When the two left the school, it was the evening rush hour. The street in front of Tianzhongmen was full of traffic. There was a row of shops and tutoring classes across the street with colorful signs. One of them was a dessert shop called "Yinan Time".
Zhuang Fan said in his heart, "I'll go to Yinan for a drink in the future, remember?"
Gu Zhuoyan asked, "Is it better than others?"
Zhuang Fan laughed heartily: "Because it's a shop run by my same table." He pushed Gu Zhuoyan's shoulder and passed through the gap between the cars, "Come on, I'll treat you to a cake."
As mentioned in the reply of the Moments yesterday, Gu Zhuoyan explained: "I was fooling around yesterday. Actually, I don't like desserts."
Zhuang Fanxin said enthusiastically: "His cakes are so delicious, you will like it once you eat it." And since he hadn't been here in a summer vacation, he wanted to eat it himself.
Gu Zhuoyan did not refuse any more, and followed Zhuang Fanxin into the door obediently. The storefront was not large, but it was carefully arranged, and the corners and corners were kept spotless.
The boss is a middle-aged woman, Qi Nan's mother, who is sitting behind the minibar to settle accounts. When I looked up, I saw a rare guest: "Fan Xin is here? I haven't seen you for a summer vacation."
Zhuang Fan rushed to the bar: "Auntie, do you miss me?"
"Think about it, you won't come either." The boss raised his hand and threw a lollipop, and when he saw that he was wearing a school uniform, his expression changed suddenly, "School has started? Why is Qi Nan still playing like crazy?"
Zhuang Fanxin said: "Don't panic, I'm going to school with my friend for the exam."
When the boss heard the words, he saw Gu Zhuoyan sitting at the long table by the window, and sighed, "So tall, how do other people's children grow." Then he handed over the menu, "Look at what to eat, here's what to eat. Auntie Dun's treat."
"Thank you Auntie!" Zhuang Fan ordered with a lollipop in his mouth, "Auntie, is Qi Nan at home?"
Behind the store is the residential building. Qi Nan lives on the fourth floor. If he is at home, he can shout down to play. The boss said: "Not here, he went to play with someone in the afternoon."
Zhuang Fan reluctantly said "Oh", how did this man know how to call him when he was doing his homework, but he didn't call him when he was playing. He pouted, and finally ordered two cakes and two drinks.
The waiting time for the meal was not too short, Zhuang Fanxin said, "Auntie, send me some work."
The boss handed over a small blackboard and a few meal cards, and said, "School is about to start, design a new sign for Auntie."
Zhuang Fanxin likes to do this kind of thing. He sits at the table and draws seriously. Gu Zhuoyan looks on for a while, and is suddenly attracted by the photos on the wall. There are many Polaroids on the wall, almost all of them are wearing school uniforms. Boys and girls.
The one posted in the center is a group photo of Zhuang Fanxin and Qi Nan. In the photo, Zhuang Fanxin is holding a large cup of milk tea, with straight hair and dark eyes. It looks different from now.
Gu Zhuoyan originally thought that the curly hair was good-looking, but he was a little undecided at this time. Of course, it was not his head, and it was useless for him to worry about it. On the other wall are several cartoons, which are fanciful, but each one is related to the sign in the store.
"Did you draw?" he asked.
Zhuang Fanxin nodded. It took a total of two weeks from conception to painting to making a mural. It was a birthday present for Qi Nan. Gu Zhuoyan shook his head and remembered that when they were not familiar with each other, Zhuang Fanxin took the initiative to help him decorate the room and also sent him paintings.
He said, "Are you so nice to everyone?"
Zhuang Fan smiled heartily: "That's because you didn't see how much cake I ate for nothing."
Whatever you say, the two cakes are ready, just in time for Zhuang Fanxin to finish drawing on the small blackboard. "Try it." He pushed Gu Zhuoyan a piece, "I ordered Yinan's signboard for you. If it doesn't taste good, you can leave Rongcheng."
Gu Zhuoyan said: "Then who dares to say that it is not delicious, and directly drove me back." I ate it with the corner of the fork, and the cake was very soft and cool, with a layer of ice cream.
