At noon, the curtains in the classroom were tightly drawn, the lights were turned off, and the classroom was dark.
Jiang Suichu didn't have the habit of taking a nap, so he took a vocabulary book and left the classroom softly.
There is a small forest behind the canteen. In the forest, a pavilion and waterside pavilion have been built, and a large area of bougainvillea has been planted.
The environment is secluded and quiet, making it a good place for young couples to go on a date.
But because the woods are right next to the faculty dormitories, few people come to this grove. Jiang Suchu also discovered it when he was bored and wandering around at school on weekends. At that time, I felt that this place was a perfect holy place for memorizing books. No one would disturb me, and reading loudly would not disturb others.
Jiang Suchu pinched a bougainvillea on his fingertips on the road, lay on the stone table of the pavilion, and recited the words softly.
"abrOad, abroad, to abroad, a b r O a d, abrOad..."
Tall locust and spruce trees shielded the scorching late September sun. The heat outside was unbearable, but the woods were shady. The wind blew through the trees, the leaves rustled, and the faint fragrance of flowers lingered in the wind. Jiang Suichu felt sleepy amid the breeze and the trees, and slowly fell asleep with his face pressed on the vocabulary book.
Lu Zhinian carried a can of iced Coke and went to his old place for a lunch break as usual, only to find that someone had occupied the territory before him.
The thin white body was lying on the stone table, the round back of her head facing him, and her hair was tied up and a little messy.
He is not a person who likes to share space with others, so he planned to leave when he saw someone was already there. When he was about to turn around and leave, the person who had his back turned suddenly turned his head and muttered something.
A red mark was pressed on the porcelain white face, the originally thin cheeks were squeezed to become fleshy, and the mouth was squeezed open slightly.
When Lu Zhinian saw her face, his toes that had already turned suddenly stopped.
That inexplicable feeling of familiarity came to my heart again.
By some strange coincidence, he quietly walked into the pavilion with his footsteps soft.
The girl's arms were bent on the stone table, and under her face was a copy of "3500 High School Must-Recite Vocabulary" that almost every high school student has.
Her face was somewhat deformed by the pressure, and her mouth was slightly open. From the angle where he stood, he could still see the tender meat inside her mouth.
Pink.
It looks... very soft.
Lu Zhinian was stunned for a moment, touched the tip of his nose, and looked away from her lips uncomfortably. At this moment, her curved eyebrows furrowed, her little mouth smacked, and she mumbled something again.
This time Lu Zhinian heard clearly.
"Grandma, turn off the light for me."
Lu Zhinian was a little amused and twitched his lips silently. Why should he turn off the lights in this clear day?
Dreaming.
The wind blows, the leaves sway, the sun shines through the gaps between the leaves, and the light spots sway and flicker in the forest. Spots of light danced across her face, shining on her eyelids.
The light and shadow flickered, and she frowned.
Lu Zhinian looked up at the treetops and smiled knowingly. Then he gently put down the bottle of Coke that he had not yet opened, and quietly sat down on the stone bench opposite her.
As he sat down, the sunlight danced from her face to his broad back.
As if she felt it, her brows gradually relaxed and her breathing was shallow and steady.
Looking at the sleeping person in front of him, Lu Zhinian realized what he was doing only belatedly. It is actually here at noon to block the sun quietly.
Ha~
If Pei Shuo and Tang Zi saw this, they would have to make a big fuss.
After thinking about it, I felt a little incredible.
Lu Zhinian smiled silently, picked up the Coke, glanced at the sleeping person when he closed the ring with his fingers, and finally put it down.
In the quiet afternoon, the only sounds left in the forest were the rustling of leaves and the popping of ice cola bubbles.
Jiang Suichu had a very confusing dream. In the dream, she was on National Day holiday, and when she got home, her aunt took her to the fields to collect corn. The sun was scorching, and she was walking through the cornfield with a basket on her back. The corn leaves were very cut, and at the end of the day, there were countless cuts on her hands.
