The cold glass bottle of perfume was held in the warm palm and gradually became warm.

Yu Xi did not respond to that sentence. I don’t know if he didn’t hear it or what. He was holding the glass bottle and looking at it carefully under the light.

Seeing that he couldn’t let go of the perfume, Gu Beilu said, “You keep it. I don’t smoke anymore and I don’t need it.”

Yu Xi turned around, eyes full of joy: “Really? You’re not going to smoke anymore?”

Gu Beilu picked up the lighter and cigarette case, turned around and threw them into the bottom drawer.

I knew that smoking was not a long-term solution, it was just a temporary way to distract myself. Since Yu Xi said that I couldn’t smoke anymore, of course I wouldn’t smoke. Besides, the school forbids students from smoking, and it was tiring to hide from the discipline committee every day.

Yu Xi was very excited. He put down his perfume and went to pack his schoolbag.

I think as long as Gu Beilu doesn’t touch these unhealthy things, there’s no big problem with sleeping late.

“Then I’ll go home and sleep tonight and not disturb you from reading.”

Gu Beilu didn’t want him to leave, but he was afraid that he would not be able to sleep in the middle of the night. If he couldn’t sleep and didn’t smoke, he might do something scary.

After a brief psychological struggle, he agreed to let the person go back.

Yu Xi put away his schoolbag, and Gu Beilu picked up the perfume and asked, “Don’t you want this?”

Yu Xi shook his head: “Perfume smells different on everyone. Yours smells better.”

After saying that, he leaned over and sniffed Gu Beilu’s neck.

Gu Beilu froze and didn’t dare to move. He only felt a tingling sensation in his ears.

“It smells like grass from the ocean.” Yu Xi commented seriously.

It’s the smell of underwater plants, very familiar.

Smells good, like it.

“I’m leaving now. Don’t study too late.”

Gu Beilu watched the door close and breathed a sigh of relief. Yu Xi’s words “It smells better if you spray it” echoed in his ears, and he pinched his collar and sniffed.

Nothing smells good. Yu Xi is still more fragrant.

*

The next day, as soon as the two entered the school gate, they were stopped by Wu Fei in a hurry.

Gu Beilu braked suddenly and Yu Xi crashed into his back again.

Ignoring the person who stopped the car, he turned around and asked Yu Xi if he was hurt.

Wu Fei was a little annoyed at being ignored, so she looked at the back seat and said, “Gu Beilu, I’m Wu Fei, I want to talk to you alone.”

Yu Xi understood the situation and knew that this situation was uncomfortable, so he tried to get out of the car, but Gu Beilu held his arm.

He looked up in confusion and saw Gu Beilu shaking his head.

“No need to be alone.” Gu Beilu took out yesterday’s pink envelope from his bag, turned around and returned the envelope to Wu Fei, “I don’t accept letters, not from anyone.”

I didn’t use the word “love letter” very carefully. After all, I haven’t read it, so I don’t know what it’s about.

After saying that, he pedaled hard and rode past her.

*

Ever since Yu Xi knew that Gu Beilu wanted to relieve stress by smoking, he no longer forced him to go to bed early, allowing him to slowly adjust his biological clock.

Yu Xi’s bicycle tire had been repaired a long time ago, and Gu Beilu suggested that he take him to school every day, saying that it would help him burn some energy and sleep better at night. Yu Xi thought about it and did not refuse, believing that Gu Beilu had his own reasons for doing things. In addition, he could clearly smell the scent of ocean mint in the back seat, and she was in a good mood all day.

Good.

After the first monthly exam, Shen Di asked everyone to go to the movies, saying that they wanted to relax.

Su Weifan held the test paper and said: “You did so badly in the test and still went to the movies?”

“It’s not that I did badly on the test,” Shen Di took back the test paper and said confidently, “You guys did too well on the test! The most important thing for people is to compare themselves with others. I have improved compared to the weekly test! And this is called a combination of work and rest, do you understand?”

Yang Hui raised his hands and shouted, “I want to go, I want to go! I’m going to be depressed if I don’t go. Su, you should relax the most, let’s go together.”

Su Weifan spread his hands to indicate that he had not seen anyone, and Yang Hui began to count people.

Shen Di took out his phone to buy tickets: “Yu Xi must go, right? And Yun Yun, that’s a total of…”

Yang Hui stretched out a hand and gestured in front of Shen Di: “5!”

Shen Di glanced at him and said, “Thank you, Brother Hui. I know how to add and subtract within ten.”

“Wait,” Yu Xi held the hand that was about to choose a seat, “Gu Beilu is going too, 6 seats.”

Shen Di looked up in surprise: “Going to the movies? Doesn’t he think the theater is dirty?”

As far as I can remember, Gu Beilu never went to these closed public places. When he was in elementary school, his grade organized a group to watch children’s movies, and Gu Beilu asked for leave every time.

