sunk in yesterday

Xia Zhuo went on a half-month trip after her 19th birthday.

The three roommates who live with him are all very cheerful. At first, they established a friendship at first sight when they met in the dormitory. The busier I get, I am afraid that time will offset my enthusiasm, so the departure date is set for the summer vacation before my sophomore year.

Perhaps life will always inadvertently bring a little romance. He used to have no concept of the word "fate". It was not until he saw Guan Yuzhou in front of the bookstore that he realized that some words need special people to give them meaning.

For example, one second he was regretting that he didn't have the chance to meet someone again during the holiday, and the next second he saw the other person appearing in the library.

In the quiet space, everyone spoke cautiously. He heard the call from his roommate behind the bookshelf. If he behaved politely, he should hurry over and don't make people wait too long.But he seemed to be temporarily deaf in both ears, staring straight at the person by the window, clearly separated from the tables, chairs and many students, but he seemed to smell the refreshing fragrance of lemon deep in his memory.

His movements reacted one step ahead of his thoughts. He squeezed through the narrow aisle, completely unaware of how much joy was hidden in the smile on his face, and stared at the boy's hair with sparkling eyes: "Student, what a coincidence .”

Xia Hong took him back after his college entrance examination, and when he entered university, most of the classmates around him knew that he was the only grandson of the Xia family, that is, the young master of the Xia family, and they usually talked a lot.

So after Xia Zhuo reported his family name, Guan Yuzhou immediately knew his identity and became curious about his purpose.He thought that "I'm your fan" that Xia Zhuo said was just a joke, or a way to tease himself, but Xia Zhuo's actions clearly exceeded his expectations.

The other party seemed to really have a good impression of him, and the number of greetings increased day by day. He kept taking pictures of his travel experiences on the way, and asked him if his photography skills had improved.At first, because of politeness, he would reply one by one after seeing the message. After another month, he gradually got used to the other party's clinginess. After all, he didn't make many friends. This feeling of raising an electronic pet is Novel.

The night before returning to school, Xia Zhuo played him a video call.

"What do you want from me?" When the connection was made, Guan Yuzhou had just come out of the bathroom, and the corners of his eyes were still reddish from the heat.

"Huh? Oh...Are you free tomorrow? I want to have dinner with you." Xia Zhuo was sitting cross-legged on the bed, with the bedside lamp turned on to the dimmest, and touched his nose uncomfortably, "Why is your hair so bad?" Blow dry."

"I'll blow it in a while." Guan Yuzhou relaxed and leaned back in the chair, crossing his legs casually, "I'm free tomorrow, where are we going to eat? Just the two of us?"

"Well, just the two of us." Xia Zhuo laughed suddenly, and he blinked: "How about the 'Dongyanhe' across the road?"

"Going to eat hot pot on such a hot day? How did you think of it?"

"Anyway, the store will turn on the air conditioner."

Guan Yuzhou didn't care about it, he didn't have a strong appetite, so he handed over the initiative: "Okay, see you tomorrow night."

"Wait, I still have something to say." Xia Zhuo said before he turned off the video, "Do you still have your notes for CET-[-] and CET-[-]? Can you use them for me? I plan to apply for the exam last semester , but I haven’t read much for a year, so I almost forgot only the phonetic symbols.”

"I'll look for it later, it should still be there."

"It's quite late now, let's look for it tomorrow? I'm not in a hurry, so let's just forget about it!"

An unchanging and energetic voice came from the receiver, and Guan Yuzhou looked down at the person in pajamas on the phone screen.

Most likely he was still lying on the bed before making the phone call. The other party's black hair was lifted up, showing a translucent texture under the white light, and the eyelashes were also stained with a little bit of light. His eyes were looking through the camera with the same focus, and he noticed his gaze at this moment, and tilted his head in doubt.

"what's wrong?"

Guan Yuzhou glanced over the small mole on his chin, and replied calmly: "It's okay, I was thinking about where I might put the notes."

Xia Zhuo nodded, "Okay, don't waste your time, go and dry your hair, I'm going to bed too."

It's already twelve o'clock.

Guan Yuzhou smiled at him, said good night and hung up the phone.

The next evening, the two met at the school gate.

Xia Zhuo had just arrived at school by car, and the suitcase was still under the bed before packing, so she hurriedly changed clothes and came to the appointment.

Although there have been videos and the contact has never been interrupted, this is the third real meeting between them.Xia Zhuo carried a small bag, and after sitting on the table, he generously handed it to Guan Yuzhou, "A present for you."

Guan Yuzhou was a little surprised, he said thank you, "Can I open it?"

"It's all given to you, of course you can open it."

Guan Yuzhou opened the box inside, revealing a photo frame inlaid with water-blue shells.

The shell is half the size of his palm, and the blue and white pattern is very unique, which reminds people of a summer beach at a glance. It must have been chosen for a long time.

Seeing the gift being touched by him in his hand, Xia Zhuo felt embarrassed, "Cough... I don't know what you like, but I like it anyway."

Guan Yuzhou bent his lips, and gently put the photo frame back and put it back together, "Thank you." He also took out a plastic bag from behind him, which was much heavier than Xia Zhuo's paper bag, "This is your gift in return."

"...Huh?" Unexpectedly, Xia Zhuo took it with both hands in surprise, "Is there a gift in return?"

"A full set of handwriting, and an unwritten test paper."

many!Xia Zhuo almost floated up on the spot, he frantically went to pick out his pockets, and finally took out a small cloth bag the size of a palm and handed it over, "Return the gift."

