"Oh oh oh, buddy, hey!" The students watching the battle began to heckle, and whistles rang out in the classroom. Speaking of which, although Cheng Ruimin is a member of the study committee and the darling of the teachers, because his personality is too arrogant, his popularity among boys is not particularly good. But he actually dared to challenge the little overlord in the class, everyone was surprised, but he wanted to see who could suppress whom.

"Rigorous!" Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Sun Jiayu hurriedly jumped over and blocked between the two, "Forget it, you beware of people suing the head teacher, and you can't eat and walk around when you go home." ”

"Fuck it! I'm afraid he'll sue a rabbit cub? "Rigorous is still hard-mouthed, but it is like being pinched by someone seven inches, and the momentum is involuntarily weak. If there is something he is afraid of in this world, it is the horse whip hanging in his father's study, which is said to be a cultural relic from the period when Siye drove into Beijing during the liberation.

"I'm sorry!" Finally stabilized the rigor, Sun Jiayu turned around and smiled at Cheng Ruimin.

Cheng Ruimin turned his head to look at him, his eyes were full of coldness and contempt, and then sat down silently, opened the textbook and homework book, and never looked at them again.

This contemptuous and explicit expression deeply hurt the heart of the sixteen-year-old, and he was so angry that his nose was crooked, so that after a long time, he was still haunted by it, and when he saw Cheng Ruimin, he wanted to beat him. On the way out of school that day, he complained to his friends all the way: "If you hadn't stopped him, I would have beaten him all over the ground to find teeth!" ”

Since the strict eldest brother expressed his indignation, several younger brothers naturally agreed with him, but Sun Jiayu laughed twice and continued to pedal unhurriedly, humming pop songs while not answering his words. It wasn't until they broke up in front of Zhongshan Park that they patted their strict shoulders and said: "Your method is too stupid, do you understand what it means to set yourself on fire?" Look at me, how can he make life worse than death. See you later. ”

Cheng Ruimin, who was being calculated, didn't know anything about it, and he was left behind by his math teacher Chen Fang after evening self-study. Such a small stove has been opened a lot recently, because in half a month, the Olympiad selection competition will begin.

Chen Fang and Yan Qing's tempers are completely opposite, they are always gentle and drizzle, and although she has never lost her temper, her prestige among the students is quite high, and even the students are willing to talk to her about the little troubles of a teenager Werther.

The teachers and students finished their homework for the day in the office of the first year of high school, Chen Fang scalded an apple with hot water and handed it to Cheng Ruimin, telling him to finish eating before leaving, and not to eat stomach pain on the road against the cold.

Cheng Ruimin's mother is stationed abroad all the year round, and he grew up with his grandfather since he was a child, so he always has a special attachment to the care from women. Holding the huge red Fuji, he almost cherished it in small bites, subconsciously wanting to deliberately lengthen this warm moment. This is exactly what Chen Fang wants, and she just wants to find a chance to talk to Cheng Ruimin. Her attitude towards the early love of middle school students is not as disgusting as Yan Qing, but a good student like Cheng Ruimin, if he is distracted by this kind of thing and affects his studies, it is really a pity.

Chen Fang pondered the words in her heart for a moment before she asked cautiously: "Cheng Ruimin, I heard that you have a good relationship with Liu Bei in the second class recently?" ”

Cheng Ruimin seemed to be choked, quickly swallowed the apple in his mouth, and looked up at Chen Fang, those eyes were black and white and clear as water, which made Chen Fang soften his heart without saying anything, and immediately added: "I just heard about it, just ask." ”

Cheng Ruimin staggered his gaze and hesitated for a moment before answering: "Teacher Chen, I haven't done anything bad. ”

It was so direct, but it made it difficult for Chen Fang to continue, she smiled and said, "The teacher believes in you." The teacher is also from your age, and understands you very well, but you are too young, many things are not fixed, the road of this life is long, and you can't imagine how much changes will be in the future. Distract yourself from doing something else when it's time to concentrate on your studies, and you'll regret the time you've wasted in the future. ”

"I didn't waste time or delay my studies." After a long time, Cheng Ruimin held back another sentence.

