Breaking a large rock on his chest
During the early morning self-study session, Chen Shengxu and the others changed into their custom-made clothes. Their class was dressed in the style of the Republic of China era, with warlords, ladies from wealthy families, students, and street vendors.
Chen Shengxu's job is to sell candied hawthorns, which are edible and smell quite delicious.
After having breakfast together, Gu Yu and his wife went to No. 10 Middle School. The gatekeeper didn't stop them, and as soon as they entered, they saw many parents.
Madam Gu dropped Gu Yu off and then left.
Gu Yu found the location of the first year of high school by following the sign, and then saw Chen Shengxu, who was holding a straw stick with many candied hawthorns stuck on it.
She took a picture and sent it to Chen Shengxu.
After seeing this, Chen Shengxu craned his neck and looked around.
Yu Cihuan pressed him down, "What are you looking at? We need to go in."
Chen Shengxu was forced to look away and lower his head to type.
Childish Kid: [I'll save you a candied hawthorn later; it was just made this morning.]
Childish brat: [Why did you suddenly come without telling me?]
Mengmeng: [I have a surprise for you!]
Childish Kid: [Happy.jpg]
Childish brat: [I'll come find you after the opening ceremony.]
Mengmeng: [Okay!]
The sports committee member walked over to Chen Shengxu and said to him, "The homeroom teacher wants you to perform breaking a boulder on your chest later."
"Huh?!" Chen Shengxu's eyes widened, his mouth agape in utter bewilderment.
The sports committee member gave him a pitying look and then left.
Yu Cihuan covered her mouth and chuckled beside him.
"This is so embarrassing!! If Gu Yu sees this, I'll lose all face!!!" Chen Shengxu wanted to crawl into a hole. "This is the most embarrassing moment of my life that Gu Yu is going to see, ahhh!!"
"Have you forgotten how you fell down the stairs in your second year of junior high when you were rushing to bump into Gu Yu?" Yu Cihuan said, suppressing a laugh. "I think that's even more embarrassing."
"She didn't see it, and she doesn't know," he had never felt so hopeless. "I hope Gu Yu can't see me, please! I'd trade Yu Cihuan's lifelong stagnation for Gu Yu not to see me!"
With a "smack," Yu Cihuan slapped him on the head.
Are you crazy?!
"pain!"
"Should!"
Knowing he was in the wrong, Chen Shengxu pursed his lips and stopped arguing.
When we arrived at their class.
They stopped when they were facing the center of the stage, and Chen Shengxu was pushed to lie down.
It was supposed to be a chest-breaking exercise, but it really just involved putting a gray foam board on his body while the sports committee member held up an inflatable hammer.
The sports committee member whispered, "If it's not broken, remember to try to break it yourself with your hands."
"..." It would be strange if it broke.
One blow with the hammer, and sure enough, it didn't break.
Chen Shengxu secretly pried open the foam board with his hand, and that was the end of it.
The students following behind helped pick up the foam boards and take them away.
As soon as it ended, Chen Shengxu plucked a candied hawthorn from the straw, threw the straw to Yu Cihuan, and ran off to find Gu Yu.
Childish Kid: [Where are you?]
Mengmeng: [Turn around.]
Chen Shengxu turned around and saw Gu Yu waving at him. He quickly ran over and gave her the candied hawthorn.
“Chen Shengxu, I saw you secretly using your hand.”
"You saw it!" Chen Shengxu suddenly raised his voice.
"Yeah, your class is really cool."
Chen Shengxu looked at her legs: "How are your legs? Have you applied any medicine?"
"Hmm! I feel like I'll be fine in a few days!"
"That's good."
He then asked, "You didn't record any video, did you?"
"You took pictures, why didn't you take pictures?"
"It's very embarrassing."
"No, I think it's quite interesting, much more fun than our school's," Gu Yu took a bite of the candied hawthorn and then handed it to Chen Shengxu so that he could have some too. "Don't worry, I won't give it to anyone else, I'll keep it for myself."
"It's fine to send it to others, as long as you're happy."
When did you start running?
"Ten o'clock."
"Then we can stay a little longer."
Yu Cihuan turned around and saw the two of them sitting on the steps. He patted the person next to him and pointed at Chen Shengxu, saying, "See that girl? That girl is Chen Shengxu's girlfriend. He dotes on her."
As soon as these words were spoken, those who heard them looked over, and even those who didn't hear them looked over out of curiosity.
Chen Shengxu was completely focused on Gu Yu and didn't notice the intense gazes from not far away. Gu Yu, listening to him speak, also didn't notice the group of people staring at him.
They only looked over after Yu Cihuan called out twice.
Seeing so many people, Gu Yu's heart skipped a beat, and her hand unconsciously grabbed Chen Shengxu's wrist. Chen Shengxu turned slightly to block most of her view.
Then he shouted over there, "What are you looking at?! Can't you see my girlfriend is shy?"
He was punched in the back as soon as he finished speaking.
"Hiss!" Chen Shengxu turned to look at Gu Yu, "When did your grip become so strong?"
Gu Yu raised his fist and threatened him: "Speak properly!"
