growing up

Ling Chao gave each of them a bottle of the drink he had just bought.

Wang Tian opened the bottle cap and took a sip, then wiped the sweat off his brow with his hand: "Thank you! It's great to have you come to watch the game and get benefits! I said Ling Chao, with your physical condition, you don't want to play. It's such a waste."

Ling Chao smiled and said, "There's nothing to waste, it's just not a hobby."

Chen Yu next to him said: "Wang Tian, ​​this is your fault. Who stipulates that tall and tall people must be good at playing?"

"I'm just a little pity. When I first saw him, I thought our class had added another basketball player!" Wang Tian said.

"I'm just like this. I can't learn things I'm not interested in. When I was young, I followed the wind and learned a lot. Except for Sanda, I didn't stick to it." Ling Chao leaned back and said lazily.

"Wow, you actually learned Sanda?" Xiao Yuping, who was farthest away from Ling Chao, leaned forward and said, "So, is the legend at the beginning of school true?"

"What legend, what legend?" Xu Ziqiang looked very excited.

"It's nothing, some trivial matters." Ling Chao didn't really want to bring up the fight again, it's been a week.Someone came to ask before, but he dismissed them all.This matter, apart from him and Gu Yuan, probably acquiesced in front of Wang Tian.

Wang Tian knew that Ling Chao didn't want others to ask, so he raised his hand and tapped Xu Ziqiang's shoulder: "It's nothing if it's rumored or not. By the way, as usual, the school sports will be a week after the ten-day military training in high school." We will. We can still participate in the second year of high school, but we have no chance in the third year of high school. Do you have any ideas?"

It's not that Ling Chao doesn't want to have a heart-to-heart relationship with these students. Although he came to No. [-] Middle School and started school for only a week, he gets along well with these students.

Chen Yu is the monitor of Class [-]. He is from D City. He heard that he was the first in the school in every exam in the first year of senior high school. Now that Ling Chao and Gu Yuan came, he directly became the third, and he never complained. no.He has a generous and cheerful personality, has no scheming, and is good to everyone.The classmates in the class admire him very much.

Xu Ziqiang is just a stupid boy, and he is not in the same dormitory as Wang Tian and the others.His grades are in the lower reaches of class one, but he is an optimist.Learn when it's time to learn, and play when it's time to play, just like Ling Chao didn't want to talk about things just now, and he won't chase after them.When Wang Tian changed the topic, his train of thought followed suit.

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Yuping lived in the same dormitory as Wang Tian.I don't have much contact with Ling Chao at ordinary times, as far as they play Ling Chao, they will talk together.They're all good boys.

"Our class, although it's a science class, has a lot of boys, but the physical education is really not that good. Last year, our class didn't have any good results." Chen Yu thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Wang Xiaoxiao won No.1 in badminton, Wang Tian won No.200 in the 2-meter sprint, I won No.3 in the high jump, and No.3 in the boys' relay. The others seem to have died." Zhang Cheng frowned and said.

"Oh, then just get the grades you can get." Wang Tian said with a sigh.

"What kind of events do we have in our school sports meeting?" Ling Chao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

"The morning of the first day is badminton and table tennis qualifiers. In the afternoon, there are high jump, long jump, and relay races, 100m, 200m, and 400m sprints. The second morning is the semi-finals of ball games. In the afternoon, there are shot put and javelin. It's a long-distance race." Wang Tian's familiar introduction: "However, there are not many events in our class that can be applied for."

"Does the school have requirements for each class's entries?" Ling Chao asked again.

"There are no requirements. There are many girls in liberal arts rocket classes like Class Eight, and they all work hard. It's not bad for a class to have three or four projects." Xiao Yuping said.

"That's it!" Ling Chao thought for a while and said, "Then let's do our best."

"It's true to say so, but we are always unwilling to be told that we are also the type of hard-educated people." Chen Yu squeezed the drink bottle in his hand and lowered his head and sighed.

Wang Tian next to him patted him on the shoulder: "Forget it, don't think about it." The basketball in his hand spun around on the ground before being caught by him: "Are you still playing? There are still 10 minutes before self-study. "

Several people around echoed and went to the field to run together.

Ling Chao rested his elbows on his knees, clasped his fingers against his chin, his eyes followed the movement of the players on the court, but his mind was a little empty.

This is the second time he has been pulled to watch the game in the past few days. Although he can't play and really doesn't understand the game, the boy still has a love for sports in essence.

Basketball is a team sport. The first thing to pay attention to is the tacit cooperation among the players, and then talk about individual skills.If there is no cooperation, it is difficult to win a personal show.

This is different from Sanda.Sanda is independent, you only need to practice your own skills, attack the opponent quickly and accurately on the field, grasp the opponent's weakness and defeat the opponent to win.

Ling Chao is looking forward to the next sports meeting, but he doesn't know if Gu Yuan will participate.

The next day, the morning reading bell rang, but Gu Yuan didn't come.

Usually he didn't come early, and he always waited for the bell to ring, but today was the first time the bell rang and no one came yet.

