wake up daydreaming

Yu Zhou and Chen Yuqian strolled along the path.

There is no wind at night in the U district in June, and it is stuffy, but not as hot and humid as midsummer. The cicadas are faintly singing, swallowed by the sound of moving vehicles. The two hold hands, walking slowly, and the distance between shoulders is getting closer and closer. As they got closer, pulled away again, and collided again, Yu Zhou simply leaned on Chen Yuqian, brushed his hair, pretending to be tired and said: "Hey, my legs are sore, I can't walk anymore!"

Chen Yuqian bent his back silently.Yu Zhou's eyes rolled nimbly, fearing that Chen Yuqian would regret it in a second, his arms quickly climbed onto his shoulders, Chen Yuqian firmly supported his separated thighs, and weighed them after getting up.

Yu Zhou's body moved accordingly, and after moving to a more comfortable position, he patted the back of Chen Yuqian's neck contentedly: "Drive!"

Chen Yuqian: "..."

"Hey, I'm going to fall!" Yu Zhou's tightly clamped legs wanted to cross in front of Chen Yuqian.He can feel at ease only if he completely puts himself in Chen Yuqian's body, otherwise he will exclaim worriedly after taking two steps, fearing in his heart that Chen Yuqian will leave him in the next second.

Chen Yuqian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "My arm strength isn't that bad."

Yu Zhou asked him to promise: "Then you can't let go."

Chen Yuqian assured: "Yes."

Yu Zhou emphasized again: "No matter what happens, you can't do it!"

Chen Yuqian's hands remained motionless: "Yes."

Yu Zhou happily rubbed Chen Yuqian's pheromone masking sticker.

The numb feeling of goosebumps spread from the back of his neck, and Chen Yuqian's Adam's apple moved, but he didn't make a sound until Yu Zhouhuan's arm around his neck drooped and reached into his round neck T-shirt to touch his chest muscles.Chen Yuqian was so excited that he called out "Yu Zhou" by name and surname, and Yu Zhou acted like a good boy when he got a bargain, his voice was sticky: "You promised me."

Chen Yuqian: "..."

Yu Zhou stretched his neck and pressed his cheek against Chen Yuqian's. The other's skin was hotter than his.He likes to watch Chen Yuqian being molested and unable to fight back, but he doesn't deliberately embarrass Chen Yuqian. Afterwards, he always clicks through the ditch through his clothes, and then pats his lower abdomen, curious He asked happily: "If you don't train in the future, will your eight-pack abs become one piece?"

"Yes." Chen Yuqian was obviously perfunctory, "Who knows."

"Will the pectoral muscles also become bigger and softer?" Yu Zhou was not angry, but was still thinking about it, and tried not to put his hand into Chen Yuqian's round neck again, "Wow, it must feel better!"

Chen Yuqian was speechless: "What are you thinking all over your head?"

"I miss you," Yu Zhou leaned on his shoulders, and the pheromone that leaked out reassured him, "I miss you ten or twenty years later, when we will still be together."

Chen Yuqian turned his head. If he didn't want to support Yu Zhou's legs, he really wanted to reach out and touch Yu Zhou's hair.

The two fell into a brief silence, and what Chen Yuqian originally wanted to ask was why Yu Zhou changed the subject and didn't announce their relationship to the public when they were eating hot pot.

Relationship is a very personal matter, and both of them are Alphas, so Chen Yuqian has always hoped that as few people as possible will know about it, the students will go their separate ways, and he doesn't want his name to be the subject of gossip before and after graduation.

But Yu Zhou is not like that.

He wished the whole world would know, but when he and Chen Yuqian looked at each other, he still held back and chose to respect the message conveyed by his eyes.

They can read what the other's eyes are saying.

"Don't look at me with such eyes." Yu Zhou's breath and kiss fell on Chen Yuqian's face, "I feel it."

Yu Zhou's eyes blinded by love were instantly clear, and the car that had been following them since they left the hot pot restaurant finally rolled down the windows, revealing a face that he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Don't pay attention to him." Chen Yuqian also noticed, without even looking at him, only Yu Zhou who was close at hand was in his line of sight.

Yu Zhou couldn't be as calm as Chen Yuqian, got off his back with a gloomy face, and walked towards the car.

