What do you want in life

Chapter 12 Young Love Is Like Fireworks Are Cold (6)
Xiaoying's heart softened. Many times, she also felt that her aunt's supervision of Xiaoyu was a bit too strict, even unreasonable, but how much did her aunt know about her son's psychology?

I really don't know if every parent is so arbitrary, Xiaoying thought of Shen Juncheng's troubles inexplicably.

"Then... well." She hesitated, but finally let go, "But you have to promise me, you are not allowed to leave the house!"

Xiaoyu was overjoyed at her "extrajudicial favor", and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Don't worry, sister, I will definitely not cause trouble for the organization!"

Early the next morning, when Xiaoying was getting ready to go, Xiaoyu was still sleeping in bed.

"Xiaoyu, I ordered twenty dumplings for you and put them in the refrigerator. Remember to warm them up for lunch." Xiaoying told him at the door.

"Understood." Xiaoyu muttered and turned over and continued to sleep.

Shen Juncheng and Xiaoying made an appointment to meet at the entrance of Huatai Mall, which was very close to Han Zhengsheng's house, and it was only two bus stops away.

Xiaoying thought it was still early, so she estimated the itinerary and decided to walk.

Although the sun in the morning is not as hot as in the afternoon, it is still enough to bask in the sun. Fortunately, there is a row of camphor trees beside the sidewalk, which can provide some shade.

Walking downstairs in Huatai, she was already sweating profusely, and the newly changed pink dress stuck tightly to her skin, making it uncomfortable and sticky. Xiaoying regretted not taking the car here.

Shen Juncheng had long been waiting between the two doors on the first floor of Huatai, raising his hand to look at his watch from time to time, with an anxious expression on his face.He is still dressed in white, but the clothes are obviously different from what Xiaoying has seen him wear in the past. She wonders why he always likes to wear white, and why he can wear the monotonous white so confidently and radiantly of.

When Xiaoying's figure stepped into his field of vision, she felt that Shen Juncheng's eyes suddenly lit up, shining brightly as if being lit by something.

The light was so bright and so miraculous that it inadvertently knocked open the door that was always closed in Xiaoying's heart, and the light poured in through the crack of the door. Although the light was not enough to dispel the darkness in Jiumi's heart, it still At that moment, she really felt the warmth.

"Han Xiaoying!" Shen Juncheng ran towards her with a happy smile.

"I'm not late, am I?" Xiaoying was so shy that she didn't dare to look at him. She couldn't adapt to her strange feeling just now.

"No." Shen Juncheng glanced at his watch again, "You're very punctual—you came here?" He noticed her flushed cheeks and tiny beads of sweat on her forehead.

"Well, uncle's house is not far from here." Xiaoying said, remembering the things in her hand, "This is a gift for you."

"There are gifts!" Shen Juncheng took it happily.

"It's not something expensive, so don't dislike it." Xiaoying explained with embarrassment when she saw his full face.

Shen Juncheng opened the paper bag, and there was a small handmade box inside, the lid could be opened with a light touch, and inside the box was a belt buckle, it was obvious at a glance that it was a cheap item found in a small shop, it was quite unusual The difference is that the pattern on this belt buckle is a cute little lion head.

"If your birthday is today, it should be a Leo. I happened to see this when I was shopping last night, so..."

In front of Shen Juncheng's head-to-toe famous brand, in front of his sudden silence, Xiaoying's joy of seeing the belt buckle last night is rapidly fading, replaced by a little bit of unconfidence that spreads in her heart .

Shen Juncheng took a deep breath, "It's very beautiful, I like it very much-thank you, Han Xiaoying!"

Xiaoying raised her head suddenly, and saw that there was no mockery in Shen Juncheng's eyes, but only sparkling joy, flickering on the quiet lake.

In an instant, Xiaoying's heart also dissipated like a mist, filled with sweetness, and she felt Shen Juncheng's sincere gratitude.

"Let's hurry up, my classmates are waiting upstairs!"

The entire top floor of Huatai is full of game consoles, jukeboxes and various entertainment facilities.Xiaoying has never set foot here, and occasionally goes out shopping with her uncle or aunt, but "tourists stop" when they reach the sixth floor.She always thought that the people who came to play on the seventh floor were the so-called "bad boys" in her aunt's mouth, but when she really came up today, she realized that there were students everywhere, in twos and threes, and all of them had relaxed and happy smiles on their faces .

