Chapter 2 I will take responsibility for what I have done 2
For a long time, Qiu Zhuoping ignored Chen Yiying and spoke harshly to her. Chen Yiying didn't know how she had offended him again, until one day she realized that Qiu Zhuoping was jealous.
Since Chen Yiying met Zhong Jialiang, her college life has become colorful. Zhong Jialiang is a warm-hearted man who would buy energy drinks and mineral water for Yiying when she was practicing, sing to her with his guitar downstairs in the girls' dormitory, and invite her to the mountains to watch the sunrise.
At that time, Yiying always thought that if Qiu Zhuoping had not appeared, she would probably accept Zhong Jialiang's kindness and would probably agree to be Zhong Jialiang's girlfriend in public.
"Chen Yiying, I will graduate in a few days. Before graduation, I want to tell you that I like you. Can you be my girlfriend?" On a late summer night, Zhong Jialiang held a large bouquet of bright red roses and stood downstairs of the girls' dormitory to confess his love.
Under his feet was a huge heart-shaped candle, the light swaying in the wind, floating on him. He was like a soldier returning from military service, with amazing willpower, he just shouted for half an hour downstairs of the girls' dormitory, until all the girls in the dormitory went to the balcony to watch.
That night, Qiu Zhuoping was also among the crowd. He watched quietly as the lights in the girls' dormitory building lit up one by one.
Yiying and Huimei walked to the balcony and looked at the crowd gathered below.
"Yiying, look, it seems like he is confessing his love to you. Do you want to go down and show your face?" Huimei seemed to be more excited than Yiying. She tiptoed on the balcony railing and looked at Zhong Jialiang who was also looking in the same direction. "He seems to be holding ninety-nine roses. Go and get them. We can make a rose bath."
"Since you said so, I'll go down and take a look." Yiying was a little proud. This was the first time she had been confessed to in such a romantic way in her 20-plus years of life. Although she was a little overwhelmed, Yiying still changed her clothes and walked downstairs to the dormitory.
The originally dim open space was illuminated by countless mobile phone flashes. Zhong Jialiang took a few steps forward, knelt on one knee, and held the bouquet of roses in front of Yiying.
"Be my girlfriend."
That night, with the evening breeze blowing on her face, Yiying thought that her long flying hair must be very beautiful in other people's cameras.
But what she didn't expect was that when she was about to reach out to take the bouquet of roses, Qiu Zhuoping walked out of the crowd and pulled her away.
Afterwards, she looked at the school's Weibo account, which described the situation like this: The person he confessed to was taken away, and the senior was very confused. The accompanying picture showed Zhong Jialiang kneeling on one knee and her with a blurred face and only half of her body.
"Qiu Zhuoping! Where are you taking me?" Yiying, who had been dragged by Qiu Zhuoping for a long distance, shook off his hand.
Going out at night in the hot summer is really a death wish. She brushed her loose hair and felt her entire back was soaked.
Qiu Zhuoping stopped under a lighthouse. The light of the lighthouse gradually changed into different colors and shapes on them. Qiu Zhuoping did not answer any of Chen Yiying's questions and stepped onto the lighthouse alone.
"Did I offend you when I was reincarnated in my previous life? Why are you always picking on me?" Yiying followed Qiu Zhuoping and kept muttering to herself. It would be difficult to explain even if she went back to the dormitory now, not to mention that Qiu Zhuoping was determined not to explain even if she was beaten to death.
"Look, at night the lights of the entire city are bright and visible. Standing on the high point of the lighthouse, you can have a bird's eye view of the entire city." Standing on the top of the tower, Qiu Zhuoping talked about an irrelevant topic, which made Yiying not know where to start the conversation.
"Don't change the subject. Do you know that you have already made me lose face at Muse University?"
"Zhong Jialiang is not suitable for you, and you don't like him. I'm helping you." This sentence that left no room for rebuttal was thrown in Chen Yiying's face.
But…how did he know that they were not suitable? How did he know that Chen Yiying didn’t like Zhong Jialiang? And where did he get the confidence from?
"Where do you get your confidence from?" Yiying sighed helplessly, turned around and leaned against the fence to watch the dim lights under the lighthouse.
