Defeated By Love - Chapter 3

Shunen couldn’t believe it, nervous and frantic, almost hung up the phone. She calmed her breath and answered the phone.

The next second, the man’s low and thin voice came from that end.

“Who.”

Shunen’s breath stopped, fingers unconsciously picking at the quilt. She opened her mouth and didn’t know what to say for a while.

But the people on the other end are very patient, don’t urge or hang up.

For a long time, Shunen said in an obscure voice: “Hello, is this Xie Ruhe?”

There was no talking for a long time, and it was so quiet that I could not even hear the breathing.

It’s like putting the mobile phone far, far away and forgetting to cut off the sudden call. I don’t care, I don’t know what kind of mood the person opposite made this call.

It was still raining outside the window, and the sound of pouring rain was rustling, accompanied by a strong wind. It overlaps and overlaps with the sound of rain in the memory.

I do not know how long it has been.

The man opened his mouth, his voice was low and dull, cold and non-emotional, like ice cola suddenly stuck to his face, numb with cold.

“You got the wrong person.”

…

Shunian met Xie Ruhe for the first time, and it was also raining in the night like now. They were all chilly, and between exhales and breaths, the taste was cold and moist.

It was in her second year of junior high, in that small place in Shiyan Town.

It takes about twenty minutes to walk home from school.

Winter is coming soon, and it gets dark quickly. The lights on the side of the road are not bright, there are little flying ants flapping their wings inside. The rain in my ears was loud, and the puddles accumulated on the ground were shiny, reflecting the light.

After school, Shunian didn’t want to go home too early, so he finished his homework in the classroom and then left school. Holding an umbrella, she carefully avoided puddles on the ground for fear of staining her shoes.

She walked slowly. It was almost seven o’clock before she reached the position where she could see the water bridge near her home.

After crossing this bridge, I arrived at the residential area where I lived.

Shunian was about to walk over, when he heard abusive sound from the other end from afar. She blinked, thought for a moment, and after a few seconds she overlapped the voice with a voice in her head.

It is Uncle Li Hong who lives next door to her house.

“You said that you kid can do anything?! If it wasn’t for Yu Peng who introduced you, I **** drove you away!” Li Hong was wearing a raincoat, pinching his waist, spitting out, “You said Now these goods are all wet, how can I explain?”

Upon hearing this, Shunian stood on tiptoe and looked sideways.

I saw a tall and thin boy standing in front of Li Hong, his head down at this time. The loose blue and white school uniform jacket, the zipper was not pulled, revealing the short sleeves of the school uniform inside, the pants looked a little short on him, and the water drops fell down the trousers.

His face was covered by rain and fog, only a vague outline could be seen.

Shunen didn’t know what was going on, so he walked over there slowly.

The closer you go, the better you can see the situation there.

Behind the two of them was a small three-wheeled car with several cardboard boxes. There was a roof on the tricycle, but there was a hole in it, raindrops leaked from it, and the outer skin of the box was wrinkled.

Shunian recognized the car as Li Hong’s. The ceiling was originally broken.

Li Hong was still scolding, even pushing Xie Ruhe’s shoulder with his hands, looking domineering.

“Anyway, today’s loss will be offset by your salary!”

Xie Ruhe was pushed back for a while, but still did not say a word, with his head low, from this angle only his exposed nose and lips could be seen, the curve of his jaw stiffened, and the masseter muscles tightened. The whole body was soaked.

In such weather, it seems to be condensing into ice.

The ugly curse continued.

During this period, Shunian walked up to the two of them and gave half of the umbrella to Xie Ruhe.

She is very small, her face is small, her skin is fair and smooth, her features are delicate and delicate, she looks like a porcelain doll.

Shunen looked up at Li Hong who was domineering in front of him, and whispered, “Uncle Li.”

Seeing Shunen, Li Hong’s expression became even more ugly.

“Little kid, get out and go home.”

Shunen immediately corrected: “I am not a kid.”

Li Hong sneered.

Shunian pointed to the position of the tricycle, and said seriously: “I remember that the roof of your car had a hole. Isn’t it a problem with the tools you provided him? You can’t just stop paying him for this. ”

Being poked by her, Li Hong was very upset, and quibbled: “I delivered the goods to him. If the goods went wrong, of course I was looking for him. Is it possible that I would suffer this dumb loss?”

Shunian was stunned, but he didn’t go around and wanted to continue to reason with him.

