stepping into the night

After the end of the semester, both of them received invitations from the tutoring institutions where they were originally in the winter vacation. After thinking about it, they continued to work as tutors, and occasionally worked as teaching assistants for the tutors next door. The salary was much better than during the winter vacation.Considering the cost of health and examination and medicine, Ruan Chu didn't go to Cyclamen to get an extra job. He only tutored students with Lin Jiang at the tutoring institution at [-]:[-] a.m. and Lin Jiang at [-]:[-] p.m. go home together.

Occasionally, on the road, I would meet Lin Ran who was back from work on time to buy groceries, and she would smile and call Ruan Chu to go home for dinner, but Ruan Chu shyly refused—his parents were still busy at work, and he During the summer vacation, it is time to take on family responsibilities and do some basic housework such as washing and cooking.

Seeing that he refused, Lin Ran didn't force her, and asked Lin Jiang to take him home and then turn back, so that the two of them could walk for a longer distance.

The colleagues in the tutoring institution are basically the same group of people during the winter vacation. Everyone is familiar with each other, and they can usually joke in front of the students they tutor. Ruan Chu and Lin Jiang, who don't talk much, have once again become girls. object of attention.But Lin Jiang, who is indifferent to others, is the object of attention that can only be watched from a distance, and Ruan Chu, who has a gentle temperament, is the focus of the girls who will come around to joke and chat during the break.

Lin Jiang never interfered with Ruan Chu's interpersonal communication, but when the girls laughed and gathered around Ruan Chu, he would sit beside Ruan Chu indifferently like a mountain, exuding an aura of indifference.

Ruan Chu, who was aware of the situation, didn't say anything immediately, but silently reached out a hand from under the table, and gently hooked Lin Jiang's with his index finger, shaking it as if to please.

At this time, Lin Jiang's face would soften a lot, she silently held her boyfriend's hand, and quietly entangled with Ruan Chu for a while amidst the ignorant laughter of a group of girls.

"They just know that we are going back on the way, so please bring something with me." On the way back together after get off work, Ruan Chu would take the trouble to explain to Lin Jiang seriously.

Lin Jiang, who was not angry with Ruan Chu, had no choice but to sigh helplessly, raised her hand to hook her soft boyfriend's shoulder, pulled him closer to her, and turned her head secretly when no one was paying attention. Kissed him on the forehead: "Your real boyfriends are reluctant to order you around, so why are you so kind to help them take this and that?"

"It won't happen in the future." Ruan Chu bent his eyes embarrassingly, raised his face and quietly pressed a kiss on his chin, like two swans hugging each other.

Ruan Chu's eyes fell on a certain place and paused for a while when passing by on the level of the shopping mall, and then he retracted it unnaturally.Sensing his reaction, Lin Jiang lowered her head slightly and looked at him questioningly.

"...It's nothing." Ruan Chu blinked, hesitated for a moment and still didn't say anything, but glanced in the direction where he paused just now as if confirming something.

Seeing this, Lin Jiang didn't ask any further questions, and just pinched the back of his neck with her fingertips as if complaining that he was hiding herself.

Concealment and speculation are the most taboo between lovers. Although Ruan Chu will not read these emotional experience summaries, he will feel sorry if he keeps hiding it from Lin Jiang.

He hesitated, and pulled La Linjiang's little finger with the hand hanging on the side of his leg, and said in a low voice, "I seem to have seen my friend's father. I saw him once during the parent meeting in high school. I'm not sure, though."

Lin Jiang didn't want to embarrass him, seeing that he took the initiative to explain to herself, she stopped pretending to be interested, instead took Ruan Chu's hand, and scratched his palm: "It's okay, he didn't see you There is no need to say hello."

Ruan Chu nodded, and walked towards home side by side with Lin Jiang, but there was still some confusion in his heart.

——Could the man who walked into the western restaurant with his arms around a young and beautiful woman just now be Liu Yuanyuan's father?

He couldn't be 100% sure, so he didn't tell Liu Yuanyuan about it.

But he didn't expect that his momentary hesitation and ominous premonition would come true half a month later, when he received a WeChat message from Liu Yuanyuan.

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: Brother Ruan, are you guys on vacation yet?

