youth and time

"What's the matter with you?"

Jiang Yufan had just finished his morning jog. He was wearing quick-drying sportswear, with a white towel hanging around his neck. Sweat was streaming down his forehead. Zhong Chaozhou, who was at the door of his house, felt the disgust and dissatisfaction in his heart ready to come out.

"Please have breakfast." Zhong Chaozhou leaned against the wall, "I'm sorry to bother you so much when I came to your house two days ago, please have breakfast."

Jiang Yufan raised his eyebrows, looked Zhong Chaozhou up and down a few times, his expression seemed to say "You're actually embarrassed?".

Zhong Chaozhou was also a little embarrassed, he scratched his head: "Oh, are you going or not? Give me an answer!"

"Thank you for your kindness." Jiang Yufan nodded expressionlessly, "But my parents will cook me breakfast. If you think you disturbed me last time, don't bother me again in the future, thank you."

"Hey, wait a minute, I..."

"Hey, Xiaofan!" At this time, An Ruosu and Jiang Lin came out of the house. They were already fully dressed and ready to go out with their bags on their backs.

Jiang Yufan was stunned for a moment, then checked the time with his mobile phone: "Going out so early?"

"Yes. Classes officially start today in the third and third grades of junior high school. Your dad and I are both homeroom teachers. We have to go to class early to watch the morning reading. We didn't make breakfast. It's too late. You can solve it yourself." An Ruosu said, He walked away quickly with his bag on his back.

Leaving Jiang Yufan alone in the wind: "..."

"That..." Zhong Chaozhou moved closer to Jiang Yufan, chuckled a few times, and asked, "Now... can we have breakfast together?"

Jiang Yufan: "..."

Zhong Chaozhou: "Pingping at the door has breakfast, his tofu nao is very delicious, really! Want to try it? I treat you!"

Jiang Yufan shook his head: "No, I'll take care of it myself."

"Your parents have gone to work!"

"I can do it myself."

"Hey, no, I said you..." Zhong Chaozhou dodged and stopped in front of Jiang Yufan, "Why are you so unreasonable! Is it so difficult to treat you to a meal?"

Jiang Yufan glanced at him: "I... Hey! What are you doing?!"

Zhong Chaozhou dragged Jiang Yufan and walked out: "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, let's go, I invite you to eat!"

"Hey! Zhong Chaozhou! Let go... let go! Let me go take a shower first!" Jiang Yufan pulled his arm back with strength. Seeing Zhong Chaozhou's resolute attitude, he knew that if Zhong Chaozhou didn't agree today, Zhong Chaozhou I can really hang on here and not let myself enter the house. In desperation, I can only compromise, "You wait for me here, I will go home and take a shower, and I will be out soon."

Zhong Chaozhou raised his eyebrows, and put his hands behind his back obediently: "No problem! It's still early, don't worry, I'll wait for you!"

Jiang Yufan: "..."

The breakfast shop was busy at just after [-]:[-], students who planned to go to the remedial class that started at [-]:[-], and company employees who were rushing to work, Ping Ping made it the breakfast shop with the best taste and the most reasonable price in this area, At the moment, it is overcrowded and full of voices.

The cage for steamed buns was placed at the entrance of the breakfast shop. When the lid was lifted, a white mist filled the surroundings. The white and fat buns were lying in the cage, and the aroma was overflowing, which instantly aroused people's appetite.

Zhong Chaozhou and Jiang Yufan entered the store. There were many people in the store and there were no empty tables. The two of them shared a table with several company employees.

"Oh, Xiaozhou is here again?" Zhong Chaozhou seemed to be a regular customer here, and the aunts in the store greeted him warmly when they saw him, "What are you eating today? Still the same?"

"Yes, the same." Zhong Chaozhou smiled, turned to look at Jiang Yufan, "What do you want to eat?"

Jiang Yufan raised his head, stared at the large menu with white characters on a red background covering the entire wall for a while, and said, "A bowl of tofu nao, and a dish of side dishes."

Zhong Chaozhou doubted his ears for a while: "That's all?"

"that's it."

"Eat so little?"

"I don't eat much in the morning."

Zhong Chaozhou nodded, got up and went to the door to report the menu, thinking to himself: You don't eat much for lunch.Is a boy with such a small appetite?

Zhong Chaozhou asked for a bowl of tofu nao and three meat buns, and the guests went to the door to pick up the buns themselves.

Zhong Chaozhou took the plates to the door, and the aunt who was in charge of distributing the buns at the door glanced in Jiang Yufan's direction and asked, "The one you brought here is your friend?"

"Well, the one who just moved into our alley lives next door to my house, neighbor."

"Oh, tsk tsk~" Auntie turned her head and looked at Jiang Yufan several times, "Young man is really good-looking, hey, do you know if he has a girlfriend or something..."

"Auntie!" Zhong Chaozhou took the clip from the auntie, made three buns for himself, and put the clip back into the auntie's hand, laughing, "We are still students, minors, we don't fall in love early."

The aunt's face drooped instantly, and she shook her head in disappointment.

Such a good-looking child, why is he a student?Why are you still underage?what a shame.

Zhong Chaozhou took the steamed stuffed bun, and passed the side dishes to Jiang Yufan.

Jiang Yufan sat upright, looked at a bowl of tofu nao and a side dish in front of him, and said, "Last time I took you in, you owed me a favor, this meal, you said it was a favor to me, right?" Bar?"

Zhong Chaozhou took a bite of the steamed stuffed bun, nodded, and said vaguely, "Yes, what's the matter?"

Jiang Yufan leaned forward and pointed to the breakfast in front of him: "Then after I finish this meal, you and I will owe neither of them, it's settled, right?"

