Flee

The two strolled around for a while, but they didn't see Gu Yan and his colleagues again. When they left, Xu Shuyan sent Xiao Yu to the car. It was windy and rainy outside, and Xiao Yu held an umbrella in one hand and carried a bag in the other, and the student stuck him there when he entered.

Xu Shuyan stepped forward to help her open the door, put away the umbrella again, and raised his own umbrella to cover the gap in the top opening of the car door.

Xiao Yu got into the car shortly, shook the rainwater from the umbrella and poured it into the car. Taking advantage of the noisy surroundings, Xiao Yu pulled the car door and said, "Don't be so considerate to everyone."

She blinked, "It's easy to revive me."

Xu Shuyan retracted her umbrella and stood up straight, keeping her hand in her pocket.

"Haven't poured enough?" Xu Shuyan smiled, seeing a little black stain under Xiao Yu's eyes, and immediately remembered the scene where she took out the powder cake to touch up makeup in the exhibition.

"Just kidding." Xiao Yu pouted, "Adults should listen to jokes and cultivate their bodies and minds."

The two of them were wasting time by going back and forth, and the driver was impatient, tilting his head to the back and talking to the two, "Hey, are you two still going? Or get in the car together, don't say goodbye."

"I'll close the door right away." Xiao Yu couldn't be urged, and when others urged her, she would be in a hurry. Pressing on the door frame, Xiao Yu waved to Xu Shuyan.

"Goodbye, I'm leaving."

"Be careful on the road." Xu Shuyan pointed to where he was right now, and the car door was slammed shut.

The driver stepped on the gas pedal and drove out the moment the door was just closed. He didn't know if the sound of the door closing started his motor.

Xiao Yu lowered the car window a little, and wanted to ask Xu Shuyan what that action meant.

But the car was driving too fast, and separated by the fine rain, Xiao Yu gave up and quickly closed the window. Not long after the car turned the corner, Xu Shuyan received a message from Xiao Yu.

--What's the meaning?

—You have black stains under your eyes.

Xiao Yu didn't return, Xu Shuyan guessed that she was in a hurry to check with the mirror in the car.

Xu Shuyan put his phone back in his pocket, and shifted his gaze from the scattered colorful umbrellas on the street to the gate of the exhibition.

The white tiles at the door have been covered by brown-gray footprints, one layer after another, and the dark stains on the small square are messy.

The staff who checked the tickets at the gate were dutiful, and even dragged a broom from the house to clean the ground. Water splashed on the poorly excreted road, and Xu Shuyan's trousers were wet.

He still remembered what Gu Yan said when he rubbed shoulders.

"the second time."

What do you do the second time?

Xu Shuyan guessed that what Gu Yan said was that he caught him meeting Xiao Yu for the second time.

It's a coincidence that Gu Yan always appears, as if there is a definite plan in the dark.

Xu Shuyan gripped the handle of the umbrella tightly and left in no hurry.

He glanced at the exhibition gate again, and finally entered the cafe across the street with few customers.

After entering the room, he ordered a cup of hot cocoa, and Xu Shuyan sat next to the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows.

The only entrance and exit to the exhibition was within his line of sight.

Xu Shuyan did a lot of meaningless things, but he also did a lot of meaningful things. Before going out in the morning, he regarded this appointment as a meaningless confession, but when he really stood in that position at that time, he met Gu Yan, hearing Xiao Yu's words again, seemed to have given meaning to the meaningless confession.

Xu Shuyan had to admit that he had gained a little strength from the chat with Xiao Yu.

It's not the so-called positive energy of positive life and enthusiasm. Xu Shuyan just made a horizontal transfer of Xiao Yu's view of love.

She looks at the past and the present that way, does that mean that Gu Yan may be the same as her.

Xu Shuyan took a sip of cocoa, and the warm liquid warmed from his throat to his stomach.

——Can we go to the cafe across the street after work?I'm here waiting for you.

Quickly edited and sent the message, Xu Shuyan seemed to have lost all strength, turned the phone upside down on the table and dared not look at the screen, and did not know where the fear came from.

He was born to love to cut through messes quickly, but he lacked the courage to face them directly. He still had tenacity when he was a teenager, but now he has none at all. He is no different from a snail that has shed its shell. Can only shrink back and wait for the ablation.

Xu Shuyan wanted to transfer the initiative to Gu Yan, no matter whether he gave an ideal answer or turned around and left, Xu Shuyan recognized it.

The mobile network and news vibration are both turned on. Xu Shuyan is holding hot cocoa and paying attention to the street while paying attention to the mobile phone. Apart from the tourists entering and leaving the exhibition gate, there are only two receptionists in uniforms. Gu Yan did not appear at the gate. Xu Shuyan Yan also didn't hear the vibration of the phone for a long time.

After drinking two-thirds of a cup of hot cocoa, the time passed by one minute and one second. After Xu Shuyan silently counted an unknown number of countdowns, the phone buzzed, and then buzzed several times. The upper shock shifted by two centimeters.

Xu Shuyan was called back to his senses, and waited for it to stop vibrating before quickly picking up the phone to unlock it.

I don't know where the eagerness came from, but anyway, I stretched out the palm of my hand and rubbed it against the glass tabletop, because the speed was too fast and there was a little grinding noise.

crazy.

As soon as he pressed his finger, the screen was unlocked immediately. Xu Shuyan stared at the phone and opened WeChat.

There was no movement at the top, it wasn't Gu Yan.

Xu Shuyan's tense heartstrings broke a little bit, and his relaxed energy returned a little bit.

It was only then that Xu Shuyan noticed that his heart was beating like thunder, and he covered his chest calmly. Xu Shuyan clicked and looked at the chat box expressionlessly.

It was a parent of a student who sent him the message.

It is estimated that I want to talk to him about the child's study.

Xu Shuyan clicked on it while thinking, and quickly recalled the student's performance in school.

It's just that when he just clicked in, everything in his mind disappeared, and with a "crash", his brain was completely blank as if the screen had been violently cleared.

——It really is you, Teacher Xu.

—I didn’t really recognize it until I got the photo.

——As expected of an artist, what Mr. Xu likes to play with is different from us ordinary people.

——I really like it, you are much more beautiful than my ex-wife.

Two photos with tricky angles and a dark background are attached at the back. Xu Shuyan's trembling hands opened up as a chance.

The person wearing a wig, makeup and a skirt sitting in the corner of the crowd was obviously Xu Shuyan himself.

——Ms. Xu is very suitable for wearing skirts, with long legs and strong energy.

—— Zhen Sao

There were two more buzzes, Xu Shuyan saw the message clearly, his hands trembled, the phone fell on the table, and he turned over the cocoa left at the bottom of the cup on the table, the liquid and the phone lay in a pile, sticky.

As if seeing some beast, Xu Shuyan took two big steps back and almost tripped. His chest kept rising and falling, and he was breathing in a panic and without rhythm.

"What's the matter with you, customer?" The clerk rushed over when he saw this. He poked his head around and asked, "Do I need to call an ambulance for you?"

Xu Shuyan closed his eyes, supported the wooden chair to stand firm, and shook his head after a while, saying: "No need."

The clerk wiped the phone with a tissue and returned it to Xu Shuyan. Xu Shuyan glanced at the exhibition gate across the street, turned his head, and said slowly to the clerk, "Thank you, let's pay first."