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After finally missing a night shift, I didn't expect that I didn't sleep well all night. Pei Yanyu yawned in the morning class, thinking that he couldn't go on like this, but this night it was his turn to be on the night shift again.

Mai Ze and the others have already returned from the neighboring city. Pei Yanyu considered that he owed himself a shift earlier, so in order to recover his health, he asked Mai Ze to return the night shift.

Mai Ze readily agreed, and thanked Pei Yanyu again in the phone message.Pei Yanyu felt relieved, so he slept much more peacefully during his afternoon nap.

Unexpectedly, in the afternoon class, he received a reply from Han Li on his mobile phone.Pei Yanyu switched his phone to airplane mode during class, and when he saw his message after class, he was stunned.

This was the first time they got in touch in a month - even though Pei Yanyu hadn't actively contacted him before this.

The content of the message was very simple. Han Li asked: What's the matter?

A few words made Pei Yanyu feel discouraged for no reason, but he really couldn't think of what else Han Li could say to him.He thought for a while and asked: Are you not going to the convenience store anymore?

This time Han Li quickly replied, saying: I will go tonight.

Pei Yanyu's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt that he had a lot to say, but he didn't know what to say.He hesitated for a long time, but in the end he only replied with a word of "yes".After posting, he smiled wryly to himself, not knowing what was so good about it.

Then he remembered the matter of changing shifts between himself and Mai Ze, and hurriedly called Mai Ze before dinner, saying that this shift would not be changed.

Mai asked strangely on the other end of the phone: "Why didn't you change it again?"

"Originally, I had some things to do and didn't have time. Now that I have free time, let's save it for later." Pei Yanyu's lying is becoming more and more slippery now, and there is no need to think about it at all.

Mai didn't catch the clue, and promised, "That's fine, anyway, I remember that I owe you a night shift. Whenever you need it, you can change it with me."

"Well, good. Thank you." Pei Yanyu hung up the phone and walked into the cafeteria.He bought two white flour steamed buns, but packed a box full of meals in a bento box.

Arriving at the convenience store in the evening, Pei Yanyu put the bento box into the small refrigerator in the employee's rest room, went to the punch card machine, and said goodbye to the colleagues who were about to get off work after successfully clocking in.

Soon it was midnight, and he was sitting anxiously behind the cashier waiting for the customer, but unexpectedly, there was rain instead.

Pei Yanyu frowned and looked at the increasing rain outside the window, wondering if this would be the last rain this autumn.

Across the green belt and the road, the lobby of the resort hotel on the opposite side was still brightly lit. Occasionally, some tourists came in, and people in pairs were also seen. Pei Yanyu didn't know if the two people embracing were lovers.

He absently took out his phone and wanted to send Han Li a message, but after much deliberation he gave up.

Days of exhaustion had prevented him from concentrating at night, with no guests, and he was starting to drowsy after all the work was done.But he didn't dare to relax a bit, as if he would hear the sweet "Welcome" in his ears as soon as he was distracted, it was all an auditory hallucination.

Before I knew it, the rain stopped.

Pei Yanyu cheered up, walked out the door with a broom and a dustpan, cleaned the fallen leaves outside the store, and cleaned up the rainwater as well.

The tiled floor outside the door was slippery, and Pei Yanyu almost fell himself.After taking the broom and bucket back to the grocery room, he found a non-slip carpet and a warning sign and placed them outside the store.

Before opening the store door and going in, Pei Yanyu couldn't help but glance back at the resort hotel opposite, there was nothing but the bright lobby.

Maybe that lunch box will have to be taken back to school for lunch.Thinking so, Pei Yanyu came to the deli cabinet to sort out the unsold lunch boxes on the shelves, including the homemade beef rice that Han Li used to eat before.He picked up the lunch box and looked at it, and put them in the corner of the shelf out of selfishness.

Seeing that it was almost four o'clock, Pei Yanyu was sitting in front of the cash register doing homework bored, his eyelids were so heavy that he had to close them several times.

The auditory hallucination of "Welcome" sounded in his ears again, he exhaled slowly, and pushed his temples on both sides with his fingers unbearably.

"I'm going to steal something," said a lazy voice.

Hearing the sound, Pei Yanyu raised his head suddenly, and was almost pleasantly surprised to see Han Li standing by the door. He snorted contemptuously, lowered his head and scratched his untidy hair, and walked towards the deli cabinet.

