"Where have you been, you little kid? Do you know how worried I am? How could you be so ignorant?"
"Mu Hua, stop hitting him. Ling Er will be fine when he comes back. Even if you hurt him, he is still your child. Stop hitting him now."
"Yes, Muhua, the child is still young, he will understand in the future."
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My eldest cousin grabbed Ling'er's arm, crying and hitting her all the way, and a group of people helped to persuade my eldest cousin who was out of control. My mother pulled Ling'er back from my eldest cousin's hand, put him in my arms, and motioned for me to bring the child into the house.
I nervously pulled the thin Ling'er into the bedroom. The door was not closed, and Lin Jiarui, who had been standing nearby, also followed in.
I found some medicinal wine to wipe Ling'er's hands. Little Ling'er lowered her head with tears in her eyes. She didn't say anything, but sniffed her nose from time to time. I felt distressed when I saw her. My nose felt sore and tears came out. So I wiped the tears from Ling'er's face and advised her, "Ling'er, don't run around anymore. Your mother is almost going crazy. She beats you not because she doesn't love you. You should know that the people who love you the most in this world are your parents. There is no parent who doesn't love their child."
Ling'er raised his head and looked at me, without saying anything. He just sat on my bed, clutching the corner of his clothes, in silence.
I wanted to say a few more words to Ling'er, but seeing that she didn't want to talk, plus Lin Jiarui was standing next to her, there were some things I didn't want to say in front of Lin Jiarui, so I didn't say anything else. I just helped Ling'er take off her shoes and let her sleep on my bed for a while. When I saw her close her eyes, I pushed open the door and walked out. Lin Jiarui followed me out.
At five o'clock in the morning, the sky still retained a dim dark blue color, but the dawn light could also be seen in the horizon.
At the door, my eldest cousin had stopped crying and was talking to my mother and a few neighbors. Naturally, they were talking about spiritual ears and the upbringing of children .
Until now, I have not spoken to Lin Jiarui. He seemed to see that I was avoiding him, and he did not take the initiative to talk to me. He just stood in the hall awkwardly. I walked into the kitchen without looking at him, and naturally I did not know what expression he had on his face.
After not sleeping all night, I yawned tiredly, poured a cup of hot water from the thermos, made two cups of chrysanthemum tea, walked to the outer room, came to Lin Jiarui, and handed him a cup.
"Thank you for sending Ling'er back, otherwise we would still be looking for it." Putting aside the personal grudge between Lin Jiarui and me, I am sincerely grateful to him for Ling'er.
Fortunately, Ling'er met him, otherwise, it is hard to imagine what would have happened if he had not returned home all night.
"It's okay. I just happened to be at my grandfather's house. I came out for a walk after dinner and saw her wandering alone on the street. I saw that she was your niece, so I went up to talk to her. Actually, I could have brought her back earlier, but she didn't want to. She cried and made a fuss. I didn't have your phone number, so I could only wait until she made enough noise and then coax her back."
"Um."
Lin Jiarui said a lot, but I just responded briefly and said nothing else. I just sat aside and drank tea to refresh myself.
My distant attitude was obvious, and no matter how dull Lin Jiarui was, he could sense it. Seeing that I didn't say anything, he had no intention of continuing. He just drank his tea in silence like me.
At the door, Mom and the others were still chatting animatedly.
I kind of admire them for being so energetic when chatting even though they haven't slept all night.
Lin Jiarui didn't say he wanted to go back, and I couldn't chase him away, so the atmosphere became a little awkward.
After a long time, Lin Jiarui finally couldn't help but speak, his tone was very cautious: "Jian Lening, did I make you angry that day? Why did you suddenly ignore me?"
My hand holding the cup shook slightly, and some of the tea spilled out. My fingertips felt a little hot.
I lowered my head and remained silent, not knowing how to respond to Lin Jiarui's words.
Should I tell him that I was angry because he told An Xiaoduo about the shameful thing, or should I tell him that An Xiaoduo and I were no longer the kind of friends who could get along well with each other as he thought. There are still scars on the palm of my hand left by the thorns of a cactus, which were left when An Xiaoduo hit me with a pot of cactus.
But in the end, I didn't say anything.
I know what An Xiaoduo means to Lin Jiarui. It is a completely different kind of feeling from friendship. In Lin Jiarui's mind, An Xiaoduo is a girl as pure as a blank sheet of paper.
