Chapter 13: Do You Like Him (2)
After finishing the trivial affairs at home the next day, Fang Ruo called Zheng Yuqian and asked her to meet directly at the door of the gymnasium.
After hanging up the phone, he ran to find Xu Zhuoyuan, and the two rode to Xiang Zichen's house together, and Xiang Zichen took good things very quickly and drove towards the gymnasium with them.
As soon as the three of them rode to the gate of the gymnasium, they saw Zheng Yuqian waiting for them, she didn't ride, she came by bus.
Zheng Yuqian has been waiting for a while, she is wearing a black T-shirt today, white sports shorts, her fair and delicate legs are just exposed, and she is wearing a white baseball cap, which looks very youthful and beautiful.
"Is it a long time?" Fang Ruo pushed the cart towards her and saw the sweat on her forehead.
"No, I just arrived, and you're pretty fast." Zheng Yuqian smiled at her.
The four of them parked their cars in the parking shed next to the gymnasium and walked towards the gymnasium.
There is no sun baking in the gymnasium, so it feels cool and comfortable after entering.
They discussed playing doubles with four people, and if Fang Ruo knew Zheng Yuqian's thoughts, she took the initiative to say that she would be in a group with Xu Zhuoyuan, and let Xiang Zichen and Zheng Yuqian be in a group.
The four of them started to play after a little preparation, Xu Zhuoyuan is very strong, the catch and serve are sonorous and powerful, and he likes to smash, the strength of Xiang Zichen on the opposite side is not weak, he is agile and flexible, Xu Zhuoyuan can also receive the slightly tricky ball skillfully.
Although Fang Ruo and Zheng Yuqian did not have so much strength, they also made up for the lack of technology after cooperating, and after a few rounds, the scores on both sides were also equal, and no one could have the upper hand.
During the break when she was tired halfway, Zheng Yuqian wanted to go to the toilet, so Fang Ruo put down the beat and accompanied her.
"Fang Ruo, I'm so happy today." Zheng Yuqian couldn't suppress the happiness in her heart.
"It's good to be happy, and I'm happy too." Fang Ruo smiled and patted her on the shoulder.
Zheng Yuqian walked briskly towards the women's toilet, and after a while, she ran out in a hurry.
"What's wrong?" Fang Ruo looked at her with an embarrassed expression.
"Did you bring that, I seem to have come to that, and my pants are all red." Zheng Yuqian's face turned red.
Fang Ruo knew what she said "that", but it was a little regrettable that Fang Ruo hadn't come yet, and she was both looking forward to it and scared about it.
"I haven't been here, what should I do? I'll buy it for you, I brought some extra change today. Fang Ruo thought of a small commissary next to the gymnasium, maybe it could solve Zheng Yuqian's urgent need.
"Okay, thank you, I'm here for you." Zheng Yuqian felt a warm current in her abdomen.
"Okay." Fang Ruo pulled his legs and ran towards the outside of the hall.
"What's wrong, you're panicking?" Fang Ruo stopped in front of Xu Zhuoyuan.
"I'm in a bit of a hurry, I'm going to buy something." Fang Ruo pointed in the direction of the toilet.
"I'll go with you." Xu Zhuoyuan didn't know what she meant.
"No, no, I'll be here soon." Fang Ruo dropped a sentence and ran out, she didn't want to explain more to him, poor Zheng Yuqian was still waiting in the toilet to send her the life-saving "paper towel".
"What's the matter, Fang Ruo lost his soul?" Xiang Zichen also came over to ask Xu Zhuoyuan.
Xu Zhuoyuan shook his head, he didn't know what to do.
A few minutes later, Fang Ruo ran in with a small black bag, and she directly ignored the two boys in front of her who had question marks written all over their heads.
Zheng Yuqian protected her red-stained pants, squatting against the wall in the corridor in front of the toilet, and the passers-by looked at her suspiciously, she wanted to bury her head in her chest to cover the shame in her heart.
"I'm coming!" Fang Ruo handed her the black bag in his hand and was finally able to catch his breath.
Zheng Yuqian hurriedly thanked her and ran into the women's toilet, and after a while, she slowly came out with her hands covering her buttocks, her expression was not as flustered as before, although there was still a cramped flush on her face.
"Fang Ruo, what should I do, I can't play badminton like this." Zheng Yuqian was still thinking about playing, and she was a little annoyed that this "uninvited guest" appeared on today's happy day, which was quite annoying.
"It's okay, we can make an appointment next time, is it okay for you to go out like this?" Fang Ruo glanced at the bright red on her white pants, which was very obvious.
"But I don't have any clothes, what should I do?" Zheng Yuqian felt anxious and helpless.
"I'll go find Xu Zhuoyuan, he brought a sports backpack, maybe there is a jersey in it." Fang Ruo remembered that Xu Zhuoyuan usually stuffed his jersey inside.
Even though the jersey was very thin, it was better to be able to block it around the waist than to go out like this.
"Is that okay?" Zheng Yuqian felt shy, and couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.
"You wait for me to get it."
Xu Zhuoyuan saw that Fang Ruo finally came out, he didn't know what these two people were doing sneakily, the more she refused to tell herself, and the more he wanted to know.
"What's going on, what are you two doing?" Xu Zhuoyuan felt a little inexplicably angry.
