It was cold and windy in the winter morning, and the seats in the study room became very popular. It was difficult for Zhu Mingwen to get up early, so he asked Bai Ziren to help him occupy a seat. There was no problem in the first few days, and someone later clearly pasted a piece of paper in the study room. It was stated that for the sake of fairness, seat occupation was prohibited. Zhu Mingwen complained secretly, but he also showed a lot of perseverance. Every day at a little after six o'clock, he walked into the study room sleepily and sat down next to Bai Ziren.
"Your eyelashes fell out." One day, Bai Ziren reminded Zhu Mingwen.
Zhu Mingwen quickly took out the small mirror, put it on again, then looked at Bai Ziren and smiled: "I've never seen you put on makeup."
Bai Ziren shook his head: "It's too complicated for me."
Zhu Mingwen simply looked at her face with his chin, and praised: "Your skin is so good, it's so clear without applying anything, but your cheeks are a bit dry, you should change to a moisturizing cream."
Bai Ziren was puzzled: "Really?"
"Forget it, women are the ones who please you, and you will pay attention to these issues when you have someone you like." Zhu Mingwen knew that she was not interested, so he didn't waste his time talking.
"Then do you have any recommendations?"
"What brand of moisturizer?"
"Yes." Bai Ziren tore a sheet from the pad, "Please write it down for me."
Zhu Mingwen wrote several in one go, including series and price, and Bai Ziren said thank you after receiving it.
"By the way, did you offend Fangzheng somewhere? He has been going too far recently, always talking bad about you."
"No, I'm not familiar with him."
"Fangzheng's kind of boy looks very friendly at first glance. He likes to get close to female classmates and do all kinds of small favors, but he has low self-esteem and small-mindedness in his bones. He may be worried about just one sentence. By the way, his postgraduate entrance examination is purely to escape reality. , I had a bad relationship with a client in a certain company before, and sent cursing text messages, and then the client complained to him, and he couldn't do it anymore."
Zhu Mingwen continued: "With his personality, it's no wonder he can't find a girlfriend."
Bai Ziren kept listening, but didn't speak.
"To be honest, has he already shown you favors but was rejected, so he has a grudge against you?"
Bai Ziren didn't answer. She had already deleted everything about Fang Zheng and the note from her memory bank, and she didn't want to recall any details related to this person after that.
It's just that she doesn't want to think about it, but the person involved remembers it very clearly.
For several days in a row, Fang Zheng's shadow appeared in Bai Ziren's field of vision at close range, as if he was shopping at the school convenience store. Fang Zheng stood next to her, talking to himself in a sinister manner, as if he was eating in the cafeteria , Fangzheng will suddenly appear, and quickly pass her by, and it seems that in a public class, the teacher calls her to speak. As soon as she gets up, the thermos at the corner of Fangzheng's table will unfortunately fall on the floor and make a loud noise .
Fang Zheng seemed to be constantly using small gestures to get Bai Ziren's attention, so that she couldn't completely ignore him.
Until one time, Bai Ziren met Fangzheng head-on in the cafeteria. Fangzheng lowered his head and quickly walked around her, but the moment he approached her shoulder, he said something very emotional: "What is there to pretend?"
After Bai Ziren finished her meal and made up her mind, she went straight to Fangzheng's table with the plate in her hand, and said calmly, "Please don't appear in front of me again."
Fangzheng sat at a table with two other male students. They ordered beer and stir-fried vegetables and were enjoying their meal when they suddenly stopped their chopsticks when they heard Bai Ziren's voice.
"Do you have a problem with this female classmate? Is the cafeteria run by your family? Do you live in the school alone? Why don't you tell me not to appear on the earth in the future?" Fang Zheng had already prepared his counterattack lines .
To his surprise, Bai Ziren didn't get angry, and just kept silent for a moment before speaking: "If this is the case, I only hope that we will encounter less and less times in the future."
When she turned to leave, Fang Zheng was still sneering.
"Did I provoke her to provoke her? I ran over to warn her without saying a word, what a princess disease..."
Although Fangzheng refused to admit that he did it on purpose, Bai Ziren's warning still had an effect. In the next few days, she found that he had calmed down, and her life returned to its usual tranquility.
After taking a shower at night and preparing to read a book, Bai Ziren received a text message from Mu Zibei.
"This is the number of your younger brother who is loved by everyone, loved by cars, and loved by everything. Hurry up and write it down."
After Bai Ziren saved his number, he received another message: "Give me Brother Cheng's number."
"What do you want his number for?" Bai Ziren was a little afraid that Mu Zibei would disturb him.
"It was agreed last time, and we will continue to be friends in the future. I like him very much, and he also has a good impression of me. Of course, we need to keep in touch."
Bai Ziren felt very strange: "How did you see that he has a crush on you?"
"He would chat with me, and very few adults are willing to chat with me for so long."
"I'll give you the number, but try not to disturb him at night, talk about something during the day."
"Okay, I know, Guaziren, hurry up."
