Banshuharu

The high fever led to poor spirits, Pingqiu was breathing heavily, silently looking at Xu Ruiyang opposite, thinking about the questions he threw with his chaotic brain.Although he didn't want to admit it, Xu Ruiyang said it right: Ping Qiu was the one who first compromised and proposed to break up, and now it is Ping Qiu who surrendered because of two or three cynicisms.In the final analysis, it was Pingqiu who was the first to deny what he said, no wonder Xu Xiuyuan accused him, and Xu Ruiyang despised him.

"Is that what I mean?" Xu Ruiyang was almost laughed angrily, "I just don't understand what ecstasy soup Xu Xiuyuan poured into you. He was obviously at fault too, why would you rather take all the faults on yourself and leave it to him? Quiet? Pingqiu, what are you thinking?"

"I don't have any other ideas, just ask casually. If you don't want to talk, I won't ask."

"In the past two years, I have come to see you when I have free time. In the past few times, you never asked me about Xu Xiuyuan. If you ask me today, did something happen to you in Shanghai?"

"No, we just met once."

"What did he tell you?"

"Nothing."

"Is he looking for you?"

"We met by chance."

"How could it be such a coincidence, are you sure he didn't mean it?"

"What's the importance of these questions?" Ping Qiu confessed, "I just want to have a few words with him, nothing else."

"You can fool anyone with such a reaction."

"If you don't want to tell, I won't ask."

As if punching cotton, Xu Ruiyang stood up and stood facing the window.He tried his best to hold back his emotions, and then said for a long time: "It's all about breaking up. You just ignore me, but what about Xu Xiuyuan, you care so much about him, do you really dare to say that you let him go?"

"Isn't it already clear?" Ping Qiu said quietly, "We are still friends, and you agree."

"Every time I come to see you, you don't know?"

"Don't talk about this." Ping Qiu resisted.

"Why can it be replaced by Xu Xiuyuan?"

"...You are different from him."

"What's the difference?"

"He is younger than us, no matter what, he is still your brother."

"Xu Xiuyuan is 21 years old this year! Not 11. He is already an adult, only you still treat him like a child."

Ping Qiu wanted to refute, but his lips parted and parted, but he still couldn't speak.

"What's more, there is no possibility between you. If you are still a little sensible and sober, you should make up your mind and leave him completely," Xu Ruiyang said, despite his reluctance, "Even as a My friend, I also hope that you can live a better life instead of continuing to circle in the past."

Slowly holding the hot water cup in front of him, Ping Qiu whispered: "I know."

In the winter season, the sunset was very early, watching Pingqiu and falling asleep after eating porridge, Xu Ruiyang quickly walked down the Tongzilou.The assistant who was on a business trip was already dozing off downstairs.

Before getting into the car, Xu Ruiyang looked up at the direction of Pingqiu's house, the windows there were closed, and there was no figure in his imagination behind the windows.Suddenly he felt a little lost, but it was not too much. He was busy driving to the airport, and his busy work made him seem preoccupied even for a moment of leisure.

Driving through the city center, the city is full of lights.Looking at the series of busy street scenes, Xu Ruiyang suddenly remembered the winter night two years ago, when it rarely snowed in the south, he stood on the second floor of his house, looking down at Xu Xiuyuan who was locked outside the house.

After Pingqiu broke up, Xu Xiuyuan did drop out of school and was brought back to Lin County by Xu Xiangnan to recuperate.But within two months, he started to pack his luggage and prepare to rush back to Beijing.Xu Xiangnan didn't know that he was anxious to get rid of the surveillance at home again. She got angry, locked the door, cut off Xu Xiuyuan's tuition and living expenses, and even said the cruel words to let Xu Xiuyuan drop out of school, but Xu Xiuyuan still went his own way.

The air ticket was too expensive, so he simply took the green train instead.On the sweltering summer day, no one saw him off on the day he left home. Xu Xiuyuan pulled his luggage with one hand, with one arm still hanging on his chest, and walked silently without turning his head.Xu Ruiyang didn't hear that Xu Xiuyuan had left until the dinner table the next day.

