[The summer solstice has not yet come] Carving time

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When the Jinchuan Art Competition started, Gu Qiaochu signed up.

The day of filling out the registration form happened to be the weekend, and I had nothing to do during the holidays, so I came here and used a wheelchair to push Gu Qiaochu to a nearby park.When Gu Qiaochu saw Yu Lai pushing the wheelchair out of the storage room, his face turned dark.But Yu Laichun pretended not to see him, and helped Gu Qiaochu into the wheelchair, turned around cheerfully, and pushed him out of the house.

"You tricked me on purpose." Gu Qiaochu curled his lips into a fake smile.It's been almost half a year, and he's recovered for the most part. Even if he can't walk quickly, he's not to the point of being in a wheelchair.The doctor said that the injury would take a hundred days, but Gu Qiaochu didn't need to think about it to know that it was more than a hundred days.

Yu Lai went to the roadside newsstand to buy two bottles of water, and when he heard Gu Qiaochu's complaint, he laughed, "I know you're still sitting."

"I just want you to serve me." Gu Qiaochu pursed his lips, making it difficult to know whether he was joking or telling the truth.

When he arrived at the park, Yu Lai took out the registration form from his bag with a smile on his face.He raised his head, "This is the competition you said you wanted to participate in, and we are looking for volunteer invigilators in our school to maintain order in the examination room... I will give you a registration form."

"You've always been careful." Gu Qiaochu laughed.Now he is getting better day by day, and his temper has really improved a lot.He opened the carbon pen and lay down on the stone table next to him to fill out the form, and Yu Lai pushed his hand away as soon as he wrote a word.

"Hey, do you see it?" Yu Lai stretched out his hand to touch the place where Gu Qiaochu wrote, and the handwriting was as beautiful as before, "What's wrong? It's all written below the line, it's so ugly."

Then Yu Lai didn't know why Gu Qiaochu was unhappy.

In the preliminary competition, each contestant is free to paint. As long as it is his own painting, previous works are also acceptable. After completion, it will be sent to the competition office in Shanghai by mail.Those who enter the final will go to the competition venue in Shanghai to participate in the painting of the designated topic.

On the night when Gu Qiaochu received the notification of the finals, he also received news from Lixia.

It is said that Fu Xiaosi has also entered the finals of the Jinchuan Art Competition, and will come to Shanghai to compete with Lixia Lu Zhiang in a few days.

Gu Qiao smacked his lips on the first day of junior high school. He turned his head to look at the drawing board in the corner, and for the first time began to regret participating in this competition willfully.

On the day of the finals, Gu Qiaochu got up early. He changed into a lead gray thin woolen sweater with white trousers underneath.After everything was packed, he took a taxi to the stadium with his bag on his back.

Gu Qiao first arrived early, and when he arrived, he saw Yu Lai outside the venue preparing for the inspection.

Yu Lai waved at Gu Qiaochu, and raised the checklist in his hand, "I just found out that Fu Xiaosi will also participate in the finals, you said..."

He originally wanted to ask if Lu Zhiang and Lixia would accompany Fu Xiaosi over here, but seeing Gu Qiaochu's little movement of pressing his nose and silently turning his head away, he consciously stopped talking about it.He just patted Gu Qiaochu on the shoulder during the inspection, "You're ok, come on."

Gu Qiaochu participated in many competitions of all kinds, large and small, and won many awards. He even took home the first prize in the Jinchuan Art Competition in his first year of high school.But this time was different. The competition had just started, and before Gu Qiaochu opened the envelope at hand, he knew that he was going to be ashamed this time.

Gu Qiaochu didn't pay much attention to Fu Xiaosi who missed the inspection time and came in late. He sat in the last seat and knew that Fu Xiaosi who came in later stared at him for a long time. He didn't look away until the staff in the examination room reminded him. He didn't even look up.

He opened the envelope in his hand, the title was "Scenery of Amazing Time".

Gu Qiaochu was stunned for a long time and didn't start to draw. He thought of the vast expanse of camphor trees in Asakawa, the overly beautiful blue sky, just the right amount of sunshine and breeze, and Lu Zhiang who was wearing a No. [-] Middle School uniform and smiling.Then his left eye twitched almost invisible, and he rubbed his forehead for a while before seeing any improvement.

Sometimes Gu Qiaochu would think that his three years in high school in Asakawa were almost his rare and very happy time.

He likes the video store in front of the school, the large camphor and green grass in the school, the students with fluttering skirts and skirts, and the iced cola drinking while sitting on a small hill... He also likes that, No matter how he puts on airs, even if he exposes Lu Zhiang who is not a gentle and handsome senior but always noisy beside him.

For his entire high school career, what impressed him the most was when he rehearsed with Lu Zhiang that winter.

But in the end, what made him give up his original idea of ​​finding a gentle and beautiful girl to spend his life with, and gave all his eyes or kindness to Lu Zhiang.

It is the sunshine that he never had before when he laughed, the shirt or the corner of the windbreaker that flew up when he was riding a bicycle, and the waist that was exposed when the boy jumped, just like the one in summer. A can of iced Coke, when the tab was pulled open, it exploded in the bottom of his heart with a bang, and then his hair was wetted by the cool water droplets on his sideburns, and finally the slight sound of bubbles bursting could be heard in his ears.

