The Third Rose

Lu Hao confessed his love to Chen Xingze at the end of the second semester, and the process was very tortuous.

The cause was still You Xiaolin.

When Wu Xingzhi went to perform in Germany, he brought back a Pelikan fountain pen for Chen Xingze. It had a milky white tail and a translucent gold body. Chen Xingze thought it looked good.He himself doesn't use pens very often, so he gave it to You Xiaolin as a birthday present.

As a result, this pen caused trouble.

Qin Bo lost to You Xiaolin in the mock exam, and he kept his grudge in his heart. He bit the pen and complained to the school, asking the school to disqualify You Xiaolin from being a poor student.

"There are other students in the class who need help, why should the scholarship be given to someone who uses a pen worth more than 1000 yuan?"

The teacher also asked about You Xiaolin's pen, and You Xiaolin said it was a gift from a friend.

The teacher said: "Then try not to bring it to school, it will have a bad influence."

But You Xiaolin, who used to be very obedient, didn't listen to the teacher this time.Although he no longer took it out in front of his classmates, You Xiaolin still carried the pen close to his body.At first, it was all right, but then Qin Bo found out about it somehow, blocked You Xiaolin in the corridor when class was over, and took out a pen from his pocket.

Qin Bo held up the pen, ignored the gazes of the students around him, and said to You Xiaolin, "Do you still have it?"

You Xiaolin stared at him, "Give it back to me."

Qin Bo: "It's really strange. How could the school support you, a person who loves vanity?"

You Xiaolin turned pale, "Give it back to me!"

Qin Bo's eyes were cold, "To be a poor student, you must look like a poor student."

The classmates who watched the excitement formed a circle and whispered.You Xiaolin's lips turned blue, but he still insisted on taking a step without flinching.

"Give me back the pen!"

Qin Bo: "Don't look at me like that. People will think I'm bullying you. Then let's go to the teacher and talk about it. I will also seek justice for other students."

"What is this for?"

During the stalemate, a lazy voice came, and everyone turned their heads. Lu Hao had just finished playing and wandered back from the outside.

"If you have something to say, go talk elsewhere, don't block the corridor."

After one semester, Lu Hao became taller again.In addition, he likes sports and has a strong physique. The thin school uniform sticks to his body due to sweat, revealing the contours of his muscles.

Lu Hao is handsome, his family is rich, and he has a good personality. Not long ago, he led his class to win the basketball championship. Everyone in the school knows him.The classmates made way for him. When Lu Hao saw You Xiaolin in the crowd with a pale face, the corner of his mouth twitched reflexively, and he walked over.

When passing by Qin Bo, Lu Hao easily took the pen from him.

"Don't mind your own business." Qin Bo warned Lu Hao.

"Why are you nervous? People say it was a gift from a friend."

"so what?"

Lu Hao smiled and said: "Why, you like it, I will give you one if you like it, the model is up to you to choose."

The onlookers were overwhelmed, and Qin Bo kept a cold face. He didn't want to conflict with a man of the school like Lu Hao, so he turned around and left with a cold snort.The crowd also gradually dispersed.Lu Hao returned the pen to You Xiaolin.

"Thank you." You Xiaolin thanked in a low voice, but Lu Hao didn't answer, and the atmosphere between the two was a bit awkward.

For You Xiaolin, Lu Hao has always held very complicated emotions.He looked at the pen, and said flatly, "Chen Xingze gave it to me."

You Xiaolin: "Yes."

Lu Hao: "Qin Bo has too many things to do, so don't bring him to school."

You Xiaolin: "I carried it on my body. I didn't expect him to flip like this. I will pay attention next time."

Lu Hao felt that he and You Xiaolin had nothing to say, so he passed by and planned to leave, but after taking two steps, he still felt a little concerned, and turned around and asked, "You always carry your pen with you?"

You Xiaolin didn't know why he asked such a question, and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Lu Hao hesitated, "It's nothing..."

Seeing that he had nothing to say, You Xiaolin left.

Lu Hao felt so troubled, and scratched his head vigorously.It just so happened that Chen Xingze came back from the bathroom, saw Lu Hao scratching his head, and joked, "Have you not washed your hair for a few days?"

Seeing Chen Xingze, Lu Hao found a vent and pushed the basketball in his hand towards him.Poor Chen Xingze's freshly washed hands were covered in ashes before they were wiped clean.

"What are you doing?"

If eyes could kill, Chen Xingze felt that he had already died ten thousand times.

Lu Hao glared at him viciously, and went back to the classroom.

Chen Xingze was stared in a daze.

Later, a classmate in the class told him what happened in the corridor, and Chen Xingze almost lost his breath when he heard that.

"That bastard!" Chen Xingze immediately went to settle accounts with Qin Bo.The classmate persuaded him, "Forget it, Qin Bo is notoriously narrow-minded, and he will seek trouble with anyone who has better grades than him."

Chen Xingze: "Is what he said human-like?"

Classmate: "Calm down, if the dog bites you, do you still bite back?"

Chen Xingze: "I won't bite back..."

Classmate: "That's right."

Chen Xingze: "But I can break his dog legs."

classmate:"……"

When Chen Xingze was burning with anger, Lu Hao snorted beside him.Chen Xingze suddenly remembered that Lu Hao helped You Xiaolin out of the siege, so he went over to thank him.I didn't expect that it would be okay if I didn't thank you, but Lu Hao's face became even more stinky with a thank you.

