Chapter 17: The Girl Who Chased Freedom 2
Huo Ran woke up from his grief, even if his body changed owners, those grief still echoed in his body.
Eighteen-year-old Wen Wen has just finished the college entrance examination, and his loving parents have left her to travel alone.
Gentle didn't feel very lonely, her parents loved each other and loved her because they loved each other, the focus of their lives was never her, but each other, and she never felt lonely, she had a lot of things she wanted to do to make her life extra fulfilling.
Just as she was planning her journey with great interest, she received a call from the police that her parents had had an accident and were caught in a storm at sea. Of the more than 100 people on board, only about 20 were rescued in the end, unfortunately not including her parents.
Gently enduring the grief of the past, looking at the hands of her parents who had never parted until they died, she reluctantly comforted herself that they were still together, but they had just gone to heaven.
When she returned home, she saw the familiar scene, her mother's unfinished painting, her father's freshly opened flowers, and the dog that circled around her, crying softly and falling asleep, and then waking up was Huo Ran's arrival.
Huo Ran rubbed his swollen and sore eyes, came to the bathroom, washed his face, and finally sobered up.
As gentle as usual, she looked at the slowly setting sunset, began to water the flowers, and then led Chengcheng out for a walk.
"Sister Gentle," the neighbor's door also suddenly opened, and out came a thin young man, greeting Gentle.
Huo Ran felt uncomfortable in his heart: "Tao Feng, please call my name." ”
Tao Feng smiled wryly, he didn't expect that the gentleness of people in the past, as his name suggested, would actually say such harsh words. "I'll go for a walk with you! You're going to be very insecure as a girl. ”
Huo Ran looked down at Cheng Cheng, who was restless around at his feet, "It's still not necessary, Cheng Cheng doesn't like strangers." ”
Tao Feng looked at the gentleness who always bowed his head not far from him, and was very anxious: "Gentle sister......"
Huo Ran raised his head: "Please call me gentle." ”
"Gentle ......"
"Goodbye" Huo Ran simply turned around and left without waiting for him to finish, her body was extremely repulsive to this young man, she didn't want to make herself uncomfortable.
Sure enough, the idea of "hurry up, hurry up" in the body disappeared when it was far away.
Cheng Cheng is nine years old this year, and he is a dog that has entered old age, and he is still very strong. Cheng Cheng didn't run around, but followed Huo Ran steadily, once there were other dogs that wanted to get close to Huo Ran, it would always lean down and make a warning sound, as if it was protecting Huo Ran in its own way.
Huo Ran listened to the voice in his heart and came to a basketball court, a tall young man was playing basketball alone.
The young man stopped his movements when he saw Huo Ran's arrival, wiped his sweat with a towel and walked in front of Huo Ran. "Gentleness, you're coming"
The feelings in his body seem to be melancholy and sighs, is this what he is in the diary? Huo Ran, who was watching from the sidelines, could experience the youthfulness and sweetness of that first love, but unfortunately the gentleness dissipated and would never come back.
"I'm here to say goodbye to you." Speak gently.
The anxious body of the young man lying on the railing tensed: "But didn't we say that we would take the literature department together?" I'd like to take you to my house if I have time......"
"I'm sorry, but I've changed my mind." Huo Ran felt that today should be to say goodbye, she looked directly into the young man's eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I can't keep my promise." ”
"Why? Did anyone else accompany you to the study? The young man felt her firmness and asked with some sadness.
"No one else." Huo Ran didn't want to hurt this person who made her feel relaxed and comfortable like gentleness, "Thank you, but I'm leaving, I want to try a new life." ”
She took Chengcheng and walked a few steps, paused, and said without looking back: "You don't want to play again, and I won't come again." ”
That's it, there was no real beginning, it was doomed to be fruitless, so why bother?
Huo Ran went to the vegetable market to buy a few simple dishes and decided to go home to make soup.
"Gentle ......" The door opposite opened again, but Huo Ran didn't have the patience to listen to him, and closed the door of his house directly.
