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Chapter 4 "Let's find aliens together!"

——"Aliens are hiding in this small town."

Ji Chunzao said so.but……

"real or fake?"

Yan Jingxing found it incredible.

"Then, will you take me there now?"

His voice grew louder unconsciously, with suspicion and excitement mixed in his tone.

"Now, maybe I can't see it."

The girl gently curled her bangs on her forehead with her fingers, her expression seemed to be in serious contemplation, but the words she spoke seemed mysterious.

"According to my observations, the appearance of alien creatures is often related to the seasons."

"what?"

This is news that has never been heard before.

It often appears in "Animal World" and "Man and Nature" on TV. Animals estrus, reproduce and migrate with the seasons.

Could it be that aliens have the same habits as animals on Earth?
He moved his mouth, feeling dubious.No, to be precise, doubts accounted for [-]%.

"Anyway, just wait! When the time comes, I will naturally call you, and we will go find aliens together."

Ji Chunzao's tone was as if Pai Daxing said to SpongeBob SquarePants, "Let's catch jellyfish together", it was so relaxed.

"……Fine."

Hearing his promise, the girl grinned, showing a big smile and snow-white teeth, and patted him on the shoulder very hard.

The same bright smile as when I saw her at the seaside for the first time——

Bathed in the fierce and generous rays of the summer sun, he felt slightly dizzy again, but he didn't know why.

*
Time flies, half a month has passed since Yan Jingxing transferred to Baiyue Town Experimental High School.

After that, Ji Chunzao had a feeling of "exposing his nature" in front of him.

Just like Yan Jingxing's first impression, her real personality was indeed very lively, in fact, she was too lively.

After making the agreement to "find aliens together", the girl immediately changed her attitude, and would hang out next to his seat every day after class, and the friends who used to be very close at school did not cling to her.

It's no wonder, after all, except for him as a transfer student, Ji Chunzao isolated himself from the rest of the class.

Yan Jingxing finally understood why some students in the class thought she was annoying.As long as this girl talked about a topic she was interested in, she would chatter non-stop with a small mouth, and didn't care about the audience's reaction at all.

As for the so-called "topics of interest", there is actually only one thing——

Yan Jingxing was a little skeptical, was it because she didn't have any evidence at all, so she had to talk over and over again, trying to brainwash him into believing in the existence of aliens.

However, he couldn't be fooled.

At this age, Yan Jingxing has not completely abandoned the childish fantasies of childhood.The reason why he returned that day was because he thought that it would be great if he could really see aliens.

Ji Chunzao said that he would take him to look for it together, but in fact he just chatted with him all day long without seeing her doing anything, which made him feel dissatisfied——

"Ji Chunzao, have you found it?"

Just after class, the girl sitting in the last row hurried over with a large hard-shell book in her arms.

"not yet."

After hearing his question, she answered it nonchalantly.

"It's not time yet, so don't worry."

As she spoke, she put the book on his desk.

"This is again..."

When the words came to his lips, he swallowed again when he saw the "Earth UFO Illustrated Book" on the cover.

"Forget it, I haven't finished the book you gave me last time."

As Yan Jingxing said, he moved away the books that almost covered the homework on the table.

"You, you accept it first and then talk."

In the end, Ji Chunzao showed an eager expression, trying to stuff the book into his drawer.This move made him feel puzzled.

How can anyone force people to borrow their own books?
"Hey, what's going on?"

Pressed by Yan Jingxing, the girl finally told the truth.

"The last time my aunt saw me reading idle books, she lost her temper and said she was going to throw away all my things. So..."

She complained under her breath in a dejected voice.

"I obviously read it after finishing my homework."

aunt?Doesn't Chunzao live with her parents?He was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask about the relationship between the two before the time came.

"Are you giving me something you don't want again?"

he said angrily.

"That's not true." Ji Chunzao shook his head like a rattle, "I just put it in your place, please help me keep it, and I will take it back when the time comes."

"alright."

Yan Jingxing didn't care, he shrugged and agreed.

After Ji Chunzao left, he found that his deskmate and the students next to him looked at him a little strangely.

Ji Chunzao chatted with him on the first day, and then came to him after every class. Naturally, it is impossible for this kind of thing not to be noticed.

These days, everyone regards puppy love as a scourge. If the relationship between two opposite sexes is a little bit better, people will look at them differently in the environment of a middle school campus, not to mention that one of them is the most conspicuous weirdo in the class.

