Mr. Bamboo Horse

Zheng Zhuoyuan stirred the ice cubes in the glass, staring at the road rolling with heat waves outside the glass window, but he hesitated to look further away.

Binluo is a city near the sea, and there is a road around the island about five kilometers long connecting the inside and outside of the island.

Before the car accident, his favorite thing was to ride here, feeling the romantic style built by the white-sand beach and the palm tree frangipani.

Or invite a few friends here for a drink on a summer night, and everyone chats and laughs wantonly in front of the stars and the sea.

His life, which was supposed to be bright and brilliant, fell into darkness after a car accident.

He no longer sees those friends in the past, and he dare not come here again.

The endless sea used to be his interpretation of freedom, but later it became an obstacle to his freedom.

Staring at the water in the glass, he frowned slightly, and just about to convince himself to try to look at it again, the phone rang.

It was Xu Jingchi who called.

He adjusted his mood, pressed the answer button, and before he could speak, he heard the eager question: "Where are you?" He subconsciously glanced at the opposite side, then immediately looked back, and said: "Outside, what's wrong?" "I'm here to find you, give me a location."

Xu Jingchi seemed to be in a hurry, and he was panting a little when he spoke.

He didn't know that Chen Shulun went home to find something about him, so he asked, "What's the matter? I'll go back later."

"Well, it's a little urgent, you give me a position first."

Xu Jingchi didn't explain much, so he had to send the location through WeChat.

After more than 20 minutes, Xu Jingchi's car appeared in sight.

After pushing the door and coming in, Xu Jingchi found him by scanning around, then strode over to him and sat down, took off his sunglasses and stared at him.

Xu Jingchi was wearing all-black casual clothes. With the blessing of his height and aviator sunglasses, he attracted several eyes as soon as he entered.

Zheng Zhuoyuan was inexplicably stared at by him, and he didn't want to be looked at by others, so he sat inside and looked out the window again.

"Chen Shulun came to look for you at home and told me about how you were almost hit."

Xu Jingchi said calmly.

Zheng Zhuoyuan's expression froze, and he looked back at him, but didn't speak.

"Why didn't you tell me about such a serious matter? Do you still think I'm a brother?" Zheng Zhuoyuan was silent for a moment before saying, "It was just a small accident and he was not injured. I don't mean I don't want you to be with Aunt Su." Worry."

"Small accident?!" Xu Jingchi was annoyed: "Your mother talked to me for more than two hours before I returned to China, and she told me how badly the car accident affected you!" Zheng Zhuoyuan didn't know about the conversation, Immediately wondered if his mother told him about wearing diapers.

His surprised reaction was misunderstood by Xu Jingchi, thinking that he didn't want him to know about the psychological problems after the car accident, so he felt even more disappointed, and said, "You seem to be fine now, there is no problem, but in fact, you have never had any problems in your heart." Step over."

"Your mother told me that I must spend more time with you and let you go.

But when I came back, I found that although you were not as cheerful as before, you could drive well, eat, sleep and laugh. I wondered if your mother was overly worried. "

"Now I know what she said is true. I should have insisted on asking the end yesterday."

Xu Jingchi hammered down the armrest of the sofa angrily: "I thought these three years would not affect our relationship, but in the end you are still strangers to me."

Zheng Zhuoyuan listened intently to what he said, and when he finished speaking, he leaned back on the back of the sofa and stared at the ceiling in a daze, only then did he realize that there was nothing he was worried about in what he said.

So...Xu Jingchi doesn't know yet?Seeing Fa Xiao who was immersed in sadness, he couldn't care less about comforting him, but asked tentatively: "What did my mother tell you?" Xu Jingchi said to himself, holding back on the way here Having vented her emotions a lot, she simply said: "She said you are autistic, so let me take you out to play more.

