The heavy rain hit the floral umbrella, causing water droplets to streak along the edge of the umbrella. The cool air came from all directions and blew Lu Mingfei's sleeves. He could smell the city's numbers with every breath. The strong smell of rain has not changed in ten years, and the faint fragrance of shampoo from the girl next to me.
Lu Mingfei and Chen Wenwen were walking in the streets in the heavy rain. Behind them was the gate of Shilan Middle School that was getting further away. All kinds of luxury cars were crowded at the gate with their headlights on and their horns on. The noise of the crowd was washed away by the rain on the ground. He paddled deeper into the ditch.
They turned their backs to the hustle and bustle and walked forward. Because of the heavy rain, their steps were not fast, so during the process, both of them had a lot of time to see the city and street scenes in the rain, and watch the water curtains passing by on the streets. Car, look at the boy squatting in a daze under the eaves of the roadside with his schoolbag in hand.
"I'd like to trouble you to send it to me. The weather was fine this morning and I didn't pay attention to bringing an umbrella. I never thought it would rain so heavily in the afternoon..." Lu Mingfei had a height advantage, so he held the floral umbrella. It was raised over the shoulders to cover two people. Fortunately, the two of them were not too big. They used one umbrella together and it was not so crowded that they were shoulder to shoulder. It was both a blessing and a regret.
Hearing what Lu Mingfei said, Chen Wenwen lowered her hands in front of her body and looked at the rainy street with crooked banyan trees in front of her and said, "Didn't you go home at all last night? Didn't you quarrel with your family? How could you bring an umbrella with you?" ?”
"There are also cheap disposable umbrellas in Internet cafes... I just don't want to buy them." Lu Mingfei scratched his head and then remembered that he had lied so much. As expected, telling the first lie would require countless lie to make up for it.
"What are you hiding from everyone?" Chen Wenwen gently turned her head and looked at the boy beside her. Sensing her gaze, the boy did not dare to turn his head to the side and only dared to look straight at the road ahead. He walked as if he had wound up a clockwork. It was as regular as a robot that would never deviate from the road. The limbs under the shirt were tight, revealing a sense of tension.
"I..." Lu Mingfei still wanted to defend something, but when he saw the girl's profile from the corner of his eye, something in his heart suddenly softened. He scratched his head with one hand and thought about something, and finally gave up on another lie. He lied but said nothing.
"It's a good thing to have your own affairs. I won't force you to ask. It will annoy people. We just want to help you. We are all classmates in the literary club. We can see each other without looking up. It’s also a good memory to help each other out before graduation.”
"Some things... you can't just help if you want to." Lu Mingfei sighed. She took the time to glance at Chen Wenwen's shoulders. This girl was still "digitized" in his eyes. The green characters on her shoulders Several of her values are pitifully low. None of her attack or defense exceeds 60, but her agility is over 70. It seems that she was on the track and field team in elementary school and has no special abilities. She doesn’t have an extra literary person because she is the president of the literary club. Being proficient in playing, playing, singing, chess, calligraphy and painting is not within the scope of the cheat code.
At least even if Su Xiaoqiang said that he wanted to help him, he would still hope for it. After all, there was such a big special ability there, but forget it if Chen Wenwen said it. Did Jiji quickly run away to help him call the police for help? . He doesn’t really want to do this kind of thing.
"The literary club's micro-movie has been filmed and is going to be shown to all graduates at the graduation party." Chen Wenwen said suddenly.
"That's such a good relationship... I couldn't stand it when I took pictures of that thing." Lu Mingfei picked up the topic that was presented to him. It was like something to talk about on the way home after the rain. , it can be something insignificant, the most important thing is to chat. When a boy and a girl are alone without a topic, it will seem a bit weird. There is only a thin line between embarrassment and ambiguity. Lu Mingfei is not sure it will be the latter, so he has to try his best to ensure that the former does not happen.
