sunken square

This night became very strange in Chen Yuechi's memory, every detail was clear, but connected together it was like a dream.So much so that for a long time he wasn't sure if he really sat in the stairwell with Guan Rong in the middle of the night.

Everything was damp, he heard the sound of ticking that night, and recalled that it was not rain, but dew condensation in the corner of the wall.

He still remembered Guan Rong asking him at night: "Are you at the convenience store or the cake shop tomorrow afternoon?"

He replied that he was in the cake shop until eight o'clock in the afternoon, and Guan Rong said, "Can you save a handmade bread for me?"

Later, he leaned against Chen Yuechi and fell asleep.At first, his head tilted uncontrollably, simply pressing on Chen Yuechi's shoulder, and after a while he couldn't stand it anymore, and moved a little.Chen Yue insisted on letting go, but heard the sound of rapid and uncomfortable breathing, maybe Guan Rong was having a nightmare.He hesitated for a moment, then gently shook Guan Rong's head, letting him rest on his shoulder.

too close.Chen Yuechi is really not used to being too close to people, so he can't fall asleep all the time.But Guan Rong obviously felt more comfortable, and his breathing quickly became steady.

At dawn, Chen Yuechi returned to his rental house. It was too cold in the early morning, and the quilt was like a gift.He lay in the drunkenness that came after a long time, and within a short period of two hours, he fell into a dreamless sleep.

At eight o'clock the next night, the store should close.The boss Lei Ge collected the bill and left, the younger sister rushed to class and left earlier, only Chen Yuechi was in the shop.

At a quarter past eight, Chen Yuechi felt that he must have heard wrongly. Although he didn't drink much yesterday, he might be a little drunk.Or maybe Guan Rong was still drunk when he was talking, and he forgot when he woke up.

At 08:30, Chen Yuechi was about to leave.

Handmade bread is the specialty of the cake shop. The master chef only makes it once a day, and there are very few leftovers. Sometimes it is too late to buy.Chen Yuechi took out the portion reserved for Guan Rong, and settled the bill for himself.

He was about to pull the shutter door when he went out, but when he turned around, he saw Guan Rong not far away.He was walking towards this side, followed by a young man, and the two seemed to be arguing.

Chen Yue insisted that he should not look at evil, but he couldn't help but take a closer look. The young man was not the one who came back to pick up Guan Rong.

"I should have told you clearly, don't come to me again." Guan Rong said.

The young man spoke very anxiously, and said in a low voice: "Brother Rong, please give me a chance."

Chen Yue kept listening and almost sang along.

Guan Rong glanced at him from a distance, but the young man didn't notice.Chen Yuechi didn't dodge Guan Rong's gaze, but just smiled.

"If you keep doing this, we friends won't have to do it." Guan Rong said.

The more the young man talked, the more sad he became: "Tell me what I did wrong, can I change it?"

Guan Rong couldn't bear it anymore, and the temperature in his tone had dropped to freezing point: "Are you disgusting? Can't you understand people's language? You want the answer so much, so just spread it out. You don't want to be a hypocritical friend. Because you are not a friend to me at all. I usually sell the Children’s Palace to save face, and I don’t want to cause unnecessary influence among my colleagues. From now on, if you see me again, please pretend that you don’t know me. Otherwise, the result will be either You disappear immediately, or I disappear immediately."

The young man was startled, seeing that he was about to leave, he immediately reached out to grab him.Guan Rong threw him away violently, with a hostile look on his face.

Chen Yuechi was also taken aback, although the distance was not too close, he could see that Guan Rong's complexion was serious.It should be real.

After a stalemate for a while, Guan Rong said word by word: "Please stay away from me."

Chen Yuechi returned to the store and sat at the table for a few minutes. Guan Rong opened the door and came in without looking at him. He went straight to the back kitchen: "Borrow the bathroom."

There was a sound of rushing water, but he didn't close the door. Chen Yuechi could see him rubbing his hands vigorously until his wrists and forearms were red.

It took a long time for the sound of water to stop, and Guan Rong came out with wet hands.Chen Yue hesitated to speak, but Guan Rong still didn't look at him. He frowned and looked at his hands. There was an undisguised disgust in his words, and he said, "I hate it when people touch me, but they still touch me."

Chen Yue insisted that a person like Mr. Guan would have to suffer a lot every day working in the backstreet.Suddenly there was genuine sympathy in my heart.

He didn't know what was going on, and although he was surprised by Guan Rong's aggressive performance tonight, he had no position to ask questions, nor was he qualified to judge anyone.I had to keep a calm face and said, "Do you want more bread?"

Guan Rong first looked at his face, then saw the paper bag in his hand, and finally his expression slowly relaxed: "I'm sorry to keep you waiting for me for so long."

Chen Yue smiled: "It's okay, there is no class today."

After walking out of the sunken square, they started talking again. They chatted a few things about the store, and the two of them spoke at the same time——

"There's something I want to ask you."

"Can I ask you something?"

Chen Yuechi said, "Teacher Guan, please speak first."

Guan Rong didn't refuse either: "I didn't say anything strange yesterday, did I?"

"No," Chen Yuechi said, "You were very quiet after drinking." After a pause, he asked, "You don't remember?"

Guan Rong rubbed his temples: "There is a fragment."

Chen Yuechi was shocked: "Is it broken?"

"Ah." Guan Rong was puzzled, "What? Did I really say something or did something?"

"No, no," Chen Yue waved his hands, "It's just...you really can't tell when you're drunk. You can walk in a straight line and speak clearly."

Guan Rong smiled: "I'm really sorry yesterday, and thank you very much. I'll treat you to dinner in two days."

Chen Yue responded hurriedly: "Don't be so polite, it's really nothing, you still bought me a drink."

"Who are we to be polite?" Guan Rong gave him a strange look, "Or if you need help, please tell me at any time."

Chen Yue smiled.

Guan Rong asked: "What did you want to ask just now?"

If Guan Rong didn't say what he said just now, Chen Yuechi might have asked him for help, but Guan Rong said it first, and he suddenly made up his mind not to speak.It wasn't until later that Chen Yuechi realized that he wasn't afraid of being in debt at all, nor was he worried that Guan Rong would feel that he wanted something, but he just made an excuse for himself that he didn't want to face it.

Because there are so many things that he has never thought through clearly.Didn't even dare to think about it.

"Nothing important," he replied, "I just wanted to ask you if there is any good place to rent a house near the square."

Guan Rong looked at him for a long time, and Chen Yuechi had to look away.Said: "My neighborhood is not bad."

Chen Yuechi laughed: "Then I'll move in and be your neighbor when I save some money."

Guan Rong nodded.After a while of silence, the two said "thank you" in unison.Guan Rong said: "Don't thank me, I've heard enough."

Chen Yue responded obediently: "Okay."

Guan Rong bent his eyes helplessly, as if he couldn't bear to look at Chen Yuechi again, he turned his head to look at the shop on the side of the road, the curvature of the corner of his mouth quickly disappeared.