Time makes you fall

◎Fireworks◎

Zhu Yao asked, "Where is it?"

Zhou Ang said: "You come out first and then talk!"

Zhu Yao was not fooled: "I won't go out unless you tell me."

Zhou Ang: "...Okay, I want to take you to accompany me to our captain's house."

"What?!" This is what God develops.

"No, no, no, don't get me wrong!" Zhou Ang said three "nos" in succession, so that Zhu Yao could see him waving his hands repeatedly through the phone.

"It was our captain who invited the team members to their house to play. Many of them have to bring girls there. Is it not good for me to go alone?"

"What's wrong."

"Didn't I have evil intentions in my heart! If I go alone, my evil intentions will be easily exposed!"

"……I dont go."

"Zhu Yao, why are you so unjust!" Zhou Ang scolded, "I don't even mind spreading scandals with you! Do you really think that two boxes of octopus balls are worth it!"

Zhu Yao: "...Okay, I'll go."

Debt owed must always be paid.

Zhou Ang smiled and told her, "Dress better!"

He also said, "Don't dress too well!"

******

Zhu Yao didn't ride a bicycle, and met Zhou Angyue at a subway station.

When Zhu Yao arrived, Zhou Ang was already waiting there: "Why did you come here!"

"I'm not late either." Zhu Yao glanced at Zhou Ang: "What kind of pomade are you..."

"Does it look good?" Zhou Ang stroked his bangs a little nervously: "Not good-looking? Then I went to the bathroom to wipe it."

Zhu Yao hurriedly stopped him: "It looks good."

The two went out of the subway station together, Zhou Ang told Zhu Yao: "There is still a long way to go, don't you mind?"

"mind."

"... Virtue!"

Zhou Ang was like a chatterbox along the way, chatting from the NBA to the caveman, Zhu Yao kept his hands in his down jacket pockets and kept silent, fully understanding the characteristics of some human beings who talk a lot when they are nervous.

Zhou Ang started to comment on Zhu Yao's clothes again: "Why did you come here without dressing up at all?"

Black hoodie, black down jacket, light blue jeans and white sneakers, relying on his long hands and feet, he has a good figure, and he doesn't look like going to the house of a "man of the hour" on campus to play.

"It was you who went to see the captain and not me. What should I dress up?"

"You dress so casually, it's not convincing for me to take you there!"

"……roll!"

Zhou Ang started talking about "I am repairing cultural relics in the Forbidden City" that was released not long ago. Before Zhu Yao had time to watch it, he responded casually.

As she walked, she felt something was wrong.

"Hello." Interrupted Zhou Ang who was talking about the ubiquity of royal cats.

"what?"

"Your captain... Which neighborhood do you live in?"

Zhou Ang announced the name of a community: "What's wrong?"

"It can't be the part of stacked villas, right?"

"Yeah, what happened?"

Zhu Yao turned around and left: "I suddenly remembered that I still have something to do and I can't go with you."

Zhou Ang hurriedly pulled her back: "We've all come here!"

"I'm really busy."

"You're lying to a ghost! If you can't accompany me, I can't go either. Do you have the heart in the New Year's Eve?"

Zhu Yao pursed her lips and looked at him.

Zhou Ang took out his trump card again: "Zhu Yao, you used me ruthlessly before, and you owe me a big favor!"

Zhu Yao: "You have used me ruthlessly."

But... alas, go go go go.

Who made her do something not so authentic? When facing Zhou Ang, she always felt unreasonable.

******

When he walked into the community with Zhou Ang, Zhu Yao's mentality was already Buddha.

She wanted to see how coincidental this matter could be today.

When he walked to the door of Captain Zhou Ang's house, Zhu Yao: ...

Blindly rushing in.

Zhou Ang quickly pulled her back: "Don't worry, wait for me to fix my hairstyle."

Zhu Yao: "No, no, let's go in quickly."

It was as if there were bandits chasing her behind her.

Zhou Ang looked back inexplicably: nothing?

******

Entering Captain Zhou Ang’s house, the room was already full of people, both boys and girls. Zhou Ang pretended to introduce Zhu Yao, and seeing Zhu Yao’s absent-minded look, he went to play games with his captain. .

Zhu Yao was wandering around the room alone, and he didn't know if the captain's house was particularly well heated or something, but he still felt hot and dry after taking off his down jacket, so he went to the window to take a breath.

However, when he walked over, he didn't dare to open the window, so he opened the curtain a crack and looked at the upper stack opposite.