[Crimson lips]: Let it go.

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: So are you working part-time now?

[Dian Jianglip]: Well, it is a tutoring institution introduced by our direct seniors, and it is relatively easy.

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: Oh, so, what time do you get off work in the afternoon?

[Crimson lips]: Six o'clock, what's wrong?

[Xia Shiyu’s girlfriend outside the circle]: Well, I’ve been back for two weeks, and I wanted to find you out to play, but now I’m not in the mood to play anymore, but I still want to talk to someone/[sad]

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: /[流泪猫猫头.jpg]

[Crimson lips]: What happened?

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: My dad, he...seems like someone is out there.

[Xia Shiyu's girlfriend outside the circle]: /[Hold back tears.jpg]

Ruan Chu was stunned for a moment, and instead of being comforted online, he only made an appointment with Liu Yuanyuan to meet at the milk tea shop in the underground shopping mall of Sanmin Square at 06:30 in the afternoon.

Because of the agreement with Liu Yuanyuan in advance, they couldn't go home with Lin Jiang according to the usual habits. Ruan Chu mentioned this matter to Qiang Wu in the afternoon when he and Lin Jiang were tutoring homework together, and expressed apology that he could only let him go home. Lin Jiang went back first.

After listening patiently, Lin Jiang had no other reaction, but pinched Ruan Chu's fingertips and asked him in a low voice, "Then you two want to have dinner together?"

Ruan Chu was stunned for a moment: "I don't know, it depends on how long the chat lasts."

"Then I'll wait for you," Lin Jiang thought for a while, then laughed softly, "I don't feel at ease when my boyfriend eats alone with beautiful girls."

Hearing his tone, Ruan Chu knew that he didn't care as much as what he said, and Ruan Chu still wanted to stay with Lin Jiang for a while in his own selfishness, so he didn't refuse: "Then why don't you go home for dinner first?"

But Lin Jiang has already gone home, so she has to run out one more time at night to pick herself up and go back together, isn't it unnecessary?

Ruan Chu hesitated for a while, and said: "You don't need to pick me up, and you don't need to wait. I'll go back after chatting with Yuanyuan."

"Why do you want to stay with you for a while and you still drive me away?" Lin Jiang was helpless, while Qiang Wu was still concentrating on writing math problems, she turned her head and rubbed the tip of Ruan Chu's nose, "I'll pick you up, here you go Bring food here, my mother has said many times that she wants you to go back to eat with me again, she likes you so much, and now she thinks I'm bored."

Ruan Chu was a little embarrassed, but he didn't avoid Lin Jiang's intimacy: "Then thank Auntie for me."

Just as Lin Jiang straightened up and distanced herself from Ruan Chu, and was about to say something else, she heard Qiang Wu's artificial and loud cough: "Mr. Ruan, Mr. Lin... can you stop getting bored? Today's math homework is good." Difficult, I won't."

Ruan Chu blinked, quickly pursed his lips and moved his chair back a little bit, turning his attention back to the desktop to correct Qiang Wu's English composition with red ears.

The time to get off work is six o'clock. When Ruan Chu arrived at the store, there were still 15 minutes before the appointed time. Maybe it was close to the meal time. There were not many people in the milk tea shop, and Liu Yuanyuan hadn't arrived yet, so Ruan Chu found a In the corner of the store, I called my sister in advance to inform the situation, and ordered a takeaway for her.

He recalled the milk tea that Liu Yuanyuan asked him to order when he was a teaching assistant with Liu Yuanyuan last year. He went to the front desk and ordered a cup of cheese with less ice and three-point sugar. Ganlu, thinking of bringing Lin Jiang to drink when Lin Jiang came to pick him up.

Liu Yuanyuan still stepped into the store she clicked on. She was wearing a short skirt with a small fragrant style, a beige leather bag the size of a palm was slung on her shoulder, and a pair of black high heels were on her feet. Draped on her shoulders, the makeup on her face was a bit thick, and the earth-colored eyeshadow under her eyebrows was extra heavy, which made her already beautiful face more three-dimensional, and Ruan Chu almost didn't recognize her.

