What troubled Lu Hao at first was that he couldn't remember where he had seen the boy.
He knew it wasn't the first time he had met him.
This was Lu Hao's first day of badminton class, and the boy seemed to have been here for a while. Originally, Lu Hao was not interested in badminton, but because he was in a private junior high school with relatively free management, he only had half-day classes on Fridays. His mother felt that it was not a problem to let him go wild, so he took him to the gym in front of his house and signed up for a badminton class.
Lu Hao was initially dissatisfied in every possible way, but was forcibly pressed by his mother. When his mother asked the coach about the class, Lu Hao noticed the boy.
The boys sat on the lounge chairs in the venue, stuffed their heads and changed their shoes. Like the other three students, he was wearing uniform badminton shoes with a large black sports bag beside him. He was wearing a black sports suit, half-sleeved shorts, and the lines of his exposed body were slender and smooth.
After he changed his shoes, he raised his head, Lu Hao saw his face, it was a very refreshing boy. Boys don't communicate much with other classmates, and they seem very quiet, as if they are always thinking about something.
Looking at that face, Lu Hao recalled carefully, where did he see it...
"I've already bought you a racket and sneakers, come and try it." The voice of the mother came, and Lu Hao was pulled to try the shoes. The mother-in-law introduced a man in his thirties wearing sportswear. "This is Coach Zhang, you just need to learn from him, and then let him show you to meet other students."
"Good coach."
"You, you, hello."
"… "
What the hell? Lu Hao glanced at Coach Zhang and found that he didn't mean to be nervous... that was stuttering
Lu Hao wanted to laugh a little, but his mother was right next to him, so he held back when he thought about it.
"Go with Coach Zhang. I'll pick you up after class. Don't think about skipping class halfway through, or else I'll cook with you at night." The mother left a threatening message, and Shi Shiran left.
"You, your mother is very, very humorous."
"… Um."
Zhang Xiaosong took Lu Hao to the venue and made a brief self-introduction along the way. Originally, Lu Hao wanted to laugh several times because of Zhang Xiaosong's stuttering, but as he got closer to the venue, he saw the boy in black sportswear again, and was inexplicably attracted.
"Coach, what's his name?"
"Who?" Coach Zhang looked at Lu Hao's line of sight, "Oh, he's a star, a star—"
Really strenuous.
"Xingze, his name is Chen Chen and Chen Xingze." Coach Zhang finally read Chen Xingze's name. Lu Hao muttered a few words by himself.
Chen Xingze…
There were five people in the badminton class, including him. Lu Hao was in his second year of junior high school. He felt that he should be considered big in the class. He secretly aimed at Chen Xingze while the coach was doing warm-up exercises. Chen Xingze looks about the same age as him, or should he be older? The other three students are obviously relatively young, two of them should still be in elementary school, and the other one should have just entered junior high school.
While Lu Hao was thinking wildly alone, Chen Xingze seemed to have noticed his secretly peeping eyes, and inadvertently turned his eyes, Lu Hao met the plain and watery eyes, and was so frightened that he quickly turned his eyes away. Chen Xingze's eyes didn't stay too long, and he naturally moved away. When Lu Hao looked over again, Chen Xingze didn't have any abnormality.
seen him...
Lu Hao was even more sure, his brows were furrowed, his mind was racing, but he couldn't remember when he saw this person.
"Come on, you, you, you, and your group will do high-high and high-ball practice first. Lu Hao, come with me."
Because Lu Hao was in class on the first day, and his progress was different from others, he needed to be picked out to practice some basic knowledge. Lu Hao absentmindedly listened to Coach Stuttering's lectures, while paying attention to the venue next door.
Chen Xingze formed a group with the other boy who looked older. Rao is someone like Lu Hao who doesn't know anything about badminton, and it can be seen that Chen Xingze's movements between the two are more standard and more relaxed. He is very accommodating to the opponent, no matter where the opponent hits the ball, he can easily hoist it back.
Although Lu Hao doesn't know badminton, he plays basketball very well. He can see that Chen Xingze's jumping and moving postures are very light, and he is very skilled in the use of footwork.
"That's your teacher and brother." Coach Zhang noticed that Lu Hao was always looking over there. "He is the same age as you, and he is also in the second year of junior high school."
It turned out to be the same age, Lu Hao was a little surprised, he thought that Chen Xingze was one year older than him.
Presumably calm people look more mature.
Lu Hao is very confident in his motor nerves. He wants to learn the basics quickly and train with other students.
He and Chen Xingze are the same age and have a similar physique. If they are grouped together, the coach will definitely let them group together. The energetic Lu Hao thought so in his heart, and he didn't bother to ask why he wanted to be with him so much.
It's a pity that everything is difficult at the beginning. Lu Hao took longer than expected to practice his grip and swing, as well as his basic footwork. When the coach fed him the high ball, he often missed the hit, and the standard swing position was difficult to grasp the timing. He was hit several times in the head by the high ball.
"oops!"
