Chapter 1: Breaking into the boys' dormitory at night, quite brave 2
Later on this dull night, Xu Shu returned to the dormitory with a pancake in his hand, closed the door silently, and sighed, "It turns out that there is no one in the dormitory!"
It's not what you think!
Chen Yiying roared inwardly, but watched Qiu Zhuoping run his hand through the hair by her ears.
Qiu Zhuoping did not do anything to her, but took out the hamster cage on the bedside table. There was nothing inside, and Yiying seemed to feel the bloody mess under the sheets when she moved her butt.
"Where is my 'steamed bun'?" Qiu Zhuoping frowned and set his sights on Chen Yiying.
The two looked at each other in silence, then Qiu Zhuoping narrowed his eyes and Chen Yiying swallowed hard.
She swore that she would never forget the day when she crushed Qiu Zhuoping's hamster to death. In the dead of night in the boys' dormitory, she fled at the speed of light, with Qiu Zhuoping's outrageous roar behind her - "Get out!"
Downstairs in the dormitory, Huimei looked anxiously at the second floor, while Xu Shu stood behind Huimei boredly and watched for a long time.
"Are you counting the boys' underwear on the balcony?" Xu Shu finally couldn't help asking and patted Hui Mei's shoulder. Hui Mei was startled and turned around quickly, almost stumbling and falling on the lawn.
The dim night light was projected on Xu Shu, his cheeks were puffed up by the pancakes, and his black-framed glasses made him look a little silly. His figure looked even more slender and upright under the dim light.
At this moment, he was wearing a gray T-shirt and holding a yellow paper bag containing a hand-pulled pancake. The ketchup and salad dressing in the hand-pulled pancake mixed together and tasted somewhat tempting.
"I..." Just when Huimei was too embarrassed to know how to answer, a hot pancake was handed to her.
"My roommate doesn't eat it, so I'll let you have it." Xu Shushu swallowed the pancake he was chewing, and a dimple appeared on his cheek. He then added, "It's made with meat floss."
Huimei was stunned for a moment, and was hesitating whether to accept or refuse. Chen Yiying rushed out of the dormitory building and grabbed her wrist. The two of them quickly disappeared in the lights in the distance, leaving Xu Shu in a state of confusion...
From that day on, Qiu Zhuoping became the person Chen Yiying least wanted to see at Demoiselle University. However, no matter where she went, she could always see Qiu Zhuoping. Perhaps the matchmaker had tied the red thread when they first met, and they were destined to meet again and again around the circle of the earth.
"Huimei, someone at table 2 ordered cheesecake, please bring it over." In order to earn money for a new phone, Chen Yiying took Huimei to work as a part-time waitress at the Love Dessert Shop near the school.
Huimei refused at first, because she usually provided drawings for magazines to earn royalties, and adding a part-time job would be very tiring. But under Yiying's coercion and inducement, she finally agreed.
That was Yiying's first day at work. She never expected that her first day at work would be disturbed by Qiu Zhuoping.
"Welcome." The waiters at the door shouted in unison, and the wind chimes in the dessert shop also rang, crisp and melodious.
Because it is a love-themed dessert shop, many of the decorations in the shop are based on hearts, and even the ordering counter is designed to look like several hearts connected together. Qiu Zhuoping and Xu Shu walked in one after the other and sat down at a seat against the wall.
"Are you still angry? Your uncle is talking to you about the company's financial issues for your own good. You are now a junior in college, and it is almost time for you to accept the cruel trials of society." Xu Shushu leaned back on the sofa and teased Qiu Zhuoping, who was sitting opposite him with a gloomy face.
Qiu Zhuoping said nothing, his cold face showing a hint of anger. Xu Shu looked at Qiu Zhuoping's stupid appearance, shrugged helplessly, and stood up to order some desserts and drinks.
"It's a hot day, let me tell you a joke to cool you down." After returning with the menu number, Xu Shu continued to counsel, "Now, you are chased to the edge of a cliff by a gorilla. You have three knives in your hand. You throw two of them, but the gorilla catches them with its hands. When you are about to throw the third knife, you fall off the cliff and die, but the gorilla also dies in the end. Do you know why?"
Qiu Zhuoping shook his head without thinking, as if he didn't want to think about such a boring question.
"That's because the gorilla was very happy after you fell off the cliff, and then..." Xu Yushu picked up the knife and fork on the table and made the classic gesture of the gorilla beating its chest, and laughed to himself.
Qiu Zhuoping looked at Xu Xishu, who attracted countless gazes, with a blank expression. Finally, Xu Xishu lowered his head awkwardly and played with his mobile phone.
"Excuse me, this is the matcha cheesecake and Black Forest you ordered..." Yiying, dressed as a waitress, came over with desserts. When she put down the tray and bent down, Qiu Zhuoping's eyes fell on her profile.
