desolate

On the return bus, Pei Ye stared at the extra black knot on his wrist and pulled it uncomfortably.

"Why did you buy this thing?"

"Disaster relief."

"They all said they were liars."

"It's okay, I was paid yesterday, and I have money."

Pei also snorted disdainfully: "The salary is [-] yuan, but you spent [-] yuan to buy this."

Zhou Ze finally looked away from the phone, and said rather helplessly: "It was only [-] yuan, if you hadn't rushed up and pushed him, I wouldn't have paid [-] more for medical expenses."

Pei Ye: "..."

... He never expected that the old monk would dare to blackmail him.

Zhou Ze saw that he was depressed, and said with a smile, "Don't be unhappy."

Pei Ye didn't show any shame: "...you can just buy it, why give it to me?"

Zhou Ze raised his hand: "I have this, I don't need it."

The navy blue tassels dangled in the air, brushing against the back of Pei Ye's hand, making it tickle.

This bracelet is actually not worth much, he bought it in a temple in a scenic spot, and there are more than a dozen of the same bracelet at the souvenir stall.

At that time, Zhou Ze was 15 years old. He ran away from home for the first time and didn't know where to go. When he passed by the temple, he suddenly remembered that his grandmother used to take him to burn incense and worship Buddha, so he went in for a stroll.When he heard the peddler say that the bracelet would keep him safe, he paid for it without even thinking about it.

It's just that in the end he didn't expect that this thing would cost most of the travel expenses, so the day after he ran away from home, he ran back in despair.

Fortunately, Ma Wenjing was very busy at that time, so busy that she didn't even know what happened.

Pei also stared at the corner of Zhou Ze's slightly drooping eyes: "Didn't you let me participate in the sports meeting last time?"

Zhou Ze hummed, his eyes lit up: "You agreed?"

Pei also nodded.

The young master finally had a wish. For the sake of 2000 yuan, he acted as a kind heart and fulfilled it for others.

"Then what project have you decided to participate in?"

"It's 3000 meters."

Zhou Ze suddenly became playful: "Shall we make another bet?"

Pei also raised his eyebrows: "Tell me."

"I bet you can run into the top three."

Pei also smiled, not quite understanding the meaning of the bet, but seeing Zhou Ze's high spirits, he still agreed.

"What's the stake?"

"A wish."

"... old-fashioned."

Zhou Ze clicked his tongue: "Then tell me?"

He thought that Pei could also come up with some refreshing bets.But the other party thought for a while, and just said something like that.

After a few minutes, Pei also said as if thinking of something: "You didn't plan ahead, did you?"

Zhou Ze opened his mouth and almost said the words "I want to fall in love with you".But staring at those seldom smiling eyes for a while, he still shook his head.

"we'll talk about it then."

……

On Thursday, the sports meeting was held as scheduled.

Originally, Zhou Zhe was still worried. Because of Li Pingan's incident, the school frightened and gave the second-year students a two-day vacation, and the sports meeting might also be postponed.

However, in order to reduce the impact of this incident, the school leaders were eager to divert the attention of the students, so the sports meeting was even more fanfare. Banners of the sports meeting were hung all over the school early on Wednesday morning, and even senior high school students who were not eligible to participate They were all given a half-day vacation, which is called a good name for them to relax while studying.

Although it has already entered the late autumn, but for some reason, when it comes to the sports meeting, the sun in the sky that day seems to be rushing to join in the fun, trying its best to shine brightly.

Pei Ye squatted in the shade next to the flag raising platform, watching the phalanx of his class pass by sparsely.

Sitting next to her was a group of young girls in the first year of high school, staring at Zhou Ze on the outer circle of the phalanx, her eyes were about to pop out.

"Is that Zhou Ze? He's so handsome!"

"Is this the Xueba male protagonist in the idol drama? I love it!"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

"It's so gentle when you smile... Brother, I'm drunk..."

Pei also glanced at Zhou Ze, who was smiling at others in the team, from a distance, and then looked away with some displeasure.

On the screen of his mobile phone, he was browsing a popular post in the No. 1 Middle School’s post bar—the No. 10 school grass ranking post of No. [-] is Zhou Ze. There are many reasons for posting, such as being polite, well-educated, and good at studying. Wait; and scroll down, No.[-] is Pei Ye.

Although he felt it was ridiculous in his heart, he still flipped through the message below:

[Handsome is handsome, but too fierce, people are afraid...]

[I heard that he changes girlfriends every day, scumbag! 】

[Although, I still like Xueba!Excellence is justice! 】

[The school bully is very handsome, so I choose Zhou Xuan. 】

【…】

"What are you looking at?" Xu Duozhi popped up from behind.

Pei Ye immediately turned off the phone screen, but it was still a step too late.

"You also saw this post?" Xu Dazhi sat down next to him, "Isn't it unscientific! How could I not be on the list?"

Pei also avoided his hand: "Don't touch me, it's all sweat."

"..." Xu Duozhi accused him loudly, "You have changed, you are no longer the Grandpa Pei who loves me, and you actually start to despise me..."

