Encounter at the subway station

He said, give me a chance, let me chase you first.

Xiao Xingkan felt his hands were cold and still trembling slightly. It was the first time he heard someone say such words to himself, his mind was blank, only these words were surging.

Probably because he didn't respond for a long time, Yang Zhao took another step closer and observed his expression carefully: "If you don't answer, I will accept it as acquiescence."

Xiao Xingkan suddenly raised his head in surprise, his eyes were clearly filled with uneasiness.

"Then, then..." He stammered, "What am I going to do?"

"Don't be nervous." Yang Zhaoren said with a smile, "No need to do anything, the first step is to add me on WeChat."

"Yes, yes..." Xiao Xingkan tried to get the phone with trembling hands, but was stopped by Yang Zhao.

Xiao Xingkan looked down at his slender fingers, unable to speak.At this distance, he seemed to be able to smell the breath of Yang Zhao's fingertips, the same breath as when he held his nose with a tissue before.

Yang Zhao said: "Don't worry, you can add it slowly when you go back. Let's go, I'll take you to the subway station."

The two walked side by side towards the subway station. No one said anything. After walking for a while, Xiao Xingkan relaxed a little, and suddenly remembered something and asked, "You are waiting here for me? Why don't you come in and sit down."

"It doesn't count. In fact, my company is also in this building. I only found out after seeing the address you gave me."

Xiao Xingkan was stunned for a moment: "...such a coincidence?"

"Yeah," Yang Zhao said with a smile, "I feel that since the first time I met you, everything after that has been 'what a coincidence'."

The two were talking, and when they walked to the security checkpoint of the subway station, Yang Zhao stopped and nodded: "Go, be careful on the road."

"Aren't you going back?" Xiao Xingkan didn't rush to leave, he stood where he was and asked back.

"I'm going to meet a business partner tonight," Yang Zhao said, "However, if you want me to invite you home, I can postpone tonight's business."

Xiao Xingkan shook his head quickly: "No, no, no... I still won't disturb your work."

Yang Zhao didn't insist on it, but saw him looking for the bus card in his bag and was about to leave, when he suddenly raised his hand and pressed on his fingers holding the card, holding it with a little force.

"Remember to run slower next time."

Xiao Xingkan lowered his head and couldn't see Yang Zhao's face, but he could feel that he was smiling when he heard the voice.

"At least let me catch up."

Xiao Xingkan lowered his head and nodded vigorously, staring at Yang Zhao from the corner of his eyes and slowly withdrawing his hand, the fingertips slipped from the back of his hand.

He turned around with the card in relief, and didn't have the courage to look up at Yang Zhao again, for fear that his reddened cheeks would be discovered.

·

Sitting on the subway and being blown by the cold wind, Xiao Xingkan's rationality came back a little bit, and he started playing with his mobile phone, preparing to add Yang Zhao's WeChat.

Copy and paste the number, look up the contact, and the search results with the WeChat ID starting with the two letters "YZ" pop up. The profile pictures are two dark-colored whales in a blue ocean. Flirty feeling.

After sending the application, while waiting for Yang Zhao to pass the application, Xiao Xingkan looked through his circle of friends. There were very few original content, and most of them were reprinted various research articles on technology and finance.

After flipping through two articles, the phone suddenly vibrated, and Xiao Xingkan quit to read the news.

"Have you arrived at school yet?"

Xiao Xingkan was not in a hurry to reply to the message, and planned to change Yang Zhao's remarks first.

He first typed the name "Yang Zhao", and after submitting the revision, he thought about it and changed it again, changing it to "Brother Zhao".

After modifying the remarks, he replied: "Not yet, it's coming soon."

Yang Zhao sent the word "um", and soon sent another one: "I won't be here tomorrow, I have to go out for a while."

Then there was another sentence: "Say it when you get home."

Xiao Xingkan replied "OK", then stared at the phone screen and laughed.

