When I woke up, it was already early morning of the next day.
I lay in my bed, feeling dizzy.
I covered my head and saw a white ceramic cup on the bedside table. I picked up the cup and put it to my mouth and was about to drink, but found that there was not a drop of water in the cup.
Just as I stood up to pour some water, my cell phone suddenly rang.
It was Yao Yizhou who called.
After a while, I finally answered the call.
"Xiaoya, are you feeling better? You drank a lot yesterday."
Although Yao Yizhou's greeting was very plain, I felt relieved: "I always have a headache after drinking..."
"Drink more water and your head will not hurt so much."
I nodded and said weakly, "I understand. By the way, who sent me home?"
I thought it was Ji Chuan who sent me home, and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank him, hoping to resolve the gap between us, but after a long while, Yao Yizhou finally said, "It must be Xiaoyu. I drank a lot yesterday."
Hearing what Yao Yizhou said, I was even more confused - Xiaoyu would never send me home, she would only take me to her home. If it wasn't Ji Chuan who sent me home, who could it be?
I hung up the phone, confused. Just as I was about to get out of bed to get myself some water, the door suddenly opened and my father stood at the door with a gloomy face.
"What were you doing last night? It's outrageous for a girl to be drunk!"
When I heard my father scolding me like this, I just buried my head in the quilt and ignored him.
"Your mother's relatives will be staying at home these days, so you'd better keep quiet."
I heard my father's cold voice, and then I heard the sound of the door closing.
When I went out, I saw the woman arranging rooms for her relatives. Thinking of what my father told me to talk less, my mood suddenly fell to the lowest point.
When I saw Xiaoyu at school at noon, she looked indifferent. I asked her about the progress of her relationship with Yao Yizhou yesterday, but she shook her head again and said nothing.
Xiaoyu was so annoying that I went to look for Yao Yizhou again. However, I didn't know where Yao Yizhou had gone to practice his violin, so I had no choice but to look for Ji Chuan.
Ji Chuan was still practicing in the Taekwondo practice room. I didn't disturb him and just sat in the corner of the practice room and watched.
After a while, Ji Chuan ran to my side and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and I handed him the prepared water and towel as usual. We tacitly agreed not to mention what happened last night.
Ji Chuan wiped the sweat off his face with a towel, drank a whole bottle of water, and smiled at me: "Do you have a headache when you woke up this morning?"
I nodded, my voice a little dry: "It hurts a lot."
Ji Chuan ruffled my hair, sighed, frowned and said, "You said you can only drink so much, why don't you learn something else, why learn to drink like others? When you feel uncomfortable after drinking too much, only you know it in your heart."
I took the towel from Ji Chuan and stretched out my hand to him: "Where is the thing you brought me?"
Ji Chuan seemed a little confused, not knowing what I was asking him for. He shrugged, shook his head, and said, "What? What did you say you wanted?"
At this moment, I looked at the boy in front of me and couldn't help asking myself, is this still the Ji Chuan I know? Over this period of time, he seems to be getting farther and farther away from me. Although everyone knows that we are boyfriend and girlfriend, he also announced to everyone on various occasions that he has a girlfriend, and his attitude towards me is still the same as before, but I always feel that he has changed.
The Ji Chuan of the past would not even call me after I drank too much. The Ji Chuan of the past would run several blocks to buy me all the breakfast I liked after I finished drinking and let me choose. The Ji Chuan of the past would always give me a sly smile and hold me in his hands.
Sometimes, a woman's sixth sense is so subtle. At this time, I just felt that Ji Chuan was hiding something from me. A long time later, when I recalled this period of time, I always regretted why I had to hold on to this matter at this time. If I hadn't thought so much and asked Ji Chuan what he was hiding from me, maybe the ending between Ji Chuan and me would be different.
However, life is like a play, and no one can imagine what is about to happen to them, just like I never thought I would meet Ji Chuan before, and I never expected that this boy would influence my entire youth and become the most important person in my memory.
Sometimes , many things cannot be avoided or changed, especially the erratic and elusive emotions like love. Some people are one step late, and they can't get what they want no matter how hard they try; some people are lost, and their hearts are no longer with you. No matter how much you beg him or try to win him back, he will not turn his head to look at you, but will find you even more annoying.
Once at a friend's party, I lost a bet with someone and had to drink a glass of white wine. Ji Chuan naturally helped me out. But the bottle of white wine was really strong, and he put it down after drinking half of it. I didn't know where I got the courage from at that time, I picked up the white wine in front of Ji Chuan and poured it into my mouth with my eyes closed. In fact, I don't remember whether I finished drinking it or not, I just remember that my throat felt like it was burning, and my mind was getting more and more confused.
When I woke up, it was already noon the next day. Ji Chuan was holding my hand and accompanying me on the simple bed in the school infirmary. I remember that he smiled very beautifully at that time.
