deep in time

Chapter 24 (1)
[one]
Classes have already started, and the campus is quiet.

There is a tall paulownia tree by the window of the infirmary.

Ji Nan's father, the vice principal of X Middle School, went to the provincial capital for a meeting. A nurse answered the call to Ji Nan's mother. She said that Dr. Ji was undergoing an operation and would call back after the operation.The head teacher had just arrived at the office to deal with the Cheng Lichen incident, but because of a classmate who accidentally broke his leg on the playground, he had to rush away.

Baili was the only person left in the small infirmary.

Ji Nan was lying on his back on the bed, covered with a thin quilt, the blood stains around his lips had been wiped clean, his eyes were closed tightly, and the long and dense eyelashes cast a faint shadow on his face.Such a quiet space, such a quiet Jinan.I don't know why, but Baili felt a little cold at this moment.

The small ice cube was wrapped in medical gauze and applied to the boy's wound.The room was relatively warm, and not long after applying it, the melted ice water slowly slid down the corners of the boy's lips.

Baili thought for a while, and took out a palm-sized cotton embroidery bag from his pocket. It was made for her by Jiang Xianhui himself, and it contained Xingcao and mint leaves.The girl poured the dried medicinal leaves into the palm of her hand, wrapped them in medical gauze, found a plastic bag in the cabinet, filled them with a few small pieces of ice, stuffed them into the embroidery bag, and then gently applied them to Jinan's on the lips.

Liu Yujing came in at this time.She frowned slightly, and asked worriedly, "Is Ji Nan okay? I'm in physical education class, so I just heard about it, so hurry up and take a look."

"It's okay." Baili turned his head and smiled at her.

As Liu Yujing approached, a faint fragrance lingered gently.

The head teacher came in right behind Liu Yujing. He looked at Ji Nan who was asleep, asked Baili a few more questions, and said, "Cheng Lichen's father called and asked you to listen."

Baili looked at Ji Nan worriedly.

Liu Yujing patted Baili's shoulder with a smile, and took the embroidery bag from Baili's hand to apply to Ji Nan's wound, and said, "Don't worry, I'll watch it here."

The head teacher also nodded, and led Baili to the office.

When he was about to walk out of the infirmary, Baili looked back.The faint sunlight shone in and enveloped the two people, making them extraordinarily quiet and gentle.

[two]
Liu Yujing was quietly accompanying the hospital bed. She was staring blankly at Ji Nan on the hospital bed, her eyes were empty, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

There was a rustling sound from the bed next to him.

Liu Yujing's gaze gradually regained focus. When she saw that the boy who was sleeping on the hospital bed turned his lower body, the ice pack on his lips lost his balance and fell into the boy's neck. He shivered and opened his eyes. .

The first thing that came into view was the girl's fair and beautiful face. She was bending down slightly and carefully picked up the ice bag that had fallen on his neck.

A strand of soft hair fell on the boy's nose, and when he flicked it lightly, it felt numb and itchy, from the tip of his nose to his heart.

"woke up?"

"Hmm." The boy was about to speak, but felt some pain. He suddenly remembered, and subconsciously raised his hand to cover his mouth.

Noticing the shocked and painful expression on the boy's face, the girl seemed to change the subject unintentionally: "Everyone is saying that a big boy like Ji Nan is still dizzy."

The awkward atmosphere eased a lot because of the girl's teasing. Ji Nan breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Have you been staying here all this time?"

The girl nodded: "Yes."

"Thank you." The boy smiled shyly.

"It's so strange." The girl tilted her head and blinked her eyes playfully.

The boy noticed the embroidered bag in Liu Yujing's hand: "This is..."

Liu Yujing looked at the medical gauze placed beside her, and waved her hand nonchalantly: "Oh, this is the embroidered bag I used to put things in. The ice cubes were wrapped in gauze just now, and they kept falling out, so I just used it." This embroidery bag is a substitute, it's not very hygienic, don't mind it."

"Embroidery bag? What is it used for?"

Liu Yujing froze for a moment, then said perfunctorily, "It's just girls' hairpins, mirrors and other small things."

The boy smelled a faint herbal smell, and felt that Liu Yujing was not telling the truth. He just thought it was probably the girl's little secret, so he didn't ask any more.

Not long after, Ji's mother rushed to the school and took Ji Nan to a nearby hospital.Liu Yujing sent Ji Nan to Ji's mother's car all the way, and said goodbye obediently.Ji Nan turned his head to look, the smile that Cheng Lichen once evaluated as "fake" now shone into the boy's sight like a ray of warm sunlight.

Not long after the car left the school gate, the boy received two text messages on his mobile phone.

"I've heard such a story. When a deceased person went to heaven and saw an angel, the first thing he did was to tell the angel that I was so unfortunate in my life. I was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease when I was three years old. I was blind in one eye when I was 17, lost a leg in a car accident when I was 25, and died of a heart attack at a wedding at the age of 17. Why is God so unfair to me? The angel told him that you almost died when you were three years old Yes, but you have a great mother, she took you back from the hands of death; when you were seven years old, you played and fell off the sofa, and you learned to be cautious; when you were 25 years old, three people in the car Two rescues failed and you were lucky to survive. At the age of [-], a girl who really loved you came to your side and spent the last time with you. In fact, you are more important than many people in this world. Happiness isn't it?"

