stepping into the night

After the last class in the afternoon, the teaching assistant needs to stay and be responsible for the cleaning of the classroom where she is. It is almost five o’clock when she gets off work. Liu Yuanyuan still makes an appointment with her little sister to do hair in the evening. After cleaning the classroom, she plans to leave and pass by Ruan When I was in the classroom for the first time, I found that he was still meticulously filling ink for the teacher's pen in class and checking the desks and chairs in the class.

"Brother Ruan, are you still leaving?" Liu Yuanyuan knew that he used to pick up his sister from school, so she asked him curiously, "I remember Xiaoyun leaves school at 05:30 in the afternoon."

"No," Ruan Chu turned around and smiled at her, "Xiaoyun won't need someone to pick her up when she's a freshman in high school. I'm going to Cyclamen later."

Cyclamen is a Chinese restaurant, which is located in the department store in Sanmin Plaza next to the commercial building where they are teaching assistants. Ruan Chu applied for a part-time job as a summer waiter after finishing his college entrance examination. High school students, lead them to go to the medical examination to apply for the health certificate, and then start to work after completing the work card. Ruan Chu's working hours are from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm.

"Ah, that's it." Liu Yuanyuan also understood that he was going to continue to work part-time, but she didn't say anything, she smiled and waved goodbye to him, then ran out and went downstairs with her little sister on her arm.

The employees of Cyclamen don’t distribute dinner until after work in the evening. The chef is an uncle who has worked here for many years. Watching them feel like seeing their grandchildren, and when they get off work, they will use the leftover ingredients of the day to make a pot of hearty dishes.

Young people are always energetic, but they are always so-so. All the part-time partners have left, and Ruan Chu is still neatly arranging the tables and chairs in the restaurant where there is only one light left. Napkins were changed to the table.

"Little Ruan, I see that there are still some pastries left in the kitchen. They can't be used by the guests tomorrow. If you don't eat them and it will be a waste, you can see if you want to take them back." The proprietress is a middle-aged woman, and her children are all working in other provinces. , I usually wait for the employees in the store to leave before I lock myself up and go home. After observing for a few days, I have a good impression of Ruan Chu, a down-to-earth and quiet student. I can feel that he and those who are just here to experience life and earn money for himself. Children are not the same for pocket money.

"Okay, thank you, lady boss." Ruan Chu blinked unexpectedly, and after finishing packing, she walked over to her with her schoolbag and took the pastries packed in a lunch box from her, saying goodbye to her politely.

It was almost twelve o'clock when Ruan Chu arrived home. His mother was washing the family's clothes, his father had just finished his work and returned home, and had already gone to bed. His younger sister, Ruan Yun, was still reading at her desk in the small bedroom.

I bought one bedroom and one living room at home, but during the renovation, the bedroom was separated into two rooms, one for the parents and one for the siblings.There are bunk beds in the small bedroom. Ruan Chu shared a room with his sister when he was a child, and he slept on the lower bunk. Later, when he was in junior high school, a tatami mat was installed next to the living room near the window, and Ruan Chu moved to the living room.

"Mom." Ruan Chu closed the door softly, took out the lunch box that he took to the tutoring institution during the day, went to the kitchen to wash it, took the box of pastries that the proprietress gave him, and whispered to his mother, reporting to her about his day work harvest.

"Okay, okay," my mother raised her head and looked at him with a smile during the break between washing and washing. Seeing Ruan Chu twist a piece of mung bean cake with her fingers and hand it to her lips, she also took a bite. Looking at Ruan Chu, there was tenderness in her eyes. And distressed, "Okay, mom is not hungry, you eat more, you are still growing. Your sister is still studying, you ask her if she eats, you brothers and sisters go to bed early after eating, don't be too tired, You just graduated, so you should go out with your classmates to have fun, parents can make money, so don't worry too much."

"No need," Ruan Chu shook his head and said seriously, "I'm already an adult, so I should share more for you."

"It's hard for you and Xiaoyun." The mother sighed softly, "I didn't let you have a good life for a few days."

Ruan Chu pursed his lips, but couldn't say any words of relief, so he got up and took the pastry and went to the small bedroom, knocked lightly on the door, and got his sister's permission before opening the door and going in.

"Brother." Ruan Yun stopped writing and turned to look at Ruan Chu obediently.

"It's very late now," Ruan Chu put the box of pastries in the empty space in front of her hand, "Go to bed after eating something, don't stay too long, you have class tomorrow."

"But brother, didn't you study late in high school before?" Ruan Yun blinked.

Ruan Chu thought about it, but couldn't find anything to refute her—he really worked hard in high school, because he didn't think he was a talented player, and if he wanted good grades, he could only rely on hard work to make up for it, but the process of hard work is long As for the pain, he could endure such suffering, but he couldn't bear to see his sister suffer like this.

"Then you should go to bed earlier," Ruan Chu racked his brains to come up with a sentence, "If you stay up late, you will have dark circles under your eyes, and it won't look good then."

——Girls love beauty, so it should make my sister less desperate, right?

