Chapter 7: The Last Meeting
What is Sheng Yu for Ning Xin?
It is the only piece of driftwood in her arms in the vast sea, powerless to resist the wind and waves.
The driftwood is gone.
And she drowned.
Ning Xin didn't sleep all night, she cried several times, and even cried in her dreams.
When she got up in the morning, she went to get hot water to wash, and as soon as she opened the door, she saw Sheng Yu.
He squatted in front of the door in a short T-shirt, and when he looked up at her, his eyes were bloodshot.
The plastic basin in Ning Xin's hand slipped and fell to the ground, but it didn't make much noise, but it made her heart shrink suddenly.
Sheng Yu stood up, probably because he had been squatting for too long, he didn't stand up at once.
Ning Xin raised his hand to help him, and was hugged by him.
He hugged him very tightly, and he rarely had such an ungentle moment.
Ning Xin's eyes immediately turned red again.
When Sheng Yu spoke, his voice was hoarse and tired: "Xinxin, I'm sorry. ”
Ning Xin shook her head.
He doesn't need to say sorry.
He didn't feel sorry for her.
No.
Never.
He tightened his arms again: "Xinxin, I won't be separated from you." ”
Ning Xin immediately snorted and hugged him.
She took the initiative to hug him, so that his shoulders relaxed.
He became gentle again, gently rubbed the back of her head, and said distressedly: "I'm sorry to let you face my mother, did she say something ugly to you?" ”
"No, Auntie didn't say anything nasty."
He tightened his arms again: "Xinxin, no one in this world can separate us, I won't let you go, you won't let go of me, I'll accompany you, I'll take care of you, we'll always be together." ”
Ning Xin closed her red, swollen and sour eyes and buried her head in his shoulder.
Sheng Yu said with difficulty: "The nine hundred yuan, I did deceive my family and you, the fault is mine, not you, understand?" ”
Ning Xin shook her head.
It's her who is wrong.
If it weren't for her, how could he have lied.
Sheng Yu exhaled softly: "I have already talked to my mother, I will not do such a thing in the future, Xinxin, forgive me this time, it's my fault." ”
Ning Xin finally couldn't help it, crying and choking: "Sheng Yu, it's all because of me." ”
"It's not! It's not because of you! His tone suddenly carried strong emotion, "It's me, it's all my fault, it's my fault." ”
Ning Xin needs Sheng Yu's driftwood too much to survive.
She loved him.
I couldn't break up with him at all.
He loved her too.
Wouldn't agree to a breakup at all.
They all firmly believe that this love can overcome all obstacles, and they also firmly believe that after these two years, when they enter the society and become real adults, they can solve the current predicament.
Everything will pass.
After that day, Ning Xin also had changes to Sheng Yu.
For example, she is more concerned about his academic situation and resolutely cannot let him delay his studies because of her own affairs.
And she worked harder to work part-time and save money.
Fortunately, Ning Xin found a part-time job in the summer vacation with a very good salary in advance, working as a temporary administrator in a kickboxing club in the south of the city.
In fact, it is to take care of the trivial affairs of the club, including doing hygiene.
On the last Saturday at the end of May, He Dongfan School held a summer sports meeting, and Ning Xin went to send him special test papers.
In the huge playground, young middle school students are happily exerting their energy.
He Dongfan is really the 'boss', followed by several little boys, there is a kind of funny 'boss style'.
When he saw Ning Xin, he raised his hand across the runway and waved, showing his tiger teeth in the scorching sun.
Ning Xin waved his hand in response.
He Dongfan looked left and right, and rushed over from the middle of the runway: "Teacher Ning, my grandmother said, you and I will go back for dinner later." ”
“???” Ning Xin reacted for two seconds and refused, "No need, I'll go home and eat." ”
"Isn't this the end of tutoring? My grandma is going to give you a bonus. ”
The bonus has a fatal temptation for Ning Xin.
She took out her phone: "Then I'll make a call." ”
Ning Xin walked to the parallel bars and dialed Sheng Yu's phone.
Sheng Yu is fine today, he went to Ning Xin's house very early to help take care of Ning's mother, and when Ning Xin said that he might have to eat dinner before going back, Sheng Yu said that he didn't have to worry, he was there.
Ning Xin hung up the phone and turned around to see He Dongfan standing on the side of the red runway, playing with a few boys.
Their school uniform is a white T-shirt with blue raglan sleeves and blue sweatpants.
Ugly school uniforms should be a common problem across the country.
