On the second day after returning from the spring outing, before everyone could relax, Lao Ye gave him an extra assignment—writing an essay on the theme of the spring outing.
Brother Meng scratched his head, spread out the composition paper, and picked up the pen to write the first sentence, "It's a bit hot on this day of the spring outing. After all, it's summer, so I brought three bottles of mineral water."
Yang Yuchan happened to be passing by, glanced at the beginning of Brother Meng's composition, and was shocked, "As far as you make a sentence at the level of a primary school student, how did you pass the language?"
Brother Meng pondered seriously, "Probably, it is all due to the grading teacher being sincere, kind, and merciful?"
Yang Yuchan had nothing to say, bypassed Brother Meng and went to the last row of the classroom.
There was nothing written on the composition paper in front of Chu Yu, and he was mumbling words with dazed eyes, "Let's go climbing, there is a Taoist temple on the mountain, there are wells and ginkgo trees next to the Taoist temple, and there is a creek in the back mountain, ah, I'm really happy today!"
After he finished reading, he asked Lu Shi, "I wrote it and handed it in, will Lao Ye doubt life?"
"No, he'll let you rewrite it."
Lu Shi put a page of draft paper in front of Chu Yu, "fine outline, follow it."
Yang Yuchan, who stood beside him for a while, quickly cleared his throat and said, "Uh... Hello?"
Only then did Chu Yu notice Yang Yuchan, "Are you looking for me? What's the matter?"
"The project I discussed with you last time, I just got news that someone invested money ahead of me, and then lost blood. Visually, it will collapse even more severely."
Yang Yuchan was extremely fortunate, "Fortunately, you stopped me at the time, otherwise it would be me who would lose money now."
Chu Yu didn't take credit, "I said it, but you are willing to listen, right?"
He remembered, "By the way, didn't you say that you haven't found any good projects to practice your hands recently? I found one here. I'll send you an email later, you can take a look."
Yang Yuchan didn't ask any more questions, and replied succinctly, "Okay, I'll give you an answer after reading it."
When Yang Yu walked away, Chu Yu approached and talked to Lu Shi, stunned, "It's over, if this goes on like this, I think I may become a genius investor in the business world! Alas, I'm only eighteen years old. !"
Lu Shi smiled lightly, raised his hand and pinched Chu Yu's white greasy earlobe, "Genius investor, you have to write your composition first."
Chu Yu grimaced for a second, looking at the composition paper and worrying, "My day, the genius investor is about to be killed by the composition!"
The closer to the third year of high school, the faster the tense atmosphere spreads.
For example, Fang Ziqi's dark circles got heavier by two points, which made Chu Yu want to ask him how long he stayed up late every night. I was also very worried about what to do if the academic committee couldn't hold on any longer and fainted in the classroom.
For another example, the number of times that Brother Meng jumped out to play basketball dropped rapidly. When he was dating his girlfriend, four of the five times he was giving lectures to make up lessons.
Brother Meng also sighed, "It's terrifying to make up lessons with a girlfriend. If you don't know it three times, your girlfriend will cry. Those tears are too lethal!"
Chu Yu answered, "I'm different. I make up lessons at Lu Shi's place. If I don't understand a topic three times, Lu Shi will coax me."
Brother Meng was deeply puzzled, "Why coax you?"
Chu Yu: "I'm afraid I'll cry!"
Brother Meng murmured in his heart, he finally wanted to show off his affection, why did he seem to be shown instead
The only spring outing was like letting the wind out. When people were faced with stacks of test papers, they always wondered whether that memory was real.
During self-study next night, Chu Yu picked out a stack of test papers and couldn't help but muttered, "Teacher, where did they find so many papers?" He asked Lu Shi again, "Come on, where should I bring this week? The papers for the class are back?"
"Math and Physics."
"Okay, listen to you, two days on weekends, I will favor mathematics and physics!"
He quickly packed the test papers, and Chu Yu stuffed a booklet that must be memorized in ancient poetry into his schoolbag, "Let's go, finally it's the weekend again, I'm going to sleep until nine o'clock tomorrow! No, ten o'clock!"
