Ye Yao is distancing himself.

The tall figure heard the footsteps, saw the person and came over to help Ye Yao with his backpack.

Ye Yao waved his hand, "No, just a few books, I can memorize them myself."

How can Ye Yao do this kind of thing by himself, what if the backpack crushed Ye Yao, Lu Xun didn't give Ye Yao a chance to refuse, out of a sense of strength, he took Ye Yao's backpack directly.

Lu Xun put his backpack on the shoulder farther away from Ye Yao: "Did it go well, did the family bully you just because you're a good talker?"

Ye Yao, who had just beaten up his own students, shook his head, and said as he tried to snatch his bag back, "They're all pretty well spoken for."

"That's fine." Lu Xun put the bag that was originally carried in the back to the front and held it, and said with a pinched voice, "Why are you pulling and tugging on the street, I'm innocent, I'll call the police if you keep doing this."

Ye Yao: "......"

Ye Yao expressionlessly stopped his movement, "After traveling together for four years, I didn't know that Brother Lu was a woman, so it's really a surprise."

When Ye Yao stopped chasing him, Lu Xun automatically rubbed himself against Ye Yao's shoulder: "You have to be responsible for all these years, aren't you a man, do you want to be a scumbag and scum me?"

Ye Yao looked Lu Xun up and down, "Then how am I supposed to be responsible, Lu Xun is bigger than me, I'd better be a scumbag."

Lu Xun laughed a few times, he touched Ye Yao's shoulder, the evening breeze was slightly cool, he subconsciously wanted to hold Ye Yao's hand, but suddenly remembered that Ye Yao did not want to be held by him.

Lu Xun's hand freezes in mid-air for a few seconds, then turns to wrap around Ye Yao's shoulders.

It was a common gesture between close friends, and no one who passed them in the neighborhood looked surprised.

Lu Xun suppressed his irritation at not being able to see Ye Yao for most of the day and his unhappiness at not being able to hold Ye Yao's hand, and consoled himself with the thought that it would be good to come and pick up Ye Yao from work.

It's his prerogative. He's the only one who can pick up Ye Yao.

With this in mind, Lu Xun tightened his arm around Ye Yao's shoulders and lowered his voice, "From now on, I'll pick you up every time, and you're not allowed to let anyone else pick you up, got it?"

Ye Yao lowered his eyes, the cold, hard key still in his pocket, representing his chance to get away from Lu Xun.

The cab arrives and stops the conversation, and Lu Xun pushes Ye Yao into the car, forgetting to ask him for an answer.

*

With this make-up session over, it was time for another class day.

Lu Xun once again began his ordeal of attending class alone, thinking about what Ye Yao was doing while listening to the lecture, but luckily he was smart enough not to lose any time in his studies.

Lu Xun secretly sent a message to Ye Yao during class time, and rightfully so, he got no reply. Lu Xun knew it was normal, but he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

Here we go again, living like this.

With a full schedule of classes Monday through Friday, he could only talk to Ye Yao face-to-face at noon during the day. In the evenings, there are occasional electives, and although he can be with Ye Yao, he can't talk without fear.

Even on free nights when he wasn't taking an elective, he didn't want to disturb Ye Yao when she had to do her homework and review her lessons.

Before, there were weekends, and staying up Monday through Friday was painful, but not unbearable. But now Ye Yao is busy even on weekends.

When this semester is over, will there be fewer classes next semester?

Should really put a camera on the guy so he can see him every second of the day. Or maybe just tie the person up and strap them to him so that they can reach out and touch them at the drop of a hat.

He should probably buy Ye Yao a smart bracelet, so that whenever he misses Ye Yao, he can connect to the data on the smart bracelet and see Ye Yao's heartbeat.

Lu Xun thought so and did so, directly in the shopping platform to order two sports bracelets.

*

The smart bracelet arrived on Friday, and Lu Xun picked it up after a day of classes, telling Ye Yao on WeChat with a happy heart that he had a gift for him.

