the other half of the orange

You Zhao was washing up when he suddenly received a domestic long-distance call. He spat out the water in his mouth before he answered the phone slowly.

"Hello, teacher?"

"I heard that you went to Spain and came back? Why didn't you come to see me?"

You Zhao hesitated for a long time: "That... teacher... I'm in New Zealand now."

"..." The mentor was silent for two seconds: "See you on WeChat."

Not long after, a wechat video call came. You Zhao was disheveled and embarrassed to meet people, so he switched to a voice call.

The hotel staff brought breakfast, and You Zhao walked out of the living room to eat while making a phone call.Tang Heqian was not there, and there was only breakfast for one person at the table. Obviously, he had already left the house.

"Zhao Zhao, are you listening to me?!"

"Ah..." You Zhao quickly put down the knife, chewed the bacon twice and swallowed it, "There are some, teacher, please continue."

"I'm asking you! The competition will be over in a month or so, have you finished it yet?!" His mentor turned into a professional reminder, and now it's almost the deadline, and he was so anxious, but You Zhao didn't know anything about it. nor.

"..." You Zhao laughed twice, and said with a guilty conscience, "Originally, I'm almost done..."

"now what?!"

"I plan to overthrow the repaint!"

"..." The mentor hangs up the call angrily, still confused after thinking about it, and sends another WeChat message with a string of angry symbols: You can figure it out yourself!

You Zhao said it lightly, but he also knew that the time for redrawing is really urgent now, but people, if you don’t feel the dead line, you don’t live at all, and he has a better idea than before.

They didn't stay long in New Zealand, and they were about to return home.When Tang Heqian came back from the meeting and saw that he had packed his things by himself, he couldn't help being a little surprised.

"Is everything packed?"

"That's right, but there are still some shortcomings. Brother, if I have time, I'll go buy some souvenirs." You Zhao winked at him, "Can you come with me?"

Tang Heqian nodded reluctantly: "Hurry up."

You Zhao responded, but walked the streets for almost three hours before buying all the things to bring back to China. Tang Heqian felt curious as he looked at the large and small bags of presents.

You Zhao explained to himself: "Snacks and some souvenirs are for friends. I heard that New Zealand's milk powder and health care products are good. I brought several things to my teacher."

"They treat you well?" Tang Heqian asked.

You Zhao gave him a strange look, thinking that this is nonsense, cooperating with a broken leg and spending so much money to give to someone who is not good to him?

"They are the best people to me besides you."

Tang Heqian's expression was calm, and he didn't know what he was thinking: "Oh."

That's how the topic was chatted to death. After that, how could Ren Youzhao stalk him to find a topic? Tang Heqian still had a cold face, and didn't want to say any more nonsense.

You Zhao slapped his head, thinking narcissistically that he should be...jealous?

Ah, this is really hard to coax.You Zhao clicked his tongue a little, his face full of disapproval.

Just returned to the country so blandly.You Zhao rested overnight, and went straight to the school to report the next day.The teachers didn't say much, but the students spread gossip in private, saying that he dislikes the poor and loves the rich for specialization, and he doesn't want to take the economy class with his classmates, but instead goes with a well-dressed man.

Everyone followed suit, and later it was rumored that You Zhao was taken care of by a middle-aged wealthy businessman, otherwise his clothes would be completely two extremes compared to before, and someone even threw a picture of a luxury car and categorically declared "Stone Hammer".

Deng Yanjun handed over the phone with a stern expression, and showed him the campus forum: "Look, what they are posting here is all messed up, they are all fucking insane."

You Zhao glanced at it and laughed, "It's really interesting."

Deng Yanjun glared at him: "Interesting?? They are slandering you, and you still think it's funny? During your absence, do you know how dirty the forum is? A few of our friends have approved several vests. Almost pissed off!"

You Zhao smiled and was very calm: "They're just mobs. There's no real reason for trying to catch wind and shadows. I can show them the household registration book."

"Then why don't you dump it?" Deng Yanjun murmured.

You Zhaoyi spoke uprightly: "How can you chase after a man if you dump me?"

"Don't worry, gossip is time-sensitive, and the goldfish brain will forget it after a while."

"Are you planning to do nothing?"

"Even if I say it, will they believe it? Let them say it, anyway, they can only make trouble on the Internet."

Deng Yanjun opened his mouth, but had nothing to say.

He didn't take this episode to heart at all, and stayed quietly in the studio for a few days, obsessed with painting.On the other side, the mentor was pressing hard, and he found a time to bring the first draft and go there.

The mentor looked over and over again, and subconsciously frowned, making You Zhao feel uneasy.

"Teacher, what do you think...?"

"This hand..." The mentor pointed to the right hand in the lower left corner and asked, "Is this hand yours?"

You Zhao nodded obediently.

"You..." The teacher hesitated to speak, "You are..."

"Teacher, just say what you want." You Zhao blinked, "Anyway, this is what I want to express."

