Chapter 2: The gap between the silent years

When I was a child, I heard from the elders that people will accept what God arranges for them. Although I haven't done anything heroic, I haven't done anything outrageous, so I think God will see it and won't reward me or punish me. But why did Lin Xiaolun suddenly ignore me?

When I woke up, I found myself lying on a hospital bed with no one around me.
I felt like I had slept for a very long time and my whole body was sore. I really wanted to go to a massage parlor and have a full body massage to relax.
Thinking of this, I got up from the bed, pounded my shoulders, and went to the bathroom to relieve myself. During this time, I was thinking about something that was puzzling -
Why am I in the hospital?
I looked in the mirror and found a small piece of gauze on my forehead. Did I have a car accident last night? Or was I accidentally hit by something?
I wink in front of the mirror and make all kinds of faces, and I never get tired of it.
When I was immersed in making faces, a female voice came from the other side of the door: "So strange!"
I couldn't help but burst out laughing. Who is so funny and can speak English?
Perhaps she heard my laughter, the woman who was speaking pushed open the bathroom door, and when our eyes met, we were both startled.
How could I not be scared?
What's happening here?
How could there be a blonde, blue-eyed foreign woman wearing a nurse's uniform?
Oh my god, is this cosplay?
The blonde nurse touched her chest and said, "What are you doing here?"
"I...I'm going to the bathroom." I stammered, my back pressed against the wall.
The blonde nurse opened her mouth to ask again, and said a long string of gibberish. I raised my hands in surrender and interrupted her: "Sorry, I don't know (Sorry, I don't know), what are you talking about?"
I tried for a long time but couldn't come up with a complete sentence in English, so I had to ask in desperation: "Can you speak Chinese?"
"Oh, no, I can't!" The blonde nurse shrugged and answered me with a smile, with a hint of regret on her face.
I was also very sorry that I couldn't communicate with her anymore. You know, when I was in school, my English was a drag on me. If I hadn't studied hard for three months, I would have failed miserably in the graduation exam! But the subject I studied hard for was not oral English, so I can't use it now!
The blonde nurse also looked at me awkwardly. She seemed to have thought of something, exclaimed, and ran out.
As soon as she left, I returned to the ward and packed all my things.
"LeLe?"
I looked back and saw my mother looking at me with a worried look on her face. She asked, "Are you okay?"
Behind Mom stood the blonde nurse.
I asked curiously, "Mom, are you off work?"
"What?" Mom was confused and looked at me in confusion.
I walked over, handed her the luggage, and asked, "Didn't we agree to travel to the United States? How come I'm in the hospital after waking up from a nap? And what's with this blonde nurse?"
My mother was stunned for a while, then took the luggage from my hand and said, "You had a fever on the plane last night. I was so scared that I rushed you to the hospital as soon as I got off the plane. You were unconscious for the whole day."
I yawned and said tiredly, "Yes, I am very tired, but I don't think I have a fever now. I remember I felt very tired when I was waiting for you to get off work and catch the plane. My mind was so confused!"
Mom swallowed.
I looked at her strangely: "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Mom touched my arm and said, "You were in a bad mental state before boarding the plane. You were afraid of heights on the plane, and then you had a fever. Were you too tired during the exam period, which is why you exhausted your body?"
Exam? Yes, it’s been a while since the exam, so the results should be out by now, right?
I grabbed my mother's hand and asked anxiously , "Mom, have you received the admission letter from Tianjin University? It's over. We are in the United States now. What if we can't receive the admission letter in time and Lin Xiaolun asks about it? I still want to go to Tianjin University with him."
"Okay, okay, don't worry." Mom hastened to comfort me, "I gave the key to Aunt Tang for safekeeping before I came out. Mom will call and ask for you. You should have a good rest here first."
"Okay." I climbed into bed and lay down.
After my mother went out, the blonde nurse was still standing at the door. I smiled at her and she smiled back at me.
I turned around and pulled the covers over myself, my smile instantly disappearing.
