Bamboo Horse Cultivation Manual [Rebirth]

It hasn't been a long break, and it's probably a new experience for the students. They have just experienced the fun of playing, and the winter vacation is over, and the first-year high school students return to campus again.

Today is Valentine's Day. As soon as the three of Qiu Mu arrived at the school, they saw a group of girls standing at the door of a class in a mysterious manner, saying "Happy Valentine's Day" to Ye Li one by one, and Ye Li was stunned. After the reply, he watched Ye Li enter the classroom.

Onlookers: "..."

When school was over in the afternoon, Gu Yu talked about it: "What are they doing here in the morning?"

Ye Li: "I don't know."

"Why, didn't anyone confess to you today?"

Ye Li: "No."

"No way!" Gu Yu said in surprise.

Don't girls like Ma Li and Zhong Hong hang around Ye Li all day long, and don't grasp such good opportunities?

Ye Li thinks that such a quiet environment is quite good: "This school is different from junior high school. Everyone pays more attention to study, so they won't do those things casually."

Ma Bin, who walked out of the classroom with Qiu Mu, heard this sentence: "..."

It's better not to say what my sister has done behind the scenes.

Gu Yu saw Qiu Mu: "Ah, that's right, Xiao Mu."

Several people looked at him, and Gu Yu took out a box of chocolates: "A girl in my class asked me to pass this to you."

On the way to hand over the chocolate, Gu Yu winked at him: "There seems to be something else inside..."

Ye Li reached out to stop the chocolate, and said, "Xiao Mu has a toothache recently, so she can't eat sweets."

Gu Yu was taken aback: "Really?"

Then he continued: "It's just a piece of chocolate, it's okay."

Ye Li reached out to take the chocolate, and put it in the schoolbag behind him: "Okay then, take it home and open it."

"..." Feeling that something was wrong, Gu Yu said, "Well, good."

Qiu Mu smiled gratefully at Ye Li.

Ma Bin gave Ye Li a meaningful look.

Qiu Mu said: "Go home."

Ye Li: "Ma Bin and I still have some things to do, so let's go."

"..." Qiu Mu looked back and forth between the two, and then said: "You two seem to have a good relationship recently."

Both Ye Li and Ma Bin bowed their heads in acquiescence and did not speak.

Qiu Mu, who didn't get a response, had no choice but to say: "Alright then, I'll go first."

On the way home, Gu Yu said: "It's so strange, they didn't talk much last semester, but they suddenly became better during the winter vacation."

Qiu Mu said, "Is that so?"

"That's right! We can see each other almost once every two or three days." Gu Yu said, "Sometimes when I go to your house to look for Xiao Li, I can see Ma Bin is also there, saying that I met him at the gym. But the number of times Xiao Li goes out It’s too frequent, it’s almost catching up with me—when did he get so keen on exercising.”

"Hmm..." Qiu Mu looked down at the ground, silent.

"Oh, by the way, I'll go directly to your house later." Gu Yu said.

Qiu Mu paused for a few seconds before he heard the content of this sentence clearly, and said, "Well, that's ok—do your homework? Or..."

"No, no." Gu Yu waved his hand: "Our homeroom teacher asked me to make a pictorial for him, it's too much trouble, please help me."

"Okay." Qiu Mu nodded.

Back home, Gu Yu said, "Didn't Xiao Li learn to draw all the time?"

Qiu Mu remembered that half a year ago, when he had just graduated from junior high school, Ye Li went to buy paints and picture albums, and spent nearly a month drawing a picture for the old man.Nodding: "Yes."

"The paint is still there."

Qiu Mu understood Gu Yu's meaning: "I'll get it."

Gu Yu sat on the table, took out a large white paper and began to plan the layout of the pictorial, thinking about where to write and what content.

Qiu Mu walked to Ye Li's room, stood outside and glanced inside.

Because it's Ye Li's business, tools like paints must be put away.

The things in the house are neatly arranged, and the rules are even a bit obsessive-compulsive.Although Qiu Mu herself doesn't like random placement of items, she hasn't made it as orderly and clear as Ye Li did, like an ornamental object in an exhibition.

He often comes to Ye Li's room to sit for a while, so Qiu Mu still knows the regularity of the items in Ye Li's room.

