born to ashes

When Wei Linze and Josh arrived at the tennis court, the students had already lined up. They stood in the last row, and Wei Linze waved to Teacher Yang.

Teacher Yang was talking about the continental grip. Wei Linze pulled Josh's sleeve and asked him to listen carefully.

The tennis racket is very heavy in the hand. Teacher Yang swung the racket vigorously at the front, demonstrating the swing movements for the students, first a set of forehand movements and then a set of backhand movements.

Josh listened in the background in a daze, holding the racket back and forth several times, leading the racket, turning around, stepping up, stepping up and almost tripping himself on the ground.Wei Linze kept laughing on the side, "You made the last step smoothly."

"I'm a handsome Shunguai even if I'm Shunguai."

Teacher Yang led the movement for half a class before letting everyone play the board freely. Some students who had learned for a long time started sparring in groups, and students who had just learned it for a long time practiced freely.

Wei Linze asked Josh: "What's the matter?"

"How do you hold the racket with the backhand?"

Josh was quite serious, and Wei Linze took his racket to help him adjust the position, "Press the tiger's mouth on that surface, and put your index finger on the small slope on the side."

"No." Wei Linze lifted his index finger from the racket, put it in the correct place, and then pushed his hand down, "It's easy to control when you put your hand like this."

Josh looked at his hands in a daze. Wei Linze's hands were sweaty because he had been holding the racket for a long time. After taking it away from his hands, the back of his hands felt a little cool. He didn't recover for a long time.

Teacher Yang yelled in the middle of the field: "Zhang Chuan! Don't squat under the shade of a tree and play with your mobile phone, go play ball."

Such a sudden shout scared Josh back to his senses.

As soon as Zhang Chuan stood up, Mr. Yang didn't even turn his body completely, and hit a ball with one beat. Zhang Chuan didn't have time to react, and the ball hit his ass. All the boys and girls laughed.

Josh sighed when he saw the ball flying past, no wonder the tennis balls are fluorescent green, this color is definitely the most beautiful scenery ball on the field, and it is not so bad that the ball flew over from nowhere even if it was hit.

Zhang Chuan pursed his lips and went to the court, and formed a doubles team with others.He was on fire in his heart, and he served the ball too hard, and the shining tennis ball flew out of the court.

Wei Linze was correcting Josh's racket grip. Josh wasn't paying attention, and subconsciously wanted to shout when he caught sight of the flying ball.

"Eh."

Before Josh could yell out, Wei Linze leaned over and grabbed the ball with his backhand. After throwing it back to the students, he shook his hand and muttered, "It still hurts."

Josh didn't have time to react at all.

Lately, it's been a bit sluggish.

"Xiao Wei, come and play two rounds." Teacher Yang shouted on the field, and Josh came back to his senses. Wei Linze glanced at him, and Josh waved his hand, "Go, I'll rest here for a while."

Josh sat on the steps on one side and watched the field, and the students on the other side also gathered around to watch the two teachers play.

Teacher Yang played really well, and he even fed the ball to Wei Linze for a while, but as long as he tried hard, Wei Linze would lose.Wei Linze's playing level is not high, but he is just flamboyant, swinging the racket sharply, cutting the ball back one by one, and the tennis ball hitting the racket can make a heavy muffled sound.

Such a gentle person, how can he play with such vigor?

Josh rested his chin and watched from behind. Wei Linze's back looked thin, but he had a lot of energy when he moved, especially when he ran to catch the ball, his legs looked long.

Such long legs, Josh thought.

Teacher Yang on the opposite side looked much more funny. He couldn't help laughing when he saw Teacher Yang's enchanting movements. If he had a flower in his hand, he could be a cheerleader directly.

Wei Linze quickly moved to the left, lowered his center of gravity, swung his racket sideways, and hit a tricky ball back, which was applauded by everyone on the court.Teacher Yang saw that he was not good at playing backhands, so he adjusted his steps and hit the ball to Wei Linze's left hand.

He turned around and looked in the direction of the ball, and saw Josh right behind him. Before he could react, the ball flew towards his calf.The ball that Teacher Yang hit flew so fast, it probably wasn't a light hit, Wei Linze thought to himself.

In such an instant, Josh took a step back, and immediately grinned his teeth in pain. Wei Linze didn't care about the racket, and ran towards Josh without thinking, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Josh jumped on one leg a few times, why is he so back today, "Am I not that weak?"

Wei Linze helped him, "I don't know who almost tripped me on the spot."

"Am I the weakest?" Josh hung his hands on Wei Linze's shoulders, and said in a strange voice, "Oh, I can't, I can't walk, I have to let Teacher Mo carry it."

"Go, go," Wei Linze picked up the racket and put it in his bag, and greeted Teacher Yang, "Go home and eat."

"You won't carry me?"

