The conservative man who wears the past through the present is crooked

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In the Heling Courtyard:

Ye Xiyu walked back to the third floor with heavy steps—coincidentally, just as he returned to the door of the room, Lu Zheqian's bedroom door opened, and Lu Zheqian walked out of the room.

The moment their eyes met, the two stopped involuntarily, and then looked at each other with complicated eyes.

After a while, Lu Zheqian suddenly said: "It's late, go to bed early."

He just came back to his senses, then smiled at Lu Zheqian, and said, "Well, you too, good night."

After speaking, he opened the door and entered the bedroom, and quickly closed the door.Lu Zheqian looked at the closed door and frowned, then closed the door as well.

On the morning of the first day of the new year:

He and Lu Zheqian ate breakfast, packed up and prepared to leave with their schoolbags on their backs.When he stepped over the high threshold under the curved door, sentimental emotions instantly swept through his heart like a tidal wave.

He couldn't help but stop, then turned around, and looked at the small courtyard with reluctance - he knew that after this morning, he would never have the chance to come back here with Lu Zheqian.

Lu Zheqian, who was walking in front, stopped when he noticed that the people behind him hadn't followed, then turned around, looked at his back and asked, "What's wrong?"

He turned around and smiled at Lu Zheqian, and said, "Xiao Zhe, why don't we take a group photo before leaving?"

Lu Zheqian didn't expect that he would suddenly want to take a group photo, so he was stunned for a moment, but soon came back to his senses, then nodded slightly, and said, "Okay."

With that said, Lu Zheqian took out his phone and asked, "Which background do you want to take?"

He looked around, and finally set his sights on the old millstone in the corner of the middle hall, and said, "It would be nice if I could get a picture of this millstone."

He vaguely remembered that when his mother in the previous life was still alive, she often used a millstone to grind tofu, and at that time he was still very young and sat by and watched—it can be said that this was his only clear memory of his mother in the previous life up.

Lu Zheqian nodded, and then ordered: "Come here."

He hurried over, and then turned their backs to the central hall with Lu Zheqian. The two adjusted their positions again so that the millstone could enter the background.

Soon, Lu Zheqian pressed the camera button and said, "Okay, I'll send you the photo later."

As he said that, Lu Zheqian put the phone back into his schoolbag and walked over to open the courtyard door, and he hurried out after him.

He stood quietly behind Lu Zheqian, watching Lu Zheqian close the two wooden doors.He was filled with emotion again, and then suddenly said: "Xiao Zhe, how about I take another photo for you?"

Lu Zheqian was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, and stood still in front of the door.He quickly took out his mobile phone and took a photo of Lu Zheqian, and said, "Okay, I'll send it to you later."

"Yeah." After speaking, Lu Zheqian took out his phone again, "I'll take a picture for you too."

As he said that, Lu Zheqian walked towards him and pushed him to the door. He had no choice but to stand still with his mobile phone, and then smiled warmly at the camera of Lu Zheqian.

Looking at his pure and warm smile in the camera, Lu Zheqian suddenly felt as if a warm sun was blowing in his heart, and the corners that had been dark for many years were also illuminated.

"Xiao Zhe, are you ready?" He felt that he had been standing there for a long time, but for some reason Lu Zheqian hadn't said yes yet.

Lu Zheqian frowned, then pressed the camera button, put the phone away, and said, "Okay, let's go."

As he said that, Lu Zheqian went to the front to lead the way, and he quickly followed up—but, he didn't dare to walk side by side with Lu Zheqian, but a few steps behind, quietly watching the back of the boy he liked.

The two figures, one in front and one behind, shuttled in the slow time of the country road, they gradually disappeared at the end of the road, and walked to the unknown distance with the nostalgia of the years.

In the evening, the Ye family:

Ye Xiyu sat on the window sill, recalling what Lu Zheqian said to him last night on the roof of the small courtyard in Heling.

Should he take the IELTS test seriously again?Reason told him, no.Because he had promised Lu Kunyong that he would leave the city after Lu Zheqian's college entrance examination, and he would never have any contact with Lu Zheqian again.

However, he is a person with delicate emotions, and his sensibility is tempting him to try in the direction he shouldn't go.

Looking back on his previous life, he had always been a man of the rules, and he had always withstood and retreated in the face of all kinds of difficulties from his stepmother.He originally thought that as long as he kept his duty and worked hard, everything would be fine, but unexpectedly, he was persecuted by his enemies and committed suicide by jumping into the lake.

And in this life, will he continue to be a well-behaved person?Or should he be like that bright firework, burning once for the love he loves?

However, will such a life-consuming fanatical pursuit really bear fruit?Will this kind of enthusiasm, which seems almost crazy to him, disrupt his originally peaceful life?

He sighed silently, thinking to himself, forget it.Thinking of this, he stood up and closed the curtains, then turned off the lights and lay down on the bed to get ready to sleep.However, as soon as he closed his eyes, Lu Zheqian's stubborn and lonely back appeared in his mind.

