The round cork baseball, which drew a graceful arc in the air, staggered the ash baseball bat and smashed into the trapper's glove with precision.

The speed gun on the side, showing the data "152 km / h".

"Good shot!" A few spectators on the long side waved their towels excitedly.

Seongnam International has not played such a smooth game for a long time.

Especially after the addition of pitcher Qin Shiyuan, Seongnam International's preparedness has been greatly improved.

Just now, Qin Shiyuan once again completed three strikes and eliminated Longshan International School with a total score of 6-2.

"Hu ......" rubbed his shoulders, Qin Shiyuan took off his gloves and went down the field carelessly.

His gaze looked at the cowshed (the practice area for the support pitchers) not far away, and a beautiful figure was leaning on the green diamond-shaped barbed wire, looking up boredly at the slowly moving clouds in the sky.

"Huang Lizhi?" Qin Shiyuan frowned slightly and continued to rub his shoulders, but his steps became light and silent.

While the girl was not paying attention, the tall boy with wheat-colored skin quietly came to her side.

"Hey?"

"Ahh

The girl who was also tall and long-legged was so frightened that she hurriedly took a few steps back along the fence fence, until after a few breaths, the original panicked mood gradually disappeared a little after seeing the comer clearly.

"Aren't you going home for the weekend? How did you end up here? ”

The girl's unique and memorable eyes blinked, innocent and a little aggrieved.

"Have you forgotten?"

Ha...... Qin Shiyuan frowned: "I'...... Forgot something? ”

"You really forgot ......"

The boy crossed his hands on his waist in disbelief and paced in place for a few steps: "Did we two agree on anything before?" ”

"Ani, it's not like something was promised." The girl with the baseball cap lowered her head, rubbed her fingers repeatedly, and when she raised her head again, her eyes were firm and clear: "Have you forgotten?" You still owe me a meal. ”

This simple smile suddenly seemed to bring the boy to two months ago.

…………

In November 2015, the air was a little wet and cold.

The city of Jeonju under the temperate monsoon climate has four distinct seasons.

In the maple forest, which looks like a flame from afar, stands a swing.

Sitting on the swing and swaying gently, your toes will rub against the accumulated maple leaves, making a rustling sound.

On the side of the road, there is occasionally an autumn breeze blowing, and most pedestrians are in a hurry.

Quietly enjoying a rare weekend, Huang Lizhi reached out his hands bored but enjoyed and grabbed the lanyard of the swing.

It wasn't until a sudden commotion appeared in his ears that Huang Lizhi came back from his tired and satisfied state, and looked at his right hand side with his voice.

A group of high school students in baseball uniforms crowded into the bus not far away, passing through her little world.

There was only one boy, equally quietly at the back of the line, not in a good mood.

As if he had a clear mind, he glanced at each other, and the two eyes met just once, and then quickly staggered.

In his tired eyes, the originally confident and enthusiastic spirit seemed to be overshadowed by something.

And she is obviously very tired, with a little honest and persistent stupidity in her clear eyes, like a hot-blooded stupid.

As if the boy who had been pricked by a needle, he deliberately dropped his steps, and took advantage of the fact that his teammates had already walked away, and walked curiously in the direction of Huang Lizhi.

"Excuse me...... Are you hungry? Huang Lizhi raised his head curiously and looked at this big boy who was close to one meter nine in height.

Qin Shiyuan opened his mouth slightly in astonishment, and didn't speak for a long time.

"Looks like I'm hungry...... I don't think you can walk like you have any energy. ”

The girl pondered, took out a box of bread from her bag, and handed it to the boy: "If you don't have enough to eat, you can't play to your full strength." ”

I don't know why, the depressed emotions caused by losing the game, as if ignited by something, gradually burned into invisible dust, and gradually drifted away in the autumn wind.

At the same time, there is a faint aroma in the air.

Taking the bread, the boy unceremoniously sat down on the floor next to the swing, opened the bread and took a big bite to gnaw it.

"Thank you...... When you say that, you're really a little hungry. ”

The boy, who is very cheeky in nature, said this in a rambling manner, and she couldn't hear it very clearly.

But judging from his gradually elevated tone, he was in a much better mood.

"My name is Qin Shiyuan." Gobbling up bread, the boy began to look curiously at the girl in front of him.

