Chapter 8 Chapter Seven The First Kiss

Li Li followed Pei Shangxuan's parents to the police station to visit the temporarily detained teenager. He refused to see Li Li and insisted on waiting for her to leave the reception room before showing up. Li Li felt uncomfortable and ran outside the police station to cry.Father Pei then followed, patted Li Li's shoulder reassuringly, and said with an embarrassed expression: "Xiao Li, Shang Xuan didn't dare to face you when he did something wrong, don't blame him." When she got home and regained her composure, she realized that the meaning of this sentence was worthy of scrutiny, as if Pei Shangxuan had become her boyfriend.

Maybe his parents like him, but the hero likes others.Growing up slowly and seeing too many stories of separation and reunion, Li Li believes that there is no such thing as perfection in life.There will always be someone who doesn't like you, and it's often the one you care about the most. Li Li has been to the youth education center in Songjiang twice.Pei Shangxuan still refused to see her, no matter how many cars she changed and came all the way from the city, she was unexpectedly stubborn.Li Li scolded "idiot" several times outside the youth education center, and finally burst into tears.

He lost his freedom and spent three years behind a high wall.Li Li didn't know if Pei Shangxuan regretted meeting Han Yichen, she wrote to him, wanting to know the answer as persistently as solving an Olympiad problem. Pei Shangxuan did not reply to the letter, and the letters she sent in the past fell into the sea.Li Li suddenly realized: he was determined to make a clean break with the past, together with all the people who went through the motions in the past. She still wrote letters, carefully drying the ink and folding the letter paper into a heart shape.Li Jun has taught Li Li several times, but her hands-on ability has not improved so far, and she is still very ugly after learning for a long time.After stuffing the letter into the envelope and sealing it carefully, Li Li opened the last drawer and hid the letter and the diary under the clothes.

She has moved to live with her stepfather's house, and she misses Pei Shangxuan in the small cubicle in the living room, and meets Liu Qianren occasionally.Liu Qianren is a senior high school student, and the college entrance examination is like the sword of Damocles hanging above his head, and no slack is allowed. Regarding Li Li's stay, he unexpectedly remained silent.Li Meiqing was complacent, thinking that Liu Qianren had finally accepted her, but Li Li vaguely felt it was even more terrifying. He leaves early and returns late, so he doesn't have many chances to meet her face to face.But in the few limited contacts, Li Li was always frightened by his gloomy eyes, and it often took a long time to calm down.

What makes Li Li even more awkward is that every time she has too much homework to finish at school and has to take it home to continue, Liu Zhixian always asks her to do it in brother Qianren's room, saying that lying on the coffee table will affect her homework. Eyesight, and Yoo Cheon-in's room is not only well-lit, but also maintains a good writing posture.She was too embarrassed to refuse her stepfather's kindness, so she could only seize the blank time before Liu Qianren's return and quickly calculate the problem. At first Li Li didn't dare look at Liu Qianren's room at all, and felt inexplicable pressure from the first step into the room.After going there a few times in a row, she became a little more courageous and took a look at his room while thinking about how to solve the problem.

Unlike Liu Qianren's femininity and beauty that make it difficult to distinguish between men and women at first glance, his room is clearly owned by men at first glance, and the top floor of the bookcase is full of infantry models.When I was in junior high school, there was a gust of model wind, and the boys in the class were so fascinated. After class, a large group of infantrymen were set up to attack the city on the desks. Every day after school, I rushed to the small shop opposite the school to see this plastic infantry shop. People have no new arrivals.Pei Shangxuan often sets up his position at Li Li's desk, she is no stranger to the things these boys like.

Li Li couldn't help thinking of Pei Shangxuan, this boy who was always called a "stupid" by herself, how are you doing now?He is a person who is unruly and loves freedom by nature. Can he adapt to that place where there is no freedom? She was so immersed in her emotions that she didn't hear Liu Qianren's voice coming back.The beautiful boy pushed open the bedroom door and saw his titular "sister" staring at his bookcase in a daze.He quietly closed the door, leaning against the wall and staring at Li Li for a moment.With a slight cough, he woke up the girl who was obviously in a fugue state.