"Is it raining outside again?" Pei Yanyu hurried to the staff rest room.

Just as Han Li was about to answer, he turned around and saw him passing behind him with his head buried, and waited suspiciously for a moment.

"No, I took a shower." He didn't answer until Pei Yanyu came out.

Pei Yanyu's pace was a little anxious, but when he heard him say this, his feet seemed to be held by vines, and he slowed down abruptly.Just then, he saw the hickey on Han Li's neck, and the bento box in his hand suddenly became much colder.Perhaps it was because the bento box had been in the refrigerator for too long, Pei Yanyu's hands were completely cold.

Han Li glanced at the bento box in his hand, guessed something in his heart, but found the boxed lunch on the shelf of the deli cabinet as if nothing had happened.He found a homemade beef box lunch from the farthest corner, and felt that Pei Yanyu was staring at him intently, then put the box lunch in his hand back to its original place, and picked up another box.

Who left that trace?high?Are you young?Is it handsome, or rich?These questions hovered in Pei Yanyu's blank mind, and after a long time, he came to his senses.

He imagined what he looked like at this moment—wearing work clothes, standing in front of the deli cabinet with a cold bento in his hand, very silly.

He heard the self-mockery in his heart, but amidst the laughter, he did something even more stupid.Pei Yanyu said: "Do you want to eat this one I brought? Those lunch boxes were delivered in the morning, and I bought this one in the school cafeteria in the evening."

"Sneak money?" Han Li put down the lunch box in his hand and asked jokingly.

Pei Yanyu's heart stopped, he shook his head, and said, "No, you can eat it directly, it doesn't cost money. There are green pepper beef, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, and roasted beans with eggplant."

Han Li took the plastic bento box whose decorative pattern had peeled off, and held it in his hand to realize how many things it contained—it was very heavy.He glanced at Pei Yanyu indifferently, walked to the microwave oven, and put the bento in to heat up.

"There are a lot of things, it takes 3 minutes to heat up." Pei Yanyu stepped forward to help.

He was thin and out of shape, with pale skin.When Han Li watched him press the button of the microwave oven, he couldn't help but wonder if Pei Yanyu looked like this when they parted a month ago.But the bento dishes he brought were quite rich. If he usually ate like this, how could he be malnourished?

"Would you like something to drink?" Pei Yanyu stood aside and waited for a moment, then asked with a smile.

Han Li looked at his smile thoughtfully, and asked without answering, "When will you save enough money next time?"

After hearing this, Pei Yanyu was stunned, smiled helplessly, and said, "The scholarship is only once a semester. I remitted some money to my family last week, and the part-time salary will have to wait until next month."

"So long?" Han Li frowned.

When the working time of the microwave oven is over, there is a crisp ding.As long as Pei Yanyu raised his head, he couldn't help looking at the mark left on Han Li's neck, which made him feel uncomfortable all over, and he didn't know what was bothering him.However, Han Li was unaware of this, which made Pei Yanyu feel that he was enclosing himself.

He might say a few more provocative words like this, but even though Pei Yanyu couldn't tell what he was trying to do, he always answered truthfully.He always subconsciously wanted to tell Du Weiqiu the truth.When Han Li frowned, Pei Yanyu thought of Du Weiqiu who taught him a lesson not long ago.

What Han Li said were all vague words, but the person stood in front of him very truthfully.He is mysterious, frivolous, hazy, but his face is so clear.

Pei Yanyu took out the bento box, the box was a little hot, he walked quickly to the dining area, and said, "I found a job as a tutor, so I can earn more."

"Are you stupid?" Han Li sat down at the dining table and said dissatisfied.

Of course Pei Yanyu was stupid, so he looked at him suspiciously.

Han Li sighed, impatiently, and said, "Why don't you ask me if I can pay on credit?"

After hearing this, Pei Yanyu was stunned, it was clear that the bento had already been placed on the dining table, and he still felt hot.He looked at Han Li in disbelief, until he shook his head amusedly, and fell into uncertainty again.

"For the sake of this bento box, I'll let you credit it once." Han Li opened the lid of the bento box, and the aroma of the meal immediately overflowed.He looked at the packed meals, then at Pei Yanyu, who was still dumbfounded and unable to react, stretched out his hand, and said, "Chopsticks."

"Oh!" Pei Yanyu came back to his senses, wiped his forehead, and went back behind the cashier to find sanitary chopsticks for him.

