the moon in the attic

Yan Yang returned the umbrella to Han Yu the next day, but Han Yu was not in the classroom at the time, so he asked Han Yu's classmates to hand it over.

As soon as Han Yu came back, he saw his umbrella neatly placed on the table, and he never saw Yan Yang again until before the monthly exam.

The first monthly exam at the beginning of school was scheduled before the October [-]st holiday. Because of the holiday, people were impetuous, and the teachers in each class beat for several days.

As soon as the closing bell rang for the last round, the teacher hadn't spoken yet, and the last row had already consciously collected the test papers.

Except for a few people whose grades are not enough to answer the questions, everyone has almost left. The barbecue shop is crowded with people these days. Han Yu will arrive early today, so he packed his schoolbag and left.

Li Dai came early today, saw him coming, and called him over, "Finished the exam?"

"Yeah." Han Yu pushed open the back door, changed clothes in the yard, put the school uniform in the school bag, and went to the front to wrap it around with an apron.

He washes the apron every day, but the smell of oily smoke is still very strong. There are a few dark spots of oil that cannot be rubbed off, and it still looks dirty.

He shook for a while, but couldn't find the wine opener, and turned to Pu Tao, "Where's the wine opener over here?"

Pu Tao just arrived, Wen Yan took one out of his apron and handed it to him, "I used it yesterday."

Han Yu took it and put it away, and Pu Tao swayed to him with her cropped hair on her head, and asked casually, "Why did you leave so early yesterday?"

Han Yu paused for a moment with his hand on the apron, but didn't speak.

Yesterday Han Zhiyong came back while he was not at home. He searched the cabinets but couldn't find any money.

The old lady's back was bad, and she came over trembling to stop her. The neighbor called Han Yu for fear of accidents.

Han Yu didn't want to bring up the mess at home, so he just told Pu Tao, "There's something wrong."

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Pu Tao nodded to show that he understood, and ran out to do some work.

Li Dai slumped in the chair, the cigarette between his fingers was about to burn out, and called Han Yu over, "Did your dad come back yesterday?"

Li Dai knew about Han Yu's family affairs. Han Yu didn't hide it from him, and he couldn't hide it. Every time Han Zhiyong came back, he made a fuss, and everyone knew it.

"I left before I went back," Han Yu said, "I didn't meet you."

Li Dai said vaguely, "It's better if we didn't meet."

"That's your own father, no matter how bastard you are, you have to remember," he pulled a beer can and flicked the ash into it, "Don't put yourself in it because of this kind of person, tell brother if you have something to do."

Han Yu bowed his head in response, and Li Dai raised his foot and kicked him lightly on the crook of his knee, "Xiao Yuyu, why haven't you been beaten to death with your character?"

Han Yu glanced at him expressionlessly, "Brother, the smoke burned my hands."

Li Dai was stunned for a moment, smiled and cursed, put out the cigarette and told him to leave immediately.

Han Yu pursed his lips and smiled, and walked out wearing an apron. When he reached the door, he heard Li Dai say, "Don't forget your monthly exam results."

"Understood." Han Yu didn't look back, and went out directly in response.

After nine o'clock in the evening, the number of people at the barbecue stall began to increase. Pu Tao was busy passing the dishes, watching a few people coming from a distance, and shouted at Han Yu, "There are guests!"

Han Yu was cleaning the table with his head down, when he heard her call, when he raised his head, he met Yan Yang who was leading the way.

Both were stunned.

Han Yu stood by the round table holding a rag, and remained motionless for a while.

Yan Yang was also very surprised. A few days ago, when Gao Chen said that he came to this barbecue restaurant after the exam, he thought it was too far away from home and refused to come. He did not expect to meet Han Yu here.

Han Yu came to his senses first, and after sweeping the rubbish on the table into the trash can, he greeted them with a natural expression, "Come to eat?"

"Ah," Yan Yang reacted, and went straight to the table that Han Yu was cleaning, "You..."

"I'm working here." Han Yu picked up the rag from the table, let them sit down, and greeted Gao Chen who was traveling with him.

Gao Chen didn't think so much, the two brothers smiled at Han Yu, "It's a coincidence."

Han Yu glanced at Yan Yang indistinctly, and said to Gao Chen, "Well, I live nearby, so I come here to work at night."

Xing Yihua walked slowly with Fan Qing, and just came over now, seeing them all standing, he asked, "Why don't you just sit here?"

