stepping into the night

At the end of the term, it lasted ten days from the first subject to the end of the last subject. There is still a lot of time left after most of the subjects are completed. You can hand in the papers and leave the examination room in advance. After returning to the dormitory, several people made an appointment to go out for dinner We had a hot pot meal and had a lively chat.

The school will be closed in five days. Zhou Yue and Ye Xingzhi plan to stay here for two days before booking a ticket to go home. As they are all together, Zhao Tong suggests that we can go to play the secret room and Werewolf together.

Ruan Chu University has almost never dated out with classmates in his class before. On the one hand, it is because of heavy studies, and on the other hand, it is because he has to go home to help his younger sister with homework, and do as much as possible to help the family. burden.

But after college, he has always been thankful that he can meet such easy-to-get-together roommates, and he doesn’t want to have a relationship with them, and when he saves up the part-time salary and scholarship this semester, it’s still relatively easy for him to transfer part of the money to his parents. After a while, I agreed, and I couldn't help but feel a little eager to try.

"But if you're playing secret rooms and werewolves," Zhou Yue thought for a while, "We don't have enough four people in the dormitory. You can call your friends or something. In the end, we belong to the same school, otherwise it's not good to be too different."

Ruan Chu was a little moved. He wanted to call Lin Jiang to join him, but he was worried that it would conflict with Lin Jiang's original plan for the winter vacation, but the other three people in the dormitory couldn't think of any good candidates for a while. Chu then tentatively asked their opinions softly: "I know a senior...that is, the senior from the mathematics department who came to the auxiliary class at the beginning of school. Can you invite him and his roommate?"

"Yes." Although the three people in the dormitory are not familiar with Lin Jiang, they also know that Lin Jiang was Ruan Chu's colleague when he worked in the milk tea shop, and readily agreed, "You should ask him first."

"Okay." Ruan Chu nodded, just as he was almost done eating, he put down his chopsticks, took out his phone and clicked on the dialog with Lin Jiang.

[Chu Ji]: Senior, have you finished the exam?

Ruan Chu's last subject ended at four o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as they came out of the classroom, the group hurriedly took a taxi to the outside business district to eat hot pot. It's not even six o'clock now. He and Lin Jiang have different majors. It's different, and I'm not sure when Lin Jiang will finish the exam.

However, as long as Lin Jiang is online, he always responds to his messages in seconds. Although Ruan Chu knows that this should only be his basic social courtesy, he advises himself not to get carried away and think too much, but every time he sends a message, he sees The words "typing in progress" appeared next to Lin Jiang's nickname box, and I felt a little sweet in my heart, and it is still the same now.

[Lin]: The exam is over, how about you?

[Chuji]: Well, so do we.Our dormitory said that we want to play the secret room together these two days, senior, do you have time with your roommate?

[Lin]: Yes, I will ask them.

[Chu Ji]: Okay, it doesn't matter if it's inconvenient.

About 10 minutes later, Lin Jiang messaged him back.

[Lin]: They also agreed. Three people will come to our dormitory. When will it be?

three people……

This made Ruan Chu suddenly recall the quarrel and conversation he overheard when he went to the monitor's dormitory to watch them play games, but after thinking about it, he just suppressed all the questions, not wondering why there was one less person in Lin Jiang's dormitory.

"Senior said yes, three people will come over from their side," Ruan Chu raised his head and asked his roommate, "But when should it be?"

"It's fine," Zhou Yue said, "It depends on the time you and your senior have. I and Mr. Ye have been idle for the past two days and have nothing to do."

"Hmm... can I do it tomorrow afternoon?" Ruan Chu thought about it—he wanted to set aside a morning to finish the painting that was supposed to be given to Lin Jiang on New Year's Day.

"Okay." The three roommates didn't object, "I'll meet you at the east gate of the school tomorrow afternoon."

"Then I'll ask the seniors." Ruan Chu asked Lin Jiang, and Lin Jiang naturally followed his opinion, but he was curious about what Ruan Chu was going to do in the half morning since he was already on vacation.He thought so, and asked the same question.

Ruan Chu was a little embarrassed when he saw Lin Jiang's question, but answered him truthfully.

[Chu Ji]: I agreed to draw a picture for you on New Year's Day, and I should get up early tomorrow morning and finish it in the morning.

[Lin]: For sketching, can you draw without facing the model?

Ruan Chu was stunned for a moment, his heart beat suddenly faster, he couldn't help thinking, is Lin Jiang hinting at himself?

He felt that his face began to heat up again with the accelerated heartbeat, so he hurriedly took a sip of the herbal tea at hand to cool himself down. Quietly heaved a sigh of relief.Ruan Chu thought about it for a while, and still felt that he should not be sentimental and answer the questions honestly.

[Chu Ji]: I haven't learned sketching professionally and systematically...it's Ye Luzi, so it's a waste of other people's time to draw for others and have them sit still for hours.

But Lin Jiang is indeed what Ruan Chu felt that he was too sentimental and thought too much.

Seeing Ruan Chu's serious reply, he couldn't help but secretly sighed, but he couldn't be too obvious to scare people away, so he had to change the term.

[Lin]: I happen to be free tomorrow morning, can I come over to see your painting?

[Lin]: By the way, after lunch together, we can go out together in the afternoon, and we don't have to wait for a long time.

[Chuji]: All right.

After Ruan Chu replied, he turned off his phone and put it in his pocket, but Lin Jiang didn't reply to the message again.

"Quick, quick, here's the last piece of brown sugar glutinous rice cake," Zhao Tong put the piece into Ruan Chu's bowl with his chopsticks, "I finally snatched it from the chopsticks of this group of animals, eat it quickly, first cub. "

"Snatching food from the tiger's mouth, how touching, youngest, can you feel Tongtong's old father's heart?" Zhou Yue began to laugh.

