Embroidered Pillows and Paper Tigers

The second semester of the second year of senior high school in the City Experimental Middle School is scheduled to start on the eighth day of the new year, so the seventh day of the new year is Zhu He's last day in the library.

Li Shi’an’s ticket for Shen Yan was also on this day. The two of them were not in a hurry to go home after sending Zhu He off, because Zhu He’s legs were inconvenient, so the work naturally fell to Li Shi’an and Shen Yan. Li Shi’an and Shen Yan Don't be in a hurry, just clean slowly, the theater starts at 07:30 in the evening, and they can just arrive in City C around 06:30.

Li Shi'an lazily cleaned along the shelves. When he was cleaning a certain area, he caught a glimpse of the "Cover-up" that he had read before. He didn't finish this book, so he took it out of the shelf. down.

The library is a public place. It looks neat and bright at first glance, and the details are very rough. Generally, the staff can just clean it up. However, Shen Yan hates to be full when doing things, and he should do his best. He moved all the books Come down, wipe down the shelves row by row and put them back.

Just as he finished cleaning one row and moved to another row to remove the books from the shelf, he saw Li Shi'an leaning on the opposite shelf to read through the empty shelf.

The sunlight came in from the window on the side, casting a hazy light on his outline, and his whole body exuded the smell of sunshine.

Shen Yan was stunned, and couldn't help but think of the couple kissing in the library, and the soft touch of Li Shi'an's waist on New Year's Eve. His eyes fell on the book in Li Shi'an's hand, and he couldn't help but clenched it tightly. finger.

Zhu He's voice suddenly came from the end of the corridor: "Shi'an, someone borrowed "The Story of Art" from 7-7-28 in the Art District."

When Li Shi'an heard Zhu He calling him, he looked up and saw that the opposite was really an art district. He didn't hear the exact location Zhu He said, but he didn't ask again. He just searched along the bookshelf and found it. When he was about to fall back to the flat ground, he stepped on a pair of feet.

Li Shi'an turned around and saw Shen Yan: "Why are you standing behind me? Does it hurt if you step on it?"

Shen Yan just looked at him motionlessly, without any intention of taking a step back.

"What's wrong?" Li Shi'an asked.

Shen Yan remained silent, looking straight at Li Shi'an, the two were very close, Li Shi'an finally sensed something else from that gaze, he pushed Shen Yan with one hand, and said, "Hey! You... ..."

Before the words could be spoken, a kiss fell, blocking the rest of the words. Shen Yan's soft tongue opened Li Shi'an's lips and teeth, Li Shi'an's spine felt numb, and even the book fell to the ground.

Shen Yan pushed Li Shi'an against the bookshelf, just as he imagined, if he was not afraid of making too much noise, he would have imagined lifting Li Shi'an's legs as he had seen with his own eyes, and let him rely on him wholeheartedly body.

After discovering Shen Yan's intentions on New Year's Eve, Li Shi'an was always on guard against Shen Yan's sudden attack at home, intentionally or unintentionally keeping the distance away, but he never thought that he would choose this library where people come and go.

He struggled to breathe in the fierce kiss, his legs were weak.

Zhu He waited outside for a long time without seeing Li Shi'an, and then called out to the invisible bookshelves: "Shi'an, did you find it? 7-7-28."

no answer.

"Ten Ann! Shen Yan!" Zhu He shouted again.

This position is a blind spot for monitoring, Shen Yan is not afraid at all, he will not do it, and will not let Li Shi'an respond.

Zhu He couldn't wait any longer, and finally said to the girl who came to borrow books: "Wait a minute, I'll find it for you."

The girl smiled and replied, "Okay."

The conversation between the two and the sound of Zhu He getting up and moving his chair could be heard very clearly in the quiet library. Li Shi'an refused in a panic, but the first-timer didn't let go of him, and grabbed his chin, asking him to Put your heart and soul into it.

The bookshelf is movable, Li Shi'an didn't dare to rely on it, so he could only hold back his strength, and Ren Chenyan pressed him tightly.

The girl's voice came: "Your legs are inconvenient, forget it, you just said 7-7-28, right, I will get it myself.

Zhu He: "How dare you?"

Girl: "It's okay."

The voice was already approaching during the answer. A person with sound legs and feet can walk from the library registration office to the art area in no more than 30 seconds.

Thirty, 29, 28...ten, nine, eight, seven...

