camouflage

Chapter 36

Before the sports meeting, Shu Xia would be dragged to accompany her to run three laps every day, and Ji Xi said he was too weak.

Shu Xia also knew that her physical strength was not good recently, so she didn't refuse to run for a few days.

After running, he feels comfortable all over, the pressure is gone, and he can sleep well at night. He added the task of exercising to the schedule.

Apart from studying, the biggest thing is that Qi Xin and Xing Yi broke up.

We talked for less than half a month.

The reason is that everyone looks like buddies, and when Xing regards him as a brother, they don't even agree to hold hands, so they simply split up.

Ji Xi and the others broke up before they had time to eat a meal, Shu Xia could only sigh, how fast!

Only Liu Yang persisted.

Shu Xia never thought about falling in love in high school, without this scripture, let alone the extra time and energy to find a girlfriend.

Ji Xi, on the other hand, sleeps in class and sleeps after class, doing nothing all day long, but he doesn't get close to any girl.

The sports meeting has started and it is very lively.

Each class has banners and slogans, and when they enter the arena, they shout earth-shattering and passionate.

There are also brain-dead banners in the third class: work together, make great achievements forever, tenacious struggle, invincible, tiger in the mountain, dragon in the water, class two and three in high school, crouching tiger, hidden dragon!

Slogan: I exercise, I am healthy, I am happy!

Because everyone is lazy and doesn't want to shout, the sports committee increases and decreases, deletes, deletes and supplements, so I came up with these three sentences, which are concise, clear, and positive.

Shu Xia didn't even have the nerve to shout out, so she just made a mouth shape.

Ji Xi put his shoulders on his shoulders, shaking with laughter.

"Stop laughing, be serious!" The sports committee stood beside him and reminded.

Ji Xi has now become the key observation object of the Sports Commission.

"Okay, you are busy with your work, see, the teacher is calling you." Ji Xi pointed to Shen Shi who was opposite and said to the sports committee.

The sports commissioner had no brains, so he hurriedly ran to the head teacher.

Their class was in the middle of the playground, and the headmaster went up with a big belly and said a few paragraphs, and the sports meeting began.

Because 3000 meters is too difficult, it takes the next day to compete, because some people have reported multiple items, and they will be useless after running 3000 people. How can they participate in other races?

But Qi Xin and Meng Ke are competing today, and Shu Xia and the others are just waiting to see.

Liu Yang brought his girlfriend over for a walk, then went back.

It's like spying on the military.

"Is it cold?" Ji Xi asked, the weather turned cold, and the enthusiasm of the sports meeting couldn't warm up this cold day.

Shu Xia shook her head, he put on a thin sweater under his school uniform today, it was very warm.

"I'm going to die of cold." Ji Xi stood under the tree and leaned against the trunk, able to cover a little. The main reason is that he didn't pay attention to his daily exercise these days. He only wore a red sweater under his school uniform, which was still thin. , Now standing outside I feel that the howling wind is not a joke.

"Wear mine?" Shu Xia knew that he was obsessed with cleanliness, but she was not sure whether to wear it or not.

Ji Xi waved his hand: "Forget it, you are so afraid of the cold, don't make you catch a cold."

"How about, let's go back first! Qi Xin and the others are still early, and we will come again after the broadcast will notify you." Shu Xia's school used to operate like this. Inform them and rush over to watch.

"Okay." Ji Xi nodded, and led Shu Xia to the classroom, "I feel like I'm going to catch a cold."

Shu Xia: "Don't be crowed."

There was no one in the classroom, it was empty, and at a glance, it was full of books, piled up like hills, and Ji Xi's desk was not so crowded.

Only one or two books were placed, and the drawers were full.

"Let's lie down for a while!" Ji Xi suggested, and even divided his pillow in half.

"I really enjoy it!" Shu Xia complained but did not refuse, he took Ji Xi's seat, and Ji Xi sat in Qi Xin's.

The pillows are not big enough, they each take up half of them, leaning their heads against each other, quietly enjoying the rare moments.