The lights flow like a long river on the winding roads of the city, and the sea in the distance is sparkling. When you stand on a high place and look down at the city, your heart seems to become peaceful.
"It's me you like."
His sudden words made Yiying's heart suddenly palpitate. Although it was the most shameless sentence she had ever heard in her life, she still couldn't help blushing.
"I don't like a faceless man like you. You are narcissistic, arrogant, and have an exhibitionist tendency. That's why I..."
The warm wind blew across Yiying's face, and when she opened her eyes seriously, Qiu Zhuoping's sharp features were already approaching her.
He didn't kiss her like the protagonist in the story, but looked straight into her eyes. An inexplicable sense of oppression came over her, making her unable to say a word to slander him.
"Look me in the eyes and say what you just said again."
Qiu Zhuoping's unblinking eyes frightened Yiying so much that she couldn't breathe. She was afraid that if she said something wrong, he would push her off the lighthouse and she would die without a complete body.
"You still look very beautiful when you smile. I like the way you smile." Yiying leaned back slightly. She was worried that Qiu Zhuoping would get closer, so she couldn't help but hold the railing behind her tightly.
But Qiu Zhuoping suddenly smiled, turned around, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and walked away.
"It's late now, let's go."
That smile, along with the fragmented light of the neon lights, fell into her eyes. Because of this smile, she really fell in love with him.
"If you don't catch up, I'll ignore you if you get lost." Qiu Zhuoping turned his face back slightly, with a charming smile on the corner of his lips.
Yiying was dazed for a moment and hurried to catch up with him.
In this ordinary yet surprising summer, Chen Yiying felt that her life had changed. This difference probably came from the fact that nothing good had ever happened since she met Qiu Zhuoping. For example, Qiu Zhuoping insisted on taking her to the market, and both of their phones were stolen. Even worse than not being able to catch the thief was that they were refused entry because they had passed the time to return to school.
"It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, I would be sleeping in the dormitory now!" Yiying sat on a bench outside the school, a little angry, "My phone was lost, and I can't go back to the dormitory. Now I have to sleep on the street. Nothing good will happen if I meet you!"
In response to Chen Yiying's complaints, Qiu Zhuoping simply walked to the side of the road and hailed a taxi: "If you don't want to sleep on the streets, get in the car."
Although Yiying was full of resentment, she shut up obediently when she thought about sleeping on the street and got into the car with Qiu Zhuoping.
When the taxi stopped at the door of Qiu Zhuoping's house, Yiying shuddered because the cats and dogs wandering outside the door were looking at them with their bright eyes. The moment she got off the taxi, Yiying felt like she had strayed into a primeval forest.
"You keep so many animals, aren't you afraid that they will be woken up by scares at night?" Yiying got out of the taxi, and Qiu Zhuoping took out a hundred-dollar bill from his other pocket and handed it to the driver, saying "No need for change".
"They only move around the yard and won't come into the house." Qiu Zhuoping watched the taxi drive away and turned to walk towards his own door.
Yiying followed him to the door and found that the sign "Girls over 1.7 meters tall are not allowed to enter" was gone.
Qiu Zhuoping pressed his fingerprint, and the iron gate opened, and the lights in the yard automatically lit up. In the silent night, Chen Yiying could clearly hear the animals breathing.
"Actually, what's the point of installing a fingerprint lock in your house? People can come in through that small door for animals at any time." Yiying pointed to the pet door one meter high on the wall and followed Qiu Zhuoping into the villa.
Qiu Zhuoping glanced at her coldly and said, “Maybe only you will come in from there.”
"you……"
Qiu Zhuoping's home had many empty rooms, and the furnishings were almost the same. Chen Yiying had a strong sense of "preventing theft, fire, and seniors". She walked around the circular corridor and chose a room opposite Qiu Zhuoping's room.
"Good night." When Yiying was about to close the door and distance herself from Qiu Zhuoping, one of her feet got stuck in the crack of the door.
"Are you planning to go to bed without taking a shower?" Qiu Zhuoping looked at her in surprise.
She shook her head hurriedly: "It doesn't matter if I don't take a shower for a day."