Shen Yan finally let go of Li Shi'an, and at the end he lovingly wiped Li Shi'an's red lips with his thumb, his proficiency can be called a habitual offender.

Without blushing or panting, he picked up the "Story of Art" from the ground, walked towards the connecting corridor of the art area, met the girl who came over head-on, and said, "This is the book you want."

The girl jumped out of nowhere and was taken aback. Seeing a tall and eye-catching boy, her eyes lit up, and she wanted to strike up a conversation. She smiled and said, "You're that... Shi'an, right?"

"I'm not, I'm just here to read." Shen Yan intended to extinguish the girl's enthusiasm with one sentence.

The girl found another way: "I still want to find a book, you should be familiar with this place, right? Can you help me find it?"

"I'm not familiar with it. I'm just here to read the book." Shen Yan was obviously impatient. "The person at the registration office at the door can use the computer to check the area where the book is. It should be faster for you to find it there."

The girl walked away awkwardly, Shen Yan turned to look at the corner where he blocked Li Shi'an just now.

Li Shi'an was still standing there with his brain deprived of oxygen, raised his eyes to meet Shen Yan's, and involuntarily leaned back, panicked, and ran away in embarrassment.

He ran to a corner of the library and hid, belatedly angry and belatedly happy when no one was there.

Shen Yan's liking made him afraid, but he couldn't resist.

At noon, Shen Yan ordered takeaway, and the three of them gathered around a table in the study area to eat. Li Shi'an, a chatterbox, was guilty of what happened in the morning, so he just concentrated on eating, so Shen Yan naturally talked less.

The atmosphere was weird, and Zhu He suddenly said, "Well, I'm going to work on the last day today, and I get off work at 9:[-] p.m. Why don't you ask Lao Xie to have dinner together, I treat you."

Li Shi'an's soul flew into the sky, and Shen Yan took over the conversation: "I'm going to City C tonight, and Shi'an is going too."

Zhu He didn't expect such a coincidence: "What are you going to do?"

Shen Yan casually found an excuse, and after dinner, he did some cleaning work, and rushed to City C at four o'clock in the afternoon.

The bus to C city was driving unsteadily on the highway, Li Shi'an was drowsy, and hit his head on the window of the car, Shen Yan frowned, and pulled him over to lean against his arms.

The air conditioner in the car window was fully turned on, and with the person he liked in his arms, Shen Yan almost fell asleep, and when he saw that he was coming soon, he forced himself to be energetic again.

At this moment, a sharp cry suddenly erupted in the carriage, and a woman cried for help in a panic.

There was a commotion in the carriage, and Shen Yan immediately woke up. Even Li Shi'an was awakened by the cry. From the woman's cries, she could roughly hear that her father was ill.

Looking from an adjacent position, only the top of a man's hair can be vaguely seen, and that man is twitching non-stop.

The driver immediately drove the car to the emergency lane and stopped, turned from the seat and shouted: "There is an emergency, and a passenger has a seizure. I want to drive the car to the hospital. I can't get off the passenger on the expressway. Did you get off the car on the expressway?" Raise your hand now!"

Human life is at stake, and no one raised their hands. Everyone said that it would be fine to drive directly to the hospital.

So 5 minutes later, the bus pulled out of the highway and went straight to the hospital.

Li Shian threw up when he got out of the car. The master drove the ambulance too fast, and he was most afraid of taking an express car on the road that turned left and right in the city.

Shen Yan patted him on the back distressedly, and bought water for him to rinse his mouth.

The two of them didn't expect to encounter such thrilling things in a car, and they both admired the decisiveness of the driver and his ability to drive the car like a rocket.

Li Shi'an rested on the roadside bench for a while. It was raining in City C. Fortunately, the rain was not too heavy, but it was a little cold.Looking at the time, it was almost six o'clock, and reminded Shen Yan that it was time to rush to the theater.

Shen Yan made sure that he wouldn't vomit again, and then called a car. Who knew that the car drove out to catch up with the rush hour. On the seventh day of the new year, many office buildings started to go to work. If they couldn't keep up with work, they chose this point to point out last year's festival party. It was dark and dark.

As soon as Li Shi'an recovered, Shen Yan saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly urged the master to pay the bill and get out of the car.

It was almost seven o'clock, Li Shi'an disagreed, and was forcibly pulled out of the car by Shen Yan.

