Qinghong

April passed by in a hurry, and it was the end of the month, and the students became increasingly impetuous, focusing on discussing the upcoming May Day holiday.Although I am a teacher, I also look forward to the holiday, but when I think of Zou Haiyang's return home, my anticipation is immediately depressed. I might as well stay in the office and write a thesis.

During various holidays in the past years, Ning Qing often asked me to go out to climb mountains or watch the sea. He had many ideas, and he paid all the tickets for hotels and attractions to ensure that we both had a good time.

"Xiao Zou, do you have a plan for May Day?" Kang Yanfeng asked.

"Go home." I said, "Xi'an."

"Go back and spend time with your parents? It's good." Kang Yanfeng said, "Where's Lao Bi?"

"My little brat wants to go to Disney." Bi Xuhua said, "fly to Shanghai on May [-]st."

"Then you old rabbit must follow." Kang Yanfeng said with a smile.

"What about you? What are you going to do?" I asked.

"It's similar to Lao Bi, but it's not Disney, go to Fantawild." Kang Yanfeng said, "The little guy got double hundred points in the test and clamored for a reward."

"You double hundred points?" Bi Xuhua said, "Where is Fangte enough? Go to Universal."

"Shh, the little guy knows Fantawild." Kang Yanfeng said, "As long as he doesn't mention me, he will pretend that there is no Universal."

"Hello, I'm looking for Teacher Zou." A familiar male voice sounded.

I looked towards the door, and Ning Hong leaned against the door frame, smiling and waving at me: "Teacher Zou."

I sat on the stool without moving, but Ning Hong was not afraid of surprises, and walked over generously: "Are you free this afternoon?"

"It depends." I said.

"I guess I'm free." Ning Hong walked around behind the table and stood leaning against the edge of the table. He folded his arms and turned to look at me with squinted eyes and a smile.

Perhaps because of my unusual indifference, Kang Yanfeng and Bi Xuhua looked over curiously. I didn't want my colleagues to watch my private affairs, so I stood up: "Go out and talk."

"Let's go." Ning Hong approached me affectionately and whispered in my ear, "Does your colleague not know that you like men?"

I squinted at him, did not speak, walked out of the complex office building in silence, found a secluded corner to stop, turned around and threw Ning Hong against the wall: "Don't force me to beat you."

He subconsciously blocked it and didn't dodge my hand. He raised his head, my hand clutched his neck, and his phalanges pressed against his fragile Adam's apple. He took a quick breath, trying to stabilize his frightened expression for a moment.

I am a little taller than him, about five centimeters, which is enough to restrain his movements. I look into his dark pupils, which are bright, reflecting my frowning and impatient face.

He has calmed down and stood upright, Ma Liu apologized: "I'm sorry."

I let go of my hand and took a step back: "What do you want from me?"

"I came to see Ivan." He said, with a pitiful expression, "I haven't seen Ivan for half a month, and you didn't bother me when I transferred the money to you."

"I made the bills, and every expense to Ivan is recorded, do you want to see it?" I asked.

"No, I trust you." He answered kindly.

I glanced at him in surprise and said, "There is still an hour of lunch break, you can go out for a walk if you feel bored."

"I saw you write a paper," he said.

"Do you understand?" I asked back, "Don't bother me."

"Who do you look down on?" He was not convinced, "Professor Zou, why don't you have any spirit of equality?"

No matter how you look at it, it looks like nonsense. I walked back to the office, and Ning Hong followed me step by step like a little tail.The office was quiet, Sister Wu went to class, Kang Yanfeng and Bi Xuhua were immersed in academics, I sat down, picked up my pen, and whispered to Ning Hong, "You sit across from me."

"Oh." He sat down, took three or four books and piled them into a pillow, lay down on it and closed his eyes to rest.

I knew he would do this, so I casually grabbed a piece of white paper to calculate, and amidst the rustling sound of writing, an hour slipped by quietly.When the bell for the lunch break rang, Ning Hong opened his eyes and looked at me in a daze for a while: "get out of class is over."

"Well, let's go." I closed the cap of my pen, picked up my phone, stood up, and left the office building with Ning Hong.

Walking on the road, Ning Hong asked: "This is not the way to your house, where are we going?"

"Canteen." I said, "Go back after eating."

He snapped his fingers: "Shall we go eat hot pot?"

"No." I said, "Quickly finish your meal and go back to feed the cat."

"Oh yes." Ning Hong quickly nodded in agreement, "I almost forgot."

I laughed straight at his words: "Are you here to see the cat or are you angry at me?"

"Both." He said, with a suddenly serious expression, and looked me over carefully, from head to toe, with a serious expression on his face, "I flew to New Zealand last week, and I wanted to buy you a present, but you don't seem to be wearing any clothes. accessories, so I bought Ivan a present."

"What?" I asked.

"Wool cat litter," he said, "and a jar of honey."

"Can cats eat honey?" I asked.

"It's for you," he said, "in the car, which is parked outside the campus."

"You don't need to bring me anything." I said, the last sentence I wanted to say that it would be enough if you don't get angry with me, but Ning Hong made a special trip to bring me a gift, it was really inappropriate for me to choke him over and over again, So give up.