Shu Xia sleeps very fast, he has been sleeping badly, either having nightmares or insomnia, he is under a lot of pressure from studying, he always feels very comfortable and relaxed when he is next to Ji Xi, his tense nerves relax, exhaustion ensues, 5 In less than a minute, a shallow breathing sound was heard.

Ji Xi turned his head to face his forehead. When he was sleeping, his hair fell to one side, exposing his unusual forehead and eyebrows, which looked very gentle. His eyebrows were not sword eyebrows, but curved a little, which was very nice.

The eyelashes are very long, and Ji Xi can clearly count them one by one.

The students' names and sports events, as well as the class slogans and words of encouragement cast by each class on the radio station, came intermittently from the radio.

I can feel the screams of the students on the playground. It is far away, but it is very lively.

Ji Xi looked at Shu Xia's eyes slowly moving down. The bridge of the nose, the lips are neither thin nor thick, and there is a small lip bead, which is more obvious when viewed from the top.

Because of sleeping with his head on his side, his mouth was squeezed out a little and half-opened.

He stared at it for a while, leaned close to Shu Xia's forehead, rubbed it with his forehead, and closed his eyes.

After an unknown amount of time, footsteps and voices began to be heard in the corridor. Ji Xi woke up with a start. After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, his neck was sore, like a stiff neck.

He turned his head and glanced at the time. It was almost twelve o'clock at noon, it was time for dinner, and the sports meeting was temporarily closed.

Ji Xi pushed Shu Xia's head: "Shu Xia, wake up, it's noon."

Someone has already entered the classroom, seeing the two at the back door, he was stunned and didn't look back at his seat, one after another people came in and woke up Shu Xia.

He raised his head, still a little dazed, and saw Ji Xi in front of him, showing a silly smile, and only then did he see someone from the class came back.

He woke up all of a sudden, wiped his mouth, probably not drooling!

I slept well, but my neck hurts a bit.

"I seem to have a stiff neck." Shu Xia rubbed her neck and said to Ji Xi.

Ji Xi himself was not feeling too well, he stood up and stretched out his hand to give him a hug, "I'm down too, you give me a hug too!"

The students who came in couldn't help but glanced at them and went about their own business. It seemed that after the National Day came back, the relationship between the top students and the low students changed, they were very close, and they even took tutoring together.

Shu Xia didn't have time to pinch him, because Qi Xin and Meng Ke came back.

The faces of the two were full of excitement and energy, which was very different from the two who had just woken up, as if they had taken drugs.

"Brother Xi, didn't you go to my game?" Qi Xin asked while grabbing Ji Xi's arm.

"What's there to see? You took first place?" Ji Xi shook off him, stood up and returned the seat to him.

Qi Xin shook his head: "It's not over yet, there are two more games in the afternoon."

Before Jiang Lin came back, Ji Xi took his seat next to Shu Xia and pointed to his right shoulder: "Here, it hurts like hell!"

Shu Xia didn't care about the severity of his strikes, Ji Xi almost yelled with one hand, his face was contorted, and he let go immediately in fright.

Meng Ke and Qi Xin are no longer surprised. The relationship between the two has grown by leaps and bounds in the past two months, and they have already been immune.

He dodged Shu Xia's service and rubbed himself: "Xueba, are you murdering? The attack is really serious!"

"Sorry, I didn't pay attention, do it again?" Shu Xia hurriedly apologized.

Ji Xi waved his hand and rubbed it himself: "No need, let's go to eat."

Qi Xin asked: "Where to eat?"

"I heard that there is a new Malatang restaurant on Guanyuan Road, why don't we go there?" Meng Ke suggested.

Ji Xi immediately looked at Shu Xia. This person's ability to eat spicy food is still at an elementary level, and he doesn't know if he can control it.

Shu Xia nodded slightly, pointed to her seat and said, "I'm going to get a bag."

During the sports meeting, he only has evening self-study, and he doesn't plan to come in the afternoon.

The breakfast shop on Guanyuan Road has closed, and it is very inconsistent with the open shop next to it. People passing by can't help but look at this shop.

Occasionally I ran into a student on the road, and I knew it was from the No. [-] Middle School by looking at the clothes. The color and style must belong to the No. [-] Middle School.

Ugly, ugly.

