Chapter 23: Birthdays
Not long after the Chinese New Year, the school started, and on the first day of school, the head teacher said as usual that they were about to enter the third year of high school, so that they could grasp the time and try to put their minds on studying, and also gave them examples of the difference between being admitted to a key university and an ordinary university.
Hearing these words on weekdays, Feng Lulu scratched her ears and cheeks beside her, whispering that she hoped that this class meeting would end soon.
And Jiang Ke, who was sitting in the back row, was a little absent-minded, only Ning Chaoxi sat up straight and listened attentively.
The life of high school students is not only learning is learning, but the boring life state makes people have to give in, and they are buried by the sea of questions all day and night, February is over soon, and the last time I chatted with Chen Xun, I learned that he had a birthday in February, and then Ning Chaoxi found an opportunity to ask him, only to know that his birthday was in mid-February, and it had already passed.
After Ning Chaoxi went home, she took the scarf that she left in the closet last Christmas as a birthday gift and gave it to him, this gift was a little distracted, but she thought that it was meant to be given to Chen Xun, it didn't matter, she gave him the gift in person, and congratulated him on successfully entering the ranks of adults.
As soon as March arrived, the weather gradually warmed up, this month was still unremarkable, the only thing that could make people interested was Ning Chaoxi's birthday, her birthday was at the end of March, it happened to be Saturday, Feng Lulu and Jiang Ke proposed to go out to play together that day, relax and relax by the way, and then continue to be buried deep in the sea of questions, they are really going to become ascetics.
Ning Chaoxi was afraid that her family would not agree, she mentioned tentatively after she went back, Ning's father decisively supported her to go out for a relaxing day, Ning's mother didn't say anything, and she didn't say anything, since the quarrel during the winter vacation, she has always been this tepid appearance, as if she really made up her mind to ignore her, Ning Chaoxi thought about it, or went to ask for her opinion.
Ning's mother said, "It's good for you to decide for yourself, don't ask me." ”
It was boring, Ning Chaoxi stood outside his parents' door for a long time in embarrassment, opened his mouth to say something, and finally left.
The weather on her birthday was not very good, and the sky outside was gloomy when she got up early in the morning, Ning Chaoxi's father gave her five hundred yuan as pocket money before going out, she originally wanted to say that she didn't need so much, but Ning's father insisted on stuffing the money in her bag: "Keep it if you can't use it up, buy it when you see something you like, and have fun with your classmates." ”
Ning Chaoxi smiled: "Thank you, Dad." ”
Father Ning touched her head and sighed with a smile: "Time flies so fast, after today, we Xiaoxi will be adults." ”
Ning Chaoxi hugged his father's arm and coquettishly: "Dad, I want to grow up quickly and earn a lot of money to support you." ”
"Dad doesn't need you to raise him, just take care of himself." Father Ning sent her out, "Remember to go home for dinner tonight, Dad will make you longevity noodles to eat." ”
"Good Ratcha."
and Feng Lulu and Jiang Ke met in front of the shopping plaza in the city center, and after the three of them met, they discussed where to play, and they originally planned to go to the KTV on the top floor of the mall to sing K, but today happened to be the weekend, the room needed to be booked in advance, and the price was twice as expensive as a weekday, so they had to give up.
After walking around the mall, where the consumption level is generally high, and they can't afford it as a student party, Jiang Ke proposed: "Why don't you go to the book city?" ”
Feng Lulu covered her face and wailed: "Why can't you escape the fate of reading a book when you come out to play?" ”
Ning Chaoxi glanced at her: "This is the place you chose yourself." ”
Feng Lulu continued to cover her face: "...... Well, my bad. ”
"I haven't been to the book city here yet, so let's go for a walk first, and then I'll go to eat when I get there." Ning Chaoxi said.
