In Beijing in November, the sunshine is very good, the autumn is high and the air is crisp, the weather has not completely cooled down, and it is almost the most comfortable time of the year.
The sky is azure blue, the red walls and yellow tiles of the Temple of Earth, together with the golden ginkgo trees, decorate Beijing in autumn.
Autumn on the campus of R University High School is also lovely.
The lawn in the central garden has not turned yellow, but it is still green. There are also a few ginkgo trees planted on the campus. The golden yellow is mixed among the dark green pines and cypresses. The persimmon trees are already covered with persimmons like small orange-red lanterns.
The head teacher in Song Qiaoxi's class always yelled at the dishonest little brats in the class, "Don't step on the lawn of the central garden for me!"
As a result, every time the get out of class ends, there are always classmates hopping and running across the lawn. High school students of this age like to fight against any form of "authority".
The bell rang after the get out of class ended. There was no evening self-study in the high school affiliated to R University in the first and second year of high school. Song Qiaoxi quickly packed her schoolbag and was going to find Chu Jin.
On the subway to school today, Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin agreed to accompany her to the Zhongguancun Book Building after class to buy the latest SAT and TOEFL tutorial books.
Her roommate was a big girl with short hair, an old Beijing "indigenous" named Zhou Jie.
Song Qiaoxite likes to hear her talk. Zhou Jie will say "scrambled eggs with tomatoes" as "scrambled eggs in the breast", "Hello teacher" as "Good day", "Pizza Hut" as "Sick Children", she is a straightforward and lovely girl .
"Song Qiaoxi, are you still going home with your brother? I'm a little hungry. Would you like to accompany me to buy an Oden?" Zhou Jie patted Song Qiaoxi on the shoulder, leaned over and glanced outside the door, "Alas, you Brother didn't come to the door to wait for you today?"
"Ah, do you mean Chu Jin?" Song Qiaoxi zipped up her schoolbag and shook her head with a smile, "He's not my brother, who did you hear that he's my brother?"
Zhou Jie had an expression of choking on a child, "I'm going, you don't know? It's spread all over the first-level department, a girl in their experimental class wants to chase after Chu Jin, and some people say that Chu Jin and you are childhood sweethearts, The two of you are a couple. The wife will let it out and say that Chu Jin is an orphan, an adopted brother from your family, and you two are brother and sister, so you two go to school together every day."
"Chu Jin is not an orphan, nor was he adopted by my family. He is the child of my parents' good friends, and his grandfather lives opposite my house..." Song Qiaoxi defended for a while, then suddenly paused, thinking of Zhou Jie Said "You two are a couple", his face swelled and he whispered, "We, we are not together..."
"That's it," Zhou Jie looked suddenly realized, "I also think that you and Chu are not like puppy love, they are the pure friendship of childhood sweethearts, right? It is estimated that pulling a hand is the left hand pulling the right hand, and there is no turbulence in the heart. That kind?"
Hearing "Pure Friendship", Song Qiaoxi felt a burst of enthusiasm in her chest. She put down the schoolbag she was about to carry, turned her head and asked Zhou Jie, "You said just now that there is a girl in Chu Jin's class who wants to chase him?"
"You don't know, sorry, it's Cheng Lili from the experimental class. She had a big wavy hair perm two days ago. I think she wants to learn your hairstyle, but it's not as good-looking as yours. Our Xiaoxi is born with it. Zilai'er is much hotter than Cheng Lili." Zhou Jie leaned into Song Qiaoxi's ear and said to her little roommate.
She likes this deskmate very much. The little deskmate is very good. She comes from Qizhou, which is rich in "student masters". Her English and Chinese scores are among the best in the class.
Song Qiaoxi always spoke softly and cutely. Her long hair like seaweed hung down on her chest, her skin was as white as bone china, her cheeks were as soft as jelly, and she couldn't see the pores.
The classmates nicknamed her Xiaoxi.
Xiao Xi smiled, it was so sweet to the heart of the heart.
Zhou Jie was promoted to the headquarter from the junior high school attached to R University. Cheng Lili was in the same class with her before, but Zhou Jie was particularly unaccustomed to Cheng Lili's style.
