delayed differentiation abo

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the concrete floor. As soon as it got dark, the temperature dropped suddenly. The cold wind staggered past the ears. The street lamps on both sides were dim, reflecting shadowy figures.

Xia Qingxu glanced at the mineral water bottle in Lin Qu's hand from time to time, as long as he thought of the oolong before, his face couldn't stop getting hot.He secretly spurned himself, he was no longer an innocent high school student at the age of sixteen or seventeen, yet he still couldn't control his heart because of such a trivial matter.

The other party didn't know the cause and effect at all, and walked aside on his own, still typing with his hands.

Xia Qingxu intuitively felt that the current atmosphere was a bit subtle and the silence was embarrassingly quiet, so he found a topic at random and opened his mouth: "Should we say see you at the beginning of school?"

Lin Qu looked away from the phone screen and landed on Xia Qingxu. After thinking for a while, he replied, "Probably not."

Xia Qingxu looked at him suspiciously, as if waiting for the next sentence.

"We still have two coupons." Lin Qu said with a smile, "At the latest...we can meet in a week at the latest."

Several girls passed by their side together, casting curious or scrutinizing glances. Not long after they walked out, Xia Qingxu vaguely heard a few small discussions, words such as "faint" and "couple" rushed into his in the ear.Xia Qingxu immediately realized that the conversation between him and Lin Qu resembled to some extent the lingering words of lovers when they parted.

He turned his head and didn't dare to look into Lin Qu's eyes, for fear of seeing any displeasure in them.

"Wait for my news at that time, we can go there to play for a while before going back to school." Lin Qu said.

"Okay." Xia Qingxu responded dryly.

·

After Xia Qingyuan went to school the next day, Xia Qingxu also borrowed Xia Changping's car and sent Lin Qu to the train station.

"I'm leaving." Xia Qingxu watched Lin Qu take off his seat belt, then turned around and smiled at him.

"Be careful on the road."

He watched Lin Qu's back from the driver's seat. If the other party felt something, he turned around and said "goodbye" to him.

Xia Qingxu closed the car window to block out the cold air outside, but the warm air inside the car couldn't keep him warm.

It was empty, as if something was missing.

Just like when he was on vacation, he said "See you at the beginning of school" to Lin Qu.But this time the feeling is much stronger than then.

In the next few days, he returned to the state at the beginning of the holiday, but Lin Qu looked for him much less often, and the speed of replying messages was also slow for a long time.Xia Qingxu thought that he was probably busy.

As for what to do, he didn't want to think about it.

Sometimes when a message is sent, Xia Qingxu can stay by the window for a long time, unable to read the book, just waiting for the other party's response.

Yang Li sensed his absent-mindedness a few times, and even sent Xia Changping over to check on him, but Xia Qingxu was unwilling to say anything, and kept saying "it's okay" to his father.

Xia Changping, a straight A, didn't see any difference between his son and usual, so he told his wife after turning around: "Maybe it's because the holidays are too boring."

Calling Yang Li rolled his eyes on the spot.

Later, Yang Li went out in person, and Xia Qingxu surrendered under the gaze of his mother-in-law, omitting Lin Qu's name, and briefly described his mental journey.

He said he liked someone.But that person already has a sweetheart.

He said he didn't know what to do.

Xia Qingxu stopped sharing his little secrets with Yang Li since he was very young. When boys grow up, they always have their own petty thoughts, and they don't want to tell their parents, they just want to keep it to themselves.This was the first time he opened his heart to Yang Li.

Yang Li asked him: "What are you worried about? Is it your gender?"

"My gender, whoever he likes...all of them."

"Your father also had an unrequited love for my friend when he was in high school." Yang Li said, "There are many things that cannot be determined so quickly. How do you know if you don't try?"

"But……"

"Just like what Qing Yuan said, you can block him by the wall...Of course I don't mind doing that." Yang Li said, "Are you still concerned about your gender? Or are you worried that he cares about your gender? "

Xia Qingxu didn't know what to say, but just stared at his mother in a daze.

Yang Li patted his head, "You've grown up, it doesn't matter if you don't want to talk about many things, I just want to make you happy."

"When we come back from the Dragon Boat Festival, let's try again."

Xia Qingxu knew what Yang Li was talking about, this time he didn't refuse like last time, but nodded slightly.

As the winter vacation passed day by day, Lin Qu seemed to be idle, and finally sent him a message on his own initiative.

L: When will you return to City A?

X: No. 24

L: Let's go two days early, we just go to a hot spring?

L: I’m almost exhausted recently

Xia Qingxu looked at the few lines of news above, and quickly typed "OK".But the finger finally hovered on the screen, and it took several seconds to send it.

After a few minutes, Xia Qingxu suddenly remembered that he still had a solution.

He could have given the voucher to Lin Qu and asked him to take his sweetheart with him.