Li Li hurriedly turned her head sideways and found him by the door.She immediately got up from the swivel chair, hurriedly cleaned up the textbooks on the desk, and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I took up your space." He is in the third year of high school, he is busy with schoolwork, and there are endless test papers and handouts every day .Li Li got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, and he could often see the light leaking from the bottom crack of his door. Liu Qianren remained silent, watching her pick up the books and handouts, leave the desk and walk towards the door.He didn't move away, and suddenly stretched out his hand when she walked in front of him, holding her face in both hands and forcing Li Li to look up at him.

He hasn't had a haircut for a long time, the hair on his forehead has grown so long that it almost covers his eyes, his deep pupils stared at her unscrupulously under the cover of the black hair. Li Li was startled at first, wondering what his intentions were, and stared blankly at him.Liu Qianren raised the corners of his mouth and smiled silently, his lips were thin, pale pink without blood, slightly pale. Involuntarily blurted out: "You, pay more attention to rest, don't put too much pressure on yourself." As soon as the words were spoken, Li Li wanted to bite off her tongue in annoyance, what does Liu Qianren have to do with me?

He listened indifferently, pinching her round chin with his fingers, and his eyes were so complicated that she couldn't figure it out.Li Li freed up a hand and brushed him away with a little effort. "Are you thinking about that kid?" Liu Qianren asked lightly.He remembered going to her grandmother's house for dinner one year, and in the long and narrow alley, he met her playing with a tall boy and passing by.She didn't see him, she just wanted to catch up with the figure in front of her. Liu Qianren only saw this side of Pei Shangxuan, and was deeply impressed for no reason.After many years, Liu Qianren understood why he hated Pei Shangxuan, because the only person Li Li cared about was him.

