Doting
After Xu Qingbo and Lu Xiye changed into their swimming trunks, they came out of the boys' exit and sat together on the bench outside.
The two boys each occupied one side, leaving two empty spaces in the middle. They ignored each other, like strangers.
Xu Qingbo lowered his head and fiddled with the camera silently, occasionally raising the lens to take a few audition shots.
Lu Xiye sat there idly, pretending not to care about Xu Qingbo, but he was secretly watching him out of the corner of his eye.
In fact, in his opinion, Xu Qingbo was really a pretentious person, always pretending to be arrogant, but for some reason, Jiang Zhizhi, Lin Qingyu and Li Rongrong just fell for it.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Lu Xiye was so anxious that he could hardly sit still. The three girls finally came out slowly, talking and laughing.
"Lu Xiye, Xu Qingbo!"
Li Rongrong stretched out her hand and greeted them.
"You are too slow!" Lu Xiye immediately stood up impatiently, looking irritable.
Xu Qingbo stood up leisurely and looked at them calmly. When his eyes fell on Jiang Zhizhi, he showed a look of astonished surprise.
But in just a moment, he returned to his normal appearance.
Li Rongrong stood up and chatted with Lu Xiye, "What? It's only been a few minutes, and you're already impatient? Patiently waiting for a girl is the most basic gentlemanly behavior for a guy! And we're already very fast. It's your honor to have three of us beautiful women accompany you two stinky boys out to play, okay?"
Lu Xiye glanced at her with disdain, "What kind of beauty are you?"
"Of course I am a great beauty. If you can't appreciate me, it only means that there is something wrong with your aesthetic sense!" Li Rongrong confronted him confidently.
Lu Xiye was speechless and didn't bother to pay attention to her.
"Okay, stop arguing and let's go. I have already planned the route." Xu Qingbo stepped forward to smooth things over.
Li Rongrong snorted at Lu Xiye, then pulled Jiang Zhizhi and Lin Qingyu to stand side by side in the flower bed nearby. She said with a grin, "Xu Qingbo, take a photo of the three of us entering first."
"good."
After taking the photos, Li Rongrong asked Xu Qingbo proudly, "Xu Qingbo, does Zhizhi look good today?"
"Ah?" Xu Qingbo's brain froze for a moment after being asked this question by Li Rongrong.
However, Li Rongrong didn't care about his reaction at all. "I dressed Zhizhi up and put lipstick on her. This lipstick really suits her, doesn't it? Remember to take a few pictures of Zhizhi today. I want to keep them as souvenirs. Hehe, if these pictures were posted on the school forum, Zhizhi's status as the school beauty would definitely be unshakable."
"Okay, I understand." Xu Qingbo lowered his head and rubbed his camera with his fingers. The weather was very hot and his camera felt a little warm to the touch.
*
"Hey! Jiang Zhizhi, take a picture for me."
Lu Xiye leaned lazily on the white fence by the lake, with a mask on his head and only wearing a pair of boxer shorts. His wheat-colored skin was delicate and translucent under the direct sunlight.
Jiang Zhizhi picked up the camera, pointed it at him, and took several photos.
Looking at Lu Xiye in the camera, I seemed to be much thinner than when he was in elementary school.
When Lu Xiye was in elementary school, he was considered a top kid in school. He exercised every day, doing taekwondo, playing basketball, and playing with other boys.
After entering junior high school, he experienced a lot of things and became much quieter, especially after the incident some time ago, his body has not recovered yet.
"Zhizhi, you're not his follower, why do you listen to him so much?" Li Rongrong was very dissatisfied with Lu Xiye's bossy tone. "Lu Xiye, are you a boy? The camera is so heavy, and you let a girl carry it? You have no manners at all."
"What does it have to do with you whether I have good manners or not?" Lu Xiye said disdainfully.
Li Rongrong was even more dissatisfied. "Zhizhi is my sister. I can't stand you treating her like this! Also, why are you taking so many photos as a grown man? Do you think you're handsome?"
"I'm just very handsome!" Lu Xiye said arrogantly with that face of his: "Jiang Zhizhi took the photo for me because she wanted to. If you don't believe me, you can ask her!"
Jiang Zhizhi has a big headache.
Why does it feel like whenever Lu Xiye and Li Rongrong are together, they seem to have countless fights.
"Okay, today we're here to have fun, not to quarrel. Can you two stop arguing?" Lin Qingyu sighed helplessly. She stepped forward and held Li Rongrong, whispering, "Lu Xiye is that kind of person. You don't have to get angry with him. Let's just have fun."
"There is a rafting section ahead. You can go up in a rubber boat and I will take pictures of you." Xu Qingbo smiled and changed the subject.
The rubber boat could only seat two people, and Jiang Zhizhi was carrying a camera, so it was inconvenient for her to drift. In the end, they only took two rubber boats, one for Lin Qingyu and Li Rongrong, and one for Lu Xiye alone.
However, even though he got the rubber boat, Lu Xiye was not very interested.
I always feel like he's a bit redundant here today...
"Lu Xiye."
He sat in the rubber boat feeling a little impatient and was about to set off when he suddenly heard Jiang Zhizhi calling his name.
Lu Xiye looked up subconsciously.
With a click, Jiang Zhizhi captured this moment.
"Be happy."
Her tone was very gentle, and Lu Xiye couldn't help but think of Cheng Yuping...