"Cheng Ruimin," although Chen Fang had put her voice as gentle as possible, there was still a little reproach in her tone, because she didn't understand why Cheng Ruimin's resistance was so great. "The teacher believes in you and hopes you don't let the teacher down."

Cheng Ruimin lowered his head and was silent, only holding his fingers tightly at the half of the apple, pinching a few deep nail marks on the apple's skin.

"Cheng Ruimin?" Chen Fang called him suspiciously.

Cheng Ruimin still lowered his head, and after a while, a large drop of warm water fell down and smashed on the back of his hand.

Chen Fang was taken aback and taken aback: "Tell me about you, you are a boy, the teacher didn't say anything serious, why are you crying?" ”

The water droplets fell more sharply, almost in a line.

Chen Fang couldn't cry or laugh for a while, this student has always been more thoughtful, she knows it, and she has a little indifference from rejection to people at a young age, but she didn't expect this child to be so uncontrollable to criticize. She took her towel with frustration, "Okay, okay, it's good to know it's wrong, wipe your tears, and let the other classmates see how shameful it is!" ”

Cheng Ruimin pushed her hand away, stood up and left the office, leaving the uneaten half of the apple on the chair he had just sat on.

Cheng Ruimin left the office and went straight to the water room. On a mid-spring night, the temperature is still very low, and the water coming out of the tap is bitterly cold. When he raised his head again, his face was dripping with water, and he couldn't tell where the water was and where the tears were.

The water drippeds into his eyes, and it hurt hotly, he raised his hand to wipe it, but someone next to him tugged at his sleeve and handed over a neatly folded handkerchief - tender yellow, faintly exuding a faint smell of flower water. The hand holding the handkerchief is white and straight, but there are four round "dimples" on the back of the hand, one of which belongs to a girl of the same age.

Cheng Ruimin looked down and didn't reach out to pick it up, but turned around and left.

He walked far away, and only his own footsteps could be heard in the silent corridor, and the people behind him did not catch up. Although it was expected, his heart darkened for no reason, and a faint sigh seemed to be heard in his ears.

The carport behind the classroom was empty at the moment, and the dim incandescent lights shone coldly, like a beam of chasing light on the stage, enveloping Cheng Ruimin's lonely bicycle.

He unlocked the car and was about to ride it, but he felt that the wheels were not quite right. When I bent down, I saw that the front and rear tires were actually deflated, and there was no gas at all. He crouched down and took a closer look through the light, and found that the noses on the front and rear tires were empty, and both valve cores had been pulled out.

A good student, who has always been sensible and polite, couldn't help but burst into foul words: "Fuck! ”

Pulling out the valve core has always been the most common means of retaliation between boys, and this incident happens frequently, and it is repeatedly banned, so in order to facilitate students, the school has to have valve cores and pumps in the transmission room all year round.

Cheng Ruimin endured his breath and pushed the bicycle to the gate, borrowed a gas pump from the uncle in the communication room, installed the new valve core, and snorted for a long time, the wheels were still deflated and did not bulge, changed the front wheel, and snorted for a long time, a thin layer of sweat was tired on his forehead, and there was still how much air went in and how much air came out. At last he straightened up and froze helplessly.

The uncle of the communication room was alarmed by his movements, lifted the curtain and walked out, pressed the tires, and concluded with experience: "I'm afraid the front and rear tires are punctured, go repair the tires." ”

There is a bicycle repair booth at the school gate all year round, but it is only out during the day. Cheng Ruimin had no choice but to push the bicycle back into the carport and lock it, ready to take the night bus home.

He walked along the campus path to the gate, and after not going far, he heard a jingling car bell behind him, and he thought he was in the way of others, so he gave way to the side of the road. The red women's bicycle braked hard behind him, and the occupants jumped off their legs.

