Seeing the young man walking towards Su Ling, although he knew that this was a memory belonging to this world, Cheng Zhichu still had a strange feeling in his heart, because except for the different school uniforms, the "Cheng Zhichu" here is almost the same as him in high school. .
The young man came to Su Ling's side and squatted down, as if he was very concerned about his condition.
Seeing that Su Ling ignored his arrival and just buried his face in his arms, the young man was not angry, but asked more worriedly: "Are you suffering from heat stroke and need me to bring you some water and fenugreek Are you upright?"
"… "
Su Ling still didn't speak, raised his head slightly, and glanced at him with dark pupils.
The young man smiled at him cautiously, reached out and touched his forehead lightly, but Su Ling's reaction was fierce, his back suddenly tightened, and he slapped his hand down, whispering: "Don't touch me!"
"I'm sorry, I just wanted to test your temperature to see if you have a fever." The young man touched the back of his hand, which was slapped red, and apologized to him a little guilty, "I'm so sorry to offend you... I'll give it to you. get water?"
He knew that Su Ling would not respond to him, so he simply didn't ask, and brought it to Su Ling first. As for whether Su Ling drinks or not, it is his own business.
When the boy turned around, Su Ling finally revealed his entire face from his arms, pursed his lips slightly, looked at his back from a distance, tightened his fingers unconsciously, and grabbed the fabric of his clothes.
Su Ling has a beautiful appearance. Although he is always dark and gloomy, he is also a pretty young man. At this time, when the young man left, he even removed the thorns all over his body, showing a soft and helpless expression, as if he had made a mistake. The little animal with lowered eyebrows and murmured, "I'm sorry..."
When Cheng Zhichu saw this scene, he only felt distressed in his heart.
He could see that Su Ling patted the boy's hand out of physical stress. He had been violently abused by Ouyang and others all the year round, and he was very sensitive to anyone's touch, not to mention he didn't want to let him The teenager got too close and found the scars on his body.
After a while, the boy came back with a bottle of water. When he came over, Cheng Zhichu heard other classmates say a few words to him, probably to persuade him not to be so nice to Su Ling.
"Su Ling likes to ignore everyone. You're a cold ass sticking to his face, and he won't appreciate you. Why do you need to do this..."
"It doesn't matter." The teenager smiled at them, "I just remembered that I used to be isolated by my classmates because of my bad ears, and I couldn't let go."
"Actually, it was my wishful thinking. Su Ling didn't hate me, so I was already satisfied... Well, shouldn't I hate it?"
A few classmates stopped talking, touched his hair, and let him go. The young man came to Su Ling and handed him the water.
Su Ling unscrewed the water in silence, put it down after drinking a little bit, and gently tugged at his sleeve with his fingers. After a while, he spoke softly.
"… thanks."
"It's alright." The boy was stunned, and then asked happily, "Do you feel better?"
Su Ling nodded slightly.
"If you need anything else, just call me and I'll go get it for you. Then I'll go back to class first, so you can rest well."
His thanks seemed to make the boy very happy, and even the steps of leaving were quite brisk.
Su Ling stared at the back of the young man for a long time, raised his hand to cover his face that suddenly flushed, and also covered the corners of his lips that were slightly raised. His beautiful eyes were full of brilliance, and his hidden feelings were no longer concealed at this moment.
…
Cheng Zhichu didn't see Su Ling taking pictures until after school that day, and watched him leave the classroom with his schoolbag on his back. After a moment of hesitation, Cheng Zhichu decided to quietly follow Su Ling.
Su Ling's home is in a very old residential area. His family situation is not good, his father is paralyzed, and his mother works from morning to night to maintain the family's livelihood.
Cheng Zhichu watched Su Ling return home, took care of his father on the bed skillfully, did a lot of housework, prepared dinner, set up a small table, brought it to his father, and served his father to eat.
"Good boy..."
Father sighed and touched Su Ling's head, his eyes complicated and guilty.
"It's all my fault for dragging you and your mother down. If she hadn't followed me, she could have been doing well, and so would you, if it wasn't for me..."
"Dad." Su Ling stopped him, added some food for him, and said calmly, "Mom never regretted choosing you, otherwise she would not have left that house." He paused, "I will never regret it. Proud to be my father."
"well… "
The father's hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly, and he lowered his head slightly. He didn't want his son to notice his reddish eyes, so he just put some of his rice into the empty bowl, and said in a hoarse voice: "After you finish eating, put it away. Feed these meals to Xiao Mi, it has just given birth to a kitten and it is not convenient to find food."
Su Ling nodded, and after eating with his father, he took the rest of the meal and went into an alley facing the street.