Xu Xiangnan has always been ruthless, and he will do what he says, and he will not provide any expenses for Xu Xiuyuan's schooling.Xu Ruiyang didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that Xu Xiuyuan was very good-looking since he was a child, and when he encountered difficulties, there were always classmates and friends who could help him, and no matter how bad he was, he could still work part-time, so he would never be hungry.

But when Fang Haichang quietly told him one day: According to Sun Qi’s mother Sun Fei, Sun Qi really wanted to lend some money to Xu Xiuyuan at first to solve his urgent needs, but Xu Xiuyuan refused, including the kindness of other students. This is a little surprising.At the same time, Sun Qi asked secretly that Xu Xiuyuan seemed to have tried various ways to make money, ranging from reselling commodities to speculating in stocks and futures.He is bold, dares to do anything, and can do anything.

However, most of these experiences about Xu Xiuyuan were what Xu Ruiyang heard from others.Sun Fei and Xu Xiangnan have a close relationship and often come to tell her about Xu Xiuyuan's situation.Xu Xiangnan was very resistant at first, but after all, she was her own son, and gradually she was willing to calm down and listen to a few words.After that, Xu Xiuyuan occasionally made two phone calls to report his safety to his family.

Originally thinking that a long distance could gradually eliminate the gap between mother and child, Xu Xiangnan thought that Xu Xiuyuan had compromised and softened, until that year's New Year's Eve, when he hurried home in the rain and snow.During the journey of nearly two days and one night, Fang Haichang saw that he was busy with travel and dust, and the luggage he brought back was only a thin layer, so he curiously asked if the train was delayed.Xu Xiuyuan patted the snow spot on his coat slowly on his shoulder, and calmly replied that he took a detour and first took a look at Pingqiu.

Xu Ruiyang was sitting at the dining table at that time, and when he heard that, his brows twitched violently.He looked at Xu Xiuyuan in a particularly incomprehensible manner, but saw him standing upright at the door of his house, his luggage not put down, his shoulders and head covered with snow scum that had turned into water.Fang Haichang stood beside him, pulling his arm nervously, asking him to deny it quickly, apologize to his mother, and the mother and son had a good talk.But Xu Xiuyuan was unmoved, he looked directly at Xu Xiangnan, and said that he did not lie, why should he deny and apologize.

Seeing this, Xu Ruiyang couldn't help turning his head away.Sure enough, the mother-son war was on the verge of breaking out again.Hearing the quarrel in the living room, he pushed away the chair and went up to the second floor and returned to the bedroom.

The brothers' rooms are close together, right next door.Xu Ruiyang hadn't been home for a long time. He thought that New Year's Eve would be a cutscene and sleep in a strange and cold bedroom. Tomorrow, the family would still be in harmony with each other, parents would be divorced, and brothers would face each other.It's a pity that it took Fang Haichang almost a whole day from buying and cooking to serving the hot New Year's Eve dinner.

The bedroom didn't turn on the lights, so Xu Ruiyang sat by the bed, listening to the sounds from downstairs.

I can't remember how long it took, the quarrel suddenly disappeared, there were occasional words of comfort from Fang Haichang, but there was no movement from Xu Xiangnan and Xu Xiuyuan.A little addicted, Xu Ruiyang touched his pocket, got up to look through his coat again, suddenly remembered that he had been quitting smoking for the past six months, so he kicked the edge of the bed impatiently, walked to the window, and wanted to open the window to let the cold wind blow him awake.

Then, he saw Xu Xiuyuan who was locked outside the door.

This year's New Year's Eve is indeed not a good sign.Xu Xiangnan first received a call from the countryside. The old lady who spent New Year's Eve at her eldest daughter's house almost every year didn't want to travel any more this year, so she simply didn't come.Furthermore, the weather forecast said that there will be sleet at night, and the relatives and friends who have been visiting in previous years have also lost their voices.

The New Year's Eve dinner at home was cold and hot, and then hot and cold, Xu Xiangnan hardened his heart and refused to allow Fang Haichang to let his youngest son into the house.Fang Haichang persuaded him nicely, but it still couldn't beat Xu Xiangnan's cruelty.As for Xu Ruiyang, he stood by the window until midnight, until the rain and snow turned from fine to dense at night.

