I won't show mercy to you

Tan Ting was stunned for a long time.

Zhuo Yu could see that he really didn't expect this situation, because his hand was still on the half-open refrigerator door, and he just froze.It wasn't until the refrigerator sounded that Tan Ting raised his hand in a daze, and slowly closed the refrigerator door.

"Jiang Mian."

After a while Zhuo Yu heard Tan Ting say, "I'm sorry."

Zhuo Yu couldn't tell how he felt, he only knew that his heart seemed to have fallen to the ground, and the blood barely resumed its flow.

Jiang Mian's face seemed to darken a bit.

"You don't need to apologize...Maybe I was too sudden."

But she still grinned and pretended to smile calmly, and waved her hand, "I'm just something you can think about, and I don't mean to force you to make a decision right away."

Tan Ting took a deep breath

"I actually... have never had any friends."

Tan Ting said, "You, Zhou Taotao and Jiang Heng are all my friends. You treat me very well. Every time I talk to you and watch you fight, I am really satisfied and happy."

"But I can't promise you, Jiang Mian."

Tan Ting said helplessly, "I—"

"it does not matter."

Jiang Mian lowered her head and fiddled with the Coke cups on the tray, seeming to speak briskly. "Actually, my brother persuaded me before, and I'm already... somewhat mentally prepared."

Tan Ting was speechless.

Seeing Tan Ting's appearance, Jiang Mian burst out laughing suddenly, raised her hand, rubbed Tan Ting's hair, and said, "Why are you sadder than me—we are still good friends, right? "

Tan Ting nodded slowly, and Jiang Mian seemed to sigh silently.

She was silent for a while, then suddenly grinned and asked, "Tan Ting, can I ask you a question?"

Zhuo Yu heard Tan Ting hum slightly.

"You...reject me."

Jiang Mian asked, "Is it because you already have someone you like?"

Zhuo Yu's heart suddenly hung up.

After a while Zhuo Yu heard Tan Ting say, "Yes."

"Like it for a long time." Tan Ting said.

When Zhuo Yu returned to the back garden, the meat was baked and the cake was cut. Han Ziqian was so bored that he was about to shred the onion. The antelope didn't dare to eat it.

"Brother Yu, where is classmate Tan Ting?"

Jiang Daren rubbed his hands humbly, "Some people are hungry, some want to eat meat..."

"do not know."

Zhuo Yu turned her head away stiffly, "I went to the toilet just now... I didn't touch them."

Jiang Heng's expression seemed a little subtle, and Han Ziqian, who didn't know why, sneaked up here, and said in Zhuo Yu's ear, "Brother Yu, I hid the big peony and the exam papers under the table for you, and they were blocked by the tablecloth." , when do you need to fetch it by yourself?"

Zhuo Yu paused and said yes.

It just so happened that Jiang Mian and Tan Ting came back with a plate of Coke. They looked normal, as if nothing happened just now. They stood shoulder to shoulder and calmly put the drinks on the table.

Jiang Daren picked up a glass of Coke and poured it down, Tan Ting put down the plate, turned around and saw Zhuo Yu, his eyes lit up, and he waved at him across the dining table.

Zhuo Yu grinned with some difficulty.

He knew that his expression at this time should be a little unnatural, because Tan Ting's expression seemed to be a little confused, and he tilted his head in a daze, as if he was asking what was wrong with him.

Zhuo Yu just shook his head, and looked away a little stiffly.

Xu Ling walked to Tan Ting's side holding the candle-lit cake. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Tan Ting was stunned for a long time before realizing that he wanted to blow out the candles himself.

He lowered his eyelashes in embarrassment, bent down, and gently blew out the candle.

Jiang Daren and Han Ziqian screamed for a long time, Xu Ling's eyes were full of love, Zhou Taotao, Jiang Heng and Jiang Mian applauded, Zhuo Yu didn't speak, just stared at Tan Ting's profile quietly look.

"Now that you are an adult, some good things can be officially launched."

Han Ziqian happily took out a case of beer from behind the fountain, "Come on! Tan Ting goes first!"

So Tan Ting drank half a bottle of beer in a daze.

They ate barbecue meat, drank wine and played games for a while, and then they didn't know who played the music, so they watched Jiang Daren being the first to hold Xu Ling's hand and dance around the fountain.

Later, Han Ziqian and Zhou Taotao fought and danced with each other ferociously, and finally even Jiang Heng pulled his drunken sister up with a look of disgust, and slowly spun around with the music lock up.

Zhuo Yu was sitting by the fountain with a beer can in his mouth in a daze, when he saw Tan Ting passing through the crowd and standing still in front of her.

"Zhuo Yu."

Tan Ting'er blushed slightly, and asked him tentatively, "Shall we go too?"

Zhuo Yu paused, put down the beer can, and agreed.

However, the two of them didn't know how to dance at all. The music played by Jiang Daren was the chirping birdsong of some monsters and goblins. The people around were lively and lively, and there was a tendency to throw their heads off when they danced.

The two of them struggled to squirm for a while with dazed faces, but their bodies were still written with four big characters that didn't fit.

