three feet away

At the end of August, Xu Nuo completed the last revision of the magazine manuscript, and Yan Ruyi also applied for the annual leave. The two of them packed their bags and prepared to go to France. The morning before their departure, Xu Nuo woke up early as usual, and Yan Ruyi's biological clock woke up. He came about 15 minutes later than her, and she used these 15 minutes every day to prepare her breakfast.

As soon as the eggs in the frying pan were fried to a golden brown, the door of the room was opened slightly, Yan Ruyi came out of the room, pulled on her sandals and squinted her eyes, and walked towards the living room while covering her mouth and yawning.

Xu Nuo listened to the movement outside, leaned back and poked her head out from the doorway, watching her raise her hand and rub her eyes, the sleeves of the loose silk pajamas slid up her slender arms to her armpits, but she didn't know it , and said softly towards the kitchen: "I'm getting up."

Xu Nuo looked at her dazed look, and raised the corners of her lips: "Wash your face and brush your teeth, and then have breakfast."

"Oh." Yan Ruyi responded, raised her head again, covered her mouth and yawned again. She didn't know which nerve was pulled when she turned around. She hissed instinctively, then closed her eyes and frowned. He said to himself, "Why are your legs so soft?"

Then, the words choked on the edge of his mouth, Yan Ruyi stayed where he was, then suddenly understood what was going on, turned his head and stared at Xu Nuo with eyes that were still about to squint, and complained that he was so tired Bian gave Xu Nuo an order without a trace of deterrence: "Tonight you sleep by yourself...Xu Xu, you really..."

Before she could finish her resentment, Yan Ruyi thought of the play the night before that she could hardly remember, and suddenly felt that her legs were so weak that she could hardly stand still. She leaned on the wall with one hand, and touched her thigh unconsciously with the other hand, hum He let out a cry, and murmured softly as he walked to the bathroom: "I don't know where I learned the gaudy poses, she's obviously a little girl, why are you so keen on it?"

"What are you talking about?" Xu Nuo came out of the kitchen, went to the refrigerator to get milk, vaguely heard Yan Ru complaining, and rolled her eyes with a smile behind her, then, she pretended not to hear anything, and asked: " What are you passionate about?"

"(⊙o⊙)...." Yan Ruyi's eyes widened immediately, he turned his head back with a smile and shook his head in embarrassment, as if he was afraid that the person in front of him would be possessed by lust, and waved his hands again and again: "It's nothing, nothing, I'm going to brush my teeth."

Yan Ruyi walked away, Xu Nuo pursed her lips and smiled, of course she heard Yan Ruyi's self-talk clearly, and knew that what she had to do with her on the bed after coming back from work during the day might be true. She was exhausted, but she never knew what could be done, whether it was her who just came out of the bath with the scent of body soap, or she who was sitting on the sofa reading a book quietly, or even just eating while eating. She who licked the corners of her lips for a while, has an irresistible temptation for herself, even the promise can't be explained clearly. The interest in that matter, on the contrary, she is like a person who eats the essence and knows the taste. She is more and more addicted to the temptation of Yan Ruyi's body, unable to extricate herself. The instinctive gentle response of her body when she fingers her fingertips is a lesson from heaven and earth. In the past 20 years, she promised that she would never have any unavoidable desires in private, let alone be so greedy for this matter. Unexpected situation! !

Opening the door of the refrigerator, she casually picked up the two-liter box of milk. Xu Nuo suddenly softened her hands. She glanced at her right hand, let go of the milk box, retracted her hand and put it in front of her eyes, looking at herself for a moment. Spreading her fingers, she seemed to hear Yan Ruyi's seductive voice when she was emotional, she grinned, and she smiled foolishly.

