On the Formation of a Pseudo Stand-In

As the internship was approaching, the courses in the first semester of senior year were already as urgent as being chased by a mad dog. As the end of the term approached, the busy value reached its peak.

Mu Chengan also didn't want to recall the loss of being inexplicably rejected.

After all, being busy is a good medicine to cure all sorrows. During the days when he was so busy that he wished he could spend a hundred hours a day, Mu Chengan didn't think about that awkward boy again.

It wasn't until later that the long-drawn-out final exam finally came to an end, and after stuffing everything into a suitcase one by one, Mu Chengan lowered his head and glanced at the cash register receipt for the plush toy he bought earlier.

Moving his slender fingertips, he gently tore the small ticket into paper scraps and threw it into the trash can.

After finishing this matter, he buried his head and remained silent. After a while, he let out a long sigh.

Turning on the phone, he glanced at the date, Saturday.

Even though it is the same city, the distance between the districts is too far. I will be busy with my internship work in the future, and I will not run to this sparsely populated place.

Let's take another look at him, Mu Chengan thought, what are you fussing about with children.

As soon as he said he would leave, Mu Chengan dragged the suitcase to the cabinet and put it away, took the keys, wallet and mobile phone and went out.

When he walked slowly to the street near the orphanage, he realized belatedly, because the two hadn't seen each other for a long time, he had already started to feel a little embarrassed.

Mu Chengan scratched his head, thinking to himself that he was getting more and more awkward.

Must have been influenced by that little guy.

Mu Chengan, who was silently throwing the blame away, turned a corner and raised his head.

Looking from a distance, he saw the door was open, and Ye Luo, who hardly went out on rest days, was standing in front of the door, and beside him was a familiar young boy, chattering.

"Let me follow you from now on, okay? Me, I can dry the quilt for you, or go out with you, just like today." Yan Wen blinked his eyes, his face full of sincerity.

Ignoring Ye Luo's helpless face, he kept to himself, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became: "You will be my boss, I will follow you, and I will be covered. You will no longer be afraid that you will not be able to find someone to accompany you when you go out."

After Ye Luo heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched.

Today, I was extremely irritable, and it was a sudden whim, I got up from the bed, put on my clothes, and went out.

As a result, as soon as he went out, he bumped into this guy who was eagerly looking at the door of the dormitory.

Although vaguely, I felt that the other party was a little familiar, but in line with the principle of indifference on weekdays, Ye Luo, who was still restless, didn't think much about it, and was about to pass by in a hurry under the eager eyes of the other party.

Who knew that just as he was about to go out, he heard this guy, and stammered to stop himself——

"You...Are you going out? I'll accompany you, okay?"

Probably because he was really dazzled by the man's saying goodbye without telling, Ye Luo, who was used to being alone, but today, after scanning the other party's small body back and forth, agreed in a strange way.

As a result, on the way of wandering around, he was so noisy that he had a headache, but when he turned his head, he saw the young man's eyes shining brightly, looking happy, but he couldn't bear to speak harshly for a while.

Ye Luo could only twitch the corners of his mouth, turned around, and endured.

However, even though he listened perfunctorily, Ye Luo still got a piece of information - this guy was saved by him many years ago, and since then he has been determined to regard himself as a hero.

However, because he was too cowardly, he didn't dare to talk to him for so many years. It wasn't until his abnormality was discovered recently that this guy plucked up the courage and chose today to go forward.

Even though the other party's behavior was a bit like a stalker, Ye Luo, who had only had one friend for so many years, would be lying if he said he wasn't moved.

However, Ye Luo, who had just experienced a severe emotional trauma, was really depressed and couldn't afford great joy. In order to respond to the other party's kindness, he had to endure this guy's twittering all the way to repay him.

Standing in front of the door, looking at the other party's sincere eyes, Ye Luo felt that he was in a much better mood.

The other party was half a head shorter than herself, Ye Luo stretched out his hand, and patted the other party's head lightly, and saw Yan Wen raised his head and blinked non-stop.

Seeing this, Ye Luo couldn't help laughing too.

Ye Luo raised the corners of his lips, and his tone of voice finally recovered after many days. He bent his fingers and tapped lightly on the young boy's forehead, but he refused, "No, to be the boss, I must at least practice full strength. body muscles, and a dragon tattoo on the neck."

Hearing this, the disappointment in Yan Wen's eyes became very obvious in an instant. Ye Luo ignored all of this, and received it with a smile: "So, downgrade me, let's be friends. You don't need to dry the quilt anymore, some It’s okay to go out for a stroll together.”

In an instant, Yan Wen's loss turned into ecstasy.

Smiling and shaking his head, Ye Luo hummed a song, walked in briskly, stepped through the door, and waved behind him.

Yan Wen immediately jumped into the door like a happy pet dog, and then happily closed the door.

Mu Chengan hid behind the tree, craned his neck when they were talking, and vaguely heard their conversation.

After the door closed with a bang, he returned to his awkward body and let out a long breath of relief.

Leaning on the tree, Mu Chengan lowered his head, pursed his thin lips tightly, ignored the inexplicable sourness in his heart, and said to himself in his heart: Now, the little guy has other friends, so there is nothing to worry about .

Go back quickly, you still have to catch the car for tonight.

Thinking of this, Mu Chengan turned his head, and finally looked at the closed door before turning and leaving.

Shaky and shaky, alone.

In the following days, Ye Luo never saw Mu Chengan again.

Entering the graduating class, the huge pressure and tense atmosphere are overwhelming, and Ye Luo has no time to spare extra energy to think about his love that ended without a cause.

Sighing, Ye Luo buried his head behind a stack of crumbling papers, writing vigorously.