By this time, Zhu Yao didn't know whether Zhou Ang should be her lucky star or her disaster star.

The one chasing her just now was not someone, but the house opposite——

It was such a coincidence that the home of the school basketball captain Zhou Ang brought Zhu Yao to was Xiadie opposite Qu Qingcheng's home.

In fact, thinking about it rationally, this incident is not that unexpected. There are only two villas near the school, and there are not many villas in each community. The captain’s parents want to go to school, and Qu Qingcheng’s parents want her to go to work. , it’s normal to buy a bunch of them,

But at that time, Zhu Yao was deeply shocked by the coincidence, and felt that God was playing a joke on her.

On the way here, Zhou Ang had already told her that today's party at the captain's house will last until twelve o'clock at midnight, and everyone will celebrate the new year together.

Zhu Yao didn't know what he could do with a bunch of strangers for so long, but after thinking about going home and facing an empty house alone, he agreed.

Anyway, it’s just another place to read comics on the phone.

At this moment, she has been standing at the window, looking at the opposite house through the gap in the curtain.

Tonight's New Year's Eve, it is said that at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, after reporting to the superiors, fireworks will be set off in the nearby square to celebrate the New Year.

In other words, if Qu Qingcheng came out and stood on the small balcony of her house to watch the fireworks, then she would be the last person Zhu Yao saw this year and the first person she saw in the new year.

It seems like God is responding to Zhu Yao's question from yesterday——

Who will be the last person she sees this year?

However, Zhu Yao didn't want to see Qu Qingcheng again.

After last night's incident at the station.

Thinking of last night, Zhu Yao closed the curtains that were ajar again.

It turned out that Qu Qingcheng's kindness to her was all because of sympathy.

Zhu Yao found a sofa by the window to bury herself in it, took a cushion to cover her face, and wanted to laugh a little.

Since Qu Qingcheng knew about Zhu Yinglan's going to Thailand, it must be Zhu Yinglan who contacted Qu Qingcheng.

Zhu Yao knew Zhu Yinglan well, and Zhu Yinglan felt that her grades were not good enough, and wanted her to get more attention from the teachers of various subjects, not to mention the rapid improvement of her grades, and if there were any resources or policies in the school, it would be good to be the first to think of Zhu Yao.

Zhu Yinglan is like this, at best he is shrewd, at worst he is clean.Since the way of giving gifts is not feasible at Qu Qingcheng's place, Zhu Yinglan can do it differently.

Zhu Yao felt goose bumps on his arms.

She suddenly thought: I don't know how many times Zhu Yinglan contacted Qu Qingcheng?

Was all Qu Qingcheng's attention and care for her in the past all due to Zhu Yinglan's scheming?

She thought...

Suddenly, the cushion covering Zhu Yao's face was taken away, and Zhou Ang looked at her face in shock: "Why are your eyes red?"

Zhu Yao snatched back the cushion and covered her face again: "Get angry."

"..." Zhou Ang: "Then take your time and rest."

Zhu Yao spread out on the sofa for a while, then stood up again, went to the window and opened the curtain a crack.

Look towards the house across the way.

There was no one by the window or on the balcony, and the room was very quiet.

Zhu Yao thought: Maybe Qu Qingcheng went to her parents' house to celebrate New Year's Day?

By the way, this makes sense, Qu Qingcheng lives with her parents in Beicheng, and their relationship is so good, it is more likely that Qu Qingcheng will go to her parents' house to celebrate New Year's Day.

But, will Qu Qingcheng go back to her own home tonight?Not necessarily, her parents' house seems to have a lot of rooms.

Thinking that Qu Qingcheng was probably not around, Zhu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

She found Zhou Ang who was playing games with the captain again: "I'll go out for a walk and come back."

Zhou Ang stared at the screen and asked, "Where are you going? Lunch is coming soon."

Zhu Yao said, "I'm not hungry."

He went to pull his down jacket from the hanger and walked out the door.

******

Suddenly from the warm room to the outside, the cold air made my nose and ears hurt.

Zhu Yao put his hands in the pockets of his down jacket and walked slowly along the way out of the community.

Because of the New Year's holiday, the number of people in the community seems to have decreased a lot. Many people should have gone out for travel, or returned to their hometown with their families.

Zhu Yao walked out of the community and glanced at the rows of small shops at the entrance of the community.

Two or three shops were not open. Obviously, the shopkeepers don't regard making money as the first priority, and their attitude in life is extraordinarily chic.