"You're fucking sick, aren't you?"

In an instant, Pei Ye exuded a murderous aura.

"Speak the truth and speak the truth."

Xu Duozhi returned to normal in a second: "Aren't you going to drop out of school? Why did you come to the sports meet suddenly? Have you changed your mind? Are you reluctant to let me..."

Pei also snatched a can of new Red Bull from him: "Does it have anything to do with you?"

"why?"

"I promised someone else."

"Who is who? Which class? Do I know him?"

Pei Ye raised his head and took a big sip of his drink, staring straight at the dense crowd of people on the playground.It was strange that with so many people gathered together, he could still see Zhou Ze at a glance.

Xu Duozhi seemed to see something: "You look like someone I know, right?"

Pei Ye still didn't answer.

Xu Duozhi followed his gaze and only saw a group of people: "Could it be... Qin Yan?"

Qin Yan was responsible for the registration of their class for this sports meeting. If it was her...it seems not impossible.

Xu Duozhi winked at him: "Did you really fall in love with our squad leader?"

Pei also answered him with expressions of "I like her?" and "What do you think?"

"Then what do you like?"

Under his relentless questioning, Pei Ye finally answered slowly: "Slim, tall, good-looking, good-looking..." He stared at the figure in the distance, licked his lips, "White skin ,good grades."

The more Xu Duozhi thought about it, the more something went wrong. After thinking for a long time, he finally slapped his thigh: "Isn't that Meng Chuyu?"

Pei Ye glanced at him: "Can the bean sprouts compare?"

After speaking, he left with his hands in his hands.

Xu Duozhi dragged the later Wen Jialang to pour out his bitterness: "No way, he said before the semester that Meng Chuyu's figure made him feel tired. Why is he now a bean sprout again? Could it be that he changed his taste?"

This is rubbing salt in the wound.

When Wen Jialang heard Meng Chuyu's name, he ran away holding his heart again.

After the class phalanx, the various competitions began in full swing. The students who did not participate in the competitions disbanded on the spot and sat in the shade on both sides of the flag raising platform to watch the competition.

"Here, wait and run well."

Zhou Ze came back after walking the phalanx, found Pei Ye who was playing mini games in the corner, and threw him a bottle of mineral water.

Pei also responded, "Don't worry, you will definitely lose."

Zhou Ze sat down beside him: "Then who knows, what if I win?"

Pei also deliberately teased him: "Call out brother, I'll let you win."

Zhou Ze rolled his eyes and didn't answer.

At this moment, a slender figure squeezed between them.

"Zhou Ze, can you do me a favor?"

Qin Yan looked at him eagerly.

"……what?"

Passing through most of the playground, Qin Yan grabbed Zhou Ze and went straight to the basketball court as if worried about him escaping.

It was not until Zhou Ze arrived that he understood the whole story.

The reason is that their basketball team was patchwork, and one player had diarrhea before going on the court, and the only substitute happened to have other sports, so he had to grab one now to make up the number until the substitute came on the court.

Qin Yan clasped her hands together: "Help me out, just one session, just wait for the substitute to come back!"

Zhou Ze turned his head to look for the 3000-meter waiting area, which hadn't started yet, and the substitute should be back by the time Pei Ye runs away.

He thought so.

"……Fine."

Zhou chose to put on the substitute's jersey and play.

"Damn, why are you here?" Xu Duozhi was doing his warm-up, when he saw him, his jaw dropped in shock.

"Substitute." Zhou Ze said.

"Do you know how to fight? No, change someone else, don't be knocked away by them..." Xu Duozhi said worriedly, "Brother Mosquito, why don't you go up?"

Wen Jialang outside the arena waved his hands again and again: "I'm low blood sugar and I can't go up, but I can choose brother... Ah, Pei is going to go up soon, let me go and see!"

"...Hey!" Xu Duozhi yelled, realizing something was wrong, "...No, why did he call you brother?"

Zhou Ze shrugged, saying that he didn't know either.

Here the referee enters the field, and the players of the two teams take their positions one after another.

The opponent of Class Six of Wen was Li Yi. As soon as the opposing player entered the field, Zhou Ze recognized the face of the leader, the big guy who almost fought before.

It's really an enemy who has nowhere to go.

"Yo, your class actually has all the students, I thought they were all gay pussies." Li Qiang said provocatively to Xu Duozhi.

"What are you arrogant about? Even if there are not enough people, you can be beaten to the ground." Xu Duozhi raised his middle finger at him not to be outdone.

Not surprisingly, Seo Daji and Lee Kang are the ones who jump the ball.

Zhou Ze was stuffed into the back. Apart from a big man who could barely recognize a center forward nicknamed Da Pao, his teammates could only be distinguished by the color of their clothes.

I have never gotten along with my teammates, but now I force them to get together, apart from helping to keep an eye on the opponent who is holding the ball, I feel like a transparent person the whole time.

But he was also happy and at ease, and even after a few trips, he could see a little bit of their playing style.

