Insufficient balance

  "What are you doing?" Ning Fangxue woke up from her good dream, saw that her skirt was torn open, and hurriedly shouted out in alarm, her heart aching for her skirt.

  "Let me see if you have a mole on your butt!" Xiao Xiao flipped through her little panties and searched carefully, almost searching all over her little buttocks, but didn't see any. Still puzzled in her heart, she thought to herself that Snow wouldn't lie to her, so she muttered to herself: "There isn't one. Little Snow, where is it?"

  "What? You? Little monster. You're so clueless." Ning Fangxue grabbed a drawing board and hit him on the head with it, sending Xiao Xiao flying to one side. Then she used the metal clip on her drawing board to hold up her skirt, huffing and puffing as she walked home. As she walked, she thought about how she was going to explain this to her mom, who had specifically asked someone to bring it back from Tianjing for her.

  "Angry? What is she thinking?" Xiao Xiao stood up from the ground, hugging her shoulders with both hands, staring at Ning Fangxue's back: "She wants to go up the mountain? Premature, premature woman, really can't understand."

  The next day, a stray dog was found dead at the entrance of a residential area in Changhai City, with fresh blood in its mouth and its intestines torn apart. The scene was extremely terrifying and bizarre. The whole city was shocked and frightened, thinking that some kind of monster was on the loose. Experts were called in to investigate. After dissecting the dog and analyzing it, they found out the cause of death. It turned out that the dog had eaten a large amount of human feces before its death.

  The residents of this community heard this conclusion and were all shocked. Even a dog eating feces can die from it, what's wrong with this world?

  The expert hastily explained that this stool was not ordinary stool, the stool contained a large number of broken blade pieces, it was unknown how they were formed, and some bastard had pulled this stool at the entrance of the community.

  "Xiao Ge, did you throw the knife at my doorstep?" Shark called Xiao Xiao, his voice trembling.

  "Are you pretending to be a hoodlum? You damn well made me swallow a blade?" Xiao Xiao scolded him over the phone.

  The shark felt wronged and defended itself. At the time, she suspected our relationship, I thought it would be better to come clean, didn't expect you to take it literally.

  Xiao Xiao's anger surged as she gripped the phone tightly, recalling the blade that had been devoured by her. "What should we do about this?" she asked.

  The shark was so angry that he himself had no bottom in his heart, and didn't know what else he could do to himself, almost crying, begging Xiao Xiao for forgiveness.

  "Alright, I'll forgive you." Xiao Xiao heard his sobbing and her heart softened as well. After thinking for a moment, she said to him: "If you want me to forgive you, find a pit of dung that's just deep enough to cover your elbows, do push-ups in it. And remember to record it."

  The next day, both of them came to the classroom. Ning Fangxue moved her seat to a place very far away from Xiao Xiao and spent the whole day painting by herself, ignoring him.

  "Huh?" Xiao Xiao gave him a cold face during class, he really couldn't understand. He didn't do anything wrong in the first place, she agreed to let him do whatever he wanted, but now it's not okay?

  Like this, Xiao Xiao and Ning Fangxue called out to each other in anger, neither of them paying attention to the other. Every day was spent focusing on painting until the summer art class was about to end. Xiao Xiao could no longer hold back and took the initiative to find Ning Fangxue during class break.

  Xiao Xiao saw her back facing herself, intently painting, so she patted her shoulder and said with a smile: "Little Snow, why aren't you talking to me?"

  "I'm ignoring you." Ning Fangxue turned her back on Xiao Xiao, her voice firm but without any anger.

  Xiao Xiao moved in front of her, looked into her eyes, calm and sincere, and said: "Forgive me."

  "Don't mind you." Ning Fangxue glanced at him with the corner of her eye, still being reserved.

  "I apologize to you." Xiao Xiao bowed and kowtowed.

  "What?" Ning Fangxue turned her head and calculated, "Since you're so sincere, come to the classroom tonight. Anyway, the art class will end tomorrow, I'll give you a big surprise."

  "Tonight?" Xiao Xiao shook her head, looking at Ning Fangxue's beautiful eyes, didn't expect it to be a big deal this time. Was she going to continue the passion from last time and make it a series?