But Ning Xin felt that He Dongfan looked good in dress.
It was also at this time that Ning Xin discovered that He Dongfan's height was very top-notch.
He seems to have grown taller again.
Maybe 1.8 meters faster?
Today's children grow up so fast.
Suddenly, He Dongfan stretched out his leg and kicked the buttocks of the boy next to him, and the two started fighting.
The boy jumped up and strangled He Dongfan's neck from behind, He Dongfan threw the person on his back to the ground with one arm, his arms went up, and his legs also went up, locking the person and unable to move.
He smiled and said, "Convinced? ”
He was obviously useless, the two of them were just playing.
These tricks were taught by Ning Xin.
She didn't teach him the way to attack, but she taught him a few ways to defend.
After a while, a whistle sounded, and the two stopped fighting and ran to the other side of the runway.
The final event of the Games is the 50-meter relay.
He Dongfan is the third and ninth class of junior high school, the last stick.
Ning Xin stood by the runway and watched the race.
She was very calm, but the classmates next to her were very excited, and the slogans were deafening.
She watched the third and ninth classes of junior high school lead for a while and lag behind for a while, and she actually lifted her heart again and again.
There was an accident at the last baton, and the baton accidentally fell when the girl and He Dongfan handed over, and the original leading advantage disappeared in an instant.
He Dongfan turned around neatly and picked up the baton, he ran very fast, and there was a strong wind when he swept past Ning Xin's side.
However, the ending has not changed, and the ninth class of junior high school has become the last place.
At the end of the game, Ning Xin noticed that the girl who had just relayed with He Dongfan was still sitting on the ground.
It seems that I haven't been able to get up since I fell.
At the moment, there are many students around.
Ning Xin walked over and saw the girl sitting on the ground holding her ankles.
The teacher, who had a small whistle on his body, squatted on the ground and looked at it, and said, "Come on two classmates, help me to the infirmary." ”
After that, he walked to the side and went to work.
But for a while, no one took the initiative to help the girl.
A boy sneered: "With her tonnage, two is not enough, and it may take four people to help her up, right?" ”
In an instant, there was laughter all around.
The girl was just a little fat, and she was blushing with her ankles at the moment.
A girl complained in a low voice: "It's all Jiang Yun's fault, don't talk about running slowly, and drop the stick, otherwise our class will definitely be the first, I don't know why the teacher let her run." ”
When the class lost the game, these students inevitably had some temperament, and the next to them began to respond.
Ning Xin walked in, planning to help the girl.
At this time, He Dongfan squeezed into the crowd and said unceremoniously: "Then your grades are at the bottom every time, dragging down the average score of our class, why didn't the teacher ask you to change classes?" ”
Ning Xin looked sideways, He Dongfan walked in with his chin up, beads of sweat hanging on his sideburns, and he looked like a street slicker.
The girl who complained immediately had red eyes and ran away with tears in her eyes.
He Dongfan 'cut' and walked in front of the injured girl: "Get up, I'll help you." ”
The girl seems to have broken her feet, and she has no energy at all.
He Dongfan squatted directly with his back to him: "Come up, carry you to the infirmary." ”
"I'm heavy."
He Dongfan said politely: "Is there two hundred catties?" ”
The girl just got on her stomach.
There was a bit of commotion around.
Men and women who are in puberty, the slightest intimate contact will be infinitely magnified.
However, He Dongfan just glanced at it, and the surroundings immediately kept silent.
Ning Xin followed, holding the girl's back.
The girl turned her head to look at Ning Xin and looked at her: "Sister, who are you?" ”
"What sister? This is my tutor. He Dongfan rushed to introduce, "Teacher Ning." ”
The girl called obediently: "Teacher Ning is good." ”
Leave the playground and become a lot quieter.
The environment was quiet, and He Dongfan's panting voice became obvious.
Jiang Yun was a little embarrassed: "He Dongfan, sit next to him and rest for a while." ”
He Dongfan didn't take it easy, gritted his teeth and walked quickly to the flower bed, put Jiang Yun down, and gasped and emphasized: "I've been exercising less recently, otherwise it won't be a problem to carry you to the infirmary in one go." ”
Jiang Yun sat on the edge of the flower bed, rubbed her ankles and let out an inattentive 'oh'.
The girl's face is round, and her facial features are very delicate when you look closely.
