three feet away

On the Friday after the midterm exam, the school organized an autumn outing for the first and second graders.

Promise that when everyone in the dormitory is happily preparing the backpacks and clothes to wear the next day, they take their mobile phones and walk to the balcony.

The windy and sunny day and the clear sky turned into a sky full of stars at night. She leaned halfway on the corridor, her eyes staring straight ahead. This was something she would do every night for a while.

When the wind blows in early autumn, she can even smell the sweetness of the freshly cut rice roots in the nearby farmland.It is the same as the smell of the camphor tree in front of you, which makes people feel peaceful.

On the phone screen, the time has jumped to 21:17, Xu Nuo gently clicked on QQ, hesitating whether to send a message to Yan Ruyi, Yan Ruyi was not assigned to her class to invigilate the exam these two days, she She hadn't seen her for two whole days, and she suddenly wanted to see Yan Ruyi, in the name of a [-]-year-old girl's promise, not in the name of Yan Ruyi's student, what is Yan Ruyi doing now?

After staring at the screen and watching the number on it jump from fifty to 55, Xu Nuo finally let out a sigh of relief. She took her hand to the balcony, half pressed her body on the tiled countertop wetted by night dew after the heat receded, Click on Yan Ruyi's profile picture and send her three words: Teacher Yan.

Yan Ruyi quickly replied with a question mark expression, and then another sentence popped up on the screen: Haven't slept yet?What about your dormitory teacher?

Being asked such a question, Xu Nuo really looked around and saw that the lights in each dormitory were still on, she suddenly reacted, and muttered to the screen in a funny way: There are still 10 minutes before the lights are turned off to check the dormitory.

"It's not time to check bed yet."

"Oh? Really? I don't know much about it."

"Yes." Xu Nuo nodded, she felt that Yan Ruyi's tone of voice used today was very strange, she had never used such words in front of her before, it was a bit whiny, and a little bit, unlike Yan Ruyi, but she still had a serious expression As if Yan Ruyi was standing in front of her right now, "Will you go for an autumn outing tomorrow?"

"Yes, all the teachers in the first and second grades have arranged to go together. You bunch of big-ass kids, you don't send a few teachers to go with you, what's the matter?"

Although Xu Nuo was a little ashamed of the big fart, she still couldn't help but feel excited when she saw the quick reply on the screen.Yan Ruyi's determination to go to her made her even more excited because of chatting with her.

"What are you doing?" Xu Nuo deliberately removed the word "teacher", she asked Yan Ruyi, using the tone of a conversation between two friends.

"I just took a shower, my hair is not dry, I'm sitting in the yard, listening to music, drinking, watching the stars."

"Drink?" Xu Nuo answered Yan Ru with a few words in surprise.Are you drinking because you are in a bad mood?

"Yes, can't you? The teacher is an adult, you little brat. Hahaha..."

Seeing Yan Ruyi's reply, Xu Nuo began to feel a little worried. She felt that Yan Ruyi must be drunk. Most of the conversations tonight were said when she was half drunk and half awake.

"Are you drunk?"

"No, you're just drunk. You haven't heard of it. Yan Ru measures it? Haha."

"Then tell me what song are you listening to?"

"Sun Yanzi's peace, why, don't you believe it? If you don't believe me, let me show you."

"Show me what?"

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No one answered the message that was sent again, Xu Nuo stared at the phone screen for 5 minutes and took a deep look forward.

She would stand here and look forward every night, although she could see only the lights of the classroom and dormitory building 400 meters away from the rows of ancient trees on the playground in the teaching building, and Yan Ruyi lived in that row She couldn't see anything in the blue-tiled room behind the dormitory, but she stood here, looking in that direction, occasionally chatting with Yan Ruyi, and felt that she was not far away from her...

During the rounds of the dormitory teacher, Xu Nuo sent Yan Ruyi a good night, but she still didn't reply.Xu Nuo thought that she probably really drank too much and went back to her room to sleep.

She put down her phone, lay down, closed her eyes, and listened to the whispers of the students from the student union who were checking dormitories outside in the corridor, thinking that Yan Ruyi would also go for an autumn outing tomorrow, she secretly bent her lips contentedly facing the dark sky .

There was a soft sound of fingers tapping on the railing of the iron bed beside the pillow, Xu Nuo turned his head instinctively, and saw the teacher who checked the dormitory standing at the head of his bed, and the yellow light from the corridor came in and sprinkled on her painted light. With smoky makeup on his face, Xu Nuo was taken aback.

"You promise?"

Xu Nuo looked at the teacher sitting up in shock and nodded.For some unknown reason, he stared at the teacher standing beside his bed.

