Sang Zhi's voice was not loud and her tone was calm. But perhaps because the content was too shocking, it was as if a loudspeaker had been used to amplify the sound and reach the ears of the other two people.
The silence was broken, and the atmosphere relaxed for a moment. Then, it entered a more embarrassing situation.
Duan Jiaxu pursed his lips but remained silent.
The woman couldn't tell what he was thinking. She was struck by what he was thinking, or she thought it was just an innocuous joke. The smile on her face couldn't be held back, and the hand holding the phone gradually dropped.
Sang Zhi quietly glanced in Duan Jiaxu's direction.
By chance, she met his eyes. She immediately lowered her eyes, carried her schoolbag to her chest guiltily, and fumbled for her mobile phone inside, treating herself as just a background.
A few more seconds passed.
Duan Jiaxu looked away and followed Sang Zhi's words: "Well, I'm a bit of a scumbag."
"..."
"And I've been having a hard time coping lately." He chuckled, shook the phone in his hand, and said casually, "If you want to call me, you may have to queue up a number."
His tone was matter-of-fact, and he didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with these words, and there was no trace of shame on his face. It was as if he felt that having a good skin made him superior to others.
Duan Jiaxu raised his eyebrows frivolously: "Do you want to think about it again?"
The woman took a deep breath and managed to remain polite: "No need."
"That's a pity." Duan Jiaxu sighed and said regretfully, "Why don't you leave your contact information? Maybe you will change your mind one day..."
Before he could finish his words, the woman turned around and left.
Sangzhi and Duan Jiaxu were left standing there.
After he could no longer see the woman's back, Duan Jiaxu turned to look at Sang Zhi and asked leisurely: "Child, my brother can't gather thirty, what should I do?"
"..."
The tone was gentle and calm, as if he was really asking.
It's like a smile hiding a knife.
Sang Zhi even felt that he might as well get angry at himself. The damage would probably not be that strong.
"One less." Duan Jiaxu smiled, "How will you spend this month?"
"..." Sang Zhi didn't dare to speak and coughed twice uncomfortably, her back numb. A feeling of timidity suddenly filled her heart.
Duan Jiaxu, who was standing aside, said nothing and was too quiet.
It seemed like he was planning some big move.
Sang Zhi was so scared that she didn't even dare to peek this time, and just stood there obediently. The unpredictable future made her uneasy. She swallowed and took a step back calmly.
She mustered up her courage and quickly shouted "Goodbye, brother". Then she suddenly ran forward, as if she was fleeing.
Duan Jiaxu raised his eyebrows, easily grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"What are you running for?"
He was caught before he could even take two steps.
Sang Zhi suddenly realized that the possibility of escape was basically zero.
She was discouraged.
"It's too late... It's almost getting dark today." Sang Zhi lowered her head guiltily, her voice as low as a mosquito's chirping, "My mother will go home soon, and she will be worried if she sees that I haven't gone back yet."
Duan Jiaxu looked at the sky symbolically: "It's so late, how can I let you go back alone?"
Sang Zhi immediately said: "It's okay, the station is nearby, and I will be almost home when I get off the bus. Brother, you have to go back to school, otherwise you will be very late."
"Huh?" Duan Jiaxu said, "Why didn't I see that you care about me so much before?"
"..." Since he couldn't run away anyway, Sang Zhi simply broke the jar and said, "Brother, it's such a small thing, why did you remember it for so long? You have nothing to lose."
Duan Jiaxu said lazily: "Why is there no loss?"
Sang Zhi said confidently: "You thought about it for so long because you didn't want to give that sister her number and you were too embarrassed to refuse. Then wasn't I helping you just now? After all, you still have to say thank you to me."
The little girl was very good at talking nonsense without blinking an eyelid. Duan Jiaxu stared at her for several seconds, seemed to laugh angrily, twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Okay."
"But brother, you helped me just now." He just agreed. Sang Zhi still didn't have the slightest confidence in her heart, so she could only bite the bullet and say, "Then let's make it even."
