rose believer

Chapter 14 Rose - Floating
The first day of 2011, New Year's Day.

Ren's father and mother made an appointment to go to a temple in the outer suburbs to worship, and left early.In addition to entertainment, there are many ways to connect with people.

To put it bluntly, it's all business.

When Ren Yu went out after breakfast, Ren Xun hadn't gotten up yet.The aunt at home asked Ren Yu who was putting on shoes: "Why don't you sleep more? Are you still in school on New Year's Day?"

Ren Yu shook his head: "Not going to school."

There is a narrow alley near No. [-] Middle School, called Chu Lane, which is notoriously messy.When the new buildings were built around, it was not well planned. There were tall buildings everywhere, and there was only such a muddy alleyway left, and students usually didn't like to go here after school.

Last year, the superior ordered to rectify the appearance of the city, including the dirty and messy storage alleys. It has been transformed into a leisure street integrating catering and entertainment.

Several boys in the class spotted a milk tea shop where they could sit and chat and play board games, and made an appointment with seven or eight people to come and play Three Kingdoms.

Zuo Jing went to play football in the morning, and came to the milk tea shop to find his friends after playing until noon. Panting, he climbed up to the soft seat on the second floor, and leaned against Ren Yu, sweating all over his body.

Ren Yu just unloaded the lord's gossip formation, first with one Zhuge Liannu, and then two kills.The loyal minister rushed out a peach, Ren Yu glanced at it quietly, and made another kill.

Huh, several people put down the cards in their hands and leaned back to the sofa.

Whoever wins shuffles the cards. This is the rule. For the nth time, Ren Yu silently collected the cards on the table and glanced at the time. It was already past lunch time.Finally, someone noticed that he was hungry, and proposed to go to the nearby fast food restaurant for lunch, and then came back in the afternoon to continue calling.

Several boys each picked up their jackets, and someone wanted to go to the bathroom to drain the water first, asking everyone to wait.

Ren Yu's position was by the window, and he could see half of the school gate of the No. [-] Middle School. Today, all the teachers and students of the school are on vacation. Logically speaking, there should be no one there, but a black car stopped at the school gate, and a middle-aged couple got out of the car. man, and a boy.

The middle-aged couple chatted with the guard for a few words, and then stood at the school gate waiting. Within 2 minutes, someone came out of the teaching building. Ren Yu recognized that person. Mr. Ji, the head teacher of the art class, said hello and led The three entered the teaching building together.

Zuo Jing squinted behind Ren Yu, and said firmly, "Zhou Haixu."

Ren Yu frowned: "Are you sure?"

Zuo Jing snorted disdainfully: "I still can't recognize him? Look at his wretchedness."

The boy followed his parents and teacher at a leisurely pace, with his head bowed deeply and his back hunched.In fact, I don't see any "wretchedness", but because his behavior aroused public anger, everyone wanted to scold him a few words and kick him.

"It is estimated that their head teacher called his parents to talk. This matter is such a big mess, they must find their parents. Yes."

The boys who went to the toilet came back, and the group went out to the fast food restaurant. Ren Yu was at the back, and stopped without realizing it.

Someone called him: "Ren Yu?"

Ren Yu didn't move, came back to his senses, and waved his hand: ".I'm not feeling well, you go, I want to go home first."

Everyone didn't find it strange, except Zuo Jing.He walked a few steps, turned his head and saw the direction Ren Yu left, walking hurriedly, clearly heading towards the school.

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During the holidays, students are not allowed to enter the school without special matters.Ren Yu didn't go through the main entrance, but went around to the back side of the main stage of the playground, where there was a slightly lower fence, which was where Jiang Limei climbed in that morning.

This time the person who climbed the railing was replaced by Ren Yu.

There is no one in the empty school, and the unmelted snow of last year still remains on the branches of dead trees, swept away by the north wind, full of snow scum.Ren Yu started to run, cold wind poured into his lungs, his heart was pounding, he ran towards the first grade teaching building, then he collected his breath and went upstairs lightly.

There are voices in the classroom of Grade [-], and the empty corridor is the best loudspeaker.Ren Yu could hear clearly even if he hid at the corner of the stairs.

Zhou Haixu's parents are trying their best to say good things and be careful. The elderly teacher Ji has taught books all his life. The future matters."

When another girl encounters this kind of thing, she will immediately tell her parents, or her own class teacher, and the teacher will negotiate with the teacher and apologize in private, which is considered understanding.

But Jiang Limei was stubborn and not to be messed with, so she hit the door directly, and made the incident known to everyone, even the grade director heard about it, so it would be impossible not to deal with Zhou Haixu now.

Recording a major demerit or staying in school for probation are minor.

A woman's sobbing came from the classroom, it was Zhou Haixu's mother:
"Mr. Ji, if this punishment is recorded in the file, won't the child be ruined in the future? Haixu will take an art test this year, and he also wants to go to military arts. He needs a political review!"

Teacher Ji didn't speak, and it was Zhou Haixu's father who said:

"Mr. Ji, our child, we understand that Haixu has no evil intentions, it's just that adolescent children are ignorant and curious. This price is too high for Haixu. If necessary, we can apologize to the person in person, and compensation is also available. of."

