She knew it was his birthday.
But on the 29th, she was already in City S. The game is coming up on the 30th, and Lu Zhi shouldn't have any intersection with her life, so definitely not, she can't accompany him.
She was silent and did not speak, Lu Zhi couldn't figure out what she was thinking, and frowned.
He parked the car on the side of the road.
"Not for a day? Ning Zhen, don't be so stingy." He pressed his fingers on the brow bone, and said with a bit of shame: "I will pick you up on the 29th. If you dare to refuse, I will come to your house to find you."
"Lu Zhi!" Ning Zhen bit her lip, "Don't come."
She is not at home when she comes, if she bumps into Ning Haiyuan or Xu Qian, the situation will be very troublesome.
Ning Zhen couldn't talk to him about the competition either, she was worried and afraid that Lu Zhi would come to her.
"Then be good, Ning Zhen, I won't do anything to you, I just miss you."
He has always spoken without shame, Ning Zhen's ears gradually turned red.
She still has to make this matter clear to her: "Don't come to pick me up, I won't see you."
The other side laughed out loud: "You're acting in a TV series with me? Isn't the heroine very soft-hearted? Then I'll wait for you outside your community, and wait until you are willing to come to see me, okay?"
She still wanted to refuse, but Lu Zhi suddenly asked her, "Ning Zhen, do you think I'm poor?"
Ning Zhen was stunned for a moment: "Why do you ask such a question?"
Lu Zhi paused: "It's okay."
It is impossible for him to say that He Ming came to see him once at the beginning of the vacation.
The young man who had just gotten up from the hospital was full of blood and anger, so he brought a group of people to the place where he lived.
Lu Zhi was calm, without raising his eyelids, he was writing and drawing with his legs crossed.
He Ming laughed so wildly that someone pried the door open, but Lu Zhi on the sofa still didn't raise his eyes. Written very focused.
As soon as He Ming raised his hand, the group of bad boys surrounded Lu Zhi.
Lu Zhi stopped writing, twisted his wrist, his eyes were a little cold.
He Ming suddenly remembered the fear of being unilaterally beaten by this lunatic that day. But looking at the seven or eight teenagers around him, he felt confident again.
No matter how powerful Lu Zhi is, he can't beat so many people, right
So He Ming is not in a hurry.
He walked over slowly, glanced at the things in Lu Zhi's hands, and laughed out loud: "Oh, writing physics problems? Aren't you very lazy, what are you doing writing this thing?" He patted Lu Zhi's Head, with a contemptuous tone: "I know I have no skills, do you know why Yu Shanshan came to seduce me? I think you are poor, where do you get the capital to be so poor?"
Lu Zhi didn't move, his eyes became colder.
"Is it fun to wear a green hat, Lu Zhi hahaha, let alone Yu Shanshan, if you like a woman in the future, that woman will have to..."
His voice froze, Lu Zhi twisted his wrist violently, and kicked him on the hollow of his knee. Before He Ming could breathe out in pain, Lu Zhi touched a fruit knife from the coffee table and pressed it against his neck. His speed was so fast that several teenagers didn't even react.
Lu Zhi bent his lips and looked coldly: "Have you finished?"
He spoke very slowly, and the blade moved closer to He Ming: "What will happen to her?"
He Ming scolded Cao Cao: "Are you fucking crazy? Lu Zhi, if you dare to kill me, you will be finished!"
Lu Zhi smiled: "Oh." When he pressed his hand, there was a line of blood on He Ming's neck.
The teenagers around panicked, and He Ming's eyes widened in horror, his voice trembling: "You, you..."
Lu Zhi's tone was very light: "Someone, call Lin Zichuan."
Just as Lin Zichuan was about to board the plane, he rushed to Lu Zhi's house immediately after receiving the call. He hesitated for a while on the way, and called the Lu family.
The call was transferred to Lu Mingjiang.
Lu Mingjiang calmly listened to him, and said in a gentle voice, "Thank you, Xiao Chuan. There are people from me in City A, and I will let them pick up Ah Zhi later." The man's voice hesitated, "If you can , help me persuade Ah Zhi to let him come back, Qiu Ling has already forgiven him."
Lin Zichuan was a little embarrassed, and answered vaguely.
He knew he couldn't persuade Lu Zhi.
Even without the matter of Qiu Ling, Lu Zhi couldn't bear to part with Ning Zhen.
