He is lonely
During the Lantern Festival, the aquarium was packed with visitors. Jiang Zhizhi and the others followed the crowd and entered the first exhibition hall, the Underwater World.
The underwater world is not underground, but a long underwater corridor with transparent glass on both sides and the top. Walking inside, it feels like being in the underwater world.
The lights in the exhibition hall are colorful, making the already colorful marine life look even more vivid. As soon as we entered the corridor, everyone rushed to take pictures.
"Look, that fish is so big and flat, it looks so funny!"
"That's a manta ray, also known as a devil fish. I heard that the largest manta ray can have a wingspan of seven or eight meters, but this one looks only two or three meters long. It must still be a child." Xu Qingbo explained.
Li Rongrong looked at Xu Qingbo in admiration. "Xu Qingbo, how do you know everything? You're amazing!"
"I finished reading all four sets of the World Encyclopedia when I was in the second grade." Although Xu Qingbo appeared indifferent on the surface, his tone still contained a bit of pride.
"Amazing!" Li Rongrong praised. "Quick, take a picture of me and this manta ray. Make sure you capture its face."
As she spoke, she quickly stood next to the manta ray and struck a pose.
Xu Qingbo took a photo of Li Rongrong and the manta ray.
When Lin Qingyu saw this, he quickly said, "Xu Qingbo, take a picture of me too."
After Xu Qingbo finished taking pictures of Lin Qingyu, he looked at Jiang Zhizhi who was standing beside him and said, "Jiang Zhizhi, do you want to come?"
"Then let's take a group photo of the three of us." Jiang Zhizhi said, standing next to Lin Qingyu and Li Rongrong.
After coming out of the underwater world, the three of them took dozens of photos in total. Xu Qingbo worked hard and could be considered a very competent photographer.
Lin Qingyu felt a little embarrassed. "Xu Qingbo, you were so busy taking pictures of us that you didn't even take one for yourself. Let me take a picture of you too."
"No need, I came here just to take pictures for you. Don't worry about me, just have fun." Xu Qingbo said with a smile.
Apart from anything else, Xu Qingbo is indeed a very graceful boy.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, they watched another dolphin show. Li Rongrong also fed the dolphins a handful of food under the guidance of the keeper. Xu Qingbo captured that moment very skillfully.
Then they went to the coral aquarium, the most beautiful part of the aquarium. The three girls stayed there for over two hours and took nearly a hundred photos, mainly of Li Rongrong and Lin Qingyu.
Jiang Zhizhi didn't like taking photos, and she rarely took photos in her previous life. Perhaps when she died, others wouldn't even be able to find her portrait at her funeral.
Of course, that's assuming someone holds a funeral for her.
But at this moment, she really liked this feeling.
Li Rongrong and Lin Qingyu in the photo were as beautiful as the bright moon in the sky. She felt endless warmth just by touching the light they cast.
"Xu Qingbo, could you print out an extra copy of the photos you took for me? I want to keep them all as souvenirs. I can pay for the printing in advance." After coming out of the coral museum, Jiang Zhizhi approached Xu Qingbo and said to him.
"sure."
"The reptile house is in front. Do you dare to go?" Lin Qingyu said excitedly, pointing at the huge python sign in front of the reptile house.
Li Rongrong's face paled slightly. "Ah, let's not go there. There's nothing to take pictures of there."
"But I saw on the Internet that there is a huge white python here, about six or seven meters long, and it is very beautiful." Lin Qingyu said.
"It's so big? It can eat several people, right?" Li Rongrong hid behind Xu Qingbo. She was most afraid of these mollusks.
Lin Qingyu pulled her out and said, "Don't worry, it's behind the glass and there's no way it can hurt us."
Under Lin Qingyu's forced pull, Li Rongrong reluctantly entered the reptile house.
Jiang Zhizhi and Xu Qingbo followed in.
Compared with the bustling underwater world and the colorful coral house, the reptile house seems a bit gloomy. As soon as you enter, there are two long rows of glass boxes on both sides, and there is a snake living in each glass box.
But they are all very lazy, basically lying there motionless, looking lifeless and without any interest.
They soon saw the giant white python that Lin Qingyu had mentioned. It was an albino Burmese python that was privately bred and donated to the aquarium. It was 4.6 meters long.
At this moment, the Burmese python coiled into a huge ball. Through the glass, one could only see its scales, which were as cold and smooth as porcelain under the light. One could not see its head or tail clearly.
"Huh? Where is its head?" Lin Qingyu lay on the glass, curiously trying to find its head, but after looking for a long time, he couldn't find it.
Suddenly, she felt a chill and subconsciously looked under the glass.
A snake head the size of two fists was pressed against the glass and was staring straight at her. Its cold green eyes made the hairs on her body stand up.
"ah!"
She screamed in fear, stepped back hastily, her legs went soft, and she fell towards Xu Qingbo.
Xu Qingbo was taking pictures with his camera. When he saw Lin Qingyu falling towards him, he subconsciously protected the camera and lifted it up, but he failed to keep his balance and fell to the ground with Lin Qingyu.
"Clear rain!"
"camera!"
Jiang Zhizhi and Li Rongrong screamed at the same time and hurried over to help them.
Lin Qingyu fell on Xu Qingbo, feeling extremely embarrassed. "I'm... I'm sorry..."
