Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 23 How happy it is to be friends
In order to repair their friendship, Wu Bo and Zhan Ping went online after dinner. Zhan Ping was going to sleep at Ni Manhua's house tonight. Ni Manhua originally wanted to stop her, but Lu Guanhai sent a message to Ni Manhua on his mobile phone. , indicating that they would find a place to chat, Ni Manhua did not stop Zhan Ping.

After dinner, a few of them went to the Internet cafe. Ni Manhua said that she was going to go for a walk to eat when she was full. Lu Guanhai accompanied her. The others had no objection.

There were shops near the school. While it was still early, they returned to the school and found a place to sit down on the playground.

In the past, it was just to watch Lu Guanhai play ball or run, otherwise Ni Manhua rarely came to the playground. She doesn't like to exercise or bask in the sun.

Ni Manhua had guessed why Lu Guanhai called her out alone, so she was a little nervous now. She still hoped that things would not develop in the direction she imagined.

The two of them were silent for a while while sitting on the steps. Lu Guanhai spoke first, but the question was a very ordinary gossip: "Have you had enough for dinner?"

Ni Manhua nodded: "I'm full, how about you?"

"I'm full too. You must have been very angry in the office today, but you didn't show it like Zhan Ping."

"I'm not very angry." Ni Manhua told the truth: "Although I am a little disappointed that Jiang Lan hates me, such childish tricks are not enough to make me angry."

Ni Manhua is an adult, a sensible and decent adult who can tolerate little girls like Jiang Lan making mistakes.

Lu Guanhai turned his head and looked at Ni Manhua. He didn't know whether he didn't believe what she just said or was dissatisfied with the content of her words. Ni Manhua could feel that he was suppressing his emotions without looking at her.

Lu Guanhai smiled bitterly: "I actually want to ask you, are you very reluctant for me to like you? I mean, it bothers you when they make jokes."

Do you like me?Ni Manhua actually wanted to ask this question, but she restrained the impulse in her heart.Ni Manhua replied: "Yeah, it's good if we are friends. We are so happy when we are friends."

Lu Guanhai didn't explain what he said, so Ni Manhua also left room for his words.What they are talking about is all hypotheses. Since they are hypotheses, the troubles when facing them can be halved.

Ni Manhua was afraid of Lu Guanhai's questioning, but he still asked: "Why? I thought it was a happy thing to be liked by others. But if you are uncomfortable, I will tell them and let them consider it." I won’t joke about your feelings in the future.”

"Okay," Ni Manhua added two words quickly, but he didn't know what to say next. He paused for a long time before saying, "Our personalities are actually very different, and our outlook on life is also very different. If we really get together, we will be very unhappy in the future.”

"Unfortunately?" Lu Guanhai obviously didn't expect Ni Manhua to say such serious words, and Ni Manhua couldn't explain to him how she was trapped in that failed marriage and how many sufferings she had experienced. day and night.

Lu Guanhai froze in disbelief, as if someone had suddenly hit his head with a mallet. He just sat there without saying a word and lost his mind. Ni Manhua didn't know how to relieve him. Or switch to a lighter topic.

Until a basketball hit me from a distance. The ball seemed to have eyes and hit it accurately at Lu Guanhai’s feet. Then a smiling male voice came: "What a coincidence, I met you two here." What are you whispering about?"

Lu Guanhai was so shocked that he leaned back. Ni Manhua looked with him. Su Guzhi, who was wearing a white uniform and sweating profusely, was walking towards them with a smile.

Su Guzhi's outfit looked no different from that of a high school student. Ni Manhua guessed that when he was in school, he must have been as popular with girls as Lu Guanhai.

Guan Fei followed Su Guzhi. When he came to them, he said hello to them and went to chase the basketball that ran away.

Seeing that they were not very enthusiastic towards him, Su Guzhi asked strangely: "What's wrong? You two are acting weird today."

