[The summer solstice has not yet come] Carving time

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It was a pair of specially cut rings, and each side outside the ring was cut in opposite directions, so if it was a single ring, it would be absolutely impossible to stand up.But as long as the two rings are close together, the bottom two ribs can stand upright.

It was designed by Lu Zhiang, who majored in science. It is not very beautiful, but the design is always novel.

It's a pity that when Gu Qiao first received it, he only wore it for a short period of time.Later, on the second day when they had a quarrel because of certain issues, he took off the ring and hung it on a chain around his neck, hiding it under his clothes all the year round so no one could see it.Later, when he and Lu Zhiang separated, he simply put the ring back into the box, and he couldn't see it himself.

Gu Qiaochu and Lu Zhiang have studied in university for three years, and they applied for early graduation.

At that time, they seemed to have lost the freshness they had when they were just together, and began to degenerate into that kind of ordinary and long-lasting relationship.

On that still hot afternoon in Tokyo, Gu Qiaochu packed his things at home and prepared to send them to Shanghai.He was tired of carrying so many things back home, but he was really reluctant to part with these odds and ends.It's just that he didn't expect that he piled up these things with the ring in the storage room without taking them apart.

Lu Zhiang was very happy when he came home, he held a mail in his hand, squinted his eyes and approached Gu Qiaochu and asked, "Guess what it is?"

There was a big word "Litong" printed on the upper left corner of the email. Gu Qiaochu's eyes widened unconsciously. He thought for a while before saying, "offer."

"Yes!" Lu Zhiang was very happy. He excitedly took out the documents in the mail and patted them on the table, squatting in front of Gu Qiaochu and said, "Litong's offer is too tempting, so I agreed. You go to Litong with me!"

"Ah..." Gu Qiaochu blinked his eyes, and he patted Lu Zhiang's hair unconsciously, as if to comfort him, "It might not be suitable for me to go to Litong."

"What's inappropriate?" Lu Zhiang frowned subconsciously, he knocked off Gu Qiaochu's hand, it seemed that his palm was a little numb because of too much force.He looked at Gu Qiaochu and silently pressed the red spot from the beating, "Then what are your plans?"

Gu Qiaochu choked up for a moment, "Let's see it when we return to China, okay?"

"Okay." Lu Zhiang was in a better mood, he sat next to Gu Qiaochu and kissed the wrist that was hit by him, feeling that the skin was hot, "It's fine if we can go back to China together."

Gu Qiaochu guessed from Lu Zhiang's offer that a company like Litong would conduct research on outstanding graduates from all over the world, but he didn't expect that even Yu Lai would receive an olive branch from Litong.

But Yu Lai was more mature than Lu Zhiang, he contacted Gu Qiaochu on the day he received the contact information.While opening emails in the rented room, he sent a video to Gu Qiaochu, "Yo, this qualification of Litong is really not bragging for fresh graduates, I'm a little bit moved."

Gu Qiaochu has been in a low mood for the past few days, he raised his eyebrows and said to Yu Lai with a half-smile, "Push it."

"Huh? Why." Yu Lai raised his eyes to look at Gu Qiaochu, and stretched out his hand to brush his hair, "I haven't received any offers from other companies, you want to cut me off."

"Why not, you received Hua Shang's offer the day before yesterday."

"Where? Why didn't I see it?"

"Hmm..." Gu Qiaochu nodded, opened another dialogue window, and did not forget to explain to Yu Lai, "I'm asking Lin An to make a draft."

So far everything has been going smoothly, even though Yu Lai clamored that Gu Qiaochu was so shady that he must offer better conditions than Litong to make sense.But fortunately, everything is still planned towards their return to China.

Yu Lai occasionally remembered what he said four years ago when he first came to Shanghai to visit Gu Qiaochu.He said that after finishing college, he will take the postgraduate entrance examination, and he will return to Asakawa.But now it seems that not only did he not take the postgraduate entrance examination, but he even set his job in Shanghai.But it’s okay, it’s not a loss.

After he rejected Litong's message, he was focused on preparing to go to work in Huashang, but he didn't expect to receive a call from Zheng Haowen just after receiving Lin An's formal offer.

It's been a long time since high school roommates got together, Yu Lai didn't expect to be scolded by Zheng Haowen when he picked up the phone.

"Are you out of your mind? Why don't you tell us about such an important matter? Gu Qiaochu just messed around. How the hell do you know the situation and don't tell us?"

Yu Lai was so scolded that he was so confused, he frowned and scratched his hair, and when Zheng Haowen mentioned Gu Qiaochu, his heart skipped a beat, "What's the matter?"

"Don't tell me you have such a close relationship with Gu Qiaochu, don't you know that he was retaliated against in the year of our college entrance examination!"

As soon as Yu Lai hung up the phone, the QQ notification tones rang one after another.He frowned unconsciously, and only clicked on Lin An's dialogue box.

[It happens that you just joined the company, so you should be in charge of this matter. ]

[It's a business ability test. ]

He didn't reply to the message, but only looked at the link sent by Zheng Haowen.It was a post published on a forum, and the title line was in bold characters, which made him dizzy.

