After getting on with the enemy

The pattering rain continued or stopped all night, with a long break at five or six o'clock, and continued to drip after dawn, tirelessly hitting the ginkgo tree in front of the small villa.

The cool wind with water droplets continued, blowing off a few leaves, causing them to sway and twirl, and finally flew to the window sill of the room.

Disturbed by the wind and rain, Qiao Yan woke up slowly and opened her eyes.

After pressing the pillow for a while to regain consciousness, she slowed down slowly, separated from the nerve impulse last night, and gradually returned to reality.

Qiao Yan sat up, propped his left hand on one side, and with the other hand pulled the quilt to cover his bosom, and then rubbed the center of his brows sleepily.I didn't sleep well enough this time, and I was very tired after waking up. Not only was my head groggy, but I couldn't lift my body, my bones were about to fall apart, and I was very tired.

People cannot clearly remember dreams, and the distortion of reality is not long-term memory. The more awake you are, the faster you forget.

Qiao Yan's thoughts were empty for a while, and she couldn't immediately remember what she did in her dream. She was so sleepy that her upper and lower eyelids were fighting. She leaned against the bedside and yawned a couple of times. She turned her head to look at the tightly closed floor-to-ceiling curtains before she yawned. After a shock, I finally realized it later.

Those flashing pictures were so real that she was stunned for a moment, and moved to the side suspiciously.Fortunately, it is empty.

He lowered his head in a daze, lifted the quilt and looked again, and heaved a sigh of relief.

Qiao Yan dazedly touched the switch and turned on the wall lamp, then picked up the phone to unlock the screen to check the time.Woke up too early, just after seven o'clock.

I don't understand why I dreamed of those weird scenes, how they kept on surrounding Zhou Xiyun all night, and the jumping speed was so big, it seemed like I couldn't escape when I was young and then I grew up.

Those fragmented fragments emerged in my mind, and gradually faded away, leaving only a hazy impression.Qiao Yan couldn't recall the details, and only captured some small points. After careful consideration, Qiao Yan began to wonder whether it was because he met Zhou Xiyun too many times recently, or because he took in that person.

She frowned tightly, grabbed the quilt under her body and pulled it.You shouldn't have picked Zhou Xiyun over here, where is all this...

Qiao Yan felt that his orientation was normal, and he thought from the bottom of his heart that he was straight, and that he would rather bend than bend, even if he was broken, he would never give in.She had already thought of a reasonable excuse for what happened last time. Self-hypnosis was a stupid thing done by drinking too much. It was not a manifestation of her own will, let alone anything.

It's not just a kiss, it's not serious and hard work.

Some people gnaw on tree stumps after drinking numbness, and there are not a few people who take off their clothes and sleep on the street in the park.they

It's only one step, at the very least, the two sides can still return here, it's not too much, at most it's blinded by black lights and blind fire.

Although I didn't drink alcohol this time, the level was too far from the last time. There were hundreds of thousands of miles between them, and they were not at the same level at all, so it was not a problem.

Furthermore, aren’t dreams all the opposite, and certain specific scenes generally reflect the deep psychological refraction of the person, rather than expressing what one wants to do in the dream.

Maybe this is just a concentrated expression of pure contradictions about reality?

Because he bullied Zhou Xiyun when he was a child, and because he has been like that recently, he created some illusory images that go against his own consciousness.

Qiao Yan thought so, thinking about all the past.

In fact, she didn't bully Zhou Xiyun at all, so she didn't know how to use her size advantage to be aggressive in the past few years, and she was always fooling him.Later, when they got older, after they officially entered school, Zhou Xiyun grew taller than her, so it was not easy to be deceived, and this person never listened to her nonsense.

Be calm and calm, and suppress the complicated feelings in your heart.

With a slight chill on her back, Qiao Yan slapped her hands back. She pulled up the corner of her clothes and fanned them, put on her shoes and got out of bed, and stopped randomly spreading out what was there and what was not.