He has eaten desserts from many restaurants, domestic and foreign, and high-end ordinary ones. This cake is delicious, but it is not enough to surprise him. But he liked it very much and asked, "Is it called the signature cake?"
Zhuang Fanxin said: "First of all, it has very little cream and is not greasy. Second, there is a layer of milk jelly under the cream, and ice cream is spread under the milk jelly, which is very cool to relieve the heat. Then there are red beans in the cake. And the dark chocolate shavings on top represent bitterness.”
Gu Zhuoyan was dizzy: "It really means a cake."
"Fresh, cool, bitter, sweet, missed." Zhuang Fan said, "This cake is called the first love of summer."
Gu Zhuoyan was suddenly at a loss for words. He had never experienced his first love in summer, but he had experienced "coming out of the closet in summer" more than a month ago. He glanced at the piece of Zhuang Fan's heart, the green one, and asked, "What's your name? Mongolian grassland?"
Zhuang Fan's heart almost choked. He had kumquat, mint, matcha, and fairy grass. He ate it in his mouth and said, "This is called waking up from a dream."
The boss is really a genius, and Gu Zhuoyan was happy when the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. He took it out and took a look, and the smile on his face quickly disappeared.
Zhuang Fan inadvertently glanced at the screen, and the caller displayed "Mom". He ate the cake quietly so that the other party could talk on the phone in peace, but Gu Zhuoyan didn't answer for a long time. The phone vibrated until it hung up automatically, and soon a second call came.
He wondered, "Aren't you going to pick it up?"
Gu Zhuoyan didn't answer. When the third call came, he reluctantly pressed the answer button and slowly put the phone to his ear. The voice of his mother Xue Manzi came from inside: "Humble words, have you finished the exam?"
He replied, "The exam is over."
"Are you tired of taking the exam all day?" Xue Manzi said, "I called your grandfather and asked Sister Hu to make some soup. You can rest early after drinking a cup in the evening."
Gu Zhuoyan replied, "I know."
There was a little silence on the phone, as if there was nothing to say. After a while, Xue Manzi said, "Listen to your father, do you want to enter the third class of science?"
Gu Zhuoyan said nothing, Xue Manzi continued: "I contacted the principal over there and said that the first class has the best grades, why—"
"My original school was better." Gu Zhuoyan interrupted.
Without waiting for Xue Manzi to speak again, he said directly, "The phone is out of power."
I didn't call my mother, I didn't take the initiative to talk, and every response was cold. After hanging up and shutting down, the actions were completed in one go, and then "Summer's First Love" was messed up. Zhuang Fanxin was extremely curious, why is Gu Zhuoyan's attitude towards his mother so indifferent? Is it the stepmother
Speaking of the original school, it seems that Gu Zhuoyan does not want to transfer
The atmosphere was quite unsuitable for chatting, but Zhuang Fan couldn't hold back: "What's wrong with you?"
Gu Zhuoyan didn't answer, and Zhuang Fanxin asked again, "Is that your mother just now?"
"Are you having trouble with your family? Does it have something to do with your school?" Zhuang Fanxin's brakes broke, "Is it serious? Why did you transfer?"
He leaned closer: "Are you okay?"
Gu Zhuoyan couldn't bear it any longer: "Are you annoying?"
Without raising the volume or showing an angry expression, the indifferent and calm tone alone made Zhuang Fanxin shut up in fright. His face flushed, Xu Ran after being accused, he turned back and stared at the scenery outside the window and pretended that nothing happened.
The two no longer had any communication. Gu Zhuoyan destroyed the piece of "first love in summer". When the ice cream gradually melted, he put down the two hundred pieces and packed up and left.
When we came to take the subway together, Gu Zhuoyan didn't have the patience at the moment, and waved for a taxi. The taxi pulled over and stopped, he opened the door, and looked back to see Zhuang Fanxin parked two meters away. Maybe he was annoyed, maybe because he was afraid of what he looked like, anyway, Zhuang Fan felt aggrieved there.
