To Oak

After Xiang Shu left, Zhu Miao was alone in the store, reciting vocabulary for a while, and lying on the couch on the second floor.The cat cage was not far from him, and the purr of the cat could be vaguely heard, which made people drowsy.

But when Zhu Miao thought of the scratches on Xiang Shu's back, he immediately became energetic.

He folded a corner of the vocabulary book randomly and put it on the table beside him.Zhu Miao's upper body was bare, and she was wearing school uniform shorts. Her slender legs were lifted up and rested on the back of the sofa, with her hands folded behind her head.He opened WeChat on his mobile phone and found Xiang Shu.

Xiang Shu's WeChat avatar was completely black, and Zhu Miao clicked on it several times to confirm that it was really all black, and there was nothing.The introduction is also empty, nothing is written, and the circle of friends is also empty. The only thing that can be seen is the photo Zhu Miao has seen before: Xiang Shu is squatting with his back facing the camera, with tattoos on his naked back, black and white. The skin kid smiled and nodded his back.

Zhu Miaoshuang pointed at the screen, zoomed in on the photo, and took a closer look at the tattoo, which was hardly seen in normal times.

The tattoo occupies most of the back, a simple map tattoo, coupled with simple cursive English, with clear and smooth lines, clearly marking the hometown of the coffees.Xiang Shu's back muscles are strong, the lines undulate along the texture of the muscles, and the continents and oceans are on his back.

Then Zhu Miao couldn't help but think of those scratches. Although it was just a glimpse, it left a deep impression on her.

Those parallel red marks stretched across the tattoo, flushed and raised.

Caught on the bed.

Zhu Miao's rich imagination came into play at this time, he suddenly yelled, and sat up suddenly, so frightened that the sleeping cat woke up, flicked its tail in dissatisfaction, and protested silently.Zhu Miao turned over and lay down on the sofa, pulled the pillow to cover her head, feeling like she was going crazy.

He suddenly remembered that he still had a little yellow book in Xiang Shu's hands, and he didn't know if he really read it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Miao reached under the sofa cushion and pulled out another book.He bought the two books when he just realized his sexual orientation. At that time, he was in a panic. He didn’t even dare to look at the boss’s eyes at the small book stand. I dare not look closely at all.

Zhu Miao held the book in her hand, held it for two seconds, then quickly stuffed it back, as if she was not holding a book, but a red-hot soldering iron.He turned over again, got up, reached out and lowered the temperature of the vertical air conditioner by two degrees, lay flat, and silently recited "the mind is calm and naturally cool".

But he still didn't sleep well, finally fell asleep, and had some messy dreams, and his eyes were blue when he woke up.

It has been more than a week, and Lin Zhou still hasn't come back to work. According to the public, he fell down the stairs and broke a rib, so he has to rest and recuperate before returning.Zhu Miao knew the inside story, and felt very refreshed. The English teacher who came to substitute for the class next door was very pleasing to the eye, and her motivation to study gradually increased, her monthly test scores improved, and her ranking moved forward by fifty.

Grandma Zhu is still staying in the hospital. This time it seems that she will stay in the hospital longer than before. Zhu Miao is very worried and tries to spend as much time as possible to see her.But Grandma Zhu was in good spirits. Seeing that Zhu Miao's grades had improved, she was overjoyed and said that she would knit a scarf for him after the woolen vest was finished.

Zhu Miao went back with the report card and showed it to Yi Ning first.

Yi Ning was as motionless as a mountain, and nodded, as if nothing had happened.Zhu Miao was secretly disappointed. Xiang Shu smoked in the yard. The weather was hot, and the tortoise in the small pond often crawled out to breathe. It gnawed all the leaves on the branch hanging down by the pond.Several cats squatted by the glass door, stretching their necks and staring at the tortoise. The tortoise was unmoved, and crawled back leisurely, "plopping" into the water.

Zhu Miao tapped on the glass lightly, and showed Xiang Shu the report card through the glass. Xiang Shu shook the cigarette ash, waved his hand, and signaled "Got it".

That's it?That's it?That's it?

Zhu Miao couldn't believe it. Taking advantage of various opportunities, he intentionally or unintentionally brought up his report card, and the report card was not put away. It was just placed in the corner of the bar, and he couldn't wait to display it.

Xiang Shu thought it was funny: "Can I frame it for you and hang it on the wall?"

