growing up

Ling Chaomeng's heartbeat accelerated, and with this sudden sentence, it was like fireworks were exploding in his head, crackling for a while, and even his ears were blown.All the other voices around him disappeared, and they just kept repeating this sentence.

This was the first time he heard Gu Yuan praise him, and he said it so bluntly and naturally, just like saying 'I'm thirsty' and 'I'm hungry'.

He stopped and didn't move, Gu Yuan took two steps forward and found that Ling Chao hadn't followed, turned around and looked at him with some doubts: "Brother Chao?"

"Hmm." Finally came to his senses.Ling Chao coughed twice, and hurried forward.

The tickets for the Science and Technology Museum are group tickets for students that Chen Yu ordered online, and the price is much cheaper. When he went to collect the tickets and distribute them to everyone, Gu Yuan took out his wallet and asked, "How much is the ticket?"

Gu Yuan thought that Chen Yu paid for the meal at noon, and he was embarrassed to mention it when everyone didn't speak. He thought that he would make up for it from other places later, and now Chen Yu bought the tickets alone, so he didn't even think about it. Just asked directly.

"Ah? This..." Chen Yu didn't expect that Gu Yuan would suddenly ask the price, so he turned to look at Ling Chao.

Ling Chao's reaction was fairly quick, and he patted Gu Yuan on the shoulder and said, "Don't be too busy to pay for now, we'll do the calculation after the night is over."

When we came out to play today, everyone agreed to be AA. Chen Yu said he would pay in advance. When they discussed, Gu Yuan hadn’t joined the group yet. Ling Chao told Chen Yu in advance that he would pay Gu Yuan’s share.

Gu Yuan had never gone out with his classmates before, and he collected money before going out for group activities in the class. In fact, he didn't know how to deal with such a situation.This is also why Ling Chao paid for his meal before, and then he returned it as soon as he found a chance at night.

Gu Yuan looked a little at a loss, he hesitated to put the wallet back in his pocket, although everyone looked at him, but they didn't mean to laugh at him.

The Science and Technology Museum in City D is very large, and the entrance is a spacious preface hall.In the middle there is a design that rises to the third floor. The base is a disc more than one meter wide, which gradually becomes thinner and thicker until it is as large as the chassis, and finally forms a flame shape at the top.It is surrounded by circles of colorful LED tubes, only the flame at the top is bright red.The museum is full of modern design everywhere.Colorful lights emanate from each exhibition hall.

"It's so beautiful!" Wang Xiaoxiao couldn't help admiring.

"Yeah, I haven't been here for two years, it's changed a lot." Chen Yu said.

"Which hall should we start from? There are so many exhibition halls that I can't choose." Wang Tian said, looking left and right.

"It's all right, it depends on what you are interested in. Anyway, there is a lot of time, so come one by one." Zhang Cheng looked at Wang Tian walking around there with some amusement.

Ling Chao is not very curious about these things. He and his classmates have been to the Science and Technology Museum in City H a few times before. It is much larger than this one and has more types of exhibition halls.And he was somewhat lacking in interest in these things.I came here today entirely because I wanted to go out to play with the big guys, and Gu Yuan also agreed to come together.

A few people finally decided to watch layer by layer, play more if they are interested, and play less if they are not interested.

The afternoon passed very quickly, and when the library closed at five o'clock, they hadn't even reached the third floor.But I also experienced a space capsule, a space station and a dome movie that everyone is interested in.

Gu Yuan was very interested in the information exhibition hall, and wanted to stay for a while, Ling Chao accompanied him, and after he finished watching, they went to chase the people in front together.

In the evening, I ordered to eat hot pot. It was in a place close to the school, and there happened to be a direct bus outside the Science and Technology Museum.

When we arrived at the station, we walked a few hundred meters before arriving at the hot pot restaurant.

"I'll go to the bookstore on the back street to buy a serial, and I'll be back in a while. You guys go and order food first." Wang Xiaoxiao remembered that a magazine he had been chasing happened to be sold here, and he hadn't had a chance to go until the beginning of school. Buy, just came here today.

"Do you want someone to accompany you?" Xiao Yuping asked.

"No need." Wang Xiaoxiao waved his hands and said, "It's only a few steps, just turn around here."

"Then hurry up and buy it here. Let's order mandarin ducks at the bottom of the pot instead of all spicy. I don't think Ling Chao likes spicy food very much." Chen Yu thought for a while and said.

"It's all right, I'll just take care of eating when you order." Wang Xiaoxiao said and walked towards the turning.

The bottom of the hot pot restaurant was raised by a section, about one meter.All kinds of flowers are planted on the left, right and front of the table.The platform is also covered with vines.It looks like the hot pot restaurant is surrounded by flowers.

Several steps extend from the middle, leading to the store door.

The store has two floors, and it seems that there are quite a lot of people, and there are no tables left in the hall.

A waiter came over to say hello and led them to the bar: "How many handsome guys? Do you have a reservation?"

"We made a reservation yesterday, Chen Yu's name." Chen Yu hurried forward and said.

"Okay." The waiter opened a notebook and looked it up: "Chen Yu, there are eight people, right? I asked for a middle bag, and I left a middle bag on the first floor, then I will take you there."

