Chapter 9: April Fool's Day
The first day of April, in addition to being an ordinary Monday, is April Fool's Day, which Shen liked very much when he was younger.
Her elementary and junior high schools were attended at a very ordinary local school. The elementary school and junior high school of that school belong to one body, so you don't have to take any major exams when you go to junior high school. A group of classmates who have been getting along day and night for six years are promoted to the first year of junior high school together, and it is lively. Although the quality of teaching in that school is average, fortunately, the school spirit is very good, and the teachers are very kind, and the students can joke with the teachers every April Fool's Day. In the few minutes leading up to class, no matter which teacher comes into the classroom, he will be teased by his classmates. At the time, they always laughed at the teachers for being easy to deceive, but now that I think about it, maybe the teachers are willing to cooperate with their childish tricks.
After graduating from junior high school, Shen Yuanyuan was admitted to the best local high school. The teachers at that high school were very serious, the students were under a lot of academic pressure, and they were becoming mature, so it was natural to say goodbye to small holidays like April Fool's Day. But people's growth seems to be a cycle - when they first mature, they want to get rid of all childish things, and when they grow up, they will miss childishness again.
Time waits for no one anyway. When people are reminded of the "once", that once was already the most unattainable thing in the world.
The city has always had four distinct seasons, and April is the best time to do spring. Shen Yuan wore a light-colored dress - she always felt that she should wear light-colored clothes in spring. On the way to work, she saw the peach blossoms blooming downstairs. Because today is Monday, everyone is either at work or school at this time, and it is quiet outside. She took out her mobile phone and took a photo of the peach blossoms, sent it to Zhou Minggao, and said, "The peach blossoms downstairs in my house have finally bloomed." β
Zhou Minggao quickly replied, "I saw it." You turn around, I'm behind you. β
Shen Yuanxuan was startled and hurriedly looked back, but he didn't see anyone. She looked at her phone again a little inexplicably, and saw Zhou Minggao send another sentence, "Happy April Fool's Day." β
She replied with a list of helpless-looking ellipses, but actually laughed on the other side of the screen.
It was almost time to go to work, so Shen Yuanyuan didn't stay any longer and continued to walk in the direction of voyage education.
On Monday, the children always had a lot of homework, and Shen Yuanyuan had been busy checking and lecturing on them, and she didn't answer a phone call in the middle, but just hung up, and then turned it to mute. When she was all busy and sent away the last child, she took out her mobile phone again and looked at it, and found that it was an overseas number. After she muted down, the number called her twice. At first, she was still wondering if it would be a harassing call, but after Baidu checked which country the format of this number belonged to, she chuckled in her heart.
ββIt is the country where He Youxin is studying now.
She hurriedly sent this number to her and He Youxin's mutual friend, and the moment she confirmed that it was indeed his number, Shen Yuanxuan felt that her brain was a little blank.
After hesitating for a while, she decided to call back. As a result, as soon as his hand was clicked, Zhou Minggao knocked on the door and came in. Somehow, his heart became weak, and Shen Yuan hung up in a panic.
"Why don't you leave when you're off work?"
"Ah, right now, right now."
"Hurry up, I'll wait for you."
"I might have to clean up again."
"It's okay, I'll wait for you." Zhou Minggao said in a tone that couldn't help but say, "Let's go to dinner together." β
Shen Yuan let out a "hmm", and hurriedly began to clean up the classroom that was messed up by the children, this time Zhou Minggao didn't help, just stood next to him.
After cleaning up, Shen Yuan glanced at him timidly, "Why do I think you are so low in pressure, those little ghosts make you angry?" β
"No, deliberately teasing you. Happy April Fool's Day. He didn't laugh at all when he said this, so Shen didn't think he was joking, but he didn't ask any more.
