Proposing after seven years

seven years ago.In the corridor of the campus, Xiao Ling and Bai Xiaoman each walked and ate a soft cream.

There was a commotion at the stairway ahead, and then a group of nympho girls chased a boy and walked past them.

Xiao Ling suddenly stopped and looked at the boy passing by as cold as an iceberg, and grabbed Bai Xiaoman beside him, "Hey, Xiaoman, that boy feels colder than the ice cream in our hands. "

Bai Xiaoman approached Xiao Ling, gently shielding her with one hand, her voice was very low, "His name is Li Jie. By the way, haven't you heard what happened in his family recently?"

"What's the matter?" Xiao Ling turned her head and looked at Bai Xiaoman with clear eyes.

"I heard it too. It seems that his parents died in an accident not long ago."

"Ah?" Xiao Ling let out a low cry in surprise.

"I heard that the situation at the scene of the accident was very tragic. Most people can't accept this kind of thing. He was originally indifferent, but this accident was undoubtedly a fatal blow to him. I heard that he had a withdrawn and violent personality during this period. Offended a lot of people at school."

Xiao Ling nodded thoughtfully, "It's understandable that he's in a bad mood, probably he hasn't come out of the pain yet, he's very pitiful."

"It would be great if everyone thought the same as you, but others may not understand him." Bai Xiaoman said while taking a step forward, "I've heard people say that he is disgusting, and it can also be said to be super scary. , Many people will immediately turn around or take a detour when they meet him.”

"As for?" Xiao Ling murmured, following Bai Xiaoman's footsteps.

"So Xiaoling, out of consideration for your safety, if one day you see him from a distance, you must run away. He is even more dangerous than Fan Ze."

"Oh." Xiao Ling nodded while eating the ice cream.It's just that lonely figure and that stern face have been deeply imprinted in her mind.

After Xiao Ling's evening self-study that day, she walked out of the school gate in a bored way, and saw Li Jie striding past her in a white shirt and long jeans, carrying a bag on his back.In the night, his face was still stern, so Xiao Ling sighed softly at such a lonely and lonely figure.She is not the same as Li Jie, because her parents are very busy with work, she is always at home alone, and now even her best friend Bai Xiaoman is studying abroad, she feels very lonely.

Xiao Ling was walking slowly by herself under the dim street lights. At this moment, she heard a voice from an alley ahead. There was no kindness in the voice, but only provocation and sarcasm. Curiosity drove her to stop and listen.

"Li Jie, I didn't expect that you would have today." A ferocious voice came.

"Aren't you usually very shy? If we fall into our hands tonight, we must let you taste the consequences of being arrogant." Another voice was not polite at all.

"Really? Because of the large number of people, you can bark here. Why do you detour when you see me at school?" Li Jie's voice was very cold, reaching Xiao Ling's ears.

Is it Li Jie?As soon as Xiao Ling heard the name, her heart sank, and she couldn't help but sweat for him. She hid at the turning, poked her head out to take a peek at the environment in the alley.In the dark alley, Li Jie was surrounded by several people, looking like he couldn't escape.It is said that a good man does not suffer immediate losses, but he is obviously weak and weak, and mocks the other party without knowing the times. Doesn't he know that his situation is very dangerous?That group of people obviously came prepared and deliberately surrounded him to teach him a lesson.

"Hmph, you've fallen into our hands, aren't you still so stupid? Then I'll let you learn to be smarter tonight." The scary voice of the leader came again.

Xiao Ling pretended not to see it and planned to run away, but her feet couldn't move as if they were filled with lead, but she didn't dare to look again, those people were really scary.She clutched the front of her lapel tightly, almost out of breath with fear, this was the first time she encountered such a scene.

Soon, the sound of fighting came from the alley.

"No matter how stupid you are, no matter how stupid you are, no matter how stupid you are, it depends on how many people there are, and you will be beaten to death today." That deep and deep voice was very scary.

