Xiang Gu repeatedly asked the girl, "Did you read that right? Does this sentence really mean 'I like you'?"
The girl kept nodding: "This is my native language, how could I admit it wrong."
"… "
The junior girl's attitude was so determined, causing Xiang Chai's mind to be in chaos.
He didn't give up and asked hesitantly, "Could it be that I wrote the wrong stroke that changed the sentence from 'forever friend' to 'I like you'?"
The girl didn't speak, just looked at him with a pity, regret, and some emotion.
They all knew that Xiang Gu's repeated questioning was just self-deception.
He stared at the signed version in his hand, the words seemed to have grown wings, began to move closer and changed on their own, and finally formed a girl's round smiling face.
He remembered the dried fish that Qi Ji handed him when he stepped into the classroom for the first time five years ago; he remembered how she brought herself into the world of network distribution; he remembered that they secretly chatted during their morning homework.
The details that he had ignored suddenly became so vivid.
Her confiscated lipstick; her hug downstairs in the dormitory; the day she transferred schools, she said with a smile that she would be a lifelong friend...
Xiang Guai finally received this five-year late confession today.
Xiang Chai had also fallen into a hopeless unrequited love, so he knew how hard it was to be unrequited.
A lot of thoughts were pressing in my heart, it was like... It was like a neat ball of wool, until I took it apart, I found that it had long been a mess.
Xiang Guess didn't know how to face the shocking news that "his best female friend actually has a crush on him", he wanted to find someone to talk to, but he looked around at a loss, but he didn't know who to talk to.
Xiang Guai tried to discuss with Cen Manchuan.
"That... have you ever encountered such a thing?" Xiang Gu asked, "Your very close female friend suddenly said that she likes you?"
Unexpectedly, Cen Manchuan tilted his head and said in surprise, "I don't know any female friends who don't think anything of me... All girls who appear within three meters of me will finally confess to me."
Xiang Guess: "… "
Cen Manchuan asked: "Are you investigating my relationship between men and women? Don't worry, after I broke up with them, I have no contact anymore!"
Xiang Guai didn't know until today that it turned out that Cen Manchuan was chased by girls before, but Xiang Guai was the one who fell in love at first sight and took the initiative to pursue.
Xiang Gu didn't feel jealous, just curious: "Then why did you break up with them?"
"I don't know either." Cen Manchuan said suspiciously, "Every time they broke up inexplicably. I asked them if they could continue to be friends after they broke up, but they blocked me without exception."
"… "
Hearing this, Xiang Gu still felt sorry for those girls.
…
In the evening, after Xiang Guai returned to the dormitory, he couldn't help but knocked on Chen Ziran's WeChat.
In high school, the three of them were the closest. Chen Ziran is a "human essence", Xiang Guai now suddenly realizes, will Chen Ziran know Qi Ji's thoughts at that time
guess: Are you there? Ziran.
guess: I have something to ask you.
Chen Ziran guessed that he was busy with the announcement, and his reply didn't come out until Xiang Guai was ready to go to bed after washing up.
Face genius Chen Ziran: This minute is here.
Face genius Chen Ziran: But maybe he won't be there in the next minute.
Chen Ziran, a face genius: The female supporting role who was airborne with money is simply mentally retarded. Just bring me a parrot, and she can read the lines better than her!
Face genius Chen Ziran: In this kissing scene, it was clearly about her blocking the knife for me and dying in my arms. Before I died, I cried and kissed her, how cruel! ! How abusive you say! ! !
Face genius Chen Ziran: As a result, this woman laughed at the first kiss, and laughed at the first kiss, causing me to NG 18 times in a row.
Face genius Chen Ziran: My dear, my mouth is peeling, is this fucking intentional?
Before Xiang Guai could speak, Chen Ziran started talking a lot.
In this day and age, small fresh meat is not good. Chen Ziran was eaten tofu by the actress in vain.
Originally, Xiang Guai came to him to ask about Qi Ji, but in the end, he was confused and his identity was reversed, and Xiang Guai became Chen Ziran's trash can, and he was full of bitterness.
After Chen Ziran had vomited enough black mud and was called away by the director in good spirits, Xiang Guai was unable to ask the question in his heart.
There is only one last way left, and that is to ask the other party directly...
But Xiang Guai clicked on Qi Ji's WeChat silently, and looked at the energetic pink fat dick on the girl's head, he hesitated.
Since Qi Ji transferred to South Korea, the frequency of contact between the two has become less and less frequent. Xiang Guess was a little sad at the beginning, and didn't understand why his once close friend had gone further and further away. He could only comfort himself: Qi Ji went to South Korea, so he has to focus all his energy on his studies, and he has to work hard to integrate into the local community, so he definitely doesn't have so much time for old friends...
... Looking back now, this was actually Qi Ji's intentional alienation.
Their chat records were still two months ago. At that time, Qi Ji saw the promotion of his graduation drama from the circle of friends, so he left a message and wished him a successful debut.
At that time, Xiang Gu replied:
guess: Thank you!
guess: how are you doing
guess: You are about to graduate, are you going back to China for development, or are you staying there
But the girl did not reply.
As Xiang Guai was busy with rehearsals, he quickly forgot about it.
Now he rereads those conversations, and has some other taste in his mind.
Qi Ji is too much like him - Qi Ji's negative attitude is very similar to Xiang Guai five years ago.
They are so stubborn that they push away the people they care about.
…
Because of this incident, Xiang Guess lost sleep.
He only slept for a few hours, and before dawn, he woke up.
He touched the phone under the pillow and looked: at five o'clock, he hadn't gotten up so early for a long time.