After Yan Ruyi washed up and came out of the bathroom, what she saw was Xu Nuo standing inside with the refrigerator door open, hooking her neck, not knowing what she was thinking and laughing, and then trembling.The pajamas of the same style as hers are also loose on her body, but because she is a little taller, her ankles have to be missed. The movement of chuckling gently swayed on her fair skin, and the loose clothes couldn't hide her rose-like full mature charm, even if it was just a back blocked by the refrigerator, it made people linger.

Yan Ruyi stared at Xu Nuo, listened to the foolish laughter, couldn't help but curled the corners of her lips together with her, she walked softly behind Xu Nuo, pressed her waist against her back and asked, "What are you talking about?" What are you thinking? Are you smiling so happily?"

Being caught as a thought hooligan, Xu Nuo froze and giggled, she picked up the milk carton again, patted Yan Ruyi's hand, and signaled her to let go first without answering.

"Don't tell me?" Yan Ruyi pouted slightly, her hands still wrapped around her waist.

"enm..." Xu Nuo smiled, afraid that the milk that had just come out of the refrigerator would startle her, so he raised his right hand and hugged her back with only his left hand. He lowered his eyebrows and kissed her gently between her brows, and said in embarrassment: "Say it." Afraid you would scold me."

Yan Ruyi's interest was obviously aroused by Xu Nuo's embarrassing appearance, she raised her eyebrows, showing an expression of seeing what you were going to say: "Let's hear it?"

Xu Nuo shrugged: "You promise you won't be angry?"

Yan Ruyi was noncommittal: "Listen for now."

Shaking the right hand holding the milk box in front of Yan Ruyi's eyes, Xu Nuo smiled and leaned forward slightly, leaning his lips against Yan Ruyi's ear, and said in a low voice but slowly: "Ruyi, I feel my hands are a little sore. , but what should I do, when I think of your enthusiasm, I... want~want~you..."

The last three words, Xu Nuo said it almost word by word in an extremely ambiguous tone, Yan Ruyi was already shocked by the hot air in her ear, she raised her head quickly, looked up He twisted Xu Nuo's ears pretending to be angry, blushed and gritted his teeth and said, "Xu Nuo, don't you learn well!"

Blinking his eyes, Xu Nuo innocently tilted his head and let Yan Ruyi pull his ear over with even strength, and said pitifully, "Teacher Yan, you are my teacher...."

"I...." Yan Ru was at a loss for words: "How did I ever teach you this?!!"

"Then..." Xu Nuo grinned, looked at Yan Ruyi's mouth, quickly pecked at Yan Ruyi's mouth, and said playfully, "It's just that we learn from each other and make progress together, hahahahaha~~~~"

The feeling of being kissed on her lips just now is still in her mind, Yan Ruyi raised her hand helplessly to touch her lips, looked at Xu Nuo and walked towards the dining table with a smile, even though she was ashamed, she still couldn't help but be infected by her happiness, and followed her lightly. He chuckled lightly: "You're a hooligan~"

"Let's eat, after breakfast, let's go to a place together."

"Where are you going?" Yan Ruyi obediently followed and sat down at the dining table.

Pour the milk into the milk pot, before turning to warm the milk, Xu Nuo gave Yan Ruyi a meaningful look, and said with a smile: "Before going to France, I want to go back to the campus with you."

"High school? Or college?"

Yan Ruyi asked.

"Naturally high school," Xu Nuo replied, "That's where we started."

At close to 11:30, Xu Nuo parked the car in a parking lot outside a supermarket outside the school. After the engine was turned off, she did not immediately unbuckle her seat belt, but turned her head to glance at the car that had become unattended due to neglect. The dilapidated school signboard, the last time it appeared here, she hadn't gone abroad, and the four alloy characters could still see red paint at that time, but now, it seems to have been completely corroded.A few students who looked like third graders or senior ones came out of the door with their schoolbags on their backs, laughing and laughing. It’s not yet the start of school in September, and there are probably some people running cram schools in the school. These children are here for summer vacation class's.

Sighing lightly, Xu Nuo turned his head and said to Yan Ruyi who was also sitting in the co-pilot without moving, "Here we are."