The other two agreed, and the three of them went to the book shopping center next door together, Feng Lulu ran to her two-dimensional girl as soon as she entered the book city, avoiding high school counseling materials and any literary books, Jiang Ke went to the third floor to read the exercise book, and Ning Chaoxi stayed alone on the second floor to browse literary works.
After high school, she rarely touched extracurricular books, several foreign authors she liked had new books, she stood on the bookshelf recommended by the new books and browsed the books, she was too engrossed to notice that there was an acquaintance in front of her, and when Ning Chaoxi finished reading the introduction of this row of books, she noticed the boy standing next to the bookshelf in front of her when she walked forward.
"Lu Chengfeng." Ning Chaoxi walked over and called him, and the boy who was leaning on the bookshelf to read turned around, and saw her with a bright smile on one side of his head.
"Fate, how can I meet you here." Ning Chaoxi said with a smile.
Lu Chengfeng closed the book in his hand and put it back on the shelf, and smiled softly when he heard it: "The two of us are fateful, did you come here to buy books?" ”
"No, Feng Lulu and Jiang Ke and I passed by here to take a look, one of them is downstairs and upstairs." Ning Chaoxi asked him, "What about you?" ”
"My family lives near here, and I come to read books on weekends."
Ning Chaoxi raised his eyebrows and teased him: "Hey, shouldn't the scholar be at home to write hard and prepare for the sea of questions, how can you have time to read books?" ”
"If you keep learning, you'll be a nerd." Lu Chengfeng said with a smile, and asked her a different topic: "The third floor is the student textbook area, why don't you go up with Jiang Ke to have a look?" ”
Ning Chaoxi smoothed the hair on her ears: "I'm more interested in these extracurricular books than those." ”
As she spoke, she didn't notice that she was standing in the middle of the road blocking the road, Lu Chengfeng pulled her and asked her to stand on her side: "Do you have any good book recommendations?" ”
Ning Chaoxi: "I have read a novel called "Island" before, which is not bad, and the content is very attractive, but I read it during the summer vacation of my third year of junior high school, and I rarely read other books since I was in high school. ”
"Don't have time?"
"There are some reasons, but the main thing is that my mom won't let me read them, and she collectively calls these books a mess." Ning Chaoxi shrugged helplessly, "In her eyes, only textbooks and tutoring materials are king. ”
Lu Chengfeng nodded sympathetically: "My father's concept is the same, so there is no way, I can only sneak to the book city to read it by myself." ”
Ning Chaoxi smiled.
"Hey, girl, you're here." Feng Lulu patted Ning Chaoxi on the shoulder from behind.
Ning Chaoxi glanced back at the visitor, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Yo, it's time to return from the second dimension to the third dimension, girl." ”
"Nasty." Feng Lulu pushed her, looked at the person opposite, stabbed Ning Chaoxi with her elbow, and squinted: "Eh, isn't this our squad leader Lu, what a coincidence." ”
Ning Chaoxi slapped her hand away and feigned anger: "Speak well, don't move your hands and feet." ”
Lu Chengfeng smiled warmly at her: "Do you want to come out to play together today?" ”
"Yes, today is Chaoxi's birthday, Jiang Ke and I accompanied her out for her birthday." Feng Lulu explained.
Lu Chengfeng turned to Ning Chaoxi with a slightly surprised expression: "Today is your birthday?" ”
"Why, didn't you tell Squad Leader Lu?" Feng Lulu also added oil and vinegar to the side.
Ning Chaoxi glared at her, scratched her head and laughed dryly twice, she didn't mention it because she didn't think it was necessary, and now Feng Lulu said this, which made the scene very embarrassing.
"I'm sorry, I don't know, I didn't prepare anything." Lu Chengfeng obviously didn't expect this, he was a little at a loss, paused, and said to her: "Then I wish you a happy birthday." ”
"It's okay, thank you." Ning Chaoxi waved his hand to show that he didn't care.
