Dead rivals overturned each other

Zhou Liang kept looking at Xu Zhuo. For some reason, Xu Zhuo rarely looked at him all night, and now he doesn't even give him a look.

During the day, Zhou Liang sent a message to Xu Zhuo. Although the reply was slow, the tone seemed normal.

Is it deliberately avoiding suspicion now?

But the reminder of the beef jerky wrapping paper is so obvious, Xu Zhuo can definitely see it.

As a result, in the next moment, I saw Xu Zhuo straightly peeling off the second painting—the blank one with nothing on it.

Zhou Liang was stunned, and was about to walk to Xu Zhuo's side, and wanted to ask him what was going on in a low voice.

Xu Zhuo went out of the camera and gestured to Gu Xinyi, indicating that he wanted to go to the bathroom.

He didn't participate in the next pairing and didn't know the result, let alone inquire, but went back to the room.

He had a headache for no reason, and it was difficult to concentrate. He lay down on the bed weakly, pulled up the quilt to cover his face, and fell asleep with his head depressed.

Maybe it was because he didn't have a good rest last night, he fell asleep very quickly, only dreaming about some old things that he tried hard to forget.

-

In the second semester of the second year of high school, after the art festival.

After Xu Zhuo beat He Chao and drank a bottle of ice mineral water, he adjusted his mood.He planned to find Zhou Liang to have a big meal to celebrate the successful completion of the two of them performing on the same stage for the first time, but the school couldn't find Zhou Liang.

Calls also show off.

Xu Zhuo started from being puzzled, then became very worried. He asked his classmates, but the classmates said they didn't pay attention. It wasn't until he asked the teacher in charge, who called the housekeeper of the Zhou family, that he realized that something had happened to the Zhou family. A period of leave.

After receiving the news that Zhou Mu was fine, Xu Zhuo felt a little relieved, but he couldn't help worrying about his family's situation.

What's the matter, leaving in such a hurry.

Seeing that the pile of unfinished papers on Zhou Liang's desk was getting higher and higher, Xu Zhuo helped him tidy them up, and went to the stationery store to buy a clip to hold them.

Xu Zhuo sends text messages to Zhou Liang every day:

"The quinoa rice balls this morning are so soft and delicious. I ate two and I ate one for you."

"Zhou Qiong, how do you do this math problem? No one in the class can solve it after asking all over the place."

"Look, I got 132 points in the geography test this time!! I'm a genius hahaha!!"

"Sleeping in your place today, if you don't come back, I will occupy you!"

……

Xu Zhuo would take out his mobile phone to check every class break, but he never received a reply.

A week passed, and it was He Chao's turn to sweep the floor. He dawdled and wanted to wait until all the classmates had left before doing the cleaning. Then Xu Zhuo sat on his seat without any intention of getting up.

So he scanned everywhere, only the last row of the fourth group bypassed like a god of plague, Xu Zhuo's fist is still fresh in his memory.

Before Xu Zili left, he deliberately walked around to the back row and handed a few notebooks to Xu Zhuo:

"It's strange. Usually you just copied Zhou Mu's notes, but today you asked me to borrow them..."

Xu Zhuo took it over, "Thank you brother, I will bring you a family portrait rice ball tomorrow."

He planned to organize the notes carefully and make up for Zhou Mu when he came back.

"Why are you being polite to me, I can't respond to your likes, and I can't respond to a few notes?" Xu Zili looked at him with a smile.

Xu Zhuo picked up the finished milk carton on the table and threw it at him. Although Xu Zili was a mild-tempered person, he would occasionally play with him after getting acquainted.

The last confession didn't make them awkward and unfamiliar, on the contrary, it became more natural, and they all have a personality that talks about things.

Xu Zili was about to go home for dinner, and when he saw a small flying insect jumping onto Zhou Liang's table, Xu Zhuo quickly waved it away, and took out a tissue to wipe the place where the insect had been.

