after running with the ball

After Zhuo Yang ate a few pieces of pineapple, Xi Chen got up and went to the bathroom. As soon as he left, several people sat down beside Zhuo Yang.These people surrounded him, curious about him.

A man asked, "Your name is Zhuo Yang? What's your relationship with Xi Chen?"

Being stared at by several pairs of eyes at the same time, Zhuo Yang shrank back, "I am Mr. Xi's life assistant."

Others are less convinced.

"Is Xi Chen so nice to the life assistant?"

"He actually asked you to eat pineapple just now! Wow, is the end of the world coming?"

"Yan Kai doesn't even get such treatment!"

"I thought I was hallucinating just now."

Zhuo Yang was sitting here just now, and he didn't see these people say a word to Xi Chen. He thought they didn't know Xi Chen, but now it seems that they are very familiar with Xi Chen.Xi Chen was described by them as extremely indifferent, to the point where strangers should not get close to him, and if he gets close, he would freeze to death.

Zhuo Yang couldn't help but say something for Xi Chen, "Mr. Xi just doesn't like talking."

"Of course he feels so close to you." Someone said, "Have you ever experienced the feeling of talking to him but not getting a response?"

This Zhuo Yang has really never experienced it. The only few times he and Xi Chen met before, it seemed that Xi Chen talked to him first every time, including the previous meeting with Xi Chen in the hotel, it was also Xi Chen. Call him first.

Thinking about it this way, Xi Chen treated him very differently from others, and Zhuo Yang couldn't help but have that guess in his heart.

……

Mrs. Yan's birthday is on the second day, and the birthday party is at noon. The venue is a well-known local hotel. Coincidentally, this hotel is the place where Zhuo Yang worked after dropping out of school. The night he and Xi Chen spent , happens here.

When he arrived at the hotel, Xi Chen was obviously also a little surprised. He took a deep look at Zhuo Yang, and Zhuo Yang felt a little unnatural when he received this look.

Yan Kai, who was walking with them, suddenly said: "Hey? Brother, I remember that I dragged you here to attend the graduation party the day before you went abroad. At that time, you stayed here for one night because you were drunk, and you gave birth the next day. He was very angry. Assistant Zhuo, you don’t know, that was the first time we saw him angry. My mother was so happy that she wanted to buy a box of firecrackers and come back to celebrate. But bro, when we asked you the reason, didn’t you Said, I am still curious about why you were angry at that time, six years have passed, now can you kindly help my brother solve his doubts?"

Zhuo Yang clenched his hand by his side into a fist, Yan Kai didn't know if he couldn't figure it out, Xi Chen was always praised and rejected by others in school, it must be rare in his life Said it almost never happened, so when he was rejected, it was only natural to be angry.

"Shut up." Xi Chen gave Yan Kai a cold look, with warning in his eyes.

Yan Kai stared innocently, not knowing where he had offended his brother, if he didn't say anything, he wouldn't say it, why was he so fierce!By the way, this hotel has a conflict with his brother, why does he feel that his brother will become wrong as soon as he arrives here.

After entering the banquet floor, Yan Kai went to greet other guests, leaving Xi Chen and Zhuo Yang at the side. There was a strange atmosphere of silence between the two of them, and they didn't talk at all during the meal. Only then did I find the opportunity to run to the bathroom.

Zhuo Yang sat on the toilet to calm down his emotions, so as not to be embarrassed when he went out later.It's just that after he finally made mental preparations and felt that he could face Xi Chen calmly again, as soon as he came out of the cubicle, he saw Xi Chen also came in at some time, standing by the sink, looking at him calmly. with him.

"...Mr. Xi." The mental preparations collapsed again, Zhuo Yang had an intuition that Xi Chen was chasing him, so he pretended to be calm and went to the sink and turned on the faucet to wash his hands.

Xi Chen stepped aside, watched the water hit Zhuo Yang's pale hands, and said, "Zhuo Yang, I wasn't angry at you at the time."

Zhuo Yang's mood was not calm at all, and now he was even more flustered. He turned off the tap, stood where he was and said in a low voice: "Mr. Xi, you don't need to explain to me."

Xi Chen said, "I'm afraid you misunderstood."

Zhuo Yang said: "It's over—"

"Not past."

Zhuo Yang looked up at Xi Chen in a daze, "Mr. Xi..."

Mr. Xi took a light step forward, grabbed Zhuo Yang who was about to retreat, looked down at him, and said softly: "Zhuo Yang, that night six years ago was just the beginning for me."

The wrist was held, and there was a warm touch on it.Zhuo Yang endured the trembling all over his body and looked into Xi Chen's eyes. Those indifferent eyes were surging with some kind of passionate emotion that made his heart palpitate.

There was a sound of footsteps in the corridor outside, Zhuo Yang woke up like a dream, he broke free from Xi Chen's hand, and walked out hurriedly and flusteredly.

"Zhuo Yang."

Xi Chen chased after him, but collided with the person who came in. The other party quickly apologized to him, because of this short stay, when Xi Chen raised his head to look for Zhuo Yang again, Zhuo Yang's figure had disappeared.

