wild boy

wild boy 33

The school deliberately chose June [-]st to hold the graduation ceremony.The branches of trees on the boulevard sprinkled spots of broken light, lighting up the fluttering corners of the teenagers' clothes.Everything is young and full of vitality, and the future is full of infinite possibilities.

After the class finished taking graduation photos, it was free time for students and their families.Ren Zhou led Ren Chengnian to shuttle among the many students, and finally found Gu Zinan who was sitting by the school fountain.With his back to the crowd, he leaned his head up against the stone sculpture behind him alone, his thin white shirt fluttering with the wind, like a bird about to flap its wings.

"Ah Nan?" Ren Zhou patted Gu Zinan's shoulder from behind.

Gu Zinan frowned and turned her head, saw Ren Chengnian standing there in a suit, and slowly got up: "Uncle."

"Come on, I'll take a picture of you two, I have to wash it out as a souvenir!" Ren Chengnian wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, stepped back a few steps with a smile, and framed the two boys, one tall and one short, with the lens.

There was a group of girls taking pictures next to him, Gu Zinan casually put his hands on Ren Zhou's shoulders to block the crowd who might squeeze over.The fountain flashes colorful soft lines under the sun, and under the blue sky, the young face is easily frozen in the picture, which is so beautiful that it makes people sigh.

On June [-]th, all high school seniors left school.Ren Zhou was not as crazy as others, he bundled all the exercise books into bundles, and shipped them back and forth with Ren Chengnian several times.When he walked out of the school gate, the results of the last mock exam were still scrolling on the big screen. Ren Zhou looked back, only to see the summer twilight smudged against the horizon, with a thin layer of red and a layer of taro purple.

This is his last memory of this high school.There are no friends who have fought hard together, no brothers who play ball and buy drinks, and no lingering love.Ren Zhou nestled on the back seat, wrapped his hands around his chest, and the evening wind brushed the tips of his hair as softly as a kiss.

But he didn't lose Gu Zinan, that's enough.

Gu Zinan put the test papers ordered a few days ago into her schoolbag, and threw the rest in the trash can in the corridor.In fact, he just came back from his homeroom teacher, and in the last mock test, he has improved by more than 100 times in the grade.

The homeroom teacher in his 40s patted him on the shoulder with relief, gave him a lot of advice, and finally said with regret, "If you have been sprinting since the second year of high school, now you are..."

Gu Zinan clutched the report card, pursed her lips, and finally couldn't help asking: "Teacher, is it possible to get an S degree with this grade?"

The homeroom teacher was slightly taken aback, and then smiled: "Your current grades are enough to be chosen randomly in any school in the city. But you have to work hard to get into S University, and you have to be lucky."

The head teacher was still saying something kindly, but Gu Zinan couldn't listen anymore.

He never loses his goal in doing things, and he will do what he sees to the end.Whether it is to follow Jia Yu willfully, or to keep a piece of pure land in Ren Zhou's heart forever.Unlike other ordinary high school seniors, Gu Zinan has never been bound by the college entrance examination. Even before the Renzhou competition, the idea of ​​"being a bartender for a lifetime and doing nothing like this" flashed through his mind.

But something has changed.So he started to learn blindfolded.Even if he starts from zero and sees darkness in front of him, he can still move slowly following Ren Zhou's light from a long distance.

He's not a genius after all.Gu Zinan smiled self-deprecatingly, and packed everything silently.When he walked out of the classroom, he happened to see Ren Zhou get in the car and drive away.He leaned over the railing and watched the black car turn into a small dot, his face gradually blurred in the ambiguous sunset.

People should dream less, sure enough.

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On the evening before the college entrance examination, Ren Zhou excitedly went to Shenqian to find Gu Zinan, but before he reached the door, he heard a loud and meowing cat in the depths of the alley.He moved over slowly and found that Gu Zinan was squatting there in casual clothes with his back facing him.When he got closer, he saw a very small cat raising its head and barking hard at Gu Zinan.

The kitten was not even born yet, so it didn't even have the strength to stand up, leaning against a slender orange cat behind it.The adult orange cat twisted in a strange posture, the slightly opened cat's mouth was frothed and stiff.

Gu Zinan turned her back to Ren Zhou, and said in a calm voice, "I've been coming here with the baby in my mouth since last week, I thought it was to ask for more food...you are clever."

Ren Zhou had also seen that cat several times.Since Gu Zinan met this stray cat two years ago, every time he left some fish tails and shrimp heads, he would put them on a small plastic plate in the back kitchen, and the cat would sit and wait, instead of eating them on the spot, but instead and leave slowly.The number of times is too many, and occasionally she rubs against his leg to act like a baby.Now it seems that the mother cat deliberately came here with the baby in her mouth before she died.Ren Zhou couldn't see the other person's expression, but his chest hurt slightly, and he couldn't help but gently pressed his hand on Gu Zinan's shoulder.

"How could it..."

Gu Zinan quickly cut off his words and stood up: "Eating rat poison, or being fed the wrong thing. It doesn't matter, life is so fragile, and all living things are the same."

He finished speaking coldly, but was stopped by Ren Zhou.

"It doesn't matter. Doesn't this life continue now? Ah Nan can choose to continue feeding it."

He looked over Gu Zinan's shoulder and looked at the kitten, which was weak but still screaming desperately.A poor wild boy, as if knowing that this is its only chance to survive, is constantly bursting out all the strength in its small body.

Gu Zinan's thin lips were tightly pursed, and her eyes were slightly red.After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Sooner or later, you will die. There is no need to waste time and feelings." Then, he walked around Ren Zhou to the alley.

Ren Zhou took a deep breath, and carefully bent over to hold the kitten in his palm.A light layer of goosebumps appeared on his skin, and then slowly disappeared.

He held the kitten gently on his chest, and caught up with Gu Zinan who was striding forward.He obviously came here because he remembered that he hadn't fed the cat, and he was still holding on!

Gu Zinan glanced at Ren Zhou who was holding the kitten in surprise, and turned his head away.Ren Zhou ran in a hurry, with a thin layer of sweat on his head. Seeing Gu Zinan's unmoved look, he felt a little angry in his heart. He put one hand into his trouser pocket, took out a small bag and smashed it into Gu Zinan's arms inside.

It is a small bag finely woven with green silk and hooked with a silver thread, with the words "Lingyan Temple" on it.

"I climbed the mountain with my father for more than an hour in the morning, and I begged for one for you!" Ren Zhou was a little angry, and the kitten finally calmed down, and just kept pushing into his arms, making a coquettish sound screaming.

Gu Zinan clenched the pouch tightly in a daze, and looked at the serious Ren Zhou.I don't know when it started, but there was a firm and bright light in his eyes.

"Don't punish yourself with your parents' mistakes!" After speaking, Ren Zhou protected the kitten with his left hand, turned and left.After walking two steps, he thought of something and turned around: "Come on tomorrow!"

That smile hit Gu Zinan's eyes, causing ripples in his chest.

He could read that smile as saying: You're fine.

The author says:

Writing and reading should really be a very happy and pure thing.