Mask

Chapter 18 The Stubborn Red Rabbit (4)
At dusk the weather was getting colder, and when the last student boarded the bus at the station in front of the school, he still didn't show up.

Masako sat on the bench and looked at the hands on her knees, with her fingertips twirling back and forth, replaying all kinds of rumors against her over and over again in her mind, as well as the sentence Wei Ru said when she looked at her right hand, "There is I haven’t been able to write well for a while.”

She closed her eyes, and the breeze lifted her bangs on her forehead.

When Duan Yousi came, he walked slowly and lazily. When she opened her eyes, she saw his slender gray uniform pants and clean sneakers. His whole body was covered by his shadow, and his hand reached out to hers. in front of you.

Masako didn't extend his hand this time, but he took her left arm, pulled her up, and took her on a bus that she had never taken before.

"where to……"

"Follow."

The car was empty, and he led her all the way to the back row.Masako sat by the window, and he sat beside her, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on their hair.

The bus started, with more and more passengers as it stopped at each stop. He put on a mask, leaned against the back of the chair and closed his eyes.

The conversation during this process was just the two sentences just now. After that, they didn't say a word. Masako kept looking out of the window, and he also entered a resting state. His purpose and direction were unknown. The only thing he could be sure of was the person around him.

The same sunset, the same seat, the atmosphere is completely different from the kiss a few days ago, all the unhappiness today turned into a cold confrontation at this moment, as if they wanted to put their relationship that hadn't started yet into the grave.

She said nothing.

After the bus stopped, another group of people came up.

Masako looked and couldn't help being surprised.

He actually ran into Wei Ru here!

Yes, it was indeed Wei Ru who came into the car with a bag on his back in the crowd.

Masako wanted to get up, but Duan Yousi held her right hand at that time, he still rested with his eyes closed, and gently pushed her back, as expected.

"Wei Ru and An Qiyan are very familiar." Masako could only whisper in his ear.

He did not respond.

Masako looked again, a group of passengers went down, the compartment gradually became empty, Wei Ru was able to move around freely, and turned around...

"My cold is gone." He pulled off his mask.

Masako looked at him restlessly: "What..."

Suddenly, she lost her voice.

Duan Yousi kissed her the moment she just turned around, and their lips touched each other lightly.

The dazzling sunset at the window was blocked by him, and he supported his chest in a panic. After his lips touched slightly, he left, leaving a little gap and a second of reaction time for her, and then the real kiss began. Masako wanted to avoid it. opened, but he grabbed the back of her head and pulled her towards her, so the only remaining gap disappeared in an instant, her bangs covered her eyes messily, her lips were pressed against his lips and kissed, her head was blank, her eyes were closed tightly , The whole body is numb, and the heart is beating violently.

His smell, his breath invaded.The whole person was forced by him to go from being passive to adapting to cooperating...

After the intermittent kisses, he ended with a kiss on her forehead.

Masako lowered her head and closed her eyes, panting lightly, biting her lower lip that was a little white from being too nervous.

"Get off."

He patted her cheek lightly, Masako woke up now, and let him pull her up.

And to be truly sober you need a catalyst.

Wei Ru stood on the spot holding the armrest, looking straight at Masako, she had been watching since just now, and she couldn't believe that the passionate kiss that started a few minutes ago came from Duan Yousi, her whole body was in a Shocked, she was about to speak.Just seeing Duan Yousi's eyes, he didn't dare to say anything, he couldn't even utter a single word.

They stood facing each other, Masako's hand was held tightly by him all the time.When he passed by Wei Ru, he leaned towards her and said something in a low voice, which moved Masako's heart and made Wei Ru turn pale instantly.

He said: "Her hand hurts, do you know how hard it took me to keep from pinching your hand?"

8
"Crack-"

The car door closed behind him, Masako stood beside him, and the bus slowly drove away with Wei Ru, who was shaking all over after that.

He bought a can of Coke and a can of milk coffee in front of the vending machine, and handed the milk coffee to her.Masako took the drink can with both hands, so he saw her right wrist wrapped in gauze and her left fingers covered with Band-Aids.

All were new injuries, all related to him.

After looking at it for a while, he took the milk coffee from Masako's hand, unwrapped it for her, and then handed it back to her hand.

"thanks……"

Masako took the milk coffee with her left hand, and put her right hand behind her waist.

"Let me know in advance about that kind of appointment." He lowered his head and pulled the ring of the Coke can, "Don't agree to everyone."

After speaking, he walked out of the station.

Nearby is Xinlan Girls High School, the sky is getting dark, the night breeze is cool, and the neon lights are on.

