Forest Memories

Chapter 9 Public welfare

Even though Fang Zixing positioned herself like this, Anna did not say another word to Jack, and even the Fang Zixing who helped her was indifferent.

Fang Zixing and Jack belong to the fault line difference, and their difference lies in mathematics, physics and biology. Just as Anna is the first among these four subjects, Jack, so Fang Zixing often asks Anna for advice with a thick face, who helped him.

Anna is not a stingy person, and she usually patiently explains questions to others. As for her Chinese and English, she gives up asking for help from others and continues to use the previous method of input and output, but no one helps her review.

Thinking of this, Anna involuntarily glanced at someone on the right of the aisle.

Yu Guangli was playing and laughing with his new desk mate Zhang Xiaojing.

For some reason, Anna felt a sour feeling in her heart, and this sour feeling was different from the previous one, even with a hint of bitterness.

After all, it is a matter of different opinions and no plans to work together. If you do not see it, you will not be bothered.

Time flies, and it is the time to pass another monthly exam, and it is the National Day holiday.

The school stipulates that the number of days off is different for each grade, seven days for grade one, five days for grade two and three days for grade three.

October was not yet the harvest season, nor was it the farming season, and there was no farm work to be done at home. Anna decided to join the school's volunteer association in order to make a contribution to society.

The participants of the volunteer association are basically students in grade 1 and 2, and there are not no students in grade 3, but they are very few.

Anna successfully joined the association, and soon the association set out a National Day task, asking Anna and three junior high school students to go to Lancang Lake for a one-day public welfare activity —— picking up garbage.

Lancang Lake is the largest natural scenic spot in City D. It is a natural lake with a heart shape and an area of about 100 mu. Many tourists come to visit it every long holiday.

The scenic spot in the small county is not as big as the big city, and the park closes at 6 p.m., so Anna and her friends have to leave before that.

Just as Anna was cleaning up and ready to go back to school, she saw a teenager painting by the eastern shore of the lake in the sunset.

The teenager was not alone. He had a drawing frame beside him, under which was a small stool on which was a backpack on his shoulder.

The figure, the backpack, familiar.

Was it him? Jack?

Based on Jack, Anna was not curious, but attracted by the scene in the painting.

It was a very skillful Chinese painting, and the sunset on the Lankang River was so vivid that Anna could not help but get close to it.

As she passed by the boy, Anna glanced at him and confirmed that he was Jack.

Now that it was confirmed, there was no point in chasing him, so Anna carefully circled around him with cleaning tools.

The night of October in City D finally touched the word autumn, and there was a cool feeling, especially at the border of the lake surrounded by green water.

Anna's summer uniform, short on top and long on bottom, could not withstand the lake breeze. Her exposed arms were covered in goosebumps and her nose was a little uncomfortable.

"atishoo ~"

Anna sneezed uncontrollably.

She hurried behind the vegetation, afraid that Jack would hear and find her.

Sure enough, Jack glanced in the direction of her voice.

Fortunately, he didn't see it. Anna patted her chest in relief, but ——

"Anna, have you finished cleaning up? You're going back to school. Hey, the handsome guy next to you, the park is closing soon. Get ready to go home!" said the volunteer leader.

Early or late, Anna closed her eyes in despair.

Now that she was in such a state, she was too lazy to hide and walked out on the edge of the avenue.

She did not look at him again, and as she walked she looked for garbage in the corners.

Along the lakeshore, Anna picked up a lot of plastic bags and mineral water bottles. Seeing these pollutants, she felt very upset. She poured the garbage from the sanitation box into the classified trash cans in the scenic spot, and then went to the sightseeing station to meet with her alumni.

There were four volunteers for the National Day cleaning, Anna and two girls from grade one and a boy from grade two. The boy from grade two led the way, who was just called Anna.

The school and the scenic spot have communicated that the last sightseeing bus will reserve seats for the four students who volunteer.

When Anna arrived at the sightseeing station to queue, there were already few seats left. Being in the last row, her preferred view seat had long been occupied by someone else. By the time it was her turn, only the last two rows still had available seats. Among them, the last row was a long bench without partitions, and it was relatively empty, with just one person sitting there—Jack.

Anna didn't think twice and got on the sightseeing bus to take a seat in the front row.

"The little girl is sorry, but there is already someone in my seat. He just went to the bathroom and will be back soon," said a middle-aged uncle pointing to the backpack on the seat.

"fine."

Anna had no choice but to smile and step back to consider the back row.

At this point, Jack in the back row stood up the easel on his seat and leaned against it, then turned his head to look out of the car on the side where he was sitting.

His move looked like he was deliberately giving someone a seat.

Anna thought that since the school had reserved a seat, he could only help one person at most, so she stepped up to the steps and sat down on the side.

After Anna sat down, the owner of the empty seat in the front row came up and the sightseeing bus manager began to close the door and lock the bus.

Anna looked at Jack, whose head was always turned outward, which from her point of view looked like he was waiting for the person who had taken his seat.

Seeing that the administrator had already arrived at the front row, Anna was not in a hurry, but the eunuch was. She asked the manager who had arrived beside her: "Uncle, are you going to drive? It seems that someone is still not here."

"No, you're the last one. Everyone's here," the manager said as he locked the door.

No? Anna looked at Jack again. He was still in the same position, not moving.

I don't think so. After all, he didn't ask himself. If he had, it would have been different.

He kept his back to himself, worried that he wouldn't be able to wait for the person he wanted.

It's bad. You're meddling!

Anna laughed at herself.

Anna, on the other hand, stopped looking at him and crossed her arms against the side of the car.

She had been picking up garbage for a day and her bones were falling apart. She needed to take advantage of the opportunity to rest.

The sightseeing bus was speeding along the Lancang Avenue at a steady pace.

Anna fell asleep every minute in the fainting fit.

After hearing the girl's silence, Jack turned his head and slowly turned his eyes to the girl, looking at her.

Look at her eyes, look at her short hair, look at her little hands, look at some part of her... It was the same place that made his heart stir.

The girl was clearly asleep, showing no reaction to his gaze and a relaxed, natural expression.

Even so, he couldn't keep his eyes on the girl. Jack lowered his eyes and looked away.

The sightseeing bus was not fast, but the air it hit was so strong that the wind from the lake blew through the car frame and pelted the passengers.

"It's so cold. You should have brought a coat."

"Yes, I didn't think so when I went out."

……

The front row of tourists tried to distract themselves with conversation to ward off the chill.

Jack looked at the girl beside him. She was still sleeping with her eyes closed, but she was asleep, and from time to time her hands were rubbing her arms without any cloth covering them.

Jack's eyes trembled slightly as he stared at his single-shoulder bag, then decisively took out a thin coat from it and gently covered the girl with it.

The cold was blocked by the clothes, Anna slept much more soundly, her hands did not rub on her arms any more, and she went to sleep comfortably.

In her dream, she dreamed that she was on a cold mountain without enough clothes, and a very handsome boy took off his clothes to cover her.

"thanks!"

Anna blurted out in her sleep.

"You're welcome!"

Who? How could it be his voice? Anna woke up in a second.

She rolled her eyes and saw a nice face.

"You..." Anna looked down and saw that she was wearing a dress.

"It's you?" Anna exclaimed.

Jack: "It's me."

[sting]

The sightseeing train made a sound as it arrived.