What's wrong?over slept?

Today's morning class Du Lin came over and took a look before leaving, as if she didn't respond to the fact that one student was missing.

Morning reading only takes half an hour, but Ling Chao feels like several hours have passed.

Gu Yuan didn't show up until the end of get out of class.

Ling Chao couldn't help sending Gu Yuan a WeChat: "Why didn't you come to class today?"

After sending, he lay down on the table and stared at the phone in a daze.

Wang Tian turned around and knocked on his desk and asked, "Ling Chao, why didn't you see Gu Yuan today?"

"I don't know either." Ling Chao was still staring at the phone waiting for a reply, but there was no response on the screen.

"Did you ask for leave? I don't think Erlin responded in the morning." Wang Tian said.

asked for leave?Yeah?What's the matter?

Ling Chao thought back on yesterday's situation, and he didn't feel that Gu Yuan was any different. He still attended class seriously and worked hard on the questions.

The first class is about to start, and Ling Chao has not received a reply.He hesitated to call the phone, but no one answered until the voice prompt sounded.

The third period in the morning was English class. After class, Du Lin packed up the textbooks and handouts and went out. Ling Chao followed her out.

"Teacher Du" Ling Chao called out.

Du Lin stopped and looked back at him: "What's wrong?"

"Well, I want to ask, do you know why Gu Yuan didn't come to class today?" Ling Chao took two steps forward and stood in front of her and asked.

"Gu Yuan, he asked me for leave this morning, saying he was sick." Du Lin replied.

"Ill? What's wrong?" Ling Chao was a little anxious.

"I don't know the details. He said he had a fever." Du Lin looked at him anxiously, and patted his arm: "I didn't expect you two to have a good relationship. You should be fine. Don't worry too much."

Ling Chao has been restless since morning till now, and he is in a daze in class.The WeChat message has not been answered, and he will call after every class, but no one has answered.It's impossible to say he's not worried.Now that he heard that Gu Yuan was sick and asked for leave, he became even more worried.With Gu Yuan's forbearable temper, if it wasn't particularly serious, how could he not come to class?

"Teacher, do you know where Gu Yuan lives? I want to visit him at noon." Ling Chao asked.

"It's okay, Gu Yuan seems to be here alone. I really can't leave school today, the class is too full, and I have another meeting at noon, otherwise I will go with you." Du Lin raised her hand and looked at the time, She still has a class in the next class, so she has to go back to the office to get something: "Well, you go back first, I will go to the office to find the address and send you a text message."

"Okay, thank you teacher." Ling Chao nodded and thanked before turning back to the classroom.

Du Lin's text message arrived very quickly.Ling Chao looked at Gu Yuan's address on the map. It was six or seven kilometers away from the school, and the bus would take ten stops, which was quite far.

Ling Chao hurriedly called Aunt Chen again and said that he would not go back for lunch at noon.

No one answered Gu Yuan's phone call.Forget it, let's go and have a look at noon.

Knowing that Gu Yuan asked for leave instead of having no news, Ling Chao felt relieved a lot.Although I still feel worried if I don’t answer the phone or answer the WeChat, but there is only one class after all.

I took a taxi to the place where Gu Yuan lived, but the road ahead was too narrow, so the car could only park at the entrance of the alley.Ling Chao got out of the car and looked around. This place should be an old residential area, with old-fashioned buildings, intertwined cables, dusty air-conditioning units, and mottled walls that have been exposed to the sun and rain for a long time.

There are various small shops on both sides of the alley, and the first floor is the residents.It's noon now, there are still oily fumes floating in many windows, and the air is filled with the aroma of vegetables.It's quite lively here, compared to the neighborhood I live in, it's simply too lively.

Following the address on Du Lin's text message, he walked in the alley for a long time, and finally found the building where Gu Yuan was located.

This building is very old, even older than the previous ones near the entrance of the alley. In the narrow space at the entrance of the corridor, there are a lot of broken copper and iron and various bottles and cans. Only one person can pass through. The void leads to the stairs.

Lime blocks that had fallen from the wall were scattered in the corners of the steps, and streaks of moldy water spread across the walls.

Walking up the stairs, the surroundings are getting darker and darker, and the light coming in from the small window of the vent is not enough to illuminate the entire corridor.The sensor light came on in response to the sound of footsteps, but it was extremely faint, as if a layer of orange mist had been cast in the surrounding air.

Gu Yuan lived on the third floor, and Ling Chao made a phone call while walking up, but still no one answered.

At the door, Ling Chao looked around.There are only two households on each floor, and Gu Yuan lives on the right. There is also a security bar on the door, just an ordinary light yellow wooden door, and there is no doorbell.

Ling Chao knocked lightly on the door, but didn't respond for a long time. After thinking about it, he took a few more shots: "Gu Yuan, are you home?"

After taking more than a dozen shots, I finally heard the sound of the door lock being turned.The door opened from the inside, and Gu Yuan in the room looked at Ling Chao in surprise, and didn't recover for a long time.