Chapter 18: "Capture" Zhang Shasha

I said firmly on the phone: "This matter must not be let go like this. Compensation of 600 yuan is absolutely not acceptable." Zhang Shasha was instantly furious on the other end of the phone, and raised her voice and said: "My father has already negotiated with them, and the matter is settled like this. They also promised not to bother you again in the future. What, are you not giving me face, or not giving my father face? I will compensate you for your torn clothes. Tell me, how much?" When I heard this, I quickly softened my tone and explained: "That's not what I meant. OK, then I won't pursue it. I really don't think the money is too little." She responded unhappily on the other end of the phone: "Okay, stop talking. Is 500 yuan enough? I don't have that much money. It's settled." After that, she hung up the phone with a "click". I wanted to call her back to explain it clearly, but the phone at home did not have caller ID, and there was no her number at all. I was too lazy to ask the little girl for Zhang Shasha's phone number. I thought, forget it, never mind, I'll talk about it when I go to school tomorrow.

After school, I saw the little girl at a glance. Her hair was cut short again. It's a pity that she always keeps short hair. The little girl saw me and said with a mocking tone: "I heard that you sent Zhang Shasha home that day, and you fought six people alone. Are you a hero saving a beauty?" I asked in confusion: "Who did you hear that from?" She replied: "Zhang Shasha asked me for your home phone number, and I asked her if there was anything urgent, and she told me." I couldn't help but complain in my heart. Girls really can't keep things secret. She actually said such a shameful thing. It's really helpless. The little girl joked with me for a while, and then went to class. This class is a review class. There is no new content, and it is mainly to do exercises. I pulled Wang Dong to chat with me and told him about the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" I played at Han Xiaoxue's house that day. Wang Dong said he had already finished the game. He thought I didn't like this kind of game, so he didn't tell me before. I hurriedly asked him to tell me about the plot and development process of the game. He asked me where I was playing, and I told him the truth. Wang Dong said with a lewd look on his face: "You are really not lucky. Play for a while, and the heroine Zhao Linger will come out, and she is taking a shower. There is a close-up shot." Now I remember it, and secretly made up my mind that I must find a computer room with "Legend of Sword and Fairy" next time and have a good day.

As soon as the bell rang for the first class, I heard the male classmate sitting by the door shouting to me: "Huang Zhong, come quickly, there is a beauty looking for you." I looked at the door and it turned out to be Zhang Shasha. At that time, Zhang Shasha was also a famous female gangster in the whole school. I thought to myself, my classmate is really bold. He dared to call her a beauty, and he was not afraid that this female gangster would cause trouble for him after school. You know, at that time, calling someone a beauty really meant being a beauty, unlike today, when any young woman is called a beauty, and this title has almost become a popular term. Because my classmates were shouting loudly, and I was a studious student in the class, not a slacker type, suddenly a beautiful slacker came to me, and the whole class looked over curiously. Zhang Shasha saw me coming over and said, "Is that boy in your class stupid? Is he looking for a fight? Doesn't he know who I am?" I hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Don't mind, he's just a nerd, and you're so beautiful, he can't help but get a little excited when he sees you." Zhang Shasha looked me up and down for a while and said, "It seems that the swelling on your face hasn't completely subsided, but you can't really tell without looking closely. Does it hurt anywhere else?" I straightened my chest and said casually, "It's okay, I'm in good health." She took out a stack of money from her pocket, all in 100-yuan denominations, and I was immediately shocked. I guess the whole class was shocked by this scene, and everyone was staring at us. Suddenly I saw her take out so much money, and I thought I was asking her for protection money. I hurriedly said, "Why are you taking out so much money in the corridor? Put it away quickly." Zhang Shasha said with disdain, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that someone will come to rob you? Here is 1,000 yuan, of which 600 yuan is the compensation from the six of them, and the other 400 yuan is my own pocket money, which is considered as compensation for your clothes." I said, "I can't take it." But Zhang Shasha was very stubborn and insisted on giving me the 1,000 yuan. We were in a stalemate at the door of the classroom.

I looked back and found that the little gangster was still in the classroom, so I hurriedly called her over. The little gangster girl came over to me with a smile and said, "I'm watching you two acting, what do you want me to do?" I said, "Old man, please persuade Shasha. I really can't take this money." The little gangster girl looked at me with contempt and said, "Just take the money. It's Shasha's neighbor compensating you. Why are you being so polite? Stop pretending and take it." I said, "The other 400 yuan is Shasha's own money." Zhang Shasha took over the conversation and said, "Didn't you say that your clothes were torn? If you think the money is not enough, I only have 400 yuan. Anyway, this happened because of me, and I will compensate you for the clothes." Zhang Shasha's tone became more and more aggressive, so I had to explain with a smile, "I was just kidding you. I just couldn't get over it at the time. Actually, the clothes were not torn. Next time I'll wear them to show you, and you'll believe it." The little gangster girl suggested, "How about this, you take 600 yuan, and Shasha will take the other 400 yuan. Keep the 400 yuan. You two should stop making trouble in the corridor. It will have a bad influence on the teacher and so many classmates.

