stepping into the night

It was a cup of cheese milk topped with yellow peaches and succulents. Considering Ruan Chu's stomach, Lin Jiang didn't add ice to him. The milk tea was warm.

"The new product is on the market, I'll drink it for you first." Lin Jiang opened the small opening on the lid of the milk tea, inserted the straw, and then gently pushed it to Ruan Chu's hand.

"Thank you." Ruan Chu pursed his lips, and then he suddenly realized his mood. For a while, his mood was a bit complicated, and he didn't even dare to meet Lin Jiang's eyes naturally, waiting for Lin Jiang to hold the milk tea cup He retracted his fingers before reaching for the cup of milk tea.

Lin Jiang didn't ask anything, and she was very considerate and didn't watch him drink milk tea all the time. She turned her gaze back and tidied up the things on the bar slowly.

Ruan Chu was slightly relieved when he felt that he wasn't paying attention to him, but then he was a little bit disappointed again, which made him unable to help but raise his eyes and secretly look at Lin Jiang, looking at his straight nose and drooping eyes The slender eye feathers when he was concentrating on doing things, he thought, Senior Lin is so pretty.

Lin Jiang could naturally feel the sight of the elementary school boy lying on the bar counter secretly looking at him, but he resisted the urge to suddenly look up to grab the bag to see him blushing, slowed down the speed of packing, and deliberately delayed to let Ruan Chu look at him The time until the last light in the cafeteria is about to go out.

"It's almost time for access control," Lin Jiang took off the apron on her body, and then she looked up at Ruan Chu, but unexpectedly she didn't meet his clear and bright eyes.The person who had been looking at her clearly turned her eyes away at this time and refused to look at her. She lowered her head and fiddled with the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose as if wiping her glasses, which made Lin Jiang feel a little worried.But his face was still very gentle, he pushed open the door of the bar and walked to Ruan Chu's side, "Go back."

"En." Ruan Chu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and as Lin Jiang approached, his heart beat faster again, which made him a little nervous for no reason, and he didn't know what he was secretly looking forward to.

Lin Jiang put her hand on Ruan Chu's shoulder, half-embracing Ruan Chu, and led him out with a little force. This kind of action is very common among brothers who have a good relationship, just like girls who play well will Holding hands while shopping together, but Ruan Chu couldn't control the temperature rising from the tips of his ears, and couldn't help but focus on Lin Jiang's arms touching her shoulders through the cloth. temperature.

Fortunately, the night was dark, and most of the students in the school had already returned to their dormitories. The only thing they could hear was the rustling sound of the autumn wind blowing the dead leaves. Lin Jiang couldn't notice his red ears and neck, nor could he hear Ruan Chu's obvious heartbeat.

Ruan Chu's hair was blown up a little bit by the wind, and it scratched Lin Jiang's cheek lightly, a little itchy, dense and soft, as if scratching the tip of his heart, even his originally steady heartbeat seemed to be a little bit beaten chaos.

The distance was so close that Lin Jiang could smell the fresh fragrance of shampoo coming from Ruan Chu's hair.

——I seem to be able to kiss his forehead by turning my head.

Lin Jiang had such an absurd thought in his mind for no reason, but it made his heart itch more and more. He had no choice but to look away, but it fell on Ruan Chu's deep red lips unknowingly.The beautiful lip shape with beaded lips prevents him from appearing flirtatious due to the thin lower lip, but it is also very good-looking, making people unable to help but dream of kissing Fangze at a glance.

Although Ruan Chu was thin, he would not be so skinny. Lin Jiang's arm on his shoulder could feel his shoulder blades covered with a layer of flesh, and he couldn't put it down.

But the same distance they could walk back to the dormitory was not long, and they soon reached the fork in the road. Lin Jiang gently withdrew the hand that was holding Ruan Chu's shoulder, and subconsciously twirled her fingertips, as if at the crossroads. Nostalgia for the temperature on his body when he touches this person.

"Good night." Lin Jiang said.

Ruan Chu knew that he was watching him, but the rapid heartbeat made him dare not meet Lin Jiang's gaze, so he could only raise his eyes and let his gaze fall on Lin Jiang's lips, and he heard that he was crying because he hadn't spoken all the time. A somewhat hoarse voice timidly responded to Lin Jiang: "Good night, senior."

But no one moved and turned around first.

This made them all have the illusion that the other party also has the same unspeakable feelings as themselves, but neither of them dared to speak to the other party to confirm.

"Are you coming to the store tomorrow?" Lin Jiang waited for a while, looking for something to say.

"Huh?" Ruan Chu only asked the store manager for Saturday's leave. Hearing this, he looked up at Lin Jiang with some doubts, but when his eyes met, he looked away in a panic, cleared his throat and tried his best to Answer him naturally, "No, I only took today's leave, and I still have to go to work tomorrow."

Lin Jiang nodded, but couldn't find anything to continue talking with Ruan Chu, so she had to give up: "Then go back quickly and rest early."

Ruan Chu flicked the pieces of wood with his fingers in his pocket: "Yes."

When they returned to the dormitory, several roommates had not turned off the lights and went to sleep. Zhou Yue was playing ranking with Zhao Tong, and Ye Xingzhi had just returned from a meeting in the student union office and took a shower in the bathroom outside.