"Cheng Ruimin, you stop!" A girl's voice.

Cheng Ruimin stood still, and his tone was cold: "Liu Bei, why haven't you come home so late?" ”

The girl named Liu Bei replied, "Isn't it to wait for you?" ”

After a moment of silence, Cheng Ruimin put his hands in the pockets of his coat and began to walk forward again, saying as he walked: "Thank you, don't wait for me in the future." ”

Liu Bei chuckled: "Cheng Ruimin, are you so tired every day?" If I don't wait for you, are you going to walk home today? ”

"Yes."

Liu Bei pushed the car to speed up two steps and walked in front of him: "Why don't you ride my car back?" ”

Cheng Ruimin finally raised his eyes and glanced at her: "What about you?" ”

The girl opposite has a face with deep facial features, dark eyebrows and eyes, a little wild in charm, and smooth skin showing a delicate luster like bone china under the street lamp. At this moment, she was stunned by Cheng Ruimin's question, because according to the reaction of a normal boy, she should have replied happily at this time: "Okay, I'll take you back." But Cheng Ruimin didn't play cards according to the convention, he actually asked her: "What about you?" ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a while, then suddenly got angry, and shoved the bicycle towards him, "I'll walk back by myself!" ”

With that, she spread her hand, shook him off like a hurried march, and strode forward. But she had only walked a dozen steps when she heard the jingle of a car bell behind her. Cheng Ruimin caught up and pinched the brakes not far in front of her.

"Come on."

Although his back was to her, and his voice was as faint as tea that had been brewed a dozen times, Liu Bei had already pursed his lips, smiled triumphantly, and then jumped into the back seat neatly.

Cheng Ruimin's father and Liu Bei's mother are colleagues, and the two families live in the same dormitory building. The two have known each other for a long time, but this is the first time they have gone home together. Liu Bei has been looking for excuses to approach him these days, and Cheng Ruimin has the same mirror in his heart, but he doesn't know how to respond appropriately. He has grown so big, he has never learned how to refuse the kindness of others, let alone hurt a girl with a blunt attitude, and he is not disgusted by Liu Bei's approach, but because of the vanity of the teenager, he enjoys the happiness of being liked, especially when the other party is still an eye-catching beautiful girl.

It was a night of spring breeze, the wheels rustling across the asphalt road, and the sweetness of acacia flowers rippling in the air. Teenagers and girls with different minds are closest to each other at a physical distance of only a few centimeters. Cheng Ruimin, who was immersed in riding a bicycle, heard Liu Bei humming a song softly: I don't get tired of reading you a thousand times, I feel like March, the romantic season, and the intoxicating poems......

Liu Bei's voice is a little nasal, a little magnetic, a little charming, and the soft spring breeze sends her singing voice into his ears, as if a feather is gently teasing his ear, making people involuntarily soft.

Cheng Ruimin bit his lip and stopped his cranky thoughts in time, and then let out a long breath, expelling all those thoughts that shouldn't be in his mind.

Finally, when they were about to get home, there was a railway overpass in front of them, on which trains walked and pedestrians and cars passed underneath. Cheng Ruimin stopped the car in time before going downhill and said to Liu Bei: "I'm going downhill, you hold on steadily." ”

Liu Bei raised her head: "Where should I catch it?" ”

"Whatever."

Liu Bei said: "Okay, then I'll just do it." ”

Before Cheng Ruimin could react, she had already stretched out her arm and wrapped her arms around his waist. Cheng Ruimin's body tensed suddenly, as if he had been struck by an electric current.

"What are you doing? Let go! He tried to make his voice more stern, but the chaotic aura betrayed his insincerity. The smart Liu Bei, how could he not hear his lust and guilt?

"I can let go, but if I fall off the car and get hurt, will you carry me to school every day?" Liu Bei asked with a grin, and instead of letting go, her arms were hugged tighter.

