shame

At noon, the tired summer wind blew slowly, and the plane trees on both sides of the boulevard swayed lazily in the bright sunshine, making it very quiet for a while.

A rush of footsteps walked towards the back door of Class [-], Grade [-].The boy was wearing a black shirt and his hair was waxed. He quickly scanned the classroom with his eyes full of anger, and after locking on to the target, he called out: "Xiahe, come out!"

Hearing the sound, Xia He put down the book in his hand, turned around and looked towards the back door of the classroom, and saw the boy he met in the game hall yesterday standing on the door frame and waving at him.

His heart suddenly trembled, and then he remembered that the person was from the same school as him, no wonder he looked familiar.

So he walked out full of doubts, walked up to him, and asked in surprise, "What...?"

Before the word 'thing' could be said, he was punched hard in the face.In an instant, he felt the bloody smell that permeated his mouth as his teeth were bitten by the hammer of gravity.His cheeks were also burning hot.The other party seemed to realize something, and looked down at the ring on his hand.

The next moment, Xia He's eyes were full of anger, and he was punched violently without knowing it. Anyone would arouse all resentment in an instant.Immediately afterwards, he also punched the other party, and then the two scuffled together.He was obviously not that boy's opponent. After all, he had never been rough with anyone since he grew up. He always felt that fighting was not his style, but he had never encountered such a bad scene.

The boy pinned him to the ground, the black shirt was torn and a button was broken, exposing the chest below the collarbone.With a livid face, he resisted stubbornly.The students around forcibly separated the two. In order to control the scene, they even lied that the class teacher was here.

Then, the boy had no choice but to give up, and before he left, he pointed viciously at Xia He's forehead and said, "Don't let me see you again!"

That voice, that tone, contemptuous, harsh, condescending.If there were no subsequent events that could not be easily erased and involved his whole life, he must feel that this event would be the greatest humiliation he has ever suffered in his life.

"Are you OK?"

After the other party left, a well-meaning classmate surrounded Xia He and pitied Xia He with distressed eyes: "Your face is bleeding."

Xia He was still panting heavily, and the pain on his face became more intense.He stretched out his hand to wipe the left side of his cheek, and sure enough, he touched the blood on the palm of his hand.He cursed secretly in his heart, what kind of skill is it to fight with a hidden weapon.He endured the pain and walked back to the classroom, but the classmate behind him comforted him and said, "Why don't you go to the infirmary, the wound on your face seems to be quite serious."

At this time, hurried footsteps came from the corridor again, getting closer and closer, until an arm was on his shoulder, he moved his neck and glanced at the other party.

The person who rushed over was his junior, Zhou Yu, and they were not in the same class, so they probably never expected such a bad thing to happen to Xia He.

Zhou Yu frowned and let out a breath of air: "What's wrong?"

"Xiahe got into a fight just now." The classmate next to him explained for him.

"Fight? You still fight? Why don't you call me?"

Zhou Yu frowned while feeling sorry for him.

Xia He covered his injured face, the sharpness in his eyes had not completely dissipated, and he might find someone to fight again at any time.He didn't like being stared at by many eyes, so he rolled his eyes at the students around him who were still looking at him.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the medicine, it's not good to ruin your face, otherwise our school will lose another handsome guy in the future, it's not worth it."

Zhou Yu pulled him out of the classroom as he spoke, before the bell rang for the last self-study class, he had to take him to the infirmary quickly, otherwise he would be in trouble if the teacher saw him.

After taking the medicine and putting on the Band-Aid, the light shone on his eyes, making them look a little red.Zhou Yu continued to talk cheaply: "It seems that this time I was beaten very badly, and my heart hurts..."

Xia He couldn't bear it anymore, stared at him angrily and said, "You will die if you don't say a few words."

Zhou Yu obediently kept his mouth shut, but then stretched out his hand to help him pinch his shoulders, and comforted him, "Don't be angry, I'll accompany him to beat that bastard some day."

They have a close relationship and have known each other for almost ten years. They have read books and played games together since they were young, and they have done countless bad things.Xia He was relatively introverted when he was a child. Because of his mother's sudden death, he did not communicate with others for a long time.It was only later that he gradually returned to a normal life, and his personality was also stubborn, and it was difficult for him to influence his thinking about what he was sure of.And Zhou Yu is just the opposite of him, with a good personality, a good family environment, and received a very good and positive education since childhood, so most people like to get along with him.