If I tell Lin Jiarui what An Xiaoduo had done to me, whose side will he stand on?
There is no need to think about it. If Lin Jiarui has a scale in his heart and puts me and An Xiaoduo on the two ends of the scale, I will definitely be on the lighter end. Even if I tell Lin Jiarui all the unpleasant things that happened between An Xiaoduo and me, he will not believe that An Xiaoduo did those things to me because she was afraid that I would take Qixuan away. He will help An Xiaoduo to excuse himself, and even think that I bullied An Xiaoduo first, and An Xiaoduo resisted.
An Xiaoduo is the pure angel in his heart, and no one can discredit her.
"Small Eyes……"
A hand suddenly and gently grabbed the corner of my clothes and tugged at it. A slightly coquettish voice came from beside me, disrupting my thoughts. When I looked in the direction of the voice, Lin Jiarui's handsome face with a flattering expression appeared in front of me.
"Let's make peace! I don't know how I made you angry, but, little eyes, don't be mad at me. I know you've always been the most generous, so please forgive me. I've been thinking a lot these past two days, and I'm not good at guessing what girls are thinking, so I really can't figure out why you're ignoring me. I'm really confused."
I stared blankly at Lin Jiarui's bitter face, and couldn't help sighing in my heart.
As expected, I was really soft-hearted and couldn’t continue to be angry with him. After all, his intention was for my own good.
"It's nothing. I just feel unwell and upset recently. I'm not mad at you! "
Lying has never been my forte. As soon as I finished speaking, I looked at the expression of pretended contempt on Lin Jiarui's face and coughed a few times in embarrassment.
"You didn't tell me earlier. I was so nervous these days. I thought I did something wrong. I thought about it carefully and I didn't do anything wrong. I almost treated you like a treasure."
"hehe."
I laughed dryly, said nothing more, lowered my head again, and drank my tea in silence.
Lin Jiarui's mental state changed instantly. He no longer looked anxious as before, but grinned and talked to me.
I listen more than I speak, and most of the time I'm just being casual and perfunctory.
After I finished two cups of tea, my mother came in and told me to go to bed. Lin Jiarui said goodbye to me listlessly, and I felt a little relieved.
This cold war came and went quickly, and Lin Jiarui returned to his heartless self, but I knew that things were not over yet.
There has always been a thorn in my heart, and that is An Xiaoduo and Qixuan.
Now I am no longer afraid of whether they will laugh at me or pity me after they know what happened. What I am afraid of is that the incident will reach the ears of adults, or even worse, reach my parents. If that happens, I really can’t imagine how bad the situation will be.
I can only pray that An Xiaoduo will let me go because we used to be very close.
Ling Er was eventually taken away by my eldest cousin. Before she left, my eldest cousin took Ling Er and me to the street and bought us new clothes. When we tried on clothes, the boss always said that Ling Er was beautiful and that she looked like a little princess in the new dress.
Ling'er is different from me when I was young. My eldest cousin has much better aesthetic sense than my mother. When she is free, she often dresses Ling'er up beautifully. In addition, Ling'er is a very outstanding child. When she takes her out, people often praise my eldest cousin for being so blessed.
The mother and daughter finally reconciled, had a meal at my house and then went back.
I stayed at home for less than two days. On Sunday night, I hurried back to school in Xiao Jingjing's car. It would take another half a month before I could go home again.
Bed number six opposite me has been empty since the beginning of the school year. The girl named Qin Qin has not come to report. During military training, I heard people in the class talking about her, saying that she had transferred to another school and would not come here again , so that bed became empty. People would occasionally throw something on it, and Tang Yu put the most things on it because she always had so many things.
Since the last conflict, Tang Yu and I rarely talk to each other. When we met, she looked stern and didn't want to talk to me, and I didn't feel like trying to please someone who didn't like me. We each did our own thing.
The academic workload in high school is different from that in junior high school. After just a few days of classes, I already feel the pressure.
The student numbers in the class are arranged according to the ranking of the high school entrance examination results . My student number is six, which means that there are five students in the class who performed better than me. The high school entrance examination scores of several people following closely behind me are not much different from mine. It is no exaggeration to say that there are many experts in the class.
Because of my height, I sat at the back at 1.66 meters tall. When the teacher arranged the seats, he asked the girls to stand in one row and the boys to stand in another row, from short to tall, and then they would sit in pairs at the back.
