The winter vacation was over quickly, and as spring came, the warm air could not wait to enter every corner of the city. Since that New Year's message, Liu Sijia and Lin Weixia have been interacting more frequently, of course, they no longer mentioned the name Ban Sheng.
The boy standing between them was like a taboo.
The glued ice surface will break into pieces.
After spending more than one semester at Shenzhen High School, Lin Weixia has completely adapted to life here. There is still a wall between students A and F, and they basically have no intersection, like two teams.
The class ecological chain hidden in the deep high schools is like a fog. There is always something covering it, which is invisible and intangible.
Nanjiang's climate is dominated by long summers, with warm weather all year round. It was only the beginning of April, but the weather was already extremely hot, and the deep and high chirping of cicadas became louder and louder every day.
Everyone quickly changed into summer uniforms. The boys wore simple white shirts and trousers, while the girls wore blue and white sailor suits, like pieces of youthful and beautiful sails.
Shuiwei Lane is always extremely noisy on Fridays. Lin Weixia and her family sat at the dining table. The quarrels and brake sounds from outside came in. Her aunt walked to the window and closed it with a "click".
The room finally quieted down a bit. Auntie returned to the dining table and served Lin Weixia a bowl of loofah soup. She glanced at her and said, "Xia Xia, your father came to ask me for someone. He came out and said he wanted you to go back."
Lin Weixia lowered her head and chewed the beans slowly without saying anything. Her aunt glanced at her and continued to speak carefully: "We have always raised you, but you are his daughter, and your aunt is not right."
Lin Weixia is a child who grew up in a single-parent family. Her father is an alcoholic. When he drinks, he does all kinds of sneaky things and never cares about the child's life or death.
She even often got into trouble and was arrested. Her aunt felt sorry for her and took Lin Weixia in to raise her. She has been raising her for seven years, from the age of 10 to now.
Father Lin had always ignored his daughter, but now that the child has grown up, he wants to take her back.
Lin Weixia put down her chopsticks and went into the room. After a while, she came out with a thick stack of money, a total of 5,000 yuan, which she handed all to her aunt.
Ms. Lin stood up, pushed her hand back, and her face changed: "What are you doing, kid?"
"Aunt, this is the money I saved. It's of no use to me to keep it, so I'll use it to supplement the family income." Lin Weixia said gently and put the money back into her hands.
After refusing several times, my aunt finally accepted the money, her tone was full of joy: "Then I'll keep it for you, and I'll go back to your dad for you, let's eat."
"good."
Lin Weixia thought that the matter would come to an end, but it was just her thought. On weekends, Lin Weixia helped out at her aunt's fruit shop as usual.
When there were not many people around, she would sit there and read.
With her snow-white elbows resting on the edge of the book, Lin Weixia was propping up her head and reading a novel by Chandler called "The Long Goodbye". The cell phone on the side vibrated with an incoming call alert.
She took a look and saw it was an unfamiliar number.
She picked up her phone and walked to the tree outside the fruit shop. After hesitating for a moment, she clicked the answer button and said "Hello" softly.
After the other party received her voice, he started to curse.
It’s Lin’s father.
He cursed rather harshly, his drunken tone and voice were so impassioned as if he wanted to eat him alive, a string of vulgar words came through the uneven electric sound, "son of a bitch" and "you cheap traitor".
Lin Weixia still maintained that posture without moving, allowing him to insult her. The expression on her face was indifferent, and her eyes stared blankly into the distance, without moving.
Suddenly, an arm reached out and snatched Lin Weixia's phone away. Lin's father was still cursing over there, so he hung up the phone and added the number to the blacklist.
Lin Weixia raised her eyes to look at the person who came. Ban Sheng, relying on his height advantage, was pressing Ling in front of her in a gangster manner, with the pink scarf still tied around his wrist.
He had just washed his hair, and the fine black hair on his forehead was still dripping with water.
"If you don't want to listen, just hang up. Why bother listening?" Ban Sheng glared at her.
Lin Weixia took back her phone and looked up at him: "Why are you here?"
"I'll take you to a fun place." Ban Sheng spoke slowly, with his hands in his pockets.
