Wednesday's school forum began to discuss Long Qi's money dumping in the gymnasium, and for a while did eliminate the storm of public opinion hovering over Dong Xi's matter, but in reality, Dong Xi's pressure around her body did not decrease.
Her friends around her are still there, but compared to Bai Aiting always seems to be a little weak, there are still people tripping her feet during gym class, Long Qi knew late, she was left in the office that class to listen to the ideological education, the class guide advised her not to shoot magazines or do activities during her senior year, the school spirit will be affected, she listened and passed, her mouth should be.
However, at that time, Bai Aiting came into the office to hand in her homework, and the class guide turned the topic to her side: "Look at the class president of class 1."
Long Qi calmly looked over.
Bai Aiting finished handing in her homework to her class guide and met Long Qi's eyes as she was leaving, but she quickly moved away and looked at the teacher beside Long Qi, nodded and said goodbye. Long Qi sat, her eyes on her, and followed her until she left the office.
The class guide said she could go.
The two of them were separated by noise and distance.
Bai Aiting always looks down on her, but invariably seems to be afraid of her, even more afraid.
In front of the teacher, the students, and Jin Yiken, she always had a calm and composed appearance, but when she was alone, she had a vague fear of Long Qi, for example, when they met in front of the washroom vanity once, Long Qi slowly and methodically stroked her hair, while Bai Aiting would hastily wash her hands and leave without even glancing at the mirror, and even when they met, their eyes would not touch for more than three seconds.
Perhaps being raised as a too-standard lady, born with the admonition to stay away from bad people, so the demonic aura of Long Qi produces a kind of unexplained fear, fear of contamination and more fear of being mistaken, the examination room fat incident when she is also the fastest and farthest away from one.
This dependence on the eyes and visions of others to live, once away from these seem to be skinned, walking on the road to lose half of the momentum of people, is the most incomprehensible Long Qi.
When they arrived at the stairs, they happened to bump into the class returning from gym class, of which, Dong Xi walked up the stairs holding her left leg with a red, broken skin wound on the knee part, accompanied by a girl walking at the end of the line, walking very slowly.
Long Qi wanted to go over, but Bai Aiting's speed suddenly accelerated, she took a few steps to Dong Xi's side, after talking to the girl by herself to support Dong Xi's arm, Dong Xi looked sideways to her, Long Qi also stopped in place to look at the two.
Bai Aiting said something to Dong Xi, his tone seemed affable, then took her arm and walked towards the balcony, Dong Xi did not refuse, but still walked slowly, holding the wall with the other hand, all the way back to the classroom by Bai Aiting.
The students on this road were watching.
When Long Qi entered the classroom, Bai Aiting had just left and Dong Xi was already sitting in her seat.
It is the end of the class period, the class is very noisy, Dong Xi alone to deal with the books on the table, the wound at the knee is still red and swollen, while the girls around her are discussing: "Bai Aiting this person is still quite good ..."
Long Qi did not say a word back to the seat, from their own bag to find a band-aid, was about to go over when suddenly stuck by a figure coming in the front door, Jin Yiken carrying a small medical kit came in, he did not look at the front of Dong Xi position, the box rested on her desk, Dong Xi has not yet reacted, he squatted down and said a: "knee to me."
The group was slightly quiet, Dong Xi was forced to turn her body out of the bottom of the desk, Jin Yiken's hand was placed on the location of her left knee injury, and then he took medicine and gauze from the medicine box to treat her, the action was slow but meticulous, the whole class reduced the sound of talking, Dong Xi's hands were holding the back of the chair and the edge of the desk, not saying a word, looking at him.
He finished treating the wound and got up to collect the box, no longer do extra, only said: "stay in the classroom after school and wait for me, I will send you back."
The girls around Dong Xi raised their eyebrows to look at each other, sending a message of "they are ambiguous to death", only Long Qi stood alone in the aisle, but also by the same table silently gaze.
"What are you looking at." After a long time, she sat back in her seat, and the table next to her shifted her eyes to look out the window.
That day after school, Long Qi left earlier than anyone else, just because she didn't want to see Dong Xi make the decision to stay or go, but then she didn't expect Dong Xi to leave school early as well, and it wasn't Jin Yiken who picked her up, it was Bai Aiting.
The reason why Bai Aiting persuaded Dong Xi is still unclear, but obviously gave her a knife, that night a girl will "inadvertently" photographed a photo uploaded to the campus network, the title want to say: a scene in the mall chance encounter ...
In the photo, three silver store salesmen are gathered around the counter, an unwrapped necklace is placed on the counter, Dong Xi leans by the counter with her arm around, and there is a security guard standing next to her talking on the intercom.
The expression on her face is very light and faint, only to see that she is not happy, ring arm action with a sense of self-protection, no Bai Aiting beside her.
This photo was forwarded over a hundred in the school that night, and the girl answered ambiguously in the face of numerous inquiries: I don't know what's going on, this necklace seems to have come out of Dong Xi's pocket ... that something, as if to say she forgot to pay for it.
Well, a slander is so complete.
Even though the necklace matter was later ascertained, but apparently people watching the fun prefer another conclusion, Dong Xi in the following Thursday and Friday two days were placed in the eye of the storm center, the word pressed on her in addition to "third party" and another "kleptomania", and then how The day when people who are indifferent to fame and fortune are driven crazy, Dong Xi collapsed after the second period on Friday.
When Long Qi found her in the flower garden behind the school building, she was crying.
The crying was silent, hiding a stubborn pride that wanted to pass through quietly even in the most embarrassing situation, her long hair on one side leaking down from behind her ear, tears falling one by one on the back of her hand and sliding from it to her knees, her uniform collar and skirt shivering slightly in the wind.
Jin Yiken came to Dong Xi just at this time.
His hands were in his trouser pockets, looking down at her as she cried, seemingly not seeing Long Qi, or rather not intending to look at Long Qi at all, he stretched his hands out of his trouser pockets, squatted down and held them in Dong Xi's hands.
Dong Xi slowly looked at him.
The picture of the two together is like the gentle heroine and the prodigal son in an idol drama, Dong Xi's eyes that circle is red, the back of her hand and knees are almost wet, even the piece of gauze at the wound is almost soaked, Jin Yiken looked at her and stretched out his right hand to wipe the tears by her cheeks.
Dong Xi slightly parted her head to avoid it, and her tears gently fell down again.
It fell on the back of Jin Yiken's hand.
He spoke to her.
If Jin Yiken was acting, he would have carefully crafted his lines in advance, so even if Long Qi couldn't hear him, she could guess how deeply he was speaking.
He wiped her tears again.
Immediately after, he stood up and helped Dong Xi up as well.
And then immediately after, he pulled Dong Xi's shoulders towards himself, embracing her into his arms, while Dong Xi's forehead was buried all in the mouth of his shoulder, and his hands were gently placed on his waist.
It is dependence, is the emotional catharsis after being successfully comforted, is the formal acceptance of him as a person with this outgoing relationship, so make such cooperation.
Long Qi understands.
The most vulnerable time for a girl is when she is most easily attacked, the damage caused indirectly by Jin Yiken attacked Dong Xi twice, and then Jin Yiken digested it directly for her, the surface looks harmless but the heart is deeper than the sea, Dong Xi who does not know anything about love is thus attacked by Jin Yiken who knows a lot about love, and only then did he look over in Long Qi's direction.
Yes, he gently patted and caressed Dong Xi's back shoulder while, at the same time, staring at her.