He took two steps, and then returned to the position where he was shoulder to shoulder with Lu Shi, with anticipation in his eyes, "Accompany me?"
"Well, stay in bed with you."
Chu Yu smiled, "piu", "I'll send you a good boyfriend card!"
The two walked downstairs together. Chu Yu remembered what Lao Ye said today, "You have to make up lessons in the summer vacation, so you can't take a few days off at all!"
"Right, right!" Brother Meng suddenly came out from behind, "We have been deprived of the right to spend the summer vacation! Angry! Angry!"
The strap of the schoolbag was broken. Brother Meng was carrying it with one hand and remembered, "By the way, school flower, are you going to go abroad or go to a domestic school?"
Chu Yu discussed this issue with Lu Shi, "It should be a domestic university. When you want to go abroad, apply again, and you will definitely be able to go out anyway."
Brother Meng nodded, "My mother is going to let me study abroad, and Li Hua will probably go out too, but the countries we go to are different, half the world."
Maybe it's not that time yet, when it comes to going abroad or studying abroad, there is no real feeling.
Chu Yu paused, "What about your girlfriend?"
Brother Meng patted the back of his head embarrassedly, "Of course he's with me. We applied for the same school. My mother also said, let me live up to my expectations. I don't want my girlfriend to be admitted, but I didn't."
He was curious again, "By the way, school beauty, which university are you going to go to? Do you have any goals?"
Chu Yu answered this question without hesitation, "Of course it was the university where Lu Shi was admitted."
Brother Meng didn't think there was anything wrong, "Sure enough, you are super scary when you are serious! School girl, your grades have risen too fast, maybe you can really be in the same school as Lu Shen."
He slapped Chu Yu on the shoulder, "I have confidence in you!"
Lifting his chin, Chu Yu didn't think that he would fail the exam, "That's a must!"
He remembered again, "When you go abroad, I'll send you hot pot ingredients across the Pacific!"
Brother Meng was moved, "Enough brother!"
When I walked to the school gate, I saw all kinds of private cars parked on the side of the road at a glance. Yu Guang caught a glimpse of a car that was vaguely familiar, and Chu Yu was about to take a second look when he suddenly remembered, "Hey, no, I didn't seem to take the comic that I didn't read before in the dormitory!"
He stood still, wondering whether to go back and get it, but Lu Shi had already turned around and walked into the school.
Chu Yu followed, "Going to the dormitory?"
"Um."
Lu Shi put his arm on Chu Yu's shoulder casually and naturally, and hugged the person to his side, "Otherwise, if someone talks in their sleep at night, they have to talk about the ending and haven't seen it yet."
Chu Yu was surprised, "Really or not? Have you heard me talk about this in my sleep?"
"Well, I heard it."
"Really?" Chu Yu became curious, "and, besides talking about anime, what else did I say in my sleep?"
"And call me by my name."
"What?" Chu Yu didn't respond.
On the path that the lights had not taken care of, Lu Shi lowered his eyes and repeated to Chu Yu in a low voice, "You will still be calling my name in a dream."
After taking the comic book, the two came out of the dormitory building. The back and forth was delayed, and everyone in the school was almost finished.
Chu Yu handed the comic book to Lu Shi and asked him to stuff it into his schoolbag. When the zipper was pulled back up again, he looked at Lu Shi's long and narrow eyes under the street lamp, and the delicate profile of his face, itching at the top of his heart.
Going to the dark place, there was no one around, Chu Yu boldly stretched out his hand, pinched the corner of Lu Shi's school uniform, and tugged it.
Noticing the low strength, Lu Shi lowered his eyes, and the end sounded slightly, "Huh?"
Taking advantage of this moment, Chu Yu raised his head and quickly kissed the corner of Lu Shi's lips.
The kiss was very light, but in the early summer night, it was extraordinarily provocative.
Chu Yu smiled slyly, "Lu Shen, you are so sweet!"
Lu Shi put his hands in his pockets, his eyes were dark, and he was about to speak, but a female voice came over, "Chu Yu."
