three years old

It is normal to get injured on the court or get hit by a ball. Occasionally, some serious ones, such as torn ligaments and hand contusions, are all injuries that require mental preparation.

Ning Xi is very stable on the court, easy to handle, not impatient, plus he has delicate eyebrows and eyes, few words and no expression, and is a leading role, often causing opponents to want to kill him.

There are no more than a few kinds of endings, malicious fouls and verbal provocations are even more of the methods used by some people who have no game skills.

The voices on the field were high, Ning Xi didn't wear basketball shoes today, her ankles were not protected, and she was prone to sprains, so her movements were a little slower than usual, but she still led the school team to take the initiative of the whole field after a fast break right.

The coach of the school team hadn't seen Ning Xi participate in this kind of more formal competition for a long time. After all, he was his favorite student back then, so he couldn't help getting excited, and commanded: "Copy him!"

At this moment, Ning Xi was on the field on impulse.

He didn't know who was good at what and how to arrange the cooperation, so he had to play solo and catch up with the score first.

Ning Xi took the ball, took the place of Xingcheng, received the ball from Ying Yuchen, made a breakthrough with a change of direction, quickly dribbled the ball to the basket, and hooked for a layup!

This kind of person who protects the ball to the basket and hooks into the net, the opponent can't prevent it at all.

In addition, Ning Xi's advantage is that he is not particularly strong, and his movements are flexible. He can't find the point where he explodes. The gate of the game.

Ning Xi tied the score after completing two more mid-range shots.

There was a burst of long-lost cheers from the sidelines, and Qi Qi shouted: "MVP!!!"

This means the best player on the field, but he hasn't heard this title for himself for a long time.

His jumping ability is not as good as walking, and he can't block shots. In addition, he usually plays a guard, mainly because of his dribbling and directing tactics.

After the tie, Ning Xi's aggressiveness dropped a little.

With 30 seconds left in the last quarter, he stood outside the three-point line, passed the ball to Ying Yuchen, quickly rushed into the three-point line, took another step back, and caught the ball from Ying Yuchen!

Ning Xi fixed her eyes on the edge of the basket, lowered her knees, kicked off the ground, and shot hard.

The basketball lightly touches the backboard and goes straight into the net.

The ball is scored, three points buzzer!

Before the ball landed, the referee blew his whistle and the game was over.

The school team narrowly won, only three points more than teams outside the school, which is just the right three points.

On the court when I was a student, if there was a conflict and the winner was compared, then whoever lost would be the grandson. Hurry up and pack up and get out. Next time you will either not come to this court, or you will be defeated again. .

As soon as Ning Xi left the stage, a group of people surrounded him, and Xing Cheng immediately caught up.

Seeing Xing Cheng approaching, the boys on the team consciously moved out of the way.

His elder brother is very rare, who doesn't know that?

Xing Cheng ignored their curious eyes, and unfolded a tissue to give to Ning Xi, but he grabbed it with his hand.

Ning Xi wiped off her sweat, still panting: "I'll do it myself."

His face was flushed, his eyelashes were wet, and he almost stopped breathing...

Ning Xi suddenly remembered her purpose for going downstairs, took the jacket handed over by her teammate, took out the school card from her pocket, and handed it over: "School card, thank you."

Xing Cheng was taken aback for a moment: "Brother, did you come down to get my school card?"

Ning Xi didn't even nod, she wiped off her sweat, unzipped her jacket and pulled herself up: "Well, I'm late for self-study."

After speaking, he turned around and left without even saying hello to Ying Yuchen.

In the evening after evening self-study, Xing Cheng was carrying a schoolbag, half of which was hanging by the strap, so new that he didn't seem to have carried it much.

As soon as school was over, he went to wait at the stairs of the third year of high school, and sat on the cold floor until 09:30 in the evening.

It was released at 08:30 in the second year of high school.

When I was in the second year of middle school, I really skipped the first grade. I volunteered to take the direct entrance exam. The results were not much different from those of my classmates in the third year of junior high school. In addition, I have some connections in the family, and my grades are really good. I ran to the third grade of junior high school.

In this way, his first year of high school and Ning Xi's third year of high school finally went to the same school, but Ning Xi was preparing for the college entrance examination at that time, so he didn't dare to say a word if Xing Cheng was true.

Since Ning Xi resumed her studies, one was a sophomore and the other was a senior, the two finally got closer, and Xing Cheng was still sensible and not noisy.

However, Xing Cheng really can't hold back now, he just wants to treat Ning Xi well in his own way, so that's fine.