But most of the shops were open. Zhu Yao looked around and found that a beef noodle shop had the busiest business. It still felt crowded during the New Year's Day holiday when there were not many people.

Zhu Yao walked over with his hands in his pockets.

"What does the girl eat?"

Zhu Yao looked at the menu on the wall, and asked for a sign in the store: "Braised Beef Noodles."

"Okay, sit down first. Do you want coriander?"

Zhu Yao speculated on Qu Qingcheng's eating habits: "No."

She folded her hands and sat at the only unoccupied table. After thinking about it, she stretched out her hand again, pulled a paper towel, and slowly wiped it on the slightly oily table.

There is a khaki Chinese pastoral cat in the store, wearing a bright pink collar, not afraid of people at all, walking around the store leisurely with its tail up.

When the cat came to her feet, Zhu Yao reached out to touch it, but the cat didn't hide, and gave her a lazy look before walking away again.

The nimble proprietress brought a bowl of noodles to Zhu Yao: "No parsley for braised beef noodles!"

Zhu Yao picked up the chopsticks and took a bite.

The taste is very good, rich and not greasy, and the aroma of beef is mixed in the noodles. No wonder the business in the store is so good.

Zhu Yao thought that Qu Qingcheng is a person who can't cook, so there is a high probability that she has eaten the beef noodles at the gate of the community.

Zhu Yao imagined Qu Qingcheng walking into the store in white clothes, and said to the proprietress with her unique southern accent: "Thank you for a bowl of braised beef noodles."

Now, Zhu Yao is sitting where Qu Qingcheng may have sat, eating noodles that Qu Qingcheng may have eaten, and just now stroking the cat that Qu Qingcheng may have touched.

She regards Qu Qingcheng as the only yearning in her heart, and carefully calculates how many steps she has to take to become a person like Qu Qingcheng in the future.

She thought that Qu Qingcheng also regarded her as a special student.

No matter how gloomy and taciturn and unpleasant she is.

No matter how she stood on the opposite side of the charming, cheerful and popular Shang Xiaoran.

Among all the crowd, Qu Qingcheng would pick up Zhu Yao who was like a gray shadow in the corner, and when he saw her, he would smile at her.

That kind of smile made Zhu Yao think that he was different.

But it turned out...it was all out of sympathy.

Zhu Yao ate the noodles and closed her eyes, the proprietress was very enthusiastic: "Why girl, is it hot?"

Zhu Yao closed his eyes: "Yes."

******

What does the fireworks mean when you are young?

It means the great joy in the heart, the clamoring anxiously, stepping on an unknown ship, heading for an unknown tomorrow.

Is that feeling very similar to when I fell in love with someone for the first time later?

Therefore, fireworks have a special meaning for every young person.

On the last day of my 17th year, December 12st, the sky was gloomy and overcast, without a transparent warm sun or refreshing snow. Everything was ambiguous and hidden.

Zhu Yao was wearing her black down jacket, she was chubby, and she felt like a moldy bread from a distance.She put her hands in her pockets and walked slowly back to Captain Zhou Ang's house.

Deliberately imitating the appearance of the cat in the beef noodle shop just now, walking leisurely and indifferent.

Entering the captain's house, Zhu Yao was carefully taking off his down jacket and hanging it on the hanger, when Zhou Ang jumped out suddenly: "Where have you been?"

"Didn't you just go for a walk? Why didn't you come back after we finished our meal! You didn't answer the phone!"

Someone passing by heard it and joked to Zhou Ang: "Hey, brother Ang, are you worried?"

Zhou Ang scolded him: "Get lost!" Guiltyly glanced at the direction where the captain was sitting.

Zhu Yao: "I'm not hungry..."

Zhou Ang narrowed his eyes suddenly, leaned close to Zhu Yao's collar and smelled it, and barked like a sniffer dog: "Ha, beef noodles!"

He lowered his voice: "So you sneaked out to eat beef noodles. Do you know that eating salad at noon today is a bit miserable...Why didn't you call me!"

Zhu Yao glanced at him: "How do you know I went to eat beef noodles, you dog?"

"Why are you swearing!" Zhou Ang snorted, "I..."

He suddenly stopped talking.

Zhu Yao smiled: "You often sneak here alone to eat that beef noodle, right?"

"Does your captain like to eat?"

"Oh, you're so annoying!" Zhou Ang walked away with an impatient expression on his face.

Before walking away, there was a low "hmm".

