Xiao Xiao thought of what his young friend said before.
They... seemed to be accompanying Wang Zhe out to buy things today?
The young man's next words confirmed his suspicion.
"That girl's birthday is coming soon. Today we are going out with Wang Zhe to help him choose a birthday gift for that girl."
"Is this the birthday gift Wang Zhe likes?"
Xiao Xiao's eyebrows showed some doubts, "Then why are you paying the bill?"
He was not wrong.
The person standing in front of the cashier at that time was Feng Ji.
Several of his classmates were standing a little further behind him.
Now that I think about it, it does have a somewhat distinct meaning.
...
"Ah."
Feng Ji sneered.
He didn't say anything immediately.
He picked up the music box.
This is a wind-up music box.
He twisted the spring several times.
...
"No sound?"
After waiting for a while, the expected music sound was not heard, and Xiao Xiao's face looked a little thoughtful.
"Of course there is no sound!"
There was a hint of mania in the young man's suppressed voice.
"Would I still buy it if there was a sound?!"
"They broke the music box and you were left to pay for it?"
Xiao Xiao pointedly pointed out the facts and stunned the young man.
He finally looked up at Xiao Xiao.
"You believe me?"
"I'm listening to you."
Xiao Xiao looked at the young man seriously.
There was no suspicion on his face, nor was there any indignation on the boy's side.
...
The young man opened his mouth.
His eyes slowly lowered and fell on the music box.
"...I didn't break it."
"There were so many of them around the music box."
"I stand at the end."
"Can't even touch the music box..."
Things happened so fast at that time that he was completely caught off guard.
He was looking at the handicrafts on the counter next to him.
Later, I noticed the commotion ahead.
Before he could ask what happened, he heard the words of the landlady who followed the sound.
Broke something?
His heart skipped a beat, but he didn't think much about it.
Who would have thought that in the end...he would be the one taking the blame.
...
"They wanted me to pay for it, saying I broke it..."
Feng Ji clenched his hands into fists.
The corners of his eyes were slightly red.
Sensing a hint of choking leaking out of his voice, the young man tightened his lips.
It took a while before he spoke again.
"...I don't have enough money."
"This music box is too expensive..."
"I want everyone to chip in and buy it."
"But... no one wants to."
"It was obviously one of them who broke it..."
The young man took a deep breath.
"But no one is willing to pay even a little bit."
"The boss lady urged me to pay."
"They also urged me to pay."
"Everyone is looking at me."
"...but I don't have enough money..."
At that time, he even tasted what the so-called despair felt like.
too bitter.
He was at a loss.
"I do not know what to do."
"I dare not tell the truth."
"I'm afraid the boss lady will call my parents..."
"......no......"
"Don't let mom and dad know..."
...
Seeing that the young man's face was pale and he was obviously caught in a bad association, the corners of Xiao Xiao's mouth raised slightly.
"Your parents won't know."
Feng Ji suddenly raised his head.
"You bought this music box."
"......Um."
The young man nodded.
wrong.
He shook his head and said, "You bought this music box."
"I bought it for you."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Didn't you just say that you would return the money to me?"
The young man nodded blankly.
Um.
He said so.
In other words, this music box belongs to him.
It was he who bought the music box.
...
"......Thank you."
The young man said, "Thank you..."
At the last moment, this person appeared...
For the first time, he understood how happy and fortunate the savior was.
The exaggerated descriptions of the savior in the book, the words he once scorned... are all true...
He didn't expect...
One day, he will also meet his savior.
The young man couldn't help but arch his eyebrows.
The irritability and depression in my heart have also dissipated a lot.
...
"Thank you......"
"It was the same just now..."
Having said the most unspeakable part, the young man felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his heart.
Even though he didn't think he had done anything wrong.
However, he is afraid...
Afraid that people who heard about this would think he was... pitiable.
The thought of being treated like this by others made him feel like there was a fire burning in his heart.
If it weren't for the person in front of him who helped him and acted calmly, as if his experience was nothing worth worrying about...
He won't say it.
He was used to swallowing everything silently.
Silent, silent.
Pretend that nothing is wrong.
...
"There is no way I can continue to stay with them..."
The young man couldn't help but reveal some of his inner feelings.
Anyway...
The other party also noticed it, right?
"But......"
The boy grabbed his left hand with his right hand, "I want to leave..."
"Are you worried that they will think I'm making a fuss out of a molehill?"
"...It's just me being more sincere..."
"I know they'll explain it to me."
"Just like before..."
"They always make you take the blame?"
Xiao Xiao's words made the young man a little embarrassed.
He shook his head subconsciously.
"Nor...no."
"They usually play well with me."
"that is......"
"Always push you out when something happens?"
Xiao Xiao probably understood where this young man came from so many repressed emotions.
...
The young man opened his mouth, "...just a few times..."
Even he couldn't deceive himself about the weakness in his words.
...
"Why don't you tell them?"
Xiao Xiao did not give up asking because of the young man's pleading or even pleading look.
"You know, they're not doing it right."
"And your silence is your indulgence."
"Just like you just said..."
"A few explanations can make you forget the wrong things they did and make you forgive them."
"Then, you can continue to get along with each other peacefully."
"Why...you have to wrong yourself so much?"
Xiao Xiao said word by word, "Do you really think that you can be considered friends like this?"
...
"...They usually treat me very well..."
Feng Ji murmured, with a bit of stubbornness on his face, "If you have anything to eat, you will give it to me... If you have something to do, you will help me..."
That's why he couldn't make up his mind to break up with them completely.
Even though sometimes the things they did really pissed him off.
For example...that incident just now.
For a moment, he really wanted to quarrel with them regardless of the occasion.
He wanted to turn around and leave regardless.
It's not his fault, why should he bear the responsibility?
In the end, he allowed himself to be pushed to the checkout counter.
...
"Feng Ji."
Xiao Xiao sighed in his heart, his eyebrows were gentle, but his words were unceremonious.
