When the First Normal Middle School started, it was the scorching summer in Qingcheng.
The sun disk hung in the sky, blinding one's eyes, and it was so scorching that the earth seemed to be emitting tar. Even adults can't stand the scorching heat, not to mention most of them are first-year high school students who are pampered at home - military training seems to last half a day.
Most of the boys at this age are skinny, and they often play ball outside in this kind of sun, and they can barely do better. Among the girls, except for a few women who are not shy, most of them still wilt in this sun.
After finally hearing the instructor say "take a rest", many girls didn't care about anything else and went to the rest area to get sunscreen and apply a few layers on themselves.
Qin Qing also followed the troops back to the rest area. She took off her backpack and took some mineral water, then raised her face and took a few sips.
But before she could put down the water, a shadow appeared in front of her.
Frightened by the man yesterday, Qin Qing's heart beat wildly instinctively, and then she choked heavily on the last sip of water.
"Hey, are you okay?"
The girl standing next to her asked quickly.
After the choking cough subsided, Qin Qing took a closer look in the dizzying sunlight.
She is a somewhat familiar girl, she should be in the same class.
Qin Qing breathed a sigh of relief, shook her head, bit her lip and showed a quiet smile.
"It's fine."
When the girl heard Qin Qing speak, she also put on a smile and sat down on the high stone steps next to Qin Qing.
"My name is Zhuo Anke, what's yours?"
Just when Qin Qing was about to speak, the girl squinted her eyes and smiled again: "I know even if you don't tell me, your name is Qin Qing."
“…”
Qin Qing blinked.
Her character is somewhat eccentric - she can only let go of herself among completely unrelated strangers and her most familiar friends of the same age; and if she is a classmate who has some connections but is not close enough, She often appears overwhelmed.
It's just that she has become accustomed to using silence to cover up her confusion, so in the eyes of others, they will only think that this girl is difficult to get along with and approach.
This is why, during the three years of junior high school, the only person who got close to Qin Qing was Lin Manxue, who had a carefree personality.
At this time, this Zhuo Anke obviously has a lot in common with Lin Manxue in terms of personality -
For example, Qin Qing was able to talk to herself even when she didn't respond.
"Everyone in our class knows your name."
Zhuo Anke stretched out his hand and drew a circle in the air, then turned to Qin Qing with a smile and squinted his eyes, "You were already famous in our grade before the summer vacation—the first in grade, and you're still a girl."
When Qin Qing heard this, the soft and harmless smile on her face faltered, then she pursed her lower lip and looked at Zhuo Anke.
His clear black and white eyes were full of seriousness.
"Being a boy or a girl, there shouldn't be such a distinction."
"Why?"
Zhuo Anke was startled.
“…”
Qin Qing wanted to say something more, but after hesitating for a moment, those words missed the most suitable opportunity.
She pursed her lips and didn't speak again.
After thinking for a few seconds, Zhuo Anke roughly understood what Qin Qing meant. She shook her head indifferently and changed the topic with a smile.
"I see you didn't even put on sunscreen. Did you forget to bring it?"
Qin Qing was a little surprised that the other party was still willing to continue talking.
She raised her gaze.
"No. ... I didn't put on sunscreen."
Zhuo Anke looked at Qin Qing with emotion, "You are so fair, but you haven't even put on sunscreen in summer??"
"..." Qin Qing nodded honestly.
Zhuo Anke suddenly leaned forward and came close to him face to face.
Qin Qing was startled, and almost stood up on the spot, but was pushed back by Zhuo Anke's surprised exclamation -
"Your skin is also very good! Don't tell me that you don't even use skin care products."
“…”
The distance was so close that Qin Qing couldn't help but move back, her cheeks turning slightly red.
"Oh, she is a natural beauty... and has such a lovely personality." Zhuo Anke shook his head and turned back with emotion, "No wonder that person is thinking about..."
Although Zhuo Anke's last words were spoken very softly, Qin Qing still heard them.
She frowned slightly and turned to Zhuo Anke: "You..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhuo An turned back with a smile.
"So, what is your relationship with Wen Yufeng?"
Qin Qing's eyes flashed, and then she lowered her eyes.
"I do not know him."
Zhuo Anke's expression was exaggerated: "How is that possible? Yesterday, he could-"
"I do not know… "
A voice with a low, magnetic smile interrupted Zhuo Anke's words, and suddenly sounded behind the two of them.
Qin Qing and Zhuo Anke were frightened at the same time and turned to the middle and rear of the two people -
The boys in high school uniforms had loosened their ties and were sitting two stone steps higher than them. Seeing the two people turning around, he leaned forward and placed his hands in front of his knees. The school uniform shirt rolled up to his elbows revealed his fair and beautiful muscle lines, which extended to his naturally hanging slender fingers.
The curve of her thin lips was a bit lazy and half-smiling, while her dark eyes were fixed on Qin Qing's body for an instant.
—
"you sure?"
Qin Qing was stunned by that look and instinctively wanted to stand up and run away.
Before she could make a move, a sharp whistle sounded behind her.
It was the assembly whistle blown by the instructor.
Qin Qing had never felt that there could be such a beautiful sound in the world, so she almost got up and ran as fast as she could.