Li Li quickly shook her head to deny it, she thought she had hidden her thoughts so well that it would be impossible for others to find out, but unexpectedly Liu Qianren would make a blockbuster if he didn't say anything, and it was rare for him to speak directly to the vital point. He looked strange, as if he was studying the truth and falsehood of her denial.Those eyes were too bright, Li Li avoided them. "I won't disturb your review." Li Li put his hand on the doorknob, bypassing Liu Qianren. "You are not worthy of him." Behind him, the young man said with a smile, coming to an unusually cold conclusion. Li Li turned her head suddenly, with disdain in her eyes.She is short-sighted and has a deep degree of vision. When she doesn't wear glasses, her eyes look dull, so the words and phrases usually used to describe a woman's bright eyes are not suitable, but such a pair of eyes looked at him coldly, and Liu Qianren's heart suddenly beat fast. "Whether you deserve it or not has nothing to do with your Excellency." She opened the door, turned her head and walked out. This unlovable and stubborn girl broke into his life in a weird way, and Liu Qianren became curious about her.How could such a simple woman like Li Meiqing give birth to such a complicated daughter? Li Li was very sad, although Liu Qianren spoke mean and vicious, but what he said was the truth.From the outside, the effect of her standing with Pei Shangxuan is definitely not as good as that of Han Yichen and him. There was a book stand on the way home, Li Li went in and borrowed a novel by Cen Kailun once.She used to listen to her little uncle and rarely read casual books other than reference books. After entering high school, the whole world has undergone earth-shaking changes.Li Guoqiang kicked him out without hesitation in order to marry Yan Liming, Pei Shangxuan entered the youth education center and refused to see him again, Li Li gave up his original desire to be competitive. Whether Cong is smart or pretty, she doesn't care.The people I cared about are no longer around. The novel is called "The Swan Girl", and it tells how the ugly duckling turned into a white swan that everyone loves.Many years later, Li Li downloaded this book from the Internet and read it again. She wondered why she was so touched back then.A beautiful woman always shines, whether she was buried in the sand or smeared with soot.If Cinderella didn't have a stunning face, would the prince still see her? The real fairy tale is when the beast dances with the beauty before it becomes a prince, and she says "I love you". She loved him in his ugliest form. When his handsome face was weathered by the years, in her eyes it was still that kind and gentle heart. This is the most romantic love and the most touching story that Li Li knows.The young man she likes is reckless, clumsy and clumsy, with a rough voice and a loud voice, with a gloomy future, but she never stops liking him for a moment. On the day of her fourteenth birthday, Pei Shangxuan warmed up Li Li's life for the next fifteen years.Even if the last ashes were only steaming, she still felt warm and welcoming. December 5, 1993 was Sunday, Li Li's seventeenth birthday.Li Meiqing ordered a bowl of birthday noodles for her daughter for breakfast.She looked at her mother flattered, opened her mouth to say a word of thanks, but couldn't make a sound. Seeing Li Li eating noodles, Liu Zhixian immediately thought it was her birthday, and complained that Li Meiqing didn't tell her earlier so that she could prepare a cake for Li Li. Her stepfather was a gentle and kind man, and Li Li's understanding of fatherly love in her life came from Liu Zhixian.She never figured out why Liu Zhixian fell in love with Li Meiqing, so much so that she was about to divorce.Maybe love is really something for no reason. You can't tell what's good about that person, but you just can't forget it. Liu Qianren sat opposite Li Li to eat, his breakfast was always a bottle of milk, a fried egg, two slices of bread, plus a piece of fruit.Li Li once curiously asked her stepfather whether Liu Qianren was not tired of eating, and she was already tired of watching it a few times.Her breakfast is usually settled on the way to school.Every day Li Meiqing gave her five cents to buy breakfast, and sometimes Li Li would save the money for breakfast and borrow novels to read.After listening to her question, Liu Zhixian smiled and stroked her hair and replied that this was the menu that Qian Ren's mother ordered for him. When Liu Zhixian said these words, the expression on his face was a bit strange.He seldom mentioned his ex-wife, and there was no trace left by the former mistress in this home, not even the photo on Liu Qianren's desk with his mother.Thinking of this level, Li Li felt that Li Meiqing and Liu Zhixian had at least one thing in common, and they both cleaned up the previous marriage very cleanly. Liu Qianren slightly raised his eyes to look at Li Li, and when she met his strange gaze, goose bumps all over her body.Like in the past, Li Li lowered her head and ate the noodles, wishing she could finish eating and leave the table sooner. "Happy birthday." He said slowly.Li Li was swallowing a mouthful of noodles, choked on his surprise, and almost choked to death. Li Meiqing patted her on the back and accused her of being impolite, and then the conversation turned to Li Li, starting with her messy