Bai Lu sat in the stands, her hair down, in a daze.
She was a little sleepy, and the noisy gongs, drums and shouts around her couldn't cheer her up.
On the second day of the sports meeting, Bai Lu was drowsy.
Got home too late last night.
After eating, Sun Yuhe and Huizi left, leaving Bai Lu and Xu Hui wandering on the pedestrian street.
She looked at the time and said she was going home.
Xu Hui hailed a taxi at the intersection, and Bai Lu said, "I'll take the bus back."
"Oh."
The driver saw no one coming up, and drove away again.
"What's up tomorrow?"
Bai Lu didn't speak.
"Come here."
Bai Lu whispered, "Probably not, I'm going home tomorrow."
"Still working?"
"Well, there is something to do."
"Oh."
Xu Hui's tone sounded absent-minded, and he sent Bai Lu to the bus station.
Bai Lu said thank you, and Xu Hui hummed.
Before he left, Bai Lu said goodbye again.
"That's it?" Xu Hui finally frowned again.
Bai Lu lowered her head slightly, Xu Hui let out a deep breath, "I really admire you..."
Bai Lu: "Are you angry?"
"No."
"Then don't smoke."
Xu Hui pressed his hand on the lighter and aimed at Bai Lu. Bai Lu raised her hand and took out the cigarette that Xu Hui had already put in her mouth.
"I just finished eating, I will smoke later."
Xu Hui frowned a little, and asked nonchalantly, "Why?"
"Just after eating, the digestive system will move in an all-round way, and the gastrointestinal peristalsis and blood circulation will speed up. When smoking at this time, the body absorbs more than usual."
"Oh, that's not earned."
Bai Lu raised her eyes, and Xu Hui smiled and said, "It costs more than ten yuan a bag, and it can't absorb the extra compensation."
Bai Lu looked at him quietly, nodded for a while, "Okay..." and put the cigarette back into Xu Hui's mouth.
Xu Hui seemed to be having a good time, biting a cigarette and grinning.
But the cigarette was not lit.
He put his hand on Bai Lu's head and kneaded it a few times.
"What a fool..."
Bai Lu shrank her neck and hid.
When the bus came, Bai Lu took two steps forward, turned around and said, "Goodbye."
"Ok."
There were a lot of people in the car, Bai Lu put her bag in front of her, and looked out the window from the gap between the two fat women in front.
It happened to meet Xu Hui's eyes.
The car moved, and he turned around.
Just for a moment, she still saw him light the cigarette.
"Hey... Hey, hey!"
Bai Lu came back to her senses and saw Wu Hanwen who was sweating profusely.
On the second day of the sports meeting, the school said less, most of the students did not wear school uniforms, Wu Hanwen was wearing a light yellow basketball shirt, holding a bunch of things in his hands.
"Competition over?"
Wu Hanwen still had a number plate on his body.
As a school committee member, he had to take the lead. Wu Hanwen was really bad at running, so he barely registered for the high jump and long jump, but both of them lived up to expectations and were eliminated in the first round.
"Don't mention, don't mention..."
Wu Hanwen gasped for breath, sat by the side and poured half a bottle of light salt water.
"Hey, school committee, are you back from visiting the waterfall?" Two boys passing by, seeing Wu Hanwen's embarrassed look, joked.
"Go! Go! Go."
"We saw you from a long distance jumping and sitting on the pole, right?"
"Stay aside."
Wu Hanwen also knew that he had poor motor skills, so he blushed when he was teased.
The boys laughed and left. Wu Hanwen wiped the sweat off his face, turned his head, and held a box of things in his hand.
Compared with him, Bai Lu is very dry.
In fact, the weather is good today, the autumn wind is brisk, and there is no big sun yet.
Bai Lu's hair was blown gently in front of her face by the wind behind her.
"Your chocolate." Bai Lu said.
"Remember, I was just joking." Wu Hanwen still took the chocolate into his hand after saying this.
Dove silky milk chocolate, a small round box.
"Thank you for helping me." Bai Lu said.
Wu Hanwen gradually recovered his breath, took a deep breath, and said, "It's easy to talk about."
"I'll stay and help later, do you want to clean up the stands?"
"We need to clean up..." Wu Hanwen turned to look at Bai Lu, "But it's not mandatory to keep people, only the class committee must stay. Do you want to help? Wait a while, it's officially a holiday..."
"I help."
Wu Hanwen clapped his hands, "That's all right! After a while, I'll go to the rostrum to hand out the prizes. You wait here for me for a while."
The temptation of the holiday was hard to resist. In the end, three of the eight class committee members sneaked away, one more Bai Lu, and one Li Siyi who was paralyzed after walking 3,000 meters.
"You are also a wonderful flower." Wu Hanwen said to Li Siyi while picking up the trash on the ground, "This is the first time I have met a referee begging an athlete to leave the game."
For the 3,000-meter event, Li Siyi ran 300 meters at full speed, and walked the rest.
The students in front either finished the run or retired one after another. In the end, he was left alone, walking around and around, and finally the physical education teacher went up and begged him to end.
"You know what a fart, that's persistence."
"Yes, I don't understand."
"Don't talk to me..." Li Siyi slumped on the top of the stands, "I'm just a mass of organic matter now, without the ability to think..."
"You lie down all the time, take a good rest."
Bai Lu took a big garbage bag and packed the confetti and empty bottles on the stands. Wu Hanwen went to her side to help, "I'll pick it up, you can just hold the bag."
"it is good."
After working for more than half an hour, the stands were cleaned up, and the students all packed their things and prepared to go home.
"you… "
"you… "
The two spoke at the same time, Wu Hanwen scratched the tip of his nose, "You speak first."