******

In the afternoon, Zhu Yao knew why the gathering of these boys could last from morning till night.

Not to mention letting them get together to play games for a day, it is estimated that even if they play games for three days without leaving the room, it will be no problem.

The other girls who came with them gathered on the second floor, not knowing what they were doing.They didn't know Zhu Yao, and Zhu Yao didn't have a familiar personality. He was alone on the sofa watching cartoons, with headphones plugged in, enjoying himself leisurely.

The protagonist in the animation is saying: "You are close at hand, but you are far away. (Note 1)"

Zhu Yao reached out and pressed pause on the screen, stood up, and walked to the window.

Well, just to stretch your muscles.She said this in her heart, but her hand involuntarily opened the curtain.

The house opposite was still quiet, the small balcony was empty and there was no one there.

Zhu Yao laughed at himself and put down the curtains.

What are you looking forward to?

Even if Qu Qingcheng was at home right now, even if Qu Qingcheng really appeared on the balcony, would Zhu Yao have the courage to go up to her and ask her "why"?

why.

Why do I regard you as all my yearning, the direction of the future.

You just thought I was pitiful?

Why.Why.Why.

The voice in my heart was like a tireless impact ball, hitting Zhu Yao's left heart wall and bouncing back, then hitting the right heart wall, buzzing and trembling, making a sound that shook the entire ventricle.

The louder the heart, the more silent the outside.

Zhu Yao silently lowered the curtains.

She knew very well that even if Qu Qingcheng really appeared on the balcony at this moment, she would not ask any questions.

Guess Qu Qingcheng didn't even know why she was angry last night.

I just think this kid is too weird, with a gloomy personality and a bad temper.

Will Qu Qingcheng hate her?Zhu Yao didn't know either.

Walking back to the sofa to watch the animation, nestled motionless, like a rooted potato.

Zhou Ang came over to see her once: "Do you want to eat potato chips?"

Zhu Yao: "No more."

Zhou Ang smiled and tossed her a pack of original ones, and went over to play games with the captain again.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yao opened the bag of potato chips.

Staring at the open bag was like staring into a black hole.

Thinking in her head, she went to Qu Qingcheng's house to stay at Qu Qingcheng's house temporarily when her leg was injured on Eleventh, and wondered if Zhu Yinglan had already greeted Qu Qingcheng's miserably at that time.

At that time, Qu Qingcheng ate such a bag of potato chips with her.

That afternoon was also as quiet as this afternoon, the movies on the TV played very quietly, only the rustling of potato chip bags, and when each person was taking potato chips one by one, her fingers would occasionally rub against Qu Qingcheng's palm.

At this time, she was nestling on the sofa alone eating potato chips. Because she was plugging in the earphones, she could hear the sound of chewing in her mouth echoing in her ears, crunching.

The protagonist in the animation is saying: "Even if I lose my integrity, I still have something I can't give up. (Remark 2)"

Zhu Yao pressed pause on the phone screen with his ring finger that had never taken potato chips, put the potato chips in one piece, leaned on the sofa and looked at the empty ceiling.

When I hide my thoughts in my heart, I always feel that every line has a meaning. Is it a problem of teenagers, or is it a common problem of all human beings?

Zhu Yao went to the window again and opened the curtains, stunned.

It turned out that Qu Qingcheng... was at home.

Zhu Yao simply opened the curtains, anyway, there was a thin layer of gauze covering her, and she was not worried that Qu Qingcheng would see her.

Besides, Qu Qingcheng would not look at the corner where she was.

Qu Qingcheng was drawing on the balcony. Zhu Yao thought that what Qu Qingcheng drew would be meticulous painting, but he didn't expect that what Qu Qingcheng drew today was a sketch.

Just a drawing board, a chair, and a long white dress poured down, facing a pot of small flowers.

It seems to be radish and crabapple. Zhu Yao can't see clearly from a distance, and she doesn't know much about plants.

Just staring at the sweater on Qu Qingche's body, it may have been worn for many years, it has been dragged long, the milky white color has a little diamond pattern, and a thin layer of balls may have formed on the surface, making it look fluffy from a distance.

Her long hair was tied casually behind her head, and she looked very relaxed at home.

Zhu Yao was thinking, if she went out at this time, stood by the small fountain in the yard that didn't spray water in winter, and called out "Teacher Qu" in a low voice, how would Qu Qingcheng react?