After feeling the attention of others, Yan Jingxing began to realize that he was likely to be regarded as a fool who was as fanatical and obsessed with aliens as Chun Zao.

Oh, what a guy who looks like no one else, he thought.

Maybe it's because she doesn't have any other friends in class that she doesn't care?

The next day, Ji Chunzao forced him into a book related to super powers.

On the third day, she simply brought a bag with three books in it.For some reason, the girl's expression was a little nervous and sad.

On the fourth day, she sent a bunch of dolls in the shape of water monsters and a very delicate spaceship model made of plastic and metal, with a reluctant expression on her face.Yan Jingxing originally thought that his dormitory could no longer fit her things, but seeing her expression, he softened his heart and agreed.

On the fifth day, Ji Chunzao did not come to school.

For the next two days, she didn't show up. Yan Jingxing was a little worried and couldn't help it, so he went to ask the class teacher.The teacher said that the adults in her family helped to ask for sick leave.

On the eighth day, Ji Chunzao finally returned to school, but that day, the girl did not come to him as usual.

When he was in class, he still couldn't help turning his head several times, secretly looking at the figure sitting in the back row.

The long hair with some natural curls hangs down like water plants, and the bangs covering the eyebrows look like they have never been tidied.

No one could see her expression at this moment. Yan Jingxing only relied on his impressions and understanding over the past half month, plus a little intuition, and felt that the other party seemed to be shrouded in a melancholy atmosphere...

Is it a relationship of depression?
After four classes, he didn't see the girl appearing in front of him, and he began to feel unaccustomed.

When it was time for self-study in the afternoon, Yan Jingxing finally couldn't help it. He tore off a corner of the draft book, wrote his concerns on it, squeezed a ball of paper, and took advantage of the fact that the students who were sitting on the podium helping the teacher to manage discipline didn't pay attention. , Throw it backwards.

The ball of paper hit the top of Ji Chunzao's head, buried in the thick black hair.

"Yes."

There were whispered exclamations from the students who were also fishing next to each other, as well as whispered laughter.

He felt the warmth of his hands, and then realized that he was glared at by Ji Chunzao viciously.

After a while, the ball of paper was thrown back.

"Everything in my bedroom was thrown away by my family."

There is only this sentence above, and nothing else.

*
As the rays of the sun slanted, the flow of people on the campus gradually became scarce, and the private cars blocked in front of the gate dispersed, leaving only the students and faculty members who occasionally came out of the cafeteria.

Yan Jingxing was walking back to the dormitory with his schoolbag on his back.The road under my feet has gradually become familiar.

The lights in the teaching building were extinguished one by one as night fell, leaving only a few offices with lights on. The soothing yellow light penetrated the glass windows, illuminating the interior warmly and brightly.

Lampposts can hardly dispel all the darkness in the corner.Walking along the trail under the shade of the trees, the tireless chirping of insects gradually fills the deep ambient sound, and occasionally you can see a family of wild cats gliding across the grass without making a sound.

Yan Jingxing was a boarding student, and he brought his luggage here on the day his uncle helped him complete the transfer procedures, and usually he would only go back two days on weekends.

In order to prevent accidents, the school usually does not allow students to leave the school gate, so at night, the most lively place is the dormitory building.

The building is divided into male and female sides. In fact, it is in the same building, but the corridors on each side are separated by iron gates, and can only be entered from the entrances on both sides.

After a day of class, Yan Jing walked to the third floor, put his schoolbag on the table tiredly, and sat down to rest.

At this time, the roommate who was sleeping on the upper bunk poked his head out and asked:
"Playing cards later?"

Boarding students are not allowed to bring any electronic devices and entertainment items.However, students always have their own way. Fighting with school rules and teachers is a necessary item in campus life.

"Aren't you afraid of being caught by the housekeeper?"

"It's all right, just put your things away before the scheduled patrol."

Yan Jingxing waved his hand.

"I'll forget it. I have a lot of homework assigned today, and I came back too late."

Although he just transferred here, he got acquainted with his roommates very quickly. After all, they are all boys of the same age, with a restless and restless heart, experiencing the same environment, and caring about the same things. .

There are six people in a dormitory, plus only two of him are in the first class, and the rest are in other classes, but at this moment they all smiled narrowly at themselves.

"Is it really because of too much homework? Didn't you go on a date secretly?"

"...What are you talking about?"

He frowned.

"I heard that you are very familiar with Ji Chunzao?"

"How do you even know?"

"Of course I said it." The roommate in the same class showed no guilt for his gossip.