Bai Ziren passed Cheng Jingbo's number to Mu Zibei, and then quietly looked at the name in the contact column, feeling that he was not as good as Mu Zibei, he had the courage to send a text message to Cheng Jingbo, what about her? I often take it out to have a look, and then put it down.
Never dare to disturb him, except for the short time in the coffee shop, he is a person from another world to her, he is cautious, humble, full of knowledge, someone who will respect and courteous you, but will also keep a distance from you .
Her appreciation for him probably came from the first sight. When he bent down to handle the water-stained books, there was a feeling of déjà vu from the corner of his heart.
She had never met him before, but the illusion of familiarity was real.
As long as you close your eyes and think back, his eyebrows, the outline of the bridge of the nose, the arms hanging by the side, the long legs that strode forward, every gesture, every word and deed, are all clearly visible. For the first time, she sincerely thanked her memory.
Before going to bed, I read the books he recommended for a while as usual, and was about to close my eyes when I received a text message from Mu Zibei.
"Brother Cheng and I have talked until now."
Bai Ziren was helpless, didn't he tell him not to disturb others at night
"He promised me a gift and told me a joke, but I couldn't laugh."
"What joke?"
"A rich skeleton walks into a bar and says to the waiter I want a whiskey and a rag, I don't understand but he won't tell me what's funny."
Bai Ziren stared at the line, trying to decipher the joke: "Because you have to wipe while drinking?"
"Hahahahahahahahahaha, brother Cheng's joke is too bullying, my stomach hurts."
"..." Bai Ziren was even more speechless, what a cold joke.
It's just that after she thought about the joke twelve times, the corner of her mouth twitched unknowingly.
It does seem a little funny.
On Wednesday evening, Bai Ziren stayed in the office of her tutor Fu He to help him with the courseware. It was already late when it was over. She was hungry, so she went to a street in the back alley of the school to pack a meal. Unfortunately, she met Fang Zheng and a People from other schools came out from the adjacent stalls.
It was a cold day, but the two of them were dressed very thinly. One of them didn't even wear a coat, and he was wearing a naked undershirt with the sleeves rolled up.
After Bai Ziren walked for a while, he found that they had been talking and laughing behind him, and they also made the sound of kicking cans.
It was strange, that kind of laughter was very deliberate, as if it was right next to her ear.
Realizing that something was wrong, Bai Ziren quickened her pace, but to no avail, they quickly caught up. The two shadows seemed to follow forever, unable to get rid of. When she reached the intersection, she subconsciously walked in the brightly lit and noisy direction.
"You stop."
The hood of Bai Ziren's down jacket was pulled back roughly, she was forced to stop, and Fang Zheng faced her face to face with a dodge.
Fangzheng obviously drank, his cheeks were flushed, he stared at Bai Ziren, and said angrily, "Why did you embarrass me in the cafeteria that day? Just because I slipped you a note, do you think I still like you? Stop pretending to be sentimental. I've seen a lot of women like you, who know how to pretend, like to put on a high profile, and don't even bother to say anything to boys who don't like you. Who do you think you are, and you really think of yourself as a goddess? "
Bai Ziren couldn't understand his nonsense, so he went to look for the phone in his pocket at the first time, but the boy next to him held his wrist, and he approached her face, his voice was very soft: "Don't worry, no one wants to hurt you, just I give you two choices, either make a friend with my little brother, or apologize to him."
Bai Ziren was sweating slightly with his hand against the phone screen, thinking how to get rid of them.
"Choose quickly, we have limited time." The boy pressed her wrist with more force.
"Don't touch me." Bai Ziren said sharply.
"Who wants to touch you? Don't take yourself seriously." While speaking, she got a little closer to Bai Ziren.
In just a second or two, Bai Ziren raised his foot and kicked towards his calf. The opponent was short, but he didn't let go of his hand. He said fiercely: "It's not cute for a woman to do it. I said look at you!" Thin arms and legs are quite powerful... "
"Bai Ziren."
Bai Ziren's temples were buzzing, which was a sign of rapid blood flow. He was very nervous at first, but when he heard a familiar voice, he stopped for a moment, and his whole hanging heart quickly moved back to its original position.
Cheng Jingbo came over, only looking at her: "Are you in trouble?"
The boy who was holding Bai Ziren's wrist was clearly taken aback when he saw the person coming, "Teacher Cheng."
Only then did Cheng Jingbo look at him squarely, speaking in a calm and serious voice, "Luo He, if you cause trouble again, you really won't even think about graduating."
The boy named Luo He immediately let go of his hand and argued: "I didn't cause trouble, I just talked to her, at most I was a little anxious."
Cheng Jingbo pulled Bai Ziren to her side, lowered her head and asked her, "Did they hurt you?"
"We didn't hurt her." Luo He said anxiously, "Look at her clothes are well dressed."
Bai Ziren glanced at Luo He expressionlessly, and said to Cheng Jingbo honestly, "They didn't do anything other than threaten me."
"What are they threatening you with?"
"Threatened me to make a choice, be friends or apologize."
Cheng Jingbo glanced at the two of them, and his eyes fell on Fang Zheng's face: "You want to be friends with her?"
Fangzheng snorted coldly: "Who cares, I just want her to apologize."
