As if to see through the sneakiness in my heart, Ritsu Zhaochuan raised his hand towards me. "You ......," he whispered, suddenly leaning close to me.

What does he want to do?!

I stared at him wide-eyed, reflexively holding my breath and my heart pounding.

The warm breath was like a light veil falling on my face, and I was shocked to bounce away for a long time.

Then I saw a fallen leaf between his fingers. At this moment, Lu Zhaochuan's expression was clearly looking at a fool.

My face burned hot. "I'm hungry, I don't know what Aunt Luo has cooked." I was embarrassed and made excuses and ran towards the kitchen.

I took the bowl and divided the chopsticks, and finally sat opposite Ritsu Zhaochuan. The embarrassment is like a virus, spreading to the entire four-wall space.

Aunt Luo showed her skills today - the pumpkin soup is sweet, the steamed shrimp meat is fat and chewy, and there is a herb roast chicken in the center of the table, which is smeared with a layer of vanilla juice on the skin and then baked in the oven, the skin is red with oil, and the aroma is overflowing. What surprised me the most was that there was also a stir-fried chayote on the table. Chayote is very common in the south, the plant is very easy to feed and the fruit bears a lot. The north has not seen it. I've been in Beijing for so long, and it's the first time I've seen it. When I was in Licheng, stir-fried chayote was a dish I often made, wash the cucumber and cut it into thin slices, put in a spoonful of home-boiled lard after the pot was hot, chop the garlic and fry it to make a fragrance, and then pour the cut melon into the pot, stir-fry it over high heat, and you can get out of the pot when the melon changes color.

"What is this?" Ritsu Terukawa seems to be interested in chayote.

I'm happy to popularize science: "Chayote, I also have it in my yard!" ”

"Your home?"

"Well, Licheng's hometown." Let me explain a little.

Lu Zhaochuan nodded, raised his chopsticks and took a few pieces to the entrance.

I was curious and asked, "How?" ”

"It's sweet."

I was a little proud: "Some people also eat it as fruit." ”

"It's quite versatile."

"When I saw chayote, I remembered one thing—"

There are a lot of fruits and vegetables planted in the yard of Licheng's hometown, and thanks to our careful care, the melons and fruits are growing happily. One evening, when I came back from a walk with my mother after dinner, I heard the sound of rustling in the vegetable garden, and found that someone was stealing vegetables in the faint light. I looked at my mother, who motioned for me to remain silent, took my hand and quietly exited the house. On this day, we walked several laps more than usual. Licheng is not big, and the neighbors know each other. I saw that the melon picking at my house was Abel who lived at the end of the alley. My mother saw through my thoughts: "It is precisely because we know each other that we are even more embarrassed to speak." If it weren't too difficult, people would never come to pick it. "Actually, Abel just picked two crooked chayote. The next day, my mother asked me to pick the ripe fruits and vegetables from the garden, pick them and send them to my neighbors, and when I sent them to Abo's house at the end of the street, I deliberately kept some more.

The Dragon Boat Festival long after. When I met their baby on the street, I was only four years old, and when they saw me from afar, they called out "sister", and Tuk Tuk Tuk ran towards me, silently stuffed something in my palm, turned around and ran. Before I could react, he ran away. I spread out my palm and found that it was a few white rabbit toffee. Later, I learned that he went to his new daughter-in-law's house to tie the red rope during the Dragon Boat Festival, because he was cute, and the bride grabbed a few white rabbit toffee for him, he ate one, and didn't eat the rest, pinching it all the way and running back to me.

I said to my mom at the time, "I'm going to try to remember what this candy tastes like." Mom smiled and said, "Memories are not up to people." When I was young, I thought I could remember everything, but the truth is, I don't know what I can control. She stroked the top of my head. I don't know what she's saying. But I know it's not me she's talking about.

"And then?" Lu Zhaochuan asked.

I pulled myself out of the memory: "The story is over. ”

"Why did you suddenly remember this, just because of this chayote?"

"Not really," I was a little stunned, "but I understood what my mother said." Memories are really inadmissible, what to think of, what not to remember, is not controlled by oneself. ”

At the same time as I finished speaking, I found that unconsciously, I actually regarded Ritsu Zhaochuan as the object of confiding.

I regret it a little, and I remember that scene.

"So, what do you remember?" Ritsu Terukawa was keenly aware and kept his eyes on me.

When he asked me this, I blushed, and the picture of myself kissing someone was dangling in front of me. Suddenly, I found that I was extremely bad at hiding my emotions, and I hesitated: "I, I-"

I turned the topic around: "How did you and Xu Chen become good friends?" Don't you think the gap between the two of you is too big? ”

Ritsu Zhaochuan raised his eyebrows.

"He's quiet, you're cold, he's gentle, you're irritable." I said rather politely.

Two people who are clearly completely opposite are actually friends. Moreover, these two people actually like Xiao Yu! It's also fate.

