three feet away

On the second weekend of Zhou Qingming’s return to school, Zhang Qing was invited to dinner at an inconspicuous but very popular hot pot restaurant near the old campus of Xu Nuo School in the city center. There were three reasons. While talking about getting to know friends from their school, second, Zhang Qing and Xu Nuo are in the same department and share the same dormitory, so it is inevitable that Xu Nuo needs her to trouble her, and it is normal to invite guests to dinner occasionally. In the next semester, I started to go out on stage with my tutor, and I got some not too much but considerable income, so I should treat guests to dinner.

Xu Nuo and Zhang Qing's school is in the suburbs. Although the place to eat is next to the old campus, the two are not very familiar with it. When they went around to find it, it was already close to 06:30.

Just entered the store and sat down, Zhou Qingming handed over the tea that had already been placed at a suitable temperature. Zhang Qing swung his right hand to fan himself, while holding the teacup in his left hand, while drinking water, he asked Zhou Qingming, "Little one!" Qingming, didn't your promise tell me that you were going to introduce me a girlfriend? Why are you the only one? Where's my girlfriend?"

Zhou Qingming was taken aback by the question, turned his gaze to Xu Nuo's face, stared at her suspiciously, and asked her what was going on with his eyes.

Xu Nuo covered her mouth in embarrassment and let out a dry cough. She was annoyed by Xiao Z talking about her girlfriend in her ear every day. She didn't understand why their school was so big, and there were more than 5 students in dozens of departments. She is an undergraduate student at the school, but she insists on finding friends in Zhou Qingming's school, and even brazenly says that she is looking for a girlfriend. She doesn't think it needs to be low-key at all.The more times she asked, Xu Nuo's answers became less and less distracted. At first, she reminded her that even if she really introduced her, she was just a friend, and then she followed her and called her girlfriend, but she never expected this. It's okay for people to speak freely in front of him, but when facing Zhou Qingming, he just opens his mouth and is his girlfriend.

Xu Nuo didn't really intend to follow Zhang Qing's intention to submit the matter of friends to Zhou Qingming. The last time I accidentally mentioned it, I just casually said that Zhang Qing would like to know more friends, so we can get to know each other's classmates and communicate with each other. He didn't mention anything about his girlfriend, and now Xiao Z asked Zhou Qingming for a girlfriend as soon as he opened his mouth, which made Zhou Qingming look dazed and embarrassed himself.

"that…"

"Betrayal, you didn't tell Xiaoqingming, so? That's not what you told me in the dormitory." Seeing Xu Nuo's hesitation, Zhang Qing knew what was going on in a blink of an eye. He put down his teacup and stared at Xu Nuo, pretending to show his teeth He asked her viciously, "Why are you so unkind, kid? Did we stop talking about it last time? The emperor can't eat meat and the common people won't give them bones!"

Xu Nuo was speechless, and rolled his eyes at her: "You can do it, who told you that you can introduce a girlfriend after playing, and besides, there are no girls in our school, so why not, you insist on looking for it at the Conservatory of Music?"

"Hey, why do you look like a good student and forget which side you are from? Let me tell you, introduce me to a girlfriend, whether you like it or not, you and I are on the same side Zhang Qing was in a hurry, pointed at Xu Nuo and turned to Zhou Qingming, "Xiao Qingming, cooperating with your family's promise is never Didn't you mention introducing me to a girlfriend?"

Zhou Qingming stood beside him, understood what was going on, looked at Xu Nuo and then at Zhang Qing, and was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to answer: "That...little Z, you... also like girls?"

"Ah!" Zhang Qing replied with her neck raised, and angrily picked up her teacup and drank water again: "If I don't like girls, I can ask you to introduce them to me when you come to our school for the first time. My younger sister? I like my younger sister who studies art, so artistic~" Saying this, Zhang Qing sipped his tea and half-closed his eyes to fantasize.

"My sister, I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding about art students."

Zhang Qing's fantasies were interrupted by a smiley but full of flavor from behind, and the three of them turned their heads to look behind them together.

The person who promises to meet is Zhou Qingming's roommate, Huang Siying, who is said to be a seed student of the Broadcasting Department and has a good ventriloquism.Usually speaking is not like that just now, but once you pick it up, the correct and round Yu Jie's voice can make Yu Jie's voice control disarm and surrender in minutes.

Seeing the person coming, Zhang Qing quickly swallowed the tea in his mouth and wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and asked with a smile, "My sister, why did you say that?"

