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The two walked around the campus twice, and went outside to the commercial street. After killing time, Hao Ai reckoned that the parent meeting should be over, so he and Zhong Xiu walked back to the classroom slowly.As expected, the parent-teacher meeting was over. Zhang Zhiyuan was talking to Yang Yingqiong outside the front door of the classroom, and he praised Zhong Xiu in his words.

I don't know how long they will have to talk, but just as they were about to enter the class through the back door, Zhang Zhiyuan waved to them: "Come, come, you two come here."

"Parents of Zhong Xiu, Zhong Xiu has always been an excellent child with a good attitude towards learning. I can see that. This is Hao Ai, and he is also a good child. They have a good relationship and help each other in study and life. .”

Yang Yingqiong nodded with a smile: "Well, it's right for students to help each other."

Zhang Zhiyuan looked at Hao Ai and said with relief: "Hao Ai has made great progress this time. I know that I have worked hard. It is not bad."

Hao Ai felt a little embarrassed when he heard him boasting, and scratched his head embarrassingly: "Hey, thanks to the teacher for teaching you well."

Yang Yingqiong had a better impression of the boy in front of her. She felt that the boy was cheerful, easy-going and good-natured. Even his long hair was pleasing to the eye. It is a good thing to have a personality.

After listening to their conversation, the two fled into the classroom.Zhang Zhiyuan had just praised Hao Ai that he knew he had studied hard, but later he planned to escape today's evening self-study.

Chen Rao traveled abroad some time ago, and she has been posting a lot of photos in Moments every day these days, broadcasting the real-time status of the trip, and just came back today, and everyone in the group discussed to welcome her.

Qu Yihang: @钟秀 are you going?

At this time Hao Ai also asked him: "Going?"

Zhong Xiu was a little shaken.

Hao Ai understood from the look in his eyes, "Go!" Hao Ai made the decision for him, and then replied in the group: We must go!

The place to meet Chen Rao was set at a high-end restaurant outside the school. This restaurant was different from Honglai Hotel, and the students had to consider the price before going in.Qu Yihang reserved a box in advance, when Hao Ai and Zhong Xiu entered, Qu Yihang and several others were already inside.

Qu Yihang stood up from his seat, pushed Hao Ai to sit inside, "I'll order after Sister Rao comes."

After a while, Chen Rao came late. In the late autumn weather, she was only wearing a beige long skirt and a thin light-colored cardigan. Today, she is different from the domineering and domineering past. She looks a bit gentle .She walked into the box, glanced at the phone first, and wondered: "I'm not late, why are you all here so early?"

Hao Ai stood up to make room for Chen Rao and asked her to sit in the middle.He smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for so long, I miss you so much."

"Screw you."

Qu Yihang took the heavy bag from her hand and asked, "What's in it?"

"Bring it to you."

Chen Rao brought gifts for everyone, cigarettes and imported snacks for Qu Yihang and the others, a delicate silver pendant in the shape of a skateboard for Zhong Xiu, and a small ring for Hao Ai. A silver pigment circle, with no other decoration, looks very ordinary.

"Is there a discount at the duty-free shop at the airport?" Hao Aile asked, "It's like wholesale souvenirs."

"If you can't speak, you can donate your tongue to those in need." Chen Rao said angrily.

Qu Yihang's eyes lit up when he saw the smoke. He knew that it was difficult to buy authentic cigarettes of this brand in China, and most of the online sales were fake.

"It doesn't seem...not particularly delicate." Qu Yihang took the ring in Hao Ai's hand and rubbed it around in his hand, his tone very tactful.

This ring is very rough in workmanship, and there are a series of scratches on it. The polishing is not very fine, and it looks like a low-quality product.

Chen Rao stared angrily: "Can you be a little discerning, I spent a lot of time honing this."

Hao Ai echoed, "That's right, Qu Yihang, why can't he speak so much?"

"Oh~" Qu Yihang said in a long voice, "Sister Rao has a heart."

