The street lights on the side had not yet turned on, which showed that Duan Jiaxu's eyes were darker. He looked at Sang Zhi intently, his lips were slightly straightened, and he could not tell his emotions, and he did not do anything else.
Such quietness is like the calm before the storm.
Sang Zhi added nervously and worriedly: "My parents have never beaten me."
Duan Jiaxu asked paradoxically: "Shall I hit you?"
Sang Zhi glanced at him and calmly breathed a sigh of relief: "Isn't it?"
Duan Jiaxu smiled: "Did I say no?"
"..."
His eyelids moved, and he suddenly noticed a particularly conspicuous mark on Sang Zhi's clean school uniform. It was located next to the collar, and it was obviously caused by cigarette ash.
Duan Jiaxu's gaze paused, thinking that he had seen it wrong, and slowly moved closer.
Sang Zhi thought he really wanted to teach her a lesson, so she pursed her lips tightly, looked fearful, and flattened the hand hidden behind her back resignedly, timidly placing it in front of him.
Duan Jiaxu's Adam's apple rolled and he pointed at her collar: "How did you do it?"
Sang Zhi was startled and looked in the direction he was pointing. Only then did she find a mark on her clothes that had been burned. She subconsciously rubbed it with her fingertips, but it didn't come off.
"Child." Duan Jiaxu asked in a low voice, "Is someone bullying you?"
Sang Zhi nodded hesitantly.
Duan Jiaxu's face instantly became unsightly. He subconsciously checked whether there were any wounds on her body. He frowned and said, "Why didn't you tell brother?"
"I don't want to trouble you. My brother also asked me to be honest and not cause trouble for you." Sang Zhi said gently, "I have no intention of hiding it. I will tell my parents when I get back."
Duan Jiaxu asked patiently: "Did I hit you?"
Sang Zhi thought for a moment and shook his head: "He just patted my face, took twenty yuan from me, and asked me to give it to them tomorrow."
"Why did you run over there?"
"My friend asked me to go." Thinking of Yin Zhenru, Sang Zhi's mood worsened again, and her voice became lower. "She felt scared, so she asked me to come with her."
There was a hint of absurdity in Duan Jiaxu's words: "Why didn't she tell her parents?"
"Because those people said that if you tell your parents, you will come to our school every day to find us." Sang Zhi answered whatever he asked, "so she didn't dare to tell her parents."
Hearing this, Duan Jiaxu squatted down and looked at her level.
Then suddenly the words came out: "Stretch out your hands."
He obviously didn't mean to give her anything. Sang Zhi looked at him suspiciously and didn't move. After a while, he stretched out his hand.
Duan Jiaxu raised his hand and hit her palm unexpectedly.
The force was gentle, but it seemed like he was giving her a high-five.
Sang Zhi immediately retracted his hand: "What are you doing?"
Duan Jiaxu lazily said: "Hit you."
"..."
"Kid, listen carefully. If anyone tries to trick you into going to an unsafe place in the future, no matter how good your friend is, you won't be able to go." Duan Jiaxu stood up straight and rubbed the top of her hair, "Did you hear that?
"
Sang Zhi said aggrievedly, "Then you can't hit anyone either."
"Huh? Why can't you hit people?" Duan Jiaxu chuckled, "If you don't obey me -"
Sang Zhi looked alert.
He drew out his voice and said in a playful tone: "Brother, when I see you once, I will beat you once."
"..."
Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them did not stay where they were.
"Are you brave enough this time?" Duan Jiaxu held her arm and slowly walked out of the alley, "You didn't cry even if you were bullied."
Sang Zhi didn't care: "It didn't hurt me anyway."
"Where did your friend go?"
"have no idea."
Duan Jiaxu: "At your age, you probably understand some things? If this friend treats you badly and is a bad friend, you should not associate with her in the future."
Sang Zhi nodded silently.
"Remember to tell your parents when you go back." Duan Jiaxu said, "Don't hide anything else you encounter in the future. They will protect you."
"knew."
Seeing that she seemed to have listened, Duan Jiaxu stopped mentioning this and asked, "How did you two get home when your brother picked you up?"
Before the word "beat" came out of his mouth, Sang Zhi suddenly remembered something, immediately swallowed the words back, and changed his words: "Take the bus."
"Take the bus?" Duan Jiaxu raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you afraid of someone accidentally stepping on your feet?"
Sang Zhi hesitated: "No."
After leaving the alley, the road towards the bus will pass by the gate of Nanwu University. The flow of people has obviously increased, most of them are college students going out for dinner.
Duan Jiaxu didn't seem to listen to her words and planned to hail a taxi on the side of the road.
Soon, a boy Duan Jiaxu knew passed by on his bicycle and greeted him with a playful smile: "Hello, senior."
Duan Jiaxu suddenly called him: "Lin Hai."
The boy stopped the car: "Huh?"
"Lend me your bicycle? I'll return it to you later."
