Shi Man and Xiao Wanqing walked slowly towards the starting point of the race until they saw the runners of the 800-meter middle-distance race group come out from the exit of the wind and rain track under the stands and headed for the playground.
Lin Xian and Xia Zhijin are adjacent to the runway, and they are doing warm-up exercises, exercising their hands and feet. Surrounded by several officers who were in the same department as Lin Xian in the student union, and officials from different departments who came to cheer Xia Zhijin.
Seeing Xiao Wanqing coming with a DSLR, Lin Xian stopped his movements, stood upright with a smile and made a V to the camera, like a big star who had been waiting for an interview.
Seeing that she had put on spiked shoes, Xiao Wanqing looked down carefully to see if she had tied up her shoelaces. After confirming that they were correct, she raised her eyebrows and cheered Lin Xian, "Come on." The voice was yes Always soft and soft.
Shi Man, who was not far away, did not have such restraint at all, and his voice was clear and crisp, which was exceptionally loud. The girl's flamboyant and provocative words reached Xiao Wanqing and Lin Xian's ears exactly: "Zhijin, come on, leave Lin Xian behind, hum, she mocked me triumphantly during the physical test that day, you have to help me revenge."
Lin Xian was dissatisfied when he heard the words and turned sideways: "Why don't you remember who kindly helped you walk for a while after you ran tottering?"
Shiman's charming peach blossom eyes were slightly curved, not afraid of Lin Xian at all: "I remember the grace, and I also remember the hatred, the two are not incompatible, what's the problem?"
Xia Zhijin patted Shiman's head lightly, smiled at Lin Xian embarrassedly, and thanked Lin Xian seriously: "Thank you for taking care of Manman."
Lin Xian also just quarreled and played with Shiman every day. Seeing Xia Zhijin suddenly thanking him in a serious manner, he felt embarrassed and waved his hands again and again: "It's a trivial matter, don't be so polite."
So Xia Zhijin also stretched her brows and eyes, and her cold face became soft. She glanced at Shiman who was still baring her teeth and claws, then turned her head and teased Lin Xian, "Then I will do my best."
"Wow, what's that called! I wanted to go all out, senior sister, you said it as if I was threatening to repay you. Aunt Xiao, you said they are not angry." I can't tell that Xia Zhijin, who is so serious, can't help it. Will be kidding! Sure enough, it's not that the whole family doesn't enter the house! Lin Xian was immediately dissatisfied.
With a smile on her lips, Xiao Wanqing comforted her: "It's okay, we are not afraid, don't argue with them, just speak with strength."
Lin Xian nodded.
Xiao Wanqing touched the soft hair on the top of her head and told her: "I'll wait for you here."
When Lin Xian heard this, he felt a sudden heat in his heart, and there was a lively smile on his young and bright face: "Okay, wait for me."
She said: "I will definitely not keep you waiting." The girl's brows and eyes were full of confidence, and Xiao Wanqing couldn't help feeling happy when she saw it.
Two minutes before the official start of the race, Xiao Wanqing retreated to the side of the runway with other onlookers. She turned on the DSLR camera mode and faced Lin Xian, ready for battle.
The starting gun rang with a "bang" over the vast open-air playground. Almost at the same time, all the athletes who were ready to go, like arrows off the string, rushed away from the starting line and circled the oval runway. Quickly rush towards the finish line.
The entire playground was boiling with the start of the game. Every few seconds, every time the athletes passed by a section, there would be a section of stands, and spectators cheered for their classmates.
When the figures of Lin Xian and Xia Zhijin running one after the other entered the stand area of the School of Finance and Economics, Xiao Wanqing heard that the School of Finance and Economics finally beat their two big red drums. The drums were loud and the voices were loud. They shouted and cheered: "Shangying emerges and surpasses the limit. Finance and economics students have unlimited vitality! Come on!"
Xiao Wanqing stared at Lin Xian's figure through the SLR lens. The clear figure gradually blurred into a small distant figure, and then gradually became clearer and bigger, and then bigger... The upward curvature of her lips became more and more obvious.
