i have three shadows

Chapter 59 Protecting Him

In the morning, when the snow stopped, Xu Xingxing had just left the house when two steaming steamed buns were in front of him.

Jian Qingzhu still held the soy milk given to him in his hand, and said, "Eat it quickly, or it will be cold in a while."

As he spoke, he looked up at the almost dark sky: "It's going to be sunny, and it's going to be very cold."

They left for school very early, there were still no pedestrians on Tanghua Street, green bricks and white snow, it was so quiet that they seemed to have escaped from the mundane world.

Only the breakfast shop not far away has opened, and the light shines on the street.

The street lights were still on naturally, Xu Xingxing felt good when he saw Jian Qingzhu, looked around, and first raised his head and kissed him on the lips.

Jian Qingzhu smiled: "Eat quickly! Tell you it's cold!"

Xu Xingxing gave a "tsk", gropingly stretched out his hand, and wrapped his cold fingers with his palm: "Push me away if you don't want to kiss."

Jian Qingzhu slapped him on the back, leaned over to kiss him again, let him eat breakfast, touched the back of his neck, and said, "I asked you to go with me last night, but you won't go."

"Xu Chichi is at home, I can't keep running to your house." Xu Xingxing said something vaguely, eating buns and walking forward.

Before the snow was swept away, Jian Qingzhu was afraid that he would not concentrate on walking and fall, so he kept holding his back with one hand.

He entered the school while talking, and as soon as he reached the entrance of the teaching building, a person suddenly rushed down from the stairs, like a cannonball, and he didn't slow down when he saw someone, and almost bumped into Xu Xingxing.

"Hey!" Xu Xingxing was pulled by Jian Qingzhu, and the two of them hurriedly moved away.

Xu Xingxing turned his head and found that the figure turned out to be Chen Shuang.

He was startled and shouted, "Xiao Shuang!"

Chen Shuang didn't look back, but ran straight towards the path.

The snow on the road was not cleared, and he slipped as soon as he stepped on it.

Xu Xingxing was startled, and rushed up, but after only two steps, Chen Shuang had already got up, and continued to rush forward without hesitation.

Xu Xingxing wanted to follow up, but Jian Qingzhu grabbed his hand and pointed to Lao Yan who was not far away: "Go and ask what's wrong first."

As soon as the words fell, Xu Xingxing turned around and rushed up the stairs, stopping Lao Yan on the way: "Teacher Yan! What happened?"

Lao Yan looked tired, not sure if he got up too early or stayed up all night, and asked suspiciously: "You know?"

"Know what!" Xu Xingxing was a little anxious, "I just asked you if I didn't know!"

Jian Qingzhu had already followed, and explained to Lao Yan: "When we came in just now, we saw Chen Shuang running out in a hurry. Did something happen to their house?"

"Chen Shuang?" Old Yan asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with Chen Shuang? It's Xia Ting."

Xu Xingxing was startled, and asked again: "What's wrong with Xia Ting?"

Lao Yan looked at the classroom next to him, shook his head, and said worriedly: "She screamed madly in the dormitory last night, then fainted, but she was fine soon, it's just..."

"Just what?" Xu Xingxing asked.

Lao Yan looked at him in embarrassment and didn't speak.

Jian Qingzhu said softly beside him: "We won't tell Teacher Yan to other people, and it must have spread in the class, right? It must be more messy to ask directly."

Lao Yan nodded helplessly: "Xia Ting woke up and asked her what was wrong. She said she saw a ghost. I can't ask any more questions. I'm going to take a look at the class now, and I'm going to pick up her parents soon. It's fine if Chen Shuang passes by, that child is careful and has a good relationship with Xia Ting, let's see if I can comfort her first."

As soon as Xu Xingxing heard the word "ghost", he turned to look at Jian Qingzhu.

After Lao Yan finished speaking, he gently pushed the two people: "Okay, go in quickly."

The two sat on their seats, and the people around them were discussing in full swing.

Zhang Yang looked dumbfounded, and said to Xu Xingxing: "Chen Shuang was really scary just now. Hearing that Xia Ting had an accident, he felt as if he was going to kill someone. He got up and ran out. The stool hit my foot, and it hurt like hell."

