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2015. 2, 24

All the shops on the street were rushing to the New Year, and a few scattered ones were open. Walking to a pharmacy that was open all year round, Ji Li stood on the scale at the door.

"67.4, kg." There was a scale on the wall, and Ji Li stood against the wall, "Help me see how tall I am."

Yan Yu stretched out his hand to press down his thick hair, looked at the row of numbers and said: "182, remove the sole, it should be 179."

"What's the matter if you only gain weight and not grow taller." Ji Li pulled his hands out of his pockets, pressed Yan Yu's shoulders, and pushed him against the wall.

Ji Li raised his head: "189, really tall, it should be 160 without the sole."

"Are my shoes 29 centimeters?" Yan Yu looked at him pretending to believe, the hands on his shoulders never moved away, "You wallop me."

Ji Li was taken aback, quickly removed his hand, put it in his pocket and said, "Let's watch a New Year's movie, there are a lot of movies during the New Year."

This year, most of the Lunar New Year movies are old-fashioned romance movies, and they chose a parent-child movie "Where Are We Going, Dad" among them...

The movie theater is full of family members, Ji Li couldn't hold back the smile, and put his hand on Yan Yu's shoulder to joke: "Yan Yu, can you sing Little Star?"

Yan Yu didn't know that this was a stalk, and sang the Chinese version a cappella: "Twinkle, twinkle, sparkle."

"You should say no," Ji Li cleared his throat, "Then I'll teach you."

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are~"

After going back, Yan Yu asked Ji Li to sing it again, and quietly recorded it to make the ringtone of the mobile phone. After many years, he never changed it again, and later developed a habit of not answering the phone until he finished singing Telephone.

March 2015, 3 (Lantern Festival)

When Yan Yu opened Ji Li's bedroom door, Ji Li was packing for going back to school tomorrow.

"It's been a very interesting year." Ji Li buckled up the suitcase reluctantly. He almost had enough instant noodles and needed all kinds of supplies. There were only a few light clothes left in the suitcase.

Yan Yu leaned against the door: "I will call you when I come back."

"Really?" Ji Li sat on the suitcase and said with a smile, "I am the most indispensable face, and that's what you said."

Yan Yu didn't show his joy on his face, he pointed to the door and said, "I made Yuanxiao, do you want to eat it?"

"want!"

Two bowls of glutinous rice balls stuffed with sesame seeds were steaming and placed on the dining table. Ji Li sniffed them: "Is it quick-frozen?"

Yan Yu nodded: "Don't expose me, just treat it as me."

Ji Li scooped up one with a spoon, blew it cool, put it in his mouth, and gave Yan Yu a thumbs up before chewing.

Yan Yu pursed his lips and chuckled, and the phone on the table rang. Ji Li was not surprised to hear his own voice, and boasted: "It sounds so good."

"I'll take a call." Yan Yu picked up his phone, walked into the balcony, and closed the glass door.

"Handsome son! Happy Chinese New Year!" The delicate female voice on the phone was his mother in her early forties.

Yan's mother often sends him text messages, and rarely calls him on his own initiative.

Yan Yu was silent for a while: "Mom, straighten your tongue and talk. Also, it's Lantern Festival today."

"Sorry, baby," Yan's mother confessed, "I've been wanting to call you, there are too many things, I forgot."

"Thank you," Yan Yu glanced at the phone, "It's been a minute, is there anything else?"

"Is there still time to talk to mom?" Yan's mother became aggrieved from Jiao Didi, "I haven't seen you in two years, how are you in college?"

"Very good." Yan Yu said.

"Then... is there an object?"

As soon as Yan Yu raised his head, he looked straight at Ji Li who was eating glutinous rice balls, and his brows stretched.

"Ah."

A very simple word, with a tenderness that even he himself did not realize.Yan Yu can't quite figure out whether he has a good impression of Ji Li from the beginning, a good impression of the voice, or a liking for getting along with him now?

I want to get closer for no reason, but I am not satisfied when I get close, I want to touch him and hug him.This is a feeling that Yan Yu has never experienced in his not-so-short life.

After hanging up the phone, Ji Li had already finished eating glutinous rice balls and was playing games with his mobile phone in both hands. Seeing Yan Yu sitting down, he said, "Are you going to play mahjong? Gao Feng is not convinced, and wants to be ashamed."

"You changed your contact information?" Yan Yuwei said unhappily.

Ji Li put down his phone: "Didn't you join a mayou group last time, so that you can pay online if you don't have money?"

Yan Yu didn't expect him to explain, raised his eyebrows: "Well, if you want to beat me, I will accompany you."

"Long live the money, I will give you dividends!"

2015. 4, 5

After returning to school, Yan Yu hadn't seen Ji Li much, everyone was busy with their own business, and occasionally made an appointment to go to a library, or to the same public class.

"Is this a mistake?" Yan Yu was flipping through a notebook with scribbled handwriting while sorting out the materials.

Except for the name Ji Li, which Yan Yu can recognize, the other characters are comparable to oracle bone inscriptions. Yan Yu got up very early today, and the time was only seven o'clock in the morning. Ji Li had no class, and the wake-up time was usually nine o'clock.

When the hour hand pointed to nine o'clock, Yan Yu went to Ji Li's bedroom and knocked on the door.

The one who opened the door was the timid roommate that Ji Li had mentioned to him, wearing black round eyes, short and small, the type who was easily bullied.On the day they first met, Ji Li went to help him out.