Normally, Lin Weixia would have rejected Ban Sheng. But she didn't know if it was because the sun was too hot today, or because the phone call just now made her feel depressed.
In short, Lin Weixia really wants to go out for some fresh air now, and she needs someone to help her empty her mind and escape from here for a short time.
Then Bansheng showed up.
Lin Weixia hesitated for a while and nodded: "Wait for me for a moment, I'll go in and talk to my aunt."
Lin Weixia came out after a while. Ban Sheng led her out of Shuiwei Lane and turned onto a wide road. He took out his phone from his trouser pocket, opened the social software and sent a voice message. The words were brief:
[Get out of here.]
In less than three minutes, a black sports car stopped in front of them like it was drifting. The window rolled down. Li Yiran put his hands on the steering wheel and saw Lin Weixia. He immediately exchanged glances with classmate Sheng, meaning that he was awesome for getting the person out.
Cheng Wusuan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, curled his lips and greeted her in a friendly manner. The car lock was automatically unlocked, and Lin Weixia moved her toes, but did not get in the car.
Wu Suan saw her hesitation and explained considerately: "Li Yiran is already an adult and just got his driver's license two months ago."
"No," Lin Weixia shook her head, looked at Li Yiran who was about to fall asleep in the driver's seat, and asked, "Senior, have you been drinking?"
“…” Li Yiran.
Ban Sheng couldn't suppress a smile on his lips. The more he tried to hold it back, the more he burst into laughter. His strong arms were resting on the car door, with blue veins visible. His chest was shaking with laughter.
Finally, the two got in the car. Li Yiran drove steadily, playing electronic music in the car, and sped north. On the way, they occasionally chatted and discussed something, but Lin Weixia did not participate.
She didn't talk much, just sat there quietly, lost in thought. It was the same as before.
Lin Weixia and Liu Sijia met during a summer vacation. When they first met, they had both witnessed each other's most miserable and embarrassing side.
Liu Sijia always said that Lin Weixia helped her a lot that summer and that it meant a lot to her. But Liu Sijia was also very helpful to her. That summer, she worked part-time in a coffee shop introduced by a relative. Liu Sijia often came to the coffee shop and they were already familiar with each other because of some things.
Every time there was a typhoon, Lin Weixia would prepare an umbrella for her or make her a cup of her favorite hot latte.
In the week after the typhoon left, Lin Weixia was not in good shape at work because Lin's father harassed her many times in private and asked her for money. When she refused, she was only insulted again.
On Friday, Lin Weixia was in charge of closing the cafe, and she was the last one to leave. Not long after she walked out of the cafe, she ran into the drunken father of Lin. He smiled and held a bottle of wine: "Girl, give some money to Dad."
After saying that, Father Lin came forward to search her body and began to touch her forcefully. Normally, Lin Weixia would have endured it, but too many things had happened recently and she was in a low mood. She could no longer bear it and pushed him. Lin Weixia looked at him coldly:
"roll."
Father Lin almost fell to the ground because he didn't stand firmly. The smile on his face disappeared completely. He smashed the bottle and rushed over: "Stinky bitch, I gave you face, didn't I?"
Just as the wine bottle was about to hit Lin Weixia, a figure suddenly appeared and kicked Lin's father from behind, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground.
Father Lin got up from the ground with a gloomy face, holding the broken bottle and throwing it at Liu Sijia. Lin Weixia, who was always calm, was panicked at this time, and hurried over to grab Liu Sijia's hand and run away.
The wind blew up their long hair.
During the argument, the sharp green glass pieces scratched the tightly held hands of the two girls.
Soon, a police car drove over with sirens blaring. Father Lin glared at Liu Sijia fiercely and finally ran away. Fortunately, the police finally caught Father Lin that night.
In the end, both girls had scars on their palms. Liu Sijia's was deeper and still has scars, and it's unknown how long it will take for them to disappear. Lin Weixia's was shallower and the scars gradually faded.
Liu Sijia was such a beautiful girl, but she left a scar because of saving her. If she hadn't stepped forward, Lin Weixia wouldn't know what would have happened that night.
Although Liu Sijia has expressed many times that she doesn't mind, she also joked that the scars on the palms of the two people connected together form a line of friendship.
But Lin Weixia will always owe her.
