I'm afraid I'm not interested in love

Chapter 568: Cheers to our youth
After hearing the announcement from the Malatang auntie, the two of them each took a bowl of cooked Malatang and sat down on a high chair by the window.

Opposite the floor-to-ceiling window is the teaching building of Huaqing University. A few white pigeons can be seen flying by in the distance on the skyline. Su Chengyi picked up a fish ball with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

The spicy hot pot in the university cafeteria is likely to be supplied by the same supplier, so there is no special taste. The fish balls burst in his mouth, and the heat made him gasp.

Zou Lian on the opposite side glanced at him, snorted coldly, and slapped the fresh lemon black tea in his hand in front of him.

Su Chengyi didn't hesitate to put in a straw and took a big sip. The black tea base combined with the unique sour taste of fresh lemon was very refreshing.

"Was it poisoned?"

"Well, if you say less, you will die later."

Zou Lian yelled in annoyance, tore open the packaging of the disposable chopsticks, and started eating his bowl of spicy hot pot which was made entirely of vegetarian dishes.

He was obviously used to eating this and no longer had the pretentious attitude he used to have. The soup base was spicy and he was sweating profusely after just two bites.

Su Chengyi suddenly felt a sense of relief that "my son has grown up".

It is really touching to watch him gradually transform from a mean, petty and scheming man into a world-weary, suicidal man, and finally into the positive and hard-working male college student he is today.

After all, Su Chengyi has lived two lives, and his perspective at this moment is like that of an experienced senior.

Zou Lian was not lucky enough to be hit on the head with the golden finger of "rebirth", but he seemed to have been reborn once.

".Just eat your meal, what are you looking at?!"

Zou Lian was eating hard for a long time, when he looked up and found that the person opposite him had not started his bowl of spicy hot pot yet, he could not help but curse.

"to make."

Su Chengyi stirred the meat and vegetables in the bowl and nodded.

His sudden cooperation made Zou Lian a little speechless and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

If you think about it carefully, he is always in a mess and has no image at all in front of the damn Su Chengyi.

When he was brainwashed by PUA in the past, Zou Lian hated Su Chengyi to the core - of course, he can't say how much he likes him now.

Because of the reconciliation of their conflicts, they could no longer be called enemies, and, in Su Chengyi's perspective, he might not have been considered a serious competitor from the beginning to the end.

Now, the two of them can't seem to be called "friends". How can friends always be on edge when they meet?

However, although he said this, Zou Lian always inexplicably felt that Su Chengyi was the person he was willing to rely on when he was on the battlefield.

There is only one person like this in the world.

Su Chengyi concentrated on eating and finished the bowl of spicy hot pot without leaving even a mouthful of soup.

When Zou Lian stood up with the plate, he couldn't help but stretch his neck to look at the bottom of his bowl several times. It seemed a little difficult for him to understand why this young master did this.

"What are you looking at? You don't think I'll leave any meat for you, do you?"

Su Chengyi stood up slowly and uttered this sentence.

Zou Lian's face quickly turned green as if he had just eaten a whole dead fly, and he walked away angrily with the plate.

Su Chengyi followed behind him, nodded and thanked the aunt who was working in the sink, then slowly followed his pace.

"Master Su, I think I have finished entertaining guests."

Zou Lian stood still, turned around and said.

This was obviously a way of sending someone off, but Su Chengyi looked as if he didn't understand and exclaimed, "Ah!"

"It's a rare opportunity to come to Huaqing, please take me on a tour."

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Zou Lian exhaled and said through gritted teeth:

"Have you forgotten how many times you ate at my cafeteria last semester? You must be more familiar with Huaqing than your school, right?"

"One day without seeing you is like three autumns."

Su Chengyi stretched lazily and raised his chin to indicate: Just lead the way, stop talking nonsense.

Zou Lian pinched the palm of his hand for a long time before he convinced himself: This person’s birthday, birthday, birthday.

