sanguine and depressive

Chapter 3 Plains Zebra

Chinese, mathematics, English, earth biology, two periods of physical education, and school ends at five o'clock on time.After beating the bell, Lu He went into the classroom to take a look, and told the students on duty to remember to take out the trash and then left, with their skirts fluttering.

Wei Chengyu was talking to other boys, and I sat on my seat and finished packing up.

I'm leaving, Wei Chengyu said "goodbye" to me.

I also whispered goodbye.

He greeted so generously that I even wondered if no one asked me to borrow money on Friday.

Why not return it to me and make a promise?But many people like to throw out the promise first, even if it cannot be fulfilled, because at least the scene is open and fair.

And all I have to do is keep silent, and I've already learned that.

I walked to the community with my schoolbag on my back, and heard the increasingly dimmer chirping of the chilling cicadas.Every year during the summer vacation, the cicadas always sing one after another. This year, it is especially victorious, and it can almost break the eardrums.When I was sitting alone in the bedroom, I suddenly felt that the whole world was crawling, that I was being ambushed from all sides.

At that time, I closed all the doors and windows of the room, drew the curtains, and turned on the air conditioner, but I was still restless.After a while, I lifted the carpet to have a look, I am afraid that the carpet is fertile soil, and when the cicadas sing and water, thousands of cicadas will emerge.

It was Aunt Jiang who opened the door for me.Today Wei Chengyu did not keep his promise and returned the 1000 yuan to me. My parents have not been home for more than a month.

When I was about to take a shower, my phone vibrated.

My phone seldom vibrates. If it vibrates, it means that someone chatted with me privately, or my mother’s Weibo was updated.

Although my mother's Weibo can't be updated a few times a month, there are still more vibrations than the former.

Unexpectedly, this time someone chatted with me privately, and Wei Chengyu sent me three messages in a row.

"I'm sorry, I put the money in my bag today and forgot to take it out, I just remembered."

"I'll give it to you tomorrow, I didn't mean it."

"If I forget again tomorrow, you remind me."

I read it three times to confirm that I read it correctly, and I was very happy all of a sudden.That's great, Wei Chengyu really just asked me to borrow money, the kind that he would pay back!

When he came the next day, he handed me an envelope: "Here, when I came yesterday, I was thinking that I didn't finish my homework, and I forgot about it later. I'm sorry." He said sorry again.

I put the envelope away carefully, feeling very cheerful, and suddenly felt that life was still beautiful.I decided to take back the previous disrespectful slander against Wei Chengyu.

From now on, I, Cen Xiao, will respond to every request, ask me how much to borrow, and as long as I can afford it, I will definitely give it to him.

During the class break, the boys headed by Wei Chengyu gathered around Li Xuyang's table, screaming.

Li Xuyang is the sports committee of our class, and I only met him in the previous class, because Lu He said that this Friday, the day before the National Day, is the school's autumn sports meeting, and Li Xuyang is responsible for counting the registration Participating items and those who walk in the phalanx.

The phalanx consists of five columns, and there are 39 people in my class, which means that four people will not participate.

I am naturally a quarter.

They practiced the phalanx for four periods of physical education class, and I was able to watch the scenery from the side during the practice, which was very good.But Wei Chengyu would throw the coat to me every time, so that I wouldn't confuse it with other people's.

My butt hurts from sitting on the rubber floor of the playground for a long time. I really wanted to use Wei Chengyu's coat as a cushion, but I didn't dare.

The weather on the day of the sports meeting was very good, and the autumn air was crisp.I took a taxi and arrived at the stadium three kilometers away from the school with a bag of snacks.The stipulated arrival time was earlier than usual for school, and most of the students had already arrived at 06:30.

I looked around under the stands, looking for Lu He, Wei Chengyu, Li Dan, trying to find a face I knew.

Then I heard a voice not far away, "Cen Xiao—"

I looked up and saw a group of boys sitting together in a mess, much like Bing Tilian in the pond.Wei Chengyu was half of them waving to me and patting the empty seat beside him.

Wei Chengyu is really a good person.

After I managed to climb up to take a seat, within a few minutes they were all going down to wait. Those in autumn school uniforms took off their coats, revealing the short sleeves with the school badge inside, and Wei Chengyu threw his coat to me again.

The stadium is raised on all sides, enclosing one side of the sky.On the sports field, some of my peers wore the uniforms of the concierge team, some wore the plaid skirts of the bouquet team, and some leaned together in twos and threes, with pleasant smiles on their faces.

They were full of energy in the green field, and I read idle books until two o'clock last night on the high platform, and got up early today, and now I feel that all the hustle and bustle and scenery are far away from me.Just as he was about to close his eyes, Lu He in the front row turned around and met my eyes.

I thought I made a mistake, and my heart skipped a beat.

She said, "Cen Xiao, take some pictures of them."

Me: "OK."

I passed by the phalanx under the stands with my mobile phone, and the background sound was "Welcome March" accompanied by a passionate host who overdrawn his life.According to the order, the senior one comes first, so it will be our class soon.

The camera zoomed in on the distant picture, and I couldn't take my eyes off it. Wei Chengyu first appeared on the left side of the frame.

He pursed his lips, his expression was slightly serious, his posture was very upright, like a cypress tree, and he walked with a reserved yet steady step.With his arms stretched out straight, he was holding a metal class card with the words "Senior Class [-]" written on it.

I took a lot of photos with my breath held, for fear that Lu He would be dissatisfied.

And because I think Wei Chengyu is a good person, I kindly took a few close-ups of him.

When everyone came up, I took advantage of Wei Chengyu's free time and showed him the photos as a tribute. He was quite satisfied and took two shots of my head.