Nightstands are out of the question, neither are the large drawers of the desk, the small ones...

Opened it for a look, then pushed it back.

There are several colors of paint, and each box is not too small, so it should not be such a narrow place.

Standing up and looking around, Qiu Mu's eyes locked on the wardrobe.

A whole row of clothes, like the goods in a store, is neatly arranged according to color and style. The moment he opened it and saw it, Qiu Mu was stunned for a moment.

After blinking, she had a deeper understanding of Ye Li's private style, and Qiu Mu glanced at the top shelf of the closet—they were all sheets and the like.Even if it was just in case, Ye Li would definitely not put the paint that is easy to get dirty in it.

That's it.

Squat down, come over, and look through the boxes under the clothes.

This one doesn't, and this one doesn't.

Looking down from left to right, Qiu Mu stopped looking at the items placed in one of the boxes.

this......

Qiu Mu stretched out his hand and took it out.

Why does the style look familiar... This seems to be the clothes he wore before. I can't remember the exact time. Judging from the size of the clothes, it probably looks like elementary school or junior high school.

Because every year when the season changes, he will clear out a lot of clothes and give them to Ye Li to let Ye Li dispose of them together with his own clothes, so once they are taken out, he will not care about the whereabouts of those clothes.

Didn't expect it to still be there.

I continued to look inside the box, and found a familiar blue shirt.

This Qiu Mu still remembers, because it was a long time ago, before Ye Li moved in, he went shopping with Gu Yu and Ye Li, the three of them went shopping together, the first time he bought clothes for Ye Li, and then Ye Li tried them on. that piece.

"..." Why are you still keeping it, obviously you can't wear it.

Put it away for what?Is it reserved for future handmade fabrics?Also too careful.

Put the clothes back carefully, and close the lid.Qiu Mu opened the lid of the last box.

Sure enough, I saw paint boxes stacked together.

Pull out the box, put it on the ground aside, and close the closet door.Qiu Mu sat on the stool at the end of the bed, took out a box of paint, and tried to unscrew the lid.

"..."

Tried twice without success.

At this time, you should use a hot towel or hot water to wipe the opening slightly, and the paint solidified on the opening of the box will melt slightly, and then it will be easy to open.

But Qiu Mu felt that this was not something that couldn't be opened, and it should be possible to try hard, so he pressed the bottle body and cap firmly with his palms, and twisted them in two different directions.

Unexpectedly, the paint was just like his joke. It was so difficult to open the first two times, but the third time it was like peeling a banana, and it opened without much effort.

Caught off guard, he held the bottle in his right hand and waved it in mid-air to the left, while holding the paint box in his left hand, he squeezed it out of his palm with his fingers with excessive force.

"..."

What a disaster.

I got up and quickly picked up the dumped paint, but unfortunately it was too late.

Qiu Mu looked at the things that Ye Li put on the ground in embarrassment. The bookshelves, books, and chairs were all more or less stained with paint.

These are fine, and they can be removed later with careful handling.What bothered Qiu Mu the most was that the conspicuous yellow and orange colors on the carpet were really terrible.

Ye Li liked this carpet before. After using it for a long time, Qiu Mu said that he would not change it, but now it is good, it is completely scrapped.

Taking out her phone, Qiu Mu took a photo with her scalp numb, and then sent the edited content.

【Photo.jpg】

[Sorry, the paint box was too dry to unscrew, and then I accidentally spilled it all, staining your carpet...]

Ye Li replied very quickly.

[It's okay, I'll buy you a new one. 】

Qiu Mu was lying on the ground, cleaning up Ye Li's chair and bookcase.Suddenly seeing such a passage, he froze for a moment.

【What buy me a new one】

Ye Li: [Pigment. 】

Ye Li: [Didn't you say it's too dry to unscrew? 】

"..."

Qiu Mu hugged the phone, opened her mouth slightly, and slowly wrote: [But the carpet...]

Ye Li: [It's okay, don't get your hands dirty, I'll clean it up when I go back later. 】

"..."

Qiu Mu slowly put down the phone, and pressed her right hand firmly on her face that was gradually flushing.

This guy, why is this guy so...!

