Promised land

A candy-shaped pavé crystal pendant.

The shopping guide at the counter teased him while showing him the adjustable buckle design on the bracelet. Did you buy it for your mother?Bought for my sister?Bought for girlfriend?

Yin Yu has never chosen women's accessories alone, nor has he been questioned like this by others.The shopping mall was cold, but he bowed his head and faltered, sweating all over.After receiving the wrapped gift box, he ran out as if fleeing, and finally heaved a long sigh of relief standing under the sun.

He weighed the royal blue square box in his hand, but he didn't feel happy.

Later, he rushed to the milk tea shop outside the school in a daze, and was hugged tightly by Xia Rao amidst the gossip.

The little girlfriend who takes the natural and cute route is petite and light, flying like a yellow-browed willow warbler.Facing everyone's eyes, he was too nervous to move.Xia Rao exclaimed coquettishly, "Hug me too!"

Only then did Yin Yu hug her tightly, belatedly.

But in his mind, he was stuck in the moment when he was distracted by Xu Shuyan that day.

At that time, because I couldn't break free, seeing my own shadow on the ground being completely absorbed into his shadow, my heart beat violently a few times, and I had the illusion that I might as well just indulge in it.

Silly.

Yin Yu came back to his senses, as if resisting this inexplicable distraction, rubbed the top of Xia Rao's head, and said "Happy Birthday" softly.

Xia Rao looked up at him excitedly, with a sweet voice: "There will be a parent-teacher meeting in the afternoon, and there will be no classes. You will accompany me to cut my hair first, and then we will go to take pictures of the photo, shall we?"

"it is good."

When she raised her hand to take his arm, a delicate and waxy jade bracelet on her delicate wrist dazzled his eyes.

Yin Yu grabbed hold of it, "A new bracelet? It's so beautiful!"

Xia Rao looked away, and stroked the hair behind her ears, "...from Lin Yang."

"Lin Yang? He's back?"

"I came back and said that I would come over for dinner tonight."

For some reason, Yin Yu suddenly didn't want to take out the gift box in his pocket.

Because of this news, Yin Yu's face was filled with obvious unhappiness all afternoon.Xia Rao was careful not to touch his Ni Lin, seeing that he didn't want to take pictures, she offered to accompany him to an Internet cafe to play DOTA.

Yin Yu couldn't bear the way she bit her lip aggrievedly.

They used to be classmates in No. [-] Middle School of N City. There were six or seven people in the circle they played with, and Lin Yang used to be one of them.He is the only son of the Lin family. Although the Lin family is not as powerful as the Yin family, their business has been booming in the past few years, and they are considered wealthy.

Lin Yang is generous and popular, but he always loves to trip up Yin Yu, and he never tires of it.

When he was 14 years old, he was arranged by his family to go to school in Canada. Before he left, he announced that he would do something good. At the farewell party, he united a large group of people and tried their best to persuade Yin Yu to accept Xia Rao.

As a result, they really started dating in a daze that night.

Now that Lin Yang came back, he knew that Xia Rao was his girlfriend, and even gave her an expensive jade bracelet, which seemed ill-intentioned no matter what.

However, Xia Rao is a person who has no opinions and is easy to control.

But when Yin Yu saw Lin Yang in the hotel lobby later, it didn't have the smell of gunpowder as he had imagined.Probably after staying abroad for a long time, he even took the initiative to hug Yin Yu.

So Yin Yu also became polite, "Why did you come back suddenly?"

Lin Yang squinted his eyes and smiled, and said, "Drunken driving, hit someone, and was forcibly deported after bail. Isn't it bad?"

衰？

If this kind of black history is placed on others, it will be too late to hide it.But Lin Yang took it as a joke indifferently, which made Yin Yu faintly envious.

But Lin Yang quickly broke his envy, and leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Because I have Lin's backing behind me, I am the real deal, as for you..."

Yin Yu clenched his back molars, and an unknown fire rose in his heart.

He can't have a seizure.

Lin Yang opened his arms and walked around in a circle, looked at the bright marble floor, looked at the large crystal chandelier hanging above his head, and praised the luxurious and exquisite European-style relief on the wall: "Jijing The hotel! It's amazing! Your Yin family's hotel has a great accent!"