"Excuse me, is Ji Li there?" Yan Yu didn't want to scare him, so he tried to make his voice not so cold.

Liu Li opened the door shyly, let Yan Yu in, and whispered: "Ji Li went out early in the morning, and he should be back soon."

Yan Yu had never been to this dormitory before, and after looking around, he easily recognized Ji Li's bed.On the table under the bed, in addition to the necessary professional books, there are two cacti.

Put the notebook on his desk: "Then I'll go back first."

When Yan Yu walked out, Ji Li was walking from the corridor carrying two supermarket plastic bags.

Seeing that he was in a gloomy state, Yan Yu hurried forward to meet him, his tone tinged with concern: "What's wrong with you?"

"...it's okay," Ji Li forced a smile, his eyes were bloodshot, "I watched a movie this morning, it was so touching."

"What movie, recommend it to me." Yan Yu saw the instant noodles protruding from the plastic bag, "Why do you always eat this?"

Ji Li lowered his head: "It's convenient."

Yan Yu frowned: "The cafeteria is a little far away, you are too lazy to run, give me a call, and I will pack it for you."

"Thank you, the movie is..." Ji Li sniffed, let go of his hand, two plastic bags fell to the ground, and he reached out to hug Yan Yu.

Yan Yu opened his eyes wide, and when he stretched out his hands involuntarily, Ji Li let go of him, blinked, picked up the plastic bag, and walked back to the dormitory.

Yan Yu stood in the corridor for a long time, his heart beating like thunder in his chest, as if he was about to escape from his throat.

2015. 4, 22

"Brother, do you want to join the fellowship club? The girls in the music club all have sweet voices." Jin Liang said to Yan Yu who was immersed in the book.

Yan Yu raised his eyes and spit out two words expressionlessly: "No."

"It's no fun. If you don't use such a good skin, you will soon become a monk, right?" Jin Liang shook his head.

Gao Feng poked his head down and had a conversation with Jin Liang: "Ji Li belongs to the music club, and it's boring to go to the social club, so we can drag him to play mahjong."

Jin Liang clapped his hands: "Good idea, I don't believe I can't win his money once."

Yan Yu's hand that flipped through the book paused, and coughed lightly: "When?"

Gao Feng smiled triumphantly: "Saturday night."

2015. 4, 25

The deafening bar was occupied by people from several clubs. As soon as Gao Feng and Jin Liang entered, they ran to the dance floor to dance.

Yan Yu ordered a cocktail and sat on the chair in front of the bar. From time to time, girls came to strike up a conversation, and Yan Yu politely chatted to death with a few words.

"Hi, hello." A girl sat on the chair next to him with a glass of juice on her mobile phone.

The girl was undressed, wearing ordinary trousers and skirts, with a clean face, which made Yan Yu's eyes shine. After smelling the perfume for so long, Yan Yu smiled and said: "Hello."

"My name is..." The voice on the dance floor was too loud, Yan Yu couldn't hear her name clearly, and didn't want to ask it a second time, so he nodded to show that he was listening.

It was obviously the first time for the girl to come to this kind of place, and she said a lot of things, Yan Yu responded to every sentence out of boredom.

There was an extra arm on his shoulder, Yan Yu turned his head, Ji Li was holding the cup, and touched the cup in his hand: "Would you like to talk to me when you're here?"

"I wanted to find you, but I couldn't find you." Yan Yu put his hands on the table, supported his head, and looked up at him.

"Then how did I find you?" Ji Li put down his hand, looked at the girl in front of him, and said with a smile, "Are you a friend? Hello."

The girl didn't know what she understood, or she was imagining something, she looked serious, and walked away without saying hello.

Ji Li sat on the girl's seat and took a sip of wine: "It's really boring here."

"You haven't met anyone you're interested in. I think Gao Feng and Jin Liang are having fun."

Ji Li raised his glass: "I find it interesting now."

"Huh?" Yan Yu's half-comprehensive smile reached his eyes, and he raised his glass to touch the edge of his wine glass.

Ji Li drank the wine in one gulp, his Adam's apple rolled, his cheeks were slightly reddish, and the dim light did not conceal his fair skin.

He tilted his head, his trivial hair swayed slightly, his eyes were brighter than any light, Ji Li raised the corner of his mouth: "Want to listen to music?"

"You sing?" Yan Yu couldn't take his eyes off him.

"Ah."

Following him with his eyes, Ji Li said a few words to the staff, and took the microphone onto the stage.

"Oh!" The young men and women below shouted together, and most of them seemed to know him.

"I seldom sing. I sing badly. Don't be disgusted." Ji Li said modestly into the microphone.

Several girls were on the edge of the stage, making trumpets and shouting: "It sounds good! Ji Li! Ji Li!"

Yan Yu has been sitting in front of the bar, which is an excellent viewing position, and he can see the whole Ji Li from a distance.

The accompaniment sounded, Yan Yu had heard this song on the radio, Liang Jingru's "Courage".

It is not an exaggeration to say that Ji Li's voice is the best Yan Yu has ever heard. When he speaks, he is as warm as spring water, and when he sings with emotion, it is easy for people to integrate into his world.

Finally made the decision

I don't care what others say

As long as you are equally sure.

...

"Love really needs courage to face gossip."

Before this, Ji Li sang with his eyes closed.

"As long as you affirm with your eyes, my love is meaningful." Ji Li opened his eyes.

Yan Yu felt that Ji Li was looking at him.

You also like me, right?

Thank you, Ji Li...