He Xiang re-checked the things he was going to bring: his parents' death certificates, household registration booklet...

The weather outside was a bit gloomy. She was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and black sweatpants. To be honest, she was a little afraid of the cold. After hesitating for a long time, she finally changed the short-sleeved shirt into a long-sleeved one.

By the way, I took the umbrella hanging from the balcony to prevent me from getting soaked in the rain.

It has been raining for the past few days. There was a rare sun yesterday, but it didn't stay bright for a long time.

The umbrella was somewhat embroidered, as if it had been standing at the door for a long time before closing.

She probably didn't expect that the first time she went to the Civil Affairs Bureau was to apply for an orphan certificate for herself. She hummed, feeling an indescribable feeling in her heart.

Not far away, it started to rain, and He seemed to have used a lot of force to open the umbrella.

From the time she got He Wuhua's death certificate to now, she has never cried. She doesn't know how to face the fact that her father has left.

He Wuhua was just an ordinary delivery boy. His motorcycle suddenly broke down while delivering food and hit a tree stump. He held on until He Shi ran over from school before he finally died.

The sudden accident made He Si feel like he had been having a long dream, a dream from which he could not wake up.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and her long sleeves were a little wet from the rain. He seemed to come back to her senses and looked up, but she didn't know when the umbrella had a hole.

When she entered the Civil Affairs Bureau, she thought for a moment and did not close the umbrella. She placed the umbrella at the door and ran in. No one would want an umbrella in such a torn state.

When she went in and handed over the certificate, the noisy atmosphere around her suddenly weakened a lot. She didn't like people looking at her with pity, which always reminded her of the time when she was a child, when she was laughed at by other children because she didn't have a mother.

The expressions of the adults around her made her particularly uncomfortable.

It will take some time before the orphan certificate is obtained. He Xiang went out, picked up an umbrella and got into the rain. She didn't want to stay here for a moment longer. She was glad that she made the right decision not to close the umbrella.

Maybe he got complacent too early and collided head-on with a boy riding a bicycle in the heavy rain.

"Hey, are you okay? Get up quickly and see if you are okay. Do you want me to take you to the hospital?"

The young man was a little scared. He kept apologizing even before he pushed the bicycle away.

"Lao Zhuang!" Another young man came late and jumped off the bicycle. The bicycle was pushed aside. He ran to help the young man named "Lao Zhuang" first.

"Leave me alone, see what happened to that girl first."

The young man braked suddenly again, turned a corner, half-kneeling and helped up He Si, who was half lying on the ground. He turned to look at Lao Zhuang, then at He Si, and said, "Why don't you sit down first?

, let me help my brother..."

"Yeah." In fact, He didn't seem to be seriously injured. When she was hit, Lao Zhuang reacted quickly and turned the front wheel of the bicycle to the side. She only had some pain on her calf from the pedal.

But now I was still a little unable to stand, so I had to sit on the ground and lift up my trouser legs. The blood from the scratch flowed down my legs and dyed my socks red.

Lao Zhuang and another young man who were rescued looked at the blood in panic, their faces whiter than ever.

"I'll take you to the hospital, and I'll pay for the medicine. Don't call the police, or my mother will beat me to death." Lao Zhuang thought for a long time before holding back these words.

"That's right, just don't call the police." Another teenager agreed, and took a few steps forward. He subconsciously tried to help the person sitting on the ground, but found that he couldn't do anything, so he stepped back.

"No need." He Xiang put down his trouser legs. Although it hurt a little, it was still within the tolerable range. He slowly stood up on the other leg, "My umbrella is broken, do you have an umbrella?"

"Yes, yes." Lao Zhuang turned around and took out the umbrella that he had not yet opened from the pocket of his fallen bicycle.

Looking at the horrible red bicycle, he felt heartbroken. This was a bicycle he had just bought, and he had been asking his parents for it for a long time.

He Xiang took over the umbrella. This umbrella was much better than his own, even though it looked ugly.

I don’t know if the big red pig pattern on it originally existed or was painted on it. I feel that I have never seen an uglier umbrella than this one.

"Hey, why are you just leaving like that?" The two teenagers called her after her for a long time, trying to persuade her to take her to the hospital. They even chased her, but they were still rejected.

The two teenagers had no choice but to go back and clean up the crime scene.

"Lu Qinglin! It's all your fault. Why did you go out to ride a bike on a rainy day? Why did you pay attention? It's fine now. You got into trouble."

"Then be good to me. Who told you to ride so fast?"

“Is it my fault that I’m good at technology?”

"How shameless."

He Si returned home, took a shower, and wrapped the wound himself. It was not serious, but the blood flowed a bit, which was quite scary.

When it was almost six o'clock, I changed my clothes and then got ready to go to work. I didn't have time to go to the hospital, and maybe I felt it was really unnecessary.

The work place is in the barbecue restaurant downstairs, and my job is to help skewer barbecue. It was originally a job to cope with social practice, but who would have thought that it would become a source of income for the entire summer vacation.

It rained today, so there were fewer customers. She was not as tired as she was on the first day. The smell of raw meat made her never want to eat meat again in her life.