"Your Yin family" was pronounced heavily by him, causing others to stare at it.

Yin Yu quickly couldn't control his fist.

But he can't attack.

He was very discouraged for a moment, and suddenly thought of Xu Shuyan, who always lifted weights lightly, as if he was in control.

If it was him, what would he do?

☆, his purpose

Xu Shuyan did mathematics in the political class in the afternoon, and did comprehensive science in the Chinese class. He worked eloquently until the evening, even forgot to eat dinner, and unknowingly wiped out several sets of test papers.

The common feature of good students is that they can concentrate 100% on one thing.

So the phone in his pocket kept vibrating for a long time before he slowly picked it up to look at it.

This call was from Xu Yan, Xu Shuyan frowned slightly, thinking that he should know that he can't make calls during class time.

Is there something urgent?

Still hesitating, his vision was plunged into darkness in an instant.

In the classroom, the voices of "is the school power outage" were intertwined one after another, and the teacher walked out in a hurry, with waves of small-scale voices in his ears.

The screens of the mobile phones lit up one after another, and clusters of bright blue, dark green, and bright white lights swayed around.

Xu Shuyan took advantage of the chaos to pick up the phone, and Xu Yan said with relief on the other end of the line: "Hey, don't be angry, it's really a special situation. Your little mother's wallet was stolen on the bus, and she didn't have the key to enter the house. I'm on a business trip in Suzhou now. I won’t be back until the day after tomorrow. Can you help me open the door?”

"...OK." He replied steadily, "You tell her to wait a while."

The night is cold as water.

Xu Shuyan was sitting by the window in the last row of the bus, the window was opened a small crack, and the evening breeze carried the autumn flavor, filling his head and face.

The heads of people in the carriage were crowded together to block the light, and the street lamps outside the window flickered by.He propped his slender arms on the window frame, rested his forehead on his hand, and looked at it leisurely.

The footsteps of this city are chaotic, laughter and crying make up stories, and everyone is trying their best to arrange them.He stayed out of the matter alone, suddenly lonely.

very boring.

Only at this time, he will think of something irrelevant.

For example, tonight the teacher was surprisingly easy-going, announcing the whole class to go home from school in just a few minutes.readily.

For example, when Zhao Xiaoying learned that he had taken a taxi all the way from school, she felt so guilty that she insisted on asking him to bring some fruit home.trouble.

For example, when he said the words "I have plans" at noon, panic flashed in Yin Yu's eyes.

Thinking of him, Xu Shuyan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

interesting.

To ask what is the intention.

Of course, fuck him.

The bus pulled into the station slowly, and Xu Shuyan calculated that there were still five stops before arriving home.

He plans to go home and continue to finish the work he took on TopCoder last night. If he successfully completes it, he will be paid a few hundred dollars.But that job is not easy, yesterday I used dynamic programming to deal with it... Yin Yu? !

The moment the window was closed, Xu Shuyan looked up. Outside the glass door on the side of the mall, Yin Yu was walking back and forth frantically, looking at the jewelry counter inside.

What is he doing?

The car shook a bit.

Only then did Xu Shuyan notice that the bus closed its doors and was about to start to drive away.He got up quickly, pushed aside the crowd with difficulty, and shouted: "Hey - please open the back door!"

Jumping out of the car, he walked up behind Yin Yu in three steps at a time, and slapped him, making him tremble with fright.

"You... why are you here?" When he looked up, Yin Yu's eyes were red, like a wounded beast, and the violence and resentment between his brows hadn't had time to put away.

Xu Shuyan put his hands behind his back with a smile, and raised his chin towards the mall, "You can't find your accomplice in the robbery?"

"I..." opened his mouth, he hesitated to speak, lowered his head, stretched out his hand and showed a royal blue gift box, and said discouragedly, "I want to return it."

Xu Shuyan opened the lid, took out the small bracelet, and thought to himself that he had a good eye, but the style was too simple, so he might not be able to catch the little girl's eyes.Seeing that he had changed into a face full of drooping frustration, he couldn't help teasing: "Finally broke up?"

