desolate

No one knows what happened on the rooftop that night.

Wen Jialang and Xu Duozhi drank too much in the room, and the fireworks were not set off. They slept in the living room until midnight and woke up to find that everyone else was asleep. The wall came home.

After that night, the only difference was probably the relationship between Zhou Ze and Pei Ye, and the most direct change was the problem of sleeping.

It's not a big deal. Before the relationship is confirmed, no matter how much the mind is in the brain, on the surface everyone is separated by a layer of window paper. Even if they are naked and take a bath face to face, they have to pretend to be embarrassed; but once the relationship is confirmed, the two People lie down together without touching or kissing, as if they are sorry for the bed.

So for a few days, the two of them went to work and school without energy.

So Pei also proposed a solution,

However, Zhou Ze did not express any opinion on the matter of covering a quilt for one person at the time, but within two days, Pei Ye's quilt was "accidentally" splashed with a bowl of instant noodle soup, clearly expressing his attitude.

That night, when Pei Ye came back from get off work, he saw the quilt cover still dripping, as if he saw Zhou Ze flaunting his power at him, and felt angry and funny, but finally let it go.

As Zhou Ze said, life seems to be getting better.

On the day of the final exam, Pei Ye happened to be paying his salary, and Zhou Ze received a call from him as soon as he left the exam room.

"I'll wait for you at the school gate."

"what?"

"Salary is paid, and Orange Juice said that he wants to eat barbecue."

After the exam, the school was on holiday. Zhou Ze followed the crowd to the school gate. The road was full of laughter and laughter. He seemed to be infected, and smiled: "Okay, it's rare to kill Mr. Pei."

Across the crowd, Zhou Ze saw Pei Ye riding on a motorcycle from a distance, beckoning, and squeezed to his side.

Pei also took out a new helmet for him: "Put it on."

"Finally it's not pink anymore." Zhou Ze held it in his hand, looking quite satisfied, "Where's the orange juice?"

"Her school is near the barbecue shop. I let her go first." Pei Ye said, "By the way, how did you do in the exam?"

Zhou Ze stopped putting on the helmet for a moment, and quickly covered it up while the other party didn't notice: "...Do I still need to ask about my grades?"

Pei also really didn't pay attention to this point, he only thought he was boasting: "Good, good, good at learning, top in grade."

The square at dusk is about the busiest time of the day. Even though it is freezing cold, it can't stop those old men and old ladies who are digesting their food after a meal to come here together to show off their talents.

When Pei Ye stopped the car, Zhou Ze watched the pas de deux for a few minutes, and found that one of the old ladies had changed three partners after one dance.

"Does it look good?" Pei Ye came over and suddenly called out behind him.

Warm breath hit the back of his neck, Zhou Ze couldn't help shrinking a bit: "Damn, why are you so close?"

Pei Ye let out a "hiss", and stretched out his hand to pinch the back of the little white-eyed wolf's neck: "Isn't it time for you to throw the quilt on me?"

Feeling guilty, Zhou Ze immediately fell silent.

The barbecue shop is in the pedestrian street in the center of the square. The flower baskets that opened at the entrance are still placed at the entrance. The environment of the shop is good, at least the decoration is brand new.

Zhou Ze looked around in the store, and finally saw Cheng Zhizhi at a table by the floor-to-ceiling window who was buried in his homework.

The table for four wasn't too big, but it wasn't too small either. It was filled with papers.

Zhou Ze looked at the amount of homework that was almost comparable to his own, and was a little surprised: "Do you have so much homework in elementary school?"

Cheng Zhizhi didn't even raise his head: "Two are from classmates."

Pei also randomly took a paper from the pile of books. He couldn't judge the difficulty of the questions for the fifth grade of elementary school, so he could only search for relevant memories in his mind.

What were you doing when you were in fifth grade?

After thinking about it, Su Ya was quite normal when she first came to Pingjiang. She should have been studying hard, her grades were not good, but she never missed a class.

He thought of Zhou Ze again, and asked, "What were you doing in fifth grade?"

Zhou Ze answered casually while ordering food on his mobile phone: "Go to school, what else can I do."

really.

"However, I just transferred to another school at that time, and my grades were poor. I sacrificed all my vacations to barely keep up with their study progress before the end of the semester. The students in those good schools are all perverts." Zhou Ze handed the phone to Cheng Zhizhi Meal, "See what you want to eat?"

After a few years, Pei also looked at the current Xueba and asked, "Are you tired?"

"Why aren't you tired?" Zhou Ze said, "When others are sleeping, I wake up and read in the morning; when others go out to play, I am doing quizzes; when others are watching TV, I read notes. In order to get a few higher rankings, I drink coffee and Red Bull, until now , I feel like throwing up when I see these two things. You said that learning is painful? Painful, but ask me if it is beneficial, and it is. So I can’t even blame anyone.”

Is Ma Wenjing wrong?

No.

She made him outstanding, achieved success in the worldly sense, and set him a template for a perfect life. He should be grateful—at least not complain.

