Chapter 2 I want to take you back to the past 01
Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, Lin Mobai hadn't seen He Qingkong for a week.
Although life has returned to its former peace, Lin Mobai's heart is inexplicably a little melancholy. These days, every time she thinks of the cold words that day and the sadness in He Qingkong's expression, she feels guilty and uncomfortable. After all, He Qingkong just wanted to regain their childhood friendship. He had no idea what they had experienced after she left, and her rejection was really too much.
Thinking of this, Lin Mobai let out a long sigh.
Then, as if to clear all the confusion from her brain, she closed her eyes and shook her head vigorously.
However, she just shook her head twice, and she felt a pair of hands pressing on both sides of her head, stopping the shaking. So, she opened her eyes and looked up in confusion, and at this time, Zhou Shiqing in her eyes was smiling at her.
"Don't you want this head anymore?"
"Well……"
Lin Mobai felt a little embarrassed when he heard Zhou Shiqing's joke.
But Zhou Shiqing didn't continue joking. She patted Lin Mobai on the shoulder and invited him, "It's half past five. It's time for dinner."
"Yeah." Lin Mobai smiled and nodded, closing the document on his computer while replying, "Wait a minute, I'll pack my things first."
"Well, don't bring your lunch box, let's eat in the cafeteria. I want to go buy something after we finish eating."
"Uh... okay."
After a while, when Lin Mobai had packed his things, the two left the dormitory together.
However, when Lin Mobai walked out of the gate of the girls' dormitory, she saw He Qingkong in the crowd. So she stopped and stood there in a daze.
At that time, He Qingkong was standing under a camphor tree not far away, looking at him and smiling.
She was somewhat surprised and inexplicably surprised by He Qingkong's reappearance.
Before she could react, Zhou Shiqing, who had also seen He Qingkong, had already pulled her and walked towards He Qingkong with excitement. So, when Lin Mobai realized it belatedly, she was already too late to escape.
When she stood helplessly in front of He Qingkong, he had already raised a bright smile and greeted her, "Xiaobai."
Lin Mobai didn't respond and just stared at him.
She was hesitating, and also forcing herself to keep a distance from him.
However, Zhou Shiqing didn't notice the wrinkles in Lin Mo's heart at all. Seeing that she remained silent, she carefully suppressed her excitement and quickly broke the deadlock, saying with a smile: "Student He, why are you here? Are you looking for someone?"
In her subtext, she hoped that "the person he was looking for" was herself.
But He Qingkong's eyes fell on Lin Mobai, and he heard him say, "Xiaobai, I came here specially to see you. Are you free tomorrow? I have two tickets for the art exhibition here, are you interested? Sorry, I was busy with my studies a few days ago, so I didn't come to see you. However, I'm done with my work these days, and I'll have a lot of free time next time, so I can come to see you anytime."
Hearing this, the expectation in Zhou Shiqing's eyes instantly disappeared, and the next second, Lin Mobai had already responded to He Qingkong's explanation.
She said, “I made that very clear last time.”
When she mentioned the last time, her eyes couldn't help but flicker.
He Qingkong didn't notice anything. He just smiled and said to himself, "I believe we can be like before, because we, He Luding Shilin, have made a promise."
Lin Mobai met his eyes, and at that moment, she saw determination in his eyes.
His determination to become friends with her again made her heart leap for joy, but in a flash, the wrinkles between Lin Mobai's brows became even more furrowed.
She knew very well that "He Lu Ding Shi Lin" was a thing of the past, and that "He Lu Ding Shi Lin" without Ding Zhiyou could not accommodate her.
So, she concealed her joy and had a helpless look on her face.
She was thinking about what crueler words she could say to push him away and stop him from wanting to restore their friendship.
But before she could organize the most appropriate words, Zhou Shiqing had already put away the suspicious and ambiguous look she had cast on the two of them, and then invited He Qingkong, saying: "Let's talk about the art exhibition after dinner. Mr. He, since you are here, why don't we have dinner together?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Mobai subconsciously wanted to refuse on behalf of He Qingkong.
However, before she could say anything, He Qingkong smiled and nodded in agreement: "Okay!"
Thus, the dinner was a foregone conclusion. She originally wanted to leave, but as soon as she pulled her hand away, Zhou Shiqing seemed to sense her intention to escape, and quickly tightened her hand, pulling her towards the dining hall.
The school cafeteria started serving food at five o'clock. When the three of them arrived at the cafeteria, eighty percent of the seats were "occupied".
Seeing this, Zhou Shiqing suggested, "Mo Bai, why don't you go and reserve a seat? Classmate He and I will go get the food together and help you get it while we're at it. Then we won't have to carry our plates around looking for a seat later."
After Zhou Shiqing finished speaking, He Qingkong smiled and said, "Okay."