"Oh! Brother Ruan, you are here." Liu Yuanyuan turned around in the store only to see Ruan Chu sitting in the corner. With the sound of high-heeled shoes, she sat on the seat opposite Ruan Chu very imposingly, and turned towards Ruan Chu. Chu smiled.

Ruan Chu took a closer look at her, only to find that her heavy eye makeup seemed to cover up her swollen eyes, and she must have cried not long ago.

But he quickly withdrew his gaze, didn't ask any more questions, and gently pushed the cup of cheese and meaty peaches to Liu Yuanyuan's hand, and said succinctly: "Less ice and three-point sugar."

Liu Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment before realizing that he still remembered her preferences. A little warmth rose in her heart, which made her tense nerves relax a little. She pushed the milk tea back intact, shook her head dumbfoundingly and said: " I can't drink ice now."

Ruan Chu paused for a moment and realized what was the reason, put the milk tea back to his hand in embarrassment, and whispered: "I'm sorry, I don't know..."

"It's okay, it's not your problem, I didn't say it myself." Liu Yuanyuan smiled, asked the waiter to serve a cup of hot milk, ordered two more desserts, and put one in front of Ruan Chu.

Ruan Chu ate half of the dessert with her, and didn't say a word, but he was ready to listen to her at any time, and his eyes fell on her face intently and seriously.

Liu Yuanyuan bit the spoon, her eyes hung on the side of the delicately patterned plate, the smile on the corner of her lips froze for a moment, and finally it was all gone. She took a deep breath slowly, and her voice trembled when she spoke again:

"Men really don't have a damn good thing. My mother, a noble lady whom my grandparents supported since childhood, gave up her career for him and was willing to be a maid under the stove. As a result, she waited until he took the money to go out to become an Internet celebrity. To be a mistress? I feel sick when I think about it now, if I hadn't reached the age of breaking the law and going to jail, and I was afraid that my mother would be alone, I really wish I could throw a vase on his head!"

Ruan Chu didn't speak, but listened silently to Liu Yuanyuan, who had red eyes, gritted her teeth and cursed in a low voice, which then turned into crying confession and resentment, and handed clean tissues to her from time to time so that she could wipe away her tears.

She didn't cry very much, but the people at the tables nearby could notice it. They all thought it was a quarrel between young couples. They looked here curiously for a while and then looked away.

As a friend, Ruan Chu could only listen to everything, but never gave any advice. He was so stupid that he didn't know how to comfort her, but this gave Liu Yuanyuan, who had already broken down emotionally, the greatest relief, and it was exactly what she wanted. What is needed is the power of silent companionship from friends.

Tired of scolding, she blew her nose angrily, and when she raised her eyes to meet Ruan Chu's caring and sincere gaze, the negative emotions in her heart suddenly dissipated a lot, making her nose sore, and she muttered to herself: "Hey, It's so annoying, my makeup is messed up, my wife's cosmetics are so expensive, it's not worth wasting for such a stinky man."

"No flowers," Ruan Chu handed her another tissue, and said seriously, "You are beautiful even without makeup."

Liu Yuanyuan was amused by his serious appearance, unfolded the tissue to cover her face, and took a deep breath: "I figured it out, I'll just think he died on that woman's bed, I never had such a father , he is not good enough for my mother. But even if he cheated and died, all the properties under his name would have to be transferred to my mother and me, and I would not give up any money."

Ruan Chu couldn't understand such "big family grievances", so he was still a very competent listener.

It was already nine o'clock when Liu Yuanyuan was ready to make a plan on how to seize the family property. Lin Jiang sent several messages to Ruan Chu to inquire about the situation, but because he had to concentrate on listening to Liu Yuanyuan's words, he could only be brief. The reply was still chatting, and I was afraid that Lin Jiang would be worried, so I sent a location.

When Liu Yuanyuan realized that it was getting late, Lin Jiang was almost here.

"I'm sorry for taking up so much of your time. I just forgot because I didn't have any appetite." Liu Yuanyuan apologized, "Are you hungry? Shall I treat you to dinner?"

Ruan Chu raised his head, but looked past Liu Yuanyuan in the direction of the door, with a smile involuntarily in his eyes.

He thought about it, and although he was a little embarrassed, he still firmly rejected her in a low voice.

"No, my boyfriend is here to pick me up."