Qinghong

The kiss with Ning Hong, I was indifferent on the surface, but my heart was already turbulent, including in the dream, the grotesque scene suddenly changed into Ning Hong's approaching face, and the small mole under the left eye was looming, tormenting me for several nights. Bedside in a daze.

The sky outside the window was dim, and blue-gray clouds were floating in the building. I picked up my mobile phone and took a photo and sent it to Moments, [Morning. [picture]】.

"Jingle Bell."

My phone rang and I answered, "Hello?"

"Are you awake?" Ning Hong's voice was hoarse, and he yawned in a half-dream, half-awake state, "What are you busy with when you're not sleeping?"

"How do you know I'm not asleep?" I asked.

"You posted it on Moments." Ning Hong said, "I just got up to go to the bathroom, so I took a look."

I said, "It's a coincidence, you go to sleep, I'm asleep too."

"Really? I don't believe it." Ning Hong said.

"You have an appointment with Luyu." I laughed, "Go to sleep."

"Teacher Zou." Ning Hong said, "Do you miss my brother?"

"..." I was silent for a while, and then said, "Yeah." Because of Ning Hong's kissing me, I didn't think of Ning Qing for several days, so I lied to him with this answer.

"You really miss him..." Ning Hong said, "I can accompany you out for a drink."

"What's the use of us drinking," I said, "I fell asleep."

"Oh, I wish you a sweet dream." Ning Hong hung up the phone.

I threw the phone aside, lay down, stared at the ceiling and fell asleep in a daze. When I opened my eyes again, it was already ten o'clock in the morning.

Today's work is mainly for the students to take the exam, and the exam time is three o'clock in the afternoon. I turned over lazily, feeling tired.High school, university, master's degree, doctor's degree, university teacher, all the way, steadily, the most thrilling time is the Ph.D. graduation, I almost delayed my graduation.The first half of my life is like an old dog, and the second half of my life can be seen at a glance. I am a salted fish. I don't want to be rich and powerful. I just hope that the leader will not find me.

After giving up on myself for a while, I reluctantly got up, put on slippers, washed my face, brushed my teeth, made breakfast, finished a set of work, and walked out of the house dressed appropriately.I sighed deeply, even though I am a university teacher, I still don't want to go to work.

Walking into the campus through the side door, I met Lian Junya head-on, and I casually greeted him: "Yo, you didn't go home?"

"No, we made an appointment to go out after Xianxian's tutoring." Lian Junya said.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"Osaka." Lian Junya said, "We made a detailed strategy and plan to play for five days."

"Fine," I said. "I wish you all the best for your trip."

"Thank you teacher." Lian Junya waved his hand, "I'm going to catch the bus."

"Go ahead." I said.

Entering the office, Kang Yanfeng said, "Xiao Zou, your student has been waiting for you for half an hour."

"Huh?" I looked at the desk, and Xia Xianxian waved at me: "Teacher."

"What's the matter?" I walked over and sat down.

"I have a few questions to ask you." Xia Xianxian spread out her notebook, her handwriting was neat and beautiful, and the sentences with questions were marked in red handwriting.

"This question, the first..." I explained one by one, "...do you understand?"

"Oh." Xia Xianxian nodded, "Understood, thank you teacher." She closed the notebook.

"I met Lian Junya on the way here. I heard that you are going to Japan for summer vacation?" I asked, "That's great."

Her expression suddenly became tense: "You, you know?"

"Know what?" I didn't understand her reaction, she didn't look excited, but seemed to be caught in the pigtails, "Don't you guys go on vacation?"

"It's a vacation." Xia Xianxian said, "But teacher, can you stop telling my parents about it?"

I looked at her suspiciously: "Don't your parents know?"

"...Well." Xia Xianxian said, "I told them that I failed the exam, and you will let me study for two weeks."

I shifted my gaze, puzzled in my heart, Xia Xianxian covered up her whereabouts mysteriously, and agreed: "Okay, I won't tell your parents."

"Thank you teacher." Xia Xianxian said, she put the notebook into her schoolbag and waved to me, "Goodbye, teacher."

"Goodbye." I said.

At [-]:[-] p.m., the graduation examination began. As the invigilator, I sat behind the podium with nothing to do.The invigilator was not allowed to play with mobile phones, read books, or distract attention. I was flipping up and down with a gel pen.Kang Yanfeng, who was invigilating the exam with me, yawned boredly, staring straight at the spinning pen, as if being hypnotized.

Just like this, I spent an hour and a half in a daze, and I said: "Students who have finished writing can hand in the papers in advance."

