At night, a small private bar facing the street.
The owner of the bar is sister Li Jieyi, and this is where they often come for entertainment.
Song Yifan stepped on a high stool, punching with several other people while drinking. The table is a bit small, and there are several tables, with juice, champagne, and beer poured scattered on it.
There are not too many customers in the small bar, which is similar to a clear bar. There are board games. On the small round stage on the dance floor, one or two people are playing guitar and singing slow songs.
Xie Ci sat leaning on the sofa, had just had a drink, and was a little bit over the top. He took the cigarette case with him. Putting his legs on the coffee table, he took out a cigarette and bit it between his lips skillfully.
The flame licks the cigarette, and a little bit of flickering red stars light up.
Li Jieyi came back from the toilet, and sat down beside him, "I'm quite addicted to cigarettes, don't play with them, just smoke here bro."
"What are you playing?" Xie Ci lazily tossed the lighter in his palm.
The lighter circled twice in the air, but it didn't fall back into his hand, and it rolled to the side of the sofa.
"Your father..." Li Jieyi stopped after asking two words, and raised his eyes. Chen Jingyi sat down next to Xie Ci.
"What are you talking about?"
She pushed back the hair that fell on her chest, and leaned over to find a small kumquat on the small tea table.
"Didn't you come here just after I said a few words?" Li Jieyi started to play with his phone with his head down, his fingertips crackling and flying on the keyboard.
Chen Jingyi carefully peeled the orange's outer skin, broke off a piece of flesh, and fed it to Xie Ci's mouth, "Here."
Her eyes are a bit charming, the tails of her eyes are hooked up, and her red lips are bright and dripping.
Xie Ci tilted his head and yawned. The meaning of refusal is obvious.
Chen Jingyi smiled, put it in her mouth as if nothing had happened, and said to Li Jieyi: "Ah Yi, I heard that you broke up with your girlfriend again?"
"Oh, auntie, can you stop calling me auntie?"
Li Jieyi has a nickname called Auntie, which is called by a group of cronies, Ayi, Ayi, and finally raised the tone deliberately. Anyway, he didn't like anyone calling him A Yi, nor did he like the nickname Auntie.
"Divided again?" This time Xie Ci raised his eyebrows and looked up at him.
Li Jieyi and Xinhuan had a hot chat on the phone, and he replied casually: "What do you mean, we broke up again? I can't change girlfriends as fast as you."
He joked casually and thanked him by the way.
Chen Jing leaned to the side and smiled, raised her calf slightly, rubbed Xie Ci's leg, and asked in a low voice, "What about you?"
"What am I?"
"Do you have a girlfriend now?"
"No ah."
The bar was very air-conditioned, and Chen Jing leaned closer to the ground. She exhaled Youlan, and whispered in Xie Ci's ear: "Me neither."
Xie Ci crossed his legs together, looking quite quiet. Holding the half-burned cigarette between his fingertips, he said softly, "Then look for it."
"After breaking up with you, I have nothing to like."
She hesitated, her words were half-truth and half-false, a little provocative and probing, "What should I do?"
It's a pity that the person involved couldn't understand the small thoughts in it.
Xie Ci raised his eyes slightly and said to her, "I like something."
Li Jieyi didn't notice what was going on here, he flipped through his phone, found a picture of a girl, and handed it to Xie Ci.
"Hey brother, take a look, how does it look like?"
The girl in the photo is very pure, with long hair, a fair baby face, and black colored contact lenses.
"What do you mean?" After two minutes, Xie Ci asked.
Li Jieyi smiled maliciously, "This junior high school girl, my friend's sister, I have contact information."
"Then?" Xie Ci glanced at him.
Li Jieyi gave a smirk, "My lord, we have no ability to catch up... um? Do you understand?"
A few people next to me were tired from playing, and they came here to rest one after another.
Song Yifan took a big gulp of icy mineral water, snatched Li Jieyi's phone, and shouted, "How about secretly sharing photos of beauties? Show me, show me."
