Chapter 4 Chapter 3 That Person, A Tuo

A little smile appeared on Atuo's face. That little smile is like a clouded sky, Quietly revealed a sincere blue light. <8> After the nap, the first period in the afternoon is a physical education class with two classes together. If we can't take the physical education class in the third year of high school, we often let us play basketball by ourselves. But today was a bit special. The physical education teacher with a fat belly and a beard who looked like a Lu Roufan seller gathered our two classes at the side of the playground for roll call after the bell rang, and everyone squatted for some reason.

Xiaoqing even brought an English vocabulary book out to memorize secretly, and I started a real-time English composition titled "Time and Money" in my mind. "Wait a minute when the inline skating club from Tsinghua University comes to our school to teach and perform. Everyone should applaud, be polite, and show the demeanor of our Hsinchu Girls' High School, you know? Cough!" the physical education teacher said, coughing violently. He is probably the weakest physical education teacher I have ever seen. In summer, he always holds a small umbrella to cover the sun in class, and in winter, he wraps himself into a fat rice dumpling.

The only thing he can do well is roll call. "Isn't your brother also from the inline club?" Xiaoqing pushed me with her elbow. "My brother is Chinese." I nodded and shook my head. At this time, there was the sound of a motorcycle engine outside the school gate. A group of shy big boys passed the guards at the gate with proof of off-campus activities and came here. Each of them was carrying a big bag, and there were only two girls in the mighty group. The squad leader shouted "Welcome!" We clapped together. A big boy with curly black hair led all the club members to wave hello to us. I found Xiaoqing smiling, and I judged that he was laughing at his strange and exaggerated hair.

"Hi students, I am the president of Tsingtao Inline Wheel Club. Today I am very happy to come to the best girls' middle school in Xinzhu to demonstrate inline skating. Everyone calls me Abo, just like my hair. ,Ha ha!" Mr. President laughed dryly, it was so cold that no one paid his life. Next, Mr. Ah Bang directed the members to start teaching them how to wear the protective gear correctly. They took out the in-line roller heel protectors that were worn everywhere from the large backpack, and roughly compared the brands of various brands, but Xiaoqing and I Just want to watch them play tricks.

At this time, there seemed to be something in my mind that wanted to surface all the time, but it was still missing. "What's wrong with you? You still have a week before your menstrual period?" Xiaoqing nudged me. "I don't know, I seem to have a very funny thing that I can't remember." I said. Those Tsinghua University students were explaining how to maintain balance. The boys with slightly long hair and without glasses demonstrated the consequences of not maintaining balance. They fell down deliberately and funny, and several girls in the class laughed.

Then the president Ah Bo was also laughing. "The life of this club member performing wrestling happens to be a series of falls. He is a legend in our Tsinghua University." Ah Bang said, and several demonstration club members started to snicker, and the students in the class listened curiously. The boy who demonstrated the fall stood awkwardly, took off his plastic helmet, and looked a little bewildered. My eyes gradually widened, and it turned out that... President Ah Bong continued to introduce the embarrassed boy with a smile: "This member is called Atuo, Takuya Kimura's Takuya, but Takuya is even better than Takuya Kimura, Taku has a girlfriend in high school, and we have been dating for a year Half a day later, his girlfriend was actually chased away by a lesbian, and Taku was hit hard, and since then he lost his masculinity and fell into a slump...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..."

Everyone laughed wildly, and Xiao Qing laughed until she fell to the ground, and the atmosphere was enthusiastic for a while. A Tuo scratched his messy hair in embarrassment, his face turned red. bro, you idiot... "His name is not Atu, his name is Atu." I muttered to myself. Then I also remembered that A Tuo's ex-girlfriend was studying management science at Jiaotong University.The starting point of the ring. Amid the laughter of the crowd, the afternoon sun shone on the plastic helmet in A Tuo's hand. A Tuo, a big boy who was deprived of his man's anger amidst the long-term ridicule of everyone.

Twenty-two years old, her dazzling life ended prematurely. <9> Later, the two physical education classes ended in the not-so-exciting fancy show of the Qingda University Inline Row Club, but I couldn't take my eyes off A Tuo's red face during the process. Even thinking about it now, I still vaguely have something called guilt stuck in my chest. What a miserable person, it is conceivable that every time their club needs to warm up, A Tuo's embarrassing story will be brought up again and again, again and again, and then again and again, and finally deeply imprinted On the minds of everyone who heard his embarrassing stories.