Bloodshot streaks came out, but she seemed to feel no pain. She licked it off with her tongue expressionlessly and continued to break the corn.
They worked until the sun went down. When she got home, she fell asleep on the bed without eating. Drowsily, I felt a light dazzling me. It must be that the light was not turned off.
"Grandma, turn off the light for me."
Grandma came to ask her to eat, but she couldn't eat, so she waved her hand and asked grandma to help turn off the light.
Then, the lights went out, and she finally fell into a deep sleep. Gradually, she entered another dream.
Jiang Suichu dreamed that he seemed to be going home, his previous home. In the compound, the blazing sun was shining outside, making the training ground so bright that there wasn't even a bird.
Her parents were not at home. She was at Lu Zhinian's house. They were still four or five years old. In the Lu family's living room, there were cut watermelons and snacks on the table.
She and Lu Zhinian were fighting for the remote control.
"I want to watch Cardcaptor Sakura, not Ultraman."
She doesn't want to watch Ultraman with him anymore. All the little girls in kindergarten have watched Cardcaptor Sakura, but she has never watched it.
Because Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo like to watch Ultraman, she watches them every time. She never knew that there is such a good cartoon as Cardcaptor Sakura.
Lu Zhinian refused, holding the remote control high and refusing to give it to her.
She jumped up to grab it, but no matter how high she jumped, she couldn't grab it. She stood on the sofa and wanted to jump up and throw him down, but she stepped on the air and felt weightless instantly.
She was so scared that she danced and wanted to hold Lu Zhinian's hand.
"Every year!"
The feeling of weightlessness in the dream swept through his body. Jiang Suchu, who was lying on his stomach, convulsed and almost fell off the stone bench.
Lu Zhinian, who was playing with his phone with his head lowered, froze when he heard the sound. From the corner of his eye, he saw the person who was lying down startled and fell over.
Fortunately, he had quick eyes and quick hands and caught her.
Jiang Suchu woke up from her dream and saw Lu Zhinian's face when she looked up. She even felt dazed for a moment.
Could it be that you are still in a dream?
Lu Zhinian lowered his eyes and glanced at the confused girl in his arms. He had just woken up and his eyes were moist and bright, and his eyes were really distracted.
It seems that he hasn't fully woken up yet.
Thinking of the name she called just now, he was a little unsure whether he heard it correctly.
Lu Zhinian helped her upright and sat up, "Are you having a nightmare?"
Hearing his voice, Jiang Suchu woke up.
This is not a dream.
The person in front of me is the real Lu Zhinian.
It's not a nightmare, but for Jiang Suichu, it's a sweet dream. However, in the past, when I woke up from dreams, it was all empty and nothingness. When I woke up this time, I found that the person in the dream was right in front of me.
She couldn't describe the feeling, it was even more unreal than a dream.
She looked at him and shook her head in confusion, "No."
"Why are you here?"
Lu Zhinian glanced at her and said, "I used to come here every day at noon."
He just wanted to explain why he was here today, but the meaning of his words changed after Jiang Suchu understood it.
Jiang Suichu: "Sorry, I didn't know this place belonged to you. I just came here to read."
Listening to her explanation, Lu Zhinian chuckled in amusement.
What did she take him for? School bully?
It's still the kind of person who occupies the mountain and becomes the king, enclosing the land and proclaiming himself.
Lu Zhinian glanced at her and reached out to drag the bottle of Coke that had lost its air conditioning. The bottom of the bottle made a sound of gravel rubbing against the stone table. Lu Zhinian clasped the bottle with one hand, his index finger bent and his knuckles turned white, and he fastened the ring.
There was a click.
The tab was pulled open, and the Coke sizzled, releasing the last bit of cold air.
As soon as Lu Zhinian picked up the Coke and put it to his mouth, he heard the person in front of him say, "Don't you have a cold? You should drink less Coke... drink less."
After saying this, he realized that he was being nosy. Jiang Suchu scratched the hair on his forehead in embarrassment.
