Yu Ran's thoughts are always inconsistent with ordinary people, so every time he pretends to be clever and says something strange, Chu Mian has to spend a lot of patience to understand what he wants to express.
Just like the "warmth" in his words.
Chu Mian subconsciously recalled that the clothes she wore recently were not very thick, so they were not much warmer than others, right? Then this should not be Yu Ran's original intention.
So, Chu Mian carefully observed Yu Ran's expression again, and found that his face was raised up, and his eyes were all focused on himself, without any deviation at all. This unreserved way of looking directly is too easy to make others feel oppressed, Chu Mian dodges his gaze within less than three seconds.
"It has nothing to do with me." Chu Mian turned around to avoid being stared at by Yu Ran again, "If you feel cold, you can wear more clothes yourself."
Yu Ran was thoughtful: "Recently, I feel... there seems to be a connection between us in the dark."
Chu Mian remained silent.
Yu Ran went on to say: "How about the two of us recognize each other with a drop of blood?"
Chu Mian gave him a slap on the head, disrupting his unrealistic thoughts, "Hurry up and go shopping, I have to go home for dinner."
Yu Ran followed him with a smile, "Chu Mian, let me tell you the truth, you are actually my wandering son. Every time my father sees you, my heart warms..."
Chu Mian stretched out his legs, almost tripping him to the ground.
Yu Ran staggered, as if inspired again, grabbed Chu Mian and said, "Let me tell you a story."
Chu Mian didn't respond.
"Once upon a time there was a girl who was cursed and could only speak one word a year. In order to confess to the boy she liked, she did not speak for three whole years..."
In the middle of Yu Ran's speech, he suddenly started laughing, and kept shrugging his shoulders, "Well, then, she finally waited until the day of confession, she ran out of the house excitedly, but was tripped by the door frame... she shouted 'Oh, I Fuck'. Hahahahahahaha…”
Chu Mian was indifferent at first, but when she turned her head and saw Yu Ran laughing out of breath, the corners of her lips couldn't help but raise, and she commented: "Boring."
The two entered a shop near the Academy of Fine Arts, and picked out a set of acrylic paints on the recommendation of the boss. Yu Ran was not in a hurry to check out, and went to look at the colored pencils and sketchbooks on other shelves.
Nowadays, there are many painting tools packaged exquisitely. Chu Mian glanced at them and thought they were very suitable as gifts.
He parted his lips slightly, and almost stopped Yu Ran to ask when his birthday was, but then he thought, Yu Ran hadn't asked himself this question yet, so he took the initiative to ask now, wouldn't it seem like he was trying to be courteous
After thinking about it quietly, Chu Mian decided not to ask.
"Let's go." Yu Ran chose what he wanted to buy and walked towards the cashier.
Chu Mian asked, "Are you only buying these?"
"Well, I still have pens and so on at home, but the book is used up."
Chu Mian glanced at the sketch book, it was quite thick, it can be seen that Yu Ran did not practice less in normal times.
He asked curiously again: "What do you draw? Geometry?"
"No, it's just ordinary colored lead painting. I want to draw whatever I want." Yu Ran took the bag and opened the store door, "Isn't it necessary to prepare a portfolio for the art test interview? Do it early, it seems too much."
Chu Mian wanted to see what Yu Ran's paintings looked like, but he didn't want to show his interest in Ran, so he said, "My aunt is a painter now, do you want her to help you take a look?"
"What do you think?"
"You take the album with you tomorrow, and I can give it to her for you."
"Okay!" Yu Ran raised her brows happily, grabbed Chu Mian's arm and laughed "hehe" a few times, "Let's go, I'll treat you to a pineapple pie."
The two went home in different ways, and said goodbye directly at the station.
The pineapple pie in Chu Mian's hand was still warm, but he didn't like eating in public, so he took the subway all the way home.
"Why did you think of eating this kind of food today?" Chu Heng felt fresh when he saw it, "It's still so late when you come back, have you ever eaten outside?"
Chu Mian shook her head, sat down to eat dinner in silence, and told Chu Heng after a while, "I just went shopping with my classmates."
Chu Heng was very relieved when he was surprised, and sighed in his heart that his nephew had finally established a good relationship with his peers. But she didn't ask any more questions, she just secretly remembered Chu Mian's small changes every day, such as eating more snacks, playing games more often on weekends, and even taking pictures of Fiona. Although the focus of life is still learning, I am more and more willing to allocate time to entertainment, which no longer looks so gloomy.
After Chu Mian finished her meal, she went back to her room to read novels. A while ago, the news about the Nobel Prize in Literature was overwhelming. He guessed that the Chinese reading of the midterm exam might test Mo Yan’s essays.
After reading a short story, it was already half past nine. He picked up his phone habitually, but he didn't find any news from Weishuyougroup.
