Chapter 36 Thirty-five, eat salty fish to satisfy thirst

Life at the same table with Yu Sisi went smoothly unexpectedly. Jian Xia is not a girl who is unreasonable and unforgiving, and Yu Sisi is a girl who knows a lot, the two of them don't interfere with each other, except that they basically don't talk to each other, everything is normal.Sometimes Chu Tiankuo at the back table will initiate some topics, and several people will participate. Yu Sisi and Chen Jianxia can even have a lively chat, like a pair of good friends. Then the class bell rang, they turned their heads and continued to remain silent. Chen Jianxia is proud of herself—the ability to control emotions and expressions perfectly, was something she had dreamed of before.

Really advanced. Chen Jianxia dared not tell anyone this kind of thinking, even Li Ran.Li Ran hoped that she would be stronger, but it was not like this. The men's basketball league, which started in the new semester, ignited the hidden hormones of boys and girls, and quickly started a prairie fire, causing countless class fights. But the impact of the league on the first class is limited.In the four major exams in the first year of high school, the average score of class one exceeded that of class two, and Chu Tiankuo was firmly ranked first in the school year. This kind of brilliance seemed to firmly fix the temperament of class one on a certain heavy coordinate Above, unable to move.Chu Tiankuo called on everyone to go to the playground to cheer for a group of men’s basketball teams. There were still more than a dozen people in the classroom who did not move, burying their heads in the exercise books—although this was much better than the blackness of the classroom full of hard-working heads in winter, but Chen Jianxia stood at the door and watched silently for a while, still feeling sad.

Chu Tiankuo called Chen Jianxia and Yu Sisi to go to the training of class one to encourage the boys, and Yu Sisi led the girls to respond again and again. Chen Jianxia had never been to it—the playground would magnify her being alone. It happened to be standing on both sides of the court with Yu Sisi, Li Zhenping and the others, and the impact was too strong. In fact, Chen Jianxia is used to being alone, and he didn't feel how uncomfortable it would be without a girl holding hands to go to the bathroom, but others felt that she should be sad if she couldn't stand it. Then do as the Romans do, and when you need it occasionally, pull down your face and ask for a short company, such as Yu Zhouzhou.

Today is the occasion when you need to borrow companionship.Jian Xia ran to Class Seven, and invited Yu Zhouzhou to watch the first group match of her mother's Class One, Class One vs. Class Two, the battle of the century. When chatting a long time ago, Li Ran said that he was not interested in basketball.He likes to play football. Even if the school conditions are not enough, he must create the conditions to play: playing football after class is easy to hurt people, so he skipped get out of class and played. It's a pity that most of his teammates didn't dare to play around with him. In the end, he was the only one left facing the empty goal Kick after kick.Sometimes Xia leaned out of the window vigorously, and could see a corner of the playground, but couldn't see Li Ran, but could see a football hitting the net again and again.

At night, after taking a shower, she sat on the edge of the bed and texted him: "But I still like basketball, I think it's more civilized than football." "You know what. There is no civilization in ball games except football. Basketball was invented to vent the excess energy of boys. Competition and civilization are mutually exclusive in nature." Chen Jianxia didn't know whether to laugh or cry.Li Ran can always come up with countless fallacies and heresies, which are very inconsistent with his self-positioning as an idler and bad student, and she has no way to refute.

"The concept of mutual exclusion is what I taught you last year." She retorted weakly. "Okay, then I'll go find you now, thank you for the special trip!" Seeing Xia dumbly, he glanced at his watch, it was ten o'clock. "I'm going to sleep." She typed slowly. It took Li Ran a long time to reply: "I'm kidding you." They hadn't seen each other alone for three months. Li Ran said that Xu would have dinner with him on his birthday, and Jian Xia said that the exam is coming soon and I have to study. Li Ran said that the church by the river had been rebuilt and took you to see it. Jian Xia said that I have to accompany my mother to visit my cousin's house on weekends.

