After Ban Sheng fixed her clothes, he went out directly.
Lin Weixia waited for a while, then walked towards the terrace. Among a group of boys who were playing and smug, she bent down and helped up the girl who had fallen to the ground.
When Lin Weixia helped the girl downstairs, the lights in the villa hall were as bright as day. Student A turned a blind eye to this and remained indifferent. They continued to chat and laugh while playing games together.
"What's your name?" Lin Weixia asked gently.
The girl lowered her head even lower, her bangs drooped, and shook her head. There was nothing much to say, and no one would remember it anyway.
Lin Weixia didn't force her, she just blew her nose quietly. When Lin Weixia helped her to the gate, she was worrying about how to take her down the mountain.
Li Shengran hurried down, panting slightly, and said, "I'll ask the driver to take you home."
After all, the girl with bangs is Li Shengran’s desk mate, and she was the one who called people to help at the party, so she has to be responsible.
Lin Weixia helped the girl with bangs into the car. The driver took them down the mountain. The night sea breeze was cold. The girl with bangs huddled in the back seat and sneezed unconsciously. Lin Weixia calmly pressed the button and the window went up.
She didn't see Liu Sijia at the banquet just now, so she sent a message saying that she left first.
When they arrived in the city, Lin Weixia asked the driver to stop the car. She got off and bought two cans of drinks. When she returned to the car, he took out a can of drink from a white plastic bag and gave it to her.
The girl with bangs shook her head and refused.
The driver first sent the girl with bangs home. Because the distance between the buildings was too narrow, the car stopped on the side of the road. This area was very shabby. There were middle-aged men playing cards with their shirts off after work downstairs. From time to time, there were bursts of laughter at the card table.
The mobile phone repair shop was at the edge, with a white lamp hanging high, which extended a little light and elongated the figures of the two girls. Lin Weixia asked her, "Do you want me to take you in?"
The girl with bangs shook her head and turned to go in. Lin Weixia stopped her and took out a small bag of medicine from a white plastic bag and handed it to her. Her eyelashes were very long and drooped. "You may have scratches on your elbows and knees. Go back and apply some medicine."
"Thanks."
October in Nanjiang has not really entered autumn yet, it is just a little cooler in the morning and evening, but the sun is still scorching during the day. Gao Hang wanted to stick his head into the refrigerator, and the TV was playing an old movie "Love in the City" released in Hong Kong, China.
Lin Weixia's throat started to get hot from eating, so her aunt made her some herbal tea and forced her to bring it to school every day. Every time Lin Weixia drank the herbal tea with a bitter face, Liu Sijia would come over and laugh at her.
Nanjiang's herbal tea is indeed famous because it is so bitter that it makes your tongue tremble.
But in fact, Liu Sijia came here to see Ban Sheng.
As long as that figure with her head and neck straight was there, Liu Sijia's voice would become more charming, making her look less like the high and mighty queen as outsiders said.
Lin Weixia never exposed her and chose to drink the herbal tea silently.
The garden party of Shenlan No. 1 Middle School was also coming in October. Lin Weixia was just passing by the garden party venue when she went to the teaching building opposite to move the test papers after class, and the seniors forced a stack of club recruitment flyers on her.
Lin Weixia put it on the table and never paid attention to it again. After finishing the break exercise, Liu Sijia came over and sat on her table.
Liu Sijia tilted her head and pulled out a flyer, and asked, "Weixia, have you decided which club to join?"
In her hand was a flyer recruiting new members for the basketball club, and the stack of flyers that Lin Weixia had placed on the table were fanned out, with one of them being pressed by Liu Sijia's butt, revealing the words "Cello Club Recruiting New Members".
Lin Weixia's eyelashes moved.
Liu Sijia held up the flyer and read the recruitment requirements. As far as she knew, Ning Chao was also in this club. People like him definitely played basketball to look cool.
"Weixia, come with me to join the basketball club, okay?" Liu Sijia encouraged.
Lin Weixia's eyes were still fixed on the cello club flyer. She moved her lips and said, "I—"
"Then it's decided. I see you don't have any hobbies except reading mystery novels," Liu Sijia leaned over, her beautiful eyes pleading, "You promised me before that you would help me pursue Ban Sheng. He's in the basketball club."