  "Yes." Ning Fangxue answered without hesitation.

  "Dark lanterns and blind fires, aren't you afraid?" Xiao Xiao thought to herself, could this be the legendary date? Her heart secretly delighted.

  "With you here, I'm not afraid of anything. See you at 8." Ning Fangxue smiled calmly, her smile was radiant.

  "Ah, okay." Xiao Xiao was overjoyed.

  After school, Xiao Xiao rode her bicycle home with her painting tools on her back, hastily ate a meal and then rode out of the house again.

  Xiao Xiao's mom chased after him out the door and asked where he was going so late?

  "Let's go on a date." Xiao Xiao waited for her bicycle, riding against the wind in response.

  "Ah, son is great, mom supports you. When you have time, bring him home and let mom take a look." Xiao's mom excitedly waved her right arm.

  Xiao Xiao rode her bicycle straight to the art classroom, arrived at the bottom of the building, locked up her bike and leaned it against the wall. She ran up to the third floor in one breath, opened the door with a secretly prepared key. Since the art class was about to end tomorrow, many classmates had already taken their painting tools back home, so the classroom seemed a bit empty, filled with a faint scent of colorful fragrances.

  He glanced at the big clock on the classroom wall, it was only half past seven, and saw that Ning Fangxue had not arrived yet, so he sat down. With his hands around his knees, he stared out of the window, as night fell, the city lights lit up, shining into the classroom. Shining on Xiao Xiao's solitary figure. He stood up, listlessly turning on all the lights in the classroom, and returned to his original position, continuing to hug his own knees, staring blankly at the ceiling of the classroom. Although he had been waiting for a long time, he never doubted that Xiaoxue would not come tonight.

  At eight o'clock sharp, Ning Fanshuai wore a pair of shorts and a pink vest, looking neat and tidy. He had a small backpack on his back and quietly walked into the classroom.

  Xiao Xiao quickly stood up, swung his hand and greeted her: "Hey, you're here." His tone seemed to have matured a lot.

  Ning Fanshu nodded slightly, remained silent and didn't speak, using her hand behind her back to close the classroom door.

  "That day I tore your skirt, sorry." Xiao Xiao thought to bring up a topic, so she repeated what happened during the day and apologized again to see her reaction.

  Ning Fanshuo waved his hand and said in a calm tone that he was not angry and had already forgotten about it.

  "You said you'd give me a surprise, what is it? Or was there nothing to begin with." Xiao Xiao looked at her shorts in confusion, remembering the skirt she had torn off that day. She hadn't worn one since then.

  "Ah," Ning Fangxue lightly bit her lip, lifted her head, and looked at Xiao Xiao with big eyes, slightly blushing, saying: "Do you still want to see the mole on my butt?"

  Xiao Xiao never thought that the surprise she mentioned would be this, and she couldn't help but feel extremely happy, her eyes wide with excitement, nodding vigorously, and laughing loudly. Tonight, she can finally get what she wanted.

  Ning Fanshu's face turned slightly red, and she said softly, "Tomorrow is the last day of art class. Tonight, I can show you." As she spoke, she fiddled with her hem, revealing a hint of girlish thoughts.

  He jumped up high with excitement, swung his right arm, and almost fell to the ground when he landed.

  "Alright, that's enough for now." Ning Fangxue smiled and reminded him, seeing how excited he was.

  He rubbed his hands together, barely suppressing the itch in them, and walked up to her, squatting down beside her, about to pull down her shorts.

  "Wait," Ning Fangxue bit her lip, "with the lights on, it's so bright, how embarrassing."

  "No problem, even if the lights are dark, I can still see." Xiaoxiao and several kangaroos jumped to the switches in the classroom and quickly turned off all the lights.

  The lights in the classroom went out, and the bright lights of the outside world shone through the large glass windows, illuminating Ning Fangxue's face. Her face became radiant with a kaleidoscope of colors, as beautiful as a dream.

  Xiao Xiao looked at Ning Fangxue in the lamplight and felt both excited and a little shy. She asked if she was okay now?

