Chapter 1: Interlaced Memories
On a hot summer afternoon, even the cries of knowledge are so irritable, revealing a hint of weakness.
I carried a crossbody bag on my shoulder, and I ran down the hard, somewhat dusty country road, which would be closer from school to home.
My forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and I don't know when my hair stuck to my scalp, dripping with sweat one by one.
Familiar factories and mines, quiet courtyards in the afternoon.
I was outside the door of Xin Yi's house, shouting Xin Yi's name.
My throat was thirsty, but my heart was like a nameless fire, restless and angry.
Xin Yi's face appeared by the window, still sluggish and innocent, but when he saw me, a hint of surprise appeared in his good-looking big eyes.
The door opened, I didn't go in, I leaned on the door, looking indifferent: "Where is my aunt?" (Because the relationship between the two families is good, I call Xinyi's mother aunt)"
"Go to work." Xin Yi has always been a little introverted, doesn't like to talk, and has a soft voice.
I don't know when the cold towel was wrung out, she was a little nervous holding it, but in the end it carefully fell on my face, and carefully wiped the sweat beads on my face for me.
"Are you and Guan Yong okay?" I snatched the towel and wiped my sweat-soaked hair, a natural questioning in my tone.
"Nope." Xin Yi lowered his head, denied a word, and looked up at me innocently, looking a little flustered.
"Really?" I raised my eyebrows, pulled a cigarette out of my bag, and lit it.
was gently taken away by Xin Yi: "Wait a moment to be seen, tell Aunt Hong, you have to be scolded again." ”
I resolutely took it back, entered the house, closed the door, lit a cigarette, frowned and began to count Xin Yi: "I said that you are a girl, you have to pay attention to the impact." As soon as I went to school this afternoon, several buddies told me that your family Xin Yi and Guan Yong in the class are getting better. You say you're a little kid, how old are you? Are you in love? Speaking of which, others call you my family's Xinyi, just because you love to follow me all day long, others think you are my family? My family, can I allow my younger sister to fall in love? Am I going to be ashamed? ”
Xin Yi didn't have any answer when I talked about it, she was busy at home.
The small bowl of water that was handed to me was used to hold the ashes. Take it out of the fridge and cut the watermelon. A large cup of chilled chrysanthemum tea.
My heart was on fire, and I grabbed her, sat her down in front of me, and asked angrily, "Did you hear me when I said you?" ”
"You're in your third year of high school, and you're going to class today, how can you skip class?" Xin Yi looked at me with innocent eyes, and his soft and glutinous voice and unhurried tone made me feel like a chicken and a duck talking.
"You don't care if I skip class! What's the matter with you and Guan Yong? If you don't make it clear today, I'll take that kid out and beat him up after school! "I was excited.
"He is the squad leader, and I am the Cultural Affairs Committee. It's summer vacation, and the teacher asked us to organize an activity for the class together. Xin Yi lowered his head, stirred his clothes with his hands, and whispered.
"That's it?" I wrinkled my brows, thinking about the 'rumors' in the afternoon, your family Xinyi doesn't care about anyone except you, but I stayed with Guan Yong this afternoon, there are talking and laughing, they are in love, right? I see.
"Hmm." Xin Yi nodded.
I snuffed out the cigarette, picked up a piece of watermelon and ate it in a big gulp, I felt uneasy, and turned my head to look at Xin Yi 'viciously', she was shocked, and hurriedly picked up the handkerchief to wipe my mouth: "Xin Yi, you tell the truth, do you like Guan Yong?" ”
"I don't like it." Xin Yi said for sure.
I threw away the watermelon rind and drank another cup of chrysanthemum tea, I felt that my throat was no longer thirsty, and the heat that lingered in my heart was gone, and I stood up and said with satisfaction: "I went back to school to find Lao Chen, and the better I am with him today, I will go to XX to play." You study at home, little ones don't waste time. Remember, you are not allowed to fall in love at a young age. ”
I strode out of Xin Yi's house, but when I was about to go out, Xin Yi said with some fear: "Then you don't want to fall in love in your third year of high school, it will affect the college entrance examination." ”
My face turned red, the green tendons on my forehead jumped, and I turned my head and said to Xin Yi, who was a little afraid, "You care about me!" I'm a boy, I can fall in love whenever I want. Learn to go! ”
Walking out of the gate of Xin Yi's house, the scorching afternoon sun seemed to be blown away by the breeze, and the gently swaying branches made the spots cast by the shade of the trees also sway.
My hair was already dry, and after a while, I suddenly turned around and looked at the window of Xin Yi's house, and sure enough, she was in front of the window, and I didn't expect that I would look back at her, so I was shocked like a little rabbit, and quickly ran in.
