Gu Cheng once wrote in a poem: "You don't want to plant flowers. You say, I don't want to see it wither a little bit. Yes, in order to avoid the end, you avoid the beginning of everything. "Shen Yuanqian doesn't want to be a person who doesn't even dare to plant flowers. Although she has seen a lot of withering, she knows that she is still brave. She knew that the reason for her hesitation was because she was afraid of feelings, not because she was unsure of her heart for Zhou Minggao. But why should Zhou Minggao repay the harm brought to her by others? That's her own business, and it has nothing to do with Zhou Minggao.

Therefore, when Zhou Minggao asked her to go for a walk after work on the 15th, she agreed.

The two walked north through the bus stop, which is usually used as a demarcation point, with a slight breeze and warmth. There are good peach blossoms on both sides of the road, and it is already dark, but there are street lamps shining, and you can still see clearly. Unlike usual, this time it was Shen Yuanyuan who walked faster, Zhou Minggao walked behind her, and neither of them spoke.

After walking for a while, Shen Yuanxuan stood still, and then turned around with determination.

"Don't you ask me if I've thought about it?"

"Well, have you thought about it?" Zhou Minggao asked with a smile, still with a calm look.

Shen Yuanyuan didn't answer directly, but stretched out his hand towards Zhou Minggao. She asked him, "Can I hold your hand?" ”

Zhou Minggao's response was to shake it up directly.

Shen's curling hands are warm all year round, and at this time, because of nervousness, there is still a thin layer of sweat in the palms of his hands. Zhou Minggao's hands were a little cooler, because he had been working part-time for the past two years, and he did everything by himself in the rented house, and he had some calluses on his fingers and palms. Shen Yuan's fingertips also have calluses - they are sharpened by playing the guitar, but they have played less in the past two years, and they are no longer a little fathomable.

"So what are we doing now?" Shen Yuan asked.

"What do you think?"

"I don't know." Shen Yuanyuan deliberately didn't say it, because she wanted Zhou Minggao to say that sentence. When he looked up again, Zhou Minggao had already moved his face closer, and he was next to her, almost two or three centimeters away.

He asked, "So you're willing to be my girlfriend?" ”

was already mentally prepared, but when he was really asked like this, Shen Yuanyuan was still a little confused. She nodded in a panic, then let out another heavy "um".

Zhou Minggao held her hand a little tighter. "I have a lot to say to you." He paused for a moment, then spoke again, "Forget it, let's take it one step at a time." ”

"Why are you halfway talking?"

"Because I've done pretty much everything I can about us, I think it's a bit early for you to say it now. But don't worry, no matter what happens in the future and what you want to choose, I will support you. No matter what happens, I'll take on most of the pressure and won't make you too tired. ”

Shen Yuan was a little confused. "It's too exaggerated, we've only known each other for more than a month, and I'm going to suspect you're a scumbag if you talk like this again."

Zhou Minggao didn't explain anything, just smiled and rubbed Shen Yuan's head.

Now that the relationship is determined, there should always be some sense of ritual. Zhou Minggao and Shen Yuanyuan did not go home directly, but went to have a "candlelight dinner" together, and went to the KTV near Zhou Minggao's school to sing. In the past, when she was learning guitar, Shen Yuanyuan also learned composition and vocal music, so singing is her forte, and after arriving at KTV, she sat directly on the sofa generously, and half-jokingly said to Zhou Minggao, "What do you want to hear?" Whatever you want. ”

Zhou Minggao ordered a song "Unknown Companion".

Shen Yuanxuan was a little surprised - this song is not very popular, it is a treasure song she recently discovered, and the single has been looped many times. She didn't expect Zhou Minggao to have heard it, and she thought that he would order a song like "Ten Years" that everyone would sing to warm up.

However, there is more than one such inexplicable tacit understanding between them, Shen Yuanyu didn't ask anything, after the prelude was played, she picked up the microphone and sang.

Singing "I think my you are free and open, but you can think about me, want to go through a lot of things, ups and downs, joy, and stories to tell." During these few sentences, Shen Yuanyuan secretly moved her gaze from the screen to Zhou Minggao's body, but Zhou Minggao was also looking at her, so frightened that she quickly looked away. Maybe it was because she was too flustered, she sang a few notes later, and was teased by Zhou Minggao for a while.

After singing this song, Zhou Minggao ordered a song "Meet" for himself. He sang, "Love takes a few turns before it comes." At that time, Shen Yuanyuan also picked up the microphone and sang with him in the back, "What kind of dialogue will I meet, the person I am waiting for, and how far he will be in the future." When they were done, they looked at each other and laughed.

After singing for a while, both of them were tired, so they crooked on the sofa and turned the song into the original song and listened to the song silently. Shen Yuanyuan suddenly remembered something, so he asked Zhou Minggao, "Do you think we have an office romance?" ”

"We're just working part-time, what an office romance." He said, "Have you forgotten the gossip that the two female teachers talked about earlier?" ”

Zhou Minggao was talking about what the two female teachers talked about on the way to pick up the child one day - at that time, Shen Yuanyuan and Zhou Minggao were not particularly familiar. They were talking about the last couple of part-time teachers who worked together for two months and then ended up together. At that time, Shen Yuanyuan still thought it was amazing, but she didn't expect that she and Zhou Minggao would be faster together.

"Yuanhang Education can open a branch and a marriage agency." Shen Yuan said, "Huh? Didn't you wear headphones every day? I can hear what they say. ”

"Of course, I love observing humans, don't you think it's fun to observe humans?"

"......" Shen rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to him.

Because it was a Monday, the price of KTV was very cheap, and they bought a five-hour package. Later, the two of them each sang a few more songs, until the brain was starved of oxygen, and the time was not used up. It was Shen Yuanyuan who raised the white flag first, "I want to go home, so I won't sing." ”

So Zhou Minggao called a car, got in the car with her, and sent her home.

When they arrived downstairs, Shen Yuanyuan said "goodbye" to Zhou Minggao, and then turned his head back and hugged Zhou Minggao. I thought that Zhou Minggao's reaction would be happy, surprised, and embarrassed, but I didn't expect him to just say in an extremely calm tone, "Why are you so stiff that you seem to have given me a brother's hug." ”

Shen was speechless. As soon as he wanted to blow up his hair and turn his head to leave, he was pulled back by Zhou Minggao and hugged him tightly for a few seconds. After letting go, he smiled and said, "This is a hug between lovers." ”

This time it was Shen Yuan's turn to be embarrassed, she said "bye-bye" vaguely again, and then turned around and ran.