Zhong Chaozhou put down his chopsticks: "Speak up if you have something to say."

"Then since you and I have settled, I'll trouble you. I'll be fine in the future. Don't bother me, okay?"

"..." Zhong Chaozhou leaned back slightly, with a strange expression on his face, "Brother, you are much more serious than what your sister said."

Jiang Yufan raised his eyebrows, noncommittal to Zhong Chaozhou's evaluation.

Zhong Chaozhou met Jiang Yufan's gaze, took a deep breath, and nodded: "Okay, I understand, I will try not to disturb you in the future if I have nothing to do, let's eat, the tofu here is delicious, and it will be fine when it is cold." It's delicious."

……

"So!" A few days later, at Shen Yi'an's house, Zhong Chaozhou sat on the sofa, tilted his head up and drank a half-can of Coke, and put the Coke can heavily on the glass coffee table with a "boom", "Jiang Huan's rhetoric still puts Jiang Yu The sails have been beautified a lot, and Jiang Yufan’s degree of avoidance of strangers is beyond imagination, and it is very, very, very, very difficult to get close to."

"Then according to you, this new neighbor...is quite difficult to get along with?" Shen Yuyu folded her arms, crossed her legs, and sat on the sofa in a disfigured manner, like an old man, "But after this week, I I think he is okay, he will take the initiative to say hello to me when we meet." Although he just nodded.

"That's just his basic courtesy and respect for people. He is polite. He greets you out of politeness, but it doesn't mean he is willing to get close to you, understand?"

"Hey, I don't understand!" Shen Yuyu stood up, "I won't chat with you anymore, school starts next week, I have to hurry up and make up my homework. You can play."

Watching Shen Tianyu enter his room, Shen Yi'an said: "To tell you the truth, I have spoken to Jiang Yufan several times, and I really feel that although he speaks very politely and makes people sound comfortable, he is very, very polite, and he is very polite to everyone. There is a distance, except for his parents. It is indeed a difficult person to approach and get along with. But—”

Shen Yi'an changed the subject: "Why are you so determined to have a good relationship with Jiang Yufan?"

Zhong Chaozhou nodded vigorously to express his agreement, and suddenly stopped: "..."

Shen Yi'an leaned in front of Zhong Chaozhou, with a gossiping expression: "Could it be...you have a crush on his sister? Do you want to have a good relationship with Jiang Yufan so that you can get closer to his sister?"

"..."

"Don't! Although I really don't want to admit it, but compared with you, you are more handsome and taller than me. I am under a lot of competition pressure."

"..." Zhong Chaozhou looked at Shen Yi'an with extremely complicated eyes, but in simple terms, he looked at Shen Yi'an, "What are you thinking? Jiang Huan is not my type."

"Then what are you doing? You wouldn't..." Shen Yi'an gasped, his expression suddenly became surprised, he covered his mouth with one hand, leaned back with his upper body, trying to stay away from Zhong Chaozhou, as if it was the flu Virus, "You don't... you like Jiang Yufan, do you? Damn! You, you, you, you..."

"You you you you you you! You what you!" Zhong Chaozhou slapped Shen Yi'an on the head, "What are you thinking about every day? Why do you think about things that girls are interested in every day?"

Zhong Chaozhou picked up Shen Yi'an's collar with one hand, and pointed the thumb of the other hand at his nose. He paused every word, sonorously: "I! Straight! I don't like men! Understand?"

"Understand, understand!" Shen Yi'an was grabbed by Zhong Chaozhou, feeling that half of his body had been suspended in the air, his voice trembling, begging for mercy in a hurry, "Understand, understand! I was wrong! I was wrong! Brother Zhou, I was wrong! I You shouldn't be talking nonsense!"

Zhong Chaozhou wrinkled his nose, let out a snort, and let go of his hands. Shen Yi'an took a few deep breaths of fresh air, and collapsed on the sofa, his eyes lost.

Zhong Chaozhou clapped his hands and said: "There are not many residents in Guhuai Lane. Among the minors, only a few of us are of the same age. You, Sister Yu, and Da Qiao are all science students, and I am the only one." I'm a literary student, lonely and cold, and I finally have another liberal arts alumni, is it strange that I want to have a good relationship?"

"It's not strange! It's not strange!" Shen Yi'an was afraid of being pulled back by his collar again, so he quickly waved his hands, "It's normal! It's nothing more than normal!"

"Hmph! Hypocrisy!" Zhong Chaozhou snorted coldly, stood up, and patted the crumbs that fell on his body after eating the biscuits, "I won't tell you anymore, I'm going home for dinner."

Shen Yi'an: "Come home, come home! Go slow, don't send me off!"

Zhong Chaozhou: "..."

Zhong Chaozhou left Shen Yi'an's house, stood at the door of his house, sniffed and sniffed.

The smell of pickled fish was in the air.

Zhong Chaozhou raised his eyebrows, feeling very strange, will there be any guests today?

But Zhong Chaozhou didn't care if there were any guests. He only knew that he had another good meal at noon today. Thinking of this, he happily opened the door of the house: "Mom, I'm coming back—Jiang Yufan? Why are you here?"

Jiang Yufan moved a small wooden chair, and was sitting under the locust tree in the courtyard of Zhong Chaozhou's house reading a book. Hearing the sound, Jiang Yufan slowly raised his head, and his cold, expressionless face was paralyzed on the mottled tree of locust tree. The shadow is even more gloomy, the eyes are dark and unclear, and she is wearing white clothes. The whole person looks exactly like the female ghost in the ghost movie, it can only be said to be copied and pasted.

Zhong Chaozhou felt a cold breath blowing towards his face, goosebumps all over his body, he couldn't help shivering: "..."

Such an ominous premonition...