His heart skipped a beat, and Chu Yu initially thought it was his own auditory hallucinations. When he followed the sound, he saw Shi Yaling wearing a well-cut white trench coat and standing in the distance with an assistant.
The smile on Chu Yu's face faded.
Shi Yaling's hair was neatly braided, she carried her handbag and looked directly at Chu Yu, "Come here."
Chu Yu didn't move, but looked at Lu Shi first, with a steady voice, "There are chairs there, you sit and wait for me, I'll be back soon."
Lu Shi also saw Shi Yaling, he looked back, didn't say much, just said, "Well, good."
Pulling on the strap of his schoolbag, Chu Yu walked towards Shi Yaling's location.
The first image that popped into my mind was that Shi Yaling came to school because of the cheating incident. In the school's small conference room, Shi Yaling turned around and walked out, stepping on the marble floor with her high heels, making a crisp "click" sound.
Chu Yu stopped in front of Shi Yaling.
Assistant Catherine has wisely backed away.
Standing on the edge of the lawn, Chu Yu looked at Shi Yaling's brows and eyes with the dim light of the floor lamp, and finally bent his lips, "Mom, long time no see."
He paused for a moment, then said, "You seem to have lost some weight."
He calculated in his heart how long he had not seen Shi Yaling. But after doing the calculations, I found that it was not clear at all.
I just know, long time no see.
Shi Yaling maintained her usual calm and composure, without anger or scolding, but stated, "I have a meeting nearby, Catherine reminded, today is Friday."
Only the cold and hard voice revealed her suppressed and restrained anger.
Chu Yu answered naturally, "So you decided to come pick me up?"
Habitually raised his chin fifteen degrees, Shi Yaling stood up straight, "Yes. I didn't expect to see such a picture."
Shi Yaling didn't ask who it was, what was your relationship, and what were you doing. She already had a definite answer in her heart.
Chu Yu didn't even think about fooling him into saying that it was a classmate or friend, and he was just joking.
On the contrary, Chu Yu was very calm. Or, he had already imagined this scene countless times.
He calmly said, "I'm sorry, I didn't prepare you mentally to let you see such a picture suddenly."
Very politely spoken.
Even such a tone exists between mother and son, which is strange.
Chu Yu thought, or such an attitude is the most appropriate, right
After all, his mother needed an assistant's reminder to remember that her son's school was nearby, and she could go home on Friday and the weekend.
Shi Yaling found Chu Yu's attitude, and she frowned, "Aren't you going to explain?"
"Nothing to explain."
Chu Yu became more and more calm, "As you just saw, I'm in love, and I have someone I like, a man of the same gender as me. I love him very much, and I'm not going to break up with him."
After Chu Yu finished speaking, he felt very relaxed. He directly met Shi Yaling's gaze, without any guilt or evasion.
Even he himself was a little surprised that he was so brave.
Probably this courage, partly from himself, and partly from Lu Shi.
When Shi Yaling was expressionless, her brows and eyes had a stern look. She was in a high position all the year round and had a very strong momentum. When she was silent, it was difficult for anyone to face her sharpness.
At this time, she was choosing how to speak to Chu Yu.
After hearing Chu Yu's firmness and toughness, her words were slightly soft, "Chu Yu, you never told your mother that you have someone you like."
When Chu Yu learned to land unconsciously, he put one hand in his pocket. His tone was neither soft nor hard, and he replied, "Mom, we have only met twice in the past six months."
The warm scene that Shi Yaling hastily built up is like a bubble that bursts as soon as it is poked.
For a while, both of them were speechless.
Only the wind of the summer night passed quietly.
Shi Yaling noticed that Chu Yu's change was very obvious.
Such Chu Yu even made her feel unfamiliar.
Feeling anger in the bottom of her heart, Shi Yaling's lips curled slightly, and she calmly reprimanded, "You are only seventeen years old now, so-called love and liking can't be counted at all! When the so-called love between you suffers all kinds of shocks , At that time, you will find that the so-called love is just that. Chu Yu, I thought you were sensible, but I didn't expect that you are still impulsive and blind!"
There was a deep disappointment in her words.
