Tentative

"It's over, we're going to open the shop tomorrow, aren't you drunk?" The shop owner smiled and kicked the people sitting next to him, and Qu Zhe was among them.He stood up with a few young men who were still full of ideas, and listened to their nagging and didn't want to leave, while they went to clean up the scattered wine bottles and garbage on the beach.

Today was an unremarkable day, someone who said that he wanted to go to the beach for a drink when closing time, immediately got everyone's approval, and then played until after twelve o'clock.

Qu Zhe lives a little farther away, but the law and order in this small seaside town is unbelievably good, and there is nothing to worry about walking at night.The boys were pushing their bicycles and gossiping with the shopkeeper, Qu Zhe first said, "Then I'll go home first."

"Let's go, let's go back and be careful." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

The owner is a 35-year-old handsome guy who is still single, and the handsome guy is unanimously recognized by the aunts around him.

"Goodbye, Brother Zhe!"

"I'll see you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow!"

The way home is along the sea, and the night wind is particularly cool.Qu Zhe looked at the sea and could see the moon in the sky reflected in the sea. It was indeed a scenery that he would never get tired of watching every day.

Suddenly, the sound of a bicycle sounded behind him, and he thought that the young man who was on the same road as him was about to catch up.He was about to look back when the bicycle was riding fast and it had already reached him.The young man stopped abruptly, got out of the car neatly, pushed the car and walked side by side with him: "Brother Zhe!"

"Well, are they all back?"

"I just sent Ye Zi back!" He said, his voice suddenly became quieter, and he approached Qu Zhe, "...I came along the way and saw someone following you!"

"What?" Qu Zhe was about to turn around, but the young man stopped him: "Hey, don't look back, I don't feel like a good person, I'll walk with you for a while, the area around your house is pretty bright, and you should be fine there."

"……Okay, thank you."

"Don't be afraid, I'm actually a little panicked, hehe." The young man didn't know whether he was comforting him or himself, he found a topic to chat with Qu Zhe, trying to make the atmosphere less tense, "Brother Zhe, why haven't you found a girl yet?" Oh my friend."

Qu Zhe smiled: "No one likes me."

"Nonsense!" the young man said, "Ye Zi likes you, really, I've already seen it!"

Ye Zi is the girl who works in their tavern. She just graduated and is working part-time during the summer vacation.

Hearing this, Qu Zhe was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say, so he had to prevaricate after thinking about it: "—I have someone I like."

"Then you say you don't have a girlfriend!"

"He doesn't like me." Qu Zhe laughed.

Although the topic was easy, the matter of the people behind him still lingered in his mind, and he always felt an inexplicable sense of panic.While turning the corner, Qu Zhe pretended to glance back casually.After a long distance, there was a person walking on the road, but he couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, let alone whether he was following them.

I hope the young man is overthinking.

Probably the young man was not sure if he was thinking too much, and when he reached the fork in the road, he didn't mention it again, so he asked Qu Zhe to go home and send a message to the group in the store, so as not to worry him.Qu Zhe agreed with a smile, and then set foot on the way home.

The street lights here are more densely lined up, and it seems that it is not so dark. After walking for a while, Qu Zhe glanced behind intentionally or unintentionally—that person is still following!

And it's not as far away as it was near the beach before, but only about 100 meters away.He panicked all of a sudden, holding his phone and quickened his pace.Taking advantage of a certain corner, Qu Zhe burrowed into the nearby convenience store, stood at the cash register and looked outside while buying cigarettes.

If the man hadn't followed him, he would either have passed by here, or he would have gone the other way.With this in mind, he planned to stay in the convenience store for a while before going out.

In less than ten seconds, even before the cashier gave him the change, he saw the person walking anxiously in front of the convenience store from the direction he came from, looking at the intersection on both sides in doubt.

Then he turned his head and glanced at the convenience store, and met Qu Zhe's gaze.

"Jingle Bell--"

The town is close to the sea, and the wind is also strong. Every shop and house likes to hang wind chimes on the balcony at the door.This convenience store is the same, the wind chimes are crisp, the man pushes open the door of the convenience store, and walks in with steady and powerful steps.

"Qu Zhe."

He heard the other party call his name, his voice was low and sweet, hitting his heart directly, and then said, "Long time no see."

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