But when he really walked to the car window, his smile was bright again, and he handed Du Cheng a cigarette in the cab.

Of course Du Cheng didn't answer, he looked over at Chen Yuqian, and said sincerely, "I want to chat with you."

Yu Zhou blocked his gaze, and was very sincere: "If he wants to talk to you, you won't have to drive after him at night."

"I'm talking to Chen Yuqian." It was Du Cheng's last act of decency not to yell at Zhou.Yu Zhou was stuck in front of the car window, he couldn't even see Chen Yuqian's shadow, and was about to get out of the car, when Yu Zhou ruthlessly pushed back the car door that was ajar.

Yu Zhou looked contemptuously at Du Cheng, who was half a body shorter than himself because of his sitting posture. Once that delicate and agile face was cold and expressionless, there was only a shuddering self-prestige left.

"...You are still too young, Yu Qian, when you reach my age, you will regret your choice today." Du Cheng lowered his head to avoid Yu Zhou's scrutiny, and shouted to Chen Yuqian, "I will listen to you The counselor said, your, um, parents, they have no vision, have lived in a small place for too long, and are out of touch with society, so they will support you to become a teacher in such a school."

Chen Yuqian finally stood in front of Du Cheng.

Du Cheng was overjoyed, thinking that he had persuaded Chen Yuqian: "You deserve a better life, there is still time, I can help you plan, whether it is a new job or going abroad for further study, I can help you find a way, I--"

Yu Zhou interrupted: "I don't have one?"

Du Cheng felt stuck in his throat, and suddenly realized, yes, Yu Zhou will only have more of the network resources he can provide as a university professor.

Yu Zhou was not stingy, the only possibility left was Chen Yuqian not wanting it.

"Since I met you today, let me make some things clear. Sometimes I still thank you very much."

As soon as Du Cheng's chest was filled with joy, Chen Yuqian continued: "If I didn't go to your company for an internship for a semester, I wouldn't be sure. I don't like that kind of work and life."

After Chen Yuqian finished speaking, he grabbed Yu Zhou's hand and walked forward.Yu Zhou turned around and pouted at Du Cheng with an innocent expression on his face. Du Cheng felt that he was being provoked, and he was so angry that he shouted in a panic: "The hospital where you were born still keeps paper files. !"

Changing Yu Zhou was half a step ahead, pulling Chen Yuqian forward.

Both of them were a little out of sorts, and went back to the dormitory instead of the off-campus apartment. Just as they were about to pack up some things and take them away, Cao Ze, who had been waiting for them for a long time, closed the door of 6203, blocked the door with his hands wide open, and roared: " Tell me the truth!"

Chen Yuqian and Yu Zhou: "?"

"You can fool other students in the class, but you can't fool me!" Cao Ze mainly stared at Yu Zhou, and asked as if he was dead, "Is that 'so-and-so' you mentioned, brother-in-law!"

Cao Ze's mind is full of scenes in the hot pot restaurant.After Yu Zhou expresses emotion, someone will definitely ask him who he wants to fall in love with, or who he is falling in love with. Yu Zhou hesitated for a while, and then continued to describe that person's character with a smile, but he just didn't say the name. The information revealed was not detailed enough to outline a specific image, and everyone was only concerned with rambling guesses, but no one noticed that Yu Zhou slapped Chen Yuqian's leg.

Except Cao Ze.

The more Cao Ze thought about it, the more something went wrong, starting from the tritium trachea at the head of Chen Yuqian's bed, trying to figure out the clues of the past two years, the only truth became clearer and clearer.It is difficult for him to accept it unless he hears the two parties admit it personally.

"...Did you drink too much tonight?" Yu Zhou couldn't understand why Cao Ze had such a big reaction, so he deliberately handed him the water glass on the table, but Cao Ze didn't take it, so he asked Yu Zhou to answer his own question first.

Yu Zhou looked at Chen Yuqian, then at Cao Ze who was blocking the door, and smiled: "Is this very important to you?"

Cao Ze nodded more frequently than afterimages.Yu Zhou also nodded.Cao Ze pretended to cry, took the water glass in Yu Zhou's hand and drank it in one gulp, leaning against the door with a mournful face: "It turned out that I was the only single dog in the dormitory for four years in college, woo woo woo, the clown turned out to be me."

Chen Yuqian was amused: "You can write it in your jokes."