Ten days later, He Si successfully obtained the orphan certificate. After searching for a house during the summer, she finally found a rental house not far from the school.

It was only a dozen square meters, plus a toilet, so it couldn't be more empty. Fortunately, the rent of more than 400 yuan a month was somewhat acceptable to her.

The first thing she wanted to do when school started next semester was to study literature.

"Have you really thought about it? Do you want to study literature? You haven't started your second year of high school yet. Why don't you think about it for another week before telling the teacher." Wang Yao kept persuading her earnestly.

Wang Yao tutored her in mathematics and was also the class teacher. He was smart and hard-working. He was Wang Yao's favorite and proudest student. To be honest, He seemed a little reluctant to leave Wang Yao.

"Thank you, teacher. No need, I've already thought about it."

"But you are not as good at liberal arts as science, and you are so good at logical thinking. It would be a pity not to choose science."

He Xiang lowered his head, did not speak, and chose silence.

"Don't think that you don't have any advantages in the science subjects in your first year of high school. In your first year of high school, everything is relatively simple. By the time you reach your second year of high school, the teacher will believe that your good habits and those advantages will be revealed."

"Teacher, I know, but I have already thought about it..."

Knowing that his persuasion was fruitless, Wang Yao could only sigh alone, "It's okay, the teacher believes in you. If we don't want to be the top scholar in science, we can also be the top scholar in liberal arts. Although the teacher won't teach you, if you have any questions in mathematics, you can come anytime.

ask."

"Um."

After switching to a liberal arts major, it seemed that he had to move out of his dormitory at the same time.

Although the school's accommodation fee for one semester is only 600, she still has to find a way to find a job, otherwise she won't have money to eat.

He Wuhua delivered takeaways day and night. In addition to paying the rent, the remaining money was barely enough to save for her books and occasionally buy some new clothes for He Si.

All you can do now is plan how to use the remaining money on hand bit by bit.

This was just the beginning of school, and before she even stepped into her new class, she was already overwhelmed by other things.

As expected, the liberal arts class was mostly filled with girls. The class was chattering about introducing themselves and making new friends. He Xiang chose an empty seat in the last row by the window and sat down.

As far as the current position was concerned, there was no one in front or next to her. She silently prayed that it would be best if no one else comes, and she would be fine just sitting by herself.

The next second, the stool in the front seat was pulled with a clang, and the three boys started a battle around the two stools. He seemed to subconsciously lean back to protect himself, for fear of being hurt.

But there were only two stools, and finally a boy was squeezed out and sat next to He Xiang.

"Lao Zhuang, what am I talking about? You must be the one sitting with the girl among the three of us." The boy in front of He Si's table turned around and said, and added by the way, looking at He Si, "I didn't say peace."

The reason girls can't sit well is because we made a bet, so don't be angry."

He seemed not to look at them, but still lowered his head and nodded lightly.

"Who cares if I sit like you and have such bad foot odor?" He Xiang, his deskmate, said and kicked the table in front of him.

"You're done!" The front desk member also kicked him back, but after this time the battle was over.

"Hey, hello, my name is Zhuang Wenche, Chinese name Wen, clear Che." Zhuang Wenche smiled and looked at He Si, who then slowly turned his head and looked at her.

"You...I know you." Zhuang Wenche suddenly got excited.

He Xiang glanced at him. He was as his name suggests. He was clean and his eyes did not contain any impurities. He Xiang felt that the person in front of him looked familiar, but he could not figure out who it was.

She is a little face-blind and has been busy all summer, so she remembers nothing except being tired.

"Lao Zhuang, your tricks to tease young ladies are too vulgar." The boy in front of Zhuang Wenche also looked at He Xisi, "..."

"Well... we really know each other..." The next second, the boy changed his words.

"You are the girl I bumped into while riding my bicycle during the summer vacation." Zhuang Wenche looked at He Xisi.

He seemed to have no memory of the person who bumped into her that day, and tried to remember with a little embarrassment, "Oh... right..."

"I was really embarrassed that day. I didn't mean it. You got up and asked for an umbrella and walked away like nothing happened. I was really worried about you." Seeing that no one answered, Zhuang Wenche kicked the front of the table with his foot.

The boy, "Lu Qinglin."

"Yeah, that's right. You went to the hospital in the end. I think it's a bit serious."

"Fortunately, it's okay."

"Then we will be friends from now on. If anyone bullies you in the future, tell me, I will protect you, and I will treat it as compensation for you." Zhuang Wenche patted his chest, exerted too much force, and coughed twice.

"I've made up for it." He Si moved the stool against the wall, getting a little closer. For He Si, this was the first time they had met. She didn't like this kind of distance.

Zhuang Wenche glanced at He Si and moved his stool toward the aisle.

"That doesn't count. Hello, my name is Zhuang Wenche. What's your name?"

"He Shi." He Shi said and wrote her name on the paper with a pen.

"Hello, Lu Qinglin."

"Hello, He Yang." Only then did He Shi notice the boy named He Yang at the front table. He had been listening to them talking and now he spoke.
To be continued...