soul resonance

Li Beijun has been busy going home after school these few days to carve woodcarvings for Ruan Nanling. As soon as the bell rang, Xu Jun ran quickly. For some reason, Xu Jun always greeted Ruan Nanling in a hurry and then disappeared.

Originally, Xu Heqi had a total of six people in the basketball team, but two people were missing at once, and the team couldn't even make up the team, so it was announced to disband on the spot, and the reorganization time is to be determined.

Zhou Duo was happy to hear this, so that he would have more time to be alone with Xu Heqi.

The two of them lived close to each other, only a few steps away, so in order to urge Zhou Duo to study, Xu Heqi would take his homework to Zhou Duo's place after dinner.

"The math test paper is ready, do you want Xiao Qi to check it?"

Zhou Duo took the written math test paper and handed it to Xu Heqi, but Xu Heqi didn't answer it. He was looking at the things on the table and was distracted. Zhou Duo stopped his hand and followed Xu Heqi's gaze to the table. Taking a glance, there was an old bookmark in the middle of the notebook that was spread out.

The bookmark is made of wood with a rectangular frame, and a crane is hollowed out in the middle. The crane's slender neck is raised high, its legs are slender and graceful, and its wings are slightly spread as if it is about to fly. Elegant in posture, floating like a fairy.

The bookmark has been touched very smooth, and it can be seen that the owner has often played with it, and the thin wood has also been stained with old colors after the baptism of time, and even some hollow parts have broken.

"Xiao Qi, do you want to read the test paper?" Zhou Duo said again. He didn't know who gave the bookmark, but he knew that Xu Heqi missed it very much at this time, and his mood was also depressed.

"Ah? Oh... read it!" Xu Heqi recovered his senses and clipped the bookmark to the next page, took Zhou Duo's test paper and read it carefully.

He marked the wrong part of the test paper in red, and then returned it to Zhou Duo, "The correct rate is quite high, you can see if you can correct the part I marked in red, and if you don't, ask me again."

"Okay!" Zhou Duo took back the test paper and pretended to ask casually, "Where did you buy this bookmark, Xiao Qi? It's pretty pretty."

"I didn't buy it, my dad made it for me." Xu Heqi smiled, took out the bookmark and held it in his hand, "It's beautiful!" He was a little proud.

"It's a pity that it's a little broken. I don't know if it can last until I finish high school. It was supposed to be a new set..."

Zhou Duo had no intention of inquiring into Xu Heqi's privacy, but he still knew the situation of Xu's family to some extent, knowing that Xu's father was no longer there, he was at a loss when he heard Xu Heqi's words, and didn't know how to comfort him.

"Can you show me?" He stretched out his hand and touched the bookmark carefully.

Xu Heqi passed the things over generously, "There's nothing wrong with this, let's see!"

Zhou Duo put the bookmark in his hand and inspected it carefully. Except for some minor damages, the main part is still intact. "It looks good, and I will definitely graduate from high school." He comforted awkwardly.

Xu Heqi just smiled lightly and did not speak.

It's just seeing things and thinking about others, as long as there are still thoughts in his heart, it doesn't really matter whether the bookmark can be kept for so long, he just has some regrets.

Either it’s something good and you can’t help but talk about it. Zhou Duo just told Xu Heqi that this thing can accompany him through the whole high school, and the bookmark was smashed into several pieces during the break the next day.

"Don't you fucking have eyes!" Zhou Duo angrily grabbed the quarrelsome classmates, his eyes were horrifying.

"Yes... I'm sorry!" The boy who was caught apologized weakly.

When a few boys were playing and fighting, they bumped into Xu Heqi's desk, and the book with the bookmark in it fell down, and they were stepped on a few more times, and the bookmark was broken just like that.

Xu Heqi picked up the book and the bookmarks and looked at those people coldly. Seeing Zhou Duo furious and about to beat them up, he moved his lips and finally said nothing.

He knew that if he was a little more angry, Zhou Duo would definitely not spare those classmates lightly. He didn't want them to cause trouble because of him.

"Forget it, if it's broken, it's broken. They didn't do it on purpose." Xu Heqi broke Zhou Duo's hand that was pulling his classmate's collar.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoqi, where did you buy it, I... I'll pay you one."

"No, it's just a bookmark, it's okay." Qing Tian's voice became a little hoarse, and he continued to maintain his usual kindness.

"Xiaoqi!" Brother Duo was heartbroken.

"It's okay, brother Duo, things are already old." Xu Heqi's mouth twitched slightly, and he pulled Zhou Duo to sit down.

Zhou Duo gave those people a look of resentment, and said angrily, "Get lost!"

Several people looked at each other, did not dare to say anything, lowered their heads, returned to their seats, and then repeatedly sent wechat messages to Xu Heqi to apologize.

Xu Heqi glanced at it and ignored it. He held the broken bookmark and looked at it for a while, finally sighed, and put the things together in the drawer.

He often lost his mind that day and never smiled again.

Zhou Duo saw the pain in his eyes, and knew that this bookmark had special meaning to him. When Xu Heqi was not at his seat, he put the bookmark together and took photos from all angles.

He reckoned that Xiu didn't know how to repair it, but he could try to make another one exactly the same.

