The cleverness in the eyes of Yongcanghao

"Do you know how I knew that Zhanxi was playing dirty tricks on the playground? I thought you guys were talking at first just now, and it looked like that from the side. If it wasn't because you fell, I wouldn't have thought otherwise." Strange. Those guys are despicable, they only stalk them to make trouble, but they refuse to make a move, it's really unbelievable."

I sigh. "I used to think you had a bad temper. Hard as a rock. Turns out you just held your arms and didn't fight back. To be honest, I was mad at you at the time. Hit it back! Let those bastards know the meaning of your fists Great. But now I understand. It's a good thing you didn't make a move. If Zhan Xi forced you to make the first move, you will be the one the coach will punish. Those insidious guys, "

"Hao," Qiao interrupted me. "I don't think as far as you do. I'm just, I don't know. I'm disturbed. Howe, I'm kind of, scared."

"Afraid of what?" I don't understand.

"I've always known that I'm not good at building relationships with others. It's different from you. You know everything about Higashiya Sawaguchi. From family preferences to golf. I'm not used to these. So, I don't I don't understand why Zhanxi hates me so much. It's really inexplicable."

Qiao raised his right arm and threw the ball into the basket.With nothing in his hands, he didn't know where to put his hands.He spread his slender fingers in front of him. "Look how, I can only shoot. Who did I hurt when I shot? Is it wrong? No." He hugged his shoulders as if he was on the playground. "Why do I have to encounter such a thing."

"Then be good." This is what I have always wanted to say to Qiao.

"What stupid things are you talking about?" Qiao still didn't understand. "Although my temper is not as good as yours, I will listen well when I should be well-behaved. You let me wear gloves before moving things, and protect myself. I have to do it well. I don't like the dishes my mother cooks very much. , I didn't say anything. But what does baseball have to do with hair length? That guy! Does he think he's His Majesty the Emperor?"

He cleverly called Tomura-sensei that guy.This seems to me to be outrageous.He didn't notice it at all, and he punched the mat under him with his fist, causing me to jump down quickly to stabilize myself.

With his emotions, I feel like I can't talk about it. "Coincidentally," I turned to face him.Called Qiao's name in a very slow tone.

I talked about how Coach Tomura made the originally weak Nitta Tonaka baseball team into the top eight in one breath in the prefectural meeting last year, and also about the one-handed knife blocking that I learned from my father who used to be a school doctor. It is like a legend that the entire mess of Nitta Tonaka was rectified.

I also said my guess about the cause of Jizhen's injury.

"Because I heard it, so I don't know the details, but the chaotic Nitta Tohka has really calmed down, and the school violence has completely disappeared. But it is replaced by insidious, obscene, and everyone is gloomy. , I like to make trouble for people at every turn."

After I finished this sentence, the rain just stopped.The sun poked out his face like a curious doll and looked at us who were looking at each other.

"so what?"

"So, you have to be good." I said to Qiao.

"I don't understand! I don't understand what you're talking about." Qiao shook her head childishly and covered her ears.

"Coincidentally, we're just kids. There's no such strong Little League team here. Whether you can play or not, the decision is in the hands of the coach."

"No one can hit my ball!" Qiao insisted.

"It has nothing to do with this!" I was angry at this person who refused to listen to what he said. "The same thing, how many times do you want me to repeat it? Idiot, the point is not the power of the ball! Unlike professional baseball, this is junior high school baseball. No matter how outstanding the individual ability is, if the coach thinks that it is more important for the group to be easy to command, then There is really no way. We are junior high school students, and the coach is an adult, and the decision is entirely on his side. Why do you not understand this kind of thing? What are you insisting on?"

"I don't know." Qiao shook her head, looking at her hands. "I have a feeling that if I start yielding to this one unreasonable demand, there will be a million more unreasonable demands waiting to be yielded. I don't want it. Howe,"

"My ball, is it really not okay? Although many people say that I am narcissistic and arrogant, I think I can. I believe in my ball. It has been telling me so since I was born. My previous Not as good as you, catcher. But we made it to the final on our own. Howe, my ball is okay."

What I said is not the same as what Qiao said.Generally speaking, no matter how stinky Qiao's temper is, at worst, it will be reported that "Harada player uttered wild words" and other trivial matters that have nothing to do with the competition.For Qiao, who really likes baseball, indeed, these external things will not affect him at all.If there is no Zhanxi.

"Coincidentally, you just believe in your ability so much? Do you really believe that even if you disobey the devil's coach, you can still play?"

"I believe."

"It's harder than striking out the opposing team's batter. Even so, do you still believe it?"

"Don't you believe it?" Qiao asked me back.I didn't answer. "Let's do passing and catching practice. Howe, you haven't caught my ball with all your heart in a long time."

I don't know how he knew that my strength was not enough when I practiced independently.But in fact I did not slack off.Just because Qiao grew up so fast.I can't keep up.

"Practice in the rain, you will get sick." "I'm sorry." I refused.For the first time, she directly rejected Qiao's invitation.It's ridiculous that I just said that practicing in the rain will make me sick, and I didn't realize until I got out that the rain had stopped for a while.

Why did I have to apologize at that time?

Yes, because I really can't believe I can do it.