After driving for half an hour, the car circled down the highway. The scenery out the window changed from a single high-rise building to green mountains and trees. The air was fresh. The further we drove, the stronger the salty and humid smell of sea water in the air.
It turned out that we were going to the beach.
When the car drove to the sea, Lin Weixia realized that they had come to the Moon Coast, the most romantic sea in Nanjiang City. There was a large area of bright red roses planted on the Moon Coast, surrounded by the Dream-Eating Mountain. Because the water here is clean, so clean that at night the moonlight shines on the sea, beautiful as transparent crystal, so it is called the Moon Coast.
Due to its remote location and the fact that it has not yet been fully developed, there are relatively few people visiting the Moon Coast. However, after Lin Weixia got off the bus, she discovered that there were unusually many people there today.
"Weixia, spray some sunscreen. Although it's almost evening, the sunlight is still very strong." Wu Suan handed her the sunscreen spray.
Not far in front of her, there were constant sounds of microphone tests and DJing. Lin Weixia turned her head and subconsciously narrowed her amber eyes.
There was a stage not far away, with a blue sign at the top of the stage, with a whale fall pattern as the background, and the seven characters "Whale Crash Music Festival" written on it. Dry ice kept coming out on both sides of the stage, and electronic music came out from the music equipment, which was ear-blasting.
A roll-up banner five meters away stated that this was a music festival jointly organized by various universities, and it also had admission instructions and precautions written on the back.
"Music festival?" Lin Weixia widened her eyes.
After he finished speaking, a staff member hurriedly ran over from the front and handed four tickets to Ban Sheng. The other person should be a college student, and the two seemed to be quite familiar with each other.
The staff said that if it was inconvenient, they could be brought in directly from the backcourt.
Ban Sheng chuckled, patted the man on the shoulder, and said, "Brother Jian, am I that delicate?"
Brother Jian nodded, his tone quite serious: "I don't know if you are squeamish or not, but I know you are the most difficult person to invite."
After exchanging greetings, the group lined up to check their tickets. After passing security check, Lin Weixia and they each wore a green bracelet with the festival logo.
Once you enter, the view becomes wider. The open-air venue is crowded with people. Some people bought inflatable mats and sat there playing cards, and a team carrying flags walked straight past them.
The sea breeze blew over, and on the flags were words like "Jump, are you all here to stand in the corner for punishment?" and "Watch a live show, you'll be as happy as a god."
When there are too many people, collisions are inevitable. Ban Shengxu embraced Lin Weixia, always holding her steadily in his arms, and brought her to the pro area.
The band on the stage was basically composed of young college students, who mostly sang covers or their own songs. They had been performing on stage for a while, and the crowd burst into cheers and screams from time to time.
At first, Lin Weixia was a little restrained, but later she was infected by the joy of the audience and started waving her arms. The corners of her lips unconsciously curved upwards, and her depressed mood disappeared.
Lin Weixia was so absorbed in the song that she didn't even notice when Ban Sheng disappeared. In the crowd, Lin Weixia stood on tiptoe and kept looking around, turning her head to look for someone, but she couldn't see Ban Sheng. She thought he had been swept away by the crowd, and she felt a little panicked.
Fortunately, she saw Senior Wu Suan who was pushed not far away. Lin Weixia squeezed to her side with all her strength, and her usually calm face showed anxiety:
"Senior, have you seen Ban Sheng? He seems to be gone."
Cheng Wusuan raised her hand and lifted the long curly hair that was stuck to her neck. Just as she was about to speak, a burst of cheers broke out in front of her. She raised her chin and said, "Look."
Lin Weixia looked over in the direction of the sound. Ban Sheng appeared on the stage at some point in time. He was standing in the position of keyboardist and lead singer. The staff member from before, Brother Jian, became the guitarist. Li Yiran was sitting there, holding an accordion, with a lazy look on his face, as if to say, "I was just dragged here to make up the numbers, and don't blame me if I don't do anything."
"The lead singer of this band is sick and I'm here to take over." Ban Sheng reached out and pulled the microphone, his words couldn't be shorter.
But he looked so cool and nonchalant, causing the girls in the audience to scream and shout: "The lead singer is so handsome!"