"What you lose, you gain. You don't just lose a friend, you gain the wisdom to know a friendship."

The sender is Liu Yujing.

The boy looked at the two text messages and silently turned his head to look out the window.

Today he lost a tooth, what did he get?

The moment a friendship is proved to be a failure, do you have enough courage to cut the mat with a knife?

The cut must be fast and hard, so that there will be no more tearing wounds, and the healing process will not be more painful.

After the pain, those small and common memories flowed out, making it difficult to achieve a real "break".

A pair of beautiful hands, fingers curled into the palms, tightly clenched into a fist, coming towards your face mercilessly.The same hands, you couldn’t help holding each other after winning against the arrogant guys from No. [-] Middle School in the city’s basketball league. On a dark night with heavy rain, you helped each other walk along the muddy path. It was you who felt warm and happy Powerful hands.Never thought that one day, these hands would break through the wind so cruelly, smashing all your beautiful fantasies with one punch.

[three]
Answered the phone in the teacher's office.On the other side of the microphone, Cheng Huihuang's tired voice came over: "He got into trouble again, I called his cell phone but no one answered, can you help me find him?"

The word "cause trouble" was preceded by the word "you", a feeling of disappointment and hatred.

"Aunt Song is going back by plane, and she will arrive at school in about two hours." Cheng Huihuang hesitated for a moment, and seemed to explain to himself, "I still have a very important contract to sign in the afternoon. Aunt Song discusses."

After hanging up the phone, Baili pressed the faintly aching brows.

"Baili—" the head teacher also came in at this time, and asked, "What did Cheng Lichen's father say?"

"Uncle Cheng said he has something to do, but Aunt Song has already rushed over and will be there in two hours."

The head teacher's face sank in displeasure, with a bit of sarcasm in his eyes, and he said unceremoniously in front of Baili: "Businessmen value profits, and their eyes are always so short-sighted. There are such parents and such children."

Baili couldn't say anything, and lowered his eyes slightly.

Knowing that Baili was a little embarrassed, the class teacher waved his hand impatiently: "Forget it, you go to Cheng Lichen first, and let him come to my office if you find it."

"Yeah." Baili turned and walked out of the office.

Come out of the teacher's office building, and then walk through a long corridor, which is full of hyacinth bamboos on both sides.

When he was about to reach the infirmary, Baili saw Liu Yujing standing beside the lush gourd bamboo.The leaves of gourd bamboo are deep and shallow, and the girl looked up at the sky slightly. Looking at it from Baili, it was like a painting.

When you get closer, you can see Liu Yujing's exquisite and almost perfect facial features more clearly, but at this moment the girl's face is not smiling, her expression is faint, which rarely makes people feel a little hazy.

Get closer.

The girl seemed to sense someone approaching and looked over.Seeing Baili, a smile slowly appeared on her face, and she suddenly brightened up: "Baili." She walked a few steps quickly, came up and took Baili's arm, and asked with concern, "Are you okay? Why have you been there for so long? Ji Nan has already been picked up by his mother, and he asked me to tell you not to worry about him. "

"Well, it's fine. Thank you."

"Thank you." Liu Yujing smiled, "We're all classmates, so I'm glad I could help."

Baili stared blankly at Liu Yujing, the curved eyebrows and eyes gradually overlapped with the girl in his memory.She looked at Liu Yujing's hand holding her arm, and the "little bit of repulsion" that had occurred in her heart seemed to have disappeared.

"Are you going back to class now?"

"I still have to look for Cheng Lichen, but I don't answer my phone, I don't know where I'm going."

"That's it, then I'll go find it with you." The girl said naturally.

"Yeah." Baili, who felt friendship for the first time after coming to this school, finally showed a soft smile.

Such an unreserved trusting face seemed to be glowing with a faint soft light.Liu Yujing felt a slight sting in her eyes, and she shifted her gaze calmly.

"Ah, that's right." As if just remembering, Liu Yujing took out an embroidery bag from her pocket, with a maroon background, embroidered grass and a few dragonflies with green silk thread, "It's very beautiful."

"Really? My mother made it out of leftover cloth, and I usually use it to decorate mint or something." Because it was made by her mother and was praised as beautiful, Baili's modest tone was filled with a little joy.

Liu Yujing didn't intend to give it back to her, but lightly stroked the still damp embroidery bag, and then asked, "I like it very much, can you give it to me?"

It's not something valuable. Seeing that she likes it, Baili nodded, "As long as you don't dislike it, of course it's fine."

[Four]
The two girls searched around the campus, and they didn't even miss places like the boys' toilets, but this campus that can accommodate more than 7000 students is not that big in the usual sense, not to mention that people are active, and they might just leave Forked.

"Let's look for it separately."

——The two girls glanced at each other, said this sentence almost at the same time, and couldn't help but smile at each other.

"Whoever finds it first will take someone to the head teacher's office first. If the bell rings after school and you still can't find it, you can also meet at the head teacher's office."

Liu Yujing first went to the south in the direction of Pearl Lake.Looking at the back of Liu Yujing gradually going away, at this moment, she couldn't help but think of Guoguo, that childhood friend, who used to float in the ocean of memories, ebb and flow, and then slowly settle, becoming a handful of gravel in the sun .

Maybe now, in a certain corner of the world, Guoguo meets a girl of the same age who is somewhat similar to herself, and she can't help but think of herself.Just like at this moment, I think of her.

(End of this chapter)