To Oak

Xiang Shu still didn't come to the shop.

When Zhu Miao came back to the store after school on Friday, Yiling was still alone, but there was Xiang Shu's usual filter cup on the bar, the coffee grounds in it hadn't been thrown away, and it was even steaming.

The commonly used filter cup for pour over coffee is the V60 filter cup with a 60-degree cup body. Xiang Shu uses an improved version of the V[-]. The filter cup has more concave edges, is wider, and drains faster. The rushing style of the water flow.Yiling never uses the filter cup he used, because Yiling uses a steady stream of fine water to pour slowly. If you use Xiang Shu's filter cup, it is easy to under-extract.

When Zhu Miao came in, Yiling was tidying up the bar, cleaning up Xiang Shu's coffee.

"What about others?" Zhu Miao said.

Yi Ning said blankly, "Just left."

Zhu Miao frowned and asked, "Is there something urgent?"

After all, I have been in the store for a long time, and Zhu Miao also knows that the barista is more or less obsessive-compulsive, let alone the barista in charge of the bar. When Yiling and Xiang Shu usually clean up the bar, they can't wait to put the filter cup Adjusted to the same angle, the cups are placed neatly, like a military parade.

Yiling was stopped by his question, stopped what he was doing, stood there and thought for a full ten seconds, finally shook his head and said, "It seems not."

Zhu Miao said "Oh", put on her apron and went to water the flowers in the yard.

He squatted in the yard and watered it little by little. The newly planted hydrangea in the yard had already sprouted a few small white flowers, and the wind chimes in the corner of the yard were rang.It seems that a heavy rain is brewing recently, the air is stuffy, and the skin is sticky.Zhu Miao watered the flowers and suddenly thought of it.

Xiang Shu never left in a hurry because he saw that he was about to leave school.

As soon as this idea came out, Zhu Miao himself was startled.He himself is just a part-time worker, how can He De let the boss hide from him, let alone, he can't figure it out after much deliberation.

The idea that came up just by intuition was not reliable at all, and Zhu Miao overthrew it without any effort, but this idea made him feel terrible, as if the sultry weather before the heavy rain had a reality, weighing heavily on him heart.He squatted in the yard, staring at the water droplets on the dark green leaves in a daze. With a light touch, the water droplets slid down and splashed on his shoes.

What is this for?

Zhu Miao stood up, shook her numb legs, and curled her lips.

He just went in, and immediately knocked on the bar, motioning for Zhu Miao to come over.

"Look at the store," Yi Ning said, "I'll send something to Xiang Shu, but he forgot the beans."

Yiling shook the small bag of coffee beans in his hand, and Zhu Miao hurriedly said, "What if someone comes to order coffee."

She looked at her phone and said, "It's very close, just walk for 10 minutes. Xiang Shu's house is there, and I'll send it downstairs."

"Why don't I deliver it," Zhu Miao said, "tell me the place."

"Bring an umbrella." Yi Ning said.

Zhu Miao took the small bag of coffee beans and went out. A small bag may only be less than [-] grams.I heard from Yining that Xiang Shu is going to participate in a hand-brewed coffee competition in a while. These are the competition beans he is going to take for the competition, and they have just been roasted a few days ago.

The sky was overcast, with dark clouds hanging low on the horizon.

Zhu Miao was holding a black long-handled umbrella from the store, but he was afraid that it would rain suddenly and the beans would get wet, so he held the whole bag of beans in his arms, and followed Yiling's instructions, and walked around two Bend, into the alley next door.This is the old city, and there are small buildings everywhere. Zhu Miao looked around curiously, but he didn't expect Xiang Shu to live here. He thought Xiang Shu lived in an exquisite apartment.

Zhu Miao stood at the entrance of the alley and looked around, and soon found Xiang Shu.

Xiang Shu was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, looking down at his phone. He was sitting on a motorcycle parked by the side of the road with his long legs stretched out.The motorcycle was pure black, polished to a shine, and the light gold that Xiang Shu dyed himself seemed to have faded a little bit, and a little bit of black hair grew on the top of his head, but he didn't care. , with a mobile phone in one hand and a cigarette in the other, he is particularly eye-catching, and everyone passing by will look at him.