It was still early, but he couldn't fall asleep, so Qiao Yan washed up and went out, wrapped up the clothes he changed yesterday and washed them in a pile, then went downstairs to tidy up.

Unlike the brightness of the previous few days, the sky this morning is still gray, and the air seems to be filled with thin fog. The buildings in the distance are half hidden in the thin silver lines, and the outlines of the edges disappear.

There are people on the first floor, and grandma has already woken up, sitting on the sofa in a well-dressed manner and reading classics on Kindle.

The old lady is very knowledge-seeking, and with the attitude of living to learn, she has nothing to do every day, and tinkers with these modern technological products when she has free time.

Zhou Xiyun was also there, who had just finished teaching his grandma how to buy and download online books, and was sitting patiently on a high stool, waiting for the coffee to be brewed.

Qiao Yan straightened his back and walked straight over.

Intentionally ignoring people, she distanced herself calmly and turned into the kitchen without seeing anything.

Zhou Xiyun ignored her and made two cups of coffee, and put an extra cup of warm milk on the table.The warm milk is from grandma, and the coffee is a cup for each person.

Zhou Xiyun didn't remind Qiao Yan to drink, he just put it there anyway, and put it in the middle of the table.

Qiao Yan didn't accept this kindness, so he opened the refrigerator and took out a bottle of soda water. While turning on the stove, he lightly ordered: "Clean up the coffee machine."

Don't tell anyone by name, just squeeze out a sentence.

Zhou Xiyun picked up his cup and took a sip, but didn't respond when he heard the sound. After a while, he found a handkerchief, worked slowly, and went to the kitchen to wash his hands after finishing.

Qiao Yan threw a piece of cod meat that had been thawed in advance into the pot, and then grabbed some ingredients from the refrigerator and fried them randomly. He was not picky, and he did whatever he had, just made do with it—breakfast was over.

She usually doesn't eat here very much, she either goes out to buy something hungry, or orders takeaway, and right now she is reluctant to do so because of taking care of the elderly, otherwise she would rather spend a few dollars to buy two buns to eat.

In order to save time, Qiao Yan set up two pans, one for frying meat, one for frying vegetables and eggs.Her cooking skills were not good enough, she didn't know how to handle the ingredients, and she couldn't control the heat. A good piece of fish was poked into soft mud not long after it was put into the pot.

Zhou Xiyun stood by and watched. After a while, he still took two steps forward.

Before the lingering shock from last night had dissipated, Qiao Yan subconsciously took precautions, raised the spatula to block in front of him, opened his mouth vigilantly and said, "What are you doing..."

Zhou Xiyun looked at her and raised his hand slightly.He didn't explain, and he didn't bother to speak.

This area is a triangular area, with stoves and cabinets on both sides, and it cannot be retreated in any direction.Zhou Xiyun leaned over, and he could block Qiao Yan into the corner with half a step more. At first glance, that move just now seemed to be a trick.

Qiao Yan was inexplicably nervous. He knew he was worrying too much, but he still couldn't control his behavior.

In fact, Zhou Xiyun was really fine, he just came over to turn down the fire. "The meat will be mushy immediately," Zhou Xiyun said lightly, "won't you turn it over?"

Qiao Yan immediately put away his embarrassment, looked down, quickly turned over with a shovel twice, and said unwillingly: "Don't block me, get out of the way."

Zhou Xiyun stood back, but didn't leave the kitchen, and stayed by the side. "The okra is ripe," said the man.

Qiao Yan turned the okra again, and said impatiently: "I know." Then he took a plate and prepared to put it on.

Zhou Xiyun said again: "Put a little salt in it."

Qiao Yan put down the plate and sprinkled salt. "You don't need to teach me."

Zhou Xiyun looked at the stove again, "Bacon is fine too." Qiao Yan wanted to sprinkle salt on the bacon again. "This one doesn't add salt." Zhou Xiyun stopped him.Qiao Yan was puzzled, and blurted out: "Why?" "It has its own taste." "I used to add it."