However, thinking of He Qingkong's innocent personality, Lin Mobai immediately imagined such an embarrassing situation - He Qingkong, who was waiting in line, was constantly cut in line by others. Finally, it was his turn to get food, but he kept asking about various dishes. After hesitating for a long time, he finally got his food. He was clumsy and couldn't hold two plates steadily. He was bumped by someone and dropped the plates on the ground. So Lin Mobai immediately frowned slightly, and then volunteered, "Qingkong should take the seat. I'll go get food with you."
After saying this, without waiting for the two to reply, Lin Mobai pointed to an empty seat not far away and said, "There is a seat over there, go wait for us."
She was talking to He Qingkong, but she never looked at him from beginning to end. As soon as she finished speaking, she pulled Zhou Shiqing away.
Obviously, Zhou Shiqing was a little dissatisfied with Lin Mobai's "considerate" arrangement. At this moment, she pouted, looked at her with squinted eyes, and said in a very bitter tone: "A good opportunity to be alone together was ruined by you, Lin Mobai, you are really not considerate at all!"
However, Lin Mobai seemed not to hear her words and just looked around in the hustle and bustle.
Every time she came to the canteen, Lin Mobai felt a little uncomfortable. There were too many people and it was too noisy. So, most of the time she would choose to take the food back to the dormitory to eat, but sometimes she still had to eat in the canteen, like today.
After looking around for a while, Lin Mobai selected a team and then pulled Zhou Shiqing over.
However, even when the two of them stood at the end of the line, Lin Mobai still did not feel Zhou Shiqing's obvious dissatisfaction.
So, Zhou Shiqing, who was ignored, immediately pretended to be very angry, stretched out her hand, and flicked Lin Mobai's forehead with a "bang". After attracting Lin Mobai's attention, Zhou Shiqing glared at her and called out, "Lin Mobai!"
Lin Mobai finally came to his senses, but he looked at Zhou Shiqing in confusion and asked, "What's wrong?"
Perhaps Zhou Shiqing's pretended anger directly covered up the slight pain on her forehead. At this moment, Lin Mobai just blinked and looked at her blankly, with a helpless expression on his face, as if he was worried about the reason why she was angry.
"Really..." The anger in Zhou Shiqing's eyes was just a disguise. Seeing that Lin Mobai still knew nothing, she couldn't help but shook her head and sighed, then changed the subject, "You didn't ask classmate He what he wanted to eat just now, do you need me to go back and ask?"
"No need." Lin Mobai smiled, "Just order him a ginger and scallion chicken and a hot vegetable dish."
"Oh? You seem to be very familiar with his tastes. There's no information about him on forums or Weibo!"
"I just... I just saw that the ginger and scallion chicken on other students' plates seemed delicious."
"Yeah?"
Facing Zhou Shiqing's ambiguous and suspicious gaze, Lin Mobai reached out and turned her body to the other direction: "It's your turn, hurry up and get your meal."
The topic ended there.
Afterwards, the two of them got their meal and carried their plates to He Qingkong.
As if subconsciously, Lin Mobai walked to He Qingkong's side, but the next second, she came to her senses , turned her body, took two more steps, and sat opposite him.
She placed both meals in front of herself, but after picking up the chopsticks, she carefully picked out all the ginger and scallions from the ginger and scallion chicken, and then pushed the plate in front of He Qingkong.
The whole process was so natural, as if the care was a habit.
Seeing this, He Qingkong raised the corner of his mouth with great joy.
He thought she had forgotten his preference long ago, but he didn't expect that she had always remembered it. She remembered his little habit of liking to eat ginger and scallion chicken but couldn't tolerate any ginger or scallion in it.
He couldn't help thinking that everything could start over again, and those things she said she had forgotten were just said on purpose.
Thinking of this, he lowered his head with a smile, picked up a piece of chicken and put it into his mouth.
For some reason, in a trance, He Qingkong felt that this piece of chicken was full of the taste of memories.
Even though there was not much verbal conversation, Zhou Shiqing still discovered clues from Lin Mobai's care for He Qingkong and the smile in He Qingkong's eyes.
So, after the dinner was over and He Qingkong left, Zhou Shiqing began to interrogate Lin Mobai.
"You and He Qingkong seem to have a close relationship." After seeing He Qingkong off, Zhou Shiqing did not hide her suspicion in the small supermarket and asked directly, "What is your relationship?"
"Just a childhood playmate." Lin Mobai answered calmly.
"Really?" Zhou Shiqing's tone clearly revealed his disbelief in her.
"What else do you think?"
"But you look like you've been in love."
"Absolutely not!"
"really?"
"I can swear." Lin Mobai looked at Zhou Shiqing, then raised his right hand and made a "swearing" gesture.
