Since that night, Xie Ci never came to find her on his own initiative. Although no one said to break up, the two were caught in a cold war.
The last little time of the winter vacation passed slowly under Xu You's pen, and the days passed without any surprises, and school started soon.
Wednesday.
The opening ceremony was held after the second class in the morning, and Xu Xingchun, as the grade representative, was going to give a speech.
There are a few boys in the class who are joking.
"The squad leader is probably the best-looking grade representative in recent years. When the time comes to stand at the flag-raising platform in such a heroic manner, I don't know how many school girls will be fascinated... .."
"Tsk tsk tsk, Xu Xingchun, who looks upright, is the most attractive to young girls."
Xu Xingchun ignored the group of chattering boys around him, collected the English homework of the second group, put it on Xu You's desk, and left. He will speak as a representative later, and he has to go to the playground in advance to prepare.
Someone at the back reminded Xu You who bowed her head while doing homework: "Class representative, the teacher wants you to collect all your homework and send it to the office."
"Ah good."
Xu You agreed, and solved the last problem in hand.
She looked up at the watch hanging in the classroom, and hurriedly packed her things.
The office of the second grade group is on the third floor, and the classroom of Class 0 is on the second floor. It is very convenient to go up and down the stairs when you turn a corner.
In the office, Chen Yue was correcting another class's English homework.
A teacher passed by, holding a glass of water, and took a look at it, "Oh, Mr. Chen, are you correcting the homework of (1)?"
"That's right, alas.....I'm really speechless for this group of students." Chen Yue shook her head and sighed, taking the next homework.
"Why? There are many girls in the liberal arts class, so you should be obedient."
"What are you obedient to? You don't know. The thorns from Class 9 before came to this class to get together. It's really hard to manage."
The teacher smiled and comforted, "Class 0 is also under your hands, so be content."
With that said, Xu You typed a report and came in.
"Teacher, this is the homework for our class." She put a stack of homework books on Chen Yue's desk.
Chen Yue hummed for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, and said to Xu You: "By the way, I looked at your last test paper, and you seem to have lost a lot of points in the listening part."
"Ah..." Xu You froze for a moment.
Chen Yue put down the pen in her hand and said to her: "Your grades, let alone seven or eight, even one or two points have different meanings to you, because these two points must be difficult to get." You have to be more demanding of yourself. For example, in the last final exam, you were three points behind the first grade, how did you get these three points?"
"English is a subject that is easy to score, so you can't lose points in such a simple part as listening, you know, the teacher's requirement for you should be stable at around 145 every time...."
“…….”
Xu You silently listened to the teacher's instruction.
"Then you will go back and practice more by yourself later."
Because there will be a school opening ceremony later, it's not easy for Chen Yue to drag her into talking.
Xu You agreed, and bowed slightly, "Then I'm leaving, teacher, thank you teacher."
"—Eh, wait."
Wang Xiadong yelled to stop her who was about to leave.
Xu You turned around.
Wang Xiadong pointed to a wooden sign in the corner, "The sports committee is on leave today, and the class leader has no time to give a speech at the opening ceremony. You take our class sign to the playground, stand in front of the team, and take a seat to see for yourself." one time."
Xu You is small, and it is a little difficult to hold this wooden sign.
In the corridor, I ran into a group of people oncoming. Xie Ci walked in front, clutching his school uniform, followed by a few boys and girls.
She froze for a moment, and subconsciously avoided it a little.
The moment he passed by her, he walked over without looking sideways and without stopping.
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The opening ceremony was complicated and lengthy. Fortunately, the weather was good, with a little sun, but the people who basked in it were very warm.
After the principal finished speaking, the students were finally allowed to sit on the grass, and the audience sighed. Xu You and the girls in the second row changed seats and sat down. She didn't eat breakfast in the morning, and she just had a piece of shredded bread in her pocket.
Because there are few people in class 0, there are only two queues, one for boys and one for girls. Sitting next to them are students from other classes.
Xu You ate the bread, chewing slowly, without making a sound.
Suddenly, someone behind her patted her on the back. A girl leaned close to her ear and whispered softly, "There is a boy in the class next door, sitting next to me, and seems to be secretly staring at you, he looks so handsome."
Xu You turned her head, and accidentally met Xie Ciying's gaze, which was so light that it was about to be isolated by the air.
He quietly met her gaze.
At the back of Class 7, Song Yifan chatted with several other boys.
"Ah Ci is so tall, why run to sit in front, hahahahaha, you see he still has a book in his hand, I can't do it."
"... The class next to us is Class 0, what do you think?"
Someone was surprised: "But didn't Ah Ci break up with that female student bully from Class 0?"
"Which one, Shen Jiayi?"
"No, Shen Jiayi is so early. I'm talking about the one who used to be in the same class as Ah Ci. What's his name, Xu You, right?"
