Ex-boyfriend

Xu Yue's heart trembled.

"That was a long time later," he said.

"Can't you think about it now?"

"The more you think about it now, the more disappointed you will be in the future." After Xu Yue finished speaking, he put the towel in his hand over Chu Yi's head, got up and left.

After Chu Yi tore off the towel, Xu Yue had already entered the bathroom.He didn't follow in to make trouble, so he rolled around on the bed with Xu Yue's quilt in his arms.

After Xu Yue took a shower, he went to the next door to pick up a new quilt and came back.But he didn't let Chu Yi sleep on the floor, and in the end the two of them squeezed together on the same bed.Chu Yi is quite measured, knowing that he can't mess around in Xu Yue's house, so he just sleeps under the quilt.

The bed board is very old, and when you lie on it and turn over, it will creak.

Chu Yi lay with his eyes open for a long time, but never fell asleep.

Xu Yue didn't sleep either, and asked in the dark, "Can't sleep? Is the bed too crowded?"

"No, I just didn't expect that I could spend the night at your house."

"What's so special about that, as for insomnia?"

"It's very special." Chu Yi said softly, "This is the place where you grew up, Ayue."

A word without embellishment.Xu Yue heard it in his ears, but felt that his heart was clenched by someone's hand, it was sore and astringent.He raised his hand, and finally stretched it out, wrapped it around Chu Yi's waist vaguely, and said softly, "Go to sleep."

This sleep was very solid.

The two of them originally slept under the quilt, but Chu Yi didn't sleep honestly, he slept in a mess, and somehow rolled into Xu Yue's arms.In the morning, Mother Xu opened the door and came in to see that they were close to each other, forehead to forehead, and they smelled each other's breath.Mother Xu didn't say anything, she closed the door again and left.

It may be because of the more relaxed relationship at home, Xu Yue, who always gets up early, also slept until almost noon.Chu Yi was even more sleepy, yawning while brushing his teeth.

Mother Xu is making dumplings in the living room.

After Chu Yi finished washing, he also wanted to go over to help.But he really didn't have any talent in cooking, the dumplings he made were crooked, and they would definitely fall apart in the water.Seeing Xu Yue, he rushed over and pulled the man away.

Xu's mother felt embarrassed, and said to Xu Yue: "Xiao Chu is rarely here, you take him to the street."

Xu Yue responded, put on his coat and went out.

Chu Yi unsteadily followed behind him.

The town is not big, there are only a few streets to come and go, and in time for the Chinese New Year, most of the shops are closed, and the road is deserted.

Chu Yi was very interested. After wandering around, he asked Xu Yue, "I remember you were admitted to the city in high school, right? Where did you go to junior high school?"

Xu Yue pointed to the street ahead: "It's just ahead."

Chu Yi followed him around a street, and sure enough, he saw a school—the school building was very old, and the outer walls were covered with withered and yellow creepers, and even the golden characters on the school gate were faded.During the winter vacation, when the school was closed, there was only one janitor in the security room. He didn't ask Xu Yue what they were doing, and let them in with a wave of his hand.

Chu Yi looked around and saw nothing new, but the playground was quite spacious.Junior high school uniforms are ugly, he imagined Xu Yue doing morning exercises in school uniform, and couldn't help but secretly laugh for a while.There is an open space behind the playground, which is equipped with fitness equipment such as basketball hoops, and the best thing is that there are two swings.

Chu Yi's eyes lit up and he ran over immediately.

"Why do you still have swings in your school?"

Xu Yue also found it strange that junior high school students still play on swings?But in his impression, these two swings are quite popular.

The swing is also an antique, and the iron chains hanging on it are full of rust. Xu Yue saw that Chu Yi was going to sit on it, so he reminded: "Be careful if you sit on it."

Chu Yi snorted and insisted on sitting on it.Just after shaking for a few times, a wild dog from somewhere barked wildly, startling him.Chu Yi thought the swing was really broken, so he quickly jumped off. Xu Yue reached out to catch him, and hugged him full.

Their eyes met, and both of them were a little dazed.

After a while, Xu Yue gently patted the dust off Chu Yi's body, and said, "It's time to go back to eat."

Chu Yi said: "Yes."

Such an eloquent person suddenly became quiet at this moment.

Xu Yue let go of his hand, turned around and left first.But as soon as he took a few steps, he heard a "pounce", and something hit him on the back.Xu Yue looked back, it turned out that Chu Yi was still standing where he was, picking up small stones from the ground and throwing them at him.

Xu Yue asked: "What are you doing?"

Standing in the warm winter sun, Chu Yi smiled at him and said, "A Yue, let's hold hands."

Xu Yue was stunned.

Chu Yi shook Bai Shengsheng's hand: "Hurry up, no one will see."

There was a "thud" in Xu Yue's heart, as if a small stone had been thrown into it, causing ripples.He finally walked over to him and took the hand.

Chu Yi immediately buckled it with his backhand, and he was not allowed to let go.

Xu Yue took Chu Yi's hand and walked forward.

They walked through the old school buildings with mottled shadows, and through the cold and lonely streets and alleys, as if walking through many lost times.The street was quiet, except for occasional playful children throwing firecrackers, which exploded cracklingly.

It wasn't until they walked downstairs to Xu Yue's house that the two let go of their hands in a tacit understanding, and went upstairs one after the other as usual.

In the afternoon, we will start preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.Xu Yue hurried in and out to help in the kitchen, while Chu Yi, the guest, was much more relaxed, basically just laying on the sofa drinking tea and cracking melon seeds.At four or five o'clock, when the sound of firecrackers outside gradually sounded, a New Year's Eve dinner was finally served.

Xu Yue's family is small, so he didn't prepare many dishes, but every plate was filled to the brim, which looked very festive.Chu Yi usually doesn't eat much, but under Xu's mother's persuasion, he ate two bowls of top-notch rice.

After the meal, no one cleared the table. The family watched the TV and kept watch until they finished eating the Chinese New Year dumplings, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

After New Year's Eve is a new year.In the second half of the night, the spring thunder rumbled, drowning out the noisy firecrackers outside.

Chu Yi woke up amidst the thunder, opened his eyes and looked at the top of the bed for a while.Then he lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and went to the window to watch the rain outside.

It was rare for such a heavy rain to fall, and thunder came down one after another, turning half of the room white.

Chu Yi's face was also pale.He was in a trance, and a piece of clothing was draped over his shoulders.

Xu Yue asked behind him: "What are you looking at?"

"It's raining."

"It's rainy this season."

"I just had another nightmare."

"What did you dream about?"

Chu Yi didn't answer, but just looked at the rain outside the window and said, "I'm thinking... I don't deserve all this now."

Xu Yue said dumbly: "You are quite self-aware."

"But I took your hand."

With the sound of rain outside the window, Chu Yi turned around, his eyes seemed to be raining too: "A Yue, I won't let go this time."

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