Forget it, forget it, there is nothing in this world worth getting angry about.

If I get angry, I will suffer the consequences, and if I get angry, I will give the devil room.

So the two of them finally started walking around the boulevard.

The campus of Huaqing University is larger and more imposing than that of Peking University next door. The scenic area on the west side for tourists is crowded during holidays.

It was the lunch break after lunch, and many students were walking around, many of them holding textbooks for today's class in their arms.

Zou Lian was wearing a suit jacket, had a sullen look on his face, and walked very quickly, like a business man rushing during the morning rush hour.

Su Chengyi, wrapped in his slim-fitting long windbreaker, followed him leisurely half a step behind him.

After walking for a distance, Zou Lian realized that this was not a solution.

As the former president of the student union, he was known by many people in the school. If he continued to wander around aimlessly like this, some nosy people would surely come up to him and say hello, asking him who Su Chengyi was.

Su Chengyi will definitely not be able to spit out any ivory from his dog's mouth. He might even say some disgusting words like "the dream of a 900 millionaire woman". In this way, he will never be able to wash himself clean even if he jumps into the Yellow River.

Thinking of this, Zou Lian had no choice but to stand still and asked reluctantly:
"Master Su, where do you want to go today? I have a part-time job this afternoon. Otherwise, you can go shopping slowly. I won't accompany you."

"What part-time job do you have this afternoon?"

Su Chengyi seemed not to have heard the rejection in his words, and asked with his hands in his pockets.

Zou Lian took a deep breath and reminded himself to stay calm. There were people coming and going here, and if he lost his temper on the spot, it would have a bad impact if seen by people he knew.

“Express delivery sorting.”

As the name suggests, express deliveries are assigned to different areas of express lockers according to their categories.

It sounds easy, but anyone who has actually done it once will know that this is not a job for humans.

After a day's hard work, the special forces soldiers will be exhausted and their bones will feel like they are falling apart.

What's even more terrifying is that after being exhausted and going back to the dormitory to take a nap, I felt as if all the bones in my body were broken and pieced together into a human shape, and there was not a single joint in my body that was comfortable.

After this experience, Zou Lian learned his lesson and only took part-time jobs, and would go home after working for two hours and getting paid.

Su Chengyi had never experienced express delivery sorting, but he had heard a little about it. Looking at Zou Lian's thin arms and legs, he didn't seem suitable for this kind of job.

"I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I'll go with you."

He pondered for a while and suddenly spoke.

".What are you crazy about?"

Of course Zou Lian wanted to refuse, but he couldn't persuade him.

No one can take away such a big living person if he wants to stay. What's more, the express delivery station is not opened by him. It is Su Chengyi's personal freedom to stand where he wants to watch the show.

After hesitating for a long time, seeing that the agreed time was almost up, Zou Lian had no choice but to grit his teeth and walk towards the post station.

Su Chengyi, holding the unfinished cup of lemon tea, continued to follow leisurely behind.

The school’s post station is always busy as college students have an insatiable desire to shop, so different express trucks come to unload goods almost every day.

This is the job of the part-time workers. First, they take all the express parcels off the truck and then put them in different cabinets one by one.

After greeting the owner of the post station, Zou Lian casually put on a work jacket and started to work.

Su Chengyi leaned against the door, watching him take his familiar work route.

It's just carrying express mail, which doesn't require too much physical labor that requires thinking. If it's just a trip back and forth, it doesn't seem to be difficult.

But after watching Zou Lian going back and forth like a top dozens of times, Su Chengyi quickly realized that this job was really tiring.

During this time, the station owner was holding a small notebook and urging the part-time students to work hard. Half an hour later, the row of mineral water bottles next to them were still intact, but no one found a chance to come over and have a sip.

Although Zou Lian was thin, he was very efficient at work. He moved several small items at a time and carried the large items on his back if he couldn't move them.