Gao Chen introduced to the two, "Our classmate, Han Yu."

Xing Yihua met Han Yu that day, but he didn't have time to speak, so he greeted him with a smile, "Just call me Dahua, my girlfriend Fan Qing."

Fan Qing stood beside her and smiled, "You can also call me Xiao Qing'er."

Han Yu nodded as a greeting.

Yan Yang didn't want so many people to surround Han Yu, so he pulled out a chair for them to sit, and stood up and said to Han Yu, "If I knew you were working here, I would ask you first before coming."

Han Yu lowered his eyes slightly, and still said little, "Ask me what?"

Yan Yang leaned over to him and whispered small words in a very comfortable tone, "I'm asking if your food is good, I have high requirements for barbecue."

Li Dai's barbecue restaurant was only opened in the past two years. The location is remote and not many people know about it. Basically, new customers are introduced by people. After eating once, they become regular customers, so there are many people at night.

When Han Yu first came here, there were only about 50 tables, but now there are more than [-] tables, which is not small.

"There are a lot of repeat customers here," Han Yu replied calmly, "You can try it first."

He took a menu from the next table and handed it to Yan Yang, "Look at it first."

Yan Yang took the menu and said slowly, "Oh."

Han Yu took out a pencil from the apron, took a look at it in his hand, and handed it to Yan Yang, "Just draw on the back."

Yan Yang took the pen, handed the pen and the menu to Fan Qing, and said to Han Yu, "Let's take a look first, and call you when the order is ready?"

"Yes," Han Yu said, "Anyone wearing an apron can be called."

Yan Yang responded, pulled out the chair and wanted to sit down, but didn't.

He checked that there were no new guests around, and followed behind Han Yu, "Take me to get a bottle of water?"

Han Yu nodded, and led him to the two upright freezers with a rag, "You can just take it, and it will be included in the bill when the time comes."

Yan Yang first brought himself a bottle of water, "I'll just drink water, they probably want drinks."

While they were talking, another table of guests left to check out. Han Yu turned his head and took a look. Yan Yang said empathetically, "You go ahead, come and play with us when you're not busy."

"Yeah." Han Yu responded, took a rag and went to put away the table.

With his back facing Yan Yang, the thin belt of the apron was tied with a slipknot around his waist, outlining a beautiful waistline, which rose and fell with the movement of wiping the table.

Han Yu worked very quickly. The peanut shells, edamame, and soybean skins on the table were all swept into the trash can.

Yan Yang returned to the table with a bottle of water and several bottles of soft drinks that he couldn't name. Gao Chen pushed the menu to him and said softly, "I didn't know that Han Yu was working here."

Yan Yang took the menu and sketched it casually, "I don't know either."

Gao Chen took a bottle of soda and unscrewed it. The carbon dioxide pushed up the cap, and he wiped away the soda that came out with paper.

He and Yan Yang got closer, "I acted just now, is it okay?"

Yan Yang put down his pen, "What performance?"

Gao Chen was a little embarrassed, and squeezed the soda bottle, "I was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so I pretended not to care, but I was actually a little embarrassed."

Teenagers and girls at this age are as rich in empathy as they are in love.

When I went out to eat and met classmates with poor family conditions to serve them, I always felt that it would hurt the self-esteem of others, so I tried my best to pretend to be natural, but in fact I was so embarrassed that I wanted to leave immediately.

Yan Yang was not sure if Han Yu would feel embarrassed, but he was really surprised to meet Han Yu tonight.

He glanced back at Han Yu, Han Yu was shuttled between the tables with a tray, when a customer asked him to help open the wine, he silently and skillfully took out the corkscrew from his apron.

After drinking, Han Yu straightened up and exchanged glances with Yan Yang who was looking at him. Before Yan Yang could look away, Han Yu came over.

"Is it finished?" Han Yu asked.

Yan Yang was still watching, but when he heard that he handed him the menu and pencil, he smiled and said, "Order."

Han Yu took the menu, "Maybe we'll have to wait a little longer, there are a lot of people today."

"It's okay." Yan Yang said he didn't care, so Han Yu asked them to sit for a while, and left with the menu by himself.

He shuttled between the dining tables very calmly, and he couldn't see if he would feel embarrassed because he had to serve his classmates. Yan Yang was afraid of meeting his gaze, so he looked away.

But Han Yu came back soon, and put a plate of snacks on the table, without looking at Yan Yang, "Let's eat first."

Gao Chen froze for a moment, then said uncertainly, "We didn't order it, did we?"