"Hey!" Yin Yu protested dissatisfied loudly, wanted to blurt out something, but swallowed the words back.

Both stomachs growled at the same time.

Looking at each other in blank dismay, they were both taken aback for a moment, only to realize that they were both from Tianya on an empty stomach.

"Let's go, go eat something." Xu Shuyan said, putting his arm on Yin Yu's shoulder naturally.

"Yes, I was the one who looked for Xijing Hotel, and I have no other intentions, but I just want to show the Yin family that the wild species in their eyes is living a chic and comfortable life. Who would have thought that Lin Yang would suddenly appear!"

"No one touched the chopsticks, and he was swearing and complaining that the food was not clean, so he had to call the manager. I know the manager, he is my father's subordinate."

"He, Lin Yang, was just looking for faults! The manager gave in and said he would sit at the table again, but he refused! He insisted on dragging the manager to call my dad! Who is he? The Emperor? I'm so fucking..."

Speaking of excitement, Yin Yu slapped his chopsticks on the table.

Xu Shuyan took a sip of tea thoughtfully, "You don't look like you are fighting anymore."

"I didn't fight him, I...I..."

Yin Yu ran away.

It's not that he was cowardly, if he wanted to change it to another place, he would have swung a chair over there earlier.But he didn't want to cause trouble at the Xijing Hotel, and he didn't want to expose this kind of shit to Yin Zhongfan.

After nine o'clock, in the dense night, the barbecue stalls on the roadside became more and more lively.

A plate of kebabs and a plate of roasted vegetables were placed on the square low table. The surface was brushed with thin sauce, sprinkled with cumin powder and sesame seeds. It looked wilted, but the aroma was very attractive.Yin Yu also asked for a bottle of coke and fried rice noodles.The fruit that Xu Shuyan brought was put aside, and he only needed a pot of jasmine tea, which cost only eight yuan, and there was no smell, but he was fascinated by it.

Yin Yu took off his coat and hung it on the back of the chair, with his shirt sleeves rolled up high, turning grief and anger into appetite, he swept away the two plates of skewers, and then immersed himself in eating rice noodles.

The lightbulb above the head propped up a piece of light, the voices of the surrounding people gradually rose, and the waves of laughter rushed over. They only cared about eating and drinking, but they seemed deserted.

The yellow light cast a faint shadow on the bridge of Yin Yu's nose and eyelashes. Xu Shuyan looked at it for a while, and then said, "It's impossible for him to call your dad over, he's just bluffing. Because he's sure you'll eat this, he just dug a hole. And you really didn't disappoint him, you jumped down obediently."

Yin Yu was startled, and looked up at him in disbelief.

"Your father is the president of the Yin family. Can he scream? He doesn't use his brain."

"I……"

"Didn't I say it all? You have to beat a dog behind your back. How can you compare with a rascal?"

Yin Yu put away his chopsticks, with hatred in his eyes, "I'm not surprised that Lin Yang has always behaved like this. It's just that they..."

"They" refers to the group of people Yin Yu made friends with in the past, all of whom are from the Sixth Middle School.He didn't have many friends in Experimental Middle School, and he finally got to know a few, and because he made a joke about Yin Zhongfan last time, he drove him away, so he took the people from Sixth Middle School very seriously.

It's a pity that none of them stood up to speak for him.

After a few years of emotional loss, his teeth were cold, but he didn't show any reluctance.

Xu Shuyan thought of something, pursed his lips and smiled, "Didn't your girlfriend come out with you?"

"She's not going to run away with me." Thinking of the jade bracelet on Xia Rao's wrist, Yin Yu gasped, "I'm not afraid to tell you that one night we drank too much and they insisted on us kissing each other." One, even said that we have to be together after kissing. She was thin-skinned and was about to cry at the time. I was afraid that if she really cried, wouldn’t I bully her? So we got together. Looking back now, it’s like a joke !"

"I know they are afraid of Lin Yang. It's fine if Lin Yang isn't here, and they have to go with him when he comes back. I don't care if I go!" Yin Yu said, and swept away the fried rice noodles.I ordered another dozen roasted oysters, and greeted Xu Shuyan, "You see, I was the one talking, and you neither said nor ate. You drank a pot of tea all night, as if I didn't treat you well. This dozen, all is yours!"