Cao Ze stretched out a finger and pointed to the ceiling, thinking it was a good idea: "Yes, I must turn grief into strength, and transform the sadness of reality into laughter on the talk show."

Cao Ze's words inspired Chen Yuqian.

He suddenly had an idea, and asked Cao Ze: "What language did you use in the open mic session you mentioned last time?"

As the name suggests, Open Mic is an open interactive place for talk show performers on stage and audiences off stage. The U University Talk Show Club held a three-day farewell performance before the graduation ceremony. Every night, members of the club performed stand-up comedy. After the end, there was an impromptu exchange between the actors and the audience, which is the open mic.

When Li Li and Chen Tengfei came to U City just in time for these performances.During the day, Chen Yuqian would take them to see the places of interest in the city, and then wander around the campus, taking pictures for souvenirs. At night, Yu Zhou would always show up before dinner, and the four of them would go to a cafe on campus to watch a performance .

When it came to the performance, Li Li thought the venue would be in an art gallery or somewhere more grand. After entering the venue with tickets, they sat in front of a small stage in a fan shape with other students, and the distance between people was very close. .Li Li didn't even know what a talk show was before, but he saw that the people around him were all young people, and he was in it, and his mentality was much younger. He didn't think it was funny, but he would applaud when he saw others applauding.

Compared with Li Li's cooperation, Chen Tengfei was on pins and needles throughout the whole process.He is getting old, and his definition of jokes is still in the small box in the middle of the newspaper. He can't understand what's so funny about those students' stand-up comedy. The staff of the university heard that the Ph.D. student on the stage abused his supervisor, so disrespecting the teacher, he must be given a warning.

"But talk show is the art of offense." Chen Yuqian tried to explain, Chen Tengfei looked at him as if saying, can this thing be considered art?

At the critical moment, Yu Zhou had to let him talk about it.He obviously did his homework and summarized the development history of the imported talk show in concise language. The reason why it can make the audience laugh is because it is full of prejudice, anger, absurdity, and incorrectness. For example, the doctoral student , he would not dare to talk to his mentor like this in daily life, but when he stood on the stage, he was no longer the real self who worried about papers and experiments, he played the role of another As a character, when he writes his ups and downs of scientific research career as jokes and brings joy to the audience, his pain is no longer meaningless.

"I know, the core of a good comedy is tragedy!" Li Li recited the famous quote that he read in an article on an official account.Yu Zhou applauded for his aunt, and asked her to continue to watch the show for the next two nights. Li Li nodded, and Chen Tengfei showed embarrassment. Yu Zhou pushed Chen Yuqian in front of them, and hid behind Chen Yuqian to sing the double reed: "Please, Mom and Dad, it's hard for us to stay in City U as a whole family. Since we are in a big city, let's experience the entertainment methods of young people a few more times!"

Chen Tengfei reluctantly agreed, and he would go again the next night. At least he had some understanding of this form of performance, and even thought some jokes were worthwhile.An omega who is about to graduate compares the last semester at school to a cooling-off period for divorce. According to this logic, the difficult process of writing a graduation thesis is like an emotional tug-of-war. The graduation photo is the divorce photo, and the graduation certificate is the divorce certificate.

"Do you think I'm free after receiving my graduation certificate from the counselor's office? No, I just found out that the man in the school didn't give up and gave me a souvenir." Omega spread her palms and showed the audience a A silver-white ring with the University of U school emblem engraved on the front.

"I suddenly felt mixed feelings, and every moment of school and school flashed in my mind," Omega pretended to wipe away tears, "Four years, four years, if we hadn't been in love, how could we have been together for four years."

"He must want to start over with me, and I should give him another chance." Omega happily put on the ring, but her fingers were too slender, and the commemorative ring was awkward on the ring finger and index finger, so it could only bear Putting it on her thumb, she tugged at the corners of her mouth, complaining about the school that didn't care about her, "Hehe, man."

At that moment, even Chen Tengfei couldn't help laughing softly. Omega gritted his teeth and said, "I found out later that he gives out rings to more than 3000 graduates in the school every year. The sizes and specifications are exactly the same. He wants to keep every one of them."

There was applause and laughter one after another.Li Li asked where his ring was, and Chen Yuqian said it was sent for engraving.

