[The summer solstice has not yet come] Carving time

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Gu Qiaochu's estrangement was so obvious at the beginning, Lu Zhiang would be a fool if he didn't know it anymore.But he was very puzzled, because he didn't know what he did to make Gu Qiaochu choose to distance himself.Could it be that I did something unforgivable on New Year's Eve night, but

Gu Qiaochu is embarrassed to say?

Thinking about it this way, the way Lu Zhiang looked at Gu Qiaochu was all bad.

At first Gu Qiaochu could bear it, but after a long time, he couldn't bear the goosebumps staring.

"Do you want to be beaten?" Gu Qiaochu raised the corners of his lips and smiled at Lu Zhiang, "Believe it or not, I beat you until you can't participate in tomorrow's art festival."

He lowered his voice and abruptly said the interrogative sentence into an affirmative sentence, coupled with a sinister smile, the little white rabbit-like Lu Zhiang took two steps back and couldn't speak.

At that time, the two of them were in the practice room, and they planned to leave after trying on the costumes.

Gu Qiaochu folded the clothes and trousers and put them in the bag again, when he heard the rustling sound he turned his head and looked at Lu Zhiang with a wooden face as he crumpled the clothes and trousers and stuffed them into the bag.He only felt that his brows twitched violently, and he almost couldn't bear to swear, but finally he held back, and spread his hands to Lu Zhiang, "Bring it."

Lu Zhiang trembled in fright, hugged Bao tightly, as if he was afraid that Gu Qiaochu would do something wrong to him in the practice room where there was no one else, "What are you doing? If you really do something, I'll be called out!"

"...Give me the clothes." Gu Qiaochu drooped his eyelids and put on a wooden face.

"What are you doing?" Lu Zhiang still held the bag and did not let go, "Ah! You don't want to cut my clothes so I can't participate in the art festival?!"

"...you read too many brain-dead novels." Gu Qiaochu was too lazy to argue, took the bag over with his hands, quickly folded the clothes and trousers, repacked them into the bag, and then put them in the bag. After zipping, he said, "Tomorrow you Just don't oversleep."

"Tsk, do you think I look like that kind of person!" Lu Zhiang seemed to have been greatly wronged. After getting Gu Qiaochu's affirmative gaze, he was helpless, but felt that he had no way to explain it. He could only curl his lips and grab the bag and followed go out.

Both of them walked towards the carport. Who would have thought that they would meet the gangsters of the senior year just after they left the teaching building.

"Hey! Isn't this Gu Qiaochu!"

Gu Qiaochu hadn't responded yet, Lu Zhiang stepped forward to block him, and responded with a smirk, "It's so late, the seniors should go back to the dormitory early. If you really have time Don’t panic, it’s also good to go to the gym to practice tennis.”

After he finished speaking, without waiting for anyone's reaction, he grabbed Gu Qiaochu's thin wrist and walked away.After walking a few steps, there was a voice of cursing behind him, Lu Zhiang unconsciously grabbed Gu Qiaochu and walked faster and faster.

At the beginning, Gu Qiaochu thought that this child was really naive and anxious, and thought that perhaps he had gone too far these days.Just as he was about to start a conversation with the young man who was walking in front, he staggered and fell on the other side's back, "...what are you doing?!"

Only then did Lu Zhiang come to his senses, he looked back at Gu Qiaochu and frowned, lowered his head and said aggrievedly, "Don't listen to those bad words."

Gu Qiaochu was taken aback for a moment, he just felt that this afternoon Asakawa's style was extraordinarily soft, and the milky white lights that had just been lit by the roadside were not too glaring, which was just right.

There is also a young man who looks like a big dog with his head bowed in front of him very aggrieved, and the neon lights behind him set off a somewhat blurred and excessive beauty.

"You..."

He murmured in such a low voice, helplessness and entanglement slowly poured out from between his lips and teeth together with a sigh.

But apart from these two empty words without any practical meaning, Gu Qiaochu was a little sad to find that he, who was always eloquent, couldn't say a rare useful word at this time.

Maybe he should say "thank you".

In other words, if it was him before, he would definitely keep a decent smile and keep a proper distance, and say thank you.

But now.

He just pursed his lips and grabbed the boy's wrist helplessly, leading the way towards the carport step by step.

Lu Zhiang followed Gu Qiaochu's footsteps with some surprise. He looked down at the bony hand clasped around his wrist, and then looked up at the back of Gu Qiaochu's dark head. The grievances just now seemed to be gone. At this moment, there is only a trace of sweetness lingering in the chest, entwining the beating heart.

This directly caused Lu Zhiang to be very happy all night, and this good mood continued smoothly until the next day's art festival.

This is the first time for the students in the first year of high school to see the most solemn festival of Asakawa No. [-] Middle School.

Gu Qiaochu changed into his costume and waited in the background.

The teachers intended to help him solve the previous mess with this performance, so they specially arranged the show between him and Lu Zhiang at the beginning.

Everything is going well, but Gu Qiaochu is rarely at ease.Since the morning, his right eyelid has been twitching non-stop.

Until he and Lu Zhiang got on the stage, the screams of the girls under the stage made him dizzy for a moment, even before the music started, Lu Zhiang smiled and winked at him, it took him a while to respond.

