eyes outside the box

Walking out of the hospital, away from the smell of disinfectant, the hustle and bustle outside filled my ears.

Duan Jiuze doesn't like hospitals, even if it's just for examinations, not for medical treatment.Although Duan Jiuze didn't show any dislike when he came to the hospital with Wang Qin and Yang Bowen, he still breathed a sigh of relief when he left the hospital.

"Zeze's physical indicators are all normal, nothing was found..." Wang Qin looked at the physical examination report in his hand, pondered for a while, then looked at Duan Jiuze's expression that nothing happened, and said seriously: "Zeze, if there is any If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell your mother earlier."

Yang Bowen nodded while listening.

Duan Jiuze looked at Wang Qin and Yang Bowen's serious appearance, and his heart warmed up. He nodded and replied, "I know."

The mother and son talked and laughed on the way home, and they felt a lot more relaxed.

While listening to them carefully, Duan Jiuze paid attention to the road under his feet and the surrounding environment, but nothing unusual happened until he got home.

Duan Jiuze didn't understand the law of the appearance of the white mist at all. Over the years, the only two times the white mist appeared was the day of the picnic.But it is impossible for the school to organize picnics every day. This may be a clue, so it will be cut off like this?

"... Zeze!"

Duan Jiuze suddenly raised his head when he heard the voice, looked blankly at Yang Bowen who was pulling him, and subconsciously replied: "What?"

It was rare for Wang Qin to see Duan Jiuze in a daze, so he smiled and said, "What was Zeze thinking just now? I didn't even hear Wen Wen."

Duan Jiuze thought for a while and replied, "I was just thinking about having a picnic."

As soon as Yang Bowen heard it, he thought that Duan Jiuze had washed some dishes on the day of the picnic and went to rest. Maybe it was not enjoyable, so he suggested: "How about we have a picnic alone?"

Wang Qin looked at the two brothers with a smile, but did not speak.

Duan Jiuze shook his head, thinking that it was too troublesome, but then he thought about the clues that were not clues, so he changed his mind and said, "It might be a bit overwhelming for three people to have a picnic. It would be better to change it to a picnic. What do you think, Mom?"

Wang Qin nodded happily: "Mom thinks it's good. It's good for our family to go out and relax. Before you are in the third year of junior high school, you still have time. When you grow up, the schoolwork will be even more arduous. At that time, what do you think? No time for picnics."

"We will have seven days off on October [-]. We can choose one of the seven days. Ah! We still need to buy food first and cook some portable dishes! Zeze, do you have any favorite food? We will bring it with us when we have a picnic .”

Duan Jiuze glanced coolly at Yang Bowen, who was suddenly excited, and replied in a low voice: "I have to go back to school for a few days before the holiday. I may have to make up a day or two after returning from the holiday."

Yang Bowen was quiet for a second, then suddenly patted Duan Jiuze on the shoulder in a fit of embarrassment: "Don't say such disappointing things, okay. What if I plan ahead. This shows that I am a person with a plan and a person with a deep chest! "

"It's not the way to have a groove in your chest."

Yang Bowen expressed his dissatisfaction with Duan Jiuze's performance of infinite destruction, and immediately twisted Duan Jiuze to compete, but was pulled away by Wang Qin with a smile.But after a while, the two children started playing in front again.

Wang Qin, who was walking behind, felt very relieved to see the two children get along so well.She looked up at the blue sky with white clouds floating in the distance, and smiled slightly, as if with extreme happiness.

Duan Jiuze, who was walking in front, turned his head inadvertently and saw the smile on Wang Qin's face, but he still acted patiently as if he hadn't seen it, and occasionally dodged to cooperate with Yang Bowen's slapstick.

There is a saying in Leo Tolstoy's novel "Anna Karenina": Happy people are all alike, and unhappy people are unhappy in their own way.

Duan Jiuze looked at Yang Bowen who was walking in front of him after playing around enough, and thought, the so-called happiness is probably the harmony between relatives and brothers. When you were a student, you only need to study hard, and you don’t have to worry about everything else; A satisfactory job with development prospects, and perhaps a romantic partner; and in old age, there are companions, enjoy family relationships, and die.This is probably the happiness that most people pursue.

And misfortunes... there are too many.

It may be that he has been in this world for several years. Even though he wants to pursue the truth more in his heart, facing Wang Qin and Yang Bowen who have lived together for several years, Duan Jiuze still can't help softening his heart.

As long as the fragile paper of happiness is not broken, Duan Jiuze is also willing to silently protect the people living under the fragile paper.What's more, as long as there are no accidents, some of the past will only be covered under dust, and happiness can be maintained forever.

On eleventh, Duan Jiuze, Wang Qin, and Yang Bowen went to Xishan Park for a picnic.

The weather was excellent that day, it could be called sunny, the three of them sat together, the atmosphere was also good, it was perfect.

But it was so perfect that nothing happened.

Duan Jiuze didn't know whether he should be disappointed or happy.But one thing, a picnic or a picnic is not a unique scene where the white mist appears. As for the location... Although I have only been to the picnic place once, Duan Jiuze has walked to the place near the school gate more than once. It must not be because of the location .

Duan Jiuze had to face the facts: the appearance of the white mist was just an irregular random event.

Only in this way, Duan Jiuze's way of searching will return to the original state of being unable to start.

The days seem to be peaceful again, except for going to school, there seems to be nothing to worry about.

Duan Jiuze will still meditate on his notebook, but this is no longer a daily homework.

Time seems to be able to wear away some of people's will and distract people's attention.