Several members of Lu Zhi's family were quickly taken away.
He continued to calculate the physics problem as if nothing had happened, Lin Zichuan looked a little speechless.
"Azhi, you..." After thinking for a long time, I didn't know what to say.
Lu Zhi, who studies hard, is so weird.
Especially there are several people from the Lu family standing at the door.
Lu Zhi worked out the problem and looked at Lin Zichuan: "You haven't left yet?"
"..."
Lin Zichuan cleared his throat, "Do you want to go back with me?"
He originally thought that Lu Zhi was going to refuse, but Lu Zhi turned the pen in his hand and raised his eyebrows suddenly: "Lin Zichuan, did Yu Shanshan think that I was poor so he went to hook up with He Ming?"
Lin Zichuan laughed: "You only know, what the hell."
When Lu Zhigao first came, he broke up with the Lu family, didn't wear a famous brand, and rented a house outside the school.
Without a house or a car, he spends all day playing games in Internet cafes.
Except for that handsome face, he is almost like a gangster in society.
It was also because of Lu Zhi's provocative appearance that Yu Shanshan rushed forward, but she couldn't stand him being "poor and indifferent", so she hooked up with He Ming instead.
Chen Dongshu, Xiao Feng and the others also knew about this, and they all took Yu Shanshan as a joke.
There is something wrong with this woman's eyes.
You can see Lu Zhishuai, but you can't see that he is also a walking RMB.
Although he and Lu Mingjiang broke up, the old man of the Lu family is also a rich man. Anyway, the Lu family is so lonely at present, and everything in the future will be owned by Lu Zhi.
If Yu Shanshan knew, she might vomit to death.
But Lin Zichuan didn't expect that Lu Zhi had never thought about it. It may be that there is no "poor" self-awareness.
Lu Zhi pondered for a moment, then frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.
After waiting for a long time, he said lightly: "Let's go back to City B."
"...!" What the hell happened
It wasn't until Lu Zhi hung up the phone with her that Ning Zhen realized that she still hadn't made it clear to him.
But this matter is not clear, she can't tell him that she is going to the competition, and she can't reverse his decision.
When Ning Zhen packed her luggage, she sighed silently.
If he waits for a while and can't wait for anyone, he will leave.
I checked my watch, it was exactly seven o'clock in the evening.
On the nine o'clock flight, she quickly put away her things, thought about it, opened the drawer, and put her mother's photo in the suitcase.
Ning Haiyuan is discussing the design drawings with the client today, and will come back very late. Xu Qian made the meal, and asked Ning Zhen to eat first: "Is the plane at nine o'clock right? Zhenzhen, you eat something first, it's only seven o'clock, half an hour at most, and it only takes half an hour for you to go to the airport, so you can make it in time." , or you’ll be hungry on the plane.”
Ning Zhen couldn't bear to refuse Xu Qian's kindness, so she sat down and had dinner with her before going out.
Xu Qian sent her to a taxi and thought for a while: "How about I accompany you there? The airport is not far from home."
Ning Zhen quickly shook her head: "No, no, no, Aunt Xu, you go back first, I will call you when I arrive." It would be a disaster if Xu Qian really went with her, she was going to S City, and her grandmother's home was in H City , it was exposed at once.
Xu Qian didn't insist, because she was embarrassed, thinking that Ning Zhen was not willing to mention her grandparents. I had to tell her to pay attention to safety, Xu Qian was worried, the evening flight was already late, and Ning Zhen and the others lived in the country, so they couldn't go there immediately, so they had to take the bus the next day.
She has never raised a daughter, and always feels that Ning Zhen's going out is more worrying than Tang Zhuo's going out.
The plane to S City takes two hours.
After boarding the plane at nine o'clock in the evening, Ning Zhen sent Xu Qian and Ning Haiyuan a text message to report their safety, and she turned off the phone on the plane.
She is sitting by the window.
The black night sky looks more like dark blue when you look closely, with occasional clouds, and you can faintly see mountains below.
Now, two days later, it is time for her to stand on the stage.
She will stay in S city for five days, if she can advance to the final.
The preliminaries, the semi-finals, and the finals were all separated by one day. She signed up late, so she should be in the last group. Based on her experience in the past few years, the last group competed at night.
When I arrived in S City, it was just after eleven o'clock in the evening.
