5. High school
That night, I had insomnia.
In the evening, it started to rain lightly. The entire twilight sky seemed to be wet. It had just turned from blue to red and yellow 10 minutes ago, and it suddenly became dark and hazy like a dragon wagging its tail, as if the night was about to fall early.
I came out of the room, sat on the sofa in the living room, and turned on the TV. Finally, there were some sounds in the empty and quiet room. However, no matter how exciting the programs on TV are, I still can't watch them.
Finally at this time, the phone rang. I was expecting it to be from Zhang Zhang, but when I picked it up, it turned out to be Tao Zi. Although disappointed, I still hid my feelings, picked up the phone, and said, "Peach."
Tao Zi said: "Are you at home now?"
"Here, how?" I asked.
Tao Zi said: "Today Lu Junwen went to his friend's house. I'm home alone and I'm a little bored. Come and accompany me." I said: "It's getting late, I don't want to go out."
"Are you treating me like this?" Tao Zi pretended to be wronged. I was a little helpless, and when I thought about it, anyway, I would definitely be unable to do anything at home by myself, with the engagement of Zhang Zhang and Shen Jieyu in my heart, my mood was already low, maybe it would be better to go out.
So I said, "Then I'll come to your house."
"Don't come to my house." Taozi said, "Let's go outside for a while."
"Alright." I said.
The two of us made an appointment to meet at the gate of KFC in Wuyi Square. When I drove there, she was already waiting for me in KFC.Through the glass, she waved to me. I nodded to indicate that I saw her. She ran out happily and gave me a bear hug. I said, "Why are you so enthusiastic?"
Taozi raised her mouth and said, "I can tell you, today is a good day!"
As soon as I heard Tao Zi say that today is a good day, I couldn't help but think of Zhang Zhang and Shen Jieyu's engagement today, and my mood that was finally calmed down sank again. Tao Zi didn't notice it, and said, "Guess what day it is today?"
I shook my head and said, "I don't know."
Taozi showed her white teeth and said, "Rrun is holding a concert with us tonight!" She took out two tickets from her pocket and said, "Come with me!"
Rrun is Tao Zi's favorite singer in the past two years. I thought that I have already come out anyway, so I can do whatever I want, so I nodded and said, "But why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Upon hearing my words, Taozi showed a sad look on her face and said, "I originally wanted to go with Lu Junwen, but he said that today is his friend's birthday, so I can only find you."
"For a long time, it turned out that I was just a spare tire." I said.
Taozi hugged my left back arm with a smile and said, "Qiyang, you are the best."
After the two of us listened to the concert together, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. After Taozi answered the call from Lu Junwen, she ran away with the ponytail on the back of her head. I walk alone in Jiangping under the night. The night is a few degrees lower than the daytime, and the sweat that just broke out at the concert site is blown by the cool wind, and I feel like my body and skin are in the air.
I put my hands in my pockets and walked back casually.
"Xu Qiyang?" A voice suddenly woke me up from my fantasy. I looked around in confusion, searching for the owner of the voice.
Later, I saw my former class teacher appear in front of me. I haven't seen her for half a year, but I suddenly feel that she is getting old. Although her hair is still black and bright, and there are no more wrinkles on her face, I can feel that the breath in her body is gone.
"Teacher Ma." I called out in surprise.
She looked at me kindly and said, "You... are back?"
She knew about the fact that I dropped out of school and went to the United States. I nodded, not knowing how to face her. I still remember the strange look in her eyes when she found out that I was gay. I don't blame her, but I can't get close to her either.
She seemed to see my embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Our class did well in the college entrance examination this year."
"Really?" I poked my lips up, showing a hint of a smile, and said, "That's really great."
After all, they were classmates in the same class for a year and a half. Although the incident at the end of last year made the ending a bit ugly, I also remember that many of them still spoke for me.
The head teacher said: "I don't have your WeChat account yet, let me add your WeChat account."
It's hard for me to refuse when she said that, after all, there was no deep hatred between us, nor did we tear each other apart. We friended each other. I said, "Teacher, I have an appointment, so I'm leaving first."
She nodded, and there was an emotion in her eyes that I couldn't understand.
After I nodded to her, I continued on my way. But what I didn't expect was that after I got home and took a shower, when I picked up my mobile phone to look at it, there were more than a dozen friends' verification information in WeChat.
After careful inspection, I found out that Teacher Ma added me to the high school group. There are notes below the verification of more than a dozen friends. Looking at the familiar names one by one, I hesitated for a while. At the beginning, after the incident was exposed, I remembered exactly how the whole class looked at me, those strange eyes, those whispering movements, and those gossips. I'm not a grudge, but that doesn't mean I'm a forgetful one.
Why are they reappearing in my life now?