Chapter 12: A Year and Twenty-Four Days of Waiting
Ye Luo was about to leave Zhang Haoran's dormitory after speaking, but the moment he opened the door, Zhang Haoran suddenly stopped him.
"Ye Luo!"
Stopping in front of the door, Ye Luo stopped, but did not turn around, "What's wrong?" ”
He was in a bad mood right now, and his voice was low because of it.
Zhang Haoran lifted the quilt, twisted the lid of the cola and put it next to the pillow, and said meaningfully: "Actually...... Brothers are waiting for you......"
The corridor outside the door was empty, Ye Luo stood still, looked at the ceiling reflected on the ground, let the cool breeze pass through the hall, stroked his bangs and hair, and swayed and swayed slightly.
The air was filled with a sudden silence, and Ye Luo's resolute back was lined with loneliness, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault...... I owe my brothers a promise. ”
Ye Luo still didn't look back, but thinking that the basketball team that his brothers had worked hard for and fought for was now reduced to a fish belly, he couldn't control the choking in his throat: "And we...... I also owe the original promise of a champion! ”
After that, Ye Luo threw the door and left, for fear that if he stayed for one more second, he would expose his little-known sensibility.
Leaving the dormitory building, Ye Luo did not go far, but walked straight to the basketball court.
In the same place, at the same time, there is no person I should see, or a team that can make me feel a sense of belonging.
Standing alone at the door of the basketball court, Ye Luo's hands in his trouser pockets, straightened his back, and scanned the other teams with his lonely but absolutely resolute gaze, like a fierce lion and tiger lurking in the corner watching its prey.
Assemble, warm up, train......
Familiar process, familiar picture......
Ye Luo stood in the wind, with mixed feelings, and his body also exuded a lonely desolation.
"Hey! Leaves fall! ”
Just as Ye Luo was out of his mind, a crisp call suddenly woke him up, "I'm so happy!" Finally see you on the basketball court! ”
"Oh, Menghan......" glanced back at the visitor, Ye Luo responded politely, but he didn't have the heart to talk a few more words.
Li Menghan is Ye Luo's high school classmate, and her appearance is mediocre, at least not outstanding, but she has a good figure that makes more girls both love and hate, envy and jealousy!
Round, firm is synonymous with its signature, the front tū is upturned, the waist is as slender as a water snake, the skin is as white as snow, the blow can be broken, and in the sun, you can even easily see the suppleness under the skin.
And without the help of high heels, her two hot long legs can also be flawlessly exposed in the sun, making her even more slender.
In addition, the decoration of a pair of glasses adds a bit of intellectual beauty to Li Menghan.
Li Menghan and Ye Luo did not have much intersection, although they were classmates as early as the second year of high school, but because of Ye Luo's arrogant personality, the girls in the same class all respected her, only Li Menghan won Ye Luo's attention with his unique temperament.
"What's the matter, do you have something on your mind?"
A smart woman always has a pair of discerning eyes that can see everything, just like the fiery eyes of Sun Wukong, and it is difficult for any disguise to escape their eyes.
Li Menghan is such a person.
Moreover, Ye Luo did not hide his sorrow and helplessness at this time.
first glanced at the girls around him who were defined as smart and unique, and then Ye Luo nodded, turning his gaze to the basketball court, a glance of wandering and confusion, without saying a word.
If you change to another girl, maybe after getting Ye Luo's affirmative answer, she will definitely ask endless questions, and she will be upset.
But it's understandable, this is basically an attribute shared by girls.
However, Li Menghan's uniqueness is reflected in this - she did not ask for further details, but stopped here, standing quietly beside Ye Luo, soaking up the sun, blowing the wind, and watching the ball...... As if she didn't know anything.
Although she really doesn't know anything.
After a while, it was Ye Luo who didn't resist his curiosity, touched Li Menghan with his elbow, and asked, "Don't you want to know what I'm thinking?" ”
Li Menghan stroked the frame of his glasses, looked up at Ye Luo, and evoked a confident and frank smile, "If you want me to know, you can say it yourself, so why do you need me to ask you?" ”
Sure intellectual, really smart.
Ye Luo smiled and agreed: "Yes! Seemingly...... I still can't hide things in my heart. ”
"Then you can tell me, and let me hear it." Li Menghan put the ponytail to his ear and said smoothly.
Subsequently, Ye Luo told Li Menghan what he learned from Zhang Haoran, although it was a long story and short, but it was concise and to the point, and the meaning was clearly expressed.
Li Menghan threw his ponytail behind him after hearing this, shook his head, and said, "You haven't been to the basketball court for more than a year." ”
"Hmm."
"Exactly...... It's a year and twenty-four days. ”
Ye Luo was startled when he heard this.
One year and twenty-four days, even the time he didn't seriously calculate, but Li Menghan remembered it clearly.
"Y-How are you sure it's a year and twenty-four days?" Ye Luo couldn't control his mouth that opened wide because of surprise, "Could it be ...... Are you bothering to memorize? ”
Li Menghan pointed to a dormitory building behind him, and let Ye Luo look at it with his fingertips, "Wow! The last and closest dormitory on the third floor, and the one closest to the basketball court......"
"Hmmm......"
Ye Luo looked at the place Li Menghan was pointing to, where the balcony was full of washed clothes and stacks of waste paper, and it seemed that the already small balcony was even more crowded.