Without waiting for Gu Zhuoyan to speak, the driver lowered the window and urged, "Little classmate, it's hard to park here, so get in the car first, okay?"
Only then did Zhuang Fanxin move, got into the car, and Gu Zhuoyan were side by side, both tilted their heads and stared out the car window. Silent all the way, after getting off at the small intersection, Zhuang Fanxin ran a few steps away, and walked forward with a distance from Gu Zhuoyan.
Gu Zhuoyan looked at Zhuang Fanxin's back, so thin, he looked a little stubborn when he was unhappy. He remembered the other party's problem like a cannonball, his eyes are so big, how come he doesn't have any vision
He passed the banker's door, Zhuang Fanxin had already entered, and the echoes of the two doors when they were closed were all gone.
For the next two days, Gu Zhuoyan never saw each other. When he was walking the dog, he walked back and forth in front of people's houses, and he didn't even meet each other. This unfortunate degree is not in line with probability theory, and I learned later that Zhuang Fanxin left early and returned late, and spent a whole day in the studio.
Gu Zhuoyan wondered, was he hiding from him
He also tried to hook up with others, and he overturned so quickly.
Who can blame, can only blame Xue Manzi for not picking the time to call.
Zhuang Fan was really hiding. He didn't know if Gu Zhuoyan was relieved or not. After all, the other party had never sent a single message, so the meeting would probably be awkward. It happened that a group of new students came to the studio, and the teacher asked him to be a temporary teaching assistant for a few days.
It was still bright this afternoon, because the air conditioner in the studio failed, so Zhuang Fanxin went home early. Before reaching the door, he saw the German Shepherd chained to the door, and after a closer look, there was indeed jerky on the ground.
This was a repeat of the old tricks, but Zhuang Fanxin didn't want the wisher to take the bait. He trotted a few steps to collect the jerky, untied the rope, and coaxed De Mu into the door of his house.
Gu Zhuoyan waited left and right in the courtyard, waiting until dusk, unable to hold a glance, okay, there is no place for his loyal dog outside that door. Going out in person, when I went to the door of the dealer, I found that there was only one dog leash left dangling.
The door was unlocked, he pushed it open and walked to the front of the building.
Gu Zhuoyan shouted, "Zhuang Fanxin?"
Zhuang Fanxin was watching TV in the living room, when she heard the sound, she opened the dog biscuits to tie down the German Shepherd. He got up and went out and stood on the steps, while Gu Zhuoyan stood under the steps.
"Is something wrong?" he asked.
Gu Zhuoyan replied, "Look for a dog."
Zhuang Fanxin said, "The dog is not at my house."
Gu Zhuoyan said, "Then I'll find you."
Zhuang Fanxin didn't say a word for a while, looked at the sky and the sunset, pretending to be ignorant, Gu Zhuoyan came over, took the first step, was one step away from him, and met his eyes.
He looked away: "Why are you looking for me?"
Gu Zhuoyan took out a card: "Show you something."
Zhuang Fan couldn't help looking at it, and almost immediately recognized that it was Tianzhong's school card, handed in the certificate, and after the exam, it was time to hand it out. He grabbed it at the next level to see, name, student number, sophomore year...
"Science class three!"
For a moment, Zhuang Fan's heart didn't hold back, showing a surprised smile on his face. He smiled and remembered the situation at the moment, and quickly bit his lip to hold back.
At this time, Gu Zhuoyan said softly, "I'm sorry that day."
Zhuang Fan's heart loosened his lower lip, and the unpleasantness of a few days was like the low tide of the sea in the evening: "I'm too blind."
Gu Zhuoyan said in his heart that it was not difficult to coax him. He took the school card in his left hand, stretched out his right hand, and said with a sense of ceremony, "That classmate Zhuang Fanxin, I will take care of you in the future."
Zhuang Fanxin reached out and shook it back. Gu Zhuoyan held that hand and weighed it, the palms touching were hot and damp, not slippery. He asked amusingly, "Why are you sweating so much?"
"I have a premonition that you will pay attention to me," Zhuang Fan replied, "... a little nervous."