"But Ji Chunzao's name, everyone has heard of it before." Someone added, "The whole school is famous as a strange person."

"Do you remember the time when she was most famous?"

While holding back their laughter, they communicated enthusiastically, and it seemed that they were indeed impressed by the girl's outrageous behavior.

"Yes, yes, I remember, it seems to be a matter of last semester?"

"She won an award in the space model competition in the city. During the flag-raising ceremony, the school commended her and asked her to go up to speak, but halfway through, she suddenly yelled into the microphone, 'ufo is coming soon! Everyone hurry up! Escape!', then jumped off the platform in a hurry, and ran away before everyone could react. That was in front of the teachers and students of the school..."

"..."

Yan Jingxing was speechless.

He had previously felt that Ji Chunzao had the aura of treating others like nothing when he was pestering him, but he really didn't expect that this person could do such a thing in public.

Is it too strong?

Yan Jingxing was so embarrassed that his toes were on the ground just by imagining that scene. If it was him, he might not be able to help recalling it every night, and he was so embarrassed that he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

The girl Ji Chunzao, whether it is the level of nerve or the thickness of the skin, is far beyond his imagination...

"So, you two are really talking about friends?"

someone asked.

"I see those on your desk are her things, right?"

"of course not."

Yan Jingxing immediately shook his head in denial.

He began to doubt whether it was the right choice for him to make an agreement with Ji Chunzao on a whim.

It's fine to mess around with her, but it's not worth it if you have to embarrass yourself with her.

"Really, I heard that she is still very beautiful."

"Really? I didn't notice at all."

"Aren't you in the same class as her?"

"But she always grows her hair so long that it covers her face completely, like a female ghost, who can see it."

"Where's Jing Xing? You should have seen what she looks like, right?"

"..."

Can I say that the first time I saw her, I mistook her for a mermaid in the sea?
But this kind of words cannot be said in front of others.So he vaguely brushed off the subject.

*
Today's math problems are more difficult than usual.Yan Jingxing stared at the lamp in a daze, but his mind had long been lost on his homework.

Speaking of which, he actually didn't see Ji Chunzao very much all day today.

According to the sentence on the note and her words and deeds some time ago, it seems that the girl's aunt had a conflict and things at home were lost. Spirit.

What Yan Jingxing hesitated was, should he find a way to comfort her?

As far as the relationship between the two is concerned, they are familiar, but they have only known each other for more than ten days; in the eyes of others, it seems that they are close because Ji Chunzao is always approaching in a hurry, but in fact they are not "friends" at all. The word is still a distance away.

As the saying goes, "communication is shallow and words are deep", this kind of truth is understood by even a junior high school student like him, and Ji Chunzao and himself are not close enough to talk about family topics.

"...Let's go take a shower."

After hesitating for a while, he couldn't come up with an answer, and his head started to hurt.He decided to put the question aside for now.

……

The bathroom in the dormitory is public, just downstairs.

After taking a shower, Yan Jingxing returned to the dormitory in a refreshed suit, and looked at the alarm clock on the table, it was already nine o'clock.

The lights-out time stipulated by the school is ten o'clock, and the dormitory supervisor will come to patrol in half an hour.He was about to climb into bed to sleep, and the originally noisy corridor gradually became silent.

But at this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the room.

He froze for a moment, opened the door and went out, and saw more than one person from the dormitory come out to check the situation.

The entrance of the corridor was already crowded with curious people, and some people shouted excitedly:

"Yan Jingxing! Who is Yan Jingxing? Someone is looking for you!"

……what?

Yan Jingxing opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"Get out of the way!"

"Hey wait, I asked you to wait downstairs, why did you come up directly..."

I saw a girl with long hair running up the stairs in three steps at the same time in two steps, passing through the crowd of spectators dexterously, and then rushed to the corridor in a hurry under the watchful eyes of a group of boys .

"309, this is it."

She ran out of breath, and immediately saw Yan Jingxing standing at the door in a daze.

"follow me."

The girl grabbed his wrist and wanted to walk out while pulling him.

"Wait, wait, where are you going?"

"Do you still need to ask?"

She turned her head with a strange expression of "what are you talking about".

"—Of course it's to find aliens! Didn't we agree a long time ago?"

……I knew it.

Ji Chunzao's voice was clear and undisguised, so that everyone in the corridor could clearly hear her answer.

I shouldn't have asked.

Under the astonished eyes of the onlookers, Yan Jingxing couldn't help covering his face, feeling that he had indeed asked a stupid question.

(End of this chapter)