In the afternoon competition, the higher-ups called for Ning Xi to ride and Ying and Chen to measure their bone age to see how tall they could grow, but the three of them agreed in unison and refused to take sports.

Xingcheng is because his parents don't let him go, Ying Yuchen is because his brother doesn't let him go, let alone Ning Xi, he knows his height, and his family won't spend money for him to go this way.

The bell for the evening self-study get out of class rang, and the third-year students were walking outside the classroom one after another. Ying Yuchen came to the door of the liberal arts class to wait for Ning Xi, with a microphone in his ear, calling someone.

"Hey, there is a kid on our school team, ouch, the style of play is so fierce, one look can kill people!"

He took the Chinese review materials handed over by Ning Xi, Ning Xi glanced at it, and Ying and Chen immediately explained: "Xi, you are my friend in Beijing!"

What about walking?

Ning Xi wanted to laugh when he heard that he was full of Beijing movies, so she ignored him and walked forward with a sullen head.

The senior high school students left quickly, and there were not many people in the corridor. Ning Xi heard Ying and Chen say to the other end of the phone: "But the people here are very tough, and the coach always fuck|he|fuck|him, I Damn, I'm quite embarrassed..."

As soon as he finished his sentence, a faint sentence came from beside him: "Senior Ying Yuchen, he meant to copy him, and he meant to copy him, not to fuck him, don't explain indiscriminately if he doesn't understand our dialect."

Xing Cheng took the schoolbag from Ning Xi's shoulder, and said while carrying it in front of him.

Ying Yuchen was overwhelmed by Xing Cheng on the court, and he didn't dare to provoke him at the moment, holding his schoolbag strap, he said to Ning Xi very seriously: "Then what, Xi, your brother is here, then Me, my brother is here too, so I'll leave first!"

There was a bag in front of him, and a bag on his back. It looked like a ball, and Ning Xi reached out to grab it: "I will carry it myself."

Xing Cheng was taller than Ning Xi, and Ning Xi missed out on one side of his body, and ran downstairs with his schoolbag in his arms.

Ning Xi really convinced him, and rushed downstairs to the outside of the teaching building. The two of them chased to the school gate one after the other, passed the access control area, stopped and threw the school card to Ning Xi, Ning Xi reached out and took it, staring and panting.

It really is……

Quite decompressing.

Ning Xi passed the gate, and didn't care about Xingcheng asking for a schoolbag. The two of them walked side by side slowly. There was an intersection not far from the school gate, and there was a traffic jam. , all honking the horn.

Xing Cheng looked at it for a while, saw a few small yellow cars next to him, suddenly turned to Ning Xi and said, "Brother, how about we ride a bicycle and go to Tianfu Square and come back?"

The high school here is not far from Tianfu Square in the center of Chengdu. I heard that the Chengdu Museum there will be lit up at night. I often pass by there at night. The lights are flickering and radiant, which is very beautiful.

He thought that Ning Xi would refuse.

Ning Xi walked up to him and stood still, reached out and took off his schoolbag hanging on Xing Cheng, and carried it on his shoulders, looking very obedient.

He picked one, scanned the code, stepped up and rode it, turned around and looked at Xing Cheng who was standing there in a daze: "Let's go, idiot."

Walking was like getting an electric shock, he grabbed the little yellow car next to him and rode straight on.

Ning Xi looked at the road ahead, his eyes were brightly illuminated by the headlights, and said in a low voice, "You didn't scan the QR code."

After a while, Xing Cheng rode up, pedaling very fast, trying to keep pace with Ning Xi, but was always squeezed behind by some motorcycle battery cars.

Ning Xi couldn't stand it any longer, and turned to command him: "Follow me."

Xing Cheng behaved, just followed behind his brother, pedaling slowly.

The two rode across the main road one after the other, and walked along the street towards the city center.

The blue school uniform on his body was very conspicuous. Two upright teenagers rode their bikes and carried the night wind, attracting the attention of many passers-by.

Xing Cheng followed his brother to ride, his eyes were full of his brother's back.

The scenery in front of him is constantly regressing, letting the city be full of traffic and bright lights, how many intersections he has passed by on his bicycle, and how many unknown passersby pass by...

The target of Xing Cheng's pursuit is always Ning Xi who is in the middle of his line of sight.

Stopping and stopping, Xing Cheng rode until his butt was flat, and Ning Xi had a good time, so he led him all the way back to the road in the courtyard of the community.

After locking the car, Ning Xi breathed a sigh of relief, the sweat from exercising was dried by the night wind.

Before he regained his composure, Xing Cheng strode over, raised his hand, and lightly touched the side of Ning Xi's face with the back of his hand.