·

He couldn't help laughing all the way back to the dormitory, so that when he ran into Gou Mengxi when he got to the dormitory, the dog took a look at Xiao Xingkan and shook him vigorously: "Be honest, I also said that I am not in love, so I laughed like this How dare you not admit it!"

Xiao Xingkan quickly restrained himself, and said seriously: "I only laugh when I see funny things."

"Bah, less nonsense, can you smile lewdly when watching funny things?" Gou Mengxi obviously didn't believe it.

Xiao Xingkan was at a loss for words for a moment: "I... I'm looking at sand sculpture netizens."

"Don't criticize our sand sculpture netizens!" Gou Mengxi said bitterly, "Our sand sculpture netizens will not make you look like an idiot in love!"

While talking, Li Xunguang came back after the appointment, and pushed the two of them into the dormitory alone: ​​"What are you doing blocking the door? There are so many hatreds and grievances."

Gou Mengxi quickly grabbed him: "As the only man in this dormitory who is out of the singles, do you think my son seems to be in love?"

Li Xunguang caught Xiao Xingkan impatiently and looked at him: "I can't tell, and it's none of your business whether he talks about love or not."

"..." Gou Mengxi said bitterly, "I am concerned about the healthy growth of my sons. Why can't you understand the painstaking efforts of the old father?"

"Let your painstaking efforts be fed to the dogs." Li Xunguang went in with Xiao Xingkan in his arms while talking, not bothering to pay attention to Gou Mengxi.

He threw Xiao Xingkan on the stool and took a cup to drink water: "It's normal to fall in love, he is jealous of you, because he is the only one in our dormitory who is passively single, you and that idiot Yu Chen are both actively single."

Xiao Xingkan said: "...Thanks to the organization for affirming me."

Gou Mengxi came over crying and howling, and threw himself on Xiao Xingkan sobbing: "Son, for the sake of my hard work in bringing you up, I will give you all my young ladies when you leave the order. I don't ask much. There is one Just do it."

Xiao Xingkan had nothing to do with him, and said helplessly, "Young lady doesn't like me either."

"Just blow it up, how can my young lady look down on you."

It's really not that the young lady has taken a fancy to him.Xiao Xingkan thought silently, but his younger brother fell in love with him instead.

·

Since adding Yang Zhao's WeChat, the two chat occasionally, and they don't talk too much. At least Xiao Xingkan feels that Yang Zhao is a person who obviously doesn't chat much in person on the Internet.

In addition to the necessary greetings of good morning and good night, occasionally Yang Zhao would complain that he was working overtime, and Xiao Xingkan would also complain that the report could not be finished.

Xiao Xingkan would talk about his stupid roommates, and Yang Zhao would dislike some middle-aged superiors or partners around him, annoyed that they kept talking about state affairs or giving advice.

But sometimes he will be teased inadvertently. For example, when complaining about working overtime, Yang Zhao will suddenly say: "I used to think that working overtime was nothing, but now I feel that working overtime is very annoying, and I have no time to think about you."

……

Although they didn't talk much, Yang Zhao knew that Xiao Xingkan was more free on Thursday and Friday afternoons.

So this Friday, Xiao Xingkan received a message from Yang Zhao as soon as the two afternoon classes ended——

"I can't seem to find my way, can you pick me up at the school gate?"

He came to school?

Xiao Xingkan was a little unbelievable for a while, so he asked again for confirmation: "Have you been outside my school?"

"Ah."

So Xiao Xingkan left Yu Chen who was about to ask him out for shopping, and went to pick up Yang Zhao.

He was afraid that Yang Zhaojiu would wait, so he trotted to the school after leaving the teaching building, and he saw Yang Zhao standing outside the school gate, with a slender figure, slightly lowered his head and staring at the phone.

Probably aware of something, Yang Zhao raised his head and saw Xiao Xingkan running towards him out of breath, and waved his hand at him with a smile.

