until the last minute

Li Qing looked at Zhou Yin fixedly, his voice was full of disbelief, "Are you serious?"

Zhou Yin met his gaze, his eyes were still red, his unavoidable eyes and tightly pursed lips revealed a stubbornness.

Li Qing stretched out his hand tentatively, and touched Zhou Yin's cheek, which felt cool.He grabbed Zhou Yin's hand again, and squeezed it in the palm of his hand. He didn't look at the intertwined hands, but only stared at Zhou Yin.

"I heard what you said, you admitted it, you can't play tricks."

"I said more than this one thing." Zhou Yin reminded in a muffled voice.

"I know, you said you can only be friends, I remember," Li Qing said in a low voice, "but you set a deadline, this year, time will pass, and the relationship will change."

Zhou Yin couldn't resist Li Qing's overly hot eyes, he turned his head and pretended to look out the window.In this season, the leaves have not turned yellow and fallen, and they are still stubbornly attached to the trees. The trees are lush and lush, and anyone who looks at them thinks that they are growing well.Probably only he cared about the coming winter.

He turned his head to look at Li Qing, with tears in his eyes, his eyes were clearer than before, "Li Qing, do you dare to make a bet with me?"

"What are you gambling?"

"I'll tell you when the day comes, when I win or when I lose."

"What can the winner get?" Li Qing was full of interest and looked at Zhou Yin eagerly.

Zhou Yin lowered his eyes, "It's up to the winner."

Li Qing didn't hesitate, and immediately agreed, "Okay, I'll bet with you."

The agreement was reached. Before the preparatory bell for class rang, they walked out of the laboratory one after the other. Li Qing followed Zhou Yin half a step behind. When he was about to go down to the first floor, he couldn't help but ask, "Can you come out tonight?"

Zhou Yin looked back at him.

Li Qing said, "I haven't ridden the motorcycle yet."

Zhou Yin nodded, "I'll wait for you at the back door of the school."

After school that evening, Li Qing went back to the rental house and rode his motorcycle back.Zhou Yin went to the southwest gate of the school as scheduled.

Hearing the sound of the motorcycle engine, he stood up and walked to the wall.Maybe Li Qing was behind the wall, maybe not. He imagined the possibility for a while, then stepped on a brick and used his strength to climb over the wall and get out.

There was no Li Qing behind the wall, only a motorcycle that had just turned off.Zhou Yin walked a few steps forward, and Li Qing's figure just appeared at the entrance of the alley. The afterglow of the setting sun spread on the alleyway, and Li Qing strode into the golden light of the setting sun.

Zhou Yin watched him walk in front of him, and saw him turn his head frequently, with a hint of frustration on his face, "When I came here, I saw a cat at the entrance of the alley, but when I went back to look for it, it was gone again. Have you been waiting for me for a long time?"

"Not long." Zhou Yin glanced at the alley, and suggested, "I'll accompany you to find it?"

Li Qing smiled, "No, I'll look for it next time."

"What kind of cat is that?"

"Black raccoon cat, very thin and small."

The two had a brief chat. Li Qing remembered that he wanted to return the car keys and mobile phone. Zhou Yin's fingers inadvertently slid across his palm as they held and handed them over.Li Qing felt empty in his palms, he rubbed the hem of his clothes, and put his hands into his trouser pockets.

When climbing over the wall, Zhou Yin stepped on a half-person-high brick, and Li Qing helped him up, with his right hand resting weakly on his waist.Zhou Yin glanced over, Li Qing looked back calmly, not forgetting to tell him to be careful.

Zhou Yin pursed his lips and turned over the wall neatly.

Li Qing's hand was caught off guard after landing, Zhou Yin squeezed his palm, and muttered: "I won't come here again."

"why?"

"It's kind of sneaky and it feels weird."

Li Qing let Zhou Yin hold hands, feeling inexplicably good, "If you can't say it, then you won't come."

"Where can we go?" Zhou Yin's eyes flashed, and he asked tentatively, "Your home is relatively close, can we go to your place?"

Li Qing knew that he had no reason to refuse, so he complied: "Okay, I will take you there."

Zhou Yin bent the corner of his mouth, "It's done, I'll wait for you."

For the next few days everything went on as usual, nothing special happened.Classes, classes, meals, self-study every day, and occasionally one more person will walk with you.Li Qing believes that these are all within the scope of what friends can do, and he has not crossed the boundaries of friends.

Neither did Zhou Yin.Zhou Yin treats him as usual, never changed, only he can't restrain himself from fantasizing about the details.

One night during the self-study class, Zhou Yin sent a message to Li Qing to go to the southwest gate of the school.Li Qing failed to find Zhou Yin in the open space in front of the gazebo and the southwest gate. He climbed over the wall and fell to the alley. After walking for a while in the dark, he saw Zhou Yin beside a pile of gravel and bricks.

A faint meow sounded suddenly, Li Qing approached, and clearly saw a cat in Zhou Yin's arms.

Zhou Yin squatted down and put the cat on the thick paper.He opened a packet of biscuits and poured out a little bit in the palm of his hand, letting the cat come over and lick it.

"It's okay to eat a little," Zhou Yin said softly, "It seems to have been hungry for a long time."

Seeing this, Li Qing also squatted down, stretched out his hand and carefully touched the cat's head.He looked at Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin lowered his head, and said while feeding: "I've been looking for it for a few days, and I found it behind this pile of bricks, maybe it's been in this alley all along, just hidden. "

Zhou Yin suddenly raised his eyes and smiled at Li Qing without warning, "I found the cat for you, how can you thank me?"