Xiao Ling found that her whole body was trembling, she didn't know what to do, she tried her best to hint that she should not meddle in other people's business, she wanted to get away now, but she didn't even have the strength to walk.If she turned a blind eye and ran away, would Li Jie be beaten to death?But there are too many of them, and a girl has limited power, so she doesn't want to get involved in this school violence incident.But what happened to Li Jie made her feel sympathetic, she couldn't just ignore death, so she clenched her fists and mustered up courage, Xiao Ling decided to go all out.

"Stop!" Xiao Ling yelled and ran into the alley, spreading her arms to block Li Jie.

Although Li Jie was stubborn, he was outnumbered after all. Seeing Yi Mo running in front of him to protect his petite body, he just sneered coldly at this kind of girl who ran in front of him to die without knowing what she could do.

"Hehe, I didn't expect there to be nymphomaniacs running here to die. This is really interesting." The man in the lead had a pimple on his face, and let out a dark and strange smile.

"It's her freedom to do what she wants, and it has nothing to do with me. As for me, I just want to remind you, I hope you don't forget who you are going to target tonight." Li Jie leaned against the wall and looked at the surroundings. said coldly.

"Really? Although the target is you, but this girl doesn't know what to do, so I have to teach her a lesson together." The acne-prone man approached Xiao Ling with a wretched look on his face, "I can't tell, this nympho It’s still pretty, just play with us tonight.”

Li Jie's stern face suddenly tensed up. This girl had nothing to do with him, and he didn't want her to be involved in his disputes with others.

"You, what do you want to do?" Xiao Ling took a step back and looked at the acne-prone man approaching her in front of her, "Well, before I came in, I already called the police, and the police will arrive soon. If you are sensible, let us go. Otherwise, otherwise, they will arrest you all."

She doesn't know them, and she doesn't know which class they are in. At this moment, she regrets being brave, and she lied in a hurry, but kept biting her tongue nervously, she was afraid that the other party would suspect that she was lying .

Li Jie shook his head helplessly, the girl in front of him couldn't even tell a lie, it seemed that she could only rely on herself.

Hearing Xiao Ling said that she had called the police, several people were shocked, but they saw her stammering as if she was lying, so they bet that she was lying and at the same time raised their vigilance.

"Little beauty, do you think we'll believe you if you tell a lie?" The acne-prone man reached out to pinch Xiao Ling's chin, but she dodged it.

Just when Xiao Ling was trembling with fear, her shoulders were suddenly squeezed hard, she was quickly pushed aside, and fell heavily on the floor, Li Jie stood in front of her, "What is it to bully a girl? Kind of come at me."

"Both of you, don't even think about running away." The leading man sensed that Li Jie didn't seem to be indifferent to the girls, but was more interested, and he quickly winked at the two people around him.

One of them walked up to Xiao Ling and grabbed her to prevent her from running away, the other rushed in front of Li Jie and wanted to punch him, Li Jie grasped his wrist and twisted it vigorously, the other's joints creaked .

"You still don't know how to repent when you're about to die, right? Let's see how embarrassed you are." The leading man stepped forward and wrestled with Li Jie.

Xiao Ling was terrified. At this moment, she heard footsteps behind her, which seemed to be mixed with the voices of a group of students passing by. She deliberately raised her voice when they were about to pass by the alley, "Uncle policeman, here Help, someone is fighting here, uh..." Her mouth was covered all of a sudden, "Uh uh..." Xiao Ling glared at the person who was covering her mouth, shaking her head and trying to break free from his hand.

The footsteps were getting closer, Xiao Ling pulled the man's hand away, "Help! Someone is fighting here."

"Damn it, it seems like the police are here." Several boys looked at the entrance of the alley vigilantly, and quickly dispersed like birds.

People passing by didn't seem to pay much attention to Xiao Ling's voice, so the footsteps quickly faded away.

Xiao Ling looked at the end of the dark alley, the group of people had fled without a trace, and her fearful mood finally calmed down a little.