City S is a big city. At this time, the neon lights were shining brightly, and the bright lights reflected on her fair little face. Ning Zhen smiled lightly.
It's been a long time, City S.
The summer night wind is not cool, blowing away the stuffy feeling on the plane.
Ning Zhen dragged the suitcase and called Ning Haiyuan to report that she was safe.
The National Middle School Students Dance Competition officially arranged a hotel for the contestants, all of whom are students, so it is safer and more secure to gather together.
Ning Zhen took a taxi there, and after arranging everything, she felt very tired lying on the bed.
It seems that grandma is wise, let her come one day earlier, just in time to raise her.
She took out her mobile phone and was a little dazed when she saw the time.
00:13.
July 29.
Lu Zhi's coming-of-age ceremony, his birthday is here.
For her, rebirth is sometimes like an unreal dream, like sleeping for a long time, accidentally dreaming about the past and present. After waking up, I knew that the dream had really existed, and the years and previous feelings were all true.
This day was so special, she lay back on the bed after taking a shower, and couldn't help thinking about what happened today in her previous life.
When she remembered the moment, Ning Zhen's face was covered with Naboo.
"...!"
It was also appropriate for the occasion, and it began to rain lightly outside. Exactly the same as in the previous life, on July 29th, it rained all day.
After the two of them hid in the corn field in the previous life, Lu Zhi was still caught by his grandfather and beat him up severely.
The young man was dishonest. Grandpa hit him with a cane. He jumped and dodged: "Grandpa, be gentle, hiss! What if you break it, Zhenzhen will feel bad if you break it..."
Ning Zhen was crying beside her, feeling ashamed and trying to cover Lu Zhi's mouth.
He was so cheap that he almost stunned grandpa.
After the fight, Ning Zhen was taken home by her grandfather, who taught her never to associate with people like Lu Zhi again.
She lit the fire like a chick pecking at rice. Grandpa was panting like a bellows. She was worried when she saw it.
After being beaten, Lu Zhi wiped the corners of his lips, raised his eyebrows and looked at her, smiling uncontrollably. She can't wait to hit this little bastard a few more times!
Lu Zhi went back to the small hotel in the town to recuperate.
In the early morning of the 29th, he appeared outside the small courtyard of Grandpa's house.
It was raining heavily, and my grandfather's house was a small two-story building.
Lu Zhi stood in the rain and whistled towards the second floor. Terrified, she opened the window and saw him.
The night was so blurry that she couldn't see clearly. I could only see a rough outline, and I knew it was him.
He put his hands in his pockets and stood under the elm tree in the yard. The leaves were sparse and couldn't cover the rain. Lu Zhi's black hair was wet, and a lot of his shirt was wet. When he saw her open the window, he raised the corners of his lips.
Just watching her quietly.
Looking at each other under the rain curtain, there is a very faint warm yellow light in the room.
Her heart was pounding and she didn't know what to do. He didn't say a word, just stood there drenched, his eyes were dark, and there was a hint of a smile.
He knew she was softhearted.
She has the cleanest heart in the world.
Ning Zhen whispered to the following: "Lu Zhi—you go—"
I don't know if he heard it, but she didn't move anyway. She was going to be pissed off, and finally went down carefully and lightly to open the door for him.
This time Lu Zhi was flexible, and pressed against the door: "Let me in."
She blushed and stood at the door, the rain was still falling, and the room in the countryside was not soundproof. She faintly heard her grandfather coughing, and her face turned pale with shock.
Lu Zhi twitched the corner of his mouth.
She finally gave in.
There were only two rooms in the small building. She took out the old sheets from the closet and gave them to him. Maybe they hadn't been used for a long time, so they had some smell.
Lu Zhi felt a little disgusted.
The light was very dim, he glanced at her pale face, and said nothing.
Ning Zhen managed to get together the things he asked him to dry at home, handed him the umbrella, and whispered: "You go."
It's so late, I don't know how he got here.
Lu Zhi dried his black hair, his black eyes were as dark as night: "Don't drive me away Ning Zhen, it's my birthday today, can you bear it?"
She was stunned for a long time, and Lu Zhi heard her whisper: "Happy birthday."
He was so soft-hearted that he almost laughed out loud.
Ning Zhen said again: "You can't stay here, you go back quickly."