In the end, Tan Ting shook his head with a smile and said, "Forget it, let's just watch them play."

Zhuo Yu hummed, turned to look at him, and asked, "Are you happy?"

"happy."

Tan Ting shook her legs and nodded seriously, "Aunt Xu made me longevity noodles with ham and eggs on top, and Xu Ling bought me a cake, which is chocolate-flavored and has a lot of fruit in it. Help me install nice lights..."

"It would be great if I could celebrate my birthday every day." Tan Ting said with some regret, "I'm really happy."

Zhuo Yu was silent for a while, and suddenly said awkwardly, "I passed math...."

Tan Ting's eyes widened in an instant.

"really?"

Tan Ting was so happy that he was incoherent, he grabbed Zhuo Yu's arm suddenly, raised his face, his eyes were full of sparkling light, "Is it 70?"

Zhuo Yu said, "Wait a minute."

He got up and walked to the dining table set up in the distance, squatted down, lifted the tablecloth, and saw Han Ziqian's test papers and flowers hidden under the dining table.

Zhuo Yu's fingertips paused a little on the soft petals of the peony flower, then moved his hands away, picked up the test paper, and put down the tablecloth.

Zhuo Yu stuffed the test paper into Tan Ting's hand.

Tan Ting's eyes almost went straight when he saw the bright red 72 on the test paper. He tossed and read the paper back and forth several times, and murmured: "The proportional sequence has been made, and the inequality has also been made. The first question and the second question are also done..."

Tan Ting seemed really happy.

He folded the test paper preciously, stayed there for a long time, finally raised his hand suddenly, and pulled La Zhuoyu's cuff slightly.

"Zhuo Yu."

Tan Ting's cheeks were a little pink, he bit his lower lip and hesitated for a while, then raised his eyes and said, "I have something to say..."

"Tin Tin Baby—"

Xu Ling called him suddenly, "It's a bit late after ten o'clock, Ah Ren still has a cram school tomorrow, so let's go back first!"

Han Ziqian was very good at observing words and expressions, as if he had realized something, he pulled Zhou Taotao by the collar and started to walk out.

Zhou Taotao stuffed her mouth full of cake with a blank expression on her face: "Ah, I don't want to leave, I feel like I can eat for a while..."

Jiang Heng also walked over carrying Jiang Mian, who was full of nonsense, and waved at Tan Ting.

Tan Ting let out a cry.

He got up and said to Zhuo Yu, "I'll go see them off first."

Zhuo Yu said go ahead.

His mind was a little blank. He stared blankly at Tan Ting's back for a while, then his eyes fell on the table not far away, and finally fixed on the unopened cans of beer.

The last ones to send them away were the Jiang brothers and sisters.

Jiang Mian drank a lot and fell asleep while hanging on Jiang Heng's body. Jiang Heng's complexion was livid due to her pressure, and his glasses were a little crooked. He could only forcefully smile and wait for the bus with her on his back.

They stood silently by the side of the road for a while, Jiang Heng suddenly said to Tan Ting: "I persuaded her."

"But she is just a child, and she will never be reconciled if she doesn't try." Jiang Heng said, "I hope it didn't cause you any trouble."

Tan Ting was stunned, realizing that Jiang Heng should know everything

He shook his head and said no.

"When you look at her, she may be bluffing and heartless, but she is actually a little sensitive. She actually thought a lot in her heart, and it took a lot of courage to make this decision."

Jiang Heng looked at Jiang Mian's sleeping face, looked away for a while, and sighed, "It's good to let her grow up once."

Tan Ting paused and nodded.

"Student Tan Ting."

Jiang Mian hesitated for a moment, he looked a little helpless, but he was actually begging, "I know this request may be too much, but can you...don't deliberately alienate her from now on?"

"will not."

Tan Ting answered quickly and with certainty, "Jiang Mian will always be my very good friend."

Jiang Heng heaved a sigh of relief when he got the answer.

When the car arrived, he pulled Jiang Mian behind his back and struggled to open the car door, smiled and waved to Tan Ting, saying, "Happy birthday."

Tan Ting waved his hand and said thank you.

He watched the car drive away, feeling a little emotional for a moment.Because in his impression, Jiang Heng's attitude towards Jiang Mian seems to have always been teasing and slightly disgusting.

But Tan Ting knew that, deep down in his heart, Jiang Heng had been silently and carefully protecting his younger sister.

When Tan Ting returned to the back garden, Zhuo Yu was still sitting by the fountain, staring at the flickering string of lights in the flower garden, as if he hadn't moved at all.

There were still barbecues and cakes left on the table, and a few empty beer cans were scribbled on the table, and the remaining liquor flowed out from the rim of the cup, spreading a large light yellow water mark on the white tablecloth .

Aunt Xu will probably collapse when she sees it.

Tan Ting pinched the corner of the sweater, took a deep breath, stood in front of Zhuo Yu again, and decided to finish what he had just said.

"Zhuo Yu." Tan Ting called his name.

Zhuo Yu seemed to froze for a moment.