After changing lanes at the first corner, Xia Zhijin was slightly ahead of Lin Xian. When the first lap was about to end, Lin Xian and Xia Zhijin had been in the third and fourth positions, following the pace of the first and second at a leisurely pace. .
Shi Man looked at Xia Zhijin who was getting closer and closer to him, and couldn't hold back anymore. She clasped her hands into a trumpet shape, and along with several other students from the student union, shouted loudly at Xia Zhijin who was approaching from far to near: "Zhijin (director), come on! Zhijin is the best!"
There were also a few sparse voices shouting: "Lin Xian, come on, Lin Xian, come on!"
Xiao Wanqing was in it, feeling the fiery enthusiasm of the other people around her, holding her DSLR with her hands tied, suddenly a little at a loss, feeling that she was out of place...
Facing the camera, she stared at Lin Xian's approaching figure. When the distance was getting closer and Lin Xian was about to pass by, Xiao Wanqing seemed to see Lin Xian facing the camera, facing her, slightly bent his brows and eyes, a soft smile appeared on his bright face, and his dark eyes, so bright so bright...
Xiao Wanqing's hand holding the SLR paused suddenly, that too touching smile was like a stone thrown into the lake of her heart, causing ripples... After a long while, Xiao Wanqing suddenly ended the recording and put down the SLR.
She looked at the back of Lin Xian who had already run over, looked at the vigorous and vigorous pace of the girl, and her youthful ponytail, she clasped her hands nervously, rubbed her hands, licked her lips, and finally mustered up her courage, gently, In a low voice, she opened her lips and said, "Lin Xian, come on..." Her fair and beautiful cheeks, as she shouted, were stained with red little by little, until it reached the base of her small ears.
However, as soon as she finished speaking, she heard Shiman teasing her charmingly: "Aunt Xiao, you are so quiet, Lin Xian can't hear her."
Xiao Wanqing lowered her eyes slightly, bit her moist red lips, and her small ears exposed in the air were so red that they were about to bleed.
Aunt Xiao looks like this, so... pitiful, so cute, so delicious.
Shi Man controlled his desire to reach out and touch Xiao Wanqing's poor little ear to comfort him, turned around, looked at Xia Zhijin's back who had already run away, and suddenly let go of his voice and said loudly: "Xia Zhijin, Come on...!" She tilted her head, blinked her beautiful eyes, and taught her, "You have to shout like this..."
Xiao Wanqing was obviously very embarrassed: "I will do my best..." Before she could say the words, she was interrupted by the exclamation of the people around her.
"Lin Xian is going to surpass the director... ah, surpassed..." The students in the student union suddenly jumped up and down.
Xiao Wanqing also followed their gaze. Lin Xian was originally in the third position, a body distance behind Xia Zhijin. When there were about 300 meters left in the race, Lin Xian seemed to start to speed up suddenly, and Xia Zhijin also started to speed up accordingly. The two gradually shortened the distance from the first-place classmate, and then they surpassed the original first-place classmate , Xia Zhijin came first, Lin Xian came second, and then, Lin Xian slowly walked with Xia Zhijin...
Shiman couldn't stand at all, and no matter how far away Xia Zhijin could hear him, he called frantically for his sweetheart at the top of his lungs: "Zhijin, come on! Zhijin, come on! Zhijin, come on!" One cry is faster than one cry.
Xiao Wanqing looked at the girl in the bright red sweatshirt running nimbly on the field, and watched her gradually pass Xia Zhijin, and at about 100 meters, she speeded up again and sprinted towards the finish line.
Everyone on the playground was boiling, and the whole audience was full of shouts of "Come on! Come on!" The students around me also let go of their voices, screaming more crazily than they did in the first lap just now: "Lin Xian! Come on!! Director! Come on!!"
Shi Man had already spread his stride and ran closer to Xia Zhijin. Looking at Xia Zhijin who was sweating profusely, he ran the fastest speed in his life on the side of the track with distress, and accompanied Xia Zhijin to run so that Xia Zhijin would pass the finish line. I can get her by myself.
