stepping into the night

After the military training, the National Day holiday began after a few weeks of class. Zhou Yue and Ye Xingzhi were both from other provinces. They just wanted to take advantage of these seven days to play in the scenic spots around the city and familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment. Zhao Tong went home and stayed. He just locked himself in his room and played games, and he just passed his driver's license test during the summer vacation, so he drove the family car and went to a 5A-level scenic spot far away from the urban area with Zhou Yue and Ye Xingzhi.

The salary during statutory holidays is three times the normal salary, so Ruan Chu stayed at the school and continued to do the delivery work of the milk tea shop. After leaving Lin Jiang and another student staying at school, most of the rest went home or went on vacation.

There are not many people who come to the store to buy milk tea on holidays, but the number of takeout orders has increased sharply, and the store manager has temporarily recruited a few more takeaway workers. Ruan Chu has been working in the store since eight o'clock in the morning. It was postponed to twelve o'clock, and his off-duty time was also postponed to eleven o'clock in the evening.

Both of them had extremely heavy workloads, and they didn't have time to talk to each other all day long. Only when Ruan Chu came to pick up milk tea at noon, Lin Jiang would ask him if he had lunch.

Ruan Chu's temples were full of sweat, and because of his fair skin, the blush on his face was more obvious from the scorching sun, but he didn't have time to say anything, he just shook his head and skilfully picked up milk tea and hurriedly put it into the delivery box and rode on. The car rushed to the place of order.

It wasn't until after ten o'clock in the evening that Lin Jiang could see Ruan Chu sitting at a table in front of the milk tea shop quietly eating with a plate.The cafeteria is close to closing time, and most of the leftover dishes are leftover dishes that students don’t like. Another clerk in the store made an appointment with his classmates to go shopping on the student street and left first. Lin Jiang.

While cleaning the bar, Lin Jiang casually raised her head to look at Ruan Chu from time to time. Although the two of them had no communication, he felt a kind of peace of mind called "companionship" after a long absence.

Half of the lights in the huge cafeteria were turned off, only the lights of the milk tea shop were still on. A few cleaning ladies had packed up their things and were ready to leave. An irresistible chill seeped into the autumn night wind.

Lin Jiang thought about it, made a cup of warm Siji milk tea, got up, went around the bar, walked to the seat opposite Ruan Chu, and sat down, gently put the cup of milk tea in Ruan Chu's hand: "Please drink, This is a reward for being a temporary store manager."

Ruan Chu swallowed the last mouthful of food, raised his head to look at Lin Jiang with some doubts, and realized that it was not elegant to eat with his dirty body, so he pursed his lips uncomfortably, and hurriedly put down the chopsticks , took out the tissue paper that he carried with him and wiped his mouth.

He has no obsession with food and snacks, and he has no preference. For him, as long as he can eat enough to satisfy his hunger, he will be grateful for Lin Jiang's gentleness and kindness. On the knee, thank Lin Jiang softly: "Thank you senior."

"You're welcome." Lin Jiang also smiled at him as gently as possible.

There are too many times when he is expressionless, and his whole body reveals an imperceptible indifference that rejects people thousands of miles away. Even when he speaks in a gentle tone, he still seems very alienated. The illusion that he is a special case in front of him.

Ruan Chu was a little embarrassed. He was used to saving delicious or precious things until the end, trying to prolong this hard-won happiness, so he wanted to save this cup of milk tea until he returned to the dormitory. dismantle.

But Lin Jiang, who was sitting opposite him, seemed to hope that he could drink it now, just like when giving a gift, he hopes that the recipient can immediately feedback whether he likes the gift or not.

This made Ruan Chu hesitate for a while.

Lin Jiang couldn't tell what he was thinking, but the tangled look of the handsome boy with a gray face in front of him made him feel a little cute, and the smile on the corners of his lips became deeper. Lightly ordered the plate, looked at Ruan Chu and asked, "Go and throw this away first?"

"Yeah okay." Ruan Chu came back to his senses, hurriedly stood up and picked up the plate and put it in the cutlery recycling place. The tip of the ear, which was just a little pink, made the whole ear turn red, but he didn't hesitate, put it away The dinner plate went back to the place where he had eaten just now and sat down, looked up at Lin Jiang, and called out obediently and nonchalantly, "Senior."

"Are you afraid of me?" Lin Jiang could naturally see his ears that were blushing because of embarrassment, but because of his slightly curly, fluffy and soft hair, he looked extraordinarily gentle, like some kind of young girl's favorite Lovely soft and harmless little animals.

"No." Ruan Chu shook his head, he just felt that he seemed a little embarrassed in front of Lin Jiang just now, which made him a little embarrassed.

Lin Jiang thought about it, and finally asked what Ruan Chu hadn't had time to ask: "I see that you have been busy delivering orders from morning to night since you started working here, didn't you eat lunch?"