For several days in a row, Chu Mian would receive text messages from Yu Ran at night, with no serious content, pure nonsense, and chatting until 10:30 in the evening. Chu Mian had just gotten used to it, but the inbox was empty today, and it was inevitable that something was missing.
Chu Mian didn't think much, just clicked into the QQ space, saw that Yu Ran was online, and sent a few screenshots of the "Gintama" animation to discuss with Ye Xi; scrolling down, it was him showing off "Temple Run" just now Score in the game, brazenly claiming to be the most persistent man in the class; reposted at least seven or eight comments in one night, shared two songs, obviously not doing homework.
Very leisurely.
Chu Mian didn't take it seriously at first, until he found out about Yu Ran's post in the middle of the night last night—
[The wolf hides beside the anti-dog]: Hahahahaha! I finally ran out of this month's SMS package! ! !
finally. Run out.
Chu Mian frowned, feeling a little unbalanced.
I am so busy studying every day, and I am willing to spare some time to reply to those unnutritious text messages, but Yu Ran is just looking for someone to accompany him to deal with those text messages.
— No wonder every text message is like crap.
Chu Mian quickly browsed through the inboxes of the last few days, and then decisively chose to clear them.
He turned his phone upside down and continued to concentrate on reading novels.
After a while, the phone vibrates.
Yu Ran's text message arrived long after: "What's for dinner tomorrow morning? Are you going to the cafeteria?"
Chu Mian hurriedly replied "No".
Yu Ran: "Come on! I need to make up my homework."
Chu Mian is now hostile to him, and seeing his natural tone becomes more annoying for a while, so she directly asks, "Why can't you finish writing today?"
Yu Ran: "I just want to copy yours."
"No." Chu Mian replied immediately, and decided not to lend him homework again, "You find someone else to go."
Yu Ran: "Okay. Then remember to have breakfast tomorrow."
"I told you I'm not going."
After Chu Mian replied this sentence, she directly turned the phone to silent. While looking down at the book, he could feel the screen light up from time to time from the corner of the eye, but he didn't care about it. He didn't find out that there were nineteen missed calls until it was time to wash up and sleep after finishing a book.
Soon, Yu Ran called for the twentieth time.
"Oops, you fucking finally picked it up, I thought you fell asleep again."
"What's up?"
"I think I still have more than 100 minutes of voice calls this month, so save it for waste."
Unexpectedly, he would openly mention this matter to herself, Chu Mian couldn't help but feel even more conflicted: "Why don't you call someone else?"
"Why are you calling someone else?" Yu Ran laughed on the phone, "I just want to talk to you at night."
Chu Mian instantly felt as if someone had squeezed her chest, and the fingertips holding the phone suddenly became hot. His lips moved, but he didn't make a sound. He just stood up from the table and quickly walked to the bed to lie down.
"Chu Mian, I've been very worried about the end of the world recently." Yu Ran's voice was worried, "I'm looking at the calendar getting closer and closer to December, and I'm so fucking scared. I feel like I can live every day."
Chu Mian's expression softened a lot, "Aren't you going to prepare a portfolio for the art exam today?"
"That's why I didn't think about the end of the world at the time." Yu Ran sighed, "Fuck, I'm only fifteen years old, I don't want to die."
Chu Mian's breathing became heavier, and she asked him slowly, "Then when did you turn sixteen?"
Yu Ran thought seriously for a few seconds: "Next year."
"Nonsense." Chu Mian chuckled, "I mean... the specific date."
"Oh." Yu Ran suddenly realized, "August 6th! Isn't the number auspicious?"
It turns out that this year has passed.
Chu Mian temporarily gave up the idea of giving him painting tools.
Yu Ran began to seriously discuss the topic of the end of the world again. Chu Mian went into his left ear and out of his right ear, and finally comforted him: "I'm sure we can all survive."
"Okay, I believe you." Yu Ran said, "If we both survive to 2013, it proves that we can go to Beijing together after graduation."
Chu Mian paused for a few seconds, and then gave a heavy "hmm".
In fact, he didn't expect Yu Ran to take that so-called agreement very seriously, not to mention whether they can still remember their current wish after three years, even what happened during the military training not long ago, Chu Mian has forgotten a lot. The enthusiasm and touch under the night sky at that time may slowly dissipate with the peaceful life day after day.
Chu Mian had no doubts about this at first, but now he is more willing to believe... Yu Ran should help him remember.
"Hey, I'm sleepy, go to sleep." Yu Ran's mouth was dry at the end, he yawned and took the initiative to say goodbye.
In the early morning of the next day, Chu Mian went outdoors with the class monitor to supervise the work of the students on duty this week. Recently it is the "Behavior Code Week", and the sanitation aspect has also stepped up inspections. Each class has to take turns to clean the fallen leaves in the school.
