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Early the next morning, as soon as Zhou Weixia arrived in the classroom, a message from Ye Xingzhi popped up in the group chat of the debate competition.In the afternoon, there are no classes for the sophomores and juniors, and all the team members have to hold group meetings together.

Probably because the preliminary competition is going to be held this weekend, and the group meeting is held very frequently.Like everyone else, Zhou Weixia replied a very official "received" in the group chat, then turned around and poked Ye Xingzhi's profile picture, saying that he wanted to have dinner with him.

The class in the morning was very full, and when Zhou Weixia remembered looking at his phone, it was almost lunch time.

No new message popped up in the dialog box with Ye Xingzhi.He stepped back and took a look. In the group chat of the debate team, Ye Xingzhi was still posting a revised argument.

Zhou Weixia put down his pen and sent another message.

But Ye Xingzhi never replied, and there was no movement after class.Zhou Weixia comforted himself probably because Ye Xing knew something was up and didn't care about him.

"Are you busy? Then I'll go home and eat a sandwich... See you this afternoon."

Ye Xingzhi leaned against the edge of the railing of the college building, looking at the new message that popped up on his phone.He didn't reply, nor did he exit the chat interface.

The phone screen gradually dimmed, reflecting his own restless face.

The students after class had already poured out of the teaching building. Ye Xingzhi was standing on the third floor, so he could recognize Zhou Weixia from the crowd at a glance.He was wearing a light blue coat, holding two books in his hands, and was still looking down at his phone.

Ye Xingzhi swiped the phone away again, hesitatingly typed only two words, and then quickly deleted them.He raised his head and looked downstairs again, Zhou Weixia's back had already disappeared.

The warm wind blew over, and his palms were covered with sweat.Shen Zhang's incoming call was suddenly displayed on the screen brightly, which made him even more upset, "Hello?"

"It's been arranged. You can visit her tomorrow. I'll ask someone to take you to the airport in the afternoon."

Shen Zhang didn't like Ye Hui very much, and Ye Xingzhi knew it all.During the first two years when he was brought to City B, he always repeatedly shirked his request to visit the prison.Recently, probably because he felt that he was an adult and he was not easy to be fooled, so he reluctantly let them meet occasionally.

"No need to send it off." Ye Xingzhi said as he booked the train ticket for the evening, and then went back to the dormitory to pack his luggage.Before the meeting in the afternoon, he walked into the small conference room with his packed backpack, deliberately not looking at the few people sitting next to him.

Zhou Weixia's gaze was always on him, and he could feel it even without looking.

Ye Xingzhi played this mock debate very hard, his reaction was several beats slow, and he always spoke as if he was absent-minded.At the end of the round, a message from Zhou Weixia quietly popped up on his mobile phone, "Have you eaten at noon? Are you feeling unwell?"

There is also a cute smiley face emoji on the back.

Ye Xingzhi sat in front, knowing that the people behind him were watching his actions, but without saying a word, he slid the dialog box to the left and clicked the red button.

It's hard to say if Zhou Weixia saw it clearly, but the phone has indeed gone quiet, without any new news.

It was almost six o'clock when the group meeting ended. Ye Xingzhi stood up after sorting out his things, and hurried out the door with his bag on his back.He walked quickly, and went straight to the bus stop outside the school gate when he went downstairs.

But the bus to the train station was delayed, instead Zhou Weixia walked towards him slowly.

The weather has turned hot, Zhou Weixia no longer wears a mask, and occasionally coughs uncomfortably due to the dust in the air.His face was flushed, his background was sickly white, and his words were naturally pale, "Ye Xingzhi..."

He hesitated to call him, as if he didn't know what to say, he lowered his head and said, "Are you angry?"

He didn't do anything wrong, but he habitually took the responsibility on himself.

"No." Ye Xingzhi said, avoiding those eyes, and said, "I have something to do."

"Oh." Zhou Weixia said dryly, sounding at a loss, "Are you busy today? Did I bother you..."

He coughed twice as he spoke, and his face turned redder, as if he was not feeling well.

