Blow

Su Yao saw Wen Xiao pick up the phone from a distance, and when he approached, she was slightly startled.

Wen Xiao leaned his upper body against the fence of the shopping mall, lowered his head slightly, and drooped his eyelashes.In this posture, it is actually hard to see his expression clearly from the side, but Su Yao has a subtle intuition, reading a hidden softness on his face.

... Did Wen Xiao have a girlfriend?

She suddenly didn't care about it, and called him at a higher volume, as if she wanted to interrupt Wen Xiao's call on purpose.

Wen Xiao turned around, probably just finished speaking, put down the phone, looked at Su Yao in surprise, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Su Yao carefully observed his face, and found that the softness had disappeared, leaving the familiar, cold and sharp charm.

"It's nothing," she smiled, "it's just that they are almost finished eating, let me come out and see where you went."

"...Just walk around." Wen Xiao's tone was calm, and he didn't expose her.

——Not to mention the presence of Fu Ningyu, Wen Xiao's excuse for leaving the table was to go to the bathroom after all, no matter how long it took, the person who came to him would not be a girl.

Sure enough, Su Yao was not in a hurry to tell Wen Xiao to go back, but turned around, and the silk skirt opened and fell.She leaned her back against the fence, as if she had something to say.

Wen Xiao waited for a while.He thought that Su Yao wanted to talk about two things, one was the joint letter back then, and the other was the college entrance examination.

He had already prepared the answer, but Su Yao didn't speak for a long time. Instead, Chen Xinyue also walked out of the restaurant and walked towards them, followed by Fu Ningyu.

The four of them just formed a circle, and the posture was quite lively.

Chen Xinyue's expression was very ugly, and instead of talking to Wen Xiao, he asked Su Yao directly: "Have you made it clear to him?"

His tone was not very good, Su Yao bit her lip, showing an aggrieved expression.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Fu Ningyu interrupted: "What is there that you haven't explained clearly, why am I getting more and more confused?"

Wen Xiao didn't understand either, the situation in front of him baffled him.According to what Chen Xinyue said, it seemed that Su Yao was looking for him alone, but in the past, the interaction between him and Su Yao was basically zero.

Su Yao used to be a very proud person, so arrogant that she somewhat looked down on Wen Xiao.Fourteen or fifteen years old, the age when love first started, many girls in the grade wrote love letters to Wen Xiao, because of this, Su Yao's evaluation of Wen Xiao was like a playboy, even though Wen Xiao had never touched a flower or leaf.

Later, she fell in love with Chen Xinyue. After being introduced by Chen Xinyue, she began to communicate with Wen Xiao, but it was also because of Chen Xinyue that they broke up for many years.

In short, if there is no Chen Xinyue in the middle, Wen Xiao and Su Yao are completely parallel lines, and it is impossible for Su Yao to have private matters to discuss with Wen Xiao.

"It doesn't matter if you don't say it," Su Yao suddenly said softly, "I think Wen Xiao might have a girlfriend already."

By saying that, she was tantamount to denying the impossibility herself.

Chen Xinyue's mood became worse, and he mouthed a dirty word uncontrollably, and the atmosphere between the four of them was awkward and weird.

"It's popular to look at marriage now?" After a moment of silence, Wen Xiao looked at them and said calmly, "Recently, there seem to be a lot of people who think I have a girlfriend."

Fu Ningyu followed him to ease the atmosphere: "Then do you have any?"

Just as Wen Xiao uttered the word "no", Chen Xinyue and Su Yao were all staring at him, as if they were very concerned about his answer.

So he temporarily blurred the answer and said, "No—definite."

"The old tree is blooming, the old tree is blooming," Fu Ningyu said hastily, "Congratulations to Brother Xiao first... Well, Xinyue, I know you have always been concerned about that incident back then, but Wen Xiao is actually here to express his opinion this time. He should not be righteous, he should not be righteous, he should apologize, he apologizes, if you have something to talk to alone, you can talk about it, why are you angry at our beauty Su."

