Chen Xia

Chapter 13 Smoke rising everywhere
"Oh." Ye Mian nodded and said with a smile, "Then you rest, I'm going to take a shower, goodbye."

"Well, you go ahead." Jiang Chen nodded slightly, his expression warm and light, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or sad.

Under his calm gaze, Ye Mian hung up the phone, then calmly took her clothes and went to the bathroom, pretending to be indifferent.

Turn on the shower to spray water, with steaming heat, staining the bathroom mirror with a layer of water mist.

In a daze, Ye Mian saw her flushed cheeks through the blurred mirror, and her fingers trembled.

In the next second, she covered her head in the water column, and the tip of her nose smelled the strong fragrance of shower gel.

She thought it was too hot.

It's a hot day and steaming can cause your body temperature to rise and your cheeks to become slightly red.

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Back to school on weekends.

There is a touch of melancholy in the campus, especially the senior three students, who are under heavy study pressure and finally have a rest time. Before they have fun, the holiday is over.

The monthly exam is coming up next week, and the teacher has repeatedly emphasized the importance of transferring classes.

Most of the students in class 2 lacked interest. For them, their current grades are considered to be above the middle and high levels. As long as they don't fall behind, they won't fail to learn.

Only a small number of people are still sprinting towards the first class.

Ye Mian is also one of them.

Her hard work infected Jiang Yuan, and she was several times more serious in class than usual.

In fact, Jiang Yuan was not entirely moved by her spirit. She just felt that she didn't have many good friends. If Ye Mian went to class one, wouldn't she be alone?
Anyway, no matter what kind of thoughts you have, learning is always a good thing.

Wednesday is the day when top students come back, but it takes a long time to take the high-speed train, and even if they come back, school is almost over.

Ye Mian bit the nib of her pen, she didn't read a book in the self-study class, and kept staring out of the window.

Counting the days, there was a photo of Jiang Chen in her schoolbag, and she thought about meeting him later, so she returned the photo to Jiang Chen.

Seeing that she was not in the mood to study, Jiang Yuan was so happy to gossip with her.

Ye Mian was also uninterested and absent-minded.

It wasn't until the bus back to school came back that Ye Mian dragged Jiang Yuan to the corridor.

It's just that Jiang Chen was not among the people returning to school, and I heard that there was a second car following behind.

Unfortunately, Ye Mian didn't see Jiang Chen at the school gate until the bell rang for the last class.

When school was over, she told Jiang Yuan, and ran out of the classroom first and went home.

As soon as she reached the vicinity of the old city, she stopped in her footsteps.

All I could see was the direction of the big locust tree, a billowing smoke was burning all over the sky, and the ashes engulfed the sky and covered the sun, as if to swallow everything up.

It seems... It's Jiang Chen's family.

Ye Mian's heart sank, and she hurriedly ran in that direction.

Wait for her to run near the small building.

A large circle of people had already gathered beside the locust tree, looking at the burning building next to the locust tree with expressions of surprise.

"Isn't Dong Yulian committing an evil act? Ouch! He's a pest!" The shop owner frowned and covered his mouth and nose. He couldn't help but curse out loud. He turned around and called on everyone to pick up buckets to put out the fire.

The neighbors were very enthusiastic, and they all responded, throwing water into the house.

The scene was very chaotic.

Ye Mian turned her eyes and saw Jiang Chen in the crowd.

The boy's figure was sometimes blurred in the thick smoke.

He just stood in front of the courtyard of the small building, clutching his arms, with blood gushing out from between his fingertips, expressionless, staring silently at the two embracing figures in front of him.

Ye Mian was startled, then looked over.

Dong Yulian was lying on the ground, wearing an extremely ill-fitting floral dress, her two white legs were exposed to the air, her face was blushing strangely, and she was crying while covering her face as if she was afraid of shame.

And there was a man squatting next to her, the big guy Ye Mian saw that day, with an embarrassed look on his face, he didn't dare to look at the crowd, and there was... blood on his forehead.

But Ye Mian didn't pay much attention to these, and his eyes were fixed on the skirt Dong Yulian was wearing.

A little bit of anger couldn't help overflowing from his chest.

In the July air, Ye Mian heard the aunt next to her say word by word: "How dare this naughty fox wear someone else's mother's skirt and hang out with men? It's okay to hang out, and I don't know what kind of things he got into. The house was burned down." Get up, she doesn’t know how to cherish other people’s houses, it’s disgusting.”

When Dong Yulian heard this, she raised her eyes viciously, but timidly closed her mouth in the young man's indifferent eyes.

When the aunt saw this, she let out a loud "poof" and said, "Shameless, really shameless, meddling in other people's marriages and causing their wives to commit suicide."

suicide……

Jiang Chen's mother committed suicide.

Ye Mian raised her face and frowned slightly.

His eyes returned to the boy.

Blood was flowing down the young man's arms, but he was still able to bear it as always, his delicate facial features showed no expression of pain, nor did he show any sadness.

Ye Mian's heart shrank.

Jiang Chen didn't look up until a limp hand was stretched out in front of him.

There is also a photo on it.

He looked up, and the strong eyebrows and eyes met the girl's clear eyes.

Ye Mian felt that her whole heart was clenched together, and that shallow and uncomfortable emotion came to her heart again.

Trying to calm down her emotions, she said softly in a trembling voice: "I picked up this photo that day. Although it was a bit dirty, it was not broken."

Jiang Chen's eyes were black and white, and his shoulders trembled slightly. He took the photo, his voice was hoarse, and a seemingly gentle smile could still be drawn from the corner of his mouth, "Thank you."

This thank you made her scalp tingle.

Ye Mian's heart trembled with his smile. She was not afraid, but she didn't know what this kind of humiliation felt like.

It turned out that Jiang Chen, who used to be noble and beautiful, first tasted humiliation and cruelty in this world.

God seems to feel sad too.

Dazzling lightning flashed across the dull sky, a burst of thunder exploded, and heavy rain poured down instantly.

The branches and leaves of the locust tree are shaking in the strong wind.

The chaotic rain soaked everyone's body without warning.

Also drenched the growing flames.

In the old city, everyone's heart is wet and cold.

……

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, with no intention of stopping.

The fire was gradually brought under control.

Ye Mian frowned, watching Jiang Chen's blood dripping on the ground and being washed away by the rain.

She bit her lip, turned around and ran home in the heavy rain.

Jiang Chen didn't look up until she was far away.

Under the big locust tree, the girl's figure is graceful. The rain hits her and blooms around her, as if a layer of gauze is wrapped around her.

But she quickened her pace from time to time, as if she was afraid of something.

Jiang Chen's eyes lingered on her back for a long time before he turned his head. The rainwater poured into his eyes dangerously, and there was an emotion that others could not understand in his eyes.

Maybe the wind in this world is too strong, blowing the gentleness in the world and blowing it away in a hurry, knocking even the last bit of dignity to the ground.

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