"It'll be seen." Cheng Ruimin was a little annoyed.

"If you see it, you see it, I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

"You let go!"

"Okay, I'll let go." Liu Bei let go of her arms nonchalantly, "Then you just rush down, it doesn't matter if I fall." ”

Cheng Ruimin and rigorous confrontation can be untimid, but there is nothing they can do against Liu Bei, who can play tricks. He sighed and said helplessly: "Hug it, I'm going down." ”

"Okay!" Liu Bei hugged him again while agreeing, because she was proud, two small pear vortices laughed on her lips, "This is what you said!" ”

Cheng Ruimin didn't say anything, but there was a little narrow smile on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows. Then he touched his foot on the ground, and then spread his hands, spreading his arms like the wings of a bird. Liu Bei didn't expect him to play big scattering when going downhill, and he screamed in fright. The bicycle carried the two of them, and in the afterglow of her frightened cries, they slid down the bridge. The warm spring breeze swept past the young cheeks of the two people, passed through the ends of their jet-black hair, and took away the youth without regrets and happiness that everyone had.

Cheng Ruimin's family lives on the first floor, and there is a small yard in front of the door. The courtyards of other houses are fenced with brick walls, but the Cheng family has a white wooden fence, and the foot of the fence is full of roses. It is the season of the roses, and the dense foliage completely covers the hedge and hangs down from the top of the small arch, like the wooden houses of the dwarves in the woods in a fairy tale.

Cheng Ruimin pushed open the hidden courtyard door and looked back at Liu Bei standing at the door, she was holding on to the handlebars and looking at him with blank eyes. In the face of her hopeful eyes, he realized that he had done something stupid, but there was no way to undo it. He lowered his head and pursed his lips hard, pulling out the dimple on his left cheek. This was a helpless expression to him, but in Liu Bei's eyes, it was more like a shy smile.

So she was satisfied, and waved her hand at Cheng Ruimin: "See you tomorrow." ”

Cheng Ruimin wanted to say something, but he didn't have time to say a word, so he was blocked back by the sentence "see you tomorrow". He could only passively look at the back of her leaving, and for the first time in his life, he realized that the original simple giving and love can also become a burden in the hearts of others.

After locking the courtyard door, Cheng Ruimin took out the key to the house from his schoolbag, climbed a few steps, and was about to insert the key into the keyhole, but heard a crisp sound of an object falling to the ground from inside the door, followed by his father's roar: "Divorce? Don't even think about it, dream! ”

A weak female voice said something, and then with a "bang", something slammed on the door, accompanied by the sound of glass shattering on the ground, which frightened Cheng Ruimin outside the door by taking a few steps backwards and almost falling down the stone steps.

He covered his ears and retreated backwards step by step until he reached the courtyard gate. The night breeze blew softly, and the petals of the rose fluttered down to the ground, landing on the top of his head and shoulders. In this fairytale-like courtyard, the plot of a fairy tale has never been staged. Since he returned to Beijing from Xiamen in the second year of junior high school, every time his mother returned to China to report on work, such quarrels have become commonplace, and they have become more and more intense in recent years.

The relationship between his parents is tense, and he doesn't know whose side to stand on. He subconsciously hated his mother, because the divorce was the first thing she mentioned, but he longed for her abnormally since he was a child, longing for her to pay more attention to him like other people's mothers, but most of her attention was on her work, and her eyes lingered more on books than on him. And his father, maybe he inherited more of his mother's genes, or maybe he grew up with his grandfather, so he has never been close to his father, and he is always more emotionally biased towards his mother.

The father's loud voice continued, and the mother occasionally interjected a few words, her voice was not high, but he understood the lethality of his mother's mouth, and he spit out a few elegant words so gently, but it often made people embarrassed. This time, he heard in his mother's voice the name of a strange woman, linked to his father's name. He didn't want to listen any longer, so he opened the courtyard door and walked out.