After midnight, Xu Xiuyuan spent this year's New Year's Eve with his family outside the door.At three o'clock in the morning, dragging his wet luggage, he strode onto the main road away from home.

Since then, Xu Xiuyuan has never returned home.

Before boarding the plane, Xu Ruiyang was still in a trance.The assistant called him back to his soul, and said with a smile that every time he came here to see old people, he was either proud of himself or frustrated, and his mood today was strange, as if he had lost his soul.Xu Ruiyang smiled and didn't answer, but thought in his heart: There are so many people who have lost their souls, but he is one more today.

That night, Pingqiu was sleeping soundly, when he heard a noise at home, when he woke up, he saw Liu Chenchen was heating porridge for him in the kitchen.Seeing that he woke up, Liu Chenchen gestured to him apologetically: "I knocked on the door and no one answered, so I opened the door with your spare key. Don't scold me, I'm afraid that no one will know if you burn out at home. "

"Never mind. How do you know where I keep my spare key?"

"It's in the crack of that cabinet. You took it last time. I saw it."

"Oh, I don't remember."

"Don't worry about it. You go to wash up first, and then come over to eat. Have you not eaten for a day? I didn't answer the call to you. Miao Ling said that you only made a noise this morning, and then sent you a message. You No reply." Liu Chenchen stretched the sleeves of his bottoming shirt, covered the porridge bowl, and quickly moved the hot porridge to the dining table. .”

After Pingqiu washed up, he felt much better.As soon as the temperature was measured, the high fever gradually subsided, and only then did I feel a little appetite.Sitting at the dining table, facing Liu Chenchen, who was raving about powder, he couldn't laugh or cry: "Do you have to eat it in front of me? It smells so good."

"I'm alone anyway, so I want to have dinner with you," Liu Chenchen said with a greasy mouth, "Can't you?"

"Of course. I actually ate something in the afternoon."

"Those two bowls of porridge in the refrigerator? I see that there are still many in one serving, and it seems that they haven't been touched."

"That was cooked by myself."

"Where's the bowl next to it?" Liu Chenchen's expression was unpredictable, "I'll know if you don't tell me, Cheng Zinong, right? I told you that he was interested in you, knowing that you like to eat porridge from the old street behind the university town, so he went around Then I bought it for you all the way, what do you think?"

"No idea."

"No idea what idea?"

"Stop beating the side drum quietly," Ping Qiu laughed, "It's impossible for me and Cheng Zinong."

"Why is it impossible?" Liu Chenchen was very surprised, "Cheng Zinong is handsome, maybe he will be a big star in the future, and he has a good personality, he is still young, and he is so considerate to you. Although he was your student before, you are okay now Ah, I think it suits you anyway. Tell me, what don’t you like about him? I’ve already asked him, and he’s also crooked.”

Whether Cheng Zinong is the same kind, Ping Qiu can tell at a glance.But the reason for his refusal has nothing to do with this: "I'm not suitable for him, it's okay."

"don't know."

"Then don't understand, it's not a big deal. Eat and stop talking."

Liu Chenchen snorted and snorted, in fact, his eyes were glued to Pingqiu's face.

Being so stared at by her that he couldn't eat, Pingqiu began to laugh after taking two mouthfuls of porridge: "You should talk."

"Cheng Zinong can't, is it because you don't like his type?"

"Let's change the subject."

"No, I'm going to ask that."

"...That's right."

"That's easy to handle. There is a piano teacher in my unit. I won't talk about other aspects, but just one word." Liu Chenchen tapped his chopsticks, "Handsome—very handsome, he's a mixed race."

Pingqiu buried himself in the porridge, listening to Liu Chenchen promoting her mixed-race colleague.Liu Chenchen jumped to the job in the middle of last year, but did not jump very far. He just switched from teaching and training to Supei, and is currently working in a cutting-edge art training institution.Occasionally, Pingqiu would hear her tell some interesting stories and gossip about the students who came to the school for training, but felt that Liu Chenchen seemed to like this job quite a bit.In addition to training classes for art students taking the college entrance examination, art institutions also offer interest classes. The male colleague Liu Chenchen introduced was a returnee piano teacher.

