Shen Xize was not late until the end of the second class.

The school uniform jacket was on his arm, his white shirt was a little wrinkled, the button on the collar was somehow torn off, revealing a white thread, and a shocking cut on his white cheek. He is no longer as docile and harmless as before, but has an expressionless and cold face, which makes people dare not approach.

This is no longer the original Shen Xize's. At least although he was gloomy before, he didn't have such a terrifying sense of awe. He was now like a wounded beast, no longer friendly to the people around him, only cold hostility that permeated him.

"Grass, this kid has taken the wrong medicine. Zhao Jun sat behind Shen Xize. It was rare that he didn't ridicule and ridicule Shen Xize as usual, but just secretly complained behind his back.

Cheng Chencheng still couldn't hold back, and glanced back at Shen Xize. He was a far cry from the shy and occasionally somewhat gloomy teenager she remembered. He stood in front of the empty table, looked up casually, and looked at Cheng Chencheng who was sitting in the first row, the dark meaning in his eyes was unknown.

Cheng Chencheng didn't expect to be so back, and as soon as he turned around, he bumped into Shen Xize and looked at each other. His eyes were too cold and there was no warmth at all. Cheng Chencheng was slightly stunned, then turned around and continued to do his own thing.

The day after that, Shen Xize didn't come to Cheng Chencheng. But he was called out twice. The first time was called away by Han Xin, and the second time was by a group of seniors.

After staying up until the end of school, Cheng Chencheng didn't want to stay in the low-pressure classroom anymore, so he went to Xie Caixuan to go home together. Xie Caixuan's tablemate is giving her the latest gossip about popular science again, and the protagonist of this topic is Shen Xize.

Bai Yifei has to prepare for next week's basketball game, and during this time, he will stay in school for training. There were only two of them left on the way home. Cheng Chencheng quietly brought up the topic of Shen Xize: "What are you talking about just now? Shen Xize and his ...... Got into a fight?"

"yes. I didn't expect you to be so strong at the same table. Xie Caixuan didn't notice Cheng Chencheng's abnormality at all, "When he came this morning, he saw that the girls in the same school were entangled by people from the high school and asked for money, so he fought with them directly, and I heard that the knife was used." ”

Cheng Chencheng sighed in his heart: "I look at him...... I don't think there's a knife wound. ”

"Who said he was hurt. There were five or six people in the vocational high school, and three of them were seriously injured, and one of them wanted to threaten him with a knife, but he didn't expect to be stabbed instead. Xie Caixuan lowered her voice and said mysteriously.

Cheng Chencheng frowned, his expression was slightly solemn, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

"What's wrong with you?" Xie Caixuan saw her like this, stretched out her hand and shook it in front of her eyes, "You seem to care about him very much?"

"Nope. Cheng Chencheng lowered his eyes, and when he raised them again, his eyes were already clear. She pretended to smile at Xie Caixuan lightly and said, "You go on." ”

"Oh...... In fact, there is no exciting content in the back. Didn't Han Xin look for him this morning? It is said that it was actually someone from the police station who came to the school and asked to see him. ”

Cheng Chencheng was stunned: "That...... How did you deal with it in the end?"

"It's private, what else can I do. It was the people who grabbed the money who were at fault in the first place, and they didn't really kill anyone. ”

Cheng Chencheng didn't speak again.

After continuing to walk for a while, Xie Caixuan suddenly remembered something, and looked excited: "By the way, by the way, did you see the group of people looking for him at the door today?"

"Nope. ”

"That's right. Xie Caixuan's expression looked a little disappointed, "Do you want to see what the legendary Chen Xiao looks like?"

Cheng Chencheng's heart moved, but there was no trace on his face: "Chen Xiao?"

"It's the girl that Shen Xize saved. The second level of high school flowers, the family is super rich, and it doesn't mix too well in C. I heard that the group of people in the vocational high school did not want to rob her of money at all, but threatened Chen Xiao to be the girlfriend of one of them. After Xie Caixuan finished speaking, she inadvertently glanced at it and found that the roadside food stalls had come out early today. She hugged Cheng Chencheng's arm and shook it, and the topic was instantly distorted, "Chenchen, shall we go eat that?"

Cheng Chencheng had a lot of things in his heart, so he was naturally in no mood to eat with her. After saying goodbye to Xie Caixuan, Cheng Chencheng went home alone first.

Pushing open the gate, Xiao Jin was lazily lying in the yard basking in the sun. As soon as he saw Cheng Chencheng coming back, he immediately stood up energetically, bit something from the side, ran to Cheng Chencheng's side upside down, and looked at her flatteringly with his tail wagging his tail.

Cheng Chencheng was not in a good mood, patted Xiaojin's head and walked into the house. Little Jin persistently followed behind her, arching it with her little head, as if she was coquettish.

Cheng Chencheng ran out of words, looked down at it, and found that it was holding a watch in its mouth. At first glance, it looks very similar to the one she threw away, but it is much newer than hers.

Cheng Chencheng took the watch from Xiaojin's mouth, his eyes were slightly complicated. She looked at it for a while, raised her eyes to look at Xiao Jin, and asked sternly, "Where did you pick it up?"

