Chapter 4: Dream of Pudding
Ji Yuxi hasn't been to the mall for a long time, and the last time was on her birthday last year, when her father took her to buy a gift, and the pair of sneakers that Lin Ni liked very much.
Thinking of all the past, Ji Yuxi was a little sad, but by coincidence, Zhong Han was the first to enter last year's shoe store.
Zhong Han carefully browsed the shoes on the display shelf, occasionally looking down at Ji Yuxi's feet during the period.
"Are you going to buy shoes?" Ji Yuxi asked casually.
"Just take a look, there are a pair of shoes that I haven't found for a long time on the Internet, anyway, it's fine, come and try your luck." Zhong Han replied to Ji Yuxi, but his eyes did not leave the frame.
"What's the color? Is it so hard to buy? I like it and I can find it on the Internet. ”
"Eight holes are very common, and I'm looking for nine holes."
"You're very good at shoes?"
"I didn't do research, I just liked it, and besides, I had to wear a school uniform at school, so what else could I change besides changing my shoes?"
What Zhong Han said is very reasonable, now almost all primary and secondary schools are required to wear school uniforms to school, and those items that are more than wearing are becoming less and less in the past, and shoes can indeed reflect a student's preferences and personality.
"Hello, what do you need? I can help you introduce it. ”
The clerk at the reception was a girl who didn't look very old, since Zhong Han and Ji Yuxi entered the store, her eyes had never left Zhong Han, and her eyes were smiling.
"Just take a look." Zhong Han's attitude was indifferent and his expression was flat, he suddenly stopped, turned his head and asked Ji Yuxi: "Do you ~ know how to play basketball?" ”
"No~ There is only badminton in sports, and I am still good at it." Ji Yuxi replied.
"Learn to play basketball, you're not short."
"I wouldn't, and besides, there aren't many girls who play basketball, right?" Ji Yuxi refused a little in his heart.
In the past, Lu Zifei liked to play basketball in his spare time, and every time he forced Ji Yuxi to buy good water and watch on the sidelines, if he didn't cheer him on, he would use his arm to strangle Ji Yuxi's neck and scold her for being dumb. Therefore, Ji Yuxi didn't even feel bored watching the game, let alone playing on the court, but she couldn't help but smile when she thought of the previous scene.
The change in her expression happened to be seen by Zhong Han, Zhong Han tilted her head slightly and asked her, "What do you think?" I also laughed to myself. ”
Ji Yuxi was a little flustered by her sudden question, turned around and picked up a shoe and pretended to look at it.
"I didn't think about anything, I just thought it would be funny if I played basketball." Ji Yuxi casually made up a statement.
Zhong Han glanced at the shoes in her hand and asked the clerk, "Is this big demon king all sizes?" ”
"Yes, there are enough supplies, see what size you need, I'll take it for you to try." The clerk spoke very gently, and his gaze remained on Zhong Han.
"A pair of 42, what about you?" Zhong Han asked Ji Yuxi: "38? Zhong Han looked at Ji Yuxi's feet and guessed for himself.
"Why are you swearing? Who is Sanba? Ji Yuxi obviously misunderstood what Zhong Han meant, and stared at him with round eyes.
Zhong Han was a little helpless by her brain circuit, pouted and said, "I asked if you were wearing size thirty-eight shoes." ”
"Do you see that my feet are 38?" Ji Yuxi raised his right foot violently as he spoke, and it went directly past the height of Zhong Han's waist.
"It's good to be flexible, it's good for basketball." Zhong Han's wording was a bit playful, but the tone was still very bland.
"No, I don't need basketball shoes, and I don't want to play basketball." Ji Yuxi pursed his lips slightly, and gave Zhong Han a meaning of "let's go" with his eyes.
Zhong Han couldn't help but smile when he saw her little appearance, and followed her out of the shoe store.
The clerk who received them looked at the two students in school uniforms and muttered unconsciously: "The handsome guys are all from other people's homes, I don't dare to think about it~."
