6. Attempted confession
Friday, 12 noon. Congzhou Mingde Foreign Language Training Center.
Mingde Foreign Language Training Center is a leading 'adult' foreign language training institution in Congzhou City, located in an office building in the downtown area. There are more than 20 classrooms and offices on an entire floor. People come here for different reasons to surprise foreign languages - studying abroad, traveling abroad, applying for foreign companies, job title evaluation...... Mentor claims to be able to help students achieve all the goals related to foreign languages in 30-60 days.
Summer vacation is the peak season of the training center, and all 20 classes are recruited, with 50 people in each class. The trainees are basically young people in their twenties and thirties, and occasionally one or two middle-aged people are met. The class is very formal, with three classes in the morning and three in the afternoon every day. It's August, and we're halfway through the course.
Hang Yi, Sun Yuchen and Lu Jinpeng are all students of Class 13. Although He Jingyi is not a formal student, the teacher also arranged for her to attend classes in Class 13 after work.
After class in the morning, the students left the classroom one after another. People who are close to home go home for dinner, and those who are far away have lunch at a nearby restaurant. After half a day's lesson, everyone was hungry, and within five minutes, the classroom was basically empty.
Only one person in class 13 remained-He Jingyi. The family's financial conditions did not allow her to eat out. Every day at noon, she quietly eats the simple lunch she brought from home in the classroom alone.
He Jingyi took out a plastic lunch box from her school bag, and inside was a box of cold rice, and on top of the rice was small pickles that she had pickled herselfβthis was her daily lunch. Each classroom in the training center is equipped with a water dispenser, which provides great convenience for He Jingyi. She turned on the water dispenser, waited for the water to boil, soaked the cold rice in boiling water, and started eating.
Although Hang Yi's home is not too far from the training center, he is too lazy to go home and eats lunch outside every day. On the one hand, he didn't want to squeeze the bus to 'hand' over, and on the other hand, he thought it was fun to eat and chat with friends.
Mi Xiaolu has always followed Hang Yi unconditionally. As soon as Hang participated in the English training, he signed up with him without thinking about it, but he was unexpectedly assigned to another class - Class 16. At noon that day, Mi Xiaolu came to find Hang Yi and said that he wanted to have lunch with him. If it was in the past, Hang Yi would readily agree. But today, after he saw Mi Xiaolu, he looked a little uneasy.
The PSV game console that Hang Yi confiscated by his father yesterday was borrowed from Mi Xiaolu.
Mi Xiaolu saw that Hang Yi's expression was a little wrong, and asked, "What's wrong with you, Brother Hang Yi?" β
Hang has a difficult 'color'. "I want to tell you something."
Mi Xiaolu was secretly surprised in his heart - what was going on? Brother Hang Yi also happens to have something to tell me? Did he see my thoughts? No way. He asked tentatively, "What's the matter?" β
Hang Yi smacked his mouth, grabbed Mi Xiaolu's shoulder and said, "Let's go, I'm having a treat at noon today, what do you want to eat?" β
Mi Xiaolu was taken out inexplicably, he didn't have the heart to eat now, he just wanted to find a quiet place to have a showdown with Hang Yi. In the end, I chose a relatively deserted western restaurant nearby.
"Order, millet, what do you want to eat? You're welcome. Hang Yi said generously.
Mi Xiaolu looked at Hang Yi suspiciously. "Why are you weird today? What the hell are you trying to tell me? β
"Eat first, aren't you hungry?" Hang Yi said to the 'waiter', "I want a sirloin steak, seven ripe, what about you?" β
"Just like you."
The 'waiter' departed. Mi Xiaolu took a sip of lemonade and looked at Hang Yi. "Say it." How did it turn the other way around? It's not what I expected. He thought to himself.
"Hehe...... Hang Yi scratched his head. I told you not to be angry. β
"What the hell is going on?"
"That's right, the PSV you lent me to play with was confiscated by my mom last night. She said...... I won't return my ...... until I have passed the IELTS test."
"And then?"
Hang Yi spread his hands. "That's it, it means that I won't give you this game console for the time being...... Xiaomi, you don't blame me, do you? β
Mi Xiaolu stared at Hang Yi. "That's what you're telling me?"
"yes."
Mi Xiaolu smiled bitterly. It's a big deal. Compared to what I'm going to tell him, it's just a chicken.
Hang Yi saw that Mi Xiaolu didn't seem to care. "You don't mind?"
Mi Xiaolu waved his hand slightly. "It's fine."
There are some things that Mi Xiaolu has hidden from Hang Yi for many years and has never let him know. For example, I don't like to play games at all, and the reason why I often play various video games with Hang Yi is purely to be by Hang Yi's side, so I pretend to like it. This PSV was bought by him from Hang Yi, but he gave it to him inexplicably, so he said that he lent it to him to play, but in fact, he didn't think about letting him return it at all.
Hang Yi saw that Mi Xiaolu didn't blame himself at all, a stone fell to the ground in his heart, and happily patted Mi Xiaolu's shoulder and said, "It is worthy of being my good brother!" β
Mi Xiaolu's heart was warm, he liked Hang Yi very much to call him a brother and brother, and he felt very close.
"It's a pity that I can't play 'Snake Warriors 2' now." Hang Yi sighed, "This game is so fun, I just got a rare prop yesterday, and my mother came into the house and took the game console." β
"You're 21 years old, why is your mother still like a junior high school student?" Mi Xiaolu couldn't cry or laugh.
Hang Yi sighed bitterly: "I'm also thinking about finding a question, what do you call this?" β
Mi Xiaolu smiled lightly, stared at Hang Yi's cute face, and said softly, "Who told you to look like a child who doesn't grow up, fool." β
He took out another white 'colored' PSV game console from the small satchel he was carrying and handed it to Hang Yi: "Oh, let's take it and play." β
"Ah, isn't this the one you played with online? You gave it to me, what do you do? β
"It's okay, I'm tired of playing, you can play." Mi Xiaolu lied. In fact, these two game consoles were bought for Hang Yicai.