In Beijing in the 90s, there were not so many high-rise buildings, there were not so many neon lights, and in the night sky of spring, you could still see a bright moon like a silver plate, pouring down the bright moonlight like mercury, and through the branches and leaves of the locust tree, a piece of soft white paper fell at his feet.

He lowered his head and crushed the largest piece of white paper with his toes in a negative manner, again and again, not knowing who he was gambling with. Until a dark shadow slowly moved over, and then little by little it covered the moonlight on the ground.

Cheng Ruimin raised his head and saw Liu Bei standing in front of him, holding a portable lunch box in his hand.

"You haven't eaten yet, have you?" Liu Bei opened the lid of the lunch box and handed it over, "My mother's steamed buns, eat them while they're hot." ”

Cheng Ruimin put his hands in his trouser pockets, and although the smell of the bun made him salivate when he was hungry, he still shook his head: "I'm not hungry, thank you." ”

Liu Bei's hand retracted, no matter how generous and fearless she was, she was also a girl. Cheng Ruimin's deliberately detached attitude finally made her feel embarrassed. Holding the lunch box, she bit her lip.

"Cheng Ruimin, in fact, when I was in the fourth grade of primary school, my parents divorced. Then, my mom took me and married my current dad. ”

Cheng Ruimin was stunned: "Huh? Although he has been neighbors with Liu Bei for two years, and often sees their family of three going in and out, their family rarely interacts with their neighbors, so he never knows that the man is not Liu Bei's biological father.

Liu Bei continued with a gloomy expression: "For two years, those children followed me every day, saying that my mother was the first of her second marriage, telling me to drag the oil bottle, and making up songs and singing them everywhere. Do you know? At that time, I thought about dying. It wasn't until I was in junior high school that I changed to a school where no one knew me and my family moved here, that no one chased me so much. ”

Cheng Ruimin hesitated for a moment before asking, "What about your father?" ”

Liu Bei turned her face away, as if she didn't know how to answer this question for a while, and after a long time, she seemed to have sorted out the words, and finally spoke: "One year during the Chinese New Year, I quarreled with my mother, I missed him very much, so I went to his current home to find him, and then, I saw him at the bus stop, his current wife, and a girl about the same age as me. The three of them stood together affectionately, and I went up to call my father, and he looked at me, and then at the woman, and said to me with a frown, 'What are you doing here?' We're going out, you hurry home! From that day on, I felt like he was dead and my dad was dead. ”

Cheng Ruimin was instantly moved, and looked at the girl in front of him with soft eyes that he didn't even realize. A similar fate immediately shortened the distance between the two.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "Actually, the divorce of my parents is really nothing great, but it is clean when I leave, so I don't have to watch them quarrel every day." You see, haven't I had a good time with my mom all these years? Cheng Ruimin, let me tell you, this kind of thing, as long as you don't care about it, others can't hurt you. ”

Cheng Ruimin looked at her and was silent for a long time, and Liu Bei saw something bright flashing in his eyes. His lips moved a few times, as if he wanted to say something, and swallowed it back, and finally he lowered his eyes and smiled, and suddenly asked, "What kind of stuffing is the bun?" ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then smiled, opened the lid of the lunch box, picked up a bun and handed it to him: "The gourd pork filling is fragrant, you can taste it." ”

At noon the next day, Cheng Ruimin took advantage of the lunch break to push the bicycle to the car repair stall at the school gate. The car repairer took out the inner tube of the front wheel, inflated it and pressed it into the basin, only to see countless strings of water bubbles bubbling up on the water surface. changed the rear tire, the situation was the same, and the master shook his head in shock: "Young man, who have you offended, what a big hatred?" You see, there are more than a dozen holes pierced before and after! Both tires are scrapped, and they all have to be replaced. ”

It took nearly half an hour for Cheng Ruimin to push the repaired bicycle back to school.