Seeing him from a distance, Zhu Miao suddenly felt that the dull air was getting fresher, and he was even a little excited. Thinking about it carefully, he hadn't seen Xiang Shu for two whole weeks.Just as Zhu Miao was about to walk over, Xiang Shu suddenly raised his head. Zhu Miao thought he saw him, the corners of his mouth were ready to turn up, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

but not.

Zhu Miao stopped walking.

There was a young man with long waist, knees and legs. Even from a distance, he could see his exquisite eyebrows and eyes, and he walked lightly and gracefully like a cat in a coffee shop.He leaned in front of Xiang Shu, ignoring that this was a busy street, and tiptoed to reach Xiang Shu's lips.

Xiang Shu was still looking at the phone, as if to comfort a disturbing cat, pinched the back of his neck with his hand holding a cigarette, the cigarette butt was very close to his fair neck, dangerous and exciting.The two kissed lightly, casually.

Zhu Miao was stunned, as if accidentally spying on someone else's secret, he even took a step back invisibly.

But it was too late, Xiang Shu raised his eyes and saw him not far away.The cat-like young man was still leaning on Xiang Shu's body, Zhu Miao bit the bullet and walked over, dragging his feet, 12 reluctant.

He walked over, stopped three steps away, and whispered: "Boss, you... your beans, I brought them for you..."

Xiang Shu put the phone back into his pocket, took the beans, looked at them, and gave a soft "hmm".This bag of beans was carried by Zhu Miao all the way, and his body temperature was still on the bag, which was very hot.The man just raised his head and glanced at Zhu Miao and stopped paying attention. His whole body and mind were hung on Xiang Shu, like a lingering flower climbing on a big tree. small role.

Xiang Shu glanced at Zhu Miao and said, "Thank you."

Zhu Miao was at a loss, and felt that Xiang Shu's gaze was like an X-ray, taking in all his embarrassment, just like the first time he stepped into Flore without bringing enough money.

Zhu Miao turned around and ran away, not even remembering whether she said goodbye politely.

He ran all the way, and the rain that had been brewing for a whole day finally fell.The rain is menacing, and the sound of "crash" is from far to near, like the footsteps of giants, stepping on it involuntarily.Zhu Miao even forgot to hold an umbrella, and ran away sullenly, rushing all the way back to the store, pushed open the door, and knocked the bell on the doorknob to "jingle".

Yiling was taken aback by him.

Yiling remained calm when he was frightened, but paused, frowned, and beckoned Zhu Miao over, took out three tissues in a row, stuffed them into Zhu Miao's hands, and said, "It's all wet. , wipe your face."

Zhu Miao bowed his head, thanked vaguely, crumpled up a tissue and wiped it messily on his face, head and neck.Fortunately, there are no customers in the store, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

Across the bar, Yiling raised his hand to pat his head.

Zhu Miao lowered her head, her hair was covered with a bit of tissue paper.He muttered, "I'm going upstairs to change..."

It was raining heavily outside, Zhu Miao walked up the small and steep wooden stairs to the second floor.

He suddenly realized that it wasn't he who spied Xiang Shu's secret, but what he spied was his own—he fell in love with him, and then fell out of love again.

How could anyone not like Xiang Shu?

In the evening, Zhu Miao thought while lying on the couch, with her hands behind her head, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

He turned over, lay on the back of the sofa, stretched out his hand, and stretched it in through the gap in the cat cage. The black cat lying there sniffed his fingertips and licked them with its rough tongue.Zhu Miao withdrew her hand, feeling a lot better all of a sudden.

But what is liking? Zhu Miao was stunned again.

When delivering beans today, Zhu Miao saw Xiang Shu kissing that unknown person, and for a moment in his mind, he replaced himself.Thinking of that moment, he felt his heart constrict, as if he wanted to be squeezed by someone's big hand. It was a combination of extreme happiness and unspeakable sourness.

Zhu Miao sighed.

In his 18 years of life, he had a crush on someone for the first time.