At every level, there will be girls like Cheng Lili, who are addicted to enjoying the hospitality of various types of boys and all kinds of secret and explicit love because of their good looks.
Cheng Lili would occasionally try on those boys, but she never refused or said it explicitly. In the third year of junior high, Cheng Lili's best friend often released news that a certain "ban grass" was chasing Cheng Lili again.
"Cheng Lili? I don't know her..." Song Qiaoxi shook her head, muttering a little.
Cheng Lili wants to chase after Chu Jin
Song Qiaoxi was very unfamiliar with this name and had never heard of Chu Jin.
Just hearing the words "I want to chase Chu Jin", my heart suddenly "squeaked", and my brows wrinkled unconsciously.
But on second thought, Chu Jin never took the initiative to mention his classmates in the experimental class to himself. The reason is that Chu Jin is basically a loner, and he and the classmates in the experimental class have not become very close friends.
Chu Jin is very busy every day. He has to study math competitions and tutor Song Qiaoxi with his science homework. The rest of the time, he sits in front of the computer and beats and beats until late.
Thinking that Chu Jin must have been waiting for her at the school gate, Song Qiaoxi hurriedly carried her schoolbag to stop herself from thinking too much.
She waved to her tablemate, "Thank you for telling me this, Zhou Jie, I'll accompany you to eat oden at Qiyiyi tomorrow at noon, please eat spinach cake? Today I'm going to the Zhongguancun Book Building."
"Sure, my little Xixi." Zhou Jie blew her a kiss, "See you tomorrow, let's go knock'er for lunch at noon!"
Song Qiaoxi carried her schoolbag and followed the large army in red and white school uniforms downstairs.
She was very good, listened to the teacher's words, did not cross the central garden, and trotted all the way to the school gate.
From afar, he saw Chu Jin carrying a black schoolbag on one shoulder, earphones on one ear, pockets in one hand, and standing at the school gate without looking sideways.
Chu Jin was too dazzling, a tall man of about 1.8 meters tall. Although his body was thin but tall and straight, his facial features were as delicate as the characters in the painting, and his whole body exuded a cold and detached temperament.
There were always boys passing by who looked up at him with disdain, and girls glanced at him with a blushing face and whispered with their companions.
"Hey, did you wait for a long time?" Song Qiaoxi stood on tiptoe and patted Chu Jin's shoulder, "Let's go, go to Zhongguancun Book Building."
"No, I just came." Chu Jin was immersed in the sunset, and his dark eyes became lighter in the golden sunset. He tore off his earphones and looked at her with a smile at the end of his eyes.
"We can take bus 584 or bus 332. Which one comes first, which one will we take?" Song Qiaoxi took out a folded piece of paper from her pocket, on which there was a list of books to buy for a while, and After checking the traffic route, she glanced down.
R University Affiliated High School is not far from the Zhongguancun Book Building, a few bus stops, including the walking time, it takes more than 20 minutes to arrive.
"Well, go back early, I called Aunt Qiao." Chu Jin nodded, stretched a hand behind Song Qiaoxi naturally, and lifted the handle above her schoolbag.
Song Qiaoxi's shoulders lightened, and she took off her schoolbag, which fell into Chu Jin's hands.
She stretched out and pointed to the bus stop not far away, "Let's go, let's go!"
At this moment, a cheerful and playful female voice came from behind the two of them, "Chu Jin."
Song Qiaoxi clenched her book list and turned her head subconsciously.
It was a girl in a red and white school uniform with big wavy hair.
She is taller than Song Qiaoxi, has a slender figure, and has very beautiful features.
Especially the pair of phoenix eyes, the ends of the eyes are pointed upwards, which is different from Song Qiaoxi's big eyes that droop a little and are wet like a small pet. The girl who came to say hello is a little more coquettish than her peers because of these eyes.
"Hello, are you Chu Jin's younger sister?" The girl held out her hand to Song Qiaoxi, raised her chin slightly, and smiled sweetly, "My name is Cheng Lili, and I'm a classmate in your brother's experimental class."
