Tentative

Shen Yizhuo's playing posture is still so handsome, he scored two shots on this tee shot, and Shen Yizhuo continued to play.Lu Ziming was not in a hurry, and unlike Qi Sheng before, he liked to make some jokes. He just leaned on the cue and watched without saying a word.

Shen Yizhuo scored three goals in a row, and didn't stop until the fourth goal: "Come on."

Lu Ziming nodded, and finally took the pole to play.Shen Yizhuo didn't stare, but walked to Qu Zhe's side, and suddenly bent down.Qu Zhe was startled, subconsciously shrank back.

"!"

But he was sitting on the sofa, and there was no way to retreat if he wanted to.Just when he was at a loss, Shen Yizhuo took the cigarette between his fingers, with a faint smile on his lips, put it in his mouth and took a puff, and then gave it back to him.

Lu Ziming probably made a mistake. He only scored one goal, but the second goal went wrong.Shen Yizhuo took a drag on his cigarette and walked back to the stage to continue playing.

Qu Zhe lowered his head, his face burned uncomfortably - he looked at the smoke on his fingertips, and the color of the filter tip became darker due to saliva, but it was unknown whether the saliva belonged to him or Shen Yizhuo.Or both, mixed together on the filter, with hints that make Quzhe daydream.This is very different from the beer back then. In the past, he was the one who carefully did these disgusting behaviors in the eyes of others, just to get closer to Shen Yizhuo; but after everything was spread out, Shen Yizhuo did not seem to violate harmony at all. .Lu Ziming, who was playing next to him, was not surprised at all.

The shot was over soon, and Shen Yizhuo narrowly won by a goal.They don't even need to shout, someone has been paying attention to the movement on their side, and someone will come up to set the ball as soon as it is over.Shen Yizhuo sat down beside Qu Zhe and said, "You start this round."

Lu Ziming smiled and nodded: "Okay."

The fruit was in Shen Yizhuo's hand. He picked up a toothpick and inserted an apple into his mouth: "It's quite sweet." After he finished speaking, he turned to Qu Zhe and asked, "Do you want to eat it?"

Qu Zhe didn't expect him to ask this suddenly, and was a little stunned for a while: "Huh?"

Shen Yizhuo didn't ask again, but just handed another piece of apple to him.This probably meant to let him eat it, Qu Zhe blushed and opened his mouth, and leaned over there.Shen Yizhuo seemed to be doing it on purpose. The piece of apple was not close to Qu Zhe, so he couldn't just open his mouth to get it. Instead, he needed to stretch his neck to get closer.

The apple was really sweet, Qu Zhe retreated while eating, but suddenly heard Shen Yizhuo sneer.He looked up and saw that Shen Yizhuo was really smiling.

He immediately realized that he was like a begging dog just now; and Shen Yizhuo was his master, and he enjoyed his begging appearance.

"It's your turn!" Lu Ziming interrupted Qu Zhe's thoughts.Shen Yizhuo responded casually, stood up and returned to the table: "Big ball or small ball?"

"I'm Little Ball."

"okay."

Qu Zhe had mixed feelings in his heart, picked up the wine next to him and drank it in small sips.Normally, he might not smoke a few cigarettes a day, but after only ten minutes, he lit another one.If it weren't for smoking, he might be even more flustered.He obviously wanted to stay by Shen Yizhuo's side like crazy, but every second when he was really by his side, he felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

Suddenly, the phone in his pocket vibrated.This was like giving Qu Zhe a chance to breathe. He quickly took it out, and the message on the screen indicated that it was a text message from Jiang Yuzhao.

When he clicked in, the text message was empty, without any content, as if he had sent the wrong message.He looked at the blank message, not knowing what the other party meant, typed "what's the matter" letter by letter, deleted it again, and put the phone back in his pocket.

Jiang Yuzhao reminded him more than once not to get involved with Shen Yizhuo anymore.Even without his reminder, Qu Zhe knew he shouldn't.But rationally knows things that shouldn't be done, but emotionally they can't restrain themselves.Therefore, he couldn't tell Shen Yizhuo that he was still in close contact with Jiang Yuzhao, and he didn't dare to tell Jiang Yuzhao that he was with Shen Yizhuo.

Soon another round was over, and Shen Yizhuo won another round. According to their rule of winning two out of three rounds, Shen Yizhuo had already won.Lu Ziming threw the car keys over the pool table and said, "That silver A4 outside."

Shen Yizhuo then threw the refusal back: "Let's forget it, I just don't like Audi." After he finished speaking, he glanced at the anxious Qu Zhe beside him, and then said: "You play a game with him, It’s a lost bet for me.”

"It's so good." Lu Ziming didn't force it, it seemed that neither of them cared who owned the car, "Then let's do it."

"Qu Zhe, come and fight him."

"I...I won't."

"I'll teach you." Shen Yizhuo narrowed his eyes and smiled, "It's the same as before."

Qu Zhe froze, unable to tell what it was like.He stood up slowly, walked to Shen Yizhuo's side, and took the club.Shen Yizhuo whispered in his ear, "You kick off."

"well."

Qu Zhe was not sure whether his so-called "same as before" was guiding him from the side, or leading him to beat him.In the past few years, Qu Zhe had no chance to play billiards again. He could only follow the appearance in memory, set up the cue stick, lowered his waist, and aimed at the white ball to start.

Caught off guard, Shen Yizhuo suddenly walked up to him, held his right hand, pressed his chest against his back, and leaned on him: "This way..."

Seeing this, Lu Ziming smiled: "It's rare to see that you are in the mood to teach novices to play, and let me practice with you."

