I still don't want to go to school today

"It's nothing, just something is missing...Ask her."

"what?"

"Just... a box. I have to return it." Fu Luojia thought of Zhou Linya's suggestion, but for some reason he still didn't want to do it.

Things are not complicated.

Xu Zhijian took two steps closer.Fu Luojia's eyes drifted to him, "You didn't straighten your collar."

"where?"

"Let me help you..." Fu Luojia stretched out his hand.

"My bicycle was borrowed by Du Ran, so I can take Brother Lin's car at noon?"

"Row."

He found that his reaction had slowed down, and Teacher Ye called him from behind, his left hand was still lingering on Xu Zhibian's shoulder.

Xu Zhibian's attitude was polite. "Hello teacher."

Fu Luojia only took a few steps back, and began to feel uncomfortable.

Teacher Ye held her teacup and made an obvious sizing gesture towards Xu Zhijian. "Hello, classmate. What class are you in?"

"Second class."

Teacher Ye raised his eyebrows. "That's quite a distance. Come down and find someone?"

"Yes. Get the materials by the way." Xu Zhibian smiled shortly and quickly. "Look for Fu Luojia."

"You have a good relationship. Were you the one who asked for leave for him last time?"

"Correct."

"Oh." She adjusted her glasses. "May I have your name?"

"Xu Zhijian."

Mr. Ye should have a deep impression of this name, so he let out a heavy "oh".Fu Luojia wanted to leave again.

"You guys shouldn't be busy in your life, right?"

"I'm not an art student."

"Huh?" She adjusted her glasses again, "Isn't it art and sports students who go to class two? You don't take the college entrance examination?"

"I will take the college entrance examination." Xu Zhibian still said it succinctly.

"Oh. What do you want to do with Fu Luojia?" Her high heels tapped on the floor. "He's usually quite busy."

Fu Luojia had a headache.Xu Zhibian was still polite and polite: "Just one thing. We've finished talking. Goodbye, teacher."

"Okay." Teacher Ye turned and walked away.

Xu Zhijian also turned around.

As if receiving some order, Fu Luojia unconsciously followed Xu Zhibian to the corridor, but Xu Zhibian remained silent.When he got to the overhead floor between this floor and the previous floor, Fu Luojia suddenly realized something was wrong and stopped.

Xu Zhibian looked down at him from a position three steps above him, "Why?"

"I... went wrong." If he wanted to go back to the classroom, he should go up the corridor on the other side in the completely opposite direction.

Xu Zhijian supported the railing with his hands. "They're all here, do you want to visit my classroom?"

"No need. I haven't done my biology homework yet." Fu Luojia was inexplicably a little...maybe it felt like a fish was stranded when he refused.He turned and went downstairs.

The sun was shining in the corridor, and his vision was suddenly distorted briefly and violently, like an overexposed negative.He blinked hard and held on to the railing beside him.

"Foraka."

He turned his head.

"I'm waiting for you to come to me."

"Huh? I'm fine—"

Xu Zhibian interrupted him with a calm expression. "Sometimes I really can't know if you don't tell me. You have to come and tell me."

Fu Luojia smiled, "Why did you say that suddenly..."

"You don't look very good." Xu Zhibian's voice softened. "Just now you stood in front of them and talked to them, but it seemed like you didn't see them."

The halo slowly closed, and finally Xu Zhijian became the boundary.

Of course I can see it.Fu Luojia thought, he is not blind.It's just to overcome some obstacles - the method is to wrap everything in a shell and leave Xu Zhiyan behind.

Then get all the necessities from Xu Zhijian.

"They" are naturally excluded.

This is a very effective way to remove some of the anxiety and confusion—although it also removes some other positive emotions as well.

This is of course also a very bad way, which is seriously addictive.When he stood under that ugly tree and tried to get rid of this dependence, the stability he maintained even collapsed again - he himself was quite afraid of silent tears.

would appear abnormal.

"No... don't think too much about it." He made his steps look as light and casual as possible. "See you at noon."

To put it simply, the effect is like this: once Xu Zhiyan disappeared from sight, it would be difficult for him to see another object with a clear shape if he didn't work hard to concentrate.

Will Xu Zhibian define this as "love"?To be honest, he was still a little afraid that Xu Zhijian would be dissatisfied with this.Xu Zhibian might not need him anymore - he thought to himself that he was able to establish some special connections with Xu Zhibian by taking advantage of some "old classmates".