Out of the shoe store, Ji Yuxi sat on the rest chair at the door, raised his head and said to Zhong Han: "The piano case is quite heavy, you can put it down and rest for a while." ”
Zhong Han put down the piano case and sat next to Ji Yuxi, because the distance was a little close, so he clearly heard Ji Yuxi's stomach suddenly gurgling, Ji Yuxi was a little embarrassed, and quietly covered his stomach.
"Hungry? Didn't eat at noon, right? Didn't see you in the cafeteria. Zhong Han glanced at Ji Yuxi's stomach and asked.
"Oh, can you not have such bright ears, really."
"Okay, I'm hungry, let's get something to eat." Zhong Han got up, lifted the piano case again and said to Ji Yuxi, "Is the pizza okay?" ”
It's strange to think about it, Ji Yuxi hasn't had this uncontrollable hunger for a long time. She was already very thin, and her appetite has not been good since the accident, and after this year, she is nearly 1.7 meters tall and now she is not even 90 pounds. Today's pizza is the best thing she thinks she has eaten recently, and she eats more than half of it herself.
"I see you're very thin, but you've eaten a lot." Zhong Han was a little surprised by Ji Yuxi's appetite.
"I just, I haven't eaten all day today." Ji Yuxi took a sip of Coke and forcibly endured it to prevent himself from burping.
"That boy in the playground today is your boyfriend?" Zhong Han suddenly asked.
It turned out that the meeting between Ji Yuxi and Lu Zifei happened to be seen by Zhong Han, who was also sitting by the window.
"Huh? What the? No, no, how could it be! Ji Yuxi hurriedly explained: "He is my former classmate. ”
"It doesn't look like it." Zhong Han stuffed the last bite of pizza into his mouth and said, "It's all chased to school, it's strange if it's not a boyfriend." ”
"It's really not, we just happened to be in the same class from junior high school to high school, it's not the kind of relationship you think, you misunderstood." No matter how it sounds, it looks like Ji Yuxi was being caught by her boyfriend and explaining.
"What are you nervous about? No, it's not, there's no need to explain it to me like this, I just happened to see it and asked. ”
"That~ Zhonghan, can I ask you a question?" Ji Yuxi didn't want to divert the topic, but she was really curious.
Zhong Han waited silently for her to ask.
"Why did you suddenly let me skip class with you today? We've only met once, and we've barely spoken formally before, so I'm a little curious, no, very curious. ”
"Hehe", Zhong Han chuckled, recalling the gossip chatted about by the female classmate sitting in front of him in the morning.
It turned out that what happened in Ji Yuxi's family had already spread in the same grade, and everyone just heard that a particularly beautiful female classmate had been transferred to the new school, but there is no impermeable wall, and the relationship network between people is like WeChat's circle of friends.
It's the same with this incident, some students of our school who know the students of No. 1 Middle School heard about the incident that happened a year ago, which caused an uproar at No. 1 Middle School. One pass ten, ten pass hundred, and you almost know it.
Zhong Han looked at Ji Yuxi, who was talking to Lu Zifei outside the window, while listening to the gossip of his classmates in the morning, remembering the lonely, helpless and panicked expression on her face when she first saw her in the cafeteria, Zhong Han finally understood why this girl who was born with the corners of her mouth raised was so sad.
"It's a coincidence, it's a little uncomfortable in today's training session, I don't want to go to the evening self-study, I want to find someone to go out and walk around, I just heard you blow this, thinking that it's you when I meet you, that's all." Zhong Han didn't tell all lies, he did hear Ji Yuxi's saxophone by chance, and accidentally heard the song "Coming Home", but skipping class together was an idea he only had when he saw Ji Yuxi crying while playing.
"Well, what a coincidence, I didn't want to study at night, but we had the same idea." Ji Yuxi believed Zhong Han's words. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something.
"Oops, I forgot to call the teacher for leave, what time is it?" Ji Yuxi was very flustered.
