Chapter 8

Our life is like crossing a sea, and we are all gathered in this narrow boat.

-Tagore's Bird Collection

Time swings in front of us in an unexpected posture, and the expression of time passes between our fingers under the conditions we perceive.

There are all kinds of encounters and opportunities in life, which are intertwined and compiled into our lives.

Chu Xiaoye and I tacitly did not mention the magical kiss. In the physics andchemistry class, I opened my notebook and listened to the physics andchemistry class as usual in the corner.

Guan Bai sat next to me, pushed my elbow and said, "Xia Shu, what's your relationship with Chu Xiaoye?"

Guan Bai is very popular. He said that the wind and grass in this school could not escape his eyes.

So I told him truthfully that I helped her finish the pictorial.

Guan Bai raised his eyebrows and nodded a little: "I know this. The school bulletin board is your masterpiece."

I can never keep up with the brain of Guanbai quantum theory, and I can't guess what he thinks. He looked at me with a smile like a flower.

Guan Bai's work is first-class. He can do something with a smile and kill you at the same time. This is what is called "belly black". Guan Bai has the same sense of righteousness. As long as he agrees, he will do anything to complete it. This is Guan Bai. The real Guan Bai, the Guan Bai who dares to bear it in the bottom of my heart.

After class, Guan Bai suddenly took my hand and said, "Xia Shu, there is no class tomorrow. Let's have dinner together."

I said, "Okay. Who are there?"

Guan Bai said casually, "I, Lele, and Chu Xiaoye." Guan Bai stared at me and tried to capture my expression.

I also said casually, "Okay."

Guan Bai didn't seem to get the answer she needed and said boringly, "Oh, it's really boring."

Guan Bai's micro-expression interpretation has his own set of theories.

He said that this is a set of theories by a professor in the United States that studies the expressions of criminals.

I said, you like to study people as criminals. Do you know? I also heard that people who study psychology, one wants to peep into people's psychological activities, and the other has their own psychological diseases. I think you are the latter one.

Guan Bai spread his shoulders to me and smiled without any doubt.

As for what kind of purpose Guan Bai studies psychology, he only knows about himself. Guan Bai often exposes whose psychological activities.

At the dinner table, I'm late. Brother Qiang had a high fever, and I kept changing his towel and feeding him medicine. Originally, this was what Guan Bai had to do, and the dormitory was rotated to take care of Brother Qiang. Guan Bai, who left the sentence "Students will have something to do", disappeared. I had to wait, and another one in the dormitory took over my job.

Brother Qiang grabbed my hand and said, "Xia Shu, thank you." What was speechless was his weak voice with some women's pleas.

I shake off Brother Qiang's hand. You lie down and rest at ease.

It was not until nearly noon that Brother Qiang fell asleep with his snoring, and another one in the dormitory came back to take over my work. That's why I arrived at the place where Guan Bai made an appointment for dinner.

"Xia Shu, you sit here." Guan Bai pointed to the nearest position of Chu Xiaoye.

"Sorry, I'm late." I walked in the direction of Guan Bai's fingers and sat next to Chu Xiaoye.

"Hello, Xia Shu." Chu Xiaoye nodded to me.

Du Lele smiled at me as a greeting.

The waiter served the ordered dishes, and Guan Bai did not hesitate to start.

Chu Xiaoye asked me, "Xia Shu, have you seen your painting? Many people say it is an error-in-reported painting.

I said, "I saw it. Thank you." I lowered my head and bit the shredded mushroom meat.

Chu Xiaoye adjusted Liuhai with his hand and said, "I need more help from you in the future."

Guan Bai replied for me with a smile, "Xia Shu, you will." Guan Bai put his elbow against me and asked me, "Is that right?"

I thought for a moment: "As long as time permits, there is no problem."

Guan Bai said, "Well, I also saw that picture. It's very good." Looking at the pink ceiling thoughtfully.

Guan Bai suddenly turned his head and asked me, "Xia Shu, how is your portrait?"

