Section 7: Special Gifts

"As for the fact that I gave her the painting, and she accepted it, what would happen next, I didn't think about it at all, and I wasn't in the mood to think about it, all I was thinking about was how she refused. When it was finally time for the end of school, I walked out of the classroom with my head down, afraid to look at the door of the school auditorium, even though the auditorium was on the edge of the playground diagonally opposite the school building, and I only had to look up to see it clearly! But I wanted to see if she was waiting there. In this way, it was not until I unlocked my bicycle and pushed my bicycle up the boulevard with a picture frame that I looked up at the door of the auditorium, but I didn't see her! At that moment, I suddenly felt that I had done something childish, ridiculous, and abrupt! Everything became an unrealistic fantasy, nothing happened, and I was extremely lost! I carried the frame in my hand, walked forward slowly, tried my best to control myself from thinking about it, and dragged my heavy steps towards the school gate, walking very slowly! Just when my mind was confused to the point of no return, I suddenly felt as if someone had tapped me on the shoulder behind the back, I hadn't come back to my senses, just continued to walk forward, and when I patted it a second time, I subconsciously looked back, and there was a strange girl standing in front of me, a girl who had never had any impression, in fact, at that moment I was expecting her to greet me. I asked her what was the matter? She said that someone was looking for you on the edge of the playground, and pointed in the direction of the playground. I turned my gaze to the playground, and it turned out to be her! It's really her! She wears black jeans and a pink half-sleeved shirt! After saying that, the girl snickered and left! I really didn't expect her to 'talk' to me in this way! I can't describe my state of mind at that time, I don't know whether to be happy or painful, because I haven't gotten out of the emotions just now, and I even have the happiness of the rest of my life! It's so hard to get used to! In this way, I walked towards her with an indescribable state of mind in my hand, nervous to death, and strongly felt the beating of my chest, and I don't know how long I walked that short distance! When I walked up to her, I looked up at her, and she was holding her bag and looking at me intently. I handed her the painting and whispered that it was a small gift for you! At this time, she carried the schoolbag on her shoulder, and carefully took the painting wrapped in light blue wrapping paper. This is the first time I have seen her up close, she looked at me with her eyes flashing, her hair on the right side tucked behind her ear, her smooth face radiated a warm and comfortable smile, and she exuded pure loveliness in the reflection of the transparent sunset! She said, 'It's you!' Her tone didn't seem surprised at all. On the contrary, I was a little unnatural and embarrassed, and for the first time I spoke in front of others, I just asked her intermittently, 'Ah...... You...... Know...... I ......' and she said, 'yes, I know you!' Artists who work from the building, but I don't have a birthday today! Why are you giving me a gift? I couldn't find the words to answer her question, and I said, 'That's a painting for you,' and she said, 'Of course it's a painting, it's already on the note!' Later, she told me that I was so stupid that day, and she didn't expect that I, who usually seemed to be full of personality, to be so shy that day. That day, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding by the teacher, we walked out of the school gate without saying a few words and went home. I remember leaving the school gate, I saw a few white pigeons falling on the street lamps not far away, cooing, and looking back at the glass windows of the auditorium, which were dazzlingly lit in the evening sun! I remember that scene so deeply! When I saw Lin Jun saying this, there was a heartfelt smile on his face.

"On the way back, I rode fast! Because of those few short conversations, what did it bring me? Is it fun? Was it a surprise? Is it exciting? I can't tell you what it feels like, but now that I think about it, it's so wonderful and precious, and there won't be a few times in a person's life when they truly feel happy from the heart! It seemed like the whole world was getting better, and along the way I rode very fast, and on a few occasions I almost hit pedestrians. That's the way it is! When I got home, my parents were surprised to see me happy, they had never seen me so happy! With a smile of speculation and doubt, I asked what made me so happy, and I casually responded that I had been praised by the teacher today! That night I tossed and turned, I couldn't sleep, I was always thinking about her expression when she received the gift, her smile, the feeling I had been looking forward to for a long time, and before I could feel it carefully, it was over! I guess I must have been smiling in my sleep that night! What is the happiness of an ignorant adolescent boy? I seem to have found the answer, and my heart is filled with a strange warmth! In the next few days, when we met at school, she always greeted me with a smile on her face, and I would briefly talk to her. About a week later, she gave me a big, thick envelope in the same color as the watercolor wrapper I gave her, the size of B5 printer paper! The envelope also has a pattern on it. When I got back to the classroom, I pinched the envelope, and it looked like it wasn't a letter, but a book or some kind of craft. When I got home, I opened the envelope with an irrepressible sense of excitement, and sure enough, it was not a letter, but a stack of cartoons, all of which were cut out of sketch paper of the same size, and they were exaggerated and cute characters. The figure in the painting has a large head, big eyes, and the ratio of the body to the head is almost exaggerated, almost a 1:2 ratio, and the content of the picture is the process of giving her a gift on the playground that day, as well as some of my usual habitual movements and expressions, I admire her observation and can grasp it so accurately. Even the words I said when I gave her a gift that day were matched by her in the original picture, as well as the words I said when I met in the past few days, they were also matched in the picture, she is very good at capturing the image characteristics of the characters, just right! That's her way! What do you think? Lin Jun asked,

"Something special indeed!" I replied.