"Not salty?"

It seems to be a bit.

Qiao Yan said stiffly: "It's okay for me to eat." Zhou Xiyun said softly: "You can add more flavor." Qiao Yan: "..."

Cooking is like a battle, the pots and pans are banging, and it takes a lot of effort to get a barely decent meal.

Qiao Yan found Zhou Xiyun annoying, but due to his limited ability, he had to listen to him, so he resisted the idea of ​​driving that person away and let him do whatever he wanted.

The eggs were fried, and one of them was battered.

Qiao Yan turned the battered fried egg upside down and put it on the plate, hiding the burnt side, then handed the plate to Zhou Xiyun without changing his face, and said, "This is yours."

Zhou Xiyun took it and went outside with the things.

The three of them gathered together for breakfast again, but they just changed places.

Grandma had a poor appetite, and really couldn't accept the ugly fish, so she pushed it away without even taking a bite, but she still praised Qiao: "This time the cooking is better than last time, and the fried okra is not bad. .”

Qiao Yan stuffed half a fried egg into his mouth, "I'll make this for you tomorrow." Grandma nodded: "Okay."

Qiao Yan picked up the coffee and handed the fried cod pieces to Zhou Xiyun.Zhou Xiyun took the whole thing according to the order and ate every bite.

At eight o'clock, the rain had almost stopped.

Qiao Yan still took his grandmother to the store, and sent Zhou Xiyun downstairs to Yifeng Group on the way.

Today's Kafa's business is sluggish, and there are almost no customers in the store.

Cloudy days are good for ecstasy, especially when you have nothing to do.

Qiao Yan is surprisingly idle, not in the mood to play with electronic products, except for occasionally getting up to do something, the rest of the time is lying on the table thinking about life.

Still can't break free, still trapped by the emotion of last night.

Rong Yin knocked on the table, "What's wrong, you don't feel well?"

"No," Qiao Yan tilted his head and denied, "It's fine."

Rong Yin was also bored, so he sat down opposite her.

"You were so languid early in the morning that you lost your soul. Did you stay up all night last night?"

Qiao Yan said: "It's impossible, I don't dare to stay up late, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up in the morning."

Rong Yin asked: "What's the matter, have you encountered something troublesome?"

Qiao Yan was not honest, "No." Rong Yin: "Have you had a fight with your family?"

"The weather is bad, I don't want to move." Qiao Yan was full of lies, "Rain affects my state." Rong Yin smiled, "I didn't see you like this when it rained a while ago." Qiao Yan: "I'm seasonal of."

Seeing that he didn't want to talk more, Rong Yin didn't press the question, instead, he changed the topic wisely and talked about the work in the store, saying that he planned to hold an event to attract customers recently, and asked Qiao Yan for his opinion.

Soon it will be summer, and the peak season of beverage stores is approaching. Other nearby stores are preparing for these, and Kafa naturally has to keep up, promoting the new products that will be launched, so we must not be left behind.The two discussed this for a long time and exchanged ideas.

After all, Kafa is not a big chain brand. The promotion methods of the original small stores are nothing more than those few, such as shouting in the circle of friends, distributing leaflets, and advertising in conjunction with the local peripheral travel official accounts... They have no money to engage in online marketing, so they can't afford to use the Internet Red bloggers are exploring the store and soft wide, worried about losing money, so they can only adopt more traditional methods.

After all, the store is small and the daily costs are high, so it is still just earning some hard money.

The task of distributing leaflets and contacting the official accounts of Surrounding Tours fell to Qiao Yan, and Rong Yin was responsible for the rest, and the two sides cooperated with each other.

On the way, Rong Yin flipped through WeChat and replied to the message.

Qiao Yan's sharp eyes saw that it was from Ah Kuan, so he asked, "Is there something you need to do?"

Rong Yin replied and said, "No, she asked me to go to the movies tonight."

As soon as the words came out, she thought Qiao Yan didn't understand who "she" was, and added: "Ah Kuan, she is free today."

