Jiang Baiyu left alone, but missing him did not affect the interest of the surrounding students in chatting.
After all, Jiang Baiyu was originally that kind of person who liked to be alone. He found it noisy and boring in such situations, and he found it annoying when the topic was brought up about him.
He seems to be someone who is not easy to take care of, so in order to avoid trouble, no one is willing to get close to him and provoke him.
But Lu Zan was different. He always felt that Jiang Baiyu didn't actually dislike being with others. When he suddenly said he wanted to leave just now, he didn't really dislike the noise, but seemed a little unhappy.
But did they talk about anything involving him just now? No, at most Ning Xuan said a few words about love.
Could it be that those words touched his emotional wounds?
Jiang Baiyu has also been in love? No, right? Or does he have something that he can't love?
Lu Zan couldn't figure it out and couldn't sit still. Finally, he used the excuse of going to the toilet and went back to the classroom to take a look.
Jiang Baiyu never seemed to take the initiative to say anything to others. He kept his emotions in his heart and digested them himself. Lu Zan felt that this was not good. Although this has nothing to do with him, there is no way, he just likes to meddle in Jiang Baiyu's business.
He trotted all the way back to the teaching building.
During the sports meeting, the teaching building was deserted and not even a person could be seen. Lu Zan ran back to the second floor of high school, but just as he was about to step out of the stairwell corner, he saw two people standing at the door of Class 1.
They were a man and a woman, both familiar characters, including Jiang Baiyu and the school beauty Fang Yiming mentioned just now.
Lu Zan took a sneak peek. The girl was really good-looking. Her long hair was tied up to reveal her slender neck. Her body looked very comfortable. Just like Fang Yiming said, she was like a noble and elegant bird. little swan.
Lu Zan hesitated for a moment, seeing that they were obviously talking small talk, so he didn't rush over to disturb them, but he had nowhere to go for the time being, so he simply stood in the stairwell and waited for a while.
He swore that he really didn't mean to eavesdrop, but while waiting, the voice from the opposite side came here at a medium level. Lu Zan originally wanted to stay away, but for some unknown reason, he still Didn't move a step.
"Actually, it's okay. I just feel that my behavior just now may be a bit presumptuous, so I want to try to get to know the senior formally first."
The girl's voice was gentle, and the sense of propriety in her tone was just right. It didn't sound like an order or a request.
She didn't give Jiang Baiyu any time to refuse, but said what she wanted to say first:
"I have been paying attention to you, senior, for a long time, and I have always wanted to get to know you. The senior is very good, and he is the person I want to get to know at first sight. I finally mustered up the courage this time, and I don't know if I can get you. This opportunity.”
Lu Zan leaned against the metal door of the stairwell and slowly squatted down.
He lowered his head and pinched his fingers, listening casually to the vague sounds over there.
Later, he heard Jiang Baiyu say "Sorry" in his usual cold tone.
"I won't give you any chance." The girl laughed softly:
“Isn’t it okay to be a good friend on WeChat?”
In this regard, Jiang Baiyu's answer is still "sorry".
The girl didn't sound too frustrated. She just asked again:
"Senior, do you have someone you like?"
Hearing this question, Lu Zan took a breath and unconsciously tightened his fingers.
For a moment, the entire floor fell into silence. Two of the three people were waiting for the answer to the question.
Probably because Jiang Baiyu had been silent for too long, Lu Zan couldn't help but take a peek at the door frame.
Over there, Jiang Baiyu was leaning sideways, and Lu Zan could only see his slightly lowered eyes.
He opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but then he paused, pursed his lips, and made a low "hmm" sound.
The girl looked at him seriously and couldn't help laughing:
"I understand. In this case, I have no reason to fight for it, so I wish senior that all your wishes will come true."
"Thanks."
The girl smiled and nodded, without saying anything, and just left alone.
Jiang Baiyu was still standing there. He didn't look at her back, but turned his face slightly and looked in another direction.
