It started raining on Tuesday.
The back door of the school was flooded with water, and no students went there, only two guards on duty were left here to watch the door.
"May I ask why? The good door doesn't stay, we want to come to the back door."
Zhang Shiyu held the pen in his mouth, and his eyes rolled around to look at his good brother He Yu.
"I don't think you've been normal lately."
He Yu was compiling the list of students who were late for registration, and he didn't raise his head after hearing his words: "If you have nothing to do, you can go out and help the cleaners clear the sewer."
"It's even more abnormal for you to be like this. If you say that you are yin and yang, you will be weird. Usually I can make fun of you, but I don't see you getting angry."
Lowering his voice, Detective Jang Se-woo begins his interrogation.
"Is it about the fat girl?"
"Who?" He Yu looked confused.
"Don't be stupid," he pushed him with his elbow, "Just that princess dress!"
"Last time I said she was an ugly girl, and you squinted her eyes. You said she was your acquaintance... so I don't even know how to call her now."
"What happened to her?" He Yu continued to play dumb.
"I saw her on duty with you yesterday. You didn't even say hello. When she walked by, you were very stiff, and then you took the initiative to transfer to the back door today. I said, you and her Are they acquaintances? What's the story?"
Zhang Shiyu's big face was getting closer and closer, and his piercing eyes seemed to be able to read minds, seeing through He Yu at a glance.
He slapped the notebook on his face, and manually widened the distance between the two.
"It's an acquaintance," He Yu said lightly, "I knew him when I was a child, but now I don't."
"Hey," Zhang Shiyu didn't believe it: "I don't know you well, so you ran over to help her take out the trash that day?"
He Yu frankly said, "I will help students who need help on campus as much as I can."
"Fake!" He pierced his hypocritical mask: "There must be something, otherwise you are so unnatural when you see her?"
He Yu sighed.
Yes, there is something.
After saying goodbye to Jiang Xiaozhen that day, he thought over and over what he had said.
She said something like "I thought we were friends", "Now you are hesitant to talk". When she said that, he suddenly opened his heart to her extremely, and told her everything without thinking about it.
His words were too strong, especially the sentence "Jiang Xiaozhen, I look down on you".
It was too lofty, and in retrospect, even He Yu himself wanted to beat himself at the time.
He's not a five-year-old anymore, even if he doesn't get along with others, there are more tactful and appropriate ways to make such an ugly scene, which is not his intention.
Zhang Shiyu was right, he felt unnatural when he saw Jiang Xiaozhen.
The reason for the unnaturalness stems from his shame in facing her, and in facing himself who she said harshly.
"He Yu, you're distracted." Zhang Shiyu reminded him aloud.
"Is there?" He Yu wiped the water from his bangs.
"..."
Okay, Zhang Shiyu is 100% sure that He Yu is not normal.
Normal people hold umbrellas, who would carry the umbrella handle on their shoulders, with the umbrella facing straight down, without even noticing that they are wet
He Yu's whole head was drenched in the rain!
…
The main entrance of the school at the same time.
A middle-aged uncle with a beard and dark skin came to the school gate with an umbrella.
Looking left and right, he approached the gate when there was less traffic.
"Hello, kid, can you let me go to school and find someone?"
The classmates on duty stared at him vigilantly.
The uncle wore a gray and old T-shirt on his upper body, and ripped overalls on his lower body. Matching his slovenly appearance, he looked like a farm worker who had just entered the city.
They are on duty, mainly to prevent strange people from entering the campus.
The little classmate frowned and asked him, "Who are you looking for?"
He answered fluently: "Jiang Xiaozhen, from Class 4, Grade 1."
Turn to the student list and check it. Class 14 of senior high school does have this name, and the students' attitude towards the uncle is a little better: "What do you want to do with her? If it's a gift, you can give it to us."
"I have something urgent to tell her."
He couldn't speak clearly, and the classmate's vigilance came up again: "Who are you?"
"This..." the uncle stammered, "Do I have to say it?"
"It must be said."
He lowered the umbrella and lowered the volume inexplicably: "I am her father."
That's even more strange, he asked him: "Can you tell her no after school?"