"At that time, before the movie is shown, someone from the literary club will need to go up and give a speech, one man and one woman."
"Huh? Oh...you mean..." Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment.
"The speech clip is not too long, but it has to be unscripted, so I have to memorize it in advance. I think you have done this kind of work in the literary club before, right? I hope that someone with more experience will complete this last literary club activity The curtain call." Chen Wenwen said.
"I have experience. I have always had experience. After all, I have done many things in the literary club." Lu Mingfei scratched his head.
"Usually there are a lot of things for you to do...so I think the last opportunity to show your face should always be reserved for the person who worries the most, right?" Chen Wenwen nodded and expressed her true thoughts.
"No problem, no problem. Just message me privately about the lines of your speech. You will definitely not miss the mark." Lu Mingfei wanted to assure himself, but because he was holding an umbrella, he would be caught in the rain if he moved too much, so he gave up and replaced it with A more ceremonial fist-clenching.
"Actually, to be honest, Mingfei, everyone is quite relieved to leave some matters in the literary club to you." Chen Wenwen suddenly said, "Although you may have some accidents sometimes, in the end no matter what, you will still Things get done, but the results are often somewhat unsatisfactory.”
"Really..." Lu Mingfei scratched his head.
"Remember that time of long-distance running? No boy in the class signed up for the 5,000-meter race. You were the only one who signed up."
"Can you not mention that time? It was so embarrassing. I was so exhausted after the warm-up. In the end, you asked Lin Nian to get the award. I only get the participation award." Lu Mingfei couldn't help but look at the sky but only looked at it. Arrive at the floral arrangement on the umbrella.
"Will you? I don't think so. At least you signed up, otherwise our class would have passed that project." Chen Wenwen shook her head and said, "I have always thought that you are actually a courageous person... It's just that sometimes Courage comes a little slowly, so the results may not be perfect every time. You just need to get rid of this bad habit. After all, people will grow."
"So it's the same this time. Although I don't know what kind of trouble you are in, I think as long as you are willing to deal with it, you can always get over this troublesome matter." The girl looked at him and said seriously, before she spoke Something in his eyes felt much lighter, as if he was able to say something he had been unable to say.
Lu Mingfei was slightly startled, then turned slightly to look at the bus passing by on the street in the rain with a low curtain of water... Is this really what Chen Wenwen thinks? When everyone thought he was extremely embarrassed, even he felt the same way, he could see him from such a good angle and praise him for his courage.
But does he really seem to be a courageous person? The registration that time was just a spur of the moment when he saw Chen Wenwen registering for a girl's 5,000 meters. Rather than courage, he would rather say that it was an impulse, which made him faint. , but now that other girls praise themselves so much, those self-deprecating words can only be swallowed.
...No wait, are you really praising yourself? Instead of... implying something?
A car passed by at a medium speed and raised a relatively large water curtain. The water flow on the ground was disturbed and bounced on the roadside. Chen Wenwen leaned slightly towards Lu Mingfei to avoid the stagnant water. This movement brought her closer. The distance between the two of them is not too big... Lu Mingfei, who was still thinking blankly, smelled the smell of shampoo more clearly, like bubbles floating upward in deep water, wanting to hide in it There is no way to hide it in the rain.
You smell so good... Lu Mingfei suddenly wanted to say this, but couldn't.
The mood is a little timid, like the shoulders on the edge of the umbrella that are afraid of getting wet and try their best to shrink to a safe place, but the more timid the smell becomes, the clearer the smell becomes, making it difficult to maintain a stable state of mind, like a puddle disturbed by water droplets.
Everyone says that humans are visual animals, but in fact it is better to remember a person's smell than sight, because vision will gradually become blurred after being diluted over time, just like a distorted photo. But smells are different. If the impression of a person is a smell, no matter how long it takes, she will still have a specific image in your mind, and it will even be clear to a certain scene - such as now on a rainy day.
