I still don't want to go to school today

Fu Luojia found that he still couldn't tie a slipknot.So he gave up halfway, raised his head and wiped away the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.

"Oh, yes, I've always had a question." Li Xin stood a little closer, pretending to be whispering: "Why does Xu Zhijian keep procrastinating on introducing you to other people?"

A pen on the table fell from the table to the ground.

Fu Luojia watched it roll to Li Xin's feet in a daze, and then bent down to pick it up after a while.

Li Xin probably wanted to back away, but stepped on the tip of the pen by mistake.The plastic pipe crackled easily.

"Fuck—" Li Xin looked at the soles of his feet and then at Fu Luojia, "I have too many pens, can I give you one?"

That pen is naturally worthless, Fu Luojia can't even remember its color, even if it is often used by him, the sense of existence is still not strong.But it was trampled on by someone - Li Xin to be exact - and it suddenly made him feel... annoyed.

"roll."

Even Zhou Linya turned around and looked at him in surprise.

……

The so-called dinner party was set in a barbecue restaurant at the bottom of the school gate. The environment was ordinary, but the business was booming due to its superior location.

Because of the large number of people, the waiter's movements inevitably seemed frizzy. After wiping off half of the pool of oil, he put the handkerchief away, put it in the bucket, and left.

Fu Luojia happened to be sitting in front of the oil spread. In addition to half of the oil, there was a broken porcelain bowl, seasoning plate and a stack of toilet paper in front of him.

He had missed the ordering part a long time ago—after all, he still knew that he was here to "publicly apologize", so he deliberately delayed for a while, and waited for almost everyone to arrive before leaving to walk this way.

He was treated much better than he expected.There were not only his seat but also his bowls and chopsticks on the table, and when he arrived in the hall, there was even a special person to lead him—or help him—into the private room.

In a trance, he thought he was attending some kind of party.

Later, when he saw Xu Zhijian sitting facing the door of the private room, surrounded by a group of people and smiling warmly, he deduced that the situation might not have been like this.

Xu Zhibian was the first to see him, somehow he stopped the person who was speaking immediately, and stood up facing him.

Fu Luojia lowered his head, supported the wall and slowly moved to an empty seat outside.He felt many gazes and tried his best to keep himself walking smoothly.

But it's impossible not to be lame, he himself can taste joy from his walking posture.Coupled with the almost solemn atmosphere created by the deep gaze of so many people, he was inappropriately associated with the presentation scene of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

"Is it inconvenient not to see other people's feet? Get out of the way!"

In this way, he was let to Xu Zhibian's side.

Up to this time, Xu Zhijian hadn't spoken yet, he only bent the corner of his mouth towards him.

He sat down, and it took him a while to realize that Meng Yue was sitting opposite him.Meng Yue got very close to a mature-looking moustache next to him, and it took him a longer time to remember who it was.

Meng Yue held up her mobile phone and began to bite her chin. Fu Luojia guessed that she was taking a selfie.Mustache then moved his face towards him, and stared at the screen with wide eyes.Meng Yue moved her face back, and the bridge of her nose shrank behind the mustache's ears.

... Zheng Junyu?

He couldn't remember clearly, so he turned to look at Xu Zhijian.Xu Zhiyan put his hand back on the back of his chair, and said the first sentence of the night. "Are we coming too?"

"Come what?"

"Take a selfie."

"..."

Few people here are thinking about the evening self-study for a while, and they all eat leisurely.During their third round of adding food, Fu Luojia put the chopsticks that had not moved much on the bowl, biting the edge of the disposable paper cup and staring at the baking tray in a daze.

Xu Zhibian hooked his fingers under the table. "Want to go back?"

Fu Luojia paused halfway through nodding his head, "Didn't you mean...to apologize?"

So far, the program has looked like an ordinary dinner party.

Xu Zhijian frowned.Fu Luojia was a little uneasy - he should have done something wrong.

"Did you say you were going to 'fix it yourself'?"

"……Yes."

"Your solution is to do what they say?"

Fu Luojia put the drink whose liquid level was trembling violently back on the table, "I'm sorry...but is there something wrong?"

"Did you originally plan to come here alone, say 'sorry' to these people whose names are incomplete, and leave?"

Fu Luojia lowered his eyes, "...I thought that was what they meant."