"Why are you here again?" The sudden words made Chen Yiying meet Qiu Zhuoping's gaze. Today she finally understood what it meant "the more you don't want to see someone, the more frequently you see them"!
"you……"
"The haunting continues."
Qiu Zhuoping's four simple words were extremely devastating to Yiying, because Yiying was never someone who would just accept things passively.
She paused for a few seconds, straightened up, and looked at Qiu Zhuoping without showing any weakness. She found his arrogant look very annoying.
"Who's haunting me? You caused my phone to fall into the water, and I haven't settled the score with you yet!"
"Are you doing so many things to attract my attention? Unfortunately, I hate pretentious girls." Qiu Zhuoping smiled.
His narcissism and arrogance have made Yiying unbearable.
"Who wants your attention? Do you think everyone in the world should revolve around you? Do you think it's great that you've passed the eighth level of English as a student of the Finance Department? Do you think everyone should admire you? Haha, let me tell you, a boy like you is destined to be lonely for the rest of his life!" Yiying put her hands on her hips and scolded this young master who didn't know the sufferings of the world. But because of this, she completely exposed the fact that she had checked Qiu Zhuoping's personal information.
"How do you know I'm a student of the Finance Department? How do you know I have passed the Level 8 English test?" Qiu Zhuoping, who had been unmoved, raised his eyelids, and Yiying appeared in his eyes.
The delicate oval face, the big eyes under the light eyebrows that were charming, the arrogant and nervous expression, and the hair that was tied up because of work, were all reflected in Qiu Zhuoping's cold eyes.
"The whole school knows that you are a top student. I know it, but there's nothing strange about it." Yiying said unconfidently, and involuntarily put down her hands from her waist.
"It seems that not only are you haunting me, but you're also shameless." Qiu Zhuoping stood up and approached her.
The four words "shameless" completely angered Chen Yiying.
A loud slap landed on Qiu Zhuoping's face, and everyone in the dessert shop came over following the sound.
That was the first time Chen Yiying hit someone. She was shaking all over, not sure if it was because of excitement or fear, and warm liquid appeared in her eyes.
"Do you know that harsh words can hurt people in June? Didn't your mother teach you that? If you really think that I am haunting you, then don't come to school, and you won't see me again!"
Qiu Zhuoping trembled slightly when Yiying mentioned "Mom". He glared at Yiying with sadness and anger intertwined in his eyes. In the end, he did not refute because of the tears in Yiying's eyes, but left the Love Dessert Shop without looking back.
Xu Shushu hurriedly chased after him.
When Yiying recovered, Huimei patted her shoulder: "It seems that they haven't paid the bill yet."
Because of Qiu Zhuoping, Yiying was almost fired on her first day at work. If Huimei hadn't asked Yiying to work overtime voluntarily, the store manager would have let her go.
"Huimei, I suddenly remembered that I have to practice badminton today. What should I do?" When the school bell rang, Yiying held Huimei's hand with an anxious look on his face.
"Go practice, but you have to treat me to chicken chop rice tomorrow." Huimei's eyes could never escape Yiying's thoughts. Huimei, who was just about to get off work, tied her apron back on helplessly and made a gesture of "go away".
"Huimei, I love you. I'll treat you to a ten-dollar chicken chop rice tomorrow!" Yiying untied her apron and hurriedly left the Love Dessert Shop, not forgetting to blow a kiss to Huimei before leaving.
Many years later, they will still remember the cafeteria they went to together and the cobblestone paths they walked together during college. That is an emotion beyond love, pure, beautiful, and a treasure in life.
Huimei was guarding the front desk of the dessert shop, and from time to time she would take out her phone to check the latest updates on her social media and take a break. The air conditioner in the shop became colder as the number of people gradually dwindled. Huimei looked at the sky outside, which was changing from crimson to gray. Her eyes met with the boy who walked to the door.
"Great, you're not off work yet." Xu Shu, who had been looking out the door for a while, pushed open the door, hurried to the front desk, took out his wallet to pay the bill, "I'm so sorry about what happened today, we forgot to pay the bill and left."
When Xu Shushu put away his wallet and looked up, Hui Mei was staring at him blankly.
He had a smile that could melt ice and snow, with neat white teeth and shallow dimples. Huimei looked at him across the counter, a little absent-minded. He seemed to be a dazzling star in the Milky Way, and she was looking at him from the other side of the Milky Way, a distance that was beyond her reach.
"Hey! Why don't you speak? What are you thinking about?" Xu Shushu waved his hand in front of Huimei a few times, which brought Huimei back to her senses.
"No, I didn't think about anything. Oh, by the way, I haven't given you the change yet." Huimei was in a daze for a moment and started to look for change in a hurry.
Xu Shu looked at her flustered look and couldn't help laughing: "Every time I talk to you, you are in a daze. You look very silly, but also very cute."
