Peng Zige finally left. While the classmates were still planning a farewell party for Peng Zige in the classroom, Su Zi and the others received a text message from Peng Zige on their mobile phones.
So noisy, classmate Peng Zige only said four words when he left.
Gone, goodbye.
goodbye.
Looking forward to seeing you again.
The departure of Peng Zige brought a long period of low pressure to the squad. On the day Su Zi received the text message from Peng Zige, she cried so hard that Li Erqin, who was sitting on the side to persuade her, drank two bottles of water madly, causing her to run to the toilet frantically during her evening self-study.
After crying for a while, Su Zi's voice was hoarse and her nose could not be clear. She said in a muffled voice: "So Er Qin, why are you drinking so much water?"
Li Erqin rubbed his hands, and the hands that have been washed too many times are dry and rough: "I see you crying in the afternoon, I always feel that you are about to dry and crack."
Su Zi: "..."
Rong Si sighed behind them.
Su Zi: "That's me too. What are you drinking so much water for?"
"Can't stand it..."
Time goes by a lot faster than people think. When Li Erqin noticed that Su Zi was gradually recovering his smile, and that they received more and more messages from Peng Zige, it was already the end of the second half of the second half of high school. .
It is also the day of the senior year entering the college entrance examination.
Hot and dry summer.
On the first day of the college entrance examination, Li Erqin, who was on vacation as a sophomore, invited Rong Si and Su Zi to meet at the library in the city center. After sending Li Zhengwen to work, the driver turned back to pick up Li Erqin under Li Zhengwen's instructions.
In the last school violence incident, although Li Zhengwen did not express any opinion on the surface, the issue of Li Erqin's personal safety has obviously risen to a state of being a soldier.
Li Erqin sat helplessly in the back seat, propped his chin and looked out the window.
I saw a teenager running wildly in the shade of a tree by the roadside.
Ruan Mingxian
Li Erqin quickly opened the car window and shouted at him, "Ruan Mingxian!"
Ruan Ming ran in a daze when he suddenly heard someone calling his name, and turned back subconsciously, but he still didn't stop.
Looking around, he found Li Erqin sitting in a black car.
He ran and said hello, still with that grinning expression: "Hey! Long time no see!"
Li Erqin asked the driver to slowly approach Ruan Mingxian: "Aren't you the college entrance examination?"
Ruan Ming nodded first: "Yes. Isn't this rushing to the exam room?"
Li Erqin glanced at the time: "You're going to be late, I'll take you off."
Ruan Mingxian was also polite: "Is it okay?"
Li Erqin nodded: "Come up quickly, no parking is allowed here."
After Ruan Ming got into the car first, Li Erqin took out the water from the car refrigerator and gave it to him.
Ruan Ming took a few mouthfuls before he had the strength to speak: "Thank you."
Li Erqin looked at him strangely.
Ruan Ming explained first: "Nuo Nuo suddenly vomited and had diarrhea in the morning, so I took care of it."
"Is she okay?"
Ruan Ming frowned and shook his head: "Not sure."
Li Erqin observed Ruan Mingxian's expression and asked, "Do you need my help?"
Ruan Ming was surprised.
"If you are really worried, I can take care of Ruan Nuonuo for you." Li Erqin showed a friendly smile: "Anyway, don't affect your exam."
Ruan Ming first handed her the key, then copied her home address, and thanked her sincerely: "Thank you so much."
The car gradually approached the gate of the campus. Li Erqin glanced out the window and said to Ruan Mingxian, "Come on, I wish you success!"
Ruan Ming raised the corner of his mouth first: "Definitely."
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Seeing Ruan Mingxian disappearing into the crowd, Li Erqin sent a text message to Rong Si, asking the driver to turn around and drive to the address Ruan Mingxian gave.
Ruan Nuonuo had eaten her stomach. Summer is the season when it is easy to eat a bad stomach. The perfect combination of a perfect barbecue with iced watermelon is not for everyone.
Li Erqin accompanied Ruan Nuonuo to hang salt water in the clinic near her home. Ruan Nuonuo lay on the bed with a pale face and was sleeping, while Li Erqin took out the exercise book by himself and wrote and counted it, occasionally looking up at the bits and pieces.
Rong Si walked behind Su Zi, the smell of disinfectant filled his breath, turned around the corridor, and reached the door at the end of the corridor. Turning around, he saw Li Erqin, who was writing the questions with the lecture book on his lap with his head lowered.
Suddenly I thought of the day I saw Li Erqin for the first time.
It was also the same weather as this, the sultry smell of grass mixed with the smell of disinfectant. Li Erqin's face was paler than usual because of his illness, and he stared intently at the back of his swollen hand.
I don't know how long I watched it.
I couldn't help but screamed and got an unexpected answer.
What Rong Si did not expect was that the following accidents would come one after another. It's like he never thought about his "puppy love".
But if you like it, you like it. Endured, couldn't bear. Hide and hide, but can't hide.
so be it.
Last summer, he and his father were without food for three days in the harsh environment. He leaned on his sweaty and sour backpack and asked his father a question that he had been thinking about for a long time.
"If it's a love that may not get a response, how long can it last?"
