After the smoke goes out

The last scorching light disappeared into the boundless night sky, the pale moonlight was reflected on the river, and the water waves split apart as soon as they swayed, and then slowly joined together again.

On the path without street lights, the sound of the basketball hitting the ground was so clear that it seemed to resound through the sky and the earth.Wen Su patted the basketball while walking forward, humming the popular song nowadays, he turned his head and smiled at Yu Chen, and said, "I know there is a basketball court, there must be no one there."

Yu Chen lowered his head and glanced at Wen Su, then looked up at the starry sky again.The night is filled with dots of bright light, so far away, out of reach.

It was an abandoned dormitory building, and the people living there had already moved to other places. Maybe it would be demolished soon.Normally, only an old man would come to have a look, sit at the door and let the wind blow, and then leave after a while.

Looking at the empty basketball court shrouded in night from a distance, Wen Su threw the basketball to Yu Chen, and said, "I'll turn on the light." Then he ran to the power supply room and used the broom placed aside Opened the switch.

With a bang, a bright yellow light suddenly lit up all around.The moment the light came on, Yu Chen threw the ball into the basket.

Wen Su blew a whistle, and ran into the field, a game that had nothing to do with the outcome just started without warning.

On a summer night, even if there was wind, it would be extremely hot. It didn't take long before the two of them were sweating from running, and the school uniform was tightly attached to their bodies, so uncomfortable that people wanted to take it off immediately.

It was Yu Chen's ball that went into the basket again. Wen Su stopped, let out a sharp breath, and then sat on the ground exhausted. He waved his hand and said out of breath: "Stop, no!" If you fight, you still can't beat you."

Yu Chen dribbled the ball and walked to Wen Su's side, and sat down without saying a word. He looked at Wen Su's panting appearance, and asked, "Tired?"

Wen Su reached out and patted Yu Chen's shoulder, and asked questioningly, "Aren't you tired?" Looking at Yu Chen's appearance, although he was sweating all over, he was as calm as if he wasn't tired at all .

"It's okay." Yu Chen put his hands on his sides, looked up at the sky, his eyes were as deep as the deep sea.Wen Su looked at him for a while, but couldn't guess what he was thinking.

The surroundings were suddenly so quiet that only the sound of insects chirping remained, and the soft light shone on the two of them, dragging out two long shadows.

Suddenly there was a slight human voice in the distance, accompanied by the sound of thumping basketballs.The sound was getting closer and closer, and the footsteps and human voices were very messy, as if there was a large group of people.

Wen Su pouted and stood up, patted the dust on his pants, and said with some annoyance, "How could there be someone."

Yu Chen looked at the place where the footsteps came from, frowned and looked at the few people walking in the darkness, he suddenly bent down to pick up the basketball, then grabbed Wen Su, and said, "Let's go. "

Wen Su was dragged forward a few steps, "Hey, we haven't had a good fight yet, why don't they go and let's go, we just need half the time." After finishing speaking, he hugged I took off the basketball hoop, looking like you can't help me.

Yu Chen pulled Wen Su for a while and didn't pull it, so he simply put the ball at his feet, and turned his head to look at the few people with unkind faces.

Those people were wearing Sichuan-style school uniforms, their heads on their necks were dyed in various colors, and they were holding beer cans in their hands. They all looked like delinquent teenagers.

The soda can fell to the ground with a bang, and someone kicked it far away. The sound of the can rolling was intertwined with their giggling laughter, which was more disturbing than the sweltering weather.

Wen Su was stunned for a moment, and when he turned to leave, he heard someone say, "Why are you going, let's play together." His steps became bigger unconsciously, and his intuition told him to leave here as soon as possible.

Yu Chen picked up the ball and hurriedly followed behind Wen Su, when suddenly he saw a ball smashed from behind, hitting Wen Su's head straight.

Wen Su's head hurt from the blow, and he fainted suddenly. He almost couldn't find things. He turned around covering his head, his breath was choked in his throat and he couldn't swallow it.

"Oh, what kind of look, it's quite fierce, you dare to look at people with this look after occupying our territory, don't you want to die!" The tall boy twisted his wrist, rolled up his sleeves, and looked desperate The look of fighting.

The short but strong boy laughed loudly and said, "Look at the accuracy of my shot, it's really a good shot."

Wen Su lowered his head, stubbornly stuck on the spot, no matter how Yu Chen pulled him, he would not leave. Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, his hands suddenly clenched into fists, turned around and hit the tall man who was approaching. , just hit the man on the bridge of the nose, and seeing the man grinning in pain, he felt extremely happy.

The basketball in Yu Chen's hand fell to the ground with a bang, spun around a few times and rolled out of the court.It was only then that those few people noticed him, and several of them stopped their hands immediately, and one of them said sourly: "Isn't this a good student who transferred from our school to Wuhai?"

"Why, we have taken care of you for so long, now you are going to help Wuhai's people beat us?"

Wen Su couldn't hear others mocking his new deskmate like this, so he punched the person who was speaking, and the fist hit the flesh. Although the person being beaten was hurt, his hand was also sore.

The teenagers who had never learned any fighting skills just got together like this. Wen Su and Yu Chen were still the weak side, and they were bullied and punched several times. In the end, those people also used their hands and feet, hitting and kicking Yes, Yu Chen, who was standing in front of Wen Su, was beaten to the blood.

When they saw the blood, they panicked. They looked at each other and didn't know what to do. They all stopped, picked up the basketball and ran out of the basketball court.

When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I already had a sense of awe towards life and death. Although I skipped classes and fought online, I panicked when I saw red, after all, the consequences were unknown.

Yu Chen covered his nose, blood flowed from between his fingers, and dripped onto his sweat-soaked white school uniform, the spots of bright red were so obvious that people couldn't ignore him, he raised his head, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked up at the top of his head On the starry night sky.

"You...I..." Wen Su also panicked, help Yu Chen to stand up helplessly, he didn't even care about the basketball that rolled to the outside of the field, and pulled Yu Chen outside.

The two hurried back home on the original road. As soon as they entered the house, Wen Su hurried into the room to get the money, then grabbed Yu Chen's hand and said, "Come on, let's see a doctor."

Yu Chen sat on the sofa with his head up, stretched out his hand to grab a few tissues and wiped his face, he waved his hand and said, "No, it's okay, it's just a nosebleed."

"Ah... is it okay?" Wen Su questioned.

"Yeah." Yu Chen squinted at Wen Su, and saw that he looked worried, so he had to say something more: "It's not that I haven't fought before, it's a common occurrence."

The cold light of the lamp tube illuminated the entire hall, and the blood-stained paper ball looked extraordinarily bright under the white light.

Wen Su looked at Yu Chen's bruised and swollen face, and suddenly laughed. He didn't know whether it was because of relief, or because he saw another face of his new deskmate.