There was the sound of chairs being moved, and the students lined up to hand in their papers. Kang Yanfeng and I folded the papers and placed them on the edge of the podium.I looked at the rest of the students who were frowning, hoping that they would finish writing and handing in the papers quickly.

I walked to the window, Tianjin at the end of June was extremely hot and humid, and the gentle breeze in front of me was not cool, but added a little irritability.A tall tree outside the window blocked my view, and I could vaguely hear two girls arguing.

"If you don't tell your parents, we will go elsewhere."

"I'm not……"

"You are cowardly! Let me tell you Xia Xianxian, either you come out, or we break up!"

"I……"

Xia Xianxian?

I moved my steps, wanting to go around the trunk of the tree to see the specific situation.

"Xiao Zou, close the paper." Kang Yanfeng stretched his waist and sighed in relief, "It's finally over."

I closed my eyes, walked quickly back to the podium, quickly packed up the test papers and put them in my backpack, and said, "I have something to do, so I won't go back to the office with you." After finishing speaking, I hurried out of the classroom and left the classroom. Upstairs, walk towards the alley behind the window.

Sure enough, Xia Xianxian bent her knees and sat on the steps lonely, her head buried in her arms, her shoulders trembled, as if she was crying.

"Xiao Xia." I said.

Like a thin young bird, she shrank her shoulders, raised her head, and whispered, "Teacher Zou."

"What's the matter?" I said, walking up to her, dusting off the steps, sitting down, and whispering, "I was proctoring the exam in the lecture theater, and I heard you arguing."

"Yeah." Xia Xianxian's eyes were red with tears, "I'm sorry to disturb you."

"It's nothing, your condition is not right this semester, and you just went to Japan to relax during the holiday." I said.

"I won't go to Japan anymore." Xia Xianxian whispered, "I won't go to Lian Junya."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because we broke up and broke up," she said.

I was fine in the morning, but why did they break up? I don’t understand the friendship between girls, and I don’t know how to comfort them. I thought about the words and sentences for a while in embarrassment, and said dryly: "That's it..."

Xia Xianxian turned her head to look at me, looked at me for a while, and then bent her eyes: "Teacher, we broke up."

separate?I suddenly realized, and the atmosphere became more awkward: "Oh, this is not easy to handle."

"You have nothing else to say?" Xia Xianxian asked.

"Say what?" I asked dumbly.

"How do two girls fall in love?" Xia Xianxian said.

"What else can we talk about, let's talk about it." I said, "It's not easy to find someone who sees each other well."

Confided her inner secret to me, Xia Xianxian looked relieved, she said: "My parents are very traditional."

I nodded understandingly.

"When I first entered university, my dad urged me to find a partner." Xia Xianxian said, "When I was taking the postgraduate entrance examination, I said that I wanted to study for a Ph. D., because I wanted to use my studies to avoid being urged to marry. Reject the blind date arranged by my parents."

I listened quietly, and Xia Xianxian continued on her own, as if she wanted to release all the troubles and stress: "I met Junya, she is a lively girl, like a whining little train, always full of energy Take me to explore new things. I like her so much."

"Then why did you break up?" I asked.

"I dare not stand in the sun." Xia Xianxian said, "I'm afraid." She folded her arms and curled herself up, "I'm not as brave as her."

I am silent, unable to pick up on the grievances. Individuals have different family situations and different growth trajectories. I can't presumptuously speculate on her psychology and self-righteously point out a "clear path" for her.Everyone has their own destiny, I said: "Are you going home for summer vacation?"

"I don't want to go back." Xia Xianxian said, "I found an internship job to earn some pocket money during the summer vacation."

"Okay, as long as you have an arrangement." I said, "If you encounter difficulties, you must tell me."

"Well, thank you teacher." Xia Xianxian said, she pursed her lips, hesitated for a while, and said, "Ms. Zou, can I chat with you often?"

I looked at her, and she explained nervously: "Not often, occasionally, I will never waste your time."

"You can do it at any time." I said, "I am your teacher, and my responsibility is to take good care of you and guide you to choose a beautiful path forward." I took out a tissue from my backpack and handed it over, "Here, just wipe it off."

"Thank you, teacher." Xia Xianxian took the tissue and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. The skin on her forearm was white and transparent. The sun shifted, and the sunlight shone on her arm, and she could vaguely see blue blood vessels.

"Teacher Zou!"

Someone called me, I turned my head, Xiao Ke stood not far away and waved to me: "Here."

"Come here." I waved.

Xiao Ke happily ran over: "Mr. Zou, have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet." I said.

