Difficult to heal

The first day of the sports meeting passed quickly, and the rest had nothing to do with the third year of high school.

All kinds of laughter on the playground kept coming out of the window, and the "ascetic monks" in the classroom were so jealous that their teeth ached, they glanced out from time to time, sighed, and buried themselves in the sea of ​​questions with bitter hatred.

Fortunately, this frenzied comparison only lasted for two days. Once the sports meeting was over, the National Day was approaching.

Although the school only gives three days off, and there is so much homework that it can be used to fill the sea, it does not prevent a group of students from radiating energy as if they have graduated, and they call it the National Celebration.

After returning from the counterfeit that day, Lu Shu sent some messages to Ruan Shufan one after another, adding a lot of ideas to the original basis, and gradually perfecting the structural design of the globe.

The finished product came out two days before Xiu Qinjiang's birthday, and Ruan Shufan immediately poked over on WeChat.

- It's perfect, I won't take pictures for you to see, I will leave some surprises, when will you come over?

- Tomorrow night.

- Remember to close before six o'clock and after six o'clock.

-OK.

As soon as the time was finalized, Lu Shu was thinking about whether to give it away as soon as he got it or after zero o'clock, but Xuan Qinjiang suddenly received a notice to leave Yining early tomorrow morning to go to the capital to participate in the pre-IMO training camp.

Shen Han personally helped Xiu Qinjiang pack his luggage, and said with great reluctance: "Qinjiang, how long will it take you to go this time?"

"About two months." Su Qinjiang said.

He didn't have many things, and he didn't have time to play with models and assembly when he went to the training camp. He just took a few sets of clothes and daily necessities and he was done.

On the other hand, Shen Han kept stuffing things into the suitcase, for food and use, wishing he could stuff the kitchen into it.

Seeing that she was already plugging in the portable juicer, Xu Qinjiang hurriedly stopped her: "Auntie, this one is unnecessary."

Shen Han insisted: "The training camp is so hard, you should drink more juice to supplement your vitamins, and then I will send you some boxes of fruit—oh yes, and eggs."

"...There is a cafeteria in the training camp, I'll buy it there." Xuan Qinjiang said helplessly, "Auntie, don't worry, there are too many things and it's not easy to take."

Shen Han put down the juicer and said: "The day after tomorrow is your birthday, birthday, aunt originally wanted to take you and Yanyan out to play."

Her tone was low: "You have grown up so much, you have never been to such a far place alone, and you will go for more than two months, how can you make me feel at ease."

Xiu Qinjiang walked around a pile of things on the ground, stepped forward to give her a hug, and said, "I'll call you, there are classmates and teachers over there, it's safe."

"I know, I'm not worried about that."

Xiu Qinjiang said again: "There will be another birthday, and I will go out to play every year in the future. Auntie, don't be unhappy."

Shen Han touched his face: "Auntie is not unhappy, you are going to study and participate in the competition, how can you be unhappy."

She paused for a few seconds and sighed: "Auntie just doesn't want to part with it. I'm very proud to see you are so good, but sometimes I hope that you can rely on me more."

Xiu Qinjiang didn't know what to say, so he could only pat her on the back to comfort her.

Lu Shu, who had been silent by the side, finally opened his mouth at this moment, with a calm tone: "What time is the plane tomorrow?"

"Ten o'clock." Xuan Qinjiang said, "there will be a car to pick you up in the morning."

"En." Lu Shu responded lightly, "Clean it up, before it's too late."

After finishing speaking, he turned and went into his room.

Xiu Qinjiang watched his back disappear, squatted down and pulled the suitcase aside, walked to the door of Lu Shu's room, and knocked three times.

No one answered, he opened the door and entered.

Lu Shu sat on the carpet in a relaxed posture, with one leg bent, his arm resting on it, and his eyes looking at the projection board on the wall.

The projector is turned on, and the movie screen is playing.

Xiu Qinjiang glanced at it, and it was "The Silence of the Lambs".

"Look so cruel." Su Qinjiang sat down beside him, and said with a smile, "You're in a bad mood?"

Lu Shu didn't look back, and asked himself, "Is it packed?"

"Not much."

Lu Shu remained silent again.

Xiu Qinjiang got off the bed with a pillow, put it on Lu Shu's lap, and lay down on it.

Lu Shu lowered his eyes and clasped his chin: "Very conscious?"

