desolate

The meal didn't end until after eight o'clock.

During the banquet, I don't know why, obviously no one was drinking, but Wen Jialang, who claimed to be able to drink a thousand cups, still drank too much, and had to lean on the wall when he came out.

He Min sent him to the toilet, while he hid in a corner to smoke.

Not long after, Meng Chuyu also came out of the private room. When he passed by Zhou Ze, his footsteps paused, but when he found that the other party didn't raise his head, he swallowed the thought of saying hello, and continued to walk to the toilet.

The restaurant's toilet is connected to the backyard, and a corridor wide for two people is created in a small house. It is bound to not make the place so bright, and it can't even be called clean.

Zhou Ze threw the cigarette butt on the wet ground and stomped it out with his toes. At this moment, there was a sound of arguing at the toilet door.

"Wen Jialang, what's the matter with you?"

"...I'm leaving for England in two days."

"I know, and then what?"

Zhou Ze got a little closer, and the incandescent lamp above his head was bumped by bugs from time to time, and his shadow shook. He saw Meng Chuyu folded his arms and turned his back to him.

"I see, I wish you a smooth journey and success in your studies after you go there."

"No..." Wen Jialang looked a little anxious, "I went there, maybe a year... no, I won't come back for two or three years..."

"...Well, so what?"

"It's nothing... I just want to ask, do you really like Yang Zi? Although he is... really good looking, but..."

The door to the private room opened again, and Ju Haonan and Jin Yang walked out talking and laughing.

Meng Chuyu obviously had no patience: "What do you want to say?"

Wen Jialang still stopped her, although both the authorities and the bystanders had already penetrated into his heart, but at this moment he still kept silent: "Aren't we friends, I think..."

His struggle finally annoyed Meng Chuyu.

"Wen Jialang, are you interested? You dare not even say you like me?"

"..." Wen Jialang was taken aback for a moment, and then roared desperately, "Yes, I just like you...:"

"But I don't like you!"

Meng Chuyu interrupted his confession like jumping over a wall, and then walked out of the dark and cramped corridor. At the corner, she saw Zhou Ze unexpectedly. The embarrassment was finally magnified in front of others. The school beauty paused, and then continued to tense Pretty face left.

Zhou Ze glanced at the annoyed Wen Jialang at the door of the toilet. The colored porcelain floor tiles were covered by shoe prints one after another, making them dirty and muddy, just like his embarrassment after his fantasy was shattered.

Pei also walked out of the private room after Qin Yan and Gu Xiaona, and soon saw Zhou Ze by the wall, and he approached calmly.

"what happened?"

Zhou Ze shook his head: "It's okay, do you want to go back?"

Pei also said: "They seem to be going to KTV, let's go first."

Qin Yan heard their conversation and turned her head: "Ah, aren't you going to sing?"

The regret in the girl's eyes was clear at a glance.

At this time, Jin Yang's voice interrupted them: "Forget it, Chu Yu is going back, and..." He changed his voice, and looked at Wen Jialang who was framed by Xu Duozhi, "He drank like this I can't go either."

Wei Jin and Meng Chuyu were sandwiched between two men, and they also said charmingly, "I... have to go home too."

Pei Ye turned around slightly, and said to Xu Duozhi, "Then take a taxi to take him back." Then he looked at Qin Yan and the others: "You two...take the same car with them."

He arranged it very well, no one objected.

Jin Yang and Ju Haonan recently built a locomotive together, and they made a lot of publicity. At this time, the two cars drove to the side of the road one after the other. Zhou Ze was unprepared and was almost shaken into tinnitus.

He stared at Jin Yang's car, and suddenly approached the person next to him: "Isn't that Brother Hu's? You were using it before."

"Later, I didn't need it anymore, Brother Hu sold it to Yang Zi second-hand."

Over there, Meng Chuyu was struggling to climb onto the back seat of the scooter. After sitting down, she sat upright with dignity, holding the clothes on Jin Yang's waist with both hands.

However, in the next second, Jin Yang suddenly pulled her hand to the front, and the young bodies were pressed together.

The streets on summer nights are long and lively.

When the summer vacation comes, college students have returned to their hometowns. There are many young students on the street. The short pedestrian street is full of people. The shops on both sides play music in a mixed manner. Gongs and drums to solicit business.

Zhou Ze raised his head inadvertently, and found that this brand used to be a luxury item for comparison among classmates, but after many years, it was still no match for the 50 yuan short-sleeved pair across the street.

Branded goods have finally been overthrown. The first thing young people do after they take over the financial power is to learn to be frugal.

Zhou Ze passed by a shoe stall, and remembered that he brought two pairs of sneakers when he came back, obviously not suitable for the dog days, so he pulled Pei Ye to stop.

"Wait, I want to buy a pair of slippers."

"But these are women's shoes, right?"

Pei also followed him to look at it.

At this time, the female stall owner greeted her enthusiastically, and immediately called out Pei Ye's name.

Zhou Ze looked over with concern, and Pei Ye immediately shook his head to show his innocence.

The girl was standing next to a boxy booth in suspender shorts. I don't know if it was because of the heavy makeup, but Pei Ye didn't recognize her immediately.

"It's me, Zhang Jian. We were in the same class in Experimental Middle School, and I'll sit in front of you."

Zhang Jian stared wide-eyed, two false eyelashes cast light shadows, she should be considered "beautiful", but unlike Qin Yan, Meng Chuyu and the others, her beauty lies in her age-inappropriate makeup.

"Oh, it's you."

The perfunctory tone made Zhou Ze suspect that Pei also really recognized this old classmate, or he was just pretending to be polite.

