Chapter 72: Cousin
Because the head teacher got married, he specially brought joy candy to every student in the second class after returning from the marriage leave. It is said that people are in good spirits when they are happy, and even the classes are more passionate.
"This marshmallow in the head teacher's candy is delicious." Natsuki flipped through the box again and confirmed that there was only one.
"Mine for you." Su Ziyue gave her marshmallow to Natsuki.
"Then you won't eat it?"
"Isn't there any other candy in this?"
"Mine for you." Han Mo gave his marshmallow to Su Ziyue.
"Well, thank you."
When Tang Yu heard this, he also gave Xia Shu the marshmallow in his box.
"Thank you, I'll bring you something delicious next time I'm on vacation." Natsuki said as he dismantled another one and put it in his mouth.
If you eat sweet, you will feel better.
After Tuesday's morning exercise, everyone followed the flow back to the classroom.
After Xia Shu learned that the results of the last monthly exam came out, she took Su Ziyue to the bulletin board to see the rankings.
"Found it, twenty." Xia Shu took Su Ziyue's hand, "I knew your grades were still so stable." ”
The list will only put the top 100 in the grade, so Xia Shu's results will not be known until the head teacher sends the report card.
Every time Natsuki was under a lot of pressure to study, she would walk around the playground after class in the evening, because she couldn't run, so she could only walk until her back was sweaty.
One night she received a call from her mother, asking her cousin Zheng Duohui if she had contacted her. Hearing Zheng Duohui's name, Xia Shu was full of refusal, among the children of the same generation among her relatives, she hated and didn't want to see Zheng Duohua the most.
Zheng Duohui is the daughter of her aunt, but her personality is completely different from that of her aunt, and she has turned her life into a palace fighting drama. Because she is an only child, her family spoils her very much, and this time it was also because she was scolded a few words at home, and then she quietly ran away from home in the middle of the night.
"She didn't contact me."
"This kid's phone can't get through, dial it and turn it off, you say there will be an accident."
"When you check the surveillance, you should know where to go."
"Then you rest early, I have news to you."
Natsuki wondered what this had to do with him, but replied, "Okay." ”
At noon the next day, Xia Shu received a call from his mother again saying that Zheng Duohui had found it, crying while talking, his tone was full of distress.
When Zheng Duohui sneaked out in the middle of the night, he was still wearing pajamas, and he didn't think about changing his clothes. None of the shops along the road were open, and the only place she could think of was the bus stop. It's just that it's still early at this time, and there is no car at all. She just ran on the station by herself, trying to warm herself up as much as she could.
At five o'clock in the morning, the first bus departed, and although she had her mobile phone, it was already out of battery. She was cold and had no money in her pajamas, and the aunt who was still sweeping the floor saw that the little girl was pitiful and gave three yuan in change.
She got on the bus and got off in front of a convenience store and stayed inside. The clerk inside thought it was strange and secretly called the police, and finally did not contact his family until two o'clock in the afternoon and sent him back.
She's the kind of person who doesn't go along with me, and I won't make you feel better even if I suffer a loss.
Natsuki has had a brother since she was a child, so she has always been happy, but this has also become a reason why Zheng Duohua hates herself. When I was a child, Zheng Duohua would come to Xia Shu's house to live for a week every winter and summer vacation, in Xia Shu's opinion, let alone a week, she felt long for half a day.
The aunt adheres to the principle that her daughter should be "rich", and she is also responsive to her daughter's needs. It's just that I didn't expect that in the end, I got used to Zheng Duohua's squeamish and arrogant character. In the eyes of the aunt, the daughter has perfectly inherited the best genes of the two, and she has been a beauty embryo since she was a child, but she is still a little inferior to Xia Shu. The same similar school uniforms are worn on them, Zheng Duohua is indeed good-looking, but Xia Shu has the temperament of a novel heroine, very literary.
Compared with the grades, Zheng Duohua is not as good as Xia Shu, although she is three years younger than Xia Shu, and she is only in her third year of junior high school now.
It may be this comparison from childhood to adulthood, Zheng Duohui's hostility towards Natsuki slowly accumulates and piles up into a small mountain.
When Xia Shu was in the sixth grade, Zheng Duohui was sent to Xia Shu's house by her aunt, she didn't treat herself as an outsider at all, and she was young, and her parents took good care of her, even Xia Li. She seems to be the only one in the family who has a sharp eye and sees through the hypocritical surface of Zheng Duohua.
Once Xia Li came back from buying some snacks outside, and Natsuki and Zheng Duohui were taking a nap. Zheng Duohui woke up early, and left the room after getting up.
She came to the living room and saw Xia Li watching TV and walked over: "Brother." ”
"Xiaohua, you're awake, there are two sticks here, one for you and one for your sister."
"Okay." Zheng Duohui took the lollipop and fluttered his big eyes.
When Natsuki woke up, he happened to see Zheng Duohui holding two lollipops that had been unwrapped.
Zheng Duohui gave the mint-flavored one to Natsuki, and took the lychee-flavored one himself.
"I want lychee."
"Nope."
"Why?" As soon as Natsuki finished speaking, he saw the person in front of him stuff a lychee-flavored lollipop into his mouth.
"Because I've eaten it."
Natsuki was so angry that he ran out of the room directly, and he didn't want sugar.
Does this seem like the work of a girl three years younger than herself?
How could she be so disgusting and cheeky.
When she was in her third year of junior high school, Xia Shu especially liked a green dress, which Xia Li bought for her on her birthday that year with the money from her summer part-time job, and it has always been treasured in the closet, and she is reluctant to wear it if it is not an important occasion.
That summer, when Zheng Duohui came, Natsuki happened to go to a friend's house to play, and perfectly avoided this cousin.
"Mom, Mom!"
Chen Xuan, who was far away in the kitchen, heard her daughter's shouting and hurriedly put down the kitchen knife and ran over.
"What are you shouting?"
Natsuki pointed to the closet: "Mom." ”
"You say?"
"Where's my dress?"
"Which one?"
"The one my brother bought for me, the green one."
"That, it rained a few days ago, and Xiao Hui couldn't change her clothes, so she took one of yours, and she just happened to wear the right dress. Don't say it, although she is three years younger than you, she is quite tall with her father. ”
"There are so many clothes, why do you want that, I don't care, you hurry up and let her come back."
"Okay, I'll go later."
Chen Xuan went out in the afternoon, but Xia Shu was angry that he swiped the photos taken by Zheng Duohua in his skirt in the space, and threw his mobile phone directly on the bed.
Since Zheng Duohua entered junior high school, she has never come to live at Xia Shu's house. Except for the Chinese New Year, my mother and aunt would take the two of them when they went shopping, and the two of them could meet. Maybe it's because she's older, Xia Shuye is also a lot more tolerant of Zheng Duohua, and she doesn't care much about things in the past.
The year before last, it seemed to be the third day of the Lunar New Year, and on that day, several families gathered together to eat in a restaurant outside.
"Xiao Hui has been in the toilet for a long time, you go out and have a look." Chen Xuan reminded Natsuki who was playing with his mobile phone on the side.
"Oh."
Natsuki went out to the toilet, only to see Zheng Duohui talking to a boy, and she had actually seen that boy, and she had met him on the way just now. At that time, she casually praised that the other party was very handsome, but she didn't expect Zheng Duohui to have already chatted with others at this time, and it seemed that she was too simple.
Although Xia Shu didn't want to go over to deal with it, he finally walked over because he thought it was not easy to make a mistake: "Zheng Duohui, you can almost go back." ”
The boy smiled when he saw Natsuki, but Natsuki didn't say much, and left after speaking.