"I don't need to apologize to you." Bai Ziren said word by word, "I don't owe you anything."
"The thing is like this." Luo He began to explain, "This female... female classmate rejected my friend's overtures, spoke ill of him everywhere, and even embarrassed him in public. It's too arrogant. We came here just to seek justice. That's all."
Cheng Jingbo smiled softly when he heard the words, but the smile was fleeting, and the coolness of the moonlight was reflected in the dark pupils: "She can't do this, obviously your friend is lying, Luo He, don't use the two words of righteousness indiscriminately in the future." Words, especially for girls, your behavior is really not a man."
Luo He fell silent.
Cheng Jingbo turned to Fang Zheng and said, "If you show her kindness in this way, she will never be your friend in this life."
"I told you who is rare." Fangzheng lowered his head, "There are so many women, it's not good to look for anyone, so why look for her."
"Then what time is wasting, you don't have to disappear before her eyes." Cheng Jingbo ordered.
Luo He pressed Fangzheng's shoulder: "I'll take you back."
Fang Zheng refused to leave, Luo He pushed him in desperation, and the two left.
After they left, Cheng Jingbo turned her head and said to Bai Ziren: "Girls must learn to protect themselves, and it's best to pay attention to the way to reject boys in the future."
Bai Ziren thought about his words.
"Let's go, I'll take you back." He said naturally.
All the way in parallel.
"Why did you appear suddenly?" Bai Ziren asked.
"At the cafe tonight, I walked around the neighborhood after I came out, and I saw you at a glance."
"So obvious?"
"You are tall and carry a blue schoolbag, so you are easy to recognize."
She nodded, feeling warm in her heart.
"You go back to the dormitory so late every day?"
"No, today I'm helping the tutor with the courseware, so I stay late, and I usually don't."
"In the future, if you go back late, you can find a companion, so it's safe."
"I have very few friends, basically none."
"Social barrier?"
"Well, I thought about seeing a psychiatrist before, but I didn't dare to go. After thinking about it, I plan to find a channel to chat with strangers and see if it can improve."
"I don't think your symptoms are serious. I've encountered serious ones. You dare not look at people when you talk. You have to wear a raincoat to cover your head when you go out."
"I know the symptoms, so I don't want to develop that."
Cheng Jingbo slowed down her pace and got closer to her: "Do you feel uncomfortable at the distance between me and you?"
"No." Not if it was you.
"How about this? Are you disgusted?" He stretched out his fingers and touched her arm lightly.
"No." Just a little nervous.
"Have you ever thought about it, you may have a knot in your heart that hasn't been opened, and you are used to digesting your emotions alone, and you don't want to talk to people as time goes by, it's just that simple."
Bai Ziren stopped in his tracks, looked up at him, and said, "I think what you said makes sense."
"Actually, seeing a psychiatrist is not as serious as I imagined, and it is very common to have a psychological consultation." He said to her, "I happen to know a psychiatrist with a good reputation. If necessary, I will introduce you to you."
"let me consider it."
"Of course, depending on your own choice, you can also try to participate in some leisure activities and make a few friends first."
"including you?"
"Me?" He smiled slightly, "I'm referring to friends who can go shopping, watch movies, and talk about TV series with you. If it were me, it would be too boring for you. At most, I can recommend some books to you."
"No, I like listening to you, and the books you recommend are also very good." She remembered another thing, and added, "The jokes you told Mu Zibei are also very funny."
"Did he tell you the joke about the skeleton?" He said, "That's what my colleague told me. Every time he said it, he would laugh out loud, but I never laughed once. He refused to accept it and asked me to tell you more. Others listen and see the effect."
"I thought it was funny, do you have any other jokes?"
"No, I have loved to play crossword puzzles since I was a child."
"Can you tell me one to guess?"
He looked at her and thought for a while, and then said: "The spring water flows by the forest, guess a word."
"By the forest, is the spring flowing?" She couldn't react at once.
"It's not difficult for you."
"Really? I can't guess."
Hearing this, he took her hand and drew a word on the back of her hand.
She suddenly realized that the answer was in her own name.
The spring water flowing by the forest is a cypress.
"It's very simple. In fact, anagrams are dismantled, and it's easy to find the rules."
He sent her to the door of the dormitory, and said before leaving: "Take it easy, don't be too burdened, and consider my suggestion by the way."
She walked into the gate, stopped in front of a building, looked back at the people outside the gate, he was still there, seemed to be answering the phone with his head down, the tall figure under the street lamp spread endlessly, she just looked at him like that, Until the corner of his coat moved slightly, like the wings of a certain bird, skimming across the water, the still picture flowed as the shadow moved forward, and he walked back slowly.
The strange thing is that when he disappeared into the distance, the street lamp that had stayed for him suddenly went out, making him look extremely cold.
"Your spring should flow westward." She mustered up the courage to send him a text message before going to bed.
The spring water flows to the west, type a word, it is berth, she figured it out by herself.
Soon, I received his reply: "Smart, that's it."
At this moment, she felt that the sum of all the sparkles in her life was not as proud as his praise.