"Okay." Lin Hai got out of the car readily, glanced at Sang Zhi next to him, and asked curiously, "Senior, is this your sister?"
Duan Jiaxu hummed.
"Hello, little sister." Lin Hai waved to her and ran towards the school gate, "Senior, I'll leave first! My girlfriend is waiting for me!"
"Go." Duan Jiaxu casually patted the dust on the back seat and turned to Sang Zhi and said, "Son, will my brother take you home?"
Sang Zhi did not hesitate and took a step towards his direction.
Duan Jiaxu's lips curved slightly and he said with a smile: "Are you so happy?"
"..."
"Still secretly laughing."
Sang Zhi subconsciously touched the corners of her lips.
It didn't go up at all.
When she wanted to retort something, Duan Jiaxu was already on his bicycle, leaning on his back and urging her with a smile: "Come up."
"..."
shameless.
Because of his words, Sang Zhi felt a little uncomfortable, so he sat on it slowly, his hands nervously grasping the sides of the back seat.
Wait until she sits up straight.
Duan Jiaxu's legs were still on the ground and there was no unnecessary movement.
Sang Zhi reminded: "Brother, I'll sit down."
Hearing this, Duan Jiaxu turned around, stared at her and asked, "Child, your hand is missing?"
What are these words?
Sang Zhi raised his hand in confusion: "It's missing somewhere."
"Then you don't know how to support your brother?" Duan Jiaxu grabbed her wrist and placed it on his waist, "Why are you hiding it?"
Sang Zhi's breathing stagnated. The strength in her hands immediately relaxed and she grabbed his clothes instead.
Duan Jiaxu stepped on the pedal.
The bicycle moved forward slowly, and its speed gradually increased.
The temperature at night is much cooler than during the day, and the wind is loud. It blows into the ears, and the whistling sound pours into the ears and beats the eardrums.
The night was filling the air, and the sweet fragrance of flowers came to the nose, mixed with the smell of orange soda emanating from the man. It seemed to be bewitching.
Sang Zhi was a little confused.
Is that the sound of wind in my ears?
Or maybe it was actually the sound of her heartbeat.
There was silence for a long time.
Sang Zhi gradually calmed down her heartbeat. She felt bored and took the initiative to talk to Duan Jiaxu: "Brother, where is my brother?"
Duan Jiaxu: "It seems that I am accompanying someone to the interview."
"Ah?" Sang Zhi thought for a while, "Is it the job interview?"
"Um."
"Isn't my brother just a junior in college now? Why is he looking for a job?"
"Internship." Duan Jiaxu said, "As long as it doesn't affect the course, you can do the internship anytime you want."
Sang Zhi groaned, stared at Duan Jiaxu's black T-shirt that was bulging in the wind, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, aren't you going to do an internship?"
"Well, I still have classes this semester."
"Then when do you plan to go for internship?"
"Next semester, or wait until senior year."
"Looking for it near the school?"
"No." Duan Jiaxu turned around and said casually, "Go home and look for him over there."
"..."
The wind was penetrated by the cold air and slapped her face. Sang Zhi was stunned for a while, her heart felt a little empty, she hummed quietly and asked again: "Brother, don't you plan to stay here in Nanwu in the future?"
"Yeah." Duan Jiaxu smiled lightly, "Brother has to go home."
Sang Zhi: "Oh."
after awhile.
Sang Zhi asked again: "Brother, when do you plan to go home?"
"Huh? Why do you have so many problems today?" But he didn't seem to be impatient, and replied slowly, "It depends on the situation. I haven't thought about it."
Afraid of making him unhappy, Sang Zhi asked the last question cautiously: "Are you coming back before the end of the year?"
Duan Jiaxu: "I won't come back."
"..."
Why don't you go home during the Chinese New Year...
Sang Zhi was a little puzzled, but she didn't dare to ask again.
Unconsciously, they arrived downstairs at Sang Zhi's house. Duan Jiaxu stopped the car, turned to look at her, and asked, "Can I go up there?"
Sang Zhi nodded, said "Thank you, brother", and then limped towards the door.
After walking a few steps, Duan Jiaxu stopped her and said, "Wait a moment."
Sang Zhi stopped and turned around.
Duan Jiaxu walked up to her and bent down.
The street lamp next to her was blocked by the lush leaves. Most of the light was blocked, and her field of vision became a little dark. Sang Zhi could feel that he seemed to have stuffed something into her pocket.
Just when she was about to turn it out and read it, Duan Jiaxu raised his hand and pinched her face to divert her attention, and then reminded her again: "Remember to tell your parents when you go back."
"……oh."
After arriving home, it was just time for dinner.
Sang Zhi mentioned this matter to her parents at the dinner table, which shocked them both.
Li Ping immediately contacted the teacher. Sang Rong asked her some details and gently comforted her so that she didn't have to be afraid.
