Chapter 21
Chapter 21
Xiang Yan had that familiar dream again.
In her dream, she returned to her high school days. When she opened her eyes, she was still in the familiar classrooms and classrooms, and she was still the most familiar group of people. Everyone was laughing and making noises, and ignited the boring life with enthusiasm.
Although it was extremely hard at that time, it was also one of Xiang Yan's few good memories.
Because during those days, she could see her favorite person every day.
The classes of the two of them happened to be opposite each other, and Xiang Yan always took a peek through the door in the name of going to the bathroom every time.
She found that as long as it came to Friday, Zhou Ru would definitely come to school with painting tools.
Seeing Xiang Yan a lot, she couldn't help but quietly asked people in their class, and finally realized that she had signed up for an interest class outside, and she had to go to class every Friday night.
It seems that she likes to draw.
Like picking up a beautiful shell on the beach, Xiang Yan secretly remembered this matter in her heart.
At that time, many girls in their class were chasing stars. Teenagers like to be reserved and restrained. The way to express their love is to use the same style as the idols and do things similar to the idols.
Xiang Yan doesn't chase stars, but she likes Zhou Ru, so she also wants to do the same thing as Zhou Ru.
It's a pity that when she made this wish, she didn't get her mother's support.
"I've worked hard enough for you to go to school!" Mother said, "I don't have time to take care of your messy things!"
"I want to learn to figure out my own way." She said, her tone was cold and sarcastic, "It's a money-losing thing."
Just a few short words made Xiang Yan feel sad for a long time, with a chill in her bones.
Later, she had no other choice, and she really couldn't let go of this wish, so she saved money for food, saved and saved, and finally saved enough money to entrust an experienced classmate to teach herself.
In fact, in retrospect, her stomach ache when she doesn't eat may have come from that time.
Fortunately, she lived up to her expectations and was not ashamed of her hard work for so long.
Xiang Yan started from the basics little by little, and gradually acquired a great painting skill, and the works she drew were even exhibited at the school celebration.
But that wasn't her best work.
Xiang Yan thought about it, and couldn't help laughing softly in her sleep.
Reality and dreams intersected, and she seemed to hear Zhou Ru whispering something softly in her ear in a trance.
She said, "If you have the chance, can you draw me a picture too?"
As soon as the words fell, Xiang Yan whispered back to her in her dream.
"Actually, I have already painted it." She said, with the love that had been secretly hidden since the girlhood in her tone, "I have already painted it without your knowledge, and there are all kinds of shapes."
"very many."
"It's all about you."
When Xiang Yan woke up, it was already bright, and the sun shone in through the window, dispelling the coldness left by the night.
Her brain was a little dazed due to the hangover, and Xiang Yan lay on the bed for a long time before finally remembering what happened last night.
She and Xu Yunyun went to Zhou Ru's tattoo shop to have dinner, drink wine, and play a game of truth or dare.
Not only that, but during this period, she seemed to play tricks on Zhou Ru by using alcohol and rules, ordering Zhou Ru to kiss herself.
Thinking of this incident, Xiang Yan's heartbeat quickened a little unconsciously.
But that's not what made her feel the most shy, because after that, Zhou Ru really kissed her, not only on her face, but even...on her lips.
When recalling the whole incident, Xiang Yan sat up from the bed immediately.
Her body was still a little light, and Xiang Yan didn't have time to worry too much. After putting on her shoes, she stood up firmly while leaning on the wall and walked out.
It seems that Zhou Ru is no longer in the house at this moment, Xiang Yan searched around but did not see her figure, and finally only found the note she left on the table.
It seems that because something happened suddenly, I took a step ahead and told her not to worry.
Not only that, Zhou Ru also told her in the note that she had already made breakfast and put it in the refrigerator for her to warm up and eat when she got up.
It's so good.
Xiang Yan raised her lips happily, and a burst of joy burst out quietly from the bottom of her heart.
She folded the small note and put it gently in her pajamas pocket, then quickly walked to the refrigerator and opened the door to take a look in, and she saw a very delicate breakfast.
It's an omurice, which smells very fragrant, and there are two fried sausages on the side.
Xiang Yan took the breakfast out of the refrigerator and put it in the microwave.
Then she turned around and walked unsteadily into the bathroom to wash up.
