The foot of the remote banyan tree became Gu Qiao's only shelter.

As soon as the bell rang for the end of class, she walked out of the classroom with lunch and books, came to the banyan tree as usual, and finished eating Wang Mingli's special athlete lunch, Gu Qiao opened the books and began to preview.

In the autumn of Hujiang, the outdoor temperature is very comfortable, the rustling of leaves under the breeze echoes in the ears, coupled with the relationship between eating and drinking, the blood sugar in the body gradually rises, Gu Qiao's eyelids also become heavy, the words on the book are gradually blurred, and in the sleepiness, the hands holding the book are slowly drooping.

The math book, which was gradually losing support, finally fell to the ground with a thud, which also woke up Gu Qiao in his sleep.

In her sleepy eyes, she vaguely felt a shadow looming in front of her.

In a trance, Gu Qiao raised her head, the bright afternoon sun was blocked by the person in front of her, leaving only a slender silhouette depicted by golden light, and the shining sunlight pierced Gu Qiao's eyes from the other party's shoulder, for a while, she couldn't see anything clearly, so she had to raise her right arm to cover her eyes.

But it was still to no avail, the only thing Gu Qiao could determine was the gender of the other party.

The person in front of him took a long step, walked in front of her in a few steps, bent down slightly, picked up the math book from the ground, gently patted the dust on it, and put it on the bench where Gu Qiao was sitting.

His face was still blurry, the only thing that was clear was a cross-shaped protruding scar on the back of his outstretched right hand.

"Thanks..."

Before Gu Qiao could completely spit out the word thank you, the other party had already left.

Although she didn't know who that person was, Gu Qiao was still grateful, and this little warmth could support her to continue to move forward in the indifferent school violence.

This may be a good day, after the lunch break, Gu Qiao even received a gift from An Mengyu, who went to France for exchange and study not long ago.

Holding the package in her arms, Gu Qiao walked towards the classroom, the relaxed expression on her face and brisk steps showed her good mood at the moment.

"Something, show us too."

Cui Lingli's annoying voice came to her ears again.

Gu Qiao ignored her, lowered his head to avoid her questioning, and continued to walk forward.

Such an indifferent attitude angered Cui Lingli, and she shouted loudly.

"Ask you! hillbilly. ”

"Why don't you show it, could it be that you stole it, and your heart is weak?"

As she asked one after another, the various noises around her were instantly still, and countless pairs of eyes were cast here, in the silence where the needle could be heard, Gu Qiao lowered his head, and the hands holding the box almost scratched the carton.

She still couldn't understand why they were still unwilling to let go of themselves after they had endured to such an extent.

Seeing that she didn't answer for a long time, Cui Lingli pushed Gu Qiao very hard.

"What do you ask?"

This time, Gu Qiao finally reacted, she raised her head and looked at Cui Lingli coldly.

"It's my own stuff, don't talk nonsense. ”

"Whether it's nonsense or not, let's all see. ”

As she spoke, she reached out to pull Gu Qiao, but the girl seemed to be nailed to the spot, motionless like a mountain, and protected the box in her arms with both hands.

One had to find out, the other didn't show it alive or dead, and between the pulls, violent conflicts happened.

Cui Lingli grabbed Gu Qiao's hand tightly while turning around and calling for help.

Although Gu Qiao's strength was strong enough, he couldn't resist the simultaneous attack of three people.

With the help of the other two, Cui Lingli pushed Gu Qiao to the ground and snatched the beautifully wrapped gift from her arms.

She rudely tore open the outer packaging, and a clay figure appeared in front of her, the workmanship was very rough, but she could vaguely see a little or two Gu Qiao's appearance on the villain's face, and the words "ForGQ" were crookedly engraved on the base below.

After making sure that the thing in his hand was not stolen, Cui Ling smiled wryly.

"I thought it was a baby, a rotten model. ”

After saying that, she casually threw the clay figure to the ground.

With a bang, the small clay sculpture drove west in the collision of force and force.

Gu Qiao lowered her head, her eyes were instantly locked by the scattered fragments on the ground, she almost couldn't believe everything in front of her, for a moment, she even thought she was dreaming, but the sun outside the window was shining brightly, reminding her that all this was clearly not a dream.

Gu Qiao was suddenly a little nauseous, retched a few times, but didn't spit out anything, she looked up, the people around her were so casual, they gathered together in groups of three or five, chattering, and still saying something in their mouths.

What can there be, but it's just some indecent ridicule.

Squatting down and slowly picking up those fragments, Gu Qiao felt that his dignity was like this clay sculpture being trampled on.

She thought she was going to cry, but she didn't.

On the teaching building not far away, a teenager was condescending, and his geographical advantage made him easily see everything that happened downstairs.

He looked at the center of the crowd, half an hour ago, the girl who had just said thank you to him, her face was a little pale at the moment, but there was no trace of anger on it, she was afraid, calm as a bystander.

The look struck him with a familiar look, one he had seen countless times as a young man in the mirror.

Looking at Gu Qiao in a mess, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and he only felt a breath in his chest, which made people not vomit and be unhappy.

But even so, the young man's brows were only slightly furrowed, and he didn't even move half a minute.

