30 bogged down in the quagmire

How much do girls weigh? I've never thought about it.

When faced with the flying stones, Ellie, who could still laugh calmly, shouted:

"Human sandbag, catch the old lady!"

I subconsciously slammed into the desk next to me, leaned out of the window, and stretched out my hands to grab Ellie in mid-air.

She was like a sparrow enjoying the fun, chirping and jumping in the air, fearless. And after grabbing her, the full weight of her body was carried in the palm of my hand without dropping.

The weight of Ellie's life is as heavy as my whole world.

Do girls weigh that much? I couldn't help but think of this.

"Hah!!"

The muscles in my body tensed, and I gritted my teeth and grabbed Ellie. The green tendons on his forehead were entangled, and he used all his strength to grasp the weight of life.

Ellie's slender but tough little hand, a circle smaller than mine, trembled slightly in my hand. And she was tightly grasped, and she responded to my efforts with the same strength. The white threads on our wrists, tumbling, twisting, and joining, emitted a white glow that only I could see.

"Hey~"

Ellie's legs lifted up against the exterior wall of the school building to prevent it from hitting the wall by inertia. Only then did Elle raise her head, sweating slightly on her forehead, and asked me with a proud smile on her face:

"How! The old lady is amazing! ”

"Whew. Terrible? ”

I just panted and grabbed her, looking down at her face.

The black strands of her forehead, stained with a little sweat, stuck to her not-so-thin cheeks. The sunlight passed through the foliage, with a mysterious leaf shadow, swaying on her bright collarbones and shoulders. And the slender but powerful white arm she had in my hand melted my heart little by little.

Everything in Ellie at the moment is in my blood with that adrenaline hormone. It's a memory that's imprinted in my genes, a memory I'll never forget.

"Pull the old lady up, human sandbag."

Elle, who was already sweating on her forehead, tugged at my hands so hard that I almost lost my center of gravity and slipped out of the window.

It was only at this time that I remembered my current situation.

There were seven or eight people under the tree yelling and throwing stones, and everyone in the classroom was looking at me with a look of surprise as I leaned out of the window.

"Yes!"

Even though there were so many people watching, even though Miss Chen on the podium was staring at me with a stunned face, I didn't flinch unnecessarily. Just concentrated, trying his best to pull Ellie up.

It wasn't until Ellie stood on the windowsill and jumped lightly into the classroom that I let out a long sigh of relief, feeling the weight of my heart drop in half.

"Excuse me, everybody!"

Elle put on the mask hanging from her ear, stretched out her hand to greet her surprised classmates, and ran out of the classroom without too much pause. All I was left with a confused look and a few tables and chairs that she messed up with.

It wasn't until her sturdy figure disappeared outside the door that I suddenly realized what a terrible thing I had just done.

"She's running to the classroom! Go after her! ”

The small shouting outside the window came again, the earring man, they should be running to the classroom from below, right? I don't have the heart to think about it, and I don't have the heart to care. The touch of reaching out and grabbing Ellie just now was still stuck in my mind, and I couldn't think more.

Slowly raising his hands, two bright red strangulation marks on his wrists emitted a burning pain. That's the mark left by Elle's grip on me. The white silk thread on her left wrist, which symbolizes "edge", flutters gently, stretches into the distance, and then fades as Elle gets farther and farther away until it disappears.

How much do girls weigh? For the first time today, I think about this question.

"Did you see that?"

"It's so bold in class."

"It seems to be the defective. What is it called? ”

"Sure enough, Zongzheng Si Chen. Right.. ”

"I'm going to stay away from him in the future."

After a brief moment of confusion, the students once again exchanged their heads and ears. Their discussions, like rats in the dark, are unrecognizable, but disturbing.

"Si Chen? That person is..? ”

Watson's voice suddenly came from beside me.

I turned my head, and Watson was looking at me worriedly and warily, as if I had become someone he could not guess, and had distanced myself from him.

My heart hurt suddenly. Watson's wary gaze stung me unconsciously.

"Zong Zheng Si Chen! Take a trip to the office after class! Also, you can stand there for me now, and stand there until the end of class! ”

MISS CHEN SLAPPED THE PODIUM ANGRILY, SPLASHING A PILE OF WHITE DUST. Obviously, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak just now, but now she was able to "convict" me so quickly.

"Hmm."

I nodded gloomily, straightened out the desk in front of me that had been messed up by Ellie, and silently accepted the fact that I was standing on the penalty side.

My seat was originally a corner by the window in the classroom, and it seemed to have a peace and quiet that was different from other places. But when I was alone here, this quiet corner turned into a lonely prison.

I can see everyone's backs, I can hear everyone's gossip, and I can see the angry eyes of Miss Chen on the podium from time to time.

Obviously I can see more than others, but I am more lonely than others.

The sitting classmates and the standing teachers are like different species under the same sky as me.

I am me and they are them.

No one gave me sympathetic glances, perhaps Watson did, but he also took the time to look at me after taking notes.

"Alas"

Sighing, I didn't know where to put my gaze.

If I look at the teacher, I feel ashamed. If I look out the window, I'm afraid of being named again. If I look at those classmates, I realize that I am different from them at the moment.

Without Ellie's undaunting courage, I would not have been able to bear such loneliness.

I can only spread my gaze.,Like a puppet with a corpse.,Standing still.。。 Standing. Wait for the bell to ring.

Now it seems that it is better to be interviewed by the teacher at this moment than to be punished, at least not to experience the pain that is different from others.

"Chirp~"

The familiar sound of strange birds came to my ears again. This time not from the window, but from the door of the classroom.

“!!”

I was stunned like a zombie in the punishment station, and subconsciously looked at the door.

I saw Elle hiding outside the door, her head showing sideways. She hooked her fingers off the mask, revealing her lips, and then opened and closed as if to say something.

Watching her lips open and close, I frowned and muttered:

"Dish. . . Chicken?! ”

Seeing that I had guessed what she was trying to say, Ellie covered her mouth with a snort, then stretched out her thumb and pushed it down, snickering and opening her mouth again.

“low。。 Compare?! ”

Seeing that Elle kept covering her mouth and snickering, I was scolded by Elle, but for some reason I didn't feel a trace of anger, but laughed too.

After scolding me, Elle disappeared into the hallway again, and she didn't know where she had gone. I quietly looked at the doorway where there was no more Elle, and shook my head with a helpless smile.

Now I don't have the loneliness I felt just now. It's as if Elle lent me her fearless courage.

Or rather, it must be because Elle lent me her courage that I am no longer lonely.

I can meet her. Maybe it's pretty good.