Cheng Cheng smiled: "So hot?"

Ning Xi turned away in a little panic, the warm yellow tone under the street lamp could not reflect the blush of his cheeks at all, he touched it himself, it was really hot.

He took a breath and said in a low voice, "The ride is too long."

He looked at the time and found that he had been riding for almost an hour, and it was almost eleven o'clock now. He was left alone, so it didn't matter, but Xing Cheng should be worried.

Seeing his frown, Xing Cheng guessed what he was thinking, and quickly said, "Brother, I told my dad."

Ning Xi nodded, and walked into the courtyard with her schoolbag on her back. Xing Cheng put on his coat while running, and followed.

The community is an old-fashioned community. Xing Cheng's family lives on the second floor, and Ning Xi's family lives on the first floor, as soon as you enter the unit building.

In the past few years, the economic conditions of Zhang Cheng's family have been getting better and better. His family's car is usually parked at the door of the unit building, a Hummer h2, pure black, looks very domineering.

The car is still picked by Xing, especially the big one, and if you put it there, you will be arrogant.

He felt that when he became an adult, he had to work hard to get a driver's license, and he wanted to drive this car to take his brother out for a drive, go on a self-driving trip to Tibet, go shopping, pick up his brother to and from get off work...

Naturally, Ning Xi saw his car, without raising her eyelids, she entered the apartment building, the one on the right on the first floor.

He stood still, took out his key, and went to see Xingcheng: "Here we are."

He took a step, and found that the lights in the corridor seemed to be broken today, the voice control was not on at all, and the surroundings were pitch black, only the light of the street lights in the community remained.

Xingcheng took out his school card: "Brother, I compare, whose photo is bigger?"

Ning Xi thought to herself, this light can't even be seen in the dark, what's the difference?

As soon as he took the key in his hand, he inserted it into the lock, took out his own card and handed it to Xing Cheng, and said indifferently: "Aren't they all the same?"

Xing Cheng took his card and shook his hand, then handed over his own card: "Is it okay to exchange?"

The corridor was very dark.

Xing Cheng couldn't see Ning Xi's expression clearly, his palms were sweating, and he said hoarsely, "You just swipe my card every day, okay?"

The bank card also needs to be swiped, waiting for him to grow up.

If he really made money, he would really dare to build a basketball court for Ning Xi, raise a team, and play with Ning Xi every day.

Ning Xi froze in place, glanced at the school card that had been stuffed in his hand, it was the one he took that day, with a photo of the trip printed on it.

Exchange school cards?

Ning Xi opened the door of the house, but didn't turn on the lights inside. She walked in with half of her body sideways, and cursed at Xing Cheng before closing the door: "Childish."

But he still took Xing Cheng's card, and his own card was at the mercy of Xing Cheng.

As soon as Ning Xi came home, before turning on the lights, she saw that the sofa at home had been removed.

Ning Xi's father died young. He was a professional basketball player and died of myocardial infarction.

His mother remarried and married a small local businessman. In his third year of high school, he gave birth to a younger brother.

The lights in the living room of this house are not turned on all year round. As soon as Ning Xi comes home, she goes to the bedroom with her schoolbag on her back, does her homework, washes up, goes to bed, and sleeps.

After his mother remarried, he moved out, starting from his second year of junior high school.

His mother used to visit him every week, but after having a younger brother, she only paid money.

The money is neither too little nor too much, and he saves half of it every month, and after saving it, he will have a secure future.

Only this house was left to him by his father.

Ning Xi became redundant.

He had thought that the university must be admitted to a city farther away, and it would be fine to stay outside for four years before coming back.

Ning Xi often wonders if he is not very sensible. He only knows how to play basketball and read books in junior high school and high school.

Ning Xi was also very cheerful when she was a child, but during the most important period of adolescence, she was alone at home facing the wall and ceiling all year round, which inevitably caused her temperament to change drastically, she talked less and less, and her temper became more and more cold.

He has a cold attitude towards his classmates, and only respects his teachers. Although the brothers on the school team are comrades-in-arms, there are very few who really have a heart-to-heart relationship.

The one who can control his emotions, seems to be the only one around him.

In his mind, the journey to heaven and earth, the brave journey that will always stand in front of him with a body smaller than him.

He dropped the lock and glanced at the empty dining room.

The younger brother has grown up a bit, and the previous house was not spacious enough, and his mother's new family will also move to a newer residence. It is estimated that the cost will be saved, and even the furniture will have to be moved.

Ning Xi still remembers that when his stepfather called, he said, since you live alone, there is no need for a dinner table...

