Chapter 7: The Covenant
Blue sky, white clouds.
On the rooftop of the 10th floor, you will feel that they are so close that they seem to be within reach, and you can't help but wave your hands to say hello to them.
Fan Taotao sat on the edge of the rooftop, lying on the mottled iron fence where the paint was peeling off and rusting, looking at the sky in the distance, looking at the small figure on the ground, she suddenly said: "Daxian, you said that the gods in the sky, do you feel the same way when you look at us?" ”
"I don't know!" Zhang Daxian was several meters away from Fan Taotao, lying down and looking at the sky, "I only know that I am dizzy!" ”
"Cut! If it weren't for this feeling, why would everyone be so random? Fan Taotao turned around and pouted at Zhang Daxian, to show disdain to him, and seeing that he didn't look at himself, he changed the topic, "What motivates you to come to this ten-story rooftop every day?" ”
Fan Taotao was really curious about why Zhang Daxian had a soft spot for the ten-storey rooftop, and signed a "sales contract" with the school for this purpose - he would be admitted to Zhongzhou University in three years.
"It's quiet up there!"
Zhang Daxian will not tell her the truth. He cried all night because of family changes, and it was from that night that he changed, from a prodigal rich boy to a super scholar; From worrying about food and clothing, to taking on the initiative to take on debt for his father, which is why he studied so hard, people always have inexplicable confidence in the word "potential". After he won the bronze medal in the National Mathematics Olympiad and obtained the pass to Zhongzhou University, the tone of the people who came to his house to collect debts changed, and the number of people gradually decreased.
Of course, he can't and won't say these things to Fan Taotao, he hasn't reached the level of digging out his heart and lungs for her, if he has to talk about the degree of relationship between them, Zhang Daxian prefers to describe it as a gentleman's friendship as light as water.
As for the time when he braved the rain to send money, it could not be regarded as an impulse, but that no one could experience the pain in despair like him. It was only when he knew that taste that he went to do something...... Like the benevolence of a healer, or compassion because he understands!
Fan Taotao took off the armband with the word "Dien" in black and white on his arm, put it in his right arm, put it in his pocket, got down from the edge of the rooftop, walked to Zhang Daxian's side, and looked down at him, "You can already enter Zhongzhou University, why do you still have to take the exam?" ”
Zhang Daxian closed his eyes, thought for a moment, and replied: "Money! ”
"Vulgar!"
"It's quite vulgar to think about it now, 400,000 yuan, so I sold myself!"
"How much?"
"Four hundred thousand!" After Zhang Daxian stretched out four fingers, he stretched out another one, grinning teasingly, "Add another 100,000 to the city champion!" ”
"Daxian, you ......" Fan Taotao let out a long breath, "What a fucking cowhide!" ”
She stepped over him, trotted to the staircase, clenched her fists, and shouted at Zhang Daxian: "Wait for me at Zhongzhou University, I invite you to eat chicken legs every day in the university!" ”
"This year?"
"If I can shout slogans, I can do it this year!" Fan Taotao snorted and smiled rarely, "Let's go, don't bother you cultivating immortals here!" ”
"Xiangxiang is really not coming back?" Zhang Daxian stopped Fan Taotao and asked, seeing that she stood still but did not speak, "I still have some money here to let her continue to go to school!" ”
After saying this, he regretted it a little.
"Dasen, thank you!" Fan Taotao turned to look at him, her tone was surprisingly calm, "There are some things that you can't meddle in, and you can't help!" ”
What she said was reasonable, after his father went bankrupt, his godfather came to his house every day with wine and food to accompany his father to drink and relieve his boredom, but he never dared to mention that he wanted to pay to help his father. He asked his father why he didn't ask his godfather for help, but his father didn't give him an answer, just took a sip of wine, took a hoe and went to the field to become a farmer. Later, his godfather sat on the ground and told him, "A favor that cannot be repaid will drive the living to death!" ”
"Understood!" Zhang Daxian sat up, stretched out his hand and pointed at Fan Taotao and said, "Stinky girl, you remember to me that you owe me chicken legs, and you have to pay it back to me at Zhongzhou University, and don't count other places!" ”
"I, Fan Taotao, have always been a man of his word!"
"Twenty horses are hard to chase!"
"Don't mess around with idioms!" Zhang Daxian lay down and continued to bask in the sun.
"Cut! Topic Buster! Let's go! ”
Fan Taotao turned her back and waved her hand at him, disappearing around the corner of the stairs.