Shu Nian was a little overwhelmed for a while, and asked, "Do you want to record the song sooner?"
Xie Ruhe was a little uncomfortable when he said that, but now he was also stunned. Looking at Shu Nian's clear eyes, he was silent for a few seconds, lowered his eyes, and didn't know what other reason to find: "...um."
Shu Nian directly agreed: "About what time?"
Xie Ruhe asked: "Are you free tomorrow morning?"
"Yes." Shu Nian said honestly, "Normally you don't need to go to the recording studio in the morning."
"Then what time do you usually wake up?"
"Not necessarily, I usually wake up at noon..." Speaking of this, Shu Nian stopped, wondering, "You don't need to ask me this, what time do you want to start recording, I can come on time."
As if he didn't hear what she said later, Xie Ruhe lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then acted like he didn't say anything: "It's still one o'clock in the afternoon."
"..."
After Shunian left, Xie Ruhe returned the same way and returned home.
It was meal time, and the housekeeping aunt and Fang Wencheng were both there, and dinner was not ready yet. Fang Wencheng was sitting on the sofa, when he heard the sound of the door, he immediately stood up and smiled: "Master, are you back?"
Xie Ruhe raised his eyelids and glanced at him, his expression was calm and he didn't make a sound.
Even though Ji Xinghuai said, if Xie Ruhe gets angry, he can put the blame on him. But until the last moment, Fang Wencheng still didn't dare to do such a thing.
He took a deep breath, and said in one breath what he had organized all afternoon, in an official and blunt manner.
"I'm sorry, master, it's like this. Because I really can't find a suitable singer, and seeing Huajing's deadline is getting closer, I am really anxious. In such an anxious situation, I suddenly had an idea , thinking that you once praised Miss Shu Nian for singing very well, so I came up with this bad plan."
Fang Wencheng's tone was flattering: "I hope you will forgive me, young master."
Xie Ruhe looked at him, and calmly repeated two words: "The worst strategy?"
Fang Wencheng didn't know where he touched his nerve again, his scalp was numb, and he changed his words instantly.
"Countermeasures! Yes, countermeasures!"
But Xie Ruhe didn't get angry as he imagined, he just moved the wheelchair carelessly and poured a glass of water beside the coffee table: "Tell me in advance."
Fang Wencheng quickly said: "Definitely."
Xie Ruhe picked up the water glass and suddenly remembered something. His movements paused, and he murmured as if repeating: "You did something wrong."
Fang Wencheng just breathed a sigh of relief, and was on full alert because of these words: "Yes, I, I made a mistake."
The next moment, Xie Ruhe raised his head with a thoughtful expression: "Then reflect on it."
Fang Wencheng was at a loss: "Huh?"
Xie Ruhe looked at him with dark eyes, quietly.
Fang Wencheng came to his senses and put on a confession look: "Okay, I'll go back and reflect on it."
Xie Ruhe said, "It's right here."
"..." Fang Wencheng couldn't understand what the boss was thinking more and more, so he said reluctantly, "Are you here?"
"Yeah." Xie Ruhe said blankly, "Let me see how you reflect on yourself."
"..."
In fact, Shunian didn't have much to do when he went to Huang Lizhi's place. The main reason was that it was still early, and she didn't know what to do when she was alone at home, so she just went to the recording studio to stay.
Shu Nian didn't enter the studio, but watched them recording inside from the outside. She didn't stay too late, thinking about going home to practice singing, she left the recording studio at about ten o'clock.
Shu Nian returned home, washed up and entered the room. With half-wet hair loose, she sat down at the desk, turned on the computer, opened a music software on the desktop, and then adjusted the position of the microphone.
Transfer the audio that Xie Ruhe sent her to the computer.
Shu Nian planned to record while singing, and then compare the difference by himself. Otherwise, if she sang like this alone, she would not be able to tell where her problem was.
She played the full version first.
Light and long music sounded in the quiet room.
After a while, Shu Nian lost his mind when he heard the lyrics that he practiced repeatedly today, and remembered what Xie Ruhe said today.
