Chapter 3 Bubble
I use beautiful bubbles to create a dream world for you.
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I didn't know when Hua Ziyin would regret it, I only knew that time was running out, so I decided to take the initiative. After a day of careful planning, on a Wednesday evening with a picturesque sunset, I took the subway across half of the city with the carefully prepared food to C University where Xu Yun was.
The C University campus is as beautiful as a fairyland under the setting sun. The crabapples on both sides of the road are in full bloom. A thick layer of pink fallen flowers under the shade of the trees paves a pink path.
I walked along this path to the end and arrived at the downstairs of Xu Yun's dormitory. It was dinner time and the boys came out of the building one after another. I stood under the flower tree and waited patiently. In less than ten minutes, I saw Xu Yun walking out of the building alone in a refreshing casual outfit.
He lowered his head, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and looked absent-minded. He slowly approached, and I saw his slightly furrowed brows under his fine hair . There was no doubt that he was worried. And I knew what he was worried about.
I knew in my heart that I would definitely not attract Xu Yun's attention in my current state, so when he was about to pass by me, I called out to him, "Hi, Xu Yun."
He looked up and saw that it was me. He was stunned, and the expression on his face suddenly became strange: "Oh, it's you... What a coincidence!"
He said, looking behind me.
"Don't worry, Mengsha didn't come." I smiled and imitated the tone he used when he came to see me last time, saying, "How could it be such a coincidence. I came here specifically to see you, too."
"Are you looking for me?" Xu Yun's brows furrowed even deeper.
I raised the bag of food in my hand to him and said, "Yes, it's a matter of reciprocity. You treated me last time, so this time I should treat you back."
He looked at me, seeming hesitant.
I simply pushed the bag of food into his hands and said, "Otherwise, you can use it to treat your roommates."
He held the bag blankly, not saying anything.
"Goodbye, then."
I waved at him and walked back slowly, counting silently in my mind: "1-2-3..."
As I expected, when I counted to five, I heard Xu Yun behind me shouting at me, "Didn't you say you were going to treat me to a meal? Why are you leaving first?"
I turned around and gave him a big smile: "Then I'll have to trouble you to take me to the most beautiful place in C University, because only the most beautiful place is worthy of the food I cook."
“No problem.” He also smiled and took the lead to walk in another direction. After walking a few steps, he realized that I was not following him. He turned back and said to me who was still standing there in a daze, “Come on, I’ll take you to the most beautiful place in C University.”
The most beautiful place in C University that Xu Yun mentioned is not the romantic cherry trees, nor the legendary willow lakeside, but the rooftop of the tallest teaching building in C University.
I looked at the empty rooftop, which looked nothing special, and felt a little surprised.
Xu Yun smiled and said, "The beauty of this place is not something that everyone can discover. Just wait a little longer, and you will know where its beauty lies in a moment."
"Really? Then let's eat while we wait." I took out a linen blanket from my schoolbag and spread it on the ground. I sat on the ground, took out the lunch boxes from the bag of food, opened the lunch boxes one by one and placed them on the blanket.
Xu Yun stared at me fiddling with the food and suddenly laughed: " It seems that you are also very knowledgeable about food."
"Yes. It should be said that we fat people are very knowledgeable about food." I smiled nonchalantly.
He was like a child who had done something wrong: "I... I didn't mean that, I meant..."
"It's okay." I stuffed a piece of sushi into my mouth. "Fat people have their own happiness. At least when they encounter delicious food, they don't have to worry about losing weight after eating it."
"Haha..." He laughed heartily, imitating me and putting the whole sushi into his mouth. "It's rare that you are so optimistic."
"What else? Are all the fat people in the world going to collectively hit their heads and die?" I blinked. "We have been ridiculed and mocked enough. This world is cruel enough. As fat people, we need to be more optimistic." I paused and said, "Besides, being fat is not all bad. There are advantages as well."
"for example?"
"Uh..." I tilted my head, thought for a while and said, "For example, if I came to see you openly like this today, Mengsha would not be angry at all. But if it was another girl, it might be a different story." After I said that, I laughed first.
"You are different from others." Xu Yun suddenly looked at me steadily, sadness gradually overflowing from his single phoenix eyes, "It would be great if everyone else was like you..." He hesitated, slowly looked up at the sky, and fell silent again.
"Oh..." I sighed softly, responding to his silence at the right time.
I think the other people he was talking about must be other fat people.
After a long time, he suddenly said, "Hexue... Can I call you Hexue from now on?" When he said this, he kept staring at a certain place in the night sky and did not turn his head to look at me.
Out of curiosity, I looked up like him, and then I saw the most beautiful starry sky I have ever seen in my life. The blue velvet night was dotted with stars, and those dazzling diamond-like stars seemed to be within reach. I finally understood why Xu Yun said that this was the most beautiful place in C University.
"Of course, my name is Hexue." I stared at the brightest star in the night sky and slowly curled the corners of my mouth.
Xu Yun tilted her head towards me and said solemnly, "Hexue, thank you."
"Ah?" I pretended not to understand, "Why are you thanking me?"
"Thank you for letting me meet you, Song Hexue." Xu Yun narrowed her eyes and looked into the distance, as if she was talking to another person, "Thank you for being such an optimistic person, Song Hexue."
"It turns out that fat people will be very popular as long as they are a little more optimistic." I laughed at myself heartlessly, "It seems that as long as I work hard to become the king of comedy, then one day I will become a person that everyone pays attention to, just like Mengsha." I clenched my fist in a look of longing.
Xu Yun cooperated with me very well and made a starry-eyed expression: "Come on! The future queen that everyone will look up to."
In my impression, Xu Yun has always been a serious person. Even when facing the person he likes, Lian Mengsha, he rarely smiles. Therefore, at this moment, when I looked at his funny appearance, I couldn't help laughing.
I was laughing, but suddenly stopped and looked at him, and asked seriously, "Hey, Xu Yun, you are not in love with me, are you?"
Xu Yun obviously didn't expect me to be so direct and bold, or he didn't expect that I would have such evil ambitions, so he was completely stunned.
Before he could come to his senses, I quickly said, "Hey, Xu Yun, someone like you can't like someone like me. Besides, I already have someone I like."
"Why not?"
"Because--" I pointed at my fat body, then at him, "Well, I am like this and you are like that, how is it possible?"
"What?" he asked knowingly.
I just said, "I'm a fat guy. As for you, there are so many adjectives to describe you , handsome, suave, otherworldly... so it doesn't fit at all."
"But, isn't there still a saying of mix and match now?" He suddenly became serious, "Besides, isn't it said that love knows no age, identity or status? Why does something as insignificant as body shape matter?"
I should have been happy. According to my plan, when I slowly induced him to say something like this, I should have shown "innocent joy and shyness". However, at this moment, I suddenly felt sad.
The heartache and regret that kept welling up from the bottom of my heart almost overwhelmed me.
I couldn't speak, let alone laugh. I could only stare at the brightest star in the night sky in silence.
The atmosphere suddenly became extremely awkward.
Finally, it was Xu Yun who broke the awkward silence. His voice sounded vague: "Who is that person?"
"What?"
Xu Yun's voice was low and light, but still couldn't hide her nervous trembling: "Who is the person you like?"
"Oh!" I hurriedly put away the blanket and lunch box like a thief caught in the act. "There is such a person. But I can't tell you who he is now."
After I finished speaking, I ran down the rooftop and ran out of C University like crazy. I didn't stop until I was sure Xu Yun didn't follow me.
