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Thinking of this, Shen Youtang didn't hesitate anymore, he put down his earphones and got up to leave the dormitory.

Song Qi asked him: "Why are you going?"

Shen Youtang didn't turn his head back and said, "I'm hungry, go buy something to eat."

Song Qi snorted and looked away: "Bring me a copy too."

After going downstairs, Shen Youtang didn't go directly to Xia Yu's dormitory, but turned to the supermarket near the dormitory building.

The supermarket in their school is not closed all year round, and there are people on duty even every year.

As soon as he entered the supermarket, he went straight to the place selling oden cooking, picked a bunch in a hurry, and went to the front desk to check out.

However, as soon as he walked an inch, his pace stopped suddenly.

Because he saw Zhou Ding!

Zhou Ding seemed to have just paid the bill and was putting two boxes of strawberries into plastic bags.

Shen Youtang glanced at Strawberry, slightly startled.

But after hesitating for a moment, he walked over to say hello with a natural expression: "Captain Zhou, are you coming down to buy things too?"

Zhou Ding glanced at him: "Well, buy some fruit."

There was nothing to chat between the two of them, so they only exchanged some pleasantries, Shen Youtang stopped talking, and Zhou Ding also left the supermarket.

But Shen Youtang's gaze quietly stuck to Zhou Ding's body.

He wanted to see which direction Zhou Ding was going.

"Student, your oden is packed, and the total is 62 yuan."

Shen Youtang looked away, scanned the QR code and paid: "Thank you."

However, in the time it took to settle the bill, he would not be able to find Zhou Ding if he raised his head again.

Shen Youtang frowned slightly, and walked quickly to the entrance of the supermarket.

It was a dark night, and fine snowflakes were flying in the air.Because of the winter vacation, there were not many people on the road, and the lights were not all turned on. The visibility was slightly low at first glance, and it was not clear.

Thinking of Zhou Ding's all-black outfit, Shen Youtang didn't worry any more. He carried the packed oden and walked towards Xia Yu's dormitory.

The snow kept falling, and when it touched the skin, it turned into ice water.

The wind kept blowing, and the hot air exhaled formed a white mist, which was blown away in the next second.

Shen Youtang reached out and put on the hat of the down jacket.

Just as he walked downstairs to the dormitory where Xia Yu lived, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The original impulse suddenly froze.

He hesitated.

What picture do you want to see?

Zhou Ding in Xia Yu's dormitory?

Or are the two of them eating strawberries together?

No, neither.

What he really wants to see is that "Old X in the Mountain Village" is running on Xia Yu's computer, and that YY number called S is hanging on his computer.

What he really wants to see is for Xia Yu to cover up his relationship with another boy.

Because he hopes to prove that Xia Yu is gay through these actions.

"call……"

Shen Youtang took a long breath and sat down on the stairs on the first floor.

He patted his frozen face, feeling a little dazed.

When he was a freshman, he was still hazy, only thinking that he liked staying with Xia Yu.

In the sophomore year, Xia Yu moved out to live alone, the unusual sense of caring and the anxiety of Xia Yu's departure made him wake up - he fell in love with Xia Yu!

From then on, he couldn't help paying attention to Xia Yu.

Pay attention to Xia Yu's dressing, pay attention to his words and deeds, but the most concerned thing is his social interaction.

But Xia Yu is really withdrawn, he always walks alone, no matter what he is alone.

There are no close girls, no close boys, and no good friends, so after Xia Yu moved out, he couldn't even find anyone to ask about Xia Yu's recent situation, so he could only occasionally call Xia Yu and ask him to come out. Have a meal or something.Other than that, it is to go to the places where Xia Yu often appears, such as the cafeteria, and chat if you can meet them.

But rarely come across.

Because Xia Yu is always two points and one line between the teaching building and the dormitory.

They didn't all leave as soon as the bell rang when they were painting. Xia Yu liked to eat at different peak times. Sometimes she went to the cafeteria at twelve o'clock, sometimes at 12:30, or even later, or ordered takeaway.

Literally a loner.

Therefore, under such circumstances, as long as he sees someone getting closer to Xia Yu, even if he just sits and has a meal together, he will pay special attention to that person, and use Weibo and other channels to dig out and think about them The relationship between.

However, it has been almost three years, and there are only a dozen people who make him pay special attention to inches, and they are all Xia Yu's classmates or members of the art club.

And in the end, without exception, he found that they were all just eating and chatting with Xia Yu. Some of them stopped by to have a meal after class, and some discussed club activities with Xia Yu. All in all, he didn't get anything from these people. Useful information, but a waste of time and effort.

But even if all of them fail, he still can't help paying attention when he meets such a person again.

He also wanted to ask Xia Yu directly about his sexuality, but he didn't dare.