Xiu Qinjiang closed his eyes, his lips were puckered slightly, and he said vaguely, "It's my birthday the day after tomorrow, do you have any presents for me?"

"No." Lu Shu let go of him, acting very unkind.

"nothing?"

"No one is here," Lu Shu retorted, "Do you still want a present?"

The corner of Xiu Qinjiang's mouth raised a slight arc: "I'm really angry."

Lu Shu made a gesture to push him, but Xuan Qinjiang immediately opened his eyes and pressed the opponent's arm.

Lu Shu lowered his face: "Release."

Xiu Qinjiang sat up, faced him face to face, restrained his smile and said seriously: "You have to tell me if you are angry."

Lu Shu raised his eyes and looked at him: "So?"

"Yan," Su Qinjiang called his name, very seriously, saying every word, "If my English is a little better, I will not go to this competition."

"No, I want to live with you."

Lu Shu had a cold expression on his face.

Xiu Qinjiang's expression became a little lonely, and his brows were full of sadness: "But my English is so bad that I am not qualified. I will go to the same university as you in the future."

He said: "Compared with my birthday, I am more afraid of missing the place where I can go with you."

Lu Shu's expression changed slightly, he didn't expect Xiu Qinjiang to say these words.

In fact, I am not angry, I am lost and unwilling.

As Xiu Qinjiang said, it was different, he wanted to live with him.

Thinking of Xiu Qinjiang who was the first to see it, he was unwilling to miss it so easily.

"Yan, you can be angry, but you can't ignore me." Chu Qinjiang grabbed him, squeezed his fingertips and said, "You ignore me, I don't want to go anywhere."

The two stared at each other silently in the silence, only the very soft background sound of the movie remained beside them.

The room is not very bright, and the black and white flickering lights and shadows are floating, projected in the square inch, forming a just right rectangle.

The two of them are framed in it, as if locked in a lock, and the ground is a prison.

A faint and imperceptible emotion flashed across Lu Shu's eyes.

A line sounded on the screen at the right time - "How did we start to covet? We covet the things we see every day."

"Understood." Lu Shu said, "I don't want to wait too long this time, come back earlier."

—

The next morning, Lu Shu, Shen Han and Lu Mingheng sent Xiu Qinjiang to the car at the gate of the community.

The school is quite humane, and specially sent a car and a teacher to accompany Xiu Qinjiang to the airport.

Shen Han greeted the teacher, reluctantly gave Xiu Qinjiang a hug, and urged: "Call when you get off the plane, you must take care of yourself, and find a teacher or classmate in time if you have difficulties, you know? "

Chu Qinjiang nodded: "Okay."

Lu Mingheng picked up the point and said: "Pay attention to personal safety when you are outside, property is second, if you don't have enough money, tell us, and have a good relationship with your roommates and classmates."

"Yes, I know."

After the two parents finished explaining one by one, Xiu Qinjiang finally freed up to say goodbye to Lu Shu.

He said softly, "I'm leaving."

Lu Shu responded, "Come back safely."

Xiu Qinjiang opened his arms, gave him a brief hug, carried his luggage into the trunk, got into the car and closed the door.

The car window was rolled down, and he waved his hand: "Go in, don't stand here."

Shen Han's eyes were slightly red, and he waved his hand in response: "Be careful--"

The vehicle moved away slowly, merged into the wave-like traffic flow, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Lu Shu looked back and went home with his parents.

In the afternoon, he went to the counterfeit to get Chu Qinjiang's birthday present.

The gift was wrapped in a starry sky gray box, which was beautifully packaged, and the finished product inside could not be seen.

"I packed it for you for free, don't forget to introduce me to business." Ruan Shufan laughed.

Lu Shu looked at the box, and as always had nothing good to say: "Are you afraid that it will be too ugly, and I will return it temporarily?"

Ruan Shufan said with a hey, "You kids, why do you owe more to each other?"

"Thanks."

Lu Shu picked up the box, opened the curtain and walked out.

Ruan Shufan reminded in a low voice: "If you are not satisfied, don't return the product——"

After Xiu Qinjiang got off the plane, the training camp teacher was already waiting to pick him up.

The teacher is a middle-aged Mediterranean with a chubby smile and looks like Lao Hong.

Xiu Qinjiang came here alone, with no acquaintances around him, and subconsciously became anxious. Seeing this teacher at this moment, he couldn't help but relax his tense nerves.

