vegetables, a grain of rice was still on the corner of his lips, but he noticed it without Lin Jiang reminding him, he hurriedly lowered his head embarrassedly and stuck out the tip of his tongue to roll the grain of rice into his lips and teeth , the tips of the ears turned red from embarrassment.

Lin Jiang lowered her eyes and smiled almost invisible, seeing that he was hiding and took another sip of soup before pretending that she hadn't seen anything and then chatting with him: "After half the term, there will be a work-study job list issued, you want Don’t consider changing jobs? The school’s salary for work-study students is not too high, and it’s not much lower, but the jobs are relatively easy, and you don’t have to work as hard as you do now.”

Ruan Chu thought about it, it would be great if he could change to a part-time job that is relatively easy and does not take up all his after-school time.But he has been working in the milk tea shop for more than half a semester. Although he is tired, he is used to lying at the bar and quietly watching Lin Jiang making milk tea when there is no order. It is so pleasing to the eye and very heart-warming. Ann, it seems that all the exhaustion can dissipate for a while, Lin Jiang will also come over and tap his forehead lightly when she finds out, and lead him into the inner room of the store to let him sit and rest for a while.

The other colleagues in the store are also used to this elementary school boy who often comes to the store to sit for a while. Occasionally, when Lin Jiang has not come, they will take the initiative to say hello to Ruan Chu, let him enter the store, and joke Call him as if: "Lin Jiang's elementary school boy is here, come in and sit in the store for a while, your senior Lin will come over later, there is no delivery order yet."

When Lin Jiang was around, they would also jokingly talk to Ruan Chu like this, often teasing Ruan Chuhong with ears tipped and silent, Lin Jiang would open up to help Ruan Chu when he couldn't stand it, but his eyes always fell on Ruan Chu, yes Even more intimate and gentle than when we first met.

When the other seniors in the store took advantage of Lin Jiang's inattention, they would pretend to tell Ruan Chu that it was after he came that Lin Jiang became gentle and close. Naturally, Ruan Chu didn't believe such a statement, but He couldn't help but jump for a moment because of the affirmation of others, as if he really occupied a special seat in Lin Jiang.

For example, reminding him to eat every day, for example, when he is resting, a cup of heat-clearing and heat-relieving medicine will be handed to him by a long and white hand, and for example, when there are only two people together occasionally, he will try to make new products for him. Taste, every inch and every drop of care, he carefully engraved in the bottom of his heart.

But why does he care so much about whether Lin Jiang is special to him?

Ruan Chu thought about this, and thought that if he changed his position, he might not be able to see Lin Jiang every day as before, and maybe it would be difficult to meet Lin Jiang after that. They were originally in different grades, different colleges, and different majors. It was a one-in-a-million coincidence, which made him a little sad.

But he didn't show his messy thoughts that he didn't figure out clearly, he just raised his eyes and looked at Lin Jiang seriously and asked him: "Then senior, don't you want to change to a more relaxed position?"

"This is the work-study job that the school arranged for me." Lin Jiang could only feel that the people in front of him were a little depressed, but he couldn't guess what Ruan Chu was thinking.

"That's it." Ruan Chu nodded, but he couldn't figure it out, so he wanted to ask Lin Jiang's meaning, "The senior thinks... should I change?"

"Why did you ask me for my opinion?" Lin Jiang laughed. "This is your own life and your own work. You should make your own choices. Other people's ideas should not interfere with you."

Ruan Chu naturally knows this truth. He has always been like this since he was a child, making his own decisions and working hard to share the burden for his family.But he didn't want to become estranged from Lin Jiang, Lin Jiang...now he is no one else in his heart.

How did he become so dependent on others?

"If you are an ordinary person, if the salary is similar, you will choose a slightly easier position," Lin Jiang analyzed for him patiently, "There are several positions similar to office assistants, but the number of places is very small. If you want to go , You need to go to the interview to fight for it yourself, but what you want to do in the end should follow your own ideas.”

"Then I'll think about it again." Ruan Chu lowered his eyelashes and said vaguely.

Lin Jiang saw that he was not interested, so she didn't continue to talk about this topic.

The two went to the recycling place to put away the dinner plates and then walked out side by side. It was rare to have a day without work. Perhaps it was due to their own selfishness. Neither of them said goodbye first and wanted to go back to the dormitory. Instead, they followed the road outside the artificial lake. Place, facing the night wind slowly walk around the road.

On the plank road by the lake, there are many young couples who are in love together and whispering together. From time to time, you can hear a little brisk laughter or girls scolding, but there are also many girls holding hands and talking about little secrets or Several boys in a dormitory gathered together to play and play, and there were not many boys walking quietly side by side on the plank road like Ruan Chu and Lin Jiang.

Their figures seemed a bit abrupt.

But the moonlight was dim, no one would notice them, let alone the situation of being avoided like Lin Jiang's dormitory. They walked through the night, listening to each other's almost synchronized breathing, brewing in the quiet air. There is a kind of slightly sweet and intertwined with light and tender breath.

It seemed that all the burdens that were on the shoulders of the two and that they did not want to be taken by others were quietly lifted at this moment. The shoulders they occasionally touched could feel the warmth of each other through the thin clothes.