Trajectory 2: entangled curves

Zhuge Qinuo's persistence made Yan Zhengping helpless, but he didn't want to explain too much: "She is fine. It's just that I want to calm down."

"Just tell me, what exactly do you want her to do?" The moment Zhuge Qinuo blurted out, he realized why Yan Zhengping's words just now sounded so familiar.

The three of them are going into a cycle regarding the question of "what do you really want?"

Yan Zhengping wanted to say something, but he could vaguely feel Zhuge Qinuo's grip on his arm getting stronger. She looked at him with eyes full of doubt and sincere waiting.

"You will only let me go if I agree to be with her today?" Yan Zhengping asked sincerely.

Is this a relief?

Zhuge Qinuo didn't have time to think and nodded firmly.

Yan Zhengping shook his head helplessly and patted Zhuge Qinuo's hands which were holding his arms tightly.

Zhuge Qinuo immediately understood what he meant and jumped away reflexively.

Yan Zhengping walked slowly to Zheng Qili and helped her up: "Let's go!"

Zheng Qili smiled instantly and took Yan Zhengping's hand: "Zhuge, let's go."

When Yan Zhengping passed by Zhuge Qinuo, he said, "Thank you for what you did for us."

I never expected that the only thank you in this matter was said by Yan Zhengping.

Zhuge Qinuo did not follow them anymore. Instead, she changed direction. Originally, her home was not in this direction.

One weekend, Zhuge Qinuo's PHS did not ring because of Zheng Qili. Zhuge Qinuo easily started a new week without being responsible for their lives.

Because she already knew Yan Zhengping and often delivered milk, she was very familiar with his location.

The two classes would still be put together for class, and she would still sit next to him. Except that Yan Zhengping would laugh to himself every time he saw her, and she would say "thank you" every time he made more room for her, they didn't say anything else.

After this incident, Zhuge Qinuo's campus life seemed to have not changed, but in fact it had changed.

She found that not only did the little hooligans in the class talk to her more often, but also that there were more random messages that never happened before. Sometimes the senior wanted to see her, sometimes one of his buddies asked her if she wanted to go to and from school together, and sometimes he asked her to watch a gang fight after school...

Zhuge Qinuo hated this and didn't want to have anything to do with them, but she couldn't stop attracting more and more attention from gangsters.

On the way to the cafeteria, she always felt that the gangsters were pointing at her in groups of three or five; when she was going up the stairs in the teaching building, there were always a few people who would bump into her. She didn't pay attention to it before, but after many times, she found that it was always the same few people every time, and they did it on purpose; sometimes she would even be stopped on the road for no reason, and asked her name and other various strange questions; of course, there were also more love letters in the drawer.

Perhaps from then on, Zhuge Qinuo finally understood that he was very good-looking, the kind of good-looking that people would like.

As for why none of these things happened before, it may be because she is "clean and self-disciplined" and gives people the feeling of "stay away from strangers". It feels that if you get close to her, she will go and tell tales and make the person who gets close to her bear the punishment. Playing is playing, but they can't bear the consequences of being punished, having their parents called, or even being expelled from school. That's why they are called gangsters.

But now everything has come out, it must be that someone leaked the news, making them feel that Zhuge Qinuo is not so noble. She remembered the words "So you are so wild", and attributed all the mistakes to this.

“A man of integrity is not afraid of his own shadow.” All these things happened during breaks when she had to leave the classroom. After Zhuge Qinuo adjusted her mindset, she tried to reduce the time she spent outside the classroom.

She tried to drink less water, reduce the number of times she went to the toilet, eat in the cafeteria, and try to walk in front of and behind some teachers. Although it was a bit troublesome, it was much easier for her than being annoyed every day or sneaking to deliver milk slips every night.

It's been a normal week.

After school on Friday afternoon, the playground outside the school was as lively as usual, and even more lively than before. Because that was where the gangsters arranged to fight. Even so, for more than a year, Zhuge Qinuo had not dared to look at it. Today, she would not look at it even more, let alone get close.

Go home and do homework as usual.

Zhuge Nan was not at home this week. Zhuge Qinuo took out her cell phone and found that Zhuge Nan had sent her a WeChat message saying that he was away taking care of his grandmother.

Zhuge Qinuo's heart ached, she and her grandmother had a deep relationship. Before, when her grandmother was not in good health, Zhuge Nan would go to take care of her, but this was the first time that she was not at home on weekends. She was afraid that something might happen to her grandmother. Zhuge Nan told her that because her uncles, aunts and uncles were all busy this week, and her grandmother's condition was not serious, she should not worry. Zhuge Qinuo was relieved. There was also 200 yuan left by Zhuge Nan on the table.

Zhuge Qinuo is now able to take care of herself. She used to eat and drink with Huang Cangran, which made her less afraid to eat alone.

Eat, do homework, wash, and sleep.

Zhuge Qinuo rarely stayed alone like this. She lay on the bed, her thoughts suddenly swirling. The last time this happened was... She didn't dare to think about the last time, and she was even more worried about her grandmother's health.

She sent another text message to Zhuge Nan, who told her that everything was really fine and asked her to go to bed early.

But this did not stop Zhuge Qinuo from having wild thoughts. She thought back to the fourth grade, and she felt that her grandmother's problem must be very serious, otherwise why would she need someone to watch over her when she slept at night? Thinking of the possible loss, her memories began to roll like waves, and as they rolled, they burst out of her eyes.

Something as intangible as emotion will eventually become substantial.

She hid under the quilt and cried.

Suddenly, her cell phone vibrated.

Zhuge Qinuo was so scared, afraid that it was a message from Zhuge Nan, and afraid that the thing she was worried about would eventually happen.

I took several deep breaths and clicked on the text message.

It’s Zheng Qili.

Zheng Qili: "Zhuge, do you have money? Can you lend me some?"

Fortunately, it was not what she was thinking. Zhuge Qinuo quickly replied: "How much do you want?"

Zheng Qili: “500!”

Zhuge Qinuo: "So many?"

Zheng Qili: "Just ask if you can borrow it? I've really borrowed it from so many places. Please help me."

Zhuge Qinuo: "I can help."

Zheng Qili: "Okay, any amount is fine."

Zhuge Qinuo stood up, found the pants she was wearing today, and took out the money Zhuge Nan had given her from her pocket. There was still more than 190 yuan. It was not enough. But she had money.