"I want to go back to school."
"Why are you going back to school like this?"
Xie Ci stared at her profile, raised his eyebrows slightly, "How about I take you back to find—"
After the voice fell, Xu You's cell phone rang again.
She lowered her gaze and glanced at the caller ID.
half an hour.
Xu You sniffed, coughed a few times, brewed a good voice, and connected as if nothing had happened.
She gave a low feed.
Fu Xueli's voice was very anxious, and she hurriedly asked, "Hey, why don't you answer the phone all the time, what happened?"
The background sound on her side was very chaotic, and the voices of many people were mixed together.
"It's okay...I..." Xu You choked up again after saying two words.
Xie Ci took her mobile phone and put it next to his ear, "Xu You is with me, don't worry about it."
"Where are you now?! Why didn't you answer the phone I called you just now? I'm so fucking anxious."
Fu Xueli had a crackling meal on the phone.
She wanted to find Xu You by herself just now, but she was not very familiar with the location of the parking lot, so she asked Xie Ci to pick Xu You back. As a result, it took him a long time to go, but there was no sign of Xu You, and the phone couldn't be reached, and Xie Ci didn't come back for a long time.
Then she had no choice but to rush to the parking lot to find it by herself, but she was stopped by two bodyguards as soon as she got out of the elevator door.
Fu Xueli was already in a hurry, and became even more irritable when someone blocked her way. She got angry and asked loudly, "What are you doing? I'm looking for my friend, get out of here!"
The two bodyguards refused to move, and explained politely: "I'm sorry, miss, I'm dealing with something inside."
"What to do?!! My friend is still inside!"
Fu Xueli was circling with them, and vaguely heard a few faint howls in the empty parking lot.
She herself was a playful person, and knowing that something was wrong, she kept calling Xie Ci and Xu You on the phone.
After calling for about ten minutes, Xu You finally got through.
"I'll send her back to school later." Xie Ci answered calmly, his eyes cast aside.
Fu Xueli was furious, and almost shouted: "Send you paralyzed, you send Xu You back, and I will accompany her back to school by myself."
Thank you, "I'm on my way."
Fu Xueli asked him, "What happened?"
"It's okay."
"You think I'm stupid?"
Fu Xueli was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so she said coldly, "Why is the parking lot blocked, what's going on inside?"
The thanks were unhurried, and he made up casually: "Oh, just when I came out with Xu You, there was a little conflict with a group of punks. They couldn't beat them, so they ran away with her. After running away, I was angry. But call, call my brother and ask him to bring someone down to communicate with that group of people."
Fu Xueli: ... ... .
"Okay, that's it." Xie Ci cut off the call without waiting for her to speak.
After hanging up the phone, the car was quiet again.
Xie Ci bent one hand and put it on the edge of the car window. With the back of his hand on his head, he played with Xu You's phone casually with his eyes down.
After some time, he suddenly asked, "Hey, you didn't save my number?"
Xu You turned her head and silently took back her mobile phone. Her eyes were tired and her voice was hoarse: "Thank you today."
After a pause, Xu You continued, "Don't tell Sydney."
"On." He agreed.
"Don't tell anyone, either," she added.
Xie Ci lazily snorted, his head was tilted slightly, his back was leaning against the seat, and he looked her up and down.
After a while, he opened a small drawer in the car and took a few hundred yuan RMB from it.
"Wait for me." After he confessed, he opened the door and got out of the car.
Xu You turned around.
The car door slammed shut, and the car body shook violently, even shaking her body.
He crossed the road, dirty with dust and wet blood. Xie Ci turned to a 24-hour supermarket, without looking back, and raised the car keys in his hand.
Xu You was sitting in the car when she heard a click and the lights came on.
The car was locked.
Almost at the same time, the phone in her hand vibrated, Xu You picked it up, and the contact 'Xieci' sent a text message:
— I am afraid that you will run away.
Xie Ci didn't take long to return, holding a T-shirt and two packs of wet tissues in his hand.
He got in the car, closed the door, and threw a pack of tissues into Xu You's arms.
She sat there without moving a bit, until Xie Ci asked, "You want me to wipe it for you myself?"
"I want to go back to school early."