He took it in his hand, squinted his eyes, and looked at it carefully for a while.
The more he looked, the more Song Yifan frowned.
He turned his head, paused, and said hesitantly, "Why does this girl look so similar to the goddess student bully who transferred from our class..."
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Xu You started to have a fever in the middle of the night last night until three o'clock in the morning. After taking some antipyretics, she got better.
She was lying on the bed with no strength, her mind was in a daze, and she didn't fall asleep until almost dawn.
She woke up when her roommate left. Xu You took out her mobile phone and sent a text message to the teacher, asking for a half-day leave.
After falling asleep for a while, Xu You climbed out of bed, went to the bathroom to wash her face, and changed into her school uniform.
Before leaving, she glanced at herself in the mirror.
His palm-sized face was covered with water, without a trace of blood. The pupils are jet-black, and the lips are extremely pale.
Sickly.
Office of the second grade.
Xu Huiru was approving homework when someone suddenly stood beside her, and she looked to the side.
Xu You covered her mouth with her sleeve, coughed twice, and called out, "Teacher."
"Oh, aren't you sick? What are you doing here?" Xu Huiru stopped writing and pulled Xu You to her side.
"What's the matter, is it important?"
Xu You shook her head and said to her, "Teacher, my fever has subsided, and I can go to class in the afternoon."
Xu Huiru praised the child in his heart for being obedient, so well-behaved that it made people feel distressed. She patted Xu You on the shoulder, "What can I do in the office?"
Xu You lowered her head and was silent for a while before whispering, "Teacher, I want to change my position."
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Friday is a day off, and the students are in a good mood.
The classroom was full of fights and laughter.
Zheng Xiaolin helped Xu You move the books and watched her quietly pack her things, "Master, are you really going to sit with me?"
Xu You nodded.
"It's really great, I can ask you questions again in the future." Zheng Xiaolin was satisfied, with a flower-like smile blooming on her face.
She sat in the first row of the second group.
It was a place no one wanted to go to. There were two places in total, both under the nose of the teacher.
After the results of the monthly exam came out, Zheng Xiaolin performed surprisingly well, which further inspired her fighting spirit to study hard. So she took the initiative to ask a person to sit in the first row. That seat is undoubtedly the most hated place in the class. In class, she can't do anything except listen to lectures, so Zheng Xiaolin can only sit alone.
Xu You squatted down and took out all the notebooks in the drawer.
Her books had been moved to their new seats, and she was packing the last bits and pieces.
Not long after, a familiar voice came from above his head:
"-what are you doing?"
Xie Ci had just returned from playing basketball, still holding a bottle of mineral water in his hand.
Song Yifan, who was following behind him, poked his head out and said in surprise, "Hey, classmate Xiao Xu, are you going to change seats?"
By this time everything was almost tidied up.
Xu You hugged a bunch of scattered little things in her arms, and put on her schoolbag.
She lowered her head to avoid their scrutiny, "I'm sorry, I'm a little short-sighted, I have to sit in front."
The reason is very perfunctory, it's just that I don't want to sit here.
Xie Ci put half of his hand in his pocket, straddled the aisle with his feet, and did not move. He blocked her way with a blank face.
Although he didn't say a word quietly, the air around him seemed to freeze, and even Song Yifan didn't dare to smile any more.
This is a precursor to his anger.
Xu You was silent for a while.
She has been obedient since she was a child, and has never made anyone angry. Xie Ci was more or less embarrassed by his blatant change of position this time. Xu You knew in her heart that her behavior was wrong, and felt a little guilty.
But she can't continue to sit here with him at the same table. More important than having a good relationship with your classmates is your academic performance.
It is also what parents always value. She can't be willful.
Surrounded by noisy voices, Xu You stood there quietly with a pale face.
The sunlight from outside pours into the classroom through the glass windows. Hitting her side made her look soft and fragile.
The two confronted each other silently.
Looking at the slender figure, Song Yifan couldn't help but bumped and thanked him, wanting him to get it done.