Ruan Yun let out a chuckle, stood up and stretched her waist. If she used to laugh, she would throw herself on Ruan Chu and hang on her brother's shoulder to act like a spoiled child. But now that her brother is an adult, she has grown up too. , can no longer be so willful, so Ruan Yun just picked a small piece of peach blossom cake and bit it in her mouth, and stuffed the rest back into Ruan Chu's hand.

"I know. Brother, you don't know how to please girls at all. How will you find me a sister-in-law?" Ruan Yun raised her face and smiled, "Eating at night will make you gain weight. Brother, you can eat. I will give this set of questions a try. Go to bed after brushing, you should go to bed early too."

"Okay." Ruan Chu nodded, and had no choice but to leave the small bedroom with the box of pastries, but he wanted to leave the box of pastries for his family to eat, so he just twisted a small piece out to taste, and put the rest away. After entering the refrigerator, I went to the bathroom to wash up, put on my pajamas, and went to sleep in the living room.

Of course, it was not only Ruan Chu who was so handsome that the clerk in the milk tea shop couldn't help but take a second look, but also Liu Yuanyuan who came after hearing the news.

As soon as Ruan Chu sat down in the classroom of the tutoring institution in the morning, he saw Liu Yuanyuan, who always stepped on the spot, came very early today, and hurriedly ran to Ruan Chu's classroom wearing makeup and lipstick, and dragged a bench to sit opposite him. With glowing eyes, he asked him, "Did you go to the milk tea shop downstairs in our building yesterday?"

"En." Ruan Chu was used to her state, so he nodded calmly.

"Is there a handsome guy in the store?" Liu Yuanyuan looked through the chat records between herself and her sister, and confirmed to Ruan Chu, "It's just that the hair is thin on both sides, and his temperament looks a bit cold."

"Probably." Ruan Chu recalled, but he couldn't remember the specific appearance of the clerk, he only remembered the slightest temperature when his fingertips touched the other person, which made him feel a little sorry and belatedly. Embarrassed.

"Wow, is he really handsome?" Liu Yuanyuan exclaimed, "Why didn't you tell me that you had an affair when you came back yesterday!"

"..." Ruan Chu felt a little powerless at the effect of her language expression, but did not refute, and said truthfully, "I forgot, and I also forgot what he looks like, he should be very handsome, the employees in the store are all wearing masks , can't see clearly."

"Ah, what a pity," Liu Yuanyuan sighed, lowered her head and quickly typed a few words to her good sister. When she remembered something, she raised her head and asked Ruan Chu, "My brother has a new drama coming up recently! Brother Ruan, can you Help me draw a Q version? I'll treat you to milk tea."

"Okay." It doesn't take much time to draw a simple Q-version, Ruan Chu agreed, "You don't need to hire me, it doesn't take time."

"That's because you don't know how likable your own paintings are. Many sisters who chase stars with me like your paintings very much, but you don't use Weibo, otherwise you will be a big fan in our circle. Food picture albums can sell for thousands of dollars.” Liu Yuanyuan chuckled a few times, “Did you think the cheese oolong tasted good last time?”

"Delicious." Ruan Chu nodded honestly.Since he was a child, he never took the initiative to spend money to buy any desserts. He remembered that during the Chinese New Year, his parents would use the bonuses they got to buy sweet milk for his brothers and sisters. That was one of his many precious memories.

"Won't the three-point sugar taste weak?" Liu Yuanyuan blinked, "I think they all said that my taste is weak, but the sugar content is too high, it's obviously very dull, and I can't sleep at night."

Ruan Chu didn't understand this, and listened to her words quietly and seriously, bending his peach-like eyes.

It was already past 07:30, and the students in the class came to the classroom one after another. Liu Yuanyuan hurried back to her class to roll the names of the students. The enthusiastic students called Ruan Chu "teacher" obediently as soon as they entered the door. I also consciously gave him my homework for inspection to facilitate his work.

When school was over at noon, Ruan Chu gave Liu Yuanyuan the Q version of the characters drawn on the clean draft paper, and got admiration from the teaching assistants who had just finished cleaning. Ruan Chu was a little embarrassed, and pursed his ears Lip returned to the classroom.

After lunch time, Liu Yuanyuan came back earlier than usual, and she said regretfully that the handsome clerk in the milk tea shop no longer worked in that shop.

"I asked the young lady in the store, and they said that the handsome guy is a senior at the Normal University. He worked part-time in the store last summer, but he didn't continue to work in the store after school. He happened to have no class yesterday, so he came to the store. Help me here." She sighed and said enviously, "Brother Ruan, you are so lucky, the day he went there, you just happened to meet—time is fate, the handsome guy in reality is destined not to belong to me."

Ruan Chu didn't say a word, but was so teased by her that he couldn't help but curled up his lips and laughed. After watching her lament, within 2 minutes, he started to "crow" at the still photo posted by idol.

The teacher entered the classroom and asked Ruan Chu about the homework and sign-in status of the students in the class, and the class began. Ruan Chu silently recorded the class content in the corner of the first row, and replied to the news from the parent group, remembering Liu Yuanyuan's unintentional joke during the chat just now Then, I couldn't help but sighed softly in my heart.

The handsome guy in reality will not belong to me either.

——He does not have the courage and ability to resist the worldly vision.