"I was just speaking properly."
"Um?"
Chen Shengxu knew she was shy, so he went along with her and said, "Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore."
The competition started, and the students ran to the playground to watch it. Some were writing cheers on the field, while staff members were making glucose for the athletes.
Chen Shengxu threw the candied hawthorn skewers into the trash can, and then took Gu Yu to watch someone jump high.
"Does your hand hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt."
“You hit me so hard just now, didn’t it hurt?” Chen Shengxu grabbed her hand and examined it. “You usually look so gentle and weak, and you don’t seem to have much strength when something happens. How come you hit me with so much force?”
Gu Yu laughed and said, "Because I hit you with my knuckles. Knuckles don't hurt at all, but it will hurt you a lot."
"Fine, then you'll bully me then."
"No, it's your fault for not speaking properly."
"My mistake, I said the wrong thing."
"Of course not."
Chen Shengxu rubbed her hand, then took it, asking, "Who taught you this trick?"
Gu Yute proudly said, "I figured it out myself."
"Amazing, amazing, no wonder she's my girlfriend."
"That's right!"
Chen Shengxu touched her hair and turned his gaze to the high jumper.
Gu Yu got a little tired after standing for a while, so he simply sat down on the playground. This area was grass, so he wasn't worried about his pants getting red.
Seeing that she was squinting, Chen Shengxu took a big step and stood to her right, blocking the sun.
Gu Yu looked up at him and said, "Why don't you sit down too? It's too tiring for you to talk while standing."
Chen Shengxu sat down cross-legged next to her. He was tall, and even sitting down, he blocked most of the sunlight.
The remaining sunlight shone on his face, and Gu Yu felt quite warm, letting out a comfortable hum.
"You haven't changed at all."
Gu Yu nodded in confusion.
"When you were in junior high, you would whimper when you were sunbathing, like a puppy."
How did you know?
“Once, after playing ball with them in PE class, we went to buy water. On the way back, I saw you and your friends leaning on the railing in the corridor, sunbathing. I heard them.”
"You're quite observant."
"I can't help it, I like you too much."
"You're so good with words."
“A male classmate of mine told me this. He said that girlfriends need to be coaxed, praised a lot, and told to tell her that he loves her very much. He said a lot of things, and I remember them all.”
"I like you very much too."
Chen Shengxu met her gaze and wanted to kiss her. The thought grew stronger, but he knew they were at school and it wasn't appropriate, so he suppressed the urge and stiffly turned his face away.
Gu Yu raised her hand and pinched the back of his neck. She didn't say anything, just pinched it intermittently.
*
Upon hearing the announcement that the students participating in the men's 200-meter race should go to the podium for registration, Chen Shengxu pulled Gu Yu out of the playground, handed him over to Yu Cihuan, and went to the podium himself.
Before going to the playground, he told Gu Yu to follow Yu Cihuan and "if anything happens, hide behind him and let him take the blame."
Yu Cihuan was speechless: "Am I your butler or what?"
"You're my good brother!" Chen Shengxu said and then disappeared.
Yu Cihuan took a sip of water to moisten his throat and said, "Let's go, let's go to the finish line and wait for him."
"Um."
Yu Cihuan knew about her leg injury, so she walked very slowly. They chatted casually, mostly about Chen Shengxu's life at school or his studies.
As soon as they stepped onto the playground, Gu Yu overheard several girls talking about him and Yu Cihuan, saying that she had become Yu Cihuan's girlfriend outside of school.
As she opened her mouth to explain, she saw another girl speak up first.
She thanked him.
"You're welcome!"
The girl greeted Yu Cihuan skillfully. Yu Cihuan hummed in response.
Gu Yu watched them talk and blinked. This girl looked somewhat like Tang Yu'er, especially her mouth, which was exactly the same.
She glanced at Yu Cihuan's expression again; he remained the same. She began to ponder the nature of their relationship.
As I was thinking, I heard a gunshot. I snapped out of my daze and stared intently at the boy in the white short-sleeved shirt on the track.
His hair was blown up, revealing his forehead. He closed his eyes and couldn't hear the sounds outside very clearly. As he ran, he opened his eyes and saw Gu Yu waving and smiling at him.
There was no one in front of him, so he was in first place. He raised his hand and blew a kiss to Gu Yu, then sped across the finish line and was caught by Yu Cihuan.
Before I could even stand up, I heard Gu Yu's voice.
"Wow, that's amazing! You're so cool!!! You're number one!"
Chen Shengxu smiled, got up from Yu Cihuan, and then hugged Gu Yu.
"I'm so tired~"
"Relax, I'm holding you, I won't let you fall."
"Um."
Chen Shengxu only put a small portion of his weight on Gu Yu, afraid that she would get tired.
They didn't hold on for long before letting go, to clear the track for the runners below.
The two people sat under the shade of a tree, avoiding the sun.
Chen Shengxu unscrewed the bottle cap and handed it to Gu Yu.
Gu Yu took a sip of his drink and asked him, "Do you know if there's a girl in your class who looks like Tang Yu'er?"