"Who asked you to entertain, we AA."

"Who made you AA? I paid for a large table of them, and you are here to snatch such trivial things!" Yin Yu feigned anger and raised his tone.Seeing that Xu Shuyan stopped arguing, he stared at his slender fingers grabbing the oyster, and smiled evilly, "Hey, I know this thing is good for men. You just ordered it for you."

Xu Shuyan paused in his hands, "Food tonic is no better than medicine tonic, it's all a myth."

"As if you tried."

"...Okay, I'll just eat it." Sichuan-style grilled oysters, with garlic and red pepper rings, green onions and vermicelli, are colorful and festive.Xu Shuyan poked it into his mouth with chopsticks, and put the shell back on the plate, with a slight smile on his face.

No matter how he looked at it, Yin Yu felt that the smile was malicious, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

After eating a dozen, Xu Shuyan picked up the teacup and took a sip, thinking to himself that if this oyster really works, you will have some in the future.

Compared with the daytime, the streets at night are not half as lively, the lights are gorgeous, light and shade intertwine, and pedestrians shuttle back and forth like fish swimming in the sea.

Xu Shuyan and Yin Yu are two of them.

Xu Shuyan was long and broad-shouldered, put one hand in his trouser pocket, and held a fruit bag in the other, looking at Yin Yu beside him as he walked.He enjoyed this meal, and now he burps from time to time as he touches his belly, seemingly satisfied, but his eyes are dim.

He was noisy all night, babbling about the old things with Lin Yang and his old friend from No. [-] Middle School. Xu Shuyan knew that he just couldn't bear it.

Maybe the arrogance and dry clouds before were also struggling to support.

He can only arm his fragility with his fists, but he can't do anything about most difficulties. He loves to show off his abilities, but he still wants to force himself and don't care, just like a child.It makes people feel more pitiful.

"Here." Xu Shuyan lifted the plastic bag and touched Yin Yu.

He responded with an "um" and looked puzzled.

"My family brought it to me at night, for you. Exchange it with that chain."

Yin Yu flicked his fingers and saw that there were grapes and apples in the bag, and smiled, "You are quite good at settling accounts, and you want to exchange jewelry for a little fruit."

"Don't bully you, I'll give you a chain some other day."

"I'm an old man..."

"It's what the old man wears."

Yin Yu was still very confused, and took out the small royal blue box, "But if I give it to you, you won't be able to wear it."

"I happen to have a younger sister. Although she is still young, I can give her away when she grows up. Anyway, this cannot be refunded. You will be upset when you take it home."

This reason makes sense, Yin Yu hesitantly handed over the box.

But he still felt something was wrong.

When her sister grows up, why would he still value a broken chain from many years ago?

So subconsciously wanted to say some rebuttal words: "But..."

"Really," Xu Shuyan interrupted him, gently shaking his head with a helpless smile on his lips, and there seemed to be a deep pool in his eyes. .

"I finally found a good reason and I was picked on by you. Why is it so difficult to give you something?"

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☆, germination

It was already November when Xu Shuyan's beads were actually delivered to Yin Yu.

The top-quality Hainan huanghuali pears are round and plump, and the brown pearl surface is as bright and clear as jade, with unique grimace patterns, and the slight fragrance can only be smelled when you get close to it.

But one of them was different from the others, it was irregularly shaped and much larger than the others.

Yin Yu couldn't see what the shape looked like for a while, but he could tell that a fish bone was carved on its surface.

"why……"

"Choose the homonym of your name."

"Oh, fishing (fish)."

During the morning reading break, Yin Yu leaned on the table, looked back and forth carefully with the beads in his hand, sighed, "The beads are quite shiny, not like wood", and put them on his wrists.

Yin Yu's complexion was slightly darker, which matched the brown beads very well. He also noticed this himself, and turned his wrist to show off to Xu Shuyan with a smile on his face, "It's so cool, don't go back on your word!"

"Take care of it, I've been buying it for more than half a month."

"plate?"