He was sitting in a wheelchair, his bangs were drooping, and the emotions in his eyes were covered by thin and thick eyelashes. Then, he said to her very naturally: "I will sing it once, and you will sing along."
…
After the reunion, Xie Ruhe's blatant stalking of Shu Nian, and the way he pretended to be deaf and dumb when she punctured him, Shu Nian actually felt that this feeling was very familiar.
Because in the past, such things happened many times between the two.
It was almost a day at that time.
From home to school, and from school to home.
Xie Ruhe followed her every day, and he followed her undisguisedly. If she found out, he would not dodge, and just stood there quietly.
At first Shu Nian thought it was a coincidence, so he didn't think much about it. But after many times, she sensed something was wrong, and asked him with a frown: "Why do you keep following me?"
Xie Ruhe did not remain silent, his expression was indifferent and natural: "No."
"what?"
"I didn't follow you."
Shu Nian tended to believe other people's words, but was immediately led away by Xie Ruhe's words, thinking that he had misunderstood him again, and stammered an apology to him.
This quiet "coincidence on the same road" continued for several days.
Shu Nian couldn't hold back anymore, holding the schoolbag in his hand, looking back, feeling very strange, he said inexplicably: "Aren't you really following me?"
Xie Ruhe didn't feel panicked about being caught at all, and said lightly, "I'm going this way too."
This time Shu Nian couldn't take it anymore, with a sullen face, he exposed him unhappily: "Your family obviously doesn't live here, why did you go this way."
Xie Ruhe didn't speak anymore, as if he thought her question was stupid and didn't bother to answer her.
Shunian continued to ask afterward, but he pretended he didn't hear.
Shu Nian felt that Xie Ruhe was lying. His family doesn't live here, and he has nothing to do here, so why does he always go this way. And just when he reached the path in front of her house, he turned around and left.
She didn't understand it very much, and felt aggrieved that she couldn't get rid of this little tail.
Still a little tail that doesn't like to talk.
The two seemed to be competing with each other, and they were at a stalemate.
Shu Nian no longer took the initiative to talk to him, and treated Xie Ruhe behind him as air. And he has always been taciturn, Shunian does not speak, and he will not take the initiative to speak.
In this way, they got along peacefully for a week, keeping a distance of three meters in peace.
until one day.
On the way home from school, Shu Nian was stopped by an uncle she didn't know, asking her to go over and do a favor. With a hesitant expression on her face, she stood there without moving, and asked in a low voice, "Help for what?"
Shu Nian faintly felt a little weird.
It was the beginning of April, and the weather was still very cold, with the cold air hitting the bones. The surrounding trees had lost all their leaves and were bare, desolate and gloomy.
In front of him was a bearded, scruffy man, wrapped in a knee-length windbreaker. It seemed to be extremely cold, with both hands pulling at the zipper of the clothes, wrapping himself tightly, but his calf was bare, and he was pulling a pair of dirty sneakers.
The smile was malicious and dark.
Shu Nian subconsciously took a step back.
The next moment, the man made a sudden movement and lifted the windbreaker, revealing his naked lower body. His eyes were shining, perverted and disgusting: "Help uncle see if it's big or not!"
Her mind was blank, and she didn't know how to react at that moment. Before he could even scream, his throat seemed to be choked, and a sense of fear fermented.
Shu Nian's legs were weak, and he took two steps back, trying to escape.
Shunem has not moved yet.
The scene in front of him was suddenly covered by a layer of cloth, it was a piece of clothing thrown over by someone, and the overwhelming smell of soap was overwhelming, and it also brought a little heat, a little warmth.
Shu Nian clenched his clothes tightly, unable to react at all, his eyes closed and opened subconsciously. Following the gaps in the clothes, one can see Xie Ruhe's sneakers walking quickly by.
Holding her breath, she tore off the clothes on her head.
At this moment, the man in front of him let out a wailing scream. His body is thin and small, with prominent bones, and the joints are like ribs. He is half a head shorter than Xie Ruhe.