Lu Zhinian put down the Coke and looked at her with faint eyes.
"How did you know I had a cold?"
Jiang Suchu was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer. He didn't give Jiang Suchu a chance to answer. He looked at her and raised her eyebrows lightly and asked.
"like me?"
Jiang Suchu only felt a bang, and his face instantly heated up.
"No...no. I...I just thought that it was raining so heavily that day and you got caught in the rain. Yesterday...yesterday I happened to hear your voice was a little...a little hoarse, so I thought you might...may have a cold. ”
She didn't know why she was trembling when she spoke, but she was anxious to explain and didn't want him to misunderstand. Just like that, he trembled and stammered a lot.
After saying that, he didn’t forget to add, “I don’t like you.”
He originally just wanted to tease her, but he didn't expect to be teased so much. Seeing her blushing because she was anxious to explain.
Lu Zhinian smiled.
The smiling shoulders were shaking slightly, and the deep and low voice hit Jiang Suchu's eardrum.
Jiang Suchu didn't understand why he was laughing, but his face grew hotter and hotter as he laughed, "You...why are you laughing?"
Lu Zhinian saw that she was scratching her hair, so he restrained his laughter. He put down the Coke and looked at her seriously.
"Did you buy me medicine?"
Jiang Suchu suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of surprise.
How did he know.
Lu Zhinian already knew the answer without her needing to answer. The little girl couldn't hide anything on her face, everything was written in her eyes.
Jiang Suichu didn't have time to deny it, so he asked again, "Did you buy the granules?"
Although the words were interrogative, the tone was indeed affirmative.
He had already confirmed that she bought the cold medicine.
Jiang Suchu was shocked again and opened his mouth, "How do you know?"
After getting the affirmative answer, Lu Zhinian seemed to be in a bright mood instantly. He put one elbow on the stone table, supported his face with his palm, tilted his head, and tapped the vocabulary book on the stone table with his chin.
"Handwriting."
Jiang Suchu followed his gaze to the opened vocabulary book. She likes to memorize words while writing. The word book is densely filled with parts of speech and word meanings.
Just now he was sitting bored and glanced at it, and saw the words she wrote in the vocabulary book, which coincided with the handwriting on the sticky note in the morning. Thinking of her seemingly calm and aggrieved look at the door of the milk tea shop at noon, he roughly guessed what was going on.
Jiang Suchu glanced at the vocabulary book, closed it with a snap, and held it in his arms.
"I...I bought you medicine because I felt a little sorry because you lent me my umbrella." She began to stutter again to explain.
Lu Zhinian remained in the same posture, tilting his head to look at her, "Why don't you bring it to me yourself?"
He didn't return the umbrella in person, and the medicine was delivered quietly, as if he was deliberately avoiding him.
When Jiang Suichu heard this, he paused and avoided his gaze to look at the beautiful bougainvillea blooming next to him.
"Classmate Lu is so popular, I'm afraid others will misunderstand me." He lowered his head and murmured, "Besides, didn't you throw it all away? I gave it to you personally and watched you throw it away in the trash can."
The little girl spoke softer and quieter, until she couldn't hear what was said at all. But Lu Zhinian still heard it.
"Didn't throw it away."
Jiang Suchu groaned in confusion and looked at him.
He looked away, poked his brow bone with his index finger, and said uncomfortably, "The ones you saw at noon were given by others. The granules you bought... were not thrown away."
After explaining, Lu Zhinian felt that he was a little ridiculous. If it were anyone else, he would probably let her misunderstand, which would save others hopeless hope.
Jiang Suchu was also a little confused, and he vaguely understood that he seemed to be explaining to himself. Without thinking too much about why he didn't just throw away what she gave him, she nodded vaguely and said, "Others also have good intentions, you shouldn't throw it away in the trash can like that."
Lu Zhinian sneered when he heard this, and suddenly his long legs turned around and opened wide. He leaned over and put his arms on his thighs, approaching her.