Shen Juncheng led her through the noisy array of game consoles, and walked towards a row of leisure seats by the window.As soon as they showed up, they saw seven or eight teenagers who looked like students, both male and female, rushing forward.

"Shen Juncheng! I really have you!"

"Ha, she really is a beautiful girl!"

Seeing such a situation at first glance, Xiaoying immediately felt nervous. She took a peek at Shen Juncheng beside him. The latter had a calm smile on his face. She restrained her shyness and bewilderment, and faced him with a smile on her face. classmates.

Among the many slightly surprised smiling faces on the opposite side, there was a beautiful but full of pride, the face was taut and exuded a strong hostility.

"Shen Juncheng, who is she? Which school?" As soon as the girl's gaze met Xiaoying's, she questioned Shen Juncheng like a cannonball.

Shen Juncheng introduced to all the students generously: "Han Xiaoying, from the fifth middle school, this year he is promoted to the second grade." Then he turned his head and introduced to Xiaoying, "These are all my classmates. After this summer vacation is over, we have to Let's go our separate ways."

He smiled and told Xiaoying the names of his classmates one by one. She nodded and listened, but the only thing she really remembered was that beautiful and domineering girl, her name was Huang Yiyun.

"It turned out to be from Fifth Middle School." Huang Yiyun folded her arms, her eyes showing disdain, "I heard from my uncle that their school shaved their heads for two consecutive years of the college entrance examination."

The so-called "shaved head" means that none of the college entrance examination candidates of the school was admitted to the undergraduate course, and Xiaoying also knew that what Huang Yiyun said was not a lie. big.

"Come on, Yiyun!" One of her classmates smoothed things over for Xiaoying, "He's here to play, not to compare your grades with you. You have the demeanor of a senior, okay?"

Huang Yiyun coldly looked at the girl in front of her who was thinner than herself, but her appearance was not inferior to her. Standing beside her was Shen Juncheng who was watching her with a vigilant expression. This clear hint undoubtedly stimulated her nerves , She spread her arms tightly around her chest, sat back in the seat by the window angrily, grabbed the half-drunk juice, and sucked it.

Xiaoying's gaze quickly shifted from Huang Yiyun to Shen Juncheng's face, his lips were tightly pursed, his expression changed a lot, it was hard to tell if he was angry or thinking about something else, that slightly unfamiliar face made Xiaoying just released The joy suddenly turned into anxiety.

"Don't stand there! Go sit down!" someone yelled, and the slightly awkward atmosphere was smoothly disturbed.

As he said before, Shen Juncheng's classmates are warm and cheerful, and they are also considerate and polite to Xiaoying, a young guest who is two years younger than them. No matter what they are talking about, they will ask her for her opinions and ideas. Of course, except for Huang Yiyun, she is sitting in the The middle of the two boys kept frowning, sipping his drink without saying a word, and glanced at Xiaoying and Shen Juncheng from time to time, but with an expression of resentment.

During the chat, Xiaoying roughly understood their plan for Shen Juncheng's birthday celebration today. The program in the morning is to play video games and karaoke. Everyone can choose to play according to their own preferences. After eating, they will go to the nearby park. Play in the water world.It's still early now, and there will be fewer and fewer gatherings like this in the future, so they are not in a hurry to split up. Almost half an hour has passed, and everyone is still sitting together talking about it.

A beautifully packaged cake box was placed in the middle of the table, which was bought by Shen Juncheng's classmates as a present for him.

Someone is asking Xiaoying, "Can you swim? The swimming pool in the water world is really good!"

Shen Juncheng sat beside Xiaoying, and answered for her first: "She hasn't learned yet."

He didn't know if it was Xiaoying's delusion or it was real, he felt that Shen Juncheng glanced at Huang Yiyun on the opposite side quickly, and then added, "I plan to find time to teach her!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar, and Huang Yiyun's face turned even greener.

"Han Xiaoying, you are right to find Shen Juncheng as your swimming coach. He is the top player in our school's swimming team. He even won the championship in the city's swimming competition last year!"

"Hey! Shen Juncheng, didn't you say that you won't accept girls as apprentices? You ruin your words, remember that you will be punished with three glasses of wine in a while!"