He also said that you refused to listen to her and asked me to persuade you more. "

"... gone?" Xu Jingchi said "um", and then he grabbed his hand: "Didn't you talk for more than two hours? Didn't you just say that?" Xu Jingchi looked at him fixedly, and found that there was really something in his eyes. Feeling uneasy, I came to my senses: "What are you worried about? Is there something else I don't know?" Zheng Zhuoyuan was asked directly, and immediately let go of Xu Jingchi's hand, and replied calmly: "I just want to You know what my mother said in a mess, and you also know that she loves to worry."

Xu Jingchi looked at him, not sure if he was guilty, but after he exchanged a glance with him, he refused to look at him again, and even took a gulp of the ice water on the table, and asked the waiter for another glass.

Thinking that the purpose of his coming was not to quarrel with him, Xu Jingchi slowed down his tone: "I was so scared yesterday, did you sleep well tonight?" Thinking of the embarrassment in the morning, Zheng Zhuoyuan was very embarrassed, but he knew that Xu Jingchi asked these things because he was worried about himself , and said: "It's okay."

"What do you mean okay? Good is good and bad is bad."

Xu Jingchi looked at him dissatisfied.

Zheng Zhuoyuan sighed: "Actually, I slept well last night, because I had a nightmare during the day."

"What did you dream about?" He turned his face and smiled at Xu Jingchi, but the smile didn't enter his eyes: "What else can it be."

"If you're really scared, say it.

There was nothing I could do when I wasn't here before, but now that I'm back, don't hold on to what you have. "

Xu Jingchi reminded him: "It won't be so hard to share with multiple people."

"Ah."

Zheng Zhuoyuan nodded, took another sip of ice water: "Don't worry so much, I didn't have a nightmare last night, I'm really fine."

Xu Jingchi knew that he was definitely not as safe as he appeared, but he couldn't really disregard his wishes, so he changed the topic: "I just scolded Chen Shulun severely, if he harass you again, tell me."

Zheng Zhuoyuan was a little surprised: "What did you scold him for?" "It's just some ugly words anyway, and he knows he's wrong."

Xu Jingchi didn't want to talk more about Chen Shulun, so he asked Zheng Zhuoyuan if he had eaten.

Zheng Zhuoyuan was so overwhelmed by the relapse of the illness that he couldn't eat or sit still, but after being interrupted by Xu Jingchi's careless care, he didn't feel so uncomfortable, and even drank two glasses of water.

Looking at the cold snacks on the table, he said, "Not yet, how about you?" Xu Jingchi looked at the time, got up and said, "I'm in a hurry to find you, so I can't care less about eating.

Let's go and eat now. "

After that day, Chen Shulun came to Zheng's house three more times.

Zheng Zhuoyuan refused to answer his phone calls, and couldn't explain clearly on WeChat, so he came to visit with gifts and fruits.

Xu Jingchi stopped him the first two times, and the third time Xu Jingchi was not at home, so he finally entered the door.

But Zheng Zhuoyuan's expression was awkward, and he didn't smile at him like before.

Although Zheng Zhuoyuan explained clearly on WeChat, let him not misunderstand.

He still refused to give up, after all, this was the first time he liked someone so much.

He put the fruit on the coffee table and passed the gift box over.

Zheng Zhuoyuan didn't answer, so he opened the lid.

"Senior, this is the commemorative coin I promised to give you earlier, and it took me more than ten days to finish carving it.

Although it can't compare with those master craftsmen, but this is my heart, can you accept it? Looking at the handmade silver coins lying on the black velvet cloth, Zheng Zhuoyuan didn't know how to refuse.

This is a handicraft they saw when they went shopping in the handicraft street at the end of last month. Because they thought it was special and they could design patterns to make by themselves, Chen Shulun asked him what kind of patterns he liked and wanted to carve one for him.

He said no, it would be a waste of time to do this.

But Chen Shulun said that he realized that he had never given him a gift, and now he just had the opportunity, so he insisted on doing it.