Basically, Liu Chenchen inquired about all the details he could know about this male teacher surnamed Hua, from his name and appearance to his character and knowledge, as well as his salary.Talking bluntly, she excitedly asked Pingqiu how he was feeling and if he was interested in meeting him.Seeing that Ping Qiu seemed to be wandering, she patted his arm dissatisfied: "Are you listening?"

"I'm listening." Ping Qiu returned to his soul.

"How do you feel? This is very popular. At first I thought he was straight. I chatted with him twice and had a meal. Then he was told that he likes men. I also asked him Well, is it because they mostly engage in art with this orientation?"

"Forget it, it's too troublesome."

"What's the trouble?" Liu Chenchen glared at him. "In fact, I mentioned you to him a long time ago, and he is quite interested in you. If you nod, I'll set up a line between you, and you can meet together, or Let's have a meal and get to know each other as friends first, what's the big deal?"

"I don't think this is good," Ping Qiu hesitated, "I'm not prepared either."

"What's there to prepare for! Or, you haven't actually forgotten your ex?"

"..."

"I guessed it?" Liu Chenchen hated iron and steel, "Since you both broke up, why do you still think about him? I remember that it has been more than two years? You have not been in love these two years, let alone falling in love. You don’t even know a new friend, why are you a widow for your younger brother?”

"Don't say that."

"Let me not say that, don't do it. There is a saying that if you want to forget your ex and get rid of the pain of losing a relationship, the easiest and most effective way is to start the next relationship. The time you spent calming down for the previous relationship is also Has it been long enough? Time to accept someone new."

Pingqiu grabbed the spoon, picked it up and put it down again, the spoon made a ding-dong sound when it touched the bowl wall.He seemed to hesitate to speak: "I haven't thought about it yet."

"There's nothing to think about," Liu Chenchen said, "You can't wait for him forever. Falling in love should make you feel happy and let you have something to look forward to, not like now, suffering every day, like learning asceticism. You Isn't it uncomfortable?"

"..."

"If you really haven't made up your mind yet, why don't you meet up first? To be friends, that's okay, right?"

Before Xu Ruiyang's words rang in his ears, in front of Liu Chenchen who was full of encouragement, Pingqiu thought about it and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll try it."

"Isn't that all right?" Liu Chenchen achieved his goal, laughing out two canine teeth.

I thought that the agreement at night was just a long prelude, but I didn't know that Liu Chenchen's movements were so fast.Two days later, Pingqiu was working in the living hall, and she sent a message about the location of the restaurant, with a postscript saying that this was the restaurant that Huazhang—the mixed-race piano teacher—had reserved.The agreed time is the evening of the next day, which happens to be Sunday.

Prior to this, Pingqiu and this teacher Hua had only chatted politely online twice.Pingqiu is not good at talking, and that Teacher Hua seems to be very busy with work, and the two of them always miss time. This time they had dinner face to face, it was indeed a big step forward.

On the appointed day, Pingqiu set off early as usual.There are several lessons learned from the past. This time, Ping Qiu did not disclose any information to Chen Xiaoyi and the others. In addition, when he went to Shanghai that time, he came back and found that they seemed to be able to arrange things in the store without his command. Ping Qiu gradually felt relieved. Slowly classify and arrange the things in the store to several young shop assistants.

Probably out of scruples about meeting each other for the first time, Huazhang was very considerate and made a reservation for a newly opened western restaurant in the city center.Remembering that the other party was learning the piano, was a returnee, and was of mixed race, Ping Qiu put a lot of thought into it before going out.Pick and choose clothes, neither too casual nor too solemn, the last one I picked was a thin but crisp black coat.When he was running around on the cold and windy streets, he actually felt nervous about being chased away to face a long-awaited blind date.

When they met, Pingqiu had to admit Liu Chenchen's vision again.