and knotted hair, criticizing all the way to the holes in her socks that she didn't know how to fix . Liu Zhixian smiled with a good temper, from time to time a few words of persuasion to calm his wife down, he looked sympathetically at Li Li who was frowning, and there was nothing he could do to help. Liu Qianren ate the fried egg with disinterest, as if he had no interest in the conversation between their mother and daughter.Li Li caught his gaze accidentally, whenever Li Meiqing's criticism turned to a certain part of her body, he would quickly glance at it. He successfully passed the college entrance examination in July and entered Jiaotong University as he wished. He lived in the Xuhui campus and rarely went home. Li Li felt a sense of relief that the noose was slightly loosened, but every time he came back, Li Li felt uncomfortable. Every time their eyes meet in the air, Li Li is always the one to avoid first. For a while, Li Li was obsessed with philosophy. She pasted the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus "It is impossible to step into the same river twice" as a motto in the pencil case, and she must read it silently every time she opened it. Li Jun made fun of her being bored, claiming that this sentence just explained the philosophical proposition about development. If each water molecule can exist as an individual, then the flowing water is indeed different every second, and there is nothing in itself. Curiosities. Li Li glared at Li Jun resentfully, and still read it several times a day.What she thought was that her liking for Pei Shangxuan should stop, time passed like running water, and any day could not be repeated, why she still couldn't let him go? In November 2005, bird flu broke out all over the world. Li Li watched the migratory birds passing through Shanghai outside the window in the ward.Fifteen years have passed like smoke, and the three words Pei Shangxuan have been integrated into her bones and blood, and have already become a part of her life, as natural as breathing. In the long river of time, she did not step into the same tributary repeatedly, every day Li Li liked him more than the day before. But he didn't know that she had loved him for so long.She liked him even before he became a prince. The last day of 1993, Friday.Before school, everyone said "see you next year" as a farewell. The relaxed boys and girls have gone through a year, and they have not yet reached the age when they look back on the past and sigh with emotion. beautiful vision. Li Li bought a diary with a lock at the stationery store, and Li Jun picked out a ballpoint pen on the other side.Scented pens are no longer popular, and now cartoon caps are popular.She took a pink Hello Kitty ballpoint pen, came over and asked Li Li if she was cute. "Wow, it still has a lock." Like Columbus discovering the New World, Li Jun exclaimed: "Say, will you write bad things about me?" Li Li smiled, and asked back, "What bad things did you do that I need to write down?" Li Jun pinched her face and said she was a wicked woman, and finally asked her seriously: "Li Li, what will you write?" Li Li did not tell Li Jun that she only wrote one sentence in her diary, on the first day of the new year. When the clock struck zero, Li Li sat cross-legged on the sofa and opened the diary. The pink-blue paper with flowers printed on it was smooth and smooth, and felt good to the touch.She wrote it on January 1st - I don't like Pei Shangxuan anymore this year. After thinking about it, she hadn't seen him for a long time.Pei Shangxuan will be locked up in the juvenile education center for three years, but he still refuses to see her.Li Li added the words "this idiot" after Pei Shangxuan's name. After locking the diary, Li Li ran to the closed balcony and opened the aluminum alloy window.The cold wind was biting, and the cheeks were stinging.Holding the small golden key in Li Li's palm, he took a deep breath and threw it out forcefully. The night was dark, she couldn't see where it was falling, and she didn't care where it landed. After closing the window and returning to the living room, Li Li was startled by the man leaning against the wall.Liu Qianren came to the living room at some point and stared at her expressionlessly. That face is still reminiscent of "beautiful", but Liu Qianren seems to have faded away from the youthful youthfulness, and has the masculine flavor of a man.Even though Li Li was afraid of him, she had to agree that he was indeed a man who could make girls fall in love with him.The mailbox at home has received several letters of love with reverse stamps, and the recipient has his name written on it.He didn't even look at it, just threw it in the trash can. In Liu Qianren's hand was the diary she had put on the coffee table just now.Li Li's face suddenly changed, and he rushed forward to snatch it.He raised his hand maliciously, relying on his height advantage to prevent her from getting it. "Where's the key?" he asked, smiling wickedly. Her hand turned to point out the direction of the window. "I threw it away, if you want to find it, please do so." He looked playfully at the girl in front of him who was trying to keep calm. Since he met Li Li three years ago, she always avoided his sight and even spoke cautiously.Liu Qianren admitted that he couldn't see through Li Li. He thought she would become strong when she was weak, and that she would