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「……你幹嘛一臉要死不活的樣子?」23Please respect copyright.PENANAeClxnnfwOT
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下課時間,在樓梯口上,易葉舒的眼光雖然沒有離開軍事雜誌,但他坐在高一階的樓梯上,就像視線可以洞穿雜誌似的,能看見他膝蓋前方,姚真臣那如同遊魂一般靈魂出竅的憔悴面孔。23Please respect copyright.PENANAWms5y3kd00
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「媽的,我不是『一臉要死不活』,我是『整體都要死不活』,知道嗎?」23Please respect copyright.PENANAUuA7fslV44
「知道了,原來如此,是我彈道精度不夠,沒有達成精準打擊。」易葉舒風紋不驚地說:「所以,你幹嘛整體都要死不活的樣子?」23Please respect copyright.PENANAaby1jg6DPh
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「精準打擊是這樣用的?你……算了。」姚真臣雖然口中不饒人,但氣勢上看來確實是非常委靡,「唉,昨天莫名其妙翹掉了練功,結果不但讓老媽擔心,回去還被大師傅操了一整晚……流人拳三路拳架,我大概都打了有三十次以上,而且每一個動作都被刁到極致。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAT4XRVdscTd
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「我可以理解成,你在刺槍術的時候每一動都被吊槍嗎?」23Please respect copyright.PENANA8yWTdQgKmc
「可以——喔喔喔!」坐在姚真臣後方的易葉舒狠狠往他背上拍了一下,痛得姚真臣哇哇大叫,「別!別鬧!會死,真的會死。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAvlvYO9rKNo
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「看來你真的沒有愧對你名字的諧音呢。」23Please respect copyright.PENANABHug1d4sx0
「啥小啦!」23Please respect copyright.PENANA381RPkh3CS
「真臣啊。」姚真臣回頭,看易葉舒揚起一邊嘴角,「真誠嘛。身爲合帶國人,諧音哏永遠不能亡你知道嗎?」23Please respect copyright.PENANA3XYkTyUCl4
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「你有想過名字變成諧音哏的人是什麼心情嗎?沒有,你只想到……」23Please respect copyright.PENANAaQ6zqPrd2V
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話還沒說完,女生班的同學們又在樓梯口現身了。由於至今以來總是被女孩子們冷言冷語地對待,易葉舒和姚真臣都往角落再縮了一點,避免礙著她們的路。23Please respect copyright.PENANApqGCXySpE1
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但這顯然也是徒勞,其中一位女學生還是出聲了。23Please respect copyright.PENANARX5P4esg0y
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「又是你們這些高三一班的白痴。」熟悉的女聲,老練的嗆人方式,「你們不堵在這裡會怎麼樣嗎?沒朋友又沒腦袋?」23Please respect copyright.PENANAYoPm2fDR3J
「芝婷妳看,猴子就是猴子,一輩子都只能在這裡偷看妳。」23Please respect copyright.PENANA6jU685we1Z
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康芝婷還是在幾個同學的簇擁之下,如同其中最嬌艷的一朵花。她面帶清冷的微笑,沿著樓梯拾級而上。23Please respect copyright.PENANAkmDmUH8QE7
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爾後,她走到姚真臣身邊,停下了腳步。23Please respect copyright.PENANAjl3i9rOd5V
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「嗯?」她輕輕哼了一聲,「愛打架的阿臣,你怎麼啦?」23Please respect copyright.PENANAa5ZGwanMXn
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輕而甜的女聲掠過耳際,弄得姚真臣滿臉通紅,他撇過臉,面向牆角,悶悶地說:「都是妳害的。」23Please respect copyright.PENANA8QjBMaBs9g
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「嘻嘻……」23Please respect copyright.PENANAdAAk30vb0F
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看他這副模樣,康芝婷那始終如融冰一般寒涼的語調裡,便增添了幾分戲謔。那笑聲彷彿略帶甜香,逗得直腸子的姚真臣更加難為情。23Please respect copyright.PENANA3OBzNvaPGg
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他小聲說道:「走開啦。」微弱的反抗,當然是毫無作用。23Please respect copyright.PENANAXMvOT49DIg