"I have nothing to do this afternoon. I thought you should have no class, so I didn't invite you." He walked to Xiao Xingkan's side, "I won't disturb you."

"No, how could it be." Xiao Xingkan was actually a little happy to see him coming, "But I didn't expect you to come, now should, what should I do... take you around the campus?"

Yang Zhao came too suddenly, he had never thought about what the two of them would do if Yang Zhao came one day, after much deliberation, this kind of friends who came to his school for the first time should all start from school.

"It's almost time for dinner." Yang Zhao raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, "I'll take you to dinner first."

Xiao Xingkan came to a sudden: "Yes, how about I take you to our school cafeteria to eat."

Yang Zhao did not refuse, so the two walked towards the nearest canteen.It was a little early at this moment, and although the cafeteria had started to sell, there were not many students. This environment would make Xiao Xingkan feel at ease. He was worried that if there were too many people, he would be bumped into with Yang Zhao by acquaintances.

The two were observing what to eat in front of a row of bright windows. As the host, Xiao Xingkan spared no effort to introduce the characteristics of this cafeteria to Yang Zhao.

"They all look good, it's really hard to choose." Yang Zhao said.

Xiao Xingkan stared at the dishes that looked full of color under the light, and said with a smile, "Choose whatever you want, and I want everyone to know that I have contracted this canteen for you."

"Yes." Yang Zhao nodded approvingly, "He has the temperament of a domineering president."

Xiao Xingkan took out his campus card amidst his praise: "Swipe it casually, let it be maxed out."

Yang Zhao took out the card from his fingertips, and couldn't help laughing: "Okay...this is considered to be taken care of by you?"

"I can't afford it, but I can feed you." Xiao Xingkan said, "If I want to support you, can I work hard for 20 years?"

"If the opportunity and luck are good, it is barely possible, and the success rate is not high."

Xiao Xingkan nodded: "Then I must cherish this opportunity to feed you."

While talking, the two ordered four or five stir-fries, ordered two bowls of soup and two servings of rice, and found a seat near the window to sit down.

"By the way." After sitting down, Yang Zhao suddenly remembered something, and handed the bag he brought to Xiao Xingkan, "I brought the bottle."

He propped his elbows on the table, put his chin in the palm of his hand and looked at Xiao Xingkan: "This bottle is pretty, what is it for?"

Xiao Xingkan took the bag containing the bottle, smiled and did not answer the question: "You will know when the time comes, and I will return the bottle to you."

Yang Zhao didn't ask any more questions, but just stared at his eyebrows.

"This is my acceptance..." Xiao Xingkan was a little embarrassed by his stare, and asked, "I thought you wouldn't give me the bottle in a short time."

"Love is mutual. There is no such thing as one party giving and the other not accepting," Yang Zhao said. "I have accepted your liking a long time ago. I just want to chase you first. Before you agree to be my lover, enjoy the pursuit through hard work." Get rewarded, and at that time, your liking is the best reward for me."

Xiao Xingkan scratched the corner of his mouth in embarrassment: "But... I have never been in a formal relationship before, so passive acceptance should not be advisable, so what should I do to play my role well in the relationship?"

He was a little uneasy about what he was about to face. As Yu Chen said, putting yourself in the shoes of the other party in a relationship does not seem to be a difficult thing, but what should be done to make the other party feel his own feelings? What about your mind?

Yang Zhao didn't speak, but turned his head to look at the people coming in and out of the cafeteria, and suddenly pointed to a couple who had just walked in.

Xiao Xingkan looked in the direction he pointed, feeling a little puzzled.

The couple hugged each other intimately, and walked towards the window where they had lunch. Xiao Xingkan turned his head and looked at Yang Zhao with dazed and puzzled eyes.

Yang Zhao reached out and pressed his head lightly, as if to comfort his uneasiness: "Don't worry, there are many ordinary people who love each other in this world, just like other people, how do they fall in love? That’s it, too.”