Conversely, is Xu Zhibian special to him?

——He needs Xu Zhilian so much.

This is the answer.It's not an inference based on anything...it's already a fact.

……

Fu Luojia became the de facto English class representative of Class Nine after receiving homework three times—although he didn't want to, and Chen Ke was also very unhappy.

Fortunately, Chen Ke is just an ordinary person with simpler social relations than Tang Cheng.

After returning from the office this time, he had a few extra bags of tea in his pocket. Teacher Ye said it was sent from South China, and he wanted to taste it.

Now the tea leaves are in Zhou Linya's cup.After brewing, the tea is brown, which is not pleasant to look at.

Teacher Ye also mentioned Xu Zhijian to him, the meaning is still: don't get involved with that group of "goofing around who don't take their future seriously".He nodded and said yes.

When he passed by just now, he noticed that Li Wenjia's eyes on him became more and more unfriendly.This reminded him of Zhao Min.Thinking back carefully, he was almost certain that Zhao Min should know about that box.

Zhao Min must have misunderstood something.As for how he misunderstood...he didn't know.The problem is that Zhao Min doesn't seem to want to talk about it anymore.Just now he was silently distributing the test papers in the office, and Zhao Min saw him as he walked out after asking the questions, and he was so frightened as if he had seen something.

Before he could say a word, Zhao Min shook his head and walked away quickly.

"Are you familiar with Zhao Min?" He asked Zhou Linya.

"You think too much. How do you know her well? You also go to the office every day to ask questions?"

"..."

"Didn't you go to her? What's the matter, does she know about that box?"

"I don't know. She just... out of nowhere started avoiding me. I can't talk to her now."

"Eh?" Zhou Linya regained his energy, "There is a problem, why did she avoid you? Guilty?"

"...You can't say that." This is behind the scenes.

"Her family's financial conditions don't seem to be very good," Li Shuyi didn't care much, "A sterling silver chain is placed there, is it possible to--be careful at the beginning?"

Fu Luojia was a little tired. "That shouldn't be the case..."

Malice can easily breed.

Li Shuyi continued, "Actually, it's really possible. She lives on campus, and the girls' dormitory doesn't give her a good opinion of her, saying that she snores and talks in her sleep at night, and her hands and feet are not clean—"

Zhou Linya took it for granted, "Yeah, otherwise, how could there be no one playing well at all? Are there some bad habits..."

"Well, I'll ask her roommate to help you investigate."

"...Let's say goodbye."

"Hey, I'll just pay attention to help you take a look, and I don't do anything. Just forget it, what if she really stole it?"

He looked at the gradually sinking piece of tea in Zhou Linya's cup, and said nothing.

The time for the so-called "public apology" has been finalized, at dinner time on Friday.He wasn't quite sure if it started after the meal or if the apology itself contained a meal.

In the evening, his mother gave him a "surprise" - she asked Fu Luojia, when did he get so close to the "No. [-] middle school student".

Fu Luojia silently picked up the chopsticks that fell on the floor, and walked slowly to the kitchen sink.

A transparent jet of water with a metallic texture poured onto his fingers.He stared down at the drain, and heard his mother ask from a distance, "Isn't it?"

"His name is Xu Zhijian." His voice was not loud.

His mother tapped on the edge of the bowl: "Ms. Ye told me that I always see you walking together recently, 'school grass' and 'school bully' are those messy people you should hang out with? Good friends no Hand it in, I'll find some bastards!"

Fu Luojia came out with a new pair of chopsticks, but his appetite for eating was basically gone.

"Let me tell you the truth first, are you going to the police station to pick you up someday?"

"...Nothing like that. You're thinking too much."

"I think too much? You don't tell me anything, can I not think too much? If your head teacher is afraid that you will go astray and tell me, I don't know that you have such great ability, and you can still connect with this group of people .I've never seen you play with anyone, and you never know how to change your boring personality—this time you have improved? What did you find? Boss?"

"I said no. It's just a... friend. It's not some schoolgirl school bully..."

"Still lying? What your teacher said could be wrong?! Was it the one who drove you back by bike last time? Then you have been together for a long time, right?"

Fu Luojia gave up.

"Stop! Where are you going? If you dare to go out of this door, don't—"

He took a deep breath and turned around. "I'll make you some tea. Teacher Ye gave it to you. Do you want to drink it?