Maybe long after graduation, he started working in the society and started a family. One night by chance, he looked at the heavy rain in the city, and the smell of shampoo quietly emerged in the rain, and the image of the girl naturally became... Outlined by the smell, that white dress, that black hair, that kitten's hairpin... Maybe at that time, Lu Mingfei, who was already an adult and in his thirties, would light a Zhongnanhai stick and let the wind hit him. Taking a sip, all that swirled in the smoke was his regret for the past. If he had been more manly at that time, he would have directly held the hand of the girl next to him and looked at the city's river view... Oh no, it's from the city. When Yujing confesses to her, will the trajectory of his life be different in the future?
Isn't this the late courage that Chen Wenwen just talked about?
It’s hard to call courage late. After all, some things require a moment of decisiveness and a sense of responsibility. If you retreat at that time, it will be difficult to make up for many things later even if you have the courage...Lu Mingfei Suddenly she realized this, and then turned to look at Chen Wenwen. Feeling his gaze, Chen Wenwen subconsciously looked up at him and noticed that the boy's eyes had changed as if something was hatching. She was startled... .For the first time, he took the initiative to look away and said, "We are about to reach the bus stop ahead."
Lu Mingfei turned around and looked. They were about to reach their destination before they knew it. The bus stop was not far from Shilan High School. There were no people on the bus stop. As long as they walked there, Chen Wenwen would say goodbye to him, leaving behind He was waiting alone on the platform for the next bus...but did he really want to go on like this? I should say something before I get to the bus stop...say something I should have said long ago during my third year in high school.
Courage, yes, courage, isn't now the time to prove his courage?
Lu Mingfei suddenly felt blessed. He felt that the heavy rain was not too bad. The girl's words meant something, and he seemed a little ready to make a move. He just lacked the courage to make a decisive move. In this kind of atmosphere full of gossip, In the scene, he narrated the words that had been drafted for three years... He could guarantee that the president of the literary club would never see the lines that had been in the works for three years. After all, those lines were mixed up with him. Lu Mingfei joined literature and stirred up the sour water countless times to create a masterpiece, which quoted Shelley's poems, Aunt Aileen's misery, and even Margaret Duras's desolation on the ferry. No matter which girl hears this, she will cry, right? No matter how bad it is, you will give him a hug if you refuse, right?
If you don’t say now, when will you wait? The right time, place and people are perfect. If you want to meet such a good environment, you may have to wait until the monkey year and horse month... Oh, there is no monkey year and horse month. Just like the girl said, if courage is suddenly lost at the right time, , then picking it up again can only be the self-comfort of the evader.
"Wenwen, actually I..." Lu Mingfei turned to look at Chen Wenwen, words came to his mouth. At this moment, an express train passed by on the street beside them, raising a huge curtain of water. , the sound of water flowing covered his voice.
Under the umbrella, Chen Wenwen only heard Lu Mingfei calling her. The voice was not very loud and was disturbed. She could not hear the special title clearly. When she turned to look at the boy, she found that the boy's expression was particularly strange. It was not the usual one. The embarrassment often seen...but a kind of stiffness, a stiffness that is close to today's color.
Lu Mingfei's eyes were not on Chen Wenwen, but on the street not far from them, where there was a man wearing a black coat and a mask, walking quietly holding a black umbrella, and the other party's His eyes met Lu Mingfei's by coincidence... Or maybe he had been looking at the boy and girl, but Lu Mingfei quietly turned his head and noticed his gaze.
This is not the most important thing... What frightened Lu Mingfei the most was that, probably out of habit, he always looked at anyone's shoulders when he saw the man in the black coat. It was no exception, and just one look at it almost made him die.
"Attack: 120
Defense: 110
Agility: 70
Special ability: Deadpool transformation (10%)"
The color of these characters is not the usual green...but an unsettling bright red. When the rain passes through, the virtual characters are disturbed, and the red is more like blood and crumbling.
