lure wolf into heart

Seven years ago

The school bell mixed with the thunder, and the quiet classroom instantly became chaotic.Xu Ning hurriedly grabbed the schoolbag he had already packed and squeezed out from the back door of the classroom.Every Friday night, the schoolbag is always extremely heavy, falling on his thin shoulders and bouncing slightly.

The one who patted him behind him was a female classmate named Lin Wenshi who was in the same class as him, staring happily at the umbrella in his hand: "You brought an umbrella."

Xu Ning slowed down: "Yes."

Lin Wenshi discussed, "Would you mind taking me for a while? I'm going to the big pharmacy on the turntable road. I remember it was on your way home."

This girl is one of the few in the class who can get along with Xu Ning, who is introverted. She usually helps Xu Ning a lot, so there is no need to think about such a question, so he responded happily: "Okay."

They struggled to maintain a distance between the front and back in the crowd after school. After walking out of the hall, Lin Wenshi got under Xu Ning's umbrella, and kept the same pace frequency with Xu Ning very harmoniously.

"I heard from my mother that our summer vacation this semester will start early," Lin Wenshi sighed, "I'm going to be a senior in high school soon, it's not very pleasant to think about it."

Xu Ning kept his pace steadily: "Anyway, it's only a year, no matter how hard or tiring it is, it will pass."

"If you study well, you will never be under pressure. Hey Xu Ning, have you ever thought about what major you want to take the exam?"

Xu Ning shook his head: "I really haven't thought about it, how about you?"

"I," Lin Wenshi rolled her eyes, "I guess I will take the normal exam."

The two chatted while walking from inside to outside the school, making the fixed distance seem to be closer.After Lin Wenshi ran out from under the umbrella and disappeared waving her hands, Xu Ning walked alone towards home.

If it wasn't raining, he would go home by bicycle. His home is not too close to the school, and there are buses to take, but in such a bad weather, people and umbrellas are crowded together, so it's better to walk back and relax. Besides, if you walk, you can take a shortcut from the alley.

Luoping is a semi-closed high school. Xu Ning lives on campus five days a week and can only go home on weekends. He can't wait to go back.Just as I was thinking of buying some fruit with the pocket money I hadn't spent this week, I heard the sounds of fighting and cursing coming from nowhere.

He slowly removed the umbrella that blocked his view, and at the corner of the alley about ten meters away, he saw a few social youths punching and kicking a tall and thin boy.

Xu Ning never dared to look at this kind of thing, he quickly withdrew his gaze and continued walking at a tight pace.This kind of drama is all too familiar to him, and he didn't completely get rid of this kind of violent treatment until he was in high school. He knew the helpless feeling of pain and helplessness.

"Crap! Believe it or not, I will kill you!"

"Aren't you capable? Fight back!"

"Damn it, it's bad luck for you to meet us."

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The rain was pouring down, and the raindrops hit the umbrella with a dull sound, and the scolding behind him spread in the humid air.As Xu Ning walked step by step, he thought of the countless times when he was bullied by the wall and watched the passing figures. At that time, how much he hoped that someone would come to help him, but he was in despair and never waited for hope.

If he walks away now, won't he also become those people he once hated?

Is he going to stop being overwhelmed and face more and stronger forces?

Contradictory thoughts made his footsteps heavier and heavier. Xu Ning turned his head, just as a flash of lightning slid across the sky, he saw clearly the boy who was desperately resisting despite being outnumbered and at a disadvantage.

His heart suddenly touched.

Maybe it was because that figure was also wearing Xu Yaoyang's favorite white shirt, maybe it was because the situation of that figure had copied his former self, the next moment his head was bloodshot and he ran back without hesitation.

"You stop fighting!"

After yelling this sentence, he regretted it. When those people turned their heads to look over, he took a small step back. He wanted to turn around and leave, but he didn't want to bother.

The young man who took the lead said with disdain: "Who the hell are you?"

Lin Pengfei, who was beaten, also stopped his movements. Muddy water rolled all over his body, and his face was not spared. He spit and looked at Xu Ning.

He thought that he would be a ruthless character who saw injustice, but he didn't expect to be such a fair and thin boy.With a schoolbag on his shoulders and his mother wearing glasses, no matter how he looked, he looked like a class representative came to collect homework.

"I...I..." Xu Ning was so nervous that he couldn't speak.

Those few people didn't intend to listen to what he said, they directly classified him as the opposite, dragged him over and gave him a fistful of entertainment.

Originally, Lin Pengfei might have narrowly escaped death in a one-on-six situation, but in the end, a burden came that completely hindered him, and he knelt down so confidently.

Xu Ning was pushed to sit on the ground and couldn't get up. The ground was cold and wet, and the raindrops kept hitting him. His impulsiveness made him unable to do anything, and he was beaten together abruptly.

The umbrella fell off, the glasses were crooked, the schoolbag was scattered, the clothes were dirty, and the shoes were loose. He covered his head and curled up without saying a word.

Those little hooligans probably felt that they had an absolute advantage and were too entangled, so they finally said something viciously to Lin Pengfei and walked away.