Duan Jiuze, who is in the second half of the third year of junior high school, is also like ordinary students, taking classes seriously, doing questions seriously, and taking exams seriously.It's just that Duan Jiuze always estimates the results, and never competes for the first place. Every time, he happens to be a few points lower than No.1.In the grade, he won the title of the second child of ten thousand years.Yang Bowen's grades are not stable, but they are probably in the top [-] of the grade.

"This monthly exam, the class leader must be the first, Duan Jiuze is the second, and the study committee member is the third."

As soon as the teacher finished collecting the papers and left the classroom, someone slumped on the table in frustration, predicting this time's ranking with a look of hopelessness.

People in the class are used to this, but they still can't help talking about it every month.

Duan Jiuze was not affected at all. After packing up his things and moving his desks, he carried his things and prepared to leave the classroom. After the monthly exam today, he can go straight to the monthly leave. The teachers of all subjects have arranged homework in advance.It's just that they need to clean up before the holiday. Yang Bowen's group is on duty. Duan Jiuze doesn't want to suck ashes in the classroom, so he is going to wait for him on the playground. The two of them had agreed before.

Behind Duan Jiuze, a baby-faced girl with a ponytail followed along with a blushing face, but kept silent.

There is a small garden next to the school gate, Duan Jiuze walked to the stone table in the garden and sat down, and took a casual book from his schoolbag to read.

The girl who had been following Duan Jiuze also entered the small garden with a blushing face. Seeing Duan Jiuze sitting there reading a book, she first turned her back to cheer herself up, then tidied up her clothes a little, summoned up courage, and walked to the stone Greet Duan Jiuze at the table.

"Duan...Duan Jiuze, hello."

Duan Jiuze glanced at the girl, put down the book politely, and replied "Hello".

Seeing Duan Jiuze look over, the girl seemed even more shy.The girl didn't dare to look into Duan Jiuze's eyes, so she kept staring at Duan Jiuze's hand holding the book, and said, "I...have you received the letter I asked Yang Bowen to bring to you?"

After saying this, the girl smiled and lowered her head slightly.

Duan Jiuze is not a junior high school student who doesn't understand anything. After hearing what the girl said, he just nodded lightly: "Got it."

When Duan Jiuze said that she had received it, the girl looked up in surprise, but when she saw Duan Jiuze's eyes, she couldn't help but look at Duan Jiuze's hand again, and asked Duan Jiuze in a low voice: "I...that, do you agree?"

Duan Jiuze didn't actually receive the letter, so Duan Jiuze was a little uncertain about the promise the girl said, whether the other party said to be her boyfriend, or some other agreement.

After thinking about his wording for a while, Duan Jiuze replied, "I hope to see you in No. [-] Middle School. We will continue to be classmates."

No. [-] Middle School is the best high school in the city, and if you can get into No. [-] Middle School with your strength, basically, you don't have to spend a lot of money in college.Duan Jiuze didn't directly refuse, because he was afraid that the girl would be hit by it.

Duan Jiuze's words obviously had no other meaning.The girl looked at Duan Jiuze's eyes slightly dimmed, but in the next moment, her fighting spirit was ignited again: Since Duan Jiuze said that he is willing to become a classmate in high school, it means that it is not impossible for him to be in high school for three years!

The girl finally smiled a little shyly: "Duan Jiuze, I will work hard, see you at Yizhong!"

"See you in one."

After getting Duan Jiuze's reply, the girl happily ran back to the classroom.

Duan Jiuze didn't care either, just continued to pick up the book and read it leisurely.

"It is impossible for a man to reach the dawn except through the road of the night."

Seeing the sentence quoted by the author, Duan Jiuze couldn't help but stop looking, and chewed the sentence carefully.

"Zeze, I'm done scanning, let's go back."

Duan Jiuze looked up and saw Yang Bowen, who was carrying a schoolbag and his chest heaved unsteadily, said "Yes", put away the books, and the two left the school together.

On the way, Yang Bowen was silent, with a sullen face, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Duan Jiuze, on the other hand, always felt that someone was following behind him.

He frowned indistinctly, and glanced around from the corner of his eye, but didn't see any suspicious characters.

"Zeze, have you promised Wen Qian?"

Duan Jiuze was wondering if he was overthinking, he didn't pay attention to what Yang Bowen said, and said casually: "What?"

When Yang Bowen heard this, he was so depressed that he didn't speak.

Duan Jiuze didn't like the feeling of not saying anything, so he directly grabbed Yang Bowen and asked him, "I was thinking about something just now, and I didn't listen to what you said."

Yang Bowen turned his face to the side: "Wen Qian asked me to write you a letter, but I didn't. But when I saw you leave the classroom, she followed her out. Just now, I saw that she returned to the classroom happily, so I wanted to ask you It's not that I promised her anything."

Seeing Yang Bowen being so concerned, Duan Jiuze made a rare statement to clarify the situation: "She asked me if I agreed, but I didn't know what she said in the letter, so I told her that I hope I can do it when I go to No. It's a classmate. Now it's the second half of the third year of junior high school. I refused directly. I was afraid of affecting the other party's emotions. I couldn't bear the responsibility for failing the high school entrance examination. I just declined politely."

Yang Bowen still looked not very interested, and let out a low "oh".

Duan Jiuze couldn't understand Yang Bowen's half-dead look, so he just walked forward.After a while, Yang Bowen behind him caught up and walked side by side.

Behind the two, from an inconspicuous angle, a pair of slightly cloudy eyes with an inexplicable meaning, watched the two drift away, but did not continue to follow.