At 5:30 in the afternoon when the school bell rang, Su Qiuge left school and went to the Harbour Milk Tea Shop. There are only two small tables in the harbor, but every time I arrive, I can see the one reserved for her by Aunt Liu.
There is pure music playing in the store, which makes you feel comfortable.
Su Qiuge brushed papers and workbooks while drinking milk tea, and quickly finished writing a subject.
Then she took out the black notebook Xie Xinglin had given her before, and began to study the topics of the math competition class.
For some reason, she felt that Aunt Liu looked at her a little more frequently today. But she didn't ask until the other table in the store left, and Aunt Liu sat next to Su Qiuge.
"Xiao Su, my nephew will come earlier today, and the two of you may meet."
Ha... nephew
Su Qiuge suddenly remembered the conversation with her some time ago.
"I have a nephew about your age who is also in high school."
"His personality is too boring, he is very introverted and has low self-esteem, and he has no friends. If he can be as cheerful as you, I will have a lot of peace of mind."
Then I remembered how I swore to promise—
"My grades are not bad. If he is at the same level as me or one level lower than me, I can discuss with him about studying and so on. Not to mention helping him too much, at least he will gain something."
When I said this, I didn't think much about it, but now I suddenly heard that the master was coming, and I was still a little nervous.
But she was still very calm on the surface: "Oh, that's good."
Not long after their conversation, Su Qiuge was still thinking about what kind of introverted, poor friend Aunt Liu's nephew was.
How should I pay attention when I talk later so as not to scare others.
After a while, the door of the store was pushed open from the outside.
At this moment, the setting sun just fell, and the sunlight like broken gold poured in like flowing water along the opened store door.
Su Qiuge raised his head subconsciously.
The person who came was facing the light, with a slender figure and clear eyebrows, and his expression was a little careless when he raised his eyes.
But after she looked at each other, the boy's movement of pushing the door paused slightly.
This face Su Qiuge has seen countless times in school, but this time is the most embarrassing time.
She heard Aunt Liu smile and say to the boy who pushed in the door, "Xinglin, come here quickly and say hello to others."
Su Qiuge: "..."
What's with this sense of sight that seems like a blind date but encounters an enemy
She could notice that after the boy entered the door, his eyes kept falling on her, the kind that was straight.
Since the last time she happened to know some secrets of his family, and her relationship with him was not good enough to know all this, even in order to prevent him from thinking too much, she began to avoid Xie Xinglin consciously or unintentionally.
The two basically didn't speak much.
Xie Xinglin approached and hung the schoolbag on the chair, with an unpredictable expression on his face: "Is it you?"
Su Qiuge pretended to be calm: "I didn't expect it to be so coincidental."
At this time, the narrow road meets, and the brave wins.
What no one expected, whoever panics first will lose.
The one who was shocked this time was Aunt Liu. She looked at the two of them left and right: "Do you know each other?"
Xie Xinglin didn't answer, Su Qiuge opened his mouth.
"He's my roommate."
The person with the strangest character, there is absolutely no one who is more difficult to get along with than him.
Aunt Liu: "..."
Having said that, Su Qiuge is still a little hard to accept. If Aunt Liu is Xie Xinglin's aunt, this surname...
Aunt Liu seemed to see Su Qiuge's doubts and said with a smile, "I take my mother's surname, and Xinglin's father takes his father's surname."
Su Qiuge understood and nodded.
But when mentioning Xie Xinglin's father, the atmosphere in the store obviously changed, and Su Qiuge noticed that Xie Xinglin's face darkened.
Su Qiuge suddenly remembered what the woman who came to school to find Xie Xinglin said earlier.
- Your father is dead.
At this time, a new customer came to the store, and Aunt Liu stood up: "Xinglin, please treat your classmates well, I'll go to work first."
After Aunt Liu left, the atmosphere between the two became even more awkward.
Xie Xinglin looked down at Su Qiuge, he seemed to think of something interesting, and teased softly: "You have good grades, can you help me in my studies and make me gain something?"
Su Qiuge: "..."
As soon as she thought of the words she had vowed to say to Aunt Liu, she wanted to strangle her innocent self.
Su Qiuge patted the table and asked a question from the depths of his soul: "You are introverted and have no friends???"
I believe in your evil! !
Does this mean Xie Xinglin?
Is the reason why Xie Xinglin has no friends because he is introverted and inferior?
After Su Qiuge said this, he bit the straw of the milk tea with a deceived look on his face.
Xie Xinglin looked down at her for a while, then pulled out the chair and sat beside her.
Su Qiuge saw that he was actually sitting beside him, drinking milk tea for a while, then choked, and began to bend over and cough.
She turned her head to look at him, but he looked calm: "Don't you want to help me learn? Where to start?"
Su Qiuge took a deep breath: "I didn't, I didn't say it."
Xie Xinglin turned to look at her.
It may be because of the milk tea, her lips are moist and red and attractive.
His eyes stayed on her lips for a moment, and then he moved away without a trace, and said no more.
The atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point.
Su Qiuge was thinking about how to get out, and as soon as she looked up, she met Aunt Liu's gaze on the other side.