Even if his name is forgotten, the absurdity of "that man's girlfriend being chased by Lazi" cannot be forgotten. A similar situation has happened to me. One day in the third grade of elementary school, everyone was practicing new characters in self-study in the morning. A ferocious stray dog ​​suddenly broke into the classroom and barked. The teacher was not there at the time, and everyone was in a mess. I, who was the closest to the big dog, jumped onto the table in a panic and cried loudly, but the stray dog ​​started to circle around my seat after hearing the cry, and sometimes lay down on my seat, its saliva dripped on my seat. on the shoes.

Hiding on the table, I was overly frightened, and the children around me yelled and laughed again. I don't know whether it was a moment of grievance or panic, but I lost control of my body. In front of fifty classmates, one piece of my skirt was torn, and the homework on the desk was soaked. The big dog was probably guilty, and ran away with its tail between its legs. Later, the teacher who walked slowly into the classroom didn't ask clearly about the situation, so he thought I was deliberately making trouble, and punished me with my skirt wet to write on the blackboard on the podium.

At that time, I kept crying, crying all the time, but the crying couldn't cover up the roaring laughter of the classmates behind me. There is no end to the story. I have since become a laughing stock.This nightmare has been with me all the way to the sixth grade, thanks to the watermelon-haired "Ji'an Zhang" who looks like Ji'an. Ji An Zhang is always in the same class as me, and he constantly seizes various opportunities to introduce my embarrassing things to other new classmates. Every time he looks back, I cry, and every time I cry, he claps his hands desperately. He is a born bad embryo. Fortunately, he was not in the same school district as my junior high school, so I have been living with the dream of "my life will start again when I reach junior high school, don't worry, don't panic". So, when I saw him smiling and sitting behind me during the junior high school freshman training, I was dumbfounded. Before he started to review my embarrassing things with the new junior high school students, my tears flowed down. Trembling with fear.The new supervisor thought that I was in pain during my menstrual period, so I asked the head of the health department to carry me to the health room to rest. I found out later that the school district was redrawn. But this nightmare is my worry. It was probably because Ji An Zhang matured suddenly after he went to junior high school. He didn't mention it again, and he didn't talk to me much. But the taste of childhood nightmare, I will remember it all my life. People can be embarrassing, but there are always people around to rewind and laugh at the unpleasant memories. What a vicious treatment. So I can't be such a hateful person. ************ At the end of the physical education get out of class, everyone was still discussing A Tuo's embarrassing story on the way back to the classroom. "That man named Atuo is really the king of endurance, if I had already exploded." I said, throwing a can of Kaixi oolong tea into the vending machine, Donglong. "It can be seen that no matter how bad things are in this world, you can get used to them. Once you get used to them, you won't feel anything." Xiaoqing stayed out of the matter completely, threw a can of coffee square, boom. She completely forgot that every time her period came, she would gnash her teeth in pain and even take time off to recuperate. "How can you get used to this kind of thing?" I recalled A Tuo's expression of blushing and forced a smile, and I couldn't help being a little angry: "He must have a bad impression of our Hsinchu Girls' High School. Next time I meet him, I must apologize to him." "You really meddle too much." Xiaoqing looked at her watch and said old-fashionedly: "In three minutes, there will be archeology, culture, conception and cultural basic textbooks. You should take care of your own road to Jiaotong University first!" As a result, God seems to have heard my righteous indignation. <10> At 7 o'clock in the evening, the coffee shop is already full of 80% customers, some are reading books and magazines, and some are taking out the original document and chewing on it. I put on a white uniform apron, and learned from Albus how to extract the proper proportion from single-origin coffee beans to configure and roast a comprehensive coffee with a stable taste when the flow of customers is less. For example, the Gold Coast comprehensive coffee is a combination of top-quality Latin American coffee beans and Indonesian coffee beans, and then uses Italian roasted coffee beans to bring out a slightly sweet taste; Verona comprehensive coffee is a blend of 80% Ucan comprehensive coffee , adding 20% ​​Italian baked beans to increase the layering of taste. And of course there is the special blend of coffee that Albus has developed himself, which she imparts without any hesitation. "You are amazing, how can you mix such a fragrant coffee?" I sniffed