Xie Ruhe's expression was gloomy, with hostility, he pulled the windbreaker on the man's body vigorously, without saying a word.
The man didn't know what he wanted to do, and struggled hard, but couldn't match his strength. In the process of resistance, the bones squeaked and rubbed against the wall next to them, bleeding out.
As if extremely angry, Xie Ruhe raised his foot and kicked him with all his strength.
After tearing off the windbreaker, the man was only wearing a close-fitting short sleeve, and his lower body was naked. His body was extremely weak, and he fell directly to the ground, and was so frightened that he moved back.
Xie Ruhe squatted down, his eyes were cold, and the broken ice was like a sharp knife. Afterwards, he lowered his eyes, his pretty face looked particularly terrifying at this moment, and said softly: "What do you want to see?"
"..."
"Shall I take a look for you?"
The man was crying, shaking his head, feeling cold and afraid, his whole body trembling: "No, no... no, no, I'm leaving... stop beating... stop beating..."
Xie Ruhe stood up, ignored him, turned his head and walked in the direction of Shunian.
Shu Nian watched the whole process of his beating, with a dazed expression, but the sense of fear dissipated inexplicably. Seeing Xie Ruhe walking towards her, she didn't know what to say, she squeezed the clothes in her hand.
Xie Ruhe took the initiative to grab her schoolbag and walked in another direction.
As if nothing happened just now, Xie Ruhe returned to his usual appearance, but he took the initiative to say a word: "Go back this way today."
"Ah-oh."
Walking out of this path, Xie Ruhe loosened her schoolbag, threw the windbreaker she just tore off the man into the trash can, and followed her as before.
Shu Nian is not like him, who can treat this incident as a gust of wind, and pass it by. She stopped, took a few steps back hesitantly, and walked to Xie Ruhe's side: "Are you okay?"
Xie Ruhe lazily hummed.
"Just." Shu Nian licked his lips and asked him, "Why are you tearing his clothes?"
Xie Ruhe twitched the corner of his mouth: "Didn't he want others to see it?"
"..." Shu Nian was really frightened, afraid that there would be someone as miserable as her, swallowed, and asked timidly, "Then, will he scare others?"
Hearing this, Xie Ruhe looked at her and said indifferently: "What does other people have to do with me?"
Shu Nian didn't hear it, and said to himself: "He has no clothes on. After a while, the police uncle will see him, and he should be arrested. It should be illegal for him to do this."
Xie Ruhe didn't respond to her words.
"What if I'm not caught." As he spoke, Shu Nian's eyes turned red, and his voice was nasal, "Will he remember me, and come to trouble me later..."
"..."
"This is a bad guy, we have to call the police." Shu Nian was young and had never encountered any major incidents. The originally tense mood relaxed at this moment, she began to shed tears, choked up and said, "Why, why is this, why is there such a person, woo woo woo, I want to tell my father..."
Xie Ruhe was stunned when she never thought that she could cry while talking to herself.
"What should I do..." Shu Nian sobbed, as if the sky had fallen, "What should I do if he comes to trouble me in the future, I'm so short, I can't beat him...He even deliberately scared me...I didn't do anything, Why is he doing this to me..."
Xie Ruhe got a headache from her crying, and said perfunctorily, "No."
"You say you won't because you're not afraid!" Shu Nian cried and lost his temper, "You won't be afraid if you can beat him, but if I can beat him, why would I be afraid! There is no one like you!"
"..."
Shu Nian lowered his head, feeling that his temper was too bad, so he stopped talking and held back his crying. The eyes are naturally a little droopy, poor like a puppy lost by the owner.
Xie Ruhe pursed his lips, and called her in a compromised voice, "Shu Nian."
Shu Nian's voice was still trembling: "What are you doing?"
"I'll take you back."
Shu Nian looked at him, but didn't react: "What."
Xie Ruhe also looked at her, did not explain what he just said, and finished the rest of the sentence calmly: "Tomorrow morning, I will wait for you at your door and accompany you to school."