The stairwell at the end of the corridor was empty, and someone had long since withdrawn his head.
Jiang Baiyu didn't pay attention. He just pretended not to see it. He entered the classroom and sat down in his seat. He put on his glasses and opened the classical Chinese booklet that was upside down on the table.
But after a while, he realized that the book was held upside down, so he turned the book back with his fingertips, but he didn't have the intention to read it anymore, so he threw it on the table.
It was also at that time that he saw a figure sneaking over to the front door of the classroom. Then he stuck his head at the front door and shouted like a thief:
"Jiang Baiyu!"
Lu Zan trotted up to him, but instead of sitting in his seat, he rode to the front seat of Jiang Baiyu and leaned on the back of the chair to look at him:
"Why are you sitting here by yourself?"
Jiang Baiyu raised his eyes and glanced at him:
"You care?"
"Okay, don't care." Lu Zan picked up the book on his desk, took a look, and put it back exactly as it was.
He put his hands on the table and patted them restlessly, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help asking:
"I just heard, do you have someone you like?"
After speaking, Lu Zan quickly added:
"I didn't eavesdrop on purpose. I happened to see someone at the door of the classroom when I came back, so I squatted beside it for a while."
As he spoke, Lu Zan looked at Jiang Baiyu and unconsciously buttoned the wooden chair back with his hands.
He thought that Jiang Baiyu's answer to him would be the classic "you take care of it", "take care of it less", or "don't be annoying". But what’s new is that this time he said:
"No."
When Lu Zan heard this, he was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing:
"impossible."
"?"
Jiang Baiyu raised his eyebrows slightly and raised his eyes to look at him. He happened to see Lu Zan's mouth curled up and his shallow dimples appeared on his cheeks.
He said:
"Even if it's just to refuse, Jiang Baiyu will not use this excuse to deceive others."
"..."
Jiang Baiyu didn't speak. He just lowered his eyes, as if he wanted to hide something, and picked up the book on the table again.
But he unconsciously curled up the corner of the book with his fingertips, and when he regained consciousness, he suddenly stopped, but the soft pages still left traces of bending.
The classroom was quiet for a while, and only the music and cheers from the sports field outside the window could be heard in the distance.
After a long time, Jiang Baiyu heard the person opposite calling him:
"Jiang Baiyu."
"?" He subconsciously raised his eyes to look at him again, but saw that the guy's expression was a little strange, as if he had been struggling for a long time, as if he wanted to tell him a major event that was as big as the world's imminent destruction.
Jiang Baiyu waited to hear what he could say, but in the end he only heard Lu Zan ask seriously and carefully:
"Will you invite me to your future wedding?"
This question was childish and funny, and Lu Zan himself found it funny.
He actually wanted to ask Jiang Baiyu who he liked, but such a question was a bit annoying, and Jiang Baiyu would definitely not answer him. So he hesitated for a long time, and his mind twitched, thinking that he would be able to see who it was when he got married, but he was worried about what he would do if Jiang Baiyu didn't ask him to get married, so he held back a question about whether he would be invited to the wedding.
I'm really convinced, how could anyone ask such a question?
Lu Zan patted his forehead and saw that Jiang Baiyu was also speechless. He was about to take back his question, but the next second, he heard Jiang Baiyu's tone was not very good and he said the next sentence:
"No, please."
Obviously these words were ruthless, but Lu Zan looked at Jiang Baiyu and finally couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.
He skipped this topic and asked another question:
"Were you unhappy just now?"
"?" Jiang Baiyu raised his eyebrows slightly, probably expressing doubts, but did not raise his eyes to look at him.
"There's none?"
Maybe some people have a certain talent and can accurately capture every subtle emotion of the people around them.
Jiang Baiyu frowned slightly:
"No."
"Then why did you suddenly go back to the classroom alone?"
"The school rules state that you can't go back to the classroom during sports events?"
