The Romance of a Young Painter

The students of No. [-] Middle School in S City began to spread rumors in private that Zhou Nianjiu, a former special student, did not do well in grades. He got into the Wen ([-]) class because of his connections. Everyone looked at Zhou Nianjiu with something wrong.

In fact, when the rumors began to spread, a well-informed girl came to remind Zhou Nianjiu, but since he made his mark in painting, he has experienced the double-edged sword of public opinion many times, so he didn't take rumors of this level to heart. superior.

Because the parties had no intention of clarification, the rumors intensified until the results of the first monthly exam after November were announced.

With a high score, Zhou Nianjiu was ranked third in the liberal arts class of the third year of the tenth middle school. The rumors were self-defeating. Those who had spread rumors and had doubts automatically silenced them. In addition, Zhou Nianjiu was originally a well-known figure among the special students. Attracted many people to Wen ([-]) class to watch this new academic master.However, everything has two sides. As soon as the grades came out this time, the top female students in the class who had never listed Zhou Nianjiu as a competitor before felt threatened. They have seized the time to do all kinds of questions. For this kind of result, the teachers are naturally happy to see it.

Just when the intense learning competition in the Wen ([-]) class began, new rumors soon surfaced, saying that Zhou Nianjiu had a bad style and had flirted with many girls in the name of painting. The gossip with a romantic atmosphere is the easiest to spread, and because of Zhou Nian's ranking in the Jiuyue exam, it has attracted more attention. Many girls in the class who originally had a crush on him looked at him in the wrong way.

"Did you offend someone?" The deskmate asked Zhou Nianjiu privately.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Nianjiu asked.

"You haven't heard those rumors. It's quite ugly." The deskmate said that after more than a month of contact, he felt that Zhou Nianjiu was not like the kind of person in the rumors.

"The clean is clear." Zhou Nianjiu calmly sorted out the reference books on the table.

The deskmate looked at him with admiration, and said, "Your heart is so generous."

To say that he has a generous heart is actually quite right, Zhou Nianjiu really doesn't care much about what others think of him.

From the time the first rumor spread quickly, Zhou Nianjiu wondered if someone did it on purpose, and when the second rumor came out one after another, he was sure that it was a public opinion offensive aimed specifically at him, although it made people feel uncomfortable , but no substantial harm has been done so far.As for who would do this kind of thing, he has no idea at all, he had the experience of making enemies everywhere when he was young, and he didn't think it was strange that he offended people unintentionally.

"Student Zhou Nianjiu," the uncle called Zhou Nianjiu when he returned to the dormitory after school one day, "This is for you."

It was an ordinary white envelope with only his name written on it.

Zhou Nianjiu asked: "Who sent it?"

The uncle in charge said, "I don't know. When I came here, I saw this on the desk in the management room."

Zhou Nianjiu took it apart, and there was a piece of ordinary homework paper inside, with a line written on it:

I have a clue about the rumor, I will wait for you outside the north gate of the school after self-study tonight, see you soon.

Signature: X

Who is this "X"?If you know the clue, why not just write it in the letter, but ask to meet him?Moreover, there is a small alley outside the north gate of the school. It was already past nine o'clock when the evening self-study ended. Most students seldom go there. What if it is a trap?But if it's not a trap, but if someone really has a clue, won't it make people wait if they don't go to the appointment?

After the evening self-study, Zhou Nianjiu decided to check the situation. He set up a quick dial of 110 on his mobile phone, and then deliberately hid himself in the dark and walked out of the school gate.After walking less than 50 meters, Zhou Nianjiu heard a noise in front of him, and walked a few steps forward. He saw people fighting through the streetlights. To be precise, there were two people lying on the ground, and the other two were fighting each other. Hit, he still recognizes one of them, it's Meng Xing.Judging from the battle situation, it seems that Meng Xing beat the opponent unilaterally. The person who was beaten was parrying clumsily with left and right. Meng Xing punched the opponent hard in the stomach with a straight fist, and then when the opponent bent over, A side kick directly knocked the person to the ground, the posture should be as neat as possible.

Seeing that there was no danger, Zhou Nianjiu put away the mobile phone that had been pinched in his hand and was ready to press the button at any time, and quickly ran over to ask: "Meng Xing, why are you here? Are you injured?"

"Don't meddle in your own business." Meng Xing just got into a fight, with a vicious look on his face that hasn't faded, looking a little scary.

Zhou Nianjiu didn't back down, he stepped forward and looked at the three people on the ground, and said to Meng Xing: "I received a letter today, saying that I was asked to come here after evening self-study. So, they may be Coming after me."

"Really?" Meng Xing stepped on the face of the man just now and said, "It doesn't matter."

The distorted facial features of the trampled man made Zhou Nianjiu feel pain when he looked at it. He had just seen that Meng Xing's skills were very good, as if he had specially trained them, but now he saw clearly the three on the ground. About the same age as Meng Xing, he should be a gangster outside.

"Hmm..." The one who was stepped on weakly wanted to say something.

The two next to him were very loyal, seeing that they couldn't beat them, they quickly struggled to get up and begged Meng Xing for mercy: "Brother, we made a mistake, please let our boss go."

Meng Xing folded his arms and looked at Zhou Nianjiu without speaking.

Those two people would feel sorry, and turned to Zhou Nianjiu and said, "Student, we are also taking money from others, please, let your friend be proud of you."

Zhou Nianjiu asked: "Who told you to come?"

"There is a girl in your school, she told us to wait here at this point, and when we see a tall and handsome boy come out, we just beat him up." One of them quickly sold the benefactor.