Ye Yao: [What gift?]

Lu Xun sold the idea without saying it outright: [You don't have any other plans tonight, do you, let's go out to eat? I'll send you something at that time].

Ye Yao did not reply immediately, and after a while sent a line: [Are you still back in the dormitory? There's something I want to talk to you about.

What can't we talk about on WeChat or when we go out to eat that we need to talk to him when he gets back to his dorm?

Lu Xun thought for a few moments, and his face began to look heavy.

He didn't think it would be good.

Another message popped up on his cell phone, sent to him by Wen Ke, a fellow dormitory member.

[Brother Lu ...... I was in the dorm with Fat and saw Ye Zi packing up his clothes, are you guys getting ready to move out?

Why don't you see Ye Yao helping Lu Xun with his clothes?

Wen Ke's doubts weren't asked outright, but Lu Xun's face had darkened to a frightening shade when he saw this and squeezed his cell phone tightly.

Ye Yao never mentioned moving out to him before.

So that's what you're going to tell him later?

Lu Xun accelerated his pace towards the dormitory, while in his mind he tried to think of this matter in a good light.

He secretly prepared a gift for Ye Yao, maybe Ye Yao also secretly prepared a gift for him at the same time, and rented a house outside to live with him, that's the tacit understanding between them.

The rented house had a large double bed, so he could sleep with Ye Yao in his arms every day, just like before.

Lu Xun imagined in his mind all kinds of life after they moved out, his face finally looked better. Arriving at the dormitory building, he took a big stride and rushed up.

Lu Xun arrives at the door of the dormitory.

It was quiet inside the dormitory, Lu Xun pushed the door and saw Ye Yao who was packing up his things.

Ye Yao turned back to look at Lu Xun when he heard the ringing, putting down what he was holding to help Lu Xun take down the courier and book he was holding before going to gather his own clothes.

Lu Xun took a few breaths and controlled himself to ask in a normal voice, "Ye packed his clothes are you preparing to go on a business trip?"

"It's okay to say that." Ye Yao smiled, "Don't I have to work as a tutor on the weekends? It's too far from the school, so that family prepared a room for me in the neighborhood so I can stay there on the weekends to save me from traveling back and forth."

The fake smile at the corner of Lu Xun's lips disappeared, and he stared closely at Ye Yao.

"Don't worry about me, it's pretty safe there, I'll be back from my business trip on Sunday night." Ye Yao lowered his eyes and zipped up his backpack, speaking to Lu Xun in his usual tone, "I'll go to dinner with you first tonight? It's okay if I go there afterward."

Lu Xun didn't say anything.

It was quiet in the dormitory.

Wen Ke and Xiao Pang, seeing that the atmosphere is not right, pass a look to each other and climb out of the bed to get away from the battlefield, leaving a space for the best friends to be alone.

The door was closed from the outside by Xiao Pang, so that even the laughter from the other dormitories could not be heard.

Lu Xun walks slowly to his closet and raises his voice, "I can't believe there's such a thing, that family is quite generous. Wait for me for five minutes, I'll get two sets of clothes."

Ye Yao raised his eyes, "What are you doing packing your clothes?"

Lu Xun let out a laugh, "Of course I'm going over to live with you, is that something you need to ask?"

"But it's someone else's house, and she was only supposed to lend it to me to live alone, so it would seem rude to the landlord to suddenly go single to double, right?" Ye Yao replied.

The surface atmosphere is business as usual, unseen undercurrents are surging.

"Oh, rude, is quite rude." Lu Xun is still laughing, "That's simple, if you don't live in her house, can't you and I rent another one so that the two of us can live together?"

Ye Yao looked at Lu Xun and said slowly, "The central business district, Lu Xun, is expensive to rent an apartment."

Lu Xun stopped laughing, he took a few steps to Ye Yao, reached out and cupped Ye Yao's chin, turning Ye Yao's face toward him.