Walking out of Ye Li's bedroom with the remaining boxes of paint, Gu Yu looked at Qiu Mu in surprise: "What's wrong with your face?"

Qiu Mu still looked a little uncomfortable: "It's okay, it took a while to find things. The yellow ones can't be used anymore. Xiaoli will buy new ones later, so let's use other ones first. Here are all the paintbrushes."

"Oh, good." Gu Yu lowered his head and continued to draw: "When will Xiaoli come back?"

Qiu Mu calculated the location of the gym and the commercial street, and said, "It should take two hours."

Gu Yu shrugged: "Okay."

Unexpectedly, an hour later, Ye Li came back with his things.

Qiu Mu wondered: "So fast?"

Ye Li: "I'll be back after buying it."

"..."

Ye Li: "What's wrong?"

Gu Yu took the paint and looked up at Qiu Mu.

Qiu Mu smiled naturally: "It's nothing, you go and change your clothes first."

Watching Ye Li leave, Qiu Mu walked to the table, opened the paper bag Ye Li brought over and flipped through it, and there were other items like drugs inside.

Taking it out and looking at the address at the end of the □□, Qiu Mu found that it was the same shop that Ye Li bought the paint from before, and even the brand of the paint was exactly the same.

In other words...Ye Li didn't go to the gym with Ma Bin just now, but in the commercial street.

Apart from shopping places and game halls, there is nothing else there.

Why did you go to that kind of place with Ma Bin?

to play?

But since it's going to play, why do you have to be alone with Ma Bin? Obviously, you can invite Qiu Mu and the others to go together.

"..."

The mood fell slightly, and Qiu Mu didn't know what was suddenly upset in her heart, probably because she felt that Ye Li excluded him, which was a bit unpleasant.

They are best friends, aren't they? Why don't you call him when you go out.

Every time Mingming and Qiumu go out, no matter what they do, they will call Ye Li together.

Qiu Mu's displeasure was soon seen through by Ye Li.

He sat on the table and helped Gu Yu.Seeing that the curvature of the corners of Qiu Mu's mouth is slightly different than usual, and the frequency of blinking seems to have slowed down, he said, "Don't worry about the carpet."

Qiu Mu looked up: "Huh?"

"Isn't it because of this?" Ye Li said, "I thought you were still sulking."

"..." Qiu Mu said, "No."

"Really, that's good." Ye Li turned to Gu Yu and said, "Is it possible to paint here?"

Gu Yu felt that it was great to have Ye Li's help, so he waved his hand proudly and said, "Tu, go ahead and do it."

When Ye Li said that he would help, the task was declared to be half completed, which was so trouble-free that it couldn't be more trouble-free.

"But it's really depressing." Gu Yu said, "Today is Valentine's Day, and I planned to go out to play with Siqi, but I have to stay at home and write this crap, wow——I really get angry just thinking about it."

Speaking unintentionally, the listener intends.Sitting aside, Qiu Mu suddenly gasped.

The voice was a bit loud, Gu Yu and Ye Li turned their eyes to him.

Gu Yu: "Are you okay?"

Ye Li probably misunderstood something, and said to Gu Yu: "Write your handwriting with peace of mind, what do you keep mentioning these things, love brain."

Gu Yu knew that Ye Li and Qiu Mu would occasionally have some opinions on his puppy love behavior, so he laughed apologetically and stopped mentioning it.

Qiu Mu looked at Ye Li with uncertain eyes, his expression changed slightly.

Valentine's Day, a date, and Ma Bin? !

Wait, wait, is that what he thinks?

No, no, no, that's Ma Bin, a boy, not a girl, with average looks and a bad mind, which doesn't meet Ye Li's "aesthetic standards" at all, and he had a stiff relationship with Ye Li before, didn't he!

——But how to explain Ye Li's sudden abnormal frequent going to the gym?

If the relationship is not good, will you often see each other, and even bring the other party to your house as a guest?

More importantly, Qiu Mu is very sure that Ye Li has someone he likes.

The reason why he was so sure was because last time Ye Li was in the gym, he deliberately avoided answering his vague questions when he asked.

Why avoid?

Because Ma Bin is right next to him...Yeah, because Ma Bin is next to him, so he can't answer!

That makes sense!