Liu Sijia is a red exclamation mark, passionate and straightforward. She never hides her purpose and knows people's hearts. She knows that if a proud person like her acts coquettishly, no one can do anything about it.
Lin Weixia is white, like a punctuation mark, quiet and taciturn, will not refuse friends, often a reason will turn around on the tip of her tongue, this silence is also soft-hearted.
"Okay." Lin Weixia looked defeated when she saw Liu Sijia's eyes.
Before class, Lin Weixia threw all the flyers into the trash can. She hesitated for a moment about the cello flyer and finally stuffed it into the drawer.
One day, when she took out a book, the flyer fell to the ground. Ning Chao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you like cello?"
"Not really."
I like the word "I" in front of the sentence, but can I change everything
After that banquet, Liu Sijia would get up half an hour earlier every day to put the milk on Bansheng's table. Lin Weixia asked her puzzledly why she didn't give it to him directly after the morning reading.
"You really don't have anyone you like, that's great, you don't have to worry about gains and losses like me." Liu Sijia said enviously, "I'm afraid of being rejected."
I didn't give it to him directly because I was afraid of being rejected.
What's more, she is too proud.
"When the milk reaches a certain level, I will confess my love to him and then tell him that all the milk was delivered by me." Liu Sijia said.
Liu Sijia stood in the corridor, took out the sunscreen spray and sprayed it on her face and neck. Looking at Lin Weixia's skin which was as white as milk and could not get tanned no matter how much she was exposed to the sun, she pulled her into the house and said with envy:
"How come you are so fair? I envy you so much. I have applied three layers of sunscreen."
Lin Weixia looked at her arm and said nonchalantly, "It seems fine."
Lin Weixia went in from the back door and happened to meet Ban Sheng coming in. He walked faster than her, and the fabric of his black T-shirt brushed her shoulder lightly, and the cool smell of tobacco mixed into her nose.
He went to the toilet to smoke.
Ban Sheng walked to the last row, raised his hand to pick up the chair in front of him, turned it over, and sat down lazily. A head came forward, grabbed his collar and sniffed, revealing two protruding collarbones.
Qiu Minghua lowered his voice and said, "Master Ban, you went to the toilet to smoke, why didn't you call me? Director Zhao didn't catch you, did he?"
Ban Sheng pulled back his clothes, raised his eyelids and glanced at him, and said, "Talk away from me."
He had just washed his hands. He took out a piece of paper, wiped his hands, crumpled it up and threw it into the trash can. Then he picked up a box of milk on the table and was taking out the white straw.
Qiu Minghua said enviously: "It's great that he's handsome. I want to drink it too."
"If you want it, I'll give it to you." Ban Sheng said casually. There was another box on the table.
"Forget it. I'm afraid the milk girl will kill me."
Lin Weixia was distributing the test papers and heard the conversation clearly. After the banquet, the two did not speak to each other for a whole week.
On Monday, Liu Sijia and Lin Weixia officially joined the basketball club. After joining the basketball club, they had to report to the club twice a week, both in the afternoon after school. The biggest advantage of joining the club was that they didn't have to attend the first evening self-study class.
From then on, whenever it was time to report to the basketball club, Lin Weixia and Liu Sijia would show up together, dribbling the ball, practicing shooting, and then holding hands and staying in school to eat together.
It’s just that Liu Sijia’s dinner is often a plate of whole wheat bread, even though she is already very thin.
Liu Sijia joined the basketball club in order to pursue Ban Sheng, but a week passed and she didn't even see Ban Sheng.
When the training ended on Wednesday afternoon, Ning Chao was still jumping and shooting, sweat dripping down the temples of his crew cut, causing the girls passing by to look back frequently.
Liu Sijia silently rolled her eyes at his behavior of using the ball to show off, crossed her arms and asked, "Hey, do you know why Ban Sheng didn't come to the basketball club?"
"After hearing that you were coming, I didn't want to come anymore." Ning Chao grabbed the ball, jumped up and threw it. The basketball went steadily into the basket and hit the floor with a "bang".
"You dead idiot." Liu Sijia was so angry that she changed to the local dialect and cursed him.
"Ning Chao, stop teasing her," the boy next to him patted his shoulder and turned to explain to her, "Ban Sheng never comes to the basketball club. He only comes a few times a semester and never participates in group activities."
