CHAPTER XXIX
The bell of the Chinese New Year's Eve rang, and Chen Sicai fell asleep. My father had fallen asleep on the couch. He was covered with a thick blanket. Chen Jing went up to the room on the second floor at nine o'clock to rest.
It was very warm in the room, and it was snowing outside, Chen Si recalled what his father had just said, and a wave of irritability came up. Going to study in Italy? Who will take care of Jing Jing? It would be nice if Mom was still around.
Chen Si looked at the glass lamp on the ceiling, emitting a warm yellow light. When I think of my classmates in college, I haven't seen them for a few years, and I don't know if everyone is very good. Unwilling to follow one's own train of thought, fearing that one's own gains and losses will bring guilt. After all, I decided to study after careful consideration. My mother also told me before she left that Jingjing and her father would have to take care of themselves in the future. Turning over and looking at the white patch outside, after turning off the light, there was still a faint light. There was already a white layer in the yard, with a few scattered footprints on it.
Suddenly the alarm bell rang out in a daze, Chen Si sat up, heard a commotion on the second floor, put on his clothes and walked up, his father also got up from the sofa and walked to the second floor, Chen Jing sat at the head of the bed and cried. The curtains fluttered, and from time to time two snowflakes drifted in and disappeared again, and the room was bitterly cold. Chen Si ran to the window and saw a figure running out of the courtyard. Two more lines of the original footprints. Chen Si hurriedly closed the window, locked it, and glared at Chen Jing angrily.
Dad suppressed his anger and asked Chen Jing what was going on, but Chen Jing only looked at Chen Si and didn't speak, letting the tears flow.
"Isn't that stinky boy?"
Chen Sixin couldn't help but tighten. Looking at Chen Jing, the latter acquiesced, and suddenly knew a little in his heart. Motioned to Dad to rest with his eyes. Dad took out his phone and was dialing it.
"I'll call the police first!"
"Dad, it's useless. In this case, the police do not arrest or punish them. A warning at most. ”
"That's not going to work, give him some color."
Chen Si pushed his father out of the door, closed the door and looked at Chen Si.
"What is Xia Hongfei still looking for you for?"
He ...... It seems to be drunk. Said that he regretted it and cried all the time. ”
"Then why did you jump out of the window and run away?" Chen Si was so anxious that he became short of breath, "Did he do anything to you?" ”
"He wanted to kiss me, I slapped him, I was scared, he didn't hurt me." Chen Jing grabbed Chen Si's sleeve.
Lying on Chen Jing's bed, she helped her cover the quilt, turned off the light, and faintly felt Chen Jing's shoulders trembling, and slowly snoring again. Chen Si couldn't sleep at all. Lying next to his sister and unable to turn his body, he took out his mobile phone in the dark and found that there were dozens of unread messages. I glanced at the time, it was already half past one, I didn't read the message, and went straight to sleep. Later, after thinking about it, he took out his mobile phone and sent a brief message to Chu Li.
Because it was the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the speed of the police would not be very fast, and it was not until 9 o'clock the next morning that my father came up and knocked on the door, saying that the person had been controlled, and we went over after breakfast. Chen Jing said I won't go, you can go. Chen Si thought to himself. The two washed up, ate some glutinous rice balls and pastries, and drove to the public security bureau.
"Dad, you get out of the car first, I'll go park."
"Okay, I'll smoke a cigarette first."
When Chen Si came to the interrogation room, before he could knock on the door, he heard a fierce quarrel inside, saying that it was a quarrel, but in fact, it was Chen Yusen scolding. When I entered the door, I saw several policemen stopping my father, who grabbed Xia Hongfei's collar and waved his other hand to the latter's door. Xia Hongfei's eyelids drooped, and he was lifeless without a trace of expression.
"Dad, don't do that."
"You grandson, don't provoke my daughter, otherwise I won't let you eat and walk around!" Chen Yusen's face was already flushed, and several police officers next to him stopped him from escalating the conflict.
The director came in and pulled his father out. Chen Si breathed a sigh of relief and stared at Xia Hongfei in front of him.
The chestnut hair should be dyed, a little curly, and turned back, but some of the oily ones are twisted together, it is estimated that it has not been washed for some days, there are a few pimples on the forehead, the eyebrows are slender, the eye sockets are a little sunken, the eyelashes are long and a little warped, the eyes are big and somewhat neurotic, wrapped in dark circles, and there are some pimple marks on the nose, and the stubble has grown so much that it does not match his delicate eyebrows. Wearing a down jacket that looks thick.
Thinking that his sister had been fascinated by the person in front of him, Chen Si was a little incredible.
"What more do you want from my sister?"
"I never wanted anything from her." Xia Hongfei finally spoke, his eyelids raised to look at Chen Si, and continued to be so lifeless.
"Then what are you doing at my house?" Chen Si met Xia Hongfei's gaze and reciprocated angrily.
"I just want to tell her that I'm sorry. I drank a little too much last night. ”
"I really don't know what you're thinking, you hurt her, just stay away from her. You think we're all good bullies, do you? ”
"Can't I be with her?"
Chen Si's face turned red with anger, but he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"If you're really sorry, stay away from her. I don't understand why you want to go to Dongguan. ”
"I said because of you, do you believe it?" A cynical smile appeared on Xia Hongfei's face. It's been years since I last saw this smile.
"We're not even friends. You're disgusting! Why do you want to provoke Jing Jing? “
"She was the one who provoked me in the first place!"
"Don't you know how to refuse?"
"I refused."
"......" Chen Si's heart suddenly cooled, what Xia Hongfei said was right. Chen Jing is a person who is insecure and longs to be protected. Xia Hongfei is like a star in the dark for her who is in love for the first time, and it is worth chasing. But that was all in the past, and now the scoundrel in front of him is no longer qualified to disturb Chen Jing.
"You guys broke up too, so stop pestering her, what did you want to do when you crawled to our house last night?"
"Come and see her." Behind the sly smile hides a strange self-deprecation.
"Stay away from us in the future!"
Chen Si did not take his father's car and walked home from the Public Security Bureau. The snow was a little hard, and it was crispy when I stepped on it. It's a little too cold, and the north wind with snow flakes jumps up and down rudely and willfully, until you have to roll yourself up and shrink, and it reins in its recklessness. Facing the cold wind, walking and walking, my eyes couldn't open a little.
When I met Xia Hongfei, snowflakes were flying on campus just like today. On Saturday morning, when the sisters in the dormitory were clamoring to watch basketball, Chen Si glanced out the window and said that it should be canceled, and it was snowing heavily. When he appeared on the basketball court dressed like a bear, he found that the electronics department and the civil engineering department were full of seats, watching ten big boys jump and run in the snowflakes almost shirtless. Like most girls, Chen Si doesn't know basketball, help defense, or steals, and only understands a little literally, his father is a road and bridge designer, and he has almost never seen him do any physical exercise. Watching the big boys attack and defend, Chen Si's mood gradually brightened. Maybe it's not just nymphomaniac, this close contact with the passion for life is the real reason why almost all college girls love to watch basketball games.