On the contrary, Xia He doesn't like to be in contact with people very much. If you don't know him well, you will definitely think that he is a very noble person.This point, he doesn't seem to want to change very much, whether he walks alone or in groups, he doesn't seem to care much.

In the evening, he was still walking through the street with a backpack on his shoulders, the orange-red sunlight slantingly shone on his face, covering up his original black and blue scars without any trace.

Zhou Yu ran towards him, and after catching up, stretched out his arms and hooked his shoulders habitually, glanced at him, and joked, "You look cute with a Band-Aid on your face."

"Go to the side of death!"

With a straight face, Xia He kicked up the lingering fallen leaves under his feet.

"Don't tell me, the scars represent the glory of a man, so there's no shame in it."

Speechless.

Seeing that Xia He didn't speak, Zhou Yu changed the subject: "By the way, I went to talk to the person who fought with you yesterday, his name is Gu Sheng, he transferred to this school for half a year, he's in Class [-], he's quite popular. It is estimated that he is handsome, and he is good at fighting, and it is said that his family is quite rich..."

This time Xia He gave him a solid roll of eyes: "Can you not mention him to me?"

Zhou Yu said innocently: "Didn't I let you understand clearly, knowing yourself and your enemy is the only way to win a hundred battles, right?!"

silence.

He continued: "Based on what I have learned, you two have misunderstood. The key culprit is not him, but that eldest lady—Ye Lian."

That Ye Lian is the second generation of officials, with an overbearing and unreasonable temper, relying on her parents' rights, while dawdling in school, she is also a thriving female school bully.Although her reputation is a bit off, her beauty has always been recognized as a school belle.In the past, it was the boys who posted it on their own, but later they started chasing Xia He, and it became a campus love affair that students talked about privately.

Xia He paused, glanced at the other party and continued walking.

Zhou Yu: "Didn't she want to chase you, but before chasing you, she was with Gu Sheng all the time. She was eating the bowl and looking at the pot. But today she suddenly told that kid that you were already with her." Yes, and we have made an appointment to go to the movies or something. That kid might have a hot head, so he's looking for you."

Seeing that Xia He was still silent, Zhou Yu added: "Gu Sheng seems to have a lot of contacts, and there must be a lot of people who hang out with him. You'd better not have anything to do with him in the future."

"What do you think I will have anything to do with him? The only possibility is that I will beat him to death."

When Xia He said this, his tone was very flat, and he didn't even utter the accent, which sounded unconvincing.

Zhou Yu chuckled: "Don't talk big, the next time someone finds you, you may not be singled out, it may be a group of people pushing you to the ground... Think about that scene, tsk, it was horrible... "Don't count on me, I usually take the best policy."

"What kind of brother are you..."

Xia He taunted him, then turned and walked towards a bus.Zhou Yu's house is not far from the school, not enough to take a car, so I can only wave to him and say, "See you tomorrow."

Xia He returned home, threw his backpack on the sofa, and saw his grandma moved a chair and sat on the balcony, facing the orange-red sunset, her thin figure in the backlight unavoidably reminded people of the word dying years.There is a radio next to her heel, which is playing opera.

Xia He walked over and gently touched her shoulder: "Grandma, what are you doing?"

Grandma looked up at him, smiled and said, "You're back, I'm knitting a sweater for you." She wore presbyopic glasses, and every stitch she picked was very close.

"It's just summer, and you knit sweaters?"

"I'll weave it when I think about it. If I don't survive winter, I can leave you something."

Grandma looked relaxed when she said this, just like saying something that is commonplace.On the contrary, Xia He turned dark: "You said that again." Then he changed the subject: "Has my father come back yet?"

"I don't know, I didn't hear the door open."

That is not coming back.Xia He thought to himself, grandma has bad eyesight, and she wears reading glasses while knitting, so naturally she can't see the brilliance on her face at this moment.But when Dad came back and saw it, it was not so easy to perfunctory.

He wanted to wash his face, but after his hands were soaked in cold water, he remembered that his face was still covered with medicine and a Band-Aid was put on.Anyway, don't even think about getting in the water today, it is estimated that after the wound heals, there will be a scar left.It looked like there was a lot of blood. "Fuck Gu Sheng." He couldn't help cursing secretly.

Back in the room, he opened the curtains, and the setting sun shone in, a little dazzling.A few children were playing around in the courtyard downstairs, their immature voices piercing my ears.As soon as he lay down on the bed, he was very irritable, so he took out his MP3, put on his earphones, and let the music extinguish the lingering flames in his heart.

