Chapter 7: Zhao Shengnan's confession
Li Mingqing was speechless, his legs were actually fine, Zhao Shengnan invited him to her birthday party, he just found a reason to shirk at that time, but he didn't expect Zhao Shengnan to tell Wang Li about it, and the two of them had to come to visit him, Zhao Shengnan and Wang Li's insistence made Li Mingqing a little uncomfortable, so he had to agree.
Fortunately, the landlord's house prepared a strap gauze, Li Mingqing borrowed some gauze and wrapped it around his legs a few times, although the wrapping was unprofessional, but Li Mingqing thought that the two little girls should not be able to see it.
The driver of Zhao Shengnan's house took Zhao Shengnan and Wang Li to the position given by Li Mingqing, and after getting out of the car, Zhao Shengnan and Wang Li saw Li Mingqing standing in front of the room waiting for them, Li Mingqing was wearing very casual short-sleeved shorts and flip-flops, Li Mingqing was concerned about the obvious gauze on his left calf, and he didn't know if he could deceive the two girls.
The two women walked up to Li Mingqing with gifts, Li Mingqing smiled bitterly and took the condolences brought by the two girls, and thanked him embarrassedly, Li Mingqing told the two girls that his leg fell down the stairs at night and knocked it on the stool below, and the doctor said that the problem was not very serious, just rest for a few days.
Li Mingqing thanked the two girls again, told them that their legs were almost healed, and asked the two girls to go back first.
However, the two girls came and didn't want to go back like this, Zhao Shengnan proposed to go to Li Mingqing's room to sit, Wang Li immediately responded and expressed his expectations, Li Mingqing smiled bitterly again but still agreed.
Li Mingqing's house is very tidy, but there are few items in the house and it is slightly empty, the two girls have walked around Li Mingqing's house a few times and found nothing interesting, so they sat down and pulled Li Mingqing to chat, Li Mingqing echoed without a word, and when he asked Li Mingqing's parents, Li Mingqing paused and replied that he was working in other places.
In the end, Li Mingqing was still very grateful to the two girls for coming, and said to Zhao Shengnan with a little guilt: "I'm sorry I didn't attend your birthday party." ”
"I don't have this only birthday, you should come next birthday, right?" Zhao Shengnan glanced at the gauze on Li Mingqing's leg and said meaningfully.
Li Mingqing subconsciously moved his left leg back, shook his head and looked at Zhao Shengnan and said, "People are really getting smarter and smarter the more they grow up, and I miss you a little bit in my freshman year of high school." ”
"At that time, I was very easy to deceive, right? I was in my third year of high school at the beginning of school, and people will always grow, right?" Zhao Shengnan smiled.
Li Mingqing breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Maybe." ”
Wang Li didn't understand the conversation between Li Mingqing and Zhao Shengnan, but he was still very quiet and didn't interject, Li Mingqing looked at Wang Li after speaking, and said to Zhao Shengnan: "I will go back and send Wang Li home safely." ”
Zhao Shengnan nodded and looked at Li Mingqing, who wanted to ask him a question, but he couldn't help but answer, "Yes." ”
Wang Li stuck out his tongue at Li Mingqing and said, "I feel that you always treat me as a child." ”
Li Mingqing smiled and did not speak.
After sending the two girls away, Li Ming sat in front of the window and fell into deep thought.
After the start of the third year of high school, the learning atmosphere in the class was unprecedentedly strong, and occasionally a few small talks would talk back about the word "college entrance examination", although they didn't say it, but the pressure of going to school in the classroom was extremely strong.
Xu Peng, the head teacher of the third year of high school, adopted free adjustment this time, and the two sides agreed that they could be changed at will, and the method said that the position basically did not change in the future, one is to get used to it and then really have no energy.
This learning atmosphere lasted until the end of the college entrance examination, and the students finally breathed a sigh of relief after walking out of the examination room, but their tense hearts were still not relaxed until the results came out.
On the third day after the college entrance examination, Li Mingqing was lying in bed and taking a lunch break, when he was awakened by a knock on the door.
After Li Mingqing opened the door, he saw Zhao Shengnan standing at the door, Li Mingqing asked suspiciously, "Is there anything wrong with Zhao Shengnan?"
Zhao Shengnan didn't speak but stared at Li Mingqing, and Li Mingqing noticed the undried tears on Zhao Shengnan's face and the tears rolling in his eyes, and Zhao Shengnan's left face was red, and there were fingerprints that had not dissipated.
Li Mingqing guessed that Zhao Shengnan was definitely not bullied outside, this possibility is very small, otherwise she should ask her parents for help at home now, and now it seems that she should have a conflict with her family.
Li Mingqing let Zhao Shengnan into the house, Zhao Shengnan sat on the chair with his eyes closed and wiped his tears with his hands, and Li Mingqing stood aside and handed over a tissue.
After Zhao Shengnan relieved for a while, Li Mingqing asked, "Have you eaten lunch?"
Seeing Zhao Shengnan shaking his head. Li Mingqing pressed the rice in the rice cooker, then went to fry two more dishes, and called Zhao Shengnan after serving them to the table.