There was dead silence in the dark, Xiao Ling raised her foot and wanted to escape, she was always timid and weak, she couldn't help being frightened, she should not stay in this ghostly place any longer.

At this time, there was a violent coughing sound, and soon there was the sound of glass bottles rolling and colliding on the floor. Li Jie leaned against the wall, looking uncomfortable but holding on.

Xiao Ling, who was overly frightened, thought of Li Jie and stopped.

Under the dim street light, Li Jie was injured on his face and hands. Xiao Ling looked at Li Jie whose face was as cold as ice, and worried that those villains on the other side of the darkness would come back after realizing they had been tricked. Holding Li Jie's hand, "Well, this place is very dangerous, let's get out of here first."

Li Jie shook off her hand coldly, "No need, I am more than enough to deal with them."

Xiao Ling became anxious, and while looking at the dark side of the alley, she held Li Jie's hand again, "Stop being brave, you are only one person, there are so many of them, if they don't give up and come back, we will die Come on, hurry up and follow me."

Li Jie looked coldly at the hand that was held in her hand, without the stubbornness to refuse again.

Xiao Ling couldn't care less, she took Li Jie's hand and quickly ran towards the alley.She didn't know how long and how far she ran, she didn't stop until she felt that both of them were safe, she leaned against the wall panting, raised one hand and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Li Jie stared coldly at this unknown girl in front of him. From the school uniform on her body, he could tell that she was in the same school as him, but he had nothing to do with her. He didn't know why she came to take care of him. things.Suddenly realizing that his hand was still being held by this strange girl, he frowned. He didn't like being close to people, and he somewhat rejected such skin-to-skin contact.

"Ah, you're injured." Xiao Ling just wanted to let go of Li Jie's hand, but found that his hand was bleeding from the injury. She nervously held Li Jie's hand to check his injury.

Li Jie withdrew his hand, and said in a cold tone, "I don't need you to meddle in my affairs."

"But you were injured, it would be bad if you accidentally got an infection." Because his parents are both medical staff, Xiao Ling knew very well that these wounds would cause big or small problems.

Li Jie frowned, he would not even glance at such a long-winded girl, but his attitude towards her was different.

His eyes fell coldly on the girl in front of him. She was a head shorter than him, with a very slender figure, long black hair shawl, a small fair face and delicate features. Not impressed at all.

"Fortunately, the wound is not deep. There is a pharmacy over there. I'll go buy some medicine to help you deal with it." Xiao Ling started to leave.

"Wait." Li Jie called to stop her.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Ling was startled by him and turned around.

Li Jie took out the wallet from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Ling, "Buy it with my money."

Xiao Ling smiled and waved her hands, "No need, I have money with me."

"But this is my medicine." Li Jie shook the black wallet lightly, and motioned Xiao Ling to take it with his eyes.

Xiao Ling took the wallet, turned around and breathed a sigh of relief.By Li Jie's side, she felt his indifference and was almost out of breath.

After buying the medicine, Li Jie was leaning against the fence on the side of the road, watching the cars on the road with a desolate expression.

Xiao Ling returned the wallet to Li Jie, carefully cleaned the wound for Li Jie, wrapped it with gauze after applying the medicine, and tied a bow tie habitually, "Okay, then you change the medicine on time, remember not to Touch the water, don't..."

"Understood." Before Xiao Ling finished speaking, Li Jie interrupted her coldly, leaving Xiao Ling with a lonely back.

When the school flag was raised, Li Jie walked up to the commander's platform with his hands in his pockets and his face indifferent. He noticed that face at a glance, and the girl who had helped him was also there.

As a gifted student, it is common for him to accept awards on stage, but he did not expect that the girl with fluttering hair is also a good girl and a gifted student.Maybe they had received awards on the same stage before, but because they didn't know each other, they didn't have any intersection.