After evening self-study, the girls walked out of the school one by one, or hung out in small shops on the street, or waited at the station in small groups.

Masako followed him into a restaurant, there were some girls who were preparing for dinner, they pushed each other and looked at Duan Yousi, curious: "He is so handsome..."

"Eat first, and I'll take you back after eating." He walked to the counter.

The lady proprietress of the restaurant seemed to know him, she looked at him with her head propped up, then looked at Masako, and said with a smile, "Why did you bring your girlfriend here today?"

He smiled and didn't answer directly.

"Ding Ding-"

The bell on the mobile phone pendant was ringing and clear, and the girls who walked into the restaurant were all fresh and beautiful. They closed their mobile phones, said some arrogant words, and giggled.

Then, they saw Duan Yousi.

The girl who walked in the front smiled slightly, and came down to the counter under the encouragement of her friends, blinked her beautiful eyes, stared at his side face and said hello: "Hello!"

Masako looked over, this girl looked familiar, she seemed to be... By the way, it was the group of girls who almost had a conflict with Wan Ye before.

He just finished ordering, glanced at her, and still ignored her like last time.

"It's such a coincidence, are you here to wait for someone?" The girl's voice was astringent and sweet, and she stared at him intently.

"Beauty, he's here to accompany his girlfriend for dinner." The proprietress spoke on the sidelines.

The girl glanced in the direction of Masako, but after all she only saw her quiet silhouette, then nodded with a sudden realization: "Is she the An Qiyan your friend said?"

After speaking, in order to see more clearly, she walked towards Masako.But as soon as she took a step, she was stopped by Duan Yousi. The girl stepped back and returned to the position in front of the counter.

But instead of being angry, she smiled, covered her arms, and looked up at him: "Why, don't you show your girlfriend?"

"She's not a familiar person." He replied lightly, then took Masako and walked towards the box.

The girl froze for a moment, and then the counter was slapped hard by her hand. The proprietress who kept her head down raised her eyebrows, shook her head and smiled.

The box is very ordinary, but the details are exquisite. After the waiter served the last aloe vera juice, he gently closed the door of the box, so Masako and him were the only ones in the small quiet space.

She put a bowl of soup in his hand, and he started calling as soon as he was seated. He made three calls in a row, but there was no response, so he changed another number and dialed again.

"Di Di-"

Masako received a text message, which was a group text message from the head teacher, to the effect that it reminded all the students to bring the [-] yuan fee for the weekend make-up class tomorrow.

She put the phone back, and Duan Yousi's call finally dialed, and he asked, "Where is it?"

On the other end of the phone, I vaguely heard the girl's reply.

"Across from your school, come over for dinner," he continued.

After the call was over, he put his phone aside and picked up vegetables in Masako's bowl with his chopsticks.

"Thank you."

He put the aloe vera juice far away in her hand, and she also said flatly, "Thank you."

He stopped and reminded: "You are too polite to me today."

"No." Masako said while stirring the soup in the bowl, "How dare I?"

In a short sentence, the tone changed, and he replied: "Don't play tricks on me."

Masako put down the spoon: "I said I dare not, no matter how much wronged I suffer, you can always settle me easily."

After she finished speaking, she stood up with her bag in her hand. Before she could take a step, she was grabbed by his wrist suddenly. She stepped back and fell on his lap.

He seemed to be angry, grabbed her waist and the back of the neck, made her unable to move, and whispered in her ear: "You don't even know that I have been thinking about you all afternoon!"

Masako's originally frowning brows loosened, but she was so painful that she closed her eyes tightly again.

"Brother Yousi!" The door of the box was suddenly pushed open, and a clear voice sounded. Duan Yousi's attention was distracted, and his strength also weakened a bit.

Masako took advantage of this gap and quickly sat down on a chair beside her, panting and looking towards the door.

The waiter at the door and the girl in the uniform of Xinlan High School all stopped in embarrassment.

Duan Yousi looked away from Masako and looked at the door.

"Looks like... busy?" The waiter closed the door and retreated. The girl who broke in suddenly stood at the door anxiously, shrugging and smiling.

"Sit down." He said to the girl.

"No need, Brother Yusi..." The girl spoke very carefully, and put the file bag in her arms on the table with a smile on her face, "That... I put all the materials in it, I will wait until later Self-study, so soon...well, leave soon."

After speaking, she shrugged and smiled again.

Duan Yousi kept looking at the girl, but the girl's eyes flickered and she didn't dare to meet him.

Masako saw it.