Su Chengyi was amazed. At first he thought this guy was really a chosen worker, but later he discovered that he seemed to have a strong force in his heart, as if something was urging him to move forward step by step.

An hour later, after unloading two large trucks of goods, the group of part-time workers finally had time to stop and drink some water.

Su Chengyi looked at Zou Lian, who was walking towards him with his hat off and messy hair soaked with sweat, and unscrewed the cap and handed him a bottle of water.

"looks good?"

Zou Lian glanced at him. Although his tone was sarcastic, he was too tired and lacked any momentum for a moment.

"good."

Su Chengyi did not argue with him, but just asked casually:
"Don't you think this kind of work is a bit too tiring and not worth it?"

"What do you mean by worthwhile effort, Master?"

Zou Lian took a sip of water and took a long time to recover. After catching his breath, he asked back.

"At least this is pure physical work, so I won't run into any bad luck in love. When I'm tired, I can sleep well without insomnia."

After thinking for a while, he continued, "There was a period of time before the college entrance examination when I couldn't sleep all night and smoked a whole pack of cigarettes in one night. I got up at night and sat on the windowsill, feeling groggy and groggy. I just felt that if I jumped down, everything would be relieved."

"You must think I'm being hypocritical if I say this now, but to be honest, I really thought that way at the time. I just thought, why do I have to live such a tiring life? And why do I have to live such a tiring life? I've committed so many sins, and I'm probably going to go to hell after I die."

"I didn't want to live, but I didn't dare to die. This was my mentality during that period."

Zou Lian rolled up his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his face.

"Then I really died. But you saved me. Thank you, you are such a kind person who saves lives."

Hearing this, Su Chengyi lowered his head and laughed.

Zou Lian glared at him unhappily and said:

"I'm not complimenting you."

"I know."

Su Chengyi nodded and raised his chin to signal him to look the other way.

A large truck with "ZTO Express" printed on it was slowly approaching.

Zou Lian choked on a mouthful of water and coughed several times in succession. He felt his knees becoming heavy.

Su Chengyi shook the finished lemon tea in his hand and threw the cup into the trash can.

The next second, he took off his long windbreaker, folded it casually with his arms, and threw it to Zou Lian.

"Take it."

"What do you mean?"

Zou Lian frowned and asked in confusion.

Su Chengyi rolled up his shirt sleeves and raised his eyebrows at the boss on the other side.

"I'll do it for him."

Although the boss didn't know what they were talking about, he didn't care. As long as someone was doing the work, he was busy directing the truck driver to open the back door.

"what are you doing?"

Zou Lian opened his eyes and hit him on the back with the mineral water bottle in his hand.

“I want to try it.”

Su Chengyi stretched slowly.

Zou Lian held the mineral water bottle in silence for a few seconds before he asked dryly:

"Try to understand. Then try it. Will you?"

"I just watched it for a while. Everyone has watched it."

Su Chengyi said disapprovingly. He and others lined up and walked to the back of the truck to start handing over the first batch of small goods.

The two men's positions were swapped. Zou Lian stood there holding the mineral water bottle, watching Su Chengyi delivering the express back and forth with an expressionless face.

He doesn't look like someone who can work, but he seems to have good physical fitness. When he picks up large goods, his arms don't even shake.

Logically speaking, rest time must pass faster than working time, but Zou Lian felt like he was sitting on pins and needles during this hour, with mixed feelings inside and he couldn't tell what he was feeling.

Only after the entire truckload of goods was unloaded did the boss clapped his hands to signal the end and then distributed the wages to everyone.

Su Chengyi took a fifty-yuan bill, turned around and waved it at Zou Lian, but the other party turned his head away and did not respond.

"Don't want the money?"

Su Chengyi stuffed the banknotes into his arms, took the bottle of mineral water from his hand, and drank most of the bottle.

It's really tiring.

And it's not just a matter of being tired. This kind of work is a double torture of the mind and body. It's hard to imagine that someone would sign up to suffer a second time after suffering a loss once.