Chen Xinyue didn't say a word, and habitually reached into his pocket, wanting to touch something.Wen Xiao has seen such subconscious actions before, and thinks that Chen Xinyue is probably addicted to cigarettes, but they only graduated from high school, when did Chen Xinyue start?

Chen Xinyue's hand was in his pocket for a long time, and he took it out reluctantly, but there was nothing.

"Are you smoking?" Wen Xiao asked him abruptly.

It's been four years, and this is the first sentence between them.

Chen Xinyue's expression froze, and his hands seemed to have no place to rest for a while, he couldn't tell whether he was helpless or irritated and grabbed a handful of hair back.He whispered: "Yes."

"Okay!" Fu Ningyu applauded immediately, "It's good to talk, that's good, you guys talk slowly, I'll take Miss Su back to sit... Miss Su?"

Su Yao didn't respond right away.Wen Xiao noticed that she looked up at Chen Xinyue, as if asking for advice, but Chen Xinyue gave her a deep look.Then Su Yao seemed to be guilty and trembled a little.

Su Yao went back with Fu Ningyu.

Wen Xiao and Chen Xinyue were left alone.They didn't speak for a long time, and both were a little uncomfortable.

What Wen Xiao thought was: Is that joint letter really that important?At that time, Chen Xinyue and Su Yao really violated the discipline, not to mention the joint letter, which incites the flames, seems to be touching, and it may add fuel to the fire for the teacher. They feel that they will not only make mistakes, but also ruin the morale of the whole class. .

But it is also undeniable that that period of time was indeed Wen Xiao's most rigid stage. He remembered his mother's teachings to him day and night, and when he opened his eyes every morning, the first thought in his mind was how to not make a single mistake that day.So sometimes he can't tell whether his various choices are rational or compulsive with certain pathological behaviors.

He looked at Chen Xinyue, who frowned and said nothing.

The tinkling, crisp metal bells broke the stiff situation between them.A small cartoon train carried a group of noisy children of three or five years old and passed in front of them. Three of them huddled together and took a group photo with their smart watches.

Immediately, Wen Xiao and Chen Xinyue were in a trance together.They, as well as Fu Ningyu, were actually not just classmates in junior high school, but had known each other since kindergarten, otherwise, the three of them might not have cared so much about the breakup between Chen Xinyue and Wen Xiao.When they were young, they really took this little train together.

Chen Xinyue put one hand into his trouser pocket again, and fumbled for a while, but to no avail.

The little cartoon train drove away.After a while, Chen Xinyue finally asked, "Is it true what you said at the dinner table about volunteering?"

Wen Xiao heard it, nodded, and responded.

Chen Xinyue frowned and stared at him: "So what's going on? I've checked, and you're talking about three books. I've seen the school's college entrance examination red list, and you're only two points lower than me."

Chen Xinyue was admitted to a Shanghai university, which ranked top in the country.

"I said I made a mistake, do you believe me?" Wen Xiao asked.

Chen Xinyue smiled -- a sneer of course.He said, "It's boring for you to do that."

He was right, if they reconciled this time, then Wen Xiao would have nothing to hide from him just like Ning Yu.

"Family affairs," Wen Xiao thought for a while, and said, "I'll talk to you later when I have a chance. I don't think you mainly want to talk about these things with me today."

Chen Xinyue did not deny it, and said, "Yes."

Wen Xiao quietly waited for him to speak.

There was struggle in Chen Xinyue's eyes. He looked away and looked at the billboards in a unique shape in front of a certain store in the distance.

"Now, or middle and high school," he then tried to control his expression and tone, and said slowly, almost word for word, "no matter when... have you ever liked Su Yao even for a moment?"

……

Wen Xiao was stunned.

It took him a long time to understand every word Chen Xinyue said, but in the end he could only give the most bewildered answer: "What?"

Although it is a question, it has already explained some problems.

Chen Xinyue was a smart man, he understood what Wen Xiao meant, and raised a hand to cover his eyes.It was a silent but impactful change, and his whole person became gray and depressed.

At this moment, Wen Xiao finally realized that something was wrong with the whole thing. He suspected that their breakup back then might not have been a matter of a joint letter or a signature.

