Now, whenever I take a photo, I always think of the past.
Back then, I would secretly keep a piece of film in my drawer after buying it.
That's only for you, my most unreliable savior...
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"Look, that chubby girl is fiddling with her camera again. What era are we living in? Who still uses film to take pictures? It's such a hassle."
"Hey! Keep your voice down. She hates it when people say she's fat. Be careful she doesn't sit on you and kill you, hahaha."
Several boys laughed loudly. Xiao Fuyao squeezed the camera in her hand, lowered her head and continued to take pictures of the flowers in front of her.
But then a soccer ball flew over and smashed the flower to pieces!
"Damn! That kick! Xiaoyan, wait for me, I'm going to get the ball."
As she spoke, a pretty girl ran towards them.
"Hmm? The giraffe kicked the chubby girl's flower to pieces. This is going to be interesting..."
"Who are you calling a giraffe? Looking for a fight?"
The pretty girl raised her hand and slapped him across the face. Caught off guard, the boy who had been talking was completely stunned.
"You hit me! I'm going to tell the teacher!"
"Go ahead, go ahead! Go ahead and sue! Look at you, so pathetic!"
The girl kicked him disdainfully, then walked up to Xiao Fuyao and picked up the soccer ball: "Sorry, I used too much force, did I hurt you?"
Fuyao didn't speak, but simply picked up the broken petals with her chubby little hands.
"Are you taking a picture? This flower looks prettier than yours?"
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, the giraffe girl picked a prettier flower from the bushes and handed it to her.
But Shen Fuyao did not accept it; instead, she left with the broken petals.
No matter how beautiful the flower you pick is, it's not mine...
"Manman...did you get the ball...?" Mo Yan called out timidly from one side of the court.
"Oh, I found it!"
The giraffe girl replied, then glanced at Chen Fuyao's retreating figure.
"What a strange person..."
From then on, Manman would always observe this chubby girl, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
She discovered that Shen Fuyao was even more taciturn than Chu Moyan! The latter didn't like to talk, but she didn't say a word!
How can there be such a person in the world! Talking and chatting is such a wonderful thing!
No way! Tell me everything!
Perhaps this is fate; Fuyao's home and the giraffe girl's home just happen to be on the same route.
So every time after school, Manman would open her machine-gun-like little mouth to strike up a conversation with the chubby girl.
"Sorry for kicking and breaking your flowers last time. How about we call this a case of 'no fight, no friendship'? Interested in becoming friends?"
"Hey, why aren't you saying anything?"
"I see you carrying a camera around all the time, do you really enjoy taking pictures?"
Shen Fuyao was really annoyed by her, so she quickened her pace.
But who knew that if she wasn't paying attention, she would bump into a senior student who was a year ahead of her at the corner.
"Who is it? Can't you see anything?"
The senior student saw that the ice cream she had just bought was now completely stuck to her clothes.
My mood was already not good, and now it's even worse!
But Fuyao was only focused on getting home quickly and didn't pay any attention, continuing to walk forward with her head down.
"No way, you fatso, can't you even apologize?" The senior grabbed Fuyao's collar.
Xiao Fuyao looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"What are you looking at? You bumped into me and got ice cream all over me. What are you going to do about it?!"
Seeing that she still didn't speak, the senior got even angrier: "Now you either lick it for me or pay me a thousand, otherwise this isn't over!"
"I'm sorry... but I don't have any money right now... I'll wash it for you, or you can wait until next week..."
Realizing her mistake, Shen Fuyao quickly lowered her head and apologized, but how could her angry senior be so easy to talk to?
"Why would I need you to wash it? And next week? Will I even be able to find you then?"
"Yes, I can..."
The senior student waved her hand, her eyes catching sight of the camera around the former's neck:
"I think this piece of junk of yours is worth something. Come with me to the secondhand market and sell it to pay for my clothes!"
As she spoke, she tried to grab the camera, but Xiao Fuyao panicked and quickly protected it tightly.
This was left to her by her father; how could she just sell it and give it away to someone else?
"What are you doing? What are you doing!" Manman, who had caught up later, heard the argument and quickly stepped forward to separate the two.
"You're her friend? She dirtied my clothes, what are you going to do about it?"
Perhaps it's because the giraffe girl is taller, or perhaps it's because it's now two against one.
This put her at a disadvantage, so the senior student wasn't as assertive as before.
"I thought it was no big deal. I'll compensate you, I'll compensate you. Just tell me how much."
"one thousand!"
"How much? Say it again?" Manman looked down at her condescendingly: "This thing of yours is obviously cheap stuff from a street stall, and you're asking for a thousand? You might as well rob me! You're faster than this!"
"Then how much do you want..."
"No more than one hundred!"
Senior student: "Okay!"
"???"
"Why do I feel like I was being hasty?" The giraffe girl silently turned her back.
He pulled a roll of toilet paper from his pocket, inside which was wrapped a slightly worn hundred-yuan note, and handed it to his senior.
That was the end of the matter.
"Thank you... I'll pay you back next week..." Shen Fuyao bowed to the giraffe girl.
"It's okay, I'm not short of money. Now you're willing to be my friend, right?"
“Hmm…” Shen Fuyao nodded gently.
She doesn't seem so annoying or hateful after all...
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It turns out that some people are just naturally stubborn!
As lunch break approached, Mouman was lying in the water room, gulping down cold water.
"It feels good to show off for a moment, but you'll be really hungry afterwards!"
It turns out that the hundred yuan was her mother's lunch money!
The giraffe girl patted her belly, which was bulging from the water, tightened her belt, and was about to go out when she ran into Shen Fuyao, who was washing dishes!
The two locked eyes, and the scene became extremely awkward.
Would you believe me if I said I came to wash my hands?
Manman said this while scratching her head, but her stomach made an untimely gurgling sound.
"Um... my mom said I'm too tall and that it might put pressure on guys in the future, so she told me to eat less..."
Shen Fuyao nodded. Indeed, the giraffe girl was over 1.8 meters tall. That height was truly frightening!
But she only acknowledged her height; she didn't believe her lame excuses at all!
I imagined her grabbing her sleeve and pulling her to the door of her classroom.
I took out some bread and a bottle of water from the locked drawer and gave them to her.
"I used the money to buy film... I'll treat you to bread this week... consider it payment for the interest on the loan!"
"Uh...this isn't a good idea..."
Although Manman verbally refused, her body language betrayed her, and she accepted the bread and water.
There's no way to expect someone that big to skip lunch. Even if she agreed, her stomach wouldn't allow it!
"Never mind, thanks!"
The giraffe girl munched on her bread, while Shen Fuyao watched her silently...
If I could… I wish time could stand still here forever…
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