South of Chutian

In the evening, the three people from Huster gathered at the barbecue stall again.Tang Heng and Jiang Ya arrived first, followed by An Yun. When they saw her, Jiang Ya and Tang Heng were both stunned.

"I'm stupid," Jiang Ya yelled, waving his chopsticks, "Why are you acting like a bird!"

An Yun pulled her hat and said angrily, "Shut up."

When we met yesterday, she still had dark brown straight hair that was half-length but not short, but now it has been dyed back to black, and she has a round pot head.

"What are you doing," Jiang Ya said in horror, "Is Hongshan Tie T wrong?"

"I'm going to be a fucking teaching assistant," An Yun scolded, "The old man told me to change my hairstyle."

"What kind of teaching assistant, what do you do as a teaching assistant—"

"Why do you have so many questions?"

"I care about you, Brother An."

"Take care of yourself."

"Bad guy," Jiang Ya stretched out her index finger, and poked An Yun tenderly, "What's wrong with the villain?"

After the routine gag was over, Tang Heng asked, "Teacher An agrees?"

An Yun nodded.

"To accompany Tian Xiaoqin?"

An Yun said vaguely, "That's right."

Tang Heng didn't say anything more.In fact, he was a little puzzled, and always felt that it was just a job as a teaching assistant, and it wasn't worth An Yun's nervousness.

Maybe it's because she likes Tian Xiaoqin.

The three of them ate, drank, and walked out of the barbecue shop together at nearly eight o'clock.They all drank beer, especially Jiang Ya, who was already slightly tipsy.

"On the [-]st of next month, the official competition will start!" Jiang Ya shouted, "Our Lakers are going to be popular!!!"

An Yun rolled her eyes: "Where is this?"

"We must rehearse well this month! Tang Heng, you—" He suddenly grabbed Tang Heng's wrist, sticking out his tongue, "Don't you fucking fall in love all day long! Practice singing!"

This is really the sun coming out from the west, Tang Heng asked: "Are you embarrassed to say me?"

"Didn't I break up with Lulu?" Jiang Yali said confidently, "Now the three of us, you are the only one who is not single!"

"Oh."

"Son, don't be complacent!"

"Okay, I'll go to rehearsal tomorrow," Tang Heng wiped his hand away, "Go back and go to bed early."

"I'm sleeping ass, I can't sleep!"

"Go to 'Long Love'?" An Yun kicked Jiang Ya, "There is a performance tonight."

"Let's go, Lao An, we are alone... oh."

Jiang Ya went into the convenience store to buy water, An Yun crossed her arms and looked at the door of the convenience store: "Is he in a bad mood?"

Tang Heng said: "It seems to be."

"After you left yesterday, I heard him answer the phone. It seemed that his father called, and there was a quarrel."

"What's the noise?"

"I didn't hear the dialect." An Yun was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "Tang Heng, do you still want to go abroad?"

"Come out," Tang Heng shivered slightly when a gust of night wind blew, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just thought that since you and Li Yuechi are together..." She didn't finish her sentence, but instead smiled, "Go out, it's good to go out."

For some reason, Tang Heng saw this hesitant expression on An Yun's face more and more frequently.He wasn't sure if he was thinking too much, or if An Yun really had something in her heart.Is it about the band?But their band is fine and everything is going well.

"If there is anything you can't solve," Tang Heng said, "you must tell us."

"Which aspect?"

"Any aspect."

"Understood," An Yun punched Tang Heng, "What can I do, don't worry."

"I'm leaving."

"To find Li Yuechi?"

"Ah."

"Goodbye," An Yun said with a smile, "Be careful of being fucked."

With the smell of barbecue all over his body, Tang Heng went home first, took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and finally put his ID card and bank card into his wallet.

He still couldn't figure out why Li Yuechi had to wait "five days later", which was next Tuesday.What day is next Tuesday?It's not a day.But just to be safe...he should bring his ID card.

At 10:[-], Tang Heng arrived at the South Gate of Han University.In front of you is Luoyu Road, and on the opposite side is the shining Qunguang Square. The autumn wind carries the scent of late-blooming osmanthus.In [-] minutes, he will be able to see Li Yuechi.Even though I saw him last night, I feel like I haven't seen him for a long, long time.

Two 10 minutes, the time for a few songs.

Tang Heng put on his earphones and lowered his head to cut the song. He wanted to cut a longer song. It seemed that if he did this, he would be able to meet him sooner without waiting for him for a few songs.

The screen dimmed, and someone blocked the streetlights above his head.

Tang Heng looked up and saw Li Yuechi standing in front of him, panting heavily.

Nine thirty.

"Why... are you ahead of time?" Tang Heng quickly tore off the earphones, almost flustered.

"I told the parents of the students that get out of class will end at nine o'clock."

"why?"

Li Yuechi looked at Tang Heng, shook his head, and said, "Let's go."

They walked through the Jiejiekou subway station and came to the other side of Luoyu Road.At the entrance of Chicony Plaza, the newly opened Shiseido counter is doing activities, and Lana Del Ray's new song "Video Games" is playing on the speakers. Her slightly hoarse singing voice floats in the night, making people slow down unconsciously Footsteps—it seems that the night at the street entrance, no matter it is sunny or rainy, is so bright and colorful.