The boy's rough voice rang out without any hindrance, causing several people in the next class to look sideways.
Song Yifan slapped the boy on the back of the head, hating iron for being weak: "Keep your voice down and you will die. Whoever said we broke up? Why don't you compare yourself? Go to Ah Ci and talk, he can't beat you to death."
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In a blink of an eye, it was two months.
I don't know who first spread the gossip. The Xie Ci from the second year of high school was dumped by a girl in his lifetime.
The news spread more and more, and finally reached my ears.
In physical education class, Xie Ci and Song Yifan were sitting on the ping-pong table and smoking. Someone mentioned this incident and said funnyly: "Young Master Xie, can you still do it? Why have you been talking about it these days..."
"-roll."
Xie Ci sat on the ping-pong table with a very calm expression, obviously not wanting to make such a joke with that person.
Only Song Yifan knew that his heart was actually far less peaceful than it appeared on the surface.
It's been almost two months since he had an awkward fight with Xu You during the winter vacation, and those who play well with Xie Ci know that he has developed a habit. That is, no matter where he goes, whether he goes to the bathroom, plays basketball, or goes to school after school, he must go around to the stairs in the middle of the second floor. Because everyone knew everything, Song Yifan never dared to take the initiative to mention Xu You's name in front of Xie Ci, for fear of poking his wound again.
Song Yifan kept winking at the boy until the corners of his eyes almost cramped, the boy finally realized that something was wrong and closed his mouth.
Xie Ci jumped off the table.
"Where are you going, Ah Ci." Song Yifan shouted at his back as he walked away.
After Xie Ci left without looking back, the boy dared to speak and asked cautiously: "Did I offend Brother Ci's proud self-esteem?"
"No."
Song Yifan glanced at him, "You just offended his sensitive and fragile boyish heart."
Xie Ci held a cigarette between his fingertips and raised his eyes to look not far away.
I was in a daze for two or three seconds, and there were soft footsteps beside me, stepping on leaves.
He turned his head.
Deng Ying came out from behind the tree. She didn't dare to get too close to him, and stopped a few meters away.
Seeing her face, he was stunned for a second, then reacted, looked away, and didn't speak.
Or rather lazy to speak.
So Deng Ying took two steps forward and said hesitantly, "Senior, are you alone?"
After a pause, she added: "Smoking less, it's not good for your health."
Xie Ci looked at her for a while, and then asked lightly: "What do you care about me, do you want to talk to me?"
“…………..”
Deng Ying blushed and said nothing.
After holding back for a long time, she said, "No... I just heard from your friend that after you broke up with senior sister Xu You some time ago, you kept drinking until late at night, which caused too much harm to your body...."
"Who said we broke up?"
“…………”
Deng Ying smiled a little disappointed. She bit her lip and summoned up her courage to say, "Senior, can you give me a chance?"
Before Xie Ci could speak, she quickly said: "I want to be with you and take care of you. Senior sister Xu You can do it, so can I. I really don't want you to hurt yourself like this again."
"Actually... I have liked you very much since before. I just know that you already have a senior sister. I don't want to disturb you, but she doesn't know how to cherish it now..."
He asked back with a half-smile, "She can...you can too?"
Deng Ying was taken aback.
"Comparing you and Xu You, who do you think you are?"
Xie Ci looked indifferently, stubbed out the cigarette, passed her and left directly.
Deng Ying's eyes were red. She turned her back to him and said loudly, "Thank you, I really like you—"
Xie Ci did not even pause.
---
As soon as he came out of school, Xie Ci received a call from Zeng Qilin.
He didn't want to pick it up, so he just pinched it. After walking a few steps, he was still caught by Zeng Qilin.
"Fuck, you didn't answer my calls?"
Zeng Qilin put his arms around his neck. Xie Ci struggled, his brows furrowed, and he clicked his tongue irritably, "Don't do it."
It was just after school in the afternoon, and there were students coming and going, and from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally, they would look at them sizing up.
"Don't go to evening self-study at night, go out with me for a walk."
Zeng Qilin's words cannot be discussed.
Unknowingly, April came quietly, the cold air did not stay for long, and the unique active atmosphere of spring mixed with warm hot wind slowly arrived. The street lamps outside the school were lit in a row, and the sky was thin.
Xie Ci crouched on the side of the road. The streets are full of traffic, and people shuttle between the cars.
Zeng Qilin folded his arms and leaned against the street lamp. Seeing Xie Ci started to be dazed again, Zeng Qilin kicked his ass, "Do you know that you can't do this?"
He is now almost, the whole person can be seen with the naked eye during this period of time, lifeless.
Although Xie Ci was a mess in the past, at least he still had a little youthful vitality, but now he has no vitality at all.
"Song Yifan told me, you were dumped?"
Xie Ci finally reacted when he heard this, "Who the hell is making a fuss about it? It's not worth it."
