The night by the river is very cold.
Zhong Coco was wrapped in a white plush coat, and clumsily held the two little flowers around for a long time, and his face flushed red after a while. Looking at Zhou Ye, who had been taking pictures of him, she said impatiently, "I haven't done it yet."
"It's alright, it's alright."
Zhou Ye looked at the little girl in the viewfinder who was holding fireworks and smiling naturally, and couldn't help but admire, "This picture is good."
Saying that, he showed it to Zhong Keke.
Zhong Keke glanced at it and put his pockets in absentmindedly, "When are we going."
Zhou Ye lowered his head and fiddled with his DSLR, "Go back after putting down the Kongming lantern."
Zhong Keke kicked the small stones on the riverside boredly.
After all, it was a friendship played out by a mound, and Zhou Ye saw something, "I want to ask you, what happened to you and Jiang Yuqiao? They quarreled?"
"… "
A trace of guilt flashed on Zhong Keke's face, "No, who quarreled."
Zhou Ye insisted, "Then why do you feel like you're avoiding him on purpose?"
When asked like this, Zhong Keke was instantly upset, and kicked his ass with his foot, but he didn't kick, "Why are you talking so much nonsense."
Zhou Ye smiled, "Isn't this concerned about you?"
Just as Zhong Keke wanted to scold him, Fu Yuanhang and Jiang Yuqiao came over one after the other.
"You two have been pinching since you were young, and you are still pinching now." Fu Yuanhang smiled and looked at Zhou Ye, "There is only one baby in our courtyard, can you tease her less."
Zhong Keke hummed, "That's right."
Yu Guang noticed that Jiang Yuqiao, who was lean and handsome beside him, smiled lightly.
The man seemed to have a natural sense of oppression, making her nervous involuntarily. In order to alleviate this feeling of crampedness, Zhong Keke added, "Provoke me to be careful to stab your secret out."
Zhou Ye's face changed, "Damn, don't cheat on me."
Zhong Keke stuck out his tongue at him, turned his head and ran, the whole movement was completed in one go, without any trace of performance.
Fu Yuanhang retracted his gaze meaningfully, turned his head and saw that Jiang Yuqiao's seemingly calm complexion was filled with depression.
…
In fact, Zhong Keke didn't want to hide.
But she couldn't tell why, as soon as Jiang Yuqiao came over, she was tense all over, for fear that she might be a little careless and reveal her inner emotions.
Fortunately, the flowers quickly ran out, and everyone began to put on kongming lanterns.
Zhong Keke had never played with this thing before, so he squatted on the spot and had no idea what to do. Who knew that in the next second, a familiar and clear voice landed on the top of his head, "Write down your wish first."
"… "
Zhong Keke blinked and looked up, seeing the man's delicate and thin chin.
Jiang Yuqiao squatted down with his eyes down and picked up the Kongming lantern, "Your wish."
Zhong Keke was stunned for a moment, and even brought a wish.
Seeing her ignorant appearance, Jiang Yuqiao smiled, "No?"
"have it."
Zhong Keke said slowly, "Get into a good university?"
Jiang Yuqiao looked at her with interest, "Just this?"
There seemed to be other meanings in the words.
Zhong Keke restrained his thoughts and nodded, "That's it."
Jiang Yuqiao snorted, bit his cap, and wrote a line of bold characters on it - "I hope Coco can be admitted to an ideal university".
At this moment, the two were very close.
Zhong Ke could clearly smell the clean and pure citrus fragrance on him.
"What about your wish?" she asked.
Jiang Yuqiao snapped the cap on the pen, glanced at him and smiled, "This is my wish."
Zhong Keke: "… "
Jiang Yuqiao handed her the pen, "It's your turn."
It was a little more troublesome to let the Kongming lantern fly than imagined. The main thing was to set it on fire. Two people studied it for a long time before successfully releasing it.
The orange lampshade with a bright fire in the center gradually became a mysterious and romantic decoration in the night sky. Zhong Keke raised his head and couldn't help laughing, "It's so beautiful."
Jiang Yuqiao looked at her sideways and said nothing. After a while, he said, "Actually, there is something I want to ask for your help."
Zhong Keke turned his head, "Can I help?"
Jiang Yuqiao put his hands in his pockets, and there was a light mist in his breath, "You see that kitten."
"Um."
"I'm probably very busy after the new year, and I don't have time to take care of it."
"… "
"Can you help me raise it?"
Zhong Keke: "… "
You don't have time for the fuck
"I didn't say that I will keep you raised." Jiang Yuqiao saw speechlessness in her eyes and explained calmly, "I just help take care of it for a while, and I will come back to pick it up later."
"Is it the dormitory that doesn't let you live?"
Jiang Yuqiao was stunned, and the thought flashed through his mind, "That's it."
Zhong Keke pursed his lips, a little itchy in his heart.
In fact, when she was a child, she had a stray cat at home, but it ran away not long after, she was sad for a long time, and she never raised it again.
It wasn't until the past few years that she saw more and more people raising cats on the Internet, and then she had the idea again. When Fu Yuanhang asked her what birthday present she wanted, she said that she wanted a round-faced kitten.
However, Fu Yuanhang seemed a little embarrassed at the time, and since he was a living creature, Zhong Keke thought it was okay.
But now, there is such a cute kitten brought to me—
Zhong Keke couldn't resist the temptation, "I don't have much time to take care of it, and my grandfather takes care of most of it."
