Jiang Hongshao felt that Zhang Yu was already very miserable. Even if he was a deserter in life, she didn't want Cheng Ran to rub salt into his wounds. After all, those words were too strong.
Secondly, she also wanted to hear Cheng Ran's explanation, such as why Qin Qian stuffed the bag of food into his hands, and why the wafers in his hand were not that delicious, but why he ate them with such relish...
There are so many things in this world that we want to explain and clarify, but the moment we open our mouths is always the hardest.
In fact, soon after the 3,000-meter event was over, a large group of classmates gathered back to their tables. Everyone was immersed in the sense of class honor, hugging each other, hugging shoulders, praising and encouraging each other... The crowd was as bustling as the world, and just like that, it cut off their sight.
After the two days of the sports meet, Cheng Ran finished reading Li Mingshi's report in the email at night, then went to wash up, and finally came over to look through his mobile phone. He lay in bed, and the blue fluorescent screen of the mobile phone never lit up again.
For the first time ever, neither of them said goodnight to each other.
Cheng Ran lay on the bed, in the endless darkness, and closed his eyes.
In the Huanjin courtyard of Huanhua Creek, the light in Jiang Hongshao's room on the second floor was dim. Jiang Hongshao, who was leaning against the head of the bed and reading a book, had a focused look. Reading a passage every night was her unshakable habit. Once she picked up a book, she had such strong concentration that she seemed to notice that something unexpected had happened.
The words in front of me didn't seem to catch my attention. Instead, what caught my attention were the paintings on the wall, the pointed bamboo branches on the terrace outside the window, and the mobile phone next to the bedside table.
Still no text message from Cheng Ran.
Jiang Hongshao closed the book and put it on the table beside her. The wind made her hair fluffy. She quickly got into bed and reached out her hand quickly to turn off the light.
Every move she made was as swift and decisive as a swordsman drawing his sword, just like her decisiveness in killing on the badminton court.
The moon outside the window was slightly crescent, and the faint night light could not penetrate into the room, which was as dark as ink.
In this dark room, a blue light suddenly lit up, illuminating the girl's profile.
Then a moment later... it went off.
After a long time... it lit up again.
So, in this dark room, a faint blue light would flicker every once in a while.
I don’t know how long it took, but a hand reached out from under the quilt, and then a blue light lit up from the screen for a long time, and Jiang Hongshao pressed the buttons on the phone.
"You still have a point?"
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When the text message was sent, she realized that the time displayed was already 2:35.
Then comes the long wait, the torment of which makes people nervous and slightly anxious.
The phone vibrated. Jiang Hongshao opened the message. It was from Cheng Ran. "What?"
Just these two words
"What?" You! Jiang Hongshao felt that if he was in front of her, she would definitely not be able to stop herself from waving her hand.
Jiang Hongshao sat up from the bed with her slender body, her hair hanging down as she typed and sent the message, "I think you should apologize to Zhang Yu. He means no harm."
After a while, Cheng Ran came back, "My attitude towards him as a loser remains unchanged, so there is no way I can apologize to him."
Jiang Hongshao bit her lip, thought for a moment, and then replied, "Even if you are right. But you don't know what he has been through. Isn't it too ruthless? He is actually a pitiful man."
"Pity is the reason? So you want me to give him a handout out of sympathy?"
Jiang Hongshao's eyes were hot, she didn't expect Cheng Ran's words to be so cold and harsh, and these words reminded her of his turning away at that time.
She called him, but he turned around without looking back.
The scene where Zhang Yu and his aunt took care of her as a light bulb was still vivid in her mind. From the bottom of her heart, she sighed for the history between him and her aunt. On the other hand, she also acted as a spy for her aunt, keeping an eye on Zhang Yu's current life.
She felt that she shouldn't cause any more harm to this poor man because of herself, and Cheng Ran's words were so blunt and hurtful.
Perhaps it was very likely that the thick cocoon that Zhang Yu had been wearing had been broken. With such a cocoon, he could still live, even if he was a walking corpse. But once the protective layer was gone, who knew what it would mean to him.
Even a beggar needs a piece of cloth to cover his body.
She was considerate of others by nature, and she would never be the kind of person who would not show mercy to others. But Cheng Ran's words were too harsh and too sharp. So she hoped that Cheng Ran would think the same way as her, and even if that was true, at least give the other party some face and bottom line.
The other person was once her aunt's lover, and they were once a relative... At least, during that period of time, she once felt the warmth of memories.