Xu Xingxing sat down and looked at the schoolbag on Chen Shuang's desk. It was probably picked up by someone who fell on the ground, and the black belt was stained with dust.

He turned his head to look at Jian Qingzhu, Jian Qingzhu had a serious face, looked back at him, and raised his phone.

Xu Xingxing hurriedly lowered his head and took out his phone.

Old Yan on the stage patted the table: "I asked the teacher from the next class to watch today's morning self-study, and you are not allowed to run around."

Jian Qingzhu sent a message: "Did you feel ghostly when we walked together last night?"

Xu Xingxing thought about it, Xia Ting was normal last night, so he said truthfully: "No."

Jian Qingzhu: "Don't worry, schools are built on graves. Every school has legends about hell, and we are witnessing the birth of legends now. If you really worry about Xia Ting, I will use it to clear her memory when the time comes The technique is not over."

Seeing the news, Xu Xingxing suddenly wanted to laugh, and he knew it was because of his peace of mind.

Xia Ting was worried because he was worried, but not that worried. It was Chen Shuang who made him more concerned. His reaction just now was a bit unexpected.

On the podium, Lao Yan had already left, and there was still some time before the morning self-study. Everyone was talking, and the left and right were just telling ghost stories they had heard, all with an excited tone.

Xia Ting is the class monitor and the representative of the English class. When she was away, no one accepted her English homework. Someone looked around and asked a few times, but no one answered, so she threw the homework on the podium and finished it. However, after a while The deputy squad leader yelled to hand it over to him again. Someone asked why he didn't say it earlier, and the surroundings were noisy and chaotic.

Some people were talking about Chen Shuang. I don't know why he was so excited when he heard that Xia Ting had fainted. I'm afraid there is something wrong. The little mute and dwarf also want spring.

Xu Xingxing listened twice and kicked the table impatiently.

With a loud bang, Chen Shuang's desk and bench were knocked out of place, and the sound of table legs rubbing against the ground was extremely ear-piercing.

Everyone looked back at him and saw that he had a bad look on his face. They all knew that he was very protective of Chen Shuang. They also saw that the head teacher of the next class had already stood on the podium, so they stopped talking.

Xu Xingxing glanced at the podium, and pulled his desk back expressionlessly.

Jian Qingzhu's news came again: "Xiaoxing is good, don't scare people."

Xu Xingxing: "..."

A sense of uneasiness spread in his heart, and Xu Xingxing inexplicably remembered that Jian Qingzhu said in autumn that something was wrong with Chen Shuang.

He thought for a while, and sent back the message: "Do you still remember that when you were on Qijia Mountain, you told me that you saw Xiaoshuang in front of the cave, and that he was not normal. Tell me why. "

Jian Qingzhu's news came quickly: "Because he is too kind."

Xu Xingxing turned his head and stared at him, wanting to get angry, Jian Qingzhu's news came again: "Don't be angry, I think you are too serious and a little scared, I'll just say it."

"Nothing else, I just think it's a bit too coincidental that he went to climb the mountain and just climbed in front of the cave where the monster was raised. When I saw him, he was still looking at the map. It was not a mobile phone, but a paper map. To put it bluntly, it was still The intuition of a celestial master."

It would be too mysterious to talk about intuition, Xu Xingxing knew what Jian Qingzhu meant, either because he was concerned about his feelings for Chen Shuang, so he didn't want to say it, or he really didn't know why.

He took a breath, thought of something again, and sent a message to Zheng Yi: "Uncle Zheng, is the name Chen Shuang familiar to you?"

After a while, news from Zheng Yi came: "I thought you were going to ask me a long time ago."

Xu Xingxing was startled, and hurriedly asked, but there was no reply for a long time.

Why do these people like to whet their appetites so much, they have to finish a sentence!

Xu Xingxing was a little annoyed, but he couldn't get angry, so he could only stare straight at the podium. The teacher who came to guard the morning self-study looked at him suspiciously for a long time, and finally averted his eyes silently.

The inter-class exercise was canceled because of the snow. After the second get out of class in the morning, a large number of people still flocked to the playground. It was said to be snow removal, but it was actually a snowball fight.