The question is, does Ma Bin know what Ye Li is thinking?Have the two of them started dating?Have they been hiding it from themselves? !

Thinking of this, Qiu Mu felt uneasy, and his calm expression could hardly be stretched.

......

With Ye Li's participation, the pictorial was ready very quickly.Gu Yu returned home satisfied with the finished product. Ye Li tidied up the things on the table, and said to Qiu Mu, "Can I talk now? Why are you in such a bad mood? Could it be that Xiao Yu said something before that made you unhappy?" ?”

"You..." Mingming knew that since Ye Li didn't say anything, there must be a reason why he didn't want to say it, and asking such a question would only make Ye Li worry, but Qiu Mu couldn't bear it anymore: "Are you Are you and Ma Bin in a relationship?"

His voice stuttered.

Ye Li's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "What?"

"Don't hide it, you must have something behind my back and don't tell me!"

"..." Ye Li paused for a moment: "Even if there is, it's not a big deal, you care so much about what to do."

"Isn't it a big deal?" Qiu Mu couldn't help but raise his voice: "If this is the case, then there's no need to hide it from me!?"

"..." Ye Li told Qiu Mu with a helpless expression that he didn't want to continue the discussion.

But Qiu Mu got more and more angry: "Does he know what you think? Does he not care about your gender? How about - why do you like him? This is too strange!"

Ye Li had a headache: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Qiu Mu: "It's useless to hide from me. As long as I ask Ma Bin when I go to school tomorrow, everything will be clear."

Ye Li said, "Don't do that."

When Ma Bin was asked, he would definitely reveal his secrets and say something that should not be said, so that Qiu Mu would notice.

Qiu Mu's eyes widened: "As expected——!"

Ye Li: "I didn't..."

"Then your teacher answered my question and said 'yes' or 'no'!" Qiu Mu said: "He knows the existence of homosexuality, and he also knows that you, you like boys, right?"

"..." Ye Li was speechless.

"it is as expected!"

Knowing the answer to this question, what Qiu Mu wants to confirm can also be answered.

"Ordinary people would feel awkward if they knew this. How could they still see you every day, even go out shopping with you on a day like today? Is he also interested in you? Did he acquiesce in your pursuit! Could it be possible? Are you already together?"

Ye Li let out a long sigh with a tired expression.

Qiu Mu was angry: "Why are you sighing? You obviously went too far in this matter! What are you doing with a victim's wronged face?! Why didn't you tell me? Do you think I will stop you? !"

Thinking about it carefully, Qiu Mu found that he would really block him: "What's so good about Ma Bin? He's just average in appearance, and his academic performance is not good. Apart from his good figure and well-developed athletic cells, he doesn't have many advantages. Well! Didn't you always say that you like smarter people? Ma Bin, Ma Bin is not smart at all!"

"..." Ye Li listened, looked at Qiu Mu without blinking, his expression relaxed, and he seemed to be in an inexplicable mood.

Qiu Mu became even more angry: "Do you think I'm so happy when I'm angry?!"

Ye Li: "That's not..."

Just looking at Qiu Mu's angry look now, I think Qiu Mu is very cute, no matter how I look at it, I can't get tired of it.

"Enough! I know, I won't care about you anymore, what do you like!" Feeling betrayed by Ye Li, Qiu Mu said sadly: "I really misjudged you."

Ye Li: "I didn't do anything with Ma Bin, you misunderstood."

"Then tell me, I misunderstood something." Qiu Mu has been waiting for this sentence: "You are just ordinary friends, right?"

"Yes." Ye Li nodded.

"Then what were you doing just now? Huh?"

"..." Ye Li looked away from Qiu Mu's face: "Go shopping."

Qiu Mu's eyes widened.

it is as expected! !

Ye Li tried his best to describe this matter with an understatement tone: "Just strolling, walking, and chatting casually, it's nothing."

Qiu Mu looked at Ye Li angrily: "..."

Ye Li found that things were getting more and more complicated, he said: "Don't think too much."

"You told me not to think too much?" Qiu Mu couldn't help but sneered twice: "I can't chat with you when I'm chatting and shopping, and Xiaoyu can't chat with you? I went shopping and chatting with Ma Bin, and said, 'You Don't think too much'."