After a while, he took the portfolio and nodded to the girl.

The girl breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly opened the door and walked out.

With a "snap", he threw the portfolio on the table. When he got up and walked to the door, he left a word for Masako: "Wait here."

Masako saw him heading in the direction the girl left.

The lobby of the restaurant was bustling with activity. When Duan Yousi passed the counter, he casually rubbed shoulders with a middle-aged man. When the wallet fell out, the man picked it up for him immediately: "Sorry, sorry..."

His eyes still fell on the girl's back, he took the wallet and continued walking.

Pushing open the restaurant door, the girl breathed a sigh of relief, took out her mobile phone from her bag, dialed a number, and put it to her ear quickly.

"Hello!" After 5 seconds, someone answered the phone, and the girl said as if she was dying, "Yisha, what are you doing? Your brother is looking for you again, and I can't help it anymore! "

……

"I don't care, I've already given your brother the information about that bastard, if you still want that bastard to live, come back and intercede with your brother!"

……

"Yisha, why are you doing this?"

……

"You're not still with that bastard, are you?"

……

"You... hello..."

Well said, the phone was pulled out suddenly, the girl turned her head in shock, Duan Yousi put her phone to her ear, and asked in a low voice, "Where are you?"

He said something on the other end of the phone, and immediately there was a busy tone to hang up.

He called back once, but the other party still hung up. He returned the phone to the girl with a sullen expression on his face, and asked, "Is that person's address listed in the file?"

"Ah?" The girl was a little puzzled, and then quickly realized, "Oh, yes...but Yisha usually doesn't go to his house..."

"Hotel." He was full of elder brother's majesty and anger when he pronounced these two words, and then walked quickly back to the restaurant.

"boom--"

The door was pushed open by him with one hand. He picked up the file bag on the table, helped Masako lift the bag, took her hand and said, "Send you back, I have something to do later."

All of this was carried out vigorously, and Masako had never seen him look so serious before, not even a single dish was moved on the table.

In front of the counter of the restaurant, a middle-aged man leaned on the proprietress with a playful smile on his face, and the proprietress just kept her head down to settle the accounts, occasionally replying: "As I said, I have no money. I haven't told you the money you borrowed before you went to jail Thirty thousand, Li Jie, let me tell you, I let you go because I see you are heavily in debt, don't push yourself!"

"I never borrowed money from you, big sister." Li Jie laughed, "I just said that luck has been relatively smooth recently, and I didn't mention the word 'borrowing money' at all."

"Isn't that what you meant? You thought I couldn't hear it." The proprietress shook her head.

"Alas..." Li Jie clicked his tongue and looked back at the restaurant, "Don't tell me, this society has moved forward rapidly since the day I entered it. Three years ago, it was still a small noodle shop. Three years later, it has changed. It has become such a big restaurant. Also, look at those female students, tsk tsk, their skirts are raised one by one..."

"Be serious." The proprietress pushed him.

"Not as pretty as my daughter." Li Jie said triumphantly.

"Ouch!" The landlady's eyes lit up, "You have a daughter now?"

"A top student from a key school, a mixed-race student, looks good-looking, tsk." Li Jie said, his feet trembling.

The proprietress thought he was bragging, sneered, and said nothing.

So Li Jie changed the subject without much interest: "Students are really good now, and they have more cards in their wallets than adults."

"You mean the boy you bumped into just now." The proprietress smoked a cigarette.

"you recognize?"

"He, he knows that his family is well-off just by looking at the money he spends, especially his younger sister, who burns money so badly, and both brothers and sisters are good-looking."

Just finished speaking, the proprietress heard the movement from the box, and immediately stopped the words: "Hey, he's here."

Li Jie looked over immediately, the boy's demeanor was indeed different, he held a girl's hand, came to the counter and swiped the card to pay, with a light and elegant aura.

Soon, he saw the girl next to the boy clearly, his expression changed from a little startled to unbelievable, and finally even surprised, shouting: "Masako!"

Masako was slightly startled, and turned her head to the side. The proprietress raised her head curiously, and Duan Yousi also looked over.

9
7 pm.

"Tsk... last time I heard my elder sister say that you have a boyfriend and that you look very good-looking. I saw it today, and it's true. Children from rich families just have a different temperament... Masako, you have to take advantage of this Opportunity, maybe..."

The door was closed with a "bang", the lights were turned on, and the bag was put away, Li Jie's nagging still lingered in his ears.After stretching her neck, Masako sighed, turned around and said, "That's enough, Uncle Jie."

Li Jie, who was chattering, stopped and asked excitedly, "Why, Masako, did you hear me?"