"You're going to be late!" Li Shi'an yelled, "Are you going or not?"

"Even if you look like this, I won't go in with confidence." Shen Yan said.

They only got one ticket. The original plan was that Li Shi'an would wait for Shen Yan at a coffee shop near the theater. Seeing him vomit like this, Shen Yan was naturally worried.

To be honest, it was not easy to buy this ticket. Li Shi'an queued for almost an hour in the cold wind, and Shen Yan said he would not go if he didn't want to go. He was quite angry.

In a fit of anger, he sat on a roadside bench. He was dizzy, but he still had to be angry.Suddenly there were snowflakes falling profusely in the sky, Li Shi'an raised his head and saw a building in the distance, with a few large characters - XX Grand Theatre.

"There!" Li Shi'an pointed to Shen Yan.

It’s always right to walk, the two people started to rush there, but it’s just like the old saying, Wangshan ran dead horse, how many traffic lights passed, how many streets turned, hurried and slow, still missed .

The two sat outside the theater panting, Li Shi'an saw the regret in Shen Yan's eyes, and hated himself for not living up to expectations today.

Thinking of Shen Yan telling himself that there happened to be a ballet dancer he particularly liked in this play, Li Shi'an stood up and walked around the theater, and met a man who looked like a staff member, who pretended to be pitiful and asked where the backstage was.

The staff looked at him vigilantly, saying that it was inconvenient to disclose.

Li Shi'an took out the useless ticket from his backpack and said that he is a ballet student. He came to see his idol today, but unfortunately he missed it. He asked the backstage not to sneak in, but to wait at the exit to give his idol a bouquet of flowers , for added credibility, he also recited the ballerina's name.

The staff took a look at him and saw that he really looked like a student, so he didn't speak, and pointed him to a place with his eyes, and then left.

Li Shi'an happily ran back to find Shen Yan, and dragged Shen Yan to the direction pointed by the staff.

"Let's wait here, it's not in vain to ask for an autograph."

"Where to sign? What kind of sign?" Shen Yan asked him.

Only then did Li Shi'an realize that he didn't even have a photo or a pen, so he looked around and said, "Why don't we go and buy a souvenir book or something."

"No." Shen Yan was silent for a while, fixed his eyes on the entrance of the stage and said, "One day I will come out of there as an actor."

He doesn't seem to be talking about a dream, but like talking about an established fact.

Loss is always there, but it’s not that strong. After looking at the people around me, watching a ballet for him, regardless of myself throwing up in the dark, running on the road and sweating, the loss has been replaced by others. A satisfying filling.

The two of them sat quietly by the flowerbed by the roadside for a while, snowflakes wrapped in fine rain fell slowly, and gently fell on their hair and coats, forming a layer of fine water droplets.

Shen Yan suddenly pulled Li Shi'an's hand, Li Shi'an's hand was cold, and he didn't move his hand in this warm package, he heard Shen Yan say softly: "Shen Yan likes Li Shi'an."

This is what Shen Yan wanted to say when he kissed Li Shi'an in the morning, Shen Yan liked Li Shi'an, such a simple sentence, but it contained all his affection.

"Childish." Li Shi'an said.

Shen Yan stubbornly pulled his other hand over and held it: "It's naive. There are many Shen Yans in the world, and there are many Li Shi'an. But there is only one Shen Yan who will meet Li Shi'an at the age of 16 and like him."

Li Shi'an was silent for a moment, thinking of the little things since meeting Shen Yan, the impact that Shen Yan brought to him on that snowy night, and Shen Yan's company when he was most frustrated, and Shen Yan copying notes for himself, cooking for himself , Thinking of the two quarreling and reconciling, thinking of every moment of laughing and cursing... Finally, thinking of the kiss in the morning.

In fact, my mind has always been there, but I just refuse to admit it.

Finally, he said: "Li Shi'an... also likes Shen Yan."

Li Shi'an likes Shen Yan.

Under the street lamp, Shen Yan hugged Li Shi'an excitedly, and pressed his forehead against Li Shi'an's forehead. He was so happy that he wanted to ask for a kiss. He was sure that this kiss should be more gentle and loving than the morning one, and it should be full of love for this person. an emotional response.

However, Li Shi'an hastily declined: "Wait." He quickly took out a candy and bit it into his mouth, "I want you to remember that it was sweet when you kissed me."

After speaking, he stood on tiptoe.

Snow kept falling.