Ning Xin squatted down: "I'll touch your ankle." ”
"Huh?" The girl shook her head and strongly refused, "No, no, no, don't pinch, it hurts." ”
Ning Xin was helpless: "I don't pinch it, just touch it gently." ”
Before the girl could speak, He Dongfan said: "My teacher is professional, you let her pinch it... Oh no, touch it. ”
The girl was suspicious and didn't resist, Ning Xin touched it lightly and comforted her: "It's okay, it should be a ligament strain." ”
"Thank you, Mr. Ning."
He Dongfan stood aside, his hands on his waist, his body blocking the scorching sun, and he lowered his eyes to look at Jiang Yun: "Jiang Yun, can you have a little backbone?" He Qing said that about you just now, what was your reaction? ”
"Then I did drop the baton and caused everyone to lose the game."
"It's me with you, don't you want to think about it, why does she only talk about you and not me?"
Jiang Yun choked: "Who dares to say you?" ”
"If I say a word to you, you'll only be in the nest, right?"
Jiang Yun shut up.
He Dongfan 'cut' and didn't want to say more to this soft persimmon.
Ning Xin's gaze fell on the two of them for a moment, and she unconsciously pursed her lips and smiled.
After sending Jiang Yun to the infirmary, He Dongfan went to the playground for a walk before calling Ning Xin to get the car.
He Dongfan's car is a bicycle that looks quite expensive.
He unlocked the lock and patted the back seat: "Teacher Ning, get in the car." ”
Ning Xin didn't move, looking at the back seat of the car, feeling strange.
He Dongfan stepped on the ground with one foot and urged sideways: "Hurry up." ”
Ning Xin finally noticed something strange.
She is an elder.
She raised her eyes and proposed, "Why don't I take you?" ”
He Dongfan seemed to have heard a big joke, sneered, and said in a hard tone: "Hurry up." ”
Ning Xin didn't fight with him, and raised her legs to straddle it.
He Dongfan is skilled, but Ning Xin doesn't want him to show it.
She knocked He Dongfan on the back with something in her hand, and her tone was quite gentle: "He Dongfan, you slow down." ”
"I can't drop you!"
As if he were doing so, he stood up and kicked his feet.
Ning Xin frowned, grabbed He Dongfan's school uniform and pulled it back, and her tone was not as calm as before: "Slow down!" ”
Shuttling through the streets and alleys, the young man laughed loudly, and Ning Xin also had a smile on the corner of his mouth.
It is his unrestrained and reckless youth.
It's her, incomparably envious.
At dinner, the old lady handed Ning Xin a red envelope that was very generous to the touch, because He Dongfan's math score was rising in a straight line, and the old lady was overjoyed.
Ning Xin was polite: "It's him who is smart, and he can understand it at one point." ”
He Dongfan casually picked up the vegetables, and his mouth was not modest at all: "That's." ”
After dinner, He Dongfan called Ning Xin to the side courtyard.
He handed her the basket, glanced at the peach tree, found the right point, grabbed the branch with one hand, stepped forward, and the peach tree rustled with him.
He leaned back and began to pick peaches.
The red peaches on the tip of the ass were all screwed off by him.
He also quipped: "Teacher Ning, I've seen you staring at them for a long time." ”
Ning Xin suddenly found that He Dongfan was not as arrogant as she looked, and was even a little careful, for example, she had really been eyeing Peaches for a long time.
She held the basket and took the peaches he had picked: "Thank you." ”
"Thanks for what? I'm a... Respect for teachers. ”
“……”
"Actually, I thank you."
"Huh?"
He Dongfan stretched his waist and grabbed the little peach and twisted it, turned his head, and lowered his eyes.
The boy smiled lightly and was very sincere: "Thank you for doubling my math score." ”
Ning Xin raised the basket, and the peaches fell into it.
She looked at him with a faint sense of pride.
Before the peaches were picked, Aunt Qin came over: "Xiaofan, your father is here, and the old lady called you over." ”
He Dongfan paused and jumped down from the tree. His face was gloomy, he put the peaches in his hand into the basket and turned to leave.
His emotions changed too quickly, and when Ning Xin reacted, he turned his head and only saw his back.
Ning Xin found a pocket and put the peaches in one by one.
Aunt Qin came to help, and muttered, "Xiao Fan ran away again." ”
Ran away again?
Ning Xin asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Aunt Qin whispered gossip to Ning Xin.
She said that He Dongfan and his father have always had a bad relationship, and his mother died of illness the year before last, and his father married a new man after he left for less than a year.