After that, there was a conversation at a lower volume, like a gnat, completely inaudible. After a while, the classroom door opened, and Zhou Haixu's parents led Zhou Haixu out, but Teacher Ji stayed in the classroom.

Ren Yu didn't dare to get too close, so he just stood on the corridor on the first floor and the second floor, looking down through the window.

Zhou Haixu's parents stood in front of the car and said a few words to Zhou Haixu, then boarded the car and left, while Zhou Haixu went to the bus stop opposite the school gate alone.

Ren Yu ran away, towards the school gate, the bus stop, and ran wildly. When he passed the security room, he surprised the guard. He didn't know when there was someone more in the school, and when did he come in?

The doorman shouted from behind. Ren Yu heard it, but he couldn't stop at all. He ran all the way to the bus stop, and the bus just barely stopped.

He followed Zhou Haixu into the car.

They didn't wear school uniforms, and they didn't know each other, but it was convenient for Ren Yu's "following".

Ren Yu never thought that one day he would "stalk" others in such embarrassment. He remembered Zuo Jing's evaluation of Zhou Haixu, but now the wretched person was replaced by him.He zipped his jacket all the way up and buried his head.

In contrast, Zhou Haixu was much calmer, as if he was not the one who was scolded by the teacher and parents just now.

Ren Yu noticed that Zhou Haixu alone was completely different from Zhou Haixu in front of parents and teachers.He was sitting by the window with his head down and playing with his mobile phone, earphones plugged in his ears, shaking his head to the music, his backpack on the ground beside his feet, his shoes on the straps, he was no longer timid and cautious, he looked leisurely and indifferent.

The bus drove to the busiest neighborhood in the west of the city, and Zhou Haixu and Ren Yu got off the bus one after the other.

In the following afternoon, Ren Yu followed Zhou Haixu to many places, shopping malls, restaurants, and bookstores. Zhou Haixu bought two test books.Everything seemed normal and unremarkable.

Ren Yu was a little annoyed at his stalking behavior, but also flustered, especially when he thought of Jiang Limei's red eyes.

He always felt that things were not over yet.

Finally, when it was getting dark, Zhou Haixu turned into a secluded street and walked along this street until he found the earliest single-family villa area in the west of the city. Therefore, house prices soared and could not come down for a long time.

The people who live here are all rich people from Ancheng's first wholesaler.

The reason why Ren Yu recognized it was because Ren's father wanted to move his family here and showed them the house, but in the end he gave up because there was no suitable transfer.

He watched from a distance across the road. Zhou Haixu stopped at the entrance of the community, squatted on the side of the road, and kept his head down, fiddling with his mobile phone. What he was worried about being discovered was actually unfounded. Look, didn't know the oriole was behind.

In the severe cold of January, the limelight is like a knife, and unmelted snowdrifts can be seen everywhere on the roadside, mixed with gray-black mud.

Ren Yu couldn't feel the cold, the back of his hands were already numb from the strong wind, and his cheeks were stinging like being cut by a knife. He couldn't help stomping his feet lightly so as not to freeze his whole body.

He imagined that Zhou Haixu must have suffered as much as him.

The purple-red sky lost its last ray of light, the sun went down completely, and then came a colder night.

The place where Zhou Haixu stood was very convenient, just avoiding the street lights at the gate of the community, hiding him in a dark place, with traffic passing by constantly, Ren Yu had to stand closer to see Zhou Haixu's movements.

Zhou Haixu finally stood up.

At the same moment, a figure with a backpack came out from the security gate of the community.Because she doesn't go to school, Jiang Limei has her long hair loose and wears a white wool cap with a conspicuous ball of wool on the tip.She didn't see anyone hiding in the dark, and walked out of the community with brisk steps.

For a moment, Ren Yu felt that he was crazy.

In the night of minus fifteen degrees, he followed Zhou Haixu, and Zhou Haixu followed Jiang Limei, not knowing where he was going.

Unlike him, Zhou Haixu kept taking pictures of Jiang Limei's back with his mobile phone. Those walking, waiting for red lights, and crossing zebra crossings always kept a few steps away from Jiang Limei, like a wandering soul.

In the end, Jiang Limei walked into a shopping mall not far from home.

Warm orange lights shone from the shopping mall, and there were unpacked Christmas trees and lanterns in the open space at the entrance, creating a festive atmosphere. Jiang Limei waited at the entrance for a while, and soon, another short-haired girl ran over quickly.

The two girls giggled and hugged, then walked into the mall holding hands.

Zhou Haixu took a few more steps away, but he still walked in together.

The entrance of the shopping mall is a non-automatic revolving door, which needs to be pushed by hand. Ren Yu was a bit slower and lagged behind. When he pushed the door, he realized that there was a five or six-year-old child squeezed into the same grid as himself.

He pushed forward impatiently, and the door behind him hit the child just in time, and the child burst into tears.

Crying attracted mall security.

Then the child's mother hurried over from a distance, squatted down and embraced her child, and pointedly accused Yu Yu: "What's the hurry, don't you see anyone?"

