7I asked Zack out to have a talk with him.At first, he refused as he always did in the past two months. I ignored his excuse and calmly said, "I knew."Zack asked, "What?"I said, "Your Twitter smurf account."I could feel that Zack stopped breathing for a second on the other side of the phone. Then he laughed gently, "Okay, let's talk."After making the call, when I thought about us carefully, I realized that the last time we met was two days ago though we went to the same college.I went downstairs and found it was dusk. The setting sun cast a golden rosy glow over the sky and clouds.Zack was standing at the dormitory gate. He slightly tilted his head to the side with a smile. His smile was no longer as distant as before, but somewhat arrogant.I finally realized that the calm and composed person I used to know was just a mask.Deep down, he was this mean and cynical boy."Now that you have known the truth, there's nothing to explain," said Zack frankly and listlessly.
10Michael explained, "I was about to leave, but I saw the light in the lab was on. So, I wanted to come over and have a look, and then I saw you here crying.One of my mother's graduate students happens to be a teacher at a school near your home. My mother called her and asked for her help."I gripped the hem of my clothes and said in a low voice, "Thank you so much, Michael."But it was easy for anyone to express her or his gratitude in words.Michael sit in the lab with me until it was completely dark and helped my grandparents. I was thinking about how to pay him back.I didn't come up with a way until we walked out of the lab building side by side.It was late at night, and the snow outside was heavier and heavier. Michael was wearing a dark gray overcoat, and soon his shoulder was covered with a thin layer of white snow.I wanted to wipe the snow off his shoulders, but then I thought it would be too rash. When I was hesitating, Michael suddenly stopped walking.We stood
Author: Qiao Ke Li A Hua Tian At the gathering of college classmates, in order to collect materials for my new novel, I interviewed a former male classmate, whom I had a crush on for many years.I was drunk that night and talked a lot. At last, I directly asked him, "Why did you break up with the prom queen back in college? Is it for the sake of your physical..."Before I could finish my words, I fell into his arms.When I woke up the next morning, Nathan looked at me with a serious gaze."Do you remember what you did last night?"1"Well..."I stammered. After a while, I finally calmed myself down and said, "As you can see, it was just an accident.""An accident?"He raised his eyebrows slightly and loosened his grip. At the same time, the quilt slipped downward, revealing the blood stains on his collarbone and other parts of his body."Are these done by accident too?"I took a glance at Nathan's beautiful collarbone and found that some blood was seeping out from the
4I first officially met Nathan in the election of the class monitor after entering the school.Actually, I had seen him a few times before that.Even though he was wearing ordinary clothes, his back was always straight. I could easily see him in the crowd at the first glance.It was at the time when he was elected as the class monitor that I found out that he had been rejected by his dream university, which was a top university in the country, because he was three points short. Unfortunately for him, he became my classmate.At last, he was elected as the class monitor with a unanimous vote, and I became a normal student.It was the first time in the programming class that I had seen the enormous gap between him and me.When I was still confused by the pile of new concepts, he had already been able to write codes skillfully. In less than 20 minutes, he finished three computer testing questions and got full marks of 300.In the evening, during the self-study time, I shamelessly
6"Last time at the class reunion, I wanted to go with Nathan at first, but something came up at the laboratory, so I let him go alone."Monica shook her head and appeared to be helpless and said, "I hope he has brought you my greetings to you.""I didn't notice," I said casually. "In the end, everyone else left. Then I talked to Nathan about the past."Monica didn't answer. Instead, she raised her hand and called the waiter over. She ordered two cups of latte and a cup of hot Americano. Then, she gently said to Nathan, "Nathan, you're only used to drinking Americano, right?"I watched her perform coldly. It was not until the waiter served three cups of coffee that I reached out to pick up the one ordered for Nathan. I tilted my head and looked at him with a smile, saying, "I suddenly want to drink Americano. Can I have it, Nathan?"Nathan's eyelids twitched, and he said, "Okay."Then, in front of Monica, I gulped down Nathan's Americano and put the glass with lipstick marks bac
8It took me three days to finish writing the chapters to be updated the next week, and then I called Julia and said that I was going to the school to see her.She was surprised and asked, "Really? I remember you said that you would never come back again."For me, the four years in college was not a pleasant memory. What was more, I didn't even have time to attend the graduation ceremony in the end. And the graduation certificate was sent to me by Nathan.I had endured so much in college and would never want to come back again.I fiddled with the little astronaut for a while, and then casually threw it into the storage drawer. I smiled on the phone and said, "I miss you so much. After all, the food in the canteen is nice. I want to go back and try it again."Finally, I made an appointment with Julia to meet on the first floor of the cafeteria at noon the next day."Jess, how are you doing recently?" Julia stuffed some vegetables into her mouth. Then she sighed and said, "My ment
10In the following two months, Nathan visited me a few more times.The dreams that had appeared before my eyes many times in the middle of the night finally turned into reality at this moment.As I swam between dreamland and reality, I gradually felt a sense of confusion, until I was pulled back to reality by Nathan's body temperature.One night, after everything quieted down, I got up wearily, grabbed Nathan's shirt, and casually put it on. Then, I went to the balcony to enjoy the scenery.Nathan folded the quilt, took out a thick velvet cloak, wrapped me in it, and lowered his head to tie it patiently.I took the chance to grab his hand and led him to look in that direction. "Look over there."The moment Nathan tilted his head, there was a beautiful firework in the sky in the distance."Someone set off fireworks over there now and then, and it always lasts for over two hours. It is not cheap. I've searched online and found that the villas over there are exceptionally expensi
12"My car is parked in the opposite parking lot."I explained to Nathan, causing him to show a slightly surprised expression. He said, "You really drove here... I thought it was just a joke.""Of course I need to drive here. Otherwise, how can I make her completely mad?"I opened the car door, raised my eyebrows at him, and said, "Get in."I got my driver's license after graduation last year and then bought a nice car with the remuneration.I didn't like to go out, and I was particularly afraid of trouble. I was always worried that I wouldn't be able to find a parking space when I drove out, so I rarely drove.Apart from Julia, Nathan was the first person to sit in the passenger seat of my car.I drove in the direction of my home and stopped in front of the convenience store near my neighborhood. I turned to Nathan and said, "Go and buy something for me."He was slightly stunned. "What do you want?"I turned my head, put my hand into my pocket, and took out an empty cigarett