When I woke up in the morning to celebrate the New Year, I felt a little dazed, my eyes were swollen, and the golden warm light pierced me and I couldn't open my eyes.
He looked at the time, but it was only half past six.
There are still no messages on the phone except for a few quick news notifications.
After washing up, he had a simple breakfast. Summer vacation was about to begin, and business was good during this period. He wanted to make more new types of cakes and desserts. It was estimated that when summer vacation came, it would be difficult to maintain the rent and water and electricity bills.
Counting over the past six months, because the location is close to several surrounding schools, even though the store is not big, I have actually made almost 178,000 yuan. The money is saved in my bank card. The current income is enough to support my life and my father's income. Hospital costs.
Thinking of this, He Nian took a deep breath. This little savings gave him the final sense of peace of mind. After earning another year of money, he wanted to study again and get into a good university. Going to university was what he had always longed for and envied. life.
The store had been busy all morning. He Nian wiped the sweat from his forehead. Just as he was about to take a breath, he saw Lin Fengzhai's car parked at the door. The boy's face was full of exhaustion, and his brows were frowning slightly unconsciously.
With a soft sound, the gift box was placed on the long wooden table.
"Here, birthday present."
He Nian silently glanced at the logo and icon on the gift box, opened his mouth and swallowed back the words. He dealt with flour and cream every day, so there was no way he could wear a bracelet, but He Nian was still happy in his heart.
"Feng Zhai, are you hungry? I'll go cook now."
Lin Fengzhai felt inexplicably irritated by the soft-spoken tone, in other words, the submissive tone.
He hummed indifferently, without leaving a single unnecessary glance, and squeezed past He Nian and went up to the second floor.
At noon, the store closed during the Lunar New Year and put up a sign saying "Closed for 90 minutes."
The fume in the kitchen made Lin Fengzhai frown. The weather was already hot, but it was extremely stuffy in such a small broken house. There was also an unspeakable disgusting smell. He only heard two "dong dong" sounds, followed by a Low curse.
"What's wrong?"
He Nian ran out of the kitchen and saw Lin Fengzhai bending down to pick something up with a stinky face. Then he turned around and kicked the trash can down. Lin Fengzhai got angry and kicked the trash can to the ground.
The plastic bucket had a crack in the middle and was obviously unusable. There were only a few paper balls inside with functional equations written on them.
He Nian was shocked by him. If he had known better, he would not have given up the house next door. The handsome young man from a wealthy family was not suitable to stay in such a crowded and cramped place.
When he first rented the house, Lin Fengzhai rented the entire floor next door, which was a full 150 square meters. The decoration was very luxurious, but he rarely came to live there. He was worried about money during the New Year, so he talked to the landlady when renewing the money. After some discussion, the landlady decided to quit and signed a one-year contract. Naturally, the landlady was unwilling to do so, but He Nian had a gentle temperament, kept the house clean, and often gave him some bread and snacks. Finally, she agreed and rented the small attic to him.
"Where's the remote control! It's hot and you don't know how to turn on the air conditioner? I really don't know what you're thinking!"
Lin Fengzhai raised his voice and looked very unhappy.
"I'll do it. Just put it on the shelf next to you."
He Nian quickly took off the remote control and turned on the air conditioner. Lin Fengzhai was lying on the sofa, his brittle hair hanging down from his forehead with sweat. He glanced at He Nian and couldn't help but sneer.
"Why don't you close the window? Do you have any common sense about electrical life?"
After closing the window, He Nian took the cold glutinous rice balls from the refrigerator. Only then did Lin Fengzhai stop, and he still couldn't help but said sarcastically:
"I asked you, can you stop being so stingy for a day? Isn't it embarrassing? It's already 38 degrees Celsius in City F today. How much is the electricity bill to turn on the air conditioner worth?"
He Nianqian stood, nodded dullly and replied: "...Okay, next time you come, I will drive ahead."
Lin Fengzhai lowered his head and ate the glutinous rice balls without saying anything. The dumplings were soft and glutinous, with red beans, red dates and osmanthus honey inside. It was ice cold and comfortable after one bite.
I have long been used to celebrating New Year. In fact, it is not too hot if the windows are open for ventilation.
When I was graduating from junior high school, I had excellent grades in the New Year. I was admitted to a private school in F city from a small, poor and remote county. Only then did I have the opportunity to meet Lin Fengzhai. Private high schools are expensive, and the tuition information alone costs a lot. Although there was no money, He's father and He's mother still insisted on letting He Nian go to school.
F City is a first-tier city. Every inch of land is precious. Prices are many times higher than in small counties. Even just eating is a big expense every month. Many times, a few information books will cost him all his living expenses. Usually, When I go to the cafeteria to eat, I don't even dare to order greasy or meaty dishes.
Later, I went to work in a beverage shop during the New Year weekend, and the boss also took care of the food. After getting the meager salary, I rented a small single room, so that I could go to work for a few hours every night and earn dozens of dollars more. Where's the money?