Ritsu Zhaochuan's face was slightly gloomy, and I thought he was going to be angry. As a result, his eyebrows tightened and suddenly relaxed, and he said indifferently: "I just admire his calmness, gentleness, and kindness." That's why I became friends with him. ”

I don't hide my astonishment. It's the first time I've heard Ritsushogawa praise a person.

"You think we don't seem to have a good relationship?" He saw through my doubts in an instant.

Now that Ritsu Zhaochuan has made it clear, I nodded frankly.

"Who knows, maybe, what I actually hate is his quietness, gentleness, and kindness." Lu Zhaochuan suddenly said gloomily.

At noon, a group of girls came to the flower shop to learn to tie bouquets in their boring leisure time. At that time, the other clerks were not there, and the team leader was a teacher, so I gave her a hand. I hadn't done this before, and in a hurry, I suddenly felt pain, and I looked down to see that the white bead-shaped flesh was tightly packed in the crack cut by the knife, and a stream of blood quickly surged up, completely annihilating the white flesh. It turned out that it was cut by the hand. Blood gushed out like crazy, flowing like a pour. Tears welled up in my eyes.

The girl sitting next to me was the first to notice my defeat and screamed in horror: "Blood! ”

The team leader also exclaimed: "Selangor! ”

Before I could figure out what to do next, Xu Chen rushed to my side like a gust of wind, without saying a word, hugged me sideways, raised his legs and ran out......

The young female doctor carefully treated my wounds, and Xu Chen sat aside with a pale face, he looked more painful than me.

I couldn't help but speak: "Xu Chen, otherwise, you can wait for me outside." He was stunned, then got up and walked out silently.

After Xu Chen went out, the doctor said: "Your boyfriend wants to accompany you, and you still drive him away, you are so sad." ”

"Ah...... I saw that he was so scared......" I subconsciously explained.

The doctor looked at it and didn't say anything more.

I added with a lot of burden: "He's not my boyfriend." You are mistaken. ”

"Oh." The doctor replied.

Why explain that I am a patient in a hurry, and who I am in relation to is meaningless to the doctor.

After the wound was treated, I went out of the consultation room and saw Xu Chen sitting on a bench on the porch, his head buried deeply. When he saw me come out, he hurriedly got up and came to meet me.

I caught his anomaly, and his eyes were red.

"What's wrong with you?"

As soon as I finished asking, he silently hugged me, and I was shocked in vain.

"Xu Chen?" I cautiously asked again, but he didn't answer.

I pulled out of his embrace: "What's going on?" …… Is it Xiao Yu what's wrong? ”

Xu Chen shook his head.

"What did the doctor say about your injuries, is it serious?"

I thanked me sincerely, and then replied, "Don't worry about me." ”

He had been running around with me in his arms. Looking back at this moment, I suddenly felt embarrassed. After all, it was just a small wound, and he was carried to the hospital......

It's an exaggeration.

I held up my bandaged fingers and showed him, "Look, does it look like the chicken leg that everyone loves in "One Piece"?" Haha, I also have a chicken leg that I can never eat...... Ahh ”

Seeing this, Xu Chen chuckled: "You can still tell jokes at this time." ”

Seeing that his brow was a little looser, my heart was not so heavy. I realized that I actually minded what the doctor had just said.

"Doesn't it mean that it's healthier to smile?" I grinned.

"If only she were like you."

"She? Xiao Yu? ”

She didn't smile much, she was silent, stubborn, cold and arrogant. I don't seem to have any friends other than me. If we hadn't known each other since childhood, she wouldn't have bothered me. ”

Xiao Yu turned out to be like that? Not at all.

"I thought I was special to her. The reality is that we are not in the same relationship as each other. She doesn't need to be taken care of by others, and asking for warmth is what she is most tired of, even if she encounters difficulties, she will not reach out for help. In fact, she didn't need anyone, including me. Even without me, she could have lived well. In her eyes, I was dispensable. But for others, I am unique and indispensable. So, I have to choose the person I need more......" Xu Chen smiled bitterly.

It may be that the blood supply is insufficient, and I am a little sluggish, and these words seem to have been heard somewhere.

Xu Chen: "I thought I was relieved. Because if she leaves, she will naturally not calculate whether she has me in her heart, and whether I have weight in her heart. ”

"Hey, don't people say it, people's hearts are like the sea. It's hard to guess this kind of thing, just ask her directly. "I'm making a completely high-level comment.

Xu Chen smiled bitterly, his eyes flickering: "I don't have a chance, she didn't give me a chance to regret it." She's missing...... After she disappeared, I realized that it didn't matter if she needed me or not, I had always needed her. ”

Xiao Yu is missing!

I stood up, and there was a flash of lightning and thunder in my heart. Didn't she say she was dealing with work, how could she be missing? When did it happen?

"Why didn't you say it earlier!"

I hurriedly pulled out my phone to make a call, just as I called up the phone number. "Are you going to pretend you don't know?" Xu Chen asked softly.

This sentence made me feel like I was pouring water into my pocket, and my whole body was cold. I looked at Xu Chen in surprise, he was looking at me deeply.

I can't pretend I don't understand anymore.

The "she" Xu Chen said was not Xiao Yu, but me......