They went to the same restaurant as last time. Shen Yuan's mind was chaotic now, thinking of a lot of things about He Youxin before, he didn't have much appetite or mood, so he only ordered a mango smoothie and didn't order a staple food. She also didn't pay attention to the smoothie, and kept poking around with a spoon, and there were not many bites that were actually delivered to her mouth. She knew very well that she didn't like He Youxin anymore, but it seemed to have become a habit to get nervous when she mentioned and thought of this person, and she felt that it was a bit difficult to change. After all, it's someone she's liked for a long time in the past, and after all, it's always been her regret that she didn't have any "later" with him, and she couldn't help but take those phone calls to heart.
But the person she likes now is Zhou Minggao who is sitting opposite. Thinking of this, she began to doubt her feelings for Zhou Minggao again. Is this really like? Can you say that you have only known each other for a month as a "person you like"? If she really likes it, why can she get along with him naturally and not be so nervous?
Shen Yuanyuan is not a person who treats feelings very well, but she likes that this matter is a bit complicated, and at this time at the age of eighteen, she can't fully understand the doorway.
"Like" is not a specific concept, but a feeling between two specific people. It is not surprising that as you grow older and more experienced, and the object of your liking changes, so does the form of "like".
Just when Shen was in a daze, Zhou Minggao asked very suddenly, "How heavy are you?" β
Shen Yuanyu was pulled back to reality, raised his head and looked at him inexplicably.
"Forty-four kilograms, I guess?"
"Guess so accurately, you're a fortune teller." Shen Yuanxuan deliberately joked, "Then guess how tall I am." β
"One-six-three."
"How do you know?"
"I'm so thin and I haven't eaten." Zhou Minggao ignored her shock, and pushed the mango smoothie to the side, "I don't think you want to eat this, it's just right if you don't eat it, you eat cold before you eat, it's strange if your stomach doesn't hurt." I'm going to buy you some hot ones. β
Shen Yuanyuan originally wanted to refuse, but Zhou Minggao didn't give her a chance to refuse at all, he had already gone to the place where he ordered. After a while, he came back with a bowl of rice bowl and placed it in front of her.
Shen Yuanyuan still didn't have much appetite, and after eating hard for a while, she made up her mind to talk to Zhou Minggao. The opening line is, "I have a friend ......"
Zhou Minggao raised his eyebrows and motioned for her to continue.
"I have a friend who used to like a boy for a long time, and her previous relationship with this boy was not very good, but it was not bad, and she thought that the boy also liked her. But then the boy broke his promise to something, and directly evaporated from the world, so she always felt that the boy didn't like her, and after a long time, she didn't like that boy either. She hadn't been in touch with the guy in a long time, huh...... This friend is the same age as me, and they haven't been in touch since high school. It's not April Fool's Day, and the boy called her out of the blue, and she didn't receive it at the time. Do you think my friend should call back? β
"It shouldn't." He replied crisply.
"Why?"
"You said it, you liked him before, but you still like him now. April Fool's Day sudden contact is of course to take the opportunity to confess, do you still need to think? Isn't it annoying that someone you used to like but don't like now confess to you β well, I mean confess to your friend. β
"What if something happens to him?"
Zhou Minggao smiled. "Is something suddenly happening to someone you haven't been in touch with in a year?"
Shen curled his lips and didn't speak again.
"But I don't think this brother's call is meaningless."
"What?"
"At least his phone call reminded your friend that today is a good day to confess." When he said this, he stared at Shen Yuan's eyes, "Then shouldn't your friend think about whether he wants to take the opportunity to confess to the person he likes?" β
Shen's curly face burned all of a sudden. She felt as if Zhou Minggao knew everything - she knew that "friend" was herself, and she also knew that she had a good impression of him.
He knows everything, like a fortune teller.
After returning home that night, Shen Yuanyuan received a message from He Youxin, saying that he didn't want to miss it again this time, and asked her if she would like to be together.
"I'm sorry I can't promise you. I did like you, but that's in the past. Shen replied very simply, "I already have someone I like now." β