Chasing Summer

Before parting from Chi Yao, Lin Zhexia held the bag of snacks and thanked him solemnly again: "In the future, if you have anything to do, just tell my younger brother, as long as it doesn't violate the law, I will go through fire and water."

Chi Yao lowered his eyes: "There are more."

Lin Zhexia endured the speechlessness in her heart: "There is also a small composition, I can write it, but it is only 300 words, small meaning, I am afraid that 300 words cannot express your handsomeness."

After Chi Yao left, Lin Zhexia tiptoed back to the bedroom.

She stood at the door and cleared her throat: "Comrades, I'm back, see what I brought back."

Chen Lin heard her voice and sat up from the upper bunk.

She poked her head and saw that Lin Zhexia was like a ghost, turning on the flashlight of her mobile phone with one hand to illuminate herself, and holding up a bucket of instant noodles with the other hand: "..."

Lin Zhexia posed, and waited for a long time, but Chen Lin didn't respond.

Without the joy she expected, Chen Lin lay back down calmly: "I'm dreaming."

Tang Shuxuan was also awakened by their movement, opened her eyes, and closed them after two seconds: "It's not easy, I finally fell asleep, and I dreamed of instant noodles."

Lin Zhexia: "..."

"This is not a dream," Lin Zhexia tugged at Tang Shuxuan's ears, "Get up—we have something to eat."

After a few minutes.

Six people gathered around the only desk in the dormitory, on which were several barrels of instant noodles.

While eating biscuits, they smelled the aroma of instant noodles gradually.

Chen Lin: "I'm alive."

Tang Shuxuan: "The best thing I've ever eaten in my life is the instant noodles tonight."

After finishing speaking, she asked again: "Chi Yao gave it to you?"

Lin Zhexia unpacked a piece of milk bread, chewed it carefully: "Well, he went over the wall to buy it."

"I didn't expect him to be a human being sometimes," Tang Shuxuan said, "I unilaterally reconciled with Chi Yao."

When it's time for the instant noodles, Tang Shuxuan lifted the lid, "But he treats you very well, he climbed over the wall and went out to buy you food, the two of you have such a deep bond."

"It's okay."

Lin Zhexia didn't think about this.

When she got along with Chi Yao, whether it was quarreling or Chi Yao's "charity" to her from time to time, she was very used to it.

And, it's not without cost.

The price is a 300-word English composition.

Someone soon said, "After all, we've known each other for so many years, we're almost like family members, and it's normal."

After a few people had enough food and drink, and cleaned up the mess on the table, the night really calmed down.

Everyone else fell asleep, and Lin Zhexia hid in the quilt and racked her brains to write an essay.

For the first fifty, she could barely write, but she couldn't help feeling sleepy later, and her English vocabulary bank didn't have enough words, so she clicked on Baidu Translate.

Translation: [You are so handsome, I have never seen anyone as handsome as you. ]

Translation: [Your handsome, dazzling, sparkling, aggressive. ]

…

After barely making up enough words, Lin Zhexia was about to go to bed, but before she went to bed, she suddenly thought of the phrase "similar to my family".

She suddenly realized that she and Chi Yao seemed to be closer than her family.

Some things that she couldn't say to Lin He, she could easily say to Chi Yao.

Chi Yao is a very suitable partner for those who can't tell their friends.

Including some unexplained emotions.

If she is unhappy, she can scold Chi Yao.

Happy, although Chi Yao will pour cold water on her, but she can still be happy with him.

Lin Zhexia thought of this, and as if her conscience had discovered it, she posted the sentence "Good night" at the back of the composition, and a dirty emoticon package, a flower blooming in the center of the screen, and the large characters "My friend" changing between the flowers.

The five-day military training soon entered the countdown.

Lin Zhexia and the others were still practicing the square formation that they didn't practice yesterday. The boys and girls were divided into two teams and walked back and forth, demanding to walk in a straight line.

During the break, the girls went to drink water under the shade of the trees.

Chen Lin glanced at the playground: "Why did our instructor leave?"

Tang Wenxuan: "I don't know. The instructors of the other classes are not here either. They seem to be in a meeting."

Lin Zhexia didn't care: "Maybe we need to organize new activities. I heard that there will be an instructor's performance on the last day."

Chen Lin nodded: "It should be."

Everyone thought it might be to organize a new event.

Unexpectedly, before training in the afternoon, instead of training separately as before, they were called together.

All the classes were once again led to the podium by the instructors of each class just like the first day of camping.

The weather was so hot that even the wind seemed to have stopped.

Perhaps because the weather was too stuffy, Lin Zhexia's right eyelid couldn't help jumping up.

The chief instructor stood on the podium with a stern expression on his face. Holding the microphone, he first glanced slowly at the audience, and then said: "Last night, when the teacher on duty was checking the monitor, he found out—someone jumped over the wall and went out."

"Around ten thirty at night, the tall guy in black clothes with good skills, I hope he can stand up and admit that it's okay to talk about. When I catch you, it won't be so easy to talk about."

