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Maybe it was because of the graduation photo that Hong still had lingering fears. Anyway, at the beginning, he was repulsed by the idea of being Prunus's deskmate.
At that time, she was only six years old. The proud and arrogant Jiao Leng couldn't stand Bai Jian's many things. She couldn't stand her habit of reading and writing. She couldn't stand her stuttering for a long time and couldn't answer simple math questions. She couldn't stand her tripping during physical education class. She couldn't stand her inability to even remember the names of the two students sitting in front of her … And there was also her soft bun personality that would smile even when she was bullied.
"Aren't you angry when they say that about you?"
Bombardment Scorch asked her helplessly after a boy in class mocked her for not being able to read despite wearing thick glasses.
"But Little Bombardment Scorch, I'm really stupid," she always explained to him carefully, as if Bombardment Scorch had really said something wrong.
"You... no, forget it." He didn't know how to describe her.
"Also, my parents told me that it's wrong to quarrel with others. Even if I have dyslexia, I can still learn if I work hard — it was my mother who told me that," Prunus explained seriously when she saw Bombardment Scorch looking at her helplessly.
"Dyslexia?" Bombardment Scorch was a little confused.
"Yes."
Prunus answered in a low voice and accidentally put her face on the book again. Every time this happened, Hong couldn't help but separate her from the book and remind her impatiently, "That's not right, right?
You'll have to change your glasses again in less than a month. "
"Oh, I'm sorry, I did it again.
It's because I can't see the word clearly. "Prunus's little face was full of confusion, and she frowned sadly.
"Which one?
Let me see. "
Hong naturally took the book from her hand... Yes, although he didn't like many things about her at first, after some time, he was used to watching her work hard and helping her from the side.
"This is not how you calculate this math problem."
"Look carefully, how did you write '7' as' 1 '?"
"You wrote it wrong again."
Bombardment Scorch even became Prunus's translator.
Bombardment Scorch was very smart since he was a child, and his speed of understanding was much faster than other children his age. Therefore, when other children were still confused and Prunus made mistakes in her studies, he was already able to draw inferences and find the parts of the study that Prunus would definitely be confused. Therefore, he was able to remind her before she asked him.
"Be careful, don't go left and right again."
"This is Q, not O. Look, the second letter is U?
Q must be followed by U. "
"Hey, that's not how you pronounce this word."
"It's not like that. You're really..." Before he could say the word "stupid", Hong Jiao Leng was stopped by Bai Jian who was reading hard. He thought, "She's not stupid, she's just a little different from others."
"Thank you, Little Bombardment Scorch."
She always frowned and held her glasses. Her fingers were glued to the book, and she read word by word seriously.
Every time this happened, Hong Jiao Leng would feel angry and amused at the same time. She would reach out and hit her waist. "The teacher said that your reading posture is wrong."
"Yes, yes." She hurriedly straightened her back and stared at the picture book with a frown, "I accidentally made a mistake again."
Bombardment Scorch was very helpless. He felt that she was really funny. She was reading a fairytale book as if she was reading a dictionary. Could she really understand the story inside?
Why did she look so difficult when she was reading a children's book?
Looking at her like this every day, it was really a pleasure to go to school.
"Hong!
Go play ball on the playground. "
"Oh!
I'm coming. "
Hearing his friends calling him, Bombardment Scorch got up from his seat. He left the classroom without saying goodbye to Prunus and went to play ball with his friends. When Prunus was fascinated by the book and wanted to ask Hong some questions, he was already gone.
Prunus touched her head, blinked and continued to read her book. But Hong did not come back. She unconsciously put her face on the book again.
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Yes, the relationship between the two was like this at the beginning.
Since the graduation photo incident, there was an inexplicable awkwardness between the two. After getting along with each other day and night, there was a faint bond between the two.
When Hong was in a good mood, he would teach her. When he was in a bad mood, or when there was something more attractive, he would very naturally leave the slow-tempered deskmate alone.
He was born into a prestigious family and had an excellent personality, so he was always the center of attention and was welcomed by the children. All of this gave him a kind of cold arrogance. Therefore, to him, Bai Jian's matters were just dispensable. Occasionally, it would add some fun to his daily life. He never thought about her matters. Anyway, he was very busy every day and had no time to think about Bai Jian's matters.
Hong's impression of Prunus changed from a slow-tempered person to a girl after he got the scar.