The young man's eyelashes are long and curled, his peach blossom eyes are slightly squinted, and his eyes are deep, like a vixen who specializes in seducing people's souls.
Jiang Suchu felt as if she was about to be trapped, like a girl who was willing to sacrifice.
Jiang Suchu was stunned by his sudden movements and frightened by his own thoughts. Her back was stiff and her head was tilted back, trying to distance herself a little.
"What are you doing?"
Lu Zhinian held her close to him, and as she spoke, her breath hit his face. Seeing her eyelashes fluttering rapidly, Lu Zhinian curled up the corner of his mouth, and the right cheek was concave, creating a shallow dimple.
"You have a lot to take care of." His voice was lazy, with a smile on his face.
The last word has a long ending sound, which sounds bad.
Jiang Suchu looked at him with a bad smile on his face and knew that he was teasing her on purpose. But she was still nervous and felt very hot all over.
Just then, the lunch break bell rang. Jiang Suchu stood up in a hurry as if grasping a life-saving straw.
"It's time to go to class, I...I'm leaving first."
After saying that, he held the vocabulary book and turned to leave. Before he could take a step forward, someone grabbed his wrist. Jiang Suchu glanced at the wrist that was being pulled, and slowly looked down at someone who was still sitting motionless.
"Don't waste it."
Lu Zhinian let go, stood up, picked up the open can of Coke on the table, and put it in her hand. The Coke was no longer very cold, and the bottle was covered with dense water droplets. The water droplets gathered in Jiang Suichu's hand.
She subconsciously held it farther away to avoid water dripping on the vocabulary book, and looked at him in confusion.
Lu Zhinian raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you not allowed to drink?"
She didn't really want to worry about him, she was just making a suggestion. Jiang Suchu's lips moved, trying to explain, "I'm not..."
"Just take it as a thank you gift." Lu Zhinian glanced at her and looked at her cell phone casually.
Tang Zi asked him on WeChat where he was and asked him to bring a bottle of Coke back. He replied, then put away his phone and nodded to her, then turned and walked towards the canteen.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and turned back to her and said, "You have half of this place."
.....
When Jiang Suichu returned to the classroom, his palms were wet.
She took out a paper towel and wiped the water on her palms. But I don't know whether it was because she left in a hurry and spilled the coke or because of her psychological effects. She always felt that her palms were sticky and could not be wiped clean.
The lunch break had just ended, everyone went out to use the toilet, and there were not many people in the classroom. Jiang Suchu looked at the Coke on the table, picked it up and took a sip.
It has been opened for too long and it has run out of gas. It is not very tasty.
She rarely drank this kind of carbonated drink. Every penny she spent was spent wisely. She would never buy such a recreational drink that did not quench her thirst.
She was too nervous to think about it just now, but now she remembered why he didn't throw away the medicine he bought. When she first looked at him, she didn't look like she recognized herself. Jiang Suchu recalled the medicines that were thrown into the trash can at noon. Although she didn't look carefully, she remembered that there were several boxes of pills.
Lu Zhinian didn't like to take medicine. It was too painful and the pills were too big. I guess the medicine I sent was delivered to the recipient, so it wasn't thrown into the trash can.
Liang Yi came back from going to the toilet and saw the Coke in her hand and asked, "Suisui, did you go to the canteen?"
Jiang Suichu put down the Coke and did not answer, "Is the toilet crowded?"
She wanted to wash her hands.
"There are so many." Liang Yi sat down and took out a small fan to fan himself. There were still red marks from sleep on his fat face. "If you want to use the toilet, go to the building opposite. There are fewer people there."
The first class in the afternoon is a self-study class, and usually no teacher comes.
Jiang Suichu took out a few pieces of paper and put them in his pocket, and said to Liang Yi, "I'm going to the toilet. If the head teacher comes, please help me."
Liang Yi made an OK gesture, indicating that she should go back quickly.
There are two teaching buildings for the first year of high school, one in odd numbers and one in even numbers. Each floor is connected by a corridor.