She recognizes this teacher, who is about the same age as Yan Ruyi, as if they are alumni, but her daily attire is as if there is a big gap between the history she teaches and the biology taught by Yan Ruyi, which is completely different from Yan Ruyi .When Xu Nuo was waiting for Yan Ruyi on the fourth floor, she saw her walking out of the office with Yan Ruyi several times. Yan Ruyi was refreshing, while she was enchanting.Because of Yan Ruyi, Xu Nuo's impression of her became deeper.It's just that they never had a chance to talk, and she was not the promised teacher.

"You go downstairs, your biology teacher said he has something to ask you?" The teacher raised his head, waved Xu Nuo who was sitting on the upper bunk, and then asked with some doubts: "Are you her?" Is it your class representative?"

Xu Nuo shook his head in a daze, then suddenly realized something and nodded abruptly: "Yes."

"Go, I've already told the dormitory auntie. She's waiting for you outside the iron gate. Be gentle when you come back." The history teacher finished speaking, turned and walked away.

Xu Nuo became even more at a loss, just saying that as soon as Yan Ru looked for her, she didn't care about thinking, so she got out of bed softly, put on her slippers, and walked towards the stairs quickly but lightly.

The dormitory aunt came out of the small room, asked who Xu Nuo was, took the key and opened the door, and told her teacher to come back quickly after asking her questions, and then went back to the room.

Xu Nuo opened the iron gate, leaned against a slightly brighter place, looked left and right, but did not see Yan Ruyi.

The teaching building turned off the lights, and the light from the small street lamps in the flower beds in the inner playground was so weak that it was impossible to see the scene under the old trees outside the dormitory building.

The night wind blew, and it was cold under the shade of the tree. Xu Nuo rubbed his arms, and was just about to try to call out to Teacher Yan in a low voice, when a figure came out from under the tree on the right, next to the door of the male dormitory next door, under the blackboard of the dormitory cleaning score. She didn't come out completely, but leaned against the wall, and called her name to Xu Xu:

"Promise."

Xu Nuo was taken aback by the sudden sound, and she felt a layer of goosebumps on her arms suddenly blown by the cold wind.

"Teacher Yan?"

Yan Ruyi came out of the dark, stood in front of Xu Nuo, and stared at Xu Nuo for a moment.

Xu Nuo raised his head slightly, and looked at Yan Ruyi's face through the faint light of the hallway in the dormitory.She was smiling, her eyes twinkled with starlight, and her face was blushing imperceptibly under the dim light.

"Here." Yan Ruyi looked at Xu Nuo dully, and suddenly reached out to her.

"What?" Xu Nuo lowered his head.Looking at Yan Ruyi facing a white mp3 on his right hand that was spread out.

"Look." Yan Ruyi squinted her eyes, she took a step forward, lowered her head to hold the MP3 in her hand, lightly pressed the button on the edge, and then handed one of the earbuds to Xu Nuo.

As soon as Yan Ruyi approached, Xu Nuo could smell the strong smell of alcohol on her body, she was really drunk.

Taking the earphones, Xu Nuo obeyed Yan Ruyi's wishes and put the earplugs into his ears. What was playing inside was a sad female voice.

Xu Nuo took a deep breath, summoned up her courage, raised her head to look at Yan Ruyi, and softly called her name: "Yan Ruyi?"

Yan Ruyi was drunk, she didn't realize that there was something wrong with Xu Nuo calling her that, she just blinked her misty eyes, smiled at Xu Nuo and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Nuo looked into her eyes, where the galaxy was vast, so gentle and beautiful.

She took a breath, smiled, shook her head at Yan Ruyi, and took the mp3 from her hand: "Are you here to prove to me that you are really listening to Stefanie Sun's peace?"

When Yan Ruyi was asked this question, her eyes became puzzled. She raised her hand and rubbed the back of her head, stared at Xu Nuo for a long time before she nodded, pointed to the mp3 and said, "Yes, let me listen to it."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and was about to go back.

Xu Nuo followed her shaky figure for a few steps, and held her slender waist from behind to support her.

Yan Ruyi obediently leaned against her, taking advantage of her being a few centimeters taller than Xu Nuo, and leaning her head on top of Xu Nuo's.

There was Yan Ruyi's hot breath with the smell of alcohol in her hair, Xu Nuo was angry and anxious, she was so angry that Yan Ruyi had no alcohol, she ran around drunk, but she was anxious, she would go back to the dormitory soon, join Yan Ruyi What should I do if I run out again and make trouble?