This saved him... his heart was surging, and he was very anxious.

But if this sentence is really said, Xia Qingxu will probably feel that he is not reconciled.As Yang Li said, if you don't try, how will you know.If there are double arrows between Lin Qu and that person, he will retreat to the position of his roommate and don't ask anything; but if they haven't written their horoscope, then he will naturally not give up easily.

All the feelings that Lin Qu brought him seemed to be something he had never encountered before. He made him distracted, and also made him sour and uneasy.

·

On the morning of the 22nd, Xia Qingxu got on the bus to City C.

·X: I'm on the bus, I can arrive at noon.

L: I'm almost on time, I'll wait for you at the exit

Xia Qingxu put the phone in his pocket, and fell asleep for more than two hours amidst the sounds of people around him and the sound of the train running.

When he woke up, he had already entered the province of Z.

He touched the phone and opened it only to find that Lin Qu had sent him a lot of messages.

L: I'm here

L: How long do you have?

L: I'll go and sit in the shop outside, it's a bit cold

L: Give me a squeak

L: Why haven't you arrived yet?

The last message was sent 2 minutes ago——

L: I'm starving to death

Xia Qingxu smiled.Maybe he wasn't without a chance.

X: 5 minutes left

X: I just fell asleep

L: You scared me to death

L: I am afraid that you will be trafficked

L: Mr. Xia is so light, why don’t you pick it up and leave?

What happened that day was too much to pass, and Lin Qu can still bring it up to make fun of him.

Xia Qingxu found an emoticon pack of a parrot being beaten and sent it to him. By the way, he edited it again and wrote Lin Qu's name under the kicked parrot.

L: ...

L: so ruthless

It was several degrees lower outside than in the carriage. As soon as Xia Qingxu dragged his suitcase out, he was hit by a fierce cold wind. He shrank his neck and wrapped the scarf like an ornament several times to cover his lower half. Face, however squeezed out of the station in the crowd.

He originally wanted to find a place where he could shelter from the wind before sending a message to Lin Qu, but he didn't expect that as soon as he walked out of the station, he saw a straight figure standing in the bitter cold wind.

Lin Qu was wearing a white woolen coat, and the turtleneck sweater inside blocked his sharp jawline.His lips were a little dry, probably because he had been in the wind for a long time.

He didn't drag the suitcase, but simply carried a small bag on his back.

"Long time no see." He walked up to Xia Qingxu and smiled.

In this scene, according to the development of the plot, Lin Qu should do something anyway.For example, helping Xia Qingxu pull a box, or giving him a hug.But such a move is based on their relationship, how to maintain peace no matter how you look at it.Lin Qu's outstretched hand just patted Xia Qingxu's arm, and then he took it back embarrassingly.

"I just met last week." Xia Qingxu said.

"Did you bring the coupon?" Lin Qu smiled, "If you don't bring it, we will have to travel at our own expense."

The price of that hot spring is not cheap, it can almost catch up with the existence of noble ladies.Xia Qingxu took out the two coupons from the bag on his back, waved them in front of Lin Qu's eyes, "You are insulting my memory."

Lin Qu grabbed his hand, and the cold temperature hit it together.

"Then let's go."

He seemed to be holding the two coupons in Xia Qingxu's hand, but there were two fingers resting on the back of Xia Qingxu's hand.The latter was neither smoking nor stiff, so he had to follow Lin Qu step by step, walked outside with him, and boarded a taxi.

Xia Qingxu's hand finally escaped.He pulled his scarf to hide his unnatural expression.He felt that his face was very hot, and he didn't know how much red it was.The tip of his nose brushed against the soft fabric, and his eyes were fixed on the fringe of the scarf.

The hot spring villa is a bit far from the city.After getting in the car, Lin Qu chattered and complained to him.

"I've been running several places in the past few days, and my feet are almost broken. I don't feel so tired when I was practicing dance before."

Xia Qingxu gave a soft "hmm".

"If you give me another chance, I would rather practice for several days than take on this drudgery." Lin Qu approached, "I finally took a rest last night, I lay down and slept, and I woke up this morning with both legs numb. Not my own."

"It's hard for you to come to the hot spring because of your disability." Xia Qingxu teased.

Lin Qu smiled.

"What are you doing?"

He asked about running errands that Lin Qu mentioned earlier.

"Jiang Mingchuan wants to start a studio, and he has been running around for the past few days." Lin Qu said, "You don't know that guy Shen Yunzhao, he doesn't look at the location, he only looks at the inside of the house. If you meet someone you like, just talk to Husky It seems that Radu can't hold back the school."

After Xia Qingxu chuckled a few times, his thoughts involuntarily turned to other places.

The faces of Jiang Mingchuan and Shen Yunzhao flashed through his mind one by one, and a thought suddenly popped up in his heart.

Maybe one of them or not.

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