[Why did the former academic master miss the college entrance examination, but was beaten and disabled by others]

At the beginning of the article, it was mentioned that this was a case in a certain city in China a few years ago, starting with Gu, a high school student.Interspersed with interviews from Gu's classmates, the writer also mentioned his hard work in the hospital and the police to collect information.The article also posted a few photos, saying that they had to be mosaiced for the sake of network harmony and the privacy of the parties concerned, but I could still vaguely see blood on the photos, and even see the bruises and blood in the eye sockets of the person. A wound with a ruptured eyelid, and a right hand twisted at an odd angle.

Yu Lai only felt that the blood all over his body rushed into his brain, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and he dragged the article to the end in a daze.

The author said that this article should have been published two or three years ago, but due to various pressures, no newspapers in the city were willing to publish his article.It is different now, with freedom of speech on the Internet, he finally allowed this article to be published, exposing the tragedy that happened that year.

Finally, he said that when he heard that Gu was about to return from studying abroad, he was very pleased with his strong will, and he was able to cheer up quickly after going through such a thing.

All the information pointed to Gu Qiaochu as the person who was retaliated against. Yu looked at the comments below the article, and found a message from a student of Asakawa No. [-] Middle School as expected.

Yu Lai only saw Gu Qiaochu after he recovered better, he never thought that the "no big deal" that Gu Qiaochu told him back then would be like this.He also only heard Gu Qiaochu mention that the scars on his eyes were stitched with beauty needles when he was joking with Gu Qiaochu, so there was no scar left.

He didn't expect the part he didn't know to be like this.

After discussing with Gu Qiaochu's mother, Lin An quickly found a way to find someone to block the post, but it was indeed a bit late, and many people had already kept the pictures and spread them.

Yu Lai went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of ice water and pressed it on his forehead, and finally couldn't help but call Gu Qiaochu, "You better not come back."

He heard Gu Qiaochu laughing and asking why on the other end of the phone, but his voice was uncomfortable, "The year of the college entrance examination... the incident of you being beaten came out, it should be very hard to come back now. You are still in Japan Avoid it first, and come back when it’s dealt with here.”

Gu Qiaochu suddenly stopped laughing. Four years have passed, and he seldom thinks about what happened back then.Except when his eyes are not clear or his right hand is no longer flexible, he occasionally thinks of all kinds of things at that time, but after so long, he thought that he no longer cared about the time when he thought he could live like an ordinary person. Bringing it up seems to remind him that this is not the case.

He unconsciously looked at the packed cardboard boxes in the living room, which he was going to express back to China.He stood by the window and stretched out his hand to open the curtain a crack, squinting his eyes unconsciously under the strong sunlight, "How can I deal with it?"

He began to wonder what people who saw the messages would say.Is it pity for him to have such an experience, or does he feel that he deserves a slap for not being able to slap him, or someone he knows sees and sends some tempting news that he doesn't know good or bad.

What is Gu Qiaochu afraid of? He is not afraid of being criticized or unwarranted vicious comments. He is afraid of being sympathized or losing face.He thought about whether he would receive greetings or sympathy from those he knew but was not close to when he returned to the Congress, and finally remembered the pain of his hand being broken with a stone under the river embankment.

Then he really didn't want to go back.

Lu Zhiang didn't know this, he was also full of joy because Gu Qiaochu would return to the country with him.But when he returned home that day, he obviously felt that the atmosphere was different. Unexpectedly, when he was about to show Gu Qiaochu something from his bag after dinner, Gu Qiaochu suddenly said, "Zhiang...I'm in Japan. There are still some things that haven't been dealt with, why don't you go back first."

"Are you kidding? Is there anything left unfinished?" Lu Zhiang frowned unconsciously. He secretly clenched the envelope in his hand and looked at Gu Qiaochu with some displeasure. It's done, and the courier has been sent back to China today, what can I do... don't you want to go back with me?"

When he said the last sentence, Lu Zhiang's eyes suddenly turned red, but Gu Qiaochu only felt extremely tired. He lowered his eyes and breathed very slowly. He just felt that he was like a dying old dog, who was trapped by those unbearable past. I was a little out of breath, "You said it is... so it is."

It seems that this sentence is □□, Lu Zhiang's whole body exploded.He stood up suddenly and threw the envelope in the bag in front of Gu Qiaochu, blushing and yelling at him, "You promised me! You said you would go back with me! I bought all the tickets today!"

Gu Qiaochu pursed his dry lips. He looked at the two air tickets that fell on the ground and slid out. They were tomorrow's date, "I'll see you off."

"I don't want you to give it away!" Lu Zhiang couldn't hold back anymore, he seemed to have returned to the night when he and Gu Qiaochu had their first quarrel since they were together, he leaned over and pressed him firmly on the sofa.He saw the water drops in his eyes falling on Gu Qiaochu's expressionless face, and repeated in a hoarse voice, "I don't want you to see me off, I want you to go back with me."

Then Gu Qiaochu didn't respond anymore.