Xu Qingbo was pressed on the waist by Lin Qingyu's arm, and the pain made him break out in a cold sweat, but he still endured the pain on the surface and comforted Lin Qingyu: "It's okay, the camera didn't fall."
Lin Qingyu hurriedly got up from Xu Qingbo, looking very guilty.
If she hadn't insisted on going into the reptile house, if she hadn't gone looking for the snakehead out of curiosity, this wouldn't have happened.
But Xu Qingbo didn't care. He handed the camera to Jiang Zhizhi and asked her to hold it. He stood up calmly and straightened his clothes.
"It's okay, as long as no one is hurt."
After coming out of the reptile house, Lin Qingyu still felt guilty. There was a snack street in front of her, so she said, "To express my apology, how about I treat you guys to some pancakes?"
"If you say so, we won't be polite. I want to add sausages and chicken fillets!" Li Rongrong said with a smile.
"I'm fine with anything." Xu Qingbo rubbed his waist secretly and said calmly.
"I'll just take the simplest kind." Jiang Zhizhi said, "You guys go buy the pancakes first, I'll go buy something over there."
After saying that, she left.
Li Rongrong and the others didn't think much about it and went to buy pancakes together.
After a while, Jiang Zhizhi came back, but did not go there directly. Instead, she called Xu Qingbo on her mobile phone and asked him to go to the public restroom in front of the aquarium.
"Did Lin Qingyu hurt you just now?" Jiang Zhizhi knew Xu Qingbo didn't want Lin Qingyu to know, so she called him over. "I bought a plaster. Put it on. It will feel better."
Just now she saw Lin Qingyu's elbow pressing on Xu Qingbo's waist. Although Lin Qingyu was not heavy, the impact was still not light.
Later, Xu Qingbo always subconsciously put his hands on his waist, which also confirmed her guess.
Xu Qingbo was a little surprised to see the plaster that Jiang Zhizhi bought. He didn't expect Jiang Zhizhi to notice it, but his waist was really uncomfortable now, and it hurt like a fire with every step he took.
"Thank you." He took the plaster handed to him by Jiang Zhizhi and went into the bathroom next door.
Entering the men's bathroom, he took off his coat and lifted up the sweater underneath, revealing the young man's thin and narrow waist. The place on his waist where Lin Qingyu had hit him was already bruised, and it looked like the injury was quite serious.
Xu Qingbo tore open the plaster and applied it to his waist. Instantly, a cool feeling swept through his body and he shuddered. But the moment he applied it, the pain was no longer so severe.
Coming out of the public restroom, Xu Qingbo looked at Jiang Zhizhi, was silent for a moment, and said, "Jiang Zhizhi, I remember you're not registered in Nanshi, right?"
Jiang Zhizhi didn't know why Xu Qingbo suddenly brought up this matter, but she nodded and said, "Yeah."
"It seems that high schools in Nanshi require Nanshi household registration. You..."
"My mother is now in the process of getting me a household registration in Nanshi. There shouldn't be any problem by the time I take the junior high school entrance exam," Jiang Zhizhi said.
Hearing Jiang Zhizhi say this, Xu Qingbo felt relieved, "That's good."
After eating the pancakes, it was almost dark.
Xu Qingbo bought a Kongming lantern and the four of them released it into the sky together.
"We agreed to get into No. 1 High School together."
The orange-red Kongming lantern swayed slowly in the wind and floated up into the sky. The hazy red light was reflected on the faces of four junior high school boys and girls. They had the same young faces and the same determined gaze.
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As the night deepened, countless sky lanterns flew into the sky, carrying the wishes of thousands of people.
Lu Xiye lay on the railing of the terrace on the roof, looking at the sky full of sky lanterns in the distance, then lowered his eyes to look at the entrance of the community downstairs.
He came back from playing ball at around four in the afternoon, but Jiang Zhizhi hadn't come back yet.
For some reason, he suddenly felt a little lonely when Jiang Zhizhi was not around.
I've never felt this way before...
Just as he was bored, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Lu Xiye's eyes lit up and he quickly took out his cell phone from his pocket, but when he opened the cover, he found that the caller was Lu Hengshan.
In an instant, he felt like he was doused in a basin of cold water and had no energy left.
Picking up the phone, he said in a lazy and impatient tone, "Hello?"
"School starts tomorrow, right? I'll ask the principal to transfer you to the key class." Lu Hengshan went straight to the point without even a word of greeting.
"unnecessary."
Lu Xiye said coldly, and after a pause, he added: "I will pass the exam myself."
These words made Lu Hengshan stunned for a moment, and he was unable to react for a long time.
He really couldn't believe that these words were actually said by Lu Xiye.
It was Jiang Zhizhi who changed him...
It seems he made the right decision.
"Xiaoye, happy Lantern Festival."
At this moment, Lu Hengshan showed rare warmth.
But the more he did this, the more Lu Xiye felt sad. "I'm going to sleep."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
The Lantern Festival is supposed to be a time for family reunions, but Lu Hengshan was not by her side at all, and only said a dry "Happy Lantern Festival".
His feelings towards Lu Hengshan were too complicated. He longed for his father's love, but also hated him very much.
Moreover, he knew in his heart that Lu Hengshan would never become the kind of father he wanted.
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