"Hmm." Yan Ruyi exchanged a glance with her, reached out to hold it's right hand on the bar and squeezed it: "Go in."

The two got out of the car separately, and then approached each other tacitly, without holding hands, they just walked towards the gate side by side.

A grey-haired man in the guard room probably saw the two people facing each other, so he poked his head out to ask who he was looking for.

"Master, I used to be a student here, can I go in and have a look?" Xu Nuo turned around and asked.

The guard waved his hand: "That won't work. This is no longer a school. The school has been moved, and there is only the teacher's family area inside. No one can enter at will."

Xu Nuo looked back at Yan Ruyi, a little helpless, turned and walked towards the guard room, and continued to ask with a smile: "We'll just go in and wander around, and we'll come out in 15 minutes at most, you are accommodating, we are not bad people, I used to study here, she , and worked as a teacher here.”

"Teacher?" The guard squinted his eyes and carefully inquired about Yan Ruyi, shaking his head and waving his hands, but still refused: "I don't know. Let me tell you, there is an 80.00% chance of picking someone who has graduated from high school on this street." I went out from this school. How can you say that you can enter after being a student here? Besides, I have told you that this is a private residential area now. The school has moved to the side of Weicheng Road. You can transfer there Let's go."

"..."

Seeing that he couldn't do it, Xu Nuo sighed, turned around and asked Yan Ruyi what to do with his eyes: "I didn't expect to be allowed to enter here now."

Yan Ruyi smiled slightly, reached out and pinched her fingers, then turned and pointed to the canteen next to her: "Go and buy a pack of cigarettes."

Xu Nuo's eyes flashed, he suddenly smiled, turned around and left.

When I came back, I saw Yan Ruyi was talking to a man and a woman. The man looked a bit potbellied, but the woman was slender. They were holding hands, probably husband and wife.Yan Ruyi was facing her side, with a very happy and high-spirited expression on her face, very much like the appearance when she stood on the podium and poured out all the knowledge in her mind to the students in the audience.Looks like I met an old friend.Xu Nuo stepped forward quickly and called softly:

"Like one?"

"Ok?"

When Yan Ruyi raised her eyebrows and looked at Xu Nuo, the two people standing opposite her also turned their heads when they heard the sound. When their eyes met in the air, they all showed unbelievable expressions.

"Promise?!!!"

"Promise?"

"Zhu Yuan? Xiao Jing...?"

"It's really you?!!!"

When the old classmates met, Zhu Yuan walked towards Xu Nuo excitedly, and patted Xu Nuo's shoulder with his plump palm.

"Wow, did you go back to China? When did you come back? Didn't you talk about contacting? Just now they were saying that you are prosperous now, come here, let me take a look." Turning around the promise, Zhu Yuan Tsk tusk: "Why is the bread and milk in France not enough? Why are you still so thin? But," rubbing his chin, Zhu Yuan said with a smile, "Don't tell me, this scholar looks different, there is a saying How do you say it's your daughter-in-law?" Turning to Xiao Jing, Zhu Yuan asked, "Why do you have a poetic temperament in your belly?"

Only then did Xiao Jing walk up to the two of them with a smile, and said to Zhu Yuan, "I have a poetic spirit in my stomach."

"That's right, that's right, she has a poetic spirit in her belly! Look at this girl, now she looks like a young lady who never walks out of the door on TV. This temperament, this appearance, no matter how you look at it, you are comfortable. If this is watched by Zhang Qiming's family, maybe it will be so bitter."

"Cough cough." Xiao Jing coughed lightly, slapped Zhu Yuan's arm, stopped him from running the train with a big mouth, and asked Xu Nuo with a smile: "Are you back?"

Xu Nuo nodded: "Well, it's been a while since I came back. I'm free today, let's go around with her."

"You..." Xiao Jing slightly hesitated as she turned her head and glanced behind her.