"Okay, I believe you." Seeing this, Zhou Shiqing smiled and expressed her belief, but in her heart she kept repeating "I wouldn't believe you".
Based on her observation, Zhou Shiqing was very sure that Lin Mobai and He Qingkong were definitely not just ordinary childhood playmates. As for Lin Mobai's lack of honesty, she didn't mind it, because she knew that Lin Mobai would hide things in his heart, and she would not easily reveal the so-called love or past love history.
Adhering to the belief that "a friend's husband should not be robbed", Zhou Shiqing gave up her interest in He Qingkong when she was certain that there was an ambiguity related to love between the two.
She knew very well that between the budding affection and the precious friendship, the latter was more important.
However, giving up on He Qingkong does not mean that she will not ask about the relationship between Lin Mobai and He Qingkong.
So, after buying things and leaving the small supermarket, Zhou Shiqing even joked, "In fact, you and He Qingkong are a perfect match. Moreover, he seems to be interested in you, and he even personally delivered the tickets for the art exhibition . Why don't you consider it?"
After giving up her own interests, she was very interested in being a matchmaker.
Although she felt that Lin Mobai was very aloof when they first met, as they got along better, she discovered that, apart from herself, no one else seemed to be able to truly enter her circle of life. So she unconsciously felt pity for her and always wanted to help her make more friends, and even wanted to arrange love for her.
However, after hearing Zhou Shiqing's words, Lin Mobai twisted his foot and almost tripped over the stone under his feet.
Then, Lin Mobai let out a long breath, and after calming down, he looked at Zhou Shiqing with disdain and said, "Do you know that some jokes can really scare people to death?"
"Hey, you're not that weak."
…
The two of them joked all the way to the dormitory.
However, it was clearly a very pleasant atmosphere, but suddenly, a gust of night wind blew, and Zhou Shiqing felt the low pressure coming from Lin Mobai beside her.
When Zhou Shiqing turned his head to look at Lin Mobai, he realized that she was lowering her head and her whole body was trembling slightly.
Feeling puzzled, Zhou Shiqing looked up and saw a man and a woman coming towards him. They were staring at Lin Mobai with hatred in their eyes.
Zhou Shiqing didn't know that those two people were Lu Yanqi and Shi Xujun. She just felt that their hateful eyes made her unconsciously disgusted.
While Zhou Shiqing was still pondering the relationship between the two and Lin Mobai, Shi Xujun had already snorted coldly, mocking and ridiculing: "I didn't expect that the threshold of F University is so low, anyone can get in. Yanqi, do you think some people are often awakened by nightmares at night, and when they think about what they have done, will they..."
"Heh." Before Shi Xujun finished speaking, Lu Yanqi sneered and continued, "Absolutely not, otherwise how could she still live in this world."
Every word they said was full of sarcasm and Lin Mobai felt so heartbroken that he even had difficulty breathing.
She could have ignored it, but she couldn't. So, just like every time they met, she took all the sarcasm and scolding as her own fault, and then she subconsciously blamed herself: "I'm sorry!"
"You should tell Zhiyou in person!" It was Shi Xujun who responded angrily.
"In person?" Lu Yanqi was different from the cold and arrogant he was a moment ago. It seemed that something in Shi Xujun's words stimulated him. He stepped towards Lin Mobai and raised his fist to swing at him. However, the punch frightened Zhou Shiqing and did not land on Lin Mobai's face. He stopped suddenly and roared, "You will never have the chance to say sorry to Zhiyou, because you can only go to hell after you die!"
"Are you crazy?" After the shock, Zhou Shiqing concealed his heart and roared at the same decibel.
Hearing the voice, Lu Yanqi glared at Zhou Shiqing. His previous roar had already vented out most of the anger that was accumulated in his heart, so he didn't care about Zhou Shiqing's provocative look.
To be precise, at the moment when his mind was clear, he was more concerned about the fact that someone like Lin Mobai actually had good friends who spoke up for her.
Thinking about it, he looked at Lin Mobai with a playful and disdainful look, and directly warned Zhou Shiqing, saying: "Classmate, if you make friends with this kind of person, you have to be careful about your life safety."
"you……"
Zhou Shiqing wanted to say something, but Lin Mobai beside her reached out and held her back.
So Zhou Shiqing quickly stopped talking and looked at Lin Mobai. Although she kept her head down and her facial expression was completely concealed, Zhou Shiqing could still feel her anxiety and panic from her trembling body.
As if he understood that taking her away was the best support, Zhou Shiqing took Lin Mobai's hand and left in big strides.
Although she was full of curiosity, Zhou Shiqing did not intend to interrogate Lin Mobai, but just silently took note of Lu Yanqi and Shi Xujun.