Albus's exclusive secret recipe, which is the ultimate blend of five beans and a little caramel. "Isn't it trained by those boring guests? They always yelled strange names, so I honestly gave them new flavors and treated them as free guinea pigs. I didn't expect some real-time creations to smell good." Albus put the muffins in the oven and adjusted the time. "I see." I took a sip of Albus' recipe. Although I'm still far from being able to comment on cups, I can at least taste whether it's good or bad.The palate is well structured. "Albus, do you believe that what kind of coffee a person likes to drink has anything to do with who he is?" I asked, thinking of Zeyu, who is addicted to Kenyan coffee. "I believe." Albus said with a cool expression on his face, "Just by listening to their random name of coffee, you can know what kind of garbage is in the heads of those boring people." He looked at the seventy-five-degree direction sitting on the left The chaos king. Chaos King randomly ordered a cup of "urban horror disease coffee" today, and found that we were looking at him. He proudly raised Albus's messy coffee and winked and smiled, trying to electrocute Albus. "I'm serious, those who are boring and messy are certainly not included." I whispered, "You have been here for so long, have you observed some phenomena, such as often ordering chocolate chips Are people more childish? Or people who order coffee smoothies in winter are more paranoid? Something like that.” "How do I know? I don't have time to study the personalities of the people who drink my coffee." Still cool, Albus took the muffin out of the oven and sprinkled mint powder on top. I scooped up scoops of ice cream to decorate the muffins, then used caramel to squeeze a golden smiley face on top. "It's a pity, if you are willing to observe, you can definitely write a best-selling book "Looking at Coffee to Know Your Heart"." I said this deliberately, and I really want to hear the coffee genius Albus's opinion. Albus just frowned, and walked to a couple's table with a muffin. "Little sister, do you know what kind of person Albus is?" The proprietress who was carefully making the gingerbread house in front of me finally couldn't help but interrupt. "It's cool, very cool, a natural sneer, with a kind and considerate personality, but his mouth will never admit people." I replied without thinking. "But do you know what kind of coffee Albus likes to drink?" the proprietress nodded in agreement. I froze for a moment. Looking back carefully, the coffee that Albus likes to drink... I don't seem to have a special impression? "There seems to be no coffee you particularly like?" I guessed.I was always in a trance and absent-minded, and I didn't pay attention. "Wrong, Albus she never drinks coffee." The landlady smiled furtively like a thief. My eyes widened. Albus came back with some used plates and I took them to wash. "Albus, why don't you drink coffee?" I almost froze, washing the dishes in a daze. "I have a bad stomach, and I can't drink it if I don't like it." Albus finally had an expression, like a thief who just stole the king's crown: "So I enjoy the coffee with my nose, just smell it and not drink it." I am amazed, it seems that Albus can accurately grasp the taste of coffee with just his nose, which is simply perfect. If the Japanese TV station holds "TV Champion: Coffee Nose King", Albus must represent Taiwan. "So judging a person from coffee is really groundless and boring." Albus pointed at his nose and said coolly, "People are people, coffee is coffee, and Kenya is Kenya." I blushed, it turned out that Albus had already seen that I liked Zeyu. "It's easy to look at coffee, but it's not easy to look at a person." The proprietress stopped breathing, and carefully glued a biscuit with icing sugar to the chimney of the gingerbread house. I pouted, what two unimaginative women. There is certainly something to do with a cup of coffee and a person. Every coffee bean originates from the place where the Tropic of Cancer grows in the world, but the beans produced in each place are of course different; I have investigated that the coffee beans grown in Kenya are the oldest in the neighboring African countries and the world. The coffee-producing country Ethiopia was introduced. At present, there are four common varieties of Kenyan beans: Bourbon, Kent, Tibiga, and Lurie Eleven. The terrain of Kenya is complex and changeable, with deserts, grasslands, Canyons and plateaus, the coffee producing area is located in the middle and east between 1,000 and 2,500 meters above sea level. What a distant country, but the strange wind brings the aroma of coffee into our small shop. Zeyu especially likes to drink Kenyan coffee, which to some extent symbolizes his relationship with distant Kenya, a place with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, or even a certain coffee tree.This kind of relationship is thousands of miles away, but it is as close as the mouth of a cup. Kenya is connecting with a certain quality in Ze Yu's heart. "Or something that reflects each other." I finished explaining the long speech above. "When you