Guan Yuzhou: "..."

He couldn't help laughing, "What is this?"

"The perfume of the ocean series, I think it smells pretty good...At first I planned to give you this, but after I bought it, I realized that it is a feminine fragrance, so I had to give it to you temporarily." Xia Zhuo added in a low voice: "In short, it is It's useless to put it here for you. And I really just like its smell, nothing else."

"I know." Guan Yuzhou took it, took out the long perfume bottle inside, put it under his nose and sniffed gently, "It smells very good, and I like it too."

The spark in Xia Zhuo's heart that had been swaying throughout the summer vacation gained momentum with this sentence, he felt very nervous for some reason, put his hands back under the table and slightly clenched his hands into fists, "That's good, hehe."

"Why are you still giggling?"

"I'm happy." Xia Zhuo said with a smile: "My roommate is also taking the grade test notes of junior and senior students. They said that one copy was sold for 400 yuan, but you gave me as a gift directly. Besides Is there anything else besides, can I not be happy?"

Guan Yuzhou laughed and said, "It's so expensive. According to you, if I make dozens of copies, I can easily get the first pot of gold in my life?"

Xia Zhuo pouted, "No, you gave it all to me."

Guan Yuzhou raised his eyebrows seeing the other party's expression of being unwilling to share with others. He just said it casually, so he didn't mention it again.

From that day on, Xia Zhuo called him frequently, sometimes receiving three or four times a day.Every weekend when it's a holiday, Xia Zhuo will invite him out for dinner, or to watch a popular movie, and will definitely give him gifts during the holidays.

Guan Yuzhou wasn't an elm-headed man, and gradually he noticed something was wrong. No male friend had ever gotten along like this.After several careful observations, he had to think that Xia Zhuo seemed to be pursuing him... and his attitude was very serious—at least it seemed so on the surface.After realizing this, he didn't feel repulsed. Perhaps it was the feeling of being cared about that made him unable to hate him, even if the other party was a man of the same gender as himself.

When Christmas was approaching and it was also the eve of the CET-[-] exam, Xia Zhuo asked him some grammar questions on the phone.

Guan Yuzhou turned the voice into a video, asked him to show himself the questions, and then patiently answered them one by one.

The junior is very smart, and he knows everything at once. Guan Yuzhou has no doubts about whether he can pass the exam successfully.He watched the person on the screen write the answer stroke by stroke, and suddenly a hand came into the mirror from outside the screen, and the voice was a roommate of the other party.

"Zhuo'er, why don't you go out to play after the exam tomorrow?"

"No, I have an appointment tomorrow." Xia Zhuo refused coldly.

Guan Yuzhou thought about it, and it was true that they agreed a few days ago to go to play in the secret room together after the exam.

The roommate couldn't believe it: "An appointment again?! Are you in love? Why do you say that so many times?"

Xia Zhuo vaguely answered no, and then found him annoying, saying that he disturbed his train of thought, and if he failed the exam, it was all up to him, so he sent away the chattering and gossiping roommate.

When the other side quieted down again, Guan Yuzhou asked, "Is there no girl you like?"

"...What?" Xia Zhuo didn't seem to hear clearly.

"I heard your roommate ask if you are in a relationship."

Xia Zhuo's heart was beating wildly, and he managed to maintain a calm attitude: "I am unilaterally excited now, is this considered love?"

Guan Yuzhou said meaningfully: "If according to the definition, it doesn't count."

Xia Zhuo paused for a while without making a sound, and tapped the tip of the pen back and forth on the question, pretending to be concentrating on reviewing the question. In reality, the face outside the screen was flushed red, and she was trying her best to hide her grievance and loss.

The definition of love is the act of mutual admiration between two people.

So he's not in love.

The only thing left between the two was the rustling sound of the pen tip rubbing against the white paper. Xia Zhuo absent-mindedly filled in the answer, and the voice of another person immediately sounded next to his ear: "Re-examine the question again. Option C has nothing to do with the question."

Xia Zhuo muttered sullenly: "Don't you say that if you encounter something you can't do it, choose C."

Guan Yuzhou seemed to smile, "Just try your luck if you don't have enough time in the exam. Now that you have time, go and look up the meaning of each word. If you don't want to look it up, you can ask me."

"May I ask you?"

"Ah."

Xia Zhuo licked her dry lips, and then really asked: "Then why do you miss me?"

"Aren't we discussing English questions now?"

"Anyway, you said you still have time, so it's not too late to discuss the topic later."

Guan Yuzhou seemed a little helpless: "Why are you playing a rogue?"

Xia Zhuo turned the camera to face him, and only then did he see how ugly his expression was.The voice of his roommate's voice came to his ears from time to time, he threw his pen and got up and went to the balcony.

"Well, you already know it anyway." He leaned against the railing and pouted like a broken can, "I'm not interested in photography, nor do I want to make friends with you.

"I like you, from the first moment I saw you."

There was only a long silence in response to him.

He repeatedly confirmed that the phone was not hung up, and said discouragedly: "Now I confess, if you can't accept it, you can block me. Although I will be very sad if you do that, I am very strong."

"I don't know." Guan Yuzhou said, "Let me think about it for a while, it's too cold on the balcony, go back first, and I'll tell you the question just now."

"What, there is no one to write questions after being confessed." Xia Zhuo grinned, but then smiled, and went back to the house obediently, "Then go out with me after the exam tomorrow. "