Chapter 53 Agreement
In the evening when school is over, a relaxed atmosphere permeates the campus. The sun, which has been hot all day, gradually loses its edge and becomes soft and warm.
The joy brought by ending get out of class early dispelled the boredom brought by the entire rigorous physical education class. Even a good student who loved classes like Liu Zhiyi, now looked relaxed.
Fang Wei found it funny to see the change in the girl's expression. Normally, when he was her deskmate, Liu Zhiyi always had a blank expression on her face, whether in class or after class. Not like now, when he felt a sense of relief.
As for Xu Cailing, her expression was much richer. In addition to being very happy, she also looked somewhat fulfilled. After all, she was praised. Perhaps the aftereffects of her gymnastics practice had not yet dissipated, the girl seemed to be jumping and skipping as she walked.
"Zhiyi, your schoolbag!"
"Thank you~"
The four members of the Pineapple Island team came together to the mango tree where the schoolbags were placed.
Xu Cailing picked up Liu Zhiyi's schoolbag and couldn't help but sigh: "Your schoolbag is so heavy! What's in it?"
"Nothing much, just some books, brought here to read or to take back to read."
"Ah? Are there any extracurricular books?"
"Well, they should be considered extracurricular books, including essay collections and some classics."
"But I have to go to school, so I don't have time to watch it."
Xu Cailing didn't understand where she squeezed out the time from. In her opinion, in addition to attending classes, she always had to stretch her little butt until it was numb from sitting during breaks, and she always had to eat and take a nap at noon. She also brought comic books to read, but with such a tight schedule, she felt she had no time to read comics unless she read them secretly during class.
"Watch it after class."
Liu Zhiyi said these words so lightly that made people speechless.
Fang Wei was fine, as he had gotten used to this girl who only had eyes for books over the past two days; but he made Cai Ling and A Sheng silent.
After a while, the duo with poor performance sighed:
"sharp!!"
……
Liu Zhiyi is really not very good at sports, but the backpack that even Xu Cailing feels is a bit heavy, but when she holds it in her hand, it looks very light, as if she has been accustomed to such weight since childhood. She took the backpack from Cailing, then put her arms through the straps of the backpack, and put it behind her slender shoulders, as if she didn't feel the weight at all.
As expected, a girl’s physical strength is always a mystery. Maybe she can’t even lift a shot put in physical education class, but she can easily carry a heavy schoolbag as if it were nothing. Maybe she can’t even unscrew a bottle cap, but she can easily unscrew someone’s head…
After the four of them took their respective schoolbags, they went to the wall to look for their bicycles.
The class hasn't ended yet, and they were the first to arrive. The bicycles parked under the shade of the trees around the wall were arranged in a circle inside and outside. The bicycles of Fang Wei and the other two were a little closer to the inside, so if they wanted to push their bicycles out, they had to move the bicycles stuck outside first.
Liu Zhiyi didn't ride a bicycle, but she was sensible enough not to just stand by and watch. She took the initiative to help move the bike.
Xu Cailing unlocked the U-shaped lock that locked her car to Fang Wei's.
She didn't get on her own bike either. Instead, she smiled and put her hands on Fang Wei's handlebars, looking as if she had been drooling over it for a long time.
"……What are you doing?"
"Lend it to me! I've been coveting your bike for a long time!"
"No loan."
"You cheapskate! It's already the second day and your new bike has become an old one. Lend it to me for a ride!"
"I'm afraid you'll get hurt."
"You're kidding! Are you still unsure about my riding skills?! I promise I'll ride very gently!"
"Hey hey...? Be gentle! Be careful not to bump into anything!"
"Don't worry, you can't knock me."
"I told you not to hit my car!"
"Oh my, that's enough, stop talking so much! Hehe..."
The girl finally succeeded and happily took Fang Wei's new car with a sexy orange color.
She liked the feeling of finally riding his new bike after a struggle with him, amidst his helpless and painful expression. If he agreed too readily, it would not be so fun to ride it.
The 'mounts' of the three-member Donghua Village team are all similar in style, a very common student bicycle style, with a basket in the front, a bell on the right handlebar, a frame in the back, and an extra pair of pedals installed at the rear wheel hub, which are used by the person sitting in the back to step on when carrying people. As the most commonly used and common means of transportation on the island these days, many people's bicycles will have an extra pair of pedals at the back.
The only major difference between the three people's mounts is the color of the body. Xu Cailing's car is light green, Fang Yuansheng's car is sky blue, and Fang Wei's car is a very cool orange.
Riding bicycles is not allowed on campus. After pushing their bicycles out of the school gate together, Xu Cailing couldn't help but touch the other person's bicycle.
First of all, you must adjust the height of the seat.
Although the two are about the same height, in terms of the proportion of leg length, Xu Cailing's legs are much longer.
"You usually ride this low, don't you get tired?"