I prioritized my New Year greetings and studied very hard. Later, I was admitted to the best rocket class in the school after being randomly assigned to the ordinary class at the beginning of my admission. With the improvement of educational resources, the tuition fees increased by almost half. The summer was sultry and cramped. The small room is actually equipped with an air conditioner, but the old air conditioner consumes a lot of electricity and I didn't dare to turn it on even during the New Year.
By the time the meal was ready, Lin Fengzhai had already fallen asleep. He washed his hands and changed out of his oil-stained clothes in New Year greetings. He walked over and put his hand on Lin Fengzhai's forehead. It was cold. He reached for the remote control and turned up the temperature. some.
"Feng Zhai, do you really like me?"
The New Year's greetings were in a very soft and low voice, almost inaudible. He leaned over and saw Lin Fengzhai's facial features. Half of his face was hidden in the shadows, and there was no sense of distance that could not be crossed in daily life.
I don't know if I'm asking the sleeping person, or myself, or just a simple statement.
He Nian's voice was muffled: "You have never told me that you like me. I know you are with me because of guilt, but I still can't let you go."
For him, Lin Fengzhai was like a ray of light that illuminated his dark world.
The person on the sofa was obviously unconscious at this moment. He Nian's eyes were slightly red. He leaned over and breathed closer and closer. He wanted to secretly press his lips to the other person's, but his sharp eyes saw the ambiguous red mark on Lin Fengzhai's collar.
He Nian's thin figure stagnated in mid-air suddenly, and his mind went blank.
He threw away his helmet and retreated suddenly, but someone grabbed his wrist and pulled him back forcefully. Lin Fengzhai opened his eyes, straightened up and pressed the person under him. With rough movements, he grabbed He Nian's waist and wanted to kiss him.
"don't want......"
He Nian bent his legs and tried his best to resist. He was not so despicable that he knew that his boyfriend had just slept with someone else and immediately accepted being intimate with him.
"don't want?"
Lin Fengzhai lowered his eyes, his gaze fell on He Nian's red and full lips, with a bit of teasing, he sneered, pinched his chin and lifted it.
"Why are you so angry with me?"
Regardless of resistance, Lin Fengzhai leaned forward again. He felt that He Nian's waist was thin and soft, more sensitive to touch than Bai Luoyu's. He pressed He Nian's legs and held him tightly.
The figure on my body is like a wall, I can't push it away during the New Year greetings, and my heart is desolate.
Lin Fengzhai only thought that he was thin-skinned and too nervous. He Nian had always been stubborn and conservative in this regard, and the two of them had not really followed through on it until now.
This kind of thing is interesting only if you and I are willing to do it. Seeing that he didn't respond at all like a piece of wood, Lin Fengzhai soon lost all his charming thoughts. He turned his head and panted slightly.
His fingers were soothing back and forth on the person's ear, and he noticed that He Nian's whole body was shaking. Lin Fengzhai lowered his head and kissed him sympathetically on his forehead. When he raised his head, he seemed to smell greasy oil smoke from his hair.
Lin Fengzhai suddenly felt nauseous.
All excitement ends.
"It's boring."
He let go, stood up and went to the table to eat.
He Nian was silent for a while, and the corners of his eyes were wet. He closed his eyes and thought, forget it.
Lin Fengzhai didn't stay long after dinner and rushed back to school for afternoon classes. He Nian looked at the empty room. The dishes and chopsticks were still on the table. The sofa was in a mess. The remote control fell to the ground at some point. The battery rolled down next to the trash can.
His face was a little pale, and the light in his eyes slowly faded, as if no matter how hard he tried, he could not enter Lin Fengzhai's world. They were completely opposite people, and their feelings could not be equal.
There are also the latest version of the college entrance examination mock test questions on the bookshelf, in red and blue.
F University was his dream. If that incident hadn't happened, he could have gone to the same university as Lin Fengzhai. How great would it have been.
In that case, wouldn't there be more topics between them, instead of just talking about trivial things like three meals a day, money, rice, oil, and salt, which even he himself finds boring.
He Nian picked up the gift box on the sofa. The packaging was very high-quality. Inside was a slender bracelet with three shiny pearls at the end. It was very beautiful.
There was also an emotional message written on the packaging, endless love, but looking at those words at this time was particularly dazzling.
He lowered his head and put on the bracelet for himself. It took him a long time to fasten it awkwardly. This was the first time he received a serious birthday gift from Lin Fengzhai. The pearls reflected bright light in the sunlight.
He met Lin Fengzhai when he was sixteen, and in a blink of an eye he was already twenty. In total, the two of them had been together for less than half a year.
To be precise, there wasn't even a confession, it was just so confusing.
But they should be considered together.
In the past, He Nian wholeheartedly pursued Lin Fengzhai's footsteps. Although the two had very different lives, He Nian never felt inferior. Even if their feelings would never be equal, he would still be willing to give.
What was once a small gap has turned into an unbridgeable galaxy and has become a reality. It has been infinitely magnified by life. I have also been completely defeated. I have gone from being the first in school to being mediocre, becoming disgraced, and becoming a person who has never been in school. University social person.
He Nian raised his head and took a deep breath. He wanted to work harder. He borrowed 200,000 from Lin Fengzhai when he opened this cake shop. If he paid back the money, would he be free from this relationship?