Yiying wanted to close the door again, but this time, Qiu Zhuoping pushed the door open and dragged her to his room. Chen Yiying watched him adjust the hot water and take out a white T-shirt and a towel from the closet. When he was about to walk towards her, he looked her up and down again, then turned around and took out a pair of casual pants from the closet, as if he had estimated that she was too tall to wear his T-shirt as a skirt.
"Don't even think about leaving my room without taking a shower!" Qiu Zhuoping stuffed clothes and towels into Yiying's arms with a stern face, and pushed her into the bathroom.
Chen Yiying stared at the closed bathroom door in shock for a long time before she realized that Qiu Zhuoping not only had an exhibitionist fetish, but also a mysophobia!
The sound of running water was gurgling, and the frosted glass door slightly revealed the appearance of a girl taking a shower. Qiu Zhuoping, who had been calm, suddenly became a little restless. He listened to the singing coming from the bathroom and his breathing became a little rapid. He suddenly looked forward to the scene of Yiying walking out of the bathroom with her long hair wrapped in a towel and wearing his clothes.
However, when Yiying walked out of the bathroom while drying her hair, Qiu Zhuoping was no longer in the room.
"Qiu Zhuoping, do you have a hair dryer at home?"
When Yiying walked out barefoot, the room was empty. The European-style door was half open, and it seemed that the owner of the room had just gone out.
Yiying, who didn't realize she wasn't wearing any underwear, accidentally passed by the full-length mirror in the room. Her slightly transparent T-shirt showed off her figure. She rushed forward, closed the door, and locked it.
While she was thankful that Qiu Zhuoping was not around, the sound of piano playing floated up to the second floor. Yiying leaned against the door, drying her hair while listening.
The song was "Love Song", the melodious melody was a bit sad and beautiful, but it made people feel very peaceful. The piano sound seemed to turn into a thin stream of water, and the light and shadow of the stream reflected the boy sitting upright. His slender fingers danced flexibly on the black and white keys. He had a fair face and wore a pure white shirt, which set off the shiny black piano...
The melody condensed into a picture scroll, flowing in Yiying's dreamland...
De Rucci University, in the men's dormitory.
Xu Shu was holding a bottle of yogurt and sitting at the table, scanning his computer for viruses. He didn't know if it was because of the download of the exhibition video, but there were many strange folders on his computer.
"Knock, knock, knock--" There was a knock on the door. Xu Xishu, who wanted to get up and open the door, bumped into the foot of the bed and spilled yogurt on his crotch.
"The door is not locked, come in." Xu Shushu shouted towards the outside of the door, and then looked around for a tissue to wipe the yogurt off his crotch.
"Is Yiying in your dormitory?"
When Huimei opened the door, Xu Shushu was using a tissue to clean the yogurt on his crotch. A dynamic image suddenly popped up on the computer screen while it was still running a virus scan, and a strange sound came from the speaker. Huimei and Xu Shushu looked at each other awkwardly and stopped talking and moving.
"Don't have any strange misunderstandings!" Xu Shu hurriedly explained, and quickly shut down the computer. He picked up the empty yogurt bottle on the table to indicate that the crotch was yogurt, and then hurried to the toilet to change into a clean pair of pants.
When Xu Shushu walked out of the toilet, a sharp whistle was heard in the boys' dormitory. It was the dormitory manager reminding everyone to turn off the lights and patrol.
"How did you get in?"
"Just now the dormitory supervisor was patrolling on the fifth floor, and I slipped in."
"Let's go quickly. It will be a disaster if the dormitory manager sees you, a girl, in the boys' dormitory." Xu Shushu quickly turned off the lights in the dormitory and took Huimei's hand to leave the boys' dormitory through another staircase.
That night, the sky was filled with stars, as if to encompass all the beautiful things.
Xu Shushu brought Huimei to the empty playground, and the smell of grass rushed into her nose with the night breeze.
Huimei's palms were wet with sweat, and she didn't know if it was because of the heat or the nervousness.
"Qiu Zhuoping hasn't returned to the dormitory either. He should be with Chen Yiying." Xu Shushu let go of Huimei's hand and stopped on the playground to catch his breath. He looked like a weak scholar who would get tired and gasp for breath after running a few steps, but he looked very handsome when he was roller skating.