He also noticed that the piece of meat that Xu Zhijian had picked up earlier had congealed in the bowl.

"It won't be that simple." Xu Zhijian picked the piece of meat, "People who apologize... are usually forced to drink, kneel on a stool, and are forced to pay for everyone by themselves—— "

He felt absurd and at the same time seemed to understand something.But Xu Zhibian's tone was too calm, and he was not sure.

"Then why are they...?"

Xu Zhijian didn't say anything for a while.

Fu Luojia looked at the opposite side again.Meng Yue looked away as if fleeing, and quickly turned her face to stick on Zheng Junyu's mustache.

Fu Luojia was puzzled.

"You say you handle it yourself."

Phroka didn't understand why he had to repeat it. "I did."

"Don't do this next time." Xu Zhijian looked at him, and said after a while, "Come and find me, okay?"

Fu Luojia didn't answer.

"Where's Meng Yu?" He suddenly remembered.

"It's none of his business."

This confused Fu Luojia again. "Not to say……"

"Li Xin is a liar. I have already made sense of Meng Yu's side - the relationship between him and his sister is actually the same. Meng Yu recently blamed her for letting him take the blame. This time it was Meng Yue who took the blame. Zheng Junyu asked him to come to you. By the way, they got back together in name. Today Zheng Junyu came to see me and asked me to come too. I didn’t know that they wanted you to 'publicly apologize'."

"..." He found it very complicated, so he only asked one thing he could understand: "How can I apologize later?" Don't you need to kneel down and pay the bill for drinking?

"I invite you for this meal."

"...Huh?" Fu Luojia didn't understand.

"That counts as your apology. I told them."

"Say it? They...accepted?"

Xu Zhibian showed a smile. "Ah...Actually, only you don't take what I say seriously."

This was the first time Fu Luojia suspected that Xu Zhijian was pretending to be 13.There may have been before, but it wouldn't be as obvious.Even so—

He had no objection at all, and even felt that Xu Zhijian was smiling innocently.

It is undeniable that he feels relaxed because of this fact - the current situation is the current situation because Xu Zhijian is here. "...Otherwise, I'll invite the customers. I'll transfer the money to you then."

"No need." Xu Zhibian turned to talk about another matter. "Why did you stand at the door for so long just now? You don't want to come in?"

To hide his embarrassment, Fu Luojia raised the cup to his lips again.

... He didn't expect Xu Zhijian to see it. "I'm not sure if it's here."

He couldn't see the sign clearly.

Maybe the glasses are not strong enough.

"Go if you want to go back. I'll see you off." Xu Zhijian stood up from his seat. "Do you want me to carry it?"

"No need." Fu Luojia was embarrassed.The people next to him pulled their chairs out of the way.

Meng Yue suddenly put the cup down heavily.

Xu Zhibian turned around, "What's wrong?"

Fu Luojia stopped.Meng Yue had no intention of speaking.Fu Luojia originally thought that Zheng Junyu would be her new voice, but it turned out that Li Wenjia who was sitting in the corner took up the position spontaneously.

"Are you a man? Do you think you can forget it like this? There are still things, when will you return them?!"

——His speech was probably only approved by Meng Yue, and even Zheng Junyu's expression after hearing this sentence was a bit inconceivable.

Xu Zhibian turned his head to look at him, with a gentle voice, "I told Zheng Junyu earlier. Didn't you hear that?"

Li Wenjia avoided his gaze, pointed at Fu Luojia: "You have the ability to speak for yourself! Why do you let others do everything for you?!"

Fu Luojia blinked, and suddenly felt a tickle in his throat, so he covered his mouth and coughed twice.

Xu Zhibian looked around, "Someone is smoking inside. Let's go out."

"Hey--!!!"

Zheng Junyu patted the table and said something, but Fu Luojia didn't hear him.

Xu Zhijian pedaled over and brought a gust of cool breeze.

Before forgetting about Fu Luojia, he asked in time, "Does he like Meng Yue?"

Xu Zhibian was stopped by the question, thought for a while and said, "He's a little strange...maybe."

He thought of Zhou Linya. "...Will Zheng Junyu make trouble for him?"

"Zheng Junyu won't think so much. But if you can see it—"

Fu Luojia said "Oh" indifferently, stepped into the back seat and sat down.

a bit sleepy.