Shu Xia has never been to Guanyuan Road, her eyes are always looking left and right, like Grandma Liu in Grand View Garden, Guanyuan Road is very prosperous, gold shops, cafes, bright clothing stores... Even the street lights on the street reveal A breath of luxury, and the old street is completely two worlds.

Qi Xin and Meng Ke have been discussing the game tactics in the afternoon. Both of them have entered the top five and need to compete for the ranking. Both of them have confidence in No.1 and they are arguing all the way.

Ji Xi was very quiet, not quite the same as usual, Shu Xia glanced at him casually, as if he didn't notice anything, at this moment he suddenly felt that they were far away, separated by a world.

"Scholar, what are you looking at me for?"

He raised a smiling face, carelessly.

"It's nothing, do you often come here?" Shu Xia kicked the uneven orange-yellow floor under her feet. This is a road for the blind. It is straight and shoulder-width, much more regular than the old street.

On the other side of the old street, the clutter and dilapidation came to mind, and it was also the place he was most familiar with.

Shu Xia didn't understand the origin of Guanyuan Road, but she did at this moment.

There is a large square garden here, with rockery and flowing water, and neatly trimmed flowers and plants. It is a newly built urban area. I have heard that the government wants to engage in tourism.

Shu Xia thought about it, but he didn't find that this place was suitable for tourism, and he threw out the unreasonable problem.

"It's not that I'm bragging. There is no place in this county that I haven't been to. This Guanyuan Road is not bad. There are a few delicious restaurants." Ji Xi said to him contemptuously. his delusion.

Rolling her eyes, Shu Xia shifted her gaze to other places.

The Malatang store is very conspicuous, just opposite the square garden, two floors, well decorated, and there is a smiling female salesperson in black uniform at the door, with only two words in her mouth: welcome, please go slowly.

They received a clear "Welcome", and after entering, they found that the shops that could be opened on Guanyuan Road were completely different from the small shops in the old street where the elders and aunts were eating melon seeds and speaking dialect.

Shu Xia was a little embarrassed, but he calmed down and followed behind Ji Xi without looking casually, as if he had been to this store before and was familiar with the process.

There were a lot of people on the first floor, and they went to the second floor, where the decoration was equally exquisite, with a clean floor and uniformly colored tables and chairs.

The waiter took the menu, asked them to choose dishes with a professional smile, and poured a cup of tea for each of them during the spare time. The taste was very fragrant, and Shu Xia didn't know what kind of tea it was.

Speaking of which, he seldom drinks tea, almost boiled water.

Occasionally making tea at home is also made by himself from the bitter tea leaves picked from the mountains. He drank it a few times.

Ji Xi and the others are very skillful in selecting dishes, and the menu is also very delicate. The black cover has a few golden characters, "Shuxiang Malatang".

Inside is a card like a photo album, with many pictures and dishes on it, it looks very greedy.

"What do you want to eat? Each person chooses five." Ji Xi pushed the menu to him, not treating him as a bumpkin who didn't understand anything.

Shu Xia heaved a sigh of relief and buried her head in looking at the menu. Most of the dishes were available in hot pot restaurants. He recalled the last time he ate hot pot dishes and ordered five at random.

"Why are they all vegetarian? Xueba, are you reincarnated as a rabbit?" Ji Xi glanced at him and teased him, but he didn't change it.

"No, it's good to be a vegetarian." Shu Xia said awkwardly.

Except for pork and chicken, he seldom eats other animal meat, and once or twice, he can’t remember the taste. Vegetarian dishes almost all taste the same, so there will be no waste.

"It's time for the final exam, what should I do? Yesterday my dad said that I will be self-reliant if I take the last exam." Qi Xin wailed on the table.

"Didn't you say that your father doesn't care about you?" Ji Xi took a sip of the tea and put it down. The smell was too unpleasant, with a strong floral scent, pungent and bitter.

"It's not that kid Minglu, isn't he going to be admitted to Nanjing University, it's the school in the next province. My dad has his eye on me as soon as he hears it, saying that I should work hard and don't really go to the technical school." Qi Xin died of depression. Now, Ming Lu went to hang out every now and then when he had nothing to do. He also liked to chat with his father, revealing all his glorious deeds, which caused him to be scolded several times.