Ning Xi was a little scared, his stepfather came to remove the air conditioner as well.

I can't move the refrigerator, and I have to put breakfast in it. If I leave it overnight this summer, I won't be able to eat it in the morning.

However, this little move was still considered considerate, and it didn't make him too panicked.

There is still one year left, if you stick to it, you will pass it. The new school will have a more relaxed living environment...

He couldn't forget the days when the college entrance examination was approaching. Before he finished the diagnostic test paper, he was called by his stepfather and went to the hospital to take care of his mother who had just given birth to his younger brother.

No one is to blame, this is his job.

Ning Xi stood in the half-empty living room, turned on a small light, and was thinking chaotically.

A matter of duty.

After squatting in the living room for half an hour and cycling at night, Ning Xi's legs felt a little numb. She stood up and took out a pack of cigarettes and a box of matches from her schoolbag.

He squatted down again, hugged the small flame, and with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, he carefully lit it...

There was a ball of fire in his palm, like a flame in his heart.

Crazy growth, waiting for him to use his own hands to forcibly cut it off.

Ning Xi bit the filter and took a deep breath, lowered her head, coughed a few times as if being choked, and a trace of white mist overflowed from her lips.

He no longer knows what method to use to decompress.

A cigarette was half smoked, Ning Xi still had a cigarette in his mouth, when the door rang.

He put out the cigarette, opened the door halfway, and exposed his head.

Standing at the door with the medicine in his hand, Xing Cheng said, "Brother, Auntie hasn't come back yet? I..."

"No."

Ning Xi's eyes were a little red, she didn't take the box of medicine, her head was still a little dizzy, she stood up straight, trying to close the door.

Holding the door frame, relying on his height, he couldn't help but glanced inside, and saw that the living room was more than half empty.

He has been to Ning Xi's house before, why is it so empty?

He met Ning Xi's mother and stepdad in the corridor last week and brought people over to move the desktop computer and hanging TV at home. Why did the sofa get away?

Holding back his temper, Xing Cheng asked him, "Auntie and the others are here again?"

Startled, Ning Xi looked up at him, flustered, took a step back, and was about to close the door.

Xing Cheng clung to the door frame tightly, one leg was stuck trying to get in, but Ning Xi didn't let go, pushing Cheng with all his strength, his eyes were fierce: "No."

Seeing his expression, Xing Cheng's heart ached.

The lights in the corridor were still off, he took a step back, stretched out his right arm, and embraced Ning Xi in front of him, forcibly restraining the thought of hugging him tightly in the darkness.

Xing Cheng pressed his forehead against the door panel, trying to calm himself down.

He was angry, and also felt wronged for Ning Xi, more angry at his own powerlessness.

Xing Cheng bit his mouth so hard that the skin of his mouth was almost torn, and felt that his mouth would be filled with the smell of blood in the next second.

Ning Xi looked at him for a while, then closed the door.

Xing Cheng rushed to the door and knocked a few times, and Ning Xi said softly: "Is there anything else?"

Through the door, Xing Cheng whispered, "Brother."

Ning Xi replied from inside: "Yes."

Xing Cheng smiled, regardless of whether Ning Xi could see it or not, he pressed his face to the door panel and said, "Connect with the rope."

Ning Xi who was inside the door hesitated for a while, and replied in a calm voice, "Okay."

……

Ning Xi went out 10 minutes early in the morning.

Afraid of meeting Xing Cheng, he simply rode his bicycle towards the school.

As soon as Ning Xi sat on the seat, she saw a bottle of pure milk and a box of medicine in the drawer.

The medicine that was not delivered to him last night.

He read the book for a while, and the number of classmates in the classroom has gradually increased.

Ying Yuchen followed Ning Xi's classmates into the classroom, greeted them, walked around the desks full of teaching materials, and held a booklet in their hands.

"Hey, my brother dropped me off early today. I saw your brother borrowed a bowl from the noodle restaurant at the gate of the school, and squatted in the corridor waiting for boiling water..."

Ying Yuchen returned the language materials in his hand to Ning Xi, and said with a smile, "Are you trying to splash me?"

Ning Xi was shocked, and reached out to touch the milk in the drawer.

hot.

His eye sockets were also hot.

Seeing that he didn't talk to him, Ying and Chen knocked on the table: "Don't be in a daze, just take a rest when you're sleepy!"

"It was poured on me."

Ning Xi collected the materials on the table, answered blankly, and touched the only heat source in the drawer.

Ying and Chen were taken aback: "Ah?"

"Splash me."

Ning Xi repeated it again.

The running thoughts, from top to bottom, made him feel hot all over.