"Hahaha!" The group of elementary school students saw their embarrassed appearance. Their laughter attracted Chen Xingze to look over, and Lu Hao's face turned red when he rubbed it.
"Smile!" He yelled, but his appearance at the end of the shot was even more mocked. Lu Hao glanced at Chen Xingze, his expression was also very relaxed, but he did not smile like the others.
He seems to be on his mind all the time...
Because he cared too much about Chen Xingze, Lu Hao forgot to get angry with the two elementary school students.
The class was only one and a half hours long, and the stretching was over soon. Lu Hao had no chance to practice with Chen Xingze alone. However, in the latter part of the course, all students were called together, fed by the coach, and practiced rubbing the ball in front of the net. Rubbing the ball was too early for Lu Hao, who was in class for the first time, but the coach still let him practice along, saying that boys of this age learn things quickly and can adapt in advance.
At the beginning, Lu Hao was a little nervous, afraid that he would make a fool of himself if he didn't perform well. As a result, as soon as the practice started, Lu Hao immediately realized that the level of others was not much different from his first class. The ball was rubbed by them, flying around, and it was all luck that it landed...
Except for Chen Xingze.
Only Chen Xingze could rub the ball exactly where the coach requested.
It's amazing, Lu Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He was just behind Chen Xingze and could clearly see Chen Xingze's movements. Chen Xingze's steps are light, especially when he lunges forward, his knees are particularly elastic from the back. Coupled with the comparison of those few wastes, Chen Xingze was covered in holy light.
Not knowing whether he played basketball well or not, Lu Hao started thinking wildly again.
"Today, today, today, I'm here today! Everyone, let's pack up!" Coach Zhang stammered announcing the end of the course. Lu Hao woke up, and the others had disbanded. Chen Xingze went to the lounge chair to sit down and drink water, and then started to organize the ball bag.
Lu Hao wanted to talk to him, walked over and said, "Hello."
Chen Xingze raised his eyes. From this angle, Chen Xingze's nose bridge was particularly straight. He didn't seem to expect that Lu Hao would come to him, nodded, "Hello."
This is the first time Chen Xingze has spoken today. His voice is neither high nor low, it seems to be a bit introverted.
…or not being an introvert either, just not taking the conversation to heart.
"Well, have we met before?" Lu Hao asked again, and regretted it after asking. It was like a conversation.
Chen Xingze shook his head, "No." After speaking, he put the water bottle into the bag, took out a thin coat from the side, put it on, and carried the bag to prepare to leave.
"Ah!" Lu Hao pointed to the jacket, "Yuying's school uniform! You are a student of Yuying Middle School!"
Chen Xingze hummed and walked away without looking back.
Lu Hao finally knew where he had seen Chen Xingze. Yuying Middle School is near his home, and Yuying's students pass by on the sidewalk in front of his house every day after school.
Lu Haonian's private junior high school left early, and when he got home, Yuying just finished school. Lu Hao's room faced the sidewalk. He occasionally looked out the window. Chen Xingze must have appeared at that time.
Having solved the mystery in his heart, Lu Hao was so excited that he could not wait to turn around in place.
It was amazing, so amazing that he wanted to swear.
The mother-in-law came to pick him up, and Lu Hao walked out of the gym with the other two elementary school students. Elementary school student No. 1 saw something, widened his eyes and howled: "Wow! Mercedes-Benz!" Elementary school student No. 2 followed and howled: "Wow! Mercedes-Benz!"
Lu Hao pressed the heads of the two of them, "What are you yelling at!"
He ran over and got into the car, and before the mother-in-law asked him how his class was, he couldn't wait to tell her about Chen Xingze.
"It's amazing! I knew him the first time I saw him! It really reminded me!" Lu Hao looked at the mother-in-law with glowing eyes, like an excited big dog, almost wagging his tail.
The mother-in-law giggled while driving, "You, you just like to make a fool of yourself."
Lu Hao began to look forward to the weekly badminton lessons, and also began to intentionally wait at the window when Yuying Middle School was dismissed. He didn't tell Chen Xingze about the past. First of all, because there was no chance, Chen Xingze was always lukewarm, and Lu Hao couldn't understand his thoughts and felt that he was very mysterious. Then there is Lu Hao, who has a big heart, is stupid every day, and rarely thinks about troublesome things.
He simply felt that he had a fate with Chen Xingze and that they could be good friends.
It's a pity that his enthusiasm did not get a response. Not long after he entered the third year of junior high, Chen Xingze stopped coming to the badminton class. When Lu Hao was looking for someone, he realized that he didn't even have Chen Xingze's contact information, and he was very upset for a while.
"You should say something when you leave."
At first, Lu Hao talked about this every day, but since he entered the third year of junior high school, the private school he attended has also begun to pay attention to grades, and additional tuition courses have been added in the evening. Lu Hao never had a chance to watch Yuying Middle School dismiss, and Chen Xingze slowly faded from his mind...
It was not until the registration day of the experimental high school a year later that they met again.