Huimei felt an inexplicable palpitation in her heart, and she lowered her head intentionally to hide the shyness of a girl on her face.
"When do you get off work ? Should I wait for you to get off work and take you home?"
"I was supposed to work overtime until half past ten, but since you're here to settle the bill, I can leave work at any time." Huimei smiled foolishly and accidentally hit her head when she came out from the front desk door, as if Xu Shu's arrival made her distracted and became extremely clumsy.
Maybe, you become stupid when you like someone?
On the way back to the dormitory, Huimei heard a couple discussing them.
"Do you think those two are a couple? They have the cutest height difference." A girl pulled her boyfriend's arm and pointed at Huimei and Xu Xishu.
"That girl is too short, she looks only about 1.5 meters tall, and the boy should be about 1.85 meters tall." The boy curled his lips, looking a little pessimistic.
"Height is not distance. If you care so much about height, do you not love me?" The girl pouted unhappily and turned her face away.
The boy hurriedly coaxed her: "How dare I, how dare I, you are the boss, whatever you say is right."
Huimei listened to the conversation between the couple, feeling a mixture of sadness and joy. She looked up and secretly glanced at Xu Shu's profile, the moonlight and the light intertwined on his handsome face, which was very charming.
If height is not a distance, then can she like him?
Just when Huimei was daydreaming, the corners of Xu Shu's lips suddenly raised. He walked towards a fragrant direction and stopped in front of a small hand-pulled pancake stall.
"Sure enough, the pancakes outside the school smell better. I want a ham and cheese pancake." Xu Shushu said to the uncle selling pancakes, and then he looked back at Hui Mei as if he remembered something. Seeing her standing behind him blankly, a little confused, Xu Shushu smiled at her, turned around and said to the uncle selling pancakes: "Two servings."
It was the first time Huimei ate hand-pulled pancakes with a boy while walking back to the dormitory. The taste of cheese and ham filled her mouth, the lotus pond reflected a half moon, and the dimly lit cobblestone path was filled with the sound of frogs and cicadas. They introduced their names and grades to each other and discussed Qiu Zhuoping's affairs.
Qiu Zhuoping's mother died of illness when he was in middle school, so Qiu Zhuoping was very reluctant to have his mother mentioned. Perhaps it was because it was a wound, soft and fragile, so he was afraid of being touched. Qiu Zhuoping's father worked away from home for a long time and rarely took care of him, so Qiu Zhuoping's personality was somewhat lonely and arrogant.
"Qiu actually has no ill intentions, that's just his personality." Xu Shushu simplified Qiu Zhuoping's name and stopped at the bottom of the girls' dormitory with Huimei. Before turning around and leaving, he leaned over to Huimei's ear and whispered, "Your roommate Chen Yiying was the first person to hit Qiu Zhuoping. Go back and tell her that she won't suffer any loss, haha."
Huimei burst into laughter, and Xu Shushu waved goodbye to Huimei.
Huimei watched him go away before turning around and entering the dormitory building.
The dormitory manager on the third floor watched Huimei skipping up to the fourth floor and initially diagnosed her with falling in love.
"Hey, you're sitting on my desk. You're neither going to take a shower nor talking. What are you grinning at?" Chen Yiying kicked the legs of the desk. Looking at Huimei, who had been sitting there grinning since she came back, she was a little confused. "Did you hit your head on the door?"
"Yes, I bumped into it." Huimei continued to giggle, recalling this short and beautiful night.
"If you don't take a shower, I'll turn off the water heater. Don't keep it on and waste electricity!" Yiying, who has always been frugal, held the washbasin, opened the floor-to-ceiling window leading to the balcony, and squatted on the balcony to wash clothes.
"Oh, right, I forgot something." Huimei suddenly remembered what Xu Shushu wanted her to tell Yiying. She jumped down from the table and told him everything that happened after Yiying left. When she mentioned Xu Shushu, she looked shy. When she finished, Yiying had finished washing the clothes.
"This cannot be an excuse for Qiu Zhuoping to be disrespectful and arrogant." After hanging up the clothes, Yiying washed her face, climbed to the upper bunk with her cell phone, and prepared to go to bed.
"Yiying, actually you did something wrong today, after all, you hit someone."
"Go to bed, good night!" Yiying, who didn't want to discuss the matter anymore, covered her head with the quilt and went to sleep. But that night, she couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. She felt that she was also wrong. Should she apologize?
At three o'clock in the middle of the night, Yiying was still tossing and turning and couldn't fall asleep. When she was about to consult Huimei's opinion, she heard a loud snoring from the lower bunk.
"Forget it, I'll apologize next time we meet." Yiying couldn't fall asleep thinking about this.
She originally planned to apologize the next time they met, but she didn't expect that after that day, Qiu Zhuoping really never came to school again.