Song Qiaoxi said "ah", it turns out that this girl is Cheng Lili
Is she the one who said she wanted to chase after Chu Jin
She hesitated whether to reach out or not, but looked at Cheng Lili's pretty smiling face, and smiled slightly.
To the beautiful girl, Song Qiaoxi couldn't pull her face down and said softly, "Hello, my name is Song Qiaoxi, but Chu Jin and I..."
Chu Jin didn't wait for Song Qiaoxi to finish speaking, frowned, grabbed the little girl by the collar and pulled her back for a distance.
His voice was obviously impatient and he said to Cheng Lili, "she's not my sister, are you okay?"
"You..." The smile on Cheng Lili's face froze for a while, she glanced at the paper Song Qiaoxi was holding, and then resumed the perfect smile she had trained in looking at the mirror over the years, "You guys are going Zhongguancun Book Building? It just so happens that I also have a tutorial book to buy, let’s go together, you are all from other places and you are not familiar with Beijing, so I can be your guide.”
Cheng Lili blinked at Chu Jin and took the initiative to show her goodwill, looking warm and cute.
She believes that her acting skills are good, and she can hide her true thoughts very well.
This is the first time Cheng Lili has met a boy who is not interested in her.
On the first day of school, Cheng Lili noticed that the most eye-catching new classmate in the class was Chu Jin, a "student god" with a cold temperament and a "monster" appearance. On the first day of school, she cast a wide net to inquire about him. .
Hearing that Chu Jin was an orphan with a particularly miserable background, and came from a small place called Qizhou, Cheng Lili was relieved immediately.
Generally, boys who come from poor families are more lacking in love.
As long as you give this kind of boys a little sweetness, they will generally take the initiative to be bulls and horses.
The 16-year-old girl has a good family background and is beautiful and beautiful, but she always has an urge to play "dangerous games" with boys that she can't control herself.
She doesn't want to fall in love with boys, she simply enjoys the feeling of being surrounded by stars.
Moreover, the colder and less approachable boys are, the more challenging it is for Cheng Lili.
"We don't need a guide." Chu Jin said coldly, carrying his schoolbag on both shoulders, a pink girl's schoolbag in one hand, and Song Qiaoxi's arm in the other, turning around and walking towards the bus stop.
Song Qiaoxi was pulled by Chu Jin and took two steps before the boy let go of her arm.
Song Qiaoxi couldn't explain the reason. Seeing Cheng Lili talking to Chu Jin with a smile, she always felt sour and uncomfortable.
I had never experienced this kind of emotion before.
The two walked to the bus station side by side, Chu Jin said lightly: "Song Qiaoxi, don't pay attention to her, I, I have never told anyone that you are my sister, and I have never spoken to her in the class... .. "
Even Chu Jin himself didn't realize that the tone of his speech was clearly meant to explain.
"Oh, it's fine." Song Qiaoxi raised her face and smiled at him, "I don't think of you as a brother."
With Chu Jin's words, the subtle discomfort in my heart seemed to vanish at once.
"Song Qiaoxi, wait for me, anyway, let's drop by and go to the book building together." Cheng Lili didn't care, and followed them in small steps.
She decided to start with the curly-haired girl beside Chu Jin to learn more about Chu Jin.
Cheng Lili grabbed Song Qiaoxi's arm, stuck out her tongue pretending to be cute, and said to Song Qiaoxi in a small voice, "Your brother is so fierce to me, is he so fierce to you usually?"
"Chu Jinzhen is not my brother..." Song Qiaoxi was almost taken aback and wanted to pull her arm out of Cheng Lili's arms, but she hugged it too tightly and gave up after two tries and said helplessly. , "And Chu Jin is not fierce at all..."
"Oh, it seems that you are used to having such a fierce brother? Little sister, do you have a tendency to be abused?" Cheng Lili seemed to have not heard Song Qiaoxi's defense at all. Personally audible voice said.
"Don't be afraid, your brother is not good to you, and your sister is good to you. You see, we are also quite like sisters, aren't we, we are all self-published?" Cheng Lili's voice raised a little bit, and she sounded full of emotions. Enthusiastic, like a confidant big sister.
"..." Song Qiaoxi pursed her lips and was hugged by Cheng Lili affectionately, she thought of Ding Miao.