"No, but tell me why."
"No reason."
"If you don't believe it, there must be."
"Lu Zan." After saying this, Jiang Baiyu seemed a little annoyed by his question, so she raised her eyes and looked directly at him.
His tone was a bit cold, as if he was emphasizing something, and he only said:
"I've always been like this."
Lu Zan was stunned for a moment by these words.
Because he suddenly realized that indeed, Jiang Baiyu should have always been like this before he came.
He will not participate in the opening ceremony performance, will not run 800 meters for Da Cong, and may not even sit in the stands at all. He will not participate in this event from the beginning, because it has nothing to do with him. It doesn't matter. The sports meeting has nothing to do with him, and those people in the class have nothing to do with him.
Jiang Baiyu seems to have little to do with this world.
After thinking about this, Lu Zan put his arms on his desk, supported his head and looked at him. After a while, he sighed and said:
"You know Jiang Baiyu, I feel like you are like a river clam."
"?"
"Obviously you have a soft heart and you have beautiful pearls, but if you don't show them to others, you can only show them the hard, cold and ugly shell. Someone must try hard to break open your broken shell before you can see what's inside. pearl."
Lu Zan always said something, he tilted his head slightly, as if he was in a trance.
Jiang Baiyu made a clear distinction between himself and others. He lived in his own world, neither going out nor letting people in, nor letting people see what was in his world.
But how could anyone be willing to be like this? Lu Zan felt that he needed someone to help him, and he was willing to be that person. Even if you can't get him in the end, you still have to work hard to blur the too-clear line between him and others.
He softened his voice:
"I want to see you. If you don't want to take the initiative to show me, then at least use less force to make it easier for me to break off the shell.
"As I said before, you don't have to accept it, just don't reject me. You don't have to say anything, as long as you are willing to listen to me."
After hearing this, Jiang Baiyu frowned in confusion:
"Why?"
"Because I..." Lu Zan paused:
"Because I regard you as a very important friend. I want to get to know you, I want you to be seen by many, many people, and I want you to have many, many friends."
"..." Jiang Baiyu moved his eyes away and only said:
"have a finger in the pie."
It's really a very "Jiang Baiyu-style" answer.
Lu Zan smiled:
"Yeah, yeah, that's right. I just like to meddle in other people's business. Just do your best and let me take care of it." -
Jiang Baiyu was finally dragged back to the sports ground by Lu Zan by some strange combination of circumstances.
The sports ground was noisy and noisy, and Jiang Baiyu never understood why someone would waste time sitting and watching people play in a place like this. But Lu Zan seems to like it very much. He likes to sit here and bask in the sun, like to make trouble with friends, and likes to talk about many topics that are meaningless to him.
He also likes to drag Jiang Baiyu into his world, but Jiang Baiyu is not that kind of person after all, and he can't blend in.
He talks little. Except for Lu Zan and Ning Xuan, no one else will deliberately bring the topic to him. Occasionally, he will answer a question or two when asked. Most of the time, he sits alone next to him and pays attention with his peripheral vision. People around me were laughing.
The student events of the sports meeting were basically concentrated in the first two days. Lu Zan's three events were fully registered, but in the end he only competed for a silver medal with several other students in the relay event.
Yu Miao takes this kind of thing very seriously. For them, sports games are all about participation. It's best if you win a prize. It doesn't matter if you don't win, as long as everyone participates and has fun. .
On the third day of the sports meeting, there were only some award ceremonies and entertaining teacher projects.
The teacher project is always the most exciting part. The serious teacher who usually sits on the podium stood on the track. Even Director Niu, with his belly puffed out, participated in a relay race on behalf of the physics team teachers.
The students sitting in the stands waved little red flags and cheered non-stop, and some even started chanting with other classes. Lu Zan stood on the steps and took the lead in shouting to a boy from the third class next door to cheer for the teachers in their respective classes.