There was still a bean-big tear in her eyes, and she said softly: "Do you want to protect me?"
Xie Ruhe was noncommittal.
Shu Nian wiped away his tears with his sleeve, at this moment he felt that he was the best person in the world. After a pause for a few seconds, she said sullenly, "But why do you help me like this? I have no money to give you. Then how can I repay you?"
Xie Ruhe didn't put the topic on this again, and continued to walk forward: "Let's go."
"I don't have any money..." Shu Nian thought for a while, then flipped through the small pocket of his schoolbag, "But I have a lot of candies."
"..."
Like seducing a child, Shu Nian handed him a candy, and said cautiously, "Then you take me home from now on, and I'll give you candy every day, okay?"
Xie Ruhe remained silent, staring down at the candy in her hand, then raised his eyelids and looked at her quietly.
Shu Nian looked nervous, lest he would go back on his word.
While she was waiting anxiously, Xie Ruhe looked away and replied softly, "Okay."
Ever since Chen Hanzheng said that to Shu Nian during that lunch, the relationship between the two of them has become estranged. Even with He Xiaoying who laughed at her at that time, Shu Nian didn't talk to her much.
She had always held grudges, and felt that their behavior was particularly hurtful.
Because he didn't take the initiative to talk to others, Shunian's sense of presence in the class became less and less.
Although she didn't pay much attention to it.
The incident of meeting a pervert became an opportunity for Shu Nian and Xie Ruhe to formally improve their relationship.
Shunian's popularity in the class is pretty good, but she doesn't have any particularly close friends, and she does many things alone. This is the first time for her to go to school with others every day, and then leave school together.
It's not alone, nor is it like Xie Ruhe before, although they are together, but they don't speak like strangers.
The more time they spent together, the more familiar their relationship became.
Although most of the time, Shu Nian happily talked about what happened to her today, Xie Ruhe listened to her in silence. Occasionally, when he heard her complaining because he didn't speak, he would reluctantly say a few more words—
"Called up to answer questions."
"I didn't sleep, I attended classes."
"Listen."
"No skipping class."
The second year of junior high school ended so quickly.
After the end of the summer vacation and the beginning of the third year of junior high school, the school organized a placement test. According to the ranking, a key class was made.
Shu Nian was assigned to the key class.
To her surprise, Xie Ruhe also got in, with the bottom score.
The two often stayed together, and rumors gradually spread in the class that the two of them were dating, as well as various rumors that Xie Ruhe had an unrequited love for Shunian.
Books do not understand why they can think of so many irrelevant things at such a young age. She mentioned it to Xie Ruhe once, but it was ignored afterwards.
after that.
The music exam once every semester is coming again.
Shu Nian has been ridiculed for four semesters in a row, and she feels extremely hopeless. During those few days, her mood was very low, and she sighed and moaned at every turn.
Xie Ruhe noticed something was wrong with her: "What's wrong with you?"
Shu Nian looked up at him, and suddenly remembered that the relationship between the two was very good. She sat up straight and said to him, "Xie Ruhe, let's form a team for the music exam, shall we?"
I don't know why she mentioned this, Xie Ruhe felt a little strange, but didn't ask further.
"it is good."
"I have to tell you the truth." Shu Nian said bravely, "I don't sing very well."
"I know." Xie Ruhe didn't comfort her, he spoke very bluntly, "You sang in front of me a few days ago."
"..."
"I don't want to sing." After being hit by him, Shunian was very unhappy, "Everyone laughs at me."
Hearing this, Xie Ruhe was slightly taken aback: "Are you unhappy?"
"Of course I'm not happy." Shu Nian was dejected, and he was afraid when he thought of that scene, "It's not funny, why are you laughing at me... It's not that I wanted to get out of tune."
Xie Ruhe was quiet for a few seconds, then asked: "What do you want to sing?"
Shu Nian didn't know what to sing, and puffed up his cheeks: "I want to find an easy song."