My head is not a ball, it's all messed up inside.Moreover, I am vulnerable and afraid of pain, so I lost another two points in my favor with him.

When all the classes had finished walking, the phalanx was the project competition, and the surrounding dynasties were uprooted and reported to the inspection office. Wei Chengyu handed me a number plate and a pin made of cloth: "Cen Xiao, help me pin it."

According to his request, I grabbed a small piece of fabric from his school uniform on the back, and Wei Chengyu ordered again: "Be careful with your hands, take it easy."

I found him to be a great parent.

By the time all the people in the stands were gone to participate in the competition, it was already past 08:30, and the sun trudged hard and finally passed the high building part of the stadium and shot directly down.

I was sitting alone in the auditorium, I was very sunburned, and I really wanted to eat the snacks in my bag.I got up too early today, and Aunt Jiang didn't even prepare breakfast for me.

I glanced at Wei Chengyu's coat in my arms, and covered it over my head.The clothes are like a small tent that excludes the sun and everything else, and there is a faint scent of laundry detergent.

I used my mobile phone as a light, and solemnly opened the backpack. Inside was a Xue Mei Niang as big as my palm, two packs of potato chips, and of course a power bank.

I was a little regretful when I opened the lid. I knew I should have eaten it earlier, and Xue Mei Niang was a little soft.But I can't eat in front of it, because Lu He asked me to take pictures, so everything is the best arrangement now.

I convinced myself and started biting into the Xue Mei Niang stuffed with creamy mango.

The taste is so good, I should have brought two.

But I only bought two, so I can eat one when I go home. Well, everything is the best arrangement.I was immersed in the simple happiness of a person.

I ate very slowly and cherished it, savoring it for five seconds, until someone opened a corner of my small tent and fell into a ray of light.

At that time, many thoughts burst into my mind-is there a rule that no snacks are allowed in the stadium?This isn't a snack, it's my breakfast... If I really can't, I apologize, can this thing be over?

I thought I would see Lu He's face, but no, it was Wei Chengyu who lifted my curtains and looked closely at his face.

Much like when you're camping in the East African savannah and there's a huge shadow outside the tent.You thought it was a lion thinking about your last words, and when your heart was racing, a plains zebra stuck its head in to see what you were doing.

You don't understand the language, only the rustling of the wind.You look at its curious and pure eyes, and you can't calm down for a long time.

But Wei Chengyu and I both speak Chinese.Five seconds later, I surged with the anger of the rest of my life, and preemptively said: "What are you doing!"

He froze, probably didn't expect me to have such an unreasonable side.God knows he's just turned up a tent with two legs as supports and a seat on it.

He asked, "...don't you feel bored?"

I regained the goodness of human nature in these five seconds, felt a little guilty, and softened my tone: "It's not boring."

He pointed to the corner of his mouth: "Cream."

I stuck out my tongue and licked it.

He smiled: "Not licking."

I licked it again, and it was twice as good.

Wei Chengyu stretched out his hand, licked the cream from the corner of my mouth with his thumb, and immediately lowered my curtain.

I was a little confused, and finished the last bite of Xue Mei Niang.

Then I remembered that the coat belonged to him, and guiltily lifted the curtain, and saw Wei Chengyu sitting next to me drinking from a water bottle.

I wanted to return his coat to Zhao, but he said, "Cover it up, I haven't finished comparing yet."

"Oh." I said, of course I didn't dare to continue to cover it.

Wei Chengyu glanced at me twice, which made me alert.

Then he asked: "Can you take some more pictures later? I'll run 1000 meters."

I said, "OK."

The task puts me off my potato chips, and I hold up my phone again.Wei Chengyu is so narcissistic, he even asks someone to take a picture while running.But since he's a good guy, I wish him the best of luck.

He really runs fast, like galloping on the East African savannah.My camera hardly had to look for him as he was out of the way from the start.

"Men's 1000 meters, No.1, Wei Chengyu..."

This is the last project, and there are already more people in the stands. Everyone in the class cheered when they heard Wei Chengyu's name. The loudest one was Lu He, my God.

I sent the photo to Wei Chengyu's QQ, and when he came back from the runway, he was surrounded by everyone, and he boldly said that he would invite everyone to a celebration banquet.

Sure enough, after the sports meeting ended, Wei Chengyu asked me to borrow 1000 yuan, and said that everyone should go to the hot pot restaurant in the opposite commercial building for lunch, and asked me to go too.I felt that lending money to him and then he invited me to dinner was very farting, so I refused him.

But I didn't go home directly, but walked nearly two kilometers, wanting to buy the milk tea I saw on my mother's Weibo on weekends, and said that the coconut taro is delicious.After searching the name of the store, I found that it is very close to my school and home.

When I arrived at my destination, I found that the business of the milk tea shop was very good.There is a huge neon sign next to the shop, and many girls gathered at the door, all dressed in bright clothes.Some held milk tea and took pictures against the sky; some held paper cups, put their cheeks against the wall of the cup very intimately, and stood next to the huge luminous landing logo to take pictures.

But I was wearing a plain school uniform, carrying a schoolbag and standing across the street, feeling fearful and feeling out of place.

This kind of timidity has nothing to do with my consumption level, because if I do a simple arithmetic problem, I can know that for 25 yuan a cup of coconut taro, I can buy [-] cups a month, that is, [-] cups a day, that is, every two hours You can drink a cup when you don't arrive, and you can't give up day and night.

And even if I only have 25 yuan in my hand, I can walk over and say, "Hello, I want a cup of coconut taro, less ice, and full sugar."

But I didn't, I walked home with my bag on my footsteps.

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