stepping into the night

Ruan Chu delivered food for most of the semester at the milk tea shop, and all the roommates in the dormitory knew about it, but no one said anything about it, let alone asked Ruan Chu for more questions, but occasionally when they saw someone ordering milk tea in their building, they would Help to send along the way.

It didn't take long for the work-study documents to be issued in class. Ruan Chu struggled for two days. Even Zhao Tong and Zhou Yue could see his hesitation, and couldn't help but persuade him that it would be much better to change to an assistant position.

"Don't worry, you will definitely be selected," Zhou Yue said, pinching his carved glasses frame, "Mr. Ye is now the right-hand man of the student union, and is expected to stay on as the new chairman of the student union. Let him open the back door for you."

Ye Xingzhi was reading a book, when he raised his hand, a small doll precisely hit Zhou Yue, and said calmly, "Stop teasing people every day, Ruan Chu's own ability is enough to pass the interview for this position."

"Damn, didn't I want the youngest to choose a good job with confidence?" Zhou Yue threw the doll back, but it missed Ye Xingzhi, and he firmly caught it with his hand, "Only you have a mouth can talk?"

It's common for these two to fight at each other in dormitory 611, and Zhao Tong didn't try to persuade them as he did at the beginning, but just listened to the two of them bickering and having fun, not forgetting to persuade them sincerely Ruan Chu said a few words and changed to a lighter part-time job.

Ruan Chu finally filled out the form before the deadline, named it together with various materials and handed it over to the monitor—he didn’t have a computer, so he borrowed it from Zhao Tong, but he would only use the computer a lot in the future, and he couldn’t use it every time. If you bother your roommates or go to the school computer room, you need to save a little more money to buy one yourself.

Before the results come out, Ruan Chu will still go to the milk tea shop to deliver food after class. The weather has become much cooler after autumn, and the work of delivering food does not seem to be so difficult. Lin Jiang will give him food every day. The heat-clearing and heat-relieving medicine he had prepared was also replaced by fruit tea made by himself.Ruan Chu was embarrassed to bother him, but he couldn't bear the sole care that Lin Jiang gave him, so he could only ask Lin Jiang to have dinner with him every now and then. Although he couldn't eat much expensive food, it could still make him feel a little bit at ease. a little.

In the summer, Ruan Chu's darkened skin color unknowingly returned due to the whole day's wind and sun. Even though no skin care products were used, his skin looked much better, which made people very happy. Wanting to pinch his face, Lin Jiang thought about it, but still didn't do it.

"Senior, will you always work part-time in the milk tea shop?" Ruan Chu couldn't help asking him.

"I won't do it in my senior year," Lin Jiang said, "I will go to the primary and secondary school internships arranged by the school, and I may be quite busy then."

"Before then?" Ruan Chu pursed his lips, looking at Lin Jiang with sparkling eyes.

"It should be here," Lin Jiang looked at him, and vaguely sensed something from his question, but he wasn't sure if Ruan Chu meant what he thought, so he paused and said , "When you finish the work arranged by the school and come to eat, you can ask me to make you a cup of milk tea by the way."

"...not for the milk tea." Ruan Chuhong's ears turned red, but he licked his crimson lips and said nothing more, just lowered his head and unconsciously poked the remaining few pieces of food on the plate with the tip of his chopsticks. Pepper and Pepper Peel.

—Who is that for?

Lin Jiang didn't ask, and Ruan Chu didn't answer either.

But Ruan Chu caught a glimpse of Lin Jiang from the corner of his eye, who seemed to dodge a little, chuckled and looked away from him. At that moment, he seemed to feel that what he thought in his heart was connected with Lin Jiang's.

The two of them were silent for a moment before suddenly remembering that they had to go back to work in the store quickly. When they both raised their heads and met each other's eyes, they couldn't help laughing. Then they got up and put the things in the recycling place together and went back side by side. In the milk tea shop.

Late November is Ruan Yun's birthday. Ruan Chu wanted to buy something for her, but he didn't know what girls like, so he asked Liu Yuanyuan, who hadn't been in touch for a while, on WeChat. Even though he had very few contacts and was not too unfamiliar, Liu Yuanyuan immediately called him back and sent him an emoji.

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: A birthday present for my sister?

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: I think about what I like at her age

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: /[Princess Meditation.jpg]

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: The most versatile thing is to give lipstick, but I don't know if your sister is interested in these feelings.

[Chu Ji]: Usually I don’t seem to see Xiaoyun mentioning these things.

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: Of course, she is a good student just like you, and she focuses on studying.

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: I'll go ask my roommates. By the way, I will also give her a birthday present. I haven't taken her out shopping for a long time.

[Chuji]: Thank you.