Han Yu said, "It was delivered from the store."

Gao Chen grabbed a peanut candy in his hand and said with a smile, "Thank you Brother Yu."

Both Xing Yihua and Fan Qing booed and called him "Brother Yu".

Yan Yang opened his mouth and wanted to shout, but he didn't know why, Han Yu didn't wait for him, turned around and went on his way.

The barbecue stand was really busy, and Han Yu didn't talk to them at night except to serve them food.

Yan Yang really wanted to secretly watch Han Yu's movements, but felt that it was not polite, so he restrained himself from looking down at the bunch in front of him.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Han Yu took off his apron and came over. He had already changed back into his school uniform, and with a schoolbag in his hand, he said to several people, "I'm off work."

Gao Chen immediately asked him to sit with him for a while.

Han Yu waved his hand, "No, my grandma is at home by herself, she is worried if I go back late."

When he spoke, he was a little far away from several people, especially from Yan Yang.

There happened to be a tall pillar not far from their table, and a not-so-bright headlight was tied to half of their waist. Han Yu stood opposite Yan Yang, under the light.

The black rubber wires of the headlight coiled half a circle under his feet. Even after being busy at the barbecue stall for a long time, his shoes were still very clean.

"That's it," Gao Chen said to Han Yu regretfully, "Then we can only have time next time."

Han Yu nodded, and walked over the half-circle of wires to leave. For some reason, he said to Yan Yang alone, "I'll go back first."

It's just that he still didn't come to Yan Yang's side.

Yan Yang couldn't figure out the reason, so he could only smile at him, "Yeah."

Han Yu carried his schoolbag, turned around and left.

His back is tall and straight, without any feeling of being oppressed by the cluttered life, even wearing the cheapest T-shirt, standing in a loud barbecue booth, he looks very clean.

Han Yu took a big step and disappeared from Yan Yang's sight after a while. Yan Yang was still not sure if coming here for dinner tonight caused him trouble.

After Han Yu left, the few people didn't stay for long. Fan Qing had access control, and Xing Yihua wanted to send her back.

Yan Yang asked a few people to sit first, and he went to pay the bill.

Li Dai was sitting behind the counter watching TV, when he saw Yan Yang coming in, he smiled at him, "Have you eaten yet?"

Li Dai looks very good, although he looks a bit fierce, but he gives people a very comfortable feeling when he smiles, so Yan Yang also smiled, "Well, the taste is very good."

Li Dai checked the list and quoted him the price.

Yan Yang felt that the price was not right, "Is it a miscalculation?"

"That's right," Li Dai said, "Friends and family members of the employees are all discounted and broken bones. Aren't you Xiao Yuyu's classmates?"

Yan Yang realized who Xiao Yuyu was after a short reaction, and couldn't help laughing. He repeated the title secretly, thinking that it was not suitable for Han Yu.

He scanned the QR code on the table, seemingly unintentionally asking, "Has Han Yu been working here?"

"I came here in the first half of the year." Li Dai grabbed a handful of pine nuts and put them in Yan Yang's hand like a trick, "Are you in the same class as Han Yu?"

"No," Yan Yang picked a pine nut and squeezed it in his hand, "I have mutual friends."

"Hey," Li Dai seemed taken aback, "Xiao Yuyu's character can still make friends who are not in her class."

Yan Yang felt that Li Dai's evaluation of Han Yu was a bit one-sided, but he didn't tell him that Han Yu could actually joke, instead, he just said, "He has a pretty good personality."

Li Dai snorted noncommittally, and when Yan Yang entered the password, he remembered again, "Brother, we also brought a few bottles of water, did you count?"

Li Dai waved his hand and knocked a pine nut, "It doesn't count."

Yan Yang paused, Li Dai said with a smile, "Brother gave you a few bottles of drinks."

Yan Yang turned the money over, hugged his handful of pine nuts, and said kindly, "Thank you brother."

Li Dai sighed pretendingly, "Don't thank me, I was also forced to do nothing."

Before Yan Yang asked, Li Dai said, "Han Yu only bought a bottle of mineral water, and I can only take care of the remaining children for him."

"Ah," Yan Yang put away his phone, "He only bought one bottle... of mineral water."

Li Dai was half lying on the table, approached Yan Yang, squinted his eyes and asked maliciously, "I bought it for you, right?"

Yan Yang bowed his head and said nothing.

On that table tonight, only he drank mineral water.