Although Fang Dian said that he often accidentally hits people while playing ball, the strange thing is that the ball he hits seems to have eyes. Generally speaking, it will only hit two types of people:

——People she likes and people she hates.

The people she likes will have a close connection with her because of this, while the people she hates will suffer a concussion and be hospitalized. Bai Liu once suspected whether Fang Dian did it on purpose, but later when she was forcibly pulled to the side to watch the game and observed it several times, Bai Liu had to admit with regret -

He can't see.

Fang Dian, a mysterious and magical human being, always has some magical operations that Bai Liu can't understand at all.

For example, now.

"Are these the popsicle sticks you secretly stole?" Fangdian was about half a head taller than Bailiu in high school. She naturally pinched Bailiu's head with her armpits and mysteriously took out a bundle of sticks from the pocket beside her skirt. "I found them from the compartment under my bed. You are really good at hiding them."

Bai Liu glanced at the dozen popsicle sticks in Fang Dian's hand and fell silent for a moment in surprise.

When he was in high school, many ice cream manufacturers held an activity called "One More Stick", which was similar to the "One More Bottle" activity that beverages like to hold now. After eating the popsicle stick, if there were four words "One More Stick" on the wooden popsicle stick, you could use this popsicle stick to get another popsicle stick of the same kind at the canteen.

Lu Yizhan and Fangdian have always had good luck. Most of the ice cream sticks they buy can get "One More" on them. They will leave the ice cream stick with "One More" written on it for Bai Liu.

But Bai Liu would not eat the fruits of his high school years. Instead, he would gather them up, tie them into a bundle, and hide them somewhere he felt safe—such as the compartment under Fang Dian's bed.

Because Lu Yizhang would also hide things in it, such as giving money to Fang Dian to buy birthday presents, so sometimes Bai Liu would follow Lu Yizhang to commit crimes together.

Now the two suspects who hid the "stolen items" have been arrested by Detective Fang Dian at the same time.

"Lu Yizhan actually hid a hundred yuan under my bed." Fang Dian thought thoughtfully, "Is he going to save it to buy me a gift?"

"..." Bai Liu's face was expressionless. "If you have guessed it, there is no need to ask me."

"I'm more curious about why you suddenly went to look through the wooden compartment under your bed. That place is heavy and dirty. Don't you never clean it?"

Fang Dian laughed and scratched the back of his head: "I suddenly felt that you might have hidden something in there, so I lifted the bed and turned it over. I didn't expect that you really did hide something there, haha."

Bai Liu: “…”

Lu Yizhang, are you really determined to spend your life with such a terrible woman?

"But I didn't expect you to secretly gather these sticks. I thought you had already brought them to eat." Fang Dian put the sticks in front of Bai Liu with great interest and asked, "Why?"

Bai Liu's eyes shifted: "Save it and sell it for money."

"You're lying." Fang Dian denied without a second thought. She thought for a moment and shook her head. "How much can this sell for? If you want to do it, you'll do it big. You won't want to ask for money for such a small thing."

Fang Dian stared at the neatly tied bundle of popsicle sticks in his hand, and suddenly he exclaimed with enlightenment: "These popsicle sticks can be redeemed cumulatively. You don't want to collect ten of them and redeem them together, and then treat me and Lu Yizhan to two expensive popsicles, do you?"

Bai Liu, whose mind was accurately touched, said: "..."

It was useless to argue with Fang Dian, so Bai Liu calmly admitted: "I can't exchange for expensive popsicles. The most I can get is 2.5 yuan per person."

"Wow, this is so delicious!" Fang Dian rubbed his hands excitedly, "Two dollars and fifty cents, this can make me eat a lot more cute!"

“I haven’t tried Coquette yet!”

Bai Liu paused: "But you bought it for me."

"Really?" Fang Dian looked up in confusion, "Is there such a thing? I don't remember it."

White Willow is quiet.

It happens again.

Fang Dian is so good at using this trick that you can't tell whether she does it intentionally or unintentionally, and you can't even find a way to use transactions to measure how to repay what she gives you.

That $2.50 cute toy was bought for him last time when Fang Dian gave out scholarships.

That day, Bai Liu had just finished evening self-study. He was punished by Xu Wei to clean the toilet. When he was in the toilet, he was blocked by Bao Kangle and a group of boys in his class. Bao Kangle went crazy that day. It was rare that Bai Liu did not escape unscathed. When he came out of the toilet, his school uniform was soaked by the tap water.

He calmly picked up his desk that had been kicked countless times, wiped clean the table that had been scribbled with "orphan" and "scumbag" by markers, sorted out the soaked textbooks and hung them on the windowsill to dry, and slowly walked downstairs in the dark teaching building after the lights were turned off, thinking calmly about what Xu Wei might say to him tomorrow when she looked for him.

[Why did you break another set of desks?] Xu ​​Wei should have scolded him like this, [Do you know how many desks, chairs and benches you have broken since you came to this class? You also doodled on your own desk, don’t you know that this is prohibited by school rules?!]

At this time, Bai Liu couldn't tell this woman who couldn't think that there was probably no one in this world who would like to scribble the word "orphan" on his or her desk again and again, and no one would smash and deform his or her desk like a gang of thugs again and again.

This kind of thing is usually done by some low-value minors with too much energy.

If Bai Liu told Xu Wei this, this matter would never end.

