——————“……”

I suddenly woke up from my dream and realized it was a dream.

The cold sweat all over my body, fear and fear have not gone away.

I still remember what had happened before.

"Dreaming again?"

There was a big face in front of me, very close.

"No, it's fine."

I pushed the wind chimes in front of me, obviously I was lying on the table, why did she get so close.

"It's already school."

Wind Chimes said.

"Yes."

I wiped my sweat with my sleeve as the wind chime handed me a handkerchief.

"Thank you......"

I took the handkerchief and stood up.

"Would you like to relax in taekwondo?"

She smiled and said to me, ah, there's such a thing.

"Be merciful."

I symbolically picked up a few books into my bag and carried them on my back towards the door.

It's half past five.

Liu Xin's schoolbag is no longer in her seat, and every Thursday when I go to the taekwondo club, she will go home by herself, and it seems that it is the same today.

"Let's go~"

Wind chimes are like a schoolboy, but they can be said to be not to be underestimated when they get into a fight.

She carried a large school bag and strode forward, more like a schoolboy. What is in such a big school bag?

It's kind of weird to walk side by side with her.

We came to the bus stop at the back door to wait for the bus, the most common bus line is No. 79, which can go directly from the school to the city, and Fengchi's home is in the city's 'Gangwan Middle Street'.

"That's right, wind chimes."

Once in the car, I tried to talk to her. Why is it easy to do it with wind chimes, but not with Liu Xin?

"Huh?"

She responded to me in a voice like a sheep's cry.

"Wind chimes, why do you want to learn taekwondo."

It's a stupid question because her family runs a taekwondo gym, but I know something deeper.

As far as I know, Wind Chimes attended elementary school in Chisugi City. In junior high school, I began to return to my hometown of Minato City, and only then did I slowly get into taekwondo.

The body of the wind chime looks weaker and does not look like a person who practices taekwondo. Wind Chimes looks about 155cm tall, combs double ponytails, ponytails are tied to the chest, and likes to wear loose clothes, such as today, I put on two black clothes like rappers, which has the consequence of looking more petite.

When I thought of her changing into a white taekwondo uniform, it was very different from now, and the visual impact came spontaneously.

"Why do you ask this question all of a sudden——?"

Wind Chime asked, tilting his head.

"This, I suddenly remembered, I once chatted with Uncle Su, and I heard that my uncle wanted to use the time in my hometown during the winter and summer vacations a long time ago to teach you taekwondo, but you always resisted, and as a result, when I went to junior high school, I took the initiative to learn taekwondo."

"Did my dad say that? Ah, indeed. ”

She nodded and acknowledged.

"That's why I wonder if there will be any opportunity-"

“……”

Wind Chimes was silent for a moment, then shook his head, looking helpless.

"Well, it's actually a ...... Reason. ”

Her tone was uncertain.

"How so? It's not that interesting. ”

"Huh?"

Her tactful expression made me wonder.

"You should know that my elementary school years were spent in Qianshan City."

"I know."

"I was born in Minato City, and when I was in elementary school, my father was transferred to Qianshan City because of work, so in order to give me a better education, he brought me with me."

As she spoke, she looked at the sky, where the sun was slowly setting in the west, and the winter night was coming earlier than ever.

"Seven years ago, the transportation system was not as developed as it is now, and now it only takes an hour to go to Qianshan City, but it was not at that time, there were no railways, no highways, after all, Gangwan City was a small port city."

She laughed.

"When I was in the fourth grade, I suddenly moved to Qianshan City, which is really a big city, brightly lit, uncomfortably bustling, and dazzling neon lights everywhere. In Qianshan City, I couldn't see my mother and had no friends. I lived a lonely life, living in a 50-square-meter home every day except for school. My father rarely came home because of work, so I was rebellious and always quarreled with my father. ”

"He wanted me to learn taekwondo, and I always worked with him. I remember him saying at the time, that only by becoming strong can you do what you want to do and protect the people you like. will not run away in disgrace at a critical time. ”

She pondered, as if the scene was vivid.

But I didn't think so. Until—"

She paused, as if recalling something very important.

"When I was in the sixth grade, the school organized a spring outing, and the location I remember very well was the 'Xuanguanmen Forest Park' in Qianshan City. At that time, there was a session similar to 'team break', and a very unpleasant thing happened to our group. A girl who was injured and dragged the group back was taunted by a boy A, which caused public outrage in the class. ”

“……”

"Boy A has been the target of bullying ever since. The charges of bullying the weak' and 'not looking at the atmosphere' stayed with him until he graduated. But—"

She breathed a sigh of relief.

"I always felt that he was not that kind of person, and what to say, although I did not know his intentions. But I always felt that what he said at that time was not his sincere words, maybe it was just angry words for a while, although he didn't explain it, maybe he was ashamed to explain. ”

“……”

"I felt useless. When boy A and boy B from another class competed and even fought, I could only run away in fear. After boy A was bullied, I could only watch from the sidelines, only the class leader and the girl were willing to help. ”

“……”

"That's why I want to be stronger. It's not a particular reason, it's more likely that I've grown up and become interested in taekwondo. That's about it. ”

She waved her hand and smiled.

"The wind chimes are really powerful."

I admire her, it's from the heart.

"Boy A would be very happy if he found out."

Although I don't understand the reason, since Wind Chime thinks that he is not a bad person, he should not be a bad person.

That's a far-fetched reason.

When I got off the bus, I got off the bus and the wind chimes got off to make sure there was no one on either side of the road, and we walked across the road. 'Gangwan Middle Street' is a commercial street, walk east from the second section of the middle street, you can turn into a residential area, less than two minutes, you can see the four words 'Suyi Pavilion', here is the home of the wind chimes.

"It's home."

I said.

“…… Family. ”

I don't know why her face suddenly turned red, is it my delusion?

"Yo, boy, here we go again."

As soon as he entered the gym, he bumped into Su Yi, the father of the wind chimes. He was also wearing a taekwondo suit, sweating profusely, and looked like he had just finished his practice.

is obviously a company employee, and he works hard to practice martial arts.

"Hello uncle."

I bowed slightly, then said hello.

"Let's go change our clothes, do you want to eat here tonight?"

At this time, the voice of Lin Lin, the mother of the wind chime, came.

Turning her head, I saw her hands holding her freshly washed gown, which was bright white.

"Thank you - but still ......"

"Well, so be it! Hurry up, let's have a fierce battle after a long time. ”

"Don't take the last two words so seriously...... Huh? ”

I heard the sound of wind chimes and looked to the right to see that she had changed into a taekwondo uniform.

When do you change your clothes?

What happened?

Does she have time to pause?

Although there is no one in the gym now, does it really matter if you change clothes here?

Her tone immediately changed from rapper black to all white, reflecting her white complexion, and the visual impact has already hit me......

"Oh...... Oh. ”

So what are you doing in a hurry?

I grumbled inwardly.

After a while, I also changed my clothes.

The taekwondo classes at the gym on Thursday were all over by 6 p.m., so the gym was now empty.

I deliberately chose this time to avoid being seen by others.

"Okay, come here."

The wind chimes standing in front of me stretched out their hands to provoke me.