I don't know why, but a relaxed smile hangs on the corner of my mouth. My heart is full of a sense of accomplishment, I am really a good brother, in order to avoid Xin Yi going astray, this lesson is worth escaping.
The summer sun dissipated in my eyes, the smell of summer disappeared from my nose, and the yellowed fragments of memory that had been yellowed for a long time were very clear in my mind, and then faded away.
The scene was still the boiling fighting arena, the fanatical audience, there was only one figure in my eyes, but she turned her face sideways without any expression, and 'interjected' with my gaze.
Xin Yi and I obviously have so many memories, why do I think of this paragraph?
Is it that as time goes by, she will never peek at me from behind the window again, be found by me, and 'run away' in panic? She's learned to ignore me, right?
In this arena of blood and cruelty, shouldn't I think of this? It's just that my nose is a little sour, and I find that I can't tolerate the absence of me in Xinyi's eyes.
Why is this happening? I frowned, trying to think of a reason, but I met Jiu'er's sharp gaze, and then he turned his head and said something to Xin Yi gently, from Xin Yi's side face, she was smiling, smiling very sweetly, like a winter valley, flowers blooming overnight, and there was a burst of emotional exclamation at the scene.
Is this Xinyi? When did she learn to smile so sweetly? Is it because of Jiu'er?
I was so sad that it was the first time I found out that I hated a man so much, and I wanted to put my hand on Jiu'er's arrogant neck and twist it mercilessly.
What kind of extreme emotions is this? My head swelled, and I was even more dizzy, and I could only watch Xin Yi walk into the VIP box.
"Well, let's once again welcome the royal sons present with applause!" At this time, Hu Yi's words interrupted all my thoughts, and he continued: "I think you are tired of my verbosity. After all, today is Mr. Wolf's grand ceremony. According to the rules, the game is about to begin. ”
As Hu Yi spoke, my face appeared on the big screen, and it turned out to be a wolf face that looked a little lonely and sad, looking a little like lonely Alaska (one of the three fools of sledding).
This is definitely not the expression that a wolf man should have, the audience at the scene couldn't help but talk about it, but I was suddenly reminded of a fact by this face, yes, how can Xin Yi recognize me with this kind of face? It's not that she forgot about me, it's not that she ignores me, it's that she doesn't recognize me at all.
As soon as I thought of this, I was happy again, and my energy immediately soared.
The audience at the scene saw this change through the big screen and began to sympathize with the unbridled discussion, and it may have been a little nervous that the huge pressure made me a little nervous.
I didn't bother to pay attention to this, and my heart gradually calmed down, and I had to face a cruel ring match in a bad situation.
Hu Yi was still explaining the rules, a ring match like this to promote the nobility is the most difficult, just like the baptism of a newcomer in and out of the fighting arena, it takes several games in a row, and the last game will face my real enemy, and the first few games are for me to warm up.
I heard it, and sneered in my heart, "Oh, is there anything more unfair than this?" I was going to face a powerful opponent, and how many people came out to wear down my strength?
Or do you know I'm bleeding and put it off a little longer?
But this kind of thing is not a completely bad thing, at least it gave me a buffer time, so that I couldn't expect that I had this ability, right? I understood his mind in an instant, and after tormenting me so much, he felt that it was too glorious for me to use his men against me.
If I was killed by Xiao Shrimp, it would be the biggest humiliation for me.
He is indeed a master of playing with people's hearts, not only does he want me to lose, but he also wants me to lose the most frustrated and embarrassed.
"Don't feel unfair! There are only 10 nobles at most in a million people, and if you want to climb to this level, you naturally have to pay 10 times and 100 times your strength to prove it. Especially in this fighting arena, there is no reason, only fists. Let's look forward to Mr. Wolf's game, in order for Mr. Wolf to concentrate on this game, we closed the radio formation in the venue. Therefore, everyone could not hear any of the fighters' words, only the collision of flesh and blood. After speaking, Hu Yi finally put away the microphone, looked at me indifferently, and the iron basket gradually rose.
Turn off the radio formation? Yes, the brawler in this battle speaks, and the audience can hear it, all because of this formation. This special closure is afraid that it will completely cut off my way, and it will be impossible for me to beg for mercy at a critical time.
I don't care! I never thought of asking for mercy.
At this time, a slave entered the ring and began to put away the red carpet spread on the ground, and the small wooden platform where I was standing.
I stepped down from the wooden platform and stood in the middle of the ring, quietly waiting for my first enemy.
When the ring was cleaned up, the iron fence on the opposite side slowly opened, and a slender figure walked out of the passage.
I narrowed my eyes, and my opponent was obviously a mountain leopard demon, a monster known for its speed, which was difficult to defeat and kill in the fighting arena, because it could drag enemies to death with its speed.
Jiu'er wants me to die in the first game.