I said, "Learn a little."

Guan Bai joked, "There is a cremation room not far from the school, which specializes in cremating the dead." Guan Bai took a sip of the wine in his hand: "You can go there to make portraits for others."

Du Lele scolded, "Xia Shu, don't listen to him. Guan Bai didn't say a serious word." After saying that, he stared fiercely.

Guan Bai stretched out his tongue, raised his head, looked at the pink ceiling of the restaurant and muttered, "Xia Shu, my portrait, you must draw it for me."

The atmosphere suddenly became incredibly quiet under Guan Bai's dim words. Du Lele locked her eyebrows and lowered her head without saying a word.

Guan Bai said with a cheerful smile, "Haha, it scares you."

Du Lele changed the topic and asked Chu Xiaoye, "You haven't asked how you know each other?" Du Lele looked at Guan Bai.

Chu Xiaoye said, "Guan Bai is the only student union to serve as the chairman of the student union as a freshman. I just made my debut at that time and was taken care of by Guan Bai a lot."

"I can't see that you are so powerful." I poked Guan Bai in his ear and said in a voice that only the two of us heard.

He waved his head, his hair was slightly raised, and the faint smell of shampoo spread out in the air.

The atmosphere finally eased down. How many times have I seen the same depression and struggle as today under the cheerfulness that Guan Bai should have?

Immersed in the dark past, the inescapable black time. However, in the depths of the heart engulfed by darkness, in such a dirty place, there is incredible light. Guan Bai gave me such a portrayal, and Du Lele incredibly gave me a portrayal of this feeling. Such a sense of coincidence, a similar twin feeling.

A person's eyes will misread the essence, but a person's feeling is often the sharp blade to see such events.

Guan Bai once said that there may be a guy 'similar' to you on the other side of the earth.

And Guan Bai was lucky enough to find this person - Du Lele.

I never thought about falling in love with someone who is similar to me. In the hot summer, I fell in love with just a girl who walked on two different parallel lines with me, and there was no intersection.

The winter in December is colder. There seems to be only summer and winter in this city. The weather is clear. There are two kinds of extreme weather in this damn city. Life here tells us that we have no choice but to adapt.

Guan Bai took Du Lele to take me and Chu Xiaoye to eat and drink, or take us to the disco to dance, sing in KTV, and sprinkle his fiery youth.

Guan Bai can sleep at 1:00 a.m. every day, get up at 6:00 a.m., and have the energy to run around the world. Du Lele is always one of the participants in Guan Bai's actions.

When Guan Bai was in college, he seemed to brand his footprints in the corners of the city.

Whenever I am in a corner of this city, I always think of him smiling at me in white.

Chu Xiaoye and I talk about happy things from time to time. Chu Xiaoye likes to listen to those funny things about Brother Qiang. Every time I say something about Brother Qiang as my chat content.

Du Lele is not feeling well today. Guan Bai sent Du Lele to leave early.

I have to send Chu Xiaoye back. A cold wind was hanging on the street. Walking on the road, Chu Xiaoye put his hand in his coat pocket. We walked side by side on the empty streets.

Chu Xiaoye asked me, "Xia Shu, I admit that I like you very much." Chu Xiaoye stopped and looked at me with starry eyes. Chu Xiaoye took a deep breath and continued to say, "I must say that I like you."

I think I like Chu Xiaoye. However, I didn't come out of the world of spiny birds, which is unfair to Chu Xiaoye, and it won't let me go.

I have to say, "Yes, I like you. However, I can't. I can't now."

Chu Xiaoye asked me firmly, "Is it that girl?"

"Yes. If you are willing to wait." I know my words are irresponsible.

"Yes. I believe in you."

The love Chu Xiaoye gives me is pure love, without any impurities. I'm such an asshole. There is no hope to give and promise to give me time.

My thing about the prickly bird has taken root in my heart. It hurts. I have always been rooted in the bottom of my heart. He never revealed to Chu Xiaoye that Chu Xiaoye never asked about my past.

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