"Do you really want me to recite it?" Wei Linze put on a pose.

"Fake." Josh faltered all of a sudden.

He honestly followed Wei Linze for half a street, Wei Linze suddenly pointed to KFC and asked, "Do you want to eat spicy chicken drumsticks?"

"You teachers still like to eat this?"

"Did you misunderstand the teacher?"

Josh spread his hands, "Anyway, my elementary school teacher always teaches us not to eat such unhealthy things."

"Then are you obedient?" Wei Linze asked him.

"No."

"That's it." Wei Linze looked at Josh's calf, "Eat what you can to make up for it, buy a chicken leg to comfort your calf injured by tennis."

Josh took the tennis racket in his hand, "Then go in and buy it yourself, let's take it back and eat, and I won't bother this calf that was hurt by tennis."

After Wei Linze went in, Josh waited at the door, taking out his phone to check the time when he was bored.Before he opened the screen, someone behind him said, "Are you Josh?"

Josh frowned, isn't it such a coincidence, is he calling him or someone pronounces his name like that?He has not heard the word Josh for many years. He thought in his heart that he would forget it, or at least it must be a little strange, but when he first heard these two words, he felt like a conditioned reflex He wanted to say yes, as if someone called him that yesterday.

Some things can never be forgotten, and time has nothing to do.

He didn't move, controlling himself not to react.

"Are you Josh?"

The man walked up to him directly and stared at his face.

"Zhong An?" Josh yelled without confidence. The man in front of him vaguely had Zhong An's shadow in his eyebrows, but he hadn't seen him for many years, so he wasn't sure if it was true.

"Yes, it's me." Zhong An said.

Josh remembered that Zhong An was a white boy when he was a child, with fleshy cheeks and dimples when he smiled, but now the man in front of him was full of depression, and he already had a feeling of twilight.Zhong An should be only one or two years older than him.

"You..." Josh said a "you" and didn't know what to say anymore, why are you here?How have you been all these years?How are you?

Whether you are doing well or not is written all over your face.

The two of them were suddenly awkward in place.Exchanged names, recognized each other, but didn't know what to say.

Zhong An looked at him and smiled, "Are you doing well?"

Josh didn't speak, can you be okay?Just ask yourself if you are doing well, and you will know, can these people be okay?

He patted Josh on the shoulder and whispered: "It will be fine. It will be fine soon."

Josh didn't understand what he meant, so he could only nod along.

Zhong An's cell phone vibrated. He looked down at the text message and squinted his eyes. For some reason, Josh was instinctively terrified when he saw this action.

"Sorry, I have something to leave first." Zhong An glanced at Josh, took out a pen and paper from his pocket, and scribbled a series of numbers, "This is my phone number."

Josh took the paper in a daze, watching Zhong An walk away.

His heart suddenly twitched.What happened can't be erased, it's not fake, even after all these years, when he sees people related to that year again, he can't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

Wei Linze bought a bag of food and patted him on the shoulder from behind. He reflexively took a step forward and turned around quickly. He was relieved when he saw that it was Wei Linze, and his heart beat violently.

"What's wrong with you?" Wei Linze waved the fried chicken in front of his eyes.

"It's all right."

"Who is that then? Do you know him?"

Josh subconsciously held the note with the phone number in his palm, finally calmed himself down, and said, "I don't know."

After returning home, he lay at home all afternoon, his bones were weak, his eyelids could not be lifted, but his mind was extremely clear.A man in a white coat kept flashing in front of him, pinning him on the bed and supporting his eyelids with an iron frame.

Wei Linze had a faculty gathering at night, and before going out in the afternoon, he saw that Josh's door was closed. He knocked twice but didn't respond, and didn't continue to knock. He poured Er Gazi's cat food and went out the door.

There is nothing new recently, the most important thing is teaching evaluation.

Professor Xu from the Department of Literature and Art took a sip and said, "I remember that the last teaching evaluation was 15 years ago. Last time, our College of Arts fired a teacher for this matter."

"At that time it was still called the Chinese Department." Professor Zhang added.

"Yes, yes, after so many years, my brain is not working well."

Professor Huang was already nervous about this matter, but after hearing this, he was even more upset in his heart. He kept drinking water, for fear that he would be the next one to be expelled.

Really, why scare Professor Huang.

Even though he thought so, Wei Linze was still very happy on the sidelines. Professor Huang's tenure is not too short, so why is his mental quality still so poor.

It was quite late when I returned home. Even though it was April, it was still a bit cold when the cool wind blew, let alone the wind in Zhucheng.In the middle of the meal, the editor Xiao Ma of the publishing house called him, saying that the first draft of "Dream of the Red Chamber" reviewed by his superiors had passed, and he would be ready to proofread the manuscript and typeset in the next few days.