Qiuhu is frightening. She has been wearing a thin shirt, and she hasn't worn a scarf for a long time.However, she would still take it out at night from time to time, bury her face in it and rub it. Jian Xia thinks this is enough.She understands his intentions, and cherishes his care and understanding; he also understands her concerns, the two of them silently guard the common secret, keep their own lives, isn't it great?She still has Yu Dan, Yu Sisi, mother and younger brother to deal with. She can only study hard, which is the only way out, and there must be no mistakes. On Li Ran's forehead were written the words "big mistake".She can't afford to lose.

Although every time I rejected Li Ran's request to meet, my heart would be flustered like a drum, and I didn't know why I was sad. Seeing that Xia dragged on to look for Yu Zhouzhou in class seven until the game was about to start, he didn't expect that the other party was already standing at the door with Xin Rui and waiting.Seeing that Xia and Xin Rui were unfamiliar, he smiled and nodded. "Why are you so active? You are so loyal." She said softly to Yu Zhouzhou. Yu Zhouzhou had a strange expression, and scratched his forehead in embarrassment: "Someone insisted that I watch him play."

"Who?" Jian Xia was extremely surprised.Who can call out the indifferent Yu Zhouzhou?With Xin Rui at the side, it's not easy for her to ask more questions. By the time we got there, the game had already started.The four games were going on at the same time, and the one between Class 1 and Class 2 was the most dynamic.The second shift got the plastic bucket of the water dispenser from nowhere, knocking it like the village chief's family is going to marry his daughter-in-law.Chen Jianxia and Yu Zhouzhou looked at each other in blank dismay, and they both quickened their pace.

As soon as he squeezed into the audience, he was stunned when he saw Xia. The tall boy in the camp of the 14th class on the opposite side is not Li Ran.The fiery red hair seemed to be on fire under the sun, making Chen Jianxia's heart burn. But what was more conspicuous was Ling Xiangqian who stood beside Li Ran and looked at the field with a smile. Chen Jianxia took a small step back quickly, letting other students stand in front of him.Yu Zhouzhou also shouted "Come on, class one" in unison with everyone, but no one noticed that Chen Jianxia flinched a little. Passing through the gaps between the backs of the heads, she saw Li Ran and Ling Xiangqian communicating intimately from time to time. The two of them shouted "Come on, second class" together with the lively sound of gongs and drums. Small white teeth, more dazzling than the noon sun.