"Use your hands to twist, just like a monk, twisting one by one. If your hands sweat, replace it with cloth."

Yin Yu raised his hand in disbelief and looked again, "It's so troublesome? Then do I have to do the same?"

Xu Shuyan leaned back against the desk, folded his arms to see him curiously looking at him, couldn't help but get closer, and said softly: "No, it's fine to make it like this, look how shiny it is."

"Where did you find it? Is it more expensive than mine?"

"It's more expensive, but it doesn't matter, my father picked up wind outside and brought it here. The only one I really spent money on was the big one."

"That star looks really strange, do you have any explanation?"

"That one means..." Yin Yu was listening, but Xu Shuyan suddenly stopped talking, and turned his eyes away from the bead, staring at him without avoiding, with a sly smile flashing in his eyes, "By the way, Your half-term ranking is not bad, much better than I expected, and I'm afraid you will be at the bottom of the grade."

Yin Yu couldn't make sense of his sudden change of subject, so he could only continue the conversation in a daze, "It's... well, I'm not such a waste."

In the half-term exam some time ago, Yin Yu passed more than 400 grades, and the three lines were fine, but it was far from meeting Xu Shuyan's requirements.

Now everyone in the class knew that Xu Shuyan was tutoring Yin Yu.

Ever since he cut off contact with those people from No. [-] Middle School, Yin Yu, who has calmed down, is like a god with his help.He is already smart, and he is a blank slate, and he only needs a little effort to see the results.

But in the words of Xu Shuyan, "From 30 to pass, and from 80 to full marks, the difficulty is completely different."

The implication was that Yin Yu thought he had crossed a big mountain, but in Xu Shuyan's view, he had just crossed a threshold.

When he said this, Yin Yu was holding the passable math test paper in his hand, with a sullen expression on his face, "You are so mean, aren't you afraid of dampening my enthusiasm?"

Xu Shuyan was slightly surprised, "Is this mean?"

Yin Yu nodded seriously, "Mean."

Xu Shuyan raised his eyebrows, with a smile in his eyes, he took a moment to say, "Xiao Yu did well in the exam, really good!"

The moment the sound of "Xiao Yu" came from the tip of his tongue, Yin Yu's heart trembled, his shoulders trembled almost invisibly, and an electric current seemed to pass through his back.

Only Yin Zhongfan has ever called him this title, his voice is deep and thick, but his words are soft, with the love of a father.Yin Yu never mentioned it, so it is impossible for others to know.

But Xu Shuyan's voice was warm and brisk, and he listened to the accidental ironing, as if the tea leaves were scalded by boiling water, swirling leisurely.

Grab him firmly.

For a moment, he even had a thought, wanting to hear him scream a few more times.

The air in the closed classroom was dull, Yin Yu tapped his blunt head with his knuckles, trying desperately to drive away the newly formed thoughts.

Xu Shuyan was a little confused by Yin Yu's trance in recent days.

As if his soul had been snatched away, he was in a daze, thinking about something, and he always took a few seconds to respond when speaking to him.

It's getting colder.

Light snow is coming, and the wind is blowing and the days are short.

Although N City is in the south, once the temperature drops, autumn seems to pass by in a hurry.Those who went out were wrapped tightly, looked up at the gloomy sky, and all of them quickened their pace.

As usual, Xu Shuyan skipped class every day to accompany Yin Yu to the wall of the south gate to get addicted to cigarettes.

He doesn't have much addiction, he couldn't finish one in the past, just sat for a while staring at the crowds coming and going in the vegetable market and then left.However, in the past few days, the cigarette was almost burned to the filter before he took it off, frowning with concern, and still avoiding Xu Shuyan.I quit the little habits of rubbing my eyes and scratching my head, as if I don't want to show my childish side anymore.Although no matter how he asked, he said it was all right, but his solemn expression showed that he was lying.

Soon Xu Shuyan found the answer in the entertainment section of the local newspaper.

——The head of the Yin family choked back sharply: The rumors will be investigated to the end!

The small print subtitle is attached below: All reports of illegitimate children are false, and only one wife was recognized in his life.In the news, Yin's Group officially issued an announcement, denying all outside rumors, and said that it has initiated legal procedures for a series of previous rumors and defamation, and the woman who appeared in the media many times was also confirmed to be mentally ill.