The words he said casually were like passing clouds, but they could not be lingered in front of Pei Yanyu's eyes.Looking at Han Li sitting in the dining area eating, Pei Yanyu wanted to ask if it was true several times, but he was afraid that he really meant it, and he didn't know how to arrange the next thing.

Pei Yanyu's life in the last month was indeed a bit difficult. Because he didn't want to lie to his family anymore, he remitted all the money he earned from part-time jobs, excluding living expenses, back home.After finally living a more relaxed life, Han Li said something like this.Pei Yanyu couldn't refuse—the temptation seemed to be ripe, and she was charming and charming, which showed his greed.

He wandered behind the cash register for a long time, and realized that there was no water in front of Han Li, so he found a water glass and poured him a glass of warm water.

"Water." The cup was too hot, Pei Yanyu accidentally spilled a few drops when he let go, and he wiped off the water stains on the paper cup.

Han Li looked down at his finger movements. After eating the beef that was put into his mouth, he still bit his teeth on the tip of the chopsticks.

Pei Yanyu sat sideways on the chair, thought for a while, then turned his head and said, "I do tutoring during the daytime on weekends, Saturday and Sunday."

The vegetable juice on the tip of the chopsticks was sucked dry by Han Li. He looked at Pei Yanyu thoughtfully, and after a while, he picked out a small piece of tenderloin from the rice and handed it to him.Pei Yanyu stared blankly, glanced awkwardly at the surveillance camera in the dining area, and looked at Han Li in embarrassment.But he didn't stop.Pei Yanyu couldn't resist him, so he leaned forward and opened his mouth to eat the piece of tenderloin, then lowered his head.

"Is it sweet?" Han Li asked with a smirk.

It is too sweet.Pei Yanyu frowned and finished eating, and took a sip of the water on the table without thinking.

Han Li couldn't help laughing, and after he put down the water glass, he picked up the water glass again, and continued to drink along the side where he had just drank.

Seeing this, Pei Yanyu unconsciously pursed his lips, sighed quietly, and lowered his head again.

"Packing so much food, you want to make me fat?" Han Li couldn't eat anymore, so he put down his chopsticks and said.

After hearing this, Pei Yanyu was startled. Seeing that there was still some food left in the bento box, he thought to himself that it would be better if he got fatter. "If you're fat and unpopular—" he muttered, closing the lunchbox and clearing the table.

"Huh?" Han Li suspected that he had heard wrong.

Pei Yanyu glanced at him indifferently, and said, "It's nothing."

Seeing Pei Yanyu leaving with a bento box without saying a word, Han Li couldn't help laughing when he remembered that someone had said that he had a bad temper.He asked Pei Yanyu who was walking towards the back of the shop from a distance: "What time do you get off work in the morning?"

"Seven o'clock." When Pei Yanyu came out, he deliberately avoided meeting his eyes.He always felt that Han Li was always looking at him as if he was watching a joke, just waiting for himself to be embarrassed.

He didn't even turn his head when he answered, Han Li raised his eyebrows and said, "Come here."

Pei Yanyu stopped, turned around, but stood still and looked at him.

There was already a distance of more than three meters between the two of them, but Han Li was sitting under the lamp, the hickey on his neck was still clearly visible.After watching for a long time, Pei Yanyu's gaze cooled down unconsciously.

The two just stared at each other, silently confronting each other for a moment.

Finally, Han Li said, "I'll wait for you until seven o'clock, and you can go to my house to sleep during the day."

"I don't have any money, and I have classes tomorrow morning." Hearing that his words were still frivolous, Pei Yanyu responded casually, went back to the cashier and sat down, flipping through several pages of the book.

Han Li snorted coldly, as if Pei Yanyu's attitude was inexplicable.He waited for a while, but before Pei Yanyu raised his head, he couldn't help but slowly let out a deep breath into his chest.Han Li got up, took the water glass and walked to the cash register, and let go when there was still a distance of two centimeters from the table.

Although the paper cup fell steadily, half of the cup of water splashed out.

Pei Yanyu didn't look up, just watched Han Li wipe off the water droplets on the edge of the cup with his fingers, and felt that his persistence was all vain.

When Han Li stretched out his wet fingers to Pei Yanyu's lips, he subconsciously backed away and raised his head to stare at Han Li, as if he was wary of the approach of a natural enemy.

Han Li's hand stopped in mid-air, and then dropped down.