Wei Linze was a little surprised at how efficient their review was.

Speaking of the publishing issue of "Dream of Red Mansions", right and wrong cannot be described in one clever word.

If we want to talk about this, we have to mention the founder of Inspur magazine, a certain famous writer.I don't know why, it may be that the great writer has recently developed a nostalgic feeling, and when he remembered, he went back to his alma mater and looked through the magazines of the past few years.It doesn't matter if I flip through it, I immediately took a fancy to Wei Linze's article, saying that it is a rare review article that is both academic and literary.

He gave a full-day report at the school, and the audience went out to buy lunch during the break.The content of the report is sincere and sincere, and the heart for the alma mater is indescribable. It also specifically puts forward the writing atmosphere for participating in the construction of the Faculty of Arts, and pays special attention to the development of "Inspur" magazine.

Before the writer left, he introduced Wei Linze's article to a familiar editor.

After a series of articles were published, they received great response and were reprinted by many parties. Finally, the editor of the publishing house found Wei Linze to contact them for publication.

"Dream of Red Mansions" was written when he was still studying for a master's degree a few years ago. The chapters published in the magazine in recent issues are good to say, but the previous ones are all manuscripts from many years ago. It seems that some opinions need to be improved now The place seems to be busy again.

The lights were still dark when he got home, and he wasn't sure if Josh was up for dinner.He knocked on Josh's door again, but there was still no response.

In the living room, more than half of the cat food left for Er Gazi has been eaten. The cat litter was originally a soft cushion with a roof, but now the roof has been collapsed by Er Gazi. He searched around the cat litter and found nothing. I saw Er Gazi.

There was half a box of pure milk on one side, and Wei Linze always drank a box when he thought of it, and stopped drinking it when he couldn't think of it. It had been several months, and there was nothing missing.He happened to see it, so he put his hand into the box to get a carton of milk to drink, but he didn't get the milk, but touched his hair, which made him jump back a few steps in fright.

Seeing Er Gazi raised his head from the box with a drooping face, he complied, but was frightened to death.

If you can't nest, you have to drill into the box.

Wei Linze didn't go to get milk anymore, he took a shower and went back to his room to sleep.

a bit tired.

He closed his eyes, his mind spinning wildly.

Stay away from Professor Huang next Monday, or I will have to chant scriptures again.

Tie a bell to Ergazi, otherwise you will always be startled by it.

Leave the work of sorting out the electronic manuscript of "Dream of Red Mansions" to the students...who?Jiang Wenwen.

Discuss with Josh, it is more convenient to separate the study room.

Thinking of this, he slowly fell asleep.

He was awakened by a shrill cry.

How should I put it, it's like the howl of a wild animal, and it's not suppressed at all, it really doesn't sound like a human can yell.

Josh!

Wei Linze realized in the next second that the voice came from the study.He didn't even have time to put on his shoes, so he rushed to the door of the study and smashed the door, "What's wrong! What's wrong with you!"

Josh didn't respond, but continued to shout, and his voice could be heard to be a little hoarse.

Wei Linze's hands were almost shaking and he went to look for a spare key under the coffee table, while Er Gazi shrank aside, his hairs bristling.

The moment he opened the door, he saw Josh sitting on the bed covering his ears and screaming, his fingers kept scratching behind his ears.He rushed over at once, grabbed Josh's hand, and shouted, "Josh!"

Josh's eyes were open, but he didn't seem to be able to focus, but he felt someone wrap his hands around him, and the constant shouting stopped.Immediately afterwards, he began to struggle, yelling something indistinctly and intermittently.Wei Linze didn't hold it tight, and he broke it out. Then he started to push and push Wei Linze with his hands. He didn't pay attention, and even scratched his arm several times.

Wei Linze hugged him and bound his arms together.

"Go away! Don't come over!" He was still struggling, Wei Linze moved closer, and could barely hear what he was shouting.

"It's me! Wei Linze!" Wei Linze said loudly.

Josh didn't seem to be able to hear anything, Wei Linze hugged him face to face, only wrapped around his upper arm, he bent his arm, clasped it on Wei Linze's back, and scratched it once and for all.

"I made a mistake and I don't dare to do it again. It's really wrong." Josh suddenly said in a crying voice, and his voice dropped.

Wei Linze let go subconsciously.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Josh bit Wei Linze's shoulder with one bite.Wei Linze took a deep breath, and then put his hand directly on the back of Josh's neck.

Wei Linze has practiced tennis all these years, and his arm strength is good. Josh can't move immediately, his teeth are still biting on his shoulders, and he can't leave, can't move, and can't shout.

"Master." Wei Linze called out in a low voice.

Josh seemed to be a little awake, grunted, and loosened his teeth biting Wei Linze's shoulder.

"Don't be afraid, I'm Wei Linze."