Xi Chen did not find Zhuo Yang when he returned to the banquet scene. He knew that Zhuo Yang had worked here before and was familiar with this hotel. He must be hiding somewhere.Xi Chen took out his mobile phone and sent Zhuo Yang a text message.

Zhuo Yang, who was hiding in a stairwell, was relieved when he saw the text message on his mobile phone. Xi Chen didn't ask him to go out now, but just reminded him to go back to Yan's house.Zhuo Yang didn't reply, he sat down on the stairs, thinking about what happened in the bathroom just now.Xi Chen said that that night was just the beginning for him, but that night was the end for the former Zhuo Yang.

Zhuo Yang likes Xi Chen, or rather, he loves him, but Zhuo Yang feels that he doesn't love Xi Chen deeply enough.

Love makes life beautiful, but life is not made up of love alone.Zhuo Yang loves Xi Chen, but he deeply understands that there will be more than Xi Chen in his future life, and Xi Chen cannot be everything to him.Their family background, knowledge and living environment are different, and the concepts they create are often very different.His and Xi Chen's worlds are completely different. Perhaps at the beginning they could not care about these things because of the existence of feelings, but when the temperature of the feelings cooled down a little, he didn't know whether he could resist the huge differences and pressures brought about by his identity and background. , and without the emotional support, can Xi Chen tolerate his ordinaryness and his ordinary family?

This kind of worry and fear is still the same.Zhuo Yang is too self-aware and cowardly. He thinks that instead of letting the initial beauty turn into a chicken feather that everyone hates and hates, it is better not to touch it at the beginning and keep that little bit of beautiful thought. Kind of perfect.

Now Xi Chen might break this perfection with his own hands, which made Zhuo Yang feel fearful.He was afraid that after this kind of perfection was broken, it would still lead to a messy ending.

Zhuo Yang sat in the stairwell for a long time before going down, found Yan Kai and said that he was not feeling well, so he went back to Yan's house first.

"My brother is gone too, are you two having a fight?" Yan Kai looked at him and said.

"No." Zhuo Yang didn't say much.

Yan Kai looked at Zhuo Yang thoughtfully, and said, "Then I'll send you back."

Zhuo Yang said: "No, I'll just take a taxi and go back."

Yan Kai is not reluctant.

Zhuo Yang left the hotel, but instead of taking a taxi back to Yan's house, he just got on a bus and sat aimlessly.The bus was rickety, and Zhuo Yang, who was staring out of the window in a daze, suddenly heard a familiar station name, which was the high school he had attended.

The moment the bus stopped, Zhuo Yang suddenly had the idea to go down and have a look.

At this time, all the schools are on summer vacation, and the entire school now only has a gate guard and a few patrolling security guards.After Zhuo Yang registered with the school guard, he went in smoothly.

Walking in the empty school, Zhuo Yang felt a lot, especially when he passed the school's grade bulletin board.Back then, Xi Chen studied very well, and every monthly exam would appear on the bulletin board. At that time, he kept his secret thoughts and kept studying hard, just to get a good grade in the exam, and to be able to be with Xi Chen's name. Appearing on the bulletin board, it would appear to be closer to him.

Zhuo Yang stood by the bulletin board for a while, then walked to the teaching building where he used to study.His classroom was in the second room on the third floor of the teaching building. When he went up to the third floor, Zhuo Yang was shocked when he saw the man standing in the corridor.

When the man turned his head, it was Xi Chen who Zhuo Yang had deliberately avoided before.Zhuo Yang sighed deeply what kind of luck he was, he obviously wanted to come and take a look temporarily, and he would meet him like this.

Xi Chen was also a little surprised when he saw Zhuo Yang appearing suddenly, and said, "What a coincidence."

At this time, the consciousness of wanting to hide is too obvious, Zhuo Yang can only bite the bullet and walk over.

The two stood in front of the classroom where Xi Chen used to be. Neither of them mentioned what happened in the bathroom before, and they quietly looked down while leaning on the fence.The sky began to blow wind, the sun faded, and dark clouds floated in the sky.

The weather is changing, it's going to rain.

"You used to pass by here often." Xi Chen said suddenly, "You always peek at me."

Zhuo Yang was surprised, and then said: "If you don't look at me, how do you know I'm peeking at you."

There was a little smile on the corner of Xi Chen's lips, "Look at each other, let's get even."

The short conversation suddenly erased the awkward atmosphere left before.Then they didn't talk anymore, listening to the rustling of the leaves in the wind and watching the rain fall slowly.Neither of them had an umbrella, and when the rain stopped for a while, more than half an hour had passed.

Zhuo Yang suddenly sneezed.

"Put on your coat." Xi Chen reminded.

Zhuo Yang was wearing formal clothes, but he took them off just now when he felt hot while walking in school, and he hasn’t worn them since then, just now it was windy and rainy, and the temperature was very cool, just because Xi Chen was sharing it next to him. Mind, Zhuo Yang felt cold only now.

Fearing that it would rain again, the two hurriedly left the school after the rain stopped, and did not go back to the hotel, but went back to Yan's house together.

Before going to bed, Zhuo Yang felt a little uncomfortable in his throat. This feeling was very familiar, and it was a symptom that would appear every time he caught a cold.He dug out the cold medicine and took one before going to sleep.