The originally quiet audience suddenly became a sensation.

The military training base is very strictly controlled, and no one thought that they could escape through the wall.

It never occurred to me that someone really climbed over the wall and got out.

When Lin Zhexia heard these two sentences, his heart jumped following his eyelids.

Chen Lin asked in a low voice, "Isn't it Chi Yao?"

Lin Zhexia hoped it wasn't him.

However, apart from him, it seems that there is no other person who fits the characteristics.

"Since we didn't find out who it was right away, it is estimated that the surveillance footage was not clear," Lin Zhexia said softly, "and the surveillance footage probably did not capture the vicinity of the dormitory building, otherwise they would not be looking for one person, but two people." .I'm quite easy to lock, the patterned pants I wore yesterday are very eye-catching."

Lin Zhexia said in his heart that since the monitoring is not clear, maybe this matter can pass like this.

However, after the chief instructor maintained the order in the audience, and after saying "quiet", the audience fell silent for an instant, and a somewhat familiar voice sounded from the crowd: "I did the translation."

The moment the boy walked out of the team, everyone dreamed back to the first day of military training.

It's just that he was still the freshman representative at that time, but now he has become "the one who overcame the wall".

The chief instructor was also taken aback: "What are you doing over the wall?"

Chi Yao walked down the stage and said, "Breath."

"..."

The chief instructor looked at him: "I can't see it, you are quite agile."

"It's okay," Chi Yao said, "The wall is not very high."

The freshman representative and the person who overcame the wall were actually the same. This reality shocked the chief instructor, so much so that he failed to show his original strength when admonishing him.

Chief Instructor: "You can't go out selfishly. Do you know the rules? If you feel angry, you have to go out. You pause the training in the afternoon, run 20 laps around the playground, and write a review to me in the evening. Okay, everyone Go away."

"Lin Zhexia," the instructor of the seventh class led the class back to the training, turned around and saw someone in the team was distracted, "Why are you in a daze, let's go."

Lin Zhexia could only follow slowly.

Her mind was full of the phrase "twenty circles" just now.

Twenty laps.

In this weather, run twenty laps.

She suddenly felt that the instant noodles meal last night was not tasty at all.

When all the classes were training in the afternoon, only Chi Yao took off his military training uniform and ran laps on the playground.

Lin Zhexia told him to remember to buy sunscreen before, otherwise he would get tanned, but it was just a joke. Even after being in the sun for several days, the skin of the young man on the playground was still dazzlingly white. He probably felt hot, so he raised his hand and took off the military training jacket and hat on his body while running.

Then when passing by their class, he threw it to a boy.

It was the one who brought him water at the stadium last time.

Each class stayed still in the small activity area of ​​their own class, first stood in a military posture, and then practiced walking forward.

Lin Zhexia has always walked well, but this time because he couldn't help but glance at the person running around on the playground, he often had the same hands and feet, or made some other mistakes.

Some people whispered around: "I'm still running."

"How many laps has it been?"

"Four or five laps, there are still a dozen laps."

"..."

The training ended quickly, and during the break, Chen Lin also felt guilty and said, "I feel very embarrassed."

Tang Shuxuan: "Me too."

Chen Lin: "But why did he admit it? The surveillance was not very clear."

Lin Zhexia, who had been silent all this time, wanted to understand the reason for Chi Yao's admission, and said, "Because he didn't want to involve everyone and be reprimanded, he has always been the one who would admit what he did. Besides, if no one is found , the instructor may also check the monitoring from other angles."

Tang Shuxuan: "Surveillance from other angles...then you are not..."

Lin Zhexia didn't talk any more.

She glanced at the playground, then stood up suddenly.

The chief instructor does not need to lead the team himself, the job content is to stand on the sidelines and supervise.

He was pacing back and forth when he saw a little girl with a ponytail running towards him from afar.

The little girl's fair face was covered with sweat, and she panted and said, "Teacher, instructor."

The chief instructor asked: "What's the matter?"

Lin Zhexia was actually a little apprehensive.

But thinking about the twenty laps, I still mustered up the courage to speak: "Report to the instructor, I want to take the initiative to admit my mistake, in fact, the person who climbed over the wall last night..."

Chief Instructor: "What's wrong?"

Lin Zhexia: "It's me."

The chief instructor was silent.

He was silent for a long time.

It was so long that Lin Zhexia thought that the chief instructor was trying to punish her.

Or, they will question why she is only now coming forward and admitting her mistakes.

However-

"Your height is not allowed," the chief instructor said after being silent, "How do you turn it? You don't need a ladder to turn it now, let me see."

Lin Zhexia: "..."

Indeed, she couldn't turn it over.

Chief Instructor: "And you originally planned, how to explain why you climbed over the wall and got out?"

Since the lie was exposed at the very beginning, she could only honestly say: "I came in a hurry, and I haven't had time to make up this reason yet."

Then, she tried to confess the snacks again: "But it is true that climbing over the wall has something to do with me, it's all because of me—"

The chief instructor found it funny and interrupted her: "Okay, don't say any more."