Bai Lu: "Let's go have a meal."
Wu Hanwen was stunned for a moment, "Huh?"
Bai Lu: "You still have something to do later."
Wu Hanwen immediately said, "It's okay." He looked up and looked around as if looking at the weather, "It just so happens that it's getting dark, I haven't eaten for a whole day, I'm starving to death."
Bai Lu said, "I invite you to eat."
Wu Hanwen did not refuse, "Okay."
The cafeteria was also closed, so they went to a fast food restaurant in Tesco supermarket, sat by the window, and could see the campus of No. 6 Middle School opposite.
The brilliance is about to end, and the sky is orange.
The day of jubilation is over, leaving behind the warmth of exhaustion.
Wu Hanwen sat opposite Bai Lu with a plate of dinner.
Bai Lu looked at it and said, "You still eat so much."
Wu Hanwen smiled and said, "Ah, today is manual labor."
"Is there any news about the exam?"
The corners of Wu Hanwen's mouth were still curled up, "It seems to be pretty good, I'll let you know when I'm sure."
"Congratulations."
"It's not too late to talk about it after a while."
Bai Lu only ordered a char siew bun, which was covered with soft paper. She took a bite, and then asked:
"You started studying in junior high school so well."
Wu Hanwen kept his mouth full, "It's okay, actually, I didn't study very well at the beginning of junior high school. Isn't junior high school divided into sections? My junior high school is relatively poor."
"What kind of water method?"
"Mixed fish and dragons."
Bai Lu nodded lightly, and took another bite of the bun. Wu Hanwen saw it and said, "Your mouth is too small, like a kitten. How long does it take to eat a bun?"
Bai Lu pursed her lips and lowered her head. Wu Hanwen thought he was exaggerating, and quickly said, "But eat slowly. According to scientific analysis, it takes more than 20 minutes for a meal to be truly absorbed."
Bai Lu stared at her steamed stuffed bun, and said in a low voice, "Oh, by the way, it seems that you mentioned that the boy from the vocational high school that Jiang Ru likes is from the same junior high school as you."
Wu Hanwen snorted, "Xu Hui, yes."
Bai Lu looked at Wu Hanwen, "He's good at making trouble, right? You're really good at getting into No. 6 middle school in such an environment."
Wu Hanwen paused, and seemed to be shaking his head.
Bai Lu put down the bun, "What?"
"It's nothing..." Wu Hanwen whispered, "Actually, he is not..."
Bai Lu stared at him, "Xu Hui? What's wrong with him?"
"Oh." Wu Hanwen ate another mouthful, and burst out laughing. "Hey, if I told you that he studied better than me in junior high school, would you believe it?"
Bai Lu: "What?"
Wu Hanwen: "Really, in the first and second grades of junior high school, his grades were among the best in the whole grade. He was handsome, and he was very popular in school."
Bai Lu smiled, "Then why is it like this now?"
Wu Hanwen recalled: "Something happened to his family."
"What kind of thing."
Wu Hanwen turned his eyes, "Why did you ask this?"
"Small chat, you said that he studies better than you, I don't quite believe it."
Wu Hanwen smiled embarrassedly. "You think too much of me..."
"What happened to his house?"
"Ah... I also heard people say it." Wu Hanwen said, "At the beginning, everyone knew that his family was in good condition. When he was young, boys liked to show off. He often treated guests and bought birthday gifts for people. Generous."
"What do you do at home?"
"His father seems to be in business. I don't know exactly what he does. But later..."
Wu Hanwen hesitated to speak, but Bai Lu continued, "What happened afterwards?"
"Xu Hui's mother fell ill and passed away when he was in elementary school. In the second year of junior high, his father married another woman..." Wu Hanwen was a little embarrassed to talk about other people's family's privacy.
Bai Lu watched quietly, "That's it."
"Of course it's more than that. In fact, his father and that woman have been together for a long time. When we brought them home, everyone knew that they already had a child. Xu Hui was very chaotic during that time, and he didn't have a day of honesty. This matter The whole school knows."
"So he was so delayed in studying?"
"It's not exactly..." Wu Hanwen put down his chopsticks and said, "Something happened later."
"His half-brother, maybe four years younger than Xu Hui, he really likes Xu Hui..." Wu Hanwen shrugged his shoulders and said in a low voice, "At that time Xu Hui was good at studying sports, and he was very good looking. Handsome, boys and girls like him. As long as he treats his younger brother a little better, his younger brother can't wait to cling to him every day, he has been to school, and we have seen him before."
"and then?"
Wu Hanwen pursed his lips, the tip of his chopsticks fell on the table at some point, and he didn't even notice it.
"For his birthday in the second year of junior high, Xu Hui probably didn't want to take his younger brother with him, so he lied to him to make up lessons at school at night, and then invited a dozen friends to go out to play. It was already late that day, and his younger brother secretly went to school to find him, but problem occurs."
Wu Hanwen raised his hand and gestured, "When his younger brother came to the school, the gate was already locked, so he went to climb the back door. But at that time, there was construction work in the open space by our back door, and there was a hole in the ground. It was too dark and he didn't pay attention, so he fell into it." .” He pointed to his head, “I knocked my head, this matter is so big, it’s all in the newspapers.”
Bai Lu opened her mouth slightly, "Is it serious?"
She thought of that hot summer day.
Gray-black floor index.
seven floors.
Neurology Ward, Rehabilitation Ward.
"It's very serious. It seems that he hasn't come out after entering the hospital... It's actually very miserable. When his brother was found, he was still holding the robot model made for him in his arms."
Wu Hanwen sighed as he spoke.
"Xu Hui has completely changed since then."