"We're together."

"Really?" There was an imperceptible gray flash in the eyes for a moment, Xiao Jing then smiled: "It's pretty good, you look like a good match."

"Thank you." Xu Nuo smiled, slightly raised the corners of his lips, and stepped forward to hold Yan Ruyi's hand.

"They said that the old classmates in your class had a reunion today, and they just told me to go." Yan Ruyi turned to her while holding Xu Nuo's hand.

"...It's such a coincidence..." Xu Nuo replied without saying much. Life has changed her, and she has worn away the edges and corners of her youth. After having Yan Ruyi, she has become willing to contact people, but even if she She no longer hated the group of classmates who wished to see some bloody skeletons on her and Yan Ruyi, she still had no interest in meeting with them.

"Want to take a look?" Yan Ruyi asked.

"Oh, what are you hesitating for? Let's go. I just came to pick up Xiao Jing, and you were stopped at the door. With such a coincidence, what reason is there to refuse?" Walk.

Xu Nuo was led by him and walked two steps forward, then paused: "Zhu Yuan, I still have something to do."

"What's the matter? Visit the old school? It's okay. After dinner, Xiao Jing will come back to make up lessons for the students. You just go in with her."

"...." Xu Nuo hesitated for a moment, but decided to refuse: "I don't really want to..."

"Oh, it's just a meal." Zhu Yuan was a little unhappy: "Could it be that you look down on us illiterates after studying abroad for a few years?"

"You know I don't mean that."

"Leave if you don't have that intention," Zhu Yuan clicked his lips, "Zhang Qiming is here too, he got married at the end of last year." Having said that, he lowered his voice and whispered into Xu Nuo's ear: "His wife My son, I'm just a big jealousy. Knowing about your things, I always like to turn over old accounts, which makes Zhang Qiming panic. How long did you say it's been. It's rare for him to take it with you today. Go there, Mr. Yan Together, tsk, you know what, we are all old classmates, Zhang Qiming treats you...Look, don't you help me with this little help? Today is also my team's game, you said you have been silent for so many years Show up, it's hard to see each other now, don't you want to sit together for a while? Old tablemate?"

"..." Zhu Yuan's words made a promise that she couldn't refuse. She frowned and thought for a moment, then turned to Yan Ruyi and asked, "Shall we go and have a look?"

"it is good."

The dinner was set in a farm tea garden by the river between the old and new campuses. Xu Nuo and Yan Ruyi got out of Zhu Yuan's car and followed Zhu Yuan and Xiao Jing into the tea garden side by side.The tea garden was buzzing with people, lively and jubilant.In the yard and in the room, there are tea tables and mahjong tables everywhere, and people sitting in groups of three or four are drinking tea discount cards and arguing.Xu Nuo frowned, turned to look at Yan Ruyi, and said nothing.

Zhu Yuan walked in a few steps with his stomach on his back, turned a corner, walked into a private room, and yelled loudly: "Hey, hey, stop making trouble, look at me, come and see who is coming?!"

Xu Nuo and Zhu Yuan just walked into the small stone road, and before they reached the private room, they saw the faces of many men, women, and children who had no impression at all poking out of the private room window.

After those people looked at her, more than half of them showed surprised expressions. They couldn't believe what they saw, pointing at Xu Nuo and saying in unison: "Promise?!!!!"

Xu Nuo twitched the corners of his mouth, showing a polite smile: "Hello."

"Wow, what a promise."

"Didn't you go abroad?"

"What work do you do now?"

The chattering voices of questions echoed in her ears, and before Xu Nuo could find the right words to respond, she heard the same group of people yelling at Yan Ruyi behind her with the same surprised voice: "Teacher Yan! ???"

"..."

Yan Ruyi seemed more generous and natural. She walked forward, stood shoulder to shoulder with Xu Nuo, smiled and said to the group of former students, their spouses and children, "Hi, long time no see, classmates."