"The youngest is back!" Ruan Chu just opened the door and went in when he heard Zhao Tong's cheerful greeting in a loud voice.

Ruan Chu gently locked the door and answered Zhao Tong softly.

"Hey, Tongtong, please keep your voice down. The squad leader next door wants to talk to us again, saying that we made them rest because of the noise." Zhou Yue moved the chair to Zhao Tong's side, and slapped Zhao Tong's thigh without any hassle. It was very loud, and then greeted Ruan Chu according to Zhao Tong's words, "Where did you go today, youngest? You are back so late? I don't think you are in the store. I brought a supper back to share with you."

"I'm going home," Ruan Chu explained earnestly with a good temper, "Today is my sister's birthday, and I will go home to celebrate her birthday with her."

Both Zhao Tong and Zhou Yue were stunned for a moment, and said one after another: "Happy birthday to my sister!"

"Thank you." Ruan Chu bent his eyes, took out a few pieces of wood and a seal carving knife from his pocket, and put them on the desk.

"Is it my sister?" Zhao Tong asked.

"Well, two years younger than me."

"Wow," Zhao Tong finished a round without continuing, and looked up at Ruan Chu, "Is your sister as good-looking as you?"

Zhou Yue glanced at Zhao Tong in horror: "My sister is still underage, Tongtong, you are not so dry that you want to poison the future flowers of the motherland?"

Zhao Tong's face was red, but his skin was dark, which was not obvious. It was just that such a shy expression on him made the hairs stand on end: "It's nothing, I just asked casually."

Ruan Chu smiled and didn't talk to him, he was packing up his things at his desk, and was going to wash up after Ye Xingzhi came out.

It was close to one o'clock in the morning, and several roommates were going to bed. Ruan Chu closed the curtain beside his desk, and turned off the lights in the dormitory. The piece of wood I took was polished, and then I drew patterns on the edge of the wood with a hook pen according to the pattern I had drawn on a piece of draft paper.

Zhou Yue, who went to bed later, caught a glimpse of the light shining through the curtain, and asked him in a low voice, "Youngest, are you still writing exercises? It's past one o'clock, go to bed early."

"Yeah," Ruan Chu straightened up, and subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the sound source, but Zhou Yue didn't know what he was doing through the curtain, so he could only hear Ruan Chu's soft reply, "I'll wait Go to bed now, go to bed first, good night."

Zhou Yue only thought that he was studying hard, so he didn't bother him with any more words, and climbed up the bed along the ladder lightly.

Ruan Chu drew all the patterns, helped the gold-rimmed mirror frame that had slipped off the bridge of his nose, and waited until the handwriting was dry before gently blowing the debris on the wooden block, and polished the smoothed bottom again, Conscientiously writing the delicate and beautiful seal characters one stroke at a time, one can vaguely recognize that the first character he wrote was "Lin".

The results of the work-study job application came out in early December. Ruan Chu successfully passed the interview and got the job as an assistant to the teacher in the office. But at the same time, he had to explain the situation to the manager of the milk tea shop, and Submit an application for resignation.

The owner of the store originally agreed to him to come to the store to help deliver food from the beginning of school because he was a work-study student and wanted to take care of him out of compassion. Now that he has changed to a more relaxed position, he is also happy for him. It was approved without saying anything, and the salary and commission of the current month were settled to Ruan Chu in one go, and an additional bonus of 500 yuan was given to him.

It is a pleasant thing to save a sum of money by one's own efforts, but now Ruan Chu is not as happy as when he got the salary and bonus when he was a waiter alone in Cyclamen, he thought, he In the future, I will see Lin Jiang and spend less time with Lin Jiang.

Just like classmates in middle school, the relationship will gradually become distant due to the gap of time and distance, and he and Lin Jiang have only known each other for less than a semester. Will Lin Jiang always remember him?When we meet again in the future, will you still show him a bright and beautiful smile like this, make a cup of new milk tea and push it to his hand, and softly tell him to remember to eat on time and take good care of himself?

Ruan Chu himself knew that such an outcome was almost inevitable, but he had just figured out his feelings for Lin Jiang not long ago, and he had just tasted the sweetness of being with someone he likes and talking about everything. If he didn't want to, he had to go back to the life of being alone again, which made him feel uncontrollably frustrated and sad.

But he doesn't have the courage and ability to bravely pursue happiness and youthful love like his peers. He has too many things to worry about. This kind of trouble cannot be implicated on Lin Jiang.

His needs require him to devote himself to making a living, not allowing himself to be immersed in the young people's love.

It is very easy to resign from the milk tea shop. There is no need for a farewell ceremony, and most of the employees in the shop just meet each other by chance, and they don't care that today's delivery staff seems to have a new face.Naturally, what Ruan Chu cares about is not the job that he is already proficient at, and what can affect his soft emotions, but only the person at the bar who will smile gently at him.

She quietly buried all her disappointment in her heart, clearly never having experienced the so-called "love", but Ruan Chu suddenly felt that she felt a little bit of the loneliness of lovelorn described by those girls in beautiful words.

He couldn't help looking through the chat records between himself and Lin Jiang, and once again realized how boring he was, those respectful and careful questions, even he couldn't have a very unique impression of himself after reading them.

They didn't even light a "fire of chatting".