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康芝婷那張過於秀美的臉蛋上,彷彿第一次帶了真正的笑意。她拍了拍姚真臣剃成三分的平頭,笑吟吟地離開時,她的同學們無一不是滿臉的詫異。23Please respect copyright.PENANAE6MwSnNgDb
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「芝婷?妳認識他?他是一班的耶,男生班當中最智障的流氓班妳知道嗎?」23Please respect copyright.PENANAV9rjL7JYZt
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「呵呵,他不一樣,他是我認識的小狗狗。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAKigG6ORpLw
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神秘且含糊的回答,比笑而不答更讓人難以捉摸。然而,康芝婷只要不想說,似乎就沒有人敢再繼續問下去。面對文武雙全、射箭社的主戰力,兼學年第一的才女。只要她沒有拒絕,那姚真臣就值得被原諒。23Please respect copyright.PENANAtQeUnGrLiO
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等女孩子們離開了樓梯口,上課鐘響起時,兩個男生才站起來,慢吞吞地往教室走去。23Please respect copyright.PENANA0kYszfXQx7
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「阿臣,我問你,你的名字真的是諧音哏嗎?」23Please respect copyright.PENANAH2WV3CNWSK
「啊?什麼鬼,你才諧音,你全家都諧音。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAiKy9t9G8uu
「不是,你不應該是真誠的嗎。」易葉舒一面走,一面淡淡地說。23Please respect copyright.PENANAm8PKlmpvdF
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「我確實不太說謊。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAtONSyGWfS2
「那你什麼時候跟全校第一的正妹勾搭上?誠實招來。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAuT7suw7w5f
「勾個屁,在你眼中那算感情好嗎?那是……」23Please respect copyright.PENANAXg2lAwn1A9
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那是被蛇盯上的青蛙,是猛禽在品鑑獵物的態度——這話他終究沒說出口。畢竟對青春期的男孩而言,他也不知道康芝婷這樣的同齡女生,到底在想些什麼。23Please respect copyright.PENANAN27t1hqBTg
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「先回教室啦,這一堂是蘇仔的課,他一定又會在課堂上講些有的沒有的。我說,這還真不容錯過。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAsPd9mqWKvH
「對,這算是私立巨人高中為數不多的樂趣吧。像是『要學會排列組合,首先要學會跟狗說話。』」23Please respect copyright.PENANAu0BgiNoGgE
「還有『要是遇到任何困境,慢跑會救你。』」23Please respect copyright.PENANAYi04ATUcgI
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有一搭沒一搭地,他們一面說,一面往教室走去。沒人準備專心上課的教室裡,一團鬧烘烘的。充滿汗臭的課桌椅之間,青衣卡其褲的男學生們呼來喝去,直到數學老師進來,才稍稍降低了音量。23Please respect copyright.PENANArxv1aZzMmT
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「早安,各位社會垃圾,首先跟同學分享一件事。」被暱稱為「蘇仔」的數學老師走上講台,做了這堂課的開場白,「總而言之,人活著就是為了要死。要說為什麼的話……」23Please respect copyright.PENANAUK8aDeyOwq
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姚真臣並不喜歡數學課,但「蘇仔」的開場白,以及在課堂當中偶爾穿插的奇思妙想,總能讓快要睡著的他一下子醒來。雖然直到現在,他不能跟狗說話,也不明白為什麼人活著就是為了要死。但「慢跑會救你」,倒是活生生地有了印證。23Please respect copyright.PENANAaCCOO4cQ7w
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放學時間,當大家搭上校車時,他也揹著書包慢跑起來。他該要從校門口的人行道出發,跑進幾個小巷、途經一個老街,在雞蛋糕、地瓜球與炸雞的香味圍繞之下,一邊和街坊鄰居打招呼,一面跑向他的歸處。23Please respect copyright.PENANApwnMh0i5dm
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「洛真賢國術館……是嗎?」23Please respect copyright.PENANABUJeKOjPMp
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然而還沒來得及離開校門,熟悉的女聲又再度介入他的日常。康芝婷和他一樣揹著墨綠色書包,皮面上繡著「巨人高中」四個大字,可說是既老派又陳舊的款式。但這種感受,或許也是因人而異,畢竟如果是康芝婷,她揹著這種東西站在校門口,就自帶青春亮麗的七彩光芒。23Please respect copyright.PENANAGpHdV6jCSV