But on Cheng Ran's side, what he said to Zhang Yu was a display of his attitude. It was his view on this matter. Zhang Yu was undoubtedly a loser. His failure was that there were two ways for people to fail. One was to be defeated completely and without success, and the other was to give up in desperation. The former could at least gain respect, while the latter was a coward who made the easiest choice.
So he called him a coward.
A moment later, Jiang Hongshao's text message came back, "Cheng Ran, are the cookies delicious?"
Cheng Ran was stunned at this end. He knew that this had become a very troublesome problem.
So she saw it all
Why would we talk about this kind of thing at this critical moment
Women are really unreasonable.
Can it be on the same logical line
After thinking for a while, Cheng Ran responded, "I was hungry at the time."
After a moment, the cell phone vibrated. Cheng Ran picked it up and saw Jiang Hongshao's words, which were concise and to the point.
"Cheng Ran... Let's have a cold war."
Cheng Ran was stunned...
What does this mean
Why do we need to declare war on a cold war? Do we need a referee to announce the winner
What's Jiang Hongshao's train of thought
Or maybe... she wanted to keep things contained within a certain scope, so that it wouldn't become too big? So big that it was beyond her control
But... this is a house wine!
Cheng Ran felt so childish for a moment.
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However, Cheng Ran found it a bit interesting and wanted to see how far the so-called cold war between Lao Jiang and himself would go.
The next day, Chen Wenguang drove Cheng Ran to school. Chen Wenguang drove his Santana steadily and fast. When they arrived at the intersection, Cheng Ran asked him to pull over and not go into the alley of No. 10 Middle School, otherwise it would take half an hour to get in and out during the peak period. In 1999, this main road for sending students was full of various bicycles, and it was blocked.
It was still early. Cheng Ran was planning to eat the sauerkraut noodles from He Ji Noodle House at the entrance of the school. When he said goodbye to Chen Wenguang and turned to the noodle house, he found that the noodle house was crowded. There were still some people standing outside the door, including Jiang Hongshao, Su Hongdou and Ma Ke. Cheng Ran was stunned for a moment, and Su Hongdou and the other two waved to him. Jiang Hongshao looked at him, then glanced to the side in the cold air. This side profile really made many people who were waiting for the noodles but couldn't eat them feel that their trip was worthwhile.
"You haven't had breakfast yet, so you plan to come over for noodles?" Ma Ke asked Cheng Ran. Neither of them noticed the abnormality of Jiang Hongshao and Cheng Ran at this time.
Cheng Ran looked at the "grand occasion" in the noodle shop and said, "There are still a little too many people... why not forget it." Although the noodle shop was crowded, it was still possible for one or two people to squeeze in after they finished eating. Individual customers could wait a while, but the key was that there were four of them, and eating together would affect the experience a bit.
Su Hongdou felt like her full energy was punctured, and she immediately realized that Cheng Ran was right, so she nodded, "Then let's go to the cafeteria to eat something during the second break..."
Cheng Ran smiled and walked into the school with them. The two of them were quite inattentive and just kept chattering. They didn't notice that Jiang Hongshao was not paying attention at all. She would only respond when they pulled her to talk about a topic. After meeting Cheng Ran's eyes throughout the whole process, she would look away.
However, Cheng Ran felt that even so, this girl still had beautiful features and was pleasing to the eye.
Originally, he went there to eat臊子面 in the morning, but he couldn't get it. It didn't matter if he skipped breakfast, so Cheng Ran came back with the group during the second break and didn't go to the cafeteria to buy some food.
But when he was standing outside on the balcony looking at the scenery, Jiang Hongshao, Su Hongdou and Ma Ke came upstairs carrying breakfast bought from the cafeteria store. Su Hongdou was surprised, "Cheng Ran, you didn't go buy breakfast?"
Cheng Ran shook his head.
At this time, Jiang Hongshao, Su Hongdou and the others said goodbye and ignored Cheng Ran, going into the classroom with stern faces.
When the class was about to start, Cheng Ran sat back in his seat, frowned, reached into his desk, and pulled out a pocket.
It was the breakfast that Jiang Hongshao was carrying when she came upstairs just now.
Cheng Ran turned around and looked at her position behind her on the left side.
The girl just opened her exercise book and did the exercises, her beautiful eyes clear and focused.
I deleted and rewrote this chapter, and finally finalized it. How difficult it was, please vote!