Chen Jianxia was stunned for a while, then turned to look at a group of her own cheerleaders: Yu Sisi and several girls lined up on the chairs, tore open a simple red banner with the word "must win" written on it, and tried her best to use High-pitched voices fought in vain against the rumble of drums. She suddenly fell in love with Yu Sisi a little bit. In the same scene, Chen Jianxia wished he could hide in the boiler room to scrape the wall, but Yu Sisi sang the opposite opera openly.The white list, the chorus, Ling Xiangqian's beauty... round after round of blows, could not defeat Sisi.She is an upright warrior on this campus, who has been defeated and defeated repeatedly. There is something fun for everyone at this school.Selfish ghosts who love to learn can ignore the criticism of collectivism and sit quietly in their seats to read; flamboyant girls can smile at everyone's eyes; even silent girls like Yu Zhouzhou can want to fight against injustice Just fight against injustice, and sink to the bottom of the sea if you don't want to speak. What about you, Chen Jianxia, ​​who are you?Did you unleash a ferocious beast and let it starve to death? She stood outside the hustle and bustle of the arena, facing a lonely crossroads—should she turn around and run away, or stand beside Yu Sisi and the others?Or, you should call Li Ran's cell phone and ask him confidently, why are you flirting with Ling Xiangqian in front of me? Chen Jianxia turned into the back line of a group of people in a daze, hiding his tracks. Li Ran is an outsider, but he has successfully integrated into the center of the cheerleaders of the second class. What slogans to shout and when to shout are all dominated by him.When Chu Tiankuo made a free throw, the second class booed and caused a lot of disturbance, and the first class immediately complained unhappily. "NBA free throws are also booed. Who made your own class cheerleaders so stupid? How dare you blame us?" A boy in the second class provoked, and the whole class laughed. "Say it again? Who are you talking about?" Yu Sisi became angry and jumped off her chair, almost stepping into the arena, but was held back by others. On the contrary, Ling Xiangqian was the first to smooth things over: "Play well, don't get so angry, stop arguing!" Yu Sisi crossed her eyes with a stern look, and said with a half-hearted smile: "For the competition between Class 1 and Class 2, which class do you belong to, what kind of presence do you come here to show?" It is dangerous to target Li Ran, but it is much safer to target Ling Xiangqian.No matter how much Yu Sisi talks about Ling Xiangqian in normal times, she can't get rid of the suspicion of jealousy. Only at this moment, the country's hatred and family hatred, the people's will, whatever she says is just and awe-inspiring.As soon as Yu Sisi's words came out, a class of students cheered, Ling Xiangqian blushed and was at a loss, Li Ran was about to rush over as soon as he rolled his arms, but was suppressed by his classmates. The referee was a newly graduated physical education teacher. He gave both sides a warning look and let out the whistle: "Can you play well? If you want to cause trouble, you will be suspended!" Chu Tiankuo quickly ran over from under the backboard, apologized to the teacher with a smile on his face, then turned to Yu Sisi, and mouthed: Calm down. Yu Sisi became obedient all of a sudden, smiled sweetly, and said, "Don't worry, the squad leader, I won't be as knowledgeable as them." Turning around, she took advantage of the gongs and drums of the fourteenth class to stop, and led the others to shout, "The first class will win!" .” Ling Xiangqian's eyes followed Chu Tiankuo's back all the time, her delicate face turned pale instantly, and she managed to hold on to a decent smile. Chen Jianxia stared at Ling Xiangqian's face for a long time, and suddenly felt very boring.She stretched out her fingertips and poked Yu Zhouzhou in the crowd, and said softly, "I'm suffering from heat stroke, and I want to go back. You can continue watching." Yu Zhouzhou glanced at Li Ran who was opposite, and understood. "Drink more water." "Ok." When he saw a group of people walking towards the teaching building through the window, Chen Jianxia put down the math problem book, got up and went to the bathroom, splashed a handful of water on his face, pretending that he had just returned from the scorching sun, Just happened to run into Yu Sisi. "Did our class win?" For some reason, she took the initiative to speak up, which surprised Yu Sisi. Yu Sisi frowned: "Didn't you go to see it?" "Looking at it", Jian Xia shook his hand, "Half of it I saw heatstroke." Yu Sisi looked at Xia Weishi's forehead, and it took her a long time to hold back a sentence: "Okay?" "All right." The two stood facing each other in front of the sink, silly.Yu