Tao Feng, who was stopped outside, kicked the wall angrily, "This little girl, why is it so difficult to approach?" Could it be that it was because of the death of my parents that they changed from gentle as water to a cold iceberg? No, I have to take her! ”
Huo Ran didn't hear Tao Feng's words, she opened the door of the study while the soup was ready, and began to sort out the books on the shelves.
A busy night.
Early the next morning, Huo Ran got up and went for a morning run.
On the square were the uncles and aunts who also came to the morning exercise, and Huo Ran greeted them one by one.
"Gentle sister...... a voice came from behind him.
Huo Ran didn't want to pay attention to him very much, but he still didn't want to destroy his consistent image of gentleness.
"Sister Gentle, no wonder you come for a morning run every day, the air in the morning is particularly good." Tao Feng said flatteringly.
Huo Ran glanced at him casually, how could he feel that today's Tao Feng seemed to be a little higher than yesterday.
"Please call me by name! I don't want to repeat it again and again! Huo Ran emphasized.
Tao Feng said with a hippie smile: "Our two families have known each other since childhood, I treat you as my sister, how appropriate it is to call you a gentle sister." ”
"It's not that you've been growing up since you were a kid, your family has just moved here for two years. I don't like people to think of me as a sister. ”
The smile on Tao Feng's face froze, and the straightforward girl also had something uncute.
"Alright! Gentle. ”
Huo Ran started running again.
Tao Feng followed her, "Gentle, it's my first time here, I have no experience, follow you, don't you mind." ”
"Gentle, your name is so nice, just like you."
"Gentle, what do you want to do after you finish running? I'll go with you! ”
"Gentle, what do you like to eat, I'll take you to breakfast!"
"Tao Feng, aren't you going to work? Are you just waiting for Uncle Tao and Aunt Tao to raise you? You seem to have graduated for two years! Huo Ran felt that Tao Feng's hand seemed to grab a handful of his hair, very crooked, and directly sarcastically mocked him.
Tao Feng was very unaccustomed to the girl who was silent before suddenly becoming so sharp.
"Also, you should read more books."
"Ahh It hurts! Tao Feng was thinking about what he meant by gentleness, when he heard a coquettish voice crying out for pain.
He turned his head to see a girl crouched on the ground, also in a light gray tracksuit. He casually glanced at the girl, although the dress was very inconspicuous, but it still couldn't cover the girl's fiery figure.
"Don't move, I'll help you. I sprained my foot, and I was most afraid of moving around. Tao Feng said solemnly and walked over.
The girl looked up a little frightened and looked at him pleadingly.
Tao Feng squatted down, touched the girl's ankle, and massaged it with a blurred hand.
It's white, it's slippery, it's soft......
The girl looked at him with a serious look, and asked helplessly: "Thank you, big brother, is it serious?" ”
Tao Feng raised his head just in time to meet the girl's searching gaze. He smiled: "It's nothing, don't worry, I know some Chinese medicine." ”
The girl looked at his smiling face, and suddenly felt her face burning and her heart was beating faster, and she uncomfortably drowned her hair behind her ears with her hands.
Tao Feng was also a little embarrassed, his hand slowly slid up his calf: "I'll give you a massage here, in fact, you have cramps." ”
The girl didn't struggle, let him move.
"I'm Tao Feng, can you tell me your name?"
"Han Xu." The girl did not hesitate, she always knew that she had a good figure, so she was very sensitive, and hated those frivolous boys, but today there were some exceptions, maybe because this man did not look at herself with that disgusting eye.
"Han Su, what a nice name." Tao Feng wanted to say a few more words, racked his brains and couldn't think of other words, and suddenly understood what Wen Wen just meant by letting him read more books. By the way, what about gentleness?
"Okay, you better go home and rest today! It's best not to do strenuous exercise these days. I'll send you, okay? Tao Feng helped the girl to her feet.
The girl hesitated a little, looked up at Tao Feng, and happened to see Tao Feng's focused eyes, her face was flushed and she did not refuse, but leaned on Tao Feng's arms and left together.
Huo Ran, who quietly watched this scene from the sidelines, always felt unspeakably awkward, is this love at first sight, the power of love?