Perhaps because of the mixed race, Huazhang looks very handsome and is nearly 1.9 meters tall. When Pingqiu stood up and shook hands, his heart trembled, and Huazhang held it at his fingertips.

Ping Qiu couldn't help blushing: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be so tall."

Huazhang smiled heartily and spoke fluent Mandarin: "Because of my height, I was dragged to practice basketball before."

"Your Chinese is very good."

"Didn't Chenchen tell you?"

"say what?"

"I'm Chinese," Hua Zhang compared his face, "My grandfather is British, but I grew up in China, and I also want to learn foreign languages."

"So that's how it is," Ping Qiu felt very embarrassed, "I thought I was going to speak English with you before I came here, and I was quite nervous."

"Actually, my English is not very good. I learned English in junior high school and often failed the exam."

Knowing that Huazhang was joking on purpose, Pingqiu saw that he was easy-going, and his nervousness gradually relaxed.The two chatted happily.

After dinner, Pingqiu took a step behind Huazhang, and the two went out together.Huazhang pushed open the door of the restaurant, turned to ask Pingqiu to go first.Seeing this, Pingqiu hurriedly followed and thanked him, but Huazhang asked: "May I ask, why do you like to keep your head down?"

"Have it?"

"Well. You are used to looking into the other person's eyes when you speak, but most of the time, you like to lower your head a little," Hua Zhang said. "I'm just curious. If you think I've offended you, you don't need to answer."

"It's nothing. I may be used to it. Looking at the ground, I feel more secure and won't be tripped."

"Is that so, then I'll give it a try." As he said that, Hua Zhang followed Ping Qiu to walk with his head down, but he almost bumped into a passing pedestrian, but Ping Qiu pulled him away.

"It seems that I'm not very good at it," Hua Zhang said with a smile, "it's a bit difficult."

Both parties were impressed by the meal.At night Liu Chenchen came to test the results, she asked Pingqiu how he felt with great interest, Pingqiu thought for a second, and gave an ambiguous answer: "He is quite humorous."

"That counts as liking?"

"Not to that extent."

"How much is that?"

"We just met once, and we don't want to go that far."

"Huazhang is much more honest than you. He said that you are cute, but you are not very talkative." In the video, Liu Chenchen is applying a mask, speaking vaguely, "I have already asked you, Huazhang used to There were two boyfriends, one was his first love in middle school, and the other was his classmate when he was studying abroad. Anyway, they were all clean. I have been with him for so long, and I have never seen him have any lace scandals. .”

"Will you be misunderstood by others if you inquire about his private life so directly?"

"It's okay, if I don't inquire about my colleagues' gossip, others will talk about it. Isn't everyone like this, talk about it behind your back."

"I think this kind of thing should just go with the flow, those who are destined will always come together, and it's useless to encourage seedlings to grow." Pingqiu looked at the time, "It's almost eleven o'clock, you go to sleep, don't you have to go to work tomorrow? "

"That's right, let's hang up." Liu Chenchen approached the phone, then suddenly stopped, "By the way, I have to remind you something."

"You said."

"Actually, I think you understand too."

"what?"

"Cheng Zinong, he likes you, you know that?"

"……know a little."

"At the beginning, I thought that since you are single again, there happens to be Cheng Zinong who likes you, who seems to be the type you like too, so I will mind my own business and promise him that sometimes I will say a few words for him , and now there is another Huazhang." Liu Chenchen also had some headaches, "I don't care anyway, let them fight. You watch the assessment and choose the one you like more?"

"How did you know that Cheng Zinong is my type?" Ping Qiu sighed.

"Then your last one... just, almost."

"...This is different."

"They're all men anyway, so pick whichever you like, and it doesn't matter if you have two more options," Liu Chenchen said from the bottom of his heart, "If I were you, I'd talk about one one or two, and the other two or four or six. The days are empty, and I live alone."

"Why are you so greedy?" Ping Qiu was amused, "Go to sleep."

Before the video was hung up, Liu Chenchen was still emphasizing that Pingqiu always remember to give feedback on the progress of his relationship with Huazhang. She acted as a military advisor with full confidence, and kept Pingqiu's love this time steady and sweet.