My deskmate is a very friendly girl named Huang Wei. She has dark skin, is tall but a little fat. She does not have any advantages in appearance. However, she is number one in our class and ranked first in our class in the high school entrance examination.
There was a boy sitting in front of me, and next to him across the aisle was Sun Yu, who slept in the bunk below me.
Tang Yu was petite and sat at the front seat of the first row, while He Yiran and Wang Hong sat in the two seats in the middle, which happened to be separated by an aisle.
My daily life is all about studying, just to try to get a scholarship for the academic year so as to reduce the burden on my family.
There are too many top students in this school, so I can only work harder than them. But sometimes, working hard is not enough.
High school chemistry is much more difficult to understand than junior high school chemistry. When I first started learning, I was a little confused about the periodic table of elements and price. The chemistry teacher would give me tests in every class, and my chemistry grades could not be improved.
I only scored 82 points in the first quiz, which was considered good in the class, because everyone was like me, it was difficult to get started, and many people did not learn well at the beginning, and a large number of people failed, but there were also many people with high scores. I looked at Huang Wei's test paper, and she actually got full marks, and even Sun Yu, who was ranked behind me, scored 90 points.
When I was in junior high school, my grades were always at the top of the school, but now, I can't even be at the top of the class. This is a state I haven't encountered for a long time. I can't help but feel a lot of pressure and a little panic.
I was afraid that I would never be able to find a way to get started with chemistry, so I spent almost all of my free time studying chemistry. Even when I returned to the dormitory at night, as soon as I finished washing up, I would hide behind the blackout curtain to do chemistry problems.
I threw myself wholeheartedly into studying. Such days made me feel tired but fulfilled, and occasionally a little lonely and empty.
Lin Jiarui would come to have dinner with me from time to time, but recently, with the autumn sports meeting approaching, their group of special sports recruits have been called away for training, so naturally there are fewer opportunities for us to meet.
I thought my life would continue to be busy yet dull, until Xu Yan appeared in front of me again.
After having dinner in the cafeteria, I was about to go back to the classroom for evening self-study. At the entrance of the corridor, I unexpectedly met Xu Yan.
At first I thought it was just a coincidence that I met him, so I turned around and pretended not to see him and continued on my way. It was not until Xu Yan came around in front of me and my head bumped into his warm body that I looked up at him in astonishment, with .
"Are you free? I want to talk to you about something."
The boy was wearing an off-white sweater with a gray and black plaid suit on the outside. His hair was gelled and stood up on his head defiantly.
If he was not Xu Yan, seeing him dressed so strikingly, I might have had a flash of surprise in my eyes, just like the other girls passing by in the corridor, but he was Xu Yan.
Because he is Xu Yan, every time he appears in front of me, I have no intention of paying attention to his appearance. All I can think about is the hurt he has brought me and what he wants to do next.
He asked me if I was free and for the first time ever asked for my opinion, instead of just taking me away.
I stared at the look on his face. There was no longer the usual playfulness, but a rare sadness. I was stunned for a moment, and nodded as if possessed, and let him pull me out of the corridor and to the carport under the teaching building.
"Does your family often go to that market to buy vegetables?"
Xu Yan let go of me and spoke abruptly with an unnatural tone.
I was stunned for a moment and didn't react for a moment. The vegetable market he was talking about should be the market where I ran into him at the vegetable stall last time. When I came to my senses and was about to say something, Xu Yan had already taken out a brown leather wallet from the inside pocket of his suit, pulled out a few hundred-yuan bills and stuffed them into my hand. I looked at him in surprise and reflexively wanted to pull my hand back, but he held it tightly and I couldn't move.
His fingers were beautiful, white and long, but very cold.
"I don't give you money for nothing. Ask the people who help me buy vegetables for your family to buy more vegetables from the leek stall at the entrance of the alley. Don't tell them that it's from me, or she won't want them. It's best to buy them early so that she can go home earlier after selling them."
This time, I quickly understood what Xu Yan meant.
He wanted my family to use the money to buy groceries and give it to his biological mother. From what happened last time, his biological mother didn't want to see him, and she probably didn't want the money either, so Xu Yan came to me. When he saw me in that place, he naturally thought of me living nearby.
"I'll give it to my friend Jingjing for you. She often goes there to buy vegetables. If you give it to my mother, she will ask all kinds of questions." I pulled my hand out of Xu Yan's hand and said lightly.
