Sweet Bitter Orange

---Friday

"Xuanxuan still not resting at this late hour?"

Seeing that Xuan Jiu came back from evening self-study, Gu Xingzhou got into the room and was doing handicrafts at twelve o'clock in the evening. He didn't see him coming out, so he went into the room and asked.

"It's coming soon, there is a problem."

"what happened?"

Seeing Xuan Jiu's tangled look, Gu Xingzhou rubbed his head, and wanted to know what made him so tangled.

"I want to make a pair of figurines for Yingying, make Yingying and her boyfriend out of clay, Yingying's is okay, but his boyfriend's, I don't know how to do it, I haven't seen Zhang Lei a few times. "

Xuan Jiu was really worried. For Li Xiying’s birthday, he thought it would be appropriate to give a pair of live-action Q-version figures, which have a good meaning. He found Li Xiying’s photo, designed it carefully for several days, and made a scene with a character before he found out , if he wants to pinch a pair, there is no photo of Zhang Lei.This gift is also going to Zhang Lei, thank him for helping me before, I didn't expect to encounter a bottleneck at the beginning, it is difficult to pinch clay figures without photos.

"I do have a photo of Zhang Lei, but if you want to make a couple, it's better to ask for a photo of the two of them together."

"Yeah, what to do?"

"Why didn't Xuanxuan ask Li Xiying for one directly?"

"It's okay, but I want to prepare a surprise."

"Then find Zhang Lei."

Xuan Jiu looked at Gu Xingzhou with some uncertainty. He was a little embarrassed to go directly, but it seemed that it would not be good to ask Gu Xingzhou to help. It was better to prepare the gift by himself.

"Don't worry, Zhang Lei is very talkative, and he also likes Li Xiying very much. Xuanxuan helped Li Xiying prepare a birthday present, and it's too late for him to be happy."

In this way, Xuan Jiu is relieved, and if he has a chance, he can find Zhang Lei to find a photo.

"Okay, I see, go to Zhang Lei and ask for one."

"So Xuanxuan can now go to sleep obediently?"

"can"

"Then go back to sleep."

"it is good"

Gu Xingzhou saw that Xuan Jiu went to sleep happily, and he felt relaxed, but he still had a bit of jealousy, and the little crying bag was not given to him for the first time here, but it was okay, but it was a bit unpleasant .

Friday Restaurant ---

"This is the first time we have dinner in the third year of high school, and it will probably be the last time. We will be graduating next time. We all know that everyone is very tired, and I am also very tired. I will not talk about chicken soup. I will take advantage of this opportunity Everyone is here, so have fun, relax, and let yourself be pampered!"

After the squad leader finished speaking, the atmosphere became lively. The private room was full of students, chatting, talking about the torture I had suffered in the past two months, and talking about how to quietly enter the class in order not to be discovered by the dean. Those on the first floor were chatting about what university they want to go to in the future, what major they want to study, lively and passionate.

Listening to the class monitor's generous speech, Xuan Jiu felt mixed feelings in his heart. He has survived a quarter of such a hard high school life, buried in papers every day, and it feels really good to move towards the goal, but it is also It was really hard work. There were many times when I couldn’t persevere, but with someone by my side, I felt that I could persevere. After his parents left, Xuan Jiu didn’t know what he was working hard for, because no one cared about him. Empty, looking back and seeing only myself, but with someone standing side by side, I feel different, and I can continue on this road.

"Brother, thank you for taking care of me so much."

Hearing what Xuan Jiu said, Gu Xingzhou also knew what he was thinking. He looked at him quietly with his glazed eyes, and felt that he would do anything for this person.

"No, Xuanxuan is taking care of me, eat more."

Looking at each other, both of them confirmed the love in each other's eyes, no matter how lively and noisy the surroundings were, looking back, they were only accompanied by each other.

"Oh, oh, someone is showing affection!"

The squad leader saw Xuan Jiu and Gu Xingzhou picking up vegetables for Xuan Jiu with keen eyes, and immediately became sour, and opened his mouth and started to boo.

Gu Xingzhou heard it too, but he didn't stop it. The atmosphere in the class was good, and it would be a disappointment if he stopped it. He held Xuan Jiu's hand tightly and hoped that he wouldn't care. Children are thin-skinned and easily shy.

Someone sitting next to the monitor joked:

"Our school grass and Xuan Jiu are in a relationship, and it has been like this, you are the only one who can't see it."

"You don't need to say that of course I know. Look at this affectionate look and ask you if you are sour."

"I have a boyfriend, it's not sour, it's the monitor, you are sour, hahahahaha!"

Then I heard the noisy voice of the two people. Xuan Jiu looked at the corners of his mouth with a smile unconsciously. When he heard the squad leader talking about him and Gu Xingzhou, Xuan Jiu felt that his heart was lifted, but he noticed that Gu Xingzhou was tight. After shaking hands, I slowly let go of my heart. It's really nothing. Everyone is under a lot of pressure. Is there a time to relax? It's okay to joke like this. I was always worried that he would not go to the end with Gu Xingzhou. It was too high-profile. Everyone I know, it will end badly, but I am not afraid now, they will always be together, so naturally I am not afraid anymore, I just feel a little shy.

The class monitor quarreled with the students next to him for a while, and then asked Xuan Jiu and Gu Xingzhou across a small half-circle:

"I just want to know, why are you together in the third year of high school?"

"Yes, I really want to know too."

For a moment, everyone's eyes focused on the two of them.Xuan Jiu couldn't finish what she said nervously.How should I put it, he only met Gu Xingzhou in his third year of high school.