Xie Ruhe thought for a while: "Sing "Conger Fly"? Have you heard it?"
Shu Nian nodded.
Xie Ruhe said: "Then you sing it for me."
Shu Nian was not afraid of losing face in front of him, so he sang it obediently.
Xie Ruhe was silent: "When is the exam?"
"This Thursday."
"... let's practice."
Just practiced like this for a few days.
After reading and singing several times with the book, Xie Ruhe changed his strategy: "I'll sing it once, and you sing along."
But the effect is not great, Shunian will not go out of tune when singing along. But once she sings by herself, her tune will change, and it will be the same tune every time.
Shu Nian was extremely frustrated.
During the breaks before the music exam, Shunian dragged Xie Ruhe to a small open space nearby, and said nervously, "Let's practice again."
Xie Ruhe took the book and sang again: "The black sky hangs low / Bright stars follow..."
"Dark skies hang low/Bright stars follow..."
"Insects Fly/Insects Fly..."
"Insects Fly/Insects Fly..."
Xie Ruhe's voice paused, and he sang again: "Cong'er Fei..."
Shu Nian's voice became stuttering: "Ch, ch'er fly..."
"Yes, that's it. You sing it yourself."
Shu Nian groaned, and sang it obediently.
When she raised her eyes again, she found that Xie Ruhe looked away, with the back of his hand on his lips, as if he was smiling. Shu Nian froze for a moment, then became angry, and threw the lyrics in his hand at him: "Are you laughing at me?"
Xie Ruhe shook his head: "No, what you sang is correct."
With his approval, although Shu Nian was skeptical, he became more confident, and sang on stage with him, singing the classic nursery rhyme "Insects Fly".
Then, there was still laughter that she expected.
But after stepping down, what surprised Shunian was—
Both of them are off tune.
I heard from my deskmate that it was amazing that they ran in exactly the same tune.
…
…
The next afternoon, Shu Nian arrived outside Xie Ruhe's community at one o'clock on time. The security guard opened the door to let her in, and within a few steps, Fang Wencheng came down to pick her up.
He seemed to have not slept well yesterday, and there was a layer of blue-gray around his eyes.
No spirit.
Shu Nian greeted him: "Assistant Fang."
Fang Wencheng also greeted her, and said with a smile: "Let's go up, Teacher Ahe is waiting."
Shu Nian said hello.
"Ms. Ahe's emotions have been a little volatile recently." Fang Wencheng reminded her kindly, "Be careful, except for recording songs, try to mention other things as little as possible."
"OK."
After saying this, Fang Wencheng began to apologize to her: "Also, I'm really sorry yesterday, I didn't take the initiative to tell Teacher Ahe about this matter, and it has affected you."
Shu Nian said, "It doesn't matter."
"Because of this incident yesterday, Teacher Ahe asked me to reflect on it." Fang Wencheng was helpless, "Isn't this just writing a self-criticism? I thought it would be fine to go back and write it, but he asked me to write it on the spot."
"..."
Fang Wencheng sighed: "I thought it was serious enough to be fired, and I didn't sleep well all night."
Shu Nian comforted him bluntly: "It shouldn't be that serious."
The two entered Xie Ruhe's house, Shu Nian changed his shoes at the entrance, and stood there waiting for Fang Wencheng. But he didn't seem to want to come in, he waved to her: "I still have something to do, you just go in."
Shu Nian nodded: "Goodbye."
Shu Nian walked in and found Xie Ruhe in the living room, with his head down, writing something on the coffee table. She came closer, and called him solemnly: "Teacher Ahe."
Hearing her voice, Xie Ruhe subconsciously moved the things in his hand to one side and looked up at her.
"Go back to practice singing?"
Shu Nian seriously replied: "I have practiced."
The next moment, she glanced casually, and suddenly noticed that Xie Ruhe moved the paper to the side, on which two words were written seriously - "review".
Shu Nian thought it should be the one that Fang Wen handed over to him.
Looking further down, I found that the signature was——
"Thank you Ruhe".