Lin Pengfei put his hands on his knees to stabilize his body, then walked over and touched the person lying there with his feet: "Hello."

Xu Ning sat up after taking his arms away, wiped the rain from his face and hurried to pick up his things.Lin Pengfei squatted there watching, frowning and asked in puzzlement, "Do I know you?"

Xu Ning shook his head.

"I'm stupid, so you have something wrong with your brain?"

Xu Ning shook his head again.

Lin Pengfei scratched his drenched hair and stood up, muttering: "I still have to hit the pole, I'm really convinced."

Xu Ning had already picked up his things. He stood up and put his schoolbag back on his back with great effort. The umbrella was completely broken and couldn't be opened, so he threw it on the ground.

Seeing that the two scratches on Lin Pengfei's arms were bleeding, he took off his schoolbag and took out two waterproof band-aids from the interlayer and handed them over.

Lin Pengfei raised his eyebrows: "For me?"

Xu Ning stretched out his hand to signal Lin Pengfei to take it. Lin Pengfei chuckled disdainfully and then raised his hand to open Xu Ning's hand: "Take it away, I don't need it."

After the two pieces of bandages fluttered to the ground, Xu Ning didn't stay any longer. He also knew that he didn't call it bravery, he called meddling.But he really used all his courage to come here, but in the end this person didn't even show his thanks.

He suddenly realized that what was really stupid about him today was not that he did what he thought was a good deed, but that he was actually expecting a ruffian to thank him.He turned around and then turned back: "Then I'll go first."

Lin Pengfei, who was standing there, was stunned for a moment, then shook his hand.

Looking down from a high altitude, the long and winding alley looks like a small snake. Xu Ning, who shuttles in it, drifts away and disappears after being hidden by the high wall.

Lin Pengfei's gaze fell on the yellow spot next to the wall not far away. He was about to leave indifferently, but he still limped over to pick up the things after taking a deep breath.

Because he didn't have an umbrella, Xu Ning walked quickly for the rest of the way, with a dull pain in his body, but fortunately there was no serious skin trauma.Every time he was beaten, he covered his head tightly not to reduce the damage, but because he didn't want to leave traces of the beating. When he arrived at the door of the house, he checked up and down carefully twice before taking out the key and entering the door.

Seeing her son coming back, Tian Meihui immediately greeted her: "Xiao Ning is back."

Xu Ning smiled: "Mom, you are at home."

"Ah, what did you do, kid? You're all soaked. Where's the umbrella?"

"I forgot to bring it," Xu Ning said as he took off his schoolbag, "I didn't expect it to be so big."

After receiving the schoolbag, Tian Meihui saw a few traces similar to footprints on the back of her son's shirt, and asked with a dull expression, "Xiao Ning, are you being bullied again?"

Xu Ning, who was drinking from a water glass, quickly shook his head: "Without mother, I was soaked through, and I was thrown into mud when I walked away."

Tian Meihui sighed silently and went into the kitchen to work without asking any more questions.She is most afraid of being bullied by a child who is withdrawn by nature and has no friends. Sometimes it is true and well-documented, and sometimes it is her wild imagination. She would rather believe that it is more of the latter.

Xu Ning went back to his room and changed into clean clothes. He took out the books from his wet schoolbag and spread them out to dry. He was careful not to break the wet pages when he flipped them.

After all the things in the schoolbag were taken out, he didn't see the pencil case either.He clearly remembered that he put it in his schoolbag after school, but he couldn't find it no matter what. He must have dropped it when he was beaten just now.The more he thought about it, the more stupid he felt, and he was angry at himself for being beaten for someone who had nothing to do with him.

Xu Ning bought the lost pencil case and all the stationery in it with his pocket money after the start of the new week. He thought that all the people and things in the rainy alley were over.

Unexpectedly, he saw the boy again a week later.

It was in the self-study class in the afternoon, when he was working hard on the exercise book, he heard a report from a classmate at the front door that someone was looking for him.

All his friends who could be called friends in this school were sitting in this room, and he didn't know who else would come to him. He pushed open the door with doubts and leaned out to have a look, his eyes widened.

The hairstyle that was messed up by the rain that day is neat and not messy, and the face that was muddy that day has been wiped clean, and it is full of heroism.It was obviously completely different, but he recognized it instantly.

Lin Pengfei threw something with a flick of his wrist, but Xu Ning didn't catch it. After seeing what it was, he bent down and picked it up: "I thought I lost it."

Lin Pengfei snorted softly: "To tell you the truth, if you lost your wallet, I wouldn't return it. I don't need it. It's a pity to throw it away. I just came to find a friend and return it to you by the way."

"How did you know I was here?"

Lin Pengfei tilted his head: "That day you were wearing Luoping's school uniform shirt with short sleeves, and there were your meal card and student ID card in the pencil case."

Xu Ning clenched the pencil case: "Thank you."

"It's no use."

Seeing that someone was about to leave, Xu Ning stepped forward and asked, "Then what's your name?"

Lin Pengfei looked back at Xu Ning, he didn't think it had anything to do with his name, so he opened his mouth after getting impatient: "Lin Pengfei."