At night, when Xia Zhendong asked about the wound, he used the fall as an excuse to fool him, but the other party didn't intend to pursue it, probably because he couldn't think of a fight.My father is usually very strict at school and always has a straight face, but in private he is quite gentle and cheerful.Of course, except for Xiahe causing trouble.For this reason, Zhou Yu ridiculed that Mr. Cheng Xia has a dual personality.

As for Xia He, he usually doesn't like to hang out with his classmates, and when he's not committing crimes, he looks gentle, a little bit of a talent, and feels like a scholarly family.He is handsome and is recognized by the whole school, the point is, he is handsome without knowing it.This unique temperament can easily make people who have been in contact with him for a long time fascinated by him.

As soon as he entered the school gate the next day, he bumped into Gu Sheng passing by on a bicycle.Xia He was still suffocated, which belonged to the kind that even if the other party knelt and kowtowed at him three times, he couldn't get rid of it.It was already embarrassing enough, but the man actually stopped the car on the way he must pass.

Xia He didn't look sideways, and didn't intend to ignore him.

But Gu Sheng stopped because he saw the bruises and bandages on his face, and there was a trace of apology in his gaze.Then step on the pedal and ride in front of the opponent.

Xia He stared into Gu Sheng's eyes, and said contemptuously, "What? Do you want to come again? I can accompany you."

Seeing that he was full of resentment, Gu Sheng didn't intend to ridicule him. Instead, he said, "I was at fault for what happened yesterday. I will pay for your medical expenses. In addition, I will compensate you."

Xia He still stared at him, the crease between his brows looked very majestic.

"I don't care, you will rarely appear in front of me in the future."

Then he strode away.

Looking at his back, Gu Sheng sneered: "It's quite stubborn."

Xia He originally thought that there would never be any communication between himself and that bastard, but two nights later, he was also on his way home.Zhou Yu came up to him on a bicycle, then got off the bicycle, touched his shoulder with his hand, and said, "Isn't this bicycle good? It's brand new, and it even has a small flashlight.

Xia He lowered his eyes and saw that the car was completely black, and there was actually a flashlight pinned in the middle of the front of the car, and the light was quite bright, looking like an ornament.He asked, "Did you buy it new?"

"It's new, but it's not mine."

Zhou Yu is playing tricks.

"Whose is that? You stole it?"

"Get out, I don't do this kind of thing anymore." Zhou Yu pretended to be angry and rolled his eyes at him, then raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Someone gave it to you, let me pass it on to you."

Xia He suspected that he had misheard, and asked in surprise, "Send me?"

"Ah."

"Who sent it? I haven't done anything good recently."

Zhou Yu looked at him strangely: "The person who left the marks on your face gave it to you."

As soon as the words fell, Xia He suddenly felt pain on his face again, he gritted his teeth and breathed out a cold wind: "Him?"

"Yeah." Zhou Yu nodded very positively: "I feel sorry for you, so I gave you a bicycle to show my heart. Hey, if only I was the one who was beaten at that time, I can change a bicycle with a few fists. "

"Then you can take it."

Xia He gave him a disgusted look, and quickened his pace to move forward.I thought to myself that this person is really unreasonable, I told myself not to have anything to do with Gu Sheng before, but now I go to curry favor with him, what's the matter?

Zhou Yu immediately chased after him: "That won't do. Someone sent you, which means that they want to have a good relationship with you. As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other. Isn't that the truth?"

"Then you go and get acquainted with him. I don't want to have anything to do with such bums."

"That's what you said, anyway, because of you, he's going to become friends with me." Zhou Yu approached Xia He on his bicycle: "Hey, he's actually quite nice."

Xia He suddenly raised his hand to hold the faucet of his car, the car braked suddenly and almost fell over.

"Then how about we stop contacting each other?!"

After hearing this, Zhou Yu suppressed a smile: "That won't work, who will help you ask for supplies if you get beaten again in the future?!"

"Fuck off!"

Xia He got on the bus without looking back after speaking.

Zhou Yu slammed on the brakes and shouted at him: "Do you really want the car?"

There was no response, and the figure of the other party disappeared into the noisy night along with the bus.

Although Xia He stubbornly refused the gift of apology, Zhou Yu still obediently rode to his house and put it in the courtyard.