Yu Xi said affirmatively: “We also need to combine work and rest.”

The study pace of our class 2 is so intense, Gu Beilu must be even more tired in class 1. Thinking of Gu Beilu not knowing what time to go to bed these days, I am still worried.

Yang Hui raised his eyebrows, hooked his hands around Su Weifan’s shoulders, and pretended to be hurt: “Su, you and I are the most pitiful among those with families, why don’t we -“

“Get out.” Su Weifan shook his hand away impatiently.

Shen Di reluctantly nodded and said, “Okay, okay, Saturday night at 8 o’clock, don’t be late, or I won’t wait for you after the deadline.”

After dinner on Saturday, Yu Xi pulled Gu Beilu out, fearing that they would be late and miss the movie.

Gu Beilu wore a mask before going out, and had a hand sanitizer in his pocket. When Yu Xi was going to see a movie yesterday, he happily took out his phone to buy tickets. But he found out that Shen Di had already bought them, and bought 6 tickets.

Gu Beilu felt that it was simply stupid to go to the movies with such a large group of people. If he didn’t go, Yu Xi would have to stay alone with that group of people for several hours, which made him angry just thinking about it.

Fortunately, Yu Xi calmed down the man who looked like he was about to explode at any moment, and by the time they arrived at the entrance of the mall, Gu Beilu’s mood had brightened up a lot.

No matter what time it is, Yu Xi is the biggest tranquilizer by my side.

“Derek, do you want to eat ice cream? I’ll buy it for you.” Although he was just asking, Yu Xi was already choosing and quickly picked out the flavors that the two of them liked.

Gu Beilu rubbed his head helplessly, asked the waiter to come, and went to the counter to get the food.

“Hello, double scoop of milk chocolate with marshmallows, in a cup.”

Knowing that Yu Xi would definitely want to take the first bite, and take a bite of the marshmallow first, and then two bites of ice cream with different flavors, he only took a spoon when he left the counter.

While Yu Xi was waiting for Gu Beilu, he called Shen Di and the others, and they came to see him, laughing all the way.

Shen Di and Lin Yun were holding an ice cream cone, while Yang Hui was holding two. When he saw Yu Xi, he handed one to him: “Hey, the second one is half price. If Su doesn’t want to eat it, give it to you.”

Just as Yu Xi was about to speak, a strong arm hugged him.

“We have it.” Gu Beilu said, putting the double-ball cup in Yu Xi’s hand.

Even through the mask, one could see the hostility in his eyes. Yu Xi tugged at his sleeves to show some friendliness, then turned to Yang Hui and said, “Don’t worry, we’ve already bought it, and we can’t finish it, so you guys can eat it.”

Yang Hui wisely withdrew his hand and muttered, “Tsk tsk, it’s just one ice cream cone, I wish I could eat two.”

Shen Di was licking the cone and laughing loudly with Lin Yun. He accidentally stepped on Yang Hui. Yang Hui screamed and the ice cream in his hand rubbed against Su Weifan’s clothes…

Finally, the cone fell to the ground, and several people immediately started to make a noise.

Yu Xi’s first reaction was to ask Gu Beilu for wet wipes, which he handed to a few people covered in sticky tissues for emergency use, and he also called staff to clean the floor.

Gu Beilu frowned, took a step back in disgust, rubbed his temples with his hands, and was determined to draw a clear line between himself and this group of people.

It’s so noisy. Dirty and noisy.

Yu Xi turned around and saw the action.

Knowing Gu Beilu’s temper, he’s about to explode.

“Derek, you eat first. I’ll give you the marshmallow.” He quickly stroked the man’s fur and gave Gu Beilu the chance to take the first bite of the ice cream.

Gu Beilu was in a bad mood and didn’t want to eat. Staring at the mess of cats and dogs, this was happening right under his nose, which was simply challenging his psychological bottom line.

Yu Xi pulled the man behind a pillar so that he could not be seen. Out of sight, out of mind.

The mask was taken off, and then Yu Xi brought a round marshmallow to his mouth.

“I’ll give it to you. Don’t be angry, don’t be angry.”

“Open your mouth, ah——”

Gu Beilu looked at Yu Xi calmly, without opening his mouth for a long time, and it was useless no matter how Yu Xi coaxed him.

Seeing the ice cream starting to melt, Yu Xi had no choice but to give up: “If you don’t eat it, then I will?”

“Do I really eat it?”

“First bite of marshmallow.”

“Okay…I ate it.”

Yu Xi pursed his lips and decided to eat it by himself. Just as he took a bite, most of the marshmallow was still hanging between his lips. Gu Beilu suddenly lowered his head, turned his face to his mouth, and bit off half of it.

In just one second, Yu Xi hadn’t reacted to what happened.

When I looked up at Gu Beilu, he no longer had the sullen look he had just now. He was chewing marshmallows with a rather happy expression.