"Oh my good brother!" Hang Yi jumped up happily and walked over and hugged Mi Xiaolu violently. "Thank you so much!"
Mi Xiaolu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. Hold me tighter, hold me longer. Oh my God, let time stand still......
But Hang Yi quickly let go of him and sat down in the opposite position. He couldn't wait to turn on the console, and his attention immediately focused on the game.
Mi Xiaolu was slightly disappointed, but after thinking about it, it was okay, otherwise Hang Yi really didn't know how to explain it when he saw his red face.
Wait a minute. He woke up suddenly. Didn't I plan to confess to him today? Now he's 'excited' about me, isn't it the right time?
Mi Xiaolu's heart jumped wildly. He stared at the big boy in front of him who was playing a game with his head downβthe only and most loved person in his life. The words that had been prepared before came to my lips.
ββ¦β¦ Brother Hang, I want to tell you something. He finally mustered up the courage to speak.
"Huh? What's up? Hang said without raising his head, immersed in the game.
Mi Xiaolu's heart was about to jump out of his 'chest' cavity. "After so many years, I found that I ......"
Before he finished speaking, Hang Yi suddenly raised his head and stretched out the game console to Mi Xiaolu's eyes excitedly. "That's it! I fought it yesterday! It's super hard! β
"Ah, really...... Then you can get back to playing. Mi Xiaolu's words were suddenly interrupted, and he was a little gloomy. He adjusted his mood for a moment, and was about to continue, when he saw the 'waiter' coming over with a steak, but he was silent.
Hang was hungry early in the morning, and when he saw the hot and fragrant steak brought up, he turned off the game console and said, "Let's go!" β
The two of them started eating steaks. During the meal, Mi Xiaolu kept peeking at Hang Yi, and saw that Hang Yi was eating with relish and chewing, and felt that it was not the time to talk about things, but to eat first.
Unexpectedly, after eating, Hang Yi wiped his mouth with a tissue and said, "Let's go to the classroom of the training center to play games." β
"Classroom? Why don't you just play here? β
"There are other people in the classroom, so it's fun to be together." Without waiting for Mi Xiaolu to object, Hang Yi shouted at the 'waiter': "Waiter, pay the bill!" β
Mi Xiaolu was a little discouraged, he originally wanted to be alone with Hang Yi, and he had to tell him important things. When you go to the classroom, how do you confess? That's fine. He sighed in his heart, there was still afternoon. I'll talk about it when I get home in the afternoon.
After settling the bill, Hang Yi and Mi Xiaolu returned to the training center. Mi Xiaolu wanted to go back to his class, but Hang Yi grabbed his shoulders and asked him to go to the classroom of his class to play games together, and Mi Xiaolu agreed.
There are only eight or nine people in the classroom now. He Jingyi was of course one of them, and there were several other people, some reading, some sleeping on the table. After the two entered the classroom, Hang Yi beckoned Mi Xiaolu to sit in the seat next to him, took out the PSV and played.
Two young guys were attracted and came over to watch Hang Yi play. Hang Yi likes to play games by himself the most, when someone is watching from the side, there is a kind of pleasure to satisfy the 'desire' of performance. The two boys were obviously also game lovers, and while watching, they commented and gave advice. Later, I took turns to play again, and I had a lot of fun.
Only Mi Xiaolu was bored. But in order to take care of Hang Yi's emotions, he had to pretend to participate on the sidelines. In fact, I was restless, always thinking about what I was planning.
Play until 2:10. Mi Xiaolu saw that the time was not early, and said to Hang Yi: "It's almost class, I'll go back to class." β
Hang put the game console in his bag, but it was obvious that he was still unsatisfied. He rolled his eyes, grinned, and said, "Why don't you go, and be in our class this afternoon." We can play the game secretly. β
"In this class? Where do I sit? Do you have my seat? β
"Just sit here. The person next to me is sick today, so I took a leave of absence to rest at home, just right. β
Mi Xiaolu was very willing in his heart. Because since childhood, although he and Hang Yi are good friends, they have never been in the same class, especially when they are at the same table. This time I participated in English training with Hang Yi, and I wanted to tutor in one class, but I was not assigned to a class. At this moment, Hang Yi's proposal, of course, he couldn't ask for it. As long as there is an opportunity to be with Hang Yi, he is unwilling to let it go. But he thought of the strict rules of the training center that it was not allowed to change classes 'privately', and he was a little worried, and said: "What if your teachers find out that I am not from this class?" β
"No, the English teacher in our class is an old man in his fifties. Plus we sat in the back row, so he couldn't see it. β
Mi Xiaolu thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay." β
When it was time for class, the English teacher walked into the classroom - as Hang Yi said, it was an old man with gray hair, nearly sixty years old, wearing old 'flower' glasses with thick lenses. Mi Xiaolu was relieved.
At the same time as the class started, Hang Yi took out the PSV, put it under the table, and played secretly.
Mi Xiaolu whispered: "You don't listen to the class, don't you 'spend' money for tutoring?" β
Hang Yi replied in a low voice: "This level is halfway through, and I can't archive it, so I'll pass the level first." β
Mi Xiaolu stopped talking. During class, Hang Yi almost kept his head buried in the game, galloping in the battlefield. Mi Xiaolu sat next to him, but he was listening carefully. Although he and Hang Yi did not 'communicate', as long as they sat next to him and experienced the feeling of being at the same table, they were already very satisfied and happy.
Halfway through the class, to be precise β at 2:55 p.m. β something unexpected happened. F