Xiao Wanqing was infected by the atmosphere of the audience, couldn't help following the voice of the crowd, tried to let go of herself a little bit, and shouted: "Lin Xian, come on!" She hurriedly stopped after shouting , bit her lip, and looked around subconsciously—no one paid attention to her at all, no one paid attention to whether she was decent or not, no one paid attention to whether she was a 30-year-old elder who should be stable .
She suddenly raised the corners of her lips, relieved. In the next second, she imitated what Shi Man had just taught her, put her hands next to her cheeks, and shouted loudly into the distance: "Lin Xian! Come on! Lin Xian! Come on!"
Her voice has always been warm and clear, and after being forced to raise it, it is not harsh or harsh.
Lin Xian had never heard Xiao Wanqing's voice when she raised her voice, and her consciousness was actually a little blurred, but she still recognized Xiao Wanqing's voice in the midst of so many and noisy shouts.
She looked towards the finish line, and from a distance, she saw that elegant and decent woman, who was dancing like a child regardless of her posture, and was one with the many young and youthful people and classmates around her, not at all. Abrupt, on the contrary, so harmonious, so outstanding...
Lin Xian's legs were as heavy as lead, but she still thought, hurry up, hurry up...
She is waiting for her at the finish line...
She wanted to hurry up and threw herself into her arms.
She thought, come closer, and see Xiao Wanqing's sincere and wanton smile...
That is, the splendor and joy she has never seen before...
Xiao Wanqing, when you were young, did you smile like this
Lin Xian finally crossed the finish line as the first among the cheers and exclamations of everyone, and then, without stopping, continued to run, rushing into Xiao Wanqing who had been waiting in front of him for a long time. in arms...
Lin Xian put almost all the weight of her body on the thin but soft and warm embrace in front of her. She felt so tired, but so satisfied...
Xiao Wanqing hugged Lin Xian tightly with both hands, supporting her. She patted Lin Xian's back affectionately, and softly praised her in Lin Xian's ear with unconcealable joy: "Xian Xian is awesome!"
Lin Xian nestled next to her neck, calmed down a little, her voice was still weak and unsteady, but she already had the energy to tease Xiao Wanqing: "I just heard you cheering for me. Aunt Xiao, my first This is the first time I've heard your voice so loud."
Xiao Wanqing's body froze slightly, and her fair face turned red in an instant... Did she lose her composure just now... She was so unsteady and rude in front of the junior...
She unconsciously tugged on the sleeve of the girl's T-shirt. She was so embarrassed that she didn't know how to respond to Lin Xian's teasing, so she abruptly changed the subject and said nonchalantly, "Let's take a short walk and find a place with fewer people. Sit down and rest for a while."
Lin Xian smiled softly and silently in her arms, without piercing Xiao Wanqing, and responded softly: "Okay."
The two walked out of the open-air playground slowly, and sat down on a small lawn opposite the basketball court.
Xiao Wanqing asked Lin Xian to straighten her legs, and gently massaged and relaxed the muscles on Lin Xian's thighs. Lin Xian stared at Xiao Wanqing's peaceful and beautiful side face quietly, and there was an undercurrent in his eyes that no one noticed.
She thought of Xiao Wanqing's rarely seen lively and lively appearance when she was cheering for her just now, and she was eager to ask Xiao Wanqing: "Aunt Xiao, what were you like when you were a student?"
Xiao Wanqing paused for Lin Xian to rub his muscles, and replied with a light smile: "Actually, everyone's school days were pretty much the same." The same vigor and vitality, the same high spirits, the same carefree Consider... huh
Lin Xian chuckled lightly, and teased her: "Is this so? Will it be like in the TV series? In youth, meet someone who is unforgettable?" After the words came out, Lin Xian was stunned for a moment, she was a little I don't know, myself, why I suddenly asked such a question, what exactly did I want to find out. Obviously she knew that Xiao Wanqing probably had an unforgettable past.
Xiao Wanqing stopped completely.
Lin Xian observed that the gentle smile on Xiao Wanqing's side face had quietly disappeared. Her heart ached, followed by a shallow pain like being pricked by a thin needle. She apologized: "I'm sorry..."
