"Ah

Zhang Chen smiled slightly, and wrapped his arms around Lin Xiaoxia's smooth arm, "Why did you wake up so early and not sleep for a while?"

Lin Xiaoxia hugged Zhang Chen's neck, affectionate: "I can't see you when I'm asleep." ”

Zhang Chen was a little moved in his heart, "When did you start liking me?"

Lin Xiaoxia thought about it seriously, "The first year of junior high school." ”

Zhang Chen was stunned, he really didn't expect this answer, for him, what happened five years ago was too far away.

"The first year of junior high school?" Zhang Chen was confused, "Why?"

Lin Xiaoxia stroked Zhang Chen's cheek: "Do you remember Tang Shuo from the third class?"

Zhang Chen nodded: "I remember, my studies were very poor, I was shunted away in the third year of junior high school, and then I didn't seem to go to school, I saw him at the school gate last year, and a few gangsters squatted at the school gate to smoke." When I was in junior high school, I had the most conflicts with them, and I got into fights several times. ”

Lin Xiaoxia nodded: "Maybe you don't know, at that time, Tang Shuo was most afraid of you and Kong Qinglin from Class 7." ”

Zhang Chen wondered, "Kong Qinglin's brother is a policeman in the police station, he is afraid that it makes sense, what is he afraid of me doing?"

Lin Xiaoxia smiled and said, "Didn't you, Zheng Kai and Kang Yongqing organize a fight between the boys in the class and the thugs brought by Tang Shuo from outside the school? At that time, Tang Shuo brought seven or eight people from outside the school to our class to fight Kang Yongqing, and we were all frightened. After you and Zheng Kai came back from outside, you took the whole class of boys and beat them away, remember?"

Zhang Chen thought about it and had the impression that there seemed to be such a thing at that time, but after almost thirty years, he couldn't remember the specific details.

Lin Xiaoxia continued: "Tang Shuo made trouble with you a few times later, but he didn't take advantage of anything. After these few incidents, the students in our class in the whole school were the most united, and in the end, Tang Shuo and his group didn't dare to do anything. ”

Zhang Chen wondered, "Just because of this?" At that time, he was quite ruthless in fighting, he was still a little kid at that time, and his shots were not light or heavy, and at the most extreme time, there were bicycle chains in his schoolbag, and that thing could draw a blood mark on anyone.

Lin Xiaoxia pursed his lips and smiled: "In the first semester, Tang Shuo blocked me for a while. ”

Zhang Chen was taken aback: "Really, why don't I know? You weren't bullied by him, were you?" Middle school life in the early nineties was really chaotic, and at that time, girls who were slightly more beautiful in various schools would have all kinds of gangsters blocking people on the road, not to mention a beauty like Lin Xiaoxia, even if she was young at the time, she would still attract a lot of wild bees and butterflies.

Lin Xiaoxia shook his head slightly: "Of course not, at the beginning, I told the school, but the school can't control things outside the school." Later, it was Hao Lili who told me, let me go with you every day after school, Tang Shuo didn't dare to mess with you. ”

Zhang Chen suddenly realized that from the first to the second year of junior high school, Lin Xiaoxia would ride home with him almost every day, his home was not far from Lin Xiaoxia's house at that time, and the direction was the same, and the two did not communicate much, so he didn't think about other places.

"At that time, I began to feel at ease with you. Lin Xiaoxia whispered, "Later, I want to see you every day, and I hope you can appear in my sight." I'm very happy if you say a few words to me, am I stupid?"

Zhang Chen stroked Lin Xiaoxia's long dark and smooth hair, and was silent.

Lin Xiaoxia raised her head and looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of black and white eyes: "I love you, what I am most afraid of is that one day you will feel that I am a drag and leave me." Every time I think about this, I'm terrified. Especially in the past year or so, you are like a different person, I can't catch up no matter how much I catch up, and the distance from you is getting farther and farther away, so I'm afraid that one day I won't see you again. Lin Xiaoxia's eyes flashed, and he looked at Zhang Chen motionlessly.