[Xiaoqi, I have something to go out, I will check my homework tomorrow when I go to school! 】

This week has received such a message for two consecutive days. Xu Heqi didn't know why Zhou Duo was there, and he didn't ask, but he felt sleepy every day in class.

After simply replying to Zhou Duo, Xu Heqi put down his phone and took out a bookmark that had been broken into several sections, and carefully glued it together. He had already glued one section. Although the traces were obvious, it was better than nothing.

As for Zhou Duo, he was already going to torture Li Beijun crazy.

"I said Brother Duo, learning woodcarving is not something that can be accomplished overnight. You see, I have grown up since I was a child, and now I can barely pass the level."

The wood carving that Xu Hexi saw in the photo was carved when he was six or seven years old. He himself knew that it was shockingly ugly, but after so many years, his level has improved a lot. From an amateur point of view, It's a good deal.

Zhou Duo also read his later works before deciding to let him teach.

But teaching belongs to teaching, no one learns something by forcing the master to teach him in three days.

"I don't have much to learn, I just need to be able to engrave this thing. Is there any way?"

"Well, if it doesn't make sense to you, I'll draw a few pieces of wood for you, and you can draw them with a knife. Anyway, you don't learn anything else. Practice makes perfect. If you carve a few more pieces, you can always carve what you want. .”

"It's fine, you can draw some more for me, and I'll take them home and carve them." Zhou Duo thought about it, he didn't really want to learn woodcarving, he just wanted to be a bookmark.

By the way, he found another piece of small acacia tree. The hardness of this kind of wood is ranked first. He doesn't know wood, but he always thinks it's hard enough, so it won't break easily!

Taking the pictured wood back home, Zhou Duo compared the picture and carved it with a knife. He was new to this kind of thing, and he didn't know how to use strength. The carving knife is very sharp, and he would scratch his hand from time to time.

Beads of blood came out, he wiped them off with a piece of paper, and continued to scratch the wood as if it wouldn't hurt.

In addition to practicing carving, he also had to complete the learning tasks assigned to him by Xu Heqi during the period. Zhou Duo always stayed until two or three in the morning every day. Not long after he fell asleep, the alarm clock started to ring, and he had to get up to go to class.

So Xu Heqi always looked sleepy when he saw him.

"Is Brother Duo busy recently?" Xu Heqi watched him staring at Shu's eyelids and fighting.

"No, it's okay..." Zhou Duo regained consciousness a little.

"Why don't I go back and make a new schedule for you, so that the tasks can be lightened?" As the monthly exam approached, Xu Heqi also felt that he had been a little aggressive towards Zhou Duo recently.

"No, I can handle it."

After a few days of hard work, the bookmark has been carved in a good shape. After some practice, it is estimated that the one carved by Xu's father can be reproduced.

When the bookmark is done, the pressure of learning will not be a problem for Zhou Duo.

"What's wrong with your hand, why are there so many small wounds?" Xu Heqi frowned and touched Zhou Duo's hand.

Zhou Duo hid his hands, "It's okay, but I accidentally scratched it. The small injury will disappear in a few days."

"Be careful." From the drawer, he took out the band-aid that Xu's mother always prepared for him, and carefully pasted it on Zhou Duo, "I don't know why you went there."

Zhou Duo let him play with his hands, his heart was so soft that he couldn't speak, his whole body seemed to be bathed in the warm winter sun.

His little crane has an unruly side, and at the same time inherits the tenderness of Xu's mother, which is hard for ordinary people to see, but he was lucky enough to get a glimpse.

"Squad leader's birthday on Sunday, have you prepared a present?" Xu Heqi reminded him.

It's already Friday, and if you don't prepare, it will be too late. After all, we are all friends, and the squad leader invited them to celebrate their birthday together.

Zhou Duo: "..." It can't be said that I forgot, it was indeed unexpected.

All his thoughts were on carving bookmarks for the little crane, so he couldn't remember other people's affairs.

"Not yet, let's go and have a look tomorrow." Anyway, he doesn't care, just buy something to perfuse it.

"Then don't forget."

Xu Heqi vaguely felt that Zhou Duo didn't seem to care much about maintaining the friendship with Xu Jun, Li Beijun, and the squad leader. It couldn't be said that he didn't regard each other as friends, but he always felt that something was weird.

Even though it is difficult for him to establish a particularly close relationship with others, he still cherishes these few friends in his heart, but Zhou Duo doesn't seem to take them very seriously.

"Don't worry, I won't forget, you reminded me, I will definitely remember."

That's it, Zhou Duo will remember everything he said, and then execute it, but when facing Xu Jun and the others, the attitude of the other party seems to be dispensable.

It stands to reason that Xu Jun and Li Beijun were the first group of friends Zhou Duo met after he transferred to another school. The first ones always seemed special, but since they met him, Xu Jun and the others seemed to be left far behind. The back of Zhou Duo's head.

"What are you thinking?" Zhou Duo looked at Xu Heqi a little distracted.

"It's nothing, I'm just wondering if the monitor will like the gift I gave you."

"Why are you worrying about this? We're not the protagonists. As long as Li Beijun's gift suits her wishes, she will be happy."

Zhou Duo was unhappy, how could she not be happy to give her something, what about her face?