The uncle shook his head: "I can't stay too long, I'm leaving after I tell her."
The student thought for a while, then turned around and discussed a few words with the companion on duty, and came to reply him.
"Parents of our school can't go in. How about this, you wait for me at the door, and I'll call your daughter out."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." The uncle thanked him and stood aside to wait.
The boy on duty ran to Class 4, Grade 1 in one go.
Class has not started yet, the classroom is noisy, I don't know who Jiang Xiaozhen is.
So he knocked hard on the front door and shouted inside.
"Is Jiang Xiaozhen there? Your dad is waiting for you at the school gate. He told you to go out and tell you something."
A large ship in front of him stood up.
The chubby girl dressed fancy squeezed out of the seat, rushed over at a fast speed, and pushed him out of the classroom.
There was too much movement on their side, and the whole class was watching.
Jiang Xiaozhen wanted to send him away as soon as possible, so she pushed him and said, "Don't shout, that's not my dad."
"Ah?" The man on duty turned his head, unable to understand: "You didn't even see you, so you know it's not your father?"
"Hmm!" She said decisively: "You let him go quickly."
this…
The man was still waiting at the school gate, and Jiang Xiaozhen said he didn't know him, so how would he talk to that uncle
The boy on duty scratched his neck, so he could only go to the back door and ask the captain of their duty team.
He Yugang began to listen to his report on the situation, and already had a rough solution in his mind, until he mentioned "Jiang Xiaozhen from Class 4, Grade 1".
"Jiang Xiaozhen? Is that a fat girl in a princess dress?" Zhang Shiyu didn't miss this key word either.
The male student nodded: "Yes, what you described fits well."
Zhang Shiyu winks at He Yu.
He didn't bother to pay attention to him, and stuffed the duty book in his arms into his arms.
"You look here alone, I'll go to the front door to deal with it."
"Okay, okay," Zhang Shiyu agreed heartily: "You can rest assured."
He Yu couldn't find where Jiang Yuan was at first glance.
He asked the boy on duty: "Where's the parent?"
He pointed it out for him: "Here, over there."
A middle-aged man with a stooped back and ragged clothes.
In heavy rain, his presence is like a piece of mold growing on the wall.
Even if He Yu faced him face to face, he would not dare to admit that this person was Jiang Yuan.
In my impression, Uncle Jiang, who runs a big restaurant, has a hearty laugh and a loud voice. He always wears a suit and leather shoes, combs his hair shiny, and looks energetic and capable all the year round.
The only moment when he has no choice but to meet the jewel in his family's palm.
As soon as the little princess shed tears, he panicked, ran over and coaxed softly: "Mingzhen don't cry, what do you want, daddy will buy it for you."
Falling from the clouds into the mud, nothing more.
At this moment, he squatted on the ground without any image.
The man had an old and gloomy face, looking at the passers-by across the way, he sucked on a cigarette one mouthful at a time.
He Yu didn't go over to say hello, he turned around and went to the teaching building where Class 4 of Senior One was located.
Unlike the classmates who were on duty before, he clearly knew who Jiang Xiaozhen was, but he still couldn't call her out of the classroom without alarming others.
"Senior He Yu has come to our class!"
Before anyone arrived in the classroom, the news of his coming arrived first.
When Jiang Xiaozhen heard everyone mentioning He Yu, she already had a bad feeling.
The premonition came true.
Standing outside the classroom, he precisely met her gaze, beckoned to her, and let her come out.
Sun Qin took the initiative to give way to Jiang Xiaozhen.
She had no choice but to go out, facing the curious eyes of the whole class.
He Yu walked ahead, and Jiang Xiaozhen followed him.
When I went downstairs, it was raining outside. She came out without an umbrella, so he stretched his own to cover her head.
He said harsh words to her before, and he felt embarrassed, thinking that the next contact with her would be ten thousand years later. I don't think the opportunity to speak will come so soon.
He Yu realized that even though he expected himself to be a smooth person, it was impossible for him to completely avoid her affairs and run away in order not to make mistakes and not offend Jiang Xiaozhen.
