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There was a muffled sound in the bookstore, which scared Cao Yongle and ran to see—
The bookshelves fell down, and the fallen magazines and newspapers piled up into a small mountain, raising a lot of dust. Fortunately, the people under the paper piles could still snort a few times.
Cao Yongle pulled Qin Sa's head out of the "book mountain". Seeing that he was all right, he was not in a hurry. He slowly picked up the back issues of magazines one by one, and sorted them into categories while turning over them.
The economy is sluggish, the bookstore of an old classmate's house has become yellow, and Cao Yongle has also been laid off by a large Internet company. Now he is looking for a job while helping out at the waste recycling station run by his parents.
"Is this book available for other months? It's in good condition. I'll try putting it on the Confucius website to see if anyone buys it." Cao Yongle picked up a copy of "Boxing and Fighting" and asked Qin Sa.
Qin Sa pulled out his arm, glanced at the stack of books on his stomach, picked out one and threw it to Cao Yongle, and then picked out another...
Magazines with half-naked muscular men on their covers were slapped directly on Cao Yongle's face, making him feel a little dizzy. At this time, a book with a girl printed on the cover finally came over, and he took a good look at it——
The girl has neat little dreadlocks, a delicate slap on her face, and has beautiful facial features that are not inferior to celebrities, but the strong neck and trapezius muscles that support this small face are slightly inconspicuous in terms of the domestic mainstream "white, thin and young" aesthetic. harmonious. Undoubtedly, this is a female boxer.
Cao Yongle watched, frowned slightly, and patted the magazine back on Qin Sa's face: "Do you think she looks like a little princess?"
"How did our little princess become like this?" Surprised by the "muscle princess" in front of him, Qin Sa suddenly got up from the stack of books and turned to the interview page of the cover character according to the catalog index.
"She's called Sun Xi now," Qin Sa glanced at ten lines, "Wow, she has won many boxing championships!"
Qin Sa turned back to the cover and looked at the magazine date: "But she should retire now."
Qin Sa continued to watch the interview and gave a weird laugh: "The reporter asked her if she had a boyfriend, she said no; when she asked if she liked someone, she said that in the third grade of elementary school, a boy in the class lent her two comic books. , for many years after that, she silently liked that boy in her heart."
"In the third grade of elementary school, she didn't transfer school at that time, right? Which buddy in our class woke up so early?" Saying that, Qin Sa took out her mobile phone and opened the group of elementary school classmates. Yongle snatched the magazine back.
Qin Sa is a clever man. As soon as he saw Cao Yongle's expression, he remembered it: "It's you! I'll go! A thousand miles of marriage is a thread, and I have to let the two of you meet!"
A week later, in a teahouse in the city center, Cao Yongle met Sun Xi. Compared with the photo on the cover of the magazine, Sun Xi in casual clothes does not have such striking muscles, but she did not deliberately cover her slightly thick neck, shoulders and arms, and the whole person exudes a confident beauty.
"Gong Zhu!" Cao Yongle subconsciously called out Sun Xi's previous name.
Sun Xi, who was standing at the door of the teahouse, was stunned for a moment. After locking in Cao Yongle following the voice, he walked towards him with vigorous steps while laughing: "You haven't changed much!"
"You've changed a lot!" The five-year-old company's workplace gender equality education is still outstanding. Cao Yongle resisted and didn't praise Sun Xi for being as beautiful as before. Although she was only with Sun Xi for three years when she was young, all her classmates were still impressed by Sun Xi's beauty to this day. Otherwise, with Sun Xi's previous name and the bad intentions of the children, her nickname would not be "Little Princess", for fear that she would be called "Arching Pig".
Cao Yongle himself was given the nickname "Watermelon Taro" because he followed his parents from other villages to scavenge waste in big cities. When he was a child, he had a strong foreign accent. In addition, his parents worked hard and his family was poor, and he was also sloppy, especially in summer. , his white school shirt is always stained with pale pink watermelon stains.
Sun Xi took a seat opposite Cao Yongle, and Cao Yongle helped her pour tea: "It's a good thing Qin Sa can still contact you. How are you doing later?"