"Want to know?" Huang Siying raised her eyebrows, walked sideways to Zhou Qingming, chose a side to sit down on her own, turned over a teacup on the table, looked up at Zhang Qing who was nodding, and carefully The long index finger tapped the rim of the cup, brought out the Yujie voice, and said two words with the same air: "Pour tea."

"Hey, that's good." Zhang Qing was immediately fooled by this girl who didn't know if she was a sister or a sister, who was superior to ordinary people in terms of posture and appearance, and quickly nodded and smiled. The tea was poured with hooked waist.

Xu Nuo stood beside Zhou Qingming, took a look at Zhou Qingming, and asked her what happened to Huang Siying today, why did she change her voice when she was playing so well, Zhou Qingming looked back at her, pretending that I am also very worried. With a blank expression, he shrugged his shoulders.

The four of them were sitting around one side cooking hot pot. Zhang Qing was very excited. He talked twice as much as usual. He gave Huang Siying all the big and small things about the world. He didn't eat much during the whole process. People eating and drinking with the airs of a mature woman.On the other hand, An An enjoyed the treatment with peace of mind. From time to time, while Zhang Qing was pouring tea and water, Zhou Qingming, who looked up at her, winked playfully. The cold appearance made Zhou Qingming wonder what kind of medicine she was selling in the gourd, and Zhang Qing really thought that she was born with this appearance, and there was a large living person with such appearance and posture in front of him, The voice was still so pleasant, she immediately pulled her eyeballs away, and she didn't want to leave her classmate to make promises from the corner of her eye.

Although Xu Nuo was puzzled by Huang Siying, she was also happy and leisurely. It was rare that her ears didn't hurt when she was at the same table with Zhang Qing, so she seemed a little happy.Sitting on the other side and whispering to Zhou Qingming.

Time passed slowly, the sky was completely darkened, street lights were turned on in the alley outside the shop, the dark red light in the hot pot restaurant mixed with the dim yellow light outside the window fell on Xu Nuo who was sitting at the window, looking a little warm.Zhou Qingming stared at her from time to time, and smiled subconsciously. Every time at this time, Xu Nuo helped her pick up vegetables, reminded her to eat, and at the same time brought her back to her senses, so that the two people next to her would not notice that they were laughing at her. Although the two of them chatted with each other, they didn't seem to pay attention to them from the beginning to the end.

After dinner for three rounds, Zhou Qingming put down her chopsticks and rested her chin on her face to listen to Xu Nuo speaking French with adoring expression. Her expression was intoxicated as if she was listening to a music festival. He heard voices that were real and sometimes false, and he couldn't understand what she was talking about.But when Xu Nuo's lips, which became bright red after eating spicy food, opened and closed sentences she couldn't understand, her eyes were shining for her.

"What are you looking at?" Xu Nuo finished memorizing an article she liked in the textbook, and asked Zhou Qingming, who was staring at her non-stop, with a smile.Under the dark red light, Zhou Qingming's eyes were naked and fiery, as if there was a seed on her face, and her fiery eyes could make that seed germinate and bloom.

"Look at you." Zhou Qingming maintained the movement of propping up his chin, and opened his mouth lightly to spit out these two words.

Amused by her bold language, Xu Nuo pursed her lips and laughed softly.

Zhou Qingming looked at her and smiled, and then realized that he had just committed a nympho, pursed his mouth, blinked his eyes and said in a wronged way: "You look good~ I like to see you, you are so outstanding, so dazzling .”

"Where is it outstanding? Is it dazzling?" Xu Nuo narrowed his eyes and asked casually.

"enm..." Zhou Qingming thought for a moment, her eyes dimmed a little, she lowered her head, reached out to hold Xu Nuo's hand on the table, and asked in a low voice: "Xu Nuo, you are so dazzling, there will be many people Like you, will you be robbed in the future?"

Xu Nuo stared at Zhou Qingming's eyes, she could understand the emotion in her eyes, and could feel her sudden emotional uneasiness, she clenched her hand, smiled, just about to shake her head, Zhang The words of Qing passed on.

"Little Qingming, you are so cute. She is not as good-looking as you. You will not be snatched away. Can she still run away with others?"

"That's not good," I don't know if I think it's interesting to challenge Zhang Qing. As soon as Zhang Qing finished speaking, Huang Siying took over the conversation. Looking at the immature but already charming figure, she tilted her head and glanced lazily at Xu Nuo, then looked at Zhou Qingming and said:

"Qingming is now flying all over the world with her teacher, and she doesn't have so much time to stay here. Isn't there a chance that something will happen? Who doesn't know that there are many girls in your school, and you might know a sister in the public class Sister. Right, promise?"

