Shen Yiyou once thought that Li Shu's workplace was very close to City S, because just like Li Shu said, he really would come here often.
Meetings usually don't last long, the two of them have a meal together, or Li Shu and Shen Yiyou line up to watch an exhibition. If Shen Yiyou wants to go home after the end, he will send Shen Yiyou back. If Shen Yiyou has other things to do, he will disband on the spot.
The dating mode is a bit weird, but Shen Yiyou feels relaxed.
Unlike anyone Shen Yiyou has come into contact with, Li Shu said that meeting is simply meeting, and he even keeps a distance when walking side by side. The rules are so strict that Shen Yiyou wonders whether Li Shu dares to do anything, or knows nothing at all.
After entering March, Li Shu was suddenly busy for a while, and didn't show up for half a month. In the last few days, he finally seemed to be free, and began to inquire about Shen Yiyou's weekend arrangements.
But unfortunately, Shen Yiyou happened to be going back to the capital to meet his parents, so he told Li Shu that maybe he could do it next week, but he didn't have time this week.
Li Shu didn't reply right away, and it took half an hour before Shen Yiyou sent a picture of the form.
The form seems to be Li Shu's entire itinerary for the next two weeks, and the boxes for four periods of time are filled with light blue background. The text message that follows is "Is there any working day marked in blue that you think is suitable?".
Shen Yiyou glanced at Li Shu's schedule, and found that Li Shu's sleep time may only be six hours a day. Looking down, he found a small note in the blue area under the picture, which said "Mobile Office".
What surprised Shen Yiyou was that Li Shu and Shen Yiyou only met each other for three or four hours at most, but each marked blue area lasted at least two consecutive days.
Shen Yiyou thought for a while, but did not understand the reason, so Li Shu called.
As soon as he picked it up, Li Shu said, "If those hours are not available, I can change it."
Shen Yiyou told Li Shu: "There's no need to change it, it should be there." Then he couldn't help asking him: "You're so busy and you still have to come here."
Li Shu paused for a few seconds, then said "En".
Shen Yiyou felt a little guilty for some reason, and chose the earliest marked blue area, and made an appointment with Li Shu on Tuesday evening.
They met at a restaurant next to a shopping mall plaza.
Shen Yiyou arrived early, walked down the steps of the square, the fountain in the sunken square suddenly spouted water, he stood and watched for a while.
The daytime sun shines from morning to night, and at night, the cement floor wet by the fountain and the green belt beside the steps emit a smell similar to a summer night rainstorm.
Not long after watching, Shen Yiyou heard someone calling his name. Shen Yiyou turned around and saw Li Shu looking down at him, walking down from the top of the steps.
Li Shu seemed to have lost a little weight. Wearing a hooded jacket and a T-shirt, he looked more like a male college student who just finished class, rather than a workaholic who only slept for six hours.
"You're early." Li Shu walked to the two steps in front of Shen Yiyou, and said to Shen Yiyou without going down any further.
Shen Yiyou looked up at him, and asked him with a smile: "Do you have an opinion?"
Li Shu froze for a moment, shook his head, and said, "No."
He took another step down, looked into Shen Yiyou's eyes with a look of despair, and after a few seconds, he asked Shen Yiyou: "Can we stay longer tonight."
If other people asked this question, Shen Yiyou would understand the more complicated and more adult meaning, and politely refuse. However, Li Shu's "stay longer" should be a purely literal meaning of "stay longer".
But Shen Yiyou still deliberately asked him: "Why?"
Li Shu looked at Shen Yiyou and fell silent.
There are many people coming and going on the square. They stand under the dark tree shadow on the edge of the concrete steps, beside the stainless steel metal railings, in a corner that no one will pay attention to, as if they are conducting a secret interview. And Shen Yiyou felt like an unqualified interviewer full of sympathy, the poor student in front of him was very pitiful, he wanted to let go: "Forget it and go."
Shen Yiyou turned around first and walked down. After walking a few steps, Li Shu followed and walked side by side with him.
When approaching the restaurant, Li Shu suddenly opened his mouth and said to Shen Yiyou: "If I think of you when I'm working, I won't be able to concentrate."
"I just want to see you." Li Shu stopped at the door of the restaurant, looked down at Shen Yiyou.
Li Shu's eyes were very simple, as if to express that what he said was what he was thinking. Shen Yiyou has never met such a person, it seems that he really likes Shen Yiyou, but it has no purpose.
"Do you have anything else tonight?" Li Shu asked him repeatedly, "If not, I want to stay with you longer."
Shen Yiyou felt that it was strange enough for him to feel soft-hearted and shaken by Li Shu's endless and inexplicable words. He was a little flustered, trying to avoid Li Shu's eyes, put his hand on the doorknob of the restaurant, and said, "Let's go in first." The next second, Li Shu raised his hand to help him push it away.
This may be the closest time that Li Shu and Shen Yiyou got close, but I don't know if they avoided it deliberately, or happened to stagger, even though they were so close, Li Shu didn't meet Shen Yiyou.
Shen Yiyou entered the door first, told the front desk his order number, and the waiter led them to their seats.
Li Shu sat down opposite him, didn't ask Shen Yiyou the question just now, and carefully ordered and ate.
While eating, Li Shu took off his glasses and put them aside. Shen Yiyou happened to want to buy a pair of flat glasses that looked similar for work, so he took them over and put them on himself.
Li Shu's degree of myopia is very high, Shen Yiyou felt dizzy as soon as he opened his eyes, closed his eyes and asked Li Shu, "Do you think I wear it properly?"
After waiting for a while, Li Shu didn't speak, Shen Yiyou took off his glasses and returned them to Li Shu, and Li Shu spoke.
"Very suitable." Li Shu looked at Shen Yiyou and said slowly.
After dinner, they walked out of the restaurant. Shen Yiyou's partner had urgent matters with him, and Shen Yiyou really didn't have time to stay with Li Shu.
He hailed a car, and Li Shu waited with him on the side of the road. Before the car came, Li Shu suddenly asked Shen Yiyou: "Can I take a photo of you?"
Shen Yiyou didn't like taking pictures, but he felt guilty and asked Li Shu to take one.
After Li Shu finished filming, Shen Yiyou went to Li Shu to watch it, and Li Shu said, "Accidentally made a video."
Shen Yiyou reached out and pressed play.
The video was more than ten seconds long. Shen Yiyou posed for a while in a slightly stiff camera position, and asked Li Shu if the filming was finished. Li Shu said yes, and the video ended.
Shen Yiyou felt that the way he looked at the camera and asked questions was a bit silly, so he said, "Let's shoot again." He stretched out his finger to click delete in the lower right corner, but Li Shu grabbed his wrist.
Li Shu's hands were hot and dry, and they were very strong. He tightly grasped Shen Yiyou's wrist, and then quickly let go.
"Don't delete it," Li Shu took a step back, locked the phone, and said to Shen Yi, "Videos are fine too."
The car arrived soon, and after getting in the car, no matter how Shen Yiyou thought about it, he felt that Li Shu made it into a video on purpose, but he didn't have any evidence, so he forgot it after a few days.