Birthday
At the class meeting on Monday, Class 1 arranged seats according to their monthly exam results. Jiang Zhizhi was the first one to sit, and as usual, she chose a seat in the third row by the window. From here, she could see the playground downstairs. The leaves of the poplar trees around the playground had fallen to the ground, making it look golden.
She likes the warm feeling of sunlight streaming in through the window.
Xu Qingbo and Yao Jiaqi tied for second place.
Just like in elementary school, Xu Qingbo chose the seat in front of Jiang Zhizhi.
Yao Jiaqi walked to the aisle by the window and sat down next to Jiang Zhizhi.
Jiang Zhizhi was slightly startled and looked at her in surprise.
Yao Jiaqi snorted, "What's wrong? I can't sit here?"
"Can."
After Jiang Zhizhi finished speaking, she took out her notebook and started doing her homework, as if she didn't care about the matter.
Li Rongrong, who was standing in the back waiting to choose her seat, was furious. She gritted her teeth and said, "Yao Jiaqi did this on purpose. She's targeting me."
Lin Qingyu said: "There's nothing we can do about it. Her test scores are higher than ours."
"She never liked Zhizhi in the first place, and she will definitely cause trouble for Zhizhi in the future. This person is so scheming, so disgusting." Li Rongrong was very angry.
Lin Qingyu sat in the second row in the middle as before, while Li Rongrong sat in the fourth row by the window, sitting behind Jiang Zhizhi.
The second class on Wednesday afternoon was physical education for Class 10, while Class 1 was studying.
After the second class, during the break, Li Rongrong poked Jiang Zhizhi and sighed, "Zhizhi, did you see out the window just now?"
"What are you looking at?" Jiang Zhizhi turned around.
"Lu Xiye, don't you notice that he is acting abnormally now?" Li Rongrong said.
Jiang Zhizhi was silent for a moment, pursing her lips slightly, "What's wrong with him?"
"In the past, during their physical education class, Lu Xiye played basketball with the boys in the class and had a great time. But now, he always sits alone on the side, as if no one wants to play with him. Do you think he is being isolated?"
isolated?
Jiang Zhizhi felt as if her heart was stabbed, and she subconsciously thought of her past life.
Will Lu Xiye be isolated? How is that possible?
He has always been the one isolating others.
"Ah, sometimes I feel that Lu Xiye is quite pitiful." Li Rongrong sighed.
Jiang Zhizhi didn't know what to say. She sympathized with Lu Xiye, but before that, she sympathized with herself more.
Lu Xi and she are not from the same world. Their lives are like two straight lines, which once crossed briefly and then gradually moved away in their respective directions.
*
November 22nd, light snow.
The weather was getting cold very quickly, and students began to change into their bulky winter school uniforms.
Under the guidance of Master Zong, Jiang Zhizhi has completed most of the junior high school physics courses. However, next, Master Zong asked her to switch to mathematics to prepare for next year's National Mathematics League and International Mathematical Olympiad.
Mr. Zong said that mathematics is the foundation of everything.
The more Jiang Zhizhi interacted with Master Zong, the more she felt that he was extraordinary. Meeting such a teacher made her dare not slack off at all.
No matter what, she couldn't let the elder down, let alone bring shame to him.
After school in the afternoon, it started snowing heavily.
As usual, Jiang Zhizhi took the bus to the gymnasium with Xu Qingbo and Li Rongrong, and then changed routes together.
None of them went home. Jiang Zhizhi went to the library, while Xu Qingbo and Li Rongrong went to the Olympiad cram school.
The snow was falling heavily, the road was busy with people and cars, but it also seemed as if everything was silent.
When Jiang Zhizhi came back from the library, it was already 9:30 in the evening. She got off the bus and walked towards home.
Under the dim street lights, she stepped on the squeaking snow.
When she reached the alley in front of her home, Jiang Zhizhi suddenly remembered that her pen refills were almost used up. There happened to be a stationery store in front of her, so she walked over.