"It deserves it!" Meng Ke laughed at him.

"Ake, you can sleep on the floor tonight!" Qi Xin looked at him gloomyly.

Ji Xi leaned lazily on the chair and asked curiously, "You two live together?"

Qi Xin nodded: "Well, eat mine, live in mine, and help my dad beat me, inhumane and ungrateful!"

Meng Ke: "Is it my fault? Your father is my food and clothing parent. Can I not listen to his words?"

"You just listen, why do you agree?"

"Don't I just nod? Can I still say that Uncle, Qi Xin is excellent, helps classmates at school, loves learning, respects the old and loves the young, do you think it's appropriate?"

"Then...then you can't agree with everything, my dad will believe you, and I will be the one who sees you nodding your head in misery!"

"It's the truth. I said you, what are you doing?" Meng Ke said, "Didn't you see it in public?"

"You're not the same!"

Shu Xia stared blankly at this and then at that, "Who is Ming Lu?" The name always felt familiar.

Qi Xin: "Brother Xi's deadly enemy."

"Why are you involved?" Shu Xia asked Ji Xi curiously.

Ji Xi: "It's just a fight, it's just a fight. The third year of high school, there are some small powers in the family, and it's a bit thorny."

Shu Xia couldn't imagine what it looked like, he could understand that the thorny child should be regarded as Ji Xi, who talked back to the teacher in class and didn't do homework after class.

Those in his village should be regarded as unreasonable and unreasonable troublemakers, but they didn't dare to fight back when they saw him, and they didn't have the ability to stab children at all.

"It's just one? The ribs are all broken, just pay it back." Qi Xin complained.

Shu Xia looked at Ji Xi in surprise, "Broken rib?"

"It's not that exaggerated, just some broken bones. My physical fitness is so good. It will be fine in ten and a half months." Ji Xi didn't care. , this little injury is nothing.

"...You, what conflict do you have?" Shu Xia originally wanted to scold him for not knowing how to take care of herself, thinking that she didn't have a suitable identity, so she changed the question.

"It's just that we can't get used to each other."

Shu Xia thought of the people in the village who were not used to him. If they fought, he would definitely suffer. One-on-many, two fists were no match for four hands.

The waiter interrupted their conversation, and Shu Xia moved aside, watching a big pot of stew appear in front of her, which was similar to the stew at home.

Just not so much seasoning.

Sometimes he doesn't have time to cook, so he pours all the dishes into one pot and cooks, adding some lard, salt and monosodium glutamate and it's done.

The tangy aroma and bright color are completely different from the clear soup he made.

Qi Xin was like a hungry person, he just picked up his chopsticks and ate.

Compared with Ji Xi, he is very refined and particular.

Shu Xia endured a churning stomach, and took a sip of the yam slices.

Sticky, slightly spicy but acceptable.

"How is it?" Ji Xi asked him.

"It's acceptable, it's not as spicy as hot pot." Shu Xia said.

"I think it's too bland and tasteless." Qi Xin said.

"Because I chose slightly spicy, it's normal." Meng Ke said.

Qi Xin: "Who chose it?"

Meng Ke: "Brother Xi."

Ji Xi: "Me."

Qi Xin was stunned: "Why?"

Ji Xi: "Eat lightly and go to the toilet smoothly."

Shu Xia: "..."

"Damn, you're so disgusting!" Qi Xin was about to vomit.

A meal is blah, for a while, "Who chose the dish, it's not delicious!", and for a while, "Why is there no meat!"...

Although noisy, Shu Xia is quite satisfied.

When he was leaving, Qi Xin almost drank the family's soup, and he was barely full after eating three bowls of soup and rice.

This time it's Ji Xi's treat.

Under the attention of the waiter with the standard smiling face of "please go slowly, welcome to come again next time", they swayed out slowly with their stomachs on their stomachs.

"It's over, it's over!" Qi Xin rubbed her stomach.

Meng Ke was also a bit supportive, but he still had the strength to attack Qi Xin: "Who told you to be big-eyed, wishing to eat other people's bowls, you deserve it!"

