Sun Yuhe is indeed Xu Hui's friend for many years, and his evaluation of "sticky" is extremely accurate.
Xu Hui is used to Bai Lu's busy life, so he doesn't call often, but text messages are still frequent.
However, the content of his text messages has changed. It is no longer aimed at getting Bai Lu to call back. It is more like self-entertainment than communication.
Bai Lu secretly glanced at her phone during get out of class, and often saw text messages from Xu Hui, such as "I got up late and don't want to go to school".
Then she glanced at the time and found that the second class in the morning was over.
Then a few hours later, she received the next message—
"Being scolded by the dean of teaching, I really want to throw him into the pool to feed the fish."
When class is over, Xu Hui will comment on each teacher—
Chinese teacher: She dares to wear a deep v-neck with such a small chest, do you think she is shameless
English teacher: Every time I hear his accent, I want to take off my shoes and stuff them in his mouth.
Physics teacher: Is it because the gravity of the earth has a stronger effect on him? Why does it feel like he is getting shorter every year.
Mathematics teacher: The solution to this problem is too slow...
Looking at the last text message, Bai Lu fell into a slight trance.
"I want to say that he studied better than me before, do you believe it?"
The conversation with Wu Hanwen seemed like yesterday.
Coincidentally, as soon as he thought of Wu Hanwen, he came back from the outside with an uncontrollable relaxation on his face.
"Yo yo yo..." Li Siyi in the back seat didn't even read the book, and focused on looking for clues on Wu Hanwen's face.
"Happy face." Wu Hanwen sat down, Li Siyi poked him from behind, and continued, "Is there a good news from the front?"
When he turned his head, Bai Lu happened to be looking at him too.
Eyes with a slight search.
"good news?"
Wu Hanwen finally couldn't help it anymore, his smile was like a watermelon in summer, it was hard to hold back after a small slit.
"Ah." He nodded, "Yes, good news."
Li Siyi rested his fat hands on Wu Hanwen's shoulders, shaking vigorously.
"First prize? Where did it go? Did you give me accurate information?"
"It's the first prize. There should be a letter. I'll get it in two days when the enrollment is over. It's almost done."
"Which school?"
Wu Hanwen was a little embarrassed, "It should be Shanghai Jiaotong University..."
"Hey? Where did Tsinghua University go?"
"For Tsinghua University, you have to take the re-examination, and the college entrance examination will give you extra points. My family has considered it and still wants to recommend a place."
"Why are you so lazy!"
Wu Hanwen smiled, shaking his shoulders, "Don't bully me..." As he spoke, his eyes fell on Bai Lu involuntarily.
In the afternoon, the sun shone through the window, against the light, he was moved by her gentle smile.
She is also very relaxed, with encouragement and a little playfulness in her voice.
Still the same sentence—
"Amazing… "
Wu Hanwen pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "You have to work harder..."
Bai Lu looked at him.
The ancients said that people are refreshed on happy occasions, which makes sense.
Although he was quiet, his expression was still bright, and every time he looked at him, he seemed to be smiling.
The phone vibrated again, and when Wu Hanwen was responding to other people's questioning, Bai Lu looked down.
Xu Hui is taking physical education class, because there is no one to take care of the physical education class in the third year of high school, so he has no teacher to derogate him.
He sent a selfie of himself.
He was sitting on the bleachers of the playground, with his school uniform jacket off on one side, and inside was the familiar black shirt.
The wind blew his hair a little messy.
He was different from her, his hair was still pitch-black under the sun.
Xu Hui's perspective is from top to bottom, looking down at the camera with his head down, the midday tone makes his eyebrows and eyes particularly clear.
There is no caption on the picture, maybe he thinks that looking at it like this is already talking.
He is also different from Wu Hanwen, even if he smiles, he always seems to be silent.
Bai Lu remembered Wu Hanwen's words again - "He used to study better than me."
But now they are taking a completely different path.
Bai Lu lowered her head, looking at each other through a screen.
Naturally fair and powerful, under the sun, all the complicated emotions about hatred and dissatisfaction gradually faded away.
