Chapter 2 Who is the real prince? 2
The more I thought about it, the more depressed I became. I couldn't help but call my best friend Huang Ruo. Huang Ruo was my good friend in junior high school. Before I was admitted to Shengxi College, we were inseparable good friends. Huang Ruo's personality was different from my carefree personality. She was very gentle and always tolerated me with her heart.
After the call was connected, I told Huang Ruo about my situation and how I had found a terrible fake boyfriend because of my vanity.
"Well... wasn't he handsome? Why is he so scary?" Huang Ruo asked confusedly on the other end of the phone.
"No, you don't understand! He asks me to walk his stupid dog named Mousse every day, and he even asks me to clean up after the dog poops. As a result, I dare not wear high heels and dresses when I go out for a walk every day. I can only wear sportswear and running shoes, and I have to put on a hood so that people won't see how cowardly I am! And, I haven't finished yet. It's not just about walking the dog! He is so hypocritical!" I complained to Huang Ruo angrily.
"Hypocrisy?" Huang Ruo's gentle voice stimulated me to continue expressing my unhappiness.
"At school or in front of the public, Yu Muchen always cared about me and was respectful to me, as if I were a princess from somewhere and he was just a knight by my side; but once out of the public eye, Yu Muchen would definitely demand double back from me what he had done to me. He asked me to buy breakfast and deliver it to his house at 8 o'clock in the morning, and asked me to bring him snacks in the middle of class. Am I a young wife? Am I a young wife tortured by my mother-in-law! Why am I so miserable!" I excitedly described Yu Muchen's crimes.
"Ah, Xiaoxiao, you, you calm down a little." Huang Ruo also heard my unhappiness and tried her best to comfort me.
"I also know that I was wrong, but I'm really sad now. I don't want to go to school every day! But every time I see Yu Muchen's annoying yet handsome face, I can't disobey him. A person like me is really bad." When I said the last part, my voice was filled with tears.
Huang Ruo listened quietly to my troubles, and then slowly spoke: "Actually, I think Xiaoxiao you just lack self-confidence. If you had confidence from the beginning, you wouldn't have told that lame lie. Now, you are throwing your whole body and mind on Yu Muchen, relying on his beauty to gain face for yourself and make yourself stand out among the girls. Have you ever thought about relying on yourself?" Huang Ruo's suggestions always hit the mark and made me unable to refute.
Yes, now I am just a useless woman who relies on someone else’s handsome face. How can I continue like this?
"Then...what should I do now?" I asked Huang Ruo humbly.
"I think you should find something you want to do, whether it's a hobby or a club, to fulfill yourself, to allow you to use your talents and to become more confident." Huang Ruo's words made me suddenly realize.
After thanking her and hanging up the phone, I took out the application for admission that someone had given me a few days ago from my schoolbag - the school cheerleading team was recruiting. The cheerleading team of Shengxi College is the most popular club among girls. I have been good at sports since I was a child, and joining the cheerleading team may be a new step in my life! With a smile, I solemnly filled in my name in the application for admission.
As I expected, the next day after I submitted my application, the cheerleading members contacted me and asked me to attend cheerleading training after school.
I was overjoyed and casually sent a text message to Yu Muchen to tell him that I was going to cheerleading practice and that I didn't have time to walk the dog today. Then I excitedly rushed to the gym with my schoolbag on my back.
"Hello everyone, my name is Ding Xiaoxiao, and I'm a new member joining today. Please take care of me!" Looking at a group of beautiful classmates with good figures, I lowered my head excitedly and greeted them loudly. My voice echoed throughout the gymnasium.
However, my enthusiastic voice received no response.
What's going on? I looked up in confusion, but the cheerleaders seemed not to have heard me and continued to do what they were supposed to do, as if I were a nobody.
"Excuse me..." I wanted to ask something clearly, so I patted the shoulder of a girl next to me. But the girl just rolled her eyes at me with contempt, and then brushed some dust off her shoulders, as if she thought I was very dirty.
"Uh...that?" I turned around unwillingly and looked at the girl on my right, but she was just doing her own warm-up exercises and had no intention of paying any attention to me.
After being left out in the cold for 20 minutes, a beautiful girl with a nice figure stood out from the queue. She was really beautiful, with creamy skin and bright red lips. Even in a cheerleading team full of beautiful women, she was considered top-notch. She stood in the middle of the queue and clapped her hands. All the team members immediately gathered together and stood in a square formation. It seemed that she was the captain of the cheerleading team.
