Li Wei sat alone under the lamp, her shadow cast by the fluorescent lamp was somewhat lonely, and the writing on the blackboard was not erased. She was stunned as she looked at those words.
Lin Haishu didn't leave for long, and soon came over with a bunch of things, including gauze, medical cotton, a small bag of cotton swabs, and a bottle of medical alcohol.
"I just scratched the skin a little bit, there is no need to mobilize troops like this."
"Leave it to me." Lin Haishu squatted down next to Li Wei again, and skillfully used a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to gently wipe Li Wei's wound.
Why did he notice it so quickly on her feet? She obviously paid attention to covering up when dancing and didn't show anything strange in front of him.
"Don't be patient all the time. In this case, you will be the one who suffers in the end."
The young man squatting next to her suddenly said something like this to her. Li Wei was startled for a moment. She looked at the young man's dark head and said slowly: "In my freshman year of high school, it was my first time to host on stage. Later, I was also kicked by Shoes. I bruised my foot, were you the one who put those band-aids on my schoolbag?"
The young man's movements paused for a moment, and then he quickly continued busy with what he was doing. Time seemed to have frozen at this moment. The only sound in my ears was the rustling of leaves in the wind.
Lin Haishu simply treated Li Wei's wound, then reached into his trouser bag, pulled out a few band-aids, and placed them on Li Wei's hand. He looked tenderly at the girl in the rose-colored dress in front of him, and time seemed to pull him back to that afternoon three years ago, when she and he met at the stairs. Her smile was as bright as the sun.
"Li Wei!"
When Li Wei heard his call, he lowered his head to put on his shoes and suddenly slowed down, and raised his head to look at him. Their eyes met, and this time Lin Haishu did not dodge. He opened his mouth and was about to say something, but he heard footsteps coming from the stairs, running like a gust of wind, interrupting what Lin Haishu was about to say.
It was Chen Yating. Li Wei looked at Chen Yating in surprise, why did she come here
Lin Haishu bowed slightly and retreated, and in a blink of an eye, his figure had disappeared at the top of the stairs.
Chen Yating cried immediately when she saw Li Wei. Li Wei understood everything. She quickly put on her shoes, stood up and gave her a big hug.
After Chen Yating calmed down a little, she complained to Li Wei: "I never knew that the words of a man who looked sunny and warm could be as hurtful as a knife. Weiwei, what on earth have you been talking about for so long?"
"It's okay, this is also a kind of growth." Li Wei's mood has always been calm.
"I was really blind and saw the wrong person." Chen Yating said and started to cry again.
There were only two girls left in the empty classroom. Chen Yating finished talking about the bad relationship she had just ended, and then the two recalled every detail of their acquaintance for several years.
Chen Yating said with some reluctance: "You are so cruel to apply for a school so far away. It will be so difficult to meet again in the future." She applied for the nursing major at a medical school in the provincial capital, completely discarding the inheritance from her family and going to school. She took the path her parents arranged for her.
Li Wei said: "No matter how far you go, you will always come back. Your home and mine are both here. We can get together again when we come back."
The graduation party was coming to an end, and a chorus of hundreds of people came from the playground.
"Say goodbye, goodbye will not be too far away. If you are destined, you can look forward to tomorrow. I will meet you again in the brilliant season..."
Li Wei stood in the crowd. When she turned her head, she saw the young man standing under the basketball hoop over there. What would he have said to her if Chen Yating had not come running over just now. But it was no longer important to Li Wei. She waved to him across the sea of people and expressed her gratitude to him.
What an honor it was for Li Wei to have such a friend by his side when he was young. She remembered her promise to Lin Haishu, and she still owed him a painting.
There is no such thing as a banquet in the world, and people walked out of the school gate in twos and threes. Li Wei was always with Chen Yating, and they only said goodbye carefully when they parted ways. Li Wei went directly to his shop.
It was a busy time in the store, so she didn't have time to change her clothes, so she got busy. When the last group of guests had left, Li Wei had the opportunity to sit down and take a rest. The bruised area has been well treated and there is no stinging pain for the time being.
She looked up at the clock on the wall. It was already eleven thirty-five. He should be home by now. Li Wei didn't hesitate too much. She walked behind the counter, picked up the receiver, and dialed a series of numbers.
The phone opposite rang three times before someone picked up: "Hey, who are you looking for?"
Hearing that the voice was probably Lin Haishu's mother, Li Wei said, "Excuse me, auntie, is Lin Haishu at home?"
The other side said: "He went to attend the graduation party and hasn't come back yet. You, I will tell him when he comes back."
"That's it, no need, thank you, auntie." Li Wei hung up the phone. The party ended at half past nine. Where did he go in the two hours
"Weiwei, aren't you leaving yet?" Li Jianping urged her outside.
Li Wei then stood up and turned off all the lights in the store.
Summer vacation is coming, cicadas are chirping in the trees, and Li Wei has just gotten up from his nap.
She found rice paper and a purple brush, laid out the drawing paper, sat at the table and thought for a while, then sketched a light-ink landscape painting on the paper. The content on the picture is the scenery of Taihu Lake that she once visited in person.
She spent an afternoon painting this picture. After it dried, she took the picture to a framing shop and asked the master to make a frame for her.
After preparing the painting, Li Wei dialed the phone number again. After the call was connected, the voice of the middle-aged woman was still on the other side.
"Auntie, is Lin Haishu at home?"
"He's not here, he's traveling. Who are you?"
He was not here, and Li Wei thought to herself: "I am his classmate, and I have something for him. Auntie, can you tell me your home address?"
Mother Lin readily told Li Wei their home address. After Li Wei wrote it down, he took the painting and rode to the South Tower.
The two families were only half an hour away by bicycle, and this was her first time to the Lin family.
The two-story white small western-style building has purple-red bougainvillea blooming all over the wall.
Li Wei knocked on the door, and soon someone opened the door.
Lin's mother recognized her at a glance and enthusiastically invited Li Wei in: "She's Hai'er's classmate, she looks just like the one in the photo. Let's sit inside for a while."
Li Wei declined Mother Lin's kindness, presented the painting and went back without staying any longer. Li Wei rode across the river embankment on the bank of willow trees. The summer wind blew on his face, but the heat did not go away. She looked at the sunset in the sky, hoping that Lin Haishu would have a bright future.
(End of chapter)