"Do you want me to help you in?"
"No need ~!" I blocked the door and looked at Hai Yin with a big smile. I feel that it's not appropriate for him to enter my house and be alone with me.
“……”
"Thank you for today!"
"If you continue to be so polite to me, you're dead meat, do you know that?!”Hai Yin reached out his hand and gave me a roasted chestnut without hesitation.
"This is just courtesy!"
Hai Yin raised his fist and wanted to hit me again. I quickly turned my head and realized that the back of his hand was bruised. I grabbed his hand and realized that it had really turned dark purple.
"It's a small matter." The tall and thin boy standing opposite me suddenly put his hand back into his pocket uncomfortably, which made me suddenly feel awkward.
"Let's go in."
"See you tomorrow!"
"Yes."
I watched him leave for a long time before I turned around and walked into the house. I went back to my room and picked up the phone I forgot to bring out to call Huien.
"Jing Yun ~"
" Huien, I'm sorry I can't come tonight…Something happened…"
"Oh, come back when you're free." From Huien's tone, I could tell that she wasn't in a good mood, so I didn't say anything.
"Alright, see you tomorrow!"
"Goodbye!"
I hung up the phone and took a deep breath. I looked at myself in the mirror with unkempt hair and a dirty face. I was stunned for a moment. Then, I picked up my phone and replied to Danling's message that I couldn't come and play with you anymore. After that, I took my pajamas and ran to the bathroom to clean up the sand factory worker.
It was already eight o'clock when I finished my shower. I limped to the living room and sat cross-legged on the sofa. At nine ten, I heard the door open.
"Why are you sitting here?" Yuki Izumi was still carrying her school bag and holding a plastic bag. She looked at me, who was sitting there without turning on the TV or doing anything, and asked curiously.
"It's nothing." I replied coldly.
"Hey, that kid Minyu insisted that I bring it to you.”
Jing Zhi handed the plastic bag to me and turned his face away uncomfortably.
The bag contained my favorite chicken roll. With Jing Zhi's expression, I could guess that he bought it for me. She probably felt embarrassed and used Minyu as a shield. If Danling told him to bring it to me, I could still believe it, but he chose someone who's not very likely…
"Jing Zhi, let's have a drink."
"Then wait for me to change my clothes."
I walked into the kitchen and placed the bag in my hand on the dining table. Then, I took out a bottle of beer, two glasses, and a few bags of snacks from the cupboard and walked to the roof. When I passed Jing Zhi's room, I shouted," The balcony on the roof."”
Originally, the rooftop balcony was where my father planted his favorite flowers and plants. However, ever since he and my mother left because of work, I only knew how to water them. I didn't know anything else, so many flowers withered.
I spread two newspapers on the floor, sat down, and started to open the wine.
After drinking almost a cup, Jing Zhi ran up slowly and sat down beside me in a short T-shirt and shorts. He poured himself a cup of wine and drank it in big gulps as if it was water.
"Jing Zhi…"
"Hmm?"
He seemed to be in a good mood. He turned around and looked at me, his eyes shining. I felt as if my eyes were swollen and it was extremely uncomfortable.
" How long have we been together? Uh, I mean just the two of us.”
"Why are you suddenly asking this?"
"Ha, do you remember?" I finished the red wine in my glass in one gulp before refilling my glass shakily." The matter of secretly drinking dad's red wine…How old was she at that time? I was in the first year of junior high school. I thought it was a grape drink. I didn't know how to use a corkscrew, but I tried my best to put a wooden stopper in. After taking a sip, I felt that the taste wasn't right, so I used toilet paper to plug the mouth of the bottle. I thought that it would be fine, but when mom came back to visit us, she found out and lectured us fiercely…Haha…"
"Yes." Jing Zhi also recalled that incident and lowered his head to chuckle.
" How long has it been since I last saw Dad? Here…" I pointed around." Dad's favorite flower. We watered it together. Ah, do you remember? You fell here and hit your head on the flower pot, breaking it and leaving a scar…"
As I spoke, I turned around and used my hand to pick up Jing Zhi's bangs. The scar was still there. It was faint and hard to notice if one didn't pay attention. Jing Zhi didn't say anything and let him do whatever he wanted.
"Ah, right. When I was in first grade, there was a girl who didn't like me for some reason…That winter, didn't I come late? The teacher asked her to supervise us during morning self-study and read the text aloud…When I was late, she chased me out of the classroom and pointed at the water on the floor. She asked me to wash the mud on my shoes before I was allowed to enter the classroom. I obediently washed my shoes with the bone-chilling cold water. My hands were so cold that I almost couldn't feel anything. She even hit my palm with a pointer…Am I that unlikeable…"
"That's because she likes me, you know?”Jing Zhi suddenly spoke up and looked at me arrogantly." That's why I don't like you."”
I shut my mouth speechlessly and took a sip of wine. I decided to ignore his words. His expression was asking for a beating as I continued to speak.
"The next day, this scene continued, but the difference was that you rushed over and stood in front of me. You snatched her pointer and broke it in half, then pulled me away without looking back…At that time, I thought, why is my brother so handsome…Ah? Why is he so handsome…"
I grabbed Jing Zhi's ear and shook it back and forth. He frowned, grabbed my wrist, and glared at me." You're drunk, Deep Well Cloud."”
" No…Ah, there's no more wine. I'll go down and get another bottle…" I staggered to stand up, but Jing Zhi held my shoulder and stood up by himself.
"I'll go get it." he said.
I sat down and let him get it. I looked at the dark sky without stars and sipped the wine.
" Phew…" Jing Zhi sat down next to me again. He opened the bottle with a bottle opener and drank it. After drinking half of it, he moved the bottle away from his mouth and took a deep breath.
"You're crazy, Yuki Taneki."
"I'm crazy, but it's better than you drinking too much and going crazy later.”
Jing Zhi took out a cigarette from somewhere and lit it. I didn't have much of a reaction because I knew that this guy had learned to smoke a long time ago. Thinking of this, I thought of another funny thing.
" Hahahaha…Do you remember the time you stole Dad's cigarettes? You stole one of Dad's unopened cigarettes from the television. Dad came back and asked you about it, and you said that an uncle was looking for him. You told him that Dad wasn't home, and he took a cigarette and left without saying anything, hahaha…"
" Cough…" Speaking of Jing Zhi's embarrassing past, he coughed dryly and glared at me with dissatisfaction.
" Sigh..." I sighed and felt that my whole body was soft, but I still raised my glass and poured the wine into my mouth." Think about it. I've grown up. It seems that I've been protected by you all the way here... In the first year of junior high, I was grabbed by the upper grades and pushed into the water. They wanted to take off my clothes and make a fool of me... Do you know, I used both hands to grab my clothes to stop them from getting what they wanted. I drank a lot of water. I couldn't cry out in panic. I curled up into a ball in the water with an empty head. Everyone standing at the side didn't move. Only you, who got the news from somewhere, flew over to save me…sob…"
But how could you bear to hurt me like this?
I buried my head in my arms. My head was empty, and only tears could not stop flowing.
Jing Zhi took the wine glass from my hand, then put his arm around my shoulder and gently patted my back.
"Do you know, Jing Zhi?"
"Hmm?"
"Actually, a lonely and cold heart doesn't crave warmth, but fear.”
“……”
"Because the sudden warmth will break through the protective barrier in people's hearts, and then easily shatter that fragile heart, causing people to be utterly defeated.”
I pressed my face against Jing Zhiwennuan's chest and suddenly felt tired. I knew that my heart was already broken.
When the warmth of the well turned into sharp thorns, stabbing me in pain.
My heart also became riddled with holes.
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