Ping Qiu talked with her for a while, until he fell asleep with a smile on his face.But he woke up again at two o'clock in the morning. He got out of bed to drink water, the lights were not turned on at home, and he tripped over a chair.Pingqiu massaged his eyes, praying that he would not suffer from insomnia tomorrow night.

In the next week, Pingqiu and Huazhang chatted more and more times on the Internet, and they would find a chance to meet up almost every other day.Although usually it was Huazhang who took the initiative to find a topic, but Pingqiu did not resist, and the two got along fairly well.Liu Chenchen had a premonition that there was a [-]% to [-]% chance of success this time, but Pingqiu always felt that his position was wrong, as if he was sitting on a crooked seesaw, he sat too far back, and felt an inexplicable and strong sense of weightlessness.This made him always feel a little inexplicably awkward when facing Huazhang.

This evening, Pingqiu was invited by Huazhang to participate in the small piano recital of his three students.The so-called recital hall was very simple, it was just a small auditorium of an adult university in the city, Pingqiu and Huazhang sat side by side in the fourth row under the stage, and there were a few audiences sitting here and there sporadically.

Seeing Pingqiu looking around curiously, Huazhang suddenly listened to him.Ignoring Pingqiu's momentary dodge, he said softly: "These are the nurses I found."

Pingqiu could clearly feel half of his ear warming up: "Is it your student too?"

"There are two or three. The others are the teachers of the institution, the owner of a nearby stall who just finished work, and a few strangers that I don't even know."

"Where did you find it?"

"I don't know. I filled out a flyer at the door, saying there was a piano recital tonight, and they came by themselves."

"You arranged it here, and even invited strangers to come, because you want to practice courage for the students?"

"Well. They will have to face the examiners at that time, and they may face more audiences in the future. At the beginning, they will be shy, afraid of forgetting the score, wrong sound and missing beats, but such things as courage will come with practice."

Seeing a young girl walking towards the side of the stage, Ping Qiu sat up straight: "Have you started?"

"Yes, she was the first."

Seeing that Pingqiu seemed to be very nervous, with his hands clasped on his knees, Huazhang thought he was amused, so he approached him again and said, "When it's over, I'll take you on stage and let you try it too?"

Ping Qiu hurriedly waved his hands: "No need."

"Hush," Hua Zhang raised his finger, "It's started."

Contrary to Pingqiu's expectations, the three Huazhang students performed very well and did not have what he called stage fright.But when the audience in the auditorium gradually dispersed, Pingqiu walked down the steps, and heard one of the female students stomping on the spot with a smile, and turned her face up to inform Huazhang, saying that her legs were weak when she came on stage, Played two wrong notes.

Huazhang said: "That's all? Between the third and fourth paragraphs, you are half-timed. If you react a little slower, the whole paragraph will collapse. Can you still talk and laugh here?"

The female student immediately suppressed her smile: "I see. I'll go back and practice a hundred times."

It wasn't until the students picked up their backpacks and left the stage, and Huazhang finished recording each student's questions, that Pingqiu deliberately made some small noises.Huazhang put away the tablet, waved his hand suddenly, and actually fulfilled his promise. He took Pingqiu by the hand, led him out of the red curtains hanging on both sides of the stage, and walked slowly to the middle of the stage.

The spotlights in the auditorium hadn't been turned off yet, Ping Qiu stood in the middle of the stage, as if he was surrounded by countless light sources.He felt his cheeks were hot, and his hands and feet seemed to have no place to put them, so he looked at Huazhang for help, but he smiled at him, and then he led him to the piano on the side of the stage.

They sat side by side on the piano bench, and Huazhang played a certain piano piece that was unfamiliar to Pingqiu.At the same time, he focused on two things and told Pingqiu that this piano is actually ordinary and cheap. Ten years ago, the price was more than [-] yuan, and it has been tuned countless times. As soon as you press hard, the keys seem to hide a storm underneath.

when--

The ending sounded up and down, Ping Qiu's scalp was numb from the shock.Huazhang looked at him, and suddenly said, "Are you the key?"