After meeting, the two headed to the training camp.

He sent a message to Lu Shu first, and then called Shen Han.

Shen Han immediately picked it up: "Are you there?"

"Just arrived, now go to the training camp." Xiu Qinjiang said.

Shen Han said worriedly: "After arriving at the training camp, you should eat quickly. Don't be hungry after noon. It's dry over there. Eat more fruits."

Xiu Qinjiang said obediently: "Okay, I'll wait and eat."

Then he asked, "Where is Yan?"

No one replied to the message sent in the past.

"Yanyan went out, I will tell him when he comes back."

"Ah."

After chatting for a few words and hanging up the phone, Xiu Qinjiang felt a little uneasy.

He has traveled back and forth to the capital many times, and each time he felt it was difficult. Seven years of treatment may sound like a number without weight, but it is more difficult than anything else. With the company of his family, he has come to this day.

Every street and every corner we pass here, accompanied by the smell of disinfectant water and the mechanical sound of medical equipment, is rooted in the memory, like a shadow.

Fortunately, except for the last time, there are roads around.

But this time still not.

The familiar scenery passing by outside the car window is gray and lacks sunlight, which makes people bored for no reason.

Seeing that Xiu Qinjiang was not in high spirits, the teacher smiled and said, "Are you not getting used to it? It was like this when you first came here. I heard that you are from the south. You should come here rarely. Miss your family?"

Xiu Qinjiang neither denied nor admitted, just said: "I'm a little tired."

"It's really tiring to catch the plane in the early morning. I will go to the dormitory to have a good rest later, relax, and don't be tense," the teacher joked.

Xuan Qinjiang nodded, but did not speak.

After a few 10-minute drive, I finally arrived at the training camp.

The training camp was specially built for domestic competition training in the past two years. There are teaching buildings, canteens and convenience stores, etc. Even if you can’t go out at will during the period, you can still meet most of your daily needs.

The teacher sent the person to the dormitory and then left. Xu Qinjiang pushed the box in, and someone was already inside.

The man was making the bed, seeing this, he supported the ladder, jumped down quickly, and said enthusiastically, "Hello, do you want to help?"

"No, thank you." Chu Qinjiang declined, and put the box aside, "I don't have many things."

"My name is Tang Yun, Yun next to the Japanese character." Tang Yun is tall and big, with a neat head and a straightforward person.

He took out two oranges from the black plastic bag on the table, put them on the table of Chu Qinjiang, and said, "It's just the two of us here."

Xiu Qinjiang looked around the dormitory.

There are few students in the national training team, there are two people in a dormitory, and the bed and desk are spacious, and because the decoration has not been long, everything looks new.

The roommate is also familiar, so it shouldn't be too difficult to get along with.

"Thank you."

Chu Qinjiang opened the suitcase, took a few glutinous rice cakes wrapped by Shen Han, and said courteously: "Chu Qinjiang, the admired Qin, the river of Jiangshui."

Tang Yun picked it up and asked curiously, "Is it rice cake balls? What stuffing?"

"Nuomi," said Xi Qinjiang, squatting halfway, arranging his clothes, "two flavors, custard quicksand and red bean stuffing."

"Are you from the south? It sounds like you're speaking." Tang Yun unwrapped glutinous rice cakes and took a bite. "I've only heard of this stuff—it's so sweet, not bad, and delicious."

Xiu Qinjiang hummed, and the two of them chatted one after another.

After simply tidying up for a while and making the bed, Tang Yun suggested: "Go to the cafeteria? I'm a little hungry."

Xiu Qinjiang responded, "Let's go."

Just as he was about to go out, the phone in his pocket vibrated.

I took it out and saw that it was a video call from Lu Shuan.

Seeing him stop, Tang Yun asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'll take a video."

"Okay, take it." Tang Yun pulled up a chair and sat down, "I'll wait for you later."

Xiu Qinjiang walked to the window, found an angle with good lighting, and clicked on.

"Where have you been?"

Lu Shu's face appeared on the screen. There was water on his hair and forehead. He probably just washed his face, and his brows and eyes were refreshed.

Xiu Qinjiang held the phone and turned it around: "In the dormitory."

When the video caught Tang Yun who was playing with his mobile phone with Erlang's legs crossed, Lu Shu raised his eyebrows: "Your roommate?"

