peach trap

The first time Ye Wangning saw the boy was in the studio on the eleventh floor.

The self-study room is on the eleventh floor of the building next to Wonton Noodles. The short-haired female monitor in the class told him so.

"Will you come on the weekend?" The squad leader looked at Ye Wangning with a long-term Ai Ai look.

Ye Wangning had no interest in the so-called study group, just like he did not like or dislike the sudden transfer to Yecheng.

But he still didn't directly refuse, just said: "If you have time."

The squad leader showed a very embarrassed look, and seemed to be looking forward to it. She said softly: "Then I will wait for you."

Ye Wangning didn't go in the end because he went by the wrong way.

The monitor said that the self-study room is on the eleventh floor next to the wonton noodles, but she ignored that there are three wonton noodles restaurants in the back street of No. [-] Middle School, although students in No. [-] Middle School generally only go to the best one among them.

And Ye Wangning happened to go to the worst one. He ordered shrimp wonton noodles downstairs. Because it was too bad, he didn't eat a third of it, so he went upstairs to the study room.

It was a sunny day with a lot of sunshine.

Ye Wangning looked through the window of the back door, only a boy was inside, with his back turned in his direction.

The boy was sharpening a charcoal pencil, his head drooping.On the drawing board in front of him is an unfinished painting, which is probably a cloud, a cream color, Ye Wangning didn't see it clearly, it looks a bit like a milk cap.

It made Ye Wangning suddenly want to drink full sugar milk tea, he wanted to put a thick milk cap and brown sugar pearls.

The boy who finished sharpening the charcoal pencil raised his head, but Ye Wangning could only see the back of his round head.

The boy didn't seem to notice that there was someone at the back door. He raised his thin white arm, his elbow was light pink, and his shoulder blades were raised below, making his back look very thin.

Ye Wangning didn't know why he kept looking at this unknown figure. It wasn't until sunset and the painting was completed that he realized that there were a few gradients of pink under the white clouds, with different shades.

Like strawberry juice under the milk cap.

Ye Wangning left before the boy found himself. When passing by the milk tea shop, Ye Wangning went to buy a cup of strawberry cheese milk cap. It wasn't very tasty, but it was sweet enough, so you can drink whatever you want.

Boys in high school are very naive, and Ye Wangning is no exception. He unilaterally blamed the unknown back for the strawberry cheese milk cover.

Who told him to draw it so like a milk cap?

On Monday, like a ghost, Ye Wangning accidentally passed by the studio after class.

Unlike the quietness of the weekend, there were many students who came to the studio on Monday, and the boy was still sitting in the same position as last time.This time, the content of his painting is very abstract, with black and white lines. Ye Wangning will not admit that he does not have any artistic talents. He looked at it for a while and felt bored, so he was ready to leave.

Just at this time, someone left the original position, went up and hooked up with the boy: "Chi Yun, what time are you leaving?"

Ye Wangning stopped again, he stood with his head tilted, without looking away, and silently said the name in his heart.

Chi Yun?Kind of like a girl's name.

Chi Yun turned his head away, and Ye Wangning finally saw his side face clearly for the first time, with bangs, round drooping eyes, and a sharp chin.

"I guess it will be later." His voice didn't look like a boy in the voice-changing period, and the ending was sticky. "Or you go first?"

The person opposite Chi Yun leaned on the table and said something, but Ye Wangning didn't hear clearly.

Ye Wangning stayed at the door of the studio for a long time that night. He didn't know what he was waiting for, and he didn't admit that he was waiting.Maybe it was just because of boredom, when Chi Yun left the studio, Ye Wangning also picked up the schoolbag on the ground and followed Chi Yun.

The senior three students in No. [-] Middle School always leave school very late, so the back streets of No. [-] Middle School are usually brightly lit until eleven o'clock, and all kinds of food stalls have been closed down, busy making the last wave.

Chi Yun passed the food stalls along the way with ease, and finally stopped beside a food truck selling fish balls, and skillfully said to the boss, "One serving of fish balls with mushrooms."

The fish balls are all ready-made in a pot, just take them out and pour some soup. Chi Yun soon got a bowl of steaming fish balls, paid the money, and continued walking while eating.

When he was about to walk out of the alley, an orange cat suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Perhaps smelling the aroma of the fish balls, the orange cat yelled at Chi Yun twice without fear. Chi Yun seemed to like it very much, so he knelt down and patted the orange cat's head.

Ye Wangning was some distance away from him, and as soon as Chi Yun squatted down, Ye Wangning could not see him clearly, and only heard a vague voice saying "Is it delicious" and "Eat more".

The orange cat was too busy eating, and had no time to answer. The only answer was the moving shadow under the street lamp.

Chi Yun picked up a leaf of the osmanthus tree and put it on the orange cat's head. The orange cat didn't move, and was still eating the food on the ground. Chi Yun looked at it for a while and then left.

Ye Wangning didn't follow Chi Yun out of the alley, he stood leaning against the tree trunk.

After the orange cat finished eating, shook off the leaf on its head, and walked away slowly, Ye Wangning walked over and picked up the leaf.

Ye Wangning just followed Chi Yun from the end of the alley to the end of the alley, from the end of summer to the beginning of winter. He couldn't tell what kind of mentality this was, and it seemed that it was no longer because of boredom.

Chi Yun occasionally walks with his classmates in the studio, but most of the time he walks alone. When he walks by himself, he feeds the cat. Over time, Ye Wangning also recognizes the chubby orange cat.

After the evening self-study, Ye Wangning went to the studio on the [-]th floor as usual. To his surprise, Chi Yun and his noisy classmate were there that day.

"Leave early today?" the man said, "I'm starving, let's go eat skewers."

Chi Yun was drawing a sketch, and agreed absently. After a while, the man asked him if he could go. The same conversation was repeated three or four times. Chi Yun finally packed up his painting tools and left with the man.

Ye Wangning didn't keep up, he usually only followed when Chi Yun left by himself.

The light in the studio was not turned off, and the door was not locked. Ye Wangning paced at the door for a while, and finally walked in.

The drawing boards in the room were arranged randomly, and Ye Wangning easily found the piece of Chi Yun, but he was briefly taken aback when he saw the signature under the drawing board.

It's not Chi Yun, it's Chi Yun.

Obviously the pronunciation is the same, but it seems that the word Chi Yun was born more beautiful out of thin air. Ye Wangning didn't feel that there was anything wrong with calling the wrong person's name for two months.

He walked around the studio twice, returned to Chi Yun's place, inspected around, and found that a cherry blossom eraser had fallen off.

The cherry blossom eraser was lying on the ground, all alone.

Ye Wangning picked up the piece of eraser, and he asked himself: "Should I not want it?"

Of course the rubber would not answer him, so Ye Wangting put the rubber in his pocket with peace of mind.

After doing this, Ye Wangning picked up his schoolbag and wanted to leave, but he just walked outside the door, and turned back.

He gently pasted the vein bookmark made from the leaf of the sweet-scented osmanthus tree on Chi Yun's drawing board, and said to himself:

"Take this for an eraser."