Did he just ask with a smile like usual, "Why are you here, Zhu Yao?"Still frowning and asking "what the hell happened to you last night"?

Zhu Yao didn't know whether he wanted to apologize to Qu Qingcheng, or if he wanted Qu Qingcheng to apologize to her.

If Qu Qingcheng didn't know why she was angry, how could he apologize to her?

Zhu Yao thought and thought, and walked away from the window as if fleeing.

Wait until evening, she decided.

She waited until the night when the fireworks were lit, then she went to find Qu Qingcheng.

Maybe when the noisy and grand voice overwhelms the awkward noise in my heart, all the words that are buried in the deepest part that are difficult to say can be blurted out naturally.

******

After the salad baptism at noon, the captain organized everyone to shabu-shabu in the evening.

Zhu Yao: ...

When everyone was enthusiastically scrambling for crab sticks and shrimp slips, potatoes and enoki mushrooms, Zhu Yao hid a little far away with a sesame sauce dish.

Zhou Ang came over with a smile: "Hey, Zhu Yao, what are your three hot pot treasures?"

He revealed himself: "I am Fat Cow, Shrimp and Pumpkin!"

Zhu Yao pursed her lips and remained silent. Hearing that the captain who was cooking hot pot behind was attracted by Zhou Ang's topic, she said with a smile, "I am tender beef, beef balls and tribute vegetables!"

So Zhu Yao saw the boy who was usually unruly and flamboyant, facing Zhu Yao with his back to the captain, his brows and eyes drooped, and he restrained his talkative attributes, as if he wanted to make a short sentence from the captain, deeply Take it to heart.

It turned out that all the hard work was silent and deafening.

This is the truth Zhu Yao grew up to understand after watching many people fall in love, when the candy-like promises turned into unreliable rhetoric.

Zhou Ang saw that Zhu Yao was hiding aside with the sauce dish, and asked Zhu Yao, "You don't like hot pot, do you?"

Zhu Yao: "...No."

There is no one in the world who doesn't like hot pot.

Just why eat hot pot tonight!When she went to Qu Qingcheng to watch the fireworks later, she smelled like hot pot, thinking about it, she thought it was ridiculous.

The hot pot game lasted for a long time while chatting and cooking.

After eleven o'clock, she took the down jacket carefully, said hello to Zhou Ang, and went out early, wanting to get rid of the smell of hot pot first.

After leaving the smell of shrimp, crab sticks and beef balls that filled the room, and the smell of sesame paste that sticks to the five senses, the cold air in the middle of the night makes people wake up instantly, and Zhu Yao suddenly becomes a little nervous.

The tip of the sneakers rubbed against the ground, making a rustling sound, and Zhu Yao put his hand into the pocket of the down jacket.

Hidden in the pocket is the reason she has been treating this down jacket with care—it is a fireworks stick.

When I came out of the beef noodle shop, I saw it by chance on the side of the road and bought it.

The kind you hold in your hand, a small spark, nothing moves, and it can't illuminate a large area in the dark.

But when you hold it in your hand, the warm and bright sparks are close to your fingertips. Once one is burned, there will be another one.

Zhu Yao hid the firework stick in her pocket, it was a bit cold, she was jumping around silently in the yard with her hat on.

He took out his phone and looked at it. There were still 10 minutes before the fireworks started.

Since Qu Qingcheng is at home, she must go to the small open-air balcony to watch the fireworks, which is the best viewing angle.

Zhu Yao decided to go to Qu Qingcheng when the fireworks ignited for a while, first apologize for breaking Qu Qingcheng's lipstick last night when he lost his temper for no reason, and then ask Qu Qingcheng what he was thinking.

Just like Qu Qingcheng's gentle and gentle surface, there is a large tattoo on the white back.

Maybe what Qu Qingcheng is special to her is not just because of sympathy, maybe there is a quality in Zhu Yao that no one else can see but Qu Qingcheng sees.

A lot of things are not what they seem.

Well, just ask clearly.Thinking of this, Zhu Yao cheered up a little while dancing.

Until a familiar voice sounded from a distance in the dark night: "Where is Teacher Qu's house? It's so hard to find."

The author says:

Remarks 1 and 2: The lines are from the 2016 drama "In Shimosakamoto, what's your business".

感谢在2021-10-0214:25:25~2021-10-0314:15:48期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the rocket launcher: 1 Huosen;

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: le2;

Thanks to the little angel who cast the landmine: Mu Chenyan, 22320650, child, one of the passwords I forgot countless times;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!