"I know," he said.
"I'm going back to school," she repeated.
Xie Ci really lost his temper at all.
He lowered his head and unwrapped a pack of tissues, took out one, and said while wiping the stains on his fingers, "It's half past six, I'll drop you off at the gate of the school at eight o'clock, will it work?"
It was very quiet and no one answered.
Thank you and said tentatively: "ball ball you?"
The car was parked close to the sidewalk. Occasionally, old people and children walking by would cast curious glances into the car.
The night wind passed through the carriage, bringing a burst of coolness.
Xu You sat there, shed tears, but her mind suddenly became quiet. Can't think of anything, just blank.
Dry tears were on the cheeks, and the skin was astringent and tight.
Xu You was too lazy to think about anything, to argue about anything. She silently picked up the pack of mint green wet tissues on her lap.
Xie Ci lay on the steering wheel, his eyes lingering on her for a while. Only after confirming that she had acquiesced, did he relax with a smile and clear his throat, "Turn your head away, I'm going to change clothes."
Xu You glanced at him quietly, then turned her head to the car window.
The window on the other side was slowly raised, and the noise from the outside world was blocked.
He crossed his hands, and lifted his shirt to the top of his head, exposing his thin waist, his voice muffled inside, "Don't turn your head around secretly, you're taking advantage of me.
"knew."
She returned slowly.
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The city is especially lively at night, with neon lights and traffic.
They walked along the crowded crowd and wandered aimlessly at the nearby night market.
A two-dollar grocery store that sells jewelry plays strong rhythmic music. Seafood shops, small noodle restaurants, and roadside stalls place grilled gluten and lamb kebabs, and many unknown food aromas are mixed together.
Xu You was wearing a large black coat that was zipped up to the end, completely covering her thin body. She quietly followed Xie Ci, biting the red bean stuffed bread in her hand.
"What do you like to eat?" Xie Ci's short black hair was in a mess on his head, and he put his hands in his trouser pockets, leading Xu You to wander around freely.
Xu You chewed twice, swallowed the food in her mouth, and said softly, "I'll just eat this."
"Can you be full just like this?" Xie Ci looked down at the things in her hand, and said suspiciously: "My little Huang eats more than you."
"Yeah." She responded and didn't speak again.
They walked all the way to a small river in the night market.
It's the busiest place. All kinds of children gathered there to play games, there were old sugar sellers, and young people sat on the grass chatting and laughing.
Xie Ci glanced around, and suddenly saw a place.
He raised his eyebrows, and pulled Xu You's wrist to squeeze there.
On a stall, there was a crowd of people in front of them, most of them were adults and children came to play.
"Boss, how much does it cost to play once?" After Xie Ci stood still, he still didn't let go of Xu You, and shouted at the busy boss inside.
The owner of the stall is a fat middle-aged man, busy collecting money, he said without raising his head, "Look at the side, it's written on the sign."
There are everything on the stall, ranging from small rotating music boxes, ceramic Jingle cats, to brown bear dolls over one meter high.
Standing next to it was a whiteboard, on which was written crookedly with a bold blue water-based pen:
Ten circles for ten yuan, until the circle is taken home.
The boss over there is still calling for business.
Xie Ci bowed his head, and said to the girl beside him, "Hey, just watch, I'm going to bankrupt this boss today."
After he finished speaking confidently, he forcibly pulled Xu You over regardless of whether he wanted to or not.
"Boss, come ten laps." Xie Ci took out the money from his pocket and handed it over.
The boss glanced at him, passed the circle over, and then bowed his head to change the money.
"Boss, how can you circle bears in such a small circle?" Xie Ci was puzzled as he played with the thin steel wire circle.
The boss gave him some money, thinking that this tall and thin young man was so handsome, how could he be so lacking in thoughtfulness. He rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Who told you to circle the bears."
"Then I want it." Xie Ci said it as a matter of course, and then got a little angry, "Why are you showing this if you don't sell it?"
"Hey, you young man."
The boss was impatient and yelled at them, pointing to a white line drawn with chalk next to it, "See, you stand here and throw it, and you can get the bear by throwing it into the mineral water bottle at the bottom. If you can throw it, you can take it!"