"Xiao Ya, you are too stubborn. What's wrong? Does your headache hurt? Do you want me to call a doctor to check you out?" He whispered in my ear.
That day, Ji Chuan kept talking a lot in my ear, all of which were words telling me not to drink in the future. I don't remember the specific words, but I only remember that when he was talking until his mouth was dry, I said I was hungry, and he quickly ran out and bought a lot of food to feed me.
From then on, Ji Chuan would help me drink every time I drank. He could not stop me. He would also prepare a special Ji family hangover secret recipe for me the next day and stay with me until I felt better.
However, Ji Chuan actually forgot all of this.
In fact, I didn't ask him to do anything for me, I just felt that I was no longer as important in his heart as before. Unconsciously, although we were very close and saw each other every day, we seemed to be drifting apart.
I smiled bitterly at Ji Chuan and whispered in a dry voice, "I have to go to class, you continue practicing."
Ji Chuan nodded and ran off to practice, without any intention of keeping me.
I stood up, feeling a little dizzy, so I had to hold on to the corner of the table. After I felt a little better, I turned around and left the Taekwondo practice room.
I didn't dare tell Ji Chuan that what I cared about was that he forgot to bring me the Ji family's secret recipe for hangover remedies, and what I cared about was that he was forgetting our past piece by piece.
I was afraid that he was hiding something from me. What I was even more afraid of was that after so many years of me becoming more and more familiar with him and more and more dependent on him, he would suddenly realize that the person he loved was not me, Wen Ya, but some other beautiful woman.
I am afraid that something like this will happen. If it happens, I don't know how to face it. I can only hope that I am overthinking it, and hope that all this is just my guess, just guess, and will never happen.
After coming out of the practice room, I didn't know where to go, so I called Yao Yizhou. After learning that Yao Yizhou was in the classroom, I hung up the phone and walked to the classroom.
When I arrived at the classroom, Yao Yizhou was sitting quietly in his seat reading a book.
Many times, the more I look at Yao Yizhou, the more I feel that he is like a painting. In fact, if someone sits there for half an hour without moving, I will also feel that he is like a static landscape painting.
I walked over to Yao Yizhou and sat down. I pretended to be relaxed and nudged his arm with my arm. "Where did you go to practice your violin again? What is the charm of the violin that makes you practice it for more than ten years?"
Yao Yizhou looked at me in confusion, and after a while he smiled and asked me back: "Then let me ask you, what is the charm of those wines? Why can't you stop drinking? Don't you feel uncomfortable?"
Yao Yizhou's words made me laugh: "Yizhou, don't you know that the more you drink, the more you have? That's not called drinking, you know?"
Yao Yizhou shook his head: "What do you mean by 'the more you drink, the better'? I only know that drinking too much will only make your body feel worse. You are a grown-up girl, so drink less. In the future, when you are out and there is no one around, don't drink too much, otherwise if something happens, it will be too late to cry."
Yao Yizhou's worry warmed my heart. I patted Yao Yizhou's shoulder and said, "Okay, I'll take you with me next time I drink. Do you know why I can drink so much without worrying about it? It's because you are by my side. I feel relieved. We have known each other for so many years, and my brotherly relationship with you is the strongest."
Obviously, my nonsense could not deceive Yao Yizhou, who had known me for many years. He just looked at me, smiling, and did not expose my lies.
I looked at Yao Yizhou's expression, feeling a little embarrassed, so I patted his shoulder and said without hesitation: "I'm going to the bathroom, you wait here for me, and we'll have a good talk about life and ideals later."
After leaving our classroom, the restroom is not far away. As soon as I entered the cubicle, I heard the chirping of girls outside. I was not interested in their gossip, but I found that the person they were talking about this time was me.
A girl with a sharp voice said, "Do you know Wen Ya from the class next to ours?"
Another girl chimed in, "Is it the one with eyes that are almost growing to the top of her head? Isn't her boyfriend Ji Chuan, the vice-chairman of the Taekwondo Club?"
The girl with a sharp voice continued, "How could Ji Chuan possibly like her! I heard that she forced Ji Chuan to be with her. They will break up sooner or later, and Ji Chuan will dump her sooner or later!"
The other girl continued, "She is so shameless. Yao Yizhou from their class came back from France and brought gifts to all the classmates. She actually put her arm around Yao Yizhou in front of so many people and snatched the best gift away. It was really embarrassing."
"That's right! I just can't stand that Wen Ya. I really want to see what she looks like after being dumped by Ji Chuan! How dare she be with Ji Chuan? He's the most handsome boy in our school, and she dares to get involved!"
Another girl also echoed, "I heard that she doesn't live on campus because she had a falling out with her roommates. I don't know if Ji Chuan knows her disgusting nature... Really, the more I think about it, the more hateful it is!"
The more they talked, the more outrageous it became. I really couldn't bear to listen to them anymore, so I didn't care about anything else and kicked open the door between them. I slowly walked over to them, turned on the faucet and washed my hands as if nothing had happened.