At this moment, she is still a bit confused, her body and brain have not had time to wake up, and her reaction is half a beat slower than usual.
Until she saw herself in the mirror at a glance.
Xiang Yan was taken aback for a moment, and after a while her eyes widened in surprise.
She found that the corner of her mouth was broken.
How did you do it?
She raised her hand in a daze to touch it, and when her fingers touched the wound, it was quite painful, which made her hiss involuntarily.
Xiang Yan blinked her eyes, searched her memory for a while, and finally found only one possibility.
"Is it because of Zhou Ru?" She murmured softly, and the memories of that kiss suddenly flashed in her mind at this moment.
Zhou Ru's embrace was warm and her lips were soft. She hugged herself and kissed her for a long time under the dim light.
At that moment, the hearts of the two seemed to be stuck together.
Xiang Yan had never kissed anyone before, so she had no experience at all, and there was no way to kiss someone, even her body was stiff.
But Zhou Ru didn't dislike it, and instead guided her to deepen the kiss little by little, as if they were intimate lovers, and the kiss made her brain weak and weak due to lack of oxygen.
It's like dreaming, but it's not a dream.
Xiang Yan thought about it, and even her ears turned red.
Because today is the weekend, the tattoo parlor does not work.
Zhou Ru didn't know where to go, and Xiang Yan was too embarrassed to contact her at all. The progress of the two of them last night was so fast that she was very flustered at the moment.
So in the end she contacted Lin Yue through Xu Yunyun.
After so many years of separation, there was a long period of irreparable gap between her and Zhou Ru.
As soon as that gap appeared, it appeared, and it couldn't be filled no matter how hard I tried, and I could only understand it through the people around her.
And Lin Yue is the best candidate.
The two made an appointment at a cafe in the city center, and when Xiang Yan passed by wearing a mask, Lin Yue was already sitting in it first.
This was the first time they met alone, and Xiang Yan had something to trouble her, so she bought Lin Yue a gift in advance on the way here.
It's a new set of skin care products. She checked Lin Yue's circle of friends before she came here and found that she seemed to like this brand very much.
"Come as soon as you come." Lin Yue was obviously very useful, and cheerfully took the gift and put it aside, "What gift to bring, we are familiar with each other."
Before Xiang Yan could speak, she immediately asked again: "Why are you wearing a mask? Do you have a cold?"
"Yes." Xiang Yan nodded, not daring to tell Lin Yue the truth, "Maybe it was because of the wind when I went back last night."
"Tsk." Lin Yue clicked her lips when she heard the words, "What's the matter, Zhou Ru didn't take good care of you."
"No." Xiang Yan quickly shook her head, "She's fine..."
As soon as the words were spoken, there was no place to hide the small thoughts in my heart.
Seeing this, Lin Yue unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth.
I like this kind of thing, I can't hide it no matter what, even if my mouth can lie, but my eyes and demeanor can completely expose people.
"Let's get into the topic." She said, not planning to sit here and go around in circles, "You came here for Zhou Ru's business, right?"
"Yes." Xiang Yan replied softly.
"Do you want to ask me about Zhou Ru's situation over the years?" Lin Yue asked again.
The sensitivity was so sharp that even Xiang Yan was shocked.
She smiled a little embarrassedly, and nodded again after a while.
The smile on Lin Yue's face deepened a little.
"Okay." She replied, tapped her fingers on the table to call the little girl in front of her to listen to her, and then opened the chatter box, telling her everything she knew.
She said that she and Zhou Ru met three years ago.
At that time, they had few college courses and had a lot of time. A few friends started a band together when they had nothing to do. They often played music in clubs.
After a long time, almost all the people in it got acquainted, and because of this, they got acquainted with Zhou Ru.
"You might not even know it." Lin Yue said, "Can you imagine that Zhou Ru can actually play drums."
"Drum set?" Xiang Yan was very surprised when she heard this.
She shook her head, and replied in a low voice with some embarrassment: "I really don't know."
"I still have photos here." Lin Yue said, took out the phone from her pocket, looked through it, and handed it to Xiang Yan after a while, "Look."
Xiang Yan quickly shifted her gaze to the screen.
On the screen is a group photo of many people standing together, about seven or eight men and women crowded together, all with happy smiles on their faces.