Meng Xing suddenly asked: "What does she look like?"

The little gangster said: "Big eyes, curly hair, pretty, and generous with money, I don't know what it's called," and then continued to confess, "Brother, we just want to earn some cigarette money, next time Never dare again."

Meng Xing let go of his feet and said, "Get lost."

The three punks ran away in a hurry.

Could it be the person who wrote the letter?Zhou Nianjiu thought carefully about who among the girls he knew had curly hair.

"It's coming for me." Meng Xing said suddenly.

"Ah?" Zhou Nianjiu hadn't recovered yet.

Seeing his blank look, Meng Xing said again: "I said these people came after me."

Zhou Nianjiu let out an "oh", knowing that he might have made a mistake at first, and then he noticed that the back of Meng Xing's hand was red with sharp eyes.

"You're injured." Zhou Nianjiu hurriedly took Meng Xing's hand, only to see that several joints had been broken. He quickly took out a disposable sterile cotton ball and a band-aid from his schoolbag to treat Meng Xing's wound.

Meng Xing didn't move at all and let Zhou Nianjiu move. After the last wound was healed, he said, "Do you usually carry these with you?"

"Yes, just in case." Zhou Nianjiu looked at his right hand subconsciously.

Meng Xing followed his line of sight and saw Zhou Nianjiu's fingers were fair and slender. The position of the tiger's mouth and the first joint of the middle finger could be seen the calluses left over from years of writing, and sporadic small bruises that had healed for a long time could be seen on the fingers. Scars, these small blemishes write a kind of imperfect beauty on the beautifully shaped hands.Meng Xing moved his hand subconsciously, and found that the place where the Band-Aid was pasted was still moving freely. It seemed that the other party was very good at dealing with such wounds.

"The craftsmanship is good," Meng Xing said, "Let's go."

The two walked towards the north gate of the school in silence. When they were almost at the gate, they heard a girl calling Zhou Nianjiu's name softly.

Zhou Nianjiu stopped and saw a girl in school uniform standing in the shadow not far away. She was pushing a bicycle with her head down, and she couldn't see what she looked like.Seeing that Meng Xing had no intention of leaving, Zhou Nianjiu asked directly in front of his face, "Excuse me?"

The girl said, "My name is He Xinxin."

Xin, X?

Zhou Nianjiu asked, "Is it the letter you left for me?"

"Well," He Xinxin replied in a very low voice, "But I was delayed by some things. Just now I thought you had left, or you wouldn't come at all."

"I'm here." Zhou Nianjiu didn't mention what happened just now, but simply stated a fact.

He Xinxin seemed to muster up her courage, and finally raised her head. Seeing Meng Xing present, she hesitated for a moment, and said to Zhou Nianjiu, "Someone is targeting you these days. I probably heard something from others. I think I should tell you." You are better."

Zhou Nianjiu finally saw her face, her long bangs almost covered her eyes, a pair of glasses with thick lenses on the bridge of her nose, she looked a bit dull, he remembered her, he saw her on the day when the exams ended last semester , and saw her again in Wen ([-]) class this semester, this time he finally matched the person with the name.However, this face has always given him an inexplicable sense of familiarity, but it is also a bit inconsistent, it seems that this girl should not look like this.

"Well, let's talk about it." Zhou Nianjiu put those irrelevant things aside.

He Xinxin glanced at Meng Xing, then quickly averted his gaze, and said to Zhou Nianjiu, "Do you still remember Yu Pianran?"

"Remember." Zhou Nianjiu thought to himself, maybe it has something to do with Lu Kai again?

"In the past, there were a few people in the specialty class who were a little bit hostile to you. One of them has always liked Yu Pianran. At the beginning of this semester, he confessed his love to Yu Pianran, but Yu Pianran told him that the person she likes is you , It is said that because of this, that classmate lost his temper a lot and said he wanted to show you off. His family has a good background, and most classmates would not dare to offend him." He Xinxin said.

If it's really because of Yu Pianran, then it's really a disaster, Zhou Nianjiu asked: "Who is it?"

He Xinxin named a name, and then added: "I've also heard about these things, but I can't be sure that it must be him who did these things."

Zhou Nianjiu remembered that this person had indeed had conflicts with him, and then he asked He Xinxin, "Where did you know that?"

He Xinxin said: "There is a good friend of mine among the special students. We talked about it when we were chatting. I don't want to cause trouble for her, so I can't tell you who she is, but I think you need to know this, so I still put you Find it alone."

Zhou Nianjiu said, "Thank you for telling me this."

He Xinxin nodded embarrassedly and said, "Then I'll go first."

She rode on the car and walked away quickly.

While Zhou Nianjiu was still looking at her back, Meng Xing took two steps to the side and stood in the shadow where He Xinxin was just now. From this position, he could clearly see where they were before.

"Do you believe her words?" Meng Xing asked.

"She said that she was not sure, so of course it can't be used as evidence." Zhou Nianjiu said.

"I thought you were too stupid to make things develop to this point. Now it seems that you are not so stupid." Meng Xingsong twitched his fingers and said, "In return for treating the wound, I will solve this matter for you alright."

Zhou Nianjiu shook his head and said, "No need, rumors only stop at wise men. Such baseless rumors will always pass away, and I don't plan to worry about it in the future. Meng Xing, I didn't think about it when I was treating your wound just now. I want to get something in return from you, of course, maybe in your opinion, there is no goodwill without reason in this world, but for me, there is no reason to do certain things at all.”

Meng Xing said: "But I don't like to owe favors. It doesn't matter if you accept it or not. I have already decided on this matter."

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