three feet away

"Are you waiting for someone?"

At noon on the third day of "Green Fly"'s duty, Xu Nuo and Xiao Jing ate under the pergola around the only desk.

Zhang Qiming was sitting by the flower bed facing Xu Nuo with his rice bowl in his hand. Seeing that she glanced at her phone before starting to eat lunch, she couldn't help but ask her.

"No." Xu Nuo answered with his head down, picked all the shredded pork in the bowl to the side, and only ate green peppers and vegetables.

Xiao Jing stared at her bowl, saw that she carefully picked all the shredded meat in the bowl to a corner without raising her eyelids, and asked her strangely: "Promise you don't eat meat? I see you these days Throw the shredded meat aside."

After listening to what Zhu Yuan said, he took the initiative to pick up the quarrel, stood up from Zhang Qiming, moved to Xiao Jing's side, and explained to her while putting the food in his mouth: "She is good at everything, but she is picky eater. She always talks about the meat in school. It doesn't taste delicious, otherwise you think how could she be so thin."

Xu Nuo's mood was extremely depressed, and he ignored the conversations of several people about him one by one, only lowered his head to eat, and did not speak.

For three whole days, she couldn't count how many times she looked at her phone and logged in how many times, but she didn't know whether that person never logged in or every time she logged in, she happened to be away. I haven't seen that pink rabbit online either.

Every time I pick up the phone and put it down again, it is a kind of torment for the promise, a kind of torment in which the expectation raised from countless disappointments is abruptly replaced by disappointment again.

At the age of 17, she didn't know the reason for the loss and sadness that accumulated in her heart. She only knew that she wanted to see that person and talk to her, even if it was just innocuous. Just a question: Have you had lunch?

But she has no chance.This week-long sanitation activity may be a beautiful thing like pie from heaven for others, but for her, because she can't see Yan Ruyi, it has become an annoying job.

Not participating in the chat, she quickly fell into her own silent little world. Eating became a natural but stiff mechanical movement of her hands. She kept chewing the dry rice in her mouth, her thoughts wandering and she didn't know where to turn. Where is it.

It wasn't until the word Teacher Yan suddenly came from her silent world that she seemed to be lifted from the spell of distraction. She suddenly raised her head from the silence and asked the three people who were still talking: "What did you say?"

"what?"

"...?"

"what? What?"

The conversation between the three of them was interrupted, they held the bowl and turned to look at her slightly upturned head blankly, and asked in unison.

Xu Nuo felt that her mind was so confused that she couldn't make sense of it. She looked at the three people in front of her and thought for a while before recalling the voice she heard just now like a dream. Her expression was a little awkward. Question: "What do you want to do with Yan Ruyi?"

As soon as Zhu Yuan heard that she was asking the biology teacher, he held the bowl and gave her a blank look and said carelessly, "I'll go, I promise, you're too late, right? We changed the topic for a minute before you realized it."

Zhang Qiming didn't speak, just stood where he was, glanced into Xu Nuo's eyes, then took a step back to the side and sat by the flower bed again, turning his head to look at the junior high school students running wildly chasing footballs in the playground.

Seeing that he couldn't get any news from the first two people, Xu Nuo naturally turned his head to Xiao Jing who was sitting face to face with him.

Xu Nuo turned to look at herself, Xiao Jing smiled at her awkwardly, because she couldn't figure out why Xu Nuo, who was obviously in a fugue just now, would suddenly come back after she inadvertently mentioned Yan Ruyi, but she still spoke softly. She explained:

"I just ran into the class monitor in the cafeteria and said that Teacher Yan told me to go to her dormitory to get the test questions after class in the afternoon. Because of the hygiene week, our class couldn't pass the unit test questions this time, so I had to take them home and use them as homework on the weekend."

After hearing what Xu Nuo said, he smiled slightly at Xiao Jing and said, "Oh." Then he didn't speak again.

After this little episode, several people fell into lively chatting and laughing again, and no one asked any more questions.

Only Zhang Qiming was hooking his waist and laughing occasionally, looking at Xu Nuo who was silent and not participating in the chat from time to time. Every time he looked at him, his eyes became extremely complicated. That kind of complexity was a combination of distress, doubt, and love. Worry.

After lunch, Xu Nuo didn't take a lunch break, but just half-lyed on the table to recuperate. The breeze in the small garden was soft and warm. Her heart became very quiet and peaceful under the noon sun. She didn't continue to look at her phone. All sounds that had nothing to do with her were completely blocked, and the noisy cicadas became the gentlest background music in her heart.

