*Sunday Night
Shen Yunian skipped late studies again and went to the hospital to take care of his mother.
She said she was taking care of her, but in fact the old lady was very strong. When she rushed to the downstairs of the inpatient department, she found that her mother was about to play badminton with others. She quickly stepped forward to stop her and managed to persuade her to take her back to the ward.
Along the way, Shen Yunian, who has always been proud of his talkativeness, rarely closed his heart to love and remained silent.
Such anomalies certainly caught Lu Xiang's attention. She stopped, patted her daughter's hand, and asked with concern: "What's wrong? She's listless."
It doesn't matter if you don't ask. As soon as the topic started, Shen Yunian burst into tears before she could speak. She stood there, wiping away her tears and crying helplessly:
"Mom... Bai Yao ignored me."
She was really distressed and wished that time could go back so that she wouldn't have to say those bastard words and be taller than a boy...
But what should I do if I feel sad now? The first reaction was of course to find my mother.
No matter if she lives another life, she will still be the little girl who has been wronged and wants her mother to comfort her.
Lu Xiang was stunned for a moment, then held his daughter in his arms and asked softly: "What's wrong? Did you have a fight?"
Shen Yunian cried and told the whole story.
If she can avoid a late repair today, can she also avoid it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?
When she thought of Bai Yao's resentful look towards her... her heart felt so heavy that she even considered dropping out of school.
Although Lu Xiang was older, he could see that things were very clear, so he had no choice but to say: "Don't you think you two are very awkward?"
Shen Yunian's long eyelashes were hung with tears. Under the incandescent light, his eyes glowed with a sad light, making him look particularly pitiful.
"You are the ones who choose to hide it."
"After being exposed, you will be the ones who choose to remain silent instead of speaking up."
Lu Xiang sighed softly, "You don't tell your child, how can you expect her to understand you?"
"I..." Shen Yunian wiped away her tears, feeling a little aggrieved: "I'm afraid she won't be able to accept it."
"If she knows that the person who has been by her side is her mother, then she will definitely not want to be friends with me... Why don't she just ignore me?"
Lu Xiang patted his daughter on the back like a coaxing child, and said thoughtfully: "If you don't tell her, you will have to wait for her to find out on her own."
"How long will it take?" Shen Yunian lowered his eyes and clasped his fingers nervously, "One year? Two years?"
What if I can't wait that long?
Lu Xiang held his daughter's shoulders, smiling with wrinkles at the end of his eyes, and said firmly:
"I believe Bai Yao is a smart boy and will not keep you waiting for too long."
……
Shen Yunian came to school early on Monday because she didn't have evening classes on Sunday night. And in order not to make her daughter angry, she chose day school this week.
She came not too early, and almost all her classmates were here.
At a glance, Shen Baiyao was holding a textbook and memorizing history silently, but there was a gloomy and unhappy expression between his delicate brows.
"What's wrong? You're not happy." Tang Jiali noticed something strange about his deskmate, put down the geography book in his hand, and asked cautiously.
Shen Baiyao's eyes were distracted, and his mind was obviously not on the textbook. When his deskmate asked the question a second time, he realized what he was doing and shook his head slightly.
"I'm fine, I just didn't sleep well last night."
After answering this sentence, she seemed to sense something. The moment she raised her head, she passed through Wu Ya's head and ran straight into those eyes that contained guilt.
Shen Bai Yao snorted coldly, feeling equally uncomfortable.
What she was thinking about was that in this "unequal relationship", her friend was not deeply involved in the world and was occasionally deceived. He was a complete victim and it was her father who was at fault.
Therefore, Shen Bai Yao has no intention of blaming "Zhao Xu". If the other party can explain the matter clearly, she will definitely not blame him.
But one day has passed, why is there not even an explanation? How to break the ice in their relationship?
Shen Bai Yao blocked his ears and turned the pages of the book louder. Only by loudly reading the knowledge in the textbook could he clear up the distracting thoughts in his heart.
Shen Yunian stood near the podium, stung by the cold gaze.
I had known I would get such a response, but it was still sad.
She rubbed her dry eyes, mixed in with the sound of reading aloud, lowered her head and returned to her seat, for fear of being noticed.
The whole morning passed without any interaction between the two. When it was lunch time, Shen Yunian decided to take the first step, stuffing his pockets, seemingly as if nothing had happened, but in fact his heart was in his throat.
"Bai Yao, let's go eat together."
Shen Bai Yao walked to the door of the class and paused for a moment, hesitating between "listening to her" and "leaving".
"No, I want to eat by myself." She looked straight ahead, unwilling to look at her again, and left indifferently.
Such a horse-catching thing actually happened next to her. Just thinking about it made Shen Baiyao feel a little nauseous. How could he easily get over the hurdle in his heart?