Unlike the high school attached to the university, there is no rigid rule in the school rules that "all students must do morning work at 5:30". Xiang Guai is a young man after all, and he will inevitably get tired when he goes to college, but he still insists on going to the dance studio for training an hour before the big class every day.
It's only five o'clock...
Xiang Guai only hesitated for a while, then quietly got out of bed and walked out of the bedroom in the dark.
Coinciding with the graduation season + cultural class exam week, the dance classroom was empty and there was no one.
Xiang Guai was wearing a summer training uniform, leaning on the railing and doing eight eight-beat piles. In the hot summer, he only made a few moves and was already sweating all over.
He rolled the cuffs of his white T-shirt to his shoulders, revealing his muscular arms. The long, straight legs stick out of the shorts, in perfect proportions, and when they're taut, no one can take their eyes off those legs.
The past five years have left many traces on Xiang Guai's body. He grew taller, from a slender and weak boy to a tall, thin and tall adult. Every inch of his body is full of strength, but not cumbersome; his temperament is between a boy and a man, and the fusion is just right.
Xiang Guess looked at himself in the mirror and couldn't remember what he looked like five years ago.
The classroom is quiet, with no deafening music or a metronome with distinct drum beats.
But the note was in his heart.
He took off—extended his hands farther, his feet wide apart—he jumped high enough that his body formed a miraculous hang in the air, before falling lightly to the ground after the parabola ended.
His feet were scarred, but he was used to dancing with pain.
He danced silently for half an hour in the silent morning sun. If he has no partner, he will be his partner.
Men's steps, women's steps. Ballet, Rumba.
Xiang Gu was squandering his energy, hoping to also consume the boundless and crazy thoughts deep in his heart.
He didn't stop until he was exhausted.
He seemed to be out of the water, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. But the messy thoughts in his head still couldn't make sense.
Those thoughts were like weeds, he thought he had eliminated them, but when the conditions were right, they sprang up again from the depths of the soil.
He was thinking about Qi Ji, and thinking about himself five years ago.
Thinking of that unspoken confession.
Thinking of a five-year evasion.
Xiang Gu picked up the phone and refreshed it mechanically, but he rummaged through the list, but couldn't find anyone to talk to.
… In the end, he opened Weibo blankly, logged into his account that had been idle for a long time, and posted his second message this year.
@xiang guessv: If only everything in this world could be as simple as dancing.
This Weibo is accompanied by a photo he just took - he was sitting on the ground, he casually pressed the shutter on the mirror of the dance classroom, without looking for angles or concave shapes, he just recorded his life casually.
Xiang Guai's Weibo was registered for work, and there were almost no active followers. It was not yet six in the morning, and he knew that no one would read it if it was posted.
He just took this Weibo as a self-talk, maybe when he wakes up from sleep, he will throw it in the trash.
But what he didn't expect was - one minute after his Weibo post, his WeChat rang.
A name that he couldn't face right now appeared in the dialog.
Yiming Qingyun: I saw your Weibo.
Yi Ming Qing Yun: Did something happen to you
Yi Ming Qing Yun: If you can't solve it, I can help you out.
Xiang Guess: "… "
He thought he was dreaming, and in a panic, he flipped through his Weibo watch list.
It turned out that he did not know when, he actually interacted with Tan Yiming's work Weibo!
Xiang Gu knew that pretending to be invisible at this time was the best way.
But his hand seemed to have his own ideas, and he opened Tan Yiming's circle of friends.
The latest news was released a few hours ago: Tan Yiming was standing with a few coser, while a huge poster of the New York Game Show hung on the background wall behind him, and the sun shone gracefully on him.
guess: ... are you in the US now
Yiming Qingyun: Well, Torrential Rain is going to launch the latest expansion film of "The Realm of Doubt" at the game exhibition, and all the voice actors have been called to perform.
It's half past five in the morning.
Xiang Chai is in the dance studio; Tan Yiming is on the east coast of the United States.
They were separated by a full twelve hours of time difference.
… Everything seems to have gone back five years ago.
Xiang Guai sat leaning against the mirror. Maybe he slept too little and his mind was too dizzy; maybe he was too tired to dance and his body was too tired; maybe he thought too much and his mind was too fragile...
In short, in short—at this moment, Xiang Gu let himself go and returned to five years ago.
He became a 17-year-old boy again. At that time, he had nothing to do with his idols.
guess: do you have time now
guess: I have a problem that I don't know how to solve.
guess: Can I give you a call
Yiming Qingyun: Yes, the event has not started yet.
Yi Ming Qing Yun: Wait a minute and I go to a quiet place.
Yi Mingqingyun: Which aspect is the problem
guess: Emotional.
A sing-along: …
…
Thousands of miles away, Tan Yiming greeted the staff, then picked up his phone and walked out of the guest lounge.
"Old talk, why are you going?" George, who was smoking in the smoking area, asked curiously when he saw him.
After graduation, George simply stayed in the United States. Two years ago, after being introduced by Tan Yiming, he jumped to Rainstorm to become a programmer, and happened to be responsible for the development of the project expansion film "The Realm of Doubt". This game exhibition, he also came with him, old friends met, and naturally warm.
Tan Yiming raised his mobile phone and said, "I'm looking for a quiet place to call. A friend I know wants to ask me about a relationship issue."
"Hahahaha." George, who now has a wife, two children and three dogs, laughed out loud, "You haven't even been in a relationship, and it's too cruel for him to ask you about relationship issues, isn't it?"
"..." Tan Yiming smiled bitterly, "Yes, he is indeed too cruel."
The author has something to say: Guess now has three feelings in front of him.
Which is love