fill out your application in the future, you should consider the Department of Philosophy." The proprietress laughed. I am noncommittal, whether this kind of thing can be understood is a matter of talent. Ding dong. The door opened and closed again. Albus' eyes widened, then quickly narrowed, and his expression seemed to change at that moment. I wiped my spoon and fork and looked up. There were three boys standing by the door, and there was a familiar yet unfamiliar face inside. The face was a bit at a loss, one foot was about to step out of the store, but the other foot froze in place. "Tuo?" I recognized him right away. A Tuo lowered his head, as if it was difficult to make up his mind, he followed his two companions into the store. Those two companions don't seem to be from the inline club. I didn't see them in the physical education class this afternoon. "What a coincidence, I know one of the three boys who came in just now, the one with messy hair, pointy eyes, and dark skin." I said, waiting for them to order at the counter. A Tuo and the other three sat on the soft sofa on the left side of the store, behind Luandianwang. "Really?" Albus' tone was still flat. "That guy's kind of a legend, because..." I cut off just in time because I realized I was laughing.But A Tuo's face still hangs very low, very low, very low. For some reason, my heart tugged. Was A Tuo helplessly embarrassed because he saw me and recognized me as one of the group of female students this afternoon?That must be the case, he must think that I'm embarrassing myself because I'm having this classic embarrassment of "this idiot's girlfriend is being chased by a guy" in my head. "Because of what?" Albus asked, looking at the gingerbread house in front of the landlady. "It's okay," I said reproachfully. "I almost became the most unkind and considerate person I hate." He pinched his cheek very hard as a punishment. Then I remembered the promise I made to myself today.I take a deep breath. Every time I make a big decision, I take a deep breath of oxygen and courage. A Tuo stood up slowly, brushing his hair.Faintly behind the messy bangs, his expression was very gloomy. It looks like I really shouldn't have recognized him just now, the look in my eyes must have been very hurtful. He walked over, but I was so ashamed that I didn't dare to look him in the face, and the anger in my chest was completely vented. "Sir, what do you want?" I felt very guilty and wanted to stretch out my palm to let A Tuo slap his palm to vent his hatred. "Two medium cups of caramel macchiato, one cup of kiwi juice, two fruit muffins, and one nine-inch seafood pizza." A Tuo's voice was dry. My mood suddenly rebounded. Didn't you three friends come in together? Why did you bring something with such an ugly face? It made me almost suffocate in embarrassment. "Okay, please wait ten minutes." I took the money and opened the cash register.Still dare not look at him. A Tuo took the change from me, then stood still in front of the counter without any intention of going back to his seat.Are you deliberately using low air pressure to make me feel guilty to death? Well, since I made a wish, I must fulfill it. Taking a deep breath, I raised my head and looked at A Tuo whose face had been turned aside. "I'm sorry, today..." My voice became thinner and thinner, not because my courage collapsed again. It was because I realized that A Tuo wasn't listening to me at all. His eyes were on my side, Albus. Albus looked at Taku too, with an indescribably calm emotion. The calm was very different from Albus's usual indifference. This calm seems to be the kind of calm that has been prepared and waited for the right time to deal with it. "Wan Wan her...how is she doing?" A Tuo asked. The tone was so earnest that even I, who was a stranger, was moved when I heard it. "Wanwan is fine." Albus nodded slightly. A little smile appeared on Atuo's face. That little smile was like a sky covered with dark clouds, quietly revealing a sincere blue light. "Thank you." A Tuo's upper body leaned forward slightly, actually bowing to thank you. Albus pushed the red plastic-rimmed glasses, a rare return gift. Then Ato turned around. In that split second, I understood. Everyone understood what just happened. "I know what you want to say." Albus's voice was very soft, unlike her usual: "Is he a sad legend? Maybe his misfortune should be counted against me." Here and now, I don't know what to say. The Lazi who snatched away A Tuo's high school girlfriend turned out to be Albus. The killer of men, the legend of Razi who wins love with a sword. "You...do you feel guilty?" I was tongue-tied. "Love is not about guilt," said Albus. <11> A Tuo was very attentive when eating.Concentrate, as if deliberately avoiding Albus' eyes from behind the counter. Although Albus just ignored him. "I don't think he will eat at this restaurant again." I thought to myself. If it were me, I wouldn't want to eat where my ex-rival worked.It was as if a hundred pairs of eyes had been placed on him. So, if you want to apologize, you only have this chance. At this time, A Tuo's two friends also noticed