The expression on Ban Sheng's face didn't change much. After he exchanged glances with the staff member on the side, Brother Jian plucked the guitar twice, and the music began to sound rhythmically.
A pleasant voice sounded:
I look forward to meeting her every minute.
Silently waiting and never complaining
I long to see her every minute.
Meet Yile on the road for a few days
Ban Sheng's Cantonese pronunciation is very flavorful, with a unique accent. The male voice is like Sunkist's lemonade, every word is moving, and it has a unique cool tone. He sang while pressing the black and white keys with his slender fingertips, always in a nonchalant and relaxed state.
"Wow, the lead singer is so fucking amazing."
"Why haven't I seen him before? This band at Nanjiang University is really good. It's really fascinating. I really want to see him take off his clothes."
"Sister, put on your pants quickly, or go find a chicken coop and lock yourself up."
It was very lively around, with music fans dancing and singing along. When the music reached its climax, dry ice kept coming out of the stage. Ban Sheng's voice pushed the atmosphere to its climax. He was plucking the piano keys with his head down, and the pink scarf on his left hand swayed in the wind. Suddenly he raised his head and lifted his eyelids to look down at the stage.
A pair of dark eyes quickly caught sight of Lin Weixia in the crowd. With a casual smile on his lips, he watched her sing seriously:
First discovered today
Meet her from afar
That happiness is so fresh
I had a sleepless night
"Oh my god, am I seeing right? He is laughing?"
"Who is he looking at? No, I have to go backstage and ask for his WeChat ID for this handsome lead singer."
Ban Sheng was singing on the stage, and the big screen behind him kept playing the MV of the song. Lin Weixia was standing in the audience, listening to the salty sea breeze, the setting sun in the sky, the screams around him, and the coconut trees on the beach.
She seemed to have lost all perception.
She knew that the temperature of her ears was rising and her heart was beating faster and faster as if it was electrified. Lin Weixia told herself in her heart that her ears were too hot because of the sun and her heart was beating faster because her heart could not bear the bombardment of the live music.
It wasn’t because of the boy on the stage who seemed careless and not paying attention but was actually watching her sing seriously.
Someone in the crowd started to emit cold flames. At the same time, a pleasant voice came, and she just looked at her:
Inexperienced in love
Shadow appears in my heart
Why meet her
Beautiful impression like first love
I look forward to meeting her every minute.
Silently waiting and never complaining
With a bang, the daytime fireworks ignited. Lin Weixia, who was squeezed into the team, looked at the stage. The jumping characters on the big screen suddenly turned into a slanted English font:
This is my world, xia.
At the same time, Ban Sheng's low ending words "A lovely first love" rang in Lin Weixia's ears, and she seemed to have tinnitus that could not go away for a long time.
Wu Suan followed the audience in cheering twice, she looked at the people on the stage seriously and said with a smile:
"Ah Sheng likes you very much."
"I've never seen him treat any girl like this. Just a look from you can make him care about you to death."
Someone in the crowd played with a water gun and hit Lin Weixia in the face, but it still couldn't cool down the heat on her face. The Cantonese song he sang was very nice, and she didn't know how Ban Sheng knew that she liked to watch the sea.
Her WeChat name is xia. The guy on the stage never wants to participate in any school activities. He often hides a look of world-weariness in his eyes and walks around the school with a cool face. He never associates with others and is unwilling to participate in any group activities. No one knows that he also likes to play music. But such a self-enclosed boy took the initiative to tell her:
This is my world, Lin Weixia.
This is the first time I like a girl, so I want to show it to you without reservation.
All for you.
The song finally ended. Amid the sound of her pounding heart, Lin Weixia inadvertently caught a glimpse of senior sister Wu Suan's beautiful and lively eyes, which were always following Li Yiran on the stage.
In an instant, she seemed to understand something and couldn't help asking, "Senior Wu Suan, are you—"
Cheng Wusuan shook his head and smiled: "No, he has always treated me as a good friend."
Dusk came quickly. Although Lin Weixia was enjoying the music, her legs were sore from standing. She stepped out of the crowded crowd and found a corner to take a rest. Just as she took out her cell phone, she saw a call from Ban Sheng.
Lin Weixia answered the call, and Ban Sheng said briefly, "Come out."