"I know, her name is Li Huai. She's a pretty cheerful person and she's a bit interested in Yu Cihuan."
"And what about Yu Cihuan?"
“That guy treats her a little differently than other girls, but it’s not obvious. But I don’t think it’s because he likes her,” Chen Shengxu said, looking at the girl writing a message of encouragement on the front line. “If you really want to know why he treats her differently, it’s probably because he misses her.”
Gu Yu followed his gaze and saw Yu Cihuan walk up the steps above Li Huai and sit down. Li Huai turned around and spoke to him.
"Will he mistake Li Huai for Tang Yu'er?"
No, he can tell the difference.
Because the girl Li Huai evoked Gu Yu's memories of Tang Yu'er.
Tang Yu'er was her classmate in junior high school, which naturally meant she was also Chen Shengxu and Yu Cihuan's classmate.
She is a very cheerful child who gets along with everyone and has a great personality. She also has good grades and is the vice minister of the student department. She is the kind of child that other parents always talk about.
Many people liked her when she was in junior high school, and Yu Cihuan was one of them.
Gu Yu and she sat at the same desk, and they often interacted. She also liked this girl very much.
Yu Cihuan would ask her about Tang Yu'er, and she, wanting to help her good friend pursue him, told her everything truthfully.
Gu Yu was a very successful matchmaker; the two got together in less than half a month.
She was the one who encouraged Yu Cihuan to confess his feelings, and that's how it happened. Because of this, Yu Cihuan even treated her to a meal.
They were incredibly sweet together and lived a very happy life, which made Gu Yu very envious.
At the time, Chen Shengxu was extremely envious, and then he used all his cunning to try and meet Gu Yu.
It happened on their 62nd day together.
Tang Yu'er didn't come to school that day, and Yu Cihuan asked around, but none of them knew why.
He received no reply to the messages he sent to Tang Yu'er, and no one answered his phone. He was extremely anxious but dared not ask his teacher.
In the early hours of the morning, Chen Shengxu received a call from Yu Cihuan. He heard the man crying, but he couldn't understand a word he was saying. He rushed to Yu Cihuan's house and saw him covered in snot and tears, looking as filthy as could be.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying so hard?"
"she&*#."
"What the hell? Who? Tang Yu'er?"
"Um."
"What's wrong with her?"
Yu Cihuan suddenly hugged Chen Shengxu and shouted, "Tang Yu'er is dying!! She's dying..."
Chen Shengxu hadn't yet processed his words; his mind was filled with the image of Tang Yu'er dying, and he could hear Yu Cihuan's heart-wrenching cries.
His mind was getting more and more confused. It took him a while to sort it out. He swallowed hard and said, "You're kidding me."
"I'm not kidding. The photos her brother sent me... she's in the hospital right now." Yu Cihuan was sobbing uncontrollably.
Chen Shengxu picked up the phone next to him. He knew Yu Cihuan's phone password and unlocked it quickly. The first thing he saw was a photo of Tang Yu'er lying on a hospital bed, covered with various medical instruments.
There's another message: Hello, I'm Tang Yu'er's brother. She must have told you about me. My sister has a congenital heart condition, and she's in serious danger this time. She told me not to tell you unless something was wrong, but she's in danger now, so I chose to let you know. She said she hoped you would forget her. But I'm selfish; I don't want you to forget her, but it's all up to you.
Chen Shengxu put down his phone and hugged Yu Cihuan.
"It's okay, she's such a good person, nothing will happen to her. Our country's medical technology is so advanced, she'll definitely be fine. She'll get better, she definitely will..." He himself didn't quite believe these words.
The next day, Gu Yu was stunned for a long time after hearing about this from Chen Shengxu. She couldn't believe it. How could such a confident girl be lying in the hospital?
After that, there was no further news about Tang Yu'er. Her student status was transferred, and no one knew where she went or whether she was still alive.
"Thinking of Tang Yu'er?"
Gu Yu's thoughts were pulled back by the voice, and she said softly, "Hmm, I wonder how she's doing? Is she happy?"
"She will be happy."
"Thinking about it, Yu Cihuan is really pitiful. Tang Yu'er was his first love."
"Um."
"For his first love to have something like this happen, especially during the honeymoon phase, my God, I can't even imagine how heartbroken he must have been."
Chen Shengxu is the most qualified to speak on this. Every time he went to see Yu Cihuan, he was clean and tidy, but when he left, he was covered in snot and tears.
During that time, Chen Shengxu went to find the clothes he was wearing that he would never wear again. After Yu Cihuan cried all over them, he just threw them away.
That incident also dealt a heavy blow to Yu Cihuan. He didn't recover for a month or two, and he was listless all day long, lacking energy for anything. People who didn't know him might have thought he was using drugs.
Every time there was a holiday, Chen Shengxu would drag him out, whether it was to play ball, go out to play, or just take a stroll along any road. He just didn't want him to stay at home alone, afraid that he would get bored.
After that, Yu Cihuan kept this matter deep in his heart and never brought it up again. On the surface, he seemed to have recovered, but Chen Shengxu could tell that the wound in his heart had not healed.
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