After coming to the high school attached to R University, although Song Qiaoxi made some friends, they were not as close as Ding Miao.
In the courtyard of Qizhou Foreign Language and Newspaper Office, Ding Miao and herself were arm-in-arm wherever they went, like conjoined twins.
Song Qiaoxi really misses Miaomiao.
At this moment, I heard Cheng Lili babbling in her ear, saying that the ramen on the first floor of the canteen of R University High School is delicious, the macaroni on the second floor is sweet, what delicious snacks are there near the school, McDonald's hidden ways to eat, Yoshinoya What time to go with Subway without queuing...
When it comes to food, there are all kinds of sincere recommendations, and Song Qiaoxi's heart for Cheng Lili is in vain.
Maybe Cheng Lili wanted to be friends with her and Chu Jin.
Is it because he is narrow-minded, because of Zhou Jie's words, he has a prejudice against Cheng Lili
Chu Jin glanced at the two girls.
Cheng Lili said with a bright face, Song Qiaoxi smiled lightly, and sometimes nodded her head.
Anyone can see that the two dazzling girls look like a pair of good girlfriends.
He bit his lip with a cold face, observing calmly.
He didn't know who Cheng Lili was, and he didn't usually deal with her in the class.
Except for Song Qiaoxi, Chu Jin never took the initiative to get to know any girl, nor did she understand how to make friends between girls.
But Chu Jin faintly noticed that this girl named Cheng Lili looked very uncomfortable, as if she had a strong purpose.
The three of them took the bus to the Zhongguancun Book Building. Song Qiaoxi quickly picked out the books according to the book list. Cheng Lili stayed by her side all the time.
Cheng Lili asked Song Qiaoxi in a low voice, "Is your family unable to afford the two of you to go abroad together? Will your parents be more partial to you, so they let you study the SAT to go to the United States, and leave your adopted brother to go to college in China."
Song Qiaoxi's hand holding the book from the bookshelf froze in mid-air, and the favorability she had accumulated for Cheng Lili just because of chatting about food dropped to the bottom in an instant.
She frowned, turned her head and said seriously: "Cheng Lili, first, my parents have never been partial, they are equal to me and Chu Jin, they love me as well as Chu Jin.
Second, Chu Jin is not an adopted child of my family. He is the son of my parents' good friends. He lives in my house. Chu Jin also has relatives who love him, but it is inconvenient to take care of him.
Third, I went abroad because I like photography, and I want to study photography in the United States. If Chu Jin can learn more advanced knowledge abroad in his favorite major, then Chu Jin can also choose to study abroad. My family is not a wealthy family. , but the cost of studying abroad is still affordable. and also... ... "
Song Qiaoxi wanted to repeat that Chu Jin was not her brother.
But looking at Cheng Lili's beautiful face, blinking her phoenix eyes innocently, she felt that no matter how many times she said it, Cheng Lili would never change her mouth.
"Forget it, you don't understand." Song Qiaoxi shook her head, she felt that there was a high probability that she would not be able to become friends with Cheng Lili.
Only then did she realize something was wrong.
Apart from sharing some delicious food near R University High School with her, Cheng Lili revolved around Chu Jin.
Song Qiaoxi held the book and was about to go to the checkout with Chu Jin.
It happened that Chu Jin put down the book in his hand, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, went to the window to answer a call, said a few words, and shook the phone at Song Qiaoxi.
Judging from Chu Jin's mouth shape, he said "Aunt Qiao".
During the summer vacation of junior high school and senior high school, my parents bought a mobile phone for Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin each as a reward for entering high school.
In the third year of junior high, Mr. Chu gave two children two new Nokia 7610s, and the market price was more than 5,400 yuan.
The couple felt that it was too dazzling to let fourteen or five-year-old children use such an expensive mobile phone, so they returned the mobile phone to the old man and did not let the children use it.
Because Song Qiaoxi is usually careless, Song's mother usually calls and asks Chu Jin directly for anything.
"Mom." Song Qiaoxi answered the phone by the window.
"You and Jin went home early after leaving the bookstore, and found a restaurant near home to eat dinner. Dad and I both worked overtime today, and it was too late to go back and we couldn't cook for you." Mom said on the phone.