Lu Xun was tall, half a head taller than Ye Yao, and at his height, he was very oppressive when looking at someone like this. What's more, Lu Xun's dark eyes have no smile in them, so they look even more intriguing.

"I don't think it's expensive, I have plenty of money, I'll pay all the rent." Lu Xun said in a deep voice, "Isn't it just renting? You can just buy one."

The skin on Ye Yao's chin was a little red from his pinching, and Lu Xun eased the pressure on his hand, lowering his eyes to look at the redness and gently rubbing his thumb over it a few times.

Ye Yao reacted by slapping Lu Xun's hand away and taking a couple steps back.

"What, you don't want to live with me?" Lu Xun leaned against Ye Yao's desk, holding Ye Yao's backpack behind him as he slowed his demeanor and said with a smirk, "Still think of me as a brother?"

Ye Yao frowned slightly, ''Lu Xun, I'm reasoning with you, it's not cost-effective to spend such a sum of money for nothing, and it's not necessary, money can't be wasted like this. Besides, it's not like I'm not coming back, I'm just staying for two days on the weekend and coming back on Sunday night. Counting on the fact that we only won't see each other at all on Saturdays, we'll still see each other six days a week, isn't that good?"

Reason?

Yes, he recognized that Ye Yao had a point, and that it was perfectly adequate for ordinary friends to see each other six days a week.

But they're not just friends.

They're best friends.

Who wants to be emotionally reasonable, all he knows is that he's spending less and less time with Ye Yao, who gives grandiose reasons every time, but who cares if it doesn't make sense!

Lu Xun's anger flared as he walked back and forth through the dormitory twice in annoyance, reaching out and kicking his own chair, knocking it right back down with a snapping sound.

"You're just going to leave me on my own in the dorm for the weekend." Lu Xun grimaced, "Right."

Ye Yao looks at the fallen chair for a moment and walks over to help it up.

"You're angry, Lu Xun." Ye Yao lowered his head, his slender lashes fluttering, "Let me buy you dinner."

Lu Xun said coldly, "You don't have to buy me dinner, you just have to let me stay out with you."

"I don't think it's appropriate to break your bank," Ye Yao's voice was soft and insistent, "There's no need to be glued to each other every day, I'm just going out to work, and we can still video when you want to talk to me."

Ye Yao was standing right next to Lu Xun, who couldn't stand it any longer and pulled Ye Yao to his body by the shirt on his chest.

As Lu Xun moves Ye Yao lifts his head, he looks as normal, only his eyelashes are slightly wet.

This little bit of wetness could not be noticed without paying attention to it, and perhaps Ye Yao himself did not even notice it, but such a tiny bit of wetness was like a bucket of ice water, which extinguished Lu Xun's full-blooded anger at once, and even calmed down his brain.

"Are you going to get mad at me," Ye Yao said, "You can beat me up if you're really upset, I won't fight back."

"I didn't lose my temper at you ...... I won't lose my temper at you, much less move you." Lu Xun sighed and pushed all his emotions into his heart, he straightened Ye Yao's clothes that were wrinkled by him on his chest and sat on the chair for a few more moments before standing up, "Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."

*

They chose a nice restaurant in the center of town, close to where Ye Yao was going.

It took a while to get here from school, and on the way here, a clear-headed Lu Xun thought a lot.

Ye Yao has to work part-time on weekends, Ye Yao doesn't want to sleep with him anymore at night during the week, and Ye Yao is busy with school during the day and doesn't have much time to spend with him.

Ye Yao won't sit on his lap, Ye Yao won't hold hands with him, Ye Yao won't spend his money.

For every single thing Ye Yao gave a reasonable cause, he didn't have a problem with it before.

But it's not like he's willing to spend more money so the two of them can live apart on weekends, that's a ridiculous reason. He could still drive Ye Yao to pick her up every day if he wanted to, and the two of them could still spend a lot of time together.

...... Ye Yao is alienating him.

As much as he hated to admit it, Lu Xun came to this conclusion the hard way.

Why?

Is it because he's so overwhelmed by all his meddling that Ye Yao is getting bored?