I followed the advice of the little girl and took 600 yuan. Zhang Shasha said: "If you don't want the 400 yuan, go shopping with me this weekend and I will buy you a set of clothes. Let's make it a deal." Before I could respond, Zhang Shasha turned and left. I really didn't expect her to be such a strong-willed girl.

After the National Day holiday, the annual sports meeting came again. The teacher held a class meeting for us, mainly talking about the sports meeting and the relevant matters of joining the league. Since my grades were pretty good at that time, I was on the list of joining the league this time. This was really good news. I planned to go home and tell my mother to make her happy. In the school sports meeting, the teacher hoped that I could participate in more events, but I still refused. I haven't exercised much in the past year. When they played football and basketball in physical education class, I basically didn't participate. During every free time, I would chat about games and brag with several game fans in the class.

I only signed up for the 3000m event, and the little girl was still the same, signing up for the 100m, 200m and relay races. I deliberately teased the little girl: "You signed up for so many events. If you can't run because of your period, who will replace you?" The little girl retorted without showing any weakness: "If I can't run because of my period, I will cripple my lower body and let you run for me." The little girl never suffered a loss. Every time she quarreled with me, she never lost. During those days after school, I would send Zhang Shasha home. At first, we took the bus. Later, I suggested walking home. It was only two stops away, and it wasn't tiring anyway. So I came home very late every day. When my mother asked about it, I lied and said that the school's evening self-study time for the second grade of junior high school was extended.

On weekends, I went out to go shopping with Zhang Shasha. She asked me to meet at the gate of the largest clothing city in our city. After we met, I mustered up the courage to hold her hand. She shook it off a few times at first, but I shamelessly held her hand a few more times and finally succeeded in holding her hand. Why didn't I dare to hold her hand when I was in school? Because in that era, two students in junior high school uniforms holding hands on the street were too eye-catching. We were choosing clothes in the clothing city. I haven't been to this clothing city for a long time. Since it became popular to wear team uniforms, I have been buying clothes in sporting goods stores or small vendors outside. Besides, the clothes here are more mature and not suitable for my age.

Zhang Shasha and I were walking in the clothing city. At that time, Korean wave was very popular. Zhang Shasha liked the girl group SES and insisted on buying a Korean school uniform jacket. At that time, all the clothes sold to young people in the clothing city were basically Korean-style. Although I also knew some Korean stars, I didn't know them very well. The only brands that can be named are NRG, HOT, and Cool Dragon. At that time, their news was everywhere on the radio and magazines here, and their posters were posted in audio-visual stores and bookstores on the streets. In fact, the popularity of hair dyeing also came from Korea. After shopping for a whole morning, she bought herself a white Korean-style jacket and bought me a pair of wide-leg jeans. At that time, those jeans were really super handsome, super fashionable, and super cool, but now looking at them again, they seem a bit tacky. I dare say that when I wore wide-leg jeans in 1998, there were not many people wearing them in our city! Zhang Shasha also bought me a European-style top. What is a European-style? It is a casual suit. In my memory, it was defined like this at the time: Chinese suits are all more formal and basically the same. European suits are very fashionable and casual, so we call this type of suit European-style, which is now a casual suit. In fact, it cannot be completely called a suit, but just casual wear. Like the wide-leg jeans, this European-style top is also very avant-garde. It was not popular at the time. It seems that it became popular more than a year after I bought it. It is a bit embarrassing to say that the money for buying clothes was all paid by Zhang Shasha. I was young at that time and did not care about face as much as I do now. I didn't care too much when a girl bought clothes for me. Zhang Shasha said: "This dress is a birthday gift to compensate you." Although I bought clothes, I rarely wore them. It seems that I only wore that European-style top twice, and then I didn't know where I threw it. When I moved, I found it again in the box, which made me sigh. I often wear that pair of jeans. After all, jeans can be worn by people of all ages. My relationship with Zhang Shasha became closer and closer. Every day after school, when I walked home and walked to a place far away from the school, I would hold her hand and walk together. The little gangster sisters also knew that we were officially together, and my status in the school gradually improved. I was in love with a female gangster, and everyone in the school knew about it. This news spread very quickly in our junior high school. Adolescent students like to discuss such things. Who is dating whom, who has a crush on whom, and who has broken up with whom are all topics that everyone talks about.

At that time, I had fallen deeply in love with Zhang Shasha. I would dream about her at night. During class, I looked forward to the end of the get out of class so that I could go to the corridor and stairs to talk to Shasha for a while. After school, I would rush to the school gate to wait for her to come out. This is the feeling of being in love. Holding hands could no longer satisfy my desire, so I decided to take the next step. About three weeks after we started dating, I sent her home as usual. When we arrived downstairs of her house, I hugged Zhang Shasha in the stairwell of her house and kissed her. This was the second time I kissed her. It felt very good and she cooperated very well. From that day on, every day when I sent her home, I would kiss her for a while before separating. At that time, I also learned the French kiss.