Jiang Yuqiao's brows stretched, restraining the curvature of his lips, "It doesn't matter."
Zhong Keke bit his lower lip and said, "You have to take it away in the future, so you have to pay the living expenses on time every month."
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuqiao raised his eyebrows slightly and couldn't help laughing.
"… "
Zhong Keke immediately explained, with a very aggrieved expression, "I only pay 1,000 yuan a month, and raising a kitten is not enough."
As if deliberately giving her a chance to rip her off, Jiang Yuqiao raised his eyebrows slightly, half-smiling, "Then how much do you think I should give?"
He thought about it seriously: "Two thousand, is it enough?"
Zhong Keke was startled, his eyes instantly turned into stars.
However, before she had time to cheer, Jiang Yuqiao's tone suddenly dropped, as if negotiating, "But the condition is that you must report it to me in time."
"Did he really do that?"
"Um."
"That's too obvious, isn't it obvious to seduce you!"
"… "
Knowing that Zhou Mingyue would say this, Zhong Keke ignored her, lowered his eyes and nibbled at the chocolate skin on the cone, "You don't know how hard that cat is to carry, it can be eaten, pulled and sticky, I want it every day. Pick up shit for him three times, and as soon as I get home, it meows after me, and it burrows into my arms while I'm doing my homework."
"If this is raised by him, he will not be killed by his roommate."
"But it's quite good," Zhong Keke's face exuded the brilliance of maternal love, "I'm used to sleeping with it now."
Zhou Mingyue looked at her with inexhaustible words, feeling like she was watching a silly white sweet from an ancient idol drama, "It's you, you will believe that he really can't keep this cat."
Zhong Keke glared at her, "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean," Zhou Mingyue threw the cone skin into the trash can, leaning against the wall opposite her, "I mean, Jiang Yuqiao is forcing roundabout tactics, he regrets it and wants to soak in you. "
Zhong Keke: "… "
Zhou Mingyue: "Maybe he bought this cat, believe it or not!"
But he didn't think about this, Zhong Keke touched his nose, his expression was confused for a moment.
"This man, that's what he is," Zhou Mingyue shook her head, "You are still young, you don't understand!"
…
Because of Zhou Mingyue's words, Zhong Keke was absent-minded in the self-study class.
At the beginning of the next semester, the third year of high school will have self-study in the evening. At this time, it is more than eight o'clock, the classroom is bright and quiet, everyone is immersed in doing the questions, only she is the only one who repeatedly doodles on the scratch paper with the tip of the pen.
Those words, she admits, upset her.
I really feel that Jiang Yuqiao's actions during this period of time are somewhat abnormal.
Before the second year of the new year, Jiang Yuqiao left, saying that there was an urgent matter at the school, and Zhong's father and mother just came back and stayed with Zhong Keke at home for a while.
That is, from that time on, the cat named "You Can" stayed by Zhong Keke's side, and as agreed, he paid her the first month's living expenses, 2,000 yuan.
In fact, it doesn't take that much money to keep a cat at all.
But Zhong Keke accepted it with peace of mind. After all, raising it also took energy, and at Jiang Yuqiao's request, she reported the kitten's current situation every week.
So during the holiday period, on weekends every week, the two of them would have a video, Zhong Keke would show Jiang Yuqiao a cat, and the two would also chat along the way.
Only then did she know that Jiang Yuqiao went to the clinic.
The accommodation has also changed.
In the same way, the way they get along has changed a bit. Unlike Zhong Keke who was talking before, now Jiang Yuqiao will also take the initiative to talk about things around him.
Occasionally, Zhong Keke will bow his head to make the paper, the kitten is lying beside him, and Jiang Yuqiao is also working quietly on the other end of the video.
If it wasn't for Zhou Mingyue's reminder.
Zhong Keke didn't dare to think about it at all.
Maybe it was what he said, he couldn't keep the cat.
But it is true that since Jiang Yuqiao took the initiative to send a message, everything has been quietly changing. It seems that the bad part in the middle has been cut out, and the two are approaching again, but this time, the approach is no longer so pure.
Zhong Keke had never been in love, so he didn't know what it meant, but he was just a little flustered for no reason.
It just so happened that Zhou Ye sent her a message, and when he opened it, he saw a photo.
It was taken on the eve of New Year's Eve by the riverside. In the photo, she was holding two bunches of fireworks, smiling naturally and brightly to the camera.
Zhou Ye: [It looks good, I just repaired it, hehe.]
Zhong Keke's eyes lit up and was sweetened by himself.
She saved it, pursed her lips and smiled: [It's beautiful, thank you sister.]
Zhou Ye: [I'm not going to tell you if you fucking mess with me like this again]
Zhong Keke: [I was wrong/JPG]
Zhong Keke: [What little secret are you going to tell me, little baby?]
After waiting for a long time, Zhou Ye finally replied, and he sent another photo, which was similar to the one just now, except that the aperture was not blurred well, and the scenery of the characters behind were clearly captured.
Zhou Ye: [Is it Jiang Yuqiao who is staring at you from the back?]
"… "
Zhong Keke's heart flickered, and he opened it.
In the photo, the man was leaning on his side, his cold white skin was a little red from the wind, and he seemed to be listening to Fu Yuanhang, but in fact those long and narrow peach blossom eyes were staring intently in her direction, inexplicably ambiguous. passionate.
Zhou Ye: [I just remember that I read it right. When I took a picture of you, the guy kept looking this way.]