growing up

Gu Yuan leaned forward, took a bite of the meat with Ling Chao's hand, chewed it a few times, the taste was not bad.

Just when Wang Tian came over, he looked at Gu Yuan and said, "You go and eat something first, I'll bake it."

"It's okay," Gu Yuan said indifferently, "I'm not too hungry, I'll roast it for you first."

Wang Tian rubbed his neck in embarrassment. Although Gu Yuan's baking skills were definitely higher than his own, he always felt a little bit off when he kept working on someone who was younger than him.After a while, there are dishes that are also fried by Gu Yuan.

"You guys eat first, I won't let him go hungry here." Ling Chao who was next to him made a relief.

He also didn't want Gu Yuan to be tired, but he also understood that Gu Yuan said he came to do it because he really wanted to do it.Usually the classmates in the class are very kind to him, and they will bring Gu Yuan a portion of delicious food and drink.

"Okay," Wang Tian didn't insist anymore, "I'll switch to us in a while, and we'll just eat it and taste it. We'll eat together later when it's ready."

Gu Yuan baked some more, packed them and placed them on the placemat.The rest will be handed over to other students who want to try baking.

The soup that Zhang Cheng Gu was stewing was also fragrant, so Gu Yuan took the lotus root and put it in to continue cooking.

Ling Chao helped him, and the cooking started.

The picnic, which has been busy for more than an hour, is finally ready, and the placemat is full of various foods.Everyone sat cross-legged and gathered together.

Everyone's glasses were filled with beer or drink, and twelve hands were raised for a first touch, for this pleasant outing.

"Brother Chao, why don't you drink something else?" Gu Yuan noticed that Ling Chao had finished drinking a can of beer, and couldn't help but stop him.

"Fortunately," Ling Chaowei squinted his eyes and turned his head to look at him, "I have to practice drinking, otherwise I won't dare to drink with you in the future."

"I have to ride a bike later," Gu Yuan stopped his hand that was stretched out to get a drink, "I'll change your drink."

Ling Chao didn't insist, and let Gu Yuan pour the orange juice for him.

The two of them sat together, surrounded by a dozen classmates, all of whom were quite close.Holding the orange juice, Ling Chao looked forward, slowly approached Gu Yuan's ear, and said softly, "Why do you look so like my housekeeper?"

The fiery breath poured into the ear holes, and there was even an illusion that Ling Chao's lips were pressed against each other.Just in time, a gust of wind blew by, carrying the faint scent of wine exhaled by Ling Chao around Gu Yuan.

Almost instantly, Gu Yuan's ears turned red like fire.He ducked to the other side almost invisible, and lowered his head without even daring to look at Ling Chao.

After Ling Chao finished speaking, he turned around, slowly took a bunch of non-spicy potatoes, and ate them as if nothing had happened.

Neither of them noticed the surprise that flashed across the face of Chen Yu who was sitting on the other side.

After eating and drinking, everyone is a little lazy. The reservoir is really a good place to relax and get close to nature.

Sitting on the grass, backed by mountains, there is a lake-like reservoir on one side and a natural gazebo on the other.

The hillside is densely covered with green trees, and some unknown flowers are scattered among the green leaves.Looking around, eyes are full of emerald green.

At the foot of the mountain are patches of fields, with several huts settled among them.Along the foot of the mountain is a winding road, which is the section they have to pass to get up to the reservoir.

In addition to the rustling of leaves blown by the wind, there is only the occasional chirping of birds when they pass by.The air is fresh, the environment is beautiful and very quiet.

They don't have much time to play here.A few students who live in the school have to catch the late bus to go home in the afternoon, and they will return to the city around five o'clock at the latest.

At the end of the picnic, all the charcoal and wood fires were doused with water.At this moment, the grill was almost cooled, and everyone began to pack up the utensils and garbage, and prepared to take them down the mountain to find a place to throw them away.