Li Qing heard a rumble in his throat, he moved his lips, and wanted to say something, when his eyes met, what he blurted out was "Can I hug it?"

Zhou Yin made a gesture to give the cat to him, Li Qing put an arm around Zhou Yin's shoulder, and forcefully pushed him into his arms.The cat nestled in Zhou Yin's arms, and he hugged Zhou Yin.

A hug that knowingly crossed the line.

Li Qing understood that no one would draw a clear and clear boundary for what a friend can do, and there is no thing that only belongs to a certain relationship.

There was also a small incident that night.Before going to the southwest gate of the school, Li Qing was stopped by Ruan Wei unexpectedly.Apart from being in the same class, they really have no connection.Li Qing was waiting for Ruan Wei to speak, Ruan Wei frowned beautifully, looking at his eyes full of confusion and incomprehension, "You have to give me a reason."

"what?"

Ruan Wei bit her lip, still unwilling, "Reject my reason."

Li Qing avoided her gaze.

Ruan Wei asked, "Don't you like me?"

Li Qing looked embarrassed, "Sorry, it's my problem."

"Of course I know it's your problem," Ruan Wei said with tears in her eyes and anger in her voice, "You've gone too far. I'm talking to you, but you haven't looked at me until now."

Li Qing mouthed his apologies, because he never met Ruan Wei's eyes because of guilt.

"Go away, forget it if you don't like me, I don't like you much anyway," Ruan Wei raised her head proudly, "It's best not to let me know that you found someone inferior to me, I will laugh at you."

Li Qing solemnly apologized again, and then he walked almost like flying, and his figure quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.

After Li Qing left, Ruan Wei wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and a few or two friends who were watching nearby immediately gathered around, some were filled with righteous indignation and some expressed relief.

"Hey, I said earlier that this person is no good, not good enough for you. Didn't you see how poor he is usually?"

"Haven't you heard? He—"

On a Saturday with fine weather, Li Qing suggested to Zhou Yin that he could come to his residence in the afternoon.In order to show his pure intentions, he deliberately added that he came to do homework or review homework.After he finished speaking, he was embarrassed to lower his head, as if he couldn't stand his inconsistency.

Zhou Yin didn't notice his embarrassment, his eyes were bright, "Can I go?"

"Well, I'm cooking at noon, do you want to try it?"

Zhou Yin nodded, and made an appointment with Li Qing to meet at the school gate after school at noon.

Throughout the morning, whether it was quizzes or lectures, Li Qing was absent-minded.He couldn't control himself from thinking about Zhou Yin, imagining that he was about to enter his territory, and imagining his reaction when he saw the most real and embarrassed side of himself.

The secret happiness and the inexplicable self-esteem confront each other, and his heart is extremely anxious, almost to the point of restlessness.

After surviving the last class in the morning, when the bell rang, Li Qing grabbed the backpack he had packed early in the morning, but was stopped by the teacher in charge before leaving.When he walked to the podium, the class teacher took a look at him and told him that his application materials for the bursary had not been passed, and asked him to go to the Academic Affairs Office for a detailed discussion on Monday.

Although Li Qing was puzzled, he still nodded, before he had time to think about it, he hurried out of the classroom and rushed to the school gate.

Zhou Yin was waiting under the bus stop sign at the school gate, and saw Li Qing walking towards him, with a slight smile on his lips.That smile subsided when Li Qing walked in front of him, only his eyes contained a smile, "Let's go, I've been waiting for you for a long time, you lead the way."

Take the bus at one stop, get off and walk 500 meters, the building facing the street light, go up to the seventh floor, and the house rented by Li Qing is on the right.Li Qing opened the door with the key, turned around to welcome Zhou Yin in, Zhou Yin pointed to the mailbox by the door, and asked, "Did someone send you a letter?"

Li Qing shook his head, "No, no one knows that I live here."

"Would you like to receive a letter?"

"Is it all right if you think about it?"

"Who knows."

Zhou Yin raised the corners of his lips and entered the room. He went straight to the window and pushed open the window that occupied most of the wall, and the light flooded in instantly.The afternoon sun is the most dazzling, and the mottled light and shadow sway and jump on the wall.He turned his head, smiled at Li Qing who was still standing there stupidly, and said: "You said you want to cook for me, why don't you go quickly?"

While Li Qing was cooking, Zhou Yin ran around in the small room.He plunged into Li Qing's room from the living room, then came out suddenly, stared at Li Qing angrily, and asked, "The green radish in your room is about to die, don't you water it?"

"You actually use textbooks to pad the table legs, why don't you use test papers to paste the walls."

Li Qing turned on the range hood while laughing, the rumbling noise of the range hood covered up his voice, Zhou Yin saw that he didn't respond, so he leaned in front of him and said something, opening and closing his mouth.

Li Qing stuffed the freshly cut tomato into Zhou Yin's mouth, raised his hand and turned off the range hood.The ear became quiet in an instant, and Zhou Yin's chattering mouth was blocked. He pouted his nose to express his dissatisfaction, and quietly finished eating a piece of tomato.

Li Qing asked: "What do you want to tell me?"

Zhou Yin finished eating a small piece of tomato, licked his lips and said, "Let me remind you that salt should be added to tomatoes, I don't like too sweet ones."