Xie Ci carefully estimated the distance, and said dissatisfiedly, "So far?"
He still wanted to fight again, but Xu You couldn't help stretching out his hand and tugging at the hem of Xie Ci's clothes, "Hurry up, there are still people waiting."
Wait till it's finally ready.
They were surrounded by people, and everyone crowded together excitedly.
A young mother held the child on her body, pointed to Xie Ci and said, "Look at my brother throwing things to my sister."
The child was thumping and yelling loudly: "I want a little goldfish, I want a little goldfish, I want to throw it too."
...
The thank you was quite serious, and I stretched my muscles while standing still.
Seeing him like this, the people around thought he was quite powerful.
Xu You quietly stood aside.
Before Xie Ci threw the first one, he turned to her and asked, "What do you like?"
Seeing that he looked like a child, Xu You shook her head and said, "Hurry up."
Then he decided on his own, stood at the white line, bent slightly, stretched his arms attentively and threw the first circle.
Missed.
There was a groan from the crowd.
the second.
Missed again.
The third, the fourth, the fifth...
Xie Ci threw ten of them in a row, but he didn't even hit the nearest one.
After throwing, he was empty-handed.
Standing where she was, she silently looked at Xu You. In fact, it's quite embarrassing to say it. Think about when the domineering No. 1 middle school boss was so embarrassing.
Unconvinced, Xie Ci went to the boss and bought ten rings.
When he came back, Xu You sighed inaudibly when he saw his eagerness to try.
She shook her head, stood beside Xie Ci, took the circle in his hand, and whispered: "I'll do it."
Then.
Xu You stood there, staring at the small item in front of her, and remained silent for a while.
She made a move, lost it, and caught a small gift box.
Another circle, trapping the goldfish bowl.
There was exclamation from the crowd.
… .
Xu You weighed the last circle in her hands for a while, and the evening breeze blew slightly, lifting her loose black hair, and the corners of her pure white skirt patted her calves.
The thin steel ring let go of its hand and flew straight forward, drawing a perfect parabola.
With a ding, it firmly caught the innermost mineral water bottle.
People around burst into cheers and applause.
This is the real master among the people!
Xie Ci was completely stunned, staring blankly at what happened in front of him.
The boss with a bad complexion took out the big bear and handed it to Xu You's arms.
Xu You hugged it with one hand, thanked in a low voice, and then discussed: "I don't want other things, can you give me the little goldfish?"
Of course the boss has no problem.
Xu You nodded, stepped forward, squatted down, and picked up the little goldfish.
She looked up, looked around, and saw the young mother.
Xu You walked over and handed the things in her hand to the little friend, "Little goldfish."
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After visiting the night market, it was almost eight o'clock.
They returned the same way. Xu You hugged the bear in front and walked silently.
Xie Ci put his hands in his pockets and followed slowly behind.
When we got to the side of the road, the sky was getting dark, and the street lamps dragged her shadow longer.
"Hey, you really don't show your face." Xie Ci suddenly laughed, and hastened to catch up with her, "I didn't see it, Xu You."
Xu You gave an 'hmm' and said, "Because you're so stupid."
Xie Ci hissed, and continued to listen to her.
"That kind of circle, the center of gravity is unevenly distributed, the front is heavier, and there is wind, you can't throw it at something, you have to move it to the side at an angle, and you have to consider the height of the throw."
She looked at him, "You don't study hard in school, so you don't know anything."
Xie Ci stared at Xu You and teased her: "A top student is a top student, I admire you."
He had a playful smile again, Xu You didn't bother to pay attention, and walked forward without looking away.
Xie Ci smiled and continued to follow her lazily.
Walked a few steps.
Xu You suddenly stopped.
Xie Ci's footsteps also stopped, and he was about to ask what's wrong when he saw her turn back.
She handed the big bear she had been holding in her arms to Xie Ci, raised her head slightly to look at him, and said seriously, "This is for you."
The flow of people coming and going around.
Xu You raised her face, her dark and clean eyes looked at him quietly.
Deep and shallow light and shadow passed over her body.
Thank you for taking a breath.
For the first time since he was a child, he blushed.