After all, who in this world can really save whom?

However, in a trance, the situation has changed again, and a figure wearing a high school uniform rushed over, pushed aside the crowd of onlookers, and picked up Gu Qiao, who was squatting on the ground.

"Is it pretty!?"

He Luo loudly questioned the crowd of onlookers, and in his oppressive eyes, the crowd slowly dispersed.

He took Gu Qiao's hand, strode all the way forward, and stopped in a slightly secluded corner.

"How long has this been going on, and why didn't you tell me?"

Gu Qiao pursed her lips and didn't speak, she lowered her eyelids to hide all her emotions.

"At school, we were strangers. ”

He Luo was stunned for a moment, and looked at her coldly, with anger in his eyes.

"What's the matter, you still have a grudge? I think you really don't know your brain, no matter how others bully you, you don't say anything, I just said a few words to you, and you remember it until now?"

Gu Qiao straightened up and retorted eagerly.

"No, that's not what I thought. ”

"God knows what you think, I'll ask you, how long are you going to endure it?"

Gu Qiao still lowered his head and did not answer.

"No wonder you've been weird lately, you've brought back a lot of homework, and you write so late every day, and they let you..."

"I have a poor foundation, so it's okay to write a few more times and consolidate my knowledge. ”

Gu Qiao's tone was smooth, as if he was stating some objective facts.

He Luo was amazed at the degree of hardness of her mouth.

"Nothing bad, Miss, you get up at five o'clock every day, train yourself, after school and dinner, you have to train until ten o'clock, and then come back and write so many homework, I don't think it's just your own, so thick stack, there must be other people." Gu Qiao, at the end of this day, how many hours do you have to sleep? They bullied you like this, didn't you resist?"

Gu Qiao looked back at the past with a calm face.

"Don't tell the coach and Aunt Wang. ”

"I'm not nosy!"

As he spoke, he strode forward, surpassing Gu Qiao in a few steps.

But he still didn't have a taste in his heart, so he stopped suddenly, turned around again, and stopped in front of Gu Qiao.

"It's school violence, they can't bully you, they can't bully you whoever you are. Besides, you're a dead man, just let them bully?"

"I'm used to it. ”

He Luo was stunned, he never thought that there were still people in this world who were used to being wronged. For a moment, he didn't know what to say, he froze in place, and when he came back to his senses, Gu Qiao had already walked away.

The setting sunlight stretched his back, and Gu Qiao, who was alone, became more and more lonely.

He Luo couldn't tell how he felt now, and he suddenly remembered what Wang Mingli had said to him not long ago.

"I know you're not used to having someone in your family all of a sudden, but we're not going to cut back on our love and dedication to you. This child's background is very pitiful, if we don't help her, how lonely she should be here alone, He Luo, mother knows that you are a sensible child, you just need time, I believe you will get along very well. ”

Wang Mingli's words were not wrong, for Gu Qiao, at first, he was indeed disgusted, but that disgust came from the subconscious of protecting his own territory.

But after a long time, He Luo could also see that Gu Qiao was really not a demon destroyer, and he had no intention of robbing his parents with him at all.

Such a person dangles under his nose every day, and after watching it for a long time, he actually feels a little well-behaved, and I have to admit that it feels good to have such a soft sister at home.

A whole wind blew and the smell of dust hit, He Luo snorted sensitively, scratched his head, and finally decided to enclose Gu Qiao into his territory.

As usual every morning, the two walked out of the neighborhood side by side.

But this time, He Luo didn't get on his bicycle and leave quickly.

Looking at Gu Qiao's running figure in front of him, He Luo sighed and pushed the car to chase after him.

"Hey, silly girl. ”

Gu Qiao subconsciously turned his head, his mouth slightly open.

He Luo smiled and stuffed a chocolate candy into her mouth, the taste was unfamiliar to her before, sweet and a little bitter, and the tip of her tongue was full of sticky and fragrant fragrance that could not be dissolved.

The girl was reluctant to bite it open, and held it in her mouth, so that the taste buds on the tip of her tongue could fully appreciate this wonderful taste, and the smile spread at the corner of her mouth little by little.

He Luo looked at Gu Qiao's dark eyes and the corners of his eyes that were slightly curved.

There is an indescribable taste in my heart, some astringent and some sour, which really makes people feel uncomfortable.

How bad her attitude was in the past, a piece of candy could make her happy like this.

Scratching his head and stiffening his head, He Luo said in a tone that didn't care.

"Isn't it just a piece of chocolate, it's so delicious? Look at your unproductive appearance, if you like it, I'll give it to you every day." ”

Gu Qiao raised his head in surprise, his bright eyes were full of anticipation, and he asked timidly.

"Really. ”

"It's more real than real gold, and, don't look like a promise all day long, you are the one who went to the He family's household registration book, you have parents and brothers, no worse than any of them, you don't have to be called by them, no one will bully you in the future, don't put up with it." ”

Gu Qiao stood in place, he didn't relax for a long time, the residual sweetness in his mouth did not dissipate for a long time, and after about ten seconds, a layer of mist rose from the bottom of his eyes.

She nodded vigorously and smiled at He Luo.