Lovely Allergen - Chap 4
Seeing the gift box in front of her, the girl was stunned.
“Thank you.” Le Zhishi’s tone was solemn. “But my family has told me since I was young that I can’t accept gifts from others, especially from girls. That’s taking other people’s feelings for granted. So I have to return it to you. I’m sorry. ”
Le Zhishi’s eyes had obvious Caucasian features. His facial features were softer, and his hair was warm brown. It shone with a golden glow under the sun. His entire person was transparent and soft. Appearance would give people the illusion that he was approachable, easy to approach, and acceptable. However, that was not the case.
Most of the time, the childish Le Zhishi was overly serious.
The girl’s expression was a little sad, but she had expected it. She was just hesitating whether she should take back her gift. “But, I …”
She opened her mouth and then paused.
“This must be very expensive. You must have spent a long time choosing it.” Le Zhishi was very insistent. He held the gift box in his hand forward and let her take it. “Your handwriting is very good. This pen is more suitable than mine.”
Hearing this, the girl raised her head. Using praise instead of rejection made her unable to bear to be sad.
However, she was still somewhat unwilling. “Then, do you have someone you like?”
Le Zhishi was stunned.
Like.
There were many people he liked, such as Aunt Rong and Uncle Song. The owner of the noodles shop, who would give him two pieces of beef every time he ate vegetarian noodles. There was also Teacher Zhang, who gave him comic books and drawing tools … There were too many. Le Zhishi had endless examples in his heart.
However, if he added a qualifier, the highest level, the range would be greatly reduced.
However, it did not seem like the girl in front of him liked him.
“You don’t?” the girl asked.
Le Zhishi carried his backpack and even shook it. “I don’t think so. I don’t want to date now. The middle school exams are coming soon. If my grades drop, my parents will be called. ”
Seeing the girl’s dejected expression, Le Zhishi added, “We can still be friends.”
“Really?”
“I don’t lie.” Le Zhishi shook the backpack on his back. “It’s so hot. Is there a vending machine downstairs? I’ll treat you to drinks. ”
“I want to drink Coke!” Jiang Yufan took advantage of the situation. He glanced down and saw that Song Yu was still there, leaning against the tree trunk with his arms crossed. He had his headphones on and was looking up at them.
Jiang Yufan couldn’t help but shiver. He nudged Le Zhishi with his elbow.
“Le, look downstairs.”
Le Zhishi turned his head when he heard the sound and saw Song Yu’s figure through the railing.
This was the result of doping. Le Zhishi immediately turned around and placed both hands on the railing. Half of his body was almost out of the railing, but when he called out the word “Brother”, his voice was very soft and angry.
He was like a surprised puppy that wanted to pounce on him but hesitated to test him.
The girl looked at Le Zhishi’s excited back and felt that he had become a different person. He was completely different from the person who had rejected her confession.
Song Yu, who was leaning against the camphor tree, put down his arms and walked to the bicycle parked under the tree. He kicked his legs and was about to ride away.
Le Zhishi panicked. “Hey, hey, hey.” He grabbed his backpack and wanted to go down, but then he remembered that he had promised to treat them to drinks. He said in a panic, “I’ll go down and buy drinks for you guys.”
He ran down the stairs. Fortunately, Song Yu didn’t leave so quickly. Le Zhishi ran to the vending machine in a hurry. He first chose three cans of iced Coke, but when he was about to pay, he hesitated for a second and changed it to two cans. He also bought an extra bottle of white peach soda. Coincidentally, Jiang Yufan and the others came down as well. Le Zhishi hurriedly put the two cans of Coke on the vending machine. He gestured wildly at Jiang Yufan and pointed at the vending machine. He turned around and ran toward Song Yu.
The shadow of the tree swayed on his face that was red from panting. The mottled light was very beautiful. After calming down a little, Le Zhishi smiled and called out to Song Yu, “Brother Song Yu”. He ran his fingers through his hair.
“Why are you running?” Song Yu only glanced at him. He was still wearing his headphones.
I’m afraid you’ll leave.
Not only did he have an allergic reaction, but he also exposed their relationship in front of so many people and ruined Song Yu’s speech at school. Everything was a mess. He was afraid that Song Yu wouldn’t talk to him anymore.
Le Zhishi stuffed the iced soda in his hand into Song Yu’s hands. When he took the water, he noticed the watch on Song Yu’s left wrist. It was a gift from him.
When he was 10 years old, Lin Rong’s photographer friend found a young model who was sick. Le Zhishi was brought to the emergency and received a reward for it. Lin Rong’s education philosophy was very liberal, so she encouraged Le Zhishi to spend the reward himself.
The first reaction of a child receiving a red packet was to buy toys and snacks. The little Le Zhishi wandered around the mall alone for a few days and finally bought a beautiful watch.
Because there were only two days left until Song Yu’s birthday.
That was the first time he spent his own money to buy a gift. When he was young, he already thought it was a sky-high price. But looking at it now, the watch wasn’t a famous one. The style was also very simple. It wasn’t like the electronic watches that were popular among students nowadays. It wasn’t cool or complicated.
Since he was young, Song Yu had received many “gifts” from Le Zhishi. The so-called “rare” four-leaf clover that he had manually stuck on the fourth leaf, the little sticker of Le that he could give to his older brother to do errands for him if he collected ten leaves, and the hand-drawn little desk calendar that was exclusive to Song Yu …
But when he received this gift for the first time, Song Yu’s first reaction was to resist it. He even dragged Le Zhishi to the mall where he bought the watch.