Or ......

Lu Xun speculated on the possibilities, and the more he thought about it, the more out of breath he became.

The cab drove them to their destination and Lu Xun and Ye Yao got out and entered the restaurant.

Ye Yao is in charge of ordering today, and Lu Xun is across the street sipping the free tea the restaurant gives him, still holding out for a chance.

What if he's just being paranoid? Maybe Ye Yao isn't alienating him at all?

Ye Yao finishes ordering and the waiter in charge of ordering leaves. Lu Xun gets up from his seat and sits next to Ye Yao.

"What's wrong?" Ye Yao asked.

Lu Xun takes out his cell phone and lights up the screen to reveal his screensaver.

That's a photo of him and Ye Yao on Ye Yao's bed during Chinese New Year.

"We'll have less time together in the future, so we should cherish every time we come out together and come take a picture to remember." Lu Xun said.

Lu Xun taps the lock on his cell phone, opens the camera's front-facing camera, and watches as he and Ye Yao appear within the phone's screen.

There's a gap between them, so Lu Xun moves in closer.

Ye Yao didn't hide.

Lu Xun got a little closer, and Ye Yao squinted at him, "What are you doing, do you think our faces are too big to fit on the screen?"

"Do you know what a restaurant group photo is, it has to have a sense of ambiance do you know? It has to look like we're best buddies." Lu Xun held his cell phone away from him, "Come post it, I'll take it while I'm posting it."

"Don't." Ye Yao refused without hesitation, "Didn't I take one before, no, that was a holiday limited edition."

Ye Yao is still a little worried that Lu Xun will continue to pester him, but Lu Xun seems to be convinced by his reasoning, and the two of them take some generic pictures together and start eating.

Lu Xun never returned to the seat across from him, sitting right next to him, one leg touching his leg, his shoe touching his shoe.

As he ate, Lu Xun slipped a calf between his feet and then scooped up his right leg, pinning it between his legs.

Ye Yao couldn't bear it and stopped his chopsticks, "Isn't your posture a bit indecent Lu, why don't you just twist into a twist with me?"

"You think I don't want to?" Lu Xun was fierce, "Eat your food, and stay out of the adults' business. Why don't you let me have a little tenderness when you're about to leave?"

That's right, Ye Yao put up with it.

After dinner, Ye Yao was ready to leave for his residence, and he politely refused Lu Xun's escort: "No need to send me away, I'll be back on Sunday, very soon. It's getting dark, you go back."

Lu Xun wheedled with him for a bit and dropped him off at the intersection.

Before leaving, Ye Yao warned, "No sneaking up on me, okay? You know what I'm studying. I'll be looking back from time to time, so don't take any chances."

Lu Xun frowned and nodded. Ye Yao waved goodbye to Lu Xun, finally breathing a sigh of relief in his heart.

*

As Ye Yao walked away, the smile and relief on Lu Xun's face completely disappeared. He saw Ye Yao turn back from time to time, eliminating any chance of him following him.

It's been established that Ye Yao is indeed alienating him.

What did he do wrong that Ye Yao didn't like?

Lu Xun was so upset that he didn't want to go back to the dormitory at all. Without Ye Yao, the dormitory is an empty shell, without the warmth of home.

Lu Xun was walking on the streets of the central district with his head stuffy, he planned to walk everywhere, to relieve the boredom of his heart through exercise, and at the same time to clean up his brain and organize his thoughts.

Ye Yao was still very close to him during winter break, it was after school started - or after his birthday that the attitude subtly changed.

He must have done something when he was drunk that Ye Yao really hated.

Lu Xun can't think of anything at all, can't help but be more annoyed, hate to travel back to that day to beat up his drinking self.

It was clear that they had only just begun to separate, but his desire to see Ye Yao was so strong that he even wanted to use inappropriate means.

He needs to get Ye Yao's full address, one way or another.

Lu Xun frowned as he walked up to the entrance of a luxury store and was just about to walk through when he heard a female voice calling his name.

