Chapter 20: First Acquaintance Four Years Ago
In pure white consciousness, a seventeen-year-old girl, with waist-length long hair, swayed the cicadas of midsummer into a quiet and beautiful posture, looked at me with clear eyes and smiled, trotted towards me, and passed through my body.
Back in the year I was seventeen years old, that day was the first time I met Zhou Zhuojin, a little ruffian who was a little arrogant in my eyes.
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Sitting anxiously on the platform, waiting for the last bus back to the city. It had been raining heavily for a long time, and the bus was already more than ten minutes late, and it was even more anxious when it was not sure whether the vehicle could come. If I knew that today's part-time job would have been one less, I wouldn't have been trapped.
A boy who was already soaked didn't care about the heavy rain, and ran into the platform with a gust of wind. took off his shirt neatly, wrung up the water by himself bare-chested, and turned his back in a sudden situation. As if my reaction was too great, the boy slowed down his movements and stood in front of me.
"Hey, is that an exaggeration?" The soaking wet appearance did not affect his ruffian appearance at all, and Zhou Zhuo's words of abuse made me even more embarrassed. Ignoring him, he just opened his umbrella and ran into the rain and left. Zhou Zhuo, who was behind him, smiled helplessly when he saw this.
So timid, the joke seems to have gone too far. ’
I found a hotel to stay in, only to learn from the proprietress that the mudslide washed away the road, and I am afraid that it will not be opened to traffic until tomorrow afternoon. I had no choice but to wait for two more days. Fortunately, the school took a four-day holiday because of the school anniversary.
I explained the situation to the part-time store manager and asked for leave, so I lay down in bed with peace of mind, listened to the sound of rain outside the window, and fell asleep. I heard that the newly opened forest park in this town is good, and it rained all night, and it is rare to be able to clear in the morning, so it is a pity not to go out for a walk.
Riding to the bottom of the mountain, the refreshing air has the fragrance of earth, inhaling oxygen deeply, ignoring the undried water stains on the stone slabs, walking directly along the paved stone road to the mountain.
I didn't stop shooting with the camera all the way, and before I could find a place to sit down, a hand directly covered my mouth from behind, and the sudden situation caught me off guard.
It was a boy who looked like him, and when he came to his senses, he found that there was a dark red blood stain on the boy's left leg and his face was covered with mud, but it was not difficult to see that he was the boy who undressed on the platform yesterday evening. I was overwhelmed and wanted to call for help, but there was no one around. I had no choice but to dial the rescue number on the sign in a conspicuous place. The staff was very helpful and ready to take him to the hospital. It's a pity that people didn't believe me, they didn't think we knew each other, and pulled me into the car.
Looking at the man who was sleeping on the hospital bed, the nurse had helped him take care of his wound twenty minutes ago, and he was on a drip. Kindly bought delicious food for him, looked at the time, and it was delayed for a long time, and the boy on the hospital bed opened his eyes in time.
"It's you!"
"It's good that you're awake, I bought some food, I still have something to do, so I'll go first."
He got up and was about to leave, but his wrist was grabbed. looked at the stranger in front of him nervously, struggled a few times but couldn't break free, and tears fell in panic, the boy saw it and let go of his hand instantly.
"Don't be afraid, I just want you to accompany me, don't worry, I'm not a bad person." The hoarse voice calmed me down a lot, and I leaned against the wall with a wary face, looking at him with a pale face curiously and timidly.
"How are you, hurt."
"Hehe, young and frivolous, fighting."
"Oh."
"My name is Zhou Zhuojin, what about you?"
"Night, night kite." Zhou Zhuo on the hospital bed raised his eyebrows suspiciously, and after making sure that he heard correctly, he smiled unabashedly.
"What a strange name, what do your parents think?" I heard the stranger in front of me teasing my name, but I didn't dare to get angry. is young and frivolous, isn't it because of the fight that he gets hurt? What if I can't help but reply and anger people, and they beat me.
"Big, big brother, I've paid for your medical expenses, I still have to go to work, let's go first!" When the words fell, he didn't care about the changes in Zhou Zhuojin's eyes, and fled.
When I returned to the city, I almost forgot about it. Wearing work clothes, he was opening a list for a guest, and an unfamiliar number called in and answered the phone suspiciously.
"Hey, who is it?"
"Nightshade, where are you?" Some familiar voices came nicely, but I couldn't remember who it was for a while. If you know my name, you should know me.
"Where did you get my phone number?"
"You signed and left your contact information when you paid for your treatment at the hospital."
With a bang, the mood was instantly bad. Zhou Zhuojin inquired about my contact information, are you going to trouble me?
I clutched my phone at a loss and couldn't speak for a long time.
"You, what do you want to do, I tell you, I hate being threatened the most, don't thank me, I don't want the treatment fee, don't contact me, goodbye!"