I really don't want to deal with people who don't speak my language.
A few minutes later, my mother came in from outside the ward and waved her phone at me: " Le Le, your Aunt Tang said she has received it."
My eyes widened, and I rolled around on the bed wrapped in the quilt: "Tianjin University, Lin Xiaolun! Lin Xiaolun, Tianjin University! Great!"
"boom--"
I fell off the bed along with the quilt.
This fall woke me up.
Qin Le, go to bed. When you return to China, just wait for Lin Xiaolun to pounce on you excitedly.
My attending physician is a Chinese American, and I have no problem communicating with him.
He examined me, confirmed that I was fine, and said to my mother, "You can be discharged from the hospital."
My mother asked me to pack my things and wait for her downstairs.
I have been sitting in the car for half an hour. I really don't understand. It's just a cold and fever. Is it necessary to talk to the doctor for so long?
I was so bored that I took out my phone to surf the Internet, but suddenly I remembered that I was abroad and my phone couldn't access the Internet. I pouted and looked through the call log. It had been so long, but Lin Xiaolun hadn't called me once.
Okay, if you don’t call me, I won’t call you.
International roaming charges are very expensive.
I sat in the car bored, looking here and there, and finally, my parents came out of the hospital.
They both had smiles on their faces, as if they had won the lottery.
"Why do I have to talk to the doctor for so long? It's not like I have an incurable disease." I complained to my mother as she got in the car.
My mother made several "Pooh" sounds and tapped my head. "You've been unconscious for the whole day, we have to find out everything before we can rest assured."
"Yeah." I shook my shoulders and asked, "Did you find out anything?"
Mom raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course, the doctor said that you are very healthy and there is nothing unusual. Except for a little anemia, everything else is normal."
I smiled and said, "Ms. Ye, Mr. Qin, you two always left me at Aunt Tang's house when I was little. I always thought I was a poor creature abandoned by my parents, but I didn't expect you to care about me so much."
Dad laughed dryly and signaled to the driver that he could go.
My mother came close to me and asked in a flattering tone, "Is it too late for Mommy to love you now?"
"Hmph!" I looked up and said, "It's too late. I don't need your love! If I want you to love me, I have to go shopping with you to buy clothes, shoes, bags, and jewelry. I'm not interested." As I said that, a smile appeared on my face. "I'm only interested in Lin Xiaolun."
My mother's expression changed immediately. She moved as far away from me as possible and said loudly, "Qin Yang, your daughter has a lover now and has forgotten her mother. You can do whatever you want. Anyway, I don't want to take her to the White House, Niagara Falls, or Madame Tussauds."
I immediately slid to my mother's side, held her arm tightly, leaned my head on her shoulder, and sang softly: "There is only one good mother in the world, and children with mothers are like treasures. Without mother's arms, where can we find happiness?"
Under my constant begging, my mother reluctantly agreed to take me around the United States.
In this way, I played in the United States for more than ten days. I was exhausted and began to cling to their legs and beg to return to China.
My mother promised me.
As we boarded the ship, I wondered why we didn't just fly back?
Mom raised her orchid finger and said, "When you came here, you took a plane. Did you forget that you are afraid of heights? Now we have plenty of time. We can take a ship to visit various major cities and then return home. Isn't it just a few days later to report? It's okay. I'll call your counselor to ask for leave and say you are sick."
I was so upset. Is there any mother like her?
I had no choice but to tell the truth: "Mom, I want to go back to see Lin Xiaolun as soon as possible. "
My mother came close to me and whispered, "Do you really want to get Lin Xiaolun?"
"I want to." I nodded, then hesitated and said, "But it doesn't have to be so fast."
My mother smiled mysteriously, leaned close to my ear and said, "When I was young, I dated 12 boys, so you'd better listen to me."
I looked at my mother sideways. How dare she tell me such a big secret?
My mother looked at the setting sun and said calmly, "If someone accidentally tells others about this, I will tell Lin Xiaolun that someone took the initiative to ask for the phone numbers of seven handsome guys on the streets of the United States."