Li Jie frowned. During this period of time, several times intentionally or unintentionally, he noticed that the girl with fluttering hair who was coming towards him turned around and left when she saw him. Could it be that he looks so scary?

Although he didn't know her name yet, he was really puzzled by how she panicked when she saw him. He felt that she really had nothing to do with the girl who stubbornly wanted to help him before.

She probably noticed herself in the crowd, and walked onto the stage with a very restless look.

Li Jie's gaze passed over her inadvertently. She still had the same clear soup noodle, calm and indifferent appearance, long hair and shawl neatly fitted, and the school uniform was neat and generous on her body, which made people feel very comfortable at first glance. .Because of these characteristics, although such a girl lives a low-key life, there should be many boys who like her.

Thinking of this, Li Jie looked around, and sure enough, many boys in the audience were cheering for her.Li Jie's face was cold, after all, these were things he wouldn't usually pay attention to.

There were many people on the stage, Li Jie found that Xiao Ling had casually walked to the edge of the commanding platform, and saw that she was about to fall down the platform when she stepped on the ground.

"Oh, Xiao Ling, be careful!" The audience screamed.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Li Jie strode forward and put his arms around Xiao Ling's waist, and pulled her back with all his might. In an instant, this scene caused a sensation in the audience.

Xiao Ling was terribly frightened, and fell into Li Jie's arms, her waist was tightly hugged by his arms, her face became hot, and her heart beat faster.

"Okay, you're fine." Li Jie let go of her, stood back on the spot, and lightly straightened his sleeves. He finally knew her name, Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling lowered her head and blushed, and returned to her original position.

When it was time for get out of class to end, the classroom was noisy, and several girls gathered around Xiao Ling's seat.

"Xiao Ling, is Li Jie interested in you?"

"That's right, he usually looks cold, but today he actually helped you, he helped you. He is like an iceberg, and he will be a hero to save the beauty. Isn't that too strange?"

"The strangest thing is that he usually doesn't talk to girls at all, and his family has had an accident. He's probably in a bad mood these days, and he's even scarier than usual. No one dares to provoke him."

"So Xiao Ling, tell me the truth, when did you hook up with Li Jie?"

Facing the questioning, Xiao Ling couldn't argue. She admitted that she had helped Li Jie, but Li Jie's attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away made her have nothing to do with him at all. Why is it that the classmates spread so outrageously that she hooked up with him? Why is Li Jie so ugly?

Also, he just helped her so that she didn't fall off the command platform, so why did he say that he was interested in him?Xiao Ling really didn't know what was going on between her and Li Jie, how to start it, and she didn't know how to explain it. At this moment, she just felt dizzy.

"Well, I'll go out to get some air." Xiao Ling stood up and quickly left the seat.

The noise in the corridor was no less than that of the classroom. Wherever Xiao Ling went, she was pointing or whispering. Xiao Ling found that there was no room for her in the huge campus. She seemed to be in the same situation as her good friend Bai Xiaoman. Troublesome things happened, and all the influential figures in the school were offended.But what should she do?Bai Xiaoman has gone abroad to study, and she doesn't even have anyone to worry about.Rumors stop with wise men, Xiao Ling secretly told himself that time will stop everything.

Just as she was walking quickly to find a quiet place to clear her mind, several girls she didn't know stopped her and blocked her way.

"You are that Xiao Ling, right?" The girl who took the lead had a haughty look and an aggressive tone.

"It's me, what's the matter?" Xiao Ling looked at their menacing appearance, realized that he had probably become the target of public criticism, and suddenly became nervous.

The girl crossed her arms around Xiao Ling's side, and finally stopped in front of her with a mocking look on her face, "Unexpectedly, you would be attracted by Li Jie."

Xiao Ling seemed at a loss for a moment, she really wanted Bai Xiaoman to be there, if Bai Xiaoman was there, she would not let others bully her, but Bai Xiaoman was already far away in England, she clenched her fists, knowing that At this moment everything is up to you.

"What do you mean?"

