Li Zheng's hand froze in mid-air, and the distance between him and the kettle was also as long as a lifetime.

No words were needed. In just this moment of confusion, Xu Mengxi saw everything that was destined to happen.

"Don't say...I know..." Xu Mengxi wiped her eyes, hugged the kettle, smiled and tilted her head, "Anyway...see you on the 10th...I'm leaving."

After saying this, she turned her back as if running away.

At this moment, a fleeting look of regret flashed across Li Zheng's face.

Then, Shen Chen lowered his head.

"It should be my problem, right..."

"Don't say it! Don't say it..." Tears welled up in Xu Mengxi's eyes, and she hugged the kettle tightly and ran outside.

It seemed as if she couldn't hear those heart-wrenching words as long as she ran fast enough.

She didn't even notice that she bumped into someone.

"Ah..." Zhang Xiaoke covered his shoulders and looked at Xu Mengxi's back disappearing at the corner of the corridor, his eyes gradually becoming serious.

During the pause, a big and round voice came from behind: "What? Have you looked at the water dispenser?"

Zhang Xiaoke's eyebrows tightened, then relaxed again, and he turned around with a smile in an instant, pushing Qiao Bixia and said: "No, Sister Xia, let's look elsewhere~"

"It's weird. If someone picks up a kettle, they will definitely put it here in the water dispenser." Qiao Bixia secretly cursed, "I'm afraid I really encountered a pervert. It couldn't be that kid Liu Xin, right?"

"If you ask me, it's very suspicious." Zhang Xiaoke hurriedly waved his fist and said, "Let's go and torture him."

"Well... Liu Xin is still running 1,000 meters." Lin Yujing also trotted over at this time and looked around with some worry, "Could it be at Mengxi? Have you seen Mengxi?"

"Really, where is Mengxi?" Qiao Bixia was about to push Zhang Xiaoke away and go to the water room.

"Well...she seems to have been called away by Teacher Yu..." Zhang Xiaoke stopped Qiao Bixia, "By the way, Jiang Qinghua has been sneaking around. Even perverts look like that. Is it him?"

"Oh?" Qiao Bixia's eyes widened, "Let's put it this way, his temperament... is indeed very suspicious."

"It's so disgusting..." Lin Yujing's face darkened, "The kettle from the NASA camp... Bah... forget it... I don't want it..."

"Let's confront each other first, let's go!" Zhang Xiaoke then hugged the two of them and shouted all the way to the playground to denounce Jiang Qinghua.

Regardless of the starting point, this did give Li Zheng time to calm down.

Li Zheng picked up the kettle, filled it with water, and brought it to his mouth, but he choked as soon as he took the first sip.

Water spilled all over him and he couldn't wipe it off, so he finally had to sit on the ground in embarrassment.

Just now, it seemed like a lifetime was really long.

In that dazed moment, even if he didn't want to, he still thought about it.

If there are two choices, two cosmic rays will be separated.

He was in another place, probably hugging her and walking away holding hands.

After that, we spent every weekend together and often went to her school to experience college life.

Snuggle up in the movie theater and spend every day by candlelight.

Through the ups and downs of life, deeper bonds are formed.

This looks perfect.

But there is another side to life.

I will definitely invest in scientific research, and I won’t make more inventions than An Ning.

She will gradually fail to understand every word she says.

The ordinary distance is growing day by day under the accumulation of different experiences in the future.

Maybe, in the beginning, they will be each other's sun.

But under the greater gravity of life, one day it will turn into a distant cold star.

But no matter how far the distance is, how weak the light is.

In this lonely orbit, she never complained or regretted.

Just like every time.

so.

Both now and in the future.

Whether it happens or not.

"I'm sorry..." Li Zheng raised his head, drank the rest of the water, and raised his glass to the air, "I'm really sorry."

…

"No...I've been sitting here all the time..." Jiang Qinghua looked at Qiao Bixia aggrievedly, "I thought you were here to hear shameful things..."

