Episode 2 Under the sunset
"Li Xiang, come on. After class, Meng Li, another of Li Xiang's close friends, pulled Li Xiang aside.
By the window on the second floor, the two faced the evening breeze. After a long while, Meng Li spoke: "Li Xiang, don't you think this matter is very strange? I can't figure it out...... no matter how I think about it."
"What's the matter, don't play dumb riddles, it's annoying. ”
"Don't pretend to be stupid, it's Gu Qing's guy. Meng Li turned around, glanced at him with disdain, and continued: "What level is that product, others don't know, will the two of us not know? Just like us!"
"Really...... It should be, but so what?"
"Don't you think it's strange that a poor student like us has advanced to the top of the class in a short period of time. If that guy has worked hard, forget it, although there are few examples of that kind of improvement through hard work, there are still some. But...... Have you seen that guy work hard?" Meng Li became more and more anxious the more he spoke, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became.
In the faint light of the yellow light, his face took on an ominous shadow.
The sun is setting in the west, the cicadas are chirping, the birds in the treetops are flapping their wings home, the cycle of nature begins, and the daytime creatures gradually begin to fall silent. The dim light has a peculiar darkness, and sometimes the darkness of dusk is more frightening than the late night.
Strictly speaking, Meng Li is different from Li Xiang and Gu Qing! He belongs to the type who has been studying hard, but he can't learn.
It is precisely because of this that his reaction to this matter is more intense than Li Xiang's.
"No, no...... But no matter whether he works hard or not, he is improving, he is improving!" Maybe it's because the injustice in his heart has been revealed, and Li Xiang's expression has become ugly: "Progress, progress, no matter what the reason, he is different from us!"
"Don't be stupid, there must be a reason. This kind of thing doesn't happen for no reason, that's a miracle!"
"Well, maybe" Li Xiang lowered his head and thought for a while, and said suspiciously: "Do you know the exam questions?"
"It's unlikely, even if his mother is from the Education Bureau, this kind of thing should not be done. Well, even if you can do it, it won't be obvious!Do you want everyone to know?" Meng Li shook his head. Although he doesn't study well, it doesn't mean that he is stupid. He's just not good at those fixed subjects!
Li Xiang also calmed down, and he didn't believe that possibility. Everyone knows what kind of people they are, if they want to do that kind of thing, Gu Qing would have done it earlier, so why wait until now. He thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk to him, it's not a matter of guessing like this." If there's a good way, we can learn from him and improve our grades...... Alas, I've been a little annoyed at home lately. ”
"Well, so is my family. When he mentioned home, Meng Li's face was even worse.
The two cast an understanding look at each other, they have been friends for so long, and they both know a little about the situation in their respective families. After continuing to talk about unnutritious gossip for a while, the two went home separately.
............
At the end of class the next day, at the same dusk moment, the sunset was even thicker today, and a blood-like halo shrouded the way home.
The sound of cicadas is still the same, uneven, messy, messy, messy, chaotic ears, chaotic heart......
"Yo, Gu Qing, let's go have fun together. The two stood in front of Gu Qing and said with a smile.
As before there was no anomaly, the three of them went home together.
Along the way, playing, chatting......
"yes, we haven't been walking together recently, let's go and have fun together, you guys won't lose face, right?"
"Why, let's go together. Gu Qing readily agreed, I don't know why, in the eyes of the two, there was always a little pride in his ordinary eyes.
It's inexplicably unpleasant!
There were no words all the way, and this quiet atmosphere basically didn't appear when the three of them got along before, so they didn't know how to deal with it. Silence silence, do not explode in silence, just look for topics in silence......
"By the way, Gu Qing, is there anything special lately?" Li Xiang prepared for a while, and finally raised the courage to ask.
"No, should I have something special?" Faced with this kind of question, Gu Qing did not hesitate to answer, and the last rhetorical question made Li Xiang's prepared words suddenly stuck in his throat, unable to speak.
"Nothing...... I always feel that the three of us have been talking about a lot less recently. Li Xiang said.
"It's nothing, after all, it's almost the college entrance examination, and everyone is under a lot of pressure. ”
"Is that so......"
“............”
Listening to the meaningless gossip of the two, Meng Li interjected: "That, Gu Qing, do you know anything?"
Gu Qing's expression changed suddenly, he smiled lightly, and said, "No... Do you think I should know anything?"
"That...... Did you find a good way to learn, or did something special happen?"
"No, you two guys, do you think the same way?" Under the repeated questioning of the two, Gu Qing, who was still smiling, lowered his head and said a thoughtless sentence in a low voice.
Yes, it must be!
Do you think that a guy like me should be a useless guy for the rest of his life!
