From Pokfulam to Central

In fact, tonight, the reason why the players ended the training early was not only because they were tired, but also because they were hungry.The opening time of the cafeteria during the holidays is only fixed at three meal times. During dinner today, the team members happened to be arguing endlessly with two arguments on one focus point. When it was over, the cafeteria was locked.

We originally made an appointment to go to the night stand next to the subway station to catch up on supper, but because of Zhou Mi's appearance, Qu Zhi hadn't eaten his meal, so he was dragged home directly, and now he is looking up information, while his stomach growls cooing.

Qu Zhi wanted to endure it, after all, it was so late, but his empty stomach seemed to collude with his brain to go on strike, he struggled a bit, and finally decided that he had to go to the refrigerator to find something like sandwiches to satisfy his hunger.However, the moment he stood up from the desk, Qu Zhi felt the faint aroma of cooking noodles wafting from the kitchen. He thought that he was hallucinating from hunger, so he went to find out with a self-deprecating mood. .

On the way home, Zhou Mi noticed that Qu Zhi was hungry. After returning home, he took out the suitcase he brought back from Beijing last time, rummaged in it for a long time, and finally found the ingredients for his specialty dishes.

Zhou Mi poured a bowl of cold water into the boiled pot, and by the light of the small light on the range hood, he noticed Qu Zhi appeared at the kitchen door, his men were doing work, and said casually: "Greedy cat, Come here just by smelling it?"

Qu Zhi, like Zhou Mi, didn't notice the ambiguity in this address, he subconsciously lowered his voice because of the dim light, "What are you cooking?"

Zhou Mi's nerves tightened suddenly, and his mind blankly stopped the action of stirring noodles in the pot with chopsticks in his hand, only to feel that the voice just now was very like a lover whispering in his ear, and his scalp was numb and his heart was itching from the light teasing .Zhou Mi plucked up the courage to look at Qu Zhi, and saw that he was looking at himself with simple expectations in his eyes, the only light source in this narrow space released warm light, and all fell on this person.

Hot water vapor wrapped in white foam overflowed from the edge of the pot, poured on the blue flame of natural gas, burned violently in an instant, and turned into a dazzling golden yellow.

Qu Zhi quickly turned off the small flame, snatched the chopsticks from Zhou Mi's hand and stirred them in the pot, "What are you thinking about?"

Only then did Zhou Mi come back to his senses, coughed dryly to cover up, and calmed down and said: "It's nothing, that, I fried the sauce just now when I was a little hungry, let's eat together, I can't eat so much anyway."

Qu Zhi gave a faint "hmm", turned off the fire, took out the noodles, and walked out of the kitchen by himself. Seeing this, Zhou Mi hurriedly picked up the fried sauce and two pairs of chopsticks, and followed behind.

Qu Zhi put two bowls of clean noodles on the dining table, there was only the night light that Zhou Mi kept for himself in the hall, the light was a bit dim, Qu Zhi reached out to turn on the headlight, but Zhou Mi stopped him.

"That's it," Zhou Mi stretched out his hand to grab Qu Zhi's arm, and pulled him back to the table, "It's fine if you can see it, save it, the meter is running out of electricity, Chen Shuo was paying the bill before, we don't I know how to do it, I have to study it."

Qu Zhi didn't worry about it, he obeyed obediently.

After the two finished mixing the noodles, Zhou Mi turned half of what was in his own bowl to Qu Zhi and walked away. He didn't stop until he said "enough" several times, still afraid that he would not have enough to eat.

Qu Zhi picked up the bowl and eagerly took a sip, then lifted his face from the mouth of the bowl abruptly, saw that Zhou Mi's eyes were brightened, and with the noodles still in his mouth, he murmured, "Delicious!"

Seeing Qu Zhi like this for the first time, Zhou Mi was instantly encouraged and full of confidence in his cooking skills, "Eat slowly, don't burn it, I can give you what is not enough for me."

Qu Zhi buried his head and shook his head, "Enough is enough, you can eat too, it's really delicious, different from what I usually eat."

Zhou Mi looked at Qu Zhi like a child fondly, and he also experienced the simplest happiness, and explained gently: "The sweet noodle sauce used in this fried sauce is made in Tianjin, and I learned it from my mother."

Qu Zhi was a little tired, so he put the bowl back on the table, leaned closer to the table, and listened carefully while eating.

