After dinner, Ban Sheng took a taxi to send Lin Weixia home. As soon as Lin Weixia opened the car door and got in, a thin figure sat in sideways.
Lin Weixia looked at him with a puzzled look. Ban Sheng leaned back in the back seat, looking reckless, and said, "I'll go back with you."
Lin Weixia turned her head to look out the car window. The phone in Ban Sheng's pocket made a "ding" sound of message reminder. He took it out and swiped the screen with his thumb. Qiu Minghua sent a series of messages.
Qiu Minghua: [Mr. Ban, I was bullied.]
Qiu Minghua: [You must help me get this place back.]
Qiu Minghua: [Damn it, as soon as you leave the Internet cafe, you start fighting with those idiots from No. 7 Middle School. I'll wait for you to come over.]
Qiu Minghua: [??? Situation, are you ignoring me?]
Seeing the last sentence, Ban Sheng sent a string of ellipsis marks and typed a line of words in the dialog box: [I can’t handle it. ]
It means he has people to look after.
The next second, the screen lit up, and Qiu Minghua's tone was like a machine gun firing a row of question marks: [??? Who, who do you want to control? Just tell me.]
The more anxious Qiu Minghua became, the less Ban Sheng said. He was so mean that he turned off his phone to keep him hanging.
Ban Sheng personally escorted the person to the roadside, and Lin Weixia opened the car door and got out. There were shallow puddles on the road, and Lin Weixia was concentrating on avoiding the puddles while holding an umbrella. Ban Sheng's leisurely and calm voice came from behind:
"Lin Weixia."
Lin Weixia looked back blankly. Ban Sheng was sitting in the car, just looking at her: "Good night."
A light flashed by in the distance and just stopped in Ban Sheng's eyes.
Like a shooting star passing by.
After the winter solstice, Nanjiang seemed to have finally welcomed a proper winter, and people changed into thinner woolen coats and jackets. The winter uniform provided by Shenzhen High School was still the uniform plaid skirt, with an extra layer of knee-high socks compared to summer.
To celebrate the coming of Christmas, the school allowed each class to have a free evening study session. The activity for Class 1, Grade 2 was to exchange gifts with each other on the holiday.
Every student in the class has to buy a gift, then wrap it up and present it as a gift at the party, and everyone will draw it together on Christmas Day.
After class, everyone was discussing in a low voice what gifts to buy, and from time to time they would glance at the person they were secretly following, hoping that he would win, and hoping that fate would coincide with theirs.
The girls gathered around Liu Sijia, talking at once, and put their hands on her shoulders: "Sijia, what are you going to give me?"
"Tsk, wouldn't the boys all be vying for whatever she gives them? But the most important thing is that Benson will definitely recognize Scarlett's gift at a glance."
When Ban Sheng was mentioned, a smile appeared in Liu Sijia's beautiful glacial eyes, and her face became even more charming.
The rumors about Liu Sijia and Ban Sheng were becoming less and less, but everyone had already conceded that they were a perfect match. After all, Liu Sijia's attitude towards Ban Sheng was becoming more and more obvious. Compared to the queen who was always putting on airs, now she already had the intention of pursuing him secretly.
Fang Mo looked at Lin Weixia, who was oblivious to what was happening outside, and sighed, with a look of worry on her face: "Weixia, don't you want to think about what gift to give? I'm so worried. Those A students basically have good families, and the gifts I give will definitely be picked up by others. What if no one chooses what I give? It's so embarrassing."
Lin Weixia was concentrating on solving a physics problem. She finally solved it and breathed a sigh of relief. She smiled and stretched out her hand to pinch her round cheek: "I want it."
"Wow, you're the best." Fang Mo immediately hugged her arms.
After finishing the break exercises, the students dragged up the stairs. As usual, Liu Sijia walked through the crowd and took Lin Weixia's arm and went back to the classroom together.
Fang Mo hadn't come back yet, and Liu Sijia was leaning on her desk chatting with Lin Weixia. Lin Weixia had nothing to do and was tidying up the messy desk.
"Guess what gift I chose?" Liu Sijia's red lips opened and closed.
Lin Weixia took out the test papers and sorted them while smiling and responding, "I can't guess it."
"Here, look." Liu Sijia took something out of her pocket.
Lin Weixia looked over and saw a silver lighter lying on her slender white palm. The word "Zorro" was engraved on the edge, shining with silver light, and the lines of the body were also very beautiful.
Liu Sijia really liked Ban Sheng, such a proud and beautiful girl. She remembered the brand of cigarettes he smoked, ate the candies he liked, and secretly sent him milk until Ban Sheng stopped.
Lin Weixia looked at the fox eyes with light in front of her and moved her lips. Liu Sijia spoke again: "What about you, what are you going to give?"