Sisi took the lead in twisting her body and staggering away. While washing her hands with her head bowed, she said, "Squad 14's attack is really bad. Our squad leader is injured." Seeing Xia was startled: "A fight?!" "Yeah. It is estimated that many people will be punished. The whole class started a fight. It was Li Ran who fought first. It has nothing to do with our two classes. But he ran away and the teacher didn't catch him. A group of people were injured, but he was fine." Seeing Xia Xinkou relax, she was afraid that Li Ran would cause trouble.Feeling relieved, she smiled at Yu Sisi: "You...are you okay?" Yu Sisi was taken aback, glanced at her, nodded, as if trying to force a smile, but failed. Is this a trend toward reconciliation?Seeing Xia Mang walking out of the bathroom in a daze, he suddenly smiled wryly. Jian Xia returned to the class, and found his mobile phone in the depression, and saw the only text message on it, which was sent at the beginning of the game: "Why didn't you come to the game?" There is only one.She didn't reply, and Li Ran didn't ask questions like he used to. Fighting for Ling Xiangqian? Chen Jianxia turned off the phone, put a wet towel on his face, closed his eyes gently, and held back the sourness in his nasal cavity. After school, Chen Jianxia led the group against the wall to clean up, and Chu Tiankuo sat on the seat to check the accounts - Class 1's league trip ended early, but things like mineral water, ice cream and banners cost the class fee, and he needed After calculating it, report it to Yu Dan. When everyone gradually disappeared, Xia Cai ran over and asked, "Squad leader, are you alright?" "I'm not stupid," Chu Tiankuo straightened the bandage on his brow bone, "We will still be the first in the exam next time." Seeing Xia Le: "You always say that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs in front of others. Why are you so arrogant every time it is my turn?" "I'm not telling you nonsense." Chu Tiankuo said while counting the money. "why?" Chu Tiankuo raised his eyebrows to look at her, and smiled, causing some pain in the wound, which turned into grinning in an instant. "Be careful!" Jian Xia hurriedly said. With this interruption, the topic just now did not continue. The two locked the door together and walked downstairs slowly. "Why didn't Teacher Yu say anything? I thought we were all going to be scolded." "The school is investigating, and nothing happened anyway. At most, it will be scratched, and it will be fine after a training. Have you forgotten, our two classes have privileges." "But... don't you feel angry today?" Jian Xia asked softly, "Ling Xiangqian was so high-profile on the sidelines, but she didn't cheer for you, and she cheered when you missed a free throw." Chu Tiankuo was silent for a while, then smiled: "That's her own class, I don't think it's a problem." "I didn't say there was a 'problem', nor did I say it was wrong, you are changing the concept secretly," Jian Xia said seriously, "I'm asking about your feelings, aren't you angry?" "Since it makes sense to do so, I'm not angry. She and I are not very close friends, and we can't compare with our classmates." Jian Xia turned her head and saw Chu Tiankuo's expression was peaceful, with a smile still on the corner of his mouth. "Because you don't like her?" she asked again. This time it choked Chu Tiankuo. "What's wrong with you?" He laughed, "Did you eat explosives?" "I'm fine, because I don't tell lies in front of you, I consider us friends." Chen Jianxia didn't know what was wrong with him.There was an unknown fire in her heart, she couldn't vent it, and she was presumptuous. Chu Tiankuo was moved by these words. They walked through the corridors and halls, and stood in front of the high glass curtain wall. The sun had already set, and the evening glow still permeated the buildings in the distance. Chu Tiankuo suddenly said: "Actually, I don't know if I like her or not. But I can guess that she did it for me on purpose today. She wants to make me angry, and being angry means that I care; and precisely because I saw her intentions, so I wasn't angry anymore." Chen Jianxia chewed on Chu Tiankuo's rare and sincere words, and Ling Xiangqian's disappointed eyes and bloodless face appeared in his mind. Then she thought of Li Ran.And why is Li Ran?Did you do it on purpose for her to see?Was it to irritate her?She really has no ability to be as sure as Chu Tiankuo. "Are you keeping a distance from her because you are afraid of being caught by the teacher for your puppy love?" She asked half jokingly. "Also?" Chu Tiankuo immediately caught the word. Chen Jianxia blushed: "You answer the question." "No." Chu Tiankuo shook his head, straightened the shoulder straps of his schoolbag, feeling a little disappointed, "I told you I don't know. When I face her, I don't relax