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每個經過的人都會回頭望她一眼,無論男女。23Please respect copyright.PENANAPM4Ix7E61o
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這對康芝婷而言或許已經習以為常,面對路人的注目禮,與其說甘之如飴,不如說早已見怪不怪。23Please respect copyright.PENANA13H0A1oKCx
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但對姚真臣來說可就不自在了。23Please respect copyright.PENANAgOqovC1zRU
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如果她是一道光的話,那麼姚真臣或許就是這間學校裡難以示人的影。她那一頭墨色長髮如同白紙上的一筆,切開了風景,為尋常的校園景致帶來了壁壘分明的黑與白。23Please respect copyright.PENANA2xSHEvvW2v
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那麼,像是自己這樣的人,應當要為足以改變視野的這一筆,增添雜訊嗎?姚真臣不禁這麼想著。23Please respect copyright.PENANANBdmFyMHDC
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「你幹嘛,看到我好像看到鬼一樣。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAlw4sTh8cBx
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這語調可熟悉得不得了了,聽康芝婷毫無矯飾地表現出昨天遇見時一樣的輕佻,對姚真臣而言反而是一種釋然。他理了理為跑步而拉出來的制服下擺,雙手盤胸,「我只是好奇妳找我有什麼事。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAUcMBmDny0d
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「原來小狗狗真的會察言觀色啊。」康芝婷笑得開懷,儘管話說得酸,但口吻裡卻沒有真正的鄙夷,「既然你也知道我在等你,那事情就好辦了。一起回去吧。」23Please respect copyright.PENANARhcaxUmWmH
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「一、一起……」姚真臣有點六神無主,「別開玩笑了,要是跟我這種人一起回去,妳的評價怎麼辦?」23Please respect copyright.PENANARtnp3Hc5Em
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「我的評價怎麼辦?」她歪著頭想了想,然後自顧自地走向校外。23Please respect copyright.PENANAQc7ocXb0lj
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這什麼意思?姚真臣不明所以地跟了上去。好幾台校車從身邊呼嘯而過。巨人高中的第一才女,和整天在朝會裡被當作負面教材的搞事仔一起回家──這件事,似乎誰也沒有注意到。23Please respect copyright.PENANA50SCP8u1pX
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就在他胡思亂想之際,康芝婷猛然回頭,往姚真臣的腹部就是一拳。23Please respect copyright.PENANAgo6DUCenTj
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「……痛死了。」沒想到喊痛的卻是突然發難的資優女孩,「你肚子什麼做的,硬得跟石頭一樣。」23Please respect copyright.PENANALjObYPBako
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「我天天練拳又不是練假的。」姚真臣一臉抱歉,望向甩著手皺著臉的康芝婷,忽然又覺得不太對,「欸不是啊,關我屁事,妳忽然揍我什麼意思喔?」23Please respect copyright.PENANAzeg4sLZGHs
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「我跟你說,我的評價,不用你來費心。」23Please respect copyright.PENANADXiHI0Hh1G
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她的神情非常凝重,而這個人如其名的高三男生也不負本質地低頭道了歉。23Please respect copyright.PENANAh2fbm4zUOE
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「也是,是我自以為是,抱歉。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAD1p1Jjganr
「知道就好。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAn1FdSL6R55
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康芝婷自顧自說完,便領著姚真臣繼續往前走。無奈之下,他也只能拿起手機,敲下給母親以及大師傅的訊息。23Please respect copyright.PENANAm8limalj8S
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「今天朋友約我有事,晚上沒辦法回去。練功的份量……假日我會補齊。」23Please respect copyright.PENANAy7PYAbm9f6
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按下「送出」按鈕之後,望著前方那飄搖的墨色髮尾,他嘆了口氣,小跑步跟了上去。23Please respect copyright.PENANACYNXPMgNhi