Cao Aiqing spent the whole day in entanglement and curiosity today.

This reminded her of the orange cat "Bodhisattva" at home, it will be amused by the cat stick every time, and it seems that there is only one day of memory, yesterday I was tired of playing, and today I will take it out again, and it will be like the first time I saw it.

As the saying goes, curiosity kills cats.

As the owner, Cao Aiqing has now experienced a little bit of this feeling.

Skipping class is a great sin for a good girl like her, but the accompanying excitement and curiosity make her can't help but fantasize about how He Tianran lived after being expelled from the house.

"This guy is so hateful! Halfway through the story, not the ending! ”

Cao Aiqing silently gritted her teeth and attributed her bad thoughts to the unfinished story, which was like a cat teasing stick, constantly shaking in the girl's heart and luring her over.

But the girl ignored a question, how could it be possible to attract her close to the cat with just a cat teasing stick and no one shaking it behind her?

Minutes and seconds passed, from morning to evening, and the day's classes were finally coming to an end.

He Tianran, who was sitting behind him, poked Cao Aiqing's back with little force, but maybe the girl was wearing a little too much and didn't notice.

He was stunned for a moment, then laughed to himself, thinking that it was better to forget it, and there was no need to make everyone know about his part-time work outside.

A while ago, the family's mother gave him 50,000 yuan, but with this money, He Tianran decided not to move until he had to do so.

After all, if he doesn't steam steamed buns to fight for breath, he actually wants to know if he can survive in this society without his father.

Therefore, not studying at night is a balance he can find between life and study after careful consideration.

When the class bell rang, Cao Aiqing stayed in her position and sat for ten minutes, she secretly looked at the figure of her classmates going out to forage for food, and when the classroom was almost gone, she made up her mind to turn around and look at the boy at the back table.

It's just that the boy who expected that he must have a narrow smile on his face now is gone, but his tablemate Guo Huai looked at him with a blank face.

With Cao Aiqing's casual glance, Guo Huai lowered his head and pushed his glasses.

"The squad leader...... This...... Do you know how to do this question? ”

He pushed up the test paper left by today's math teacher, pointed to a geometry problem, and asked shamelessly.

"Ahh......h

Cao Aiqing patiently explained, her mathematics is not the best among all subjects, but this is also relatively speaking, in less than a moment, she finished explaining the solution ideas, Guo Huai nodded.

"Squad leader, your way is correct, but it's a bit complicated, I just thought that I could solve it in another way, you can help me see if it works......

Guo Huai analyzed it carefully and presented another idea of solving the problem on paper.

Cao Aiqing nodded, looking at the other party's problem-solving steps, but in fact, she was already distracted in her heart.

Where's that bad eye?

Did he think he didn't promise him, so he left?

Thoughts like these stuffed her little head, and she should have sent him a message to ask now, but......

"Ban...... Monitor...... Are you listening? ”

"Ah...... At! ”

Cao Aiqing came back to his senses, looked at the more concise solution ideas on the test paper, and couldn't help but admire:

"Student Guo, I really didn't expect this method, you boys are really strong in mathematical thinking."

"Haha...... Actually, it's good to be able to score, I just like to think about some of the things that I don't have. ”

Guo Huai said shyly, thinking that this would arouse some of Cao Aiqing's interest, but after he finished saying this, the other side did not respond for a long time.

The girl on the other side lowered her head, her mind obviously not on this.

"That...... He classmate he...... I walked through the back door as soon as I got out of class......"

Guo Huai said tentatively.

Cao Aiqing raised her head, and just wanted to speak, Bai Tingting, who had been sitting in the classroom, also finished her homework at this time, and said as she walked:

"Ai Qing has been waiting for a long time, let's eat."

The two of them don't sit together now, Bai Tingting didn't play well in the last exam, and her ranking dropped a few places.

Cao Aiqing returned to a smile on her face.

"Okay."

The two girls walked out of the classroom arm in arm, today Bai Tingting suggested eating in the cafeteria, and the girl, who has always rarely refused others, had no objection to this, but looked at the full plates, she was a little absent-minded.

"Ai Qing, what are you looking at, so serious?"

Bai Tingting was eating green vegetables, looking at her best friend who had been staring at her phone in a daze, and couldn't help asking.

Cao Aiqing smiled as if she was hidden, put the mobile phone screen on the desktop, and said, "No, news." ”

"Oh~"

Bai Tingting didn't doubt him, just said someone else, she just swiped her mobile phone, and at this time, a circle of friends sent by Xue Yong caught her attention.

"This Xue Yong, who is not doing his job every day, knows that he beckons his fox friends and dog friends to drink everywhere, and he doesn't look like a student at all!"