Xu Duozhi is not tall, but he is fast and agile. He is the main scorer on their side. Although Da Pao is tall, his skills and speed are obviously average.On the other hand, Li Qiang, as expected of the school team, had both strength and speed online, and it was difficult for the two on his side to defend against him.

Here Xu Dazhi finally got the ball, and as soon as he brought it into the three-point line, the two guards on the opposite side quickly posted it.

Coincidentally, at this time, the only one who was closest to him was Zhou Ze who was wandering around.

Xu Duozhi went to the doctor in a hurry and had to pass it on to him.

"Zhou Cho!"

The idiot yelled for fear that others would not know.

The ball flew over low, and Zhou Ze caught it firmly, but at this time, Li Qiang also followed nearby.

Zhou Ze glanced at the positions of the others, and immediately realized that there was a vacancy behind him, so he pushed and dribbled the ball vigorously, with his front foot pressing the center of gravity, his body swayed, and he quickly changed hands to pull the ball, passing the person blocking him. Li Qiang.

Layup, score.

"I rely on it, arrogant!"

Seo Do-ji ran past him, boasting excitedly.

But Li Qiang obviously didn't think so, he just felt that it was because of his contempt that he got the points.

So next, he put most of his attention on Zhou Ze.

I can't paddle now.

Zhou Ze was forced to join the game.

The teammates also seemed to understand that there was an extra dark horse on their side, and they began to pass the ball to him non-stop.

But the problem of lack of cooperation began to be exposed. Zhou Ze often couldn't pass the ball when he got the ball, and the opponent concentrated their firepower tacitly, even violating the rules.

"Damn, isn't this whistle blowing?"

Zhou Ze was hit again, and after standing still, his expression wrinkled visibly.

Wen Jialang watched anxiously from the sidelines, wishing he could play by himself.

The 3000-meter team here ran to the nearby runway, and Pei also called him from a distance.

"what happened?"

Wen Jialang turned his head to catch up with Pei Ye outside the track: "Our class's basketball game, the opponent kept fouling, the referee seemed blind, Zhou Ze was hit several times..."

Pei also frowned: "Is he still on the field?"

Wen Jialang said: "It is estimated that we will finish the first half, and he played very well. If he leaves, our class will probably lose."

It's the third lap now, and Pei Ye is running in the first echelon, with less than one lap left before the finish line.

Originally, he planned to walk over in the last half circle, so that he won the bet with Zhou Ze.

But after hearing about the basketball game, he couldn't follow the plan.

Lose or lose.

Pei also gradually picked up speed, throwing away one person after another.

Until I catch up with No.1.

The finish line is near the basketball court.

As soon as Pei Ye got off the track, he threw the competition uniform to the staff, and sneaked into the rest area of ​​the first class from a place where there were few people with a dark face.

"Foul! What is the referee doing?"

Someone shouted in dissatisfaction.

On the field, Zhou Ze was staggered by Li Qiang when he was defending, but the next second of the halftime break, the two sides dispersed off the field, and this illegal action was ignored.

Li Qiang smiled and walked under the awning with his teammates.

Pei Ye casually grabbed his hair and walked towards him with a worried expression.

Li Qiang was suddenly grabbed by the collar: "What are you doing..."

Fist raised high.

"Pei also—"

At this time, Zhou Ze came over.

He grabbed Pei Ye's arm and motioned him to calm down.

Pei Ye slowly let go, and took a step back. Just as he was about to say something, Zhou Ze suddenly jumped up and punched Li Qiang in the face.

"Fuck, are you fucking sick?"

Li Qiang reacted quickly, and immediately punched Zhou Ze.

Pei Ye watched helplessly as the fist brushed past the corner of his eyes, but soon, Li Qiang's stomach met Zhou Ze's knee.

This is the first time he has seen Zhou Ze fight, no matter in terms of momentum or strength, it is extremely inconsistent with his appearance, especially his knees and elbows, the hardest places in the human body, he uses them with great proficiency.

Li Qiang was beaten to the point where he was powerless to fight.

The onlookers pulled them away, many people surrounded Li Qiang, Zhou Ze shook off them and walked in front of Pei Ye.

"I am fine."

This is the first sentence.

When he was on the field before, Zhou Ze heard the men's 3000-meter score on the radio, and Pei was also No.2.

He looked at him with an expression of "Look, let me tell you", and quickly asked, "Do you remember the bet?"

Pei also looked at the teacher who was approaching them, and hummed.

Zhou Ze lowered his eyelids slightly, and chewed the words repeatedly on his lips. When he really spoke, his appearance had completely changed.

"...Don't go, stay with me."

"Didn't you ask me to treat you to breakfast for a month?"

"At least... stay with me for another month?"

What he said to Li Pingan that day was actually a confession that he wanted Pei Ye to hear. Zhou Ze was very afraid that this person in front of him would hate him, stay away from him, and look at him like others looked at Li Pingan.

But neither.

So far, everyone seems to be on the same page.

Pei also said hello, and his heart softened completely.

The author says:

Alright, updated—actually, the number of words in this chapter is a bit too much, but I still want them to push the progress of their relationship quickly, so let's do it!