If it were the past, Chu Yu would be stabbed by the sharp arrows that these disappointments turned into, and he didn't even know how to avoid it.
Even because she cares too much, she tries to correct herself regardless of right or wrong, and try her best to become what her mother expected.
for wanting to be recognized.
But now, Chu Yu shook his head, "I don't agree with you."
It seemed that even the wind had stopped for a moment.
Shi Yaling had never felt such straightforward opposition and disobedience in Chu Yu.
She tightened her lips, "It doesn't matter whether you agree or not, I am your mother, and I have the qualifications to discipline you!"
"First of all, Mom, I'm going to correct you that I'm an adult. Of course, you're too busy to notice that my birthday has passed, but it's true that I'm an adult. Second,"
Chu Yu stopped talking, and the ends of his hair were blown by the wind, revealing the lines of his facial features.
The young man has grown rapidly, and in the dim light, it can be seen that there are more obvious edges and corners in the facial lines.
"Secondly, don't you think it's too late?"
Without waiting for Shi Yaling to speak, Chu Yu said first, "I can understand you. You are used to devoting your energy to people or things that are worth investing in, but you are too busy and have limited energy, so you put the boundaries of everything into Draw clearly."
Having said this, Chu Yu breathed lightly, and then continued, "You once arbitrarily classified me as a 'defective' and gave up on me. However, my surname is Chu, and I am the child conceived by you and my father. , so you provide me with a good life."
Chu Yu made an analogy, "Of course, just like treating a bird in a cage, you built a cage made of gold for me, a bowl made of precious stones, and fed me delicious food. Your request to me is that I must stay in the bird cage. Here, no accident, no trouble, no worries, no taking up any of your time and attention. Am I right?"
Shi Yaling didn't say anything.
Chu Yu chuckled lightly.
He looks exquisite and good-looking, and every inch of his facial features seems to have been carefully polished by the creator.
Usually, Chu Yu has a rich expression and loves to laugh. When he laughs, there are two amber lights in his eyes.
But this time, the smile didn't touch the bottom of his eyes at all, and even two points of sharpness were revealed in the light-colored eyes.
"So I said, it's too late for you to discipline me now."
Shi Yaling was finally provoked, and she restrained her voice, "Chu Yu, I am your mother and your legal guardian! I will say this one last time, separate from him!"
"and then?"
Chu Yu didn't get angry, but asked calmly, "Then follow the steps, spend money to go to a university that won't lose the reputation of the Chu family, find someone who is right in the family, get married, give birth to a child named Chu, and be a 'defective' for the rest of your life, Relying on the mountain of the Chu family, under your restraint and discipline, do you live in vain?"
He stood where he was, with his back straight, and his figure was the characteristic thinness of a young man.
Chu Yu said every word clearly.
"Mom, you didn't want me first, and it was you who gave up on me first, so I gave up on you too."
At this moment, Shi Yaling wanted to say something, but felt that any words were so futile.
There was a momentary emptiness in her heart, as if she had lost something a long time ago, or at this moment.
After saying all the words that had been stirring in his heart for a long time, Chu Yu thought to himself, he should have grown up, right
He has his own goals, what he wants to do, and who he wants to protect.
He will no longer blindly try his best to gain the approval of a certain person.
It will not be self-loathing and self-loathing because of being abandoned by someone.
He is him, it is Chu Yu.
"Mom, I'm eighteen years old."
Chu Yu's body was sparse, and his tone was completely relaxed.
He had a black schoolbag hanging over one shoulder, his hands in his pockets, and he was tall and straight.
"I lived the life I expected. You didn't care about me before, and you don't have to pay attention to me in the future."
Chu Yu repeated what he wanted to tell Shi Yaling on the phone a long time ago, but didn't have time to finish it.
"You pay attention to your body. You are too busy at work, so you should rest properly. Good night, mother."
Turning around, Chu Yu carried his schoolbag and walked towards Lu Shi.
Lu Shi stood by the lamp post and waited for him, his figure was outlined in a warm halo by the light of the street lamp.
Chu Yu stood next to Lu Shi and said with a smile, "Brother Lu, I'm going home."