Jin Rumo, who had always been careless, noticed something was wrong and asked his friend, "What happened to your deskmate today? Did they quarrel?"
Tang Jiali couldn't help but think of the shocking scene in front of the film museum that day. He associated what happened today with it and suddenly realized it.
"Hey, is it unusual for friends to have conflicts? Haven't we fought before?" He pretended to be nothing, smiled lightly, pushed Xiao Hei, and followed Shen Bai Yao all the way.
After Shen Yunian watched the three people leave, he couldn't hide his loneliness. Afraid of adding fuel to the fire, he turned around and went to the No. 1 restaurant, planning to buy some pancakes and fruit to make do with it.
……
Along the way, Shen Baiyao got into the noisy crowd alone. Without the company of "Zhao Xu", being in the crowd seemed to be far away from the world, and he was back to the coldness of being alone at the beginning of school.
It was difficult to go from luxury to frugality. She was already used to that person's noise and joy. How could she still be lonely?
"Zhao Xu" always dislikes her eating spicy strips, but in fact he is the one who eats them most deliciously.
"Zhao Xu" didn't allow her to eat ice cream, so he bought it and dangled it in front of her like she needed a beating.
Little by little, it turns out that "Zhao Xu" gave her not only nominal friendship, but also companionship and care, making it difficult for her to let go and unable to adapt to her sudden disappearance.
Thinking of this, Shen Bai Yao kicked the pebbles on the roadside angrily.
Is it necessary to have friends?
A person can still live well... Anyway, this has been the case for the past two years.
In April, the wisteria blooms, and purple fragments cover the green bricks. The wind blows from the ground and suddenly blows away the fragrance remaining in the air.
Shen Bai Yao resisted the urge to cry, took a breath of the fragrance of flowers, diluted the pain in his heart, and quickened his pace, fearing that he would be ignored.
It was already too early when she arrived at the entrance of the cafeteria. There was a large wave of people walking in the opposite direction to her. With her slender body, she had to try her best to avoid the strong men in the senior years.
The senior high school students who were rushing back to study filed out, walking a little faster, and rushed out of the narrow entrance without seeing anyone next to them, so they ran directly into it.
Shen Bai Yao wanted to get out of the way, but it was obviously too late. She lost weight under her feet and was about to fall forward... At this time, she was supported by a cold, white and strong hand, and with that person's strength, she was able to stand firm.
Shao Yu looked at the reckless boy with serious eyes, narrowed his eyes, and showed no anger.
"Be careful."
The boy wanted to retort, but when he saw who it was, he opened his mouth and left without saying anything.
After Shen Baiyao stood firm, he subconsciously smiled and said, "Your appeal in the third year of high school is quite strong. It is true that you study well."
Shao Yu smiled and said nothing, wondering if what he was learning was the truth.
The way you speak looks more and more like your mother.
After Shen Bai Yao made a joke, the troubles lingering in his mind surfaced and his smile disappeared again.
"What's wrong?" Shao Yu noticed her depression and turned his head to look into the other person's eyes, his eyes full of patient tenderness.
Zou Yuan on the side said at the right moment: "Give my share to Bai Yao, and I'll go in and buy another one."
They planned to pack their meals and go to the water room upstairs to find a quiet place to eat while memorizing books.
Shen Bai Yao was still hesitating, but Shao Yu took the lunch box first and nodded in thanks.
The mother and daughter, who had always been inseparable, had only one left today. How could he not notice something special about it.
But where is the crux? It still needs to be guided slowly.
……
The two of them were sitting under the wisteria corridor. Shen Bai Yao was not in the mood to enjoy the flowers at all, so he opened his lunch box, one vegetarian and one meat:
Scrambled eggs with zucchini and fried chicken with potatoes.
She looked at Shao Yu's lunch box again, and it turned into two elements:
King oyster mushrooms and tomato baby cabbage in sauce.
Seeing this person eating so modestly, Shen Bai Yao couldn't help but ask: "Looking at how thin you are, how can you cope with high-intensity study when you only eat so much?"
After saying that, Zou Yuan's thin and frail figure appeared in her mind, slowly overlapping with the slender Shao Yu in front of her.
It turns out that if we have the same taste in food, we can really become friends.
Shen Bai Yao picked up a piece of potato and suddenly missed the time of eating with "Zhao Xu".
Last week, the two of them ate spicy hot pot on Monday, Maocai on Tuesday, rice noodles on Wednesday... They both had blisters on their lips on Thursday, and then happily ate Laoya Vermicelli Soup without spicy additions.
Why would she treat herself like this when we can chat and eat together?
Seeing her dull expression, Shao Yu picked up the egg in a daze and put it in his mouth without realizing it.
Before he could ask, the girl lowered her head and asked in a barely audible voice:
"Brother Shao Yu, if the person you trust most betrays you, what will you do?"