After crossing the plastic track and entering the training area of the playground, she stopped with lingering fear.
Qin Qing looked back.
Well, I didn’t catch up.
...After all, there are special instructors watching from the edge of the training area for the first year of high school. I don't expect that person to come in either.
Qin Qing comforted herself like this and looked away.
"you!"
The instructor's voice suddenly sounded in this direction.
Qin Qing raised her eyes reflexively and met the instructor's gaze.
Seeing a cute-looking little girl with innocent eyes under the military training cap, the instructor's originally tough tone unconsciously softened a bit.
"Water bottles cannot be brought into the training area. Hasn't this been emphasized before?"
“…”
Qin Qing was stunned for a moment and looked down with emotion.
The mineral water bottle was tightly held in her hand.
—I was running in a hurry just now and forgot to release it.
Qin Qing's cheeks suddenly became hot. Accompanied by the harmless laughter of the classmates behind her, she ran towards the rest area with a blushing face.
But the closer she got, the more she could feel an unsettling gaze following her figure.
Qin Qing's steps slowed down involuntarily, then she raised her eyes and looked over.
The man still looked like he was smiling but not smiling, but his posture was different from the previous one. At this time, the boy was sitting on the large stone steps on the third floor from the bottom, with his beautiful forearms supported behind his back. The upper body is tilted back, the lower chin is slightly raised, the dark eyes are half-downcast, and the thin lips are slanted.
Flamboyant and wanton, but people have to admit that at the right age, Zhang Yang also has the capital to be wanton, and a casual smile is enough to make people unable to look away.
Qin Qing pursed her lips, moved over slowly, placed the water bottle on the ground far away, then turned around and ran back.
Wen Yufeng sat on the stone steps and saw the girl's reaction. He couldn't help but smile and look up at the sky.
—
So cute.
Like a crystal rabbit running away in a hurry.
When Qin Qing returned to the training area, she still faced the meaningful eyes of the whole class.
After all, the foreign class was far away, so even if he vaguely saw the two figures intersecting, he might not think much about it, but they were different.
- On the first day of school yesterday, all the students in Class 15 witnessed with their own eyes the famous school bully from the high school department, both inside and outside the First Division, interacting closely with the talented young girl in their class.
If they said that the two people were not related, they would never believe it.
But it wasn’t long before everyone was forced to turn their minds away from the gossip—
The instructors had already held a meeting while the students were resting, and announced the order at this time:
In these classes that conduct military training in the playground, all members run and train in batches in order.
As soon as this order came out, the entire playground was filled with complaints.
It's a pity that the public opinion failed to listen to Datian, and the order was enforced. The classes that were thrown on the football field could only separate their teams and began to run and exercise under the poisonous sun.
I had to shout slogans while running.
In less than a circle, Qin Qing and several other students were already separated by the large army.
And Qin Qing is the most representative one - alone and far behind the large army, becoming a lonely little tail.
Qin Qing herself was not surprised at all by this result.
In junior high school, as long as she ran 800 meters, she would definitely be able to hold on to the last batch every time. More often than not, she would finish the whole race with a pale face.
Usually when she is still 100 meters away from the "extreme" position of 400 meters, her limit has been reached.
This time is no exception.
Qin Qing adjusted her breathing with a pale face, but the position of her trachea was already feedbacking the tingling sensation; she tried hard to swing her arms back and forth more, but in vain she made her body and mind more tired.
Every time I experience the feeling of dying during ordinary running, this kind of experience is probably rare...
Qin Qing smiled bitterly in her heart.
She really couldn't hold on any longer, so she might as well give up. Anyway—
Before Qin Qing's idea was fully formed, she felt the familiar temperature again.
—The kind of temperature that can give people a burning sensation just by looking at it.
She bit her lower lip and raised her gaze, not surprisingly seeing the slender figure in the rest area.
The man didn't know when he was standing at the bottom of the steps. He was holding a bottle of mineral water that Qin Qing was familiar with and shook it gently at her.
There were two instructors nearby who looked at the boys with evil eyes, and seemed ready to rush forward and "take them down" as soon as they entered the training area.
Qin Qing was amused by this idea and wanted to laugh, but due to physical fatigue, she only slightly curled her lips.
Then she looked back.
I really want to give up...but I don't want to give up in front of this person.
As for the reason for such thoughts, Qin Qing no longer has the energy to think about it.
So in the scorching summer weather, Qin Qing squeezed the last bit of strength from her body and completed her second lap almost mechanically, slower than normal walking.
When there were only a few steps left from the finish line, the sound of wind in my ears seemed to be mixed with Zhuo Anke's cheers.
The large army that has stopped to rest is also close at hand...
finally reached…
Qin Qing took the last step with relief, leaned forward, then closed her eyes and fell down.
Everyone exclaimed.
At the foot of the stone steps not far away, the smile on Wen Yufeng's face suddenly dropped when he saw this scene.
He raised his feet and was about to run to the training area.
"Non-military training students are not allowed to enter the training area!"
The instructor who had been staring at him for a long time spoke up and stopped him at the same time.
“…”
Wen Yufeng looked sideways, his eyes cold and gloomy.
It was as if there was a ferocious beast hiding deep in the black pupils.