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On the last weekend before the final exam, Xu Nuo didn't go home, and the summer vacation was coming soon. After the exam, she had no reason to stay in school, and Yan Ruyi had to go back to her hometown to escape the summer after she finished grading.Nearly half a month in advance, she began to be reluctant. She wanted to cling to Yan Ruyi and not let her go, but also felt that she was so naive. On the one hand, she was scratching her head and trying to find a way to prolong the time between the two of them. On the other hand, On the other hand, he was afraid of Yan Ruyi's jokes.It was Friday afternoon. After school, I lingered in the dormitory until everyone had left before getting up and going to Yan Ruyi's dormitory.

The small courtyard was very clean, as if everyone had left, Xu Nuo walked lightly to the door of Yan Ruyi's dormitory, but found a lock on the door.

Yan Ruyi never said that she was going home, and besides, the final exam was next week, so there was no need for her to go home now.Xu Nuo took out his phone a little discouraged, and should have told Yan Ruyi in advance, if she wants to make a joke, she can just make a joke.It's better than finding no one to ask her where to turn the surprise into a joke.

The other end of the phone was a bit noisy, and Yan Ruyi's voice was a little louder than usual, and he didn't say hello politely like ordinary people on the phone, but just asked in a smiling and doting voice: "I'm home ?”

"No." Xu Nuo replied dully, looked down at his white sneakers, and rubbed his feet on the newly sprouted moss outside Yan Ruyi's dormitory.

"Where are you?" Xu Shi promised that it was too quiet here, Yan Ruyi immediately realized that she was not on the bus going home, and asked in a quieter place.

Xu Nuo pursed her lips, and said reluctantly, "It's at school."

"where?"

Yan Ruyi smiled, and when she asked this question, she even deliberately dragged the end of the sentence for a long time, with a hint of teasing in her tone.This smile made Xu Nuo feel a little itchy in his heart, and he wished he could fly to Yan Ruyi's side to see her smiling face. Recently, Yan Ruyi was not in a good mood. Shao Zai stepped off the podium and came to Xu Nuo, as if deliberately avoiding it. Xu Nuo asked her several times, but she denied it with a smile.Xu Nuo thought that she was still brooding about her ex-boyfriend, and she didn't want Yan Ruyi to feel that she was ignorant, so she didn't ask any further questions, and just wanted to give her some time.Neither of them mentioned the matter again.

Xu Nuo stepped on the moss under her feet, and raised her voice slightly awkwardly: "It's at your door!" She knew that Yan Ruyi asked that on purpose, it was close to 06:30, everyone had left, she said that there Where else could the school be besides her side?

"Hehehe... I thought you forgot to send me a message that you went home, but it turned out that you still stayed at school and didn't leave?"

Yan Ruyi's chuckling voice came from the receiver, making Xu Nuo even more unnatural. She touched her face, turned around and sat down on the steps of Yan Ruyi's door, and muttered awkwardly into the phone: "Can you stop laughing? If you laugh again, I'm going home."

"Okay, I won't laugh at you anymore, you tsundere brat, I'm shopping for vegetables in the mall near the school, come and find me, I'll wait for you at the entrance on the third floor."

When Xu Nuo rushed to the shopping mall, Yan Ruyi was waiting for her at the escalator on the third floor with a smile.She tilted her head slightly, pursed her mouth deliberately not to look at Yan Ruyi's smug expression.She regretted it, she should have gone home, she shouldn't have given Yan Ruyi such a chance to be proud of her current state.It's as if she is a very clingy and arrogant child, but what can I do if I am not arrogant.She couldn't just be laughed at by someone just now, and immediately go to ask for petting, right?Although on the way Yan Ruyi couldn't see, she was indeed in a happy mood and her backpack seemed to be flying up as she walked.But as soon as Yan Ruyi came into view from the corner of her eye, she immediately put away the happy expression on her face, pretending that I was still unhappy before stepping into the elevator.But she couldn't help but want to see Yan Ruyi, she missed her very much, the clean smile on her face, and the soft light in his eyes when he looked at her.Although she has been behaving strangely lately, it doesn't affect her thinking about her, wanting to see her, wanting to hug her.

She deliberately avoided Yan Ruyi when she came to the elevator, pouted as if she hadn't seen her, and went directly to the shelf in the next bathing area.

Yan Ruyi was not annoyed, and with a smile on his lips, he pushed the cart and followed her unhurriedly, watching her pretending to be serious, touching this and that, and awkwardly refusing to say anything in a low voice when the salesman came up to sell. Just take a look at yourself.

Xu Nuo said that his voice was pitifully low when he was just looking around, as if it was a waste of effort to refuse the salesperson and he was extremely embarrassed, Yan Ruyi stared at her slightly red side face, and the smile on his face deepened.