Chen Shuang finally came back.

He went upstairs against the flow of people, his face was expressionless, and he seemed to be a little more silent than usual.

When Xu Xingxing grabbed his hand, he raised his head in surprise, and forced a smile after seeing the person clearly.

The three of them went to the stairwell on the top floor and confronted each other for a long time, but Chen Shuang kept silent.

Finally, Xu Xingxing couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "What's the situation now?"

Chen Shuang looked at him, then at Jian Qingzhu, and said softly: "The condition is not good, it's not good, I'm scared, I'm here."

Xu Xingxing patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be afraid, isn't it all right?"

"Just in case, in case it's okay this time, it's okay, but what about next time?!" Chen Shuang raised her head abruptly, her tone a bit fierce.

Xu Xingxing was stunned for a moment, Chen Shuang realized that he had lost his composure, lowered his head, and said softly, "Yes, I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Xu Xingxing looked at Jian Qingzhu.

After a while, Jian Qingzhu said: "One line, I remember that Chi Chi seems to know Mr. Yin Yang or something?"

"Ah yes!" Xu Xingxing pretended to be surprised, and said along with him, "I heard she said it, but it's not Mr. Yin Yang, Mr. Yin Yang doesn't catch ghosts, he's a master or something."

Chen Shuang raised her head slightly.

Xu Xingxing gently patted his head: "Xiao Shuang, don't panic, the school can't ignore it, even if the school can't help it, don't be afraid, I'll go find Xu Chichi and ask her to invite that gentleman. Or Xia Ting It’s just that the study is too weak, and it’s possible to get dizzy all of a sudden.”

Chen Shuang leaned against the railing, raised her eyelids and glanced at him. She couldn't tell whether she believed him or not, but finally nodded.

He said he wanted to be quiet, so Xu Xingxing and Jian Qingzhu went downstairs first.

"What do you see?" Jian Qingzhu asked.

Xu Xingxing shook his head. At this moment, Zheng Yi's news came again.

He never guarded against Jian Qingzhu, so Jian Qingzhu looked over naturally, and said: "Sorry, I was busy cleaning up a kid just now, so I didn't make it clear. When I was looking for the name on the wall, I did find a child , he changed his name, and the name he used later was Chen Shuang."

"Impossible." Xu Xingxing turned his head to look at Jian Qingzhu, "Chen Shuang grew up on Tanghua Street since he was a child, so he cannot be from the Guangming Orphanage."

Jian Qingzhu didn't speak, and he went on to say: "And he is the same age as me, if he is also in the orphanage, why don't I know?"

Laughter came intermittently from the big playground not far away. He was thinking, when Jian Qingzhu asked next to him: "Zheng Yi said wall, what wall?"

Xu Xingxing choked for a moment, and then remembered that he had never told Jian Qingzhu about the last time he saw that wall.

It's been so long, but if I say I've forgotten, I don't know if it's because I'm afraid he's worried, or because I'm thinking about Zheng Yi's defensive attitude, so I didn't say anything.

Have no chance to say.

He didn't know it at this time, but Jian Qingzhu had already seen that wall.

Jian Qingzhu didn't wait for his answer, so she turned around, looked at Chen Shuang's table through the window, and said, "You are really good to Chen Shuang."

"What's the matter, are you jealous?" Xu Xingxing said.

Jian Qingzhu didn't answer, she turned her head and looked at him, as if she wanted to look into his heart.

Xu Xingxing sighed and said: "When I just moved back to Tanghua Street, I wasn't very good at getting along with people. There were a lot of people my age on the street, but no one paid attention to me. Only Chen Shuang treated me well. He was a stammer. , I don’t like to talk, and I am happy to get along with him. Later, we went to school together, and he was always bullied at school. After a long time, I felt that I had to protect him.”

He paused: "The older I get, the more irritable I become. I get irritable easily. When I fight with someone, he always cleans up for me."

"Yeah." Jian Qingzhu responded, reaching out to grab a strand of his hair, slowly winding it around his fingers, and summed up his words, "In short, they are best friends, right?"

Xu Xingxing looked at him for a while, nodded, and added: "You two are very important to me, he grew up with me. Without him, I might not be what I am now."