"That's where I live."
Li Menghan calmly continued: "I look at the basketball court on the balcony every day, but ...... I can't see you every day. ”
Ye Luo couldn't take his eyes off it, but he heard Li Menghan's voice suddenly soft, "Day after day, I don't know if I'm used to standing on the balcony, or I'm used to taking a look at the basketball court by the way, in short...... In the blink of an eye, it's a year and twenty-four days. ”
Disappointment, emptiness, hope through the autumn water......
In the past year and 24 days, Li Menghan's life has been so monotonous and regular, but she has persevered for a year and 24 days.
"Why...... Forehead ......"
Wanting to stop talking, Ye Luo rubbed the corner of his mouth with his thumb and asked cautiously: "For more than a hundred days, you ...... every day Are they all looking for me? ”
Ye Luo looked at Li Menghan, but Li Menghan looked at the basketball court, nodded, and then stroked the somewhat slippery frame with her slender fingers.
"You don't have to know why, it might be ridiculous to say it, and even you will feel inadequate......"
Li Menghan hooked the corners of his mouth, changed his previous slight loss, and suddenly his face was filled with a little mystery and a little happy smile, "But I'm serious." ”
The afternoon sun was already warm, and the smile on the girl's face seemed to be more brilliant and dazzling.
Speechless.
Ye Luo fell into a situation that he was not good at coping.
What emotions, what ambiguities, what kind of love between men and women, etc., he is always longing and afraid, but at the same time, he is hindered by the fetters of his personality, and he is always hovering between his contradictions.
Ye Luo is unwilling to continue a wishful crush with a girl who only pays attention to but has never invested in any feelings at all.
So, he chose to remain silent. However, Li Menghan didn't seem to want to let him go.
"You've endured it for more than a hundred days, and today you suddenly came to the basketball court, there must be something to do."
In a word.
Ye Luo really began to admire Li Menghan's intelligence and excellent judgment, but instead of answering positively, he ignited a strong curiosity and asked Li Menghan provocatively: "Then guess what I plan to do?" ”
Li Menghan let go of his gaze, looked up at the blue sky and the slowly fluttering white clouds, and fell into a state and posture that almost all girls are very rare or even rare.
Ponder......
There is also the charm exuded by thinking, which can't help but attract Ye Luo's attention, making him intoxicated and unable to extricate himself.
Obviously, there is no appearance of sinking fish and geese and shy flowers in the closed moon, but it is unique and graceful.
"No wonder they all say...... Wise women are the most beautiful. ”
Although they have been classmates for three years, the number of times Ye Luo and Li Menghan talk is also very small, and even the content of each conversation can be recalled to each other.
Li Menghan pursed her mouth implicitly, as smart as her, of course, it only took a moment of aftertaste to roughly figure out the meaning of Ye Luo. But she is more intellectual than a smart woman, and she didn't pierce the thin paper.
As soon as the conversation changed, Li Menghan called Ye Luo back, took the initiative of the topic, and speculated slowly: "On the balcony before, I saw you go straight to the basketball court as soon as you entered the school gate, with a clear purpose, obviously coming prepared." ”
"But then you left in a hurry......"
Li Menghan was stunned and said immersively: "Although there are no obvious mood swings on your face, you have tossed and turned around on the basketball court several times, and the hesitation exposed by your many glances before leaving......"
Li Menghan took out her wrist and glanced at her watch, skipping Ye Luo's performance, she began to analyze it from time again.
"It's training time for the basketball teams of each department, but the basketball team of the physics department is not there, so your departure shows that you are either looking for the basketball team of the physics department or someone in the basketball team of the physics department."
A hint of surprise flashed in Ye Luo's eyes, and he was even more looking forward to Li Menghan's follow-up speculation.
"A year ago, the news of your departure was so loud in the department that you made it clear and high-profile that you would never touch anything related to basketball again."
"However, today, after a year, you are once again on the basketball court in the open, and I want to ...... You will not break your vow of being bigger than the sky for a small thing! ”
Stroking the frame, Li Menghan said categorically: "To sum up, everything you are doing now may be another sensational news!" ”
Speaking of this, Li Menghan deliberately breathed a sigh of relief, stared at Ye Luo with burning eyes, solemnly said, word by word: "These are my rational speculations, and the rest ...... It's time to use the sixth sense that our girls are proud of! ”
In everyone's impression, girls have always been emotional animals, and they always do things directly.
But now, Li Menghan has used his practical actions to forcibly reverse Ye Luo's misunderstanding of girls in their concepts.
"Are you coming back?"
Although it was a rhetorical question, Li Menghan hit the nail on the head.
Intuitively, boys should never discuss why with girls, because it's a God-given superpower for them—simple, brutal, effective.
Ye Luo gasped......
Li Menghan's analysis was the first to say, and he deduced the guess that was in line with almost all of Ye Luo's thoughts in one breath, and it was incisive and vivid.
As soon as her words settled, Ye Luo's whole body trembled slightly, and she was convinced, completely and unprecedentedly devoted herself to the five-body admiration of a girl, and expressed her most sincere regret to the female compatriots who had been underestimated from the bottom of her heart!
After holding it for a long time, Ye Luo finally answered Li Menghan positively, but his tone was full of heavy melancholy and sentimentality, and he muttered: "What did you say...... All right ......"