Sang Zhi was indeed not afraid and nodded frequently. After eating, she went back to her room and prepared to do her homework. As soon as she turned out her homework, she suddenly remembered that she was downstairs just now and subconsciously touched her pocket.
Like a piece of paper?
Sang Zhi took it out.
At first glance, it was twenty yuan a piece.
It looked a little old, with wrinkles on all four corners, so it was obviously not hers. But with this extra money in her pocket, it was as if she had not been blackmailed or robbed of money today.
It's like nothing bad happened.
It seemed like he was using this method to comfort her very purely.
Sang Zhi stared at it for a long time, then jumped onto the bed and rolled herself into the quilt, feeling the air being sucked out little by little. She didn't stick her head out until her face turned red from holding it in.
Staring at the ceiling, he laughed out loud for no reason.
Then, Sang Zhi got up, flattened the twenty-dollar bill, and pressed it into his drawing board. Then he took out his mobile phone from his schoolbag and found Duan Jiaxu's number.
Notice that the location of his number is Yihe City.
It seems to be from another province.
Sang Zhi had heard of this place, but had never been there. She thought about it and searched online for the distance between Nanwu and this city. It still took three hours to fly there.
It seems a bit far.
Sang Zhi hesitated for a moment, then searched for universities in Yihe City. She turned over and over again for a while before lying down on the table irritably. She noticed the star paper next to her, took one out at random, sat up straight, and absentmindedly turned to the white paper.
There is writing on one side.
——"I won't play with Yin Zhenru anymore."
She quickly folded it into a star and threw it into the milk bottle. Then, she took out another piece. This time, her writing speed slowed down and her writing was extremely slow.
After a long time.
The bottle that recorded her life.
Once again, she put in the biggest secret of her adolescence.
——"Although I don't want to admit it, I seem to really like someone."
She fell in love with her brother's friend, a man seven years older than her.
At the age of her first love.
School is over the next day.
Sang Zhi was doing her homework in class as usual, waiting for Sang Yan to come up and take her home. This time, she didn't have to wait until five o'clock as usual. After half past four, Sang Zhi saw Sang Yan's figure.
He also brought two of his roommates over.
One is Duan Jiaxu and the other is Chen Junwen.
It was as if he had come to pick her up and gather a table of people to play mahjong.
Sang Zhi quickly packed up her things and moved closer to Sang Yan. She secretly looked at Duan Jiaxu out of the corner of her eye. She quickly looked away and asked in a low voice, "Brother, why did you bring someone else with you today?"
Sang Yan glanced at her: "Didn't the people who blackmailed you yesterday ask you to come over today?"
Sang Zhi nodded: "What's wrong?"
"lead the way."
"..."
Thinking of the three girls yesterday and looking at the three tall men in front of her, Sang Zhi was speechless: "Don't go there..."
"Kid." Sang Yan pulled her face hard, "I've never experienced being bullied and still endure it. Do you understand?"
Chen Junwen echoed from the side: "That's right!"
Duan Jiaxu just laughed.
"..." Sang Zhi glanced at the three of them and said, "Oh."
Sang Zhi silently led them to the door of the alley.
Sang Yan: "Kid, what do those people look like? Don't go in."
Sang Zhi: "Three girls."
"..." Sang Yan paused, "Female?"
"Hmm. That boss is half a head taller than me, and his hair is burgundy." Sang Zhi thought for a moment, "his face looks like a palette."
Chen Junwen's arrogance was mostly gone: "Female...female kind of affects my performance."
Sang Yan sneered: "It doesn't matter whether he is a boy or a girl."
It seems like the challenge has suddenly been lost.
Chen Junwen felt that it was a bit embarrassing for three grown men to go in to find trouble for three girls. Sang Yan simply let Chen Junwen stay here and look at Sang Zhi, and then went into the alley with Duan Jiaxu.
The dirty alleys are filled with the smell of sewers.
There was a stained sign hanging in the middle with the word "Internet Cafe" written on it. Maybe they heard the noise, but not long after, three girls walked out of it.
Duan Jiaxu took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one, lit it, and looked casual. He put the cigarette in his mouth, half-squinted, and saw clearly the appearance of the girl standing in the front through the faint lingering smoke.
It matches the description in Sang Zhi's mouth.
He is half a head taller than her, has burgundy hair, and a face with a palette of colors.
Maybe it was because the person she saw was different from what she expected, so the girl waved her hands in disappointment, but because the person was so good-looking, she couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and then motioned to the other two girls to go back inside with her.
Sang Yan played with the lighter in his hand, called to them, and said in a cold tone: "Classmate."
The red-haired girl stopped and turned around, wondering: "You called me?"
Before Sang Yan could speak.
On the other side, Duan Jiaxu took the initiative to speak out.
"It is said that--"
His peach blossom eyes curled up, and he smiled softly and ambiguously: "Are you asking my child to give you money to spend?"
The author has something to say: I hope my future boyfriend will also call me that (.
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