The Third Rose

What bothered Lu Hao at first was that he couldn't remember where he had seen that boy.

He knew it was not the first time he had met him.

This is Lu Hao's first day at badminton class, and that boy seems to have been here for a while.Originally, Lu Hao was not interested in badminton, but because the private junior high school he attended had relatively free management and only had half-day classes on Fridays, his parents thought it was not a problem to let him go wild, so they dragged him to the gymnasium in front of his house to sign up for badminton classes.

Lu Hao was dissatisfied in every possible way at first, but was forcibly suppressed by his mother.Lu Hao noticed the boy when he was asking the coach about the class on the mother's desk.

The boy sat on the lounge chair in the field, changing his shoes with his head down.Like the other three students, he wears uniform badminton shoes and has a big black sports bag beside him.He was wearing a black sportswear and half-sleeved shorts, revealing a slender and smooth body line.

After he changed his shoes, he raised his head, and Lu Hao saw his face, he was a very refreshing boy.The boy didn't communicate much with other students, and he looked very quiet, as if he was always thinking about something.

Looking at that face, Lu Hao carefully recalled where he saw it...

"I've already bought you a racket and sneakers, come and try them on." The voice of his mother came, and Lu Hao was dragged to try on the shoes.My mother introduced a man in sportswear about thirty years old. "This is Coach Zhang, you can just learn from him, and let him show you to meet other students later."

"Good morning, Coach."

"You, you, hello."

"..."

What the hell?Lu Hao took a look at Coach Zhang and found that he didn't mean to be nervous... Was it just stuttering?

Lu Hao wanted to laugh a little, but his mother was beside him, so he held back after thinking about it.

"Go with Coach Zhang. I'll pick you up after class. Don't think about skipping class halfway, or I'll cook with you at night." His mother left a threatening word, and Shi Shiran left.

"You, your mother is very, very humorous."

"……Um."

Zhang Xiaosong led Lu Hao to the venue, making brief self-introductions along the way.Originally, Lu Hao wanted to burst into laughter because of Zhang Xiaosong's stuttering several times, but when he got closer to the venue, he saw the boy in black sportswear again, and his attention was inexplicably attracted.

"Coach, what's his name?"

"Who?" Coach Zhang followed Lu Hao's line of sight, "Oh, he's Xing Xing, Xing—"

Really strenuous.

"Xingze, his name is Chen Chen, Chen Xingze." Coach Zhang finally pronounced Chen Xingze's name completely.Lu Hao muttered a few words by himself.

Chen Xingze...

There are five people in the badminton class including him. Lu Hao is in the second year of junior high school, and he feels that he should be considered the big one in the class.He secretly glanced at Chen Xingze while the coach was leading him to do warm-up exercises.Chen Xingze seemed to be about the same age as him, or should he be older?The other three students are obviously relatively young, two of them should be in elementary school, and the remaining one should have just entered junior high school.

When Lu Hao was thinking wildly by himself, Chen Xingze seemed to have noticed his secretly watching eyes, inadvertently, in the blink of an eye, Lu Hao met those plain eyes, and quickly looked away in fright.Chen Xingze's gaze didn't linger too long, and he moved away naturally.When Lu Hao looked over again, Chen Xingze showed nothing unusual.

met him...

Lu Hao confirmed it even more. He frowned and his mind was running fast, but he couldn't remember when he saw this person.

"Come on, you, you, you, you guys, do high-high, high-ball practice first. Lu Hao, come with me."

Because it was Lu Hao's first day of class and his progress was different from others, he needed to be picked out to practice some basic knowledge.While Lu Hao was absent-mindedly listening to Coach Stutter's lecture, he paid attention to the field next door from the corner of his eye.

Chen Xingze formed a group with another boy who looked older.Even someone like Lu Hao who knows nothing about badminton can see that Chen Xingze's movements are more standard and more relaxed between the two of them.He is very accommodating to the opponent, no matter where the opponent hits the ball, he can easily hang the ball back.

Although Lu Hao didn't know badminton, he played basketball very well. He could see that Chen Xingze's jumping and moving postures were very light, and he was very skilled in using footwork.

"That's your teacher, brother." Coach Zhang noticed that Lu Hao was always looking there, "He is the same age as you, and he is also in the second year of junior high school."

It turned out to be the same age, Lu Hao was a little surprised, he thought Chen Xingze was one year older than him.

Probably calm people look more mature.

Lu Hao is very confident in his motor nerves, he wants to learn the basics quickly and train with other students.

He and Chen Xingze are the same age and similar in stature. If they are divided into groups, the coach will definitely let them form a group.The energetic Lu Hao thought so in his heart, and he didn't bother to find out why he wanted to share with him so much.

It's a pity that everything is difficult at the beginning. Lu Hao spent a longer time than expected to practice the grip and swing of the racket, as well as basic footwork.When the coach fed him a high ball, he often couldn't hit it, the standard swing position was difficult to time, and he was hit on the head several times by the ball falling high.