With a complaint, Cao Aiqing also cast his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Bai Tingting flipped through her phone and said, "Look." ”

It was a circle of friends posted ten minutes ago, and the content was-

"Today my buddy is on stage for the first time in "Smoke Corner Alley", don't say I didn't notice, at eight o'clock in the evening, some people will have two drinks."

Since Bai Tingting and Xue Yong's social circles do not coincide much, most of the following likes are classmates, and Wen Liang, who has not seen her for a long time, also replied with two sentences under this circle of friends:

Wen Liang: "That LiveHouse on Zhengyang Road?"

Xue Yong: "Yes, yes, goddess, are you coming?" I also know a band that happens to be a lead singer! Let's try it, how long have we not seen each other?"

Wen Liang: "No, I'm not as idle as you."

Xue Yong: "It's a pity~ Haha, it's a pity~ It's okay if you don't come~ It's okay if you don't come."

Wen Liang: "??? What do you mean?"

Cao Aiqing was still watching, and Bai Tingting took back her mobile phone.

For the first time, my buddy, LiveHouse, it's okay not to come.

These key words that jumped out at once lingered in Cao Aiqing's mind, she thought about it for a while, and then they all pointed to the figure of a teenager.

After eating, the two girls walked around the campus according to their usual habits, and the sky always darkened quickly in winter, when the class bell rang and it was time to go back to the classroom.

Cao Aiqing looked at her toes in distraction, and the moment she walked into the teaching building, she suddenly raised her head and said:

"Tingting, I'...... It's a little uncomfortable, no, no, I left something in the cafeteria......"

Bai Tingting, who was walking in front, turned her head, although she was puzzled by the inconsistency in her best friend's words, she still cared first: "Ah? What did it fall on? Purse? Cell phone? Shall I accompany you back to get it? ”

Cao Aiqing shook his head and took two steps back: "No, I'll be back soon, you go up quickly, don't be late." ”

After she finished speaking, she ran in small steps.

Bai Tingting stood in place, confused.

Without the students of the first and second years of high school, only the teaching building of the third year of high school is still lit, and the campus has become much empty.

It's evening self-study time, and the gate of Hong Kong Middle School has been closed five minutes ago, Cao Aiqing walked not far from the school gate, looked at the closed gate, and paused.

"I still can't catch up, so it's the only way to go, so it's better to go back to class."

She thought so in her heart, as if fate insisted on making her a good boy who went to class obediently, and she habitually accepted such an ending.

It's just that there is a feeling that has always been in her heart, and she can't tell or explain.

She turned around and walked slowly towards the school building.

At this time, at the campus wall in front of her right, several boys stood sneakily below, and then easily climbed over the high wall of the school in a way that built a human wall.

"Hey, don't go, pull me."

The boy who was left behind looked up and complained to his friends who were riding the wall.

And these goods, I don't know what they saw, they are stupid and motionless, and their eyes are all in one direction.

"Classmates ......"

The man turned his head, and out of the darkness stepped out of the darkness a shy, pretty and spotless girl.

He looked familiar, but before he could remember who the other was, the girl pointed to the wall, and then heard a sentence in her ear:

"Can I trouble you...... Take me up for a while? ”

Three minutes later.

A group of teenagers who answered on the wall looked at the back of the girl who jumped off in a hurry and then walked away quickly, looking at each other.

"That's Cao Aiqing from the second class?"

"yes...... She's ...... Skipped class? ”

"yes...... She is in such a hurry, is there something wrong with her family? ”

"You are stupid, if there is an accident at home, you will ask for leave directly, what kind of class do you want to skip over the wall?"

“…… That's ...... It's very specific......"

“……”

A group of people all thought of the same answer, but they all tacitly did not speak, leaving only a gloomy sadness.

One is in front of each other, and at the same time falling out of love.

……

……

He Tianran is now the guitarist of the resident band at the Music Bar in Smoke Corner Lane, a part-time job introduced to him by the owner of the guitar shop.

This band has the same name as this store, both called "Yanjiao Alley", which is essentially a patchwork team, when a well-known band comes, they are responsible for warming up, if not, they are responsible for singing and blowing water every day.

The lead singer is a teacher who teaches vocal music, in his thirties, he never leaves his cigarette on weekdays, and he can say anything he says. The drummer is the owner of this shop, and the tambourine, box drum, and drum kit are ruthless people who can play melodies for you with anything; As for bass, she is a girl in her senior year, and it is said that she used to be a student of the lead singer teacher, and later became a girlfriend.