Xu Zili paused, "Xiao Zhuo, we are still young, don't define liking too early, maybe it will be overthrown suddenly at some point."

Xu Zhuo was stunned, dismissed him and drove him away, and scolded with a smile: "There's no end to it, you, you're going to be pissed off for the rest of your life, right?"

The next day.

Xu Zhuo stepped on the morning reading bell to enter the class, and just put down his schoolbag, the head teacher stood by the door and waved to him.

The teacher in charge took him to a quiet corner of the corridor, and patted him on the shoulder in relief, "Xu Zhuo, after the unanimous affirmation of the school leaders, I decided to give you the outstanding student quota this time, congratulations."

Xu Zhuo thought he heard it wrong, and after confirming it again, he asked:

"Shouldn't it be Zhou Mu?"

The head teacher explained: "The school's outstanding student award has always been awarded to two types of students. One is the top scorer like Zhou Xing, and the other is the student who has made the most progress. In the past six months or so, you have been ranked No. 2 in the class. .15, the score has risen to [-]th, this kind of improvement is obvious to all, and I believe no one will have any objections."

Xu Zhuo was still a little dazed, "But my improvement is all thanks to Zhou Liang's help. If it weren't for his guidance in my studies, I might be at the bottom of the list now. Teacher, I think he should be the one who deserves this award." Got it."

The head teacher seemed to appreciate his spirit of friendship and mutual help with classmates, but her tone insisted, "This is a unanimous decision made by the school leaders, so let's make it so. This award is an additional condition for many good schools to select students. For you It’s the best thing to say that it’s even more powerful. Don’t you want to be admitted to B University? B University is said to value this very much.”

Xu Zhuo returned to his seat in a daze. As far as he knew, many students around him were fighting for this award, including Xu Zili, but he did not expect to get it in the end.

Zhao Tingting ignored He Chao recently, and He Chao frantically courted and offered to please her, the history class representative, to distribute the papers. When Xu Zhuo was in the row, his expression froze, and he quickly dropped the papers, turned around and left.

"stop--"

He Chao couldn't help his heart skip a beat when he heard Xu Zhuo's voice, and turned his head with his neck stuck.

Xu Zhuo pointed to the paper on the ground at Zhou Liang's side, "Pick it up."

It turned out that He Chao was walking away just now, but the paper was not stable, and it floated away.

He gritted his teeth secretly, walked over to pick it up, and was afraid that the paper would fall again, so he pressed the pile of textbooks on Zhou Liang's desk, thinking that he should have nothing wrong with him, he wanted to leave quickly, but Xu Zhuo pushed his chair back One move, blocking his way.

"Take a broom and sweep the floor." Xu Zhuo looked at him coldly.

Just as He Chao was about to get angry and told him not to push his feet, he suddenly thought that he was lazy and didn't sweep their place yesterday. He didn't expect Xu Zhuo to notice it at that time.

This Xu Zhuozhen had been playing with that filthy illegitimate child for a long time, not to mention that his mind was abnormal, but his stern face was also somewhat similar. He Chao dared not speak out, and stamped his feet vigorously to get the broom.

After school that day, Xu Zhuo came to Zhou's residence with the accumulated papers and carefully prepared notes.

He has come to play so many times that he can come in without notification, and the housekeeper's grandmother has made him acquainted. Every time we meet, he affectionately calls him "Master Veal Jerky".

Zhou's house occupies a huge area, and every time he comes in, he has to take a shuttle bus for nearly 10 minutes.Maybe it’s because I haven’t seen Zhou Liang take friends home since I was a child, and Xu Zhuo’s mouth is sweet, so the housekeeper’s grandma likes Xu Zhuo very much:

"The young master was ill a while ago, and he has recovered a little in the past two days. You came just in time. Let him go. I think he seems to have something on his mind recently."

Xu Zhuo was stunned, "Sick? What kind of disease? I don't even know."