Why don't he think too much about it? In fact, he likes Ma Bin, but refuses to admit it.

"..."

Ye Li looked into Qiu Mu's eyes and asked, "If I say I like him, will you feel unhappy?"

Qiu Mu's tone was ugly, as if he was deliberately provoking Ye Li: "Why should I be unhappy? I don't have the right to tell you who you like. I'm just unhappy. I tell you everything, but you always hide it on purpose. It's just me, heh."

Ye Li: "..."

Qiu Mu spread her hands, with a relaxed expression: "Ah~ well, now I understand, you like Ma Bin, and Ma Bin also likes you, it's great to be in love with each other. Now I'm the only one of the three who is single, I envy you I'm dead."

"..."

Then Qiu Mu immediately changed his face, and said indifferently to Ye Li: "Don't talk to me in the past few days, or don't blame me for my bad attitude and unable to keep my mouth shut."

"..."

Qiu Mu stood up, walked away from the dining table, walked back to the room with heavy strength, and then closed the door forcefully with a bang.

In the quiet and spacious living room, only Ye Li was left sitting on his seat, silent.

Glancing sideways at the paint bottle on the table, he quickly figured out why Qiu Mu saw the flaw, and propped his forehead with his hands helplessly.

How can I make Qiu Mu feel better?

Let Ma Bin appear to explain, I am afraid it will only make things more complicated.

But it doesn't feel good to continue to misunderstand, although Ye Li thinks that the jealous Qiu Mu is really cute, and has a pleasant feeling that it's okay to continue to misunderstand, but this is definitely not acceptable.

In fact, Ye Li and Ma Bin walked together after school, and there was really nothing to do.It's just that Ma Bin said that his sister's birthday is coming, and he wants Ye Li to help choose a gift.

Because the two people hold each other's handles and know each other's secrets, they have reached a weird and tacit mutual aid camp.Although the relationship is not very good, but they can trust each other, help out with ideas, or talk about their concerns.

If you have been holding back your thoughts for a long time, you always need someone to confide in, don't you?

This is the relationship between Ma Bin and Ye Li.

When Qiu Mu sent a text message before, Ye Li and Ma Bin happened to be discussing about Qiu Mu.

Ma Bin asked Ye Li why he liked Qiu Mu, and Ye Li replied, "I don't know why, I just think he is good, and there is no reason to think he is good." Ma Bin didn't understand, and said, "I thought I was already weird enough." , you are even more strange than me, you actually like men."

Ye Li asked: "If the person you like suddenly changed his personality one day, would you immediately dislike him? Since it's such a superficial relationship, why bother?"

Ma Bin choked suddenly, unable to refute.

Ye Li and Ma Bin said in a showy tone: "Speaking of which, do you know why the second song on the school radio didn't appear again after playing it once?"

How could Ma Bin pay attention to such details, generally no one would care about a song that was played once, whether it was played a second time or not.

"do not know."

Ye Li picked up the phone to read the text message, and said: "Xiao Mu knew that I would feel uncomfortable hearing this song, so for me, I went to the broadcasting room the next day and asked someone to remove the song."

When Ye Li then asked someone to change the playlist, and found out that "Qiu Mu came here once in the morning, we have already removed the song", he was really happy and crazy.

I didn't expect that I just hummed a few casually back then, and Qiu Mu remembered it so seriously in my heart.

Ye Li flashed the phone to Ma Bin in a sullen tone: "Look, Xiao Mu will send a text message to say sorry if she stains my carpet, how nice it is."

Ma Bin was speechless: "You are crazy!!"

Ye Li gave him a blank look, but ignored him.Turn around and go to the painting section of the gift shop, and start picking paints.

Ma Bin murmured in the back: "It's really crazy."

It is estimated that in Ye Li's eyes, no matter what Qiu Mu does is beautiful and cute, there is no reason to follow at all.

Ye Li came out with the paint, and Ma Bin also picked out the gift and settled the bill with Ye Li.When they walked to the bus stop, no one said goodbye to anyone, they got on the bus like strangers, and they didn't feel that their behavior was impolite at all.

——With such a relationship, how did Qiu Mu misunderstand that the two of them were dating.

Ye Li thought it was both funny and funny.