Qiao can prove himself with baseball.Even if there is no devil coach, Nitta Tohka, even no Chinese, no teacher Ono, no father or mother, as long as there is a baseball in the palm of the hand, and the right shoulder can throw the ball, it can be done by coincidence.He is such a courageous temperament.

Unlike myself, if you want to bake a cheese bread at home, you have to consider whether your mother will use cheese for cooking tonight or whether you need to use an oven.In order to avoid these embarrassments, I even practiced my cooking skills and took charge of the breakfast and dinner for the whole family.My mother is very satisfied with my life.She even felt defeated.Generally speaking, in the eyes of the world, mothers take care of their children mostly.

I think too much.However, I have never regretted it.This idea became more certain after I unbuttoned Jizhen's clothes and saw the horrific wound with my own eyes.

Coincidentally, I didn't know, but I asked Jizhen privately about her bicycle injury.Coincidentally, I have never heard Jizhen's bitter cry.Coincidentally, I have never personally felt the uneasy throbbing of the sarcoids growing along the sutures squeezing each other.Coincidentally, I don't know how to be afraid at all.

The clear sky, the narrow embankment path on the green grass, Ji Zhen said goodbye to Lu Chuan and rode home.A black cat sprang out from the side of the road.

"Unlucky."

I still remember Ji-jung's regret when she said that. "Why didn't I follow the lead of the black cat to get out of the car? If so, my right arm, isn't it?"

The wheels of the bicycle moved steadily forward on the embankment.There was a sound in my ear, "Jizhen".Someone called his name.He turned his head, and what followed was a baseball spinning in front of his eyes.Jizhen subconsciously closed her eyes and turned sideways.Bicycle, out of balance.

Because it happened to be on the embankment, Jizhen fell down, fell off the bicycle, and rolled down the embankment, like a kicked ball rolling all the way from the embankment into the river.

The perpetrators fled.No one sees where baseball comes from.Only the very familiar voice of Midorikawa calling his name when Jizhen rolled down, and the sound of metal strikes that had brought him a lot of happiness.

Midorikawa swung his club and attacked him who was riding a bicycle.

It wasn't Luchuan who swung the bat, it was Zhanxi.I am sure.

I once interviewed Rajjen in front of the embankment.After I called Jizhen, I had no choice but to swing my stick right away and hit Jizhen.Because the yelling took my attention, I couldn't concentrate on swinging the stick from the other side of the embankment and quickly escaped afterwards.Not to mention, the fear of committing the crime hidden behind that sound of Jizhen and the inhumane direct swing of the bat were aimed precisely.

Green River then withdrew from the club.And transfer.Jizhen never saw this friend who played baseball together.

Perhaps Lvchuan still had a little conscience, and at the last moment, he called Jizhen's name to make him avoid the fatal shot aimed at his head.But Zhanxi, who ran away decisively after swinging his club, was really terrifying.And all of this is just because Jizhen's excellent performance as a catcher stole the limelight from his vice-captain.

Qiao's baseball is aboveboard, and Qiao's personality is frank and open.

But in this world, there is always darkness alongside light.The prominence of genius is like the domineering light of a pearl.Its shining alone will inevitably overwhelm the dimly lit fireflies around it.Just like the day when the sun comes out, the moon is always there, but we have never discovered it.The moon can't speak by itself, but Zhanxi can.How would he deal with Qiao, a bright pearl covered in dazzling light all over?I have no idea.But I had to figure it out, put myself in Jin Xi's life, and think with Zhan Xi's thoughts.

"Haiyin Temple!"

"Zhanxi can't, we've been playing baseball together since childhood." I told Haiyinsi my thoughts.The latter is quite certain.

"Are you sure?"

Haiyin Temple couldn't understand me.At that time, he was a little impulsive, who was always gentle.He scolded me: "How, what's going on in your head? Such thoughts, such evil suspicions about your teammates, you,"

I interrupted him: "It's not that I want to think so. It's Zhanxi who thinks so! Captain! I won't let Qiao suffer any harm."

"Hao, you think too much. Zhanxi has been playing baseball with me."

"Then he is always second." The champion is always glorious.No one remembers the runner-up.

"what?"

Haiyin Temple didn't believe me and had to explain it more clearly. "You've been in front of him all the time, you don't even know how terrifying the smog in Zhanxi's heart is when he's behind you watching you walk so fast!"

"Don't call my friend a psycho! Howe, I'm sorry. I was too loud. But, you can't say that about my friend without evidence."

yes.Haiyin Temple is different from my position. "No. I was wrong. I should have thought of it earlier. You are not only our captain, you are also Zhanxi's partner since childhood. I can't leave Qiao to you. I will protect Qiao's surroundings myself. Goodbye." I hung up phone.

I wish I was thinking too much.However, Qiao is too dazzling.It is too easy to destroy him.If I hadn't noticed in the morning, the spikes would have touched Qiao's right shoulder.Not that I think too much.In fact, Qiao desperately needs a sense of self-preservation.It's not enough to protect your right shoulder.He should get along more harmoniously with the people around him.Only in this way can a problem be solved fundamentally.The trees are beautiful in the forest, but the wind will destroy them.Before it happens to grow into a towering tree, I want to be a vine wrapped around it to protect it.Leave the rest to baseball.