After Xiao Jing said that she wanted to go to Yan Ruyi, her heart became so quiet, she waited quietly, yes, she made a decision at the same time Xiao Jing said that she would go to Yan Ruyi's dormitory, she wanted to go to see Yan Ruyi with Xiao Jing Seeing Yan Ruyi, as a good classmate accompanying Xiao Jing, she wanted to see her.

The decision was only a matter of a moment, and after that moment, Xu Nuo's impetuous and tormented heart became very quiet, she felt like a criminal who had accepted the death sentence, and her heart was calm as if she was ready to die with peace of mind, no need to struggle anymore Half a point, even though this metaphor is very inappropriate, she really thinks so at the moment, although in fact, she is actually a little happy.

Xiao Jing was a little surprised that Xu Xu offered to go to the teacher's dormitory with her. She froze for a moment, then smiled and took Xu Nuo's hand.

Xu Nuo followed her hooking her arm for less than three seconds, and then naturally withdrew her hand in the forward movement. She was not used to the kind of intimate movements that were so natural for girls.

Yan Ruyi's dormitory is in a row of old blue-tiled houses surrounded by two teacher buildings. She promises that she has never been here, and she doesn't even know that there is such a yard behind the two dormitory buildings.

Xu Nuo followed Xiao Jing through the small alley between the two apartment buildings, and saw a tile-roofed house that looked extremely small compared to the building in front.

The facilities outside the Qingwa house are simple, with shared water pipes and a washing table. In the yard, there is a large area of ​​moss that has not been cleaned in time due to drying clothes and leaking water pipes. It is black and blue in the sun.There are three rows of clotheslines in the middle of the yard where the sun can be exposed to the sun for a long time, and the clothes of the people who live here are hung here and there. When the breeze blows, there is a faint fragrance of washing powder. It looks like Grandma Xu The rustic structure of the home is the same, although it is simple but clean, but compared with the teacher's apartment next to it, it looks a bit shabby.

The yard is large and clean. There are six rooms lined up with wooden doors. Due to the age, most of the paint has peeled off. The early autumn sun shines on it, casting mottled spots of light, which are a bit dazzling.

"Are the teachers still taking a nap?" Xiao Jing poked her head and whispered in Xu Nuo's ear.

"Do you know which room Yan Ruyi is in?" Xu Nuo didn't answer Xiao Jing, she kept her gaze on the room with a fresh light green curtain behind the small window, and a pot was placed on the window sill facing the sun. There is green aloe vera on the desk behind the window, and a small iron blade fan is working hard. Every time I turn my head, a corner of the curtain is blown to reveal an open laptop computer.

Xu Nuo stared at that side, for some reason, she felt that Yan Ruyi was inside.

All the rooms were closed, and no one knew which room Yan Ruyi lived in. Xiao Jing didn't dare to knock on the door recklessly for fear of disturbing the teacher who was taking a lunch break.Standing there, tangled, not knowing what to do.

"Do you have Yan Ruyi's phone number?"

"No, I don't bring my mobile phone to school." Xiao Jing shook her head honestly, looking worried at Xu Nuo.

Xu Nuo sighed, she lowered her head and straightened her white waist-pinch shirt, and took a closer look at her cropped pants and canvas shoes, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong, she went straight to the room she had identified. Just knock on a door and ask."

Xiao Jing realized what she promised to do and followed her with nervous small steps.

Xu Nuo walked to the door of the room with aloe vera on the window sill, raised his hand, and knocked on it without hesitation for a second.

Soon there was the sound of a chair being pushed away from the door, and then the door of the room was opened.

There was a very faint sweet smell coming from the room, it was a faint fragrance, like standing under the wintersweet tree after the rain, closing your eyes and raising your head to smell the moist but fresh and pleasant fragrance.Standing at the door, Xu Nuo exchanged a glance with the tall and slender man in front of him, opened his mouth slightly in surprise, and didn't realize what to say, only felt that the place where his eyes touched was so dazzling.

Yan Ru's satin-like long hair, which looks very soft, is gone...

Xu Nuo stood there blankly, as if she didn't know the person in front of her, she wasn't the lady-like look that was swaying in her heart these days, the current her, with neat and capable broken hair, was extremely stylish, she She wore a white shirt of the same color as her and sky blue ripped cow cropped jeans. The place where the corners of the clothes meet the waist of the trousers perfectly outlined her slender waist and buttocks. The casually worn plastic slippers looked so perfect.

Is she still the dignified yet humorous Yan Ruyi standing on the podium?