"What do you mean?" Now it was Wen Xiao's turn to frown, "Why do you ask? Su Yao and I—we didn't say a word before you introduced her. Disgusted with me."

Chen Xinyue maintained a still movement, and after a while he took his hand away, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes.

"Su Yao said back then that with our friendship, it is impossible for you not to sign the joint letter." His voice seemed to be forced out of his throat, dry and difficult, "Unless you like her, Dissatisfied with us being together."

This bizarre statement made Wen Xiao feel unbelievable: "Do you believe it?"

Chen Xinyue said: "Of course I don't believe it. Her tone seemed to be joking, but who would make such a joke for no reason? What's more, it was before the joint letter was handed over to you. So what I believe is not what you think of her, It's——Wen Xiao, aren't you surprised why Su Yao hates you?"

"I have a lot of problems, and it's normal to be annoying." Wen Xiao still frowned, "There are many people in the grade who don't like me."

He vaguely felt that Chen Xinyue was going to tell some bad news.

"Neither of them," Chen Xinyue shook his head, "I don't like you, Lao Wei, Wang Hongxuan, and Yang Cunhan all lost to our class in the basketball game, and they were all boys. When did you hear that there was a girl who gritted her teeth at you and became famous? Except for Su Yao. Actually... In fact, she doesn't hate you at all, she has a crush on you and doesn't want to admit it. Has she ever written you a love letter?"

Wen Xiao straightened up from the railing all of a sudden, and said slowly, "Absolutely not. Do you know what you're talking about? Su Yao is your girlfriend, and she still is."

Chen Xinyue even smiled bitterly: "Do you think I don't know? Actually, I didn't approve of any joint letter at that time. I always felt that it would not end well if the situation became too big. It's just that Su Yao was very scared, and she needed confidence to back her up. The more she had, the better. But in any case, Ning Yu and I understand your temperament, and I didn't expect you to participate from the beginning to the end, if it wasn't for Su Yao's joke, I wouldn't care if you signed it or not."

Wen Xiao froze in place, unable to say anything for a moment.

"I also hope that Su Yao is really just joking," Chen Xinyue continued, "but when she found out that you didn't sign, she behaved too abnormally, asking me why you didn't sign. I tried it once, It was also a joke, saying that you might really be interested in her, but she was in a daze, and didn't know where her thoughts went for several days."

Wen Xiao took a deep breath, he really didn't know how to reply: "But these are all your conjectures, have you asked her to verify it?"

Chen Xinyue's voice was hoarse: "We have never made it clear, but you can imagine: I spent nearly five years trying to get rid of the idea that you like her from her heart, but I haven't done it yet. What do you think? Is it normal? She is really not awake, and she was stunned by the fact that you did not sign. She had a big dream for five years—for example, today, she came to you just now because she talked to herself in front of me for a long time , I swear that I will reject you face to face."

"...So you broke up with me?" Wen Xiao was at a loss at first, and then gradually became annoyed, "This can clearly be explained back then."

Chen Xinyue raised his head, looked at the ceiling of the shopping mall, and let out a sigh of relief.He said: "It's me who has to apologize for the breakup. You know how much I worked so hard to catch up with Su Yao, how much I liked her before, and after I found out that she liked you more, I became jealous of you. Too much All of a sudden, I even suspected that I was overwhelmed by you in all aspects, and I really couldn't accept it for a while."

"We have never been dominated by anyone," Wen Xiao looked at him sideways, "and you and Su Yao have been together for many years."

Chen Xinyue's expression became more and more empty: "That's right. So I had a fluke mentality, thinking that she just had a crush on you, but the more I realized later, she didn't want to insist on being with me, but insisted on liking you. Your denial of this matter."

Wen Xiao remained silent.

"I also refuse to admit defeat," Chen Xinyue sighed, "I always think that she will turn around, and I will always beat you one day—that is to say, in the so-called years of being together, she and I have trouble with myself, and I have trouble with myself. It's even more difficult. Wen Xiao, what do you think, what's the matter between me and her?"