There is a white wall in the coffee shop, covered with glass photo frames. The photo frames are not photos, but some certificates and awards, mostly in English. Zhu Miao can identify them from the only Chinese, which are Xiang Shu and Yi Ning. Personal barista certificates, as well as awards for participating in some international competitions, seem to be able to bluff people.

Zhu Miao muttered, "You're dead..."

He just went to the bathroom, turned around and went downstairs, and saw that Xiang Shu was really hanging!Xiang Shu dug out an unused photo frame, put Zhu Miao's report card in it, took a chair as a footrest, and hung it on the top, and Yi Ning directed him to adjust his position behind the bar.

Zhu Miao is crazy, why did she really hang up!

Although he is not in the bottom [-] of the grade now, he is not much better, and he is not at the level worthy of hanging on the wall when looking left and right.

"Don't hang up! This is where it is! At least one of the best is worthy of this treatment!"

Xiang Shu straightened the photo frame, got off the chair, clapped his hands, and said lightly: "Then change this one when you count one or two."

Zhu Miao looked up at the report card, feeling like being publicly executed.

His grades have indeed improved, and the one who has improved the most is mathematics, and English is the substitute teacher, so he is not praised much, and the mathematics teacher is different.The math teacher had been troubled by his grades for a long time, but this time he saw the rotten trees blooming, and he finally made an improvement. He was so happy that the last few hairs on his head were black and shiny, and he simply touted Zhu Miao as a model of progress.

Zhu Miao is very happy.

But as soon as Zhu Miao is happy, someone will be unhappy immediately.

At the beginning, Zhu Miao didn't really understand why those boys in the class were always staring at her to find fault.Even if my grades are not good, my family background is not good, and my sexuality is different from ordinary people, in the end, doesn't all this hinder anyone?

Later he understood that some malice has no reason or reason.Some people are born with colored glasses to treat people who are different from the public. As long as you are not exactly the same as everyone, you will become suspicious and hateful in their eyes.They do their "justice" in a way that eradicates dissidents.

In physical education class, the sun shines directly on the playground without reservation, and even the boys who love playing the most are frightened by the heat wave.

Zhu Miao hid in the shade of no one, with a wired earphone plugged into her mobile phone, playing English listening.Zhu Miao sat on the tree trunk, drowsy from the sun.Suddenly, the earphones were pulled hard, and the hands were empty, and the hearing stopped.

Zhu Miao opened his eyes and saw that several boys were standing in front of him, and his mobile phone was already in their hands.Zhu Miao immediately stood up, frowned, watched the escape route left and right, and said fiercely, "Give it back to me."

The leading boy looked at the mobile phone in his hand.

It was an old mobile phone with scratches on the corners. It looked like it had been used by the owner for a long time, and it couldn't keep it looking brand new even with careful care.Moreover, this is a counterfeit mobile phone, the logo is an imitation of a big brand, in the eyes of these boys who use the latest mobile phone and wear the latest sneakers, this mobile phone is like a joke.

He said, "What can this piece of junk be used for?" Zhu Miao didn't speak, and rushed over like a bullet to snatch back his mobile phone. The boy stepped back and threw the mobile phone to his companion.The mobile phone drew an arc in the air and was successfully caught by the other party.But Zhu Miao was so frightened that she almost screamed out, the old phone couldn't help falling.

These boys seemed to be playing a game of toss and catch, cheering without any kindness, and tossing Zhu Miao's mobile phone around.

Zhu Miao stood still in place, saw the opportunity, grabbed the phone in mid-air, grabbed it and ran, all the way back to the classroom.get out of class was over, and the corridors were full of people. Zhu Miao almost ran into someone when he rushed back to the class.There were so many people in the classroom, they didn't dare to find fault openly, so they could only make a rude gesture to Zhu Miao.

Zhu Miao put the phone in his pocket, patted it, and bared his teeth at them to express his disdain.

As soon as school was over, Zhu Miao grabbed the schoolbag that she had secretly packed earlier, and was the first to rush out of the classroom, running all the way back to the coffee shop.Zhu Miao always felt that if he continued to run like this, he would be a long-distance runner in the future.

He rushed into the coffee shop, and the bell by the door rang "Zero Zero".

Xiang Shu said, "Running so fast, were you kicked out by a dog?"

Zhu Miao thought to himself, isn't that what it is.