They thanked her and followed her.

This private room leads to a balcony, facing the street behind.Looks like a good view.

Chen Yu asked the waiter to order the bottom of the pot first, and then took the menu and asked everyone to choose together.

"I'm going outside to smoke a cigarette, you guys go ahead and light it." Gu Yuan was still not used to being surrounded by so many people so familiarly, so he stood up and said within 2 minutes.

Although no one else smokes, Gu Yuan has never avoided the matter of smoking. He would find a place to smoke one after class at school if he wanted to.There will always be a faint smell of tobacco on the body.

"You just smoke here, and a few big boys don't care." Wang Tian saw that he was about to go out.

Gu Yuan smiled and said nothing, and walked towards the door.

"Hey, Gu Yuan, there is a balcony here, you don't need to go outside the gate." Ling Chao said.

Gu Yuan looked at the closed door, then turned around and walked over there.Turning the doorknob, it turned out that it could be opened, but he thought it was locked.

The balcony is not big, less than one meter wide, with a hollow fence more than half a meter high built on the side, and the surrounding area is fairly clean.

Gu Yuan leaned against the side rail, lit a cigarette, looked in through the open door, and happened to see Ling Chao and the others.

Because of personality, Ling Chao and himself both transferred to this class this semester, but the relationship between him and his classmates has been getting along well in these few days.As for myself, apart from being close to Ling Chao, I don't have any close classmates.

He was used to being alone, and Ling Chao was a surprise to him.He enjoyed the surprise.Ling Chao is kind to everyone, but he is kinder to himself. Sometimes, he will be very happy because of this kindness.

In the past, Qingqing always told him to learn to get along well with others, not to be alone all the time, and not to spend other energy only on work and taking care of her.

He remembered that night when he went to buy books, Qingqing told him: "Brother, today you are the happiest you I have ever seen since I grew up. Brother Ling Chao is your friend, right? This is the first time I have seen you. I have a friend who is about my age. I hope you can be so happy all your life, and have a friend who makes you happy like this. In this way, when I leave, you will not be so lonely."

Gu Yuan and Gu Qingqing grew up together, in his opinion, taking care of her is the most important thing in his life.When she was young, the doctor said that Gu Qingqing would not live to be six years old; after six years old, the doctor said Gu Qingqing would not live to be ten years old; after ten years old, the doctor said that she would not live to be 15 years old.Now, more than half a year has passed since her 15th birthday. Although Qingqing's health is still very bad, she is still alive.Perhaps, as medicine develops...

Over the years, he has read many books about this disease, and 90% of people will die young.The whole family had to accept this fact, but hoped that a miracle could happen.Qingqing herself sees it very openly.Her personality has been very lively and smart since she was a child. If it wasn't for her poor health, she would never be able to go to school well. Maybe, she could also skip grades and study with her.

It's really relaxing today, and it's the first time I've made an appointment with so many classmates to play.

Gu Yuan withdrew his gaze and flicked a piece of burned cigarette ash aside. A girl's eager voice came from downstairs, which seemed a little familiar.

He leaned over and looked downstairs, Wang Xiaoxiao was standing at the corner of the street facing several boys, a big boy in the middle reached out to pull her, but she dodged it.A few people next to him were pointing.

He couldn't see Wang Xiaoxiao's face clearly, and the street corner was not too far away, but he couldn't hear what they were talking about, except that occasionally when Wang Xiaoxiao raised his volume and roared, he could clearly hear the meaning of those roars. Impatient and disgusted.

The big boy grabbed Wang Xiaoxiao's arm, and she struggled a few times without breaking free.Wang Xiaoxiao was already tall among girls, but compared to the burly boy who was more than half a head taller than her, she was still too weak.

Gu Yuan frowned, put out the cigarette in his hand, didn't think much, just jumped lightly, then supported the fence with his hand, and jumped down.

Suddenly hearing a bang, several people in the private room were startled. They all looked towards the balcony, but they didn't see Gu Yuan who was smoking.

"What's the sound?" Xiao Yuping asked.

"I don't know, it looks like a heavy object hit the ground." Zhang Cheng said.

"Huh? Where's Gu Yuan? Isn't he smoking outside?" Chen Yu asked.

"Could it be that he jumped out? Did he also go shopping?" Zhang Cheng said again.

Several people were a little puzzled, why did Gu Yuan jump directly to the balcony without saying a word?

Ling Chao was the first to run out, he knew that Gu Yuan would not come out like this for no reason.Standing on the balcony and looking down, I saw Gu Yuan running towards the corner of the street, in front of him were several boys surrounding a girl.The girl turned out to be Wang Xiaoxiao!

Others also ran out, Gu Yuan ran over a few steps and pulled Wang Xiaoxiao behind him.

"Fuck! Isn't that the people from class seven?" Wang Tian said after seeing the people clearly.

Ling Chao didn't say anything, and jumped off the fence directly.

The height here is only one meter above the ground, and several other people followed closely behind. When Chen Yu jumped, he said to Zhang Cheng behind him: "You go say hello to the waiter first. Let's go down and see what's going on."

Zhang Cheng originally wanted to follow, but after hearing what he said, he went back to the hall and talked to the waiter before running out.