Feng Lulu kindly proposed: "Squad leader, we will go out for lunch later, do you want to join us?" ”
Ning Chaoxi had a smile on his face and secretly poked her.
"Why are you poking me?" Feng Lulu turned her head to look at her.
Ning Chaoxi turned his face: "I didn't do anything." ”
Lu Chengfeng's gaze stayed on Ning Chaoxi's face for a few seconds, and said with a smile: "If you don't mind, of course you can, then I'll treat you to this meal at noon." ”
Without waiting for Ning Chaoxi to speak, Feng Lulu immediately rushed to say, "Okay, okay, the squad leader has a heart." ”
Hearing her answer, Ning Chaoxi was helpless for a while, she knew that Feng Lulu's purpose was this.
Lunch was solved at a nearby pizza restaurant, and after the meal, Jiang Ke left first because he had an appointment with his boyfriend in the afternoon, and Feng Lulu was also called back by the family's deadly serial call, and in the end, only Ning Chaoxi and Lu Chengfeng were left.
After paying the bill, Lu Chengfeng came over and asked her, "Where do you want to go in the afternoon?" ”
Originally, she wanted to go shopping in Central City after eating with Feng Lulu, but she couldn't go shopping anymore after people left, and she didn't want to delay Lu Chengfeng's time, so she said, "Don't go shopping, I'll go back in a while." ”
"I'll take a walk around here with you, it's your birthday, wouldn't it be boring if you went back like this." Lu Chengfeng turned his head and looked out the window.
"I'm fine, will it delay your time?"
"No, it won't." He turned his head back, looked at her and said gently, "If I hadn't met you today, I would have planned to stay in the book city for a day. ”
The two walked out of the pizzeria and walked down the street, occasionally saying a word or two, and the atmosphere seemed friendly.
"Are you still in cram school?" Lu Chengfeng turned his head and asked her.
"yes." Ning Chaoxi kicked the leaves that floated to his feet, "Now I have to go every Sunday, alas, I don't know when such a day will come to an end." ”
"It's coming, there's more than a year to go." After thinking about it, he felt that such a statement might be too unconvincing, so Lu Chengfeng changed his statement: "Time actually flies quickly, and half of high school has passed in the blink of an eye." ”
Thinking of the more than a year of hard work, Ning Chaoxi sighed softly and stretched his arms back: "Hey, sometimes I really want to sleep tomorrow to take the college entrance examination, and get out of the sea of suffering early after the exam." ”
Lu Chengfeng smiled: "This is also true." ”
Ning Chaoxi lowered her arms and found that they had walked to the central square, this weekend, there were many people here, she glanced at the surrounding shops, and saw a pillow in the window of a storefront, and the cat pattern on it attracted her to walk over.
"Lu Chengfeng, look at this pillow if it's cute." Ning Chaoxi's hand was propped up on the window, looking at the items inside, and excitedly greeting the people around him.
Lu Chengfeng looked at the pillow in the window and did not answer, but walked into the store, and it didn't take long for him to come out with an identical pillow.
Ning Chaoxi's eyes were staring at the pillow, not paying attention to what he was doing when he went in, and now he looked at the things he handed over, and said in slight surprise: "Why are you ......?"
"Don't you like it, give it to you." Lu Chengfeng coughed lightly and handed her the pillow in his hand.
Ning Chaoxi felt funny: "I just think it's cute, why do you go in and buy it, how capricious is the money." ”
Lu Chengfeng touched his face embarrassedly: "It's a birthday gift for you." ”
"Okay." Ning Chaoxi thought that since he bought it, it was not easy to return, so she simply didn't refuse, she said, "Then I'll give you a super gift on your next birthday." ”
"Okay." Lu Chengfeng smiled at her.
The scene of boys and girls looking at each other and smiling in a harmonious atmosphere happened to fall in the eyes of the people on the other side of the road, Chen Xun clenched the drawing board in his hand, his long eyelashes were slightly constricted, and his eyes were light.