forced to fall in love

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"Stop writing! Pass the paper from the back to the front."

"Hurry up, stop writing!"

As soon as the self-study came, the English teacher urged the whole class to dictate words.

When Lingxi put down the pen, there was a burst of ouching around.

"Oh, what are you guys, are you sighing after only writing a few words?"

"If you can't remember it, remember it more. The words you memorize belong to you. Look at other people's words. The examiner can't test for you."

The English teacher came down from the podium, looked left and right to signal to stop writing, and waited for the students in the first row to hand them over to her, then closed the stack of papers in the palm of his hand.

"Okay, get out of class is over, the class representative remembers to collect the English homework I assigned yesterday."

As soon as the ending sound fell, there was another sigh in the classroom.

The English teacher raised his eyebrows and walked out.

"Hey, Shen Sui?"

The sudden sound stopped Lingxi who got up to go out through the back door.

"Looking for someone? Who are you looking for?"

"Oh." The English teacher nodded, turned around and seemed to help Shen Sui find someone, but the person who was found obviously reacted faster than her.

"She's here. I didn't expect you to be friends. Then tell me, I'm back in the office."

The English teacher's words aroused the curiosity of several students who were seated by the door, and everyone poked their heads to look out.

"Okay, Mr. Wang."

When Lingxi came out, Shen Sui put one hand behind his back. The white and blue school uniform was not wrinkled at all, and the ponytail was tied up, which made Shen Sui more energetic.

"Student Shen?" Lingxi didn't expect Shen Sui to come to her.

"Well, have you had breakfast yet?"

As if by magic, Shen Sui hooked a bag of soy milk and egg buns with slightly bent fingers, took them out from behind, and handed them to Lingxi.

"I don't know what you eat for breakfast, so I'll buy it for you according to my breakfast."

Lingxi froze in place, his reaction was half a beat slow.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Shen Sui said again: "Have you eaten?"

"No." Lingxi shook his head and took it with both hands, "Thank you, Student Shen."

Shen Sui didn't respond to her words, but walked out of the corridor instead: "Go out and eat, I remember that your teacher Zhao doesn't allow you to eat in class." Follow up: "The door of the classroom is not allowed."

The sunlight passed through the tall tree shadows beside the teaching building, and fell mottled on Shen Sui's body. Lingxi looked at her tall and thin back, and quickly followed her.

Shen Sui stopped in front of the flower bed on the first floor. There were fewer classmates who occasionally ran around beside him, and less noisy ambient sounds, making him quieter.

"It should be me thanking you." Shen Sui turned around to look at Lingxi, "Thank you for what happened yesterday."

"No, no, I..."

Lingxi wanted to say something, wanted to tell Shen Sui frankly and clearly that this was what she should do, what she had to do, but she stopped when she reached her mouth.

She couldn't say it, and Shen Sui couldn't understand this kind of behavior that should be taken for granted.

"But I still hope that you can pay more attention to your own personal safety." Shen Sui paused for a few seconds before continuing: "If there were no police there last night, if you had direct contact with those people, if any accident happened."

Shen Sui looked into Lingxi's eyes. For a moment, the dark eyes were no longer as calm as usual, and the deep lake surface had some waves.

"Then I'll feel guilty." Her voice softened a little, but her eyes didn't move at all. "This matter has nothing to do with you, and you don't need to be involved."

"But I want to help you." Lingxi couldn't help but said.

"But you helped me last night." Shen Sui said solemnly.

The glare of the sun slanted in, and she narrowed her eyes slightly.

Lingxi fell silent, unable to think of a better reason to persuade her.

"This matter is not so easy to solve, and those people are not good at it."

Shen Sui took the egg from Lingxi's hand, tapped it lightly on the edge of the flower bed, then pressed the egg with his palm, and rolled it back and forth. After a while, the egg shell loosened, and his fingertips peeled off piece by piece along the cracks.

After a while, Shen Sui continued: "Let's go here, it's already very good, thank you."

The voice was about to fall, Shen Sui handed the shelled white tender egg to Lingxi, Lingxi looked down at the egg between Shen Sui's fingertips and shoulders, his eyes froze for a few seconds.

"Then how does Student Shen plan to deal with this matter?" Lingxi looked at her and didn't respond to Shen Sui's words.

Shen Sui's hand holding the egg hovered between the two of them, and he pursed his lips slightly.

"I have not decided yet."

"Then I..."

Lingxi wanted to say that I can help you, but before she finished pronouncing "I", Shen Sui grabbed her hand and put the round egg in her palm.

There was a faint heat coming from the delicate fingertips, and the smooth egg rolled unsteadily.

"But this is my business. If," Shen Sui paused, "you want to seize this opportunity to be divided into classes, then you should focus more on your studies."

"Okay, after breakfast, let's go back, the bell is about to ring." Shen Sui pushed her hand beyond her surprised gaze.

