Tangent

10.

For a period of time after school started, as long as Ruan Jing was present, Yu Yan kept displaying his presence in front of Qiao Lijia. Although he publicly rejected Ruan Jing's confession, he seemed to have reached a consensus in private and became... well friend?

Qiao Lijia frowned for the fourth time. It is really not a happy thing to be interrupted in the middle of playing basketball, especially because the reason for being interrupted is that the person he likes is going to give a lecture to the person he likes.

"I'm really sorry... to bother you."

When passing by Qiao Lijia, Yu Yan, holding the book in his arms, whispered apologetically for the fourth time.

"Because I really want to do better in the exam..."

"Do you want to do better in the exam?"

"Huh? Um... yes. What's the matter?"

"It's nothing...Come on."

Yu Yan didn't understand why a person who had gloomy eyes one second would smile brightly and encourage himself to study hard the next moment (your illusion). Turning his head inadvertently, he saw Ruan Jing looking at him intently and earnestly, with Qiao next to him. Lijia's cold stare formed a sharp contrast.

"..."

Yu Yan couldn't tell what was weird, but witty thought it would be better to stay away, so she silently held the book and went back to the bench by the basketball court, staring straight at the two agile figures on the court.

It seems...an unexpected harmony.

...It's obviously two boys.

Yu Yan tapped his head to stop his strange imagination, and continued to watch Ruan Jing from afar with his chin on his hands.

Although it is late spring, many people only wear a sweater outside, but probably due to the heat of playing, Ruan Jing left the dark blue sweater on the bench and only wore a looser shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows , revealing a wheat-colored arm, although it can't be called Kong Wu's strength (...) or something, but the strength is not small.

Yu Yan remembered that on the day of the New Year's holiday, Ruan Jing who had been following behind suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled her, forcing her to almost stagger and fall backwards, slightly annoyed when she saw Ruan Jing's nervous face, and then disappeared. , Facing that tense face full of youthfulness, Yu Yan found that he could always calm down.

Really...don't like him?

There was a hint of inexplicable emotion hidden in the dark eyes, Yu Yan and Ruan Jing, who cast their eyes here and there from time to time, looked at each other, lowered their heads and closed their eyes, faintly thoughtful.

11.

After being a spectator for so many years, he finally became a character in the play.

It was a rare time for Ruan Jing to be serious. She leaned against a tree at the entrance of the test center with a transparent bag, narrowed her eyes slightly, and went through the unfamiliar knowledge points in her mind again.

The college entrance examination... I'm a little excited when I think about it.

Unable to restrain her optimistic nature, Ruan Jing laughed to herself again, looking out of place among a group of nervous candidates and their parents. Although her smile was a little bit of a snake on this occasion (...), it still attracted the attention of several girls around. Instead, they whispered and talked non-stop.

Ruan Jing didn't pay too much attention to the twittering discussions around her. Relying on her height advantage, she found Qiao Lijia in the crowd without any difficulty. Although she didn't quite understand why she didn't go to Yu Yan first, she still peeped secretly ( ...) From Qiao Lijia.

After changing out of her usual spotless summer school uniform, Qiao Lijia was wearing a black T-shirt, which made her already fair skin look a little sick, and her black hair was fluffy and not too docile, with thin bangs covering her forehead, revealing A pair of cold and arrogant eyes.The high temperature in summer can't warm up the high-cold air field around him, like a little hedgehog, armed from head to toe, labeled "Stay away from me", with thin lips opening and closing, as if bowing his head Talk to someone.

Ruan Jing turned her head curiously, squinting her eyes to see the person opposite Qiao Lijia clearly.

She has long black hair, um, she seems to be a girl; the top of her head barely reaches the corner of Qiao Lijia's lips, um, she really seems to be a girl; wearing a long white dress, um, she really is a girl.

Ruan Jing, who couldn't bear her curiosity, simply pushed aside the crowd and walked towards Qiao Lijia, completely forgetting to find (steal) find (peep) Yu Yan, with a habitual bright smile on her face, seeing clearly Who was that girl, she was stunned, and she tilted her head and glanced at Qiao Lijia in a daze. The latter still had the indifferent attitude of "it's none of my business", but the refrigeration function (...) was weak when she saw Ruan Jing some.

"Ruan Jing?"

It was the girl who spoke first.

"Yu Yan... what were you guys talking about just now? You seem to have a very happy chat." They didn't even ask me to QAQ.

"us……"

"It's nothing."

Qiao Lijia interrupted Yu Yan's continuation, winked at Ruan Jing when she was concentrating on Yu Yan, and then spoke lightly.

"Seeing that you are not here, let me replace the little angel who gave the lecture."

"..."

"Let's enter the examination room."

Qiao Lijia interrupted Ruan Jing's hesitation to speak, and turned to leave first, leaving only a tall and thin back.

12.

"That should be the first time in my life that I cheated."

Qiao Lijia took a sip of coffee, her eyelashes drooping to hide the emotion in her eyes.

"But surprisingly proficient."

The corners of the mouth were slightly raised, and there was a little sarcasm in the faint wry smile.

"I didn't even know that I would be so great and help others... Heh."

"What if it happens again?"

The person on the other side who was listening quietly asked a question suddenly.

"how is this possible……"

"I mean what if, what if it could be done again?"

Qiao Lijia was a little dazed in the face of the other party's persistent questioning, and then gave the answer without hesitation.

"If it happens again... I will still help her cheat, and I will fulfill them, even if I am too selfish to be willing."

long silence.

The heat on the coffee pot gradually dissipated, revealing Qiao Lijia's sharp-edged face, which has been running around for several years, but still has a childish face with a little stubbornness.

The chair creaked slightly as it was dragged on the ground, and the person on the opposite side returned from curling up on the chair to the posture of the cat behind the counter. Not long after, the strong aroma filled the room again.

Qiao Lijia stared at the snow scene outside the window in a daze, not knowing whether she was speaking to the only audience or muttering to herself.

"It was also a winter when I started to decide not to confess my feelings to him, and the New Year was approaching."

"I don't know how many times I have regretted it. Why did I happen to pass by and hear him confess to Yu Yan?"

"There's no more words to say."

"When facing him who is like a normal boy who is struggling with how to confess to a girl, I can't say it no matter how much I like it."

"But there's no way... I still like him."

"I like him enough to be willing to do anything for him, helping him with meals and snacks, being joked by the boys in his class as his wife, helping him with his homework when he complained that he was too tired, helping the girl he likes to cheat in the college entrance examination, for his Talk about a recognized relationship like ordinary people, be able to get married and have a wife and have children, and be blessed by everyone...then don't be with me."

"If you are with me, you have to bear so much prejudice and indifference, I will not bear it."

"So what if he doesn't like me, and what if he can't be with me. There's no way I still like him. "

Qiao Lijia was about to give up on himself, like a summer many years ago, he covered his eyes with the back of his hand, as if this could cover up all his emotions and ensure that he still had an image of being calm and indifferent to the outside world.After a brief silence, Qiao Li Jia Chuer chuckled, a little strange in the silence of the room.

"Fortunately, I used the strength of wine to do what I always wanted to do...although I didn't finish it."

"……What?"

Half a head popped up behind the counter, with some confusion in its eyes.

"Do it... well, literally."

The author has something to say: how to be harmonious in the next chapter... bald head