As everyone knew, at that time, Hong's mother had poured boiling hot water on his face because of the conflict between his parents. Because of this incident, his left cheek was scalded. He had to wear a bandage for two weeks. After the bandage was removed, there was an indelible deep red scar on his face.
Perhaps the things that happened to his family had spread to his classmates, or maybe the scar on his face simply scared the people around him. The children in his class, who were always around him, unconsciously looked at him with disdain. Some of the boys who secretly disliked him in the past even started to make trouble for him.
Because of these rubbish things, he was in a bad mood for a period of time. He was annoyed by everything he saw. During this period, Prunus was the only one who got along with him like a normal person. But of course, he was annoyed by his own things, so he did not have the energy to teach her those childish books.
"Little Bombardment Scorch. How do you pronounce this word?"
"I don't know."
Hong Jiao Leng didn't even look at it. Because he didn't want to answer Bai Jian's childish question, he left his seat in annoyance. However, he realized that no matter where he went, his classmates would avoid him. They called him "monster", "ugly", "funny face", and so on. It was as if wherever he went, he could see his mother's disdainful and panicked expression on her face … One by one, the faces of his classmates reappeared.
"Tsk."
Bang Jiao Leng smacked his lips and put his hands in his pockets. He walked out of the classroom with an unhappy expression. He didn't care about those noisy students at all.
"Hong, the scar on your face is really ugly!"
"Shh, keep your voice down. Be careful that Hong will beat you up. He is Andwa's son."
"Boring."
Bombardment Scorch stared coldly at the two kids in front of him and walked past them to the boys' room.
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The incident seemed to have happened during this period.
Hong did not know what exactly happened. He only knew that when he came back from the bathroom, Prunus was pressed to the ground by the talkative boy. Her heavy glasses were knocked out of her eyes. He thought that she probably could not see clearly after losing her glasses, but her hands were still firmly grasping the boy's hand.
According to the other students, Prunus went up to talk to the boy, but they seemed to be unable to communicate. The boy was annoyed and pushed Prunus. The next moment, the two of them started to fight.
Bombardment Scorch was a little surprised. Prunus had that kind of personality?
"... Let me go!
You idiot! "
The boy who deliberately walked up to Bombardment Scorch to mock him anxiously pushed Prunus's face. Prunus did not know what to do. She reached out to grab the boy's arm and bit him hard.
"It hurts!
You idiot! "
The boy kept knocking on Bai Jian's head. Hong Jiao Leng didn't realize what was going on until this moment. Why did that idiot fight with others?
Didn't they say that they were pacifists?
Didn't they say that they could not fight?
After being knocked on the head by the boy, Bai Jian finally let out a sigh of relief. However, before the others could separate them, she crawled over and pinched the boy's face again. Perhaps it was because she couldn't see clearly, even her gesture of waving her hand was very vague.
"... You are not allowed to bully Little Bombardment Scorch!" She said so, her tone was very angry and aggrieved.
Bombardment Scorch was about to step forward when he stopped.
So the reason why Prunus fought with the boy was because of him?
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After such a big incident, it was natural that their homeroom teacher had to mediate the incident. Bombardment Scorch remembered that day, he desperately hid in the corner of the corridor and waited for Prunus's parents to come. He wanted to tell Prunus's parents — please don't blame Prunus. She only violated the agreement because of him.
Moreover, when Bai Jian, who had no personality, fought with a child with personality, she was naturally the one who was at a disadvantage. Although the boy had a bite mark on his hand and a few scratches on his face, Bai Jian's glasses were broken, and there were a few big bumps on her head from being beaten up. Her favorite sweater had also become dirty …
All in all, Bombardment Scorch felt that Prunus was at a disadvantage.
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"... Teacher, Almond is usually a very gentle child. He would never quarrel with other children, let alone fight back. Could it be that the child over there did something?"
It was Prunus's mother, the famous Smoke Lady on TV. At this moment, she showed up at school to receive ideological counseling with Prunus. The other boy had already received it. His parents' working hours were more flexible than Prunus's parents, so he came to school earlier than Prunus's mother.
"... Mommy, that child bullied Little Bombardment Scorch."
Bai Jian, whose glasses were crooked, reached out to tug at her mother's skirt and said with an aggrieved expression — Speaking of this, Bai Jian actually didn't know the boy's name. She only knew that he had been pestering Jiao Leng recently.
"Little Bombardment Scorch?
Is that the child you always talk to me about? "
Bai Jian's mother realized that it was her deskmate who often taught her. She sighed helplessly, "That child is also very pitiful … Speaking of which, teacher, don't you think that the students in the class are also a bit problematic?
