Chapter 21 Don't bother me
In the summer evening, the sun has already set, the sky is a deep blue, with piled clouds and occasional flashes of white.
There are people coming and going in the community. Many people are bringing their children to play in the small amusement facilities in the community, and walking slowly in strollers. The chirping of cicadas and human voices mixed together in the ears, making a lot of noise.
Lin Zixia gripped the handlebars of the bicycle, his fingertips clenching quietly, "No need to trouble you, I can do it myself."
Lu Xiangye crossed his arms and looked at her with interest. "It's no trouble. I'm fine anyway."
Lin Zixia's lips stiffened.
The warm evening breeze blew past her face, blowing the hair around her ears. She tried her best to ignore Lu Xiangye's presence and concentrated on practicing driving.
Lin Zixia can ride a bicycle, but that’s all he can do.
The last time she rode a bike was when she was in elementary school. She was riding on a country road outside her uncle's house, rushing down a long slope that was not too steep. Because there was a large truck parked in front of her, she was afraid of hitting it, so she braked in advance.
Then, unsurprisingly, he crashed into the stone steps outside the house.
Although it was just a minor skin breakage, she rarely rode her bike since then.
There is no chance and no need.
Lin Zixia gripped the handle tightly, his palms sweaty.
Lu Xiangye stood behind her, watching her get into the car with difficulty. After starting, she had to move in a serpentine manner for several meters before she could go in a straight line. She subconsciously stopped when she saw people or cars coming from the opposite direction, not daring to pass by them at all.
With this skill level, you still ride a bike to school?
After watching for a while, he finally couldn't bear it anymore. Lu Xiangye walked up to her side slowly, holding the front of the car with his hand, and said lazily, "Relax a little, straighten your back, don't clench your hands so tightly, and look ahead."
"Riding a bike is like being tortured. Didn't your parents teach you how to ride a bike when you were a kid?"
It was originally a very ordinary sentence, but Lin Zixia's face suddenly turned cold. She slapped Lu Xiangye's hand away and said in a very aggressive tone, "None of your business."
Then he turned the bike around clumsily and half rode and half pushed it towards the apartment building.
Lu Xiangye stood there, looking at the red mark on the back of his hand, and couldn't help but frown. He looked at Lin Zixia's back as she walked away, and didn't understand why she suddenly got angry?
Did you say something wrong?
Lin Zixia parked his bicycle back where it was, went upstairs, said hello to Ye Yinghui, and returned to his room.
She sat at the desk and suddenly felt a little regretful.
She shouldn't be so sensitive, and she shouldn't take her anger out on Lu Xiangye.
She seemed to be too emotionally unstable recently. Lin Zixia tilted her head back, her eyes blank, her fingertips unconsciously clasping the armrests of the chair.
She was taken back to the county town when she was in junior high school. At that time, her younger brother was just in the fourth grade. Because a classmate in his class had a very cool bicycle, he begged his parents to buy him one as well.
Ye Yinghua and Lin Anhong would take time to take him for a bike ride after get off work every day, sometimes just downstairs in the community, and sometimes to the square.
At that time, Lin Zixia still had some hope for them, and couldn't help wanting to get close to them and get the so-called parental love.
She clearly got her brother's consent before riding the bike, but as soon as they appeared, her brother sat on the ground crying and rolling around, saying that she had stolen his bike.
Lin Zixia will never forget the look in their eyes at that time: shock, anger, condemnation...
Ye Yinghua picked up her brother and soothed him softly, frowning at her. "How can you, as a sister, take your brother's things? Haven't you ridden a bicycle before?"
Lin Anhong acted as a peacemaker and smoothed things over. "Okay, Xiaoxia didn't mean it. It's normal for siblings to have conflicts."
Lin Zixia originally thought that Lin Anhong's words would make her feel a little better, but then she heard him say to her earnestly, "If you want something, just tell your parents. They will try their best to satisfy you, but don't develop bad habits. It will be difficult to change them in the future."
At that moment, Lin Zixia's whole body froze, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
What bad habit? The bad habit of stealing other people's things?
Lin Anhong comforted her gently, and then he and Ye Yinghua coaxed his younger brother. They stood on each side, protecting his younger brother with their hands, and taught him how to brake and how to turn.
Lin Zixia stood there, looking at the happy family of three, and for the first time he felt like an outsider.
It was also a summer like this, with people coming and going in the community, but she felt as if the world was spinning and she could hardly breathe.
Long-forgotten memories came flooding back, as the crystal drop in the corner of my eye gradually subsided.
Lin Zixia closed his eyes, sat up, took his phone and opened WeChat.
She and Lu Xiangye never chatted after adding each other on WeChat, and the chat interface was blank.
If you do something wrong, you should apologize. She shouldn't let others bear her emotions. It was her fault for not being able to control herself.
Lin Zixia's fingers moved slightly, and after hesitating for a moment, he slowly sent out two messages:
[I'm sorry about what happened just now. I didn't control my emotions well. I'm sorry.]
I can’t ride a bike well, so I won’t go to school with you guys anymore.
One is to apologize, the other is to go our separate ways.
Lin Zixia could vaguely feel that his emotions would always be impulsive when facing Lu Xiangye.
Just like what happened just now, she could have refused his help with a smile, and she shouldn't have reacted so strongly to those words, but she couldn't control herself.
This was not good, and it made her feel vaguely uneasy. She shouldn't be like this.
After sending the message, Lin Zixia immediately locked the screen and put the phone aside.
She pulled out a physics book from the pile on her desk, her most hated subject, and began to read it bit by bit.
When chewing, start with the toughest bone, because when you finish chewing the toughest one, the rest of the bones will become particularly delicious.
Two hours passed. Lin Zixia taught herself a new chapter and did the corresponding exercises. Looking at the questions with a 99% accuracy rate, she suddenly felt better.
So what if she can't ride a bike well?
So what if no one taught her?
She doesn't need it.
The pen in her hand and the knowledge in her head will never let her down.
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