However, Xiao Wanqing moved gently again, with a slight smile in her tone, and softly comforted her: "It's okay, why do you have to apologize."
Lin Xian stared deeply at Xiao Wanqing for a while, then suddenly held down the hand she was rubbing, raised a bright smile, and suggested: "Aunt Xiao, I will take you to a place." As soon as she left, she stood up immediately He got up, took Xiao Wanqing's slender and soft hand, pulled her who was still a little unclear, stood up, and went straight to the destination.
The place Lin Xian took Xiao Wanqing to was at the northernmost corner of the school near the wall. When Xiao Wanqing was studying in Jingnan, she had never set foot in this place.
This corner is very remote, but also very quiet and beautiful. White steel bars set up a simple and artistic ceiling, surrounded by scattered flowers of various colors, as well as a dusty log-colored round table and a few wooden chairs. A little further to the side, a few steps higher than it, there is a swing hanging quietly. Opposite the swing was a low wall, under which there were a few scattered bricks.
Lin Xian asked Xiao Wanqing for a paper towel, carefully wiped the dust on the swing, and explained to Xiao Wanqing: "The small world I discovered by accident with Shiman and the others is too remote, and few people come here, but it is very interesting. .”
She took Xiao Wanqing's hand and asked Xiao Wanqing to sit on the swing.
Xiao Wanqing felt that she was too old to do something that these young girls have the capital to do, so she shook her head and expressed her refusal.
Lin Xian was very stubborn, he pulled Xiao Wanqing abruptly, pushed her to the front of the swing, and insisted on letting her sit on it, messing around: "You just helped me relieve fatigue and massage for so long, I reciprocate, I want to help you push the swing for a while , are you unwilling to give me this opportunity? Do you have to make me an ungrateful person who doesn't know how to repay your kindness?"
Where does this follow. Xiao Wanqing couldn't say no to her, seeing her persistence, she was willing to pamper her even in small things, and finally obeyed her and sat on the swing.
Left and right, left and right, there's nobody here now, right? Xiao Wanqing blushed a little, deceiving herself.
The radio in the distance is still constantly broadcasting various race schedules or news related to the competition, and the sound of shouts and drums can be faintly heard from time to time. Sitting on the swing, Xiao Wanqing felt that the surroundings gradually became quiet, and only I heard the gentle breeze flowing in my ears, and Lin Xian's clear and pleasant voice: "Did you see the fence on the opposite side? When I was playing with Shiman earlier, I accidentally discovered that there was a lavender garden inside the fence. In the garden, there is a stone tablet. I saw it when I jumped up, but it was too far away to see what was engraved on it. I made a bet with Shiman, whoever sees the inscription clearly first can enjoy the help of the other party for the next week The service of fetching water. Aunt Xiao, you are taller than me, can you go and check for me?"
Xiao Wanqing teased her: "Are you cheating?"
Lin Xian shyly shook the rope of the swing coquettishly.
Xiao Wanqing sighed dotingly: "Little slippery head..." Under her feet, she stood up without doubting him and walked towards the wall.
She stood still in front of the wall, only to find that the wall was a little higher than she had seen visually, half a head bigger than her. She stood on tiptoe and looked towards the opposite side earnestly, but she could only catch a little bit of purple in her sight.
As early as when Xiao Wanqing was looking on tiptoe, Lin Xian squatted down like a dog, and helped Xiao Wanqing neatly stack the scattered bricks under the wall. Seeing that Xiao Wanqing found nothing, she greeted Xiao Wanqing: "Aunt Xiao, stand up, you should be able to see clearly from here."
Xiao Wanqing looked at the neatly stacked bricks at her feet, and Lin Xian, who looked up at her smiling like a cute Samoyed, felt helpless. Forget it, anyway, today, I already have no image, so let's play around with her again.
She lifted her foot and stood up. The field of vision did widen a bit, and she saw a little more of the things inside the wall... It was a piece of brilliant purple lavender, and the flowering period was coming to an end at this time, and the blooming was not too good. She tiptoed lightly, as if she saw a faint rock.