At that time, Song Yu was only in the first year of middle school, but he stood in front of the mall counter and handled the return of the watch calmly like an adult. Only Le Zhishi was crying. He even sat on the ground and hugged Song Yu’s thigh as if he was the one who received the gift but had to be returned.
Unfortunately, the memory was too vague. Le Zhishi couldn’t remember why Song Yu rejected the gift and why he changed his mind and decided to accept it.
He was a little curious for a moment, but after thinking about it, he decided not to ask. He had just recovered from his illness. He would be thankful if he didn’t get scolded. Now was not a good time.
Song Yu unscrewed the cap and took a sip of water. He handed it back to Le Zhishi. Only then did he snap out of his daze.
“Brother Song Yu, have you been waiting for a long time?”
“I just got here.” Song Yu stepped on the pedal.
Le Zhishi took the initiative to report the situation. “I’m fine now. I just took my medicine.”
“I think you’re fine too,” Song Yu said.
Le Zhishi didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with this sentence. He continued, “Fortunately, you were here. Otherwise, I might have died.”
He said the words “died” seriously, but it wasn’t an exaggeration. When he was in elementary school, although he brought food to school, the children didn’t realize the seriousness of allergies. At that time, he had a few serious attacks, and it was Song Yu who saved him.
He didn’t know how many times Song Yu had saved his life. Sometimes, Le Zhishi would think of cartoons where small animals repay kindness. Then, he seriously thought about what kind of small animal he would be in his next life.
It would be best if it was a small Pomeranian like Cotton Candy with a small tag around her neck.
Thinking of the tag, Le Zhishi suddenly thought of the incident at the school gate. “You saved me twice today.”
Song Yu didn’t scold him as he expected, but he didn’t say anything else. He just prepared to leave. Le Zhishi noticed and immediately sat on the back seat. When he saw Song Yu turn to look at him, he looked up. “My bicycle is parked at the school gate. I’ll take yours first.”
He didn’t agree or refuse. It was as if he was carrying a mass of air. Le Zhishi sat in the back seat and waved goodbye to Jiang Yufan and the girl. “I’ll go home first.”
Jiang Yufan looked at Le Zhishi and felt that his ending tone was full of joy.
When he first found out that Song Yu and Le Zhishi were brothers, he wondered why the two of them didn’t tell anyone about this relationship. When he thought about how they had never interacted, he even felt that Song Yu was too cold.
But when he thought about it, if it were him, how would he explain his relationship with Le Zhishi?
No matter how he explained, he couldn’t avoid his parents who had passed away.
Gossip was like a knife that did not draw blood. Sometimes, silence was the shield that could withstand the most damage.
A gust of wind blew as the bike rode out. The summer wind was soft and soft when it blew on the body.
This reminded him of when he sat behind Song Yu when he was young. At that time, Song Yu had just learned how to ride a bike. The first time he took someone else was him. At first, they were very happy. The little Le Zhishi hugged his brother’s waist and raised his legs high. He kept shouting for him to go faster.
Later, when Le Zhishi fell and hurt his knee and bled, Song Yu didn’t take him anymore.
When they were almost at the school gate, Le Zhishi was worried that Song Yu would stop and let him ride his bike back. He was hesitant to come up with an excuse.
His bike chain fell off? No, it was too fake.
Was he short of breath? That didn’t seem right either.
Or he could say that he hadn’t fully recovered from his asthma and his chest was tight, so he couldn’t ride.
It wasn’t easy to come up with a reasonable excuse. When he looked up, he realized that they were already far away from the school gate. Song Yu didn’t stop the bike. He might have forgotten what he just said, Le Zhishi thought.
At the traffic light at the intersection, Song Yu stopped. In front of him, cars passed by one after another. The sun was very dim.
A layer of water condensed on the bottle in his hand, turning it into a bottle of guilty soda.
“Brother Song Yu, did Miss Wang call Aunt Rong?”
Song Yu didn’t respond. He didn’t know if he didn’t hear him.
Although Song Yu didn’t usually talk to him, Le Zhishi could sense the subtle difference in his mood. He always felt that he was unhappy.
Was it because he ate something wrong today and had an allergic reaction?
Then why did he come to see him?
He probably wanted to make sure that nothing serious had happened to him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to explain to Aunt Rong.
“Brother Song Yu …” Before the traffic light turned red, Le Zhishi raised his hand and gently pulled off one of Song Yu’s earphones. He said in a flattering tone, “Can you not tell Aunt Rong about what happened today? She’ll definitely scold me.”
The traffic light flashed again and again. He looked even more guilty.
“What’s the matter?” Song Yu suddenly asked.
Le Zhishi was a little confused. “Huh?”
The bicycle wheel turned again. Driven by inertia, Le Zhishi’s body couldn’t help but lean back. The earphone cable became a fragile link between the two of them. In a panic, he instinctively hugged Song Yu’s waist tightly. He also heard his voice, which seemed to be transmitted from his warm body.
“You’re talking about the incident where you ate something wrong and didn’t bring any medicine. You almost went into shock at the opening ceremony.”
The September sun was still sharp.
“Or puppy love?”