The two of them wandered back to the backyard of the classroom and dormitory. Under the starlight, Xu Nuo saw a chair with several cans of beer beside it.

"Hey, Ruyi, where have you been? You disappeared as soon as you turned around to go to the toilet."

The teacher who lived next door was coming out with a washbasin, and was a little surprised to see Xu Nuo helping Yan Ruyi back.

When Yan Ruyi heard someone calling her, she immediately got off Xu Nuo, stood up straight and said to the person in front of her, "Oh, Teacher Xu, I just remembered that I need to talk to our class representative, so I went to her. I just had a drink. I was a little dizzy from the wine, so she sent me back."

Xu Nuo looked at her standing so straight, without tying her tongue when she spoke, wondering if she was drunk, but didn't say anything.

After the teacher left, she followed Yan Ruyi to her room.

Yan Ru opened the door unsteadily, leaned on the door frame and fumbled for the edge of the door.

The promise was unclear, so she tentatively poked Yan Ruyi's shoulder and asked, "What are you looking for?"

"Electricity, electric light." Yan Ruyi looked back at Xu Nuo, and before she could smile, she covered her mouth and pushed Xu Nuo away, ran outside, and vomited on the trash can.

Xu Nuo followed and patted her on the back lightly.She hooked her body, and Xu Nuo's palm was pressed against her back, and it was only for the first time that she felt how thin she had become.The protruding spine almost made Xu Nuo feel uncomfortable.It turned out that she was really drunk, but she was very rational, so rational that she was obviously drunk, and she still had a tight string when facing her colleagues.

When the cold wind blew past, Yan Ruyi stood up with her legs propped up, and muttered that it was so cold.

"Come in, teacher, I'll disturb other teachers later."

"I didn't expect Ruyi to drink so badly that you threw up two cans of beer." The teacher who was washing up by the pool saw that Yan Ruyi threw up and wanted to come up to help. "Student, which class are you in? I'll take care of your teacher. Are you going back to the dormitory?"

Xu Nuo helped Yan Ruyi walk back while refusing: "It's okay, teacher. I will help Teacher Yan go back to lie down and leave. You just washed up, so don't bother."

After speaking, he turned and closed the door.

Yan Ruyi was still groping by the door to turn on the light, and promised to follow her direction to find the switch to turn on the light.The tidy and warm furnishings in the room are displayed in front of you.This is Xu Nuo's second time entering Yan Ruyi's room.

She helped Yan Ruyi to the cubicle and put her on the bed.

After Yan Ruyi vomited, she became confused, promised to help her take off her sandals, covered her with a quilt, straightened up and stood by the bed to look at Yan Ruyi's small room.

There is nothing in this room except the bedside table and wardrobe and a single bed.

There was a broken photo frame on the bedside table. In the photo frame was a waist-length Yan Ruyi in a bachelor's uniform, and a man hugging her from behind.In the photo, the sun is shining like Yan Ruyi's smiling face.

Xu Nuo took a step forward and reached out to pick up the photo frame. This should be taken by Yan Ruyi when he graduated a few months ago, right?And the man holding her behind her was the one who made her lose weight.

Taking a breath, she promised to put down the photo frame, she blinked her eyes, her heart was sore.

Yan Ruyi lay quietly on the bed, staring at her beautiful face, her heart ached.

"Yan Ruyi?" She knelt down beside the bed, lightly brushed Yan Ruyi's forehead with her fingertips and stopped near her eyebrows, and called her full name for the second time.

Yan Ruyi opened his eyes slightly in the trance and glanced at her, bent the corners of his lips to her, and said to her: "Wang Hao, I'm fine, I really didn't cry."

After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes again, and immediately after, it rained heavily in her eyes.

Xu Nuo squatted by the bed in shock and watched Yan Ruyi's tears pour down like a rainstorm, and suddenly felt pain in his entire chest and left hand.She couldn't help hugging Yan Ruyi who was crying in a drunken dream, listening to her faint sobs, her eyes turned red.

She waited by the bed for a long time, until Yan Ruyi stopped crying, and then she stood up slowly, now Yan Ruyi looked at her eyelashes that were soaked with tears and trembled slightly.

"Yan Ruyi." She mumbledly called out her name to Yan Ruyi, then bent down and kissed the corner of Yan Ruyi's lips.

On the way back to the dormitory, she clenched her left hand tightly and kept shaking it, because in that way, she could feel her heart, which didn't hurt so much.

It wasn't until she was lying on the bed that she covered the quilt and wiped her eyes. Xu Nuo took a deep breath, biting her fingertips to hold her breath. She never knew that liking someone would make people so sad...