Even though he didn't dare to have extravagant hopes for that person, and even couldn't muster up the courage to take the initiative to find him, Ye Luo still had great expectations, and it was this belief that supported him through the increasingly heavy studies——

He wanted to go to a school with Mu Chengan, to breathe the same air as him, and to walk through the same teaching building.

Even if the two of them could only pass by each other on the road, they never met their eyes again.

Even if he lowered his expectations, thinking about it this way, Ye Luo still felt a little sad, and scratched some of the paper with a hard stroke of the pen.

After a pause for a few seconds, Ye Luocai stretched out his hand to smooth it out as if nothing had happened, and then began to write quickly.

He is a coward.

The courage he has now is only enough for him to ask the name of the university in a roundabout way after hesitating in front of the dean's office for half an hour.

The dean also knew that he had a very good relationship with Mu Chengan, so he didn't doubt it, and said it straightforwardly.

Ye Luo looked up and glanced at the only vacant upper left corner of the desk. There was a yellow post-it note on it, and four large characters were written on it——XX University.

This is the hardest struggle I have had in the days of wandering among the books for so many years.

Staring at the four words, Ye Luo seemed to be able to see through them, the man standing in front of the university, with his hands in his pockets, staring at him, his eyebrows raised in surprise.

Maybe, if I'm lucky, I can still see him smiling gently.

Thanks to Ye Luo's good brain since he was a child, although he has been fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, he is not very serious, but if he grit his teeth and listen to it every now and then, his academic performance will naturally improve significantly.

Later, even the head teacher blushed, couldn't hold back several times, and praised Ye Luo in front of the whole class.

Burying his head deeply, Ye Luo hid behind the paper, feeling a little embarrassed by Dao Dao's gaze, but he has gradually learned and accepted some new things.

Ye Luo used up all the pen refills he had accumulated for a long time, and calloused the inside of his fingers, and survived one night after another wrapped in lead.

Finally, after the bell rang at the end of the last exam, Ye Luo put down his pen and gave himself the best explanation.

After the answer to the test paper came out, Ye Luo raised his heart to his throat, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and estimated the score ten times before putting his heart back halfway.

According to the admission line of X University in the past, there should be no problem.

But even after comforting himself for 10 minutes, Ye Luo was still a little worried when he sat on the chair. He gritted his teeth, stood up abruptly, rushed out the door and ran towards XX University.

He once put down the face that he couldn't let go of, and secretly consulted someone about the position of X University.

The classmate was obviously surprised that he would take the initiative to talk to him, but seeing his blushing face, he smiled kindly and explained it to himself in a soft voice.

Nodding, Ye Luo thanked her several times before rushing back to the desk.

After writing down every word he heard just now, Ye Luo tilted his head, took out the paper and drew a simple map from the orphanage to X University.

Now, even though he was able to recite the route, Ye Luo still seemed worried, looking back and forth at the crumpled paper in his hands, clenched so tightly that his hands were dripping with sweat.

Almost there, almost there.

After passing through several streets, Ye Luo walked alone among the people coming and going, but his heart was full. Not only was he not alone, but he also accelerated happily.

Will I be so lucky to meet you?

Thinking about it this way, the already tense emotions were brought up even more, and the slender figure of that man was all swaying in his mind.

Ye Luo pursed her lips tightly and clenched her fingers a few times, trying to regain some of the courage that had been abandoned for a long time.

When he got to the school gate, he took a deep look at the four characters of XX University, and Ye Luo desperately restrained his heart that was about to escape from his body.

Those stylishly dressed boys and girls came and went in and out of the school gate in twos and threes. Seeing this, Ye Luo unobtrusively cleaned up his clothes, which were still whitishly washed even though he had specially chosen them.

He just stood there, like a small tree out of place.

Every time, whenever someone came in front of him, Ye Luo would be so nervous that his hair would stand on end.

I was afraid that in the next second, that familiar figure would walk in front of him, and glance at him indifferently, as if he had never met before, passing by.

The soles of the shoes were grinding unconsciously on the ground, Ye Luo's Adam's apple rolled a few times, and his chest heaved violently——

But he was even more afraid that he would not be able to see him.

In the end, he waited and waited, and when the night gradually darkened, Ye Luo's eyes hurt from looking forward, but he still didn't see the familiar figure.

Several girls joined hands, passed by several times, and after so many times, they noticed Ye Luo later.

The last time, when they were about to enter the door with supper in hand, they paused and whispered for a few seconds before they finally couldn't help but walk forward.

Ye Luo, who has always been nervous, has an impression of everyone who has met several times today, and now seeing them walking towards him together, Ye Luo hastily panicked and rubbed the draft in his hands so that the lines could not be seen clearly. The paper was stuffed into the pocket.

Then, pretending to be calm, he straightened his body and looked at them.

Walking forward, a girl smiled at herself, and said softly: "Are you standing here waiting for someone? Seeing that you have been standing alone for so long, if you need help, we can help you."

Ye Luo was still not good at talking to people he didn't know, and he didn't dare to reveal Mu Chengan's name at all.

Helpless, he had no choice but to stammer and say: "No, no, thank you. I'm just going to take a look at...the university I want to study in the future."

Without thinking about the loopholes in his answer, Ye Luo, who was like a suspicious person, hurriedly smiled at the group of girls, said "goodbye" softly, then turned around and left quickly with his head down.

Even if there is no fate today, but the future is so long, there will always be opportunities.

Ye Luo pursed her lips, comforting herself, then reached into her pocket and touched the crumpled piece of paper.

The author has something to say:

Network failure successfully missed metaphysics x

The code word is hungry and crying, I am going to eat a watermelon to suppress my shock qwq

Thank you little angels for not abandoning this author who gave up treatment (///w///)