"Well, tell her that the money must be used to buy groceries. If she wants compensation, I will give it to her next time. I don't have that much money now." Xu Yan lowered his head, looked at my hand, and emphasized.
His words suddenly made me a little angry. I immediately frowned and said, "My friend is not that kind of person. He won't be greedy for this money. You don't have to pay me. I volunteered to help you. I will talk to Jingjing about it."
After saying that, I stuffed the money into my trouser pocket without even bothering to count how much he gave me. When I turned around and was about to leave, Xu Yan called me again.
"Jane Lening."
I stopped, turned my back to him, and waited for his next words.
"That's not what I meant just now. I...well...I trust you very much."
When I heard the word "believe" from Xu Yan's mouth, I was very surprised. My face felt a little hot and my heart was a little flustered.
"I'll give you some more money later. Also, do you have a cell phone? Give me your number so I can find you."
Xu Yan walked around to me again, looked down at me, and stretched out his hand to me.
I looked at him in surprise, thinking that he was getting too far. I was not related to him, and I didn't owe him anything. I helped him this time because I felt sorry for his biological mother and because of the deceased Tong Xingyu, who wanted her mother to live a better life before she died.
Whenever I think of it, I feel sad. I agreed to help Xu Yan send money indirectly because I wanted to feel more at ease after Tong Xingyu left.
Seeing that I was silent and not understanding my thoughts, Xu Yan said to himself, "Don't you have a mobile phone? Don't worry, I'll get you one in a few days. And you probably don't have a bank card, right? I'll get you one too, and I'll transfer the money directly to the card next time."
Xu Yan couldn't see the struggle in my heart at all.
I didn't want to have too much contact with Xu Yan, but by doing so, he inadvertently deepened the bond between the two of us.
I really couldn't imagine that the boy in front of me who was talking to me calmly was the devil who shamelessly did that thing to me that night, and I was actually willing to help the devil.
"Xu Yan, are you still leaving?"
It seemed like someone was waiting for him in the distance, shouting his name.
"Coming!" He responded just as loudly, and suddenly reached out and patted my shoulder, smiling at me childishly, "Jian Lening, if you help me get this done, I will take back my words that I will not let you have a good life if you get close to Lin Jiarui."
Do whatever you like.
I was complaining in my heart, but was shocked by the innocent smile on his face. I couldn't think of what to say to him in an instant, but he had already run out of the carport and ran towards a few boys not far away.
"What about the rest?"
"I'm waiting outside. Hurry up and leave, or the teacher will come and catch you. That's it."
"where to have fun?"
"The Cashbox is singing!"
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Looking at the backs of the group of young men as they left in the gradually darkening night, I subconsciously tightened the pocket where I hid my money, and slowly came to myself from my confused state.
No matter how calmly he speaks, how gentle his tone is, or how innocent his smile is, he is still Xu Yan, still that ruffian-like boy who loves to skip classes, love to fight, and is uneducated; he is still the Xu Yan who hurt me, made me feel afraid, and made me want to escape as soon as I saw him.
I counted the money Xu Yan gave me, and it was exactly one thousand yuan, no more, no less.
For a high school student, this amount of money is not small, but for Xu Yan, it may not be much, after all, he is a kid who drives a luxury car to school.
But I don’t know the specific source of this money. I can only be sure that Xu Yan’s adoptive parents were kept in the dark about the money given by him.
I think this is a very simple question. Most parents who adopt a child definitely don't want the child to look for his biological parents, and they also give the family's money to the biological parents. Besides, Xu Yan doesn't seem to be as favored in his current family as before, and Tang Yu has also said this.
It was the first time I had so much money on me, and I was very nervous these days, afraid that I would lose it. I thought I would have to carry the money for half a month, but Xiao Jingjing came to see me at school halfway through, saying that my mother had made dumplings, and she happened to be in the city to do some work , so she brought them to me.
I took this opportunity to take Xiao Jingjing to a deserted place, gave her the money, and explained everything to her.
Naturally, Xiao Jingjing asked who Xu Yan was.
I told Xiao Jingjing everything I knew about Xu Yan, but I didn't mention the harm he had caused me.
Xiao Jingjing is a very righteous girl. After listening to my description, she thought that Xu Yan was Tong Xingyu's biological brother, a pseudo-rich young man who was adopted by a rich man since childhood, and now felt sorry for his biological mother and wanted to help her. So she patted her chest and assured me that she would complete the task successfully.