  "It's okay if you want to look, but everything has to be fair." Ning Fangxue said, "If you want to see mine, then I should get to see yours first."

  Xiao Xiao patted his chest and said proudly, "Fair, absolutely fair, no problem."

  "Go ahead, you first." Ning Fangxue pointed at him with her hand.

  "Good," Xiao Xiao replied briskly. He was wearing a navy blue short-sleeved shirt on top and large cowboy pants on the bottom. "I've taken them off, don't be shy." He took off his navy blue shirt and large cowboy pants, leaving only a small underpants and slippers on his feet. "How's this?" he said, posing with his undeveloped upper body in several bodybuilding poses, his silhouette projected onto the wall by the light from outside the window.

  "Hehe, this is not enough, I want to see your butt." Ning Fangxue twisted and turned with embarrassment.

  Xiao Xiao rubbed her nose, took a glance out the window, took a deep breath, turned around with her back to Ning Fang Xue, and quickly pulled down her pants to cover herself.

  Suddenly, in the darkness, a flash of light burst forth, like a light bulb exploding in the classroom, as the camera took its shot.

  "Haha, little monster, I took a picture of your butt. Did you think that after tearing my skirt, I would let you off so easily?" Ning Fangxue said, taking advantage of Xiao's momentary distraction to snap several high-definition photos. Then, holding the camera, she ran out of the classroom in two strides and locked the door with a large copper lock she had brought along, before rushing downstairs in one breath.

  Xiao Xiao suddenly found that things had changed, immediately turned his head and ran to the door. He saw that the classroom door was locked from the outside. Instantly furious, he shook his arms violently. Unfortunately, the door was locked too tightly, without any response. Then he kicked it hard with his foot, still to no avail. He threw his shorts on the ground and ran to the window, looking through the glass window, seeing Ning Fangxue standing downstairs.

  Ning Fanshu stood there, staring at Xiao Xiao in the third-floor window, expressionless, with a hint of redness in his eyes.

  Xiao Xiao yanked open the window and shouted: "Xiaoxue, I'm a tender little boy, my butt was slapped by you like that. If I catch you, I'll strip you naked immediately!" He gritted his teeth, fiercely pounding on the windowsill with both fists, making a loud noise.

  "Little monster." Ning Fanshuai looked at Xiao Xiao in the classroom with some sadness, "Tomorrow, I'm going to move to another city, and we might never see each other again. These photos, I'll keep as a memento." She said, turning her head to sob, then hailed a taxi and got in.

  Xiao Xiao suddenly heard, shocked and saw her getting into a taxi. In a hurry, he stepped on the windowsill and climbed out of the window, crouching down to grab the iron railing of the second-floor window, dodging left and right while climbing down. With great difficulty, he reached the ground, but the taxi had already started moving, and Xiaoxue was about to disappear into the lights. He hastily looked for his bicycle, only to find it locked, and then remembered that he wasn't wearing anything, where would he have the bike key? "Damn," he cursed, looking around without seeing any taxis, even if there were, what would he use to pay?

  With a whoosh of thought, he lifted his head and chest, swung open his limbs, and with both arms generating wind, he chased after the taxi.

  On a summer night, the streets were brightly lit and crowded with people. Suddenly, a green taxi appeared in front of them, speeding along, and a little boy, stark naked, was chasing after it with incredible bravery.

  "Did you gamble away your pants? No way, how much did you lose?"

  "What kind of kid is this? Not learning well and following others to run naked. Do they really think they're doing art?"

  "Hey kid, wait up! I'm a reporter from Changhai Evening News. Can I interview you on why you're doing this? Are you celebrating your promotion to a higher grade? Ah, kid, wait up! Geez, he's running really fast. Ah, auntie, do you know what that little boy is running wildly for?"

  "Reporter, I just saw him chasing after the little girl in front of the taxi. It seems like she's found a new rich and handsome guy and doesn't care about him anymore, dumping him."

  "No, it's not Liu Dama, that's not what happened. I just saw it, that little girl caught the little boy and another little girl having an affair, in a fit of anger, she took away both of their savings, and that little boy jumped off the bed to chase her."