They were looking forward to the usually serious Sister Miao occasionally showing her lively side, but something unexpected happened. Not long after the teacher project started, a gust of evil wind suddenly blew over the sports ground, and the surrounding trees were blown loudly. , dark clouds rolled into a ball above the head, and the sky quickly darkened.
The teachers started a difficult relay race against the strong wind. Unexpectedly, halfway through, before the winner was decided, raindrops started falling from the sky.
Lu Zan was having fun with the boy from Class 3. At first he didn't realize that the weather had changed, but later he realized that it was raining when there was a burst of commotion around him.
The sudden rain fell quickly and fiercely. Soon, Director Niu turned back from the track to the podium, took the microphone, and shouted loudly despite his sparse hair and glasses that were soaked by the rain. Spread to all parts of the sports field:
"Go back to the classroom! Everyone go back to the classroom first!"
"ah--"
There were howls of reluctance from the students all around. Their fun was interrupted by the weather. Everyone was a little disappointed, but no fool was willing to continue standing here in the rain, so after Director Niu gave the order, The students jumped off the stands and ran to the exit of the sports ground without any order. The scene looked like an escape from the doomsday.
Director Niu was still holding the microphone, and he did not forget to give instructions at this time:
"Everyone, run slowly! There is some order! Pay attention to your steps, don't bump or fall! Everyone go back to the classroom, don't go to the cafeteria to fish in troubled waters! Hey, over there! Why are those boys and girls holding hands! Get out of here! !!”
As soon as these words came out, scattered laughter arose in the venue, and some young couples were even more enlightened. Taking advantage of this chaos, it was not easy to hold accountable, and they got intimate together openly and put on their coats to protect themselves from the rain.
Lu Zan stood on a high place to watch the excitement, and waited until everyone around him ran away before he thought of getting down.
He jumped down the stairs in a few steps, only to find that Jiang Baiyu was still standing in the midst of the chaos.
Lu Zan was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask him if he was waiting for her, but he opened his mouth and took a mouthful of cold wind with raindrops.
He had gone too far in shouting slogans just now, but now the wind blew and he couldn't hold back his cough.
The cough was a bit fierce, and Lu Zan bent down. He waved his hands to let Jiang Baiyu run away first, but when he raised his eyes, a shadow fell on him first.
Jiang Baiyu was carrying his school uniform jacket, his movements looked disgusting as if he was throwing away garbage, but he was covering Lu Zan's head with the clothes to protect him from the rain.
Lu Zan was stunned for a moment when he was suddenly enveloped by the clean smell of jasmine flowers and laundry detergent.
He subconsciously looked at Jiang Baiyu, but Jiang Baiyu had already taken two steps forward. He looked back and frowned impatiently:
"If you don't leave yet, do you want to stand here and take a shower?"
"……ah?"
"Tsk."
Lu Zan didn't react at all. He stared blankly at Jiang Baiyu, watching him walk towards him again, and let him grab his wrist and lead him quickly for a few steps. Then, seeing the heavy rain, he started running again.
At that time, the raindrops falling on Lu Zan were cold, and the hand holding his wrist through the sleeves was not very warm.
It was also at that time that Lu Zan, in the gray sky and earth, in the wanton wind, looked at the young man pulling him running in the rain.
The hem of the school uniform jacket on his head hung down, swaying in front of his eyes as he walked, somewhat blocking his sight, but that did not prevent him from seeing Jiang Baiyu's hair and clothes flowing in the wind and his running movements.
Time seems to be slowed down countless times.
He heard the soft sound of raindrops falling on the leaves and the ground, heard the laughter and shouts of classmates in the distance, heard the howling wind sweeping everything, and heard the muffled thunder exploding in the sky.
What was clearer than those was the sound of heartbeat in his body that was warmer and more vivid than ever.
The voice told him:
Lu Zan likes Jiang Baiyu the most.
At least at this moment, Lu Zan loves him more than anyone else in the world.