“But this car—”

“Don’t say it, it’s so annoying.” Li Hong picked his ears, raised his feet and sat on the tricycle, “What kind of stuff is coming to teach me, it’s a **** problem.”

Shunen pursed her lips and said, “Don’t scold someone.”

“What’s wrong with scolding you? If there is a problem with the goods, I will find the delivery person. This is the truth here. What nonsense are you talking to me?” Li Hong turned his head and shouted loudly, “What the fuck!”

After speaking, he did not wait for Shunen to speak, stepped on the pedal and left quickly.

There were only two of them left on the water bridge, silent and speechless.

Shunen scratched his head, but there was no solution, so he turned his head to look at Xie Ruhe next to him and asked, “Does your family live here?”

He didn’t speak or look at her, turned his head and walked in the opposite direction of the residential area.

Shunian was stunned, and quickly followed.

His steps are larger than hers, and Shunian has to trot to keep up with him.

Splashes of water splashed from the shoes on the puddles, stains on the shoes, and all the careful results along the way vanished. Shunian was anxious and couldn’t help but grabbed the corner of his clothes, a little angry: “Hey!”

After hearing the sound, Xie Ruhe paused.

This move caused Shunian’s faint anger to dissipate immediately.

Shunen wrinkled annoyedly when thinking of his impolite scream. She pointed to the umbrella handle and asked in a low voice, “Can you help me get this?”

Shunian raised his eyes, and just happened to hit his line of sight.

His bangs are a bit long, half covering his eyes. Because of this, his eyes are not real.

But it seemed to be confused by her behavior.

But this time Xie Ruhe responded to her words. After a moment of silence, he obediently accepted the umbrella in her hand.

Shunian thanked him softly, and watched him secretly while unzipping the small grid of his schoolbag.

The boy’s hair was wet, water drops fell down the end of the hair, and his face was very pale. The eyelashes are dense and long, like two small fans. The eyes look like painted, clear and distinct. The bridge of the nose is straight and straight, and the lips are purplish frozen underneath.

Shunen doesn’t have much vocabulary, so I can’t think of how to describe his appearance.

The first word that came up in my mind was-“beautiful”.

Although gloomy, he was an extremely beautiful teenager.

She actually didn’t have much to do, she just wanted to give him the umbrella.

Shunen thought about it, took out a mango gummy from his school bag, and placed it in front of him like a comfort.

“Please have a candy.”

Xie Ruhe did not answer.

Shunen looked at him with round eyes, and after a stalemate with him for a while, his grip on Tang became tighter. She sighed like a little adult and put the candy in his pocket.

“It rains… well, don’t get caught in the rain when it rains. My house is here, and I ran back quickly.”

He still ignored her.

Shunen had no temper, and added: “Take your umbrella back, go home early.”

After speaking, she stopped waiting for him to respond, and put her schoolbag on her back.

When he was about to run forward in a hurry, Xie Ruhe suddenly raised the umbrella in front of her. The umbrella covered her completely, and his body was exposed to heavy rain again.

Shunian paused and turned to look at him.

The heavy rain drenched his whole body, and the hair on his forehead was glued into bunches, and his short sleeves were attached to his body, which outlined his slightly thin figure, and the whole person was embarrassed.

Shunen did not answer, his eyes were stained with water vapor in this rainy day, like two black beads soaked in water.

“Aren’t you cold? Why don’t you hold an umbrella.”

Xie Ruhe lowered his eyes, avoiding her sight.

Shunen didn’t know what to say, but after spending so much time on this matter, there was no reason to stop it. She lowered her eyebrows and whispered, “Goodbye then.”

She just took a step forward.

The person next to him also took a step forward.

Shunian looked at him sideways, wondering: “Or do you live here?”

He didn’t move his head, and there was no tendency to nod at all. Shunen had no choice but to say: “Then you go in the umbrella, let’s go.”

Silent all the way.

After crossing the bridge, I kept walking forward and saw a house with an old locust tree in the courtyard. Turn right, walked under the fourth street light, and arrived at Shunian’s home.

She stopped: “I’m here, goodbye.”

Shunian fumbled for the key in his pocket and heard Xie Ruhe’s leaving footsteps behind him.

She opened the door.

When I looked back, Xie Ruhe had already reached the second street light on the road, still holding her umbrella in his hand, and the figure stained by the rain was blurred a lot.