  "Two elderly women, what you're saying is too absurd."

  "Absurd? Young people, you're just young. What's more absurd than a little boy in his underwear chasing after a little girl sitting in a taxi at midnight?"

  "Otherwise, young man, give me a reason for this matter. Cut."

  "If I had to say, I think it's love."

  "Uh, faint."

  "Auntie, auntie, someone's coming, hurry up and call an ambulance."

  People naturally discussed this shocking and unconventional move with great interest.

  "What? There's a kid, seems to be chasing my car!" The taxi driver saw Xiao Xiao running after the car in the rearview mirror, her ponytail fluttering high, and was greatly perplexed, just about to stop the car.

  Xiao Xue put the camera in her backpack and told him to mind his own business.

  "Boyfriend?" The driver immediately understood that he had a relationship with her and asked in a teasing tone, seeing that Ning Fangxue was still young.

  Ning Fanshuo didn't want to think about it anymore, tears streaming down her face like a river. She told the driver to hurry up and drive.

  "You're so young and already causing trouble? Actually, you girls don't know how hard it is for men. Why not be more considerate?" The driver looked at Xiao Xiao in the rearview mirror without speeding up. "Men running around isn't a crime," he even started humming a tune.

  He dashed out of the taxi with all his might, feeling as if he had reached the speed of light. Everything around him seemed to be there and yet not there, as if he was already in another space. Suddenly, his foot landed on a patch of slippery mud, causing his body to lean forward and sending him tumbling to the ground. He quickly scrambled to his feet, still full of fighting spirit, and took off again with long strides, running proudly. It was as if nothing had happened. Nor did he know what he would do if he really caught up with the taxi, or what he might end up doing.

  Xiao Xue looked at Xiao Xiao running behind the taxi, he was running wildly and recklessly. If he continued like this, he might get into an accident. "Stop the car," she suddenly said.

  "Ah, that's more like it. When heaven rains and earth flows, a couple's quarrel is not worth remembering. Let's just talk it out." The driver happily stepped on the brake, and the taxi stopped in its tracks.

  Xiaoxue saw the driver stop the car, stuck her head out of the window and shouted to Xiao Xiao who was running towards her, "Little monster, if we both get into Tianjing Art Academy after graduating from high school, wait for me under the pagoda tree in school." Her trembling voice floated along the entire street.

  Ning Fanshu finished speaking and told the driver to start the car.

  "Kid, you must seize the opportunity, go for it." The driver started the car and moved forward, driving while smiling contentedly, secretly clenching his fists tightly.

  Xiao Xiao slowed down her footsteps upon hearing Ning Fang Xue's words, and gradually came to a stop. She stood there, panting heavily, staring blankly as the taxi disappeared into the distance.

  Suddenly, the sky changed color, the wind and thunder stirred, several flashes of lightning twisted like glowing snakes, several times tearing through the starry sky, bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky.

  The city on a rainy night, the lights are still shining brightly. People hide in the warm windows, happily gathering together as a family, eating and drinking, laughing and chatting, indulging in unparalleled happiness.

  Drenched from head to toe, he stood stupidly in the middle of the street, getting soaked in the torrential rain, facing the panicked crowds rushing past with their heads down, completely losing his composure.

  The next day, the summer art class ended. Ning Fangxue didn't come; her whole family had moved to another province. As soon as she left, summer was over and the leaves turned yellow.

  Afterwards, Xiao Xiao had no further contact with her.

  "Tianjing Academy of Fine Arts." Xiao Xiao looked at Modigliani's painting, taking a drag on his cigarette. He didn't know where Xiaoxue was now, if she had smoothly passed the entrance exams and graduated this year, he didn't know if her dreams had come true. If she had been admitted to Tianjing Academy of Fine Arts, he would have also been admitted to Tianjing Academy of Fine Arts, or maybe they would have met again. However, he was admitted to Tianjing Agricultural University.

  "Little snow." Xiao Xiao thought to herself, "So many years have passed, everyone has changed, and some things have already been forgotten long ago. If one day we really meet again, will we still be able to recognize each other?"