So he chose the uncomplicated cloud landscape of the Twin Towers.

The Petronas Twin Towers are the landmark buildings of Binluo City.

The appearance looks like two pieces of sails inserted upside down on the seashore. The left tower is built as a high-end office building, and the right tower provides sightseeing and entertainment services.

The circular observation hall on the 88th floor overlooks the endless sea below, and it is one of Zheng Zhuoyuan's favorite places to go.

The knife work on the silver coins is quite rough, and the changeable cloud patterns can show the seriousness and intentions of the sculptors.

Zheng Zhuoyuan hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the gift and said thank you.

After all, they were still good friends when Chen Shulun was preparing, and the current embarrassing relationship cannot be used as a reason for rejection.

Seeing that he accepted it, Chen Shulun smiled a little, and continued: "Senior, I respect your opinion.

But we got along so happily before, and you don't have anyone you like now, why don't you try being with me?Sometimes you won't know what you really want until you try it. "

After these days, Chen Shulun's mood has also calmed down, and Zheng Zhuoyuan will not feel urgent when talking about these things, so Zheng Zhuoyuan can also answer calmly.

"I understand what you mean, the question now is not whether I am willing to try, but our orientation is different.

I..." He paused, looking a little speechless.

This topic has been discussed on WeChat more than once, and Chen Shulun understood what he was hesitant to say, so he continued for him: "I know you are not interested in men.

But senior, you also told me in the chat before that you still don't know what kind of girl you like.

Since you don't know what you really like, why not change your mind? Zheng Zhuoyuan shook his head, but insisted: "This kind of thing can't be done by force."

Shu Lun, don't waste your time on me, I'm really not suitable for you. "

Facing this firm gaze, Chen Shulun was at a loss for words to continue persuading him.

Since the day he confessed, he has been avoiding himself.

Even if we are willing to meet today, we still refuse to look directly, until now.

Thinking of Zheng Zhuoyuan's willingness to look over to reject him, Chen Shulun felt very sad.

But based on his understanding of Zheng Zhuoyuan, he also knew that this matter was over. If he continued to entangle, maybe Zheng Zhuoyuan would really hate him.

He didn't want to be hated, and he didn't want to have to be friends.

What's more, as long as you return to the position of a friend and accompany you, you may still have a chance in the future.

So he said: "Okay, senior, I respect your decision, so can you promise me something?" Zheng Zhuoyuan relaxed in his heart, and said, "Say it."

"Can we continue to be friends?" Zheng Zhuoyuan hesitated, but under Chen Shulun's earnest gaze, he really couldn't say anything.

After all, he was also at fault for this matter, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

That night when Xu Jingchi came back for dinner, he didn't blame him for opening the door when he heard about it. He just felt that Chen Shulun gave up a little too quickly, which didn't fit his personality.

He never disliked Chen Shulun from the beginning to the end, so he didn't think too much about it, and even said a few good words for Chen Shulun, praising this junior for being sensible.

Xu Jingchi was noncommittal, but he didn't want to say too much to make him worry, so he said to see how his junior behaved next.

It's school day in a few days.

After completing the admission procedures, Zheng Zhuoyuan was about to report to the student union, but was stopped by the instructor and asked him to take a few classmates to clean the gardening area behind the school.

They worked hard for more than two hours in the drizzle, and then he developed a fever at night, and he recovered after four days of rest.

When I was finally able to report to the student union, the personnel arrangements for this semester were all finalized.

Liu Shengsheng talked with him for more than half an hour, asked him to take over as the propaganda minister, and gave him two new sophomores.

He opened the folder Liu Shengsheng handed over, and was stunned when he saw the first photo.

Liu Shengsheng sipped milk tea and said with a smile: "Didn't you recommend him to me during the summer vacation? I talked to him the day before yesterday. This Chen Shulun has good adaptability and communication skills. He also wants to join the student union to exercise, so I arranged for him to talk to him." is you."