Qi Xin wasn't angry, but said quietly: "A Ke, you can sleep on the floor tonight!"

Meng Ke: "..."

Shu Xia didn't feel anything, he had a bad stomach and was used to putting down his chopsticks when he was half full.

Needless to say, Ji Xi, children who grew up with delicacies from mountains and seas would be fine if they could eat them.

Shu Xia took out her phone and looked at it. It was already past 50:[-], and she always felt that she had forgotten something.

"I won't sleep at your house tonight." As soon as Meng Ke finished speaking, Shu Xia remembered and forgot something.

"You two...don't go to the competition?" He looked at Qi Xin and Meng Ke and asked.

Qi Xin: "Damn it, I forgot!"

Meng Ke: "It's all because of your blah, you forgot the business!"

The two grabbed their hands and ran, cursing as they ran.

"Miss my business!"

"You mentioned it first!"

"..."

Like hot wheels, the two ran away with a poof, and their figures quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Shu Xia and Ji Xi looked at each other in blank dismay, and made another snort, a little uncontrollably.

"They're very funny, it's my pastime after coming here, it's not so boring." Ji Xi stretched his waist, and slowly swayed to sit on the bench by the river.

There are small gardens and willow trees on the left and right sides, and the tidbits are still floating. Pedestrians are in twos and threes, very unpretentious but full of smiling faces.

It was the first time Shu Xia heard him talking about herself, so she was a little surprised.

He sat down next to Ji Xi, leaning against the wooden slat behind him, and watched the wicker fluttering in the wind very relaxedly.

"Why are you here?" he asked.

It wasn't the first time he encountered this kind of question, and Shu Xia was not the first person to ask him this question. It was strange that Ji Xi didn't reject it. Maybe the tone of his question was very casual, and it didn't make him feel upset or irritable.

Ji Xi slid down lazily, just enough to lean on Shu Xia's shoulder.

"Do you mind?" he asked.

Shu Xia shook her head, and adjusted her sitting position so that it was convenient for him to lean on.

"I used to be a very annoying person." He said calmly, as if talking about someone else.

"Maybe it's the rebellious period, I can't understand anything, I have a bad temper, and no one cares about me. My parents are both workaholics. I only see them on weekends. They are in a hurry and can't even finish their meals. I was called away, and I was alone in an empty house with nothing to do."

"They... later divorced. I didn't know until half a year later. At that time, the high school entrance examination was about to take place. They didn't say anything because they were afraid that it would affect my studies."

"When I found out, my mother had a big belly, and my father held his secretary's hand. The two parties notified me harmoniously. I was stunned and my mind went blank!"

"Afterwards, I was like a rubber ball between them, and I couldn't get in anywhere."

"They are not short of money, and they make tens of thousands of calls every month, just because they are afraid that I will be sorry..."

"Later, I found it boring, so I started skipping classes, clubbing and so on. When they were disappointed, they would come and scold me. Every time I relied on these clumsy games, I waited for them to come back and scold me."

"Maybe it's been a long time and I'm tired, so I was sent here!"

"Is it boring?" he asked.

Shu Xia didn't speak, he had no experience, so he couldn't give an answer.

However, he guessed that Ji Xi should be very sad. Although the process was simple, the result... was that he lost his home!

The sound has changed.

Shu Xia didn't look at it, he was such a pushy person, he should save some face for him.

"Since I was a child, I hope that when I come back from school, my mother will cook a delicious meal in the kitchen, and then we will wait for my father to get off work. My mother will help him with his briefcase, and my father will hug me and ask me what I learned today. Help or something, my mother has never cooked for me, she can't even cook, and my father is not a kind father, he is very serious, and he keeps his face all day long, as if someone owes him hundreds of millions of."

"I have a bad temper, and I'm not like any of them. They can't understand me, and I can't stand them," he said.

The breeze blows the withered willow leaves on the ground, and they are scattered with the wind, like a kite with a broken string. It can only follow the wind, and it does not know where it lives.

Shu Xia closed her eyes, feeling the slight chill. Spring will be back soon!

"Everything will pass."

He only said one sentence, but couldn't find other words, as if he had run out of words.

They sat quietly, waiting for Ji Xi to digest his emotions.