"If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. It's no big deal." I snorted coldly and stepped onto the ship back home in a cool manner.
So, my mother tricked me into getting on the ship.
In this world, I am only afraid of two people. One is Lin Xiaolun. I am afraid that he will be angry with me. The other is my mother. I am afraid that she will threaten me.
Old ginger is still spicy.
The ship stopped at five major cities on the way, and we didn't return to China until September 17, seven days after the registration of freshmen at Tianjin University. Fortunately, Tianjin University is not far from home and can be reached by bus.
As soon as I got home, I called Lin Xiaolun to ask about the situation at school, but Lin Xiaolun didn't answer my calls.
I ran to Lin Xiaolun's house and called Lin Xiaolun using their landline phone. Lin Xiaolun answered the call quickly.
"Hello?"
I quickly thought about the wording. After deciding what to say, I cleared my throat and was about to speak when Lin Xiaolun hung up the phone with a "click".
"What does he mean?" I stood there in a daze. When I realized what was going on, sparks seemed to appear in my eyes.
I asked Aunt Tang if there was anything wrong with Lin Xiaolun recently. Aunt Tang thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. But the kid blamed me for not telling him that you were going to the United States , which caused him to not have the time to send you off. He was mad at me for several days."
Yes, I remember now. I seemed to have a cold and a fever that day. I followed my parents to the airport with a dizzy head and didn’t even have time to say goodbye to Lin Xiaolun.
"It's okay, Auntie. I'll report to school right away. You can talk to him ."
After saying goodbye to Aunt Tang, my smile was as bright as a sunflower. It turned out that Lin Xiaolun cared about me so much.
I decisively rejected my parents' suggestion to send me to school. I didn't want Ms. Ye Qianli to perform the "Eighteen Farewells" drama when we parted. That would be too embarrassing.
After arriving at Tianjin University, I called my counselor, who arranged for two senior schoolmates and a senior schoolmate to help me complete all the procedures and also sent me to the girls' dormitory.
After everything was settled, I went to the instructor to get the camouflage uniform and joined the military training team.
During the break, I looked for Lin Xiaolun in the huge playground. Although the men and women in the playground were wearing the same clothes, I still found .
I have been watching Lin Xiaolun for 18 years.
After finding the target, I trotted over, leaned over and patted Lin Xiaolun on the shoulder: "Hey!"
The moment he looked up and saw me , a flash of surprise flashed across Lin Xiaolun's eyes, and then it was replaced by indifference. He turned his head and continued to talk to the people around him.
"Hey, Lin Xiaolun." I pushed Lin Xiaolun's shoulder, "Why are you ignoring me?"
"Didn't you see I was talking to someone else?" Lin Xiaolun's voice was lukewarm.
I sat down behind him and said, "Then I'll wait for you to finish."
The boy next to him laughed and joked: "Lin Xiaolun, is this your girlfriend?"
I smiled and continued, "Not yet, but soon."
The boy laughed in good faith, nudged Lin Xiaolun with his elbow, and said, "Remember to treat me to wedding candy when the time comes."
Lin Xiaolun chuckled and said, "Don't make a fuss, we're just friends."
I approached Lin Xiaolun and asked, "What do you mean just friends? Lin Xiaolun, don't be so heartless. Ah, I get it..." I showed an expression that showed that I had seen through all kinds of things in the world. "Tell me, what are you still embarrassed about? What kind of relationship do we have? We have slept together. Why do you still care about these things?"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar all around. Lin Xiaolun quickly pulled me up and pushed me aside, and I almost fell down.
"Why are you pushing so hard?" I stood firm and looked at Lin Xiaolun with dissatisfaction.
"What are you doing? What are you making a fuss about?" Lin Xiaolun's tone was extremely unfriendly.
I said puzzledly: "I'm not making a fuss!"
"You're not making a fuss, so what are you talking about?" Lin Xiaolun's face was stern, his brows were twisted into a knot, and his chest was heaving with anger.
