A bloody knife

Qiao Ran stopped outside the gate of the community again. Even though she had already entered, she knew that the man might not deny his continued travel, but she still stopped.

——He was waiting for the day when the man took the initiative to speak.

Qiao Ran waved: "Goodbye, Ah Ning."

The milk tea he bought today was not the same as the cup he bought last time. He took a sip and found that this one was much better. The next second, he threw it into the trash can unmoved.

……

The day when I knew Qiao Ran for a full month happened to be Christmas.

Zhao Ning and Qiao Ran still only had nine sentences.

Several colleagues in the same office, before leaving get off work, can't wait to plan team building.

"Zhao Ning, are you going?"

He still had one last piece of work to do, staring at the screen, he directly refused: "No, you guys go."

The other party also guessed that he probably would not agree, looked at each other helplessly, and started chatting about the next arrangement.

When the time came, Zhao Ning got off work on time.

Qiao Ran has been waiting at the door, this unilateral waiting lasted for a month without interruption, except for the day when the milk tea shop was crowded.

—and today.

Qiao Ran is not outside.

Zhao Ning walked forward, and when he reached the intersection, the light was green.

The night has not yet fallen, and there is already a festive atmosphere on the street, and the people passing by are more or less carrying something related to "Christmas".

He inadvertently turned his head to the left, and the milk tea shop with the promotional banner of "Buy One Get One Free for Christmas Carnival" almost became a queue outside the milk tea shop.

The crowd was densely packed, but it was obvious at a glance that Qiao Ran was not inside.

Zhao Ning looked back with a calm expression. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the countdown to the green light was ten seconds away, and it only took five seconds to go from one end to the other.

When the red light fell, the person who hadn't had time to catch up with the green light clicked his tongue a little irritably beside him.

Zhao Ning's figure was a bit out of place among the crowd. Even the old man with gray temples, because of the atmosphere, put an elk-shaped hair ornament on his head. He stood in the crowd in white clothes and black trousers, like A drop of ink falling into the oil painting is spontaneously separated from everything around it.

The green light came on again, and pedestrians walked past him.

Zhao Ning has been walking this road for many years. For the first time, he knows that the red light is 40 seconds, and the green light is only 20 seconds.

The fourth time the light changed, he stepped forward.

As if nothing had happened, the land where he stood did not seem to leave a trace of a person waiting.

……

The next day happened to be Friday.

Zhao Ning stepped out of the door, walked into the elevator, pressed the number 1, and stood with his eyes straight ahead. When the elevator arrived, the door opened slowly and quickly.

When getting out of the elevator, there was an accident that never happened before.

Qiao Ran's always smiling face was full of apologies: "Ah Ning, I'm sorry I didn't wait for you yesterday."

The accident only affected a little time of this journey to work, not even a minute.

He walked out of the elevator as usual, passed the guard outside, nodded to the dutiful middle-aged man as a greeting, and continued on his way.

A few steps out of the gate, he was stopped again.

With a rare and tough attitude, Qiao Ran stuffed the exquisite gift box into his arms.

"It was my first time knitting a scarf, but I still couldn't catch up. I didn't finish knitting until after eleven o'clock yesterday. I originally wanted to give it to you yesterday. I'm sorry, Naing. I should have started preparing it on the first day I met you. Yes, although it's late, I still want to tell you, Nei, Merry Christmas. And—”

He blinked.

"It's me too, I like your No. 30 days."

……

"Zhao Ning, you will be late!"

"How many years have you set our company's perfect attendance record, is there something wrong, why are you late in the morning?"

Zhao Ning didn't explain, and while turning on the computer, he reminded softly: "The door is open."

——The leader is coming out.

The other party naturally understood the implication of this sentence, stopped gossip immediately, tilted his buttocks, and sat back in his seat.

……

While waiting for Uncle Wang to make tea, Qiao Ran recalled the tenth sentence Zhao Ning said yesterday.

"Thank you."

Hearing the man speak again after a month, made people feel even deeper and more pleasant.

"Xiao Ran, what are you thinking?"

He took the tea from Uncle Wang, smiled and shook his head: "No."

Uncle Wang didn't ask too much, and reminded: "It's a bit hot, you can drink it after a while."

"it is good."

Qiao Ran's eyes turned and stopped at a certain place.

The other party followed his gaze and explained: "You also think this box looks good, right? I got it from Zhao Ning. I thought he was going to throw it away, so I asked him to come here."

Uncle Wang didn't know that he gave it to Zhao Ning.

"What's the matter? Do you like Xiao Ran too? That's for you."

He shook his head slightly, and the movement of pulling the corners of his mouth was suddenly a little difficult.