Shu Xia originally planned to study in the afternoon, but Ji Xi said: "Come with me!" disrupted his plan and went to Ji Xi's apartment.

Ji Xi may have touched the emotional line hidden in the depths of his brain, and his whole body is a little sleepy, like a sunflower that has been brightened by a violent storm, unable to cheer up.

Huddled on the sofa, playing on the phone and not concentrating.

Shu Xia couldn't sit still and went to feed the fish.

This life-sized grass carp already weighs two catties, and the little turtle has grown up a bit. Ji Xi also put some aquatic plants in it, which seems to be the case.

It's just that there is a layer of dark mud at the bottom of the water that has not been taken care of, and it looks a little disgusting.

Shu Xia doesn't know how to do it, for fear of killing him.

He sat back on the sofa again.

Speaking of which, this apartment is quite in line with the family of three that Ji Xi said, it is warm, the color is very warm, but there is no fireworks.

There was only his faint smell of perfume left in the whole house, and there was no smell from the kitchen at all.

The smell of the kitchen is the smell of home.

I don't know where I saw it. When Shu Xia thought about her own home, it seemed to be tasteless. It must be a human problem!

"Are you okay?" Shu Xia pushed him.

Ji Xi leaned on his shoulder, put on the sweater and hat, and said in a muffled voice, "Let me lean on you, it will be fine in a while."

Shu Xia couldn't move, so she took out her phone, plugged in her earphones, and played a song.

He looked at Ji Xi sideways, and put one side into his ear. It was very soothing light music. When he listened to it, his thoughts would drift away and he would slowly fall into sleep.

Shu Xia opened Weibo and went to Ji Xi's place first.

His Weibo fans have increased by more than 1, and I don't know why.

He clicked in and saw that the first Weibo was posted a few days ago. It was on the school playground. There was a sun that day, and the afterglow of the setting sun was shining. There are a few branches, a few leaves, and a figure in the scattered shadows.

Shu Xia looked carefully, but didn't recognize who it was.

There are a lot of comments and a lot of forwarding.

He read the first few articles.

——Is Baba a flop?

- Nothing to do!

——Where does Baba study?Seek chance encounter!

——Is this shadow a Ba Ba?It should look handsome! !

Shu Xia raised her eyebrows. I don't know if the figure is Ji Xi, but it's true that he's handsome. He's handsome in a flamboyant way, so handsome!

He had nothing to do, so he kept scrolling down.

Many are photos, landscape pictures, people and things, flowers and grass, mountains and water, and the lake in front of his house, but there is no Ji Xi himself.

Shu Xia was very curious. He is such a coquettish person, but he didn't post photos on the Internet. He might have more than 20 followers!

It fell to the bottom without knowing it.

Shu Xia looked at the time, June 20, 6XX.

The first Weibo at that time was: Happy Children's Day.

It happened six years ago. I didn't expect him to play Weibo for so many years. He was only 11 years old at that time, the fifth grade?

Shu Xia thought about what she was doing in fifth grade?

In the fifth grade, Shu Daqing was very anxious at that time, because the boss ran away, they didn't get any money, and he was a little tired, but not decadent.

His mother is still very gentle, she gets up early every day to cook, and tells him to come home early after school and not to go out to be naughty.

At that time, she was carefree, climbing mountains with her classmates to pick wild fruits, fishing in rivers, playing in mud every day, and getting scolded when she went home. In the end, Mei Ting would wash her clothes and ask him what he wanted to eat.

Shu Xia looked at Ji Xi, what was Ji Xi doing at that time?

Play Weibo?

Or wait for mom and dad to come back for dinner?

If he had a time machine, he would really like to see the child waiting for his parents in the empty house, his face full of expectations, his eyes full of hope... and finally he was left alone.

Very lonely!

Having a home is not like home, and having relatives is not like relatives.

Everywhere I go is empty, with no place to rely on.

Speaking of which, it is not clear whether he has a home now, Mei Ting hasn't looked for him these days, and Shu Daqing doesn't know what's going on.

Shu Xia sighed, suddenly very confused.

Ji Xi is like his light, now the light itself can't illuminate itself.

Light fell asleep.

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