"No." Lin Weixia answered softly.
After putting away the gauze, medicine and other things, I looked up and saw those firm and distinct muscles with water droplets on them, and a faint mermaid line in the middle of the abdomen.
Lin Weixia's throat was a little dry, and she looked away: "Put on your clothes."
Ban Sheng chuckled, put out his cigarette in the ashtray, and said slowly: "Didn't you seem to be having fun just now? You changed your attitude so quickly."
"I didn't." Lin Weixia raised her voice slightly.
There was a rustling sound from the side. Ban Sheng reached over her back to get her clothes. His shoulder accidentally brushed against her ear. Her ear felt even hotter and her breathing became unnatural.
Lin Weixia's eyes moved unnaturally and she caught a glimpse of the black trousers he was wearing. The string on the waistband was loose and spread out, as if hiding a hint of forbidden color.
"The rope there is not tied." Lin Weixia reminded him.
Ban Sheng glanced down and looked at her lazily, smiling so hard that his chest seemed to tremble:
"Oh, you said you didn't see it."
On the other side, Liu Sijia was strolling on the street. In the middle of winter, she bit an ice cream, trying to sober herself up even if it hurt her teeth. Anyone who asked for her phone number was discouraged by Liu Sijia's middle finger.
She didn't know why she wanted to skip classes, but then she thought, if she was unhappy, she could just skip classes. There was no need to ask why. Later, she went to an Internet cafe and played games for an afternoon. Her beautiful nails randomly tapped the keyboard without any rules. She died countless times, but one of her teammates kept leading her to win without any effort, and she didn't forget to ridicule her:
"Tell me, did you go to burn incense before joining my team?"
When I came out, the sky darkened and turned pitch grey. Then the lights came on and it started raining again after a while.
Although it was drizzling, Liu Sijia rushed into the rain without thinking. She walked forward aimlessly and unknowingly turned into a small alley.
When she was almost at the end of the alley, some obscene voices were heard from the end of the alley. Liu Sijia came to her senses and walked back desperately. The closer she got to the exit, the faster she walked, and she was caught off guard and bumped into a hard chest.
She fell to the ground with a bang. Just as she was about to frown in anger, she looked up and bumped into a familiar face.
Ning Chao was stunned when he saw her. Liu Sijia looked really embarrassed at this time. Her delicate hair was messy, her clothes were wrinkled, and her body was wet. Only her red lips remained unchanged.
He turned and smiled wantonly, looking down at her: "Oh, which little fox got wet in the rain?"
Ning Chao shaved his head into a crew cut, and the left side of his temple was shaved into a Z shape, which made him look like a gangster and more like a street boss.
Liu Sijia's eyes widened into a circle, emitting anger. She struggled to get up from the ground. Before leaving, she proudly straightened her neck and smoothed the wrinkled corners of her skirt.
After walking less than ten steps, a voice came from behind: "Hey - you look pitiful, do you want to come with me?"
Liu Sijia stopped walking, she didn't know why she stopped. Half an hour later, Liu Sijia suspected that she was being manipulated by someone, and she actually came to such a ghost place with a gangster in her class.
There is a road sign not far away on the left. The sign is old and has the words "Goldfish Street" engraved on it. The font is a little blurred due to erosion by wind and frost.
Turning into Goldfish Street, she discovered a whole new world she had never been to. Shops were lined up in rows, and lights were on in front of every door. People were bustling and noisy. The woman who was watching the shop was packing things for the customers skillfully while cursing at them:
"That dead guy is a street ghost. He drank even though I told him not to drink. It's better for him to die. I can still have a second and third life."
The moth hit the lamp and fluttered around twice. The guest's laughter was hidden in the light of the lamp: "Calm down, harmony brings wealth."
There was also a mobile phone repair stall owner sitting at the table leisurely watching a low-end movie. Someone came up to pick up a mobile phone and asked the owner to help check the goods. Ning Chao interrupted and said, "Parallel imports."
Walking down Goldfish Street, people would greet Ning Chao. The hooligans on the street would greet Ning Chao respectfully, “Hello, Little Ning!”
Ning Chao responded perfunctorily, and when he met a playful young man, he shouted at him, "Young Master Ning, take your wife home! Go home!"
The boy skated away from the two of them. Ning Chao sneered, picked up two tennis balls from a nearby stall, and threw them accurately at the young man's back. The man staggered and fell off his skateboard, and ran away in a hurry, causing others to laugh.
Turning a corner on the long street, what comes into view are the red and blue food stalls propped up with tarpaulins. The aroma of grilled meat mixed with cumin wafts from the grill, and the freezers at the door are piled with skewers of meat and vegetables.
"Miss, you have never been to a place like this, right? You are so condescending." Ning Chao flicked the cigarette ash accumulated on his fingertips and said sarcastically.
Looking around with a pair of fox eyes, Liu Sijia couldn't help frowning when she saw some places with heavy oil stains. She didn't say anything and was obviously emotionally resisted, but her stomach made a rumbling sound at this inopportune time.
Ning Chao snorted and stubbed out his cigarette, and walked towards Ning's food stall, while Liu Sijia followed him reluctantly. As they walked, Ning Chao stopped for a moment, and Liu Sijia, who had been keeping her head down to pay attention to the muddy road under her feet, almost bumped into his back.
Just as she was about to speak, she saw a couple with kind faces and simple clothes smiling at her in a friendly manner.