"It's late outside, it's raining, and I can't see the way back. I'll just sleep by the door, okay? I promise not to touch you, and I'll leave early tomorrow morning."
So he gathered a few chairs and built a simple bed at the farthest place from her.
Lu Zhi was so uncomfortable that he gave a light snort. He may be really sick, terminally ill and incurable, but he actually feels quite happy.
"Ning Zhen, are you asleep?"
She didn't, but she didn't want to answer his words.
"How many years do you think it will take me to sleep beside you?"
These words made her unbearable: "Stop talking nonsense."
"Huh? Let me guess, aren't you blushing? I'm telling the truth. I really want to know how many years it will take. It's too fucking hard."
She regretted it so much that she wished she could push him out into the rain.
His low laugh over the sound of the rain disturbed her.
At that time, she didn't know the future, but Ning Zhen now knew the answer. She hugged the quilt and sighed, it would never be possible.
After running around all night, she quickly fell asleep.
The next day it was still not sunny outside, Ning Zhen opened the window a small gap to let in air, went downstairs to buy breakfast and went back to the room.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and she felt a little uneasy.
Reluctantly practiced the dance for tomorrow twice, she turned on her mobile phone to surf the Internet and checked the weather in City A.
Sure enough, it was raining.
The phone rang twice, and she clicked on it.
[Ning Zhen, I'm here, come down, I'll wait for you]
It was only eight o'clock in the morning.
He didn't know that she was not at home and had already come to S city. Ning Zhen tapped the screen for a while, deleted and wrote, wrote and deleted, and finally there were only a few words left.
[Don't wait, go back.]
As soon as she sent it, the phone rang. She was startled, but when she saw the unfamiliar number, she knew it wasn't Lu Zhi.
There was a sweet female voice on the other end of the phone.
"Hello, is this classmate Ning Zhen? The competition will start tomorrow. Please come to the stage today and enter the categories and repertoires to be performed in the preliminary competition. Is it convenient for you?"
"Okay, I'll come over now."
Ning Zhen went out to the competition venue. Since it is a national competition, every dance competition is very lively.
It was raining less outside, but it still affected the trip. When Ning Zhen arrived, she heard many people complaining about the rain.
She looked at the scene, and most of the participating faces were immature.
Students from the first year to the third year of high school can participate, so they are usually accompanied by parents or teachers. You can see a big red banner at the door, and the posters are also very beautiful. Because it is the preliminary round, there are a lot of people, the hall is crowded with people, and the queue is long.
Ning Zhen was not in a hurry to enter, and carefully looked at the huge poster. The top of the poster was the competition reward.
The top three have cash rewards, which are very generous, in order of 50,000 yuan, 30,000 yuan, and 10,000 yuan.
It is divided into junior high school group and high school group, and the top three will be selected respectively.
She looked back, and finally fixed on a group of photos.
— Past champions.
"The 6th National Middle School Students Dance Competition, Ning Zhen, the champion of the junior high school group."
The fourteen-year-old girl wears a small crown on her head, holds a gold cup in her hand, and has a pure smile.
She looked at it and couldn't help laughing.
Next to him came a tall and handsome boy. He was wearing a black peaked cap, about the same age as Ning Zhen, and his height was conspicuous.
He glanced at the photo on the poster, his eyes fixed on the sixth place, and the corners of his lips curved.
Oh, the little girl who robbed him of the championship.
I have been brooding for many years. I hope she will come again this year. If she can't continue to torture him to death, she should be tortured to death by him.
Tsk tsk, a little delicate flower in full bloom, I don't know what it has grown into after two years.
In the crowded scene, Ning Zhen waited in line for a long time before it was her turn to enter information.
The grouping was indeed the last group.
The staff explained to her a lot of precautions, Ning Zhen listened carefully and wrote them down one by one.
"There are too many people in the preliminary competition, and each person only has three minutes to perform. Just give the number plate to the staff before going on stage, and you don't need to introduce yourself. After ten minutes, the list will be refreshed on the big screen. If you don't see your name, It means you can go home." He shrugged, "If you want to be a spectator, you can stay for another two days."
After finishing a series of things and Ning Zhen went out to the hall, it was already one o'clock at noon.
She rubbed her slightly sore temples, suddenly startled, and turned on her phone.
A dozen or so missed calls seemed to be gloomy and cold.
Scroll down tremblingly.
Finally a text message.
-[I'm waiting for you]