… Gu Siyi snatched her corner back, pretending to be unhappy and turned her back, no longer looking at Xia Zhijun. She turned to watch Zheng Peipei and Lu Jiaye's "fierce fight".
"Punished?" Xia Zhijun moved closer and asked in a low voice.
"I don't want to talk to you." Gu Siyi mumbled.
She was so worried about his situation, and he was still teasing her.
Xia Zhijun looked at the little quail-like appearance, restrained himself a little, and said lightly: "There is no special punishment. Lu Ming is hospitalized, and his medical expenses are indispensable. In addition, the people in the two classes will be criticized together."
As a top student with the highest total score in the city, Xia Zhijun is the living signboard of Longxing. Even if the principal doesn't look at his family's face, for the sake of the school's face, he won't punish him and smear his resume. Although Lu Ming was beaten and hospitalized, firstly, he provoked the incident, and secondly, he has always had a bad record of fighting, which is a headache for the school. In this sharp contrast, the school must be biased towards Xia Zhijun.
Gu Siyi was really relieved to hear Xia Zhijun say this.
Thinking of the ointment in the drawer, she took it out and handed it to Xia Zhijun, saying, "You can apply this on the corner of your mouth, the school doctor prescribed it for me."
Xia Zhijun glanced at it and said, "No need."
Just in time, the class bell rang, he got up and returned to his seat.
Zheng Peipei returned to her seat panting, she had been chasing Lu Jiaye for ten minutes and had given him a good beating, but she was still angry, and said through gritted teeth: "One day, I will teach that Lu a lesson."
Gu Siyi was ashamed, Lu Jiaye was indeed dishonest in this matter, but after all, he was trying to cover for her.
At the end of the last class in the afternoon, Lu Jiaye said, "I hurt my muscles and bones today, so I need to make up for it. Brothers and sisters, what do you want to eat? I'll treat you."
Su Han smiled and said, "That buffet last time was good, how about you treat us again?"
Lu Jiaye's generous expression suddenly collapsed, "I'm just a poor guy who relies on his family for pocket money, don't compare me to our rich and powerful Young Master Xia, okay?"
Zhou Xiao chuckled: "Don't tell me you're inviting us to eat in the school cafeteria?"
While these people were discussing vigorously, Xia Zhijun said flatly: "I have to go home tonight, you guys can make your own arrangements."
Lu Jiaye glanced at him, "Don't tell me you're going back to receive family education?"
Xia Zhijun didn't answer, got up, "Let's go, everyone."
After Xia Zhijun left the classroom, Gu Siyi came over and asked Lu Jiaye, "What kind of family education does he want?"
Lu Jiaye shrugged: "Lu Ming, that grandson, was beaten and hospitalized. The Lu family won't let it go, Ajun's parents will definitely know about it."
Su Han said: "Ajun has always been strictly disciplined, after something like this happened, he…"
Zhou Xiao interrupted him, "It's just a fight, who hasn't been in a fight? What's the big deal?"
Lu Jiaye saw the worry on Gu Siyi's face, flicked her forehead, and smiled, "Don't worry about him, what else can his parents do to him? I'm such an incompetent son, and my parents still treat me well. If I were as good as Ajun, they would definitely put me on a pedestal."
Before Gu Siyi could react, Zheng Peipei came up from behind, pulled her away, and slapped the table, "Don't think that you can touch Siyi just because Ajun is not here. We haven't settled our score yet!"
"Auntie, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong…" Lu Jiaye immediately surrendered and begged for mercy, "I'll treat you tonight to make amends, okay?"
Zheng Peipei snorted, "I want to eat hot pot, and I want to bring three more people."
"No problem, no problem."
Therefore, Lu Jiaye invited everyone to have hot pot for dinner.
At the dinner table, Lu Jiaye ordered a few bottles of beer, opened the caps, and blew directly on the bottle.
"Auntie, people usually punish themselves with three glasses to apologize, to show my sincerity, I will punish myself with three bottles, what do you think?"
"Drink first and then talk, stop blabbering."
"Yes, sir."
While the two were laughing and joking, the others followed suit. Only Gu Siyi sat quietly, too lazy to blanch the spicy beef that she usually ate in front of her, and she was listless.
Seven people ate hot pot together, without Xia Zhijun, they felt that something was missing.
Although Xia Zhijun is the silent one even if he participates in the dinner party, he is fine as long as he sits there. I didn't feel it before, but now in the midst of laughter and laughter, in the midst of jokes and scolding, when I feel interesting, my eyes swim unconsciously, but I don't see the person who meets my eyes. Everything suddenly became uninteresting. Without the excitement and happiness he shared, he felt lonely and lonely.
Lu Jiaye was still talking eloquently, after boasting about his bravery, he began to boast about Xia Zhijun: "Don't be fooled by Ajun's indifferent and cold temperament. You can tell from the fight today, he was the most fierce one, and Lu Ming, who had a one-on-one fight with him, was the most seriously injured. Ajun never fights unprepared battles, and he can beat you so badly that your own mother wouldn't recognize you."