"...That's not what you and my brother said." He muttered.

"What?" I didn't hear what he said clearly, the cafeteria was not far away, and I was thinking about what to have for lunch.

"No." He said, "I want to eat chicken rice."

"Okay." I agreed and stepped into the cafeteria. I ordered a bowl of noodles with sesame sauce, and I ordered a plate of chicken chop rice for Ning Hong.

The two of us were eating our own meals, Ning Hong asked: "I booked a ticket for Gubei Water Town on May [-]st, let's go on vacation."

"No time, I have to go back to Xi'an." I said, "Look at my parents." Besides, why should I go on vacation with someone I just met once or twice? It doesn't mean I have to treat him like I treat Ning Qing.

He looked a little disappointed, poked the fried chicken with his chopsticks, and said suddenly: "My brother's suicide note mentioned you."

"What?" I was stunned, "What did you mention about me?"

"I won't tell you, unless you go to Gubei with me." He blinked.

"You lied to me." I said, with a cold tone, I was tired of his clever little tricks, he stabbed me intentionally or unintentionally, apologized lightly, like a child who didn't know the importance, stepped on me relying on the blood relationship with Ning Qing The bottom line is bouncing around.

Ning Hong stared at me intently, realizing that I was steadfast in refusing to vacation with him, and sighed softly: "Just think I'm lying to you."

After lunch, I walked out of the cafeteria and met Xiao Ke. The white and thin boy greeted me warmly: "Teacher Zou!"

"Hey." I said, "Why did you come to dinner so late?"

"It's the wrong peak, there are too many people at twelve o'clock." He was much more cheerful and lively than before, with bright eyes, "Teacher, don't go, I'll treat you to ice cream."

"Okay." I readily agreed.

"Lansheng, are you a student?" Ning Hong put his arms around my shoulders.

Xiao Ke stood there helplessly: "Yes."

I patted Ning Hong's hand away and said to Xiao Ke, "Don't bother with him, I want to eat chocolate ice cream."

There are freezers on both sides of the entrance of the cafeteria. Xiao Ke and I opened the glass door, searched for a long time, and pulled out three ice cream cones.Xiao Ke swiped his student card to pay the bill. I walked up to Ning Hong with two ice creams and gave him one: "Here, strawberry ones."

"I want to eat vanilla." Ning Hong said.

"If you like to eat or not, return it to me." I stretched out my hand.

Ning Hong held the ice cream cone tightly: "No, it's mine if you give it to me."

"Teacher, I'm going to eat." Xiao Ke said, his voice was low and weak, as if he had returned to the previous weak and introverted shell.

"Wait." I stopped him, and took out a box of lemon tea from the freezer, "I'm here for you, it's hot to cool off."

"Okay." He took the lemon tea and laughed again, "Goodbye, teacher!"

"Goodbye." I waved.

Ning Hong said, "He likes you."

"I'm his teacher." I said, "The child is not doing well, it's very pitiful."

"Are you pretending not to understand or do you really understand?" He grabbed my wrist and angrily dragged me out of the cafeteria, "You can only like my brother."

"Is there something wrong with you?" I was puzzled, "What a mess."

Ning Hong kept his face sullen and didn't speak. He walked with a dull head, walked out of the school gate, and stopped in front of a white Tiguan: "Get in the car."

"This is your car?" I asked.

"Yeah." He pressed the car key, and the lights came on, "Honey and the cat are in the trunk."

I opened the co-pilot's door and sat in, fastened my seat belt: "Let's go."

"You don't have class this afternoon, right?" He asked, his expression normal, and he seemed to have adjusted his mood.

"No." I said.

"You go home on May Day, who will take care of Ivan?" He turned the car key, started the car, and turned the steering wheel to turn around.

"Foster to Dr. Cai." I said.

"You give me the key, and I'll take care of it." He said, "I don't feel relieved to give it to someone else."

"You have no travel plans for May Day?" I asked, "You said you booked a ticket for Gubei Water Town."

"No, it's boring." He said.

I didn't answer, and calmed down. The distance from the school to the community is only one intersection, and driving is really a luxury.The car parked downstairs, the trunk was opened, I took the cat litter and honey and went upstairs, opened the door, and the white cat with different pupils sat dignifiedly not far away: "Meow——"

"Ivan." Ning Hong said, "Come and give me a hug."

The white cat came straight to me, rubbed against my trouser legs, and lay on all fours on the ground with its belly exposed, like a puppy.

I put the cat litter next to the TV cabinet, turned around, Ning Hong knelt down, and rubbed the white cat's ears with both hands: "Soft ears mean henpecked."

The white cat pushed Ning Hong's hand with its paw pad, and Ning Hong rubbed it relentlessly. I couldn't bear to look at it and said, "Ivan has a good temper. Don't make him angry. I don't care if he scratches you."

After hearing this, Ning Hong let go of his hand, stood up and reached out to me: "Your house key."

I handed him a spare key: "Don't lose it."

"I can't throw it away." He said, "When you leave, I will take away the TV, refrigerator, and washing machine."

"The property of this house has been registered." I said, "If you dare to take away the community, you will not be able to leave."

"Just kidding." Ning Hong drawled, "Teacher Zou, you can't help being funny."