"This is not possible." Duan Jiaxu said, "Let's go, my brother will come to thank you personally."
"..."
The two words that children of this age are probably most afraid of are - "sue the teacher" and "call the parents".
The people in front of her always used these two points to intimidate her, causing her to lose her temper instantly. Sang Zhi did not dare to offend him anymore, and said angrily: "Why do you always sue your parents? You are so childish."
Duan Jiaxu raised his eyes slightly and said calmly: "I still need a girlfriend, so am I in a bad mood?"
Sang Zhi retorted: "Then you are here to help me meet the teacher, not for a blind date."
"Okay, tell me. Who taught you this?" Duan Jiaxu said amusedly, "You change your girlfriend every day, and your brother is like a duck."
Sang Zhi blinked, not understanding: "Why is this like a duck?"
"..."
Suddenly I realized that the person standing in front of me was just a kid who had just entered junior high school.
Duan Jiaxu's expression paused, and she scratched her face. Then she picked up the schoolbag she was carrying and said without changing her expression: "It's just like raising a pet, raising a duck, and then changing the owner of the duck every day."
Sang Zhi took advantage of the situation and took out her arms. She thought about it for a while, and although she felt a little weird, she still pretended to understand.
"oh."
The pink-blue schoolbag fell into his hands.
Duan Jiaxu weighed the schoolbag in his hand and changed the topic: "So light?"
The two of them walked towards the station.
Sang Zhi: "I have nothing to bring."
Duan Jiaxu: "Where's the homework?"
Only then did Sang Zhi's expression change, and he said slowly: "...I don't want to write."
"Don't want to write?" Duan Jiaxu said, "Then what did you use your time for?"
"..."
"Kid, you have to be obedient. Listen carefully in class, don't break the classroom discipline, deliberately go against the teacher, and complete your homework well." Thinking of the boy in the office just now, Duan Jiaxu asked again, "Also, don't fall in love early, you are an adult.
Besides, you should have some pure friendship at your age."
Sang Zhi looked at him and said perfunctorily.
Seeing that she didn't listen at all, Duan Jiaxu seemed to add casually: "If you are called a parent again, the fact that I came here pretending to be your brother will probably be exposed, and then I will really be finished. You can't just be like this
Repay kindness with hatred, right?"
Sang Zhi: "It would be nice if you came over next time..."
Duan Jiaxu did not respond and his smile faded.
For some reason, Sang Zhi was a little afraid that he would be angry, so she suddenly lost her position: "I understand."
Only then did he smile: "How good."
The tone is like a reward.
Duan Jiaxu leaned down and rubbed her head affectionately.
"Let's go, brother will take you home."
Send her downstairs.
Duan Jiaxu had no intention of going up and put his schoolbag in front of her: "Go back."
Sang Zhi nodded and said obediently: "Thank you, brother."
When she reached the door, Sang Zhi took out the key from her pocket and slowly opened the door. She didn't know if she would meet him again in the future, and she couldn't hear his leaving footsteps behind her. She stopped and turned around cautiously.
.
Duan Jiaxu was still standing where he was, and happened to meet her eyes.
As if she had been caught red-handed, Sang Zhi's face turned red and she immediately shouted: "Bye bye, brother!"
Then he hurriedly ran into his arms.
No one has returned home yet, and the house is empty.
Sang Zhi put her hand against her hot face, kicked off her shoes quickly, ran to the balcony, grabbed the security fence and looked down. Duan Jiaxu had almost walked out of the community, and now he held one hand up to his ear, like
It's on the phone.
After a few seconds, he seemed to notice something. He suddenly raised his head and looked in Sang Zhi's direction.
Sang Zhi was caught off guard and felt guilty.
She turned around suddenly and squatted down.
Her heartbeat was beating loudly, as if it was about to jump out of her body at the next moment. She swallowed, feeling guilty and helpless for no reason, so she didn't dare to move, and it took a while before she looked outside again.