Speaking of this, Aunt Qin smacked her lips: "It's really no wonder that Xiao Fan can't get along with him, that woman is the nurse who takes care of Xiao Fan's mother." ”
The twists and turns of it have a rough idea.
I see.
Ning Xin carried the peach and said goodbye to Aunt Qin: "Aunt Qin, thank you for this time." ”
"Where, if you have time, you can still come and play."
Ning Xin knew that it was a polite remark, and they didn't have a chance to see each other again.
She still smiled and nodded: "Okay." ”
She walked to the front yard and saw a man in his forties sprinkling red carp in a fish tank. The man is tall and strong, and his eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to He Dongfan.
Ning Xin guessed that this should be He Dongfan's father.
He Dongfan's father tightened his fish food pocket and looked at Ning Xin, his eyes fixed on the peach she was carrying: "Are you?" ”
"Hello, I'm He Dongfan's tutor."
"Teacher Ning, I know you, I just didn't expect you to be so young." He nodded slightly, "Xiao Fan has troubled you this time." ”
"No trouble." Ning Xin smiled politely, and then bowed her head, "Mr. He, if it's okay, I'll leave first." ”
He nodded and took the initiative to lead Ning Xin forward: "I'll send you." ”
After a few more polite words, Ning Xin stepped out of the courtyard.
After turning a corner, Ning Xin took out the red envelope, opened it, and roughly counted it, there were two thousand yuan.
The old lady is such a nice person.
Ning Xin put away the red envelope and went to take the bus.
She hadn't walked far out of the alley when she saw He Dongfan sitting in a flower bed on the side of the street smoking.
Ning Xin's eyebrows tightened instantly.
He's only fifteen years old, and he's actually a smoker!
When did you start learning to smoke!!
Ning Xin walked over and slapped He Dongfan on the shoulder, and said in a powerful tone: "He Dongfan, throw away the cigarette!" ”
He Dongfan frowned, squinted at Ning Xin, and said in a very impulsive tone: "What's the matter with you!" ”
Ning Xin realized that He Dongfan was in a bad mood now.
She squatted down and said softly: "He Dongfan, put out the smoke." ”
He Dongfan sneered: "What? Smoking is illegal? ”
It was the first time Ning Xin had seen He Dongfan's gloomy appearance, with no sparkling eyes and no little tiger teeth.
There is no brightness of a teenager.
She didn't care about the sharpness of the moment with him, and reasoned with him: "You are only fifteen years old, you are not yet an adult, smoking is not good for your health, and your body is your own." ”
He Dongfan lowered his eyes and looked at the ground, and did not put the cigarette butt in his mouth again.
He said, "Do you know why I'm trying so hard to make up lessons with you? ”
"Huh?"
He Dongfan didn't answer immediately.
In the silence, Ning Xin remembered the homemade loquat paste.
She always thought that she was good to him and moved him, but she wasn't.
He Dongfan: "A month ago, when I caught a cold, my father promised me that as long as I did well in the exam, I could continue to live at my grandmother's house in high school, but just now, he regretted it again. ”
Ning Xin could probably understand He Dongfan's emotions at the moment, after all, she really witnessed the process of his efforts.
So, he now feels that all his efforts have turned into a joke?
The cigarette butt burned out and fell on the concrete floor.
He Dongfan looked at the ground fixedly: "Damn! Talking doesn't count!! ”
Ning Xin was sure that it was the first time she had heard He Dongfan swear.
He Dongfan paused for two seconds, raised his eyes, and met Ning Xin's gaze.
The street lights in the evening are already lit up, warm orange.
Ning Xin pursed her lips, raised her hand and paused above He Dongfan's shoulder for two seconds, then put it down and patted it soothingly.
He looked at her.
She wanted to comfort him, but she didn't know how.
But she wanted him to know that his efforts some time ago were no joke and not in vain.
She hooked the corners of her mouth: "He Dongfan, come on for the high school entrance examination!" I'm sure you'll be able to get a good score. ”
Halfway, He Dongfan's eyebrows raised, and he made a 'hmm' sound.
"Also, thank you Moaches."
The young man glanced at his pockets, showed his tiger teeth shallowly, and said "um" again.
Ning Xin walked a long way, stopped, and turned back.
The boy was wearing a school uniform and sitting in a flower bed on the side of the street, half of his body was covered by the darkness, and he couldn't see his expression.
Or the street, too long, space, so, people seem lonely.
Ning Xin sighed lightly and walked to the bus stop.
She thought that this should be the last time she saw He Dongfan.