18 Chapter 18

Being watched by several gazes from different directions, Fu Yuanzhou's heartbeat accelerated a lot in an instant.

He didn't expect his grandmother to ask himself such a question. How would he answer it? Favorite object? Xie Lin was definitely not, Xiao Fei couldn't forget it. Besides, Xie Lin was there. If he dared to say yes, he might be tossed by Xie Lin. He didn't want to do it again.

Fu Yuanzhou almost wanted to cry without tears. How did he encounter this kind of thing in his previous life? There was no ABO gender differentiation at that time. At most, he was asked by his grandmother what he thought of Xiaofei. Pick one of them.

"Grandma!" He held the old man's hand a little embarrassingly, "I and the two of them are friends. I'm only a sophomore in high school. I just want to put my mind on my studies and don't want to think about this."

"Not young anymore." Grandma smiled, "I already know your grandfather at your age."

Seeing that her grandson was really embarrassed, she patted the back of his hand and looked at the other two gently: "Where are Xiaolin and Xiaofei? Do you have a favorite?"

"Yes." Xie Lin nodded slightly, "but I am pursuing it unilaterally."

He glanced at Fu Yuanzhou calmly. Fu Yuanzhou doubled his pressure and moved his eyes aside, pretending not to understand what he was talking about.

Seeing this scene, Yu Fei's eyes sank for an instant, but he quickly smiled, eyebrows curled, neither affirmative nor negative: "Do you think I am?"

"I think you seem to be there." Grandma said with a smile, "Why can't you fall in love with such a good-looking young man? What's the matter with Xiao Lin, who rejected you? Is anyone willing to refuse you?"

"Grandma, don't ask me so carefully." Fu Yuanzhou was nervous, worried that Xie Lin would say his name directly, and immediately interjected, "Xie Lin didn't even tell me. This is his privacy. Let's respect him."

The old man nodded and greeted him. Xie Lin looked at him for a few seconds, took out his cell phone and typed a few words. Fu Yuanzhou's cell phone shook twice. He took it out and saw that Xie Lin sent him a WeChat message.

"I didn't tell you? Need I speak more clearly?"

"I was wrong, elder brother, keep someone under your mouth!"

Fu Yuanzhou panicked, frantically sending out various emoticons begging for mercy.

For a while, Xie Lin's mobile phone prompts the sound continuously. He looked at the screen, not knowing what he was thinking, and quickly put the phone away, without refuting what Fu Yuanzhou said.

Fu Yuanzhou breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly his back was pressed against him, and he smelled the faint fragrance of roses. Yu Fei smiled and put his face together, and naturally put his arms around his shoulders and asked: "What are you looking at? ?"

"Nothing." Fu Yuanzhou hurriedly pressed off the phone screen, shaking his head and saying, how could he be happy, he was almost scared of a heart attack just now!

"Can't I watch?"

Yu Fei showed a slightly disappointed look. Fu Yuanzhou couldn't bear it. He was thinking about finding something interesting on Weibo to make him happy. His mother suddenly walked in from another room, holding several thick books in her arms. Photo album.

"Come on, Xiaozhou, I have found all the albums. Come and see if there are any photos you want."

"Is it an album from when I was a child?"

Yu Fei was very interested and picked up one of them: "Can I read it?"

"Of course, there is also a group photo of the three of you when you were young."

Yu Fei opened the photo album and saw the young Fu Yuanzhou in the photo. His eyes became extremely soft, his fingertips glided across the boy's cheek, and he smiled and said, "It's so cute."

Fu Yuanzhou's ears were a little hot, and Yu Fei looked at each photo very carefully, as if he didn't look general enough: "Is this a photo from a far primary school?"

"Yes, the one on your left is a photo of him at a sports meeting held in elementary school. He took first place in the sprint."

"The other one was taken by Xiao Lin when his school organized a visit to the Aquarium. Fortunately, it was in several grades together. The two of them can still be a company, or else they won't be able to take the photo."

"These two children really don't separate anywhere." Grandma said cheerfully.

"..."

Yu Fei's smile faded a little, put the album down gently, and looked at Fu Yuanzhou. Fu Yuanzhou did not notice that he was looking at himself. He also opened an album, flipped through old photos, and finally turned to himself to go to the Chess Open. Photo.

There were more than one photo at the Open, including the one he saw in Ran Shutang's notebook before, and the photo of him playing against Ran Shutang. The photo was taken from the side. Neither of them paid attention to the camera and focused on it. Look at the chessboard in front of you.

It turned out that Ran Shutang was really his opponent.

Seeing this photo, Fu Yuanzhou finally got some impressions. Indeed, a boy who was two years younger than him became an opponent. He thought that this boy was quite young, but he didn't care too much, but didn't want this to be his best. A difficult game.

If I remember correctly, it seems that he won in the end. Because it was a group round-robin match, the boy invited him to compete again after the match. At that time, he agreed, but unfortunately he got a fever and didn't make it.

Fu Yuanzhou pondered. Could it be that the reason why Ran Shutang hated him in the first place had something to do with this? Can't it? How many years have passed since, can he still remember?

He sent Ran Shutang's WeChat message that day, but didn't receive a reply in the end. For this reason, he went to the first class to find Ran Shutang the next day. Ran Shutang's attitude was very cold, even indifferent, and he didn't seem to want to communicate with him.

The two of them were rivals. Fu Yuanzhou didn't want to please him. He planned to turn around and leave, but when he turned around, he saw Ran Shutang's fingers trembling. Looking carefully, his lips were also slightly pursed.

He is nervous.

At that time, Fu Yuanzhou sensed Ran Shutang's emotions. Maybe it was because he had seen Ran Shutang's different side from before several times in his life, he became more sensitive, and this time he accurately captured the emotion of the other party.