Ruan Chu was so teased that he couldn't help but also laughed, picked up the piece of brown sugar glutinous rice cake and took a bite, the sweetness in his mouth spread to the bottom of his heart.

The next morning, Ruan Chu got up at seven o'clock. After washing up lightly, he quietly went out with the drawing board and drawing materials, and went to the West Pavilion of the school's garden. Lin Jiang confirmed with him when they were chatting before going to bed last night. Passing by the place where he painted, Lin Jiang was already sitting in the pavilion waiting for him when Ruan Chu arrived.

"Senior, you came so early." Ruan Chu was a little surprised, and put the bag containing paintbrushes and tape to the side, put the drawing board on his knee, and leaned on the side edge of the board with one hand at a slight angle.

"Well, have you had breakfast?" Lin Jiang handed him a candy.

"Eat," Ruan Chu blinked, and obediently spread out his palm to let Lin Jiang put the candy in his palm, and thanked him softly, even with a brisk tone in his tone, "How about you?"

"I just ate in the cafeteria." Lin Jiang nodded, and in order not to affect Ruan Chu's performance, she sat next to him at a distance.

Ruan Chu's pen tip landed on the paper, and he moved his wrist, but he didn't know what to draw. He secretly turned his head to look in Lin Jiang's direction, but happened to meet Lin Jiang's focused and gentle gaze on him. This caused his originally steady heartbeat to become chaotic again, and even the tips of his ears were tinged red visibly.

Embarrassed, he turned the drawing board upside down and put it on his lap, turned around and asked Lin Jiang in a low voice: "Senior, why don't you go about your own business first? You look at me like this... I'm a little nervous."

After he finished speaking, he pursed his lips, thinking over and over in his heart whether the tone of his words just now was not too euphemistic, or whether there were words that were easily misunderstood, and he was a little regretful, afraid of hearing his words Lin Jiang will leave with understanding.

"Then I'll be by the side." Lin Jiang thought about it for a while, and raised her hand to rub his hair in understanding, "Don't worry, I won't disturb you, you don't have to worry about me, you can paint however you want , I will like it."

Ruan Chu blinked, the red from the tips of his ears was about to spread to his face, he felt that the temperature of Lin Jiang's hair was extremely hot when he touched it, but he pursed his lips and nodded, then looked at Lin Jiang Jiang sat on the seat opposite him and looked down at the phone. When the tension in his heart dissipated a little, he felt a bit of sweetness again.

——He said that no matter how he draws, he will like it... Can it be rounded up that senior Lin also has a good impression of himself?

Ruan Chu quickly lowered his head and stared at his sketch paper, warning himself not to make wild guesses.

Ruan Chu did not enroll in a class and learned painting like a professional art student, but he usually watches video tutorials on the Internet. Liu Yuanyuan also sent him a few similar professional books when she asked him to paint for her idol. , Ruan Chu found the time to study by himself. Although he was not proficient and had no teacher's guidance, the things he drew were still improving visibly to the naked eye.

At least at the beginning, this skill was just a pastime for him to relax a little when he was tired.But Liu Yuanyuan's request made him feel that he was needed, which gave him more confidence, and this interest has continued. Until now, he can draw a sketch of the person he likes with his own hands. , this is nothing more than a happy thing.

Ruan Chu calmed down and thought for a moment, recalling the bits and pieces of the time he and Lin Jiang had spent together this semester, they were all fragments, but every fragment was a treasure that he wanted to treasure.

He moved his wrist and drew Lin Jiang at work from the perspective of lying on the bar counter. It was a scene he had repeated countless times in the past six months, but every time he subtly deepened his love for Lin Jiang. Throbbing.

Ruan Chu was very quiet and focused when he was painting, but from time to time when he forgot some details, he would look up at Lin Jiang opposite, so that he didn't notice that Lin Jiang had put down his phone and looked at him for a long time.

Lin Jiang also forgot when he thought about Ruan Chu like this, but when he tried to trace it back, he found that Ruan Chu in his memory was all in appearance that would make his heart soften, including Ruan Chu, who is now concentrating on painting, and Ruan Chu in various situations that he may see in the future, will make him feel tenderness like a gurgling spring.

The occasional chirping of birds between the branches and leaves is particularly brisk, and even the fallen dead leaves have a different kind of tenderness.

Ruan Chu put down his pen and exhaled lightly. He subconsciously raised his eyes to look at Lin Jiang before realizing that Lin Jiang had been looking at him for a long time. The side of his fair face suddenly turned red, and then he looked down at Lin Jiang with some embarrassment. Look at the sketch that has been completed on my drawing board.

Lin Jiang also got up and sat next to him, with one hand resting on the edge of the bench behind Ruan Chu, leaning slightly, looking at the painting with his hand.

"Draw me so handsome." Lin Jiang said.

"No," Ruan Chu felt his breath brushing against his ears when he spoke, and tilted his head in a small arc a little ticklishly, licking his lips with red ear tips, "I didn't draw well."

"Thank you, I like it very much." Lin Jiang said, but her eyes fell on his moistened and beautiful light red lips.

Ruan Chu felt as if he had wasted too much energy on painting, and his brain stopped functioning, which caused Lin Jiang's "like" to make him stunned. into his smiling eyes.

Both of them held their breath subconsciously, and the birdsong in their ears went away, and the two of them could only hear their beating heartbeat.

—The distance between them is too close.

So much so that Lin Jiang felt that she could kiss Ruan Chu's soft-looking lips by lowering her head slightly.

I don't know, will it be as sweet as the toffee he just had?