He still wanted to test Xia Yu, but he couldn't start, so he had to clumsily use the method of finding a girlfriend to test Xia Yu, wanting to see how Xia Yu would react—because he had checked all the people who had contact with Xia Yu In the end, he found that the one who had the best relationship with Xia Yu turned out to be himself, so he used himself to test Xia Yu's reaction when he had no other choice.

However, Xia Yu didn't respond, and there was no wave in his eyes!

This made Shen Youtang feel frustrated and hopeless. He felt that no matter what he did, it was meaningless.

But he was not reconciled.

If it wasn't for Xia Yu, he would never have found out that he liked boys in his life.

If it wasn't for Xia Yu, he wouldn't have to worry about a boy like this, spend so much thought and effort.

He knew that Xia Yu shouldn't blame these things, but he just couldn't help it.

He could clearly feel that his feelings for Xia Yu had fermented into a complexity that even he himself could not comprehend due to long-term refusal.

And be lucky.

——As long as Xia Yu hasn't set a date in reality, then everything is uncertain.

So, after he figured it out, he continued to pay attention to Xia Yu as before, but he didn't find anyone to pay attention to for a long time. Those basketball club members had nothing to do with Xia Yu when they saw him. There is no extra friendship.

Until today, he saw Xia Yu and Zhou Ding eating together.

Originally, he didn't plan to participate in the evening event, but thinking of Zhou Ding's presence, he wanted to see if Xia Yu would come, but Xia Yu didn't come, and a trumpet nicknamed S came.

He noticed that trumpet when he first entered the room, but he just kept it in his mind and didn't think too much about it.

It was only after hearing Zhou Ding's gentle "don't be afraid" that the radar in his mind turned suddenly.

Then came a series of actions.

That's what caused him to sit downstairs in Xia Yu's dormitory in a daze at night.

up?

Shen Youtang moved his frozen fingers, thinking it was unnecessary.

Because he won't see what he wants to see.

It's also impossible to see.

If you go up excitedly, you will only come down disheartened in the end.

Closing his eyes, Shen Youtang sighed forcefully.

He glanced at the oden in his hand and touched it with his hand. It was still hot, but not as hot as it was when it came out of the pot. If he sat here again, it would get cold soon.

Originally, he wanted to see Xia Yu on the pretext of giving him supper, but now...

Forget it.

Forget it.

I must have been busy today, so I will look for opportunities later.

Thinking of this, Shen Youtang stood up.

He took a few steps outside, stopped again, and turned his head back to look at the lighted room upstairs.

Xia Yu was inside, just a few steps away from him.

But it was useless for him to go up.

And Xia Yu doesn't seem to like people going to his dormitory very much.

call--

Forget it.

Shen Youtang lowered his eyes and looked away.

He put his hat back on, put the Kanto boiled into his arms again, and then walked back slowly along the way he came.

But what he didn't know was——

In the dark night, a gaze hidden in the dark has been staring at him, from the supermarket to the dormitory, has been staring at him.

It wasn't until he turned into the boys' dormitory building and his back disappeared from the other party's gaze that those eyes finally moved away.

Zhou Ding came out from the dark.

With a gloomy expression, he stepped on the place where Shen Youtang was sitting just now, and then walked step by step towards the place where Shen Youtang was looking back.

in the dormitory.

Xia Yu sat cross-legged on the corner of the bed, covering her whole body with the quilt.

He turned on all the lights in the room that could be turned on, but it still didn't seem to be very useful. Thanks to his rich imagination and ability to associate, not only could he not forget the appearance of the female ghost in his mind, but he also spontaneously thought of it. He lost the characters in other horror movies he had watched, causing countless grimaces to appear alternately in front of his eyes, such as Kayako, Sadako, clown, ogre, etc., all dangling in front of him.

But now it's winter vacation, not to mention the building where he lives, there are not many people in the whole school, it is empty and a bit desolate.

In addition, there are ghost legends and cemetery legends in every school, and today's weather is cold and gloomy, with wind and snow, which perfectly matches the scene where ghosts appear, which makes him not afraid at all. Now the more I think about it, the more terrifying I feel.

He wanted to drink water, but when he remembered that everyone in the old X in the mountain village saw a ghost because they drank the water from the river where the female ghost was buried, he felt that he was not so thirsty again.

He still wants to go to the toilet, but when he thinks of the ghostly hand sticking out of the toilet in the movie, he doesn't want to do it so much.

Xia Yu hugged the quilt, frowning slightly.

If he had known it earlier, he would not have watched it, and he never thought that as he got older, his ability to bear it would not be as strong as when he was a child. Obviously, he had never had such a strong reaction to watching this kind of film before.

"Ta, tat..."

Xia Yu was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly raised her head and looked out the window.

He heard footsteps outside!

