It was getting dark.
The street lamp on the side has not yet turned on, it seems that Duan Jia Xu's eyes are even deeper. He fixedly looked at Sang Zhi, his lips pursed slightly, he couldn't see his emotions, and he didn't do anything else.
Such quiet, like the calm before a storm.
Sang Zhi added nervously and worriedly, "My parents never beat me."
Duan Jiaxu said speciously, "Am I hitting you?"
Sang Zhi glanced at him and let out a sigh of relief: "Isn't it?"
Duan Jiaxu smiled, "Did I say no?"
"… "
His eyelids moved, and he suddenly noticed a particularly conspicuous mark on Sang Zhi's clean school uniform. It was next to the neckline, and it was obviously burned out by soot.
Duan Jia Xu's eyes stopped, thinking that he was wrong, and slowly got closer.
Sang Zhi thought that he was really going to teach her a lesson, pursed her lips tightly, looked dreadful, and resignedly flattened the hand hidden behind her, and put it in front of him timidly.
Duan Jia Xu's Adam's apple rolled down and pointed at her collar: "How did you do it?"
Sang Zhi was startled and looked in the direction he pointed. It was only then that I discovered that there was a trace on the clothes. She subconsciously rubbed her fingertips, but it didn't come off.
"Child." Duan Jia Xu asked in a low voice, "Someone bullied you?"
Sang Zhi nodded hesitantly.
Duan Jiaxu's face instantly turned unsightly. He subconsciously checked her body for wounds and frowned, "Why didn't you tell my brother?"
"I don't want to trouble you. My brother also told me to be honest and don't cause you trouble." Sang Zhi said warmly, "I didn't plan to hide it, I'll tell my parents when I go back."
Duan Jiaxu asked patiently, "Did he hit you?"
Sang Zhi thought for a while, then shook her head: "Just patted my face, took me twenty dollars, and asked me to give them the money tomorrow."
"Why did you run over there?"
"My friend asked me to go." Thinking of Yin Zhenru, Sang Zhi's mood became worse again, and the volume became lower, "She felt scared, so she asked me to go together."
Duan Jiaxu's words contained a hint of absurdity: "Why didn't she tell her parents?"
"Because those people said that if they told the parents, they would come to our school every day to find us." Sang Zhi answered what he asked, "so she dared not tell the parents."
Hearing this, Duan Jia Xu squatted down and looked at her.
Then suddenly a sentence came out: "Put out your hand."
He obviously didn't look like he was going to give her anything. Sang Zhi looked at him suspiciously, didn't move, and extended her hand after a while.
Duan Jiaxu raised his hand and hit her palm unexpectedly.
The strength is light, but it seems to be giving her a high five.
Sang Zhi immediately withdrew his hand: "What are you doing?"
Duan Jiaxu said lazily, "I hit you."
"… "
"Child, listen carefully. In the future, whoever tricks you into going to an unsafe place, even if you are your best friend, you can't go there." Duan Jia Xu stood up and rubbed the top of her hair, "Do you hear me? "
Sang Zhi said aggrievedly: "Then you can't hit people either."
"Huh? Why can't you beat someone?" Duan Jia Xu laughed softly, "If you don't obey—"
Sang Zhi's expression was alert.
He lengthened his ending, and his tone was a bit playful: "Brother sees you once and hits you once."
"… "
Seeing that it was getting late, the two did not continue to stay in the same place.
"You're brave this time?" Duan Jiaxu supported her arm and walked out of the alley slowly, "I didn't cry when I was bullied."
Sang Zhi didn't care: "It didn't hurt me anyway."
"Where did your friend go?"
"do not know."
Duan Jiaxu: "At your age, you probably already know some things? If this friend treats you badly and is a bad friend, then you should not associate with her in the future."
Sang Zhi nodded silently.
"Remember to tell your parents when you go back." Duan Jia Xu said, "Don't hide anything else in the future, they will protect you."
"understood."
Seeing that she seemed to be listening, Duan Jiaxu stopped talking about it and asked, "How did you two get home when your brother picked you up?"
Before the word "hit" was uttered in his mouth, Sang Zhi suddenly remembered something, and immediately swallowed the words back and said, "Take the bus."
"Take the bus?" Duan Jia Xu raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you afraid of being accidentally stepped on?"
Sang Zhi hesitantly said, "No."
Out of the alley, the road to the bus will pass the gate of Nanwu University. The flow of people has increased significantly, probably all of them are college students going out for dinner.
Duan Jiaxu didn't seem to have listened to her words and planned to stop a taxi on the side of the road.
Soon, a boy Duan Jiaxu knew passed by on a bicycle and greeted him with a hilarious smile, "Hello, senior."
Duan Jiaxu suddenly stopped him: "Lin Hai."
The boy stopped the car: "Huh?"
"Lend me the bike? I'll pay you back later."