There is often light rain on winter nights, Huazhang holds an umbrella to send Pingqiu out of the school gate.But for a short distance, Pingqiu was still immersed in the music of the piano earlier, his eyes fixed on Huazhang's sharp side face.

Suddenly being pushed by his forearm, he woke up suddenly, looked forward, and asked in surprise, "Zinong?"

Saying goodbye to Huazhang, Pingqiu walks under Cheng Zinong's umbrella.The adult university is more than ten kilometers away from Pingqiu's residence. Huazhang asked them if they needed a ride.

Fortunately, he caught the last subway, and Cheng Zinong followed Pingqiu all the time.After getting off the subway and walking out of the platform, Ping Qiu stretched out his hand to test, reminding him to put away the umbrella, Cheng Zinong closed the long-handled umbrella, and Ping Qiu went home side by side.

"The one just now is also your friend?" Cheng Zinong asked.

"It's a friend, what's the matter?"

"But I heard Teacher Liu say that you are in love."

"...There is no shadow yet."

"you like him?"

"..."

"Are you willing to give him a chance?"

"This kind of thing should be my privacy."

"I just want to know what you think on this matter."

"What's the matter with you today," Ping Qiu stopped, "whatever you say is weird?"

"I think you should know, Teacher Qiu." Cheng Zinong looked serious and calm, "I like you. If you don't mind, can I formally pursue you? Maybe I'm not very good, but if you want, Can you give me a chance?"

"..."

"With your eyes like this, do you agree or refuse?"

"Why did you say that suddenly?"

"It's sudden to you, but to me, this is something I've been preparing for a long time and want to say to you."

"But," Ping Qiu hesitated for a long time, "I'm not as good as you imagined."

"It's not up to you to judge whether you are good or not. It depends on others. I think you are very good," Cheng Zinong said firmly, "I like it very much."

Although he was well aware of Cheng Zinong's affection for a long time ago, it was beyond Pingqiu's expectation to separate this affection and put it on the table like now.Pingqiu was so confused, he didn't know how to answer, so he fell silent for a while.Cheng Zinong didn't urge him, but stood opposite him, looking at Pingqiu intently.

For a long time, Ping Qiu was defeated under the pressure of his eyes, and said tactfully: "Give me a little time."

"I'll give you time," Cheng Zinong said, "Then can you give me some time too?"

Later, when Pingqiu recalled the scene at that time, he always regretted that he was too dazed. He could explain it more clearly, but under Cheng Zinong's eyes, it was as if his lips were stuck, and he couldn't tell how much or how much. Indifferent words.

Telling Liu Chenchen, Liu Chenchen boldly guessed whether he actually has feelings for Cheng Zinong, maybe they get along with another identity for a period of time, their relationship will have a qualitative leap.

Pingqiu didn't know what kind of evaluation he should make for her messy mandarin ducks, but for various reasons, he began to try to look at Cheng Zinong from a different perspective.Although the relationship between the two is still weak, Cheng Zinong seems to be much more proactive than he used to be abiding by the rules.At the same time, Cheng Zinong also knew that Pingqiu did not cut off his connection with Huazhang—after all, he was just a like-minded friend.

I don't know where Chen Xiaoyi heard the news that "Pingqiu agreed to date Cheng Zinong". When Pingqiu entered the store that day, she rushed over screaming and asking for warmth from Pingqiu. Pry out some details about his relationship with Cheng Zinong.She was complacent about her sharp eyes, but she didn't expect to be slapped lightly on the head.

Pingqiu looked at her helplessly: "You don't want a salary anymore?"

Chen Xiaoyi was wronged: "I care about you, why don't you just ask?"

"Then where did you hear it? Tell me the truth."

"I didn't hear that, I saw it. Two days ago, the two of you were eating hot pot together. I saw it when I passed by."

"Did you tell someone else?"

"I told Miao Ling and the others, are they someone else?"

"Don't spread the word anymore, Zi Nong and I are friends. It's not too much for friends to have a meal together?"

"Not too much, not too much." Chen Xiaoyi shook her head quickly.