A little bit of brilliance is cheating!
The brilliant light should never belong to me.
I can only struggle in the disdainful eyes of others, just like you.
Those people see it that way, and it's okay.
But...... You can't!
Have you forgotten!!
"What do you think? I don't know what you're talking about?"
"Are you pretending to be stupid?" With a low snort, Gu Qing stopped in place, paused for a long time, raised his head in the dim light of dusk, looked at the two people in front of him fiercely and asked loudly: "Think I shouldn't have achieved that kind of results, think that I should be a useless guy for the rest of my life, think that I can only be like you forever!"
"You!" Looking at such a guy in front of him, Li Xiang wanted to refute, but remembered what he thought yesterday......
yes, I never thought he should go for such a result.
He looked at each other silently, and even regretted today's conversation...... Perhaps, it would be better not to talk.
"Then do you think you should have such a grade?" Meng Li was much more direct, facing this former friend, grabbed his arm, and asked loudly: "Do you think you should achieve such a grade?" In class, you either sleep or play with your mobile phone, or you are simply reading a novel, and you will play with us after class...... Think about it, should you have such achievements?" his tone seemed to be filled with a thick sense of unwillingness, and there was fire in his eyes, which was questioning.
"Or will you work hard at home?!"
"Heh, hehe, hahahaha...... Is this like this again, is it like this again?" Gu Qing smiled lowly, the struggle just now seemed to have disappeared, as if relieved, looking at the sun that was about to set on the roof in the distance, and then looking at the home that was not far away, he waved his hand to them: "Okay, I'll go back first, if I go back late, my parents will be worried." And...... Don't come back to me in the future. ”
In the afterglow of dusk, Gu Qing passed between the two. His expression was firm, without a hint of nostalgia.
Cross the street and walk past the small shops on the side of the street that the three of them used to frequent......
The memories of the past, but now, are just memories.
"Goodbye,"
Watching his figure disappear around the corner, Meng Li gritted his teeth and threw the mineral water in his hand against the wall.
"Maybe we are wrong and shouldn't have pressed him, maybe he is really working hard at home, or maybe he has hired a good teacher for him at home. Maybe ......" Li Xiang muttered to himself, regretting his decision.
The hearts of the three men were scattered with this ordinary conversation that took place at dusk.
"Li Xiang, what do you think? Why is this happening? Even if we are wrong, is it like this, without saying a word, just leave. What is this?" Meng Li was indignant, his heart filled with a kind of anger at being betrayed by his companions.
“...... I'll go home first, and I'll talk about it tomorrow. Li Xiang didn't care about his companion's expression, looked up at the setting sun, and then looked at this familiar place. Shaking his head, he turned to leave.
Looking at the corner where Gu Qing had long since disappeared, Meng Li scolded in a low voice: "Traitor!"
Looking at the direction in which Li Xiang gradually disappeared, Meng Li scolded in a low voice: "Coward!"
Then he pulled the schoolbag behind him and turned around and left without hesitation.
Maybe it's a rift.
............
When you open the door, you won't be at peace!
"Meng Li, you don't go to read yet, you look at your results in this exam, what is the bad thing!"
"You mother-in-law, hurry up and cook!!crookedly here, be careful of Lao Tzu beating you!"
"Oh, hey, you're so bold to say that! Drink every day, drink every day...... Sooner or later, one day I will drink you to death!"
"Aren't you the same yourself, is it interesting to play mahjong every day, tell me how much you have lost recently!"
"Do you have more, where have you been fooling around lately, don't think I don't know!"
-- When I returned home, it was no surprise that this kind of quarrel had existed since I was sensible.
The man, named Father, was lying in front of the television with a wine bottle in his arms. And the man, whose name is Mother, scolded him. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, at least three hundred days, this family is shrouded in the sound of such quarrels.
A little boy sat on the table, staring at the empty table in a daze.
No peace, no peace!
But no matter how noisy it is, I've been used to it after listening to it for more than ten years. Meng Li shook his head, didn't answer, and went straight to the kitchen, and fried a bowl of egg fried rice with the rest of his hands and feet. After serving it to the little boy, he gently patted his younger brother's head and said, "You eat first, the eldest brother will go to work in a while, and I will buy you a spinning top when I come back." ”
He is not like Li Xiang and Gu Qing, who will always support them at home, even if they don't study well, it doesn't matter......... The parents at home are simply unreliable and have no responsibility at all. Those two people, except for his parents, who are nominally his own, he has no feelings for them.
Maybe they should be the same, as long as they and their brother don't starve to death.
Since junior high school, he has been working part-time.
If you save enough money, you can move out, leave them far away, leave them forever, and never see each other again!