Chapter 22: Untying the Knot
After a short period of hesitation, he finally decided to tell a lie that could not be called a lie, after all, he really couldn't tell Jin Ling about the unbelievable thing of his rebirth.
And even if she told Jin Ling, she might not believe it, but would think that she was using an even more clumsy lie to deceive her.
He looked at Jin Ling, his face in the sunset was half gold and half silver, a little psychedelic.
The long oblique shadows of the two are like two old trees entangled with each other, seemingly with the same root, but each absorbing sunlight from different directions.
Bai Yaolong was very hesitant, he didn't know how to answer Jin Ling, he could only look at Jin Ling with the same eyes, hoping that she could believe in herself.
After looking at each other for a short time, Jin Ling finally couldn't stand such a staring at each other, so he had to turn his face shyly and say to Bai Yaolong, "Are you unwilling to tell me." ”
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Bai Yaolong felt uncomfortable, so he had to make up his mind and say to her, "I didn't lie to you. ”
Jin Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Bai Yaolong finally spoke, because she really didn't have any legitimate reason and a suitable position to force Bai Yaolong to say something.
In fact, after Bai Yaolong rescued herself that day but didn't say goodbye, she almost lost sleep for a night at night, because her mind kept coming up with Bai Yaolong's handsome face when he rode on her, which made her unable to sleep for a long time.
originally thought that he would never see this boy again, but he became his tablemate the next day, so Jin Ling really sighed at this fate, thinking that it must be God's arrangement that he was able to meet this boy.
At the same time, this boy's temperament is also very good for his own appetite, such a miraculous arrangement, when she has a sense of destined heartbeat for the first time.
But her beautiful imagination was shattered that night, and it was very simple to be willing, because Li Yutong told herself about the absurdity and obscenity of his first day of school, which made her beautiful fantasy about Bai Yaolong turn into anger and disappointment.
This is why she was so angry after seeing Bai Yaolong in the morning.
Bai Yaolong didn't know what she was thinking now, but Jin Ling, as his first friend when he came to this world, he didn't want to deceive her, lying was not only a great disrespect to her, but also a torture of his conscience, so he could only try to describe the truth, but he had to ignore some details.
Bai Yaolong sorted out his thoughts and said with some amazement: "I once had a friend who looked almost exactly like Xu Wenmin, but she committed suicide because of something, I regret that I couldn't stop all this because of my own unattachment, if I had been more careful at the time and accompanied her more, maybe this thing wouldn't have happened." ”
He used such a very short sentence to describe the reason why he did that yesterday, and he thought that saying this was not a lie, after all, for him, Xu Wenmin in the previous life could indeed only be regarded as one of his friends, and she did commit suicide.
Although he didn't describe all the experiences, Bai Yaolong believed that Jin Ling was such a smart girl, even if she didn't have to finish telling her, she could understand her feelings.
Yes, Jin Ling understood, she was a little shocked after listening to Bai Yaolong's words.
She didn't see Bai Yaolong's tears yesterday, of course she was suspicious, but now looking at Bai Yaolong's melancholy and somewhat withered expression, she believed that Bai Yaolong was not lying to her, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect what you said to be true."
Bai Yaolong was a little depressed, but he still looked into the distance and shook his head and said: "You don't have to apologize, this has nothing to do with you, strictly speaking, I am just a friend of hers, and I am not qualified to say that I am ashamed to save her, in fact, I can't do it." ”
He remembered that in his previous life, God had actually given him a chance at the end, if it was really as he said, be more careful, and accompany Xu Wenmin more, instead of being busy with that self-righteous work, maybe he could see a little clue and stop the tragedy.
But the most hated thing is that fate does not have such words as "thus" and "if", so as he said, in fact he can't do it.
Jin Ling watched him put his hands in his trouser pockets and looked at the sunset by the river, but he could empathize with the helpless tragedy, and he was also a little uncomfortable.
But Jin Ling is not only a smart person, she is also a brave person, although she knows that she should let Bai Yaolong be quiet and comfort him, but she doesn't want her heart knot to be locked like this all the time, so she asked the last question that made her soul sad this afternoon:
"Then change the name of the song, why do you want to convey such a paragraph to Xu Wenmin."
In fact, Bai Yaolong's hugging of Xu Wenmin made her a little unhappy, but from the fact that she was willing to buy bread and milk for Bai Yaolong at noon, she knew that she didn't care much in her heart, after all, she didn't see that scene with her own eyes, although others told her, but she didn't have such a strong impression engraved in her heart.
But the plot of the song changing its name at noon made her a little uncomfortable, so she continued to ask questions in this inopportune situation.
"Her mom is sick and she might drop out of school, so I can't just let it go." Bai Yaolong said a little melancholy.
This is not counting his lying nonsense, according to the fate line of his previous life, Xu Wenmin did give up her studies in the end because her mother had no money for treatment, and finally went to the abyss and died.
This is also his biggest heart problem at present, judging from the current trend and the power under his control, it seems that he still can't change this fate, so when it comes to this, Bai Yaolong looks at the sky with some heartache, afraid that he still can't turn the tide.
"So you're trying to cheer her on?" Jin Ling didn't expect such a story, and she didn't ask about the authenticity of this matter, because if she inquired casually, she would know if it was true.
Bai Yaolong nodded, and then said: "You and I are both from very good material families, many times we can't understand the plight of people who are weaker than us, maybe sometimes it is just a bag of bread and a carton of milk that can make a hero fall into the abyss of despair." ”
Although Jin Ling is not in a big grade, she is not the kind of daughter who doesn't eat minced meat, and she also clearly knows that the family conditions of some classmates are indeed not good, and she has heard a lot of tragic stories about accidents that happen at home because of this or that accident.
Jin Ling didn't know how to evaluate Bai Yaolong, but he reluctantly accepted that Bai Yaolong made these incomprehensible things because he regarded Xu Wenmin as a deceased old friend, because only this logic can explain that he is not a psychopath.
At this time, Bai Yaolong, who was immersed in sadness and grief, also had ups and downs, and looked into the distance in a trance.
That's it, maybe the two of them were thinking about their hearts, and the young boys and girls at the scene fell into silence again, and finally Bai Yaolong said: "Okay, now you are clear, don't talk about me, talk about you, do you have a good relationship with Xu Wenmin, I think you are at the same table." ”
Faced with such a frustrating atmosphere, Jin Ling didn't want to dwell on it anymore, hearing Bai Yaolong ask her like this, Jin Ling shook his head without thinking about it, and replied:
"It's not good, it's even bad, I don't like her one-sided personality, and she doesn't like my cynical appearance, so although we sit together, we basically never speak."
Faced with this answer, Bai Yao Longmu turned his head and asked puzzledly, "What!" You don't have a good relationship, so why are you still at the same table? ”
Jin Ling continued to shake his head helplessly, and then replied: "Last semester there was a sports meeting, because we disagreed and quarreled in front of Teacher Chen, Teacher Chen was very angry, and in order to punish us, he made us the two of us at the same table, but you also know that people are interested in the same way, there is a disagreement, so although I sat with her, I have never had anything to do with each other." ”
Bai Yaolong can understand after thinking about it, one is from the countryside and the other is from the township, not to mention the difference in the material conditions of the two, and the inconsistency in cognition alone may lead to disagreements.
Not to mention that one of them has a calm and stubborn personality, and the other has a flexible personality, so it would be strange if these two people could really become good friends.
"Then since you don't like her, why didn't you come and sit next to me this morning?" Bai Yaolong then asked.
When Jin Ling heard him ask, he blushed and said, "Aren't I still angry in the morning, besides, I am a girl who took the initiative to sit next to you, I am not ashamed." ”
Bai Yaolong smiled and said: That's right, and the two of them continued to move forward like this.