Xiao Jingjing put the money into the inside pocket of her coat, and before leaving she told me that the man named Xu Yan was quite nice.
This is the first time I heard someone say that they think Xu Yan is very good.
I think Xiao Jingjing had such a good opinion of Xu Yan because she didn't understand everything. But I was also afraid that she would not want to help after she knew everything, and would settle accounts with Xu Yan for me. So I didn't correct her mistake, but just watched her get into the car in silence.
Xiao Jingjing waved at me with high spirits.
I looked at her leaving back and waited until she disappeared around the corner of the street before returning to school.
The words Xiao Jingjing said before she left are still echoing in my ears.
She said that Xu Yan was a pretty nice person.
I shook my head and denied it. For a long time, I thought this statement was wrong. Xu Yan, a typical problem teenager, should never be described as "good". It was not until later that I gradually realized that a person's goodness depends on many aspects, and I unknowingly followed Xiao Jingjing in making the same mistake.
"Jian Lening, thank you for the dumplings. Your mother made them so delicious."
After the afternoon class, it was my turn to clean the classroom. Tang Yu, who hadn't spoken to me for a long time, suddenly walked towards me and smiled at me.
My mother made a lot of dumplings for me. I definitely couldn't finish them all by myself, and they were easy to spoil, so I took them directly to the dormitory to share. Everyone packed six or seven dumplings in a plastic bag, and Tang Yu was no exception.
I am not a petty person and I won’t hold a grudge against what happened last time.
"As long as you like it, I was worried at first that you wouldn't be able to get used to it because the dumplings my mom makes usually have more vegetables and less meat."
I moved the stool next to me to the desk, turned around and smiled at Tang Yu.
"No, this is delicious. Shepherd's purse is more fragrant. Too much meat is a bit greasy. The dumplings made by your mother make people want to eat more. They are better than those in the restaurant."
As if he was afraid that I would misunderstand, Tang Yu emphasized it with a somewhat exaggerated tone.
I patted her shoulder and said, "If you like, I'll bring you some more in the evening. I still have some. I'll clean up first, and you can go back to the dormitory to take a shower. If you take a shower after evening self-study, it will be crowded with people."
"Well, I'll be leaving first. By the way, aren't you on duty with Sun Yu? Where is she?"
"You went to the bathroom! Oh, you're back." I pointed at the short-haired girl who came in from the door and said to Tang Yu.
Sun Yu looked at us in confusion , smiled, and said, "What are you talking about me?"
"It's okay, I just didn't see you, so I asked casually. I'm leaving now, you guys continue cleaning, thank you for your hard work, comrades." Tang Yu jumped to Sun Yu's side and waved goodbye. In the blink of an eye, she had already flashed out of the classroom.
After Tang Yu left, I continued to sweep the floor . Sun Yu was also busy at the back of the classroom. The two of us chatted from time to time, talking about trivial matters in school.
"The date for the sports meet has been revealed. It will be next week, for three days, from Wednesday to Friday. After the meet, we will have a weekend off. It will be so cool. We can play for five days in a row."
"I heard that the opening and closing ceremonies will take half a day, and we have to rehearse the square formation and so on." I swept the garbage at my feet into the dustpan and said with my head down.
Sun Yu had come around from behind, also bending over while working and talking: "Who cares? Anyway, I can do anything as long as I'm not in class. There's only one advantage of high school over junior high school: the sports meet lasts longer. Have you signed up for the event? I heard from the people in the sports department that the prizes are very generous."
"No, I'm not good at sports, but He Yiran seems to have signed up, and she's the sports committee member."
"Well, I saw Tang Yu also signed up for the women's 800-meter race. He Yiran said she ran very fast. It was beyond my expectation. I thought she wouldn't do those things. She is a young lady after all."
Sun Yu said to me meaningfully. I smiled and didn't reply.
We finished sweeping the classroom and started moving the stools back under the tables. Suddenly, a few figures flashed in the corridor, and I saw a group of shabby-dressed people standing at the door of our classroom.
"Who is Sun Yu? Come out!"
There were four people in total, two men and two women, dressed in a very ruffian style, not really like students, but if they were not students of our school, they would not be able to enter our school. Our school is a closed management school, and students are checked when they enter and leave the school gate.
I didn't know what was going on, so I looked at Sun Yu in confusion.