How much is he right?

Fu Yuanzhou was stunned at that time, and he couldn't help but recalled the information Ran Shutang gave him. It must have taken a lot of effort.

Ran Shutang could be hard-mouthed, but Fu Yuanzhou's heart softened, and in the end he apologized nicely. He stopped mentioning the photos and just asked about the counseling. To his surprise, Ran Shutang did not intend to cancel the counseling, but still proceeded according to the original plan.

They are scheduled to do it every weekend, but this week Fu Yuanzhou is coming to his grandma's house and Ran Shutang also has things to do, so it will officially start next week.

How should I tell Ran Shutang...

He looked at the photo in a daze, when his mother also noticed, and said in a little surprise: "How do I look like this child like Ran Shutang in your class?"

She held a parent meeting for Fu Yuanzhou. People like Ran Shutang who returned to the first grade after the exam will naturally exchange their experiences at the parent meeting. Every time the parents see him, they leave a deep impression on him. of.

"It's him." Fu Yuanzhou said.

"Oh, then next time I see him, I have to say sorry to him." Mother said.

"Huh?" Fu Yuanzhou was puzzled, why his mother had to apologize to Ran Shutang?

"Do you remember what happened at that time?" Mother asked, "You had a high fever at the time, and the game didn't go through later, do you still have an impression?"

Fu Yuanzhou nodded, and his mother continued: "The two of you met in the game and were very close to each other. At that time, he told you to compare later. You promised him, but you got a fever. He didn't have a fever on the day of your game. When he met you, he waited for you all day in the stadium and waited until late because he believed you would come."

"Why did you never tell me?" Fu Yuanzhou was stunned.

"I didn't know that he was waiting for you at the time. When he registered for the competition, he left my contact information. The person in charge of the competition called me many times that day, but I was on a business trip abroad and did not bring any domestic use. When I contacted the person in charge on his mobile phone, it was only half a month later, and the game was over."

The mother sighed and said, "I am ashamed. I asked for the contact information of the child and wanted to explain it to his family. Unfortunately, that number was down and it was a mistake. The child must be very wronged. He waited until Only leave after closing."

"I didn't tell you later. I didn't want to make you feel bad. This is not your problem."

"It's not your problem..."

Fu Yuanzhou became ashamed as he listened, and now he could fully understand why Ran Shutang hated him. If he was let go of the pigeons "for no reason", he would definitely hate him to death.

What's more, he had forgotten about it a long time ago. Ran Shutang recognized him, but he neither recognized Ran Shutang nor apologized. It is no wonder that Ran Shutang's attitude towards him was so bad at first.

Ran Shutang is so kind, I hate him to such an extent, but restores to give him homework tutoring because of repaying him...

Fu Yuanzhou was guilty and moved, and immediately took out his cell phone and sent Ran Shutang various emoticons of tears and thighs.

Ran Shutang didn't answer him. He was about to apologize to Ran Shutang for a long talk, but he heard his mother say: "It's time for me to take medicine. What about the others, it seems that they are not in the house?"

"Maybe out?"

Fu Yuanzhou was looking around the room when he heard the words, but Yu Fei was really not there, nor in the bathroom. He didn't know when he went out. He didn't bring his mobile phone or wallet.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, he still didn't come back. Mother said, "Tonight, my mother will cook for grandma and you. It is not convenient to find him. Xiaolin, Xiaozhou, you can go out and find him for me."

"it is good."

Without getting a reply from Ran Shutang, Fu Yuanzhou planned to come back and talk to Yu Fei first with Xie Lin. Before going out, he specifically said that he and Xie Lin had separated to find someone, so as not to be alone with Xie Lin, otherwise he didn't know what Xie Lin was going to do.

Fu Yuanzhou walked out of the courtyard. His grandma's house was in the suburbs. There was a large yard. He built a two-story villa with a large green space outside. The distance between the houses was sparse. There were not many people living here.

He was walking around, and suddenly saw a figure coming from the other side of the path. At this time, the sun was setting, and the man was against the light and could not see his face. Fu Yuanzhou tentatively shouted, "Xiao Fei, is that you? ?"

"...Fu Yuanzhou?"

The man called out his name, Fu Yuanzhou was taken aback for a moment, and recognized the voice of the person who came: "Ran Shutang?"

"it's me."

Ran Shutang approached, showing a clear and handsome face. Fu Yuanzhou was so surprised that he opened his mouth and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Today is my grandfather's death day. I'm here to sweep the grave." Ran Shutang glanced at him and seemed to be asking why he was here.

"Not far from here is my grandma's house." Fu Yuanzhou said, "What a coincidence, so we are also neighbors?"

Ran Shutang shook his head: "My family has not lived here a long time ago."

Although he was denied by Ran Shutang, Fu Yuanzhou was not disappointed. He was still in that emotional and ashamed mood. He felt that seeing Ran Shutang at this moment was simply doomed. He saw him as if he saw his relatives.

"Would you like to come to my house for dinner?"

He put his hands on Ran Shutang's shoulders in a particularly friendly manner, hooked his shoulders and back, like brothers: "My mother cooks deliciously, eat with us?"

Being held in this way by him, Ran Shutang's ears suddenly became red, even in the setting sun. Obviously he was not used to Fu Yuanzhou's sudden change of attitude: "No need!"

"Let's go, let me be polite." Fu Yuanzhou was unprecedentedly enthusiastic, "I still have something to tell you."

"Really not—"

"Far away."

Ran Shutang was interrupted by a sudden voice. Fu Yuanzhou looked back and saw Yu Fei standing behind them. The afterglow of the setting sun made his eyebrows extraordinarily strange. He raised his lips slightly, but he didn't seem to be smiling. .

He said softly.

"You two... seem to be very close."