This is what he and Yin Yu saw on the table when they came back from outside during class one day.

I don't know who has a good intention to put it here secretly. There are quite a few people in this class who have had feuds with Yin Yu, and they must all be thinking of watching a good show.

Yin Yu stared at the newspaper for a long time without moving his eyes.Xu Shuyan was afraid that he would get angry, so he bumped his elbow lightly, "Hello."

Only then did he regain his senses, carefully folded the newspaper and stuffed it into his pocket, and sat down without saying a word.

Before the class bell rang, there were only a few people in the classroom, and everyone else was breathing in the corridor.

Seeing him silently taking out the English newspaper, Xu Shuyan lowered his voice and asked, "Are you okay?"

"...No. Oh, believe me when I say I'm relieved?"

Xu Shuyan was slightly surprised, "Relieved?"

Yin Yu opened a reading, circled the birth word with a pencil, and said unhurriedly: "I have convinced myself a long time ago that it doesn't matter if I can't be officially recognized in this life, but I always have a little bit of extravagant hope in my heart. Announced in public? I am not a saint, and I have delusional fantasies about being envied and embraced by others, so it is this "what if" possibility that is so low that I am tortured. It's a good thing for me."

As he spoke, the nib of his pen paused, and he turned his head to look at Xu Shuyan, "And Lin Yang knows about it. After all, Lin and Yin have been in business for a long time, and my life experience is not a secret to them. It is because he knows that I am Yin Zhongfan's son, but he was ostracized by the Yin family, so he can keep teasing me. So you are right, I shouldn't give up on myself and let others look down on me casually."

He seemed to be thinking clearly, but there was a trace of frustration between his brows that couldn't be shaken off.

Seeing this, Xu Shuyan felt compassionate, stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Your father should be very helpless, I will accompany you to the station on Saturday."

The moment he touched his long fingers, Yin Yu lowered his body like an electric shock, letting him take a shot, then nodded embarrassingly, "Okay."

Seeing his strange appearance, Xu Shuyan secretly wondered.

It's a pity that the weather is not beautiful. On Saturday afternoon, the two will walk to the station, and it rains suddenly.

Bean-sized raindrops fell, creating white mist.

Heavy rain is rare in winter, so Xu Shuyan and Yin Yu quickly fled into the bookstore next to the station.A lot of people sheltering from the rain have been squeezed into the store, and the boss has a very ugly face.

Yin Yu wore a warm-colored striped cashmere scarf around his neck twice.When he got into the store, he took off the corner of the scarf and wiped the rain on his face while panting.

More than ten minutes had passed since Yin Zhongfan came to pick him up, and he seemed absent-minded, with casual movements of his hands.

Xu Shuyan wanted to wipe it off for him, but the moment he touched his cold fingertips, he had the same reaction of running away last time.Almost subconsciously, he quickly turned his face away.

"I'll do it myself." His eyes were full of resistance.

Xu Shuyan smiled awkwardly, and raised his hands to express his forgiveness.

The two were silent with each other's concerns, and Yin Yu received a call from Yin Zhongfan.

Ten seconds later, he put down his phone with a heavy face, and said in a hoarse voice, "He has something to do today, so he can't come."

After waiting for more than half an hour, the rain weakened, but it didn't mean to stop at all, and the rain continued.

"You live on Chenyu Street, right? My house is closer than that. Do you want to go there first? Staying here is not an option." Xu Shuyan glanced at the lingering rain outside, and turned to ask Yin Yu.

The people who came to the shop to hide from the rain had changed several times, and Yin Yu's legs were slightly numb.He touched the tip of Donghong's nose sadly, nodded, "Then let's go."

What Xu Shuyan rented was the staff dormitory of a retired teacher from Experimental Middle School, an old-fashioned seven-storey building with two households on one ladder.The house is on the third floor, with two bedrooms and one living room.The landlord locked the big room and left him a small bedroom, even so, it was still very spacious for him to live alone.

After walking for more than ten minutes, both of them were dripping with water.