She will suddenly raise her voice and keep questioning you: [You mean you are being bullied? ]

The corners of her eyes and eyebrows were filled with sarcasm and sneer: [I believe that you know what kind of family and background the students in our class have. You have no relationship with them at all. If you have not done anything to offend them, would they bully you for no reason?]

[Why do they bully you instead of others? Why don’t you look for the reason in yourself? ]

[——Is it because there are too many reasons on your part that you can’t find them? ]

What followed was half an hour of finding fault and insulting each other, until Bai Liu bowed his head and admitted that it was his own fault. Only then did Xu Wei heave a sigh of relief as if she had won, and waved her hand as if she had won: "Go to class."

[Next time you encounter this kind of thing, look for your own reasons first. ]

So Bai Liu simply admitted that it was my fault and I was a bad student. The welfare home would bear my loss expenses and I didn't have to pay any compensation.

This left Xu Wei at a loss for words. She was so angry that she could only helplessly and angrily ask Bai Liu to be careful next time and leave quickly.

That night, Bai Liu was distractedly thinking about all these things while unbuttoning his school uniform to let the wind blow into the collar to dry the clothes. When he reached the bottom of the teaching building, he saw Fang Dian and Lu Yizhang waiting for him there.

Bai Liu paused as she was about to walk over.

They were holding up a cute ice cream cone with a pair of cheap-looking birthday candles in the shape of 18 on it.

The candlelight illuminated their faces. Their faces were tired but still bright with smiles. In the dark corridor behind Bai Liu, the weak light provided by the candles seemed particularly warm and bright.

Fangdian's smiling face popped out from behind the ice cream cone. She smiled so hard that it seemed as if the lights in the entire corridor were lit up in an instant.

"Bai Liu, we've escaped down the mountain to find you!"

Lu Yizhang quickly took off his school uniform jacket and covered Bai Liu's thin shoulders with it. He was helpless and angry. "Didn't I tell you many times that if you encounter something like this, just come to me? I have already informed the security guard on the mountain, and he can release you if you come..."

"Not necessarily." Fang Diandian woke up to Lu Yizhang who was angry. She took a step forward, looked into Bai Liu's eyes, and asked Bai Liu seriously, "I know it's difficult for you to go up the mountain, but if you need it, Lu Yizhang and I can skip class and come down to help you deal with these problems."

"Do you need it?"

Bai Liu looked back into Fang Dian's eyes. He was silent for a long time and said, "I don't need it."

Lu Yizhan was so anxious that he interrupted Bai Liu and said, "It's already like this! Why are you still trying so hard?"

"Yeah." Fang Dian seemed to completely ignore the Lu Inn. She nodded to Bai Liu and said, "Then we'll tell you when you need it."

Lu Yizhan turned his head anxiously and looked at Fang Dian: "Are you waiting until he needs you?! If this continues, Bai Liu will be forced by them to become..."

"Change what?" Fang Dian was puzzled from the bottom of her heart. She looked towards Lu Station with a frank and clear gaze. "I really don't think Bai Liu will change because of this situation. This situation is nothing. It's just a bunch of idiots making trouble."

"I don't think that just one thing like this can change Bai Liu. Besides, if Bai Liu needs anything, he will tell us. He is not fighting these things alone."

"We will always stand on his side, Lu Yizhan."

Lu Yizhan was silent for a moment. His emotions suddenly subsided. He suddenly loosened his right hand that was tightly gripping Bai Liu's shoulder and lowered his head: "...I know. I was thinking wrongly."

"You know you grew up with Bai Liu, and you worry about him a lot, but you can't always treat Bai Liu as a child." Fang Dian put her hands on her waist and sighed pretentiously, but there was a smile in her eyes. She stretched out her index finger and tapped the back of Lu Yizhan's head, who was looking downcast. "He will grow up too."

"He's going to go from being a very good kid to being a very good adult."

"Don't you think this is an interesting change?"

Fang Dian raised her head, smiled, raised her arm, and pushed the ice cream in her hand in front of Bai Liu.

The candle on the ice cream had melted more than halfway, and the light of the candle became brighter and brighter, swaying on Bai Liu's emotionless face.

Water was dripping from the ends of his wet hair, and his dark pupils reflected Fang Dian and Lu Yizhang standing in front of him.

"Happy 18th birthday and happy coming of age mitzvah, Bai Liu."

"Blow out your candles, make a wish, and then have a bite of your birthday ice cream!"

Bai Liu closed his eyes, then slowly blew out the candle, pulled it out, and took a bite of the ice cream that was about to melt.

Fang Dian came up to him and asked him with sparkling eyes: "What does it taste like?"

"Strawberries." Bai Liu paused, "Didn't you buy them? Didn't you see the packaging?"

"Just a question." Fang Dian pressed on, "What wish did you make? Is it for me and Lao Lu?"

Bai Liu was silent for a long time. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just took another bite of ice cream and said coldly: "Nothing."

"If making a wish to some so-called god could bring success, there would be no need for you and me to take the college entrance examination."

Fang Dian held his chin and sighed: "You are such a realistic person, Bai Liu. Making a wish is just a hope. I don't believe you didn't make one. Tell me quickly whether you have us or not!"

Bai Liu was silent for a long time, and a drop of water dripped from the end of his hair. Then he lowered his eyes and looked at the ice cream in his hand that was melting and almost deformed, and said softly:

"I make a wish... I hope you can buy me ice cream that is not strawberry flavored next year."

“It tastes terrible.”

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6Birthday on September 21st