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Chapter 12

With his sound, the two walking side by side stopped, Qi Qi looked back at him.

Ye Xingzhi finally saw clearly that the man standing beside Zhou Weixia should be a few years older than them.Standing with Zhou Weixia, there is a natural intimacy in the movements and tone.

The other party gave Ye Xingzhi a gentle smile, and without letting go, he turned his head and asked Zhou Weixia, "Friend?"

Zhou Weixia didn't see anything wrong with his expression, and replied, "Well, he's my senior."

Standing in front of Ye Xingzhi, he was also talking about him, only a few steps away, but it seemed to be extremely far away.Ye Xingzhi couldn't get in a word, so he could only watch the other party nod politely to him with a stick in his throat, and then left him on the spot.

Ye Xingzhi stared blankly for a few seconds, and when he walked out of the exhibition hall, he turned around to look at the two paintings as if nothing had happened.

He asked himself whether he could be Morisot or Manet.

Desires go to the head, often when people are only one step away from everything they desire.Ye Xing knew that he wanted to keep people away thousands of miles away, but when people really took a few steps back, he greedily refused to endure the distance that was elusive.

"Students from the same academy as us?" Guan Yichu walked out of the exhibition hall, drove to the restaurant, and casually chatted with Zhou Weixia on the way.

He himself also graduated from the School of Economics and Management of B University, but he joined Shen's company early and worked for several years.

"Yes." Zhou Weixia replied absent-mindedly, pressing his face against the car window, not knowing what he was looking at.

Guan Yichu joked while driving, "I don't think Xiaoman can say that our group of administrators smell like copper anymore." He glanced at Zhou Weixia's face from the corner of his eye in the rearview mirror, and said, "The kids are so powerful now. When I was studying, I didn’t know where the doors of several exhibition halls in the city opened.”

Zhou Weixia was finally distracted by his words, and the corners of his mouth were forced up, "It's just a personal hobby, it has nothing to do with majors. Ye... Senior, I like oil painting very much."

Guan Yichu glanced at the rearview mirror again when he heard the words, as if he was looking at his expression, "Are you a very familiar friend?"

Zhou Weixia realized that what he said just now seemed to be deliberately defending his shortcomings, and he smiled perfunctorily at the man who was looking at him in the rearview mirror, and did not answer him.

Guan Yichu looked back clearly and didn't ask any more questions.Get out of the car and enter the restaurant, chatting with Shen Yunman while Zhou Weixia was going to the bathroom, "Has Xiao Zhou been in a relationship recently?"

Shen Yunman was looking down at the menu, "It seems to be, a while ago I was holding my mobile phone and having fun." She took a sip of the lemonade on the table and asked casually, "Wei Xia told you?"

"No." Guan Yichu helped her put the handbag away, and replied, "If I guessed correctly, I might have met them in the exhibition hall just now." His expression was playful, "They don't seem to be in a good state."

Shen Yunman suddenly became interested. She put down the menu, pinned a lock of brown hair behind her ear, and asked seriously, "Have you seen it? What kind of person are you?"

"Ordinary students." Guan Yichu said, "I didn't pay special attention."

"How could you not pay attention." Shen Yunman said dissatisfiedly, "I'm the only younger brother."

Guan Yichu pushed his glasses and smiled helplessly, "Alright, alright, I will definitely look carefully next time. Since you want to know so much, why don't you ask Xiao Zhou." Seeing Zhou Weixia walking towards them, he hurriedly said, "Xiao Zhou, your sister is asking about that Ye she met just now..."

He thought for a moment, "What's the matter with Ye?"

Zhou Weixia sat down unnaturally, hesitating for a long time, "Ask him what he is doing..."

Shen Yunman's face was full of catching smiles, "It's just asking."

"Just ordinary friends." Zhou Weixia tried to explain a few words, "His name is Ye Xingzhi."

The smile on Shen Yunman's face froze almost instantly, and it took a while to recover, trying to hide, "Oh..."

"Are you hungry or not, order first."

Zhou Weixia didn't doubt that he was there, and even wanted to change the subject quickly, so he exchanged dishes with Guan Yichu.The phone he placed on the edge of the dining table vibrated slightly, a text message lit up on the screen, and then went dark again, drowning in several unread pushes.

He didn't see the text message until he came home after dinner. It was the class committee telling him to make up the leave slip for absenteeism a few days ago. University B’s clock-in in class can be said to be strict, and it has a great impact on the usual grades.Zhou Weixia's sick leave certificate has only been issued for two days. Originally, the last two days could be passed by the debating team's activities, but it has to be reported by the team leader and the instructor.

Zhou Weixia thought for a long time, and could only resign himself to opening the WeChat profile picture that he hadn't dared to click for a long time.

It was rare for Ye Xingzhi to update a post on Moments. There was no text, just a photo of "Walking" and "Woman on the Terrace" at the end of the exhibition hall.

Zhou Weixia recalled the sound of his name being called just now, and felt his heart crinkle again like a ball of crumpled paper.He leaned against the edge of the balcony of the apartment to blow the air, bowed his head and thought for a moment, then typed a line and sent it.

In the afternoon, there was no schedule for Ye Xingzhi in the studio. After finishing the exhibition, he was on the bus back to school.The alienated light and shadow leaked from the camphor tree flashed across his head in large swaths. He lowered his head and looked at the word "senior" sent by Zhou Weixia several times, and replied "Can you answer the phone?"

He waited for 2 minutes, got off the bus and didn't receive an answer, so he called the phone directly.

The ring rang several times before it was connected, and Zhou Weixia's voice sounded calm and composed, as if he had already prepared his speech, "I just—— didn't pay attention to the phone."

Ye Xingzhi's palms were covered with sweat, he said 'hmm', and said, "I'll get the leave note for you."

As if he felt that it was not worth making a special call just for such a matter, Zhou Weixia agreed a little dullly, "Well, thank you for learning..."

"I also have something to ask for your help." Ye Xingzhi interrupted before he could finish saying thank you.

Zhou Weixia faintly had some special premonition, stood up while holding the phone, and subconsciously said, "Okay."

The sun was very strong at two or three o'clock, and the two of them were separated by the mobile phone, and both of them were also exposed to the sun, so that there was some fine sweat on their foreheads.Zhou Weixia heard Ye Xingzhi say recklessly, "Can you tell me who you went to the exhibition with just now?"

Zhou Weixia was originally waiting for him to make a request that would embarrass him, but he didn't expect it to be such a question.

He was stunned for a while, and Ye Xingzhi seemed to regret it again in this gap, and said in a low voice, "Forget it, I said it casually. After the weekend game is over, I will get the leave slip for you."

Zhou Weixia thought to himself, Ye Xingzhi is really self-indulgent, messing up a pool of water on his own initiative, and then wants to leave regardless.

He seemed to be unable to suppress his grievance and resentment, and before Ye Xingzhi hung up the phone, he said in a bad tone, "Then can I ask, why do you want to know who he is?"

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Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow~