Chapter 10: Two Paths
After the military training in the afternoon, the head teacher Shan Qingrong informed everyone that he would stay in the class for self-study in the evening and leave school at half past nine.
After the students learned about it, they secretly scolded the school fools in their hearts, they were tired after a day of training, and they wanted to go home quickly to lie down and rest, but they actually had to study at night.
I haven't sent any books, so what kind of self-study will I go to?
Shan Qingrong saw the resistance on the students' faces, and said with a smile:
"No way, this is a school rule, so let's do it, I'll show you a movie at night."
The classroom of No. 4 Middle School is a multimedia classroom, with computers and projectors, which are often used in classes, which is very convenient.
Hearing the movie, the mood of the classmates was a little better, and watching the movie at school was quite happy.
Only Xue Yuantong had a calm face, she didn't know in advance that she was going to study at night, if it was half past nine in the evening, even though it was summer, it would be completely dark, and then she would have to walk three kilometers alone on the river dam, it would be terrible to think about.
Although she thinks she is very bold, she walks at night...... In case he encountered a bad guy along the way, the more Xue Yuantong thought about it, the more frightened he became, his little face turned pale, and various terrifying scenes kept emerging.
Today, because of military training, she didn't bring her mobile phone, her mother went to the village to help her grandparents harvest peanuts, and in recent days, she was not at home, and no one would come to pick her up.
It's over, Xue Yuantong is sad now.
She wanted to stand up several times and tell Shan Qingrong that she was going home early, but it was too embarrassing, Shan Qingrong asked her why, what should she say?
Say she's scared to walk at night?
It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, I, Xue Yuantong, will be afraid of a mere night road?
The lights in the classroom were turned off, and Shan Qingrong showed everyone the movie 'Spirited Away', and the projector hit the screen.
Xue Yuantong's face kept changing in the shadows, and his mood was uncertain.
Jiang Ning watched this movie in his previous life, when the first day of military training ended, and Shan Qingrong is today.
Now that I watch it again, I feel a little different.
Jiang Ning used to enjoy watching movies in class, because he came to school on weekdays for the purpose of studying, and he could only sneak around playing with his mobile phone, but watching movies openly always made him feel that he had made money.
This kind of allowed presumptuousness, in fact, is not common in the whole life, when he was in school, he secretly played with his mobile phone, and later entered the society, and he also fished secretly in the company, and he has been sneaky, it seems to have changed a lot, and it seems that nothing has changed.
Whether it is now or in the future, all kinds of rules are everywhere, Jiang Ning's life is full of compromise and helplessness, and he has never been truly free.
Jiang Jingjing watched the movie quietly until half past nine in the evening, when he found Xue Yuantong in the square in front of the classroom.
"It's late, it's not safe to walk at night, come back with me."
Xue Yuantong listened, and said confidently as he walked:
"It's okay, I've walked a lot at night, it's not worth mentioning."
Jiang Ning was silent for a moment.
Xue Yuantong couldn't wait to give herself a mouthful, she was worried about a night of self-study, and she thought of various ways to go home, in fact, she could take a taxi, but the money she brought with her had been spent.
finally waited for Jiang Ning to speak, but she was about to refuse again.
Now it's okay, Xue Yuantong feels that the future is dark.
Xue Yuantong's refusal was expected by Jiang Ning, he could actually ignore Xue Yuantong, after all, the other party rejected him several times, but think about it, he wants to dig other people's houses.
"You know I usually go to the river dam at night, right? The dam is not safe, there are often drunk men, last time I took a closer look, in the field next to it, there is a grave at a distance, sometimes in the middle of the night, there are people sitting on the grave talking, quite terrible. Jiang Ning said flatly.
Xue Yuantong was silent when he said this.
"Auntie explained to me before leaving, let us take care of each other if there is difficulty, if something happens to you walking, I will definitely not be able to go."
"Okay, okay, don't say it, I'll just sit." Xue Yuantong clasped his hands in front of his chest and snorted:
"I'm not afraid to walk at night, I just see that you ride alone at night and it's pitiful, so I can't help but walk with you."
Jiang Ning watched Xue Yuantong pretend to be, but he didn't expose it.
When Shen Qing'e left school, she saw Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong chatting in front of her, her face changed, Jiang Ning hadn't contacted her for several days, so she usually had to go shopping in person, and she was a little unaccustomed to it for a while.
She glanced at Xue Yuantong a few times, although her face was clean, she was short to death, like a primary school student, she often kept a straight face, and Jiang Ning's eyes were also amazing.
"Shen Qing'e, let's go." The classmate next to her called her.
"Uh-huh, okay." Shen Qing'e responded, she didn't say hello to Jiang Ning, it was completely unnecessary, when she was studying in the middle school in the town, she still thought that Jiang Ning was a little unique, but now in the fourth middle school, she is completely mediocre in the class, just an ordinary classmate.
As for himself, two days after the start of school, it became the focus of discussion among the boys in the class, and when the military training was resting in the afternoon, the sunny and handsome boy in the next class sent a Coke, which attracted the envy of the girls around him, bathing in the eyes of those girls, Shen Qing'e showed a sweet smile.
She lives in her sister's house, and with the help of Jiang Junlong, who is studying in the experimental class of No. 2 Middle School, her grades will undoubtedly improve by leaps and bounds, far behind Jiang Ning.
She and Jiang Ning are no longer people all the way, the gap will get bigger and bigger in the future, for those past, she has no nostalgia at all, buried in her memories!
Shen Qing'e got into her sister's car at the school gate, and through the window, she saw Jiang Ning pushing a bicycle, followed by the short Xue Yuantong.
The car started and drove towards the neon-lit city center, and a large gray suburb was reflected in the rearview mirror, like a dilapidated countryside, and there was the direction where Jiang Ning's cart was going.
The corners of Shen Qing'e's mouth hooked up a faint smile.
……
Jiang Ning pushed the cart and kept walking, Xue Yuantong didn't speak, and followed quietly behind.
Jiang Ning got on the bike and pointed his toes on the ground:
"Come up and sit down."
Xue Yuantong said: "You ride first, wait for me to jump directly on the back seat." ”
Jiang Ning stepped on the pedal, the wheels turned, and the mountain bike moved forward slowly.
Xue Yuantong ran behind him, and kicked his little short legs......
Jumped out of the air and didn't reach the seat.
Jiang Ning pretended not to see it and slowed down again.
Xue Yuantong took a deep breath and tried again, but he still didn't go up.
Jiang Ning stopped the car, the atmosphere suddenly suffocated, Xue Yuantong's little face was flushed, it was so embarrassing, she felt that she was going to die.
After a long time, Jiang Ning broke the silent air:
"Well, the instructor of the military training is more strict, and the intensity of the training today is exceeded, and the boys in our team complain that they can't stand it."
Xue Yuantong said: "Ah, yes, military training is trivial to me, mainly because my shoes don't fit, which is very uncomfortable, do you understand?" ”
"I understand, I understand." Jiang Ning said with a smile.
Xue Yuantong pretended not to see Jiang Ning's expression and put his eyes aside.
"Get in the car."
"Okay." Xue Yuantong finally got into the car now, she was sitting sideways, and the cushion in the back seat was very soft, not a buttocks.
The mountain bike gradually started to speed, Xue Yuantong's small hand was tightly grasped on the edge of the back seat, and his body was close to Jiang Ning.
She had never been so close to a boy, and the oncoming night breeze brushed the hair on her forehead, and Xue Yuantong's heart beat a little faster than usual.