Thinking of this, Gu Qiaochu suddenly pursed his lips and laughed.He tilted his head to look at Shanghai, which was starting to warm up, and he knew that Lu Zhiang was on the sidelines at this time.But at this time, he began to feel unprecedented regret.

After the game, Fu Xiaosi didn't leave right away, he quickly packed up his things, nodded to Yan Mo who was next to him, then walked to the end and stood beside Gu Qiaochu.The usually taciturn boy bit the bullet and talked to the senior he didn't know very well for his best friend, and he hesitated for a while before saying, "Lu Zhiang is outside, you should meet him."

Gu Qiaochu was still the same, pursing his lips and smiling.He sat in his seat and slowly put all the painting tools into the bag.He didn't raise his head until he heard footsteps getting closer and closer, but he walked straight past Fu Xiaosi, smiling a little happier this time, "Why do you want me to meet him, let him come to see me."

"That's why I'm here." Lu Zhiang stood behind Fu Xiaosi, his brows twitched, seeing Gu Qiaochu's unrestrained appearance as always, he felt his heart start to sore.

As soon as Fu Xiaosi turned his head, he saw that Lu Zhiang had already walked in, and Li Xia was poking his head at the door, looking at a loss.Knowing in his heart that the two should have asked Yu Lai who was checking at the door, he simply went out and dragged Li Xia away.

Gu Qiaochu slightly squinted his eyes and looked up at Lu Zhiang, he raised his eyebrows and was completely happy.

With a bang, Gu Qiaochu heard that the Coke can was opened again.

"Well, long time no see." Gu Qiaochu greeted with a smile, and after finishing a sentence, he couldn't think of what to say anymore.

"Just...?" Lu Zhiang still smiled, but the soreness in his eyes couldn't stop.As soon as he lowered his head, tears fell on the ground. He reached out and wiped it away, and then said, "Is there anything else?"

"You want to hear what I have to say." Holding the last pen in his hand, Gu Qiaochu unconsciously covered the back of his right hand with his left hand, looking cheerful, "Why don't you tell me directly, and I'll tell you listen."

Lu Zhiang was so choked up by Gu Qiaochu's appearance, he just felt that he was really let down when he was crying at this time.He thought about it, and knowing it was inappropriate, he still asked, "My mother...she passed away, you know."

When he said this, his voice was trembling, and it trembled all the way from his fingertips to his heart. He only felt that Gu Qiaochu's casual words might make him feel wronged to the extreme.

Even though Gu Qiaochu was smart, he never thought that Lu Zhiang would ask this question.He once again felt that this competition should not be participated in.But he really didn't want to lie to Lu Zhiang.He knew what consequences he would have if he told the truth, of course he could choose to tell nice lies to make Lu Zhiang feel better, but he really didn't want to lie to Lu Zhiang, even if it was to make a good impression for himself, he couldn't do it.

He could only nod his head, but this time he didn't smile, "I know."

"You know? You fucking know?!" Lu Zhiang only felt that the negative emotions accumulated for so long seemed to have found an outlet. He couldn't help but grabbed Gu Qiaochu's collar, and even lifted him off the stool. Pulled up, "You fucking know you won't come back?!"

"I have something to do, I can't leave."

"What's the matter? Just come back and have a look at her, how much time can be wasted! Oh, Gu Qiaochu, if you are a caring person, you will come back." Lu Zhiang stretched out his hand to poke Gu Qiaochu's chest, and lowered his hand. Only the voice can prevent the grief and indignation in my heart from pouring down with tears, "But you didn't, you didn't."

"I've said it long ago, Lu Zhiang." Gu Qiaochu no longer knew why he said these words that he knew would make Lu Zhiang furious, "I don't like others to have unreasonable expectations of me."

Lu Zhiang has always known that when he quarrels with Gu Qiaochu and loses his temper, he is usually the only one who gets half-dead from anger.He was so angry that he let go and let Gu Qiaochu fall to the ground.

Gu Qiaochu will never forget what Lu Zhiang said when he walked out.

"Gu Qiaochu, do you remember the soup my mother made for you when you were in the hospital... I told her that I had a senior who I liked very much, and when she asked about me when she was in the hospital, I always said that I would take you there next time Read it. But I found that you are not worthy, Gu Qiaochu."

Gu Qiaochu lowered his eyes, he didn't understand what Lu Zhiang said that he was unworthy, whether he was unworthy to see his mother, or unworthy of his love...or both.

When Yu Lai rushed in to help Gu Qiaochu, he was a little surprised to find that Gu Qiaochu actually smiled with his eyes downcast.

"He blamed me for not going back... But Yu Lai, at that time, how could I go back, did I crawl back."

Yu Lai couldn't say a word because of his distress, he could only help Gu Qiaochu up silently.

He knew how much Gu Qiaochu wanted to give Lu Zhiang a hug, but he also knew that Gu Qiaochu didn't even stand up when the two were talking.

Gu Qiaochu is such a proud person, how could he want Lu Zhiang to see that he can't even walk smoothly?