"Maybe something happened to them? I can't get through on the phone." Huimei was a little nervous and tried to change the topic to Qiu Zhuoping and Chen Yiying.
"Don't worry, Qiu Zhuoping is very reliable. Nothing will happen to Chen Yiying if she follows him." Xu Shushu patted his chest and made the promise, but this pat made him cough.
Huimei watched him coughing and felt a little anxious. She couldn't help but put her hand on his chest and pat it gently.
When Xu Xishu stopped coughing, his eyes met Huimei's gaze, and he looked at Huimei quietly.
Among the girls he knew, Huimei was ordinary. She didn't have a tall figure, nor a stunning face. She was silly and seemed to do everything wrong, but she gave people a feeling of being easy to get along with. He even thought that she was cute in this silly way. At that moment, Xu Shu's heart was moved. He slowly leaned down and moved closer to Huimei.
If he had not been defeated by his own reason and so-called pursuit of life that day, if he had kissed her, would the subsequent story be different?
"I'll take you to a place."
Xu Shu's lips finally fell on Huimei's ear, and Huimei's rapidly beating heart gradually calmed down as he left.
There is a large open space and wall behind the observation deck of the playground. Students majoring in art in the school love to graffiti and create art on that empty wall.
As an art student, Xu Shu also liked to paint here. He quickly found the paint hidden under the wall and moved it out.
"Have you ever tried painting on the wall?" Xu Zishu asked.
Huimei shook her head.
Xu Shushu then picked up the spray paint and started graffiti on the wall.
It was a blue and white wild wolf. Although it was a wild wolf, it had a docile look like a dog.
Huimei felt that the wild wolf was just like him, with innate pride and nobility, but a gentle temperament. He was afraid of being touched, but at the same time he longed to get close.
"Give it a name."
"OK."
"How about Bruvo?" Huimei said this British-sounding name.
Xu Shu was curious about the origin of the name, and Hui Mei continued, "It's the homonym of Blue wolf, which means blue wolf."
Xu Shushu couldn't help laughing, with an expression that said "How could you have thought of that?"
Later, Huimei also participated in the graffiti. She drew some purple sweet potatoes because the homonym of purple sweet potatoes is similar to "杍庶". She hoped that their memories could be recorded forever on this wall. Unfortunately, forever is only a few days. When the wall was painted white by the school, Huimei regretted not taking photos at that time.
"Huimei, what do you think of my painting?" When Xu Shushu said this, Huimei was admiring the purple sweet potato she painted. When she turned around, Xu Shushu was already lying comfortably on the lawn looking at the stars.
"I think you are like a painter, full of inspiration and creativity." Huimei also adjusted her skirt and sat on the grass with her knees bent.
She looked in the direction that Xishu was looking at. The boundless starry sky enveloped all things in the world, but was infinitely far away from them.
"Since I was a child, I have dreamed of becoming a painter. I can hold art exhibitions around the world, do what I like, and pursue the life I want. Even if I may achieve nothing in the end, I am still willing to devote my youth and effort to this ideal." Xi Shu closed his eyes comfortably, feeling the warm summer breeze.
Huimei tilted her head slightly and stared at the ends of his hair blown by the wind, feeling an inexplicable sadness.
His wish is to reach far away.
And she might not even have the ability to leave this city.
"Have you ever thought about when to fall in love?"
"Dating is too troublesome, and I'm not mature enough to be responsible for a relationship. I think maybe in the future, I will find a girl who can work with me and marry her."
When Xu Shu opened his eyes, Hui Mei quickly looked up at the starry sky. She knew that Xu Shu might be hinting at something, telling her not to like him. Because what he needed was someone who could keep up with him, someone who was willing to accompany him to a distant place.
Huimei looked at the starry sky. She originally wanted to ask him, if I like you, would you consider dating me?
Huimei never said that, she decided to bury this love in the most beautiful corner of her heart, because she knew that she didn't have enough capital to walk side by side with him.
"I think Qiu Zhuoping and Chen Yiying are quite suitable. How about we bring them together?" Xu Shushu quickly changed the subject and sat up with a somersault.
So, they talked about how to bring Qiu Zhuoping and Chen Yiying together...
