Absinthe

Chapter 39

When going back, Hao Ai was led all the way by Zhong Xiu, and he didn't know when who would let go first.

Hao Ai was in a trance along the way, and didn't notice that Zhong Xiu's hand was sweating nervously. When he let go, Zhong Xiu's palm was a little wet. He clenched his hand and then let go, as if he could still feel Hao Ai's hand. hand temperature.

Zhong Xiu was not sure about Hao Ai's sexual orientation, and he didn't want to rashly reveal his feelings, putting Hao Ai in a dilemma, as if he was forcing him to do multiple-choice questions.

He wanted Hao Ai to understand that his liking for him was not a liking between friends.Sooner or later, he will understand that there is no rush right now.

When he received the message from Fang Cheng, Zhong Xiu had just come out of the bathroom. He wiped his hair with a towel in one hand, and picked up the phone in the other. After taking a shower, his body temperature was too high. As soon as his fingers touched the screen, it was covered. A dense layer of water vapor.

In the chat box, Fang Fang put on the avatar of the dog's head emoji with a Santa hat on it and said: I came to play with you on Christmas.

Zhong Xiu looked at the phone calendar, and it happened to be Saturday on Christmas Day.

He replied: I thought you were coming during the November holidays, but it turned out that you waited until Christmas.

Fang Cheng: Ahhh! !During the [-]th holiday, the school forced us to make up lessons. It's not like you don't know how perverted Yangcheng No. [-] Middle School is.

Of course Zhong Xiu knew that Yangcheng No. [-] Middle School was very strict, students were not allowed to bring mobile phones, and they often used vacations to make up classes.In contrast, Zhengchuan No. [-] Middle School is simply heaven.During Zheng Chuan's stay, Zhong Xiu felt that he had become a lot looser and happier than before.

Fang Cheng complained to Zhong Xiu about the various inhumane behaviors of Yangcheng No. [-] Middle School, and the two chatted about other topics, most of which were reminiscing about the past. While Zhong Xiu sympathized with his friend, he was also glad that he escaped from Yangcheng No. [-] Middle School early claws.

Hao Ai also came out of the bathroom. He took out the hair dryer and was thinking about how to sleep tonight while drying his hair.

There are two bedrooms in the house, one for grandma and Hao Ai.The suggestion of sleeping on the sofa was rejected by Hao Ai before Zhong Xiu made it, "Don't look, you must not be allowed to sleep on the sofa."

Zhong Xiu has long arms and legs, so he can't sleep on the sofa at all.The situation is already clear, the two of them will sleep in the same bed tonight.

Zhong Xiu came to Hao Ai's bedroom and found that there were many plush toys on the big bed in the middle, half of the bed was occupied.

He really didn't understand why a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy's bed was covered with all kinds of colorful dolls and dolls, "There are so many, you really have a girlish heart."

Hao Ai hugged the plush toys on the sofa and arranged them in a row, ravaged them one by one, and said, "Hey, these are all caught by the dolls."

Hao Ai brought over a quilt and spread it on the bed, smoothing the edges and corners.He said a little embarrassedly: "I'm a little dishonest in sleeping, don't mind."

Zhong Xiu didn't take this sentence seriously at first, until he was lying on the same bed, he finally realized how dishonest Hao Ai said he was when he slept dishonestly.

Hao Ai lay on the bed and quickly fell asleep. After a while, Zhong Xiu heard his steady and long breathing.

After he fell asleep, he began to roll back and forth on the bed. The bed was so big that Hao Ai could have flopped about, but in his sleep, he probably didn't realize that there were two boys over 1.8 meters lying on the bed.

Hao Ai entangled Zhong Xiu with his hands and feet like an octopus, using Zhong Xiu as a human pillow. Lao Teng quilt, Zhong Xiu tucked him in the quilt several times a night, exhausted physically and mentally.

This man is really...

Waking up the next day, Hao Ai saw that Zhong Xiu had two big dark circles under his eyes.

He was completely ignorant of what he did last night, and asked Zhong Xiu with concern: "Did you not sleep well?"

"En." Zhong Xiu rubbed his eyes and nodded.

Although he didn't show it on the surface, in his heart he really wanted to strangle Hao Ai to death or die with him.

The two rushed to the school all the way after washing, but they were both late, and were stopped by the school gate again by the dean, Lao Wang.

Hao Ai took the initiative to say hello, with a smile on his face: "Long time no see, Director."

Old Wang smiled and said: "Hehe, I don't want to see you at the school gate at this hour."

When Lao Wang saw Zhong Xiu behind Hao Ai, he slowed down his tone and asked pleasantly, "Why is Zhong Xiu late too? Is there a traffic jam on the road? Hurry up and go to class."

Hao Ai: "..."

There will be an English poetry reading in the afternoon.

During class break, Zhong Xiu turned around and asked Hao Ai, "Have you prepared your English poem yet?"

"Ready." Hao Ai said.

Zhong Xiu was stunned for a moment, and said, "That's good."

He quietly rolled up a piece of paper on the table and threw it into the trash can.It was a short but catchy philosophical poem. He found it for Hao Ai, but it is no longer needed.

In the poetry recitation in English class, many people came to the stage to recite love poems, and some people recited philosophical poems, and they collided with several poems.

When it was Hao Ai's turn, he chose a ballad with only three sentences in it. He finished it quickly and walked off the podium before everyone could react.

The students in the audience were all stunned, thinking that you should be ruthless.

The English teacher wondered, "Only three sentences?"