The other party winked at her, and seemed to be very concerned about the situation here.
Su Qiuge took a deep breath, turned his head and said to Xie Xinglin, "I really didn't expect it to be you. I... I didn't plot against you, it's all a coincidence."
It's not easy for her to persist until she can have a normal conversation with the male protagonist. She should give up the idea of revenge on her. Now he can't let him think too much.
Xie Xinglin turned his pen and raised his brows slightly: "Did I say you were plotting against me?"
After a long while, he loosened the zipper of his jacket at will, revealing a half of his clavicle, staring at her with dark eyes, and said slowly, "Besides, do you know what the word conspiracy means?"
Su Qiuge paused: "No."
"But, I'm not afraid of your misunderstanding, so I'll clarify, I'm not here to cheat food and drink, I just... "
Su Qiuge pursed his lips: "I just want to exert my good quality of helping others."
Xie Xinglin didn't speak. He glanced at the black notebook on Su Qiuge's desk and asked in a low voice, "Is it possible?"
Su Qiuge froze for a moment: "Huh?"
Xie Xinglin turned his head to the side and raised his eyelids slightly: "If you don't understand the questions and knowledge points above, tell me now."
Only then did Su Qiuge realize that he was looking at the math competition notebook he gave.
She didn't expect that when she uttered nonsense at the beginning, she could help others to learn, and now it will be someone else's turn to help her learn.
This... what a heart-wrenching slap in the face.
But face is face, and learning is learning.
Su Qiuge's attitude towards learning is relatively correct.
After she reacted, she immediately opened the notebook and pointed out several topics: "This, this, and this..."
Xie Xinglin glanced at the general topic: "How many of these can't be?"
Su Qiuge said bluntly: "No, except for these few things, I can't do anything else."
Xie Xinglin raised his eyebrows and glanced at her inexplicably.
Su Qiuge smiled awkwardly: "I really won't come..."
Although she is good at projects in mathematics, even if she forgets some high school knowledge after the college entrance examination, she can catch up quickly, but the questions of the competition are difficult after all. The teaching in the second experiment is much more difficult than her previous school. Study related competition courses, so many of the questions above will not be known.
But Su Qiuge felt that it was because the above questions were too difficult, which made her wonder if it might be Xie Xinglin's wrong question book.
After Su Qiuge finished speaking, she looked at Xie Xinglin's expressionless face. She once thought that Xie Xinglin was going to turn her face away and even throw her out by the collar.
But Xie Xinglin just turned the book to the first page and started from the first question.
The lights in the store are warm yellow and the music is soft.
The boy next to him has drooping eyelids. In this way, he loses the sharpness when he raises his eyes, and hides the coldness in his eyes. His eyebrows are clear and handsome, and the lines of his side face are softly illuminated by the light, which makes him appear very gentle.
His voice was a little low, but his voice was juvenile.
Su Qiuge listened carefully, nodding in agreement while taking notes.
After all, Xie Xinglin, who rarely talks to her, actually took the initiative to talk to her today. This was a very shocking thing. Su Qiuge thought it was because his aunt was here, and he had to show a happy face. Beautiful picture.
After halfway through the notebook, Su Qiuge realized that more than an hour had passed. She looked at her phone and whispered to Xie Xinglin, "I may have to go back."
Xie Xinglin glanced at the clock in the store.
Su Qiuge packed up her schoolbag and said to Aunt Liu, who was busy with her work: "Sister Liu, it's getting late, I'll go first."
Aunt Liu stopped and said to Xie Xinglin, "Xinglin, send someone off."
Su Qiuge looked at Xie Xinglin in a blink of an eye, and saw that he actually picked up his jacket and got up, and quickly waved his hand: "No, I'll take a taxi back quickly, no need to deliver."
"Goodbye Sister Liu, goodbye Xie classmate!"
After she finished speaking, she pushed open the door and left a sentence for fear that Xie Xinglin would follow, and then quickly slipped away.
Liu Yuan looked at the hurried back of the girl and couldn't help but smile.
Xie Xinglin, on the other hand, looked down at the notebook on the table, and heard what Liu Yuan had said to him these days.
"The girl is very nice. She often comes to the store to help me. Sometimes I get dizzy, and I can't figure out the labels, base materials, etc. It really saves a lot of trouble to have someone help."
"The character is also lovable, and I can chat with people of a lot of age like me."
"Xinglin, if you meet her, you will like her too."
Xie Xinglin was still thinking about something with his eyes down, when the phone suddenly rang. There is a message in WeChat.
Liu Yuan shared a business card with him.
A pink head, the name is the little padded jacket of my brother.
Before Xie Xinglin spoke, Liu Yuan explained, "This is her WeChat, have you added it?"
Xie Xinglin did not speak.
Liu Yuan knew that this was no more.
"Xinglin, isn't it bad to have many friends in the class? I listen to what other people say, and I really want to be friends with her deskmate. Don't keep shutting out the kindness of others."
"You're always like this, I'm really worried."
Xie Xinglin's Adam's apple rolled up and down slightly along the neckline, as if he wanted to say something. But looking at Liu Yuan's expectant eyes, he was silent for a while.
After a long time, he said, "Okay."