The staff dormitory was renovated, but the sound insulation effect was not as good as that of the new building, and it was very quiet today, so he could hear any movement outside.

Xia Yu subconsciously turned on her phone and looked at the time. It is now 09:30 in the evening.

Back to the dormitory at this point?

and……

How did he feel that the footsteps were coming towards him?

Xia Yu licked her lips, looked towards the door, straightened her back unconsciously, and gradually eased her breathing.

"Boom boom boom!"

Xia Yu opened her eyes wide: "!!"

Sure enough, they came to find him!

With a sudden heartbeat, Xia Yu leaned back, but he was already leaning against the corner, and there was no way to retreat.

It's almost ten o'clock who will knock on his door? !

"Xia Yu, are you there?"

Xia Yu was startled.

This voice... so familiar.

He blinked slowly: "Zhou Ding?"

"It's me, open the door."

Xia Yu was a little confused, didn't he tell Zhou Ding that he had something to do?

He breathed out lightly, let go of the quilt, got up and went to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Zhou Ding appeared in front of his eyes. He was dressed in black, his hair was slightly wet, his face was pale with cold, but his eyes were curled up, and there was a smile on his lips.

"come in."

After closing the door, Xia Yu looked back at Zhou Ding, "Why are you here at this time?"

Zhou Ding put the two boxes of strawberries he bought on the table: "You returned it, and I don't want to read it, but it's still early and I don't have anything to do, so I thought you'd come here for a while."

After speaking, he looked up at Xia Yu, "I can come to you if you say so."

I mean inch, but I didn't let you come late at night.

Xia Yu felt a little relieved when there were more people in the room, and the tension just now completely disappeared.

He raised his chin and said, "Sit down, give me the strawberries, and I'll wash them."

"Let me do it." Zhou Ding walked towards the bathroom with strawberries.

Because it is a single dormitory, the bathroom is not big, and only one person can stand in front of the sink, so Zhou Ding washed the strawberries in the end.

After washing the strawberries, Zhou Ding went back to the bedroom.

He sat on the chair and didn't mention Shen Youtang a word.He said, "Have you finished your work?"

Xia Yu ate a strawberry, nodded vaguely: "Yes, it's done."

The strawberry came just in time, just when he didn't want to drink water and his mouth was dry.

Zhou Ding pulled off the strawberry leaves, and handed another one to Xia Yu: "When do you go to bed?"

"I can take it myself."

Xia Yu said, "I'll go to bed later, I'm a little tired today, I want to go to bed early."

Zhou Ding nodded: "Okay, then I will sit down for a while and leave."

Xia Yu looked up at him: "You came here just to sit for a while?"

"Well, I mainly want to come and see you." Zhou Ding nodded again with a frank expression.

Xia Yu raised her eyebrows lightly: "Really?"

"real."

Zhou Ding said seriously, "I will restrain myself when I say an inch, and I will do what I say."

Xia Yu looked at him, and nodded after a while: "Then you go, I'm going to sleep."

"So early? Okay." Zhou Ding stood up without changing his expression.

He put the box of strawberries in Xia Yu's hands, "Then I'll go first, you go to bed early." As he said that, he had already walked to the door and put his hand on the doorknob.

Really go like this?

Xia Yu looked at Zhou Ding silently, feeling a little suspicious.

Just when he was suspicious, Zhou Ding had already opened the door and walked outside, then turned around and waved at him: "I will stay in the basketball hall tomorrow, if you feel bored, you can watch me play."

Xia Yun hummed: "Okay."

Zhou Ding said again: "That's it, good night, see you tomorrow."

The next second, the door was closed, and the room fell into silence again.

Hearing the sound of footsteps gradually going away, Xia Yu turned from doubt to bewilderment.

Are you really leaving like this?

Does someone really go to the place of the person they like at night, just to take a look and stay for a while, and do nothing?

Xia Yu felt that she had been spoiled.

If it was someone else, he would definitely feel that the other party was playing hard to get, and was trying to trick him.

But that was Zhou Ding.

Xia Yu pursed her lips, feeling speechless for a moment.

At this time, Zhou Ding had already walked downstairs.

The snow outside was heavier again, and a thin layer had accumulated on the road, and it was raining. The rain and snow were mixed together, and it didn't look like it would stop anytime soon.

Zhou Ding did not go out immediately, but stood under the eaves and took out his mobile phone.

After waiting for a while, there were no calls or messages, and he was not too disappointed. He just lowered his eyes, put the phone back in his pocket, and prepared to rush back to the dormitory.

Just when he was about to sprint, there was a sudden vibration in his pocket.

Zhou Ding paused, and the corners of his mouth instantly curved up. After seeing the caller ID, the curvature became larger.He picks up the phone—

"Xia Yu?"

"It's raining outside, wait until the rain stops before you leave."