Xu Nuo waited for a long time, but he didn't see that person coming up to speak. From the corner of his vision, he caught a glimpse of her looking at him and smiling furtively. Did not say.She gritted her teeth, angrily threw the shampoo in front of her four or five into the cart in Yan Ruyi's hand, and now Yan Ruyi quit, and quickly took it out while holding back a smile and said: "Little devil, Just buy a bottle."

Xu Nuo ignored her, pursed her lips all the way, but hooked Yan Ruyi's cart back with her left hand to prevent her from changing the direction, and then remembered the thing that caught her eye, and threw another bag in it, regardless of what it was, whether it was necessary or not get on.

One of the two took it without looking at the front, and the other carefully placed it in the back according to the rules, without saying a word, but they both showed great enjoyment.

"Huh? Teacher Yan?"

When I came to the living area from the bathing area, I ran into a girl from the third class next door. She looked at Xu Nuo and Yan Ruyi with a complicated expression.

Xu Nuo knows her, knows her name, and knows that she is the class monitor of class [-], and the class teacher of class [-] is her chemistry teacher. Occasionally, after the unit test, she will hear the chemistry teacher mention several outstanding names, and this girl is one of them.

As soon as she heard someone calling Yan Ruyi, Xu Nuo let go of Yan Ruyi's hand that was hooked on Yan Ruyi's cart. She pretended to be nonchalant and glanced sideways at the girl, then walked slowly to another shelf .She was a little nervous, afraid that the person would ask Yan Ruyi why she was with her, and how much she had watched her and Yan Ruyi's actions just now, all these made her worry, she didn't care about anything, but she was afraid that others would tell Yan Ruyi Make irresponsible remarks, although it seems that it is not impossible for teachers and students to go to the supermarket together, it is not a matter of course.

Two minutes later, Yan Ruyi pushed the cart around the shelf and found Xu Nuo with a natural expression. Xu Nuo looked at her face, then at the girl who was twisting a pack of toilet paper to the cashier area, and asked Yan Ruyi with a stiff expression. : "Did she ask anything special?"

"What?" Yan Ru asked while looking at the items on the shelf.

"That is, it is similar to the question of why you and I go to the supermarket together."

Yan Ruyi put a pack of wet tissues into the cart, then raised her eyebrows and looked at Xu Nuo: "No."

Xu Nuo breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to support the other side of the cart and stood side by side with Yan Ruyi, and murmured, "Shouldn't it be strange?"

I don't know if Yan Ruyi didn't hear Xu Nuo's words clearly, she didn't answer this question, but suddenly reached out and touched Xu Nuo's head, smiled and pushed the car forward.

Xu Nuo pursed his lips, always feeling that something was wrong, but couldn't explain clearly, feeling a little uneasy.

It was close to 07:30 when I returned to Yan Ruyi's dormitory, and the sky had not yet completely darkened. Yan Ru handed Xu Nuo a key and arranged for her to enter the room to store things, while she went directly to the sink with the ingredients she needed later.

The yard was very quiet, only the sound of water flowing through Yan Ruyi's hands could be heard. Xu Nuo stood beside her at the laundry table, watching her bent over and carefully washing the tomatoes into the vegetable basket next to her. I couldn't help asking, "Yan Ruyi, what would happen if someone found out that we were together before I graduated?"

Yan Ruyi's hand holding the tomato trembled, and the movement froze for a second, then turned her head to look at her and asked, "You've been thinking about these issues!"

Xu Nuo flattened the corners of her lips, noncommittal.

Yan Ruyi stared at her face for a while, and then said slowly: "Xu Nuo, can you promise me. No matter what, you must study hard?"

"What do you mean?" Xu Nuo didn't understand the meaning of Yan Ruyi's sudden words.It was like ringing an alarm bell in her ears, telling her that her relationship with Yan Ruyi would one day be exposed to the world.

"I don't care." Acting indifferently, Xu Nuo reached out and grabbed a cleaned tomato, put it near her mouth, and took a bite. I raised my head and looked at the stars hanging in the sky at an unknown time, and said quietly: "I don't care if I can go to college or not, and I don't care if others know, I just care...." Will this sentence affect you or not? Before he finished speaking, Yan Ruyi snatched away the chatter.

"But I care." Yan Ruyi suddenly lowered his voice.

Xu Nuo stared at Yan Ruyi in surprise, unable to believe what he heard.Could it be that at this time, as a lover, even if you are really worried in your heart, shouldn't you say something nice?After the two stared at each other for a few seconds, Xu Nuo came back to his senses, swallowed the tomato in his mouth with great effort, and held up the remaining tomato in front of Yan Ruyi with a smirk: "It's so sour!" Yeah." After finishing speaking, he turned and walked to the room.

Yan Ruyi rushed up when she just walked into the cubicle, and embraced her from behind.

Holding the tomato, Xu Nuo leaned against Yan Ruyi's arms sadly, thinking that she would say some comforting words, but she didn't expect that she buried her head in her ear and pressed her voice to ask: "Promise me."