Rong Si inherited his father's handsomeness and fairness, but now his father's face is full of stubble.
Rong Si's father turned his head to see his son who had grown up and began to think about emotional issues. Looking at his chin, a little green stubble began to appear, the only thing that didn't change was the faint expression of Rong Si that had always been in his memory.
He gave Rong Si a smile.
They are all people with no expressions, and they are very gentle when they smile occasionally.
Rong Si's father recalled the past half of his life, touched Rong Si's head, and replied, "It's been a long time."
Rong Si quietly looked at his father.
"I have liked your mother since I was sixteen." Rong Si's father changed his posture, lying on his back and looking at the vast starry sky: "until now."
Rong Si didn't speak, and raised his arm to cover his eyes. Regarding his parents' problems, his father never hid from him. They had a bad relationship and his mother didn't love his father. The mother has someone she loves deeply. As time goes by, this love can't be shallow, but it's getting stronger and stronger, so she can't continue to live with her father.
"Are you tired?" Rong Si suddenly asked.
"No." He recalled the days when he first met Rong Si's mother, and couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth: "It's beautiful."
"But mom doesn't love you."
"It's impossible to force things like feelings." Rong Si's father finished packing his bag and lay down beside Rong Si: "Your mother didn't deceive me emotionally, and tried her best to fall in love with me, the rest is me Your choice. Whether it's to leave her or continue to like her."
"I always thought you were going to get divorced soon."
"Won't."
"why."
The night sky was silent, and the sound of insects came clearly into the ears in the silence, and a clearer voice came from his father's sigh.
For so many years, his father has traveled the world alone because of his work, and has never shown similar emotions. And this night, he clearly heard his father's sigh, with distress and sadness.
He said: "Because all her hopes and futures were buried in the ground with that person."
"Rong Si!" Li Erqin's surprised voice pulled him back from his memory.
He looked at his little girl again, with delicate and indifferent facial features, the corners of his mouth turned down slightly when he was expressionless, and the corners of his eyes always seemed to be dotted with stars when he smiled. Most of the time, his face is stubborn, and occasionally he blushes at a loss.
He walked over to her and asked softly, "Is Ruan Nuonuo okay?"
Li Erqin shook his head: "It's very serious. It takes three days of hanging needles."
Su Zi looked up at the salt water bottle, lowered her head and asked Li Erqin, "Why are you and Ruan Nuonuo together?"
Li Erqin was honest: "On the way to the library, I saw Ruan Mingxian running wild."
Su Zi made a surprised expression: "Yes, Ruan Ming takes the college entrance examination today. Does he look nervous?"
Li Erqin recalled: "It's okay. It just seems to be quite tiring to run."
Rong Si smiled.
"What are you laughing at?" Li Erqin asked back.
Rong Si touched his nose.
Su Zi sat down opposite Li Erqin: "I just passed the school next door, and I was inexplicably nervous when I saw the parents waiting at the school gate."
"There's still one year left." Li Erqin said.
Su Zi repeated: "It's only been a year."
Li Erqin: "I feel nervous."
Rong Si: "..."
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Ruan Mingxian called Li Erqin once after the college entrance examination, and wanted to ask her out for dinner, but Li Erqin said, "Can I bring Rong Si with me?" Later, on the day he received the admission letter, he called Li Erqin again.
On a hot summer afternoon, Li Erqin was holding a watermelon and burying his head in writing the extracurricular homework that Rong Si had assigned to him, and then unexpectedly received a call from Ruan Mingxian.
It doesn't matter like Ruan Mingxian, his voice also trembled with excitement when he spoke: "Li Erqin, I have been accepted."
Li Erqin sincerely felt happy for him: "Congratulations."
"It's my target school."
Li Erqin: "Congratulations again."
Ruan Ming was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Thank you."
Li Erqin was inexplicable: "Thank you for what?"
"Send me to the exam room on the day of the exam, and take care of Nuo Nuo for me."
Li Erqin smiled: "No thanks."
"Li Erqin."
"Um?"
"I like you."
Or the Ruan Mingxian who confessed when he got the chance.
Li Erqin felt that on this festive day, Ruan Mingxian's emotions should not be attacked, and after considering his words, he replied, "Thank you for your liking."
It's still the same Li Erqin who refused when he got the chance, although this time it was more tactful.
Ruan Mingxian heard the sound of his slippers rubbing against the floor as he walked around.
When he spoke again, Ruan Mingxian's tone took on a rare seriousness: "You know, it's a bit pitiful to always like someone who doesn't like me. Well, give me a reason not to like you."
Li Erqin said without hesitation, "I like Rong Si."
"I know this."
"I will always like Rong Si."
"..." Ruan Ming was silent for a while: "What else?"
"I do not like you."
Ruan Ming first felt that the chest was hit hard by the thousand-ton hammer, which was dull and painful, but he still couldn't change his mind.
Sighing, he laughed at himself: "Forget it."
"what?"
"It's nothing." Ruan Ming first changed his hand to hold the phone: "That's it, goodbye."
"goodbye."
Ruan Ming ended his high school career first, but he couldn't end the love he had in his youth for no reason, no source, no other love.