Lin Weixia jogged out with her cell phone in her hand. After running out of the music festival venue, she saw no one but the endless sea in the distance.
"here."
A lazy voice came from behind her. Lin Weixia turned her head and saw Ban Sheng leaning against the wall, lowering one of his bent long legs and walking towards her.
Ban Sheng led Lin Weixia to the parking lot, stepped directly onto the motorcycle, and motioned for her to get on. Lin Weixia didn't even know where he got the motorcycle, and under the urging of Ban Sheng's eyes, she slowly got on the car.
As soon as he got on the motorcycle, it rushed out like an arrow. Lin Weixia uncontrollably hit his back and her chin hit the hard bone. In addition, he was driving very fast, so she subconsciously reached out to hold his waist.
The boy riding the motorcycle felt an itch in his waist and abdomen, and he stiffened slightly, but returned to normal after a moment.
After the car's speed stabilized, Lin Weixia carefully moved back, loosening her hands and tightly grasping the handrails on both sides. Suddenly, after another sudden brake, she accelerated again and fell into his back again.
The hot temperature from the boy's back hit her chest, and she immediately sat up straight.
Ban Sheng was being naughty again, and he did it over and over again, so deliberately that Lin Weixia became furious and her face flushed red: "Ban Sheng!"
Seeing that she was really about to get angry, Ban Sheng restrained himself and said with a sullen smile: "I won't bother you anymore. Look to your right."
Lin Weixia immediately sat far away from Ban Sheng, very angry. She subconsciously looked to the right and was stunned. Ban Sheng had taken her to the beach by bike without knowing when.
It was dusk now.
As far as the eye can see is the endless blue-green sea. The sea holds a hot sunset yolk in its mouth. The sunset glow in the sky is colorful, and the light sprinkled down, adding a gentle filter to people.
No one forgets all his troubles until he sees the sea.
The humid sea breeze blew over, and I felt extremely relaxed. The boy in front of me said, "Are you happy?"
"Yeah." Lin Weixia nodded.
"If you have any wishes, you can shout them out. If you want to vent, you can do that too." Ban Sheng said slowly while riding his bike.
Lin Weixia hesitated for a moment and didn't speak. Ban Sheng didn't force her and continued to ride his bike to take her around the island to see the sea. Fortunately, the sea was too tolerant, always there in silence, watching everyone gently.
At the corner, she shouted earnestly:
"Ah-ah-I wish it would snow in Nanjiang."
Lin Weixia has lived in Nanjiang since she was a child and has never seen snow. She has gone to Jingbei to participate in competitions before, but it was not winter every time she went there.
Ban Sheng sneered, as if making fun of her little girl's thoughts, and said, "Okay, let's change to something more practical."
At this moment, the sea breeze filled her mouth. The beautiful scene made her throw away her composure and calmness, and she shouted out the repression in her heart:
"I want to leave here quickly."
"I really want to go to Beijing North to see the snow."
The desire to see snow, to go to Beijing North to study, and all the unspeakable emotions were released. Lin Weixia breathed a sigh of relief and even felt a little excited, with a smile on the corner of her lips.
The boy riding a bicycle in front suddenly spoke up, his tone calm and serious, as if he was making a promise:
"I'll go with you."
Lin Weixia didn't respond for a long time. She suddenly remembered something and said softly, "I'm annoying."
Bansheng was not frustrated. He turned around holding the handrail and continued:
"Lin Weixia, I can meet your expectations."
How could Lin Weixia not know what Ban Sheng meant by this? She knew how good he was, how powerful he was, and how he never disappointed anyone.
But what Liu Sijia said about always being good friends and the amber leaf pendant echoed in her mind.
Her heart suddenly jumped and fragments rushed towards her.
"I have other things to do." Lin Weixia said softly.
This is a rejection.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Weixia saw that Ban Sheng's originally broad and upright shoulders collapsed silently, as if someone had pulled the youthful spirit out of him. He didn't say anything else, but his silence made her feel breathless. She felt depressed, as if there were bubbles pressing on the edge of her heart, but she couldn't squeeze them out.
Lin Weixia found that she couldn't bear to make the young man, who was originally full of vigor and vitality, sad.
She couldn't bear it.