"Promise?"

"Promise?"

The sleeves were pulled, and Xu Nuo came back from her own world. She looked up at Xiao Jing, a little dazed.

Yan Ruyi had already returned to the room, standing by the desk and staring at her with his lips curled into a smile that was not a smile, and seeing her come back to his senses, he asked her in a relaxed and joking tone: "Xuannuo, how do you manage to be able to stay in the future regardless of time and place?" Form and spirit separated?"

Xu Nuo's ears felt a little hot, she knew that Yan Ruyi was joking about her mind-wandering when she was late for class last time, she followed Xiao Jing into the door with some embarrassment, she didn't dare to face Yan Ruyi any more, she just looked down at Yan Ruyi's nails The trimmed round toes do not speak, but the heart is beating fast.

"Here."

Yan Ruyi handed the two of them a palm-sized crispy peach, and reminded her when she made the promise.

Xu Nuo stared at the red and green peaches in her palm, but missed the moment when Yan Ruyi's fingers slid across her palm, she gently bent her fingers, held the crisp peaches in her hand, Keep that skin-to-skin feel in the palm of your hand.

Yan Ruyi's room is very fragrant, which is the feeling Xu Nuo had before entering the room. In the not spacious room, there is a desk with a window, a wooden wardrobe against the canopy bed against the wall, and a There is a table with a delicate rice cooker and bowls and chopsticks, and in the corner stands a refrigerator that is only half the size of ordinary households, and the peaches that promise to be in his hand are taken out by Yan Ruyi.

Although the sparrow is small and well-equipped with all internal organs, there is a scent of summer sunshine that belongs to Yan Ruyi, just like the promise of the best childhood in memory.

"This test paper, you can take it back and hand it out on Friday. Tell the students to close the book as much as possible. I will comment next week. Then you can mark it yourself and see the performance level. The mid-term exam is coming soon. Your class suddenly participated in the health week. Classes are a little stressful."

When Yan Ruyi was talking to Xiao Jing, Xu Nuo stood by Yan Ruyi's desk and looked at Yan Ruyi's computer. The fat boy on the screen who beat up his mother angrily was also Xu Nuo's favorite character.She didn't expect that Yan Ruyi liked to watch Crayon Shin-chan, but what she watched was the silent version with the sound turned off.

When the frame on the screen ended, Xu Nuo turned her head and glanced at Yan Ruyi. She lowered her head and was explaining to Xiao Jing the question she asked just now. The contents of the textbooks in the remarks are serious and detailed.

She probably had her hair cut just now, and there were still some fine hairs near the collar of her neck, and the necklace she promised to remember hanging around her neck was gone.

Dididi's **message came from the computer, Xu Nuo turned her head suddenly, looked at the avatar at the bottom right corner of the screen that was beating desperately, her eyelids twitched, she calmly took out her mobile phone, and logged in* *, the flying rabbit clearly shows that it is not online...

She didn't know how to describe her feelings, she was blocked by Yan Ruyi, or what's more, she was blackmailed by Yan Ruyi... She didn't know what she did wrong, maybe, she said that she was broken in love that day and she talked too much How many words of comfort?But it's just some words of concern, as for?

"what happened to you?"

When Yan Ruyi appeared in front of her with a surprised and clearly concerned expression, Xu Nuo realized that she was crying. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand in a panic, facing Xiao Jing who also looked blank, she wanted to keep Calm, but when she looked at Yan Ruyi, she couldn't help feeling aggrieved.She didn't do anything wrong... She just cared about her. Could it be wrong to care about her?

"What's wrong with Xu Nuo? Sudden stomach pain?" Xiao Jing looked at Xu Nuo and then at Yan Ruyi helplessly, not knowing what happened.

"What's wrong?" Yan Ru stood up all the time, walked up to Xu Nuo, looked at her choked eyes seriously and solemnly, reached out and wiped her tears with her thumb: "Xu Nuo, tell the teacher, you What's the matter? It was fine just now."

Tears blurred Xu Nuo's vision, she stared at Yan Ruyi's broken face for a long time, opened her mouth and said stubbornly: "No matter how light a rabbit is, it can't fly, because it has no wings at all!"

"..." After hearing the words, Yan Ruyi froze in surprise, and only said a word after a long time: "You..."

Xu Nuo closed his eyes in pain, suddenly bent down, and bowed deeply to Yan Ruyi, "I'm sorry."

When she turned around and ran towards the alley in front of the courtyard, Xu Nuo heard Yan Ruyi calling her name behind her, but she didn't look back.