desolate

"Why are you here?"

As soon as Class Six's performance ended, Zhou Ze fled from the group.To be honest, when he saw Pei Ye on stage, he was a little happy besides the accident.

Like popping candy poured into Coke, carbonated bubbles came out one after another.

Pei raised his chin unnaturally: "I want to see Orange Juice."

"?"

None of her business?

Cheng Zhizhi had no choice but to stop humming at the beginning.

"Grandpa Pei!" Suddenly, a huge monster came out of nowhere and rushed towards Pei Ye, "Why didn't you tell me when you came here! It's so embarrassing! Do you treat me as a brother?"

Pei also turned around to avoid Xu Dazhi's bear hug: "Who are you?"

"Woooooooo..." Xu Duozhi was taken aback for a moment, then wept and complained to Wen Jialang, "Look at him!"

Wen Jialang pulled him away, full of anger: "Go away!"

Zhou Ze used his body to stand in front of Cheng Zhi, watching them fight with a smile, and Pei also added fire occasionally, which was just for fun.

Xu said the atmosphere was good, and Xu Dazhi suddenly proposed: "It's New Year's Eve today, should we have a meal together? Go to the riverside to set off fireworks at night!"

Wen Jialang was the quickest to agree: "Okay, it happens that my mother is going back to my hometown today."

Then, the two of them looked at Pei Ye and Zhou Ze eagerly, their eyes full of anticipation and longing.Zhou Ze said something casual in a good temper, so the decision-making power fell on Pei Ye.

"Do you want to set off fireworks?"

Pei also stretched out his index finger and touched Cheng Zhizhi's braid.

Why is it me again?

Cheng Zhizhi sighed silently in his heart, then tried to judge Pei Ye's wishes, and finally nodded.

She also discovered recently that Pei Ye has a shortcoming that he doesn't like to tell the truth. If he wants it, he will never honestly say that he wants it; but if he doesn't want it, he will definitely refuse with ten times the disgust.

But maybe he wants too little, so there are too few examples to prove it.

"Then go." Pei Ye put his hands in his pockets, "But don't go to the riverside, it's windy and far away, the child wants to sleep, so put it on the roof of my house."

"No problem!" Xu Duozhi rubbed his hands excitedly, and then he noticed Cheng Zhizhi, "By the way, who is this kid?"

Zhou Ze didn't know how to introduce, so he had to look at Pei Ye, planning to say that he was his sister if he didn't say anything.

But Pei didn't evade: "My sister."

"what?"

"When did you have a sister?"

Pei didn't answer, he raised his hand and gently tugged at the little girl's braid, and the broken hair fell on her forehead: "Zhou Ze will take her back in my car, and come over as soon as you get the fireworks."

"Hey! Are you leaving now?"

Seeing the backs of the three of them, Xu Duozhi was a little puzzled.

It was Wen Jialang who slapped him awake: "Don't look, hurry up, if you have to roll roll later, you won't be able to leave!"

"oh oh!"

……

As early as two weeks ago, when Su Ya was discharged from the hospital, Pei Ye took Cheng Zhizhi to rent a two-bedroom and one living room in a very old community. The room was not big and the orientation was ordinary, but he liked this house very much.

The top floor is cheap, and the former tenant gave a balcony of flowers and plants... Although they lived in for half a month, after watering two pots of spider plants, the flowers will be returned to Cheng.

It's very close to the school, Pei Ye had just rented it for two days, Zhou Ze moved in under the name of sharing the rent, and he was not polite to share the room with Pei Ye - after all, Cheng Zhizhi is a girl, and she can't be allowed to sleep living room.

However, after two growing teenagers squeezed together on a single bed for a night, Zhou Ze decisively bought a 1.8-meter large bed at the flea market with huge sums of money.

"Orange juice, take out the pot, they want to cook hot pot."

Pei also came out of the kitchen and hurried to the entrance.

Zhou Ze, who was reading in the room, asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to help them get things."

"Oh...bring a bottle of Coke, iced!"

"I think you look like Coke."

"...?"

Pei also went out.

Zhou Ze rubbed his eyes, sat up straight and stretched, and then threw the book in front of him into the cardboard box next to him—because the house was indeed too small, even though it was the master bedroom, after putting a large wardrobe, it was reserved for the desk The floor space is very small, so I can only use the children's desk left by the landlord, and the books I usually use are stacked in the big cardboard box next to the desk.

…I’ve been writing more questions recently, and the cardboard box looks like it needs to be changed to a bigger size.

Zhou Ze walked into the kitchen and took out the leftover half bag of quick-frozen dumplings from the refrigerator: "Orange juice, do you want to eat dumplings, I'll cook some first."

"……it is good."

In the past, Zhou Ze had very little time to cook, so he was very unfamiliar with the skill of cooking.

Cooking quick-frozen food and noodles should be regarded as the only means to protect his life.

When the water boiled, Zhou Ze walked around the kitchen, and then saw Pei Ye's cell phone on the chopping board.

"I don't even take my phone..." Zhou Ze muttered.

Just as he put the phone back, the screen suddenly turned on by itself.

Zhou Ze stared blankly at his screensaver, and then heard a voice coming from the gate—they came back.