He opened his eyes suddenly, sighed silently again, thinking, isn't it just an exam?You don't have to go abroad after passing the exam, and, maybe there will be a turnaround in the future?

This night, he tossed and turned in this tangled emotion, and finally fell asleep unknowingly because he was too sleepy.

On the morning of the second day of the new year, he got up early in the morning, then went to the study, picked up a set of exercises and started to do it.As he was doing it, he realized that what he was doing was actually an IELTS practice question. He couldn't help but smiled bitterly—this is the deepest thought in his heart, right?However, the reality was cruel, and he had to suppress his original intention at the bottom.

He put down his pen, got up and went to the window and opened the curtains, only to see that the sky was clear yesterday, but now it was misty and rainy again.

Time travels and shuttles with the clouds, and before you know it, the winter vacation has passed again.With the quiet blooming of Molan in February, Ye Xiyu also quietly applied for the IELTS.

On the Saturday of February 21st, he came to the study on the second floor of Lu's house again with anxiety, and saw Lu Zheqian sitting at the desk seriously looking at the set of wrong questions.

He put on a smile and said to Lu Zheqian: "Xiao Zhe, good morning." As he spoke, he sat down at the desk.

Lu Zheqian was still looking at the set of wrong questions, and then gave a soft "hmm".He was taken aback for a moment, then took out the laptop, he hesitated for a moment before turning it on, and then said to Lu Zheqian: "Xiao Zhe, I'm going back to my hometown with my father next weekend, so I can't come over for tutoring. May I?"

Steward Song said before that if he "asked for leave", he would tell Lu Zheqian directly.

Lu Zheqian raised his eyes and glanced at him—only one glance, then turned his gaze back to the wrong question set, and said, "Okay, that's fine."

He didn't expect Lu Zheqian to agree in this way, and he was suddenly surprised, but he didn't dare to show his emotions at the moment, but said softly: "Thank you, Xiao Zhe."

After finishing speaking, he unlocked the screen of the computer, and then seriously revised his graduation thesis.

The next weekend will soon arrive, and Ye Xiyu took the IELTS test as scheduled.On Sunday afternoon, when he finished the speaking test, it was drizzling outside.

Looking at the dark sky, he couldn't help frowning—for some reason, since he and Lu Zheqian came back from the New Year in Heling Village, the weather in Xinyou is often hazy, and there are very few sunny days.

He sighed softly, then took a taxi and drove back home.

The Lu family at this time:

Lu Zheqian was doing physics problems in the study when his cell phone rang suddenly. He turned it on and saw that it was Feng Bin's WeChat message: Young master, Mr. Ye did not go back to his hometown, but went to take the IELTS test.

He frowned and thought, did Ye Xiyu want to surprise himself?Thinking of this, he couldn't help smiling.

In mid-March, on a Friday night, the Ye family:

Ye Xiyu logged on to the relevant website to check her IELTS score - 6.5 points.

He couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief, then turned off the computer, walked to the bathroom with a smile on his face, and took the clothes he just changed to the washing machine on the balcony.

As soon as he put the clothes into the washing machine, Ye Mingchao came out of the living room, looked at him and asked with a smile, "Son, what's the matter? Why are you so happy?"

While turning on the washing machine, he said, "Father, I have good news for you. I got 6.5 points in IELTS!"

Ye Mingchao was taken aback, and then remembered that he had mentioned the IELTS test to himself before, but Ye Mingchao really didn't know what IELTS was, so he said: "My son is really good! But, what kind of test is this IELTS for? "

He was also taken aback, only to realize that he was so happy to tell Ye Mingchao the results.However, he didn't want to fool Ye Mingchao, so he explained it to Ye Mingchao seriously, and tactfully expressed his willingness to study in country B.

Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, Ye Mingchao frowned displeasedly, then shook his head and said, "I don't agree."

His good mood was immediately drowned out by a basin of cold water, and he asked carefully, "Father, why?"

Ye Mingchao said: "You can go to study abroad, but you absolutely can't go to country B. The atmosphere there is bad. The news has said that there are gays everywhere, and they are all immoral habits. It makes me feel disgusting..."

Ye Mingchao continued to speak at length, while his heart was slowly sinking, and his breathing was also slowly messy with the pain in his heart.

At this time, Ye Mingchao suddenly walked towards him, then patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said, "Son, I believe you are definitely not a person who likes the same sex. These scandalous things.

But ah, I'm just a son like you, you said, if you really go to country B, what if you are targeted by some pervert?You are not familiar with the place where you live, how can you beat others?right?So, I still say the same thing, you can study abroad, but don’t go to country B. "

After speaking, Ye Mingchao yawned and said, "I'm going back to bed first, and you should go to bed early too." After speaking, Ye Mingchao walked back to the bedroom.

But he stood there in a daze, letting his deep feelings silently fall to the bottom of time, shatter into the canyon of time, and finally drift into the vicissitudes of life.