If you ask Nakabai why she wants to be friends with April, she will sue you because she thinks April is mysterious.

Quiet and gloomy, these two straightforward descriptors perfectly summarize the impression that Lin April left on everyone. There is no sense of zài, she always covers her eyes with long bangs and covers most of her face, if it weren't for that meeting, she would never have imagined that one day she would meet such a strange girl.

In fact, Lin April's facial features are not outstanding, her eyebrows are too light, her nose is too small, and the corners of her mouth are a little drooping, it should be an abstract face, but with the embellishment of those eyes, the slightly bland facial features are instantly concretized, which makes her think that Lin April is very beautiful.

How to say, those eyes are indifferent and open, quiet and deep, and when she looks at a person, her eyes will seem extremely distant.

Xia Bai found that April didn't like to talk much, and every time the two walked together, the person who chattered was always her.

For example-

"In April, today's dish is sauerkraut fish, braised lion's head and sour and hot potato shreds, you can taste it, my mother's craftsmanship is very good."

"Thank you." The sound of chewing food.

Xia Bai tilted his head, "Is it delicious?" "Star Eyes.

"It's delicious."

"Hee-hee, it's delicious, what do you want to eat tomorrow?"

“…… As you see fit. ”

"There's no such thing as a casual dish." Xia Bai grunted unconvinced.

Or-

"In April, you have to walk so many ways to and from school every day, it's very hard." The girl said with concern.

"I'm used to it."

"Don't be reckless, I know it's tiring to walk for so long."

"I ......" didn't succeed.

The girl interrupted, "I've saved some money for the New Year, or I'll buy you a bicycle." ”

"No need." April shook her head.

"Then ......" Xia Bai squinted his eyes and said flatteringly: "My mother is not worried that I live in the school alone, so I rented a small room near the school, or I will compromise with my mother, and you will move in with me, right?" ”

April was a little puzzled: "Then why did you live in the school in the first place?" ”

"I want to exercise my autonomy, I can't keep my mother spoiled." Xia Bai said confidently.

"Then you still ask your mother to bring you food...... the latter words silently swallowed back into his stomach.

The girl withdrew her glare, and said a little shyly, "No way, my mother loves me too much." ”

“……”

"By the way, what was I going to say?" The girl's head show is funny.

"Oh, you said your mom loved you." April didn't blink back.

"Yes, actually, I love her too, hahaha, you don't know, my mother ...... her" Xia Bai began to babble again.

April listened quietly, and the corners of her eyebrows were stained with a faint smile, which made her eyebrows softer and softer.

When they were girls, in addition to talking about reading, they would also talk about the girl's hearts that only belonged to each other.

"April, what would you do if you liked someone right now?"

April hung her head and thought, "Well, I would—"

"Wait a minute, let me guess." The girl who had asked the question hurriedly waved her arm and interrupted her reply.

"Uh-huh" She elongated her voice, her sweet and mischievous voice rising and falling, pausing at a turn

Turned around and looked at Lin April with a smile, his eyebrows and eyes crooked, "You will take the initiative to confess to him, right?" ”

"It's not good to fall in love." The sound is stereotypical.

“…… Hello corny. Xia Bai pursed his lips in disagreement, took a few steps forward and put his hand on the fence of the rooftop, stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance, and muttered: "If it were me, I would try to make the other party like me." ”

April was puzzled and wondered, "Why?" ”

"Stupid April, if the person you like doesn't like you, it's going to be hard to like it unilaterally." Speaking of which, Xia Bai seemed to have substituted himself into the role, with a little loneliness between his delicate eyebrows and eyes.

April frowned and thought about it, but didn't speak.

"April, you haven't answered me yet? What would you do if you fell in love with someone? The girl was very persistent in the answer to this question.

Well, didn't you interrupt my answer? April turned his head to look at her, silently took the sentence back, tilted his head to think about it, and half-squinted his eyes to meet the wind that was coming in front of him.

Her hair fluttered, and she replied lightly.

"I'll hide him." It's hidden so deep that no one will find it.

“…… What is the answer? ”

Xia Bai couldn't help but pursed his lips and muttered quietly.

***

S Middle School is a key high school in the south, with 8 classes in each grade, of which classes 1 to 4 are science and classes 5 to 8 are liberal arts. The school intends to select the top students in these 8 classes to form a real yàn class, which will combine students in arts and sciences to develop in an all-round way.

The news quickly spread throughout the grade level. Some students with good grades are eager to try, after all, the teachers in the real class represent the best teachers in the school, and they are the most outstanding in terms of educational skills and professional knowledge, which plays a vital role in the improvement of students' personal learning ability.

Xu Qing, who was at the same table, lay listlessly on the table, holding a ballpoint pen in his hand, stabbing Lin April's arm with his right hand, and discussing in a low voice: "Lin April, there is gossip that the real yàn class will be opened next month, hey, Peng Yang and Zhou Lin in the class will definitely be transferred, and I feel envious when I think about it." ”

"Hmm." April replied in a low voice, the blue ballpoint pen in his hand kept drawing circles.

"But their current grades are among the best in the class, and they may fall to eighteen when they are transferred, after all, there are so many cattle in the first and second classes. In any case, science students are smarter than liberal arts students. A smile rose at the corner of Xu Qing's mouth, revealing a little schadenfreude.

"Hmm." The girl by the window is still immersed in writing something, occasionally frowning when she thinks, the corners of her mouth are slightly downturned, and her expression is strict.

