You stay in my heart

chapter two

Summer vacation is the best time, but it is over in a blink of an eye.

Two weeks later, the holiday was over, and Xu Bai could no longer stay in bed until noon and had to get up on time every day. Because the school is the third day, the mother worried about her studies, and she reported three classes - the news is like a bolt from the blue, Xu Bai heard the news, more listless.

Finally made it to the weekend, Xie Pingchuan agreed to take her out to play.

So Xu Bai got ready to go and asked him excitedly, "Where are you going to play today?"

Xie Pingchuan pushed the bike into the yard, squatted down and pinched the tire. He held a map of Beijing in his left hand and casually gave out several names, all of which were not far from home, and his voice was backward, but he did not wait for Xu Bai's approval.

Xie Pingchuan stood up and explained well: "There is a new barbecue restaurant nearby, and I heard my classmates say that the taste is OK."

Xu Bai answered happily, "Really? I didn't even notice."

She carried a bag of fruit, quickly ran to Xie Pingchuan, the orange rolled out of the pocket, just fell under the nearby tree. Xie Pingchuan saw this and couldn't help laughing: "Are all the snacks in your bag?"

Xu Bai nodded and admitted, "Yes, I also brought you a copy."

Xie Pingchuan walked over to her and picked up her black schoolbag: "It's bulging, how many things are stuffed." He said that, and the move to help her backpack became natural.

Xu Bai has not reacted, only feel a loose hand. She subconsciously looked up, but saw Xie Pingchuan bend down, the orange fell to help pick up - stunned kung fu is only a moment, the next second Xie Pingchuan riding a bicycle, Xu Bai hurried to catch up with him.

The September sky was high and cloudy, and the morning breeze was cool.

They walked along the street, passing the scenery of the nearby city. There are tall buildings outside the streets. When you look far into the distance, those buildings rise from the ground, the crystal light transparent glass Windows are embedded in the blue sky and white clouds.

Xu Bai sighed: "The weather is very nice today." She half turned her face and looked at Xie Pingchuan: "Are you free next Sunday?"

"I will be busy with the race next Sunday," Xie Pingchuan slowed down to be right next to Xu Bai, "until the end of October."

He was wearing a loose shirt with an unbuttoned collar that made clear his collarbone. Perhaps because he insisted on exercising, his body could not pick out shortcomings, so Xu Bai stared at his side face, and glanced at his neckline, Xie Pingchuan would have a sense: "What are you looking at?"

"Look at you, of course," Xu Baihao was not ashamed. "You look more and more beautiful as you grow."

After the evaluation of Xie Pingchuan, Xu Bai thoughtfully: "All say that women are eighteen changes, the more beautiful the more beautiful, I found that the boys are the same." I remember the first day, the boys in our class are inconspicuous, to the third day, they are like bamboo shoots, watching it grow up."

Xu Bai is telling the truth.

Xie Pingchuan countered: "Really? But it's not the appearance that matters, it's the content."

Xu Bai was amused by his words: "Why is the connotation more important? It makes sense to judge a book by its cover."

With a red light in front, Xie Pingchuan pressed the brake and stopped at the side of the road to discuss: "When you make friends with others, it is your personality, experience and experience that determine the length of time you get along with them..." He meant to let Xu Bai do not pay attention to the boys in the class, but at the moment in order to justify himself, he actually talked to her.

Xu Bai is easy to cajole.

Xie Pingchuan discovered this when he was eight years old.

Xu Bai was four years old at the time and moved to Beijing with his parents. She is afraid of life, love to cry, timid, dare not talk to strangers, but Xie Pingchuan extra trust, and even willing to give the doll to him.

So in the cool breeze of the afternoon, Xu Bai held up a puppet, as if to hand it to him. Xie Pingchuan does not accept, Xu Bai has been holding.

Xie Pingchuan's father saw, touched his son's head and smiled: "The neighbor's sister wants to play with you, you get along well with her, can't bully her." After Xie Pingchuan's father said this sentence, Xu Bai looked up his head, first paid a tribute, and then stretched out his tender hand.

Xie Pingchuan suddenly responded, Xu Bai in practice a children's song - looking for a friend, find a good friend, a salute ah shake hands, you are my good friend.

He and Xu Bai sympathized, but did not immediately respond to her. Not only did he not respond, he hid his hands behind his back. That day, he had just finished a fight with a classmate, and his fingernails were covered with mud, for some reason, he never wanted to lose face in front of her.

He did not promise his father that he could not bully her. At that time, the school was in nature class, all the students raised silkworms, Xie Pingchuan caught two silkworms from home, placed on the doll's stomach, and then he cheated Xu Bai: "You see, the doll is long worm."

Xu Bai believed him so much that she cried on the spot.

Xie Pingchuan was shocked.

He apologized frantically, but to no avail. He had no choice but to put the two silkworms in his pocket, and continued to lie to Xu Bai without conscience: "You don't cry, I helped you heal it." If you cry again, it will come back."

Xu Bai was still teary-eyed, she could not quite understand his meaning, so she was at a loss to say the first words she had spoken since they met: "Thank you, thank you brother."

It's cheesy and a little nasal.

Xu Bai formed the habit is not easy to change, this sentence "brother" she called for ten years.

At this moment, she also naturally said: "Brother, what kind of girl do you like?"

What kind of girl do you like?

I can't believe she asked me that.

The red light at the intersection is very long, and you can see the wandering sky cloud shadow. Xu Bai held the handle of the mountain bike tight, but the tone was like a relaxed chat: "I say ah, is not that kind of character very good..."