Zhou Ran came to the store to help in the afternoon, which made the New Year greetings a lot easier. He learned new tutorials online and tried to make new types of cakes and cold drinks.
"Hello, order."
"coming!"
Zhou Ran stopped packing and asked with an enthusiastic smile:
"What do you three want to order?"
Bai Luoyu was passing by. The weather was too hot. His friend next to him pulled him to buy a cold drink. He said that this store was excellent, especially the tiramisu that tasted better than those in specialty stores.
"Just the poplar nectar and red velvet cake. I want three servings."
"Okay! You guys sit down first."
Zhou Ran secretly peeked over there while he was mixing drinks. He was so handsome. They didn't see any handsome guys in Nanda University.
The air-conditioning temperature in the store was turned down, and soon Bai Luoyu's heat dissipated. A friend next to him asked: "Luoyu, how is it? Does it taste good? It feels like the boss added a lot of ingredients."
Bai Luoyu hummed, the taste was indeed very good and the texture was quite pure.
When paying, a word "congratulations" popped up on the screen, and the second word was hidden. Bai Luoyu felt inexplicably familiar. This last name was not too common, but why did he feel familiar?
"Walk slowly and come back next time!"
When they went out, they looked at the sunny sky and sighed. Behind them, they could still hear the chatter in the store.
"Boss, I'm going to deliver the order, please keep an eye on it..."
"Do you have orders for NTU's new campus?"
"Yes, it's quite far."
"The sun is so strong, please pay attention to sun protection..."
During the ordinary conversation, Bai Luoyu subconsciously turned around and saw only a slender white arm. The man seemed to be holding a knife and fork for cutting cakes. The chain between his wrists was particularly attractive, but his face was covered by a pot of green Zhi blocked it.
"Let's go, what are we looking at?"
Bai Luoyu turned around and frowned slightly. He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen that bracelet in Lin Fengzhai's pocket, but it couldn't be such a coincidence...
The payee who just scanned the QR code to pay seems to have the last name He, followed by a single character.
Bai Luoyu forced down the doubts in his heart.
The semester is about to end, and a basketball fraternity game was organized in University F. Lin Fengzhai studied economics and was also in the basketball club. He joined the club as a freshman and is now the captain.
For Lin Fengzhai, playing this kind of friendly competition did not require much preparation, and he easily won the first place. On the day of the competition, the basketball stadium was full of people. Although it was not an open-air venue, it was still very hot.
"Lin Fengzhai!!"
"He is so handsome. He must be number one in the School of Economics!"
"Holy shit! Three-pointer!"
The girls were very excited and shy. All the boys present were handsome. All the boys in the school who were over 1.8 meters tall were here, which was quite eye-catching.
Bai Luoyu is sitting in the best seat in the stands. With his raised Adam's apple, beautiful jumps, and sweat, he is Lin Fengzhai.
He never liked such smelly activities, but because of Lin Fengzhai, he came.
Seeing that it was almost halftime, Bai Luoyu glanced at the screen. He placed an order for thirty cups of poplar nectar from the last cake shop in the morning, and delivered it to the F University East Campus Gymnasium at 2:30 pm at the designated time. .
After returning to school that day, he checked it out. Although the bracelet was not expensive, the brand only sold one in City F. It couldn't be such a coincidence.
Bai Luoyu narrowed his eyes. In the past, he could tolerate the cats and dogs around Lin Fengzhai, but now...
Even if it was just for fun, he couldn't tolerate sand in his eyes.
"Boss, are you sure you want to go with me? Don't get heat stroke."
Zhou Ran fanned the wind with his hand, feeling like he was about to evaporate on the spot. He could even see the heat waves floating on the asphalt road. You can imagine how hot it was.
"It's okay." He Nian put the drinks away. The students had not finished class and there was no business at the moment. The scooter Zhou Ran was riding and the box could only hold fifteen drinks at most.
On a hot day, if there are two people, it will be delivered in one trip.
Zhou Ran scratched his head in embarrassment: "Teacher Xiao He, you are too kind."
He Nian lowered his head and smiled: "Let's go."
The south gate is the most roundabout entrance. The north gate is about ten minutes away from the cake shop, and the south gate takes twenty minutes. As a result, the two of them were stopped at the school gate.
"Hey! Takeaways are not allowed in!"
Zhou Ran gasped: "Uncle, look at how much there is to drink. The gym is far away from here!"
The guard refused to let anyone go.
"How can members of the public enter the campus casually? What if something happens? You call the takeaway person to come and pick you up."
"Why can't I explain it to you?!" Zhou Ran stopped the electric car and took out his student ID card.
"Is it okay to work at Nanjing University? Sir, I'll do a part-time job. It's such a hot day, so don't waste time..."
The sun above his head was scorching, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. Seeing that it was almost the latest time to deliver the order, He Nian took out his mobile phone and sent a message to the buyer, asking if he could come out to pick it up.
In the stadium, Bai Luoyu raised his eyebrows and glanced at his phone. He raised the corners of his mouth and then turned off the screen.