"Hahaha..." The leading girl laughed, and the others also laughed.

The girl poked Xiao Ling's chest with her finger, "What do you mean? Did you approach Li Jie casually? What are you?"

Xiao Ling took a step back, raised a small face, and frowned tightly, "He, he just helped me, do you have to think so dirty?"

"Dirty? You dare to say that about us. I didn't expect you to be sharp-tongued in such a thin body." The girl got angry and winked at the other girls.

The group of girls came forward and surrounded Xiao Ling, and began to touch her.Xiao Ling was very helpless. At this time, several boys who liked her came to help her, separating those crazy girls.

Just when things were getting bigger and bigger, Li Jie happened to pass by.

He always ignored this kind of scene, but he vaguely heard someone calling Xiao Ling's name from inside.After a pause in his footsteps, he stopped, turned his face to look at the chaotic crowd, and sure enough, Xiao Ling was surrounded by the crowd, and his situation was not very good.Frowning, he walked straight over.

As far as the eye can see, Xiao Ling seems to have been bullied by someone, her complexion is very bad, her big teary eyes are very cute, her hair and clothes are a bit messy, and the girls are still like mad dogs, ignoring the boys' wishes. Blocking wanted to pounce on her.

Li Jie approached Xiao Ling, glanced coldly around, and grasped Xiao Ling's wrist, "Get out of the way."

Intimidated by Li Jie's aura, those people stepped back one after another.

Li Jie held Xiao Ling and led her out of the predicament.

Walking to a remote corner of the teaching building, Li Jie let go of Xiao Ling's wrist, Xiao Ling gently rubbed his wrist, her eyes met Li Jie's face, and saw his bottomless eyes like a pool of water , her gaze jumped and landed on his hand.

The wound on his hand has healed, and she also found that Li Jie had a friendly side, first he helped her on the command platform, and then this time he helped her out.She suddenly has a crush on him.

"Well, thank you for helping me out." Xiao Ling politely thanked Li Jie.

Li Jie looked at Xiao Ling's downcast eyes, and noticed that those onlookers rushed over again, and they all gathered around to watch the excitement not far away.He never knew how to deal with girls, and at this moment, he didn't want to continue to cause trouble for her because people would misunderstand that he had something to do with her.

Seeing the innocent face of the girl in front of him, he didn't have any expression on his face, "No, just treat it as an even balance between us." After finishing speaking, he turned around coldly and walked away.

Xiao Ling looked at Li Jie's disappearing figure and frowned. She suddenly felt that his friendliness she saw was just an illusion. From the whispers around her, she also understood that her help to Li Jie was superfluous. Maybe he really No need.These days, he still went his own way, and he didn't show kindness to anyone. She really shouldn't get close to such an unfathomable person.

Thinking of this, she tidied herself up and left quickly amidst the discussions around her.

It was the evening when the get out of class ended, and the afterglow of the setting sun dyed the sky purple.Xiao Ling walked through the small park that she had to pass on the way home, carrying a bag of cat food in her hand, and feeding stray cats in the small park was a routine she would do every evening.

"Uh, someone has fed the cat." From a distance, she saw a person sitting on the bench she usually sat on, his desolate back looked even more lonely in the sunlight, and he bent down from time to time to pour the cat food on the Newspapers on the ground.

"Hey, are you coming to feed the cat too?" Xiao Ling approached and gently greeted the man.

The man turned his face, and in a blink of an eye, Xiao Ling saw Li Jie's indifferent face, she almost missed biting her tongue, "Uh... since you fed me, then I'll go first." Xiao Ling turned around I want to escape.

"Wait." Li Jie called to stop her, but his voice was calm and flat.

Xiao Ling stopped with a sudden brake.

"Why go so fast, I won't eat you." Li Jie's faint voice came.

Xiao Ling turned around and watched Li Jie still concentrate on feeding the cat. She walked to the seat beside him and sat down, "I come here often, why haven't I seen you?" Xiao Ling looked at Li Jie's side Asked with a puzzled face, she realized that Li Jie's profile was very handsome.