"Our family, Qingming, likes you deeply. If there is such a day, I can't imagine how sad she will be."

Zhang Qing was delighted when he heard this, took a sip of the beer can, waved his hands and said with a smile, "Impossible, we all know the character of Xu Nuozi, who belongs to the kind of person who can't say a word for a long time. How can you expect her to tease others?"

"Then how did she chase our family's Qingming?" Huang Siying then asked back.

"This..." Little Z was at a loss for words, thought for a moment with sullen head, patted the table and raised his head and said: "That's impossible, our sophomore in the French department is busier than the freshman, and we have to lay the foundation for going abroad, and the number of places is limited. Now every day when I open my eyes, my oral grammar is almost exposed, and I don’t have time to talk to other girls. Besides, Xu Nuo is a person with traditional aesthetics, she can’t go out and like those A babe with blonde hair and blue eyes and big ass?"

"Going abroad? Why haven't I heard Qingming promise to go abroad? Qingming?" Huang Siying turned to look at Zhou Qingming.

Xu Nuo and Zhou Qingming originally just listened to the two drunk people muttering about themselves, they didn't intend to say anything, they listened to the two talking as a joke, they didn't expect Zhang Qing to take such a big matter so lightly Speak up.

Xu Nuo turned her head to look at Zhou Qingming the moment Zhang Qingming finished speaking. She suddenly couldn't understand the emotion in Zhou Qingming's eyes. She didn't know whether it was disappointment or sadness, but she didn't say anything. He came back to his senses in an instant, looked at Huang Siying and replied to her in a somewhat coquettish tone: "I can't tell you everything, can I?"

Huang Siying shrugged her shoulders, said yes, then turned her head away again.Zhou Qingming's eyes darkened the moment Huang Siying turned her head. She lowered her head, stared at Xu Nuo's hand, gently grasped it, and then slowly let it go. After repeating this several times, finally, it was still He let go of his hand and put it back to his side.

"Qingming..." Xu Nuo looked at Zhou Qingming's face, and felt a sudden choke in his heart, unable to go up or down, feeling uncomfortable.

On the other side, Zhang Qing and Huang Siying did not notice the subtle emotional changes between the two people here, and continued to argue around the topic just now.

After dinner, the four of them walked side by side in two groups. Xiao Z in the front followed Huang Siying to offer treasures, and Xu Xu walked side by side with Zhou Qingming in the back but remained silent.

The atmosphere between the two became very depressing, Xu Nuo sighed several times, hesitantly looked at Zhou Qingming's side face, but Zhou Qingming just stared forward, his gaze fell on Huang Siying and Xiao Z It still fell farther away. In short, after coming out of the hot pot restaurant, she didn't look at Xu Nuo again. This kind of silence lasted until the four of them came to the platform waiting for the bus back to school.

The car lights flashed and pulled over, Xiao Z waved his hand to Huang Siying and Zhou Qingming to say goodbye, then walked to the back of the carriage and waited for Xu Nuo to get on the car, while Xu Nuo lowered his head and stood motionless.

"Hey, Xu Nuo, are you going?" Huang Siying turned her head, glanced at Xu Nuo, and asked a question. Her original crisp voice became a little hoarse after being stuck in Yu Jie's voice all night.

Xu Nuo raised his head and waved to Zhang Qing who was looking out the window: "You go back first, I'll be late."

Zhang Qing grinned badly, said nothing, and sat down against the back of the chair.

After the car drove away, the three of them walked to Zhou Qingming's school side by side. Huang Siying seemed to realize something and didn't speak anymore. When she was about to enter the school gate, she nudged Zhou Qingming and reminded: "It's time to go to school. It's late, she's still here, are you taking her back to the dormitory or something?"

Zhou Qingming finally raised his head, looked at Huang Siying and smiled forcedly: "I'm not going back today."

"Well, I got it, I'll cover you." Huang Siying sighed, glared at Xu Nuo, turned and walked towards the school.

After Huang Siying left, Zhou Qingming lowered his head again, stepped on his own shadow, and walked towards the hotel next to the school.

Xu Nuo followed behind her, looking at the downcast back, her heart became even more uncomfortable. She didn't know how to tell Zhou Qingming about going abroad, and she was afraid of facing it, but she still had to face it after all.