Chapter 19: Discontent
The school's newly built heated swimming pool was officially opened only last week, and due to lack of manpower, swimming lessons are not divided into classes and grades, but are mixed according to time segments.
The only thing to note is that the key card required for the automatic door for students to enter and exit the swimming pool has not been shipped back, so the current few weeks of swimming lessons should be under the teacher's command, and the entry and exit should be unified to prevent being left alone and missed in the swimming pool.
Listening to the teacher's advice, Cui Lingli hooked the corners of her mouth, and glanced at Gu Qiao.
She knew her chance had come.
After the swimming lesson, the crowd walked out one after another, but Gu Qiao was instructed to put the sports equipment.
Looking at the thick stack of floating boards in front of him, Gu Qiao only felt that the other party's methods were really childish and ridiculous, glanced at Cui Lingli, picked up the floating board and walked towards the equipment room.
What she didn't know was that while she was busy inside and out, the door of the swimming pool closed softly with a soft click.
Cui Lingli's face was full of pride, and she left with her companions giggling.
When Gu Qiao, who finished his work, was about to change his clothes, he found that the door of the dressing room was closed.
There was no way, Gu Qiao had to decide to go out first to see if he could find someone passing by for help. turned around and ran downstairs, stretched out her hand and pushed hard, but she didn't expect the glass door of the swimming pool to move, and she shouted loudly for a long time, and no one heard her cry for help.
Leaning against the slightly cool wall, Gu Qiao couldn't help but be annoyed by his carelessness, although Cui Lingli's methods were naΓ―ve, they couldn't stand the feasibility and effectiveness of the plan, not to mention, this was still a serial set.
The sky is gradually darkening, and the night in Jianghu City in autumn has faintly begun to feel a little cool, the cold wind blows in along the cracks, and Gu Qiao, who is only wearing a one-piece swimsuit, is freezing on the spot.
In desperation, she had no choice but to turn around and go back, deciding to warm up for a while, but after a few steps, a shiny thing on the ground caught her attention.
It was a necklace, and by the moonlight, Gu Qiao was holding the necklace in his left hand and looking up to observe.
There is a small round pendant hanging from the silver necklace, and if you look closely, you can find that the letter H is engraved in it, and the lines are a little skewed, and the person who can see the lettering is not very skilled.
Before she could take a closer look, a rapid knock on the glass sounded, and Gu Qiao turned around in surprise.
A teenager appeared in front of him, the other party was very tall, his school uniform was loosely slumped on his body, one hand was in his pocket, and the other hand was impatiently tapping on the glass.
He has fair skin, two thick eyebrows slanted up, a single eyelid phoenix eye with a tail raised, a sharp temperament, a handsome face and indifferent eyes together, there is an indescribable arrogant temperament. is obviously a teenager of seventeen or eighteen, but his body has revealed a heavy twilight, and there is an indescribable sense of misanthropy.
Zong Huai.
Gu Qiao is no stranger to the campus figure in front of him.
It's just that I have the impression that he is always surrounded by the crowd, and he has a sense of alienation from the whole school.
The young man's always indifferent poker face showed a little anxiety, and his eyes were full of indifference and disgust when he looked at Gu Qiao.
"That's my stuff, give it back to me. β
Gu Qiao stepped forward and saw that the other party didn't open the door from the outside at all, so he had to hand the necklace out from the crack in the door two fingers wide.
Zong Huai, who took the necklace, after carefully inspecting it, turned around and left without looking back.
"Zong Huai!"
Hearing the shout, the other party paused.
"I'm locked up here, can you open the door for me?"
"No, you can't. β
Why?
Without waiting for Gu Qiao to ask the puzzled question in his heart, the other party threw down a sentence that had no warmth at all.
"I don't think I'm obligated to help a thief. β
From beginning to end, he didn't look back.
"I'm not a thief!"
Maybe it was the courage that came from the darkness of the night, or maybe it was the fact that she wanted to say what was in her heart for a long time
"Are you people in the city so self-righteous?! Don't ask about the cause and effect, only believe what you want to believe, and have not investigated, why do you easily draw conclusions!"
Her words made Zong Huai feel a little in a trance, turned around, and through the huge glass door, Zong Huai could clearly see all the emotions on the other party's face, the girl's cheeks were slightly red because of anger, and her eyes were contemptuous and resentful.
With the sound of sickly cicadas in his ears, and only the sound of his own breathing was quiet, Zong Huai was in a trance, and time seemed to go backwards, just like the night five years ago.
"Have you really investigated it carefully, why should you jump to conclusions!"
Zong Huai also asked more than once, but the reality had already told him that if the other party didn't take it to heart, these so-called questions were just venting his emotions, and they didn't help the whole thing at all.
Gu Qiao, who didn't get a response, smiled self-deprecatingly, took a few steps back, and stood back in the shadows.
"You people are the same, no one wants to believe me, you go, anyway, I won't be scared anymore. β
The footsteps behind him quickly disappeared, and Gu Qiao buried his head back in the crook of his arm, feeling an indescribable loss in his heart.
