almost lonely

Chapter 24

Haven't seen him in over a year.

Ning Juechen has a natural fear of Wu Tian, ​​which may be because Wu Tian fiercely blocked him in the corner when they met for the first time, and Ning Juechen immediately thought of his father.Although he later learned to resist under Xu Ye's education, deep down in his heart he was still very afraid of Wu Tian.From the braking in the first year of high school to the recording in the second year of high school, Wu Tian never came for him, but every time it affected him, Ning Juechen just wanted to avoid him as far as possible.

Ning Juechen was a little stiff, and at a glance, the men and women in the room were all of the same type as Wu Tian. He couldn't tell, but he didn't look like a student, but like a gangster.

Wu Tian hooked him by the neck and led him into the box, his scorching breath and heavy alcohol smell went straight into his collar: "Come on, let me introduce you, this one! My classmate from the thirteenth middle school! Just what I said The one who smashed my front teeth with his old friend! Awesome!" A red-haired girl smiled coquettishly and joked at him: "Brother Tian, ​​you used to be in the thirteenth high school, I don't believe it!"

"Come on, Lu Juelan, prove it to me!" Wu Tian slammed his hand around him, "Speak, you!" Ning Juechen was almost out of breath by his strangulation: "...you admit the wrong person gone."

Ning Juechen has been around for three years, and now he is about the same height as Lu Juelan, so it is easy for people who are not familiar with him to mistake him. "Oh, wear long sleeves in summer?" Wu Tian narrowed his eyes and looked at him for a while, "You are Lu Juelan's younger brother."

Ning Juechen wanted to take the opportunity to escape: "It's okay, then I'll go first." Wu Tian grabbed him by the collar and dragged him back: "Don't, who said it's okay! Your brother is here too, if you want to leave, let him go first." Call over, and his friend." Ning Juechen secretly tightened his fingers: "He's not here..." Wu Tian grabbed his front: "Really? Don't play tricks on me!"

I don't know if Ning Juechen acted too well or Wu Tian drank too much, Wu Tian really believed it, he pushed Ning Juechen down on the sofa and gave him a glass: "That's all right, You drank this and I won't go to your brother to make trouble today."

For some unknown reason, Wu Tian's group of cronies started booing suddenly. The red-haired girl stood up to grab the cup, but Wu Tian raised her hand and waved it away.

The wine glass was cold in his hand, Ning Juechen frowned: "I don't know how to drink." Wu Tian bent his fingers and tapped the glass wall: "This is very sweet, fruit wine."

Ning Juechen was really afraid that Wu Tian would cause trouble for Lu Juelan and Xu Ye—he was too afraid of causing trouble for Xu Ye again, he always caused trouble for Xu Ye.

He is also afraid of alcohol. He has always felt that alcohol is an evil and terrible thing, and it will turn good people into bad people.But this fear of "afraid of causing trouble to Xu Ye" actually overwhelmed his long-standing fear of wine, and he picked up the glass enduring nausea and timidity.

It was Ning Juechen's first time drinking alcohol. He closed his eyes tightly and poured it down quickly with his head raised.Wu Tian didn't lie to him, the fruit wine is indeed sweet in the mouth, but after swallowing it, the scorching heat will gradually rise from the throat.Wu Tian actually did what he said and let him go, Ning Juechen escaped from the box amidst the exaggerated laughter of the room, squatted at the door and coughed for a long time, his throat was hot and sore as if it was going to be burnt through.

He stood up after a while, and turned a corner at the other end of the corridor, just in time to see Xu Ye coming out of the bathroom.Ning Juechen was lost for a long time before, and was dragged in by Wu Tian to drink again. When he met Xu Ye, it was like meeting a savior, and he instinctively wanted to follow quickly.But rationally, he felt that the relationship between the two of them was a little too far, so he timidly slowed down, not daring to get too close to him.

Xu Ye turned his head and glanced at him: "The little girl confessed to you, why are you out here?" Ning Juechen found that Xu Ye seemed to have drunk too much, his eyes were dimmed, and he didn't speak well. clear.There were still wet spots on Xu Ye's face: "Hurry up and agree, you have liked him for a long time." Ning Juechen was stunned for a moment, knowing that Xu Ye thought he was Lu Juelan.

He pursed his lips and before he could speak, a few boys in the class came up in the elevator, and the sports committee member came over and said hello to him: "Hey, why are you standing here? I thought it was your brother!" After queuing up to buy shoes together for the first time, they were a little familiar with each other. Ning Juechen took advantage of the situation and asked him: "Have you seen my brother?"

"He just left! I can't wait to go to the world with my little girlfriend!" "I'm envious! Why didn't any girl confess to me after graduation!" Comparing the elites from the experimental class with both appearance and beauty!" The sports committee and a few boys around were laughing and laughing.

Xu Ye ignored them, and couldn't walk in a straight line when he touched the wall.Ning Juechen quickly followed to pull him, he was afraid that Xu Ye would run into Wu Tian, ​​and Wu Tian's friends looked like they were not easy to mess with: "Brother Ye, let's go back." Xu Ye's mind was buzzing, not because of this After addressing and recognizing who is in front of him, he irritably lifted Ning Juechen's hand: "Aren't you going on a date with the little girl!"