Sun Xi was abducted by human traffickers when she was two years old, and was found by her biological parents when she was nine years old. This case was a sensation at the time.
Sun Xi took a sip of tea and smiled playfully: "It's not a bad life, but most of the time I'm in the sports school and I don't go home very often."
When Sun Xi returned home, there was already a six-year-old sister at home. The younger sister was used to being the only daughter, and hated this elder sister who fell from the sky. She always said that Sun Xi stole her things, which made the atmosphere in the house very tense. So when the sports school selected candidates, Sun Xi signed up, lived in the sports school dormitory, and practiced boxing.
"I heard that your sister is going to get married." The poor's children are already in charge of the family. Cao Yongle understands the sophistication of the world, so he didn't ask any more questions.
Sun Xi raised her eyebrows: "So well-informed? Did you ask me specifically?"
"Isn't there Qin Sa's 'bag inquiring'!" Cao Yongle also laughed.
The two hadn't seen each other for almost 20 years, and they didn't know each other very well when they were classmates back then, but when they met again after a long absence, they got acquainted again without much chatting.
Sun Xi's smile gradually faded, staring at the teapot and sighing.
"What? Your brother-in-law's family is very particular, is it taboo for your sister to marry before your sister?" Cao Yongle asked. This is still the case in his rural hometown.
Sun Xigang wanted to shake his head, but suddenly became playful: "Yes!"
"According to the plot of the idol drama, should we fake marriage next?" Cao Yongle saw that Sun Xi was joking, so he also caught the joke.
The two laughed together for a while. When the waiter came to refill the water, Cao Yongle asked Sun Xi seriously: "If there is anything bothering you, tell me, and I will help if I can."
Sun Xi bit her lip and hesitated for a while, then finally raised her head and stared into Cao Yongle's eyes and said, "My sister's engagement ring was lost, I just went home for dinner that day, she insisted that I stole it, and now she is angry with her family, If you can't find a ring, you won't get married."
"Is there a photo of the ring? I can try to find it." In the waste recycling business, you will know some people who are in a shameful business. If something is stolen and picked up outside, as long as the book has not been leaked City, Cao Yongle has a certain probability to help find it back.
The tea in the pot was refilled twice, and it was a little bland, and the two of them had almost chatted. Sun Xixian got up and didn't rush to check out with Cao Yongle.
"Next time I'll ask." She said and went out, waiting for Cao Yongle outside the door.
Cao Yongle came out after paying the bill, and it was really pleasing to see the sun shining on Sun Xi's healthy complexion.
"It's good that you are more cheerful than before." He was a little embarrassed before he came today, but seeing Sun Xi in such a good state, he felt that today's meeting would make him happy for at least a week.
Sun Xixu clenched his fist and pounded on Cao Yongle's muscleless chest, "Fixing and fitness!"
The two smiled and waved goodbye. After walking a few steps, Cao Yongle couldn't help but turned back and shouted, "Sun Xi!"
Sun Xi turned around and moved like a rabbit: "You can call it anything, it's all me!"
Cao Yongle glanced at Sun Xi one more time, feeling that he could be happier for another week.
Two weeks later, Sun Xi received a call from Cao Yongle, saying that the ring had been found.
This time they met in the evening and had a barbecue at a roadside food stall, and Sun Xi treated them. After the meal was full, the store sent a few pieces of watermelon, and Sun Xi's stomach was full, so they all belonged to Cao Yongle.
Cao Yongle shaves less frequently when he doesn't go to work. The beard on his chin grows longer, and watermelon juice drips down his beard on his white T-shirt.
After taking the tissue from Sun Xi, he laughed at himself: "I'm a watermelon Taro again."
"It's fine, it's easy to wash, just run the washing machine when you get home." Sun Xi didn't dislike it at all, resting her elbows on the table, holding her cheeks in her hands, and staring at Cao Yongle eating watermelon with a smile, as if watching What can't see enough baby.