Sun Yu, who was standing next to me, had the same bewildered expression as I did. He walked out from behind me stiffly and said, "It's me. What do you want from me?"
"You are Sun Yu, you are so powerful. You actually bumped into my sister at the ice rink and dared to ask us to come find you. Humph, do you think I dare not come find you?" The leading boy roared with a fierce look on his face.
I couldn't help but tremble and looked at Sun Yu in front of me worriedly.
"Ice rink? I have never been to an ice rink, so how could I have bumped into your sister? You guys are not the ones who are looking for trouble!" Sun Yu was not as panicked as I had imagined. Instead, she spoke calmly.
"Why, are you trying to deny your responsibility? My sister said the person who hit her said his name was Sun Yu, and he even listed all his school and class names. Who else could it be if not you? You dare not take responsibility for what you did?"
The boy who took the lead seemed to be enraged. He rushed into the classroom with a ferocious look, picked up the stool that had not been moved away by the door, and strode towards us. The other three stood at the door as if watching a show.
"If I said it's not me, then it's not me! I never go to places like the skating rink. I know who you're talking about. Her name is Ji Hang, and she's my father's illegitimate daughter. That bitch likes to use my name to cause trouble! If you want to cause trouble, go find her. Why are you looking for me?"
It was the first time I saw Sun Yu lose control. She was always very quiet and liked to smile, and had never been as hysterical as she was now.
Sun Yu yelled at the boy angrily, and I pulled her back reflexively. The boy remained unmoved and continued to press on.
"Do you think I'm stupid? I believe everything you say . Even if it wasn't you, you said it was your sister. Shouldn't you, as an older sister, take responsibility for the mistakes made by your younger sister?" The boy smiled grimly.
Sun Yu angrily scolded, "She is not my sister. I have never acknowledged that she is my sister! Ask her what her last name is. Does she dare to say that her last name is Sun? My father did not allow her to have the last name Sun. My father did not acknowledge her. Why should I acknowledge her and take the blame for her? Why are you being mean to me? If you have the guts, go find her! A boy who hits a girl, what kind of man is that!"
I don’t understand why Sun Yu suddenly became so angry, but I understand that everyone has an untouchable bottom line in their hearts, and Sun Yu’s bottom line is the girl named Ji Hang.
Sun Yu's words made the boy feel very embarrassed, and he immediately grabbed a stool and was about to throw it at Sun Yu. I quickly grabbed Sun Yu's hand, trying to pull her away, but she pushed me away instead.
"Hit me if you can. Just knock it down if you dare! But I tell you, if you hit me, you won't have an easy time. Hurting people is against the law. Do you think nothing will happen to you if you hit me?" Sun Yu puffed out his chest and said to the boy arrogantly.
The boy's arm trembled slightly, and finally smashed down, but he didn't smash it towards Sun Yu's head. Instead, he smashed the stool into her arms, gritting his teeth and saying, "I'll let you go today. I'll find your sister and ask her about it, then I'll settle the score with you. If you dare to lie to me, you'll never be able to stay in this school again. I, Wang Dewei, still have some weight here!"
After the boy finished speaking, he turned around and left, hurriedly leaving with the few people who were watching the show outside.
Sun Yu held the stool , frowned in pain, then put the stool down and turned towards me.
When her eyes met me, a look of horror suddenly appeared on the girl's pretty face. She quickly rushed to my side, grabbed my arm and screamed: "Jian Lening, are you okay? Why is there so much blood on your body?"
I looked at the broken glass under me, gritted my teeth, shook my head at her, and said comfortingly that it was okay, but it hurt a lot as soon as I moved.
When I was pushed down by Sun Yu just now, I happened to knock over a glass milk bottle on a classmate's desk, and the bottle shattered on the ground, and I fell on the shards. Sun Yu was busy challenging that boy and didn't see me, so I didn't dare to shout out, for fear of causing trouble for Sun Yu.
When I fell, my foot hit the iron dustpan next to me. The dustpan was new, and my heel seemed to have been cut by the iron sheet. There was a faint trace of blood on my white socks.
Sun Yu was terrified, hugged me and cried, "Jian Lening, Jian Lening..."
I held her hand and wanted to tell her that I was fine, that I had experienced a fire and was very strong, and that these injuries were nothing.
But as soon as I opened my mouth, a sour feeling surged into my nose, and I couldn't help but cry out. I couldn't utter a word for a long time except for crying out in pain.
The pain was so clear, it really hurt.