Just as she reached the entrance of the alley ahead, she heard the sounds of fighting and cursing coming from inside.
This place is next to the stadium, and there are often hooligans from the neighborhood who come here to cause trouble. Jiang Zhizhi has become accustomed to it.
But this time, for some reason, when she was about to walk to the entrance of the alley, she suddenly noticed from the corner of her eye that under the light from the house in the alley, there was a person wearing the uniform of No. 1 Middle School among the group of people fighting.
The zipper of the school uniform was open, revealing the fluffy red sweater underneath.
Jiang Zhizhi looked towards them subconsciously.
Sure enough, the one wearing the red sweater was Lu Xiye.
There were five people in the alley, four of them fighting Lu Xiye.
"Fuck, if you hit my little brother, you're hitting me in the face, don't you know that?"
"I've disliked you for a long time. Isn't it just that your family has some money? Why are you so arrogant in school?"
"Lu Xiye, you felt really good when you hit me today, right? Do you still feel good now?"
“…”
Lu Xiye was no match for the four with his two fists, and was beaten black and blue, with his school uniform torn.
But he didn't say a word, and even when he was held down by the two, he refused to give in.
"Kneel down and call me grandpa, and I'll spare you this time!"
"How can we give him such a good deal? He's so rich, let him spend two thousand dollars on us!"
"Yes! Kneel down and call me grandpa, and give us another two thousand yuan!"
Lu Xiye smiled coldly, "Kill me if you can."
He seemed to care nothing about anything, not even his life.
"Damn it! Do you really think I don't dare to kill you?"
The gangster was irritated by Lu Xiye and kicked him in the stomach.
Lu Xiye was already beaten so badly that he couldn't stand steadily and fell to the ground in the snow.
But instead of crying out in pain, he started laughing.
He was beaten so hard that he vomited blood, his mouth was red, and his smile was a little creepy.
"With this ability, you're still hanging around?"
"Do you have a knife? Just one stab here."
"If you don't kill me today, you will regret it tomorrow."
His provocative words made those people dare not attack again.
"Brother, forget it, he's a lunatic!"
The gangster spat at Lu Xiye and said, "You're lucky today."
But this sentence really doesn't have much momentum.
Jiang Zhizhi stood at the entrance of the alley, watching the thugs leave. The heavy snow fell, as if to bury the young man lying on the ground in the alley.
The dim light illuminated him, like the final curtain call in a drama.
a long time.
Jiang Zhizhi finally walked towards him.
"Will Lu Xiye also be bullied?" She stood in front of him and looked down at his miserable appearance.
Seeing Jiang Zhizhi, Lu Xiye was stunned for a moment, struggled to sit up, and avoided Jiang Zhizhi's sight as if with a bit of panic and shame.
"Why are you here?"
"You forgot, this is near my home."
Lu Xiye lowered his head and remained silent.
He didn't forget, but they were no longer from the same world.
Jiang Zhizhi on the sunny overpass.
He's in the sewer.
After a while, Lu Xiye stood up, gathered his clothes, and said, "Let's go."
Jiang Zhizhi didn't know what to say. She just watched him walk out of the alley, getting farther and farther away.
*
November 29th is Jiang Zhizhi’s birthday.
Early in the morning, Cheng Yuping received a call from Li Rongrong's mother, asking her to wait at home at noon. They would take her to school and then bring Jiang Zhizhi and Li Rongrong to celebrate her birthday.
This is Jiang Zhizhi's twelfth birthday. According to the custom in Nanshi, twelfth birthdays are always celebrated with great fanfare.
This is also the first happy event after Li Rongrong's family and Jiang Zhizhi's family became relatives.
No matter how you talk about it, we should live a good life together.
Jiang Zhizhi rarely celebrated her birthday. It was only after she became independent in her previous life that she celebrated her birthday. At that time, she was alone and felt even more lonely when celebrating her birthday.