"I just came here once in a while, and the time was probably staggered, so I didn't meet." Li Jie looked at the stray cat eating, with a very flat tone.

"I didn't expect that." Xiao Ling showed a gratified smile, "It turns out that besides me, there are people who care about them. I always thought that after they were abandoned by their masters, no one would take care of them, but that would be too pitiful."

The corners of Li Jie's lips curled up, but he didn't respond to Xiao Ling's words.

Xiao Ling bent down and picked up a chubby cat, "Little fat man, you are already fat and need to lose weight, it's not good to eat so much, if you grow so fat, if you can't run slowly, you will be caught by mice. "

Li Jie turned his face to look at Xiao Ling. She was playing with the fat cat in her arms, with an innocent expression on her face. He couldn't take his eyes off it. He hadn't seen such a warm scene for a long time.

Since the bad news of his parents' death reached his ears, his world collapsed in an instant. These days, he has been living like a walking corpse. He is really lonely, but he can't resolve the grief in his heart, and has been depressed and mourning.

He felt good to let her accompany him and let her talk by his side like this.He continued to crush the cat food in his hand and put it on the newspaper, enjoying the company of Xiao Ling "talking" with the cat by his side.

Suddenly he was scratched by fluff on the back of his hand, he turned his face and saw Xiao Ling holding the cat's foot touching his hand, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Big brother, why don't you talk? I'll be bored." Xiao Ling spoke to Li Jie imitating a cat's tone.

Li Jie withdrew his hands, crossed his chest and leaned against the back of the chair. He found that he could accept the girl beside him talking to himself, but he couldn't talk to her openly.

"Okay, since big brother doesn't want to talk, I can only entertain myself." Xiao Ling looked very disappointed, and played with the cat on his lap.

Li Jie turned his face to look at Xiao Ling's disappointed expression, he felt a little guilty, but he couldn't make himself do something he never did.

"If you have free time, come and see these cats more often. They are abandoned by humans, they don't care much, and they don't trust humans. If we spend more time with them, they will gradually get close to humans." Xiao Ling said He looked like he was talking to himself, but he was speaking to Li Jie.

Li Jie frowned, "Do you know what happened at my house?"

Xiao Ling turned her head away, met his eyes, and finally nodded.

Li Jie was a little displeased, he didn't know who was spreading these things, but he felt that his weaknesses had been exposed, and he didn't like being naked in front of outsiders.

Seeing that Li Jie finally opened his mouth, Xiao Ling really hoped that he could slowly become happy, and she wanted to try to care for him, "Actually, if you are in a bad mood, you can talk to your friends, or play a game of basketball, and work hard to get rid of the depression. Shake it off, and it will get better slowly." Xiao Ling lowered her eyes.She has seen a lot of birth, old age, sickness and death since she was a child. When she was a child, she was taken by her parents to the hospital where they worked. She often saw that kind of scene. She has another interpretation of life and death. Everyone cannot escape death, but the living must be stronger. .She hoped that Li Jie could slowly let go of his grief and get out of his grief.

"It'll get better soon? They're all gone, will I be okay, can we forget about the most important person by talking about heart-to-heart talks and playing basketball?" Li Jie's mood changes drastically, and his hands clenched into fists.

"I didn't mean that. I hope you don't let your bad mood keep being so bad. If you let your bad mood keep controlling you, the people around you will be even more afraid of you..." Xiao Ling realized that she had uncovered Li Jie's scar. At a loss, she didn't know if she had chosen the wrong words, or Li Jie was too sensitive about this matter, she looked at Li Jie's angry expression and was very scared.

"You don't need to worry about my mood!" Li Jie couldn't help shouting at Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling was startled, the cat jumped out of her arms, and she ran away in a hurry without looking back.

She swore that she would never take care of Li Jie's affairs again.