Hao Ai pretended to be innocent: "You didn't stipulate a few sentences to read. Teacher, I was wrong. I will definitely find a particularly long one to read next time."

Everyone burst out laughing.

The English teacher is a good-tempered person, so he had no choice but to smile helplessly when he heard the words: "It's okay, it's the teacher's negligence that there is no prescribed number of words. The students who are going to recite next, don't try to be tricky."

English has always been Hao Ai's shortcoming.He went to junior high school in the county, and the English teacher only paid attention to the test scores, and did not correct the students' pronunciation much, so Hao Ai's spoken English was in a mess.

Hao Ai didn't listen very carefully the whole time, and couldn't understand.

According to his student number, Zhong Xiu was the last one to go up, and the most common black and white school uniform became dazzling when he was wearing it. Standing on the podium, he looked like the hero in a youth movie, setting off all the people in the audience as a background board , although the whole person is indifferent, but still very charming.

The teacher smiled and said: "Zhong Xiu's pronunciation is impeccable, and his voice is also very nice. It would be even better if he recited with a little emotion."

Zhong Xiu stepped off the podium and returned to his seat. Hao Ai asked in a low voice, "What's the meaning of that poem you recited just now? I didn't quite understand it."

Zhong Xiu tore off a piece of paper, wrote something on it, and handed it to Hao Ai.

His handwriting is very beautiful, each stroke is vigorous and powerful:

what can i do to keep you

I give you thin streets, desperate sunsets, and wild moons.

I offer you the sorrow of a man who looks long and long at the lonely moon.

This poem is very long, Zhong Xiu only chose the first few paragraphs to read.What this poem expresses has always been controversial. Some people say it is about love, while others say it is about war.

Hao Ai asked in a low voice, "A love poem?"

Zhong Xiu's expression was cold: "No."

"What's the matter with you? Are you unhappy?"

Zhong Xiu turned around and continued to do his homework, "No."

Hao Ai didn't know what kind of trouble he had caused him, so he said "Oh", and turned his head to talk to Lu Fayan in a low voice.

Zhong Xiu scribbled several chemical formulas on paper, and waited for several minutes before Hao Ai came to poke his back.

The bell for next night's self-study rang.

Hao Ai packed his things in advance and waited to leave with Zhong Xiu.Ning Yue walked over from the front, wanting to ask Zhong Xiu some questions.Ning Yue is a day student and cannot go back to the dormitory with Zhong Xiu, so Zhong Xiu let Hao Ai go first.Hao Ai said indifferently: "It's okay, I'll wait for you for a while."

Lufa next to him said contemptuously, "Why are you so clinging to others like a little girl?"

"How can I have!"

Hao Ai didn't want others to say that he was clingy, so he reluctantly followed Lu Fayan and left first.

After discussing the topic, Zhong Xiu packed up his things and went back to the dormitory, and walked out of the school with Ning Yue.

On the way, Ning Yue suddenly said, "Zhong Xiu, I have a question for you."

"You ask."

Ning Yue asked: "Are you?"

At first this question sounded endless, Zhong Xiu met Ning Yue's knowing eyes in surprise.

"Yes."

"Is the person you like Hao Ai?"

Zhong Xiu didn't directly say yes or no, but asked, "How do you know?"

"Today's English poetry recitation, when you were on the podium, you were watching him the whole time."

Zhong Xiu recalled it for a while, but didn't realize it: "Is it so obvious?"

It was so obvious that neither of the parties involved noticed it.

Ning Yue said: "For those who understand, it is indeed obvious."

Zhong Xiu laughed: "You understand very well."

"Well, I think you can be a little bit, um..." Ning Yue paused, and then said, "Take it easy, don't be so obvious, or I'm definitely not the only one who can see it in the future."

In the current society and campus, liking the same sex and liking the opposite sex are completely two concepts.

"Thank you for the reminder," Zhong Xiu said, "but it's not necessary."

"Huh?" Ning Yue cast a look of incomprehension.

"If you like someone, why cover it up? I originally wanted him to feel that someone liked him."

Ning Yue's expression darkened, and he smiled sadly: "So, this is why I envy you."

"There is nothing to envy. The person I like is very good and won't make me sad."

Zhong Xiu's meaning is very straightforward: the person you like always makes you sad, he is not worthy of your liking.

Ning Yue's face was even paler under the light of the street lamp, and his long eyelashes trembled like fluttering butterfly wings.

"He's fine too."

Zhong Xiu felt that Ning Yue and Shen Yilang were unequal from the very beginning. Ning Yue was too soft and was in a disadvantaged position, not to mention that Shen Yilang was still a teacher, and he was too unethical to be able to fall in love with his students.

Students may be immature, but as an adult teacher, they should always have the ability to refuse and distinguish right from wrong.

Ning Yue shook his head and argued, "We're not dating."

"Okay," Zhong Xiu said helplessly, "It was he who took the initiative to kiss you that day, so it must be right?"

"Hmm." Ning Yue nodded sullenly.

"You know he won't be with you, and you still like him?"

Ning Yue didn't speak, but still nodded.

After leaving the school gate, there was a black car parked not far away.Zhong Xiu had seen this car many times at the school gate, no matter it was windy or rainy, he always came to pick Ning Yue up without a hitch.

"Okay, pretend I didn't ask." Zhong Xiu waved Ning Yue goodbye.

Everyone seems to be able to tell a lot of truths about love, but he is deeply involved in it, and only others know that the authorities are obsessed.

The author says:

Question: Why is Zhong Xiu angry? (Humble, can I ask for starfish and comments, ballball)