Although the voice was low, Shao Yu could still tell that the other party was trying his best to cover up his crying.
"What would you do if we were still two people?"
Almost instantly, Shao Yu understood what was going on. He immediately put down his lunch box, took out a tissue, handed it to the girl who couldn't stop crying, and comforted her softly:
"Bai Yao, they are not that kind of people, you believe me."
Obviously, her parents couldn't explain it clearly and didn't know how to explain it, so this huge burden fell on him.
Shen Baiyao's eyes were red and he was extremely aggrieved: "Why not? I heard it with my own ears...my dad and Zhao Xu called."
Shao Yu thought to himself that these parents really gave him a huge problem.
He had said, "You can treat Bai Yao as your own daughter," but he didn't need to get into the role so quickly.
"Bai Yao, try to think back, how did Zhao Xu treat you?"
"Is it better than ordinary friends?" He certainly couldn't tell Shen Yunian's true identity, but he could guide him in the direction of the truth.
With tears in his eyes, Shen Bai Yao ate some rice and looked up at the sea of purple flowers above his head. His mind was like a winding withered vine, going back and forth, back to the beginning.
That person broke into her originally boring world without hesitation, lectured her on topics, supervised her taking medicine, accompanied her to the hospital, listened to her talk about her worries, ate and drank with her, and tried many new things that she had never been involved in before. .
Probably without "Zhao Xu", I would still be the carefree but boring Shen Bai Yao.
Very good, of course very good.
But precisely because of his good friend, Shen Bai Yao couldn't accept his almost ridiculous concealment.
Shao Yu saw a smile on her face, as if she had calmed down, and further comforted her: "Do you believe me, all the unreasonable things..."
"It hurts..."
A sudden strong pain came from Shen Bai Yao's abdomen, stirring the nerves deep in his body and causing intense discomfort.
She squatted on the ground, beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, which frightened Shao Yu.
He didn't dare to delay, and he was afraid of aggravating her pain, so he slowed down his movements, picked her up, and picked up her lunch box.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we're almost there."
Shao Yu walked vigorously with his feet, his upper body was very stable, and his tone of voice was calm when he spoke, giving people great peace of mind.
After sending the person to the infirmary, he gave the meal to the doctor. In the end, he found that he had eaten uncooked potatoes, and Shen Bai Yao's stomach was fragile and he developed abdominal pain.
Fortunately, after spitting it out, there was no big problem.
Shao Yu wanted to stay here, but was stopped by Shen Bai Yao: "Brother Shao Yu, you go back to study, I'm fine here."
"This..." Seeing that the other party still looked gloomy and didn't seem to be okay, he felt worried.
However, he then thought, if he approached Shen Yunian at this time, wouldn't it give them a chance to talk things out?
Shao Yu looked worried, nodded slightly, and said, "Have a good rest. Don't rush back to work yet. I'll ask for leave from your place."
……
Shen Yunian ate a pancake and fruit. He felt that he was not full, but he was too lazy to go down and buy more, so he sat in boredom.
She was so confused that she didn't want to study for the time being, so she had to take out the doll that was almost finished sewing, stuffed a note into it, and added the last few stitches.
Shen Yunian remembered what her mother Lu Xiang said:
Bai Yao is a smart child.
But she was still worried that her daughter was not that smart, so she tried to find some clues.
Not obvious, but obvious.
Shao Yu, who was outside the door, was anxious, and he didn't care about the rules of not being able to skip classes. In full view of everyone, he walked straight into Class 1 and Six of Senior High School and quickly locked eyes with Shen Yunian, who had his head lowered but didn't know what he was doing.
Just as he was about to step forward, he noticed that Shen Yunian's face was expressionless and he was... pricking the doll with a needle.
Even if it was about her daughter, she wouldn't be so stunned.
"Are you okay..." Shao Yu felt that her mental state was worrying, so he squatted beside her and raised his head and asked.
Shen Yu young shook his head lightly, and then suddenly reacted, startled and a little surprised: "Why did you come in?"
She saw the boy staring at the doll in his hand again, with his mouth slightly open, and quickly explained: "No, I'm not cursing anyone, I sewed it..."
"Bai Yao is in the infirmary." Shao Yu tried his best to lower his voice.
After he finished speaking, Shen Yunian immediately stood up, his face solemn, and he hurried out without a moment's hesitation.
The rope of guilt tied her tightly, making it difficult for her to breathe. If she could be more shameless and eat with Bai Yao, wouldn't her child suffer such a heavy pain...
Shao Yu was afraid that the mother and daughter would have another dispute, so he followed closely behind and stood outside the door in case of emergency.
Shen Bai Yao, who was in the infirmary, roughly guessed that Shao Yu had not returned for a long time and had gone to move reinforcements.
But this rescuer was the person she least wanted to see at the moment.
So she simply covered herself with a quilt and pretended to sleep.