"Zhou Ze, what are you doing?" Pei Ye came in with a box of ingredients.

"I'm a little hungry. I cooked some dumplings. Would you like to eat them?" Zhou Ze pretended nothing happened, turned off the gas stove, and served out the broken dumplings.

Pei Ye took a look and laughed out loud: "Oh, your dumpling...the skin is the skin and the meat is the meat, and it's cooked quite well."

"..."

It's normal for this person to say a few dog words occasionally.

Zhou Ze maintained a smile: "Remember to bring your mobile phone next time, if someone calls you, you won't be able to answer it."

cell phone?

Pei also remembered something, and suddenly his heart shook, and finally found that his mobile phone had been left on the kitchen counter.

However, as soon as I got it in my hand, the screen lit up, reminding myself that I just changed the wallpaper on a whim in the afternoon.

"..."

Pei Ye just wanted to explain, but Zhou Ze had already gone out with dumplings.

Xu Duozhi's questioning voice came from outside: "Brother Ze, what are you doing?"

Zhou Ze put down the bowl, said without blushing, "noodle soup."

"...Haha, if you don't tell me, I thought the dumpling was overcooked."

Fortunately, Cheng Zhizhi took away half the bowl in a face-saving manner.

It's better to be unpalatable than to starve to death.

On the other side, Pei also brought a box of wine from the attic, put it in the corner, and patted Xu Duozhi and Wen Jialang: "I can't return the leftovers in the store, just in time for you to finish drinking."

"it is good!!"

The teenagers filled their glasses with wine excitedly, and the hot pot on the side finally showed signs of being ready to serve. Wen Jialang, as the biggest investor in the meal, failed to be the hands-off shopkeeper.

"Can you put some more meat..."

"Curly, you're stupid, why don't you just cut the potatoes in half and throw them in?"

"...Forget it, I'll come!"

The flushed cheeks of the two of them from alcohol and the increasing number of words made the house a lot more lively.

Zhou Ze prided himself on being prudent and didn't join them, but after drinking two glasses of wine, he unconsciously started talking more.

"Hey, do you know when the holiday is this year?"

"I know, my dad asked and said it was around NO.15..."

"What about the exam?"

"It's still a two-day exam."

"Brother Ze, if you take the exam in your own class this time, please help me!"

"What about dividing classes?"

"...Then it's still too late for me to buy a set of knee pads."

It seems that this has already done a good job in thinking.

Others laughed together.

Pei also quietly listened to their chats about study, exams, and teachers, but it was a pity that this topic had nothing to do with him.After a while, I felt that I was full, so I put down the bowls and chopsticks and left my seat, planning to go to the rooftop to get some air.

"Wait, I'm with you."

As soon as he moved, Zhou Ze stood up.

As soon as he went out, Zhou Ze felt the cold wind blowing from all directions, pouring down his neck and sleeves. After staying in a warm room for a long time, this blow would inevitably give him a jolt.

Even the air is icy.

Zhou Zeha let out a sigh of relief, and leaned against the railing side by side with Pei Ye.

When he looked downstairs, the dark street was empty; when he looked ahead, the night sky was cut by buildings one after another.

A slight fire light lit up beside it.

Zhou Ze stared at the light and asked, "How is your job?"

"that's it."

"How much commission is there for a car?"

"Six or seven hundred."

Seeing that his face was dull, Zhou Ze asked again: "Is the store's performance not good?"

Pei also twisted the cigarette holder: "No, I just feel... It's boring not knowing what I'm doing."

Zhou Ze rubbed the rust on the railing with his fingertips: "Then do you want to go to school?"

Pei Ye lowered his head and put out the cigarette, chuckling: "...you can't make money by going to school."

Zhou Ze approached suddenly, and the shoulders of the two lightly touched each other. He said jokingly, "I'll support you."

Without waiting for the other party to answer, he added: "I have money."

When the eyes met, Pei also looked calm: "Is your little money enough for your tuition and living expenses? You paid more than half of the furniture and rent of this house. You obviously don't know how to cook, but you buy vegetables every day. When Su Ya was hospitalized Boy, have you paid for the medicine several times? Calculated from this, the salary of the tutor should have been used up long ago, do you still have money this month?"

not enough.

Zhou Ze also knew this in his heart, so he didn't refute.

As soon as the salary was paid, he handed it over to the hospital, and the living expenses that Zhou Haiyang called for the past two months, which he was unwilling to use, had already been spent on rent and furniture.

Now he is gnawing at the money he saved hundreds of years ago.

Pei also pointed at his feet, threatening him: "This is a bottomless pit, if you jump in, you will die."

He laughed at himself in an extremely teasing tone, and at the same time sincerely hoped that Zhou Ze would stay away from him in the future.

However, alcohol is a good thing. It can amplify all emotional emotions and make reason dispensable.

Zhou Ze lowered his head, he heard his soul talking.

"It's okay, everything will be fine."

"I like you, so I will accompany you, and I am not afraid of death, I am only afraid that you don't like me."

If possible, he would like to be more greedy.

[On that day, the boy's kiss was warm, not limited to the cold wind and night, just like the setting sun and flowers on the desolate land, it was the only moment when atheists believed in the existence of gods. 】

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