Liu Sijia greeted her politely. Ning's mother was very enthusiastic and immediately cleaned the table and asked her to come in and sit down. Liu Sijia sat down with a cup of hot tea in her hand.
After a while, Ning's mother brought over a basin of hot water, smiled gently, and looked a little embarrassed: "You are classmate Ningzi, right? Come, girl, wipe your face."
"This towel is new. Do you think the water is hot?" Ning's mother asked cautiously.
Seeing that her son brought a classmate with him, who was well-dressed, pretty and noble, and obviously a child from a wealthy family, Ning's mother was afraid that she would neglect her.
"It fits very well, thank you Auntie." Liu Sijia quickly took the towel and began to wash her face. At this moment, she was completely different from the big lady temperament she showed in school.
Ning Chao stood in front of the freezer, holding a plate and taking a handful of kebabs. He glanced at them, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. After grilling for a while, Liu Sijia was in a daze. With a "bang", a hand with obvious blue veins holding a plate appeared in front of her.
"Try it, it's roasted by the old man." Ning Chao raised his chin towards the front.
Liu Sijia looked over and saw the man in a blue jacket busying around in front of the barbecue grill. He should be Ning Chao's father. When she greeted him just now, Ning's father just nodded silently.
She retracted her gaze and moved to the barbecue in front of her: roasted eggplant with garlic, chicken cartilage, and a handful of butter... It looked quite fragrant. Liu Sijia picked up a skewer of butter and took a bite.
Ning Chao looked at her, and the queen uttered three words uncomfortably:
"It's OK."
Although she said it was okay, Liu Sijia couldn't help but pick up another one and started eating. Ning Chao smiled and didn't expose her, turning around to get busy.
After eating for a while, the barbecue was a bit spicy, so Liu Sijia drank a sip of water. A bowl of fish ball noodles was brought up. She picked up the chopsticks, took a big bite and put it into her mouth. The hot food was fragrant and whetted her appetite.
Liu Sijia lowered her head and ate the noodles seriously. After drinking a few sips of soup, her body felt warmer and she seemed less tired.
Liu Sijia turned to the person making the noodles and said, "Thanks, the noodles are delicious."
Thanks tonight too.
Ning Chao, who was busy, froze and went back to work. Liu Sijia sat there and found that more and more customers came and it was very lively.
My eyes couldn't help but look at the busy boy. Ning Chao was standing in front of the barbecue grill with a stern brow lowered, busying himself. He worked efficiently and experiencedly.
After a while, someone called Ning Chao to help. On the way, someone bumped into Ning Chao's shoulder and the tray in his hand flew out, about to hit a customer. He stretched out his long arm, passed over the other person's head and caught the tray steadily. The customer apologized repeatedly.
The person who bumped into him was an acquaintance, who apologized with a playful smile. Ning Chao sneered, pretended to be busy with his work as if nothing had happened, but suddenly turned around and punched the acquaintance.
Tsk, childish, Liu Sijia said in her heart.
The scene changed. She was about to call him when she heard the sound of an argument. She looked over. Ning's mother was limping and struggling to carry two boxes of heavy beer. Ning Chao scolded her:
"Mom, if you have nothing to do, why don't you go and dance square dance with the old lady next door? You have to worry about this and are just causing trouble for me..."
Ning Chao, a big man of about eighty, bent down and easily took the beer box from Ning's mother and left. Ning Chao was busy all night, with a layer of sweat on his forehead, and his hands and feet were nimble and flexible at various wine tables.
"Wait for me for a moment, I'll take you home." Ning Chao had a cigarette in his mouth and his voice was unclear.
"No, I can do it alone." Liu Sijia shook her head.
She looked at the busy but harmonious scene in the food stall and said, pausing: "Your family has a pretty good relationship."
…
It rained all day today. After the rain stopped, Ban Sheng took Lin Weixia to the video game arcade. After playing a few games, they finally went to see a movie together.
The movie they watched was "Death on the Nile", which was adapted from her favorite Agatha novel and was her favorite crime mystery genre.
In the theater, Lin Weixia watched the movie seriously, and hardly distracted herself. Ban Sheng, who was sitting next to him, fell asleep after a while. He was the one who suggested watching the movie, but he fell asleep.
Although the adaptation is indeed a bit boring.
While the panoramic view of the Nile River was being shown on the screen, Lin Weixia tilted her head to glance at Ban Sheng next to her. He was wearing a black sweatshirt, his head leaning back on the red chair, his eyes closed, the light cast a faint shadow under his eyelashes.
Ban Sheng's shoulders were almost sliding off the back of the chair, and his head kept tilting to the side, but would then stop at a certain angle in mid-air and then turn back, back and forth.
Lin Weixia stared at the small mole under his eye that looked cold yet lustful. Her heart was moved. As if possessed by a ghost, she closed the middle baffle, stretched out her arm, and placed her palm lightly on his neck, as if she could feel the blood flowing under the blood vessels, gently pulling it towards her.
I could feel the warmth and the sound of very light breathing.
Ban Sheng rested his head on her shoulder.
The 127-minute film ended. The sound of the audience leaving the front row and discussing the plot woke the boy up. Ban Sheng's eyelashes moved, and he opened his eyes. He moved away from Lin Weixia's shoulder, raised his hand and rubbed his neck, and his voice was a little hoarse:
"Feel sorry."
"It's okay." Lin Weixia still stared at the big screen, not looking at the boy next to her, and answered without blinking.