Tentative

The bus was swaying, Qu Zhe leaned on the window and watched the scenery passing by outside, almost falling asleep.Lin Xiuyan was holding a lot of things, lowered her head, looked at Qu Zhe from time to time, and sighed from time to time.

Today is the third day of the Lunar New Year, and Qu Zhe accompanied Lin Xiuyan back to the countryside to visit his grandparents.The bus had to travel for nine hours, and after they got off the bus, they had to change to worn-out three-wheelers, and finally walked for an hour on the field ridge to reach the residence of their grandparents.

He wondered to himself whether Shen Yizhuo was a passerby who was returning home now, or like most families, eating and drinking with relatives and friends whom he had not seen for a long time, talking about insignificant things.Everyone will definitely look at his parents with envy, because he is so good; children like Qu Zhe from relatives and friends will definitely not be able to hold their heads up, but they will be attracted to get close to him by his temperament.

His thoughts fluctuated with the bus, and after an unknown amount of time, Qu Zhe suddenly heard what seemed to be a very suppressed sob in his ear.When he turned his head, Lin Xiuyan buried her whole face in the things in her arms, her shoulders twitched slightly, and she tried her best to endure the crying.

"Mom... what's wrong?" He lowered his voice, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I'm just..." Lin Xiuyan took a deep breath and tried her best to calm down, "I just think that your sister... really shouldn't have sent her to a girls' school back then. Your father said he was afraid of her puppy love, but it turned out, it turned out... "

She raised her head slowly and wiped her face carelessly with her hands.

Seeing this, Qu Zhe took out a tissue from his bag and stuffed it into his mother's hand.He is not very good at comforting people, especially, parents always seem too strong in front of them, this is the first time she has seen her mother cry.In his memory, what might be the most impressive is Lin Xiuyan's ferocious snarl—her character has ups and downs, which is difficult to accept, she is very gentle when she is good, and a little thing can ignite her bad mood when she is bad.

The people in the car were all drowsy, and no one cared about the conversation between the mother and child.

Qu Zhe didn't know how to answer this sentence. He raised his hand and wanted to pat his mother's back to comfort him, but he found it difficult to do so.

Lin Xiuyan continued: "I just think, why is this year so unlucky, our family..."

"It's okay," Qu Zhe swallowed, and said with his head down, "it will get better..."

If what happened between him and Shen Yizhuo was also exposed, Lin Xiuyan might collapse.At this moment, he only had this idea.

Feeling guilty, Qu Zhe changed the subject in a low voice: "...Is grandpa and grandma in good health?"

Lin Xiuyan wiped away her tears with a tissue, and said while blowing her nose, "It's okay, I heard from your aunt that it's not bad."

"Well, is this for grandpa and the others?"

"Yeah, it's rare to go back once..." Lin Xiuyan calmed down her emotions, and chatted with Qu Zhe very rarely, "You made a lot of progress in the final exam this time, it's the credit of that classmate surnamed Shen who gave you tutoring, you just Get in touch with this kind of people more... I remember hearing from your teacher that there are still people who hand in blank papers, what is their name Jiang..."

"Jiang Yuzhao."

"Well, just this kind of person, don't come and go, you know..."

Lin Xiuyan probably didn't want to continue to think about Qu Xiaoyu's matter - she still hasn't figured out how to tell her husband about it. Now that Qu Xiaoyu is in the critical moment of the third year of junior high school, it is really not a good choice for her to transfer.She couldn't think of a way to stop it, she couldn't do anything except be depressed.

The mother and son chatted in the car for a long time, and then fell asleep during the long drive.

The scenery in the countryside is good, and the temperature here is higher due to the south.Qu Zhe obediently accompanied his grandparents, listening to them babbling in a dialect that he couldn't understand at all, and nodding pretendingly from time to time.After asking a few words about the recent situation, my aunt took Lin Xiuyan to cook.

Qu Zhe didn't know what the meaning of the so-called returning home to visit was.

Because of too little contact, grandparents and aunts told him that they were just strangers with the names of relatives.

They returned home after two days in the country, and the day continued without any change.Qu Zhe still went downstairs to Shen Yizhuo's house to visit every day, eagerly looking forward to Shen Yizhuo's appearance, but was disappointed again and again.He has finished reading those literary works that are like winter vacation homework. There are still ten days before the start of school, which is long and lonely.

"Open the card for me, thank you."

"Here."

Qu Zhe came to the Internet cafe again. Maybe it was a bad time. It was just after lunch time, and there were many people in the Internet cafe.He looked around for an empty computer, preferably in a corner, but found nothing.After he finally found an empty seat, when he was hesitant to go forward, the person next to the empty seat seemed to hear the movement and looked back: "Yo."

It was Jiang Yuzhao again.

He seems to have a special fate with Jiang Yuzhao, and they can always meet at unexpected times.

"Hmm..." Qu Zhe nodded lightly, pulled out the seat with difficulty, turned on the phone, and entered the card number and password.

Jiang Yuzhao casually pulled off the earphones, exposing one ear, staring at the screen intently and said, "Why don't you call me?"

"I just came back from the country..."

"Aren't you here to surf the Internet, why don't you ask me to join you?"