Before Xu Bai finished, Xie Pingchuan interrupted: "The person in front of me is my classmate."

Deliberately avoiding her question, he waved at his classmate for the first time - who was standing nearby, first stunned for a moment, then ran all the way over.

"Xie Pingchuan!" 'cried the man.

He and Xie Pingchuan are different, today also wore a school uniform, because the body tall and thin, so when he ran, it was like a moving benchmark.

Xie Pingchuan saw, parked the car on the side of the road. After he stood on the sidewalk, he patted his classmate on the shoulder and said, "What a coincidence to meet you, Ji Heng, why are you here?"

Ji Heng not only wears a school uniform, but also a backpack with a school badge on the bag, and a commemorative medal of the computer school team - he and Xie Pingchuan are not only classmates, but also teammates of the computer school team. The two worked together for five years, participated in numerous programming competitions, including successes and failures, and established a comrades-in-arms relationship.

The two of them work well together, but have different private interests. Ji Heng does not care about the study in addition to the competition, acting unchecked, the class teacher also helpless, over time, he mixed into a veteran.

Ji Heng and Xie Pingchuan shoulder to shoulder: "Today Sunday, I went to the park to play basketball with my classmates. I ran into a bunch of junior high school students and gave them the place."

Xie Pingchuan casually asked, "Are you going home now?" He glanced down at his watch. "It's ten o 'clock. You'll be home in time for lunch."

Lunch did not impress Ji Heng, he turned his head, eyes fell on Xu Bai: "Oh, this is your......" Ji Heng paused, patted his head and said, "Your sister, right? You told me that."

In the shade of a tree on the sidewalk, Xu Bai held a bottle of juice and sucked quietly for a while.

It was the end of summer, and there was still a sweltering heat. In her knee-length jeans and with her legs as straight as chopsticks, she stood out from the road. When the sun was particularly bright in the sky, her white face was slightly red, she raised her hand to wipe the sweat, and her sight and Xie Pingchuan met, smiling just right.

Xie Pingchuan looked at her for a moment and chose the former between Xu Bai and Ji Heng.

He took Xu Bai's hand and moved with ease. How he held her when he was eight years old, and the same way when he was eighteen years old, his fingers gently grasped her wrist, holding her honestly and dutifully, without any distractions.

Xie Pingchuan with the other hand on Jiheng's back, felt Jiheng's clothes have some wet. He did not think much, thought it was playing basketball sweat - wet clothes should be changed as soon as possible, so he immediately said goodbye to Ji Heng: "nothing we will go first, I promised to take her to play today, after all, the third day, spare time is not easy."

Xu Bai followed and said hello: "Goodbye senior!"

Her hand was held by Xie Pingchuan, she unconsciously shook, from Jiheng's point of view, quite some emotion.

Xu Bai and Xie Pingchuan are in the same middle school, but Xie Pingchuan is in high school, and Xu Bai has only been promoted to grade three this year. Their school teachers are excellent, never worry about the enrollment rate, the school spirit is relatively open, logically speaking, Xie Pingchuan should enjoy his youth better, but he did not.

He is very busy, cherishes his time and is highly disciplined.

And a good brother.

Ji Heng praised him in his heart and just waved his hand on his face: "Well, I'm going home too, you have fun."

It was half past ten in the morning, there were more pedestrians, the sun was rising higher, and the wind was dying down. Jiheng took off his coat and hung it on his shoulder, with a smell of soybean milk all over his body, drawing Xu Bai to look over.

Xie Pingchuan has gone to the cart, but Xu Bai asked more: "Are your clothes all soy milk?" She pointed to the collar of her dress. "This one is all wet."

Ji Heng said "yes" and then raised his hand and scratched his head.

The golden sun was leaking through the leaves, causing the shade of light to fall on his face. Unconcerned, he sneezed and vaguely replied, "It's okay, just dry it."

Xu Bai didn't get to the bottom of it. Xie Pingchuan called her behind her, she gave Jiheng a pack of napkins, the whole person has no shadow.

Taking advantage of the sunny weather, she and Xie Pingchuan turned a lot of places, playing until the evening to go home. As we approached the gate, the sun was almost setting, and the sky was darkened by the dim twilight, and the outline of the new moon could be seen. Xu Bai's cat was lying in the yard, petting a geranium with its PAWS.

Geranium is Xu Bai's mother's favorite plant. Their cat, too, was well-behaved, never plucking a leaf, but at most dabbing with his paw twice -- as now.

Xu is because it is very sensible, Xu Bai heart proud. She got excited and squatted down and shouted, "Sweet dumplings, come here."

The cat named Tangyuan perked up its ears and ran over with a bump, its tail raised high behind it, and plunged into Xu Bai's arms.

Xu Bai hugged the cat in his arms, but Xie Pingchuan's voice came from overhead: "This cat is raised by you like a dog."

"That's because it likes me," Xu Bai retorted. "If you call me that, I'll come running too."

Xu Bai said inadvertently, Xie Pingchuan listen to intention.

The roof is soft with the sunset; the late wind is still soft in the late summer. Until Xu Bai walked into the house, Xie Pingchuan was still sitting in the courtyard, where there were two chairs. He was facing an empty space, and there was not a single shadow beside him except for flowers and trees.

He shouldn't waste his time like this. He has a lot of work to do. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he kept repeating Xu Bai's words in his ear: "It's because she likes me."