Ren Yu's already frozen fingers were tightly clutching the shoulder strap of his schoolbag, his cheeks were also pale from the cold, and he kept bowing his head to apologize. The sufficient hot air conditioner in the mall did not warm him up at all.

Seeing that Ren Yu was only a teenager, and the mother was also at fault, the security guards taught each of them a few words and dispersed the crowd.

Ren Yu's throat tightened, he panted quickly, and then looked at the bustling crowd in the shopping mall.

Where is Jiang Limei's shadow.

During the New Year's Day holiday, shopping malls were overcrowded, brisk music was playing on the radio, and posters of discounts and stored value were posted everywhere.Jiang Limei came out of the bathroom, shaking the water from her hands, feeling apprehensive, something was wrong.

She always feels that someone has been following her today, but she can't see anyone when she turns around.

Even when she was in the women's bathroom just now, she clearly heard people entering the next compartment, with footsteps and locks being locked, but she waited for a long time after washing her hands, but no one came out.

Really weird.

Yao Meng heard it, and only said that Jiang Limei was nervous: "Wow, you are so perverted, you still eavesdrop on people going to the toilet."

Jiang Limei shook her head, her frown remained undiminished.This floor sells men's clothing, so there are few people in the first place, and the women's bathroom was even more empty just now.
"Oh!" Yao Meng pulled her: "Come on, don't you want to buy your dad a birthday present?"

After the new year, it was Sheng Lin's birthday. She was always well-behaved and sensible in front of Sheng Lin, and she never forgot her birthday present.

She tugged at the hem of her blouse, took a few deep breaths, and took Yao Meng's arm:

".Let's go."

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Ren Yu rarely returns late, today is an exception.

When he pressed the combination lock, he clearly heard the sound of chairs being dragged at home, as well as urgent footsteps, coming towards the door.As soon as the door was opened, it was Ren's mother's anxious face.

"Where did you go! What time is it! The phone is turned off?"

Mother Ren never lost her temper, she was really in a hurry.

Ren Yu's arms were a little stiff, and his voice was full of tiredness: "...my phone is out of battery, I'm sorry."

Because of the cold wind and the sudden heating, the huge temperature difference made his face flushed sickly.

The clock in the living room pointed to 12:30, it was already early morning.

Just now he waited at the entrance of the shopping mall, until Jiang Limei came out with shopping bags and walked towards home, Zhou Haixu followed closely behind, his coat and hat tightly covered.

He kept following, and kept following, until Jiang Limei went home, and until Zhou Haixu also left by bus.

The phone had already been turned off, and Ren Yu realized that he had stayed up outside in the dark night of winter for a full six hours.

Ren Xun was responsible for handing the steaming ginger syrup to Ren Yu's bedside, and he did not forget to tease: "It's you, playing outside so late and turning off your phone, if it was me, I would have been slapped. "

Ren Yu raised his hand to take the cup from under the quilt, opened his mouth, his voice hoarse: "Play? What am I playing?"

"Come on, didn't you say yesterday that you're going out to play board games with Zuo Jing today?" Ren Xun raised his chin: "I didn't tell the truth, my parents didn't know."

Ren Yu didn't explain. He lowered his head and gave a wry smile. He raised his head and drank the ginger syrup.

That night, Ren Yu slept very restlessly because of the high fever. In the dimness, it seemed that Ren's mother came to touch his forehead a few times, followed by the coldness of the towel.

The limbs seemed to be rusted, the soles of the feet were stepping on the nothingness of the clouds, and the whole person was floating in the air. By the time he was fully awake, it was already noon of the next day.

Ren Yu sat on the bed, looked at the beam of light reflected on the edge of the bed, was shocked, threw off the quilt and ran downstairs.

Ren Xun was having lunch, and seeing Ren Yu's flustered face was startled: "What are you doing!"

"I go to school, our class only has one day off, and we have class today."

"Are you stupid? Go to school for this virtue?"

Ren Yu looked at the glass of the partition door, his pale face, his lips were chapped and bleeding, and he looked embarrassed.

"Mom asked for leave for you. You don't have to go to school for these two days."

Ren Yu bit the tip of his tongue, forced himself to be more energetic, and walked upstairs. After a while, he changed into his school uniform, dressed neatly, picked up his schoolbag, and his cell phone, which had been charged overnight.Checked, the phone is still there.

Ren Xun stared: "?"

"... Some classes can't be left behind. I'm fine. Let's go to school."

"as you like."

Ren Xun was too lazy to care, he didn't understand the world of Xueba, he glanced at Ren Yu's slightly arched back, and turned back to eat his own meal, angrily.

Ren Yu has been a good boy since he was a child, a good boy who never lied and never cheated. The two brothers are the difference between heaven and earth. If someone in the family does something bad, it must be Ren Xun, not brother Ren Yu.

Ren Yu walked out of the house dragging his uncomfortable body. The schoolbag had never been so heavy on his shoulders. He didn't go in the direction of the school, but took the bus to the west of the city.

This is the first time that the good boy Ren Yu has lied.

Some guilt, but more of a strange pleasure.

Because it's for the girl he likes.

(End of this chapter)