After Xu Ye was drunk, his strength was frightening. Ning Juechen's arm was thrown against the wall and hit his numbness, and he lost all feeling in his forearm: "...I won't go, let's go home." Xu Ye Leaning against the wall, she stopped and lowered her eyes to look at him: "Are you really not going?"

Ning Juechen began to wring his fingers nervously. He thought that pretending to be Lu Juelan might be considered a lie. The consequences of lying last time were too tragic. He was really afraid: "Well, I won't go." Xu Ye smiled a little silly: " Then Jue Lan, let's go home."

Xu Ye took the initiative to hold him, his eyes were bright, it was the first time Ning Juechen saw him like this.

When they went downstairs to take a taxi, Xu Ye's feet were weak and he was a little unsteady, and most of his weight was on Ning Juechen's body, and the tip of his hair was blown by the wind to Ning Juechen's face.Ning Juechen's neck was completely red. I don't know if it was because he was too close to Xu Ye or because of the glass of fruit wine just now.

It was almost twelve o'clock, and there were no cars on the road. After finally catching a taxi, the driver refused to take them, fearing that the seats in the car would be dirty.Ning Juechen spoke softly for a long time, and agreed to pay double the fare.

The two of them squeezed together on the back seat, and they didn't feel it just now. After calming down, Ning Juechen realized that the stamina of the wine seemed to be coming up, and his whole body quickly heated up as if being ignited, his head became very heavy, and his temples also jumped. fast.

The air in the carriage was filled with the unpleasant smell of alcohol, which made his stomach ache a little.He opened the car window a little, and the early summer night breeze swept across his face coolly.Xu Ye might feel cold, so he leaned over and hugged Ning Juechen tightly, moved to find a comfortable position, his forehead was pressed against his neck, his eyes were slightly closed as if he was asleep.From Ning Juechen's angle, he could just see Xu Ye's dense and long upper eyelashes. He has always liked Xu Ye's eyes.

If it wasn't for the driver, Ning Juechen really wanted to touch Xu Ye's lips secretly.It's not that he hasn't done this kind of thing before, the last time he secretly kissed Xu Ye, he exhausted all his courage.At that time Xu Ye didn't drink alcohol, Ning Juechen secretly compared the taste of that kiss to the clear spring water in his heart.

They got off at the entrance of the alley and walked inside.Ning Juechen remembered that Xu Yi mentioned that there was a key under the flower pot at the door of his house before. He asked Xu Yi to stand still and squatted down to find the key.

Xu Ye got bored of waiting, so she crouched down next to him with her knees in her arms, and bumped his arm: "What are you doing, Chenchen?" "Looking for the key." Ning Juechen's fingers froze suddenly, twisting Looking over at him blankly, "...what did you call me?" Xu Ye stared at the little mole on the back of Ning Juechen's neck and smiled: "It's Chenchen!"

Ning Juechen burst into tears.It's been a long time since Xu Ye called him that. The last time was the phrase "I don't want to see you now" on the phone. In fact, that sentence meant that I don't want to see you now and I don't want to see you in the future.

Xu Ye lowered his head and touched under the flower pot for a while, and when he turned his head, he saw Ning Juechen collapsed in tears, huddled into a small ball with his head buried.Xu Ye poked the knob of his hair and passed the key over: "Don't cry, I found it!"

Ning Chen remembered that Xu Ye also stood in front of Lu Chengxiong and Chen Yuhong to speak for him after saying "Don't cry" in the hospital a long time ago, so he couldn't hold back his tears.

He took the key and stood up, feeling top-heavy and unable to see clearly through the tears in the darkness. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, but still couldn't figure out where the keyhole was.Standing behind him, Xu Ye stretched out his hand to wrap his hand, as if holding him in his arms cherishingly: "Here!"

Ning Juechen felt that Xu Ye's fingertips seemed to be on fire, as long as he touched them, that inch of skin would be burned as hot as hot, and once they were separated, it would feel empty like a piece of heart was missing.He moved unconsciously, letting the back of his hand stick closer and closer to Xu Ye's palm.

Ning Juechen hadn't been to Xu Ye's house for more than a year. When he entered the door, it was like stepping into broken memories: he had watered the osmanthus trees in the yard, huddled with Xu Ye on the sofa and watched TV, and helped grandma in the kitchen. Wrapped wontons and boiled noodles, wrote homework and memorized words in Xu Ye's room.

The room was too quiet, Xu Ye touched the wall at the door and clicked on the ceiling light, and then only the breathing of two people remained in the whole space.Ning Juechen was a little uncomfortable with the heat, and a layer of sticky sweat emerged from the palms of his hands.His body temperature has always been relatively low, even in the hottest summer when he was wearing long sleeves.

Xu Ye went to the living room and fell on the sofa. Ning Juechen was a little dizzy, but he could still think of Lu Juelan's sentence, "That idiot curled up on the sofa in the living room to sleep. I almost thought he was drunk to death."He thought how sad Xu Ye must have been in those days.