There was a click, and a shadow blocked in front of her, Gu Qiao raised her head in surprise, and her gaze slowly fell on Zong Huai's face.
"Do you want to come out or not?"
It was obviously a kind word, but it came out of his mouth with a little impatience.
Gu Qiao seemed to automatically block the other party's indifferent signals, staring at the other party with burning eyes, and in the next second, a big smile bloomed on his face.
"Thank you, thank you really. β
Glancing at Gu Qiao's bare legs, Zong Huai paused, took off his coat, and threw it into Gu Qiao's arms.
"Here you go, you don't have to pay me back. β
When he took the clothes, Gu Qiao's slightly lowered gaze was attracted by the wound on the other party's hand, and the traces on the back of his emaciated right hand were not unfamiliar.
This scar...
Gu Qiao's throat moved slightly, and a joy similar to a reunion overflowed her heart, and she raised her head in surprise again.
"It's you!"
But this sentence only got an indifferent glance from the other party, Gu Qiao pursed her lips, and the second half of the sentence she wanted to say was also pressed back into her throat.
At the City Games, the Hujiang track and field team won three medals: Gu Qiao's women's 100-meter gold medal, Yin Man's women's 100-meter bronze medal and Hu Yue's women's 5,000-meter gold medal.
It can be said that it is an unprecedented good result, but the atmosphere in the team is a little weird, and the reason is Yin Man.
After the game, Yin Man became extremely depressed, sometimes silent for a long time, and sometimes absent from the team's training, but she has always been alone, looking disdainful of communicating with everyone, even if her teammates are concerned, but due to distance, these thoughts have not been well conveyed to her.
After changing into training clothes, everyone rushed out, but after a short period of effort, the locker room that was lively and lively a second ago was only Yin Man left alone in the blink of an eye.
After sitting for a few minutes, Yin Man let out a long sigh and reached for the towel on the shelf, but accidentally touched the water cup on the side, and the water cup that lost its original balance shook back and forth, and finally failed to resist gravity and fell heavily to the ground.
Yin Man squatted down and hurriedly cleaned up, sweeping up the debris on the ground, only to find that there were also fine glass slags splashed into the shoes on the side.
When he was about to get the shoes, as if he suddenly realized something, Yin Man's hand stopped in mid-air.
This is Gu Qiao's training shoes.
Yin Man knew that she shouldn't have such thoughts, but she couldn't control it, and her resentment and dissatisfaction for many days finally found an outlet for catharsis.
It's just a few pieces of glass slag, and at most some small wounds will be scratched, and it won't be good.
After hesitating, the closed locker room suddenly opened, and the next second, Hu Yue rushed in in a daze, went straight to his locker, took out the spare training clothes, and replaced the soaked half-sleeves on his body, in a very short time, she completed this series of actions, and when she turned around, Hu Yue realized that she was not the only one in the room.
"If you don't train, why are you sitting here alone?"
Yin Man was stunned for a few seconds, subconsciously put his hands behind his back, and his tone of answer stiffened unnaturally.
"Nothing. β
Hu Yuehu glanced at her suspiciously several times.
"What's behind your hands, you're in your hands..."
"It's nothing, you go to training first, I'll be right here. β
Yin Man panicked and interrupted the other party's unfinished words, such an obvious desire to cover up did not dispel Hu Yue's doubts, her tightly locked brows did not move the slightest, and she slapped her head suddenly.
"Isn't this Gu Qiao's shoes, what are you holding them for?"
As he spoke, he reached out and snatched the shoes that Yin Man was hiding behind him, and between the pulls, the glass shards in the shoe pit fell to the floor with a small sound.
Hu Yue stared at the debris on the ground, raised her head in disbelief, her eyes fell on Yin Man's face, she couldn't believe what she saw.
Yin Man's face was whitened by the lights on the roof, she forced herself to look at Hu Yue, a layer of fine goosebumps jumped up on her back spine, and after a few seconds, she subconsciously turned her head slightly to avoid the other party's gaze.
This subconscious action undoubtedly confirmed Hu Yue's conjecture, her chest rose and fell, squeezed out a cold snort from her nose, stepped forward and grabbed Yin Man's hand tightly, and pulled her out of the locker room.
The movement of the two quickly attracted everyone on the training ground.
"What's wrong?"
"Sister Yue, what's the situation?"
Hu Yue pushed Yin Man down on the runway and looked around.
"Gu Qiao. β
Gu Qiao, who was named, was excited, and subconsciously took a step forward.
"These are your running shoes. β
Gu Qiao took the shoes, and she didn't need to identify them carefully, this was indeed hers.
"Just now, I went back to the locker room to get a water glass, and I found Yin Man putting broken glass shards in your shoes. β
Everyone exclaimed, and the eyes that looked at Yin Man changed in an instant.
Yin Man, who fell on the training ground, lowered her head, and her untied hair fell down, covering all her expressions.