Lin Weixia shook her head: "I haven't thought about it yet."
In the evening, Lin Weixia returned home and sat at her desk, chin in hand, in a daze. She hadn't thought about what to give for the Christmas gift exchange in her class yet. She didn't seem to have anything to give.
Otherwise, she could just send the book, and she could wrap it well and put a bookmark inside. Lin Weixia was leaning on her head and thinking intently when the cell phone on the table began to vibrate.
Lin Weixia picked up the phone and swiped it to answer the call. A clear and cheerful voice came into the receiver: "Sister, help me."
"Just hurry up." Lin Weixia's tone was usually calm.
"Hey, sister... don't hang up! Please be kind to me!" Gao Hang said hurriedly.
At No. 18, Lane 3, a boy wearing a white hooded sweatshirt was standing in front of a store with a sad face. When he saw Lin Weixia coming late, his frown finally relaxed.
"Sister, you always learn things quickly, so just give it a try," Gao Hang said.
Gao Hang played balloon gun in this store for an hour and lost all his money. However, he still refused to believe in evil and decided to win something from the store today.
Lin Weixia picked up the balloon gun and tried the feel of it with one eye, then said, "I'm not very good at it."
After saying that, a bullet was fired, and it missed the target. Gao Hang sighed. The boss was cracking melon seeds and watching TV. He glanced at the weak-looking girl opposite him and said with a smile, "If anyone can do this, my small business will lose money."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "bang, bang, bang" sound, and the balloons burst one after another like flowers blooming. Gao Hang immediately clapped and whistled.
The boss stared with wide eyes as Lin Weixia shot his balloons one after another. Why was it that such a gentle and introverted girl was so ruthless when shooting with a balloon gun? She was so quick and decisive, and her shots were 100% hit.
In the end, Lin Weixia won the store's largest pink doll and basketball. After the game was over, Gao Hang stuffed a basketball into her arms and showed his white teeth:
"Thank you, sis."
Lin Weixia passively took the basketball and pointed at the half-human-high doll in his arms, thinking that it would be nice to take this to the gift exchange party.
As a result, Gao Hang subconsciously hid it behind his back, with a suspicious blush on his face. Lin Weixia understood and said in a teasing tone: "Oh~ There is a girl you like."
After saying that, Lin Weixia turned around and walked towards home. Gao Hang was afraid that his sister would complain and chase after her, so he changed the subject and said, "Sister, you are so amazing. How did you hit the target with one shot?"
"The first shot was used to test the position. The boss lowered the crosshairs, so just shoot lower than the original position."
"Sister, you are amazing."
…
On Christmas Day, the basketball club required all members to hold a meeting and everyone had to be present. Lin Weixia had been absent for a long time, but she had to go this time.
The two of them walked arm in arm to the meeting room. Liu Sijia had tied her hair into a high ponytail with a red hairband and sprayed perfume on her body, causing passers-by to look back frequently on the road.
"My gift was wrapped in blue paper with the word '嘉' written on the bottom," said Liu Sijia. She also posted a photo on Weibo with the caption: "Waiting for that person to come." The suffix of the mobile client is 'S'.
When they saw the letter S, everyone nodded their approval, knowing full well that she had made such a fuss just to tell others that this gift was from her, Liu Sijia, and no one could touch it except Ban Sheng.
After the meeting, Lin Weixia was responsible for returning the equipment to the equipment room, while others left one after another. Liu Sijia was chatting with someone not far away, just waiting for her.
Lin Weixia was walking in the hallway, preparing to wash her hands, when suddenly, a strong force pulled her wrist and dragged her into the equipment room. Lin Weixia was pressed behind the door by the boy, and a strong shadow fell over her. Ban Sheng pressed against her, his dark eyebrows pressed down:
"What did you give me?"
Not far from the door, Liu Sijia, who was chatting about gossip with her friends, hid the smile on her face. She seemed to see two figures flash by, but when she looked closely, there was nothing. She only saw the door of the equipment room shake and dust floating in the air.
Liu Sijia shouted to someone not far away: "Weixia, are you okay?"
The sound reached Lin Weixia's ears. She opened her eyes and looked at Ban Sheng. He was still holding her down and refused to let her go.
"What I gave you is a book." Lin Weixia said, and Ban Sheng slowly let her go.
Today is Christmas, and every class is filled with the lively atmosphere of giving gifts. Boys and girls in the class gather together to discuss the weather, talk about their wishes and so on.
Someone asked Lin Weixia, "Hey, Weixia, what's your Christmas wish?"
"World peace."
"Do you dare to be more perfunctory?" Li Shengran sneered.
"I want to see the sea." The smile on Lin Weixia's face remained faint.
Liu Sijia pointed a finger at her forehead and smiled indifferently: "You are just daydreaming. What kind of wish is this?"