"Okay, we've finished shopping. After dinner, we'll go home and call you when we get home." Song Qiaoxi said obediently, "Mom, pay attention to safety on your way home, bye."
Hang up the phone and return the phone to Chu Jin.
"What do you want for dinner, kid?" Chu Jin raised his eyelids, bent down and looked at Song Qiaoxi, the corners of his lips curved slightly.
"What's good to eat?" Song Qiaoxi got excited when he mentioned eating, scratched his head, and started the mode of meditation.
Cheng Lili on the side, holding a TOEFL word book in her hand, paled in shock.
She looked at Chu Jin, who was usually colder than the iceberg, and showed a smile like a spring breeze. She looked at Song Qiaoxi with incomparably spoiled eyes, as if she understood something.
Depend on!
Chu Jin wouldn't like Song Qiaoxi, would he
This, these two people, although not related by blood, are brothers and sisters in name, right? Isn't this ***!
Cheng Lili has a problem, that is, she believes that no matter what outsiders say, she can't change her cognition.
Cheng Lili didn't listen to what Song Qiaoxi just said to her. She was thinking about how to make the most handsome male god in the experimental class of the first year of high school to show her affection.
This time, the problem is a little trickier.
But Cheng Lili had already made a bet with her girlfriends, saying that she would definitely win Chu Jin, wouldn't it be very shameful if she backed down at this time
"Let's go eat copper pot shabu-shabu? I really want to eat sesame sauce biscuits and mutton shabu-shabu, or sheep scorpion hot pot, but I also want to eat candied garlic, mutton with candied garlic is the best!" Song Qiaoxi looked out the window, turning yellow The fallen leaves, the weather has cooled down, and it is most suitable to eat a hot mutton pot, and you will feel warm after eating it.
Hearing their conversation, Cheng Lili walked quickly to the two of them, smiled heartily, and said in a naive, tender tone: "Song Qiaoxi, what you want to eat is too old-fashioned? Girls eat it. Shabu-shabu, the hair on your body will be full of odor, my god, do you still want to eat candied garlic? After eating candied garlic, your mouth will stink to death, you can smell that stench from two miles away! "
Song Qiaoxi frowned, her cheeks bulged, feeling ashamed and angry.
I never thought that eating sweetened garlic and mutton was a shameful thing before. How could Cheng Lili say that, and it became like this
If you eat sugar and garlic together, you don't deserve to live in this world
Or is Cheng Lili just deliberately trying to make herself look ugly in front of Chu Jin...
Before Song Qiaoxi could think of how to refute her, Cheng Lili turned her head and said to Chu Jin, "There is a nice western restaurant nearby, which is run by my uncle. I often go there to eat, and today I will take you and your sister. Let's go eat together? Don't you have a western restaurant in Qizhou?"
Cheng Lili wanted to use this to show her family background. Generally, children from small places have little knowledge, and the atmosphere of the western restaurant opened by her uncle's house is very good. Cheng Lili can also show elegant western food etiquette.
Oh, with the little Tu Niu who likes to eat sugar and garlic and the elegant and beautiful girl in front of her, it is impossible for Chu to choose Tu Niu who eats garlic!
"No need," Chu Jin replied coldly to Cheng Lili, "We never said that we would have dinner with you, eat hot pot or food with strong flavors, and after brushing your teeth, there will be no smell, but some people, the smell in their mouths The stench is something you can't get rid of no matter how many times you brush your teeth."
Chu Jin took a stack of books from Song Qiaoxi's arms and raised his chin at her, "Let's go, child, have you got all the books?"
"Ah..." It was the first time that Song Qiaoxi saw Chu Jin scolding people, and she was so ruthless that she didn't save any face for Cheng Lili, which made her a little shocked, nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and said, "Yes, You should get it, right?"
"Give me the book list, you're always confused, I'll check it out for you again." Chu Jin said patiently, rubbing her head, "Are you hungry? We'll go home soon after buying and take you there. Eat sheep and scorpion hot pot."
Cheng Lili looked at the backs of Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin leaving, her lungs would explode with anger.