"I……"

"Do you play games?"

Jiang Yuzhao seemed to know that Qu Zhe would not answer such probing questions. He simply asked questions and started the next topic without asking for an answer.

Qu Zhe shook his head, and immediately realized that the other party didn't look at him at all, so he said, "Let's not fight for now."

"Oh."

He was still the same as last time. He opened the browser, found "Happy Together" to watch online again, and watched it seriously.

The tone of this movie is full of melancholy. Even after watching it twice, he still couldn't help but be infected by the atmosphere in the camera.He still doesn't quite understand the meaning of the lines, let alone the subtext behind them, but he still reads carefully, trying to remember every detail.

It's like remembering those modern poems with complicated and long words.

"Look at this again." Jiang Yuzhao glanced at his screen while playing games, "Didn't you watch it?"

"Hmm..." Qu Zhe said softly, "I just want to watch it again."

"Oh."

He noticed that Jiang Yuzhao didn't lead his big dog today, and asked curiously, "Didn't you bring the dog out today?"

"Haha, no matter how much you like it, it will be annoying to follow it every day."

"um, yes."

A simple sentence made Qu Zhe's heart sink to the bottom of the water.He follows Shen Yizhuo every day, so how annoying should Shen Yizhuo be?In other words, the winter vacation seemed to have evaporated, so why did he not expect that the other party might just want to avoid getting along with him.

If this is the case, then there is no doubt that he is hated.

The movie ended soon, Jiang Yuzhao sent out another invitation, and Qu Zhe agreed.

He boarded the game, followed Jiang Yuzhao as before, and accompanied him to do some random tasks. During this period, Jiang Yuzhao chatted with him without saying a word, with a familiar tone like a good friend who has been with him for many days.

"Hey, this way, yes, you release your skills."

"Do you know why I kept asking you to buy breakfast before?"

Qu Zhe shook his head honestly: "I don't know..."

"You stand behind me, this boss is very fierce..." Jiang Yuzhao said, "I just said it casually, who knows that you really went."

"Oh……"

"Do you really hate me, haha?"

"No."

"You are not angry when the angel calls you every day. You have such a good temper." Jiang Yuzhao said with a look of hatred, "You have no temper or spine."

Qu Zhe pondered for a few seconds and said, "Probably not at all."

"You're very mean when you say that."

"...I'm going to die." Qu Zhe was thinking about how to answer, when the screen flashed suddenly, he was hit by the boss's big move, the character fell to the ground, and a resurrection prompt floated out.

"Damn!" Jiang Yuzhao hurriedly manipulated, "Why are you so weak..."

"Sorry……"

"Forget it, don't resurrect him, I'll kill him immediately!"

The chat was interrupted by an unexpected situation, Qu Zhe turned his head to look at Jiang Yuzhao's screen, and saw him in a hurry, and felt a little funny for a moment.

It was only after getting along that he realized that Jiang Yuzhao, who looked more intimidating on the outside, was actually very talkative.He's not very embarrassing, a bit self-indulgent, but not offensive.

In the end, Jiang Yuzhao still failed to turn the situation around, and the two resurrected back to the city together. Jiang Yuzhao took off his earphones, and waved to the bar: "Waiter! Two bottles of Coke!"

"……I do not need."

"You can drink it if you please. It's the errand money you bought me for breakfast." Jiang Yuzhao said indifferently.

"Then...thank you."

"Hey, it's so embarrassing for you to be so polite. Don't learn Shen Yizhuo's tricks." Jiang Yuzhao turned his face and raised his eyebrows, "He's really hypocritical——"

"..." Qu Zhe avoided his direct gaze, "Why do you keep mentioning Shen Yizhuo?"

"Because you and him..." Jiang Yuzhao paused subtly, "very familiar."

"..."

"Is not it?"

"It's okay." Qu Zhe's voice was too low to be heard, and he wanted to avoid mentioning Shen Yizhuo to anyone.But in fact, including his mother, those who can often see him know that he has a close relationship with Shen Yizhuo.

Very... "close".

The waiter came over with two bottles of Coke, Jiang Yuzhao picked up the wallet on the table and paid the bill, then said, "You like Shen Yizhuo, right?"

Qu Zhe didn't speak.

Jiang Yuzhao looked at his side face jokingly, and he could imagine the turmoil in Qu Zhe's heart at the moment. He continued slyly: "Everyone likes Shen Yizhuo very much, but I especially hate him."

"...Why?" Qu Zhe was obviously relieved.

"Because he's really hypocritical... I don't know what you think, can't everyone see that the chilling smile is all fake? I've seen a lot of top students, he is the most disgusting one."

"Shen Yizhuo is not disgusting..." He retorted weakly.

"Okay, that's not disgusting." Jiang Yuzhao shrugged indifferently, "It's nothing to do with me anyway... Hurry up and swipe again, don't die this time."

"Uh-huh."

"I'll treat you to dinner later."

"why……"

"No reason, I invite you to dinner, why are there so many?"

"I have to go home and eat."

"How old are you, will you be beaten if you miss a meal at home?"

"..."

"What to eat?"

Qu Zhe thought for a while and said, "Let's eat noodles."

"Oh, okay."