"Haha! He doesn't intend to be a coach, I think this guy is a drunkard..."

When Xiaoying was blushed by everyone's nonsense and teasing, Huang Yiyun couldn't bear it anymore, and stood up abruptly, the chair under her was pushed out violently, rubbing against the floor and making a harsh sound.

"Yiyun, what are you doing?" A boy sitting beside Huang Yiyun raised his head and frowned at her.

"I'm going to the bathroom, can't I?" Huang Yiyun said in a very angry tone, turned around and left after leaving this sentence.

The lively atmosphere was disturbed for a moment, and everyone stared at Shen Juncheng in embarrassment, obviously waiting for his reaction.

Shen Juncheng's face was a little stiff the moment Huang Yiyun left, but after a few seconds, he returned to his natural state, and said to everyone with a nonchalant smile: "Everyone, don't just sit and chat, play whatever you want, today's account It's all on me."

However, few people responded.

"Shen Juncheng," the boy sitting next to Huang Yiyun called him with a serious face, "I think it's better for you to go and see Yiyun first."

It seemed that Xiaoying didn't realize the strangeness of everyone until now, especially the boy who was talking to the other side. When his gaze passed her face, it was as if there were thorns, and Xiaoying's face was scratched hot. It made her very uncomfortable, and before that, all her attention seemed to be on Huang Yiyun.At this moment, she suddenly realized that when other people made jokes with her, this boy remained silent, and even when he first greeted her, his expression was quite cold.

Immediately someone echoed: "Yes, go and see her, she is happy to celebrate your birthday today, don't make it so unhappy!"

Shen Juncheng's face is ugly, anyone can see that he is trying his best to suppress his sullen anger that may erupt at any time, that is a side that Xiaoying has never seen in him before, she always thought that Shen Juncheng was smiling all day long He has no temper and will not get angry, but this cognition is obviously absurd.

Xiaoying suddenly felt a little nervous. She couldn't figure out what happened between them, but she clearly felt that her arrival didn't seem so good, it wasn't even as simple as Shen Juncheng said in advance, and her heart sank slightly. go.

In the end, Shen Juncheng restrained himself very forbearably. Instead of erupting, he just tilted his head and whispered to Xiaoying, "Sit here for a while, I'll be back soon." Then he stood up, Leave without a word.

No need to ask, Xiaoying also knew what he was going to do.She was in a group of people she didn't know well, and the feeling of not knowing how to get along with others that had always been hidden in her heart surged up like an uncontrollable flood, especially when there was a boy opposite her. , looking at himself with a pair of indifferent and unfriendly eyes.

The lively atmosphere just now seemed to have been taken away by Huang Yiyun and Shen Juncheng at once. The rest of the people stopped joking and joking heartlessly, and just sat quietly drinking drinks, waiting for them to come back.

"Hi! Little sister, how did you and Shen Juncheng meet?" A girl sitting across from Xiaoying couldn't help staring at her curiously and asked, "Yesterday he said he would bring a girl out and we thought he was joking. Woolen cloth!"

Before Xiaoying had time to answer, someone coughed loudly on purpose, and kept winking at the questioning girl, signaling her not to talk too much. The girl stuck out her tongue and made a scared face at Xiaoying. , but her eyes still shone with a friendly light.

In the suffocating silence, Xiaoying suddenly didn't want to wait with them for nothing, there were some things she had to figure out.

She put down the drink cup in her hand, her big and bright eyes didn't avoid anything anymore, and she went straight to the boy with an indifferent expression, "Can you please tell me, Shen Juncheng, he... What's going on with them? "

Although she didn't say the word "Huang Yiyun", everyone understood what she meant.

Hearing her question, the boy on the opposite side finally eased his indifferent eyes. He guessed that Shen Juncheng had temporarily caught her from nowhere to cooperate with her acting. Unfortunately, this beautiful little sister didn't even know what she was acting.

"Juncheng and Yiyun have known each other since they were young. They can be called childhood sweethearts. They have been together since freshman year of high school, and they both chose the same school for the college entrance examination. But recently, the two of them have lost their temper for some reason. Yesterday, Yiyun said some more exaggerated things, I think," he paused, took a breath before continuing, "Juncheng came to you today because he wanted to anger Yiyun."