Xu Shuyan hurriedly fetched a new dry towel from the back room and asked Yin Yu to wipe his head.Invite him to sit on the cloth sofa in the living room, take out another heater, put it at his feet, plug it in, and adjust the thermostat.

"The water heater will burn for 10 to [-] minutes after it is plugged in, please wait for a while."

Yin Yu heard that he was being asked to take a bath, and immediately declined repeatedly, "No need, I'll wait for Yu Xiao—Ah Choo!"

Seeing him sneezing several times, Xu Shuyan smiled slightly, "When the rain subsides, you'll almost have a fever, so why are you so polite. I just bought new underwear that I haven't worn yet... Well, it might be too big for you A few, but it doesn't matter, just make do with it at this time."

Yin Yu was probably really cold. He lowered his head and face to his knees, spread his hands in front of the heater's light tube, and didn't make a sound for a long time.

Xu Shuyan ignored him and went straight to plug in the water heater.Turning back again, standing in front of him, just about to speak, he noticed that his ears were red, and the neck near the ears was burned, so he slowly curled the corners of his mouth.

It's so cute.

Yin Yu still lowered his head, his hands were probably warmed from the heat, he put them away, and replied after a long while: "Mmm... okay."

☆, escape

When Xu Shuyan went to the kitchen to make hot tea, Yin Yu raised his head little by little.

With the remaining heat on his cheeks still hot, he opened his eyes wide and looked around, but a heart pounded in his chest helplessly.

Oh shit.He secretly scolded himself for being worthless.

The furnishings in the room are simple, all of which are old furniture from the 90s and [-]s, which have been stained by the years, and most of them have lost their bright colors and original luster.The cloth sofa is covered with a floral cloth cover, a few woven cushions are placed on the surface, and the TV is also covered.

But it was unexpectedly clean, and there was no dust at all when touched by hands.

Several pots of clivia and monstera are placed on the flower stand of the balcony, which are very green and energetic.In the living room is a tall fortune tree, the leaves of which have turned yellow due to the recent winter rains.

"Let me take care of the ones left by the landlord." Xu Shuyan handed over a cup of hot tea.

In the transparent glass, the leaves spread out and swim slowly.Before taking it, Yin Yu first smelled the strong fragrance of jasmine.It was so hot that he couldn't swallow it, so he couldn't cover it when he picked it up, and put it on the coffee table beside him.

"Is it very hot? I'll put it on the window and blow it." Xu Shuyan carefully held the cup and walked into the kitchen.

The floor of the house is low, the weather is not good, the indoor light is dim, and the scenery is gloomy and cold.But Yin Yu had an indescribable steadfastness in his heart.

Probably because of the busyness of the person next to him, he realized that he was no longer alone, and even the stagnant air seemed to flow again.

"The water is ready, ready to go in."

"And my...clothes?"

"Just take it off outside, and I'll dry it for you."

"...Well." Undressing in front of Xu Shuyan... Yin Yu felt that he had never had such a difficult time in his life.Although the other party was busy moving the chair and didn't stare at him, he still found out that he was abnormal.Especially when the man's gaze inadvertently swept over, Yin Yu trembled from his toes.

As if being touched by Xu Shuyan's gaze, I could really feel my heart beating faster.

Am I fucking crazy?

When Yin Yu took a shower, Xu Shuyan spread out his wet clothes and trousers to dry on the edge of several chairs, forming a circle, with a heater in the middle to bake.

When he came out, Xu Shuyan was turning over his clothes, and when he heard footsteps behind him, he said casually, "You're pretty quick."

"Xu Shuyan." The youthful voice was clear and clear.

Xu Shuyan seldom heard him call his name, so Xu Shuyan slowly turned his head.

Whether it's a thick flannel check shirt or corduroy trousers, Yin Yu's body is obviously one size bigger and baggy.There was a towel around his neck, and before he could wipe his hair after washing, strands of hair stuck to his scalp, and water droplets gathered from time to time.

But he just walked over like this, with a nonchalant expression, squatted down next to Xu Shuyan's legs, lowered his head to the heater and fiddled with his hair, "Do you have someone you like?"