But the waiting bus had already arrived, Ye Xingzhi choked back the concern that Ye Xingzhi almost blurted out when the door opened.He glanced at the person, avoided his probing gaze, and said as he got into the car, "I'll go first."

A few students were in a hurry to catch the bus, so they pushed Zhou Weixia in a hurry, and he almost fell down the steps waiting for the bus.The car door was slowly closed, and Ye Xingzhi's face was submerged in the black crowd of the bus, and he couldn't even see the corner of his clothes.

Zhou Weixia stood at the edge of the open space where the bus left, his coughing was made worse by the exhaust fumes.He took a few steps back, turned around and walked towards his small apartment, with a little physiological moisture in his eyes.

Back in the apartment, he felt better.Turning on the phone, seeing the few messages he sent in the dialog box, the image of Ye Xingzhi's slender and clean hands pressing the red delete button unconsciously flashed in his mind.

Ye Xingzhi's hands are beautiful, and he can do everything with ease without hesitation.

For two consecutive days, Zhou Weixia didn't dare to look for Ye Xingzhi again.But seeing that the weekend was approaching and the studio was about to get busy, he couldn't help but find an excuse to go to the studio to deliver the tea brought back by his father.

He specially found a night when the college had no classes, and took a taxi there by himself.

The street lights in the alley are a bit old, and the road is not as easy to recognize as in the daytime.Zhou Weixia walked around the labyrinth-like alley twice by himself, took out his mobile phone and hesitated for a moment, and finally, relying on that poor sense of direction, he touched the small courtyard of the studio by himself.

Ye Xingzhi was standing in front of the easel drawing, with a very focused expression.The sleeves of his shirt were rolled up high, a little paint was stained on the edge of his forearm, and he was lightly painting with a charcoal stick in his hand.

Probably a student who worked together, patted him on the shoulder from behind, and handed him a glass of water.Ye Xingzhi took the paper cup and said thank you, then turned around and saw a person standing outside the window.

Zhou Weixia stood beside the light sign at the entrance of the courtyard, carrying a paper bag, and smiled carefully at him.

That smile made the flesh in his heart curl up quickly, he looked away, put down the water glass, picked up the charcoal stick and continued to paint the unfinished line draft.

"Xiao Zhou? Here again?" Ye Xingzhi's eyes were on the canvas, but his ears were engrossed in listening to the movement in the front hall.

Zhou Weixia didn't speak very loudly, he could hear a few polite greetings, and after he put down something, there was another creaking sound of the wooden door being pulled open.

Did not come in to find him.

Ye Xingzhi couldn't tell whether he was relieved or hung even tighter.

Zhou Weixia didn't know that there was a mess between them, and they were still moving forward step by step.Ye Xing knew that he didn't want to get into the quagmire of the predicament, but he had already dragged others into the water.

Distraught, he stood up, sorted out the remaining painting materials in the studio, washed his hands and changed his clothes, and planned to go back to school.

"Xiao Ye, turn off the light board!" The teacher's voice came from upstairs, Ye Xingzhi said yes, and fumbled behind a green plant to find the switch of the light board.

"On the right." Suddenly a voice behind him said softly.

Ye Xingzhi froze for a moment, then moved slightly to the right quickly, turned off the switch, straightened up and said, "Didn't you go back?"

Zhou Weixia stood behind the low wall, watched the person approach him from the shadows, and said in a low voice, "I, I need to find you."

The light sign was turned off, and the entrance of the small courtyard was plunged into darkness between two street lights.Both of them didn't go out, they insisted on being trapped in this square where they couldn't see each other's expressions clearly.

"What's the matter?" Ye Xingzhi said.

His voice was still calm and pleasant, without any change.Zhou Weixia couldn't figure out what went wrong, so he could only whisper, "Are you busy these days?"

Ye Xingzhi didn't deny it, and seemed to be making excuses for his avoidance, "A little bit."

Zhou Weixia took a step forward silently, and continued, "Then when shall we have dinner together?"

He didn't wait for Ye Xingzhi to come up with a decent excuse, and added with his head down, "Senior, that day...are you kidding me?"