The sadness in her heart could not be restrained, Xu Nuo closed her eyes, turned to face Yan Ruyi, she held Yan Ruyi's face, forced her to look at herself, and then said to her word by word: "Mr. Yan, you Don't worry, no one will know, and, I have made a promise with someone, I will definitely keep my promise and get admitted to a key university."

Yan Ruyi lowered his eyebrows, looked at Xu Nuo's angry and mocking eyes, didn't speak any more, just raised his hand to remove Xu Nuo's hand that was imprisoned on his face, turned around and walked out.

Looking at her back, Xu Nuo suddenly felt very ironic. She felt that Yan Ruyi didn't like her relationship with her, that's why she acted so sensitive when this issue was first touched. She didn't care about herself, but she cared about her. Yan Ruyi, how could she really be as calm as she said and not care about anything?Yan Ruyi's behavior made her feel very hurt, and Yan Ruyi's depressed appearance recently made her feel a little depressed, so she went back to the outside room to pick up her backpack and prepared to go back to the dormitory.If she had known it would cause trouble, she would have gone home directly today.

When Yan Ruyi heard the movement behind her, she turned around and saw that Xu Nuo had already reached the entrance of the alley. She threw away the half-washed vegetables in her hand, quickly caught up and grabbed Xu Nuo's wrist, scolding her angrily in a low voice: " Promise, can you stop being so childish?"

Are you childish?Xu Nuo sneered: "Didn't you always call me a kid and say that I have only one, so why can't I be childish? Every day you look so preoccupied and hesitant to speak, isn't it because you regret being with me and are afraid of breaking up with me? Are childish people more rebellious? But you are wrong, Yan Ruyi, I am not as fragile as you think."

Shaking off Yan Ruyi's hands that were still wet with cold water, Xu Nuo turned around and said in a calm voice, "You regret it, don't you? When I came to save you regardless of myself, you were so moved that you lost your direction." Is it? It’s been a long time now, and that man came back to look for you again, so you’re starting to find yourself again, right?!” In the last sentence, Xu Nuo almost yelled under her throat. She curled her lips and looked at him jokingly. With Yan Ruyi's blurred face, there was a complex emotion in his heart, such as the joy of venting and the pain of cutting the flesh of his heart with his own hands.

Yan Ruyi stood in a daze for a long time, and finally woke up in the cool wind blowing in from outside the alley. She raised her hand slowly, like an old man in old age, and waved her hand stiffly and stutteringly at Xu Nuo, with a strong and strong expression. The nasal voice said to her, "Let's go." After that, he turned around slowly, ignoring the faucet that was still running, and just hooked his head and walked towards his dormitory.

Xu Nuo stood at the same spot, looking at Yan Ruyi's back, her heart ached as if someone had taken a knife to gouge out the flesh on the tip of her heart, why did this happen?Why would he say those things that hurt her heart so recklessly?Does she really want to break up?If so, why does she look so sad now...

Xu Nuo couldn't turn a blind eye to Yan Ruyi's sadness in the end, she turned around and trotted back to the room, stood beside Yan Ruyi before she could catch her breath, stretched out her hand to grab Yan Ruyi who was sitting in front of the desk, and turned her legs against the room behind her. The door was kicked shut, and then she held Yan Ruyi's face out of breath, looked at the tears in the corners of her eyes and said angrily: "I didn't say goodbye, why did you ask me to go?! It's me who should cry, why do you want to cry?" Make such an aggrieved appearance, Yan Ruyi, you are relying on the fact that I like you so unscrupulously making my heart hurt, making me sad, right?!"

Pushing Yan Ruyi back and taking a step back, taking advantage of the inexplicable height advantage gained over the past few months, he pressed her hard against the desk behind her, holding the back of Yan Ruyi's head with one hand and pulling her back with the other hand. She leaned forward and kissed Yan Ruyi's lips fiercely.

Yan Ruyi's tears slipped down the moment he promised to kiss her, soaking between their lips and tongues.Xu Nuo was terribly annoyed, but after tasting the saltiness of Yan Ruyi's tears, she suddenly subdued, and her lips became cautious. She lowered her eyebrows and licked away the tears from the corner of Yan Ruyi's eyes, and pressed her head against Yan Ruyi's forehead, holding back Unable to feel wronged, she asked Yan Ruyi sadly with a strong nasal voice: "Can I not break up? I will be obedient..."

As soon as she finished her humble and aggrieved words, Yan Ruyi hugged her violently. Her hot tears fell on Xu Nuo's neck and burned Xu Nuo's flesh. Xu Nuo felt sorry for her and wanted to push her away to wipe her tears. After she realized the intention, she was hugged even tighter, and she cried silently for a long time relying on the promise, before Yan Ruyi choked up and said a word: "I came to find out what happened in your inner playground that day, someone saw it..."