Covertly wanting to sip the tea, he scalded his mouth again.

So, are you still standing still?

……

"Ah Ning, I'm going to take the third exam tomorrow, I can pass it, right?"

There was a little nervousness in Qiao Ran's tone.

"I was very nervous during the second exam, and I couldn't sleep that night. It seems that the last time I was so nervous was the week of the college entrance examination. Ah Ning, were you nervous during the college entrance examination? Ah Ning probably didn't Be nervous."

He nodded self-consciously: "Ah Ning is definitely different from me. If it was A Ning, I would not be nervous. I took the tranquilizer given by the coach last time, so the exam process went relatively smoothly. It seems that this time You still have to take medicine."

The community gate is only a few steps away from the two of them.

Qiao Ran laughed suddenly, and there was some self-mockery in his voice that he thought was fantasy: "I don't know where I heard it. When people are particularly nervous, if they can be hugged by someone they like, it can relieve them to a certain extent. Nervous, isn’t it funny, how could anyone believe something without evidence.”

to the door.

Qiao Ran used to stop at this position and watch Zhao Ning move forward alone, and today is no exception.

Holding the milk tea that Zhao Ning had touched, he fixedly stared at Zhao Ning who had already taken two steps, and said softly.

"But Ah Ning, I want to believe it."

The voice was light and fluttering, and it was blown into the distance by the cold wind.

Qiao Ran turned around, took a sip of milk tea as usual, and when she walked to the trash can to throw it away, when she turned around, there was an extra wall in front of her.

He was startled, and as soon as he raised his eyes, the other party's hand stretched out.

Qiao Ran closed her eyes unconsciously, the sky was getting dark, and there was no one around.

It would be nice if it snowed at this time.

he thought to himself.

Because of a trace of expectation, the hands hanging on both sides, like all people waiting to be kissed, clutched the corners of the clothes tangled.

The imaginary hug did not come, the hand stopped in mid-air, fixed for a long time in the posture of embracing, and finally slowly went up, and landed on the top of the young man's head with his eyes closed.

The fluffy black hair was gently rubbed, Zhao Ning rubbed it three times without saying a word, and withdrew her hand.

Qiao Ran opened her eyes instantly, and when the man turned around to leave, he hugged him without hesitation.

He felt the stiffness in his hands, and had a premonition that he would be pushed away in a second.

Zhao Ning put his hand on his shoulder, and exerted force uncontrollably. Qiao Ran's body was thin and weak, and the opponent's hand was not strong, but for him, it was still a bit painful.

He remained silent and refused to let go.

The head was tightly attached to the man's chest because of the hugging posture. From a distance, it was an intimate gesture.

A silent struggle.

Still came to an end.

Noticing that the man's body was relaxing a little bit, Qiao Ran curled up the corners of his mouth and hugged him tighter.

"Ah Ning, I can pass, right?"

For a long time, the chest that was pillowed by him trembled almost imperceptibly.

"Ah."

……

"Ah Ning."

There was an unbearable depression in the voice.

Even his normally high-spirited head was lower than usual.

Qiao Ran stuffed the milk tea into the man's hand, and said aggrievedly: "I haven't."

"I wasn't nervous at all at the time, and the coach also said that I would definitely be able to pass. Obviously, during practice, I drove very steadily in every section..."

He was sullen all the way, usually chatting with Zhao Ning, even if he was the only one who spoke unilaterally, he could bring up various topics, today's talk only revolved around "Ke San".

——It must have been really lost to a certain extent.

But I still bought milk tea as usual, and used it to tie myself and Zhao Ning with it as usual.

Zhao Ning didn't change much.

Even if he took the initiative to "touch the head" to him yesterday, which symbolized the closer relationship between the two, today, facing the loss and grievance he talked to himself, he was still so stingy that he didn't even have a word of comfort.

Qiao Ran has an unusually normal heart in this regard, it took him a full month to get a hug, and it may take a long time to get Zhao Ning's warm voice to comfort him.

For a long time, he can wait.

"Goodbye, Ah Ning."

This time before Zhao Ning entered the community, Qiao Ran took the initiative to say goodbye.

The next action is to take back the cup of milk tea as usual.

As a result, he retracted his hand halfway and was stopped.

Zhao Ning still had the same indifferent expression, glanced at Qiao Ran's surprised expression, and asked without emotion: "Isn't it for me?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes!"

Qiao Ran came to his senses and said yes several times. Zhao Ning took the milk tea and walked on.

He froze in place for a while, and finally understood clearly what had happened, and the negative emotions about "Ke San" in his mind instantly