"Well, um... I'm Ding Xiaoxiao, who just arrived today. May I ask where should I stand?" Mustering up my courage, I asked again. This pretty girl wouldn't ignore me, right?
Sure enough, she glanced at me, her eyes full of charm, as if there was a pool of clear water flowing, "You, you look clumsy, just stand at the back!" The beautiful woman curled her lips and didn't want to look at me a second time.
I moved to the end of the line step by step and stood there, feeling my face burning. Do I really look that stupid?
After I stood up, the cheerleading team started their day's training. Because no one was leading me, I stood in the back and watched their training movements silently. The movements were simple and mechanical, and there was no room for error. Maybe it was because I was new and didn't know anything, so these girls didn't want to pay attention to me.
Thinking of this, I decided to wait until the club activities were over and then secretly watch their training by myself and practice.
The mechanical training lasted for about an hour. As the sun set, the cheerleaders finally left the gymnasium one after another. When the last person left, I started to pick up the equipment they had used and practiced alone.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but when I came to my senses, the gymnasium was already empty and it was pitch dark outside.
"Oh no, I have to go home!" I quickly packed up my utensils and pushed the door. Strangely, the door didn't move at all... I pulled hard again, but the door still didn't move, as if laughing at my stupidity.
"No way... Am I locked up here?" In an instant, I suddenly felt a chill.
I don't want to spend the night here! I heard that a student died suddenly of a myocardial infarction here. Now in the middle of the night, students occasionally see his painful figure and shrill groans, and they say that if they see him, he will take them away.
"Hey! Is there anyone out there? Let me out!" I knocked on the door, but all I got back was the merciless cold wind. What's worse, for some reason the lights in the gym went out, and it was completely dark.
“Help! Help! Someone is locked in there! I don’t want to spend the night here…” At the end, my tears fell one by one and landed on the ground. “Anyone can help me… please come and save me…” My stomach also growled. I’m not going to die here, am I?… I’ll be on the headlines in tomorrow’s newspaper!
The panic lasted for about ten minutes, and I tried to calm myself down. If I didn't save myself, no one would come to save me.
I wiped my tears and took out my phone. Really, I obviously had my phone, why did I forget it? It seems that when facing the unknown panic, the biggest obstacle is indeed human beings themselves. If you can't stay calm, your mind will be completely blank and you won't be able to think of any solution.
"Who should I call at this time?" Call my parents? What a coincidence, tonight is the 18th anniversary of their kiss, and they don't seem to be at home at all. My phone is busy when I call them; call Yu Muchen? That guy has always treated me like a dog, why would he come to save me? After a long time of anxiety, I found the phone number of the Student Union on the wall next to the gymnasium.
Oh, right! The Student Union! The Student Union of Shengxi College has always had a tradition of being on duty, so there must be someone there!
With the dim light of my cell phone, I dialed the number tremblingly.
"Hello! Is this the Student Union?" Great, someone actually answered the phone!
"Yes, this is the Student Union office. May I ask what I can do for you?" The speaker had a gentle and magnetic voice that made people feel reliable as soon as they heard it.
"It's like this, I, I was accidentally trapped in the gymnasium, and the lights are not on. You, no matter who you are, can you come and save me?" I briefly and concisely explained my situation.
The other party told me to be patient and he would come with the key to rescue me soon.
I swear, the time I had to wait for the student union to rescue me was only 5 minutes, but these 5 minutes were the longest 5 minutes in my life.
Just as I was huddled against the wall, biting my lip in a daze, the student union’s savior finally arrived!
"Is there anyone in the gym?" the gentle voice sounded again.
"Yes! Yes, yes, yes!" I jumped up and answered hurriedly.
What responded to me was a series of key sounds, and then with a "creak", the door of the gymnasium was opened!
"Are you okay? I just checked, it seems the circuit breaker is tripped. I just fixed it." As he spoke, the man from the student union turned on the light switch, and sure enough, the light came back on as he said . It's amazing, he is worthy of being a member of the student union, he can save people and fix the light!
"Thank you!" I smiled like a flower, totally unaware that I had been crying miserably just now.
“It’s okay, you…” The man looked into my eyes, and under the bright light, he suddenly froze.
"Eh? Me? What's wrong with me?" This person looked at me in a strange way... He was staring at me straight. I have always been very self-aware and I know that I am definitely not a beautiful girl who would be stared at like this, so is there something dirty on my face?