Gu Qiaochu was always worried that there might be some accidents in today's performance, but until he and Lu Zhiang stepped off the stage amidst screams and cheers, Yu Lai and a few people from the first year of high school crowded around, clamoring "The number one must be yours" !He didn't even relax.

Lu Zhiang smiled and patted Gu Qiaochu's shoulder, saying that he was really handsome today.But after he finished speaking, Gu Qiaochu turned his face in a daze, "What did you just say?"

It was only then that Lu Zhiang realized that something was wrong with Gu Qiaochu, he blinked, and was about to ask "Are you okay", when someone called at the door, "Gu Qiaochu, come out."

It's Gu Qiaochu's class teacher.

Lu Zhiang glanced at the door, and the other side couldn't help but grieve.He suddenly grabbed Gu Qiaochu's hand, "...come back quickly."

Gu Qiaochu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Of course, I want to come and get my trophy."

Lu Zhiang took the trophy alone.

It's really the first prize, but when he stood on the podium, he heard a girl call out, "Where's Senior Gu? Where's Gu Qiaochu?!"

He suddenly wanted to shout at the top of his voice, "I want to know too!"

Gu Qiaochu didn't show up at school for the next few days, Lu Zhiang went to find his head teacher, but the head teacher said that Gu Qiaochu didn't want his private affairs to be known by more people.

Until a few days later, Li Xia suddenly left the school without saying a word.

Only then did Lu Zhiang and Fu Xiaosi realize the seriousness of the problem.

The two of them took the bus to Shi County during the weekend, Li Xia and her mother were not at home, Lu Zhiang could only find Gu Qiaochu's house with a vague impression.

Gu's house is a big courtyard, and the two of them saw two white lanterns hanging on the simple wooden door from a distance, and people kept coming in and out.

Lu Zhiang knocked on the door, and the person who opened the door was a young man whom he had never seen on New Year's Eve, expressionless, dressed in black, after Lu Zhiang explained his purpose, he led two people into the yard.

Fu Xiaosi saw Li Xia sitting in the yard blankly at a glance, and walked straight over.

Lu Zhiang was too lazy to care, he only wanted to find Lu Zhiang.

He followed the young man for a few steps, and when he passed the living room, he saw a coffin parked in the middle, and the portrait of Grandpa Gu was really laid on the table.

"Zhiang..." Xiao Yu forced a smile and patted the young man's shoulder, motioning for him to do other things, and took Lu Zhiang upstairs, "Housework, but you are getting close to Ah Chu, here you come That's fine too."

She stopped in front of Gu Qiaochu's room, tears welled up in her eyes as she spoke, and wiped her hands while she lowered her head to open the door, and told Lu Zhiang, "He grew up with his grandfather, and the relationship between grandpa and grandson That's great...you persuade him."

Lu Zhiang nodded, pushed the door in, and closed the door with his backhand.

He remembered that Gu Qiaochu's entire room was blue and white, but at this moment with the curtains drawn and the lights turned off, it turned out to be unbelievably dark.

Reaching out to press the switch on the wall, Lu Zhiang squinted his eyes to adapt to the light, and saw Gu Qiaochu who was sitting on the ground slowly raised his head.

There was no superfluous expression on that familiar face, even when he saw the person who was supposed to be in Asakawa appear in his room, there was no slightest emotion on his face.

He only blinked his red and swollen eyes with difficulty, stood up with one hand propped on the floor, took two steps forward with his bare feet, and fell down on the bed again exhausted.

Gu Qiaochu didn't speak, and Lu Zhiang didn't dare to speak either.

He just watched the weak rise and fall of the thin chest of the person on the bed, and suddenly his eyes turned red.

"I thought something was going to happen that day, and I thought it was a problem with the performance..."

"The head teacher told me that my grandfather was critically ill, and I was still in a daze for a long time..."

"Did you know that he is a soldier, and he has always said that he is in excellent health... But he suffered a lot of injuries on the battlefield back then, and he also suffered from many diseases."

"Grandpa was in pain when he left and couldn't say a word. Grandma was so sad that she couldn't get out of bed immediately."

"I'm actually fine. I'm just too tired. I haven't closed my eyes for several days. I must be worried about my mother..."

Gu Qiaochu spoke indiscriminately, intermittently and in a very messy manner.Lu Zhiang couldn't hold it back when he heard it, tears fell to the ground, seeing Gu Qiaochu's numb face with neither joy nor sorrow, he felt panic again, cried out, "Gu Qiaochu..."

"I'm here... I'm here..." Gu Qiaochu responded, and then again, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, crying silently, making people feel extremely distressed, "He finally wanted to talk to me, But he can't tell!"

"I'm so anxious! Lu Zhiang, do you know how regretful I am...I shouldn't go to Asakawa to study, I want to stay in Shixian County to accompany him more, how wonderful..."

Later, Lu Zhiang would often think that this was probably the turning point in Gu Qiaochu's life.

He lived smoothly for the past ten years, but since the death of his grandfather, his life has gradually become a mess.

What makes Lu Zhiang feel desperate the most is that he is a great help to make Gu Qiaochu's life worse and worse.