Chu Mian was at the school gate, and in front of her was a sophomore senior, who was very careless about cleaning. One of them was familiar to him, and it was Cai Hanchuan who wanted to force Cui He to have close contact with him a while ago. His hair was cut short and he looked a little energetic.
Of course Cai Hanchuan had noticed Chu Mian a long time ago, and the two had looked at each other for a short while, but he immediately turned around as if nothing had happened, and then cursed secretly.
Cai Hanchuan was unconvinced when his strength was crushed by a schoolboy who looked gentle on the outside, and he was still ashamed in front of his ex-girlfriend, but what made him even more angry was that Chu Mian made him hit his head against the wall several times at that time. He still had a dull pain, and it was fine to go to the hospital to take an X-ray. The doctor said he might have a psychological reason.
"Fuck it." Cai Hanchuan never admitted that he was afraid of this person.
He swept the floor with his back to Chu Mian, and piled up the yellow leaves into a small hill. At this moment, he wanted to look back to see if Chu Mian had left, but he noticed another annoying face coming in at the school gate.
Yu Ran called Chu Mian's name loudly before his legs entered the campus.
Cai Hanchuan rolled his eyes dismissively and snorted coldly.
Cai Hanchuan knew about the relationship between those two people from his newly-acquainted younger brother.
During the military training, a boy named Huang Feng from the school next door came to inquire who Cheng Jun was in charge of. Cai Hanchuan went out to have a look, and it turned out that he was here to make friends. Both of them had been in society in junior high school, they had similar personalities, and they hit it off right away. One day after school started, Huang Feng said that he would take him to an interesting place. Cai Hanchuan followed him and found out that it was a club. The rule of "minors are not allowed to enter" is useless in front of Huang Feng, it is said that someone is covering him, so he dares to enter and exit casually. Cai Hanchuan felt that he was good, so he simply called him a brother.
The two usually smoked, drank and bragged casually, and they naturally talked about their respective schools when they chatted. Cai Hanchuan found out that Huang Feng knew Yu Ran, and thought he was an idiot.
But when Huang Feng proposed to tidy up Yu Ran, Cai Hanchuan waved his hand and refused: "Forget it, it's boring, I don't bother to talk to him."
Huang Feng didn't say anything more, and then Cai Hanchuan casually mentioned: "There is someone in the first year of our school, and it is more difficult than Yu Ran."
Of course, he didn't elaborate on how powerful Chu Mian was, he just said, "Fuck, she looks like a bitch, and she's quite strong."
Although Cai Hanchuan's description was concise, it was very accurate. Huang Feng recalled it carefully for a moment and said, "I seem to have seen it before. Is it inseparable from Yu Ran?"
"Ok."
"Oh..." Huang Feng took a sip of his wine and said lightly, "Isn't that Yu Ran's partner?"
"Ah?" Cai Hanchuan immediately sat up from the sofa, his brows were furrowed together, "Fuck, man? Yes, object? Fuck it, true or false, don't talk to me."
Huang Feng felt that he was making a fuss: "You don't know? Even I know that during the military training, Yu Ran fought in the woods with his partner in the middle of the night, and was caught by the instructor at dawn."
Cai Hanchuan immediately shivered with nausea.
"Brother, why don't you look at this." Huang Feng put down his wine glass and leaned over, "Anyway, what you want to deal with is Yu Ran's target, so I'll go with you, and we'll get rid of that man, so I can't hold back on Ran's face, he is not afraid of being beaten, I can see that he is mentally abused."
Cai Hanchuan felt that what he said made sense, and the two of them discussed a good date and chose this Wednesday for the Cheng Jun club activities, when the school director was off work.
That is today.
"Fuck." Cai Hanchuan didn't expect to see these two early in the morning, "You disgusting faggot."
He swept the floor swiftly and scattered all the dead leaves that had just piled up, but the sound of sweeping couldn't cover the two people behind him talking at the school gate, so Cai Hanchuan simply rubbed the broom on the ground vigorously.
"In order to buy purple potato buns for you, I even gave up the time to copy homework, and you still don't kowtow to thank me?" Yu Ran raised his face and talked to Chu Mian, "Do you eat wontons, I didn't add coriander, you The one that was said to be delicious last time."
"Self-study physics early, you should restrain yourself." Chu Mian told him, "Hurry up and go back, and write after eating."
"No, check it as soon as the physics class starts. Let's change seats early in the self-study, and you will block me while I eat."
When the two of them were talking, the corners of Cai Hanchuan's mouth were almost sticking out, and his stomach was still sore. He distorted his facial features in disgust, and quietly turned his head to see if the pair of dead gays had left, only to see Yu Ran laughing and stretching out his hand, sticking the bag containing the purple potato buns to Chu Mian's face.
fuck it.
Cai Hanchuan couldn't hold back on the spot, and retched loudly.