Lingxi was dumb for a moment, so he had to eat breakfast quickly, letting his mouth be gagged by the breakfast.

After the two separated, Lingxi looked at Shen Sui's back and fell into deep thought.

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Saturday was supposed to be the day for make-up lessons, but because Lingxi received a message from Shen Sui one day in advance, saying that she was busy, the two of them postponed their make-up lessons one day to Sunday and then made up together.

There was a burst of heavy rain on Friday night, as if it wanted to wash away the heat from the ground, but the rain the night before did not mean that there would be no sun the next day, on the contrary...

Lingxi stood on the slope and looked up. The road ahead was completely exposed to the sun. Most of the passers-by could not withstand the heat and hid under the umbrellas. Lingxi just stood upright. The brim of the hat was stuck in again.

The slope under the feet is not steep, but it is a bit long. After crossing the top of the slope, Lingxi walked down a long ladder paved with bluestone slabs, and went down to the end. When Lingxi looked forward again, the sun could only shine on this corner.

The road ahead has many twists and turns, crooked trees block the road ahead, Lingxi is wearing a comfortable casual outfit, high-waisted denim shorts and an ordinary solid-color T-shirt, reaching out to catch the extra branches, Block on both sides to clear a path.

Occasionally, a slightly sharp branch will scratch her calf, but Lingxi doesn't care.

Passing through this section of the road, there is a large open space in front of it. There are some unwanted broken furniture and some large old electrical appliances piled up in the open space.

When the sneakers walk on the gravel in the open space, they will make some frictional sounds, thin and rustling like the wind blowing through the bushes.

Continue to move forward, and gradually appear several dilapidated buildings, which have not been repaired for a long time. There were men's laughter and curses.

Lingxi finally stopped, slightly bent his index finger and gently pushed the brim of the hat, leaving an extra line of sight.

Not far away, the man standing downstairs leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette also saw her, reached out and pushed the companion standing opposite him, raised his head, and motioned him to look.

"Hey, little sister, are you lost? My brother can show you the way home!"

"Hahahahaha..."

The man who was smoking put the cigarette on his ear, and walked towards Lingxi while talking. The other person turned around and followed him, and they both laughed loudly.

"Who can I turn to for paying back the money?" Lingxi's face was flat, without any superfluous expression, she didn't want to waste too much time here.

"Pay back?"

The two glanced at each other and repeated what they said consonantly.

"It turned out that I owed money."

"Hahahahaha, little sister, do you have any money on you? I just want to pay back the money!"

"Take me to see your account manager, he will naturally know if I have money." Lingxi was not annoyed either, she raised her foot and walked past them, standing where they were originally standing and looking up at the corridor.

The men obviously didn't expect a little sister to come here, facing two strange big men and a strange and dilapidated environment so calmly, they were stunned and looked at her suspiciously.

"Really rich?"

One of them asked again in disbelief.

Lingxi suddenly sneered: "Why, borrowing money is slower than paying back?"

"Pooh!"

The man turned to the side, spit out the cigarette butt in his mouth, and strode forward, "Follow me, little girl, I warn you not to play tricks on me!"

Lingxi followed him up the stairs. The old corridor was full of rubbish, and the once white walls had also turned dark yellow. Graffiti was randomly written on it, and there seemed to be a stench.

All the way up to the third floor, the man led him to knock on a door.

Within a few seconds, the door was opened from the inside, and Lingxi saw the tall man who took the lead in knocking on the door of Shen Sui's house.

The man let out a puff of cigarette, looked up from the mahjong table and looked at her.

"Someone is here to pay back the money." The man leading the way in front of Lingxi shouted.

The tall man looked at her clothes and met the eyes of the person leading the way in front of her. The person leading the way nodded to him, then he stood up, turned around and took a notebook from the table.

"Come in, come pay who's debt."

"Shen Huanlian."

Lingxi looked through the man's account book, which recorded detailed loan details, including the time and amount of the loan, the borrower, and so on.

"I always feel that you look familiar. I seem to have seen you somewhere." The tall man exhaled a cloud of smoke and said beside him.

"Oh, that's right, the public face." Lingxi said lightly.

"Maybe, how can I confirm it?"

The man doesn't worry about this, after all, as long as he can pay back the money, he can say anything.

"En." Lingxi closed the account book with one hand, and glanced at the man, "Repay the money, you have to write off the account for me, and I need a clear receipt."

"That's for sure, you wait."

The man turned around to get something, when suddenly someone pushed the door in and whispered something in the man's ear.

The man looked back at Lingxi, and looked at the person who came in with a cigarette in his mouth, showing yellow teeth, "Let her in, ouch, Shen Huanlian is a little lucky today, everyone wants to help her pay back the money."

The next second, the door was opened, and the room was filled with clouds and smoke. The light coming in from the door made the sight clear. Lingxi turned around and looked at the person standing at the door through the thick smoke.

For a moment, Lingxi thought in his heart, if only he could walk faster.