But Duan Jiaxu was nowhere to be seen.
Sang Zhi let out a breath.
I feel a little empty in my heart for no reason.
This matter was resolved extremely smoothly.
The teacher didn't notice anything was wrong, and the parents didn't know anything about it. Therefore, Sang Zhi didn't receive too many lessons. But it seemed to bring endless sequelae.
She began to think of the same person over and over again.
Something with sourness and a hint of sweetness is sprouting.
Sang Zhi felt that this feeling was inexplicable and at a loss. She did not dare to tell anyone about this matter. She felt a little ashamed, and it felt like she had grown up overnight and had her own secret that she could not tell anyone.
Sang Zhi started to lose his mind constantly.
The drafts and diaries gradually began to be filled with a man's name. Although, she didn't even know which word had the same sound as that person's name.
This feeling only lasted for a while.
Maybe it's because we haven't seen each other again and it's been gradually diluted by time. Or maybe it's because she has suppressed it forcefully in her heart and wants to treat it as if it doesn't exist.
In the blink of an eye, the midterm exam is over and the Dragon Boat Festival holiday is ushering in.
Sang Zhi returned home early, took a bowl of strawberries from the refrigerator, and ate it slowly on the sofa. Her parents hadn't come back yet, so she was alone at home, and the cartoons on TV were playing cheerful background music.
Suddenly, the door at the entrance was opened.
Sang Zhi subconsciously looked over and saw Sang Yan's face in an instant.
Unexpectedly, he would come back during this vacation. Sang Zhi was stunned for a moment, then looked away as if he hadn't seen him and continued to watch TV.
Sang Yan laughed angrily: "Don't you know how to call someone?"
"Why didn't you tell me in advance when you came back?" Sang Zhi held a palm-sized strawberry in her hand and said while biting it, "Mom just called you to cook two bowls of rice. Go and cook it quickly."
Sang Yan said coolly: "I didn't even tell her that I was going home, why did she ask me to cook?"
Sang Zhi never took his eyes away from the TV. He fumbled for his cell phone from the side, dialed Liping, and then pressed the speakerphone: "If you don't believe it, I'll give her a call."
Sang Yan was too lazy to pay attention to her and went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of ice water to drink.
The other end quickly answered the phone and shouted: "Ji Zhi, what's wrong?"
"Mom." Sang Zhi said without changing his face, "Brother is back. Did you just ask me to ask him to cook?"
Sang Yan closed the refrigerator and looked in Sang Zhi's direction.
Then, he heard Liping on the phone was silent for a few seconds, and then said: "Yes, has he cooked it?"
Sang Yan: "..."
Sang Zhi swallowed the strawberry, raised her voice, and said to Sang Yan: "Brother, mom asked you if you have cooked it!"
Sang Yan stared at Sang Zhi for a long time, without saying a word, and walked directly into the kitchen. Seeing this, Sang Zhi got up, walked to the kitchen, leaned against the door and looked around: "He is cooking now.
.”
After talking to Liping for a few more words, Sang Zhi hung up the phone. Looking at Sang Yan's back, she suddenly remembered that she recognized Duan Jiaxu as him. After a long silence, she said out of nowhere: "Brother, you
Did you fall in love in college?"
Sang Yan ignored her.
"No? Not even once?" As if he was very interested in this matter, Sang Zhi didn't even watch cartoons, "I'm serious, brother."
Sang Yan turned around and said in a bad tone: "What are you doing?"
Sang Zhi said seriously: "Do you want to have a plastic surgery?"
"..."
Sang Yan breathed a sigh of relief and almost didn't lift it up. He didn't want to see her again, so he turned his back and sneered: "Do you still remember the brother who came back with me last time?"
Sang Zhi stopped biting something, lowered her eyes, and said slowly: "Remember."
"He said you look like me."
"..." Sang Zhi was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "Did I offend him?"
"What."
Sang Zhi pursed her lips and said displeasedly: "If not, why did he call me ugly?"