[The summer solstice has not yet come] Carving time

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This time the match was really ashamed as Gu Qiaochu had expected.He and Yu Lai sat on the sidelines, calmly listening to the organizing committee announcing the winners.He was neither sad nor happy, only to get angry when Yu Lai slapped him on the back of the head, "Are you crazy?"

Yu Lai stared and wanted to take another shot, but Gu Qiaochu blocked it with his hand.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, it was not easy for him to commit crimes in front of the room, so he dragged Gu Qiaochu and lowered his voice and asked, "Did you fall asleep during the f*cking competition?!"

"I don't, Yu Lai." Gu Qiaochu raised his eyes to look at Yu Lai's eyes that seemed to be breathing fire, and he slightly hooked the corners of his lips, as if he was a bit regretful, and said softly, "This is my current level. "

Yu Lai seemed to have reacted suddenly, as soon as he lowered his head, he saw the wound on Gu Qiaochu's right hand where the stitches had been removed and the scab had formed.He slapped the back of his head immediately, with a rare look of annoyance, "Well, I forgot this time." He thought it was because Gu Qiaochu's hand was injured and couldn't display his original strength.

When the award ceremony was over, Gu Qiaochu waved his hand to Yu Lai who was about to get up, "What's the hurry, wait until they leave."

Gu Qiaochu just wanted to wait for Lu Zhiang and Fu Xiaosi to leave first. In the end, he was still a little arrogant, and he couldn't possibly show weakness.Unexpectedly, he was still sitting in the seat, but the judges of the competition walked over with Fu Xiaosi who won No.1.

This judge is the judge of Gu Qiaochu's last competition. After Gu Qiaochu won the championship in the last competition, he has been admiring him. They have a lot of contact in private. Before Gu Qiaochu entered the third year of high school, this person even wanted to help Gu Qiaochu. First album.

Gu Qiaochu knew in his heart that his level this time was not as good as before, and the judge who had been looking forward to him would inevitably have to say some lessons, but he really didn't expect that Fu Xiaosi would be brought here, and even Lu Zhiang would follow behind.Seeing that he couldn't escape, he could only stand up slowly with one hand on the chair, "Mr. Zhang, long time no see."

"Qiaochu, it's been a long time, but I didn't expect that your current level is actually like this?"

The man opened the scroll in his hand and spread it out in front of Gu Qiaochu, and asked rather resentfully, "Look at your coloring and brushstrokes, what are they? It's not as good as your freshman year!"

Gu Qiaochu pursed his lips and kept smiling. He didn't even look at the drawing paper in front of him, but just lowered his head slightly, "Sorry."

"Eh, isn't that right? You shouldn't be a freshman now? Why are you still participating in the high school competition?"

Now Gu Qiaochu couldn't laugh anymore, he just pursed his lips, his naturally drooping hands silently clenched into fists beside him, "I've been delayed by some things, I'm preparing for my third year of high school."

Yu Lai could be considered to have seen Gu Qiao Chu lose his temper.

He sent Gu Qiaochu back home, who knew that he was locked out of the corridor before he entered the door.He rubbed the bridge of his nose to be thankful that he hadn't taken a step forward, otherwise he might be disfigured and find a wife difficult. Unexpectedly, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Gu Qiaochu's servant bringing a broom and putting it next to the door.

"Auntie, is this going to be cleaned?"

"No, no, I'll use it later, prepare it first..."

"Oh……"

Along with Yu Lai's echoing voice, there was Gu Qiaochu's voice smashing things in the room.He just stood at the door, and with some headaches, he heard the sound of things cracking and cracking in the room.

When the sound subsided, Gu Qiaochu walked over consciously and opened the door.He turned back and entered the room, his steps were still a little unsteady, he could only lean on the wall with his elbows and move over to lie on the bed.

Yu Lai looked at the mess in the room in surprise, and sighed, "It's amazing, I didn't hurt myself after smashing so many things."

Gu Qiaochu heard the teasing in Yu Lai's words, he didn't speak, but pointed in the direction of the door.

Yu Lai didn't leave, so he stood at the door of the room and continued to respond to Gu Qiaochu, "I don't understand what's the point of you making such a fuss, heal your injury slowly, don't rush it."

He didn't expect that these words really offended Gu Qiaochu, and he had never seen Gu Qiaochu look so hysterical, what's more, he had never seen Gu Qiaochu yell at himself almost insanely.

"Of course you don't understand me! What more can you say if you don't understand?! Get lost!"

Yu Lai didn't speak anymore, but turned his head and left very obediently.So he didn't hear Gu Qiaochu crying suppressed alone in the room.

Gu Qiaochu only returned to Asakawa during the Spring Festival, and Xiao Yu went to Shanghai to pick him up in person.He had a quiet New Year, he didn't have to sort out the complicated gifts at home, he didn't have to be dragged out by Xiao Yu, and he didn't have to deal with relatives who came to pay New Year's greetings from all over the world...but it was also very deserted.

On the New Year's Day, Li Xia and her mother came to eat together in the yard, and sat next to Gu Qiaochu.

The two who haven't seen each other for a long time are not unfamiliar, and Gu Qiaochu even smiles and gives Lixia the gift he bought from Shanghai.At that time, he was already walking quite normally, and he couldn't tell that he had old injuries if he didn't look carefully.He smiled and rubbed Lixia's hair, and said softly, "Happy New Year, Lixia."

