It was before the high school entrance examination, and he represented the school in a school season basketball game.

"This game is very important, everyone has been preparing for a long time, everyone will try to pass the ball to you for a while, you must play well and lead everyone to win", this is what the coach said to Jiang Qu, he has always been very optimistic about him, and has considerable hopes for him, because in the past, whether it was training or intramural competitions, he showed a very high level.

So he told Jiang Qu: "I hope you perform well and must win"

Jiang Qu nodded unexpectedly, he had heard too much of this kind of talk, his parents told him, 'You must study hard and you must have excellent grades'; the head teacher told him, 'You must be strict with yourself, because you are a member of the study committee, you are a role model for the whole class, you must take the lead'; now the coach told him, 'You must perform well, you must win'. His strings had been tightened, in fact, it was really tiring. But he still nodded heavily to the coach, he has always been the one who is overexpected by the people around him, but he has not learned to say 'no' simply as a gentle man.

Unfortunately, his performance that day was not good, and he made a series of mistakes, which led to a large percentage of the score falling behind, and his teammates were full of complaints.

There was a boy with braces who couldn't get used to Jiang Qu, and couldn't help yelling at him: "What's the matter with you, can you fight, if you can't beat you, you will be killed, don't delay everyone."

Another person hurriedly came over to pull him and made a look: "Oh, okay, what are you doing with him, have you forgotten what Senior Sister said that day?" ”

"Yes" The man with braces smiled disdainfully, and said in a weird tone: "People are people who have the support of senior sisters in high school, I don't dare to mess with them"

"What do you say? What senior sister, what waist to support? Jiang Qu heard that something was wrong with his words, and asked repeatedly.

Zhen Qian was watching the game on the side, but when she heard the quarrel here, she immediately surrounded her. At this time, he added fuel and vinegar to tell Jiang Qu: "Isn't it Senior Sister Li Mingyue, who came to our class that day, claimed to be your girlfriend, and threatened the whole class that if anyone dares to mess with you, she will clean up whoever she wants." ”

"What?" Jiang Qu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "So, you have been so abnormal recently, just because of the intimidation of your senior sister?" ”

"Of course, she said that you were covered by her, and she swore sovereignty in public, like an underworld, who is not afraid." Zhen Qian also said this with deep resentment.

Jiang Qu really felt inexplicable and very angry at this time. I really wanted to run to Li Mingyue and ask her loudly why she did this.

But the game had to go on, after a small turmoil, after the coach's adjustment, Jiang Qu still insisted on playing the second half of the game, and he was upset and could imagine that his performance was worse than before, and the result was unsurprisingly defeated. Needless to say, the teammates complained about the frustration of the coach.

Jiang Qu, who was in an upset mood, felt shameless to face everyone, so naturally he didn't go back with his teammates, but walked to the subway station alone, preparing to take the subway back to school.

was waiting for the subway in a panic, and suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder from behind, and a crisp and hearty voice came: "Hey, junior brother, how is today's game?" I came right after school."

Jiang Qu turned his face to look at her, not as gentle as usual, but stared at her very seriously, but he didn't speak for a long time.

Li Mingyue was a little uncomfortable with him, it happened that a subway entered the station, the screen door opened, she reached out to pull the canal, and wanted to hurry into the carriage with him, but she didn't pull it.

As soon as she turned around, she heard Jiang Qu's stiff and tired voice asking her, "Senior sister, what do you want?" ”

"Huh?" Li Mingyue was stunned.

"Why are you doing this, going to my class and threatening and intimidating my classmates?"

Li Mingyue had never seen him so angry and cold that he looked cold, he opened his mouth, and just wanted to explain, but he grabbed the words again.

"Because you like me? Because you like me, can you be so unscrupulous, because you like me, can you do whatever you want and ignore it? ”

"Jiang Qu, you", Li Mingyue panicked, her eyes widened, his angry accusation made her frightened and surprised, she was even a little scared, feeling that he might say even more ruthless words.

"Senior sister told me that if you like someone, you will feel excited, right?" Jiang Qu didn't ask, but said like a complaint.

Li Mingyue just looked at him stunned.

"But" Jiang Qu did not avoid her gaze for the first time, but looked at her firmly, obviously it was such a clear pair of eyes, but at this moment it implied a determination, a determination that made Li Mingyue couldn't help but tremble.

"I don't feel like I'm excited when I face my senior sister"

Li Mingyue's eyes flashed: "Jiang Qu, you see that this subway is going to open, or let's go ...... first" The subway door closing prompt sounded, Li Mingyue wanted to interrupt him, she was afraid to hear his next words. But Jiang Qu made it clear that he wanted to make a break.

He still stared straight at Li Mingyue, took a deep breath, and said to her with determination: "I think, I don't like you, senior sister", after a pause, he added: "Just ask senior sister, don't waste time on me anymore."

"Jiang Qu, you may still not know me very well, if you are willing to understand me, maybe you will like me......", Li Mingyue's voice trembled, eager to say something to save the situation, and wanted to prove his mind in a panic. But her mind was so confused that she didn't know what she was talking about.

"Senior sister" Jiang Qu forced her back to her reason with a resolute voice, he said: "Senior sister, don't increase my psychological burden, okay."

Burden? Is her liking a heavy burden for him? She suddenly felt a little self-deprecating, it turned out that he really didn't like her, and he still didn't like him after she had done so much. Thinking about it, it was really a failure, and somehow remembered what she had said to Zhen Qian before, what did she say to her, she said, 'If Jiang Qu rejects her in person, she will withdraw from his world forever and never pester him again'.

The door closing sound was ringing eagerly, and she turned her head to look inside the carriage, where several passengers were looking curiously at them.

Li Mingyue's eyes were foggy, and she was pressed down alive. She opened the bag, took out a bottle of orange juice from it and handed it to him.

The river canal was not connected.

Li Mingyue pulled out a smile extremely reluctantly, although it was an ugly laugh worse than crying, she seemed to say an irrelevant sentence easily: "It seems that the game is not very good."

Jiang Qu heard her a little hoarse and said: "Actually, I wanted to tell you a long time ago, you, you don't have to force yourself so much, put so much pressure on yourself." You don't need to be better than others, you don't need to be the best in everything, you don't have to live in other people's expectations, you don't have to do things to satisfy everyone, you should live for yourself, do what you like and want to do"

She looked at his eyes seriously: "You know, you really look good when you smile, I like to see you laugh, I want the person I like to be happy every day, I want you to be happy." ”

Jiang Qu's eyes flickered, and his heart shrank suddenly.

All had high hopes for him:

"I hope he studies hard"

"I hope he will lead by example"

"Hope he wins"

Only her, she said "I want him to be happy".

It was at this moment that he really felt that she was really—liking him.

"Take it, this is the last time I'll give you a drink" Li Mingyue still stuffed the bottle of drink into his hand.

Then, after the last beep, he stepped backwards into the carriage.

The screen door closed, and she was still smiling at him, and he saw a sticky note on the bottle that said, "You can dislike me, but please love yourself."

He looked up suddenly, the subway started, and in an instant, whistling by, only the stunned shadow of a teenager was reflected on the glass door.