"Yo ho."
Zeng Qilin laughed angrily, "You really think so?"
Thank you for not speaking.
"I thought it would be over for someone to treat you like this. I didn't expect my brother to persist at this level. It's not easy." Zeng Qilin half-joked.
"Brother, I really like her."
Zeng Qilin stopped with a smile. After a long time, he asked calmly: "Xie Ci, are you stupid, why are you serious about a girl at this age?"
"Besides, she is not the same as us, do you understand?"
Xie Ci stared at him for a long time without moving. Then, he turned his gaze away and looked elsewhere.
"Then I'll be on her way."
---
After a few days, the grade began to organize basketball games.
During this period of time, except for Song Yifan, everyone else felt that Xie Ci had become weird since he 'broke up' with Xu You. It's nothing else, but every time there is an event that calls him out to play, he doesn't bother to participate. I don't go clubbing, I'm not interested in dating girls, I don't skip class, even if I sleep, I have to sleep until after school at night.
Someone was so surprised that he ran to ask Fu Xueli what happened to Xie Ci.
Fu Xueli was very calm, and said perfunctorily: "Everyone has to grow up, so it's hard to be a secondary school student for a lifetime."
Forget about anything else, Song Yifan thinks the worst thing is that Xie Ci lacks interest in even playing basketball.
Just like now.
Song Yifan knocked on the thank-you table, "Ah Ci, do you want to play basketball? There is a game in our class this afternoon."
"No." Xie Ci didn't even bother to lift his head, and turned a page of the book on the table.
Song Yifan endured it for a while, but still said: "No, do you understand Brother Ci......."
Xie Ci raised his head and glanced at him, "Can you get out of here?"
"Ahem." Song Yifan asked again with a playful expression, "The competition is about to start, are you sure you won't go? This is the last time brother reminds you that our class has drawn lots with the class of Li (1)."
Thank you for a moment.
"Class 0?" he asked.
Song Yifan raised his eyebrows, "Reason. First class, what do you think?"
Before Xie Ci could speak, Song Yifan looked at his expression and continued, "I heard that the physical education teacher took some girls from the science class to count."
---
basketball court.
Xie Ci, who hadn't appeared in everyone's sight for a long time, suddenly appeared on the basketball court, and many people didn't react.
Xie Ci was wearing a white jersey and wristbands. Someone on the court blew a whistle and threw the ball to him.
The girls in Wen (1) class were all boiling, screaming for cheer one after another.
Xu You and another girl stood beside the counting board.
The red square is Wen (1), and the black square is Li (1).
Xu You looked at the group of people running on the field, and the girl next to her whispered to her: "The boys in our class are so trash..."
Xu You lowered her eyelashes, wondering what she was thinking, and absent-mindedly turned the page of the red sign again.
The girl continued: "The boys in the liberal arts class are so tall... a few of them are so handsome... but they must have girlfriends."
Finally, before the whistle blew for the end of the game, Xie Ci made a throw from beyond the three-point line. The basketball crossed a half-arc in the air, swished, and hit the basket.
There was a climax in the audience, and Wen (1) won by an overwhelming score.
Xie Ci was sweating profusely, and he lifted the hem of his clothes to wipe his sweat. A girl who couldn't bear it already rushed over and handed him water.
He didn't answer, his eyes looked all over the place looking for something.
Song Yifan came over with a smile and put his arms around his shoulders, and said with a smile: "How about it, buddy, I made a show twice on stage, it feels good."
Xu You silently sorted out the scoring items, handed them over to the physical education teacher, took her bag and left.
Xie Ci finally found the thin figure, who was walking outside the basketball court alone.
"Hey." Xie Ci touched Song Yifan with his elbow and whispered, "Bring me the school uniform."
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"—Xu Yo!"
Hearing a familiar voice, Xu You stopped in her tracks.
Xie Ci was still wearing black sports shorts, with his calves exposed. He ran two steps forward, grabbed her wrist, panting.
The two looked at each other silently.
Xie Ci spoke first and said, "Can you reconcile?"
Xu You: ... ... ..
Seeing that she didn't respond, Xie Ci paused, looked at her seriously and said, "It's okay to have a cold war, but I won't even agree to a breakup."
Xu You said, "I don't want to break up."
This time it was Xie Ci's turn to be speechless.
He had prepared a lot of words, but now he couldn't say a word, and an unspeakable emotion melted in his chest.
Xu You took two steps back, sized him up, and pursed her lips, "You're wearing a school uniform..."
"Hold."
Xie Ci blushed, and the sweat was still running down his face after the intense exercise. He stammered and asked, "Is it weird?"
His shoulders are smooth, and his shoulders extend along the side seam of his shirt. Simple school uniforms without styles can also be worn by him very well.
"No, very handsome."
Xu You smiled.
It's just that she never thought that he would put on the school uniform obediently.