"Yes, I don't like going to the beach because I'm afraid of the sun since I can see things by driving a car or taking the subway." Qiu Minghua hooked the hair beside his ear.
Ning Chao glanced at him and snorted, "With your complexion, do you really need to tan? You look like a kid who grew up on the beach."
Everyone burst into laughter. Qiu Minghua was so angry that his cheeks turned red and he threatened to fight with Ning Chao. Lin Weixia smoothed the hair beside her ear and then laughed involuntarily.
Ban Sheng sat in his seat, lowered his neck, and concentrated on studying the structure of the drone in his hand. He did not participate in the conversation from beginning to end.
In other words, he didn't listen at all, let alone care about what others said.
When it came to the gift exchange session, the whole class was noisy. In order to create a good atmosphere, the class monitor turned off four of the six lights in the class, leaving only two. The light in the whole space seemed hazy and dim, which made people feel slightly excited.
The students picked their gifts in the order of drawing lots. Everyone prepared their gifts very carefully. Some of the gifts looked very expensive, and it was not difficult to guess that they were made by Student A.
The basketball was casually pushed to a corner where no one cared when others were choosing gifts. Lin Weixia stared at the basketball closely and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Qiu Minghua picked it up halfway.
Lin Weixia went up and picked out something that looked like a postcard package.
After the gift exchange activity was over, everyone packed up and went home from school. Lin Weixia stuffed the gift into her schoolbag, and Liu Sijia ran over with an excited expression on her face.
"He didn't draw my gift. I don't know who took it away," Liu Sijia said, then changed the subject and raised her eyebrows, "But I drew a very special gift from Ban Sheng."
Lin Weixia looked over and saw Liu Sijia holding a green brocade box with a string of beautiful handmade star-shaped light bulbs on it. As she pressed the switch, the light bulbs immediately came on, lighting up the scene in front of her eyes, twinkling like stars in the sky.
"Doesn't it look like the starry sky? This style was obviously created by Ban Sheng who loves astronomy." Liu Sijia's brows were full of joy.
Ning Chao, who had already walked out of the school gate, sneezed. He immediately suspected that someone had scolded him, and immediately zipped up his jacket to his throat. Others saw that he had a Band-Aid on his finger, which was faintly oozing blood, and asked, "Brother Chao, what happened to your hand?"
"I was scratched by the tungsten wire," Ning Chao said without caring, "I'm leaving."
On the other side, Liu Sijia was still talking to Lin Weixia. She unconsciously looked in the direction of the fourth group and saw Ban Sheng's hand on Qiu Minghua, leaning over and saying something to him.
During this time, he seemed to glance lazily at Lin Weixia.
Qiu Minghua actually gave him the ball.
Lin Weixia's heart suddenly skipped a beat and she had a bad feeling. She hurriedly pulled Liu Si out of the school gate. The wind blowing past her ears was a bit hot.
After returning home in the evening and washing up, Lin Weixia's hair was wet and draped behind her. She tilted her head and wiped her hair with a towel. By the way, she picked up her phone to find the black avatar and sent a message:
"How did you know the gift I gave was a basketball?"
Five minutes later, the message reminder sounded, and Ban Sheng's slow tone could be felt through the screen.
Ban: [Just in case, your brother told me.]
This is how he does things. He will only take action when he is absolutely sure, and the same is true when he pursues Lin Weixia.
Lin Weixia continued to ask questions without giving up, typing in the dialog box and sending it out: [Return the basketball to Qiu Minghua, how could he agree to it. ]
Five minutes later, the phone screen lit up again, and the words between the lines revealed Ban Sheng's good mood and patience.
Ban: [He has been wanting to borrow my beach house and equipment. He wants to go surfing on the weekend. I agreed this time.]
[He couldn't ask for more.]
The next morning, the cold air was gone, and the sun came out and it was warm everywhere. Lin Weixia came to school early and saw a basketball lying on the bench in Ban Sheng's class.
More and more people came into the classroom, so everyone was discussing the basketball on Ban Sheng's seat. To be honest, it was very ordinary. It was not a famous brand. It was obviously a sporting product from a wholesale store and looked very cheap.
But it is not ordinary, with three big, bright words written on it: Ban Sheng's.
These three words undoubtedly show that this is his property.
During the second class, when doing exercises, Lin Weixia was deliberately slow and waited until everyone had gone down before standing up and walking to Ban Sheng's seat.
There was a "bang" sound behind her. Lin Weixia turned around and saw Ban Sheng leaning against the back door with one hand in her pocket. The exposed wrist bone was clearly visible. One glance showed what she was going to do.
A pair of dark and clear eyes stared at her, making her afraid to move, and his tone was like that of a scoundrel:
"I painted the words on it with a spray pen. They can't be erased."