imaginary rival

Jiang Shiyu turned around and left after saying sorry.

Xie Lanlan looked blankly, looked at Jiang Shiyu and then turned to look at Yan An, and poked Yan An's arm: "Are you two arguing?"

"...No." Yan An twisted the lid of the drink, but did not unscrew it.

"You two are acting strange recently." Xie Lanlan said.

"Really?" Yan An unscrewed the lid again, but still did not unscrew it.

Xie Lanlan stretched out his hand, he shook his head, followed Jiang Shiyu in a few steps, and passed the drink over: "Brother Xiaoyu, twist the bottle cap."

Jiang Shiyu glanced at him, took the drink and twisted it.

It wasn't that the lid of the drink was so tight, it was because Yan An's hands were sweaty, and the lid slipped a bit after twisting it around. Jiang Shiyu turned to Xie Lanlan for a piece of paper, wrapped it around the lid and twisted it open.

"Thank you," Yan An took it over, raised his eyes to look carefully at Jiang Shiyu's expression, "You're not angry, are you?"

"Why am I angry?" Jiang Shiyu asked.

"I don't know," Yan An looked at him holding the bottle, "What did I do wrong?"

Jiang Shiyu looked into Yan An's eyes, suddenly regained consciousness, and blinked: "No...it's nothing, I'm sorry, it's not your fault."

"Don't say I'm sorry." Yan An covered the drink, raised his hand habitually, and paused for a moment. He saw Jiang Shiyu looking straight at him, so he hooked his hand just like that, pressing down on Jiang Shiyu. On Yu's shoulders, it seemed that the entanglement of the past few days had been suppressed together, and they resumed this long together posture.

But not right.

Yan An felt that something was not quite right.

"Anyway," Yan An thought for a while, then said to Jiang Shiyu, "There's no need to say sorry to me."

He was too hard, as if trying to cover his eyes, Jiang Shiyu's shoulders were slightly slumped under his pressure, and he turned to look at him: "Okay."

Yan An tilted his head.

It was too close, and when Jiang Shiyu turned his head to speak, his breath sprayed on his face. Why didn't he realize that this action would be so close before?

Yan An was silent for a while, then continued: "If you are unhappy about anything, you can tell me."

Jiang Shiyu responded vaguely, grabbed Yan An's hand, and shook it firmly.

Yan An didn't pull out his hand.

After finishing the final exam, he received a lot of homework, and he couldn't play for a few days. Yan An felt that he might not be able to finish his homework even if he wrote eight hours a day.

With this workload, Xie Lanlan still finds time to go on a date with Sun Ke.

Love is awesome.

Yan An yawned, hugged Xiao Binghai and rubbed him violently.

This time he did well in the exam, much better than the last semester of the second year of high school. His parents were surprised for a while, and they gave him positive encouragement for the first time. Yan An had never experienced this kind of positive encouragement. It was not bad. Even if school starts tomorrow, he can participate in the struggle.

The strange thing was Jiang Shiyu.

I didn't see Jiang Shiyu in the group, and if I sent him a message alone, I didn't know what to send... Yan An looked through the previous chat records and found that they didn't talk too much.

Most of the time, I'm swiping emoticons.

Jiang Shiyu.

Jiang Shiyu.

Yan An tapped his note twice, rubbed his head and threw the phone aside.

"You said you wanted to talk to me about something," my mother sat on the sofa, looking at Jiang Shiyu, "what's the matter?"

Jiang Shiyu didn't say it directly, and sat on the sofa for a while.

Mom came back and stayed for a few days this time, but she didn't seem to contact that uncle anymore. She kept silent after asking about Jiang Shiyu's grades, and Jiang Shiyu couldn't tell anything from her face.

"You and that uncle," Jiang Shiyu asked softly, "how are you doing?"

After asking, he paused for a while, saw his mother's complicated eyes, and continued to explain: "I don't want to care about you or have any opinions on your making friends, just... I don't think he is very reliable. If you want to get married, I miss you." You should be able to find someone better."

"Why did you say this all of a sudden?" Mom asked.

Nothing sudden.

Jiang Shiyu had been preparing these words in his heart for a long time. From the day Yan An exchanged secrets with him, he had prepared many excuses and many ways to face his mother.

It's only now that I can say it.

Yan An.

Thinking of him, Jiang Shiyu frowned, and said to his mother, "I thought about it for a long time before I said it."

Mother's expression seemed a little surprised. Jiang Shiyu's words were something she had never imagined for her, and she was silent for a long time.

Jiang Shiyu also fell silent, his lips moved several times but he couldn't say anything.

"...I understand what you mean," Mom finally said, "I have no more contact with him."

Jiang Shiyu raised his head and looked at his mother, a little surprise flashed in his eyes, and there was an indescribable emotion.

Mom didn't explain any more, she packed up her things, and changed the topic very abruptly: "Do you want to go back to the north to see?"

"Huh?" Jiang Shiyu was taken aback.

"Before... it was said that your grandma was hospitalized, I hope you can go to see it during the holiday," my mother said with her head down, "you can go if you want to go, or you don't have to, read more books at home, it's almost third year of high school, study hard A bit."

"Ah." Jiang Shiyu looked at her.

"Don't hang out with Yan An and the others, you..." Mother suddenly paused in the middle of her sentence, probably thinking about whether there is anything else to teach, and after thinking for a long time, she only asked, "Do you still have money?" ?”

"...Yes." Jiang Shiyu said.

"That's good." Mom nodded and remained silent.

