As soon as the high school student sat there, shou got nervous. Shou looked at the wall clock and felt that the short ten minutes was so long.
The high school student said he would wait for shou to get off work, so he really just sat quietly at the bar and waited. But shou couldn’t calm down. He was already nervous, and the proximity of the high school student only made him more anxious and panicked.
The little girl Qiu Qiu leaned over and asked the shou, “Little Brother Lu, is he really your neighbour?”
Shou made a sound of agreement and said softly, “Yeah, he lives upstairs from me.”
The little girl said, “Why do I feel that he is attached to you?”
Shou’s eyes widened, and he waved his hands hurriedly, “No, no, why would he be attached to me?”
The little girl said, “I just talked to him, and he barely paid any attention to me. But as soon as you came, he looked at you. Look, look, look — —” She looked in the direction of the high school student and said, “He’s looking at you again.”
Shou’s ears turned red, and he didn’t dare to look at the high school student at all. He stammered, “He might be, might be shy……”
As soon as the word “shy” came out of his mouth, shou thought that he and the high school student were in fact not familiar with each other too. They were just neighbours living upstairs and downstairs.
The little girl met the high school student’s gaze, and her heart skipped a beat in fright. She looked away. This person had a stern face, was wearing a school uniform, and even the pen in his hand made him seem unapproachable.
The little girl muttered, “Afraid of strangers? How could he be afraid of strangers? It’s more like others are afraid of him.”
Listening to the second half of the sentence, shou remembered that he was also very afraid when the two had not met before, and he immediately agreed with her, but he didn’t think he was that scary.
The girl looked back at the high school student, who had already lowered his head to do the test paper in his hand. Leaning in close to shou’s ear, she whispered, “Don’t mention it, Little Brother Lu, but your neighbour is quite good-looking!”
“Handsome!”
Shou subconsciously stepped back half a step, rubbed his ears, and couldn’t help but tilt his head to look at the high school student. The high school student had long legs and used them to prop himself up from the ground. He seemed to be thinking, with slender fingers holding the pen and tapping the test paper from time to time.
Shou had been staring when he suddenly snapped back to his senses, responding in a flustered tone.
By the time the two returned, the sky was almost dark.
The motion-sensor lights in the stairwell were already on. Shou opened the door with the key and hesitantly said, “Is it really not dangerous?”
“Should we call a locksmith?”
The high school student followed the shou and said, “It’s okay.”
He paused, looked at the back of the shou’s white neck, and said, “I’m sorry. Does this bother you?”
The shou hurriedly said, “No, no.”
With a click, the shou opened the door and whispered, “The house is a bit messy……” He looked inside and saw the clothes hanging on the balcony at a glance. It was a long red skirt; the colour was eye-catching, and its hem swayed in the night breeze.
Bang — — The shou slammed the door shut, his heart beating violently.
That was his new skirt, which arrived yesterday. He had washed it and hung it up, but the shou had momentarily forgotten about it.
The high school student was right behind him.
He swallowed nervously, trembling with fear, and his hand clenched the doorknob. He didn’t make a sound for a long time.
The high school student lowered his eyes and looked at the panicked appearance of the shou, like a small animal whose tail was caught, panicking.
The high school student asked, “Is it inconvenient?”
The shou squeezed the door handle tightly, his palms sweating, and after a long time, he said, “No — — No, but could you wait for me at the door for a moment……”
He said it without confidence, panicking and afraid. The high school student said, “Okay.”
The shou subconsciously said, “Thank you — —” After saying that, he came back to his senses and whispered, “I’m sorry.”
The high school student took a step back and said, “It’s okay. I’m the one who’s troubling you.”
The shou looked back at the high school student, and at that moment, he was inexplicably grateful for the high school student’s thoughtfulness.
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