Xiao Ke's eyes fell on Xia Xianxian: "This is...?"

"Your direct senior in the second year of research." I said, "Xia Xianxian."

Xia Xianxian stood up, about the same height as Xiao Ke, also thin and fair, I patted Xiao Ke's small body: "Eat more, I'm afraid you won't be able to beat your senior sister like this."

"Why should I beat her?" Xiao Ke muttered in a low voice, and he smiled at Xia Xianxian, "Sister, I'm a sophomore, Xiao Ke."

"Hello." Xia Xianxian smiled politely.

My stomach is empty, I feel hungry: "Let's go, eat."

The three of them were walking side by side on the small road, and a tall and thin boy passed by in front of me. I thought it looked familiar, and I secretly thought about the name of this boy.The boy turned his head and saw us, especially Xiao Ke, raised his hand and said hello: "Hi, Mr. Zou, Xiao Ke."

"Ah, boss." Xiao Ke said, he looked at me, "Mr. Zou, that's the senior driving the ice cream truck."

"Oh, I remembered." I said, Tang Zihao, a senior at Xinchuan College.

"Are you going to the cafeteria?" Tang Zihao asked.

"En." Xiao Ke nodded.

Xia Xianxian looked at Tang Zihao, then at Xiao Ke, and frowned.

Facing people other than me, Xiao Ke was introverted and said little.

I had to open my mouth to smooth things over: "Have you eaten?"

"I've eaten." Tang Zihao said, "I'm going to the library, you go and eat, it's late and there's no seat."

"Go ahead." I said.

Tang Zihao glanced at Xiao Ke several times intentionally or unintentionally, and finally swallowed his words and walked towards the library.

Xia Xianxian leaned close to Xiao Ke's ear and whispered.

I caught a glimpse of their small movements, but didn't speak. The senior sister and the younger brother have a good relationship, and I'm happy to see it succeed.

Not knowing what Xia Xianxian said, Xiao Ke said in surprise: "Impossible!"

Xia Xianxian said, "Believe it or not."

I walked into the cafeteria, took out the staff meal card, and asked, "What do you eat?"

Xiao Ke said, "Barbecue rice."

Xia Xianxian said, "Noodles with scallion oil."

"Okay." I swiped my card and asked for a plate of three delicacies dumplings for myself.

We had dinner together, counting the time, I can go back to the office and write my thesis for another two hours, when the phone rang, I answered the phone: "Hello?"

"Lansheng." Ning Hong's lazy voice came from the receiver, "When are you coming back?"

"You control me." I said.

"I'm at your door." Ning Hong said, "I want to eat hot dry noodles."

"..." I said confidently, "Go downstairs and buy it yourself. It's in the alley at the back door."

"I don't want to move." Ning Hong dragged his voice, getting more and more aggressive, "The corridor is cool, it's hot outside, and there are mosquitoes."

I sighed and looked at Xia Xianxian and Xiao Ke: "I left earlier, you two should communicate more."

"Okay." Xia Xianxian said.

Xiao Ke's eyes wandered, and he followed Xia Xianxian and said, "Okay."

It seemed that the two had a little secret in common. I left the cafeteria, walked out of the campus, and bought a box of hot dry noodles from a cart on the side of the two-lane road.I walked through the back door of the complex, entered the unit door and went upstairs. When I saw Ning Hong sitting on the steps of my house, I raised my hand and stuffed him with hot dry noodles, and took out the key to open the door.

Ning Hong said with a smile: "The teacher is really virtuous."

"Believe it or not if I kick you?" I pushed open the door, put the key into the porcelain bowl above the shoe cabinet, and the white cat sat on the arm of the sofa and looked at us.

After changing my shoes and washing my hands, I turned on the water heater and air conditioner. I replaced Ivan's bowl with fresh water, and sat on the sofa facing the air conditioner to enjoy the coolness.

Ning Hong ate hot dry noodles and said, "Blowing directly on the air conditioner will catch cold." He came over and kicked my calf, "Sit on the side."

I moved the place lazily, and the white cat got into my arms, its tail wagging once and for all.

The cicadas outside the window were yelling loudly, making people upset.

The white cat stared at me, its slit-slit pupils dilated into ovals, it suddenly stretched out its claws, and slapped my neck with considerable force, with a "bang".

"Hiss." Drowsy, I was slapped awake by the cat's paw, stroking my neck, and a stuffed dead mosquito stuck to my fingertips.

"Mosquito catching ambassador Ivanov." Ning Hong teased. After eating the hot dry noodles, he washed his hands and sat next to me, rubbing the white cat's head.