If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 1009 Covenant
The empty basketball court was filled with white mist, and the crisp basketball sound could not stop resounding in the depths, suddenly far away and now near.

The fog in the coastal city is always so heavy. The self-built houses covered with red bricks in the housing complex around the basketball court are all hidden in the thick white clouds. If you look towards those buildings, behind every dark window There seemed to be figures floating around, as if there were many people standing silently behind the window watching the boy tossing and turning alone in the open space below.

He was wearing a basketball with a strong figure in the white mist, looming, as if he was performing a solo dance, but no one cheered for him when the basketball entered the frame and made a crisp sound of wiping the net.

Lin Nian always plays ball alone, especially in the early morning.

At this time, the fog has not had time to dissipate, and the sound of sanitation workers’ brooms tied with bamboo silk rubbing against the concrete road comes from a distance. , Then it was covered by the sound of the basketball entering the frame.

Another ball was scored, and Lin Nian maintained his shooting motion. Just as he lowered his hand, he heard someone applauding not far away.

On the edge of the basketball court, a girl with a single ponytail was sitting in the auditorium. She was wearing a size 24 sleeveless yellow jersey, and she was clapping vigorously for Lin Nian with her two white lotus-like arms.

Lin Nian looked at her from a distance, then turned his head, picked up the rolled basketball and repeatedly dribbled, imagined a breakthrough and then shot, all the same, just like a robot, boring and monotonous, and the girl's applause also In the same way, applaud again and again for those tedious and repetitive goals.

Occasionally, a girl with a single ponytail would get up from the auditorium, take out mineral water from the package in her arms, and run to Lin Nian with cheerful small steps to hand him the water. Lin Nian would not refuse, and would Thank you, and then go back to the monotony of dribbling and shooting.

Until a long time, no one knows how long, the girl on the sidelines dragged her cheeks and said suddenly, it's getting late now, should we go?

Lin Nian didn't know how many times he looked behind him when the girl was looking at him. The girl walking beside him curiously asked him what he was looking at, and he said there was nothing.

The girl asked along the way, what should I do if I can't make sense?Lin Nian said that my sister has never lost with reason.

From the moment she appeared by his side, it was as if something was entangled in him, and he couldn't let go or shake it off, bit by bit from the soles of his feet to his waist, and as the familiarity deepened, , must gather strength little by little, and strangle him, a little suffocated, which makes people feel that they can't escape, and they can't call for help.

The girl next to him looked up at this not-so-high seven-story self-built house just like him, and praised Lin Nian for choosing a good place to settle down.

The girl stopped in her tracks, stood on the high corner steps and burst out laughing, looking down at Lin Nian as if she was looking at those immature children in junior high school.

Lin Nian didn't notice the girl's interesting eyes, he just climbed the stairs and counted how many steps were left.

This girl is really weird.

In the bottom of his heart, Lin Nian seems to have a unique cognitive skill for everyone around him. It is a strange feeling derived from intuition, as if he can feel the warmth of the people around him.

He lied.

At dinner one day, my sister asked him many questions about this matter. After he told his sister everything without hiding anything, my sister told him thoughtfully: If you think this girl bothers you But you can't refuse to push her away, so take her home and let me talk to her.

It was also at this moment that the string in his head snapped and he lost consciousness.

But the girl next to him gave him a strange feeling.

He stopped knocking on the door, turned his head to look at the girl beside him in surprise, but suddenly found that the girl's pupils turned a terrible golden red at some point, the earth melted in her eyes, and those flowing lights Halo is burning lava!She looked at herself smiling, smiling so contemptuously, as if she was thanking the ignorant him for being the guide who brought her to the end.

After passing through the vast fog, at some point, Lin Nian, who forgot to count his steps, looked up and found that he was already standing downstairs. The upstairs was his home, and the road behind him was submerged in white fog. Like a land that has never existed before, the white ocean drifts silently and boundlessly.

The footsteps behind the anti-theft door were getting closer, Lin Nian turned his head and yelled at the person behind the door not to open the door, but the moment the door creaked and pushed open, he looked at the person behind the door and was stunned.

The girl who jumped up and down the steps like a bunny continued to ask, what should I do if I meet someone who is unreasonable?Lin Nian said that he would probably scold or beat people.

This is a natural intuition, and Lin Nian has always been someone who is willing to trust his intuition.

Lin Nian thought to himself that when he was hungry, he always turned on the stove to eat scrambled eggs, fried rice or dumplings. Who would be so extravagant to eat spicy hot pot worth tens of dollars for supper at night?But he just thought about it in his heart, didn't say these words, and silently led the girl through the alley and entered the building through the iron gate at the back.

Lin Nian and the girl stood in front of the rusty anti-theft door with the word "Fu" on it.

It's just that in his heart, he thinks this girl is different.

The girl accidentally said that your sister doesn't swear?Why are you still swearing and beating?Lin Nian said that she did not swear or beat anyone, so I was the one who did it for me.

It might be an illusion, but it was terribly real. Lin Nian wanted to stay away from her, but she followed her everywhere, acting so close to nature, that Lin Nian couldn't push her away maliciously.