In the bicycle shed, he put the car in a particularly conspicuous place at the gate, lowered his head and locked the car, and when he looked up, he saw Sun Jiayu and Yan Yan standing not far away, watching him talk and laugh in his ears. He immediately understood in his heart who had punctured his tires like honeycombs. As he passed by the two men, his gaze faltered for a moment on their faces, but he didn't say anything and walked straight over.

The knife-like eyes made Rigor and Sun Jiayu feel like they had each been stabbed, and the two of them couldn't laugh at once. Facing Cheng Ruimin's back, he spat rigorously: "People look like dogs!" ”

also staring at the distant back, the corners of Sun Jiayu's lips hooked up a smile of unknown meaning. He stretched out his arm to wrap his arm around the shoulder, patted it vigorously twice, and then said: "This kind of person, you can only be honest after cleaning up a few more times, don't worry, let's take our time, it will take a long time." ”

The two walked shoulder to shoulder to the classroom, and happened to walk across from the girls in class (2). When the girls saw the two of them, their chattering suddenly stopped, and they held their breath one by one, and suddenly became ladylike. This reserve, most of it is for Sun Jiayu, a first-year high school figure, the forward of the school basketball team, who is more powerful on the court than the captain, and most of the cheerleaders outside the court are his female fans every time they play.

The girls walked past them, and although they didn't seem to squint, in fact, several pairs of eyes were passing by, secretly looking at the two of them.

The expression on Sun Jiayu's face did not change, and he lowered his head and passed. When he was in kindergarten, those female teachers liked to compete to hug him, although he couldn't hold a spoon when he ate, but his little heart was as clear as a snow cave, but because he was good-looking, with thick eyebrows and big eyes and beautiful long eyelashes, he was as likable as a doll. When he grew up, his handsome facial features became more and more delicate and clear, and he began to receive love letters from girls one after another since the fourth grade of primary school. And rigorous, but attracted by the scenery of another place, I looked at it attentively, almost intently.

A dozen paces in front of them, there was a tall girl, walking unhurriedly, light blue jeans wrapped around two slender legs, a rare pair of colorful sneakers under her feet, her feet were like stepping on springs, her waist was swinging, her steps were light, and she had a unique charm.

"Rigorous?" Sun Jiayu called him, strictly deaf to him, and looked straight ahead with his eyes. Sun Jiayu followed his gaze, smiled understandingly, and then blocked his hand in front of his eyes, and shook it a few times: "Hey, hey, hey, I said brother, are you a little promising?" ”

Rigorously dodging left and right, it was easy to pull away Sun Jiayu's hand, and the beauty in front of him had long since disappeared. He sighed: "Goods are more important to throw away, and people are more angry than people to death." Compared to this girl, those just now are as ...... as tap water."

Sun Jiayu patted him on the back of the head: "Isn't it the Liu Bei from Class (2)." Look at your squinting eyes, it's a shame for your buddy! If you like it, don't torture yourself so much, okay? He vigorously pushed Rigor Rigor , "Amir, rush!" ”

Rigor was pushed forward a few steps, and only after standing still did he say in frustration: "It's not that I haven't rushed, people's eyes are high, and they don't look down on the master." ”

Sun Jiayu raised one eyebrow and smiled evilly: "So you have been beaten?" No wonder. What's the matter, do you want me to help you get it? ”

"Pull it down!" Rigor hurriedly shook his head, "You shot?" According to what I've always known about you, it's not that I can't trust you, I'm really afraid that you will accept it yourself in the end. ”

Sun Jiayu pursed his lips disdainfully: "I can't look down on it, the skin is too dark, and it's too coquettish, it's not the one my buddy likes." ”

Rigor raised his head and "hahaha" smirked a few times, and then said, "It's the same as the truth." Tell me, which one do you like? ”

"Have you seen Tokyo Love Story? It's like Rika, Honami Suzuki. ”

"What?" The arm that was strictly on his shoulder tightened suddenly, and he strangled his neck, "Little devil, Sun Jiayu, you actually dare to like Japanese devils?" ”