He Tianran is the youngest in it, but he is not the only guitarist, the guitarist of the band fell in love before and can't be there every day, so he will take the shift every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

At first, the boy was afraid that he would not be able to reach the level of the band, but he found that the songs sung by the band were all relatively folk and popular slow songs, and after a few days of running-in and memorizing the score, it was not difficult to cooperate.

"Playing these songs, are we selling stories?" After He Tianran finished the interview, he pretended to be innocent and asked the boss.

"No, we're only responsible for selling alcohol, and the song is just a side dish." The drummer boss gave him a "you know" look.

He Tianran suddenly felt that everyone had the same three views, so he decided to accept this part-time job, the working hours are from eight o'clock in the evening to half past ten, and he can earn five hundred yuan at a time, and one thousand and a half in three days, and he will pay once a week.

He Tianran felt that it was worth it to earn a month's living expenses in three days, but he might have to waste his study time.

Today is his first time on stage, and he is inevitably a little nervous, he only told Xue Yong about this matter, but he didn't expect this guy to bring a bunch of his friends and a few senior brothers from the boxing gym to help him.

The people at their table raised their wine glasses and cheered at He Tianran, it was freezing outside the tavern door, but the boy's heart was warm at this time, and he felt that his face was hot.

"Don't be nervous, it's not an official performance, even if you play the wrong game, you don't know that there are nine and a half of ten people in the audience, so feel free."

The lead singer teacher comforted He Tianran, and then lit a cigarette.

"Well, we'll start when you're done?" He Tianran asked.

The lead singer shook his head: "No, let's start now, I'll sing while smoking." ”

“…… Cow beer. ”

"By the way, Xiaohe, do you have a girlfriend?" The lead singer asked in a deep voice.

"Divided." He Tianran didn't know why he asked, but he answered honestly.

The lead singer picked up a bottle of Fujia White on the table next to him, held a cigarette in his mouth, opened the cap with a screwdriver in a chic manner, handed it over, and said:

"When you get thirsty on the stage, drink this, and if you like a girl in the audience, you will go down to toast, and then pull it up and sing, and you will have a girlfriend tomorrow."

He Tianran was stupid after hearing this.

The bass girl flew into a roll of her eyes, snatched the wine bottle and said, "Xiaohe is still a high school student, and he has to go to class tomorrow, don't teach him badly!" ”

The lead singer disagreed, and gave the drummer boss a look, and the drum beat of the prelude sounded.

The three of them started their respective work self-evidently, and He Tianran reacted quickly, but until the lead singer was about to speak, he didn't pluck the strings.

Because, when he saw the door, a girl hurriedly walked in, her sweater had been cut out of a conspicuous opening, and her face was still panicked when she first arrived in an unfamiliar environment.

It wasn't until the eyes of the two people on and off the stage finally came into contact that the girl was better, but soon, she shifted her gaze again, silently found a secluded position, and after sitting down, the bartender enthusiastically stepped forward to ask her what she needed, she picked up the wine list on the table, looked at it with a daze, and after hesitating for a moment, she covered her face with the wine list, and said a word shyly, and the bartender was stunned for a moment.

The drummer boss's prelude drum beat was played several times in a row, but He Tianran's guitar never entered, and the lead singer glanced at He Tianran, and then followed his gaze and showed a smile.

The boy picked up the wine that was placed at the feet of the bass teacher, poured half a bottle of "dong dong", and then hiccuped very angrily.

It was the first time he had drunk alcohol.

The drinkers listening to the song in the audience laughed and shouted: "Cow Beer~"

Of course, they don't understand the thoughts of the young guitarist, but they simply feel that this behavior is very temperamental, very youthful, and deserves to be applauded.

His hand began to move, the guitar gradually started, the lead singer and the bass looked at each other, both smiled, the lead singer extinguished the cigarette, and the magnetic voice followed the clear guitar, slowly singing:

"The two of them complement each other

The light is brighter than the stars at night

I'll climb mountains and mountains for you

But I don't want to look at the scenery

I miss you, take courage

Spread the message on the map of love......"

The people of the tavern indulged in the song, raising their glasses and changing lamps, and staggered their plans, and a lot can happen in the time of a song.

He Tianran on the stage played freely and affectionately, and the girl in the audience took the boiled water handed by the bartender, she held it in both hands, took a small sip, her eyes lit up, and she thought in her heart-

It's a pity that I didn't have a bouquet of flowers this time.

"Love is just one word, I only say it once

You know I'm only going to show it with action

The fireworks were too presumptuous, and they held on

See me make a desperate bet for you. ”

Xue Yong saw Cao Aiqing's arrival in his eyes, and he was sincerely happy for He Tianran.

He drank his wine, glanced disapprehantly at the empty second floor, and drank the wine in his glass.