"Hey, isn't that Lu Xun? Is that Lu?"

Lu Xun turned around and saw a middle-aged lady with a round face and a kind face.

Lu Xun thought for a moment, recognized who this was and stopped, "Auntie Wang."

Lu Xun's family had dabbled in real estate, and the one in front of him was the ex-wife of a certain real estate tycoon, and he recognized her. This Ms. Wang filed for divorce with the real estate tycoon because of personality differences, and shared a lot of family assets, and now life should be very nourishing.

Ms. Wang came out with a big bag, smiling eyes: "Ouch really you, now look so handsome Oh, when I saw you before you are still small. But your father often send your picture in the circle of friends, I also recognized."

Lu Xun: "......"

Ms. Wang's talkative nature does not diminish: "Before I checked the news of the tutor's top student, I also saw your picture, you say how coincidental? The reporter also said you were good friends who helped each other, are you still friends with him now?"

Lu Xun's pupils shrunk slightly as he realized a certain possibility.

He quickly lowered his eyes and whispered, "Of course, we're best friends."

Lu Xun took out his cell phone and showed Ms. Wang a screensaver of him and Ye Yao, and also showed Ms. Wang a picture of him and Ye Yao taken more than an hour ago.

"I just had a fight with him," Lu Xun still had his eyes downcast, the well-behaved junior look that best provokes concern from elders, "I tried to find him to apologize, but he didn't pick up my calls, and I don't know where he went, he didn't come back to the dormitory."

"Hey ...... actually Auntie probably knows where he is." Ms. Wang can not see this kind of thing, she trusted Ye Yao and Lu Xun, and felt that these two are good children, and it is better to resolve conflicts quickly.

She thought for a moment, "It might still be too soon for you to go straight to him, Auntie will give you the key to the house next door to his, and you can see when his anger subsides and try knocking on the door to apologize."

*

Lu Xun sat in the room across the hall from Ye Yao, looking at the key in his hand and thinking about how to tell Ye Yao about this later so that it wouldn't look like he had been planning this for a long time, and further annoy Ye Yao.

The newly rented house was much larger than the dorms and much better soundproofed, so empty and quiet that it could be intimidating.

As Lu Xun sat in such silence, his thoughts couldn't help but drift back to the various reasons that might have alienated Ye Yao from him.

Is it like his mother used to tell him once, that he interferes too much and is too threadbare, and that Ye Yao is bored?

If so, he can change it.

Or ......

Another possibility broke into Lu Xun's brain.

In recent times, Ye Yao began to show interest in girls, Ye Yao Is it possible ...... to secretly have a girlfriend outside?

Lu Xun had always been in good health, and even in the dead of winter, he rarely felt cold. But now when he thought of this possibility, he was chilled to the bone.

What if Ye Yao already has a girlfriend?

Unlike a budding relationship that can be broken off, if he goes looking for trouble after a relationship has already been established, then Ye Yao won't be the first to forgive him, and may even cut him off because of what he did.

He can only watch as Ye Yao and that woman walk down the aisle. Will Ye Yao ask him to be his best man, and how will he be able to laugh at the wedding?

Lu Xun's fingertips trembled at the imagery, and he couldn't come up with an answer.

The house was quiet, and vaguely, Lu Xun, sitting in the living room, heard a little noise outside, the sound of two people talking.

Is she really Ye Yao's girlfriend? Ye Yao just moved in and she's coming to see him?

Lu Xun immediately stood up and came to the door, he looked in the cat's eye first and saw a sight that made his blood flow backwards.

There was no woman outside, but there was a man in a very slutty outfit.

The young looking man smiled and walked out of Ye Yao's house, he didn't leave right away and stood at Ye Yao's door talking to Ye Yao.

The man was wearing slutty ripped jeans in the chilly spring weather, and when Lu Xun opened the door a crack, he heard the man say to Ye Yao with a cool-ass look on his face, "Sure you don't want to touch it, my abs? It feels so good."