Lin Xian had already stood up, standing firmly beside Xiao Wanqing, she curled her lips, and there was a sly smile in her eyes. When Xiao Wanqing gently stood on tiptoe, she quietly and quickly raised her right hand behind Xiao Wanqing, and threw the small stone that she had just picked up on the ground and was ready to grab towards the opposite side .
Xiao Wanqing told Lin Xian, "I seem to have seen the stone tablet you mentioned." When she was about to help Lin Xian check the inscriptions on the stone tablet, she didn't see the whole picture of the stone tablet. The jumping German black back locked by the chain, flew towards her, barking loudly: "Wow, woof, woof!!!"
Xiao Wanqing was caught off guard, panicked and exhaled softly "Ah...", her feet retreated reflexively, and she was out of the range of stacked bricks, and she was about to fall if she missed...
Lin Xian hugged Xiao Wanqing firmly in an instant, and fixed her in his arms, and then, the next second, she laughed out loud "hahahahaha".
Xiao Wanqing leaned into Lin Xian's arms in shock, calming her heartbeat, but within two seconds, she reacted, pushed Lin Xian away, turned around and said angrily: "Lin Xian, are you deliberately teasing me?!" Panicked, angry, and funny...
Lin Xian just took her hand, swayed and acted coquettishly, but she was still so happy that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear, and there were even tears in her eyes... Xiao Wanqing was annoyed, and finally couldn't help it, and followed Lin Xian's laugh hahaha He laughed openly, but still annoyed Lin Xian: "Childish!"
Lin Xian clutched her stomach that hurt from laughing, and took Xiao Wanqing's hand, which was still somewhat angry, in a fawning manner, and brought Xiao Wanqing back to the swing, let her sit down, calmed down her breathing, smiled and refuted Xiao Wanqing: " Isn't it good to be childish? You laughed just now, aren't you happy?"
The swing began to shake slowly, Xiao Wanqing looked at the scorching sun in the sky, finally bent the corners of her lips, and admitted: "Happy." It seemed that, after a startled smile, she had forgotten all the previous events caused by the past. melancholy.
Lin Xian looked at the slender and beautiful back of the woman in front of him, and a rush of longing and regret suddenly surged in his heart: If only she could be born earlier.
In that way, will she be able to experience the lush years of swinging with Xiao Wanqing, and see her frivolity and agility when she was young in the past, instead of the restrained gentleness and occasional melancholy vicissitudes she is now.
Xiao Wanqing's introverted gentleness and melancholy quietness are fascinating.
But also, it hurts.
Xiao Wanqing's thoughts gradually drifted away. In the past, there were also people who accompanied her like this, swinging on a swing and listening to the call of the wind in the quiet afternoon, and then, they...
Isn't it childish? Ah…
Perhaps, the fate between people is like this, like a wind blowing canopy, meeting is accidental, and drifting away is inevitable.
Lin Xian suddenly asked her softly in her ear: "Aunt Xiao, what are you thinking?"
Xiao Wanqing smiled lightly, without concealing it: "I was thinking, what you just said, isn't it childish?" Her tone was so soft that Lin Xian couldn't hear the emotion: "A man once questioned me, asked me Can you stop being so naive and be more mature? It seems that since then, I have slowly learned to become an adult."
Real growth, sometimes, seems to be only in a flash.
It may be, between the heartbeat, or it may be, between the heart and death.
Lin Xian's bright face gradually became gloomy...
She frowned, then pushed the swing with a little force suddenly, and said to Xiao Wanqing in a clear and determined voice: "However, adults always have a lot of troubles and are always easily unhappy. Aunt Xiao, I hope You can always be happy."
"There is someone who taught you to become an adult, then I will take you back to being a child, okay?"
The breeze gently blew past her ears, Xiao Wanqing's heart seemed to be blown by the breeze, the tip of her heart was itchy and trembling...
She lowered her eyes, and a gentle smile appeared on her lips again, but it seemed to be a little melancholy, and a little bit lost...