If you let them treat their classmates like this at this stage, they will not change when they grow up. "
"... But Mrs. Prunus, fighting is always wrong."
"Yes, I will ask my daughter to avoid this kind of behavior, and I will ask her to apologize for hitting that child. But that boy also has to apologize to Bombardment Scorch."
Prunus listened to her mother's words. She did not understand, but she still nodded seriously. Yes, there was such a thing.
The homeroom teacher looked troubled. Facing the determined woman, he did not know how to continue. He frowned and said, "Mrs. Prunus is right. You can go back now. I will be more careful in the future."
Prunus's mother's expression softened. She looked at her daughter and led her out of the classroom.
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In the corridor.
"... Almond, do you think that child over there is your classmate?"
Prunus's mother kept holding Prunus's hand. Her pair of red eyes, which were the same as Prunus's, looked faintly at the corner. Since the beginning of the meeting, she had been feeling that someone was hiding there. She thought that the person might have something to ask Almond.
Prunus blinked and let go of Mrs. Prunus's hand, "... I will go and take a look."
After that, she walked to the corner and found Bombardment Scorch, who had been squatting and eavesdropping since the beginning.
Being discovered by the dumbstruck Bai Jian, for some reason, Hong Jiao Leng felt a moment of awkwardness and anxiousness. He stood up and planned to rebuke her as usual, but when he saw the scars on the girl's face, many of the words of reprimand were forcibly swallowed back down.
"... What are you doing here?" Prunus raised her eyebrows and looked at him strangely.
Bombardment Scorch felt a little helpless. Wasn't it obvious that he was waiting for her to come out?
However, he knew that if he did not explain it properly, the idiot in front of him would not understand. With that thought in mind, he opened his mouth and asked, "... Did the teacher make things difficult for you?"
"No," Prunus blinked and answered matter-of-factly, "My mommy is amazing."
Bombardment Scorch felt a little helpless. What did this have to do with her mommy being amazing?
But when it came to her mommy, Bombardment Scorch was a little confused, "Didn't you say that I can't fight with others?"
Prunus suddenly understood why Bombardment Scorch was so hesitant. Thinking of this, Prunus walked closer to Bombardment Scorch and deliberately looked around to see if there was anyone around. She waved her hand and asked him to put his ear closer. She looked like she wanted to whisper something to him.
"... Well, mommy told me that if I really meet a bad person, I can fight back."
Prunus cautiously made a fist with her hand and said with a serious face, "Mommy also taught me how to fight. Mommy said that if something happened, she would help me talk to the teacher."
Bombardment Scorch did not know whether to laugh or cry. What kind of hidden version of family teachings was this?
But he could not help but sigh, "... Your mommy is so nice."
Prunus had a family that made him very envious. He also understood why Prunus was so stubborn.
"... Really?
I like mommy so much. When I grow up, I want to be a hero like mommy. "Prunus smiled, her red eyes were dyed a warm orange-red by the setting sun. It was very beautiful.
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"Almond, I should send you back. I still have work to do tonight!" The smoke lady looked at her watch and urged.
"Okay, mommy."
Prunus came back to her senses and gave Bombardment Scorch a big smile, "See you tomorrow, Little Bombardment Scorch. It's very late today."
Bombardment Scorch was stunned. So, she really did not know that he was waiting for her?
Bombardment Scorch watched the small white figure disappear at the end of the corridor and sighed helplessly. Forget it, he was almost used to that idiot's way of thinking.
From that day onwards, Prunus completely changed his view of her. He even had to admit that every time he saw her, he would feel a little embarrassed and anxious. He would also feel jealous when others talked to her.
He thought that he must have fallen in love with Prunus. It was just that he did not dare to show it in front of her. He only dared to teach her patiently like before. After such a big fight, no one in the class dared to laugh at him. Their days returned to their original peace.
He noticed that they had been promoted to the second grade of elementary school. They were still in the same class, but they were no longer deskmates. Prunus, who had been promoted to the second grade class, looked more depressed than usual. She even asked him several times whether she could not be a hero because she did not have a personality.
At that time, he actually wanted to tell her that she could be a hero. But, before Bombardment Scorch succeeded in encouraging her, she had already transferred to another school.
It was also later that he heard from his classmates that Prunus's parents were involved in an indiscriminate killing and were both killed.
Bai Jian, who survived, was sent to a distant relative's home.
He had no choice but to know what happened to her after that.
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