Chapter 2 The Sky 3
This was the first time Chen Qiaoluo told me about his family, and I was so shocked that I was speechless. Although I had vaguely guessed that his father was no longer with them, I never thought it was like this.
I bit my lower lip tightly, and after a while I whispered to him, "Chen Qiaoluo, I'm sorry, I don't know this."
"There's nothing to be sorry about." He looked at me and said.
After hesitating for a while, I continued, "Chen Qiaoluo, come back to class. I know you've tried hard to give Aunt He Pei a better life, but you don't have the ability to do so now."
"I know, but I can't wait any longer." He said, "Zhu Jun, go back. If you are really disappointed in me, just pretend that you have never had a friend like me."
After he finished speaking, Chen Qiaoluo didn't even look at me, but turned around and walked back in.
I forgot how I got home. I felt like I had lost my soul. When my dad saw me like this, he couldn't help but worry about me.
I don’t know if it was because Chen Qiaoluo’s story was too sad, but I hugged my dad tightly.
I think Chen Qiaolu is right, I am luckier than many people.
Chen Qiaoluo still didn't come to class. Without him, I felt powerless. His name hadn't appeared on my phone for a long time, and I could only see the empty seat when I walked past his classroom.
Time went by quickly until June. I stopped skipping classes and almost fell asleep on the desk as soon as I arrived in the classroom. My deskmate Li Zi gave me signals many times when the teacher rolled her eyes at me. I was grateful to her from the bottom of my heart.
Occasionally she would chat with me and talk about the new comics she read and the things she likes.
My life seemed to become completely different from before. I even suspected that Chen Qiaoluo was just a dream I had, a dream full of sadness and bitterness.
I met Tong Xiaotian after school one day. As soon as I walked out of the school gate, I saw him pestering Li Zi. Seeing her timid appearance, the gratitude I had felt for her taking care of me suddenly came to my mind. I quickly walked over to her and shouted at Tong Xiaotian, "What are you doing?"
As if he hadn't expected someone to step forward, Tong Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, then looked at me with disdain and said, "Who are you? Didn't your mother teach you not to meddle in other people's business?"
I was already annoyed enough because of Chen Qiaoluo's matter. Tong Xiaotian's words hit the nail on the head. I pushed him away, protected Li Zi behind me, and yelled at him, "Who do you think you are? Didn't you see that Li Zi doesn't want to pay attention to you? How can you be so shameless? If you don't leave, I'll call someone."
"Hmph, you're so cruel." Tong Xiaotian pouted and walked away, looking back every three steps.
Seeing that his figure was completely submerged in the crowd, I turned to look at Gigi Lai and asked, "Are you okay?"
"No, it's okay." She seemed to have not come back to her senses yet. After a while, she said to me gratefully, "Hello Zhu Yun, thank you. If it weren't for you, I don't know what I would do."
"What's the big deal? You helped me a lot before." I said politely, and asked in confusion, "The boy just now didn't seem to be from our school, so why did he come to you?"
When I mentioned him, Li Zi's face changed. After a while, she bit her teeth and said, "His name is Tong Xiaotian, from Chongming High School next door. I went there to look for my former classmates a few days ago, and I don't know how I got entangled with him."
"Got entangled?" I frowned, somewhat puzzled.
I saw Gigi's face turn red, and after a while she made up her mind and said, "He said he likes me and wants me to be his girlfriend."
Before I could react, Gigi looked at me pleadingly and said pitifully, "Hello Zhu Yun, can you come home from school with me in the future? I'm afraid Tong Xiaotian will come to see me again."
In this way, because of Tong Xiaotian, Gigi and I became schoolmates. Every time he showed up, I would sneer at him and use my powerful ability to chase him away. After a few times, I was somewhat fed up with it.
I really don’t know whether Tong Xiaotian is stubborn or sick. He is just a dog-skin plaster.
On this day, I walked with Li Zi as usual. When we reached the school gate, I remembered that I had left my key in the classroom drawer. I looked around and saw that Tong Xiaotian was nowhere to be found. I asked Li Zi to wait for me there and went back to get the key. But when I returned to the school gate, I didn't know when Tong Xiaotian appeared there again.
As soon as he saw me, Tong Xiaotian looked at me warily as usual.
These days, I get annoyed whenever I see Tong Xiaotian. Just when I was thinking about whether there was any way to get rid of him once and for all, I happened to see the dean of discipline walking out with something in his hand.
Seeing this, my mind raced and I shouted at Tong Xiaotian, "Tong Xiaotian, you are a student from Chongming High School, why do you come to our school all day? I know you like Gigi Lai, but she doesn't like you. She is so annoyed by your pestering that she can't even continue her studies."
My voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for the dean of discipline who was not far away to hear. I noticed from the corner of my eye that he had stopped and was looking over here.
Gigi Lai didn’t understand why I said that and ran over to me, pulling my arm timidly.
Tong Xiaotian, on the other hand, didn't seem to think too much and shouted at me directly: "Hello Zhu Yun, why are you so annoying? What does it have to do with you that I like Gigi Lai? Can you please stop standing in front of her all the time?"
Very good, this idiot Tong Xiaotian.
I sneered in my heart.
The dean of discipline rushed over in two steps, and shouted at Tong Xiaotian with a dark face: "Which school are you from? You didn't go home after class and ran to our school to chase girls. Do you believe it or not, I will contact your principal and take you back now."
Probably because he didn't expect the dean of discipline to appear here, Tong Xiaotian was completely stunned. It took him a while to react. He yelled at me, "Zhu Jun, you are playing dirty tricks on me," and then ran away.
When our dean of discipline saw him like this, he chased after him.
Watching Tong Xiaotian running away in panic, I finally couldn't help but burst out laughing. I thought that I would probably not see him in front of our school gate again in the short term.
Just when I was feeling proud of my little prank, I suddenly felt a gaze from behind. I turned my head in confusion and saw Guyu standing not far away.
The setting sun shone gently on his body, and his whole body seemed to be covered by a thin halo.
It looks really beautiful.
This thought flashed through my mind, but was soon replaced by the embarrassment of being rejected last time. I pretended to be calm and turned to Li Zi, saying, "Let's go."
"Um."
Not until I had walked a long way with Gigi Lai did I have the courage to look back, but Guyu was no longer in my sight.
I have never felt that No. 12 Middle School is so small. Ever since I met Guyu at the school gate last time, I can run into him almost every time I leave the classroom, on the way to the toilet, on the way to the canteen to buy things, or in the cafeteria at noon.
We didn't say a word to each other again, as if his "I'm sorry" had completely cut off all possibilities between us. Occasionally I still feel sad, but it's really only occasionally.
The last time was so painful that it took me so long to gradually get over it.
I have always been a person who cares about face. Since Guyu doesn't want to, I won't bother her anymore.
I am not Tong Xiaotian, I can't be as shameless as him. No matter how much I like someone, if I am rejected, I will never look back.
In my opinion, nothing is more important than your own self-esteem.
Sometimes, when I see him leaving, I still feel a sense of loss. But this sense of loss is not enough to make me throw away my remaining self-esteem.
Chen Qiaoluo seemed to have completely disappeared from my life. No one ever mentioned him, and I only thought of him occasionally.
By the end of June, when I finished writing the answer to the last question on the test paper, the whole second year of high school came to an end. At this time, City A had already issued a high temperature alert. After staying at home for a week, I resigned myself to returning to school to start the remedial course before the third year of high school.
Everything seems to be so calm, but none of us knows when the storm will suddenly hit.