Zhou Ze sat obediently on his seat, lowered his head slightly, and poked the bare plate with the tip of his chopsticks.

The plain tone is paired with the pitiful childhood story, the ink-colored broken hair casts a shadow on his face, and the shoulders that are neither wide nor narrow sink down with the bones under the flesh. Even if he is sad, he is still a beautiful and proud cat.

I can't help but touch it.

In fact, Pei did exactly that.

When he reacted, his soft fingers instantly stiffened, and they gently pressed against Zhou Ze's head.This kind of intimate and compassionate gesture made the two teenagers a little awkward.

But it was also comforting.Zhou Ze was even thinking about what he should do next.

Kiss or hug?

"...Pei Ye?"

Just when Pei Ye was at a loss, someone next to him suddenly called his name.

A somewhat thin boy was staring at him.

"...Ah, it's you."

Pei also saw this person, and his reaction was quite strange. It didn't look like a good relationship, but it didn't look like there was any enmity either. He said they were ordinary friends, and the tone of the conversation felt very familiar.

"I thought I made a mistake."

Jin Yang smiled, and then looked at Zhou Ze next to him with puzzled eyes.

Pei also sensed it, followed by the introduction: "He is... my friend, Zhou Ze, and that is my sister."

Jin Yang nodded: "Hello - I haven't seen you for a few years, and you all have friends. It's really rare."

"..."

Zhou Ze took a leisurely look at Pei Ye.Was this person so unpopular before?

"... Sit down." Pei Ye was slightly embarrassed, "When did you come back?"

Jin Yang was not polite, and called the waiter to add more bowls and chopsticks: "How come you have learned to speak politely, obviously, at my welcome banquet that day, Curly said that you would not come if you died."

Being exposed face to face did not make Pei Ye feel any embarrassment or guilty conscience, on the contrary, he became more frank.

"It's not because of you, I just don't want to see some people."

"Okay." Jin Yang didn't say anything, but avoided the topic, "I heard you dropped out of school? What are you doing?"

Pei also said, "Sales."

"It's a lot of money..."

Afterwards, the two chatted about each other's current situation for a while. After Jin Yang went out to answer the phone, he hurried away without even having time to say goodbye.

"Is he leaving now?"

"Well, it should be about his grandma."

Pei also watched him stop a taxi by the side of the road, and then put all the meat on the grill into Zhou Ze's bowl: "You don't have to be so serious about listening to the story, don't you even move your chopsticks?"

Zhou Ze stirred the sauce in the oil dish: "The things you talk about don't make food."

"..."

Pei Ye smiled sullenly: "Then what do you want to hear?"

Zhou Ze took a bite of the meat, it was dry and a little salty after roasting for a long time.

"I just... want to know about your past."

"Oh—it's not impossible to say it, but it's not suitable for children to listen."

"..."

Pei also deliberately played tricks, and passed the blame to Cheng Zhizhi by the way.

"?"

But before anyone could speak, Cheng Zhizhi took out a pair of earphones and put them on, and handed them a message saying "I can't hear you, I won't talk nonsense, please rest assured" eyes.

Pei Ye: "..."

Zhou Ze: "..."

This kid has grown up.

Pei also sighed, pursing his lips straight.

The oil on the plate reflected his good-looking features.He hesitated for a few seconds, as if he was struggling with something. After a short while, he stated in an almost steady tone with only occasional short pauses: "...Actually, it's nothing. I used to be in junior high school with Ju Haonan and him. Classmates, we have a good relationship..."

Zhou Ze nodded, and immediately thought of the "three tyrants on campus" that Xu Duozhi said.

"But among Ju Haonan's friends, there are some out-of-school gangsters who are a few years older than us. At that time, they didn't know what was right and wrong. Jin Yang and I would occasionally fight with them on the Internet... Later, we were about to graduate When something happened, Jin Yang accidentally stabbed someone, and then I broke up with them."

The reason is fear.

It is the 15-year-old who suddenly realizes that what he is facing is the law, society and life, not a game that can be reckless.

He doesn't want to be a bad person himself.

Looking at Zhou Ze with wet eyes, the eyes that used to be indifferent are now restrained and sharp. The end of the eye is slightly higher than the head of the eye, and the end slowly fades away with the shadow of the eyelashes.

This story was told in a very brief way, and those occasional pauses seemed to be deliberately omitted, but it didn't mean they were unimportant, and they might even be the reason why Pei also struggled.

Zhou Ze suddenly remembered his actions to comfort himself.

It seemed that he stretched out his hand first, and then gently touched the top of the other person's head... The palm touched the short and hard hair tip, it was a little itchy, and there was an urge to touch it a few more times.

"Cough cough...!"

Cheng Zhizhi coughed several times when he touched the Coke.

...choking.

Suddenly thought of something, the little girl immediately made a serious expression and put on the earphones again, and said to the two embarrassed teenagers: "...You guys continue."

"..."

"..."

Go on shit.

The author says:

tomorrow