The alley was dilapidated and narrow, and the sides were full of debris. He tapped on a wooden box, and a mother cat and a few fluffy kittens emerged from it. When he saw him coming, they all surrounded him affectionately. , meowing, rubbing against his calf, and begging him for a coquettish hug.
Su Ling put the meal on the ground, sat down on the steps, and watched them eat together, her eyes were soft, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
It seems that only when he gets along with his family and small animals will he let go of his guard.
Cheng Zhichu saw it in his eyes, and his mood was extremely complicated. There was not only regret and heartache for Su Ling, but also resentment for Ouyang and others. He didn't understand how they could be so cruel to such a pure and gentle young man. poisonous hand.
What kind of hatred does "Bai Yi" and Su Ling have in this world? Why did he instruct Ouyang and the others to abuse Su Ling
Just as he was angry and confused, there was a sudden sound of footsteps at one end of the alley.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Su Ling's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly hid the kitten in the wooden box, and then ran towards the other end of the alley, but he stopped after a few steps, because the At the exit, Zhao Xiaopang was waiting for him to throw himself into the net with a sneer on his face.
"Where do you want to go?"
The figure of a few other people appeared on the side of the footsteps. The boy Bai Yi was the leader. He looked indifferently at Su Ling who had no way to escape. His handsome face was frosty, while Ouyang behind him asked with such a smile. .
Su Ling's eyes suddenly sank, his fists clenched tightly, not showing fear as he was surrounded by them, staring at them silently, his eyes full of disgust and anger.
"Dare to look at us like this, believe it or not, I have gouged out your eyes?"
Liang Wenbin stepped forward and punched Su Ling hard on the abdomen, causing Su Ling's face to turn pale. a bit.
Cheng Zhichu was instantly full of anger, and wanted to punch Liang Wenbin, but his hand passed through Liang Wenbin's body and had no power to stop their violence.
Hold!
Seeing the three of Ouyang attacking Su Ling together, Cheng Zhichu had already scolded countless times in his heart, wishing that these beasts would die immediately, but he also knew that they all lived well until the start of the dungeon. And this time, it was just another one-sided abuse of Su Ling by them.
It didn't take a moment for Su Ling's whole body to be covered with dust on the ground. Because of the struggle, the sleeves of the winter school uniform were rolled up, revealing large and small bruises all over the arms, which was shocking enough, let alone impossible. Imagine how many bruises there will be on his body.
Su Ling protected his head and was beaten by them. He never made any sound. Bai Yi put his hands in his pockets and stood aside. He didn't have the excitement that Ouyang and the other three showed on his face. He just watched quietly. .
The three of Ouyang were exhausted from playing, their faces were sweaty, and they stood in place to rest, panting heavily.
As soon as their movements stopped, Su Ling sat up slowly. His movements were extremely laborious, but he didn't want to lie on the ground all the time. Instead, he stood up swaying. He refused to lower his head, but looked straight ahead.
He was looking at Bai Yi.
Bai Yi looked at him condescendingly, although he was almost expressionless, but his eyes were cold, looking at Su Ling as if he was looking at something dirty.
"Meow-"
At this moment, a faint cat meow suddenly came from the wooden box, and a few kittens stuck their heads out of the box. They stared at Su Ling for a few seconds with their black eyes, and found that he hadn't left yet. He jumped out of the box, flapping his tail happily and rubbing against his body.
Su Ling's expression suddenly became flustered, and she subconsciously protected the kitten into her arms.
"Ah, it's a kitten, so cute."
Standing behind Bai Yi, Lu Jie, who had never made a move, suddenly opened her mouth and smiled lightly. The expression on her pure and beautiful face at the moment made people shudder. She walked to Su Ling and stepped on him. 's head, crushed with the heel of his shoe, and said, "Give them over."
Su Ling curled up and protected the kitten even tighter. Zhao Xiaopang and Liang Wenbin immediately pulled up his hair and arms, forcing him to hand over the kitten.
This time, Su Ling's struggle was particularly intense, but she still couldn't resist the strength of the two of them. She watched Lu Jie pick up the nape of one of the kittens.
"Mi-mi!"
The kitten's frightened cry caused the female cat in the wooden box to rush out suddenly, and threw at Lu Jie fiercely. Struggling in the bag.
"Don't touch them!"
Su Ling's eyes instantly turned red, and he turned his head and bit Zhao Xiaopang fiercely, trying to break free from their control, but what he got in return was a more brutal beating. become weaker.
"Kittens are really cute." Lu Jie smiled at Su Ling, "So I will strangle them all in front of you."
This crazy woman!
Cheng Zhichu looked at the gentle and quiet Lu Jie in disbelief, a chill rose up his back, and even Ouyang and the other three showed a look of astonishment, as if they thought they had auditory hallucinations.