"The demo is quite sincere... I'm almost crying..." Qiao Bixia had no choice but to shake her head, "Forget it... I won't need it in the future anyway."

Lin Yujing pouted with the same aggrieved look and raised her head: "Goodbye, Little Rocket..."

"Hey, hey, it's coming, it's coming." Zhang Xiaoke suddenly raised his arms and shouted, "This way, this way!"

Following the sound, Xu Mengxi came running with a kettle in her arms, her eyes still wet and red.

"I'm sorry...I was going to fetch water for everyone..." Xu Mengxi ran to several people with her head lowered and handed the kettles to them one by one.

"Little Rocket!" Lin Yujing was like retrieving a lost child, hugging the kettle and having a good time. Then she realized that Xu Mengxi's expression was not right, and her face immediately turned bad again, "Is someone bullying you?"

"Ah... no..." Xu Mengxi hurriedly turned away and wiped her eyes, "That..."

Zhang Xiaoke jumped up immediately: "I know, it must be Teacher Yu who asked you to go to the office to say goodbye. After all, she can't bear to part with such a good class representative."

"..."

"I didn't expect that Teacher Yu is also a temperamental person." Qiao Bixia thought about it, then put away the kettle, "Okay, the case has been solved, let's get started."

"Well..." Lin Yujing said hesitantly, "Mengxi is not in good condition. Why don't we wait until the college entrance examination is over?"

"That's right!" Zhang Xiaoke quickly fanned the flames, "Cat fans are so boring, I'll invite everyone to the kennel after the college entrance examination."

"I'll go to the kennel too." Jiang Qinghua raised his hand sadly.

"No boys!"

"..."

…

When Li Zheng came back, the girls had already left together.

Liu Xin, who had just finished running, snatched the water bottle from Li Zheng's hand and drank from it.

Jiang Qinghua hugged her knees and sat there sadly.

Li Zheng sat down next to Jiang Qinghua: "This is... the end..."

"It doesn't matter." Jiang Qinghua turned his head blankly, "Do you want to hear something shameful?"

"Go ahead..." Li Zheng patted him on the shoulder.

Jiang Qinghua suddenly became excited: "Then don't tell others!"

"Don't worry, I'm not Zhang Xiaoke."

Jiang Qinghua rubbed his hands and then said: "It's just... there was a period of confusion this semester... I found... I might... of course not now, but at that time... I might have liked a teacher...

…you guess……"

"Okay." Li Zheng raised his hand with a livid face, "Teacher Tang has a fatal flaw."

"I...I know this..." Jiang Qinghua's face turned red, "But maybe...in some circumstances, for some people, this...maybe it is an advantage?"

Li Zheng pondered for a long time, and after his expression changed several times, he finally patted Jiang Qinghua on the shoulder: "This... is shameful... you won, you don't have to run anymore."

"No... this matter is reasonable. You know, many mammals rely on odorants to distinguish situations. From this perspective, a stronger... more distinctive smell is actually a survival advantage.

.You know...every time I go into her office..."

"Okay, okay, it's very reasonable." Li Zheng patted Jiang Qinghua more deeply, "I will help you protect the secret."

"Thank you! I feel much more comfortable." Jiang Qinghua took Li Zheng's hand and said, "I won't tell you anything about Shuifang and Mengxi. I will never let Lin Yujing know about it. This is a tacit understanding between men.

,rest assured."

"???"

"It's too obvious, from beginning to end." Jiang Qinghua said with a bitter smile, "I just didn't expect that Mengxi would take this step. She is much more courageous than me."

Having said this, Li Zheng no longer concealed anything and just sighed.

"In the past, when I put those love letters into the shredder, I never felt anything, but this time, I really... very... felt like I was really nothing..."

"Probably, I still like him a little bit." Jiang Qinghua patted Li Zheng in turn, "It's just plain, just an ordinary like."

"Well... before we talk about this issue, please tell me what it means to like strong and heavy flavors."

"...You are slippery, Li Zheng, you are slippery!"
To be continued...