The girl talked a lot, but Lin Nian didn't care too much, he just responded to it vaguely. He looked at the white misty road ahead, and familiar buildings appeared one after another in the mist around him. Submerged, I was also calculating the route home that I had traveled countless times, my thoughts were dull, mechanical, and there was no violation.

Lin Nian would think this way many times, it was a very strange feeling, that girl with a single ponytail, black hair, wearing a No. 24 jersey and shorts with dizzying white arms and legs, was like a girl in a stone. Suddenly one day he got out from the crowd on the basketball court and said to him, I really like the way you play basketball, can I learn how to play basketball from you.

The basketball fell to the ground and the sound echoed. There was no one on the basketball court, and the thick fog became thicker, gradually covering the entire open space.

Bondage, yes, Lin Nian felt the word was correct.

The girl's topic is jumping, the previous session was still talking about school affairs, and he complained about how stupid and self-aware junior high school boys are, and how rigid and unreasonable the teacher is, and the next session will be transferred to her I'm learning ballet recently, and I'm already dancing in a good shape. If he wants to watch it, she can dance for him if he wants.

In the pale silence, two sets of footsteps came from far away, and the white mist gradually parted a concrete road in the early morning. Lin Nian and the girl in jersey were walking side by side on the road. The girl chirped and said a lot to Lin Nian talk.

Seeing Lin Nian ignoring him, the girl complained, "Do you hate me? I told you so much and you didn't reply me a few words?"
Lin Nian shook his head and said, I don't hate you.

Lin Nian knocked on the door, and the girl beside her turned to look at Lin Nian for the last time, and said:
"I said, what should you brothers and sisters do if you meet someone who is unreasonable, who can't be beaten or scolded?"

Looking at the anti-theft door, Lin Nian wondered why the girl would ask such a question. The footsteps of slippers behind the door got closer and closer. He suddenly felt a little hot around him, as if a fire was burning, making his skin, The blood, bones, and even nerves felt the scorching pain.

He can teach basketball. His basketball skills were taught by his sister in that orphanage. He taught them very carefully. Even an idiot can learn the three-step formulaic skills. To teach this girl is not because Lin Nian has such a valuable basketball skill.

Some people can bring him a warm feeling like a fire just by standing next to him. There are very few such people, so every time he meets, he cherishes them like gold; some people make him feel cold and uncomfortable , There are many such people, including classmates, landlords, and teachers; but often more people can't give him any feeling, just like the shrubs and weeds on the side of the road.

How to describe that feeling?She is like a shadow, always approaching him where he is not paying attention, and then entangles him, even if they are very close, he has never felt the hot temperature on this girl, nor does he feel the discomfort of clamminess , there is just a confusing sense of restraint.

The girl said that I wanted to see your sister for a long time, and now I finally have this opportunity, but I am still a little worried, did you speak ill of me to your sister?Will she scold me when I come to your house as a guest in a while?Lin Nian said no, my sister never cursed, she only reasoned with people.

Hearing these words, Lin Nian, who picked up the basketball that rolled back from his feet, stopped preparing to dribble, and nodded in agreement with the girl.

The girl asked Lin Nian again why your sister wanted to see me, did you mention me to your sister?Lin Nian replied that he had said so.

In the spiral stairwell, Lin Nian heard footsteps, and there was no light or fog, only occasionally a ray of light came in from the small window at the top of the corner to illuminate the figures of the two.

The classmate said that he and this girl had a hot fight, and it was suspected that he had a secret love affair, but Lin Nian knew that this was not the same thing. He didn't like this girl, even though she was so beautiful that a group of boys surrounded her and broke their heads.He also knew that this girl wouldn't like him either. Every time that girl looked at him and smiled, he felt that the other's smile had no warmth, and he couldn't find himself in those dark pupils looking at him. It was as if he was peeking at something further behind through his body and soul.

Lin Nian's first answer was no. He said that he only knew how to play basketball, but he couldn't teach others how to play basketball.

The feeling of tightness became more obvious. Lin Nian's head was buzzing, and he felt unable to move. The sense of restraint slowly climbed up his throat, making him feel suffocated.The temperature, he finally felt the temperature in this girl's body, it was not cold, but fiery, but it was definitely not the fiery heat that could bring warmth to others, it was the high temperature that would burn him into ashes!

It seemed that he couldn't escape this girl's entanglement. At some point, Lin Nian had this idea in his mind, and he was troubled by it for a long time, until his sister discovered his troubles.

But I don't like you either, he just passed this sentence silently in his mind.

The girl next to her was jumping ahead with her hands behind her back, turned around and asked Lin Nian what kind of person is your sister?Lin Nian replied that he was a very good person.

"Wow!"

The boy beside her was overwhelmed, but the girl in front of the door didn't take it seriously. She just looked at the person behind the door intently and sighed in a low voice, "It's really rare to see, Your Excellency."

The woman behind the door calmly looked at those molten red pupils and said with a smile, "Yes, it's really rare to see. Yemengade! Let me guess..."

"You came to me to talk about the covenant, didn't you?"

(End of this chapter)