"Uncle Jie." Masako said bluntly, "I'm not your daughter. Whether I have a boyfriend or not is none of your business. Even if I have a boyfriend, it's none of your business whether he has money. In the end, you have Not having money is none of my business."

After finishing speaking, she automatically blocked Li Jie's yelling, went straight to the TV cabinet in the living room and squatted down, and opened the drawer.

Li Jie's voice slowly weakened at this time.

Masako took out the wallet in the drawer and opened it, she was stunned after taking a look, immediately frowned, and asked upstairs: "Mom, are you there?"

The woman replied: "Masako, you are back..."

Masako wanted to ask clearly, but thought of something, and turned her questioning eyes directly to Li Jie who had lost her voice: "Uncle Jie!"

"Masako..."

"You won't use the money in it, will you?" Masako raised the wallet and asked calmly, but her voice was full of strength.

"Masako, it's life-saving money. If I don't give it to them, they will smash the house..."

"We are not a family!" Masako couldn't believe that such a person existed, she threw her wallet on the table angrily, "It's all my tuition fees and my mother's medicine money!"

"Your mother told me this..." Li Jie muttered softly.

"I told you that my mother is sick, and she has no ability to think! Before you use the money, ask me, okay? You will kill people like this!"

"No, Masako, if I don't give money to those people, I will be killed." Li Jie explained with a sad face, then slowly changed his expression, and smiled, "Masako, it's like this. There is still a hundred thousand, just one hundred thousand, I discussed it with your mother, you can see if you can mortgage the house first, and then..."

Masako turned around and walked into Li Jie's room.

"Masako! Masako!"

After the suitcase was dragged out and fell to the ground, Masako opened the door of the living room, suppressed her anger and said to Li Jie, "Uncle Jie, please don't live here anymore, we are not as kind as you think."

"Your mother agrees!"

"If you say this again, I can sue you for fraud." Masako pointed to the door, "Please move out today!"

"Masako!"

It was too late to say all this, following Li Jie's flattering smile, the woman ran down the stairs and stared at Masako with a disappointed face: "Why are you talking to your father like this?"

"Mom, he's not..."

"Yazi!" Li Jie raised his chin and said loudly, "Otherwise, go and beg your man..."

He paused on purpose, as if he wanted Masako's attention on purpose.

He succeeded, Masako was indeed threatened by him.Seeing the strange expression on the woman's face, she could only bite her lip forbearance, and then said, "I'm sorry, Uncle Jie..."

The luggage was moved back again.

On the second day, Masako did not pay the tuition fee.

She can't hand it over.

After talking to the class teacher about the situation, Masako walked slowly on the corridor back to the classroom.Autumn came so quickly, and her body was gradually getting chills. She wrapped up her thin coat and looked at the third-grade teaching building through the window in the stairwell.

Duan Yousi didn't come to school today.

It was raining under the gray sky, and it was very cool. She looked back and saw Wei Ru at the corner of the corridor.

When Wei Ru saw her, she jumped for a bit, then walked past without saying a word, as if she hadn't seen her at all.

Later, she met Xu Yitian again.

He came to find her.

Wei Ru was afraid of Duan Yousi, so he probably didn't dare to speak out, so Xu Yitian and other people in the school didn't know about it yet, so why did he come to her?

Masako was invited by him to the meeting room of the student union, and sat on the soft chair that Duan Yousi had hugged her a few days ago, watching Xu Yitian put [-] yuan on the table in front of her.

"Yako..."

Silence is better than sound, Xu Yitian's eyes were full of pity.

"Has it spread in school?"

Masako remembered that when she said in the office that she could not pay the money, Yi Xialing was also there. According to her character, if she spread the word without embellishment, there would be no peace for a moment.

Xu Yitian acquiesced.

Masako didn't take his money, just stood up and said, "Grey's student council officers run for election once a month, right?"

"Well." Xu Yitian replied suspiciously, "If someone volunteers to run for a certain cadre, and the cadre's ability does not match, the school will arrange a relative test, and the side with the higher score will take over the seat. Usually in the middle of each month, or It's next Friday."

"I want to run for the position of Minister of Learning, do I need to fill out the form?"

"You don't need to fill out the form, just tell... wait a minute, Masako, what did you say?"

"I think Wei Ru is no longer qualified for this position, and I don't have a position in the student union. The school probably won't tolerate this kind of humiliation. I'll trouble you about arranging the exam, and don't worry about me. Thank you." After Masako finished speaking, she went straight to the door.

(End of this chapter)