When Liu Sijia told Lin Weixia about this, she was doing her homework. Liu Sijia propped up her chin and complained: "I thought I could take the opportunity to get close to him, but in the end I couldn't even see his shadow."
"I decided to ask him to go ask in person this Friday. Weixia, can you help me deliver the message?"
Lin Weixia paused with the pen she was holding, and looked up at her: "I'm not familiar with him."
"I know. You gave it to him quietly when you handed out the homework," Liu Sijia pulled her sleeve, "I don't want anyone else to know about this."
Except you.
Liu Sijia was proud and shining. Lin Weixia understood the meaning of her words. Everyone was praising her, so she had to be careful and attack secretly. Even if she lost, it wouldn't be too embarrassing.
"Okay." Lin Weixia agreed.
"Yes, I have prepared everything," Liu Sijia took out a light green letter from her pocket, her red lips sparkling, "You are the best, I will treat you to ice cream this weekend."
The next afternoon, everyone in the class had gone to physical education class and had not returned yet. Lin Weixia returned ten minutes early and was about to hand out Chinese homework when she found a few more love letters in her drawer. Lin Weixia didn't even look at them and stuffed them all into a white plastic bag.
When Lin Weixia reached the last seat of the fourth group, she stopped. The desk in front of her was a little messy, with a map, a few pens, and a basketball under the table. The wind blew in, and the books were rustling.
Lin Weixia took out the green envelope from her pocket and stuffed it into the drawer. As the drawer was too full, the envelope fell down the smooth spine of the book and landed on the ground with a "pop".
Lin Weixia was just about to bend down to pick it up, but a gust of hot wind rushed in from the window, lifted the envelope on the ground, and made it swirl and float to the other side.
She bent over and ran after the letter, wanting to reach out to pick it up. In an instant, a pair of white sports shoes and smooth leg muscles appeared in front of her. Her eyes moved upwards and she saw black sweatpants. Ban Sheng had his hands in his pockets, a circle of shadow under his eyelashes, and he raised his eyelids to look at her.
He picked up the letter first and opened it.
Lin Weixia avoided his gaze and walked past him, brushing his shoulder. Unexpectedly, Ban Sheng grabbed her arm with his left hand and asked her, "Are you dating me?"
"Okay, I'll go." Ban Sheng looked down at her.
The air conditioner in the classroom was turned off long ago. Ban Sheng's hands were cold, but he was hot. He leaned over and stared at her. Lin Weixia felt inexplicably hot and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her back. She raised her eyes to meet his gaze and was about to speak: "It's Si-"
With a bang, someone kicked the door open, light poured in, and Lin Weixia immediately broke free from his shackles and walked forward. Nothing happened to the two of them, and people kept coming in, shouting that it was hot.
It doesn’t matter. The process is not important. The result is that he will keep the appointment.
On Friday, the fiery clouds burned every part of the sky. Crowds of people filed out of the school gate, shoulders rubbing against each other. The sounds of car horns, bus stops, and bicycle bells mixed together, forming the backdrop before the holiday.
Lin Weixia walked out of the school gate wearing a school uniform and carrying a schoolbag. She was constantly pushed forward by people. When she was taking out the bus card from her pocket to get on the bus, she looked up and saw Liu Sijia standing in front of the bus stop at the school gate.
Also standing next to them was Ban Sheng.
He was wearing a neat school uniform and was tall and thin. Perhaps because he had left school, a few buttons on his collar were unbuttoned, revealing a smooth section of his larynx. He was holding a cigarette between his fingers and looking at his phone absentmindedly.
Liu Sijia next to him said something to him, Ban Sheng nodded, and then a bright smile broke out on Liu Sijia's face.
Liu Sijia saw Lin Weixia outside the crowd and waved to her excitedly. Lin Weixia smiled. Then she saw Liu Sijia pulling Ban Sheng's sleeve and pointing in her direction. Ban Sheng raised his eyelids and looked over there.
He only stopped for two seconds, his eyes blank.
Lin Weixia's heart tightened and she clenched the strap of her schoolbag.
After a while, the driver drove a black car to pick up Ban Sheng. Ban Sheng put out the cigarette in his hand on the lid of the stainless steel trash can, turned sideways and got into the car. Then Lin Weixia watched Liu Sijia sit next to Ban Sheng.