Fang Ruo saw him frowning, knowing that he was a little annoyed, she helplessly pulled him aside, leaned into his ear and whispered: "She's here" that, the one in the biology book, lend me your jersey." ”
After finishing speaking, she blushed, although Fang Ruo's words were vague, Xu Zhuoyuan was a smart person after all, and he was a biology book, and he was "that", he understood, and his ears flushed shyly, and he didn't ask anymore.
Xu Zhuoyuan picked up the backpack and handed the jersey inside to Fang Ruo, both of them were too shy to look at each other's eyes, and Fang Ruo ran away as if he had fled.
Xiang Zichen looked at the inexplicable appearance of these two people, and found that he was the only one who didn't know what to do as if he was living in a dream, and he couldn't help but be a little annoyed.
"What are you doing, what are you doing, I don't know." As he spoke, he couldn't help but raise his voice a few degrees.
Xu Zhuoyuan pressed his mouth with a high-pitched voice, "Don't you scream..." ”
Fang Ruo helped Zheng Yuqian tie her clothes, the blue of the jersey finally covered the blush on the white pants, Zheng Yuqian felt a little relieved, Fang Ruo comforted her a few words, and they walked towards the badminton court.
Back on the court, Zheng Yuqian saw that Xu Zhuoyuan and Xiang Zichen were a little uncomfortable on their faces, they must have known it, too, how could they not know such a big move.
She felt that her face was hot, she didn't know where to put her hands, and when the blood flowed all over her body, she felt like an ant crawling.
Before Fang Ruo could speak, Xiang Zichen spoke first, "Cough, I'll send you back, you don't ride a bicycle, and it's not convenient to take the bus." He said casually.
Zheng Yuqian lowered her head and said in a very small voice, "Okay, I'm sorry for you." ”
Fang Ruo looked at Xiang Zichen with appreciation, but he didn't expect that he was quite a gentleman at a critical time.
Saying that, the four of them walked in the direction of the exit, Fang Ruo and Xu Zhuoyuan didn't have the heart to play, Zheng Yuqian followed behind Xiang Zichen, feeling ashamed and happy, and her mood was complicated.
"Then we'll go first." Xiang Zichen waved his hand at Fang Ruo and them, and Zheng Yuqian, who was sitting in the back of the bicycle, also said goodbye to them shyly.
After they left, Fang Ruo and Xu Zhuoyuan pushed the cart forward side by side, and they were silent for a while.
"You..."
"I..."
Two people speak at the same time.
Xu Zhuoyuan tugged at her braid and said with a smile: "Fool, what do you want to say?" ”
Fang Ruo frowned and said slightly, "You're a fool." ”
"Thank you for today." Fang Ruo pursed his lips with a smile on his face.
"You're welcome, I didn't do anything." Xu Zhuoyuan remembered his jersey, but he didn't expect it to come in handy.
"By the way, yesterday my father came back from a business trip and brought us Suzhou and Hangzhou specialties, wait I will bring it to you, there is a sweet osmanthus cake you must like." Xu Zhuoyuan remembered the snacks that were specially placed on the table in the morning to be brought to her.
He knew that Fang Ruo liked to eat sweets, especially pastries, and he always thought about her every time he got something delicious.
The two of them rode in the direction of home, and Fang Ruo suddenly felt that he no longer needed to worry about that problem.
If you like it or not, why do you have to figure it out?
Xu Zhuoyuan's excellence, his kindness, his straightforwardness, his concern for himself, his occasional troublemaking, sometimes unprovoked temper... It's all she can see, it's her teenager, and they'll never be separated.
Before this, Fang Ruo's heart had never had the luxury or determination of what really belonged to her, in front of her parents, she had always been a well-behaved and sensible child, she didn't lose her temper, never refuted, didn't ask for anything, she didn't ask for the exquisite hair accessories that little girls pursued, and she didn't ask for beautiful clothes.
She knows what to do to make her parents look at her, she is a good child who is praised by her neighbors, and she behaves kindly, decently, and proportionately with everyone she interacts with, and she makes others feel very comfortable.
However, she always gives people a sense of alienation and indifference, and she will not be pretentious when getting along with others, and even a little defensive.
She is a unique plant, the same appearance as other plants in the world, it looks inconspicuous at all, but when you get in, it exudes an inexplicable atmosphere, a little mysterious, attracting people, making people want to understand, want to get closer.
She is like a quaint old jade, soft and smooth in her hand, so appropriate.
She likes to be alone, but also enjoys the excitement, reading a book alone in the room can see the sky from dawn to dark, and she feels comfortable going to the vegetable market with the smell of fireworks in the world.
Deep in her heart is a pure land, no one has ever set foot on it, but now she quietly wants Xu Zhuoyuan to come in and take a look at the trees and flowers that have been planted in her heart...
The time of summer vacation passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already time to start school.
After Fang Ruo coaxed her younger brother to take a nap at home, she finally had time to tidy up her things, she asked Xu Zhuoyuan and others to go to the book city to buy materials together, and when the school year was about to start, some course exercises and textbook annotations had to be prepared first.
After looking for her mother and taking the money, she put on the newly bought white canvas shoes, and felt very happy, and her steps downstairs were brisk.
"I just had a fight with my mom, and you know why, because I didn't drink the "love health soup" she cooked. Xu Zhuoyuan walked over to her and said with a look of disgust.
"What kind of soup, is it a combination of goji berries and mango this time?" Fang Ruo remembered the strange flavor of soup that he had drunk at his house before.