Zou Lian lowered his head and said:

"I'll give you twenty-five later."

"No need to share, just treat me to a popsicle, it's too hot."

Su Chengyi took back his windbreaker and just put it on his arm, not in a hurry to put it on.

"Oh."

Zou Lian curled his lips, held the fifty-yuan bill, and went to the supermarket to buy two Want Want crushed ice cream bars.

According to Young Master Su's request, one is strawberry flavored and the other is cola flavored.

Su Chengyi casually broke off half of it and handed it to him, then sat down on the bench next to him.

After all this busy work, the afternoon was almost over, the sun disappeared into the clouds, the light dimmed, and it was the most common gloomy weather in autumn.

Zou Lian held half a piece of broken ice and hesitated for a long time before he stuttered:
"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Su Chengyi spoke vaguely, holding a piece of crushed ice in his mouth.

"I don't know what's wrong with you, but thank you. Did you notice that my knee isn't feeling well? I got hurt a few days ago and have trouble walking, but it's nothing serious."

Zou Lian lowered his head and spoke slowly. It was obvious that saying such things required a lot of mental preparation on his part.

"Huh? Really? I didn't see that."

Su Chengyi chewed the ice and raised his eyebrows in surprise.

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Damn it! You are being sentimental again!!!

Zou Lian almost wished he could bite off his tongue.

"Then why are you helping me for no reason?!"

"I mean, doing this inhuman work can be considered sharing hardships, to some extent?"

Su Chengyi quickly finished the strawberry flavored one and then broke open another Coke flavored one.

"So, we are friends?"

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The broken ice in Zou Lian's hand melted, and the sticky pigment juice slid down the plastic shell and stained his fingers.

The autumn wind was blowing, and the convenience store behind me stopped playing the noisy DJ music and replaced it with a soothing song.

"Let me go
Let me go
I don't wanna be your hero
I don't want to be your hero

I don't wanna be a big man
I don't want to be a big shot.
Just wanna fight with everyone else
I just want to be an ordinary person and try to live a good life."

Su Chengyi had heard this song before. It was the theme song of the movie "Boyhood". It took twelve years to shoot and recorded the growth process of a boy from the age of 6 to 18.

After playing the song from the prelude to the end, Zou Lian finally answered with difficulty:

"Well, if you want."

"If you are still the childish, boring, petty, dark and sinister Zou Lian you were before, I certainly have no interest in you."

Su Chengyi spread his hands, and before Zou Lian poked the broken ice into his face, he quickly continued:
"But it's different now. You and I are a little different. To be honest, I admire you. You beat me in a round."

Although he didn't have the golden finger of rebirth in his hand, he still climbed out of the quagmire on his own.

Of course, Su Chengyi did not say the rest of this sentence. He just touched Zou Lian lightly with the half piece of broken ice in his hand.

It sounded like the clinking of glasses at a wine table, or like the clanging of warriors' spears.

"Cheers, to our boyhood."

"Cheers to your uncle."

Zou Lian turned his head away, barely holding back the tears that were welling up in his eyes.

He has always felt that he is not worthy of being called Su Chengyi's nemesis, and is just like a clown villain who pops up in the protagonist's plot from time to time.

Until today, I heard him say in his usual annoying tone: "You beat me in a round."

It was as if the shackles that had imprisoned his entire life had fallen off in an instant. Zou Lian then realized that everything he was doing now seemed not to win the approval of the mother who suppressed and belittled him.

It was just to get Su Chengyi's affirmation. It didn't even need to be affirmation. As long as he was a competitor, it would be enough to look him in the eye.

Su Chengyi looked up at the sky. The wind blew through the treetops and the clouds.

The blue sky looks like an ocean, and the falling leaves are like schools of fish swimming around, spinning and leaping out from the sea.

Su Cheng thought, little fish, swim quickly, freedom is everywhere.

(End of this chapter)