Omega on the stage happened to talk about this new service: "He is so passionate every year until the graduation season, but I was still deceived by lard, and engraved my initials into the inside of the ring, taking advantage of him for the last time. "

The omega also hosted the open mic session that night, in a foreign language.Her native language is Chinese, and the native language of the audience is also Chinese. Everyone interacts in another language, which instead produces a different comedy effect.No one's foreign language is absolutely idiomatic. When you have a conversation, a simple "hmmm" is enough to amuse the people around you. Even if you can't answer, Omega can adapt to the situation: "It's okay, it's okay."

Omega ended in a relatively fluent foreign language: "You can't tell me what you ate tonight in a foreign language, but I believe that after you leave this cafe, you can definitely write a [-]-word essay in a foreign language."

Li Li and Chen Tengfei did not miss the performance on the third day.

They felt the fun, but when they entered the arena, they saw Du Cheng sitting in the back position, and their mood suddenly fell to the bottom.Li Li held Chen Yuqian's hand nervously, wanted to turn his head to look back, but stubbornly refused to look back. Chen Tengfei even wrote his sullenness on his face, as if in another meeting scene, he would definitely meet that person. Alpha fights.

But Chen Yuqian leaned into Li Li's ear and said, "I called him here."

Li Li seemed to hear a trial, but she didn't hear a word of what the people on the stage said.The laughter of the people around her also became harsh, so Yu Zhou deliberately changed her position to the other side of her, pointed to the open mic host on stage tonight, and said that he was another roommate of himself and Yu Zhou, presenting "Teaching You Talk Show Hands On" "The one.

Li Li's smile was far-fetched and absent-minded, so Yu Zhou translated Cao Ze's words to her.Cao Ze's accent is heavier than yesterday's omega, which doesn't affect his confidence, because it's proof that his mother tongue is authentic enough.The words he used were also very simple, and every time he used body language, the audience would laugh out loud. He noticed that there were two young people in the audience. So he raised his hand and said that they were with him.

Cao Ze asked, "Is there anyone else coming with you?"

Chen Yuqian pointed at Yu Zhou.Cao Ze asked him what his relationship with Yu Zhou was. No matter how Li Li's foreign language skills were almost zero, he knew that the word was translated as "boyfriend".

All the audience were excited and looked at the four of them.Cao Ze breathed a long sigh of relief: "Finally there is a foreign language worse than me here, who calls male friends boyfriends."

Cao Ze was actually trying to characterize this interaction. If Chen Yuqian said anything surprising in the next exchange, it would be 100% due to the difference in language and had nothing to do with him.

Cao Ze asked again, "Are these two elders your parents?"

Chen Yuqian looked calm, neither nodded nor shook his head.Du Cheng, who was sitting at the back, turned pale. He originally thought that he still had the last hole card, and when he threw it out, it would be a final decision. He never expected that Chen Yuqian would know the truth a long time ago.

"OKOK," Cao Ze thought thoughtfully, "It seems that this classmate has a lot of stories, so why don't I ask a classic question, may I ask... do you have a friend?"

Chen Yuqian said amid the laughter of everyone: "I do have an older brother."

Li Li's brain automatically filtered out Yu Zhou's translation, and those few words were a secret that the family had avoided talking about for more than 20 years.After being hospitalized due to cancer, Chen Hong was found to be pregnant again. 20 years ago, Omega did not have the right to have an abortion, but Chen Hong refused to reveal the biological father of the child. He opened a diary, and recorded all the people who had sex with him with anonymous names. He said to his parents, "Satisfied, I don't know who is the father of this child, and this child has no father."

Chen Yuqian said: "I am that child."

Chen Yuqian's accent is actually very standard. He said that he is very satisfied with his current life, and it is best not to disturb him physically.

"Wow." Cao Ze was dumbfounded, "Amazing!"

Everyone listened with gusto, their attitude made Li Li feel weird.This is obviously an unspeakable pain, but in such an occasion where everything can be offended and joked, all experiences can be dissolved into an emotion.As long as the performer is sincere enough, the audience will laugh even if the story is an outright tragedy, because laughter is the greatest respect for his self-exposed scars, and only laughter can give him the motivation to move on.