Finally like this, the two came to Bai Yaolong's second uncle's house, and after Bai Yaolong went upstairs to withdraw the money, he took out two yuan and gave it to Jin Ling, saying that he would pay her back for lunch, but Jin Ling didn't accept it, and said with a smile: "I don't want the money, you can invite me to dinner." ”
Bai Yaolong didn't force the money to her, but smiled at her and said, "Okay, I'll go eat your rice noodles." ”
When Jin Ling heard him say that he was eating her rice noodles, he instantly knew what he was paying attention to, and his face changed and said, "Why are you so annoying, shouldn't you ask me what I want to eat?" ”
To tell the truth, what Bai Yaolong is most afraid of now is that Jin Ling conjures up that pouting mouth, she is innocent and a little cute and angry, not to mention the otaku in her previous life, even the general manager who has seen too many beautiful women can't stand it.
So he accommodated: "Okay, you say, little brother, what I have is money." ”
"Cut! I was almost hungry at noon, and I didn't know which beggar it was. Jin Ling said disdainfully.
When Bai Yaolong heard him say this, he smiled and stopped talking.
And Jin Ling finally chose a chaos hall downstairs, and after entering the store, the two ordered two bowls of chaos, one large and one small, for dinner.
During this period, Bai Yaolong proposed that Jin Ling would borrow a few textbooks for the first and second years of junior high school to him, because his academic performance was too poor and he needed to study on his own, and Jin Ling also agreed, saying that the textbooks were in his drawer and could be taken at any time.
After eating Chaos, because of the delay along the way, and Jin Ling's eating was too slow, the two almost trotted back to school, and when they arrived at school, Bai Yaolong was fine, but Jin Ling was already out of breath, and it could be seen that her physical strength was really not very good.
After coming to the classroom, most of the students were already sitting in the classroom at this time, and Xu Wenmin also saw the two people who entered the door one after the other, but he just glanced at them, and he didn't look at them.
It wasn't until the two of them came to Jin Ling's seat that Jin Ling took out his textbooks for the first and second years of junior high school and gave them to Bai Yaolong, that Xu Wenmin glanced at Bai Yaolong again intentionally or unintentionally.
Looking at Xu Wenmin next to him, Bai Yaolong wanted to say a few words to her, but first, Jin Ling was beside him, and secondly, he was about to go to class, so he had to take the textbook and walk towards his seat.
The evening self-study at Baijingzhen Middle School lasts from half past six to eight :15, with a total of two extracurricular periods and a 15-minute break.
The first class of evening self-study is generally the main class, and the second class is self-study, which is much easier than the famous schools that often study late until ten o'clock in later generations.
The first class tonight is physics, which is undoubtedly another torment for Bai Yaolong, he almost can't understand what the teacher says, but he has to listen patiently, because he has to take notes, wait for himself to review the content of the first grade later, and then digest what the teacher said.
Fortunately, the physics teacher didn't embarrass him, just asked his name and didn't care about him, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
After the physics class, many students will go to the cafeteria to buy some snacks such as spring rolls and buns with additional meals, because some students will skip dinner at dinner time because there are too many people, do cleaning on duty, or read more books for a while, so the cafeteria will also sell some of these small snacks during class and after evening self-study for these inconvenient students.
Bai Yaolong didn't eat these snacks between classes, because the bowl of Chaos he ate with Jin Ling was too large, and he was still holding on.
But instead of sitting in the classroom, he came out to find a grove, secretly lit a cigarette, and took a puff to ease the turmoil of the day.
In the evening of the second period of self-study, Bai Yaolong took out a copy of physics from the second year of junior high school (physics was learned from the second year of junior high school at that time), and took a deep breath.
But now he is constantly cheering himself up in his heart, saying that he can do it, and constantly telling himself that this is his most important job, and only in this way can he continue to walk with the current Xu Wenmin after he goes to high school.
In his previous life, he didn't like to study, although he was rich and rich, he knew very well that it was not his own credit, nor did he have much ability, but he was just born in a family of capable and good parents.
But he doesn't think of himself as a stupid person, and the adult mind tells him that hard work and dedication may not make you successful, but if you don't work hard and don't pay, then you will definitely fail.
In this way, Bai Yaolong was like a monk after enlightenment, studying the physics textbook in front of him in a fascination.