Because Lu Hao's temper was too violent this time, Chen Xingze didn't have the energy to think about how to get revenge on Qin Bo.For the next two days, Lu Hao had a cold war with Chen Xingze. Chen Xingze tried every means to coax him, but it didn't work.

On the third day, Chen Xingze changed his strategy. If Lu Hao didn't look for him, he wouldn't look for Lu Hao either.At the end of the day, Lu Hao's face was getting darker and darker. When school was over at night, Chen Xingze deliberately walked a little early, but was caught up by Lu Hao and blocked in front of the peach forest.

The days are long in summer, and the sky is still light blue when school is over. The insects in the bushes flap their wings and beat the leaves.

"What do you mean?" Lu Hao asked Chen Xingze.

Chen Xingze tilted his head slightly to look at him, "What do you mean, aren't you not talking to me?"

Lu Hao's face turned red with anger, "Chen Xingze!"

Chen Xingze: "Why?"

Lu Hao: "Don't bully people too much!"

Chen Xingze: "..."

how do I say this.

After Lu Hao yelled this sentence, he couldn't take it anymore, and turned to leave. Chen Xingze went over to pull him patiently, "Okay, don't be angry..." He pulled Lu Hao's shoulder and froze immediately.There were tears in Lu Hao's eyes, which he had been holding back, but when Chen Xingze saw them, they burst out instantly.

Chen Xingze asked in surprise: "What's the matter... why did you cry? I was joking, and I didn't ignore you. Didn't I coax you for two days before?"

Lu Hao: "If he gets angry, will you only coax him for two days?"

Chen Xingze naturally knew who the "he" Lu Hao was referring to.

Lu Hao: "If You Xiaolin is angry, you may have to follow behind your ass 24 hours a day to apologize!"

Chen Xingze frowned, "Why are you always comparing yourself to him?"

"You don't know why I compare myself to him?" Lu Hao became more and more angry, and his voice became louder and louder, until he almost roared at the end. "You fucking don't know why I compare myself to him?! Chen Xingze, if you have the guts to ask again!"

Chen Xingze was silent, he was afraid to look at Lu Hao.

Seeing him like this, Lu Hao sneered.

"Just keep playing stupid."

Broke up unhappily.

Chen Xingze felt that going on like this was not an option, so he went to Lu Hao again the next day.

"Let's have a good talk."

Taking advantage of their spare time in the afternoon, they found an empty study room on the first floor. Chen Xingze closed the door, and Lu Hao sat by the window and looked outside.

The afternoon sun was very bright, making the classroom lazy. Lu Hao lay on the table like he usually slept in the classroom, facing the outdoor basketball court.

Chen Xingze walked up to him, and just as he was about to speak, Lu Hao stepped forward——

"I like you."

He spoke very calmly, and his voice was mixed with the sunlight, the sound of insects, and the sound of scrambling on the field, just like a fake.

Chen Xingze, who was usually eloquent, suddenly became dumb.

Lu Hao turned his head, lay on the table, looked at Chen Xingze, and smiled.

"What's the matter, are you scared?"

"Lu Hao..."

"Ok?"

Chen Xingze didn't know what to say, Lu Hao slowly straightened up.

"What about the answer? I just confessed my love to you. What do you think? You should give me an answer, right?"

Chen Xingze was completely confused about the situation.

"why?"

"what why?"

"Why did you confess to me..."

"There's no reason for this. I like you and want to be with you, so I confessed."

"are you gay?"

"No." Lu Hao said without hesitation, "I just like you."

Chen Xingze didn't reply to Lu Hao that day, he lost the ability to express for a while, and couldn't say a word of the reason he had thought up in advance.Lu Hao didn't force him, but gave him time to think about it.

Chen Xingze suffered from insomnia that night.

He tossed and turned until early morning, and finally had no other choice, so he sent a text message to Mi Sheng, only to be reprimanded.

Something seemed to happen to Mi Sheng, Chen Xingze no longer only thought about himself, he apologized to Mi Sheng, and called him the money he had saved, hoping to help him tide over the difficulties.The next day Chen Xingze called Mi Sheng, but was caught by Lu Hao.Chen Xingze hung up hastily, and Lu Hao questioned him with dark circles under his eyes: "Who are you calling! You're still smiling!"

Chen Xingze: "...no one."

Before this happened, Lu Hao appeared in front of him as if he was in the palace.

After two days of embarrassment, Chen Xingze asked Mi Sheng for his opinion on this matter.After that phone call, Mi Sheng treated Chen Xingze a lot more kindly, and this time he replied seriously.

——I have known some straight men before. When they were young, they had impulses towards the same sex on a whim, but they gradually changed after they entered the society.People who are not in this world will eventually leave, and they will still choose women sooner or later.Don't think you are special, if you agree to him for a moment of enjoyment, you will be peeled off in the future.

In fact, Chen Xingze already understood the truth of what Mi Sheng said. Deep down in his heart, he secretly expected Mi Sheng to give him another answer.

"Adults are so mature..."

Chen Xingze looked at Mi Sheng's reply and smiled wryly.He didn't even have the strength to send out the words of thanks, and fell headlong on the bed.He always thinks of the scene when Lu Hao confessed to him, the sunshine, the campus, the sound on the basketball court... He seems to have made that memory into a GIF picture, replaying it in his heart over and over again, the more he replays it, the more uncomfortable it is, like a heart The spleen and stomach have been emptied.