She slammed the word book in her hand to the ground, causing the students and customers around her to look sideways, clasping her arms around her chest and giving the people around her a blank look, "Damn, I spent money to buy this book, how can I drop it? How to fall!"
She is so big, let alone her parents, no one has ever dared to say a harsh word to her Cheng Lili!
This Chu Jin is nothing but an orphan with no father, mother, and background. How dare you say that her mouth stinks? !
But Cheng Lili couldn't refute it, because what Chu Jin said was "some people", didn't she admit that "some people" were herself
Lifting her foot and kicking the TOEFL word book on the ground, Cheng Lili rolled her eyes to the sky.
However, this setback did not extinguish the small flame that was burning in Cheng Lili's chest, but made her feel that things became more interesting.
snort!
Cheng Lili secretly made up her mind that she would make Chu Jin fall in love with her, and then kicked him away so that the whole school would see Chu Jin's joke.
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Song Qiaoxi bought the book, Chu Jin stuffed the heavy book into his schoolbag, and the two took the subway home.
Because it was a little late, I didn't go upstairs to put my schoolbags. I got off the subway and went directly to the street next to the shopping center opposite the community.
There is a sheep and scorpion hotpot called Scorpion Palace on the street. Song Qiaoxi has always liked the small sesame balls and sesame biscuits there.
The vegetable platter at that house has winter melon and sweet potatoes. The winter melon is soft and glutinous when boiled in the broth, and the sweet potato is soft and sweet. Xixi also likes it very much.
There is also a ten-meter-long special noodles in the Scorpion Palace. After eating the sheep and scorpions in the pot, after rinsing the cabbage and artemisia stalks, the noodles cooked in the fragrant soup base are the best.
The noodles have a strong taste, smooth teeth, and absorb the meat flavor and juice, which is very enjoyable to eat.
The dishes were served quickly, and the two of them ordered a small portion of the family portrait sheep scorpion.
Song Qiaoxi licked her lips, although the sheep scorpion hotpot in front of her was particularly attractive to her.
But on the way back, the little girl kept thinking about Cheng Lili.
At this moment, she has something to say to Chu Jin.
"Chu Jin," Song Qiaoxi hesitated for a long time, and said to Chu Jin who had just returned with the sesame biscuits and the small hemp dumplings, "That Cheng Lili, if you're in the class in the future, ignore her, okay?"
It was mealtime, there were many people in the store, and the voices were full of people. The sheep scorpion pot also made a "gudugudu" sound, and the broth was boiling.
"Huh?" Chu Jin didn't seem to hear clearly, and looked at her with probing eyes.
When asked this question, Song Qiaoxi felt somewhat uneasy.
She never spoke ill of others behind their backs.
Cheng Lili, who was jealous of Chu Jin, was for her own sake, because she and Chu Jin were good friends who grew up together.
Just like if someone dared to say that any member of the "Little Gang of Five" was "rusty", Song Qiaoxi would stand up to protect them.
She can laugh at Xiao Huangman with Ding Miao, and Ding Yi will also laugh with Ding Miao that she likes Hello Kitty.
But if outsiders say they are bad, Song Qiaoxi is the first to refuse.
She believed that Chu Jin was also such a person.
But Cheng Lili seems to be just targeting herself, she has always had a good attitude towards Chu Jin, and Cheng Lili is really a very good-looking girl...
Ding Yi said that boys have no resistance at all to good-looking girls, and he also said that women are not bad and men do not love...
Although Song Qiaoxi wanted Ding Yishao to watch magazines such as "Friends" and "Story Club".
But now she has to admit that many of Ding Yi's summaries are quite sharp. Cheng Lili is really the kind of bad girl described in the magazine.
Then Chu Jin, will he have no resistance to Cheng Lili
The sour feeling in Song Qiaoxi's heart came up again, and she even felt a little flustered, just like the treasure she had treasured for many years and suddenly had to give it to someone else.
However, admitting counsel was never her choice.
Gathering up her courage, Song Qiaoxi raised her volume and asked the boy opposite through the steaming fog: "Chu Jin, can you not be friends with Cheng Lili, and ignore her in the class in the future, okay?"