It looks like he's sticking to sports, and his body is very well-proportioned, at least very suitable for being a pitcher.

"Oh, my name is Huang Lizhi, and your name doesn't sound like a Peninsula person."

"I'm from there, but we don't have a lot of baseball atmosphere there, so we came to the Peninsula to study."

The boy pointed to the southwest, and the girl immediately understood.

"Alone?"

Qin Shiyuan nodded.

"That sounds pretty lonely." Huang Lizhi smiled: "I really admire you, coming to a strange place for your dream and starting over." ”

"It's not a big deal, I just lost the game again." The boy wiped his hand with a little grease on his clothes, which were already dirty after a game anyway, and then solemnly picked up the pitching gloves and shook them in front of the girl.

The plain white hand took over the pitching gloves, and the texture of the soft cowhide was quite good.

Subconsciously compared the size of the gloves, and Huang Lizhi realized that the gloves were almost as big as her head.

"As long as you dare to take that step, you are already better than many people."

Qin Shiyuan leaned back slightly, and looked at her serious study in a place where the girl couldn't see: "Yes...... But if you want to do one thing well, you have to constantly compete with the top group of people, instead of looking back to see how many people you have surpassed. ”

The girl was dumbfounded, tried to put on her pitching gloves, and threw a ball like she did on TV.

"Huh...... That doesn't seem right, are you a left-handed bowler? It wasn't until she had done a whole set of moves on the swing that the girl noticed that he was different.

Most of the strong pitchers are right-handed.

"I'm right-handed, but I stick to throwing with my left hand." Qin Shiyuan explained, and took out a baseball bat from his bag: "The remaining power, you have to swing the bat and hit a home run!" ”

Speaking big words, the boy's mood also improved a lot, and a little curiosity gradually grew.

"What about you? How did it end up here? ”

Taking off her gloves and playing with the weighty baseball bat repeatedly, the girl raised her eyebrows: "Hmm...... I'm a person who hasn't figured out what to do in the future. ”

"You look tired too, I think you've got some of the best plans. Since you admire me, try to take the first step? The boy noticed a slight bruise on the girl's ankle, quickly crossed several possible scenarios in his mind, and guessed, "Are you a dancer?" ”

"I want to be a good idol, but in that case, I might have to go to Seoul every week to practice alone."

"Qin Shiyuan! Let's go, we have to review the game when we go back! ”

Not far away, a slightly hoarse male voice interrupted the conversation between the two.

Qin Shiyuan stood up, slowly took the gloves and bat, pursed his lips and said, "Thank you for today's bread!" It gave me the energy and confidence to keep going. Here are my contact details...... If you can......"

"Okay."

The girl pulled out her phone and scanned his QR code.

"As a thank you gift for bread...... If I do go to Seoul, you treat me to a meal? The girl blinked and sent a friend request.

“ooookay！”

The boy picked up his gear and walked towards the team bus, and just before he could get into the bus, a gust of wind happened to blow the baseball cap with Seongnam International printed on it to the ground.

The boy looked back in astonishment and watched as the bus doors slowly closed, but the baseball cap remained in place.

There was also the girl named Huang Lizhi, who stood up and walked slowly towards the baseball cap.

…………

Restraining the emotions that fell into memories, Qin Shiyuan grinned generously: "I'm sorry...... I've been training too much lately and I don't have a good memory. ”

"It's okay." The girl glanced at the baseball cap on his head, which was newer than her own.

The boy put his hands in his pockets, leaning on the fence like Huang Lizhi, his chin was slightly raised, and he thought about something: "I didn't expect you to ask me about my recent game schedule, just to block me from eating this meal?" ”

But this meal is of extraordinary significance. This is a step taken by two people together towards their dreams.

Sensing that the girl was a little lost, Qin Shiyuan immediately added: "If that's the case, I'm really grateful." This meal was the beginning of a turning point for me. ”

"Oh......" Turning his face to the other side, Huang Lizhi looked towards the stadium of Yongsan International School: "Just now, you are really good. ”

"Pretty much from that day, right? It's like having an enlightenment. The boy sighed and patted her on the shoulder; I'm hungry, what are we going to eat? ”

The sudden physical contact made Huang Lizhi subconsciously dodge for a moment, but soon, the tension caused by the defense mechanism turned into something else.