Zhang Jian squatted down and picked up the shoes that were not put away: "Are you going to buy shoes?"

Pei also pointed at Zhou Ze: "He bought it."

The girl clapped her hands and stood up, and the bracelets and bracelets on her wrists jingled: "Then you go to the store to have a look. The outside is full of women's shoes, and there are some men's sandals on sale for a special price. I'll show them to you."

She talked to herself and led the two to the store.

"Oh, Xiao Zhang, bring in two handsome guys at once, the boss will be jealous when he sees it!"

"What, they are my classmates. They want to buy shoes. Please help me look outside for a while."

"Okay, okay."

"Thank you Miss Liu~"

"My boyfriend opened this store for me." Zhang Jian went into the warehouse and brought out several shoe boxes, calling Zhou Ze to take a look, "Take a look at which pair you like, and I'll show you your size."

Zhou Ze didn't choose either, but chose two pairs of slippers without other brands' logos.

While reaching for the shoe boxes on the shelf, Zhang Jian asked, "Pei Ye, are you still studying in No. [-] Middle School?"

Pei also sat on the chair in the center: "No, I dropped out of school."

"Really?" Zhang Jian's face was shining brightly, "Your grades are pretty good, why don't you read it?"

Pei also laughed self-deprecatingly: "It's not enough to go to high school, come out and work."

"So where do you work now?"

"The sports center sells cars, you can find me if you need it."

"Haha, I don't need that right now." Zhang Jian handed the packaging bag to Zhou Ze, "Why don't we add a WeChat account, I'm engaged in a while, and I'll let my boyfriend buy it from you."

"Row."

Walking out of the small shop, Zhou Ze stretched his head to look at Pei Ye's mobile phone screen. Seeing that he agreed to Zhang Jian's friend application, he immediately retracted his head: "Handsome guy, is he so popular?"

Pei also put the phone back in his pocket, and smiled at him: "I gave the work WeChat."

"Okay." Zhou Ze took a few more steps and asked sideways, "By the way, why did she say you were studying in No. [-] Middle School?"

"I studied there for a month, but then I was dropped out."

"Yo, I didn't realize that you used to be a bully in elementary school, but now you turn in a blank paper. Your junior high school teacher hates iron for being weak."

"That's because I'm a real-student-scumbag now."

Pei also shrugged.

His junior high school grades were indeed okay, but after entering high school, Pei had to help the family, and he would feel sleepy during the day when he went to the store at night. After a long time, he naturally couldn't keep up with his studies.

No matter how good a student is, he has to become a "rogue leader" who dawdles in school.

Zhou Zedong looked around and saw the signboard of a movie theater, so he skillfully changed the subject.

"It's still early to go back, why don't you go to the movies."

Pei Ye watched couples of young couples walk into the cinema, and said, "I'll do whatever I want, do you want to watch?"

"Every couple goes to the movies on a date, so let's follow suit, dear boyfriend?"

He got very close, with a long tail, not to be rejected.

The two took the elevator to the theater lobby on the second floor. The walls were covered with movies that were currently broadcasting in theaters. The most popular summer movies were youth romance movies.

Pei was also choosing a movie in front of the self-service ticket machine, looking at Zhou Ze from time to time: "What do you want to watch?"

Zhou Ze had a painful face, obviously aware of the problem.

Pei also pointed out one by one.

"this?"

"Brain-damaged domestic youth film."

"Then this one?"

"Brain-damaged domestic ghost film."

"Then this, a war movie, is not stupid."

"Hmm...too serious." Zhou Ze gritted his molars and stared at the playlist with a guilty conscience, "Why is there no ticket for this—"

Before he came, he had already thought about choosing a lighter comedy, but it was a pity that there was only the most corner position left, and there was no connection.

It wasn't until he dragged the list to the end that he finally saw a re-release of a foreign film.

Zhou Ze pointed to the poster of "The Spring of the Cow Herding Class": "Why don't you watch this."

Pei said hello without any hesitation, and immediately bought two additional tickets for the latest show and paid for it, without giving the other party any time to repent.

"I'm going to buy something to drink."

"Go."

Because it was the first serious date, Zhou Ze thought about what to buy seriously.

In terms of cost performance, the set meal is definitely more cost-effective, but neither of them likes snacks, so drinks are enough.

But soon, he noticed a couple in front of him again.

The two of them were sticking together to choose a snack set meal. They chose a large bucket of popcorn and Coke set meal in the name of a couple. Then, while waiting for the meal, the girl lowered her head and turned around several times, as if to take a picture of the movie ticket , and the boy immediately reached out to make trouble when he found out, and was scolded back by the girl with a smile.

Not long after the meal was finished, the two left holding hands, and walked past him holding a large bucket of popcorn.

The sweet and greasy fragrance floated over inadvertently.

In the end, Zhou Ze took a couple's set meal back home.

"Didn't you just finish eating?"

"It's not because the movie is boring."

"... Hurry up and go in, it's time to check the ticket."

"Wait." Zhou Ze stuffed all the things in his hand to him, "I want to take a picture."

"?"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Ze took two steps back. Like the girl, he held up two movie tickets and took two pictures with the back of his phone.

In the foreground of the picture are two movie tickets, and in the background is Pei Ye holding a large bucket of popcorn and two glasses of drinks, looking at the camera calmly.

Pei Ye smiled knowingly and asked, "Why?"

Zhou Ze set the photo as a screensaver, and Man Yi showed him: "How is it?"

Pei also smiled more happily.

"good."

Not as good as mine.

The author says:

Come, come, there will be tomorrow~