[Xia Shiyu’s girlfriend from outside the circle]: How polite are you, my boyfriend recently has a new drama in stock, but I still look like shit after a semester of sketching, and I want to trouble you to draw two for me .

[Chuji]: Good.

Ruan Yun studies very hard, perhaps because of her family, she has never dreamed of beautiful dresses, jewelry or cosmetics like little girls of the same age. Save up to buy a birthday present for my brother on Ruan Chu's birthday.

But the more sensible she is, the more distressed Ruan Chu feels, and the desire to quickly earn money to share the pressure on the family grows stronger. He wants his sister to be like Liu Yuanyuan, who is romantic, cute, The carefree little princess wants her parents to live a comfortable life, just like in his previous dream.

This made his thoughts involuntarily drift to Lin Jiang.

In the dream, he has his family and friends represented by the three people in the 611 dormitory, so what does Lin Jiang symbolize?

An unprecedented, seemingly absurd thought quietly landed in Ruan Chu's mind, which startled him, but he quickly suppressed the abrupt thought back.

He still doesn't have the capital and ability to let his youth hormones grow freely at this age.

Just like Lin Jiang said casually that day, "It's pretty attractive to girls." After he went back, he pondered for a long time before he realized that the girl in the dress with cherry earrings might be interested in him.

But he was ready to be celibate from the moment he discovered his sexuality.He doesn't know what it's like to have love and love that makes boys and girls laugh and scold in those TV dramas. All the efforts he is doing now can only be to make life easier for himself and his family. Think about other things about Fengyue.

He seemed to have made up his mind, but he couldn't help but want to get closer to Lin Jiang, wanted to talk more with this gentle senior, and didn't want to alienate him.

Like a child who suddenly gets a candy that he has never touched, Ruan Chu feels that such thoughts are despicable.

Ruan Yun's birthday happened to be a Saturday, so Ruan Chu asked for leave from the store, and after the last class in the afternoon, he went to the cake shop to pick up the cake he ordered the night before according to Liu Yuanyuan's reminder, carrying gifts and Cake took the subway to Ruan Yun's high school to pick her up after school.

Ruan Yun herself clearly remembers the birthdays of her family members, but she only remembers a general idea of ​​her own, and because the end of the term is approaching and her homework is heavy, she forgot about it. The crowd saw his brother.

A bright smile immediately appeared on the young girl's immature face, as bright as a rose that bloomed in full spring. She quickly said goodbye to the classmates beside her, and she couldn't help bouncing up and down as she ran towards Ruan Chu.

"Brother!" Ruan Yun stopped in front of Ruan Chu, she could see that she was very happy, "Why did you come to pick me up today? Doesn't your school ask for leave if you want to go home on weekends?"

"Come back to celebrate your birthday with you." Ruan Chu raised his hand to pick up the schoolbag on Ruan Yun's shoulder, but Ruan Yun dodged it.

The girl's face flushed with embarrassment from being treated like a child, and she smiled angrily at Ruan Chu: "Brother, I'm already in high school, do you see any high school students who need their parents to help carry their schoolbags?" Yes."

Seeing her persistence, Ruan Chu had no choice but to give up, and walked slowly towards home with her. The brother and sister hadn't seen each other for more than half a semester. He didn't interrupt, just patiently and quietly listening to his younger sister happily gesturing about the interesting things she experienced in school.

"Brother." Ruan Yun said that she was tired, so she stopped to take a few breaths, rolled her big smart eyes, looked up at Ruan Chu again, and asked him in a sly voice, "I heard from my classmates that there are many people who just went to school. I just got out of the singles in college, brother, did you find me a sister-in-law?"

"Nothing." Ruan Chu was amused, but she was still a little embarrassed to be asked such a question by her sister, so she just shook her head and denied it.

"That's it." Ruan Yun's face showed a disappointed look of failure in gossip, but she didn't bother to ask Ruan Chu this question, and soon turned her attention to Ruan Chu's college life.Ruan Chu himself has only been in college for less than a semester, and he doesn't know much about his school, and he doesn't recognize all of their majors. After thinking for a while, he can only choose some answers to Ruan Yun's questions that he has a little impression of.

Before Ruan Chu went home, he called his parents, and his parents also came back from work early, and the whole family got together to celebrate Ruan Yun's birthday.

Only six candles were lit symbolically, and Ruan Yun wore the little crown she gave when she bought the cake, and closed her eyes to make a wish to the gentle singing of the birthday song sung to her by her parents and elder brother.

The lights in the room were all turned off, only the flickering candlelight reflected the girl's pretty face.

——I hope that my parents are in good health, that I can get admitted to university and start working as soon as possible, that my brother can find someone who likes each other as soon as possible, and that he can no longer carry the burden of the whole family on his shoulders and let go to do what he wants do.