It's just that he always has an intuition in his heart, and he can't explain clearly when he sees his brother like this. Anyway, maybe in the future, it is not certain that I will fall on this girl.
Xie Ci still didn't respond, just staring at the person in front of him.
Xu You freed one hand, slowly reached into the coat pocket, and fumbled for something.
A Wangzai milk candy.
In her opinion, it is something that can make people feel better.
Xu You guessed that he would not reach out to take it. So he put the scattered things in his arms aside.
Still bowing his head, he went to hold Xie Ci's hand.
Xie Ci didn't tease her for the first time, and watched her movements quietly. Lowering his eyes, he let his hand be gently grasped.
"Thank you."
Xu You called out his name calmly, let go of her five fingers, and let the candy roll onto his open palm. It was the first time I spoke to him calmly: "I'm sorry, can you let me go?"
Many years later, someone asked Xie Ci, how did a good girl like Xu You subdue a bastard like you who has been domineering for many years and has been a prodigal son.
The boss thought for a long time, and said slowly: "It's easy."
Isn't that simple enough
One candy, one sentence.
Enough to make him crumble.
all.
Xie Ci was looked at by her like that, and a candy was caught in his hand, and he cursed secretly in his heart.
"Thank you?" she called out again.
He was called by her name so softly over and over again, but he couldn't resist after all, and he spread his legs to make way for the aisle.
Xu You breathed a sigh of relief. Without further delay, she took the things in her arms and walked over him to the seat in front.
As she passed him, her arm was grabbed.
Xu You didn't struggle, she stopped and looked at him.
"You want to bribe me with just one candy?"
"Xu Yo?"
Thank you in a low voice, with a smile. It's like chewing these two words over and over again.
Xu You didn't know what he was thinking, so she quietly listened to him.
This man is really strange.
When you laugh like a child, when you are cold like a puzzle.
Temperament is also cloudy and uncertain. Like a melancholy boss with a girlish heart.
"You still have to promise me something." He has returned to his previous cynical look, and said calmly.
She didn't refuse again, and obediently said 'yes'.
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Without Xie Ci's troubles, Xu You's life finally returned to calm.
Every day at three o'clock and one line, canteens, classrooms, and dormitories. In addition to sleeping is studying, time flies. In a blink of an eye, the autumn sports meeting of No. 1 Middle School came. The first and second grades are held together, and each class has its own position in the stands.
Xu You fell ill during that time and didn't apply for the project, so she was idle and had nothing to do.
In the morning is the opening ceremony, and in the afternoon there are games.
After taking a nap, she took a prose book, took her water glass and sat down on the stand by the playground.
During the sports meeting, there will be a cultural performance in the evening. No. 1 middle school is very loose, and many students will climb over the school fence to go out to play.
Just like now. Where Xu You sat, there were only a few scattered people. The other students were nowhere to be seen.
How messed up the students in Class 9 are, it is clearly reflected in a sports meeting.
She stretched out her hand to block the sunlight and looked at the playground. There are students bent over on the track who have already begun to warm up.
It is also very pleasant to be blown by the warm wind. It was a rare moment for her to relax.
Xu You looked away, lowered her head, and flipped through the book in her hand page by page, reading with gusto.
The broadcast on the playground was played, and there were occasional gunshots bang bang bang.
"Xu Yo! Little cutie!"
Xu You was reading a book, as if she heard someone calling her. She looked up in bewilderment.
Fu Xueli stood under the stands. She had already changed into a pink and white skirt and sandals with a heel. Wearing sunglasses, she waved to Xu You.
"What's wrong?" Xu You ran to the railing, put his hands on it and talked to Fu Xueli.
Fu Xueli raised her head, put her hands on her lips and sat like a trumpet, "You come down first, and I'll talk to you when I get down."
Xu You thought she was in a hurry, so she nodded and ran down the stairs next to her. With a book in his hand, he turned around.
Looking up, he saw a group of people walking towards him.
Xie Ci started, lazily talking to the boy next to him, without looking this way. He still didn't wear a school uniform today, and his short black hair was a bit messy. The sleeves were loosely rolled up, and the jacket didn't zip properly.