Xiao Jin was frightened by Cheng Chencheng like this, it lay on the ground and hummed "whoa" and "whoop", and its tail drooped weakly, looking at her pitifully with its eyes open.

Cheng Chencheng knew that he couldn't ask anything from Xiaojin, so he went to his aunt and asked her if she had seen this watch. The aunt took a look at it and said, "Why did this kid turn things out, Xiaojin?

"No...... Where did you find it?"

"I saw it at the gate this morning when I took Kim for a walk. Put it in a box, I took it in and put it on your desk, I guess Xiao Jin thought it was fun and tossed it out. Aunt Wang recalled, "Was it a gift from your classmates?"

Cheng Chencheng frowned and shook his head. She went upstairs and went back to her room, and sure enough, there were boxes on the table, wooden, and the carving was very exquisite. She opened it and looked at it, but it was empty.

Cheng Chencheng glanced at his watch again, a little upset, and after a long time, he still locked it in the cabinet.

***

Since that day, Shen Xize has really changed completely. In the past, he was shy and low-key, and even spoke softly, as if he was afraid that others would notice him. Now he is cold and impersonal, even a little cynical, as if there is nothing in the world that is worth his attention to. The only thing that hasn't changed is that he still doesn't fit in and likes to be alone.

I don't know when it started, the attitude of Zhao Jun's gang towards Shen Xize gradually changed. At first, they looked down on him, and they bullied him mercilessly. But now their attitude towards him is very strange, jealous, admiring and secretive.

Cheng Chencheng didn't expect her to have such a big impact on him. Most of the people she dated in her previous life were elites in the workplace, and she was the best at self-regulation, even if she broke up, most of them could get along politely when they met in the future. So in the face of Shen Xize, she subconsciously handled the relationship between him and her in the same way as before, without considering that he was only sixteen years old.

Rao is like this, Cheng Chencheng can't do anything anymore. She only now fully understands how stupid the decision she had made was in the first place. Whether it's for her or for him, you can't be wrong again and again.

After school on Friday, Xie Caixuan was going to a bubble tea shop, and Cheng Chencheng accompanied her. The owner of the shop, who doubles as a waiter, is a college student in his twenties who has just graduated. In addition to them, there was also a group of boys sitting at the window table, wearing the uniforms of vocational high schools. As soon as Cheng Chencheng came in, one of them whistled at her lightly.

Cheng Chencheng saw a lot of this kind of person, and he didn't pay attention to it. Xie Caixuan asked for two cups of milk tea and a small snack. The ready-made snacks were gone, and the manager told them to sit and wait for a while.

Bored of waiting, Cheng Chencheng took the brochure of the introduction store pù and read it. However, the group of vocational high school boys behind him spoke too loudly, showing off, comparing, bragging, and sometimes mixed with some abuse. Cheng Chencheng frowned, and was about to go out to clean up for a while, when he suddenly heard one of them say: "By the way, I heard a few days ago that there is a kid in C who is quite crazy, his name is Shen Xize, right? ”

Cheng Chencheng paused and stopped.

"The sixth brother just came out of the bureau today, and when he heard that his brother was cut, he was so annoyed that he couldn't do it, so he took someone to find that kid. ”

"Sixth brother?"

"Liu Chen, who graduated from the last two classes, is said to be quite muddy in school at that time, and he didn't want to die in a fight. Tonight, he said that he was going to take the interception of C to the bar next to the vocational courtyard to fight, and the boss there was Liu Chen and his brother. ”

Xie Caixuan also heard the words of this group. She tugged at Cheng Chencheng's sleeve with a little worry and looked at her at a loss.

Cheng Chencheng came back to his senses and smiled reluctantly at Xie Caixuan: "It's okay, don't be afraid." ”

"Do you want to tell you at the same table?" Xie Caixuan whispered to Cheng Chencheng's ear.

"Do you know where he is now?" Shen Xize has been skipping class for three days. Except for the occasional report to the school, there is almost no one to be seen. The strange thing is that the school doesn't care much about him, at least Cheng Chencheng hasn't seen Han Xin call him out to talk.

Xie Caixuan shook her head.

Cheng Chencheng rubbed Xie Caixuan's hair and smiled, which was regarded as comfort. This girl has a good heart, even if she doesn't have a deep friendship with Shen Xize, she is still very worried about him.

Cheng Chencheng returned home full of worries. During the meal, her aunt called her several times before she came back to her senses. After dinner, she went back to her room to rest, and accidentally caught a glimpse of the wooden box on top of the bookcase. She threw it into the trash several times before, but in the blink of an eye, Xiao Jin turned it out with a hum and put it in Cheng Chencheng's bedroom like a treasure. Cheng Chencheng had no choice but to put it away and put it on the bookcase.

When I see this thing again, my mood is a little different from that time. In the end, time has passed.

Cheng Chencheng stood on tiptoe and took down the box that had been shelved again. She took a closer look, and there was nothing special on it except for a few new bite marks added by Xiao Jin.

Sighing, Cheng Chencheng wanted to put it back, but he didn't hold it steady, and the box fell from it and smashed on the floor. When she picked it up, there was already a visible crack on it, and the bottom corner was shattered.

Cheng Chencheng was a little discouraged. She glanced down at the box and was stunned.

-- The bottom of the box is empty.