Speaking of his mother, Zhou Mi thought of the last time he visited Liu Jie in the hospital, so he said, "By the way, last time I went back to Beijing to see my aunt, she also said that she would invite me to your house for dinner."

Qu Zhi was a little surprised, swallowed the food in his mouth hastily and asked: "Really? My mother rarely invites people to the house, and even the gatherings of good friends are outside. She doesn't like guests at home. Me and her both—"

Qu Zhisheng cut off the second half of the sentence, he never told anyone other than Chen Shuo about the situation in his family.When getting along with others, Qu Zhi generally avoids talking about his respective families, even if the other party mentions it first, he will deliberately avoid the topic.Qu Zhi didn't expect that he had let down his guard to such an extent in front of Zhou Mi.

Lowering his head, looking at the noodles Zhou Mi insisted on not admitting that he cooked them for himself, Qu Zhi couldn't help thinking of his intention to wait at the subway entrance at night just to help him get out of a small trouble, and remembering that he was afraid that he would be trapped in the typhoon. School, the way he came here by car to pick him up, remembering the plane ticket he changed to return to Beijing one day earlier in order not to distract himself, remembering...

Qu Zhi hesitated. Facing such a person, did he really need to completely seal up the past like he would treat ordinary classmates and friends, and then push him away who tried to get close, so as not to let him know the real me?

Zhou Mi admitted that he wanted to know more about Qu Zhi's past, especially those things that he didn't often mention, so when he fell silent abruptly, he didn't immediately say something innocuous to make this embarrassing situation worse. The situation is over.But now, looking at Qu Zhi struggling, Zhou Mi began to regret why he couldn't pretend that he didn't hear anything, why he had to touch his sore spot cruelly, why——

"Would you like to hear my story?"

Zhou Mi didn't expect Qu Zhi's final decision to be willing. He saw Qu Zhi turned his head and looked at him. He saw a very thin layer of crystal in his eyes, which clearly reflected the faint light of the night light. Light.

Qu Zhi didn't want to wait for Zhou Mi's response, he just wanted to smile forcefully and try to use the most peaceful and calm attitude to open up the past that he hasn't touched for a long time.

"My parents separated when I was very young. My mother raised me alone, but they never went through divorce procedures. You should have heard that many couples who want to separate have to wait for their children They are one of the graduation ceremonies that their parents have to hold when their children graduate from high school.

"Actually, for me, I have never had the concept of 'father' since I was a child. When I watched other children being picked up by their father or brought out to play, I really didn't feel anything. In my cognition, he It's just a man who will come home on New Year's Eve and have a New Year's Eve dinner in an awkward atmosphere among the three of them.

"However, during the period when I was studying how to fill in the application form in my third year of high school, suddenly one day, he appeared at my door without warning. The moment I opened the door, I even naively thought that he was coming. To provide advice on my future plans and fulfill the most basic responsibility of being a father. But who knows..."

Having said this, Qu Zhi took a deep breath involuntarily, Zhou Mi looked at the calm face and heaving chest he was trying to maintain, and couldn't bear to listen to him continue, wishing he could bear this suffering for him.

However, before Zhou Mi could say it, Qu Zhi had already continued the story: "Who knows, he brought bad news. He said that all his money was taken away by an illegal fund-raising gang outside. Part of it is a loan from the society, and now the other party wants him to pay back the money. He rented the place where my mother and I lived, but the house where my mother and I lived was bought in my mother’s name, and the other party said they would sell the house to pay off the debt, because This is the joint property of the husband and wife.

"I couldn't figure out why my so-called 'father' who was almost a stranger borrowed money and asked my mother to pay it back. I didn't understand why there were such fucking rules in the world. I was the only one at that time. What I found out was that the law did not protect innocent people, which almost shook my fundamental understanding of the whole world at the time. Losing the lowest sense of security is a terrible thing, and it forced me to give birth to I can only rely on myself to protect myself and my mother. Although the law is evil, it is also the sharpest weapon.

"Actually, I studied science in high school. The college entrance examination I wanted to fill in was architecture, followed by some related majors, such as civil engineering and urban planning. With my grades at that time, even Tsinghua University could try it. Go for it. But after this happened, I found that studying architecture can’t help me protect my mother and myself. I have to study law, because only by studying it thoroughly can I make good use of it.”

Zhou Mi didn't expect that Qu Zhi learned his major so well not because of interest, but because of necessity.