Qiao Yan said bluntly: "I'm chasing you?" Rong Yin said: "That's it." "Going?" "No time."

Qiao Yan said, "It's okay, I can look after the shop by myself."

Rong Yin still didn't go, and made excuses: "I don't want to go out, makeup is too troublesome."

Qiao Yan would not involve too much in the private life of his friends, even though he heard something was wrong and guessed that there might be some problems between Rong Yin and Ah Kuan, he stopped his curiosity and stopped talking.

Everyone has their own ideas, and feelings are always private, and the most taboo among friends is to not be able to distinguish the boundaries.

"I don't want to fall in love in the near future," Rong Yin said sincerely, and didn't mind revealing a little bit, "and it's not suitable, I don't feel like I'm from the same way, so there's no need to waste energy if we can't get together."

Glancing at the ambiguous hickey marks on the side of Rong Yin's neck, Qiao Yan didn't express any opinion on it, but said: "You can do whatever you want, happiness is the most important thing."

Rong Yin agrees: "Yes, only if we agree."

After the conversation, Qiao Yan got up to wipe the bar and walked around twice.Rong Yin also went to wash the machine and find something to do.Qiao Yan hesitated for a moment, then turned around and called for someone.Rong Yin turned around, "What's the matter?" Qiao Yan: "Ask a question." Rong Yin: "Tell me."

Qiao Yan pondered for a second, "It's your type... No, you... How did you guys decide which type you like in the first place?"

Rong Yin didn't quite understand, "Which type?" "Female." Qiao Yan said.

Rong Yin understood, "Why do you ask this?"

Qiao Yan lied: "I watched a movie yesterday, and it was about this, but I didn't quite understand it." Rong Yin said: "Movies are art, and they are different from reality." Qiao Yan hummed: "I think so too."

Rong Yin: "In reality, there are many causes of homosexuality, and they are not unified." Qiao Yan: "For example?"

"Some people have been there since childhood, and some people will only find out after many years." Rong Yin replied, "The general environment will have a certain impact."

Qiao Yan said, "You are born."

"Well, it's always been like this." Rong Yin replied, "My crush in middle school was a female classmate, and the ones I like and date with later on are all of the same sex."

"None of them are boys?" "Yes."

"What about your girlfriends, are they the same?" "Not all of them."

Qiao Yan asked, "Some people like men?"

"Some are bisexual, and the rest are probably for novelty," Rong said.

These are beyond Qiao Yan's cognition. She doesn't understand why she wants to date someone of the same sex if she is not gay. This is unreasonable and illogical.

Rong Yin said: "Although it is immoral, there are many such people in life."

Qiao Yan was puzzled: "What are you trying to do?" Rong Yin said bluntly: "Mental or physical stimulation." Qiao Yan choked, with an expression of disbelief.

"Haven't you seen this?" Rong Yin laughed.Qiao Yan replied: "No." Rong Yin said: "There are no surprises."

Qiao Yan: "Won't they be surprised? And they don't like the same sex, so how can they do it?"

A few words can't seduce, and Rong Yin can't give a written professional explanation, but only briefly mentions it, which are some aspects that are difficult for ordinary people to touch.

All in all, it is very messy, some are because of irresponsibility, some are hobbies, and some are because I want to try it myself, there are all kinds of reasons.

Qiao Yan returned to the previous question, "Then how did you determine your orientation?" Rong Yin said casually, "It will be determined when the time comes." "What time is it?" "It's hard to describe." Qiao Yan: " Give me an example."

Rong Yin thought, "For example, if you see someone you like, you want to have more contact with her." "Does kissing count?" "Yes."

Qiao Yan pondered for a while, "What if it's a dream?" Rong Yin: "That's right."

Qiao Yan was stunned, "Is this considered gay?"

"Not necessarily." Rong Yin said, and asked, "Who did you dream about?"

People were about to be entangled, Qiao Yan's mind was buzzing, her ears became hot again, and she muttered vaguely: "No, how could it be..."