as much as when I face you." "what?!" Chu Tiankuo stretched out his hand again, patted her on the forehead, and said generously: "Don't get me wrong. I don't like you." Chen Jianxia immediately blushed. He turned and walked out the door with a playful smile on his face, leaving her standing there with her mouth half open. Chu Tiankuo is really terrifying.Seeing Xia touching her nose, her heart was filled with admiration.He always seems to be able to think clearly about what he wants, and he doesn't complain when he chooses, at least he has never been like Chen Jianxia, ​​who maintains a distance while domineeringly refuses to see the slightest ambiguous behavior of the other party. But I do it because I like it. Seeing that Xia Gang was soothed, his mood surged. It's unreasonable because you like her. If you don't like her, of course you don't understand. Chu Tiankuo's figure had disappeared at the gate outside the curtain wall. Seeing Xia watching, tears fell down his face. "Chen Jianxia, ​​what do you mean? It's not the first time I've seen him touch you." Jian Xia turned around in surprise, but couldn't find the source of the voice. "If you have any new situation, just tell me directly. Don't have to see relatives and review homework all day long. Who will be fooled? Think I'm an idiot?" Li Ran was standing by the railing on the second floor, yelling at her very loudly.Jian Xia's first reaction was to turn his head to look at the distant mail room, worried that the teacher on duty would hear it.This instinctive move made Li Ran laugh even more mockingly, and immediately disappeared from the railing. Chen Jianxia is on fire. She ran towards the stairs as fast as she could, stepped up the steps in three steps at a time, and rushed after Li Ran's back. "You really know how to fight back, have the energy to be a flower protector, and then put a hat on my head? I have a new situation? Then what are you, a relapse?" She even remembers to control the volume when quarreling, what if someone in the school hasn't left yet?It's miserable to be heard. "What are you doing?" Li Ran didn't turn his head, "You're not my girlfriend." Chen Jianxia lost his temper. She watched Li Ran go further and further away, and she didn't say a word until the end. But when you gave me the scarf, you didn't promise so.You never said that during the summer in the northern hemisphere, scarves can be worn by others in the southern hemisphere. She didn't say.It's too dishonorable to chase people like this to cash in. For the first time, Chen Jianxia knew that when people feel distressed, the heart really hurts. Chen Jianxia went to eat McDonald's by himself, and shed a few tears. He couldn't eat a box of Chicken McNuggets left, so he held it in his hand and wandered aimlessly on the commercial street.At the door of these clothing stores on Semir Baleno Road, there will always be a young girl clapping her hands with a dull expression while shouting loudly, "20% off winter clothes, 20% off, 30% off, and 30% off..." She was carrying a heavy schoolbag and watched from afar. , Thinking of Wang Nanyu and other junior high school students. Life like this is so hard, and there is no future, Chen Jianxia, ​​don't think it is useless, you have to study hard, knowledge can change your destiny. Knowledge did change her fate. She went to Zhenhua and got to know the bastard Li Ran. When she was at McDonald's, she tried to write a workbook, but she couldn't do a single problem.She was annoyed and aggrieved, she didn't want to study, she just wanted to make an argument, but there was no movement on her phone. It's obviously not her fault, it's obviously because he is unreasonable... No wonder the teacher always said that puppy love affects grades.It turned out not because of sweetness, but because of sadness. Chen Jianxia reluctantly walked back to the dormitory building when it was almost nine o'clock. As soon as she entered the door, the female teacher in the mail room stopped her. "Why did you come back?" The other party looked at him carefully. Chen Jianxia was a little flustered: "The dormitory is too boring, I'll go to McDonald's to study by myself." "Oh," the female teacher was relieved, "The whole building has tripped, and the water pipes in the dormitories near you have burst. Aren't there three girls in all of you? There are vacant beds in their rooms, so you can squeeze in tonight." Chen Jianxia has one head and two big ones.Zheng Jiashu's mouth was broken and narrow-minded, she seemed to be saying bad things about herself in front of Yu Dan before, every time she saw her coming home late in the corridor, she would always smile casually, her eyes and eyebrows were full of ambiguity and speculation. A small county temperament that cannot be washed off.Chen Jianxia completely forgot that she was also from a small county - anyway, she was talking about temperament. She walked to her dormitory, took out the flashlight and looked at it. Fortunately, there was no pile of things under the bed, and the shallow puddle of water did not cause any damage.Carrying the toiletries, she moved to the door of Zheng Jiashu's dormitory at the other end of the corridor. Just as she was about to knock on the door, she heard faint chatter and laughter from inside. "Don't mention her to me, treat yourself as a provincial capital, and look down on us. Our teacher Yu also told me that non-local students should take care of each other, and named Chen Jianxia Xinsihuo by name, let me pay more attention." What is mental activity?Why does it sound so unkind? Seeing Xia's chest heaving violently, the hand that knocked on the door clenched his fist, and finally hung down. "Our teacher Yu said that he likes simple students like us. Why did you come to Zhenhua? Isn't it just for studying? I heard that Chen Jianxia also disliked the canteen in front of the teacher. No wonder he stole other people's CDs." The girls in class two immediately exclaimed: "Really?" "Of course it's true. Didn't I tell you? I couldn't have told you! The one who stole belonged to our party secretary. You said it's funny, they are still sitting at the same table now! But our party secretary also She deserves it, showing off every day, she knows best and is the most capable. Anyway, it's better for the two of us, I think the students in the provincial capital are very flamboyant, that's not good." It turned out that Zheng Jiashu didn't like everyone.Chen Jianxia was not very angry when he heard the slander against elementary school students.This is the second time in this day that Yu Sisi felt sorry for her. Chen Jianxia completely lost the courage to ask for forgiveness.She turned back to her dormitory, put the toiletries from the small plastic basket into a bag, carried her schoolbag and went downstairs, and said to the dormitory teacher, "I'm going to live with my mother." The dormitory teacher knew the situation of Chen Jianxia's mother and younger brother, and nodded: "That's right, you go there by yourself? Be careful." Chen Jianxia didn't want to find her mother and brother.The younger brother didn't adapt well to the eighth middle school, making trouble at home every day, even if she was beaten to death, he didn't want to join in the fun.She was getting more and more familiar with the provincial capital, and she became bolder. She took all the 1,200 yuan in cash and walked towards the railway bureau hotel.She remembered that when she came to find her father last time, she saw the house price on the electronic display in the lobby, and the cheapest room was 188 yuan a night. "Full room?" Chen Jianxia couldn't believe it. "It's the provincial congress, it's already full," the girl at the front desk didn't even lift her eyelids, she flipped through "Contemporary Music World" and spat out the melon seeds on the table, "Go to the side and have a look, There is a guest house." Chen Jianxia of the guest house knew that the semi-basement and the large bathing pool were full of unscrupulous people, how could they live there?She walked back with a sad face, is she really going to find her mother? Before he reached the door, he saw a big stupid man standing under the street lamp from a distance.Seeing Xia stop, he asked coldly, "What are you doing here?" "Why did you turn off the phone?" Li Ran asked while holding up the phone. Because you caused me to keep unlocking and checking, it was very embarrassing, so I simply turned off the phone, so as not to worry.Chen Jianxia slandered her. Li Ran continued to ask like a cannonball: "Where did you go? Why did you go back to the dormitory so late?" "What are you doing? You're not my boyfriend." She returned the words, feeling very relieved. Unexpectedly, Li Ran smiled, and said very gently: "Isn't it up to you whether I am your boyfriend or not?" A thousand words stuck in his chest.It seemed that an important decision had quietly appeared before her eyes, and there was no room for hesitation. How long had she not seen him?Those pure dog-like eyes were looking at her with a smile, extinguishing all the fire in her heart and turning it into infinite tenderness. Chu Tiankuo once told her a southern saying.Eat salty fish to satisfy thirst. Li Ran is not a scarf that she can put on and take off, he is full of dangers, and she is also worried and narrow-minded that she cannot overcome. Xianyu stood in front of her, looking at her innocently, should she avoid him with a rumbling hunger? Before Chen Jianxia could make a decision, he rushed over uncontrollably and threw himself heavily into Li Ran's arms. "I can't live in my dormitory, what should I do?" She looked up at Li Ran. Hearing this, Li Ran froze into a piece of salted fish.