"It's okay, I was just scared by your ball. Doctor Su, you look so young today." Ni Manhua knew that Lu Guanhai didn't want to talk, so he took the initiative to take over the topic.

Su Guzhi was very happy to be praised by her: "As long as you have a good attitude, you will never grow old."

"Why do you want to come to our school to play ball today?"

"You guys are on summer vacation. I basically come here when I don't go to work, but I don't see you. I even fought with Xiaolu a few times."

During the holidays of No. [-] Middle School, if it is not during make-up time, residents living nearby are allowed to enter, because there are no parks or universities in this area. No. [-] Middle School is the largest high school in terms of area. There are gardens, lakes, and basketball in the school. The field is also big, and the guards sometimes turn a blind eye when they see familiar faces.

Ni Manhua said: "I went home directly after school and had nothing to do. Are you finished?"

"Today I will play by myself and then teach my girlfriend to shoot. When she was just picking up the ball, she looked over here and saw you and Xiaolu, so we came over to take a rest."

After Su Guzhi said this, Lu Guanhai finally spoke: "Have you had dinner? How long are you going to fight?"

"She ate a lot of snacks in the afternoon. Let's go back for dinner at about seven o'clock. Do you want to fight? If not, you still have to accompany the little girl."

Guan Fei came over after picking up the ball. She looked at Su Guzhi with her hands on her hips and complained: "Next time, you pick up the ball by yourself. I'm exhausted."

Su Guzhi reached out and touched her head: "Don't you want to learn to play ball? If you want to learn to play ball, you must first learn to pick up the ball."

Guan Fei glared at him, took out water from Su Guzhi's bag and took a big sip.After drinking the water, Guan Fei glanced at Lu Guanhai and Ni Manhua. When her eyes fell on Lu Guanhai's face, she became more concerned.

After all, women are more attentive than men. Just as Su Guzhi didn't notice, Guan Fei noticed it immediately.She walked to Lu Guanhai and bent down: "Xiaolu, what's wrong with you? You look so bad?"

"It's okay," Lu Guanhai shook his head and denied, but Guan Fei still took out another unopened bottle of mineral water from his bag and handed it over: "Here, drink some water."

Lu Guanhai did not refuse, took the water and took a sip.

They didn't have any special relationship at this time. Guan Fei's kindness to Lu Guanhai might be due to the concern of a friend or the sensitivity of the doctor. What he passed on was just an ordinary bottle of unopened wine. bottled water.

But Ni Manhua felt that such scenes were a bit dazzling. In the hospital, in the restaurant, in those moments when relatives and friends were present, they seemed to be casual, but they cared about each other with a tacit understanding. Ni Manhua Hua Wei thought that she would see such a scene again. She suddenly felt that the sun on the way home had stopped spreading the warmth of the world, and a majestic wind blew, signaling the arrival of night. There was only coldness left, and in order to prevent her arms from shaking, she clenched her fists at her side.

Taking a deep breath, Ni Manhua said, "I should go back, it's getting late."

"Just leaving?" Su Guzhi still didn't notice anything strange about Ni Manhua: "Where's the small road? Are you going to leave too?"

Ni Manhua didn't give Lu Guanhai and himself a chance to leave, and said, "You guys play golf, I'll go back by myself, I'm going home with my classmates tonight."

After saying that, Ni Manhua left them quickly and hurried towards the school gate.

When they arrived at the Internet cafe, Ni Manhua walked up behind Zhan Ping and patted her on the shoulder, signaling her to get off the plane.Zhan Ping took off her headphones and turned around, then looked around again: "Where's Lu Guanhai? Didn't you come back together?"

"He went to play ball. Let's go. I want to go back and take a shower."

"It's downloaded." Zhan Ping quickly turned off her phone and drew the card. After saying hello to several other people, she hugged Ni Manhua and walked away while muttering: "Is there any mistake? I don't know if I'll send you first." It’s boring to come back, the little boys nowadays are really boring.”

(End of this chapter)