"Ah."

Lu Shu smiled: "Are you used to it?"

"It's okay for now." Qin Qinjiang said, "Did you go out before?"

Lu Shu didn't say anything, but said, "I took something."

"I thought you were playing with Tang Xingchen and the others."

"I went to play just after you left, isn't it appropriate?" Lu Shu teased casually.

Xiu Qinjiang smiled: "Does that mean you can go out to play later?"

"Yes." Lu Shu drew a long tone, "Preparing for a seven-day trip to Hawaii."

"Tang Xingchen has been kicked out of the house." Chu Qinjiang pretended to be puzzled, "I'm penniless, how can I go on a seven-day tour with you?"

"As much as can be squeezed out." Lu Shu said, "As much as can be squeezed out."

After speaking, both of them were happy.

Lu Shu paid attention to the time: "It's past one, have you eaten yet?"

"Ready to eat." Chu Qinjiang asked, "What about you?"

"No." Lu Shu said in a leisurely tone, "Your good aunt, she and her husband are living a two-person world."

Xiu Qinjiang smiled unconscionably: "Okay, let's go eat."

The two said goodbye and turned off the video.

"Okay, let's go." Su Qinjiang called Tang Yun.

Tang Yun glanced at him: "Friend?"

Xiu Qinjiang shook his head: "Brother."

"Brother?"

"No." That's all Xu Qinjiang said.

Although Tang Yun was a little puzzled, he didn't ask any further questions. He smiled and said, "I think you two have a good relationship."

Xiu Qinjiang talked and laughed freely: "It's not a feeling, it's pretty good."

After dinner, I have nothing to do in the afternoon. It is said that there is an opening ceremony, but it will be tomorrow.

Pulling out a book from the box, Xiu Qinjiang sat at the desk and flipped through it.

Tang Yun leaned over: "A competition question?"

"novel."

He read very slowly, and it took him a long time to turn a page.

""Red and Black", so interested?" Tang Yun looked at it carefully and exclaimed, "It's still in English."

"There's a Chinese translation, but I don't understand English very well," said Xiu Qinjiang.

"I don't understand academic masters who are not partial to subjects." Tang Yun climbed onto the bed, "I'll continue to focus on my mathematics."

Xiu Qinjiang smiled slightly, but did not speak.

This book was given to him by Lu Shu. He said that he could cultivate his sense of language in his spare time. There were some notes on it, which Lu Shu himself marked.

Xiu Qinjiang liked it very much.

After watching it all afternoon, I went to the cafeteria to eat as usual in the evening.

Lying on the bed after taking a shower, he opened the dialog box, wanted to chat with Lu Shu, and sent a voice message, but the other party didn't know what he was doing, and never replied.

The bedroom is very quiet, only the occasional sound of Tang Yun turning the pages of the book.

Xiu Qinjiang's mind gradually drifted away, and when his consciousness was blurred, a very small voice suddenly came from his ear.

He was a light sleeper, so he woke up immediately, and sat up quickly.

The lights in the dormitory have been turned off, Tang Yun was sitting on the bedside playing with his mobile phone, when he saw him sitting up suddenly as if sleepwalking, he asked, "What's wrong with you, did you have a nightmare?"

"Did you hear that?" Xu Qinjiang frowned and asked.

"What did you hear?" Tang Yun was startled by his serious tone, and suddenly his back felt cold, "Don't scare me."

dong dong——

Another sound came, and Xuan Qinjiang immediately rolled over and got out of bed.

"Fuck!" Tang Yun hugged the quilt tightly, "What is it, a mouse?"

Xiu Qinjiang looked around and confirmed that the sound did not come from the room.

He paused for a moment, and pulled the curtains aside by a ghost, and was immediately shocked by the unexpected scene in front of him.

At the height of the five-story building, in the dark night outside the window, a small drone hovered steadily.

On the drone, an orange rose was pinned.

The movement just now was caused by a drone.

During Tang Yun's series of "what the hell", the cell phone that Xiu Qinjiang threw on the bed suddenly buzzed.

He faintly sensed something, his heartbeat began to be unsteady, and he quickly climbed up to answer the phone, holding the phone by his ear.

The night wind blew past, and Lu Suan's smiling voice disappeared into it: "The door is not allowed to enter, there is no other way, I can only let you run."

"Take the flowers and follow the drone," he said, "I'm coming for you."