Xiaoying's hands had been put under the table at some point, grabbing a corner of the tablecloth and twisting it with all her strength, but she didn't realize it.There were waves of chills on her back, and she suddenly felt very cold.

Maybe it was because her instantly pale face made everyone feel unbearable. Someone got up and picked up the beverage can on the table and leaned over to refill her cup, but someone murmured, "Shen Juncheng, what's the matter?" The guy is really, there is no sense of propriety in doing things..."

Xiaoying stretched out her hand to block the hand holding the drink that had already reached above her cup, forced a smile and said, "Thank you, no need."

She squeezed a small backpack she brought with her in her hand, glanced quietly over everyone's faces, nodded politely, and said softly: "Please tell Shen Juncheng, I'm leaving first .”

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xiaoying walked out of the virtual archway of the entertainment center and walked straight towards the elevator.

Amidst the ear-piercing roar of video games, she saw two people standing in the far corner at a glance. They stood facing each other, accompanied by violent body movements, trying to explain something to each other. It all seemed futile.

Xiaoying stepped on the steps of the elevator and walked down slowly. Her gaze was always focused on Shen Juncheng, but it was cold. She could no longer feel any warmth from him.

Just three days ago, when he was shocked to hear about her life experience, she remembered that there was more than pity in his eyes——over the years, her sensitivity had brought her too much pain. She needs and absolutely does not accept anyone's pity - there are still many things that she can't explain clearly, and it is those things that move her, making her feel that the distance between herself and Shen Juncheng has suddenly narrowed.

"In the future, no matter what difficulties you have, as long as I have the ability, I will definitely help you." This was a promise Shen Juncheng made to her that day.

When they said this, they didn't hold hands, nor leaned against each other. They just looked into each other's eyes, and what flowed in their eyes was the purity and sincerity unique to this age.Xiaoying felt that her tightly wrapped heart was slowly disintegrating under his bright sunshine-like gaze...

But now, she finally understood that it was still just one of her many illusions, not reality.

The elevator sank slowly, and finally, both Huang Yiyun and Shen Juncheng completely disappeared from her vision.

After walking out of Huatai, the sun was getting hotter and hotter, but Xiaoying couldn't feel the trouble of the heat. Maybe it was because the air conditioner in the shopping mall was turned on too much, and she couldn't remember it for a while.

Bowing her head to check the time, Xiaoying was surprised to find that it was just after ten o'clock, but she felt that she had been in there for long enough.

There is nowhere to go, of course I can only go home, I hope Xiaoyu has woken up.

Still walking, she needs a little time to calm down the turbulent mood.

There are children everywhere on the streets during the summer vacation, some walking in groups, and some coming and going with their families. She doesn't know how many are really happy.

She walked under the sun and the occasional shade of the trees, and her mood gradually calmed down. She never expected anything. If this is the case, what does it mean to "lose"?She laughed dumbfounded at her feeling so lost that she wanted to cry just now.

"...Xiaoying, Han...Xiaoying..." Someone behind her was calling her name intermittently, from far to near.

Xiaoying stopped and turned around to look back. In the crowd, Shen Juncheng's figure was moving towards her quickly. She turned her head quickly, and her flustered heartbeat reminded her that all her psychological construction just now was like this. Vulnerable, she didn't know how to face him.

But when Shen Juncheng really chased after her, all her panic disappeared in an instant. It turned out that people have the instinct to resist.

"Why did you leave without saying a word?" He ran out of breath, and asked with a bit of reproach in his tone, but his eyes were full of anxiety and uneasiness when he looked at her.

Xiaoying believed that he knew the real reason for her leaving, but since he questioned herself so nonchalantly, she didn't want to act like a jealous woman, so she smiled lightly, "Suddenly remembered that there is still something to do at home. Those classmates said hello, didn't they tell you?"

"Isn't everything arranged at your house? Why do you want to leave suddenly?" He obviously couldn't accept her explanation.

Sweat trickled down from Shen Juncheng's broad forehead. The moment they fell from Xiaoying's eyes, under the refraction of the sun, there was a dazzling white light, just like Shen Juncheng's eyes at this moment. Suddenly there was nowhere to hide her emotions, her breath was sour, but she felt that she had not suffered any grievances, such misunderstandings were far from needing to cry to vent.

(End of this chapter)