"Wow...."

"Why did you come together?"

"How is this going?"

"Mr. Yan, are you still teaching now?"

The chattering voices drowned Xu Nuo and Yan Ruyi, she couldn't find a clue to answer their questions, and was only dizzy by the scene.She regretted coming.

Finally, everyone became quieter, as if they had made an agreement, they circled around Yan Ruyi and asked questions, but they didn't bother her.Xu Nuo was also happy about this, she found a table under the corridor near the river in the private room and sat down, and asked the waiter to serve a cup of scented tea.

"The tea is here."

A familiar yet unfamiliar male-specific magnetic voice came from behind. Xu Nuo turned around and saw Zhang Qiming standing behind him. He was wearing a decent casual T-shirt and shorts, and a pair of sandals on his feet. He looked much more mature and wise.And the woman standing beside him, Xu Nuo looked familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was at the moment, but she remembered Zhu Yuan's words, no accident, she was his wife.

"Long time no see." Xu Nuo smiled and stood up.

"It's been a while."

Zhang Qiming blinked, and for a moment, that action reminded Xu Nuo of the youthful but innocent appearance when he sat in the front row of him and looked back at him many years ago.

"Your tea." Putting the teacup in front of Xu Nuo, Zhang Qiming opened the cool chair beside Xu Nuo to let the woman beside him sit down, and then sat beside the woman at a place farther away from Xu Nuo.

"Thank you."

"When did you come back?"

"The second half of last year."

"It's been a while." Zhang Qiming frowned, grinned and hissed: "You are too unkind. Anyway, I have been with you for a few years. If you go abroad and don't keep in touch for a long time, forget it, and don't look for it when you come back. I got married at the end of the year." Marriage, are you deliberately not contacting to avoid red envelopes?"

Xu Nuo was amused by Zhang Qiming's words: "No way, it's just that the phone is broken, and many people can't be contacted. I will make up the red envelope for you."

"Alright." Zhang Qiming patted his legs, and held the hand of the woman beside him: "Let me introduce you? Do you remember her?"

"?" Xu Nuo was a little dazed.

"I don't think you can remember, my wife. So you gave her winter vacation classes. Xia Xia."

After her eyes fell on the person beside her for a long time, Xu Nuo finally found some information about her from her vague memory. She remembered that she had asked herself about Zhang Qiming back then.

"Hi, happy wedding."

"Thank you, Teacher Xu." Xia Xia smiled, and her eyes lingered on Xu Nuo for a few seconds: "Ms. Xu is getting more and more beautiful and feminine." After speaking, she glanced at Zhang Qiming meaningfully: "Listen Said, when you were studying, you had many suitors."

"It's all in the past." Xu Nuo smiled, and answered calmly, Zhu Yuan's words were still in his ears. The purpose of her appearance here was not to reminisce with them, nor to become cannon fodder. What she had to do, She simply drew a clean boundary with Zhang Qiming in front of her, and when she turned her head, she wanted to see what was going on with Yan Ruyi, but happened to bump into Yan Ruyi who was walking towards her.

"You came."

"Yeah." Yan Ruyi smiled slightly, his eyes fell on Zhang Qiming, and the smile on his face deepened: "Long time no see, Zhang...Qi Ming?"

"Teacher Yan." Zhang Qiming quickly stood up, like a big boy, touched the back of his head and pulled away the cool chair next to him, "You sit down."

"Thank you." Yan Ruyi sat down, and naturally moved the chair to Xu Nuo's side, and rested her slender fingers on Xu Nuo's forearm: "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing." Xu Nuo stood up, pulled Yan Ruyi up, put his arms around her waist, and smiled affectionately: "Long time no see, they are both married."

"Hehe, yes, in a blink of an eye, a bunch of you little kids have grown up, become husbands and wives, and even become parents."

"That's not it." Xu Nuo pouted, leaned on Yan Ruyi's body, and gently tightened his fingers around his waist: "Mr. Yan, you're seriously holding back."