"I don't come to Seoul very often...... I don't know what to eat. ”

"I usually study and train in Seongnam, and I rarely come to Seoul ......" Qin Shiyuan took out his mobile phone and motioned for the girl to wait for a while.

Fingers swiped up, and in the chat history with Wen Yingheng, he finally found the name of a shop.

"Zheng Xian's barbecue restaurant...... That's the name, right? ”

Copying the name of the store into the map, Qin Shiyuan showed the route to the girl: "Why don't you just do it?" My friend had discussed this shop with me before and said he would like to go back a second time. ”

…………

The boy, who was nearly 190 tall, lowered his head slightly and pushed open the slightly old door of the barbecue restaurant.

Behind him was a slightly restrained girl.

"Welcome." The boss, who was nearly fifty years old, just glanced at the two people who came in, and probably had his own guess: "Two people?" There are seats there. ”

Following the boss's gesture, Qin Shiyuan's gaze froze, and he stayed on a familiar figure.

Through a screen, he could see Wen Yingheng skillfully roasting meat.

There...... It seems to be a two-player area, right? This guy ...... When did you go out to eat with someone else?

Qin Shiyuan moved his steps slightly to adjust his perspective, and finally saw the person opposite Wen Yingheng clearly.

She is a girl with a quail egg face.

But the girl, with her cheeks bulging at this time, was full of food, chewing and talking about something.

"Any questions?" Huang Lizhi tugged at his baseball jacket.

"Oh, nothing, it's just like I've met an acquaintance."

"Not going to say hello?" The girl followed his gaze curiously, it was a very eye-catching little couple.

With a girl's unique ability to understand, she was able to keenly catch that the girl with the quail egg face would always follow the movement of looking for meat to eat from time to time, and glance at the boy who was seriously roasting.

And the boy who looked very handsome, the barbecue action was slightly nervous......

So she immediately understood: "Don't bother them." ”

"You're right."

…………

The brush rubbed repeatedly on the sketch paper, subconsciously, outlining the outline of a girl.

Moon Young-heng sits aimlessly on a folding stool, completely following his subconscious as he paints.

The tall boy on the side, equally aimless, just lay on his back on the lawn, staring straight at the sky.

"Come out with you...... It's boring. ”

Qin Shiyuan put his hands under the back of his head and slowly spit out a sentence.

"You really have the face to say ......" Wen Yingheng frowned: "If it weren't for Yoo Jimin going back to his grandmother's house today, I wouldn't have bothered to accompany you out."

And it's clear that you're waiting for someone else to finish training here, and you're embarrassed to behave deliberately...... So pull me up and cover for you? ”

was directly pierced through his mind, Qin Shiyuan did not evade, and laughed: "Me...... Occasionally, I will be thin-skinned. ”

"And ah, my situation is different from you......" Qin Shiyuan pondered in his heart, and only spoke again after a long time: "The two of us are like-minded friends at the moment, unlike the two of you, who are hypocritical." ”

The word "hypocrisy" is like a knife blade that has stabbed Wen Yingheng, and the brush is slightly forced, leaving a black spot on the sketch paper.

In order to cover up this black spot, he repeatedly thought about how to finish the painting.

Fortunately, this point does not affect the image of the person in the painting.

So after a moment of silence, Wen Yingheng wrote a few lines on the black dots:

"Crumple time into mud and mold it into your image."

Qin Shiyuan squinted his eyes, noticed this line of Chinese characters, and couldn't help but laugh: "Wow, you are really ......"

"What?" Wen Yingheng quickly lowered his face: "Is there a problem?" ”

"No...... It's just that, I admire it. ”

Qin Shiyuan sat up, sighed with emotion, and looked at the portrait that gradually became clear on the sketch paper: "You really imprinted her in your mind." ”

"You're good at everything, but you have a long mouth."

Qin Shiyuan was dumbfounded, snorted, and lowered his head to check the information in his mobile phone.

"It's over."

A brief message made him jump quickly.

"I'm sorry, I'll ...... ahead of time Go pick up Huang Lizhi, you can draw slowly here. ”

Qin Shiyuan stretched out his legs and rushed towards the address where JYP was located......