After making sure no one nearby would hear him, he asked her.
"Did Uncle Jiang do something to hurt you or your mother, so you don't want to see him?"
If this is the case, He Yu understands, and he will help her stop Jiang Yuan.
Whether it is now or later.
"No."
Jiang Xiaozhen tightened her shoulders.
Under the rain curtain, she hid under the small world propped up by He Yu, and still felt cold.
Her voice was almost swallowed by the sound of the rain, or maybe, she was already speaking very quietly.
"He's a good dad. Nothing to blame but business failure."
so why...
He asked, "But you don't want to see him?"
She didn't look at him, and walked straight forward: "See you, we've come here."
Jiang Yuan waited outside for a long time, but it would be nice to see his daughter.
He took Jiang Xiaozhen from under He Yu's umbrella and thanked He Yu gratefully.
He didn't have the time to recognize who He Yu was, but it didn't matter who he was.
He Yu stood on duty and watched them walk outside the campus.
Jiang Yuan's umbrella was a little broken, so he pulled the umbrella surface to make the unfastened fabric smoother. The fat and big Jiang Xiaozhen was protected by him under the umbrella with all his strength, not to be blown by the wind or rain.
Jiang Xiaozhen's voice came from afar, with reproach in his tone.
"If you don't tell me to go, what are you doing in my school?"
Jiang Yuan explained: "I can't go to where you live, I'm going to go again soon, I want to..."
He Yu didn't intend to listen to the conversation between the two, so he took his attention back.
"Jiang Xiaozhen has already registered, if she waits for the bell to ring before coming in, don't deduct her points." He explained to the classmates on duty.
The classmate understood what he meant: "Okay, then go to the back door."
He Yu walked a few steps, then came back.
"Forget it, I'll stay here, there's nothing to do at the back door."
Glancing at the alarm clock in the guard room, he said, "There are still five minutes to ring. I will send her to the teaching building later. She didn't bring an umbrella."
If Zhang Shiyu was here and heard He Yu's words, he would definitely start screaming again.
With nothing to do, He Yu began to lose his mind.
The question he asked Jiang Xiaozhen just now, she actually didn't answer clearly.
Why did she not want to see Jiang Yuan at first
He finds it strange: as she said, her father is a good father, and the relationship between father and daughter seems to be good.
Is it because class is about to start and you don't want to come out? Don't want to come out when it's raining
Such an answer is quite nonsensical, but if you think about it carefully, it is really something that the eldest lady would do.
So much for speculation.
If Jiang Xiaozhen didn't say anything, He Yu wouldn't force an answer, after all, it was her privacy.
The duty team was ready to let Jiang Xiaozhen in after the bell rang.
No, within five minutes, she had finished talking to her father.
Jiang Xiaozhen waved goodbye to her father, and the classmates who came to the school by stepping on the bell rang at the last moment and managed to squeeze through the slowly closing school gate.
He Yu took Jiang Xiaozhen back to class with an umbrella.
A classmate who stepped on the bell happened to be in her class, and the three of them walked side by side.
"Sadako, is that your father?"
The girl was panting from running, and now she came to her senses, feeling that the scene just now was a bit strange.
"Don't everyone in the class say that your dad is the owner of a big restaurant and is very rich."
"He's not my father," Jiang Xiaozhen lied, without breath: "You must never tell others that you saw him."
"Oh," the girl scratched her head: "Then who is he?"
"That's the kind of..."
He Yu watched Jiang Xiaozhen make up on the spot.
"My dad works as a handyman, someone who helps run errands."
"Ah, no wonder," the girl said bluntly, "I just thought about it, he is dressed in such rags, if it's your father, how poor your family is."
"Haha, it's not my dad." She smiled and said to the girl.
Jiang Xiaozhen's smile was very contrived.
Why she doesn't want to meet Jiang Yuan at school, there is a simpler answer.
Because of Jiang Xiaozhen's vanity.
The author has something to say:
Zhang Shiyu: "Are you an acquaintance with her? What's the story?"
He Yu: "Speaking of that story...it's a bit long. Why don't I recommend you a novel called "To Make He Yu Regret"."