Going down is easier than going up, but it's also more dangerous.Chen Yu explained his safety as usual before the mighty team set off for the return journey.

After a day of riding, the few students who don't usually exercise are a little bit strenuous. Even though the fun is fun, after returning the car in the urban area, they are still a little tired.

A few boarding students who wanted to drive the car went back to school to pick up their luggage first. Wang Xiaoxiao was the only one among the girls who had decent physical strength.

It's dinner time now, and the sumptuous meal at noon is almost digested after this journey of exercise. She asked, "Should we have dinner together or go home separately?"

"Go home," said a girl, "I just want to go back and lie down for a while. It's not easy to play this once, and I'm so tired."

"Yeah, I don't want to eat it either, at least not now." Another girl said.

"What about you?" Wang Xiaoxiao looked at Ling Chao and the others.

Ling Chao looked at Chen Yu, then at Gu Yuan, the three of them were fine: "I can do both."

"Why don't you just forget about it," Chen Yu said, "I'll find a chance to get together later."

"Okay," Wang Xiaoxiao said, "then we'll separate here."

"Let me see you off," Chen Yu said, "Gu Yuan and Ling Chao are the opposite of us. Are you going back together?"

"Yeah." Ling Chao nodded.

"Bye, see you the day after tomorrow."

"Goodbye."

After saying goodbye to Chen Yu and the others, Ling Chao was going to stop the car on the road, but was stopped by Gu Yuan: "Let's walk back, it's not too far."

"Oh." Ling Chao responded.

They walked back along the street, Ling Chao suddenly said: "Why don't you go directly to your house, pick up Qingqing and let's go eat hot pot! It's a holiday, we all went out to play and left her alone home."

"Okay," Gu Yuan said, "There is a small road around the corner, which is very close to my house."

It's an alley, the kind you'll find in any city.Formed between a piece of buildings, it requires a strong sense of space and familiarity to walk through accurately.

Here is no more than a road separated by a few walls, there are no vehicles passing by, and there are few pedestrians passing by.Many places appear a bit dark because the buildings are too high to block the sunlight.

The winding path is intricate and intricate, if Gu Yuan hadn't led the way, Ling Chao would definitely not be able to tell the difference between east, west, south, north.

The two teenagers walked slowly, talking softly, and walked through most of the place in a short while.

"Do you have any plans for tomorrow?" Ling Chao asked.

"I have a job I haven't finished yet," Gu Yuan said.

"Then you are busy first, let's go out some time in the afternoon to fight boxing. I haven't gone for two weeks." Ling Chao said.

"Okay." Gu Yuan said, "Don't you have an exam in a few days?"

"Well," Ling Chao said, "it's still a week away, I don't know if I can make it through."

"I've definitely done it," Gu Yuan said, "I believe in you."

Ling Chao smiled: "So confident in me?"

"Of course." Gu Yuan replied without any hesitation.

Ling Chao rubbed his hair and said, "Then I have to work harder, at least to be worthy of my Xiaoyuan's confidence."

They got on a small bridge and walked past a bunch of low, abandoned houses.The half-destroyed walls were dilapidated, and rotten bricks and broken wood were scattered everywhere on the messy ground.

A thick cloud drifted past, just covering the sun in the sky.The suddenly cloudy sky was accompanied by gusts of light wind, which inevitably gave birth to a bit of chill.

This area is so quiet that even the chirping of birds has disappeared.The river under the bridge flows slowly without making any sound.

Ling Chao and Gu Yuan were still talking, and no one cared about the eerie silence.

When a figure suddenly appeared at the turning, Ling Chao could only instinctively react defensively.The arm was hit hard, and the pain instantly spread to the whole body.

He didn't want to cry out in pain, and before hitting another stick, he narrowly grabbed the wrist holding the stick and twisted it. The next second, the opponent's shout sounded.

As soon as the danger in front of him was lifted, the people behind rushed up again, this time towards Gu Yuan.