Su Han mercilessly exposed him: "That's why he is the most honest in front of Ajun. He was never beaten when he was young and frivolous."
"Get lost! Ours is a deep revolutionary friendship!"
Zhou Xiao talked more after a few glasses of wine, and commented: "Jiaye's rebellion is superficial, while Ajun's rebellion is in his bones. In other words, Jiaye is just a good-for-nothing, Ajun is the one who hides his true abilities."
"Get lost, get lost, get lost, get lost!" Lu Jiaye snatched his glass, "Stop drinking my wine."
…
Xia family.
The aroma of tea lingered in the living room.
Xia Guangyu held a cup and savored the tea slowly.
Madam Peng Ling sat aside, holding her mobile phone and sending messages to someone.
Xia Zhijun sat alone on a single sofa.
After Peng Ling finished her work, she put down her phone and said, "The matter with the Lu family has been resolved."
Xia Guangyu nodded.
Peng Ling looked at Xia Zhijun, her expression serious, and her words were mixed with strong disappointment, "How could you do such a thing as leading a group fight? Mom and Dad have told you many times that you should be a well-educated child. Is this your education?"
Xia Guangyu put down his teacup and said slowly, "Why did you injure your classmate so badly? What's the grudge between you?"
Xia Zhijun said flatly, "There is no grudge, he provoked me first, so I made a move."
"You just made a move, are you still a three-year-old child who hasn't grown up?" Peng Ling reprimanded, "We can solve the matter of you hitting someone today, what if you make a bigger problem in the future and can't solve it? What if your behavior affects your father? I have told you many times, be low-key, be low-key at school, and be low-key in life. The more outstanding you are, the more humble and tolerant you must be."
Xia Zhijun lowered his head, his palm resting on his forehead, tired, his voice tired, "I'm tired, I want to go back to my room to rest."
Peng Ling became even more unhappy, and scolded: "Now I don't even want to listen to you for a few words, will I have to do more deviant things in the future?"
"Don't make so many assumptions, it's meaningless." Xia Zhijun stood up and walked upstairs.
"Xia Zhijun, you will be seventeen soon, and you are at the age of criminal responsibility. I don't want you to be so indiscriminate, fighting like those bad students." Peng Ling followed him and said.
Xia Guangyu let out a sigh.
Xia Zhijun's footsteps on the stairs stopped.
Xia Guangyu said: "Ajun, we have high hopes for you. If you make a wrong step in the future, it may affect the fate of the entire family."
Xia Zhijun's drooping hands clenched into fists, his knuckles were rolling, as if he had a lot to say.
Veins bulged on the back of his hand, he suppressed, restrained, and finally, let go dejectedly.
He didn't say a word, and continued walking upstairs.
In their eyes, some words are just childish jokes, naive and ignorant, and disregarding the family's honor.
.
Late at night, Xia Zhijun suddenly woke up from a nightmare, his whole body covered in cold sweat.
The experience of being kidnapped that year is still a shadow in his heart.
Because his eyes were covered all the time, he had enough of the darkness, and now he has to turn on the light even when he sleeps.
Xia Zhijun sat quietly for a long time, unable to fall asleep anymore.
He picked up his mobile phone, flipped to the address book, his fingers were about to click on "Little Dimple" when he stopped again.
What else to say after getting through?
He wanted to contact her, but he didn't want to say a word now.
Xia Zhijun got up and walked outside the room, sat down at the piano, dialed the number, and put the phone on the piano cover.
The phone connected, and a child's dazed and soft voice came from inside, with a strong drowsiness: "Hello…"
He started playing the piano.
Gu Siyi was a little dazed, and said "hello" twice, but no one answered. She looked at the caller ID, it was indeed Xia Zhijun who called.
She put on her earphones and listened to the melody again, and soon recognized that it was the piano version of Mayday's "What If We Never Met".
As a Mayday fan, she couldn't help humming along when she heard the familiar melody.
"Where would I be if we never met
If we never knew each other, this song would not exist
Live every second, die every second, ask yourself every second
Who has never searched, who has never doubted, where is the vast life heading
That day, that moment, that scene
You appeared in my life
From then on, from life, redefined
Awakened from my story…"
The originally passionate and full song became more lingering and graceful because of the piano performance.
Gu Siyi hummed along, before one song was completely over, it switched to another one, and she sang along without any connection: "Walking in the wind today is suddenly so warm, the warmth of the sky and the warmth of the earth are like you hugging me…"
Afraid of disturbing her roommates' rest, she pulled up the quilt and covered her head.
The playing lasted for nearly half an hour, Gu Siyi had been listening to the song all the time, her drowsiness became less and less, and her state became more and more energetic.
The piano stopped, and Gu Siyi said "hello".
Xia Zhijun picked up the phone and said, "I can't sleep, what should I do?"
Gu Siyi: "Thanks to you, I'm not sleepy now either."
"Let's meet, okay?"
"Ah?" Gu Siyi was stunned.
"The top floor of the comprehensive building, the place where I tutor you, is that okay?"
"No, didn't you go home…"
"I want to go back to school."
"But…"
"Don't you have ointment? My mouth hurts so much, give me some medicine."
"…"