The inaudible sound of the door opening made her particularly alert under the quilt. In order to look more like it, she even snored softly.
"I know you're awake."
Shen Yunian sighed, "It doesn't matter, just fall asleep. I just want to say a few words to you."
"I don't want to make any excuses about your father and I. I was the one who disturbed him first. Don't blame him."
Hearing this, Shen Bai Yao was out of breath, and his breathing became a little heavier.
You say it's your fault, and my dad says it's his fault. They both take the blame first and ignore the other party.
Should I still be moved?
Of course Shen Yunian couldn't hear what his daughter was saying, and continued: "We didn't mean to embarrass you..."
Because we all love you.
"By the way, I was at your house during the winter vacation, and I promised to sew a doll for you, and I sewed it."
Shen Yunian took out the ugly-looking doll, but it took a lot of effort, and looked at it, but he was caught off guard and met his daughter's angry eyes.
Shen Bai Yao couldn't bear it anymore, patted the quilt and asked loudly:
"Yesterday and today, you obviously had so many opportunities to explain, but you just didn't open your mouth and just said a few words back and forth. If you don't bother me, I'm tired of hearing it!"
I just want an explanation. Is it that difficult?
She noticed the doll in "Zhao Xu"'s hand and said coldly: "Is this what you promised me during the winter vacation?"
Shen Yunian thought her daughter had forgiven her, so she nodded quickly and put the doll in her hand expectantly.
Shen Bai Yao held the doll, stroked the doll's rugged face with a half-smile, and sneered.
winter vacation?
Isn't it the time when she went to live in her own home?
It turns out that the deep evil started on that day.
She hesitated for a moment, then closed her eyes, hiding her heartache, and threw the doll into the trash can at hand in the eyes of the other party's disbelief.
"I can allow anyone to be my mother, except you."
"From now on, I don't have a friend like you!"
Every word Shen Bai Yao spoke was like a knife with barbs, cutting through his chest.
It seemed like there was only one knife, but in reality the pain was continuous and the dense blood marks threatened to hollow out Shen Yunian's soul.
Shao Yu, who was outside the door at that time, couldn't stand listening anymore and rushed in. His words were unusually urgent: "Bai Yao, you can't talk to her like this, she will..."
"Okay." Shen Yunian suppressed the tears in her eyes, raised her hand to interrupt, and tried her best to sound calm, "I heard that the handsome guys from the track and field team are training on the playground today. I will go out and take a look, so I won't disturb your sleep. .”
"Good afternoon."
She stopped Shao Yu, who wanted to chase him out, and went to the playground to hide alone.
Listening to the bustling playground, Shen Yunian seemed to be outside the world, stepping heavily step by step, as if he had switched back to wandering soul mode, walking aimlessly on the playground.
She knew that if Bai Yao knew her true identity, she would never say such hurtful words.
But when she heard it, she still felt a little sad.
Sometimes Shen Yunian wonders, why should she return to the human world?
Presumably, the obsession is deep enough to make the dead act against nature, and the "against nature" is the most common human feeling - wanting to see relatives, especially...
I feel worried about my daughter who lost her mother at a young age.
"Bang!"
The sound of the starting gun not only scared Shen Yunian back to reality, but also almost scared him back to Guigu.
The bullet casing fell not far from her. She leaned down and picked up the golden bullet casing.
Under the sun, it shines.
Shen Yunian is indeed a strange woman. When others fly kites, she plays with bullet casings. She puts them up with one hand and waits to catch them with the other.
Suddenly, his hand tightened, and the bullet shell bounced back and forth on the ground a few times, and then fell outside the venue, making a crisp and sweet sound with a jingling sound.
Shen Yunian was about to chase after her when she suddenly remembered that she had heard this voice somewhere... Thinking and thinking, she recalled the mysterious safe at Sun Haoran's house that day.
After she kicked her, there seemed to be a similar sound.
But she couldn't think that way just based on the similarity of the voices.
After all, it's illegal.
*Easter eggs
After Shen Yunian left the infirmary, Shen Baiyao made sure that the person was gone and then picked the baby out of the trash can.
Fortunately, the garbage bag was new and the doll was not stained.
She groped the doll's face and stared at its intelligent eyes. For some reason, the depression in her heart was swept away and she suddenly laughed.
"Only she can sew such an ugly doll..." Shen Bai Yao held the doll tightly in his arms and put his chin on its head. It seemed that he could still smell the faint fragrance of lily.
This feeling was familiar and warm, like the little piggy bag that accompanied her to sleep every day.
Let her be nostalgic, just like going back to the past.
(End of chapter)
The author said: Shao Yu: I stopped drinking porridge and my IQ came back.
I wonder if my family members have heard the sound of bullet shells clanging to the ground. That sound is very strange and cannot be reproduced by ordinary things.