Hao Ai said reservedly: "Oh, how can I accept such a precious thing?"

"I'll wear it for you." Chen Rao poured himself a glass of wine and said casually, "You don't smoke, so I can't give you cigarettes like I gave them."

Qu Yihang continued to complain about himself: "You treated them differently again."

"Hao Ai is my son after all," Chen Rao looked at Hao Ai, "This is mother's love for you." He rubbed Hao Ai's hair while speaking.

Hao Ai didn't show any disgust, but let her scratch her head and rub her hair into a mess, "Okay, thank you Mom."

Zhong Xiu has been watching them all the time, he doesn't quite understand, is it popular among friends to give rings now?

Qu Yihang handed the menu to Chen Rao and asked her to order. Chen Rao ordered a lot of dishes. When the waiter served the dishes, she asked the waiter to put some of the dishes where Hao Ai could reach them. Zhong Xiu found that Those few dishes are Hao Ai's usual favorites.

After eating, everyone shifted their position to KTV. The commercial street outside the school has a one-stop service for eating, drinking and having fun.After singing for a while, it was nearly ten o'clock, and someone was clamoring to stay up all night.

Hao Ai looked at the time on the phone and said, "We have to go back, it's time for access control."

"Pfft..." Qu Yihang spurted out the wine that he had just poured into his mouth.

Chen Rao handed him a tissue with a look of disgust, and said to Hao Ai, "I forgot that you are a good baby now."

Hao Ai put gold on his face: "I have always been, I don't smoke or drink, I love studying and sports, so I am a good boy."

Zhong Xiu agreed blankly: "Well, you are the most obedient."

When he was leaving, Chen Rao was about to come out to see them off, but Hao Ai stopped him, and he waved his hand: "Okay, no need to see them off, the dormitory is only a few steps away, you guys have fun."

After leaving the KTV door with flashing lights, the two walked back to the school, and a gust of cold wind blew in front of them, chilling people's hearts.Hao Ai put the ring on her little finger and kept turning it around.

Zhong Xiu watched the ring crumbling on his little finger, and reminded: "Be careful not to drop the ring."

"rest assured."

"This, do you want to wear it?" Zhong Xiu asked hesitantly, he felt that he didn't need to care so much.

Zhong Xiu almost wanted to knock open Hao Ai's skull to see what's inside. Is he really big-hearted?Anyone with a discerning eye should be able to see what it means to give a ring.

How could he not understand.

Hao Ai looked at him in surprise, with a self-deprecating smile on his face: "Chen Rao treats me as a fool, do you also think I am a fool?" Then he shook the ring in front of Zhong Xiu: "Of course I can't wear it. , I don't even know what that means."

Zhong Xiu tentatively asked: "How do you know what she means? What if she doesn't mean what you think?"

"I've known Chen Rao for several years. People always make fun of us and call us couple names. I can't see it. She sometimes behaves very clearly..."

Zhong Xiu didn't understand and said: "You are not interested in her, why don't you just say it directly, and just keep wasting like this?"

"Chen Rao has her arrogance, she will definitely not take the initiative to reveal it," Hao Aian said, holding the ring in his hand, "I really care about her as a friend, and she should know it in her heart. And I didn't Give her hope, everything I do is to tell her very clearly that this is the only way to go, and there will be no further."

Zhong Xiu actually felt that what he said was quite reasonable, but it was obviously all nonsense.Hao Ai worried that once Chen Rao talked about his feelings for him, there would be a gap between him and other friends.He takes everyone's feelings into consideration and doesn't want to lose any important friend to him.He doesn't seem to care about anything, but he doesn't really care.

"Are you serious when you look at the scumbag?" Hao Ai suddenly turned his head and asked him, "Do you think I'm such a scumbag?"

Scum?Zhong Xiu was also seriously thinking about this issue.

The author says:

Zhong Xiu: It doesn't matter whether he is scum or not, anyway, it didn't come to me. (dangerous speech)