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It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when Jiang Ye's call was received. Xie Lian pressed the answer button, and the excited voice of the other party was distorted in the radio waves.

"Xie Lian, my mother agreed!!"

"Really," Xie Lian finally felt relieved, with a clear smile on his face, "Auntie understands righteousness, I knew she would agree."

"It's really thanks to Uncle Li this time—ah, it's my mother's boyfriend. He is willing to help me pay for my tuition, otherwise I would never be able to learn to draw. But you are the one who should be most grateful, oh , Xie Lian, I really don't know how to thank you..."

Jiang Ye's voice was soft, with a little distress at the end, as if he was really thinking about how to repay him.Xie Lian rolled his throat twice, lowered his voice, and said with a half-serious half-smile: "Just call me 'brother'."

"That's it!" Jiang Ye laughed unpreparedly, and then said softly and softly, "Brother Xie Lian, thank you."

Xie Lian choked for breath, and the joints clasped on the edge of the phone turned white from the sudden force.

There was silence in the earpiece for a few seconds, and they could only hear each other's slightly chaotic breathing.Rao Jiang Ye had said it unintentionally before, but now he also sensed something was wrong, so the sound of breathing was mixed with the sound of a violent heartbeat.

"Ah, ah, it's getting late..." Jiang Ye was so shy that he couldn't speak, and unconsciously waved his hand without the phone in the air, "Then, good night then!!"

"Beep-beep-"

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Xie Lian laughed softly.With a smile on his face, he shook his head, hung up the phone and put it aside, and continued to pick up his pen to prepare for the exercise paper.However, looking at the basic questions in front of him, he couldn't calm down.

——Brother Xie Lian, thank you.

Xie Lian threw the pen, leaned back, and the office chair made a soft "creak".He looked at the ceiling and smiled wryly.

It was really sweet punishment for Jiang to call him "Brother".

Suddenly remembered something, he reached for his phone, dialed a number in the address book, and said very politely, "Mr. Xun, thank you for today. Jiang has already communicated with his family, and class can start tomorrow."

"Well, okay, I see."

"I'll transfer the money to you in a while, and let's set it on this day every month from now on."

Xie Lian only talked about the good things and the future with Jiang Ye, but what he didn't talk about was reality, and what he didn't talk about was that the tuition fee of the studio was actually as high as four thousand.In order to reduce the pressure on Jiang Ye's family, he contacted Jiang Ye in advance before he went, hoping that the other party would discount the price in half before reporting it to Jiang Ye, and he would pay the other half of the cost.

The man on the opposite side was silent for a moment, then suddenly snorted, "What kind of money are you transferring? I gave Jiang Ye a discount. It's because I like his talent. What does this have to do with you?"

Xie Lian raised his eyebrows, before he could say anything else, the other party said "That's it, hang up", and then the phone entered a busy tone.

"Really..."

Xie Lian sighed, put down the phone, and looked up at the sky outside the window.

Bright moon and few stars, tomorrow will be a fine day.

Because he had to prepare for the art test, Liu Xuchuan approved Jiang Bu's application for evening self-study.

At the end of the class that day, the students in the class asked to go to the cafeteria for dinner in groups of three and four, and Jiang also buried himself in packing his schoolbags, always feeling a little unreal.Fate changed in one day, and he seemed to finally see the outline of the future clearly.

Walking out of the classroom with his schoolbag on his back, Jiang also saw a familiar figure from behind in the corridor.

"Feng Chu!"

Feng Chu turned around, "I'll take you home."

"Okay. But don't run away from evening study, I'll be right back after dropping off!"

"Don't run away," Feng Chu laughed, "Didn't you even check my schoolbag?"

On the way, Feng Chu asked him: "Why did you suddenly take the path of being an art student? I haven't heard you mention it before."

"Who said that?" Jiang Ye blamed jokingly: "Didn't I like to paint with oil pastels when I was a child? By the way, there was an exam in junior high school when I drew villains in the composition grid and was rejected The head teacher scolded me for a long time, and you still laughed at me for a long time."

"Ah, it seems that there is such a thing. It's just that I didn't expect you to really want to take the art test. I always thought you were just a hobby."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either." Jiang Ye half-closed his eyes, feeling the cool autumn wind blowing in front of him, "It should be said that I dare not even think about such a thing. But Xie Lian, he really dared to think about it. After seeing the pictures I drew in the sketchbook, he asked me if I like drawing, then encouraged me and helped me find a studio..."

Listening quietly to Jiang Ye's words, Feng Wei suddenly felt that, at some point, he seemed to have lost Jiang Ye.There is a piece of emptiness in his heart, which is his rich feelings about Jiang Ye. At this moment, he left a part of himself in the autumn wind. Although it is empty, since it can't be found, there is no need to pursue it.

Not long after, Feng Chu took Jiang to the North Community.

Seeing a tall and straight figure standing in front of Unit [-] from a distance, Feng Wei quickly recognized that person, and then Jiang behind him also tilted his head and shouted happily, "Xie Lian!"

After the motorcycle stopped, the bang stopped abruptly.Seeing that Jiang was about to get out of the car, Feng Chu subconsciously wanted to help him, but Xie Lian had already stepped closer and grabbed Jiang Ye's hand to protect him from getting out of the car.

Feng Chu paused, then smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Thank you, Feng Chu. You haven't eaten yet, go back quickly, be careful on the road!"

"it is good."

Feng Wei looked at Xie Lian, and found that the other party was also looking at him at this time, with a calm expression, and some unconcealable defense in his eyes.Facing that gaze, Feng Chu nodded lightly.

Xie Lian was taken aback.

The meaning contained in this action is too precious and fragile, Xie Lian and Feng Chu are the same kind of people, it is impossible to understand the meaning.He knew that Feng Chu and Jiang had known each other since they were very young, and their emotions had gathered in bits and pieces for more than a dozen years. At this moment, Feng Chu gave all of these to him.

A clear lake, Feng Chu now picks out the peach-colored petals on the water surface, leaving only the gentlest and cleanest lake.

The roar of the motorcycle sounded again, and Xie Lian watched Feng Chu leave.

"Let's go." Xie Lian held Jiang Ye's hand tightly, "Have a meal first, and then I will take you to the studio."

"It's my fault that I said Feng Chu before," Jiang also said angrily, "I didn't expect good students to escape from evening study too! Really, it's not that I don't know the way, you should go back to school quickly."

The corners of Xie Lian's mouth curled up, "It's been a long time since I escaped from evening self-study, and it doesn't feel bad."

"——Xie Lian!!"

"Okay." Seeing that the innocent lover was really fooled, Xie Lian laughed and stopped lying to him, "My mother is going to discuss the divorce agreement with my father at night, and I will go with me."

Xie Lian talked about "divorce", but his expression looked like something happy.But Jiang also knew that his family had a complicated relationship, so he could understand it.It's just that he still encountered difficulties at this time, and it seemed strange to say comfort and congratulations, so he could only shut up honestly in the end.

"Don't talk about that." Xie Lian rubbed his hair, "You're hungry, let's go eat."

"Okay! Let's go buy chicken tenders, I suddenly want to eat it. By the way, do you remember that I bought you a bag a long time ago, what do you think of the taste?"

"..."

"Uh-huh?"

"..."

"You didn't eat it, did you?! Xie Lian, you, you, did you throw it away!!"

……

The noise disturbed the sparrows on the beams, and the young men ran, one in front of the other, the one in front was slightly taller, and while being chased, they did not forget to slow down so that the people behind could barely keep up.

In the dim afternoon of autumn, two young shadows were drawn very long by the street lamps.