Xu Cailing raised the height of his seat a little bit, so that when she sat on it, her toes could just barely touch the ground. After all, she was an expert in cycling, so she didn't need to lower the seat to increase her sense of security like Liu Zhiyi did when she practiced riding in the morning.
"Just ride honestly, don't rush into the pits."
Fang was helpless. The girl didn't have many things to play with on a daily basis, and she would not stop until she had fun with his new car.
It's time to go home from school, and the school gate is still quite busy. Students are coming in and out in groups of three or four, and the sound of bicycle bells can be heard on the street. The old man who the three of them had bought popsicles with before is also very good at doing business. He has been waiting here for a long time, pushing his 28-inch bicycle with a foam box for storing popsicles.
"I'm selling popsicles! Mung bean, red bean jelly, tofu pudding! I'm selling popsicles! Mung bean, red bean jelly, tofu pudding!"
In fact, the old man selling popsicles was also there yesterday. The boys and girls could still bear the old man's shouting yesterday, but after all, they had just finished physical education class today. After exercise, they were tired, hot and hungry. His shouting of selling popsicles was somewhat inhumane. Xu Cailing couldn't bear it anymore.
She felt the change in her pocket and calculated that it should be just enough, so she called out to Fang Wei, Liu Zhiyi and A Sheng who were about to leave.
"I'll treat you guys to popsicles!"
"Eh? No need. It's almost time for dinner when we get back. Cailing, if you want to eat, just buy it yourself."
"I'll treat you! Last time Fang Wei treated us, this time I'll treat you!"
Maybe it was because she was in a good mood today, the cash-strapped girl decided to read two fewer issues of comic books, and not to miss today's popsicle.
Seeing that she insisted, Fang Wei and A Sheng didn't hesitate. The three of them grew up together since childhood, and when they were occasionally hungry, they would treat me or I would treat you, or everyone would pool their change.
"Then I want the mung bean one." Fang Wei said.
"I want the mung bean one too!" said A Sheng.
Liu Zhiyi didn't say anything, just waited for them to buy popsicles.
"What about you, Zhiyi?" The generous Boss Xu would naturally not forget her.
"Ah?" Liu Zhiyi was stunned.
"What kind of popsicle do you want? It's my treat today!"
"I……"
Liu Zhiyi had never thought that she would have a share. When she was about to politely decline, she saw the three of them looking at her with smiles, waiting for her to speak.
She wasn't greedy, but perhaps she couldn't refuse such a kind gesture, so she finally followed their example and said loudly to the old man selling popsicles:
"Then, I want red beans... No, I want green beans too!"
After making the same choice as her three friends, the girl's heart pressure was inexplicably relieved, and her pretty face showed the same smile as theirs.
Soon, Xu Cailing, with a popsicle in her mouth and three popsicles in her hands, returned to the three people and handed the mung bean popsicles to them.
"Hurry up and eat it while it's cold!"
"Thanks……"
"Zhiyi, you're here again! Look, Fang Wei and A Sheng didn't say anything."
"Well……"
Liu Zhiyi was distressed, but after thinking for a long time, she didn't know what to say except thank you.
"Cai Ling, what you said is wrong. I just didn't say thank you out loud. In fact, I have already said it a hundred times in my heart!" Ah Sheng laughed.
"Go eat your popsicle, it's your turn next time!"
"Okay, okay, next time I'll treat everyone! Next time, we'll treat you after PE class, how about that?"
"I think it's okay." Fang Wei nodded in agreement.
As the three of them were eating popsicles and discussing how to take turns treating each other to popsicles every Tuesday after physical education get out of class, a small voice rang out:
"Then next week, I'll treat you..."
Many times, when Liu Zhiyi didn't speak, people would inadvertently forget her existence. Hearing her voice, the three friends looked towards her.
The girl who was licking her popsicle was stunned for a moment, and then added cautiously: "Is it okay..."
"Of course I can if someone is treating me! Why not?!"
"Then let's make a deal. From now on, after physical education class at this time every week, we'll take turns treating each other!"
This kind of agreement seemed to be the most normal thing for Fang Wei, Cai Ling and A Sheng.
But for Liu Zhiyi, who always kept to himself, it felt very novel.
She wasn't afraid of being laughed at by the three of them when she said this, but this was the first time in her life that she accepted a treat from her classmates and friends.
Even if what I treated her to was just an ordinary popsicle.
This seemingly childish and casual verbal agreement was taken very seriously by Liu Zhiyi.
Maybe it’s not because of the act of eating popsicles, but because of the closer connection between us brought about by this agreement…
Behind this agreement, isn’t it saying that we will all go home together in the future?
Go to school together, go home together, treat each other to popsicles together...
A sweet and cool feeling spread in her mouth, as if the whole summer was condensed in this small popsicle.
The girl's eyes were a little absent-minded.
perhaps……
She really has good friends here, on this remote and strange little island.
(End of this chapter)