Jiang Shiyu sat in the living room for a while, then got up and went back to the room. Not long after, he heard the sound of the door lock falling outside, and his mother left.

The whole room was silent again. Jiang Shiyu lay on the bed and rested for a while, checked his phone, but there was no news from Yan An.

Mom didn't contact that uncle anymore.

She was still sober, and she didn't gamble on her marriage on impulse to prove something. This discovery made Jiang Shiyu a little happy.

And my mother said a lot. Although she still told him to study and asked if he had money, her attitude was much better than before.

Jiang Shiyu didn't know if this was a sign that his mother was getting better, but it was the first time in his heart that he was so relaxed, and it was the first time that he could still be so relaxed after talking with his mother, and he wanted to find someone to share this joy.

As soon as the lock screen of the phone was turned on, Jiang Shiyu clicked on Yan An's message box, thought for a while and then backed out.

He didn't understand Yan An's sudden hesitation and alienation at all, and he couldn't understand it no matter how he thought about it.

What's more, during the few days of vacation, except for a few chats in the small group, they didn't chat privately at all.

Jiang Shiyu stared at Yan An's profile picture for a while, sighed, and clicked on the software for ordering air tickets after thinking about it.

Anyway, he had to go back and see grandma.

The rest... Let's talk about it when I come back.

Jiang Shiyu ordered an air ticket for tomorrow afternoon, packed up some homework, and some clothes.

This time I will definitely live for some time in the past.

All his relatives are in the north, and he will definitely stay for a few more days to see his grandma.

Jiang Shiyu thought for a long time, and finally dialed a number: "Hello? Grandpa..."

"Don't you think you've been a little depressed recently?" Xie Lanlan lay on the desk, looking at Yan An.

Yan An glanced at her and clicked his tongue twice: "Don't you think you have been tanned recently?"

"I'm in a good mood recently, and I don't want to kill anyone. Be careful what you say," Xie Lanlan pointed at him. "To be honest, I feel that you are in a bad mood recently."

"...It's not to the extent that I'm in a bad mood," Yan An changed his pen, "It's just...it feels a little strange."

"What's so strange?" Xie Lanlan asked.

"Just... Jiang Shiyu and I," Yan An squeezed his fingers, "Do you think we are strange?"

"It's okay." Xie Lanlan tilted her head, "You and Jiang Shiyu...haven't always been like this?"

"What kind?" Yan An asked immediately.

"Mindless and unhappy." Xie Lanlan commented.

"No," Yan An said, "You can't say that, Jiang Shiyu is quite smart..."

"I say you!" Xie Lanlan said loudly, "You have no brains!"

After she finished speaking, she paused again, as if in deep thought: "Although Jiang Shiyu is not very unhappy."

"Jiang Shiyu is quite easy-going." Yan An said.

Xie Lanlan nodded in agreement.

A very easygoing person.

Easy-going, handsome, able to play, good at studying, and then... what else?

I don't know, Jiang Shiyu is pretty good anyway.

Yan An sighed, glanced at Xie Lanlan, and found that Xie Lanlan was looking at him.

"What?" Yan An asked.

"Huh? No...uh, it's nothing," Xie Lanlan sat up straight, "I just think, Xiao An, don't overcomplicate many things."

"Ah." Yan An answered her.

"You are good friends," Xie Lanlan said, and paused, "Is there any other relationship?"

Yan An was stunned and didn't say anything.

Yes, they are good friends.

What happened to the shoulder-to-shoulder hook-up between good friends?

Good friends go to the bathroom together, compare birds together, and sleep in the same bed.

I didn't think it was strange before, so why is it so strange now, and Jiang Shiyu also became so strange.

No contact for so many days off.

Why, Yan An?

Yan An suddenly realized, and muttered: "It's my brother..."

Xie Lanlan frowned.

She stared at Yan An for a long time, tightening her fingers carefully.

"I got it," Yan An grabbed the phone and said to Xie Lanlan, "Go find Sun Ke, I don't need you anymore."

"You think I like to follow you," Xie Lanlan rolled her eyes, "I always go out, and my mother suspects that I have a puppy love, otherwise I wouldn't come to ask you to do my homework...Who did you call?"

"Jiang Shiyu." Yan An said, "I figured it out, there is nothing strange between us, we are just good friends, we shouldn't just because I think it's strange... and Jiang Shiyu is so aggressive..."

"Huh?" A threatening voice came from the other end of the phone.

Yan An settled for a while, and continued to talk to Xie Lanlan: "Jiang Shiyu has a really good personality, and he's not bored at all. I'm not worried at all that he won't find friends after he's estranged from me."

Xie Lanlan sneered.

"Hello?" Yan An said nothing happened, "What are you doing?"

"At the airport." Jiang Shiyu said.

"Airport?" Yan An was taken aback, "Are you... going on a trip?"

"My grandma is in the hospital." Jiang Shiyu went to check in with his luggage, "I'll go back and see her."

"... Oh." Yan An responded in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Shiyu asked.

"I wanted to ask you out to play." Yan An got up and went to the small balcony, knelt down and asked in a low voice, "Why did you leave all of a sudden without saying a word, did you go alone? When will you be back?"

Jiang Shiyu squeezed his phone, looked at the sign in front of him, and was silent for a long time.

"Jiang Shiyu?" Yan An called on the other end of the phone.

"Huh?" Jiang Shiyu came back to his senses: "What?"

"... When will you come back?" Yan An asked again.

The airport was noisy with people coming and going, Jiang Shiyu was silent for a while, until Yan An couldn't help himself and wanted to ask again, he said softly: "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."