"oops!"

"Hahaha!" The group of primary school students saw their embarrassed appearance, their laughter attracted Chen Xingze to look over, and Lu Hao's face turned red.

"What a fart!" He yelled over, and as a result, the appearance of being at the end of a crossbow was ridiculed even more.Lu Hao glanced at Chen Xingze. He also had a relaxed expression on his face, but he didn't smile like the others.

He seems to have something on his mind all the time...

Because he cared too much about Chen Xingze, Lu Hao forgot to be angry with those two elementary school students.

A class is only one and a half hours long, and the stretching and stretching are over soon. Lu Hao has no chance to practice with Chen Xingze alone.But in the later part of the class all the students are called together, the coach feeds the ball, and practices the front of the net.Rubbing the ball was too early for Lu Hao, who was in class for the first time, but the coach still asked him to practice, saying that boys of this age learn things quickly and can adapt in advance.

At first Lu Hao was a little nervous, afraid of making a fool of himself if he did not perform well.As a result, as soon as the practice started, Lu Hao immediately found that the level of the others was not much different from his first class.The ball was rubbed by them, it flew around, and it was all luck where it landed...

Except for Chen Xingze.

Only Chen Xingze can accurately rub the ball to the position required by the coach.

It's amazing, Lu Hao couldn't help feeling in his heart.

He was right behind Chen Xingze, so he could clearly see Chen Xingze's movements.Chen Xingze's steps are light, especially when he lunges forward, his knees are particularly elastic when viewed from behind.Coupled with the comparison of those trash, Chen Xingze was literally shrouded in holy light.

Not knowing if he played basketball well, Lu Hao started to think wildly again.

"Today, I'm here today! Let's tidy up, everyone!" Coach Zhang stammered and announced the end of the course.Lu Hao came to his senses, the others had disbanded, Chen Xingze went to the rest chair to sit down and drink water, and then began to tidy up the ball bag.

Lu Hao wanted to talk to him, so he walked over and said, "Hello."

Chen Xingze raised his eyes, from this angle, Chen Xingze's nose was very straight.He didn't seem to expect that Lu Hao would come to him, nodded, "Hello."

This was the first time Chen Xingze spoke today. His voice was neither high nor low, and seemed a bit introverted.

...or not being an introvert either, just not taking the conversation to heart.

"Well, have we met before?" Lu Hao was not reconciled, and asked again, and regretted it after asking, it was like striking up a conversation.

Chen Xingze shook his head, "No." After speaking, he put the water bottle into the goal bag, took out a thin coat from the side, put it on, carried the bag on his back, and prepared to leave.

"Ah!" Lu Hao pointed at the coat, "Yuying's school uniform! You are a student of Yuying Middle School!"

Chen Xingze hummed, and walked away without looking back.

Lu Hao finally knew where he had met Chen Xingze.Yuying Middle School is near his home. On the sidewalk in front of his house, students from Yuying pass by every day after school.

Lu Hao's private junior high school closed early, and Yuying had just finished school when he got home. Lu Hao's room was facing the sidewalk, and he would occasionally look out the window, Chen Xingze must have appeared at that time.

After unraveling the mystery in his heart, Lu Hao was so excited that he wanted to do somersaults on the spot.

It's amazing, so amazing that he wants to swear.

The adults came to pick him up, and Lu Hao left the gymnasium with the other two elementary school students.Pupil No. [-] saw something, eyes widened and howled: "Wow! Mercedes!" Pupil No. [-] followed suit: "Wow! Mercedes!"

Lu Hao pressed the heads of the two of them, "What are you yelling for!"

He ran over and got into the car, and before his mother could ask how his class was going, he couldn't wait to tell her about Chen Xingze.

"It's amazing! I knew him the first time I saw him! It really reminded me!" Lu Hao looked at his mother with glowing eyes, like a big excited dog, almost wagging its tail.

The adult mother giggled while driving, "You, you just like to bluff."

Lu Hao began to look forward to the weekly badminton lessons, and began to intentionally wait at the window when Yuying Middle School was over.He didn't tell Chen Xingze about that part of the past, first of all because there was no chance, Chen Xingze was always lukewarm, Lu Hao couldn't figure out his thoughts, and felt that he was very mysterious.Furthermore, Lu Hao has a big heart, he is stupid every day, and rarely thinks about troublesome things.

He simply felt that he was destined to be with Chen Xingze, that they could be good friends.

It's a pity that his enthusiasm was not responded to. Chen Xingze stopped coming to the badminton class shortly after entering the third year of junior high school.When Lu Hao wanted to find someone, he realized that he didn't even have Chen Xingze's contact information, and he was very upset for a while.

"You should say something when you leave."

At first, Lu Hao talked about this every day, but since he entered the third year of junior high, the private school he attended also started to pay attention to his grades, and added remedial courses at night.Lu Hao never had the chance to see Yuying Middle School after school, and the figure of Chen Xingze gradually faded from his mind...

They met again on the registration day of Experimental High School a year later.