"I'm very curious about one thing. When you were young, you always wore white skirts and small white shoes, and your clothes never got dirty, and even if it rained heavily, your white shoes wouldn't get any dirt on them. Do you know how to do it lightly? ?" Cao Yongle sloppily finished eating the last piece of watermelon, and the front of the T-shirt had turned pale pink.
"You paid so much attention to me when you were young?" Sun Xi tilted her head and looked at Cao Yongle with half-open eyes.
In the dark night, under the street lights, Cao Yongle's dark face was stunned by Sun Xi's gaze. He grabbed a large amount of tissue paper and wiped his mouth, stood up, and said, "You were a little princess when you were young, who...who...who doesn't pay attention to you in the class."
He stuttered.
Sun Xiliang showed his little white teeth, smiled slyly, and also stood up: "There is a TV series called "Swallow Li San", which was previously released by Central Eight. If you have time to watch that film, you will know how Qinggong was developed. already."
She said carrying a huge gym bag and walked towards the subway station alone. Just a few steps away, she jumped back and shouted, "Cao Yongle!"
After shouting, he didn't give Cao Yongle time to react, so he jumped and ran away.
Cao Yongle stood still, his mouth was dry, he asked the store for a few pieces of watermelon, and squatted next to Malu Yazi to finish eating, and then he lost his anger.
The next day, Sun Xi went back to her parents' house after get off work and gave the ring to her sister. The younger sister was still angry, and the parents did not dare to keep the eldest daughter for dinner, so Sun Xi put down her things and left.
Before entering the elevator, Sun Xi received a call from a colleague and asked her to help for the night shift. After Sun Xiying got down, she remembered that she didn't bring a change of clothes, and it was too late to go back to her home to get them.
There were still a few pieces of his own clothes at his parents' house, so Sun Xizhe went back and took the key to open the door. Her parents were busy in the kitchen, turning on the range hood, and didn't hear her coming back.
Sun Xi hasn't come back to live for a long time, her room has been used as a storage room by her parents, and it is full of sundries. She searched for a long time and couldn't find her clothes, so she wanted to ask her sister. She walked to her sister's door and was about to knock when she heard her sister's phone call——
"I found it a long time ago, and it fell to the ground along the seam next to the sink... I'll keep it when she brings it back. I'm not ashamed. She's been stealing from me since she was a child, and it's not bad. Once or twice, the dog can't stop eating shit..."
Sun Xi gently left and gently closed the security door of her parents' house.
That night, after attending the evening class in the boxing gym for a colleague, Sun Xi simply didn't take a shower because he didn't bring a change of clothes, and walked home in a stinky sweat.
Before entering the subway station, she hesitated for a while, but still called Cao Yongle.
The phone rang many times before Cao Yongle picked it up. Sun Xi heard that the background sound on his side was very noisy, as if he was on the road.
"Have you made up with your sister? Has she apologized to you?" Cao Yongle asked expectantly. Before Sun Xi could answer, he heard a car horn coming from Sun Xi's side and asked, "Are you still outside? I happen to be outside too. Let's meet and talk about anything."
In less than ten minutes, Cao Yongle's pickup was parked at the entrance of the subway station, and the car body was full of dismantled shop decorations. Today, he closed down a boxing gym not far from Sun Xi's work. Received in the KTV.
Cao Yongle got out of the car and was still wearing the white T-shirt from yesterday. In addition to the watermelon stain, there were more stains on his clothes. Knowing that he was dirty, he stopped two steps away from Sun Xi.
"Come closer." Sun Xi waved to Cao Yongle, she didn't have the strength to speak to him loudly.
"I was sweating, dirty and smelly." Cao Yongle lifted the hem of his shirt and wiped the sweat and oil from his face.
"It's okay, I stink too."
Cao Yongle couldn't beat Sun Xi, and when he walked to her side, he smelled the stench of sweat. The two have similar odors, and he is not taboo.
"The little princess stinks when she sweats, doesn't she?" Sun Xi joked with him.
Cao Yongle was about to laugh, and found that Sun Xi's eyes were red, he patted his forehead angrily: "I should have gone with you today, does your sister still doubt you, thinking that you stole it and gave it to her? Back? I forgot to think about that."