In a trance, it seemed as if I had a vision of what she would look like when she grew up.
It was not until the people behind urged him that he came to his senses and started from the starting point.
Jiang Zhizhi and Xu Qingbo followed the current and moved forward together.
"Jiang Zhizhi, Lu Xiye and..." After seeing the scene just now, Xu Qingbo seemed to be at a loss for words.
Jiang Zhizhi looked back at Xu Qingbo, was silent for a moment, and said, "Did you notice? He's been sick recently and isn't in a good mood."
Xu Qingbo said, "Ever since joining Class 1, he hasn't been in contact with his old friends. Furthermore, he doesn't seem to fit in with the atmosphere of Class 1... Perhaps his previous circle was more suitable for him..."
“Everyone has to move forward.”
"But in this case, it may be more difficult for you to continue tutoring him. After all, you also have to consider the psychological pressure he can withstand," said Xu Qingbo.
Xu Qingbo's words made Jiang Zhizhi silent.
However, she is not afraid of hard work, but she feels that no matter what kind of family they come from or what kind of personality they have, everyone has their own life lessons.
Lu Xiye is actually not stupid at all. On the contrary, he is very smart and delicate. But the more he has this kind of personality, the more emotions he can feel than ordinary people, and the more sensitive he is to some subtle things, and the more difficult it is for him to get over it.
His father-son relationship with Lu Hengshan is not only a major life issue for him now, but also a major life issue that he will face in the next few decades.
Jiang Zhizhi was lost in thought as she watched Lu Xiye's back gradually going away in the rubber boat. Suddenly, a large bouquet of pink roses fell in front of her.
The refreshing fragrance of flowers suddenly swept over her.
"Oh? It seems that there is a little princess here who is in a bad mood?" A familiar voice with a smile fell into her ears.
Xu Qingbo's mouth twitched, "Uncle...why are you here?"
Jiang Zhizhi turned around and saw Xu Honghan behind her wearing a loose black wizard robe, holding a rose in one hand and a black staff in the other. He had a long hat on his head that extended to the sky like a thick vine tentacle.
She tilted her head, "Brother? What are you doing..."
"It's a costume parade." Xu Honghan said as a matter of course.
"Then what are you putting on makeup?" Xu Qingbo's face was full of confusion.
"Nyarlathotep." Xu Honghan picked up the staff and showed a mysterious smile.
“…”
Xu Qingbo turned to Jiang Zhizhi and said seriously, "It must be too hot today. It must have burned my uncle's brain."
"Go away." Xu Honghan knocked Xu Qingbo on the head with his staff and handed the bouquet of roses to Jiang Zhizhi. "Little princess, take this bouquet quickly. This kind of flowers is not suitable for the great Lord Nyarlathotep. It will ruin my image."
Jiang Zhizhi had no choice but to take the bouquet of roses and asked in confusion, "Then why did you bring this bouquet of flowers in?"
"Aren't I here to apologize to you? I should have taken you home yesterday, but I overslept. I hope you two didn't say bad things about me behind my back?" Xu Honghan leaned over and asked with a gentle smile.
Xu Qingbo looked at him suspiciously, "It seems like you only prepared an apology gift for Jiang Zhizhi?"
"Of course. I'm your elder. Do I need to apologize to you, a brat?"
Xu Qingbo: ...
Xu Honghan's gaze fell on Jiang Zhizhi again. "You also brought a SLR camera? Is it Qingbo's? Qingbo, how could you let Zhizhi wear such a heavy thing? It will make her grow shorter."
"No, this isn't Xu Qingbo's, it belongs to another classmate of mine." Jiang Zhizhi explained hurriedly.
"Since I'm here, let me take pictures of you. I'll hold the camera for you." Xu Honghan said as he moved closer and took the camera off Jiang Zhizhi's neck. He smiled dotingly and said, "Little Princess, just hold the beautiful flowers."
Jiang Zhizhi felt a little embarrassed. She was already a junior high school student and not a child anymore, but Xu Honghan's tone sounded as if she was only a few years old.
"Jiang Zhizhi!"
Before she came out from under Xu Honghan's tall figure, she heard the angry voice behind her.
"You didn't even catch up to take a picture of me. What are you doing here?" Lu Xiye ran over, dripping wet, grabbed Jiang Zhizhi's wrist, and pulled her out from under Xu Honghan. "Who is this person? Where did you get this bouquet of flowers?"
"This is Xu Qingbo's uncle, whom you have met before." Jiang Zhizhi said calmly.
Lu Xiye looked carefully and remembered that they had indeed met once, in the library.
"Oh, that senior brother of yours?" Lu Xiye looked at Xu Honghan with an impatient expression, cold and irritable. He said bluntly, "It's so hot out here, and you're wearing all black. Aren't you afraid of dying of heat?"
Xu Honghan wasn't angry either. He lifted up his robe and said with a playful smile, "It's made of ice silk inside. You won't get too hot. Do you want to try it? Your crow mask matches my robe quite well."
"No." Lu Xiye didn't like Xu Qingbo, and even more so, Jiang Zhizhi's "something" senior brother Xu Honghan. He went up and grabbed the camera strap in Xu Honghan's hand, saying coldly, "Give me back my camera."
"So it's your camera. It's such a heavy thing. Don't let our Zhizhi wear it in the future. Boys should be responsible." Xu Honghan said, rubbing Lu Xiye's wet hair with a smile.
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