Seeing that Zhao Shengnan moved his chopsticks, Li Mingqing nodded his head and ate together, the two of them ate fairly cleanly, and after eating, Zhao Shengnan lay back on the chair.
Seeing this, Li Mingqing said: "If you eat food, you will gain weight when you lie down, especially your stomach." ”
Zhao Shengnan moved his body after hearing this, and then sat upright on the chair.
Li Mingqing smiled and went to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.
After cleaning up, Li Mingqing pulled a stool and sat next to Zhao Shengnan, and said after a while: "When are you going to go home?"
"I'll never go back!" Zhao Shengnan frowned slightly.
It seems that Zhao Shengnan is still angry, and Li Mingqing will not continue to ask. said, "Let's go out and take a walk." ”
Zhao Shengnan nodded although he was puzzled.
The weather temperature in June has risen, and the air outside is very hot and dry, Li Mingqing took Zhao Shengnan for a while to the foot of a mountain.
Looking at Zhao Shengnan, who was wiping the sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand, Li Mingqing said, "Do you still have the strength? Can you hold on to the top of the mountain?" Li Mingqing pointed to the mountain after speaking.
Seeing Zhao Shengnan nodding, the two continued to walk.
After walking and stopping for half an hour, the two finally reached the top of the mountain, Zhao Shengnan collapsed to the ground tiredly, and Li Mingqing also sat on the ground and breathed heavily.
Zhao Shengnan rested for a while, got up and observed the surroundings, looking at the scenery around and in the distance, Zhao Shengnan was in a much better mood.
The two stayed on the mountain until the evening before going home, and when they returned home, it was almost dark, Li Mingqing would start cooking after resting, and Zhao Shengnan was watching the whole process by the side.
After dinner, the two sat in front of the TV and watched the TV, Zhao Shengnan couldn't help but speak first: "Why don't you ask me why I'm here?"
"When you want to say it, you will say it yourself, and if you don't want to say it, I will ask in vain. Li Mingqing replied very casually.
Then the two of them talked about their previous campus life.
At night, Zhao Shengnan slept on the bed, Li Mingqing made a bunk, and as soon as he lay down, Li Mingqing received Wang Li's QQ message, saying that Zhao Shengnan ran away from home and her father was looking for it everywhere, and asked Li Mingqing if he had received news from Zhao Shengnan.
Li Mingqing told Wang Li that Zhao Shengnan was here, and he would persuade her well, and told Wang Li not to worry and not to tell Zhao Shengnan's family for the time being.
The next day, Zhao Shengnan asked Li Mingqing to take her to the nearest market, and then Zhao Shengnan bought toiletries and a change of clothes, and it seemed that he planned to stay for a long time. Finally, I also bought a drawing kit such as a drawing board, brushes, and paints.
Zhao Shengnan's appearance has a high return rate, Zhao Shengnan is used to it, but Li Mingqing, who walked with Zhao Shengnan, didn't like this meeting, and urged Zhao Shengnan to go back after shopping.
In the afternoon, Zhao Shengnan took the initiative to call Li Mingqing to climb the mountain, and after arriving at the top of the mountain, Zhao Shengnan set up a drawing board and began to paint.
Li Mingqing woke up and Zhao Shengnan was still painting, and walked over to see that Zhao Shengnan was painting himself lying under the tree.
Seeing Li Mingqing's gaze, Zhao Shengnan said, "This is my mother." ”
Li Mingqing asked, "Your mother also loves to paint?"
Zhao Shengnan nodded and said, "Well, my mother is very good at drawing, and she has won many awards." After Zhao Shengnan finished speaking, his eyes dimmed a little, and he began to be silent again.
At night, Zhao Shengnan was lying on the bed and suddenly asked, "Li Mingqing, you like Wang Li, right?"
"Well, why do you say that?" Li Mingqing didn't know.
"I have long seen in school that you are different from her, you care about her more than any other classmate, and it is not the ordinary kind of care. Zhao Shengnan's voice was a little quieter.
"Really, why didn't I notice it?" Li Mingqing said after a moment's thought.
Zhao Shengnan sighed and said, "You guys will go to the same university, right? ”
Li Mingqing was silent after hearing this, and when he filled in the volunteers, he followed Wang Li and Zhao Shengnan to fill in one each, as for going to the same university as Wang Li, Li Mingqing never thought about it, he had his own plans.
"Li Mingqing, do you know how to confirm that you like someone?" Zhao Shengnan then asked.
"I can't tell. ”
"I think I like you. ”
"Why?" Li Mingqing raised his eyebrows.
"I don't know, I don't even know when I started liking you, you started to appear in my dreams, in my mind, and in my heart without warning!"
"Forget about it. ”
"Is it because of Wang Li?"
"It's nothing to do with her. ”
After a period of silence, the two did not speak again, and the next day at dawn Zhao Shengnan made the bed and left softly, after Zhao Shengnan closed the door, Li Mingqing sat up, and was in a daze without expression.