"Just, just, just..."

It was Gu Xingzhou who saw that Xuan Jiu couldn't speak, and went on to say:

"Because the third year of high school is the real encounter."

The squad leader asked a little confused:

"Is it that simple? What does that mean?"

"It was only in the third year of high school that we had an opportunity, and we were together."

Gu Xingzhou was very talkative today, and the squad leader also boldly asked:

"What was the opportunity?"

"Xuanxuan was a little anxious at the time. He ran two steps in the corridor and bumped into me. I hugged him, looked down, and my heart was moved."

The squad leader was stunned, what kind of love at first sight is this, Xiu, this Gu Xingzhou has a cold face all day long, look at the smile now, his face is radiant, it has changed, the world has changed.

"love at first sight?"

"almost."

After listening to Gu Xingzhou's speech, the classmates were quiet for a few seconds, and then they started discussing in full swing like chicken blood.Quite a few are bluffing:

"The school grass has changed! It wasn't like this before, but this hug has been embraced to my heart! Why didn't I encounter such a thing, come and bump into my arms."

"I can!"

"Who wants you, can you compare with Ren Xuanjiu, and..."

The topic also gradually drifted to the question of why he was still a loner.

Gu Xingzhou turned his head and saw that Xuan Jiu's ears were all red. He lowered his head, his eyes were soaked in water, and his face was also red. He stuck to Xuan Jiu's ear and asked:

"Shy?"

Xuan Jiu was also taken aback by Gu Xingzhou's sudden movement, and trembled all over. He was still thinking about the day when he first came here, and he came here completely in fear. He didn't expect that when he bumped into each other in a hurry, it turned out to be them and they met. It seems quite romantic to put it this way, but I always thought that they were in a mess when they met.

"Well, I'm shy."

"Don't be shy, let's have a good meal, they didn't talk anymore."

"it is good"

After that, several students sang songs in the private room. Everyone chatted about what happened in the past three years. They checked the dean who was late every day. They were still singing popular songs during the exercise. The shoe was accidentally kicked off, and the atmosphere in the room was lively.

Xuan Jiu always had a smile on his face when he heard it. It turned out that so many things had happened, he was a little regretful that he had missed so much, and he was also a little glad that there was still the rest of the way to go with everyone.

By the end of the dinner, everyone still had something to say, and they felt a little bit reluctant to say goodbye.

Xuan Jiu and Li Xiying were still chatting when they went downstairs.

"Xiaoxuan, I saw Zhang Lei."

Xuan Jiu pointed to the tall boy in the gray coat and asked:

"Is that the one?"

"Well, yes, oh, no, I seem to have forgotten to take my coat. With my brain, I said why I feel a little chilly. Xiaoxuan, I'm leaving first. I have to go up and get my coat first. Don't lose it."

"it is good"

Standing at the entrance of the shopping mall, Xuan Jiu saw Li Xiying running back to the shopping mall in a hurry. Without Li Xiying, he was alone. Gu Xingzhou took the elevator directly to the parking lot on the second floor and drove. After sending him back to the dealer, Xuan Jiu waited at the entrance of the shopping mall for Gu Xingzhou to drive to pick him up.

"Excuse me, are you Xuan Jiu?"

As soon as Xuan Jiu looked up, he saw Zhang Lei.

"I am, are you here to pick up Yingying? She's gone up to get her clothes."

"Well, I just saw her go in, and I wanted to say hello to you."

"That's it, hello."

"Hi, I've always been curious about what kind of person you are, and today I finally got to talk."

Xuan Jiu felt a little embarrassed for a while, he didn't expect Zhang Lei to talk to him, but it was an opportunity to ask him for a photo of Zhang and Yingying, and to thank him in person.

"I also want to thank you for helping me before. I didn't let Zhuang Yingcai make things difficult for me. Sorry, I haven't thanked you in person. Thank you for helping me before."

Seeing that Xuan Jiu bowed to him and thanked him, Zhang Lei was a little confused. He just saw Yingying and Xuan Jiu came out together, and then went back. He came to ask about the situation, and what kind of things would he like to see Brother Gu like? Man, I didn't expect Xuan Jiu to thank him.

"I didn't help you?"

Now it's Xuan Jiu's turn to get caught up in the circle, no help?

"Before, Zhuang Yingcai threatened me to harass Yingying. Didn't you teach him a lesson?"

"You said that it wasn't me, it was Brother Gu. He beat Zhuang Yingcai straight up and made him honest. I didn't do anything, don't you know?"

Xuan Jiu was completely dumbfounded. It was Gu Xingzhou who helped him, so why did he hide it from him.

"do not know."

"Then am I talking too much?"

"Nothing, I'll ask him then."

"alright."

Zhang Lei was a little confused, he seemed to be talking too much, but he really didn't know that Xuan Jiu didn't know about it.

Xuan Jiu also didn't expect that Gu Xingzhou helped him. It turned out that Gu Xingzhou had done so much for him in places he didn't know, but why did he hide it from him?He clenched his palms tightly to stabilize his body, but in the end his heart was completely overwhelmed by emotion, and he wanted to cry because Gu Xingzhou had helped him so much.But I didn't forget the business.

"Well, can you give me a photo of you and Yingying? I want to prepare a birthday present for Yingying, and I need it."

"Okay, look at the one that fits."

"Row"

Xuan Jiu tried her best to steady her mind and picked a photo.

"Please don't tell Yingying about this, I want to prepare a surprise."

"Okay, then I'll go find Yingying first."

"it is good"

Zhang Lei left after speaking, and Xuan Jiu stood there, a little at a loss.