Human senses become straightforward and simple.
In the quiet afternoon, a lonely and handsome boy.
For the first time, Bai Lu replied to his message in the classroom where she was attending class.
"what are you doing?"
Xu Hui probably didn't expect Bai Lu to reply to his message at all, and sent a series of question marks.
Bai Lu: "..."
Another text message came in the next second.
"Oh, you saw it."
Bai Lu wanted to laugh a little out of strength.
"I see."
It was quiet again.
The class bell was about to ring, and when Bai Lu was about to put away her phone, Xu Hui sent another message.
"Are you busy on Sunday, can you come out?"
The bell rang, and the English teacher's low-heeled shoes still made a thumping sound when they stepped on the corridor.
Bai Lu quickly typed a word with her fingers, and then turned off the phone.
The moment Wu Hanwen turned his head, he happened to see her put the phone back into her schoolbag, her lips twitched, but she didn't say anything.
On Sunday morning, Bai Lu called home and told her mother that she would not be coming home this afternoon. Mom just thought it was because she was busy with schoolwork and didn't care. She just told her to pay more attention to her body and not to be too tired.
After self-study at noon, Bai Lu packed her schoolbag.
"Do you want to go to the library this afternoon?" Wu Hanwen asked her.
Bai Lu turned her head, "Didn't you report everything?"
Wu Hanwen: "Hey, as the old saying goes, learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't make progress, you will fall back. Don't forget to be complacent if you don't get a little achievement."
Bai Lu: "You should apply for a teacher training college, and be a teacher."
Wu Hanwen talked nonsense again, and Bai Lu's schoolbag was packed.
He finally asked, "Where are you going? Is it home?"
Bai Lu smiled, didn't answer Wu Hanwen's question, said goodbye, and left the classroom.
It was after one o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at Xu Hui's house. Even though it was a sunny day, all the curtains of Xu Hui's house were drawn.
The curtains are the thickest material, and once covered on both sides, the room is much darker.
I can still see everything clearly, but everything in the room seems to be covered with a reddish mask.
"Why don't you open the curtains?" Bai Lu asked.
"It's too hot, dazzle your eyes."
"Did you die by seeing the light?"
"Yes."
Xu Hui may have stayed up late again, with dark circles under his eyes, drooping eyelids, half asleep and half awake.
He was wearing a loose half-sleeved dress, cropped trousers with narrowed legs, summer clothes, and was lying on the sofa with bare feet.
He hadn't moved since he returned to the room after opening the door, oh no, he pulled Bai Lu to sit on the sofa in the middle, and then she lay down again.
Bai Lu sat down against the edge of the sofa, behind him was Xu Hui with long arms and legs.
"What time did you go to bed?" Bai Lu asked.
Xu Hui said in a daze, "It's five o'clock..."
"Evening or morning?"
"Morning… "
Bai Lu raised her eyebrows and said nothing.
Xu Hui moved.
They sat too close, so close that every movement of him seemed to be against Bai Lu.
"What did you call me for?"
"See a movie."
Xu Hui turned over, took out a small box from under the coffee table, opened it, and there were various movie discs inside.
To Bai Lu's surprise, all of Xu Hui's movies were genuine. Judging from the printing on the cover, they were bought at Central Book City.
Movies cover a lot, Chinese, foreign, romance, war, science fiction, thriller...
According to a rough estimate, there are probably nearly a hundred movies.
That's not a small fortune for a high school student.
Xu Hui separates movies by category, which makes it very convenient to find something.
His life is not ambiguous... Bai Lu thought, in fact, he lived a much more detailed life than many of his peers.
Bai Lu flipped through the movie unconsciously, but her hands stopped suddenly.
Xu Hui seemed to be half asleep, but when Bai Lu stopped, his eyes turned around.
"Oh, "Yellow Sea"..." Xu Hui's voice was loose, "Do you still remember? I didn't read the whole thing that day, so I went to the store to buy it."
Of course she does.
Bai Lu hummed lightly, and was about to turn over the film.