Zhang Chen's heart throbbed, and he took a breath: "Xiao Xia, shall I tell you a story?"

Lin Xiaoxia sniffled and nodded.

Zhang Chen hugged Lin Xiaoxia in his arms: "Once upon a time, there was a snail named Ah Chen, and he and his companions have been living in a garden, and this garden is all their world. Every day a snail disappears, and a new companion appears. After a long time, Ah Chen is tired of this life and hopes that something new will appear. ”

So, the snail crawled slowly, hoping to see a different world one day. Finally, one day, he ran into another snail in the corner, a female, small, and seemingly timid. ”

"When we first met, she was nestled in her shell, as if she was in danger. Ah Chen stretched out his tentacles and asked in a friendly manner: Hello, can we make friends?"

She cautiously poked her head out and asked, "Who are you?"

"My name is Ah Chen, I used to live on that side, why are you shrinking in your shell?"

She replied in a low voice, "Because it's safe in the shell, you won't be harmed, and I've seen a bird fly over before, and it's terrible, and I'm afraid it will take me." Aren't you afraid?"

Ah Chen said proudly: Of course I'm not afraid. ”

He looked at her, who was a little timid, and suddenly a thought arose to protect her. ”

So, every time a bird flew by, Ah Chen stayed by her side in the shell. ”

Lin Xiaoxia was a little absorbed when she heard this, "What happened later?"

Zhang Chen continued, "Once she said to Ah Chen with great envy: You are so powerful, you are much braver than me. ”

Ah Chen asked her a little embarrassed: Then you like to be brave...... Me?"

Another bird flew by, and she reflexively retracted into her shell, but this time she poked her head out of her head in less than two seconds. ”

Ah Chen asked her a little funny: Aren't you scared? Why did you come out again so quickly today? ”

She whispered: I'm a little worried that you will be caught by the birds, afraid that if you come out too slowly, you will never be seen again. ”

When Ah Chen heard her say this, his heart suddenly became very happy. He thought that she hadn't answered his question yet, and just wanted to ask it again, but he heard her voice suddenly louder than usual: I like you bravely, and I like you to stay by my side. ”

This answer made Ah Chen feel that his life was becoming complete, and he circled around her a few times to express his joy. ”

Later, Ah Chen found a small corner on the wall, where the view was not good, and it was difficult to find even if there were birds coming. ”

"They started to live happily, and Ah Chen always took her for a walk on the wall and hunted. ”

"When there is sunshine, enjoy the sunshine, but not for too long, otherwise the body will be dried. ”

"When it was pouring rain, we hid in that little corner so as not to be washed away by our own rain. ”

And when she woke up, Ah Chen and her competed to see who touched each other first with their tentacles. ”

"It would be nice to be able to live such a simple day for the rest of your life, he and she both thought. ”

Lin Xiaoxia has already substituted herself into this story, and her eyes are full of longing, yes, it would be good if she could go on like this for the rest of her life.

Zhang Chen's voice continued, "A week later, a few human children came here for some reason, and they were very surprised to see the snails on the walls, as if they had discovered a new continent. ”

And she was taken away by one of the children, and Ah Chen heard the children say that they would race with these snails to see who could run the fastest with the snails. ”

Lin Xiaoxia sighed, and said in a trembling voice: "What happened later?"

Zhang Chen felt that Lin Xiaoxia in his arms was trembling, "Ah Chen is very sad, because he can't catch up with any of them, they are much stronger than the birds." He began to hate himself for why he was just a snail, why he was climbing so slowly, why he didn't have enough strength to protect her. ”

"Xiao Xia, I don't want to be the snail in the story, I don't want to be weak enough to protect you and protect the people I love. In the story, Ah Chen finally decides to spend his life looking for her, but we all know how slim this hope is. Maybe one day, we will also face all kinds of irresistible forces, and when the time comes, I will also spend my life looking for you. However, I would rather that day not come, and that I could have the ability to stand up to any force. ”

Zhang Chen hugged Lin Xiaoxia tightly: "Xiaoxia, I will always guard you." ”

(End of chapter)