"Ah! Ah... No, nothing, I'm sorry, hello, I'm Wei Tingyi from the Student Union, a sophomore, who are you?" Although his eyes were no longer straight, they still kept wandering around my face.
"Hello, senior. I'm Ding Xiaoxiao from the first grade. I was locked in because I practiced for a long time and didn't notice that everyone had left. I'm sorry to bother you to come here!" I bowed deeply to Wei Tingyi.
"It's okay, it's not a problem at all. But you, you weren't frightened, were you?" Wei Tingyi smiled at me politely, and I noticed that this sophomore student in the student union was also very handsome! Although he was not as handsome as Yu Muchen, he was full of bookish air, as if he was an elite. Well, you can tell at a glance that he has a great brain. Especially the slender frameless glasses on his nose, which made his eyes look even more intelligent.
"Well, to be honest, I was a little scared at the beginning, but fortunately, I'm fine now." I smiled casually. As long as I can get out of here, it's good.
"Oh, so, in order to calm your frightened mood in the dark, I'll take you to a mysterious place!" After saying that, Wei Tingyi motioned for me to follow him.
"Now? Where... are you taking me?" After all, it had only been less than 5 minutes since I met him and it was already late, so I became a little wary.
"Are you afraid that I'm a bad person?" Wei Tingyi raised the corner of his mouth and chuckled, which was so stunning that it dispelled my guard.
"Look, this is my name tag. I am the president of the Student Union. Maybe you are a freshman so you don't know." Afraid that I wouldn't believe it, Wei Tingyi specially put the Student Union certificate hanging around his neck in front of me.
"I, I don't not believe you...it's just...well, I'll go with you!" People have been so frank with me, if I still act shy, I will inevitably appear petty, and I, Ding Xiaoxiao, have always prided myself on being a "tomboy".
Wei Tingyi didn't say much, just took me through Shengxi College. In order to match my pace, he deliberately walked very slowly. Following him all the way, I realized that Shengxi College was so big. I was really weak because I usually only ran between my class, the canteen, and Yu Muchen's class during the day.
"We're here!" Wei Tingyi told me softly as we stood next to a clock tower-like building, then took out the key he carried with him and opened the metal door.
Wei Tingyi stopped after climbing several flights of stairs.
"Here it is, this is my special room..." Wei Tingyi murmured softly, smiled slightly, and opened the door.
Then I understood why it was a special room. There were many telescopes in this room. Some of them looked very old, while some were very trendy. There was also a huge astronomical telescope, which was exactly the same as the one I saw in the observatory when my father took me there when I was a child!
"How is it? Is it special?" Wei Tingyi walked straight to the huge astronomical telescope and started to adjust it.
"Come here." He waved to me casually, and I slowly walked to Wei Tingyi.
"Look..." After letting me stand next to the telescope, Wei Tingyi took a step back.
I approached the telescope cautiously, and the sight before me made me feel dizzy. What did I see? I saw a sky full of stars!
As if they are the greatest gift bestowed by the night sky on mankind, they twinkle distantly and loyally in the sky, like countless pairs of gentle and affectionate eyes.
"So beautiful..." I almost couldn't help but express my feelings.
"Yes, so darkness is not scary, it can also be beautiful. If it is daytime, we can't see such a magnificent scene." Wei Tingyi whispered in my ear.
So he wanted to tell me this! Suddenly, a warm current seemed to flow into my heart. Ever since I became Yu Muchen's "pet dog", I felt exhausted. No one understood me, and no one cared about me, except Huang Ruo who gave me advice. Today! At this moment! I felt the warmth again!
"Thank you..." I looked up from the telescope, my eyes a little wet.
"It's okay." It seemed that "It's okay" was his mantra. When these words came out of his mouth, they had the power to make people addicted. "I heard that if you make a wish to the stars in this room, your dream will come true. Do you want to try it?" Wei Tingyi's eyes sparkled in the darkness, like the bright stars in the sky.
After hearing his words, I lowered my head again and silently made a wish to the stars.
Maybe, today I am still a very clumsy cheerleader, but in time, I will definitely become a qualified cheerleader and let those who ignore me accept me! No, not qualified, I want to be a first-class cheerleader, I want to shine with my own strength, not just rely on the sun to reflect light like these stars, I want to emit my own light!