Li Li's mind was buzzing, applause and short sobs lingered in his ears.After the translation, Yu Zhou wiped his face, sniffed his nose, and forced out a trademark smile, saying that Chen Yuqian must have learned to write a talk show by himself after reading that textbook, so this whole paragraph, anyway The audience wouldn't take it seriously, just listen to the music. Li Li turned his head and couldn't see Du Cheng's figure, then turned around, held Yu Zhou's hand, and said for no reason: "Thank you."

After the performance, only the four of them were left in the auditorium. Cao Ze jumped off the stage excitedly and asked Chen Yuqian if his story was true. Chen Yuqian asked him that Yu Zhou was himself Is this guy friend real?

"That's different!" Cao Ze was anxious, "All the uncles and aunts are here, why are you still joking!"

"Yeah, you said it all—" Chen Yuqian looked at his parents on the left and right, and said, "After the show is over, there will be no more jokes."

Li Li got a group photo that he loved the most in his life this evening.Compared to the few moments when she wore Chen Yuqian's bachelor's uniform at the graduation ceremony, she missed this night even more. Chen Yuqian hugged herself and her husband. At first, it was a family of three, and then she greeted Yu Zhou, who was holding a mobile phone, to enter. Mirror, Cao Ze helped them take this group photo.

In the blink of an eye, the graduation ceremony came, and more than 3000 undergraduates went to the rostrum of the playground with the class as the target, were lined up by the school leaders, and then took a group photo with fake graduation certificates.Li Li was also filming off the stage, but she was too far away, so she didn't know exactly what happened on the podium.As a tool for completing the ceremony, the school leaders who mechanically pick tassels stand in the same place for a long time, which is also very boring, so every time a student comes, he will chat a few words, ask them basic information and their whereabouts after graduation to pass the time .Yu Zhou stood at the very center of the class policy, and the principal was at the very center of the school leadership. The two had a meeting together half a month ago. Now they met briefly on the rostrum, and they didn't know where to start talking.

"Are you talking about a girlfriend?" the headmaster asked after finishing picking the ears.

Yu Zhou lifted his bachelor's hat: "I'm talking about a boyfriend."

"Oh." The principal thought he had found a male omega, and said politely without changing his face, "Bring me to see next time."

"No need for next time." Yu Zhou poked Chen Yuqian who was on his right with his elbow, "He's right here."

The vice-principal who turned Chen Yuqian's tassels stared straight, almost thinking that he had stood under the sun for too long and was hearing hallucinations.

The headmaster was still calm enough, comforted the vice headmaster, and said with no surprise: "Young people nowadays, they are all like this, and they don't say anything lightly—"

The headmaster's words stuck in his throat, and his eyes stared straight.

He saw Yu Zhou stealthily take out two silver-white rings from the sleeves of his bachelor's uniform. The outer ring has the school badge of U University, and the inner part is engraved with the initials of two people's names.

"Thank you for the school's engraving service, and thank U University for allowing us to meet." Yu Zhou blinked and asked the principal, "Can you be our witness?"

The movement of the headmaster's chin looked like a nod.Yu Zhou quickly put the ring on Chen Yuqian's ring finger. Chen Yuqian didn't know it beforehand. He never expected that Yu Zhou would take out the ring on such an occasion. His hands trembled and his movements were slow. Yu Zhou urged him in a low voice. : "If you don't hurry up, you will be photographed by the reporters in the audience!"

Before the staff asked all the students to turn around, Chen Yuqian put the ring engraved with his name on Yu Zhou's ring finger.Their petty movements were blocked by figures in loose university robes, and even the school leaders and classmates around them didn't pay attention.

Chen Yuqian had a panoramic view of the entire ceremony venue.

The previous class has dispersed, and the next class that will be on the rostrum is already waiting under the steps. He is just one of more than 3000 graduates every year. Standing on the stage, he can't even tell the parents from the crowd. .

He just felt that the sun was shining brighter than ever before.

As if in a long daydream, he followed the staff's instructions and turned around at [-] degrees, and followed the team forward.He graduated and was about to leave, but when he stepped off the stage, his footsteps became more and more floating, as if he was stepping on clouds.

Before he fell down, he was pulled by the people around him. The blue sky, white clouds, grass, students, parents, and the shutter sound of the camera in the hustle and bustle once again flooded into his life. His world had never been sober.

——When he saw Yu Zhou was still here.