Li Yuechi said, "Let's go take the school bus."

Walking into the north gate of Normal University is the place where the school bus queues up. This time is the peak time for students to go back to the dormitory. The two stand in the queue, and there are couples holding hands at the front and back.The school bus starts and the lights dim.The scent of sweet-scented osmanthus pours in from the open window, and there are many sweet-scented osmanthus in this school.

Li Yuechi quietly grabbed Tang Heng's hand.At this time, no one can see.

"Have you been here before?" he asked in a low voice.

"I've been here..." Tang Heng felt his heart beating a little faster, "Come to listen to the lecture, I haven't been shopping before."

"I'll take you shopping," Li Yuechi said loudly after finishing speaking, "Master, stop at Building No. [-]."

The uncle driver did not answer coldly. After a while, the school bus turned a corner and passed a garden with mottled trees. He said in Wuhan, "Building No. [-] is here!"

Li Yuechi let go, and the two got out of the car.Cross a square and walk into the building of the School of Mathematics and Statistics.At this time, there was no one in the building, and the voice-activated lights in the corridor were on.

Tang Heng asked, "Where are we going?"

Li Yuechi said, "The second floor."

Climb to the second floor, facing a long glass display case, displaying many awards won by the college.Li Yuechi took a few steps forward, stopped, and said, "This is it."

It was a certificate that read: First Prize in the National Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling.

Winners: Pan Peng, Liang Ruihang, Wu Si, Zhao Jian

Tang Heng's heart suddenly sank.

"After they won the award, this award certificate will be displayed here. Every time I pass by here, I dare not look at it," Li Yuechi said in a flat voice, "I used to lie to myself that it was because I looked down on them, but I still have to admit it later. , I simply dare not."

Tang Heng looked at him and asked, "Why?"

"At the beginning of my junior year, Wu Si chased me very...actively. In fact, at that time, I already vaguely knew that I didn't like girls, but I thought it was wrong. I'm a man, how could I not like girls. "

"So you promised her?"

"Well, we've been together—in less than a month, she asked me to join them in this competition. Wu Si studied chemistry, Zhao Jian and Liang Ruihang studied biology, so it was only me and Pan Peng who did the work. Things are done, If I want to go to Beijing to participate in the selection, the college will not reimburse the travel expenses. They said that since I don’t have money, I don’t have to go, anyway, it’s just an award and a photo, and they can represent me.”

Tang Heng's eyes tightened for a moment, he looked at the certificate, and then looked away in shock, he didn't even dare to look at it.

"They went to Beijing and won the first prize. My name was not on the certificate," Li Yuechi said calmly. "It was Wu Si and Pan Peng who did it. The other two should be regarded as acquiescing."

"...Why do you want to do this?"

"Retaliate against me. When I was with Wu Si, I didn't even hold hands a few times. Later, she borrowed books with my campus card and saw my borrowing records." Li Yuechi lowered his head and smiled to himself , "I have borrowed many books on homosexuality."

"Li Yuechi—" Tang Heng held his hand.

"I deserve it," Li Yuechi said word by word, "At that time I agreed to be with her, in fact, I wanted to test whether I could like girls and whether I was gay."

"Are you afraid you're gay?"

"I heard this word for the first time after I came to Wuhan to go to university, Tang Heng... There is 'no' homosexuality in the countryside."

"Even if you are at fault," Tang Heng gritted his teeth, "They can't treat you like that."

Li Yuechi described it calmly, but Tang Heng felt that his heart was being tightly grasped, and he felt throbbing pains one after another.He thought that when they all went to Beijing to receive the award, Li Yuechi stayed in Wuhan because he couldn't afford the travel expenses.In fact, Li Yuechi must really want to go, right?Even if you didn't make it, you must be anxiously looking forward to the results of the selection, right?He is such a diligent and smart person, he must firmly believe that their works will win awards.

But what did he wait for?

"It doesn't matter, it's all over. I was angry yesterday because I didn't want you to know about it, but I can't hide it." His tone was a little helpless.

"why?"

"I'm afraid you won't believe me."

"I... I believe it."

He smiled and said, "I'm afraid you'll look down on me."

"impossible."

"Really?"

"real."

"Sometimes," he stared at Tang Heng, "I even look down on myself. There were no places in the Department of Mathematics of Han University when I was applying for graduate school. There are two choices, one is the Department of Mathematics of this school, and the other is Sociology of Han University. A teacher in our mathematics department liked me very much and asked me to stay in the school and do projects with him to make money, but I refused. Actually, it was not because I had to study sociology, nor was it because I was not short of money... "

"Li Yuechi."

"It's because I look down on myself. I don't dare to look at this award every time I pass by. If I were more frank with myself, maybe I wouldn't..."

"Do you remember what you said?" Tang Heng interrupted him eagerly, "You said you think everything has a price."

"Ah."

"You just take it, just take it as the price of knowing me, okay? If you didn't have this, you wouldn't choose sociology, and you wouldn't know me. It's not that you are bad...it's just the price of getting to know me .”

Li Yuechi simply said: "No."

Then he lowered his eyebrows and said seriously: "How can they compare with you."