After pretending to be calm in one breath, he quickly hung up the phone. As soon as I breathed a sigh of relief, I was startled by a face at the door with a forced smile. I didn't dare to look up and peeked for a long time, seeing that he didn't leave or come in, he pretended not to see it and continued to work in his hand until he closed at nine o'clock in the evening, Zhou Zhuojin was still standing there, just a cigarette butt on the ground, and it could be seen that he was already impatient. He turned around and ran while he was not paying attention, after all, there is a difference between men and women, and before he could run far, he was blocked by him who was chasing.
"Hey, am I that terrible? Seeing me is like seeing a ghost. ”
"What the hell are you going to do, tell me straight, I'm going home." Seeing that I was completely annoyed by my stubborn attitude, Zhou Zhuo smiled instead of being angry.
"Just wanting to get to know you, it's as simple as that." Zhou Zhuojin's abrupt soft voice made me stunned for three seconds, shook my head, and bypassed him and left.
But he followed me all the way. I don't know how idle he is, he actually comes to wait for me at the school gate every day, riding a motorcycle that is very popular in the eyes of others, he comes alone, and even brings a group of people, which makes the security department also have a headache. Seeing that they didn't make trouble, they had to pretend not to see. I haven't said a word to him during this period, it's not that I don't know how to be polite, it's just that such a gangster is just because he is bored, so why bother to provoke him.
As usual, he lowered his head and prepared to leave in a hurry, but the commotion came as always, glared at him in annoyance, got on his bicycle and left directly. I thought that Zhou Zhuojin would be angry and wouldn't last long, but it had only been ten days, and he had no intention of leaving. I was too lazy to listen to my classmates and have to point fingers, so I still studied part-time.
I don't know when there was no group of people sitting there at the entrance of the school, perhaps, he was just in a playful state of mind. Tutoring a second-grade child with homework, walking in the alley home with a bag on his back, the sound of footsteps behind me made me panic, trotting out of the alley, and quickly running home to lock the door.
When I opened the door, there was no fleshy little figure running out of the house as scheduled.
"Lazy, lazy."
I searched all over the house, but there was no lazy figure or movement. You can't have slipped out by accident, right?
I didn't bother to turn off the lights, so I took the door and went out. It was late at night, so I had to stop and look for fear of disturbing the people.
"Hey!"
Zhou Zhuojin's voice came from the dim place, and it scared me back two steps.
"Why are you here, I don't have time to accompany you to do tai chi, I'm going to find a dog!"
"Where to find it so late, it would be nice to buy another."
"Some things don't come with money."
My dissatisfaction made Zhou Zhuo concentrate for a moment, and said with a light sigh.
"You go back and wait first, and I'll find it for you." The commanding tone made me want to argue a few words, but I was stunned by his look.
I walked home slowly in a daze, and only then did I remember that I didn't tell him what kind of dog it was, how old it was, what it looked like, and what its name was. How did he find it?
Just as he was about to go out, Zhou Zhuojin had already walked in with a two-month-old laziness.
"Lazy!" His eyes were red with joy, and he looked at Zhou Zhuo and wanted to say thank you, but he felt hypocritical.
"Thank you anyway, though I don't know how you found it."
"It's just sneaking out for a while."
Looking at him suspiciously, Zhou Zhuo said the details.
It turned out that he had quietly followed me for a month, and only left when I got home, but I heard the dog's name more often, and I also knew that the lazy would run out to play while I was not paying attention.
Maybe it was because he kept a safe distance from me and made me let down my guard, but after a long time, I got used to his presence. He also bought a leash and went out for a walk every day with his laziness.
Sometimes he doesn't come, and he disappears from time to time. If he doesn't say it, I won't ask.
But I'm used to lazy companionship, and without it, I really don't know if I'll be very disappointed.
"Night Kite, I'm not happy to invite you to dinner! If you hadn't saved me, how could I have the honor of having dinner at the same table with Young Master Ben, this is your blessing, I don't know what to do. ”
Sitting in the courtyard and reading a book, Zhou Zhuo, who had an unforgiving mouth, threw over a candy.
"It's better to practice separately! I don't want to have anything to do with you, young master! "Catch the candy and throw it over.
Well, I admit that Zhou Zhuojin is a veritable young master, not to mention, after his true nature was exposed, he really didn't see what his so-called young master looked like.
Looking at Zhou Zhuojin, who was laughing without moving in front of him, he really couldn't imagine that he was like a young master.
However, the so-called repayment of his old man was to buy a complete set of high-end supplies for the lazy lazy on his own initiative, and installed them in the yard with his own hands.
Looking at the price on the ticket stub, it made me smack my tongue even more.
"It's so expensive, how long do you want me to stay."
"I'm not uncommon with these young masters, I'll buy another Alaska in a few days and find a boyfriend for lazy,......。"
Ignoring Zhou Zhuojin's later words, looking at the flowers and plants in the yard that were moved by Zhou Zhuojin for various reasons, my head hurts, do you really regard this as his home?
Anyway, we're not good enough to get to this point.