suddenly resist when she obeyed. He remembered the time when she slapped him and the scene downstairs. His eyes gradually darkened. Li Li, a sophomore in high school, didn't grow much taller, but was a little fatter than the last time I saw him at home.There are not many girls studying science and engineering, and among the few girls at Jiaotong University, it is rare to have one or two pretty faces that make people's eyes shine.Walking on campus, Liu Qianren couldn't help but think of Li Li. An ugly girl like her should come to Jiaotong University to regain her confidence. "Give me back the diary." Li Li looked at him and reiterated: "Liu Qianren, this is mine, please return it to me." He took half a step forward and stood next to her.Liu Qianren lowered his head, his scorching eyes settled on her face. "Exchange." With his voice, a soft kiss fell on her lips. In the middle of the night, when everything was still, she was kissed by a man who hated her.On the first day of the new millennium, Li Li and Pei Shangxuan attended a New Year's party in a bar. They counted down loudly with the crowd. When 2000 came to the world, Pei Shangxuan embraced Li Li, turned around and kissed his beautiful girlfriend. Li Li recalled the kiss in 1994 in a daze, and her hatred for Liu Qianren gradually faded away. In June 1994, from the summer in Italy to the sunny day in the United States, the quadrennial World Cup once again attracted the attention of the world. At the same time, it was the first time in the 64-year history of the World Cup to expand to 32 teams. . Li Li is a sophomore in high school and is facing the national exam.Every day, I was tortured by the five subjects of physics, chemistry, geography, biology, and history, and my nerves were tense.Although the admission rate of the college entrance examination is the final stage to compare the strength of each school, the excellent rate of the college entrance examination is gradually valued by the school. The Argentine team she loves does not have the "son of the wind" Caniggia.Li Li gathers bits and pieces of Caniggia from the deluge of football coverage about Caniggia, who was banned by FIFA for two years for taking cocaine. Argentina's blue and white team uniform is still elegant, and what makes her disappointed is that she can't see the person she likes.In the school auditorium in 1990, a high-spirited teenager patted her on the shoulder and asked, "Do you want to make a bet? I bet on Germany." Like Caniggia, he is a bird that has lost its freedom and cannot fly. Li Li got up in the middle of the night to watch the match, the opening match between Germany and Bolivia.Pei Shangxuan supported Germany, he said, "If I like it, you should like it too." Even taking his share, Li Li also stood on the side of the German team, before thinking about which side he should support if Germany and Argentina meet.Whether it's a coincidence or not, since they made that bet in 1990, Germany and Argentina haven't met each other in the World Cup for fifteen years. The Argentine team had a very good start, although without Caniggia, Li Li still loves the passion of Argentina.Li Meiqing didn't care if Li Li's staying up late watching the football would affect the exam, but Liu Zhixian cared and advised her to pay attention to her health. "Uncle, I've been waiting for four years." That was her favorite team, and she loved it with all her heart.Liu Zhixian didn't say much after hearing this, but within two days Li Li found that there were suddenly more bags of coffee at home. The exam started on July 2nd. On July 1st, Liu Zhixian's school organized teachers to travel to Guizhou, and Li Meiqing went with her.Her Argentina team fell into chaos after Maradona's doping scandal, lost to Bulgaria in the final round of the group stage, and faced Romania in the round of 16 on July 3.No one in the family cares about Li Li, so of course she won't miss it. Li Li set the alarm clock and got up on time to watch the game. Just as she turned on the TV, there was the sound of a key opening the door. She turned her head and looked at the man who walked into the living room through the fluorescent light of the TV——Liu Qianren looked at her with strange eyes. He called back last time and said he couldn't go home for two weeks for school exams.Li Li was glad that the number of times he met him could be reduced a few more times, but unexpectedly met him face to face in the middle of the night, and of course stared blankly at the handsome man in front of him, unable to make a sound. Liu Qianren raised his hand to strangle Li Li's neck, and said in a gloomy voice beside her ear, "I hate you." She was out of breath, and the swelling on her face felt like blood was about to burst out of her skull.Just when Li Li thought he was going to die like this, Liu Qianren suddenly let go of his hand. She opened her mouth to breathe desperately, like a dying fish thrown ashore.The game between Argentina and Romania has begun, and she feels that the sun on the court can sting people's eyes. In order to ensure the ratings of the World Cup in Europe, all the games are almost concentrated in the hottest noon in the United States. Before Li Li could recover, Liu Qianren had already pushed her down on the sofa.He held her hands, his dark eyes shining sharply. Liu Qianren stared at her decisively and without mercy. He said: Li Li, this is paying off your mother's debt!