The housekeeper's grandmother reassured him, "Maybe he caught a cold. He had a fever for three days, and the fever has subsided now."

Xu Zhuo originally blamed Zhou Liang for being heartless and not replying to his messages, but now he was full of worries, and hoped that the shuttle could drive faster.

"Master should be in the audio-visual room." The housekeeper's grandmother led the way, and Xu Zhuo followed him, passing by the small garden on the west.

On the wicker chair in the garden, the voices of the two women's conversation came to Xu Zhuo's ears intermittently:

"I think Ah Liang and Zhuo Zhuo hit it off very well, and they get along well."

"When we were pregnant together, didn't you say that we would make a baby kiss for them?"

"I think Zhuo Zhuo is too good, but I'm afraid that my bastard won't be good enough for her, and will delay the good girl."

"She has a strong personality, but I am satisfied with how I look at it..."

The housekeeper took two steps, but found that the person behind her was not following, she turned her head in doubt, and saw Xu Zhuo standing in the aisle beside the garden in a daze.

Following his gaze, the housekeeper's grandma said: "This is Mrs. Sun, Miss Xi Zhuo's mother, and she has a very good relationship with his wife. You should know Miss Xi Zhuo, right? You and the young master are in the same school. Want to go over and say hello?"

Xu Zhuo shook his head and followed her, but he was much more silent than when he first came.

Meanwhile, the audio-visual room—

In the pitch-black space, only the weak light source emitted by the screen remained. In front of the screen, there were several beanbag sofas piled up on the ground. None of Zhou Liang leaned on the sofa in a straight shape, holding the game controller expressionlessly, and mechanically facing the screen. playing games.

Sun Xizhuo sat next to him, bit the bullet and played along, but felt that it was too boring, so he threw the handle aside.

Zhou Liang next to him seemed to be out of his body, and didn't say a word.

Sun Xizhuo twitched the corners of his mouth, "You don't have a fever, do you? Why do you look like a different person? I used to come to your house to play, and you were either in ABCD or looking at quadrants in symbols. Why do you look like an Internet addicted teenager now?" of."

"Well, if you ignore me, I'll ask Xiao Zhuozi, he has a good relationship with you, he must know what's wrong with you." Sun Xizhuo picked up the phone, and before he had time to unlock it, he was pulled by Zhou Liang.

Sun Xizhuo looked at his frozen expression, "Oh, I see, it turned out to be a quarrel with Xiao Zhuozi." She shook her head pitifully:

"Those who didn't know thought it was broken love."

Zhou Mu glanced at her, frowned distastefully, and got up to leave.

But in the past two days, his body was still relatively weak. After getting up suddenly, he felt dizzy and couldn't stand still. Sun Xizhuo hurriedly reached out to help him.

The audio-visual room was too sound-proof, and the housekeeper's grandma called several times outside, but she didn't receive a response, so she brought Xu Zhuo in directly, and happened to bump into Sun Xizhuo "holding" Zhou Liang.

The housekeeper's grandmother froze, subconsciously took a step back, and wanted to take Xu Zhuo to wait outside for a while, but Xu Zhuo just stood there, looking straight at the two people inside the house.

Zhou Liang closed his eyes for a while, and then he felt better, when he heard Sun Xizhuo say in surprise, "Xiao Zhuozi?"

Zhou Mu suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the door.

The housekeeper's grandma gave Xu Zhuo winks, but Xu Zhuo didn't seem to notice, and walked directly into the house. At this time, Zhou Liang had already left Sun Xizhuo's "embrace". After confirming that it was Xu Zhuo who had come, Zhou Liang turned his face away instead.

As soon as Xu Zhuo approached, Sun Xizhuo felt an inexplicable emotion surging between him and Zhou Liang. She instantly felt that she was a bit redundant, so she ran away quickly, and when she left, she didn't forget to close the door and walked away with the housekeeper's grandmother on her arm.