Ling Chao pulled Gu Yuan behind him, supported Gu Yuan's shoulders with all his strength, and jumped up with a sweeping sweep, kicking the person who was already close to him to the side, just pinching the person next to him.

Ling Chao realized in a short gap that they had encountered a sneak attack.

Everything just happened too fast, the two of them had no psychological preparation at all, and they reacted entirely by their physical instincts.

This group of people seemed to be Hongmao's younger brother before, but Ling Chao quickly scanned around and didn't see Hongmao himself.

He remembered that he and Gu Yuan had met in front of the supermarket some time ago, and they didn't even say a word that time, who would have thought that they would be blocked here today.

Gu Yuan usually wouldn't take this road, because it was different from the way back to school. Today, he walked this way on a whim, but the people on the other side seemed to have come prepared. I chose this sparsely populated place to hide here and wait for them.

This time, both of them were prepared.It wasn't obvious just now, but looking at it now, there are more than [-] people gathered in front of them, and they all have weapons, and their ferocity is fully revealed.

Ling Chao only came in a hurry to say "be careful" to Gu Yuan, and then he had to meet the people who had rushed towards them again.

This semester, Gu Yuan would go to the boxing gym if he had time. Now that He Nuo has a job, he likes to let him go over to discuss it, and take him to play boxing after the end.Inadvertently also increased his force value a lot.

In the first half year of his sophomore year, no one provoked him, and he never really fought again.But the ruthlessness in Gu Yuan's bones is still there, and he is still fighting with that desperate posture at this moment.

There were too many opponents, and the two of them could handle it in the early confrontation, but they also suffered a lot of sticks.The two-hour bike ride has exhausted most of my physical strength, and it is really hard for me to face such a large group of people.

Ling Chao insisted on fighting the opponent, he knew that today's fight must be resolved quickly.

Gu Yuan was still able to handle it, Ling Chao cursed in his heart, showed his previous focus on the field, and only used the most ruthless and tricky tricks to beat the opponents to the ground one after another.

The originally quiet space was broken by this sudden sneak attack, the sound of impact, shouting, cursing, and crying of pain emerged one after another.

Most of the people surrounded Ling Chao and attacked him. They were beaten all over the body, and there were several holes in the clothes, and the clothes were stained with mud and sweat.

The backpack that was dropped at some point rolled on the ground countless times, and the original color was no longer visible on the dust-covered surface.

Ling Chao wanted to yell, but he had no strength left. There were still several people rushing towards him, so he could only continue to fight.

I have never been so embarrassed in my memory, and another stick was hit on the thigh that was too late to retract.He was unsteady and almost fell to the ground, but Gu Yuan immediately pulled him back to stand where he was.

Gu Yuan's eyes were gloomy to the extreme, just happened to get the stick out of the hand of the man who had just been beaten to the ground, and fell to his feet.He picked it up, handed it to Ling Chao, turned around, and kicked the person who was about to attack Ling Chao from behind.

"Can you persevere?" Gu Yuan's voice was unusually gravel, with worry and anger towards that group of people.

"Yes." Ling Chao gritted his teeth and squeezed out a word from between his teeth.

The people on the ground fell down and got up again, but the combat power was not as good as before, and they cowered behind the people in front, only waiting for a sinister blow when they didn't pay attention.

This fight lasted too long, by the time those people didn't dare to step forward, Ling Chao and Gu Yuan were already bruised.

He propped up his knees, raised the wooden stick just now and asked the person in front of him, "Where are you bosses, why did you behave this time and only sent you to follow and attack?"

No one answered Ling Chao's words, they were still cursing rudely.A person over there snorted and glanced behind them, showing a half-smile expression.

Ling Chao just lowered his head to catch his breath, but didn't see it.

Gu Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition hit his brain directly.He turned back, his pupils dilated in an instant.At the same time, he came in a hurry and pushed Ling Chao away who was still bent over.