"Okay." Lin Hai quickly got out of the car, caught a glimpse of Sang Zhi next to him, and said curiously, "Senior, is this your sister?"
Duan Jiaxu hummed.
"Hello, little sister." Lin Hai waved to her and ran towards the school gate, "Then senior, I'll go first! My girlfriend is waiting for me!"
"Let's go." Duan Jiaxu casually patted the dust on the back seat, turned his head to Sang Zhi and said, "Child, brother will take you home?"
Sang Zhi didn't hesitate and took a step in his direction.
The corners of Duan Jiaxu's lips curved slightly, and he teased, "Are you so happy?"
"… "
"And snickering."
Sang Zhi subconsciously touched the corner of his lips.
Not up at all.
When he wanted to refute something, Duan Jiaxu was already on his bicycle, with his back behind his back, he urged her with a smile, "Come up."
"… "
shameless.
Because of his words, Sang Zhi felt a little uncomfortable, so he sat up and grabbed his hands crampedly on the sides of the back seat.
Wait for her to sit up straight.
Duan Jiaxu's legs were still on the ground, and there was no unnecessary movement.
Sang Zhi reminded: "Brother, I'm seated."
Hearing this, Duan Jiaxu turned his head, stared at her and asked, "Child, your hand is missing?"
What is this
Sang Zhi raised his hand in confusion: "Where is it missing?"
"Then you don't know how to support my brother?" Duan Jiaxu grabbed her wrist and placed it on his waist, "Why are you hiding?"
Sang Zhi's breathing stagnated. The strength in his hands immediately loosened, and he changed to grab his clothes.
Duan Jiaxu stepped on the pedal.
The bicycle moved forward slowly, and the speed gradually increased.
The temperature at night was much cooler than during the day, and the wind was loud, blowing to the ears, and the whistling sound poured into the ears, beating the eardrum.
The night was filled with the scent of sweet flowers, mixed with the smell of orange soda emanating from the man's body. As if bewitched.
Sang Zhi was a little confused.
What is the sound of the wind in my ears
Or, it was actually the sound of her heartbeat.
It was silent for a long time.
Sang Zhi gradually calmed down the speed of her heartbeat. Feeling bored, she took the initiative to speak to Duan Jia Xu, "Brother, where is my brother?"
Duan Jiaxu: "It seems to be accompanying someone to the interview."
"Ah?" Sang Zhi thought for a while, "Is it the job interview?"
"Um."
"Isn't my brother in his third year? Why did he find a job?"
"Internship." Duan Jiaxu said, "As long as it doesn't affect the curriculum, you can practice whenever you want."
Sang Zhi snorted, staring at Duan Jia Xu's black T-shirt blown by the wind, and asked in a low voice, "Then brother, aren't you going to practice?"
"Well, I still have classes this semester."
"Then when are you going to practice?"
"Next semester, or wait for senior year."
"Are you looking for it near the school?"
"No." Duan Jiaxu turned a corner and said casually, "Go home and look for it."
"… "
The wind was penetrated by the cool air and patted her face. Sang Zhi was stunned for a while, her heart was a little empty, she hummed, and asked again, "Brother, don't you plan to stay with Nanwu in the future?"
"Yeah." Duan Jia Xu smiled lightly, "Brother has to go home."
Sang Zhi: "Oh."
after awhile.
Sang Zhi asked again, "Brother, when are you going to go home?"
"Huh? Why do you have so many questions today?" But he didn't seem impatient, and replied slowly, "It depends on the situation. I didn't think about it."
Afraid of making him unhappy, Sang Zhi cautiously asked the last question: "Did you come back a year ago?"
Duan Jia Xu: "I won't return."
"… "
Why don't you go home for the new year...
Sang Zhi was a little puzzled, but she didn't dare to ask again.
Unconsciously, he came to the downstairs of Sang Zhi's house. Duan Jiaxu braked the car, turned his head to look at her, and asked, "Can I get up by myself?"
Sang Zhi nodded and said, "Thank you, brother," and then stumbled towards the gate.
After a few steps, Duan Jia Xu stopped her, "Wait a minute."
Sang Zhi stopped and turned around.
Seeing Duan Jia Xu walking in front of her, he bent down.
The street lamp next to it was blocked by the lush leaves, and the vision became a little dark. Sang Zhi could feel that he seemed to put something in her pocket.
Just as he was about to turn it over, Duan Jiaxu raised his hand and pinched her face, diverting her attention, and then reminded again, "Remember to tell your parents when you go back."
"… Oh."
When we got home, it was time for lunch.
Sang Zhi mentioned this to her parents at the dinner table, which shocked them both.
Li Ping immediately went to contact the teacher. Sang Rong asked her some details, and gently soothed her emotions so that she didn't have to be afraid.