With the sound of "bang", the white ball hit the past steadily and hit the ball perfectly.Shen Yizhuo said, "Just for fun."

For every subsequent ball, Shen Yizhuo played with him just like the first time he played with him, holding his hand and leading him to play.It was winter at that time, and both of them were wearing thick cotton padded clothes. Although they were in close contact, they couldn't feel anything, they could only smell the faint fragrance of Shen Yizhuo's body.

But this time was different, the weather was already hot, he was only wearing a casual shirt that Guan Tian had chosen for him, while Shen Yizhuo wore even less, only a simple T-shirt.When he leaned forward, Qu Zhe could clearly feel the temperature of his body.

It is inevitable to think of the situation of that night.

Shen Yizhuo didn't have any accessories on his body, only a wrist watch that looked expensive.The watch strap was cold, and when he touched him, the temperature of his skin and the watch strap formed a stark contrast, making it impossible for Qu Zhe to put his mind on the table.

"Call number four, facing that side." Shen Yizhuo's voice was very small, guiding right next to his ear.

As the playing time got longer and longer, Qu Zhe's legs began to tremble slightly.He tried his best to calm himself down, not wanting to be seen by Shen Yizhuo and others.This round ended with Lu Ziming winning. The two played two rounds to their heart's content, so they didn't continue.

Qi Sheng called Lu Ziming over for a drink, while Shen Yizhuo took Qu Zhe to sit and rest in the side hall.Most of the people were there, and the lights in the side hall were dim. Shen Yizhuo looked at the time, and it was already three o'clock at night.

"Give me the cigarette." He said, "Light it up for me."

"...Light it?" Qu Zhe took out the cigarette in confusion, and lit it with one hand and the other.But if you don't smoke and assist when lighting a cigarette, it is very difficult to light a cigarette.

Shen Yizhuo glanced at him lightly: "Don't you know how to light a cigarette?"

"I……"

"This way." Shen Yizhuo grabbed his hand, leaned over to hold the filter in his mouth, and took two deep breaths.He let go of Qu Zhe again, took the cigarette and smoked it on his own, "Give me the phone too."

Qu Zhe did as he said.

Shen Yizhuo operated the phone a few times, then handed it back to him: "Mobile phone number." Qu Zhe took it nervously, pressed his own number, and handed it back.Shen Yizhuo dialed directly, the phone in his pocket vibrated twice, and then hung up.

While saving the number, Shen Yizhuo said, "In the future...keep in touch?" After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Qu Zhe with a gentle smile on his face.

After all, it was four years later, and Shen Yizhuo was different.When Qu Zhe stayed by his side before, he still felt that he was special——Shen Yizhuo's bad side never concealed from him.But now, even with him, the other party still maintains due courtesy and tenderness.He used to envy all the people around Shen Yizhuo, everyone could get his gentle treatment; but at this moment, Shen Yizhuo was gentle and polite, the more he felt uncomfortable.

The words held in his heart seemed to be so excited that he couldn't hold back anymore, Qu Zhe's nose was sore, his vision began to blur, and he finally said in a very low voice: "I'm sorry..."

"Sorry for what?"

"Before..." Qu Zhe sniffed, "I caused you trouble before."

They all know what this refers to.

There was a lot of excitement over there, but they seemed to be isolated.Shen Yizhuo didn't reply, he smoked a cigarette as if thoughtful, before saying after a long time: "Then you should make it up to me."

"I..." Qu Zhe endured, fearing that his tears would fall, "I have nothing... How can I compensate you."

If it wasn't for Shen Yizhuo, Qu Zhe would never know that he cried so easily.At that time, his parents passed away suddenly, and he didn't shed tears. Maybe it was because Qu Xiaoyu was in a bad mood. He didn't dare to cry, and forced himself to hold back his sadness.

A few days after the funeral, Qu Zhe finally cried.

That was when Qu Xiaoyu never came home again, when he was alone in the empty house, he suddenly cried out without warning.It seemed that the house was empty when no one was there. He cried loudly and could still hear the echo.

But now, just meeting and talking to Shen Yizhuo, he was about to cry.

Shen Yizhuo suddenly put his arms around his shoulders, leaned against the back of the sofa, and raised his head.Looking at the beautiful wall lamp next to him, he could feel Qu Zhe's slightly shrugging shoulders as he breathed, and said, "You just need to be obedient."

Jiang Yuzhao slept on Qu Zhe's folding bed, unable to fall asleep even after tossing and turning.He held up his phone with both hands, looking at the blank message on the screen, his mind was in a mess.

He stood in the dark just now, watching what Shen Yizhuo and Qu Zhe said, and watched them leave after smoking.The two walked one after the other, but he was far away, following uncontrollably.

He was worried about Qu Zhe, and worried that Shen Yizhuo would do something excessive to him again.But he has no position to worry—as a friend, he reminded Qu Zhe that Shen Yizhuo is not a good person...but if they are willing to fight the other, his worries and reminders are unnecessary and meddling in other's business.

He kept watching, and when he saw the two of them getting into the car, he stood there in a daze for a while, then turned around and went back to Guan Tian's shop.

On the bedding and pillows, there was the smell of Qu Zhe's shower gel.He doesn't like the smell very much, but Qu Zhe, who has always been frugal, will buy branded shampoo and body wash, which are even more expensive than Guan Tian's.

Jiang Yuzhao hesitated. The time at the top of the screen changed suddenly, from 03:59 to 4:00. He wrote another sentence in the text message column, but he didn't send it for a long time, and turned off the screen.The storage room fell into darkness, and the moon was covered by clouds tonight, so there was no moonlight.