The teacher sighed: "Did you fall in love so soon?"

"First love at the age of 22, will it be soon?" You Zhao looked innocent.

"You little bastard!" The mentor stared, "The wings are hard!"

Just in time, Mistress came over with a fruit bowl, and seeing the strange atmosphere between the two, she turned her head and looked slightly surprised: "Zhao Zhao is in love?"

"It doesn't count." You Zhao took the orange, his cheeks flushed slightly, "It hasn't been done yet, and now it's just my unilateral liking."

"You dare to speak out before anyone catches up with you?"

"Isn't this a high degree of difficulty, and I didn't make too many jokes..." You Zhao bluntly said that he was wronged, "I'm already very reserved!"

The mistress said "Oh" and then said with a smile: "When chasing a girl, you must be patient and chase with your heart. Zhaozhao will bring her to see the mistress in the future."

You Zhao choked on his words, and whispered, "He's a man..."

"What?" The mentor turned pale with shock, "I just said why the other hand looks more and more like a man..."

The teacher's wife was also surprised, and then she smiled and said: "It's normal these days, as long as the child likes it."

"Come on, Zhao Zhao." Mistress waved to him, "Tell me, what kind of boy do you like?"

The mentor blew his beard and stared, turned to drink tea and refused to pay attention, but secretly listened behind his back.

You Zhao laughed awkwardly, hesitated for a long time before saying: "Actually, he is not a boy... He is ten years older than me, successful in his career, handsome and rich, and treats me very well."

The teacher took a sip of tea and said, "Say it again?"

You Zhao coughed twice and closed his mouth.

The teacher was also surprised at this time: "You... the degree of difficulty is really quite high."

You Zhao frowned: "I'm also very depressed..."

"You ask for more blessings!" The mentor said with a look of hatred, "You should finish your own work first, do you hear me?"

"Yes, yes." You Zhao spread out the draft again and flattened it, "Teacher, do you think I have a chance to win an award? Is my conception too small?"

The teacher said seriously: "The pattern is not so evil. If everyone's paintings are raised to the country and the world, naturally these big angles are actually a very boring thing."

"Everyone's path is different. You can care about politics, human destiny, whatever, why can't you care about yourself? Art is very personal. If you want to express love, you can express love. There are so many patterns and sizes. "

Mistress quietly watched the discussion between the two, and looked at You Zhao with gentle and gratified eyes.She knew that this child has always been pure, and has amazing persistence in his character. He seems to be free and easy, but he doesn't care about anything except painting.In the past, I was always worried that he was alone and had no worries, but now that he understands love and has care, his smile has a little more liveliness from the heart, and his whole person shines brightly.

"When you say that, I feel bloated. If I win the prize, I can hang the painting in the most conspicuous place in the exhibition hall, and then take him to see it, and take the opportunity to confess. He won't be moved to death!"

"Stop, stop!" The mentor laughed angrily at him, patted him on the shoulder, and warned: "I didn't finish it, so I thought about it? You calm down and paint for me, and if you still regress after three months of study I have to slap you!"

You Zhao stood up and ran to hide behind Mistress, sticking his head out: "Mistress said, if you whip me, she will whip you."

Mistress sideways backed away, pretending to be serious: "You're going backwards, Mistress personally beat you."

"..."

"Also," my wife added, "catch him up as soon as possible."

"..."

However, the person being chased didn't seem to know it. Ren Youzhao was sticky every day, and he got along with him as he should in daily life. He was so serious that You Zhao couldn't figure it out.

Does he understand, or is he pretending to be confused?

Speaking of which, it was also You Zhao's fault.When chasing people, they will only hint wildly, thinking that peeling a few oranges will make others understand the inner meaning, and they never even say the word "like".

Tang Heqian also felt baffled. Since he came back, oranges seemed to have a high sense of existence. Every day when he came home, he would see a basket full of fresh oranges on the coffee table. He had no idea what You Zhao was implying.

If you please, please please. Is it necessary to eat oranges twice a day?

You Zhao didn't want to waste, and often went to the toilet after eating too much, so he was ordered not to eat any more for a month. When Tang Chen arrived at Tang's house, he saw him looking listless.

He didn't ask too many questions, he was just a little curious, until Tang Heqian finished his business and asked casually, "Do you know what oranges mean?"

Tang Chen hesitated: "Maybe there is a meaning of sincerity. Do you need me to find more information for you?"

Tang Heqian just asked casually, and it would be overkill for his subordinates to spend time on these matters.

He recited it silently a few times, thinking that there might be no such meaning, You Zhao was trying to show his sincerity.

Tang Heqian happened to be going out too, so he asked the driver to take You Zhao back to school together.

You Zhao finally handed in the final work, but couldn't even make up for it, so he insisted on going back to school to work on his graduation thesis.

The journey was smooth, and he dozed off against the back of the chair, sleeping peacefully.It wasn't until the car stopped, facing the school gate, that he opened his eyes in a daze.