Youth (1)

Time is the eraser of memory, and those growing bruises will eventually be erased.

Indeed, the "paper airplane" incident was also rumored in the school, and everyone was speculating about the heroine of the incident, but now few people mention it, because new things are emerging one after another.

"Summer, summer, summer, don't be busy walking after school in the afternoon, because I have something exciting to hear."

As soon as class ended, Li Na ran to my desk and grabbed my arm with an excited expression.

I used a lot of force to remove her hand around my arm, because it hurt a little: "What's the news?" Have you got a boyfriend? Or did you find out that the number of today's lottery draw happened to be the one you bought yesterday? ”

"What do you mean? The good news is that the seniors will organize a basketball game after school today! ”

"Oh, is it? But I'm not interested in basketball..."

"Xiang Chen is the captain, are you sure you won't go?"

After all kinds of persuasion from Li Na, I decided that I would watch a basketball game with her.

It was the first time I saw him since the "paper airplane" incident, "He shouldn't remember me," I comforted myself and told myself not to think about it anymore.

It was a surprisingly good day.

The crimson sky is a typical gradient in watercolor paintings, from near to far, the translucent blue is wrapped with the fiery red of roses, allowing at the junction of the sky, the empty and deep sky, and the large silk clouds float leisurely.

The stands of the basketball court were already full, and a group of girls held a banner that read "The third (2) class of high school must win", and shouted a uniform slogan: "Xiang Chen, Xiang Chen, you can do it".

I looked at Xiang Chen on the basketball court, he was already in excellent style, and he looked even more heroic after changing into sportswear.

At this time, the aura exuded from his body was the same as when he first saw him, and his whole body exuded a faint indifference, without seeing the sunshine and gentleness on weekdays.

Is he like this every time he plays basketball? So full of confidence, so dismissive, not looking at the opponent in the eyes.

Indeed, my teenager, he is good enough and has enough capital to be proud of.

Basketball is playing in full swing and it's approaching match point, so every score is something to cheer about.

The score continued to be tied on the field, and it was clear that the strength of the opponent should not be underestimated.

The key ball was held in Xiang Chen's hand.

I saw him casually take the pass from his friend, dribble twice in his hand without hurry, and suddenly accelerate when the opponent suddenly came up to intercept, everyone thought he was going to break through the opponent's defense, but he was a quick stop, jumped up and threw without much aim, the basketball drew a perfect arc in the air, everyone held their breath, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.

"Whoosh---"

The basketball landed pinpoint into the hoop.

Hollow three-pointers.

The spectators in the stands let out a burst of enthusiastic shouts after a few seconds of silence.

Xiang Chen in the field did not react to such a cheer, his eyes were only on the stadium at this moment, completely ignoring the world outside the stadium.

The basketball game lasted for two hours, and there was no doubt about the result of the game, Xiang Chen did what he did as the slogan of their class said.

It turns out that my teenager also has impulses, but impulsiveness destroys people's minds, doesn't it?

After school that day, it was Li Na's turn to be on duty, but because Li Na took sick leave, I had to clean the whole class by myself, so when I finished cleaning the classroom, it was already very dark, and Xia Feng couldn't pick me up because I had to take some exam, so I walked home alone.

I've been here for a while, so I'm getting more and more familiar with the terrain, so I chose a darker path for the simple reason that it's closer to home.

The road is paved with stones, and even though you are wearing sneakers, you can still feel a subtle grinding sensation when you step on them.

As I walked, I stopped.

I saw two clearly and ambiguously overlapping figures.

Bright, dark, lingering, fiery, I used to only see this scene on TV, but now it is really staged in front of me, and the little girls in their youth will always bow their heads shyly when they see this scene, and then turn around and run away.

But my feet seemed to be nailed somewhere, and I couldn't move, and I didn't want to turn away or pass calmly in front of them, so I kept stupidly in place.

The young man was wearing a beige coat and had a slender figure, he stood in the lamplight, his back was arrogant and stubborn, his neck was slightly bent, his arms were tightly hugged by the long-haired girl with a blurred face under the lamp, his lips and teeth were entangled with the person in his arms, and the hair blown by the wind slowly and unconsciously swept across the white neck.

And the moment they stopped kissing and saw the man's side face, I was stunned.

It was Xiang Chen, and from what they said, I could tell that the woman was actually the heir of my son who couldn't be friends anymore.

I don't understand why my boy is so open tonight, isn't he not close to women? Didn't he ignore any girl who confessed to him? Didn't he like Xiao Wei? Why is he so strange at this moment?

I stared at Xiang Chen's back fiercely, maybe because I felt uncomfortable, maybe because I wanted to be upset for the majority of female compatriots who liked him.

Suddenly, perhaps Xiang Chen felt that there was a burning eye staring at him from behind, so he let go of the hand he was holding on the girl, turned around, and quietly looked at me who inadvertently broke into the voyeur.

At that moment, they looked at each other, everything around them seemed to be silent, the wind stopped blowing, the trees stopped shaking, and the neon lights not far away stopped flashing...

Suddenly, I realized my rudeness, panicked, and bowed my head and left.

When I got home in a daze, it was already dark, and my mother was waiting for me on the sofa.

I ran all the way, in a trance, but I felt very thirsty in my mouth, and hurriedly took out ice water from the refrigerator to quench my thirst. Xia Feng just went downstairs, saw my choked red face, coughed nonstop, and hurriedly ran to help me pat my back, and smoothed out.

It took me a long time to recover and turn to look at Xia Feng.

"Is water a good thing? I drank so quickly, I was choked! Xia Feng frowned and gently blamed.

I smiled at him, with a smile that I thought was beautiful. It wasn't until many years later that Xia Feng told me that my smile at that time made him feel a little cold behind his back, just like my laughter, and it was very weird.

And the matter of Xiang Chen and his heir's kiss, I never mentioned it to anyone, nor did it record it in my diary, because I think that since they chose that place and time, they naturally did not want to be discovered by others, so why should I be an unpleasant character?