At night, a pile of firewood would still be burned in the Gu family’s yard for heating. Li Xia moved a small bench and sat down next to Gu Qiaochu. He smiled and looked up, “Uncle Gu won’t let you do coolies this year~”

She clenched her hands into small fists and placed them on her knees, leaning her head on them, looked at Gu Qiaochu and nodded with a smile, and then said, "Well, when I saw you in Shanghai before, I didn't have a good fight with you. This greeting is all due to Lu Zhiang..."

When she said this, she consciously fell silent, opened her eyes wide in panic, covered her mouth with one hand, and quietly grabbed Gu Qiaochu's clothes with the other hand, "I'm sorry, I didn't mention him on purpose. .”

"It's okay." Gu Qiaochu waved his hands indifferently, he thought to himself what he had done to impress the little girl as stingy, "There's nothing to avoid."

Li Xia blinked, making sure that Gu Qiaochu didn't feel uncomfortable because he mentioned Lu Zhiang, thought for a while, and then said, "Then... Then Lu Zhiang, what's the matter with you two."

She spoke intermittently, but the regret in her words couldn't be stopped.The little girl's heart couldn't be simpler. She raised her eyes slightly to look at Gu Qiaochu's overly pretty side face reflected by the red fire light, "I just think...you two are very happy when you are together. I mean you two When we played together...that you were more popular than when we were in junior high school."

"Hmm..." Gu Qiaochu rested his chin on one hand and pondered for a while, then turned his head to look at the cute little girl, "You mean I didn't look like a person when I was in junior high school?"

He watched Li Xia sit up straight like a frightened rabbit, while shaking his head and waving his hands in denial, he muttered no no no.It is undeniable that he felt very happy physically and mentally at that time, teasing the well-behaved and sensible little girls always made him happy.

He thought for a while and said softly, "Li Xia, what you mean is that when I was with Lu Zhiang, I was not like the usual me. But if the two boys are like this, others will find it very strange."

When he pursed his lips, he was often in a bad mood. He could only try his best to stretch his brows to make himself not look so uncomfortable, "Human, you can't just care about your own happiness."

Li Xia wanted to ask why she couldn't just focus on her own happiness, so she buried her head on her knees, pouted her lips in displeasure, as if protesting, and said in a muffled voice, "But I just want you to be happy."

Gu Qiaochu laughed at that time, even if the elders were around, he didn't hesitate to ruffle Li Xia's short hair, and said with a smile, "Li Xia is really a good girl."

It was late at night, after Gu Qiaochu said hello, he went upstairs to rest.After washing, he closed his eyes and lay on the bed, unexpectedly, he remembered the time when Lu Zhiang, who came to visit rashly, shared the bed with him last New Year's Eve.

As a result, he couldn't fall asleep, so he half sat up and turned on the bedside lamp, took out his glasses, put them on, and flipped through a book.But who knew that he couldn't read the book, so he pressed his forehead with some headaches, knowing that if he didn't sleep, he might feel uncomfortable for a while tomorrow.But after he sat for a while, he didn't turn a page of the book, but the drowsiness disappeared.

The hour hand of the alarm clock beside the bed had already pointed to three o'clock, and Xiao Yu, who saw the bright light, knocked on the door twice to ask him why he hadn't fallen asleep yet.For the third time, he simply stopped answering, making Xiao Yu think that he had already fallen asleep and just forgot to turn off the light.

He could only think over and over how presumptuous he was and where he made a mistake. Only then did Yu Lai find out what he shouldn't have thought.Was it wasting time to dance with Lu Zhiang, or was it the smile on the corners of his eyes and brows when he told Yu that Lu Zhiang came to see him on New Year's Eve, or was it that time when he did not hesitate to quarrel with Yu Lai and kicked him out of school.

Although he was also affected very badly after driving someone out of school that time, he never regretted it.At most, it is the annoyance of being deceived by oneself.

But speaking of it, it's not an exaggeration for someone as delicate as Yu Lai to find out.What Gu Qiaochu didn't expect was that Yu Laihui would tell Li Xia about this in order to help him restrain those thoughts that he shouldn't have.

In the end, Yu Lai told Li Xia that he knew that Li Xia wanted Gu Qiaochu as much as he did.But Yu Lai's mistake was that he underestimated the girl's sensibility.

Yu Lai wanted Gu Qiaochu to be successful in the future, but Lixia was different, she just wanted Gu Qiaochu to be happy now.

After the New Year, Gu Qiaochu returned to Asakawa to study.He went to a completely strange school, where no one knew about his past, and there was no Lu Zhiang here.

Occasionally, Gu Qiaochu would skip class on a Friday afternoon. He would take an hour-long bus to the suburbs, listen to songs for two hours during the sculpture time, and finally stand at the door and watch the students of Qianchuan No. [-] Middle School chatting in twos and threes after school. leave school together.

In the end, he took another hour's bus ride back to school, listening to the people in the same dormitory boasting inexplicably that he would be the first in the grade if he skipped class tomorrow.

Every time at this time, Gu Qiaochu began to miss the original dormitory. He lay on the bed to comfort himself, and it would be fine if he endured until the college entrance examination.