that A Tuo had been silent, so they began to ask A Tuo. Although I couldn't hear their conversation, I vaguely noticed that A Tuo didn't deliberately hide that he was currently in a very embarrassing state. Because of the uncontrollable laughter of his two bad friends, A Tuo's face burned again. "It's so unforgivable." Suddenly, there was a burst of anger in my heart. Could it be that A Tuo has never been fierce to them? I didn't hesitate any more, I strode out of the counter and came to them. Their laughter continued, but they also noticed a brave young girl in a white work apron with a ponytail standing by the table, and looked up at me while laughing. "Don't laugh at Tuo anymore, don't you know that laughing at others like this will hurt his heart? Is it because Tuo doesn't hate you, so you think it's okay?" I was annoyed, pointing at Tuo's nose : "Just by looking at him, I can tell that this guy is very kind, and I can't bear to lose my temper with you, but you take other people's consideration for granted and continue to bully him. This is really abominable, very abominable! If you calm down and listen carefully, You will find that Taku's heart is crying!" They stopped laughing and looked at me in embarrassment, their forks sunk in the muffins. But A Tuo opened his mouth wide and didn't dare to move. "Besides, do you know what kind of person the Lazi who stole A Tuo's girlfriend is?" The more I said it, the more I felt unfair: "She is the smartest, most powerful, and most skillful Lazi I have ever seen, even if it is you My girlfriend, if you are spotted by her, you still won’t be able to run away! Do you like being laughed at like this? Will you have the demeanor of Altuo to get along with friends?” I started to ramble, but Albus is indeed a Amazing people. They looked at each other, their faces flushed, and they were completely defeated. Suddenly I was discouraged again. It seems that I am not here to apologize, but to add to everyone's troubles. "I'm sorry, we laughed at you impolitely when you came to our Hsinchu Girls' High School today, please forgive me." I took a deep breath and put my hands together. "No, no, I really... really don't know that I will cause everyone... or you emotional dissatisfaction. I seem to be the one who should apologize." A Tuo hurriedly Dao, patted the shoulders of his two friends and hurriedly said it was all right. I think they should take my abruptness today into their hearts, and it would be best if I could spread my words, so that the air around A Tuo would start to become friendly. However, seeing A Tuo's flustered expression, I couldn't help being a little angry with him. If it wasn't for his useless personality, how could he be laughed at for so long? If he hadn't been laughed at for so long, it wouldn't have caused the embarrassing situation where I have to bow and admit my mistake today. "You're right. From today onwards, you should have a little temper. A real good friend will not leave because of your temper. I really don't know what you are afraid of?" I glared at A Tuo angrily. Two friends, the atmosphere is a bit stiff.I stood, they sat, and then they all stopped talking, not knowing what to do. I seem to be able to feel the tactile movement of the second hand on my wrist, tick tock. "I'm sorry, but I'm so fierce. Have you ever seen such a fierce shop assistant?" I pointed to my nose and simply bowed my head again to admit my mistake. "No, we are also at fault, and what you just said is also right." A friend of A Tuo said in a friendly voice. A Tuo stood up and stretched out his hands in bewilderment. I followed in a daze and stretched out my hand, letting A Tuo's hands hold tightly. "Thank you very much today, but this is all my fault, I will reflect on my own weakness." A Tuo's hand was very tight, and he apologized sincerely. "No, I was too abrupt." I felt that my hand was about to hurt, and I quickly said, "What kind of coffee do you want to drink? I'm treating you. Please bear with me if I'm not good at it." Every time I make a mistake, I always apologize in the same way. . "No, I don't usually drink coffee." A Tuo shook his head hurriedly, pointing to the strange juice. Ah, a non-coffee drinker! I missed another opportunity to know a person's personality through coffee, especially the kind and cowardly boy in front of me. I am really curious what kind of coffee such a boy will have a relationship with, so that I can build "coffee/ A member of the taste spectrum such as Personality. "Then... let's start today! As long as you come, I will buy you a cup of coffee. Today, I will try the Mocha I just learned." I smiled.Although A Tuo may never set foot in this store again. It's such a pity between people. A Tuo scratched his head, making his untidy hair even more messy. "Then thank you." A Tuo sat down, and I turned around. So, starting from a misunderstanding and a cup of warm mocha, I got to know Atuo. A shy boy with almost no personality but a sincere blue smile, twenty-two years old. Although, from the look in his eyes and the sloppy compliments, I couldn't tell whether the cup of mocha was right for him or not.