That location happened to be in front of Li Hong’s house.

The tricycle and an old black bicycle were in the small courtyard. He stopped abruptly and looked at the bicycle quietly.

Lights and shadows interlaced on his pale face, and his expression was vague.

Into the house.

Hearing the movement, Deng Qingyu came out of the kitchen. Noting Shunen’s dirty shoes and empty hands, his expression became unsightly: “Why is it so late. Where’s the umbrella? Give it to someone else?”

Shunen took off his shoes and socks and nodded: “I saw a boy who was cheated by Uncle Li Hong for his wages, and he didn’t bring an umbrella, so I gave him the umbrella.”

“I told you hundreds of times!” Deng Qingyu immediately became fierce, “How many people are in the world? You can manage each of them? Take care of yourself first! Don’t listen to your dad’s bullshit. !”

“I don’t have all the people in the world to care about.” Shunen picked up the shoes and walked into the bathroom. “But I can’t ignore it when I see it. An umbrella is not expensive.”

Shunen listened to her very much, except in this respect, as savage as her father. Deng Qingyu didn’t want to hear her say so much, and looked at her: “Are you getting wet? Hurry up and give me a bath. Put your shoes on first.”

Shunian stood in front of the sink and obediently found a basin of blister shoes.

“No, that person sent me back before leaving.”

There was silence for a second.

Deng Qingyu took a deep breath and pulled Shunian out of the bathroom. This time her voice is no longer high, and seriously, trying to make sense to her: “Shunen, I will tell you one last time. There are many bad guys in this world. You can’t always be like this, you are not defensive at all. .”

“But I know everyone around…” Shunen was frightened by her sudden behavior, and she spoke a little hurriedly. “That boy should be about my age, he is still wearing a junior high school uniform.”

“Bad people are of no age. And now the sound of rain is so loud, it can completely cover your voice.” Deng Qingyu closed her eyes and looked tired, “Can you listen to my mother? I can’t control other people, but you are me. Child.”

“…”

“I will go home after school, you know? Don’t stay outside.”

“…”

Shunen lowered his eyes and looked at the floor.

After a long time, she whispered: “Okay.”

Because of this, Shunen couldn’t keep up his energy all day. She felt that she had done nothing wrong, but her mother taught her a lesson, saying that she was as disobedient as a bad child.

After school the next day, Shunen stopped staying in the school and walked towards home with his schoolbag.

The sky is still bright, the rain has stopped, and the ground is getting dry.

On the way home, Shunian was able to meet many neighbors he knew. She clutched the schoolbag belt and walked forward with a heavy heart. Passing by the house with the old locust tree, she suddenly heard the woman talking in it mentioning Li Hong’s name.

Shunen stopped inexplicably and leaned against the wall outside to listen to them chatting.

After listening for a long time, it should be summed up.

Li Hong was out today. He rode his broken bicycle. The brakes failed and hit a tree on the side of the road. Half of his leg broke and he was still lying in the hospital.

Shunen’s expression stagnated, and inexplicably remembered the last scene of yesterday.

The young man stood there, as if he was left alone. Looking at Li Hong’s yard, his expression was dark and full of hostility.

Probably not.

Thinking of what his mother said yesterday, Shunen clenched his fists subconsciously, and continued walking in confusion.

It’s almost at the doorstep.

When he raised his eyes, Shunen’s footsteps stopped again.

The teenager she just thought of was standing in front of her yard at the moment.

He was born thin, but tall, and stood stiff, without the embarrassment of yesterday. Wearing a junior high school uniform, his appearance is immature, but without any emotions. Black and shiny peach eyes, knife-cut nose bridge, and rouge lips.

Holding the umbrella she gave him yesterday.

Shunen silently gave him the title of “the most beautiful junior high school student”.

She walked over.

Noting her figure, Xie Ruhe looked at her sideways. He walked over, not gentle, slipped the umbrella into Shunen’s arms and left.

Did not stay for a second.

But Xie Ruhe hasn’t walked a few steps yet.

The next moment, Shunen suddenly ran up to him, pulling him aside with great effort. Her expression was very serious, her soft voice lowered, and she was particularly delicate: “Do you know that Uncle Li Hong is in the hospital?”

Xie Ruhe looked at her blankly without saying a word.

He looked like this, Shunen didn’t know what he was thinking, and was a little anxious: “It’s not really you, right?”