Xu Qing said more and more as he spoke, so he simply put down the pen in his hand and said excitedly: "There is also Gu Qingyan from the first class and Xiao Li from the second class, male gods, male gods, it is a sure thing that they will go to the real yàn class." You say how can a boy be so handsome, polite, athletic, and most importantly, have money at home. ”

Lin April's writing action paused, and the pen stopped on the paper, leaving a cloud of ink spots.

"Eh, which one do you say is more handsome, Gu Qingyan or Xiao Li?" Xu Qing leaned over half of her body and quietly bit her ear with April.

“……”

Seeing that Lin didn't speak for a long time, Xu Qing pursed her lips boringly, "Nerd." Then her eyes lit up, "Look at you, it's Xiao Li." As she spoke, she excitedly pointed out the window.

April followed the direction of her finger and saw a boy in a blue tracksuit holding a basketball in the distance.

"That's handsome." Xu Qing put her cheeks on her cheeks with her hands and muttered to herself: "I think Xiao Li is more handsome, Gu Qingyan is too delicate, and boys are too beautiful, which is never a good thing."

“……”

"Ah, I almost forgot, there is a basketball game after school today, Gu Qingyan and Xiao Li will participate, no, I have to finish my homework quickly, so I can watch the game in a while."

“……”

"In April, I borrowed my homework to copy."

"Hmm."

The bell rang after school as scheduled, Xu Qing was the first to rush out of the classroom like a chicken, Lin April turned her head sideways, and looked at the girl's figure and disappeared at the door in an instant. She stood in her seat, stunned and looked at the book in her hand, the focus of her eyes did not know where it fell, she was silent for a moment, she put the book in her bag, crossed the bag, and walked out of the classroom last.

April wears a dark blue school uniform, wears some frayed sneakers on her feet, and her long, thick hair covers her back. She walked slower than usual today, her head lowered, and her narrow bangs covered her eyebrows. When she was still a few steps away from the school gate, she exhaled a deep sigh and froze in place.

Her back was straight, lonely and silent against the setting sun.

Eventually, she tugged on the strap of her backpack, turned around, and paused.

Opposite her, the smiling star-eyed girl trotted up with cheerful steps, took her left hand affectionately, and said with a smile: "April, you are so inattentive, I have been following you for a long time, and you have not noticed me." ”

“…… I'm sorry. ”

"Hey, I'm kidding, what's wrong with you today, it seems a little wrong." As she spoke, she reached out and put her hand on Lin April's forehead, tested the temperature, and said to herself, "There is no fever." ”

"What are you looking for me?" April diverted from the topic.

"Oh, my mother's friend gave her two movie tickets for an event, it's a ticket for 12 noon tomorrow, do you have time tomorrow, let's go see it together." Expectant looks.

"Don't you need class tomorrow?" Dazed.

"Please, tomorrow is Saturday." Xia Bai rolled his eyes.

“…… Good. ”

Xia Bai clapped his hands happily, stuffed a movie ticket in his hand to April, and said, "That's it, we will meet at the school gate at 10 am tomorrow." ”

"Hmm." Lin April nodded.

"Then I'll go to dinner first, and you should pay attention to safety when you go home alone."

"Well, I'll take notice."

"See you tomorrow, bye." The cheerful and optimistic girl waved her hand sharply and walked away step by step.

April stopped where he was, looked down at the movie ticket in his hand, and then looked in the unknown direction, where a wonderful event should be going on.

She stood still for a moment, then turned and walked away.

The sunset pulls her shadow to the elder.

At the end of the dinner, Grandma said casually, "Tomorrow is Saturday." ”

"Hmm."

"I've got some handiwork back, so you can get some tomorrow."

Lin April was silent for a few seconds, and said in a low voice: "I made an appointment with my classmates to go to the movies together tomorrow." ”

The old man's wrinkles seemed to be deeper, "Male and female?" ”

"Female." She replied with a little urgency, then relented, adding, "She's nice to me, we're friends." ”

Seeing that Goddess Sun was in love with a hint of unconscious tension and stiffness, the old man's cloudy and tired eyes dimmed, and his skinny palm patted the girl's shoulder, and said lightly: "Have fun, have fun tomorrow." ”

"Thank you, grandma." Lin April politely thanked him.

Although the two are grandchildren, their relationship does not seem to be very warm.

The old man seemed tired, and gave up, hunched over and hobbled to the bedroom, where she needed a good night's sleep.

April stayed where she was for a while, went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, and then washed up briefly before returning to her room and falling asleep to the sound of her grandmother's heavy breathing.

The next day, when April woke up, her grandmother had already gone out, she got up sleepily, washed her face, changed into her school uniform, went around the kitchen, cooked some porridge in a rice cooker, and ate a bowl of pickles. As I passed by the dining table in the small living room, I casually saw a crumpled banknote on the table, pressed against an empty glass bottle.

Grandma's face covered with age spots flashed in his mind, his eyes were a little sour, April blinked, hesitated for a while, pulled out the banknote and looked at it repeatedly, and finally carefully put it in his pocket.

When I arrived at the school gate, the pendulum on the teaching building showed that it was 8:50, and April thought that she seemed to have arrived a little early. Because it was a Saturday, most of the students took advantage of the two-day break to go home, and some students stayed in the dormitories because they were too far from home, and in general, the campus was a bit deserted today.

April kicked the pebbles under his feet in a fit of boredom, and his fingers in his pockets touched the thin banknote, and his heart wandered slightly.

"Smack." What did the stone kick.

"Ahh

April's familiar voice snapped back to her senses and looked straight at the boy.