I had always thought that he was shy and that was why he refused to admit that we had a good relationship, but I didn’t expect that he was really angry.
I lowered my head and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I had a cold and a fever that day, so..."
"Just keep making excuses." Lin Xiaolun didn't even listen to me and turned away.
"I didn't make excuses." I stamped my feet anxiously and shouted, "Lin Xiaolun, I really had a fever that day, so I didn't tell you."
Lin Xiaolun stopped, looked back at me, and said angrily, "You are pretending to have amnesia, right? I think you should run five laps around this playground and stimulate yourself with sweat. Then you will realize how bored you are."
After saying that, Lin Xiaolun returned to their class team.
I stood there, somewhat confused about Lin Xiaolun's attitude.
The instructor blew the assembly whistle and I walked over in a daze. Before I could join the army, the instructor called me.
"Ah?" I came to my senses and quickly squeezed into the line.
"Who let you join the team?" the instructor asked sternly.
I walked out silently, and the instructor asked me again: "What's your name?"
"Report to the instructor, Qin Le." I have watched many TV dramas, so I have a relatively clear idea of ​​how to answer the instructor's questions.
"Why didn't you join the team immediately after you heard the whistle?" The instructor had a stern face. He looked like a veteran, but he was probably not much older than the rest of us.
I took a breath and replied unconfidently: "Instructor, I didn't react."
"Run around the playground five times to wake yourself up."
I rubbed my nose. Was this instructor sent by Lin Xiaolun? Well, I'll just use this as a wake-up call to think about how I've offended Lin Xiaolun.
As an athlete, I have no problem running 2,000 meters.
Lin Xiaolun's team was at the edge of the playground, right next to the running track, and he happened to be standing in the last row, so every time I passed by Lin Xiaolun, his eyes followed me.
Yes, that's right. It would be best if God gave me another fainting scene. I don't believe that Lin Xiaolun is not soft-hearted.
It turns out I was overthinking it.
During the break of the second round, Lin Xiaolun sat in the aisle with his back to me. The bottle of mineral water in his hand was almost empty. He didn't even think of giving me some to drink, and didn't even look at me.
After running 2,000 meters, I didn't feel uncomfortable at all, let alone fainting.
After a day of military training, I returned to the dormitory exhausted.
I heard the sound of water splashing in the bathroom. I walked towards my bed and was stunned by the pile of martial arts novels on the desk.
There was a girl who was so obsessed with martial arts novels. She had all the works of Gu Long, Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, and the four great martial arts kings in Taiwan. I took out a book out of curiosity and flipped through a few pages.
"Are you interested in this too?" A cold voice came from my left.
I turned around and saw that the owner of the voice was a girl in a black nightgown with a dry hair towel wrapped on her head.
"Ah, no." I smiled awkwardly and put the book back in its place. "I like to read romance novels. Martial arts novels are too profound. I don't really understand them."
The girl smiled slightly, washed her hands under the faucet, and then dried them with the towel hanging on the windowsill and walked into the dormitory: "It's normal. I am considered abnormal among many girls. Your name is Qin Le, right? I am Ding Chuchu, one of your roommates for the next four years."
I was a little embarrassed. I must have been famous in the class when I was punished to run during the military training in the afternoon.
Ding Chuchu continued to introduce: "The other two girls are from other places, they are fanatics of the Korean Wave, they love Korean dramas and Lee Min Ho."
I heard the hidden meaning behind Ding Chuchu's words, pulled out a chair and sat down, tilting my head and asking, "You can't get along with them?"
"I don't reject it, but our values ​​are not compatible." Ding Chuchu smiled at me.
"Me too." Ding Chuchu and I looked at each other and laughed for no apparent reason.
I don't know where I saw this, but to become friends, some people need a long time to get to know each other, while others only need a glance. Ding Chuchu and I belong to the latter. If we talk about love, we fell in love at first sight.
With Ding Chuchu around, I won’t feel lonely even if Lin Xiaolun keeps me at a distance.

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