"If you don't fight, you won't fight, the evening self-study will be over soon, and it's a big deal to train you tomorrow." Zhonghan tried to comfort her.
"I just transferred to another school, and I skipped class so quickly, the teacher will definitely treat me as a key guard in the future, and in case she wants to call her parents, I~" Ji Yuxi said this, and found that he seemed to speak his heart unconsciously.
Zhong Han saw that she wanted to speak and stopped, and felt a little strange in his heart.
"No, don't worry, it's not that serious, at most, it's just a few words for you, or you take the initiative to explain to her tomorrow morning, just say that you forgot to ask for leave because of a temporary emergency, she shouldn't be too embarrassed for you." Zhong Han tried to make things as easy as possible.
The two of them walked out of the pizza shop one after the other, Zhong Han stopped a taxi on the side of the street, and after Ji Yuxi got in the car, he also sat with him.
"Where do you live?" Zhong Han asked Ji Yuxi.
"Water Huadu, what about you?" Ji Yuxi replied.
"Master, the water flower capital." Zhong Han did not answer Ji Yuxi's question, but only told the driver the destination.
The two of them didn't talk much more, they each looked at the traffic outside the window, the atmosphere was very quiet, only the sound of advertisements on the radio sang a one-man show in a small space.
"Master, please stop the car in front, I want to buy something." Zhong Han said, "You waited for me in the car, I forgot to buy something." ”
"Oh."
Zhong Han got out of the car and strode into a cake shop, and came back with two paper bags in his hand in less than two minutes.
"Let's go, master."
Another twenty minutes of silence.
Ji Yuxi's family lives in a villa, in order to avoid trouble, Ji Yuxi asked the master to stop at the gate of the community and wanted to walk back by himself.
Zhong Han didn't speak, just got out of the car together, Ji Yuxi told him that he didn't have to send himself to the door, and Zhong Han just responded softly: "Let's go, it's okay." ”
Zhong Han followed Ji Yuxi and sent her all the way to the gate of the hospital.
Ji Yuxi turned his head and said to him, "Zhonghan, thank you." ”
Zhong Han didn't speak, the street lamp at the gate of the courtyard, the light came down from above, Zhong Han's bright eyes blinked slowly, and even the eyelashes seemed to have a trace of tenderness.
Hearing Ji Yuxi's thanks, Zhong Han smiled slightly, "This, I don't have anything to eat tomorrow morning, so I just bought some cake and bread or something, I will take your share, and you can also serve it as breakfast." ”
Zhong Han handed the piano box in his hand and one of the two paper bags to Ji Yuxi, and then said: "The pudding in this shop is sweet but not greasy, eat it before going to bed, and then have a pudding dream." ”
Ji Yuxi looked at Zhong Han and didn't know how to respond. The boy in front of her said everything calmly and rarely emotionally, but this cold tone made her feel warm and down-to-earth.
She didn't refuse the paper bag handed over by Zhong Han, nor did she thank her repeatedly, but a sweet smile appeared on her face.
Zhong Han didn't leave immediately, until he saw the lights on the first and second floors of the house one after another, he nodded and turned around and left the courtyard gate.
As he walked, he opened the remaining paper bag, took out the only thing in it, a pudding that could make people have sweet dreams, opened it and put it back in the paper bag with a small sip, and threw it into the garbage bin on the side of the road, saying to himself, "It's really sweet." ”
Ji Yuxi returned home, sat on the bed and opened the paper bag, the cakes and bread in it were varied but all sweet. She took out the pudding pressed at the bottom, carefully opened it and gently scooped a spoonful, and her mouth was instantly filled with a slightly sweet milk taste.
"It's pretty sweet." Ji Yuxi was eating pudding while thinking about the sudden trip to skip class just now, thinking of Zhong Han's sentence "dream of pudding", she looked at the starry sky outside the window and muttered: "I wish I really had a sweet pudding dream."