When the two girls saw me, the real culprit, come out, they didn't dare to continue talking nonsense, and turned around to leave. I deliberately made my hands wet, grabbed a girl's hair with one hand, and pulled them to my side.
When the two girls saw that I was being tough, their faces turned pale with fear and they didn't even dare to breathe.
I despise people like this the most. They dare to do things but not take responsibility for them, and dare to say things but not admit them.
I snorted coldly and shouted, "How dare you talk nonsense!"
When the two girls saw that I was angry, they hurriedly apologized to me. I pushed my hands forward and pushed the two girls out.
"Don't let me see you again. If I see you gossiping behind my back next time, be careful with your tongue."
Upon hearing this, the two girls ran away quickly.
In fact, I knew that doing so would make my reputation worse and worse, and those two girls would slander me in front of others and say hurtful things to me. But I was scolded by girls since I was a child, so I didn't care about it at all, and I didn't take their words to heart. It was just that they cursed me to break up with Ji Chuan, saying that Ji Chuan would dump me sooner or later, which made me unable to hold back my anger.
Thinking about what the two girls said, I couldn't help but walk to the door of Xiaoyu's classroom. She had just finished class and was walking out of the classroom. I pulled her to eat, she nodded and asked me what I wanted to eat.
I shook my head and said, "Let's go and have a look. I don't have much of an appetite, I'm just a little hungry, I'll buy whatever I see later."
Xiaoyu nodded, smiled and said, "That's fine. Let's go. I'm a little hungry too."
I took Xiaoyu's arm and led her to the stairs: "Xiaoyu, let me ask you something. Do you think Ji Chuan has changed recently?"
Xiaoyu couldn't help laughing when she heard what I said: "Xiaoya, are you thinking too much? You and Ji Chuan are doing fine. After all these years, I have never seen a couple more loving than you two. Didn't you check your and Ji Chuan's Moments? Almost every post is about your love. Don't let your imagination run wild."
Hearing Xiaoyu say this, I, who have always been thick-skinned, felt a little embarrassed and retorted: "I didn't force him to do that. He insisted on taking pictures with me... I told you I don't look good in photos, but you always make me look so fat in the photos!"
Xiaoyu waved her hand: "Don't provoke me, I'm still alone."
I smiled, sighed deeply, and felt much better.
Could it be that I'm really overthinking it? It seems that I should just relax and stop being suspicious.
I know Ji Chuan hates suspicious girls the most. Once, when he and I were watching a movie, the heroine in the movie suspected that the hero had cheated on her. She followed the hero all day long suspiciously, watching who he was dating all day long. As long as the hero talked to another woman, she would rush out and make a scene. I remember that when Ji Chuan saw the hero and heroine quarreling, he told me that he disliked this kind of girl the most.
Since then, I have been restraining myself from becoming the person that Ji Chuan hates, but before I knew it, I seem to have become a bit like the heroine. Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. I don't know what's going on with Xiaoyu and Yao Yizhou...
Thinking of this, I leaned closer to Xiaoyu and asked softly, "Xiaoyu, how is your relationship with Yao Yizhou going? How was your conversation in the karaoke bar that day? Did he confess his love to you?"
When Xiaoyu heard me asking about her and Yao Yizhou, she shook her head and said nothing. I thought Xiaoyu was shy, so I kept asking her, "Hey, Xiaoyu, what did you talk about? Just tell me, I can help you analyze it and find out what Yao Yizhou has to say."
Xiaoyu glanced at me for a long while before she smiled and whispered, "Xiaoya, are you going to my house to sleep tonight? I'll call home and ask my parents to make you something delicious. You didn't get to eat the braised lion's head last time you came to my house."
When I heard about braised lion's head, I immediately perked up and said excitedly, "Of course! I've wanted to eat the braised lion's head your parents make for a long time! Speaking of braised lion's head, your mom's is simply the best in the world. Every time I eat it, I feel like my tongue is going to fall off."
Xiaoyu smoothed her hair, tapped my forehead with her hand, and said affectionately: "You, you drool when you mention braised lion's head, can you be more promising?"
I leaned my head on Xiaoyu's shoulder with a smile on my face.
"Xiaoya, you drank too much yesterday and got scolded again when you got home, right?" Xiaoyu asked me with concern, bringing my thoughts back to home.
When I thought about those things at home, the smile on my face disappeared instantly.
After a moment of silence, I frowned and whispered, "I'm being scolded again... Isn't it common for me to be scolded? Oh, that woman brought her relatives back and arranged for them to live in her house. She's really annoying!"
Xiaoyu sighed and comforted me softly: "Xiaoya, you should be more open-minded. After all, you are a family. Don't be too harsh on them."
Hearing Xiaoyu say this, I frowned in disgust and clenched my fists to express my inner indignation: "I will never be a family with them!"
Xiaoyu had no idea what to do with me and could only shake his head helplessly.