When Jiang Suichu washed his hands and turned to leave, he stumbled into someone who ran in in a hurry.
"sorry."
"Excuse me."
Apologies sounded at the same time.
Jiang Suichu saw Tang Mi holding her stomach and her face turned pale.
"Classmate, are you okay?"
Tang Mi shook her head sadly, and then looked at Jiang Suchu with some embarrassment: "Classmate, did you bring that with you?"
Jiang Suchu understood instantly, supported her, and asked in a low voice, "Are there any relatives here?"
Tang Mi nodded sheepishly. She forgot that her aunt was coming to visit in the past few days. She also ate an ice cream cone at noon, and now she had a terrible stomachache.
"I don't have it with me." Jiang Suchu said, "You go into the toilet and wait for me for a while. I'll go back to the classroom to get it."
Her aunt was never punctual and always had a spare in her school bag.
Tang Mi couldn't care less. It was class time, no one would come to the toilet, and she didn't bring her mobile phone.
"Thanks."
Jiang Suchu: "It's okay. You go in first."
When Jiang Suichu left, he looked back at her pants and ran to the classroom after making sure they were not dirty.
Jiang Suichu returned to the classroom. The classroom was very quiet, everyone was doing their own things with their heads down. She walked in softly and took four sanitary napkins from her schoolbag. Thinking of Gang Tangmi's pale face, she took out a box of Bunobin from the side pocket of her schoolbag.
Liang Yi, who was immersed in reading extracurricular books, saw what was in her hand and asked with concern, "Auntie is here?"
"Yeah." Jiang Suichu nodded, without explaining, and quietly left the classroom with his things.
Tang Mi came out after finishing her work and saw Jiang Suichu waiting for her by the pool, and hurriedly walked over.
"Thank you, otherwise I would have to spend a whole class in the toilet before someone came to save me."
Jiang Suichu slightly curled his lips and shook his head, then handed her the remaining three sanitary napkins in his hand and said, "You probably didn't bring them with you. These three sanitary napkins should be enough for the afternoon."
She knew that Tang Mi was a day student. Day students who were in the first year of middle school and high school did not have evening self-study. They could go home after finishing four classes in the afternoon.
Tang Mi took it, surprised at her attentiveness, "Thank you."
Jiang Suchu just smiled, took out the box of medicine, opened it, took out a piece and handed it to her, "This is analgesic medicine. If you feel severe pain, you can take one." She paused for a moment, "If not It’s better not to eat if it hurts too much. I heard that it can lead to dependence, so it’s not good.”
Tang Mi took the medicine without saying to take it, nor did she refuse her kindness. She just asked her, "Do you take it often?"
She saw that there was another board in the box, but it was already empty.
Jiang Suchu was anxious to go back to class. He nodded and said, "I'm going back to class first."
Seeing that she was about to leave, Tang Mi quickly stopped her, "Classmate, what's the name of your class?"
Jiang Suchu had already run to the teaching building on the other side. He stopped when he heard the sound and looked back at her.
"Class 1, Jiang Suichu."
"My name is Tang Mi, from Class 14." Tang Mi stood at the other end of the corridor, looking at her sincerely, "Can I be friends with you?"
Jiang Suchu was stunned for a moment, remembering the conversation between the girls in No. 4 Middle School at the rice noodle shop outside the school at noon.
——Their circle is inaccessible to ordinary people.
Jiang Suchu clearly knew the gap between himself and them. But looking at Tang Mi's bright and expectant eyes, she opened her mouth but couldn't say no, so she nodded.
She thought maybe she was just being polite.
Seeing her nod, Tang Mi instantly put on a bright smile.
The weather was beautiful that day, with almost no clouds in the sky. The sun shines hot and brightly on every corner of the campus.
The sun shone on Tang Mi's body, adding a bright brilliance to her beauty. Jiang Suchu's eyes almost stung. In these years, no one had ever said to her so solemnly and sincerely that he wanted to make friends with her.