"Enough, Lu Jie, let go."
Bai Yi frowned slightly, preventing Lu Jie from strangling the kitten. Lu Jie was startled, and immediately let go. The kitten shivered and hid back to her nest, and the mother cat trapped in the schoolbag was also released.
"I'm sorry, I just... want to make Brother Bai happy... "
The girl showed a pitiful expression, but none of the people present would be deceived by her, and even had a chill.
Su Ling was pinned to her knees on the ground, her eyes were red, she stared at her stubbornly, her lower lip was biting blood.
Bai Yi finally walked in front of him, squatted down in front of him, pulled up his hair, his eyes were deep and cold, and he said.
"I'm not interested in cruelty to animals, but you have to understand, Su Ling."
"Everything you like and hope for, I will destroy it with my own hands."
"You don't deserve happiness."
…
After Bai Yi took Ouyang and others away, Su Ling patted off the soil on the school uniform as much as possible, went to a nearby small clinic to briefly treat the injuries on his body, and then returned home.
When Ouyang and others abused him, they would avoid causing scars on his face, so when Su Ling entered the door, due to the dim light in the house, his father did not notice his abnormality at all, but asked in surprise, "Why have you been here for so long? ?"
"... playing with them."
After a short silence, Su Ling replied, then set up a dining table next to him and spread out his homework on it: "I'll do my homework right away."
"Okay, Dad won't bother you anymore. Alas, the lights in the house are too dim, and the family has a little more money. I'll ask your mother to buy you an eye protection lamp, otherwise you will be short-sighted in the future... "
"It's okay, it's okay, don't buy it."
Su Ling lowered his head and wrote his homework, his messy hair half covered his eyes, he could only see that he was biting his lower lip, the hand holding the pen was shaking violently, and the words he wrote were crooked and unremarkable.
Cheng Zhichu came to him and wanted to pat his thin back, but his hand still passed through Su Ling's body, and he couldn't even bring him the slightest comfort.
He could only look at Su Ling silently until very late when Su Ling's mother finally finished work and returned home.
When seeing Su Ling's mother, Cheng Zhichu understood why Su Ling was so good-looking, because his mother was a beauty.
Even though her temples have been dyed a little white, and her face has the wind and frost of the years, she is a little haggard, but she can still see how beautiful her eyebrows and eyes were back then, and the simple dress can't hide her elegant temperament, and her voice is also gentle and gentle Soft, smiled and chatted with her family about home life.
"Look, Xiaoling, my mother brought you a present."
Mother took out a half-new smartphone from her bag, handed it to Su Ling, and said, "Young people nowadays all use smartphones, you never have it, it's very inconvenient, so my mother bought one for you, but It's second-hand, when mom has money, I'll give you a new one..."
"Thank you... thank you."
Su Ling pursed her lips, was silent for a while, suddenly stepped forward to hug her mother, and thanked her in her ear: "Really... Thank you very much, I like it very much, it is the best gift for me. ."
The mother also had red eyes, hugged her son back, and showed a gratified smile.
…
The next day for school, Su Ling brought his mobile phone into the school.
The school does not prohibit students from carrying mobile phones. Many students use their mobile phones to take pictures of the contents of the slides to organize their notes. Su Ling's grades have always been excellent, but his notes are always very concise and even a little messy, because the speed of recording cannot keep up. The speed at which the teacher switches slides.
Now that he has a smartphone, he can take slideshows too, but the reason he carries his phone is not only that, but more importantly—
White fingers pressed the shooting button at the bottom of the screen. During class time, Su Ling leaned against the wall near the corridor in the classroom, and seemed to be browsing the page on the phone, but he actually took a picture of a teenager. .
The boy in the photo has soft brows and eyes, a bright smile, and his whole body is dyed with golden sunlight, as if born from the light.
Even in Su Ling's heart, he was purer and warmer than light.
The boy is the first person who treats him well besides his parents.
Su Ling looked at the boy on the screen, her eyelashes drooped, and a shallow smile overflowed her lips unconsciously.
He put the boy's photo and the family photo he took last night into the encrypted photo album. He dared not let others know that he had the boy's photo in his mobile phone, especially Bai Yi's people. If he let them know, it would be over .
He couldn't imagine what Bai Yi would do to the boy.
… maybe he deleted the photo.
Su Ling's finger moved to the delete button, paused for a long time, but couldn't let go.
He will probably never be able to say what he thinks, but he doesn't want to even have the qualification to save the photos of his sweetheart.
He watched it quietly for a while, but he still didn't delete the photo. He was about to press the black screen when he suddenly heard a girl's voice coming from the corridor.