With a sensitive waist, Yan Ruben could dodge it, but she didn't suffer from it with her mouth, and said back without hesitation: "Aren't you the same? Don't forget, I'm just two years older than you."

"Oh, yes." Xu Nuo raised his eyebrows, then suppressed his voice suddenly, and smiled ambiguously: "My girlfriend is only two years older than me~ To be my wife, the mother of my future child, just right~"

"..."

"You..." Zhang Qiming and Xia Xia said in unison.

Xu Nuo tilted his head when he heard the sound, and said at the same time as Yan Ruyi:

"We're together."

"Wow...."

"Congratulations...."

Xu Nuo and Yan Ruyi didn't stay at the class reunion for lunch, firstly because she really couldn't stand such a noisy environment, and secondly because there were still some prying eyes that made her unhappy, although she and Yan Ruyi were so generous and open. It doesn't bother anyone, but she doesn't have to stay there to make herself unhappy.

The two returned to the gate of the school, casually ate a bowl of noodles at the noodle shop outside, promised to give the two packs of Zhonghua cigarettes they bought earlier to the guard, and got permission to go in for a walk.

From the school gate to the classroom, neither of them hesitated and walked in the same direction tacitly.

The teaching building is fairly clean, there are several classrooms with books on the table, probably the temporary classrooms for the students in the summer vacation class.

Xu Nuo took Yan Ruyi's hand and walked up to the fourth floor without saying a word. When she turned around and walked into the corridor outside the classroom, she stopped, raised her head slightly, and looked forward.

Yan Ruyi followed her line of sight, and saw the greenery and dense camphor leaves scattered with sunlight.

Walked a few steps forward, stopped at the front door of the classroom, promised to lean towards the corner of the corridor, stood by the door, facing the classroom: "One day, I was late for class, and standing here, you asked Xiao Jing to go in, but no See me. I stand here, listening to your voice, like a mountain spring ding-dong, like a cool breeze blowing on the face, the camphor is so fragrant, and the sun is so warm~"

Yan Ruyi stepped forward, stood side by side with her, and quietly took her hand: "One day, the lazy but beautiful student who I remembered at first sight was late for class. She was standing in the corner, and the sun fell on her. On her body, the breeze brushed her cheeks, she raised her head, flying wildly, I looked at her, and my heart was rippling."

Xu Nuo turned his head and looked at Yan Ruyi in disbelief, but Yan Ruyi just looked back at her and smiled.

After staring at each other for a while, the two suddenly turned red eyes at the same time, one lowered his head, the other raised his eyebrows, and kissed each other.

Lips parted, Yan Ruyi walked up to the podium, promised to follow her footsteps into the classroom, stood by the podium and paused for a second, turned around, walked in along the aisle, and walked all the way to the small window near the back door at the end of the classroom, where the Reading a student's English book, she pulled aside the bench and sat down quietly.

Standing on the podium, Yan Ruyi took a deep breath, picked up the blackboard eraser with trembling hands, knocked on the podium, and yelled two words: "Let's go to class."

Xu Nuo looked at her for a moment, and when she got up, she lost control of her emotions. Standing in the original position, she looked at Yan Ruyi and burst into tears: "Hello, teacher."

"Please sit down." Yan Ruyi's eyes were red, she cleared her throat, turned around, picked up a white chalk, and wrote three words on the blackboard: Yan Ruyi...

When leaving the classroom, Yan Ruyi stood under the podium and waited for Xu Nuo to come forward. Xu Nuo's eyes were red, and she was not much better.

She laughed at her crying, stretched out her hand to wipe Xu Nuo's eyes, and then asked her in a serious manner, "Student Xu Nuo, what did you learn in this class?"

Xu Nuo lowered her eyebrows, stepped forward, and embraced her: "Three feet away...no teachers and students...Yan Ruyi, I love you."