All the boys inside looked like they were fooling around, heading towards the basketball court.
The group of mighty people passed by, causing whispers from the people around Xu You.
"Is this a boy from the second year of high school?"
"Yes, look, look, that boy in the blue and white coat."
"I see, what's the matter?"
"That's the thank you I told you, how about it, isn't it handsome!"
"Is he the boss of the grade?"
"I don't know, I'm just kidding, but I should know a lot of people..."
"He's pretty good-looking, even more handsome than the school grass, but he's a bit fierce, I heard..."
Xu You leaned against the wall, watched Xie Ci walk away, and then ran in another direction to find Fu Xueli.
"Sydney, what's the matter?"
Fu Xueli was playing on the ipad, and when she saw Xu You finally came, she let out a sigh of relief and took off her sunglasses.
"Yoyo, please do me a favor." Fu Xueli handed a black mobile phone to Xu You, "Thank you after helping me for half an hour, he is on the basketball court."
Xu You went to pick it up, but realized belatedly: "Ah? Give it to him..."
Fu Xueli sighed, and patted her on the shoulder, "I have something to do now, please trouble you."
Before she left, she thought of something again, and turned her head to Xu You who stayed where she was, and shouted, "Dress better tomorrow, and I'll take you out to play."
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Xu You didn't really want to go to those people, but she couldn't refuse her friend's request.
Even though it is a sports meeting, the popularity of the basketball court has not diminished at all.
The boys were sweating on the court, the ball was thumping, and there were some girls screaming around the court.
Xu You was a little short-sighted, and couldn't tell the difference between the waves of basketball players, so she had to walk in to see clearly.
Among this group of people, she was a bit conspicuous in her blue and white school uniform.
She was wondering if Xie Ci and the others didn't play basketball and went out of school to play...
Someone called her name next to her ear.
It was Song Yifan.
He had just left the field and ran to Xu You's side, dripping with sweat, wiped off the sweat and asked with a smile, "Come to see Ah Ci?"
Seeing the person coming, Xu You secretly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and handed over the phone, "Oh, yes, I'm here to give you something, can you give it to him for me?"
Unexpectedly, Song Yifan immediately waved his hand to refuse, and said without hesitation: "Don't, don't, don't, if you want me to give this, my hand will be broken."
He pointed in one direction and said to her: "A Ci is still playing, you wait."
Xu You has never understood how boys play. Just watching them run up and down the field and throw the ball.
After waiting for a while in a good temper, the crowd cheered. Someone makes a three-pointer.
Xie Ci finally agreed to end, and three or four girls surrounded him, bringing him water and towels.
He refused all of them, pulled up the hem of his basketball jersey, wiped the sweat on his face casually, and walked towards the basketball hoop.
The thin waistline undulates and reveals with the movements.
Xu You and the others dispersed for a while before walking over.
Xie Ci leaned against the side of the basketball hoop and sat on the ground carelessly. The Adam's apple slides up and down, and the head is pouring water.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xu You approaching.
Stop at a distance of two meters from him.
She quietly waited for him to drink the water.
Xie Ci stared at Xu You, crushed the water bottle in his hand and threw it aside.
"Your things." Xu You took two steps forward and handed over the things in her hand.
The sleeves on both sides of Xie Ci's jacket were all brushed above the shoulder blades, and he put one hand on his bent knee, just looking at her like this.
He sits, she stands. This posture is not good.
Xu You hesitated for a while, squatted down, and was at eye level with him, "Here you are."
Xie Ci's face was covered with sweat, his eyelashes were wet, and he lost his usual lazy look.
Because she didn't go to class, her hair was tied up casually, and a thin red thread was wrapped around her fair neck at the collar.
Sweat trickled down his tight neckline, and there was a dim light in his eyes.
"Xu You." Xie Ci called her name, a little dumb, and took the phone in her hand.
Xu You said 'En'.
He said, "Don't you deliberately seduce me?"