The hand was suddenly pulled.
Bai Lu turned her head, Xu Hui was lying sideways on the sofa, looking at her with his head tilted, and said as if cheating: "Let's read it again."
"Didn't you read it?"
"You read it twice, I only read it once."
Bai Lu's fingertips trembled, and Xu Hui's hand clenched even tighter, even shaking.
"Ok?"
"Row… "
Actually no one watches the movie.
During the broadcast, Bai Lu's eyes were on the TV, but her mind was not.
Xu Hui, on the other hand, has no eyes or brains.
"Tired of working?" he said.
"No."
"Is your sister better?"
"have no idea."
She watched the TV quietly, watching the hero being imprisoned again.
She didn't notice how close he was. It wasn't until he spoke that she was surprised to find his voice so close.
But there is nothing that crosses the line, he is really worried.
"Don't be so tired... Look at your small body, like bean sprouts."
Bai Lu whispered, "Not at all."
"Why not..."
There was another silence.
He stayed by her side, bent his waist, and looked at it from Bai Lu's perspective, like a prawn lying beside her.
He spoke lightly, his eyes didn't know where to look.
"Xiaobai, I went home that day."
Bai Lu felt that everything in the room was so quiet, except for his whispering.
Time froze in the light afternoon.
"Actually, I have thought about going back to have a look, but I usually go back when my dad is at home. At least he is here, so we won't tear ourselves apart..."
When talking about family affairs, the boy's tone could not be more light.
But it's not heavy, just tired, exhausted with nowhere to go.
With his face buried in his arms, he said in a muffled voice, "My friends have always told me that it's not my fault, although I know they're just coaxing me, and when I can't keep my face off, I take these words seriously..."
Bai Lu felt her hand being held by Xu Hui.
His palm was large, slender and slender, his palm was sweaty, and his fingertips were shaking.
"I really want to see Xiao Heng...but I don't know how to meet him. He must hate me to death, and the whole family hates me to death."
He talked to himself for a long time, and when he finally lost his mind, he subconsciously blamed Bai Lu.
"You're on my side, right? You shouldn't have said that about me that day. Everything was fine... Where did your gentleness go when you chased me back then? You fucking didn't treat me well..."
Bai Lu turned her head and saw Xu Hui's slender neck, and her skin was fairer against the black hair.
Bai Lu gently raised her hand and covered it.
Xu Hui's body is very hot, which may be the reason for his agitation.
He was still muttering, and when he felt Bai Lu's hand on his neck, he trembled slightly and turned his head away from his arm.
A meticulous and lonely person with slightly haggard eyes.
"Take off your glasses and show me."
Bai Lu shook her head.
"have a look."
Bai Lu said softly, "Don't look for trouble."
Xu Hui squirmed on the sofa, "Could it be that if I treat you better, you'll have to make more progress?"
Bai Lu tilted her head and nodded unconsciously.
Xu Hui took a breath, and Bai Lu felt that he might be trying to get back something, for example, let her know that his condition is actually very good, and there are many beautiful girls chasing him. If she doesn't cherish it, she will lose the opportunity in a blink of an eye...
But Xu Hui didn't say anything.
After inhaling, he held it back, his face puffed up, and he spit it out again.
He moved closer, his body half-wrapping Bai Lu.
"Go to sleep." Bai Lu said in a low voice, and touched her lightly with her hands.
He curled up like a comforted child.
"Then I'll lie down for a while..." He murmured, "Look for yourself first, I'll accompany you later..."
Bai Lu rubbed it, and Xu Hui said, "I couldn't sleep last night..."
"I know." There was a steady force in her thin voice, he closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly.
Bai Lu tilted her head.
His sleeping face was clean—clean and innocent.
Bai Lu watched it for a while, then turned her gaze back to the movie screen of Hack and Kill.
Suddenly, she remembered the previous conversation with Wu Hanwen.
Wu Hanwen asked her if her thinking about getting close to Xu Hui was still the same as it was at the beginning.
She replied casually, it's been too long, I forgot.
Now it seems to be a prophecy.