"Why didn't you change your clothes?" Sun Xi changed the subject.
"I didn't change because I thought I was going to work today." Cao Yongle licked his lips embarrassedly.
"It's not easy to wash off with oil."
"It's okay, I'll keep it for work in the future."
"Yes, it doesn't matter if it's dirty." Sun Xi said and suddenly hugged Cao Yongle.
The two stinky people hugged each other tightly on the humid and sultry summer night, their sweaty and sticky skin sticking together, and the stains on Cao Yongle's clothes also rubbed onto Sun Xi's body.
"Where did you find the exact same ring? It cost a lot of money, right?" Sun Xi sunk his chin into Cao Yongle's neck and exhaled hot flashes.
Seeing that it was dismantled, Cao Yongle confessed: "It's cheap on Xianyu, and I found someone to carve a word, and it didn't cost much."
"Why have you been so kind to me since childhood? Did you fall in love with me early on?"
A "also", even if she confessed first. Sun Xi has nothing to be ashamed of. She has liked Cao Yongle for many years. If Cao Yongle likes her too, she will spend the remaining years with him.
She was kidnapped at the age of two and used as a tool for traffickers to abduct and sell other children, as well as steal and touch porcelain. Those who are close to ink are black, she has developed a bad habit and often takes things from her classmates. But because she was clean and beautiful, no one ever doubted her, and the sloppy little boy in the class took the blame. Once she saw two comic strips in the little boy's book bucket, and was about to start, when the little boy caught her. But the little boy didn't scold her. He was wearing a light pink school uniform stained with watermelon, and even his smile was as sweet as a watermelon. He said, "I'll lend it to you, and you can return it to me after you've finished reading it." After that, the boy continued to help her bear the blame, never dismantling her, and she never stole anything after that. The boy made her understand that what she likes does not have to be her own, it can be borrowed and repaid.
Cao Yongle felt the heat in his ears, and his breathing became heavy: "Actually, when I was a child, I didn't know what it was like to like. I followed my parents to your house to collect junk, and I feel sorry for you..." He didn't need to read " Swallow Li San" also knows how "Qinggong" is practiced. He has seen the scars on Sun Xi's body.
He was about to hug Sun Xi when Sun Xi suddenly let go of his hand, and the sweat-adhered skin of the two abruptly separated, causing a little pain.
Sun Xi sniffed: "Then I don't like you anymore."
She strode away, borrowing and repaying.
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Summer vacation is the peak season for boxing gyms, and many children who have finished the college entrance examination come to learn boxing. Sun Xi was too busy to be sad, tears were better than sweat.
She takes at least four classes every day from morning to night. When she gets home, she is so tired that she just wants to lie down. She glanced at the WeChat messages that Cao Yongle kept sending her to invite her to dinner, and fell asleep before she could figure out how to get back.
The only annoying thing at work is that there are always people throwing things in the locker room recently. The boxing gym is opened by her and a few teammates. She can't be the shopkeeper. She is always called to watch the surveillance to find the thief.
The four partners took turns watching the surveillance for a week, and finally identified the suspect, the cleaning aunt of the office building where their gym is located.
The other three partners were all boys. The muscular man blocked the old aunt and asked how he was bullying, so he sent Sun Xi to talk with the cleaning aunt. Nothing was lost, and the guests didn't call the police, just a few words of admonition to make things trivial.
So after the students left that night, Sun Xi waited for the cleaning aunt in the lobby of the boxing gym.
Cleaning belongs to the property management of the office building. She has never met this aunt before. When Auntie approached, she stood up and stared at Auntie's face, both of them were stunned.
"Zhuzhu!" Under the aunt's gray hair was an old face, and when she shouted this, every fold was filled with joy.
"You've grown up so much! How are your parents treating you? Are you still suffering from asthma? Have you insisted on doing nebulization? I forgot to keep your medical records at the time. You are allergic to many medicines and can't take them. nor
Last updated: October 5, 2022