Zhou Ru and Lin Yue were also in this line, one was holding a guitar and the other was holding a drumstick, their faces were younger and full of vitality than they looked now.
"This was our lead singer at the time." Because recalling the past years, Lin Yue inevitably talked a lot, she laughed, pointed to the people in the photo and introduced them to Xiang Yan one by one, "This is Bess, this is... "
He was talking and laughing, until he came to a girl standing next to Zhou Ru, the whole person stopped suddenly.
Xiang Yan raised her head.
"What's wrong?" She asked, suddenly realizing that something was wrong with Lin Yue.
She paused, then quickly lowered her head and continued to look at the photo, and found that it was a very beautiful girl with a very good figure and long and thin legs.
Like a wild rose growing on a cliff, it is beautiful and aggressive.
Xiang Yan looked at it, and for some reason suddenly remembered what Zhou Ru had said to herself.
"I like wild ones," she said.
The moment she realized this, Xiang Yan's heart went cold.
"Is it her girlfriend?" She opened her mouth and asked Lin Yue sadly.
"No, no, don't think too much." Lin Yue shook her head, regretting why she showed Xiang Yan that photo, "I don't know what their relationship is."
"Zhou Ru didn't mention it to me." She said, and quickly tried to save her, "I didn't mention it. Could it be a girlfriend? They should be just ordinary friends."
"Is that so?" The little girl in front of her nodded, feeling a little better.
Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to tell Xiang Yan what to do next.
After that, after graduating from university, several people stopped playing music and went their separate ways. Lin Yue struggled to find a job because of her low diploma, and Zhou Ru found out about it somehow.
"At that time, she asked me if I was interested in opening a tattoo shop with her." Lin Yue recalled, "Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I agreed."
"It's just that I can't figure it out. Zhou Ru obviously has such a good education and his family background seems to be quite superior. What is the reason why he can't think about doing this."
She shook her head, and said after a while, "I guess it's a conflict with the family."
The tone sounded very sad.
Xiang Yan fell silent.
It turned out that so many things that she didn't know had happened in these years, and it turned out that she didn't know much about Zhou Ru.
Laughing self-deprecatingly, Xiang Yan raised her head again, and thanked Lin Yue very sincerely: "Thank you, sister Lin Yue, for telling me so much today."
"It's okay." Lin Yue said, "We're all friends."
"Actually, I don't know if I should say something. After all, it's a matter between the two of you, and I'm too embarrassed to intervene." She smiled, her expression seemed more serious than before, "But... if If you like it, go for it."
"Why do you think so much? It's so tiring. It's best to follow your heart."
"What if the final result is good, even if it doesn't work, at least you have worked hard."
Xiang Yan knew that Lin Yue really regarded herself as a friend, so she told her this.
"If it was Lin Yue, what would you do?" She nodded and smiled sincerely.
"Me." Lin Yue tilted her head and thought for a while, and finally patted the table, "If it were me, I would try my best to chase after her, regardless of what she likes, pure or wild, tall Still short."
"Anyway, sooner or later, I will break it to her, so that she can only like me."
"Love is inherently selfish."
After Xiang Yan came out of the cafe, she went straight home.
The clothes she picked out according to Xu Yunyun's instructions a while ago hadn't been used yet, so she took a deep breath and simply took out all those things and changed them back on.
Lace underwear, one-shoulder little black dress, high-end and seductive trinkets.
After she finished arming, she suddenly remembered the person in the photo, and after a moment of silence, she ran to the mirror and seriously put on lipstick on herself.
After finishing these, she sent a video call to Xu Yunyun.
Xu Yunyun probably just woke up, she was still in a daze when she picked up the video, but she woke up immediately when she saw her.
"Wow~" she said, expressing her heartfelt emotion as if seeing a new land, "Xiang Yanyan, you have changed your style!"
"Yes." Xiang Yan nodded, her cheeks turned red with her exclamation.
She opened her mouth, and asked Xu Yunyun nervously and embarrassedly: "What do you think, is it wild enough?"
"Enough is enough!" Xu Yunyun nodded again and again, "It's very wild!"
"What on earth are you going to do?" She belatedly asked, "You are so beautifully dressed."
"Just... I want to work hard." Xiang Yan was silent for a while, and finally broke the jar, "What if I can fall in love."
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