Tentative

From Tianzhong to the girls' school, it takes about 10 minutes by bus.

When get out of class is over and it is also off-duty time, the bus is very crowded, and Qu Zhe has to carry the bag full of down jacket to his chest, so as not to cause trouble to others while moving.

He stared at the passing scenery outside the window in a daze, and arrived at the gate of the girls' school after it was completely dark.

"Who are you looking for?"

"I'm here...I'm here to deliver clothes to my sister."

"Register."

"it is good."

"May I ask which teaching building the third grader is in?"

"Go straight, the building on the left is the junior high school."

He took the pen, hurriedly filled out the registration form, and walked into the girls' school.It's evening self-study time, and the school feels empty. Occasionally, a few girls pass by, and they all cast suspicious glances at the boy who suddenly appeared in the school.

Soon he followed the light from the classroom to find the teaching building, and walked into the teaching building on the left according to what the guard said.Judging from the nameplate on the classroom door, the third grade of junior high school should be on the top floor. Qu Zhe quickly found Qu Xiaoyu's class, stood outside and looked in.

Evening self-study at the girls' school is nothing special, just like Tianzhong, chatting when you should chat, studying when you should study, and sleeping when you should sleep.

"There are men outside!"

"Are you here to chase someone? To the school to chase?"

"I don't know... who is going to ask?"

Qu Zhe walked to the back door and said to the girl inside, "That..."

"Eh? Are you talking to me? You're not from our school, are you?"

"I'm Qu Xiaoyu's elder brother. I'm here to deliver something to her. Where's she?" He said, looking around the classroom, but he didn't see Qu Xiaoyu, but many students stared at him curiously. .This feeling of being watched made Qu Zhe feel very uncomfortable, and urged him to ask again: "Where is Xiaoyu?"

The girl didn't know it, so she poked the back of the short-haired girl in front with a ballpoint pen and said, "Hey, where's Qu Xiaoyu?"

"I don't know, did you go out with Senior Sister Lin to press the playground?" The girl said, then turned around and said, "She is not with Senior Sister Lin all day long."

"Too."

"Then you give this to her." Qu Zhe had no choice but to take out the things in the bag and hand them to the girl.

The down jacket was packed in a red plastic bag, which is a very transparent plastic bag given by the vegetable market.The girl had an inexplicable smile on her face, she didn't continue, she just said: "There is her seat, you can put her on it."

"It's not convenient for me to come in..."

"What's the matter." The girl pointed to the unoccupied seat in the corner and said, "That's right there."

This is in the same position as his seat in his own class.Qu Xiaoyu is not tall, so it is strange that he will be lined up in the corner of the classroom.

Qu Zhe hesitated whether to wait for Qu Xiaoyu to come back, or just put the things there.He raised his hand and glanced at the time. It was already past seven o'clock, and the last bus back was at nine o'clock.

"Let me help her." Suddenly, a tomboy walked over and said to Qu Zhe, "I live in the same dorm as Xiaoyu."

He heard the people next to him gossiping: "I'm showing courteousness again."

"Anyone with a discerning eye knows that people like Lin Xuejie, what are you messing with..."

The tomboy smacked his mouth impatiently and said, "None of your fucking business."

"Ha ha."

After the other party said this, he snatched the down jacket from Qu Zhe, and walked to his seat: "I will give it to her."

"Then...thank you."

He had no choice but to thank him, and turned to leave.

Qu Zhe felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere of the girls' school.He walked towards the stairs unhurriedly, and someone happened to come up over there, and the two girls were holding hands, looking intimate.The light in the corridor was rather dim, so I couldn't see the faces of the two people clearly, but Qu Zhe still had an intuition—one of them was Qu Xiaoyu.

The two of them didn't realize that there was someone here, and they held hands and walked to the dark corner at the corner of the corridor.

Qu Zhe walked over lightly, and then saw Qu Xiaoyu leaning against the wall, with his head slightly raised, another long-haired girl was hugging her waist and kissing her earnestly.

"What are you doing!!!" Qu Zhe panicked all of a sudden, and after questioning, he stepped forward and stood in front of Qu Xiaoyu.

The long-haired girl was not angry because her good things were disturbed, and with a faint smile on her lips, she hesitated for two seconds and asked, "Are you...Xiaoyu's brother?"

He had seen this girl before, the girl who was standing at the intersection smoking a cigarette while sending Qu Xiaoyu home that night.

"Qu Zhe?!" Qu Xiaoyu blushed and grabbed his hand, "What are you doing at my school!!"

"Did she bully you, did she bully you..." Qu Zhe turned around quickly and asked eagerly.Qu Xiaoyu's cheeks were flushed, his lips were glowing, but his eyes were full of anger.

She dragged Qu Zhe and pulled him aside: "I'm sorry senior sister, I'm sorry..."

"It's okay. Since your brother is looking for you, you can go to work first. I'll go back."

"well……"

After she left, Qu Xiaoyu let go of Qu Zhe's hand and said angrily, "What are you doing in my school!"

"...You and that girl..."

"You don't have to worry about my affairs!!!"

Seeing Qu Xiaoyu so angry, Qu Zhe's aura just now disappeared.As an older brother, it was natural for him to protect his younger sister; but he had no idea how to deal with his younger sister's disgust.

"...I'll bring you a down jacket. Mom said it's going to cool down, so I'm afraid you'll catch a cold."

"What are you doing here! Why didn't Mom come!" Qu Xiaoyu stretched out his hand irritably, "Give it to me, you can go."