"I didn't eat on time," Ruan Chu thought for a while, and said truthfully, "Actually, the order is the most during the meal time. If I eat on time, it will be too late to deliver, and after I get used to it, it's nothing."

His tone was very flat, without even the slightest complaint, and his beautiful peach-petal-like eyes were always full of radiance, never dimmed, which made people unable to even express their understanding for his hard work and comfort him. .

Lin Jiang looked at him, but felt a feeling of shame for no reason.

In fact, the basic salary of the delivery staff plus commission is a bit higher than the salary of the clerk in the milk tea shop, but who doesn't want to find a relatively decent job that doesn't require too much work?

When they first met, he could find a sense of identity from Ruan Chu as a fellow traveler, but as they got in touch longer due to part-time jobs, he saw something in Ruan Chu that he had been secretly hoping for. But never take a step to try something fresh and vivid that you have.

He always uses his indifferent appearance to resist all kinds of gazes around him, but he can't help but get close to Ruan Chu, this elementary school boy who looks so thin and soft, but is more flexible than anyone else. .

"It's getting late," Lin Jiang said, "Why don't you go back to the dormitory to rest early today?"

"Is there no order to deliver?" Ruan Chu tilted his head in confusion, "But it doesn't close until eleven o'clock."

Lin Jiang was stunned, dumb for a moment, couldn't help reaching out and rubbing his head: "I don't know, not yet, you can sit with me in the store for a while, there is no air conditioner outside, it is very hot."

If you send more orders, you will get an extra commission. Lin Jiang quickly understood the meaning behind his puzzled expression, got up and led him to the inner room of the milk tea shop.

Ruan Chu hurriedly got up with the cup of Four Seasons Milk Green, carefully avoided bumping into things in the store, and followed him into the inner room.

The store was cleaned up by Lin Jiang, which made Ruan Chu pinch the corner of his dusty coat a little helplessly, wondering if he should go into the inner room.

"What are you doing in a daze?" Lin Jiang turned on the light in the inner room, turned to look at him, picked up a chair and put it next to her, signaling Ruan Chu to come over.

"I won't give you a bill and block your way of making money," Lin Jiang couldn't hold back, and raised her hand to pinch his head again, "Little money fan."

There was some brisk joking in his words, Ruan Chu didn't refute when he heard it, but bent his eyes into two crescent moons in embarrassment, and straightened out the messy hair that Lin Jiang rubbed, and he was very serious Promptly reminded Lin Jiang: "I ran for a day, and my hair was covered with sweat and dirty."

"Not dirty." Lin Jiang raised the corners of her lips.

Ruan Chu blinked, feeling a little shy for no reason when he was staring at him with a smile like this, quietly looked away from him, took apart the straw and inserted it into the milk tea to drink slowly.

It took a while before I realized that I drank the milk tea that I was going to take back to the dormitory, and I couldn't help feeling a little annoyed at myself.

However, in the next hour, there were no more dispatch orders. Only occasionally a few students who stayed in school put on a jacket over their pajamas and came down to order. Ruan Chu sat in the inner room near the door, and he could clearly understand the order. I saw the whole process of Lin Jiang making milk tea wearing the apron in the shop.

Making milk tea in the store is actually not too difficult, but Lin Jiang takes this job very seriously. If you put him in a white coat, it might make people think that he just came out of the laboratory.His hands are also fair and beautiful, and every inch of his joints seems to be carefully crafted, which is particularly pleasing to the eye, making people feel that he is not just making a cup of milk tea, but a work of art.

"Your taro balls are iced and candy, please go slowly." Lin Jiang took the cup of milk tea out with both hands, her tone was as cold as ever, but Ruan Chu somehow felt that he was very gentle at the moment, like a wind blowing outside The night breeze in the late summer and early autumn has a bit of lingering warmth, but it is not too hot. It contains a bit of refreshing coolness that is showing the first signs of autumn, and it is comfortable and comfortable.

It's not that Ruan Chu has never seen Lin Jiang at work, but he doesn't have the time to sit in a cool and comfortable hut with a cup of milk tea and carefully observe the whole process of Lin Jiang's work.

The senior of the mathematics department is always so calm and calm to do everything meticulously, as if there is nothing that cannot be solved by his side, giving people a great sense of security. He is the most important person in the hot summer. A touch of comfort and stability.

As soon as Lin Jiang turned around and came back, she met his bright eyes, as if all the emotions of admiration were about to overflow from the soft peach petals, which made people involuntarily soften the originally closed heart.

He washed his hands and sat next to Ruan Chu.Of course he could feel Ruan Chu's gaze following him when he was making milk tea, but it didn't make him feel uncomfortable, on the contrary, he was a little itchy, and couldn't help but want to look at that little white face covered with dust The appearance when she blushed with embarrassment because she was caught.

Lin Jiang looked at him, with a little smile in her long and narrow phoenix eyes, and asked him deliberately: "How long have you been looking at me, do you look good?"