Then he turned his head slowly, looked at Tan Ting in a daze for a while, and suddenly burped loudly.

"You're back." Zhuo Yu said slowly.

"Yeah." Tan Ting said, "I have something to say to you..."

"I have something to say to you." Zhuo Yu turned his face stiffly, "You, sit down."

Tan Ting choked.

Tan Ting still obediently sat by the fountain, he always felt that Zhuo Yu's tone of voice seemed to be a bit wrong, and seemed to be imperceptibly slow and stagnant.

But before Tan Ting could react, Zhuo Yu turned her head, stared at herself steadfastly, and said bluntly, "I heard what Jiang Mian and you said in the kitchen."

Tan Ting froze all of a sudden.

"I also know...you, you already have someone you like in your heart."

Zhuo Yu hiccupped again, and said slowly, "Actually, I, I already knew about it, but there are some things I still want to tell you, not just for you, but also for myself. "

The rose flowers in the flower garden are in full bloom, and the entangled lanterns reflect a beautiful pink-orange color like sunset on the petals. Zhuo Yu can even see small flying insects flying in the flowers.

But he didn't dare to look into Tan Ting's eyes.

"I like you, Tan Ting." Zhuo Yu said.

"It's not just the love that the senior brother has for the junior brother, but the kind that just wants you to talk to me alone, laugh with me alone, marry you as my wife, and want you to give birth to a baby for me." That kind of liking."

Zhuo Yu said, "Just, I just like it very much, do you understand?"

Zhuo Yu couldn't see Tan Ting's expression, he could only hear the chirping of insects in the flower garden, and the dull, clear heartbeat from his own chest.

His nose suddenly sore.

"After listening to what you said to Jiang Mian, I, I didn't want to confess to you, because I know you have someone in your heart. I, I don't want to embarrass you again."

Zhuo Yu suddenly wiped her eyes with her cuff, and said with a sob, "But I feel uncomfortable in my heart, I just can't help it, I like you, I can't bear to just let go..."

Zhuo Yu felt that she was really ashamed.

He had never cried so embarrassingly in his life, but the tears couldn't help falling down, probably because of those cans of wine, his brain was actually a little dazed, his emotions didn't hold the brakes, and they burst out.

"You, you are so good-looking, you are good at studying, and, there are so many people who like you."

The more Zhuo Yu cried, the more sad she became, and her words were broken, "I can only play swords and balls, and it took me a lot of effort to pass the math test. I'm still stupid, and my words always make you unhappy. I even myself I can't think of anything good about me, and I don't know what dreams I'm having every day..."

"I know you can't forget your old friend on Qiuyi Mountain, I, I knew it a long time ago."

Zhuo Yu said ferociously, "I know that I will end up with the same result as Jiang Mian, but I still can't help but want to tell you that I like you, I, I'm a bitch..."

Tan Ting finally made a move.

He seemed to be trembling a little, holding Zhuo Yu's face with his hands, forcing Zhuo Yu to look into his eyes, and said softly: "Zhuo Yu, don't cry, listen to me—"

"If you don't listen to me, I will say it. If you reject me, I will say it too. I will say it all in one breath today."

Zhuo Yu's nose was red as hell, he was like an aggrieved little wolf cub, he obviously hadn't stopped crying, but he kept talking viciously, "I, I really regret it, why do I At that time on the mountain, I was only thinking about fighting swords, so I didn't treat you any better, maybe, maybe you wouldn't like others."

"And that day, right here."

Zhuo Yu simply gave up, pointing to the rose bushes not far away, wiped his tears and said, "I really should have continued to kiss that day, why did I stop after touching it, my brain is just sick , I deserve it..."

Tan Ting said with difficulty: "Zhuo Yu, you are drunk, listen to me first—"

"I don't listen, I don't listen, I don't listen!"

Zhuo Yu directly raised his hands to cover his ears, and cried even more fiercely, "I'm not drunk, I'm cowardly, I just drank all the wine because I was afraid that you would reject me, I beg you Don't say it yourself, okay, I, can I go by myself?"

As he said that, he actually got up by himself, turned his head and wanted to flee into the house.

Of course, he was stopped by Tan Ting within two steps.

Zhuo Yu knew that he couldn't escape no matter what, so he turned around resignedly.

At this time, Zhuo Yu snorted and looked at the boy standing in front of the dim lights, thinking about Tan Ting's really beautiful eyes, the white sweater really matched his complexion, and his ruddy mouth Moist, the hair seems to be softer than ordinary people....

Caught off guard, Tan Ting suddenly stood on tiptoe and pressed a soft kiss on Zhuo Yu's mouth.

Zhuo Yu's mind went blank all of a sudden.

what is this.He thought with some horror, the sunshine before the storm, the jujube before the palm, the comfort before the rejection?

Tan Ting seemed to have some ideas in his mind, he seemed to be grasping something, and approached cautiously.

In the next second, Tan Ting held Zhuo Yu's face in his hands. He gently wiped away the tears on Zhuo Yu's face with his fingers, then stood on tiptoe again, and kissed him firmly and gently.