"I'll give it to your classmates..."

"You still go to my class???"

"I didn't know you weren't here..."

"Okay, okay, let's go, don't come to my school again! It's embarrassing, don't you know?!" Qu Xiaoyu pushed him twice, "Don't tell your parents what happened just now, do you hear me!!"

"Xiaoyu..." He suddenly grabbed Qu Xiaoyu's hand and asked seriously, "Do you... like girls?"

"No no no no!!! You hurry up!!!"

"..."

After Qu Xiaoyu finished speaking, he walked towards the classroom without looking back.

Looking at her back, Qu Zhe always felt that she had completely changed in the past three years.If Qu Xiaoyu said that she now has a boyfriend, or a boy she likes, he would not be surprised.But it happened to be a girl... But he and Shen Yizhuo didn't know each other.

After leaving the teaching building, Qu Zhe looked up at the sky, and the night was filled with thick ink that could not be melted away.

Just like when he came, he got on the bus for the return trip.At this time, there were very few people on the bus, so he went up and sat down on the seat by the door, holding his backpack in a daze.The surrounding passengers, everyone's face is full of tiredness, the car is very quiet, only the announcement when arriving at the station occasionally sounds.

When he arrived at his destination, Qu Zhe was still in a daze and got out of the car in a daze.There were not many passers-by on the street, Qu Zhe walked with his head down, and suddenly heard someone behind him calling him: "Qu Zhe!"

He turned his head suspiciously, and saw a familiar face standing not far away.

That person was Jiang Yuzhao, holding a dog leash in his hand, and a large dog with its head held high in front of him walked towards him.It was never good for Jiang Yuzhao to find him, and most of the time he was asked to run errands.After Shen Yizhuo stopped him, this was the first time he was called.

Qu Zhe hesitated and stopped, and the other party strode over and said, "What are you doing outside so late?"

"Ah... I have something to do today..."

"Hey, what can you do?" Jiang Yuzhao smiled disdainfully, "Are you running errands for Shen Yizhuo?"

"No, it's not...I'll send something to my sister."

"Then... just walk the dog with me for a while." Jiang Yuzhao said, wrapping his free hand around Qu Zhe's shoulder.

This kind of intimacy made him very uncomfortable, and he subconsciously hid aside, trying to escape.But Jiang Yuzhao was so strong that he didn't let him have a chance to escape at all, and impatiently said: "Let you stay with me for a while, just stay with me for a while."

"Okay, okay..."

The big dog leaned over curiously to sniff Quzhe's trouser legs, and then raised its front legs, as if to pounce on Quzhe.

"No! Sit down!" Jiang Yuzhao yelled twice, and the dog sat down obediently.He proudly said to Qu Zhe, "Be good."

"Uh-huh."

"To Shen Yizhuo, you are just like this dog."

"……What's the meaning?"

"What kind of a good person do you think Shen Yizhuo is?" Jiang Yuzhao led him forward, saying as he walked, "Shen Yizhuo is a hypocrite."

"..."

"Do you know why they don't like you?" Seeing that Qu Zhe didn't answer, Jiang Yuzhao asked, changing the subject.

"do not know……"

He let go of his hand, slapped Qu Zhe on the back and said, "Because you keep your head down, like a thief, you look very wretched, do you know that?"

"Hiss—" This blow was so powerful that Qu Zhe gasped, but he straightened his back.Jiang Yuzhao stared at his side face, at first he just thought it was funny, but then he noticed something else.He stopped, and abruptly reached out and snatched Qu Zhe's glasses.

"You, what are you doing..." Qu Zhe hurriedly wanted to take back the glasses, but Jiang Yuzhao was not only tall, but also had long hands.He held up his glasses, looked down at the panicked expression of the other party, and jokingly said: "Actually, you don't look ugly when you take off your glasses."

"Stop joking...Give it back to me!"

"Huh? Let's be a little more rigid."

"Give it back to me..." The more Jiang Yuzhao said this, the less he dared to speak out.The opponent always has an aura of ready to strike at any time, with his small body, he may not be able to withstand two punches before he has to go to the hospital.He squinted his eyes because he couldn't see clearly. He knew that it was impossible to get the glasses back from Jiang Yuzhao's hands. After struggling for a while, he put down his hands and begged anxiously: "I can't see clearly, why don't you return the glasses?" I..."

"The more you are like this, the less I want to give it back to you." Jiang Yuzhao said.

"..."

"If you stand up straight in school and don't wear glasses all the time, maybe there will be girls who like you." Seeing Qu Zhe's silence, most of the momentary playfulness has been worn down, Jiang Yuzhao thinks he is boring Putting down his hands, he handed the glasses back to him and said, "Hey, you are really boring."

"Thank you, thank you..." He immediately put it on and stepped back a few steps to the side.

"You still say thank you when I treat you like this?" Jiang Yuzhao raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you born to like being treated like a dog by others?"

He said, pointing to the big dog obediently standing by the side waiting for the two of them, and then said: "Just like it? Even if I hit it, it will still come over and act like a baby, is that so?"

"..." Qu Zhe didn't know how to answer his words at all.Speaking of which, he didn't know how to get along with others, let alone Jiang Yuzhao, who often ordered things around. After looking around in a panic, he hurriedly said: "I, I'm home! Goodbye!"

After Qu Zhe finished speaking, he strode towards his own home.

"Woof--" the big dog barked at him twice, but Jiang Yuzhao didn't chase after him. He watched his back disappear around the corner with great interest, and continued to wander the empty street with the dog.