"Senior Lu Jie, I brought what you asked for, but did you remember wrong, I'm in class six, why are you standing here in class seven?"
Su Ling's face instantly lost its blood.
He turned his head slowly, and across a window, he saw Lu Jie standing outside the window, smiling slowly at him.
"Take photos of people secretly?"
"Let me guess why."
"Could it be that you like him?"
With a "smack", Su Ling accidentally threw the phone to the ground, and the girl curled her pupils happily, her voice sweet and gentle.
"Looks like I guessed right."
"So...you like him."
She didn't comment anything, turned around and walked away lightly, but Su Ling was trembling all over and rushed out of the classroom desperately, grabbed her wrist in front of all the passing classmates, and said, "Don't go!"
"… Junior Brother?"
The girl turned her head and pretended to be at a loss. She wanted to withdraw her wrist, and said nervously, "Please don't do this."
"Senior sister... please."
Su Ling lowered his head, his face was pale, and his fingertips were shaking, and his cold voice actually revealed the meaning of pleading.
"Please... don't say it, don't tell Bai Yi."
Bai Yi once said that he would destroy everything he likes.
It doesn't matter what he does, but he is afraid... afraid that Bai Yi will destroy the boy.
"Don't tell him?" Lu Jie suddenly lowered her voice and said in a volume that only the two of them could hear, "Okay, then come and beg me, in the way I told you."
She was referring to making Su Ling kneel.
The four of them bullied Su Ling. In fact, most of the time Bai Yi was not present, but they did it spontaneously. In the past few years, they have long regarded Su Ling as their punching bag. Vent out by beating Su Ling.
Lu Jie basically never did anything, she just stood by and watched, every time the abuse was about to start when Bai Yi was away, she would always repeat the same thing.
"Want us to let you go? Then kneel down and beg us."
Su Ling never begged for mercy.
Every time, he would choose to endure it in silence.
But this time—
"sky… "
Amidst the amazed discussions of the classmates, Su Ling slowly knelt down, clenched her hands into fists, and exerted such force that her knuckles turned white, her voice was broken, and her shoulders were shaking violently.
"...Please, senpai."
The girl was surprised, and she couldn't believe that Su Ling really knelt down and begged her, because she knew how proud Su Ling was in her bones. Even if she was trapped in the dirty mud, she would always look up at the stars in the sky.
Unlike her, no matter how pure her appearance is, her inside is already rotten.
So now he let go of his pride and begged her without dignity for the person he liked to not be implicated, and she would not have any sympathy for him.
She just wanted to drag him into the same abyss.
Lu Jie's eyes swept over the worried teenager standing at the door of the classroom, and suddenly took a step back, waved his hands in a panic, and said, "Sister, hurry up, I'm sorry, I still can't accept you, thank you My heart, but I don't want to think about love just yet..."
Su Ling opened her eyes wide and raised her head in amazement, but what she saw was the sarcastic smile in the girl's eyes.
"It turns out that Su Ling likes Lu Jie, and even knelt down and begged others to accept him. This is too ugly..."
"Toad wants to eat swan meat, can he also think about the goddess of the campus?"
"… "
Irony, ridicule, abuse... It was like icy sea water flooding the sky and covering the sky, freezing Su Ling's blood.
The scene in front of her was like an old slow-playing movie, losing its color and sound. The girl turned around, her hair swiped in a beautiful arc in the air, and finally gave him a deep look, with endless malice lurking in her eyes.
no.
He didn't like Lu Jie at all, how could he like Lu Jie.
No no no no no—
Su Ling rushed over, clasped Lu Jie's shoulders tightly, and shouted out of control.
"I don't like you, I don't like you! Why do you say that?!"
"Because I know you like him."
The girl's shoulder hurt from his grasp, but she laughed softly, her lips parted slightly, and she spat out a short sentence.
"look back."
"… "
Su Ling turned his head slowly and saw at a glance the boy who had entered the corridor at an unknown time, and was also looking at him worriedly.
- not what you see...
- The person I like... is you...
He squatted down weakly, buried his face in his arms, his shoulders trembled, and his fingers clenched the fabric of the school uniform.
"Okay, I'm going back, goodbye, Junior Brother Su Ling."
Lu Jie smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will do what I say, and I won't tell Brother Bai what you like about him."
After she finished speaking, she returned to her classroom regardless of whether Su Ling heard it or not.
Sitting on the seat, she looked down at her mobile phone, and there was a photo taken. It was the scene when Su Ling took a picture of the boy, showing a pure and innocent smile.
It's just... She doesn't know if Brother Bai saw this photo "inadvertently".
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Bai Yi's Diary Part 54
(Listed a few pages of what he wanted to accomplish in this copy with lovers set.)