Sang Zhi was indeed not afraid, and nodded frequently. After dinner, I went back to my room to do my homework. As soon as she turned out her homework, she suddenly remembered that when she was downstairs, she subconsciously touched her pocket.
Like a piece of paper
Sang Zhi took it out.
At first glance, it was a twenty-dollar bill.
It looks a little old, with folds at the corners, obviously not hers. But there is more money in her pocket, as if she was not extorted or robbed of money today.
Like nothing bad happened.
It was like she was comforting her very purely in this way.
Sang Zhi stared at it for a while, then jumped on the bed abruptly, tucked herself into the quilt, feeling the air being drawn out a little bit. It wasn't until her face turned red that she stuck her head out.
Staring at the ceiling, he laughed inexplicably.
Afterwards, Sang Zhi got up, spread out the twenty dollars, and pressed it into her drawing board. Then he took out his mobile phone from his schoolbag and found Duan Jia Xu's number.
Note that his number is located in Yihe City.
It seems to be in another province.
Sang Zhi had heard of this place, but had never been there. She thought about it and searched the Internet for the distance from Nanwu to this city. Three hours to go by plane.
It seems a little far.
Sang Zhi hesitated for a while, then searched for the universities in Yihe City, tossing and turning for a while before lying irritably on the table. Noticing the star paper next to her, she took out a piece of paper, sat up straight, and absently wrote on the white side.
— "I will not play with Yin Zhenru in the future. 2009.11.05"
She quickly folded into a star and dropped it into the milk bottle. Then, another sheet was drawn, this time the writing speed slowed down, and the strokes were extremely slow.
After a long time.
The bottle that recorded her life.
Put it in again, the biggest secret of her adolescence.
— "Although I don't want to admit it, I seem to really like someone. 2009.11.05"
She fell in love with her brother's friend, a man seven years older than her.
At the age of her first love.
After school the next day.
Sang Zhi did her homework as usual in the class, waiting for Sang Yan to pick her up and go home. This time, it was not like they usually had to wait until five o'clock. After four thirty, Sang Zhi saw Sang Yan's figure.
He also brought two of his roommates with him.
One is Duan Jiaxu and the other is Chen Junwen.
It's like coming to pick her up and get a table full of people to play mahjong.
Sang Zhi quickly packed up her things, leaned over to Sang Yan, and looked at Duan Jia Xu from the corner of her eye. She quickly retracted her gaze and asked in a low voice, "Brother, why did you bring someone else with you today?"
Sang Yan glanced at her: "Didn't the people who blackmailed you yesterday tell you to go today?"
Sang Zhi nodded: "What's wrong?"
"lead the way."
"… "
Thinking of the three girls yesterday and looking at the three tall men in front of him, Sang Zhi was speechless: "Don't go..."
"Little devil." Sang Yan pulled her face hard, "In my place, I have never tried to endure being bullied, understand?"
Chen Junwen echoed beside him: "That's it!"
Duan Jiaxu just laughed.
"..." Sang Zhi glanced at the three of them, "Oh."
Sang Zhi silently led them to the door of the alley.
Sang Yan: "Little devil, what do those people look like? Don't go in."
Sang Zhi: "Three girls."
"..." Sang Yan paused, "Women?"
"Yeah. The boss is half a head taller than me, and his hair is wine red." Sang Zhi thought for a while, "The face looks like a palette."
Most of Chen Junwen's arrogance disappeared: "Women... women will affect my performance a bit."
Sang Yan sneered: "It doesn't matter whether he is a man or a woman."
It's like losing the challenge all of a sudden.
Chen Junwen felt that the trouble of three big men going in and looking for three girls was a bit embarrassing. Sang Yan simply let Chen Junwen stay here and watch Sang Zhi, and then entered the alley with Duan Jiaxu.
Dirty alleys, filled with the smell of sewers.
In the middle hangs a stained sign with the word "Internet Cafe" written on it. Maybe I heard a movement, and not long after, three girls came out of it.
Duan Jiaxu took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one, lit it, and looked sloppy. He put the cigarette in his mouth, half-squinted his eyes, and from the faint lingering smoke, he could clearly see the appearance of the girl standing at the front.
Match the description in Sang Zhi's mouth one by one.
Half a head taller than her, with burgundy hair and a palette face.
Maybe it was because the person who came was different from what she imagined. The girl waved her hand in disappointment, but because the person who came was so good-looking, she couldn't help but take a few more glances, and then motioned for the other two girls to go back inside with her.
Sang Yan played with the lighter in his hand, stopped them, and said in a cool tone, "Classmate."
The red-haired girl stopped, turned around, and wondered, "You called me?"
I didn't wait for Sang Yan to speak.
On the other side, Duan Jia Xu took the initiative to speak up.
"It is said that-"
His peach eyes curled up, and he smiled softly and ambiguous: "You asked my child to give you money?"