Lin Zhexia: "It's really me, last night I..."

Chief Instructor: "I know."

Lin Zhexia didn't finish her sentence, she didn't know what the chief instructor knew: "?"

"Adolescence, I understand how you girls think."

Lin Zhexia looked shocked: "No..."

Chief instructor: "But even if you like someone, you can't do that."

Lin Zhexia: "It's really not..."

"At your age, you should focus on learning," the instructor finally said, "I'll pretend I haven't heard what I said today, so you can go back to the team."

Lin Zhexia couldn't argue with a hundred words.

Not only did he fail to explain to Chi Yao and share the punishment, but he was also branded as Chi Yao's brainless and fanatical pursuer.

She returned to the class and continued to stand in a military posture.

Then, during the next break, he ran to bring water to Chi Yao.

She followed Chi Yao, and ran with him for a while: "Can you still run, do you want some water?"

Chi Yao took the water in her hand, took a few sips, and handed it back to him.

His broken hair was wet with sweat on his forehead, and he breathed a little when he spoke: "It's only twenty laps, not that tired."

Lin Zhexia: "Then don't breathe."

Chi Yao: "You just tell me not to breathe."

While talking, the two ran out for a small half circle.

Lin Zhexia blamed herself a bit: "It's all my fault."

Chi Yao was not polite and did not evade: "It's good that you know."

His unceremonious attitude on the contrary dispelled Lin Zhexia's guilt towards him.

Lin Zhexia felt much better, and returned to the normal chat mode: "But I think you are also partly responsible. You are not suitable for doing good deeds. You should have let me starve to death in the dormitory yesterday."

"You're right," Chi Yao said with a smile, "Next time, I'll definitely starve you to death."

Lin Zhexia added: "Actually, I took the initiative to find the instructor just now. I said that I climbed the wall. I wanted to help you share a few laps, but he didn't believe me."

Chi Yao: "If you grow twenty centimeters taller, there may be some hope."

"..."

Lin Zhexia carried the water and tried to tell herself that with these twenty laps, even if he called her "short" twenty times, she would not be angry.

Fortunately, the coach was not that perverted. When Chi Yao finished the sixth lap, the head coach called him over and asked him to run the rest in batches later.

But in the evening—

The running figure was nowhere to be seen on the playground.

Lin Zhexia endured the embarrassment and went to the chief instructor again: "Instructor, has Chi Yao finished running?"

The chief instructor looked at her with a look he knew very well: "He is in the infirmary."

Lin Zhexia panicked for a moment. She didn't have the time to pay attention to the instructor's teasing this time, and her voice trembled a little when she spoke again: "Infirmary?"

The chief instructor gave an "um" and was about to continue talking to her.

But the girl in front of him seemed to have lost her soul. Before he could finish his words, the next moment, the girl ran directly towards the infirmary.

He shook his head, thinking he understood again: "The current students are really..."

The infirmary is next to the cafeteria.

The distance is only a few hundred meters, but Lin Zhexia feels that this road is very long.

In fact, she had been faintly worried since hearing the twenty laps, so she mustered up the courage to ask the instructor if he could run a few laps for him.

…

Because, only she knew that Chi Yao's previous physical condition was actually not good.

This before refers to nine years ago.

She ran all the way through the hot summer wind.

As if through this gust of wind, ran into another summer.

In the summer nine years ago, the heat was unbearable, and my ears were filled with the warm singing of cicadas.

Seven-year-old Lin Zhexia followed Lin He out of the car, the car was parked at the entrance of the alley, the alley was covered with stone bricks, and the blue-gray stone bricks were scorching hot under the scorching sun.

Wei Ping was busy getting things out of the car.

"Xia Xia," Lin He, who was much younger than now, smiled and touched her head, knelt down and said, "This is where we will live together in the future."

Lin Zhexia held an old doll in his hand, but did not speak.

At that time, she was also very different from now.

Seven-year-old Lin Zhexia is tall among her peers, very thin, with no expression on her face, and her big eyes are full of defense.

—The whole person looks like a young hedgehog.

Wei Ping moved the suitcase down and smiled at her too.

She grabbed the doll tightly and turned her head away.

She noticed the road sign erected on the side of the road, so she raised her head with difficulty.

"South Lane Street".

This place was foreign to her.

This uncle surnamed Wei is also very strange, everything is very strange.

Lin He said to her: "The house is too messy, and there is a moving truck coming behind, the workers have to unload the goods, and the things have to be moved in and out. Can you sit on the side first? Wait until the moving is over before going in."

"Oh." Lin Zhexia responded.

So she hugged the old doll in her hand and sat on the steps of the building opposite to watch them move things.

The sun is blinding.

She watched for a while.

Suddenly there was a "click" sound of the unit door being unlocked behind him.

She looked back, against the light, and saw a boy who was about the same height as her. His skin was so pale that he didn't look healthy, and his lips were pale. When his peers still had baby fat on their faces, his facial features had already appeared. It fell very three-dimensional.

The chin is thin, and the eyebrows and eyes are beautiful but sick.

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