She is really happy to have so many people around her in this life.
At noon, Li Mingzhang drove them to a mid- to high-end buffet restaurant in Dongxin District. The price per person was nearly two hundred yuan, which was shockingly expensive.
But for children, eating at a buffet is more enjoyable than eating at a regular restaurant. Jiang Zhizhi once again admired the attentiveness of Li Rongrong's parents.
"Zhizhi, I've wanted to come to this buffet for a long time, but my parents never bring me here. This time, it's all thanks to you!" Li Rongrong dragged Jiang Zhizhi to the ice cream machine and whispered, "Let's have one secretly. Don't let my parents see us, or they'll scold me again."
The two of them secretly ate ice cream together, and Li Rongrong then took Jiang Zhizhi to have dessert.
This buffet restaurant is expensive, but the ingredients are clean and beautiful. The exquisite cabinets and lighting make the small cakes look sweet and tempting.
When they returned to their seats, the two had almost finished eating.
Fang Yi took out a gift box and handed it to Jiang Zhizhi, "Zhizhi, this is a gift your uncle Li and I prepared for you. Do you like it?"
"Thank you, uncle and aunt." Jiang Zhizhi took the box and was very touched.
Li Rongrong urged, "Hurry up and take a look."
Jiang Zhizhi opened the gift box and found a pink watch inside. The dial was exquisite and it was obvious that it was worth a lot of money.
"What a beautiful watch! Thank you, uncle and aunt. I just need a watch." Jiang Zhizhi expressed her gratitude again.
Fang Yi said gently, "I'm glad you like it. You can't go to school without a watch these days. This watch is of very good quality and will last a long time."
Li Rongrong also took out a gift box from her schoolbag. "Zhizhi, this is my gift for you. I spent a long time picking it out."
Li Rongrong’s gift was a crystal ball with falling snow, and inside it was a little girl doing her homework.
"Haha, look, this looks so much like you." Li Rongrong said, pointing at the crystal ball.
Jiang Zhizhi was so moved that her eyes were a little sore, "Rongrong, thank you."
When lunch was almost over, Fang Yi took out a birthday cake and asked Jiang Zhizhi to blow out the candles and make a wish, creating a very lively atmosphere.
When they returned to school in the afternoon, Lin Qingyu and Xu Qingbo also prepared a birthday gift for Jiang Zhizhi.
Xu Qingbo gave her a set of encyclopedias, and Lin Qingyu gave her a beautiful pencil case.
Jiang Zhizhi felt a little embarrassed, after all, she didn't invite them to her birthday party at noon, so she invited them to go out and play on the weekend and treat them to some delicious food.
After school in the afternoon, Jiang Zhizhi, Xu Qingbo and Li Rongrong walked out of the school gate together and went to the bus stop.
Before she had walked far, a man in black appeared in front of Jiang Zhizhi, "Hello, classmate Jiang Zhizhi."
Jiang Zhizhi was stunned for a moment, looking at the person in front of her. She didn't recognize him, "Who are you?"
"My last name is Yin, and I'm a friend of Aunt Zhou. Do you still remember Aunt Zhou? The Aunt Zhou from Shihao Community." Yin Huai was afraid that Jiang Zhizhi didn't remember her, so he emphasized it.
When Jiang Zhizhi heard this person mention Shihao Community, she understood.
The Aunt Zhou he was talking about was Lu Xiye’s nanny.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" Jiang Zhizhi looked at him and asked.
"Our boss wants to meet you. Are you free? It won't take you too long."
Isn’t their boss Lu Xiye’s father?
Lu Xiye’s father wants to see her?
Jiang Zhizhi frowned, unable to understand.
However, she still let Xu Qingbo and Li Rongrong go first, and she followed Secretary Yin.
The black BMW was parked opposite the school and looked very low-key. Jiang Zhizhi recognized it at a glance as Lu Xiye's father's car.
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