"...Ah?" Xu Shuyan took a moment to react, staring at the mole on his earlobe, hesitantly said, "Yes."

"Is that girl in good shape?"

"...uh..." This made him speechless.

With a frivolous smile on his face, Yin Yu said slowly: "When you're in love, you still need to find a good figure and touch. Xia Rao's kind is too plain, so I'm not interested in doing it."

"Well, it's human nature." Xu Shuyan also squatted down and looked at him with a smile.

Yin Yu didn't expect him to be so light-hearted, and was taken aback, "Then...you haven't said, her body..."

"He," Xu Shuyan glanced at him, "is a little thinner, and according to what you said, it probably doesn't feel good. But it doesn't matter, as long as I like it."

Yin Yu's face suddenly turned blue, and he froze for half a minute. He picked up the jeans on the chair awkwardly, took out half a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, "Is the balcony convenient?"

Xu Shuyan nodded as if nothing had happened, took back the trousers from him, and hung them up again, "Remember to open the window."

On the enclosed balcony, Yin Yu opened a window slit, and the wind whistled slightly. The damp and cold air soaked into the lungs with his breath, and the fingers holding the cigarette trembled.

The rain stopped, but the sky did not clear up for a long time.

He leaned his elbows on the window sill, staring at the sparks of the cigarette butt, wondering whether he would look naive if he deliberately said those words just now.

But he couldn't care less, he was afraid.

All kinds of Yin Yu's discomfort fell into Xu Shuyan's eyes, but he didn't ask too much.

After all, this is what he expected.

He has always been good at planning and calculating. From the moment he fell in love with Yin Yu, he quickly figured out a strategy, like a seasoned hunter picking the most suitable place to lay a trap.

In his view, Yin Yu is full of weaknesses everywhere, his weakness, his anger, and his cover-up.

But Xu Shuyan was occasionally confused.

Because it is too easy to attack, it will make people hesitate.

Hesitation makes people trance, thinking that what is given is the sincerity.

After the winter rain, it ushered in a few days of sunshine.

Yin Yu made new friends and walked with him after class and school, but he became estranged from Xu Shuyan a lot.Although he followed the lectures and did the questions, the two of them were like ordinary classmates in the class, chewing dry conversations, and they no longer even met their eyes.

"You didn't get the auxiliary line right for this question." During the break, Xu Shuyan tried to mend his relationship with Yin Yu, and leaned over to take a look at the three-dimensional geometry problem he was doing, and suddenly said.

Yin Yu pencil paused, "Oh."

Xu Shuyan suffocated for a while, but continued to work hard, "I just talked to Yuan Yuchao about this question two days ago, the method is not difficult..."

"Yuan Yuchao, right? Then I'll ask him." Yin Yu said, grabbed the exercise paper and pencils on the table, and strode towards the front row of the classroom.

The boy in the second row by the window never seemed to expect that Yin Yu would come to ask him a math problem, and he frankly showed a surprised expression.

Yin Yu said something to him in a low voice, he nodded and asked him to sit beside him.

In the next few minutes, Yin Yu and him put their heads together and had a serious discussion.

Xu Shuyan narrowed his eyes and stared at it for a while, then let out an irritable "tsk".

The man was probably determined to get rid of him.

Such an unexpected situation actually happened, it seemed that I still underestimated him.

Tch, I shouldn't have worked hard to help him with the beads for half a month. Once the pay and reward are not proportional, I feel really anxious.

He had to do something, otherwise, according to this posture, how could he be willing to be obediently crushed by him.

It's a pity that Xu Shuyan was busy sorting out the application materials during this time.

TOEFL and SAT scores are all right, three very important letters of recommendation are in hand, personal statement and resume are also ready, and the next step is to pack up the award certificates and school transcripts.

Xu Shuyan never doubted his own life.

He is very interested in theoretical study and code analysis. He went to a prestigious university abroad to study until he got a doctorate. After graduation, he devoted himself to academics. Those knowledge are enough for him to study for a lifetime.

He doesn't have to, it's just okay.

Since there is no better choice, it doesn't feel boring anyway.

Including the gold medal won by NOIP before, and was recommended to T University.In the eyes of others, it is a supreme honor, but in his