"That's all right, let's go to work."

Obediently turned around and walked away, only two steps away, Chen Xiaoyi turned her head again, and said to Pingqiu seriously: "Boss, you are really a good match, and I know that Cheng Zinong really likes you."

Pingqiu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled: "Hurry up and go to work."

According to the original arrangement, Pingqiu and Huazhang should go to the theater to watch a musical tonight.But because the students changed classes temporarily, he had no choice but to release Pingqiu's pigeons and agreed to go again next time.Huazhang was obsessed with this musical, but Pingqiu didn't care. He thought he had to leave the store early and leave the rest of the miscellaneous work to Chen Xiaoyi and the others. Now that he had free time, he moved slowly, occasionally glanced at the Xu Miaoling lying on the ground to take a video of the cat.

About two or three months ago, Xu Miaoling suggested to Pingqiu to open a video account of Maoha Life Store on the Internet. If you have time, you can put some short videos of Maomao on it, which is very effective in expanding the popularity of the store.Ping Qiu is not very familiar with these things, seeing that Xu Miaoling has an idea, he simply let her do it without worry.

When asked about the results a few days ago, Xu Miaoling said that the video account currently has tens of thousands of fans, and the video views are good.Thinking about the steady increase in the number of customers in the store, in fact, Xu Miaoling's video account contributed a lot.Even Huazhang has seen two videos, one of which Xu Miaoling filmed was Pingqiu bathing a little orange cat.Huazhang handed him the video, Pingqiu saw that he was embarrassed and blushed a little, Huazhang laughed at him for being too shy, but he was very gentle with animals.

At nine o'clock in the night, the weather was bad. There was often light rain in the past two days, and the cold air entered the body. At this time, there were basically no guests.Pingqiu simply closed the door early, and told Chen Xiaoyi and the others to pay attention to safety on the way home.

Going home in the light rain, he saw a figure running along the road from a distance, Ping Qiu stopped after seeing who was coming.

Cheng Zinong's nose turned red from the cold, and he handed Pingqiu the fried chestnuts wrapped in cotton clothes.Unintentionally, fingers touched each other, Pingqiu found that his hands were cold and his lips turned white from the cold.

He didn't understand: "This fried goods store is far away, it's on your school side. You came here after class? It's so far away, and it's cold, what are you doing?"

"The last time you went, didn't you say that this shop with fried chestnuts is the best?" Cheng Zinong said, "When I finished class, I happened to see that this shop was still open. It's cold today, so you can eat some while it's hot."

"You don't have to."

"I would."

"But if you are like this, I will be under pressure."

"Do you like to eat the chestnuts here?"

"I like it, but..."

"That's enough," Cheng Zinong smiled, "I just want to give you a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts. I don't need you to return me two or three bags, or to kidnap you and accept me. I just want to treat you well. It's that simple."

With the bag of fried chestnuts still warm in his arms, Ping Qiu really didn't know how to accept it.After Cheng Zinong delivered the chestnuts, he still had a long way to go back to school.He originally wanted to send Ping Qiu downstairs again, but Ping Qiu was afraid that he would not be able to keep up with the dormitory gate control, so he refused and urged him to leave quickly.Before leaving, Cheng Zinong told him that he had a plane shoot the day after tomorrow, and if Pingqiu wanted to, he could take him to visit the studio.Pingqiu was noncommittal, and only urged him to leave as soon as possible because of time constraints.

Watching Cheng Zinong run away, Ping Qiu weighed up the bag of chestnuts in his arms.The opening of the paper bag was slightly loosened, and a burst of crispy hot air rushed towards his face. Pingqiu pursed his lips greedily, and secretly inserted his fingers into the paper bag, as if he was wrapped in the hot air and sucked his fingertips.

Slowly heading home, Ping Qiu couldn't hold back, so he peeled a chestnut and ate it on the way.Seeing a person standing next to the street lamp under the tube building from a distance, he didn't pay attention, bypassed the fence, and went straight upstairs.

After going up the first step, he stopped suddenly. Pingqiu stood on the spot, hesitating for half a minute before turning around.