Chapter 3 Do you believe that there is a soul in this world? 4
For five consecutive days, Ye Jing did not show up, which was unusual.
This situation has never happened before. If he hadn't responded to me reluctantly when I called him repeatedly every day, I would almost think that he had left the mirror!
And ever since I met Ye Zixi five days ago, I have kept the mirror where Ye Jing was at all times with me, except when taking a bath or going to the toilet, for fear that I might not hear him when he suddenly calls me, or that I might not be around when he finally shows up again.
Ye Jing, ah Ye Jing, this guy is really something. When he appeared, he gave me a headache for a long time - now, he refuses to show up, and it still makes me distressed.
Of course, in addition to this, I would wait at the door of the classroom where Ye Jing used to be at noon every day during these five days. I originally thought that I could easily meet Ye Zixi again... but unexpectedly, for five consecutive days, he didn't come to Ye Jing's classroom again.
On the contrary, I...
Every noon, I had to endure the strange looks from my classmates as they came and went.
There is really no way.
I sighed secretly in my heart, looked around reluctantly, and pretended not to notice the looks around me.
"Hana, why are you here again?"
A familiar voice sounded beside me, and I turned to look at the girl who was standing next to me, biting a yogurt bag.
The pair of glasses on her nose covered half of her face. The lenses were almost thicker than the bottom of a wine bottle, so one could not see what her eyes looked like at all - but despite this, when she spoke and laughed, the two sweet dimples at the corners of her mouth still made people feel happy.
When I saw her, I immediately smiled happily: "Yes! I want to wait and see if Zixi will come today...Xinxin, have you finished your meal?"
In the past five days, whenever Jin Xin saw me standing here, he would come over and say hello to me, regardless of the looks from people around him.
"It's really strange. The kid used to come here every day and stand there stupidly... I think he was probably scared away by you." Jin Xin muttered depressedly while biting a piece of yogurt.
Unlike the first time we met, it turned out that this girl with the bottle-bottom glasses was not as timid and introverted as I thought at the time. Instead, she was a quick-talking and carefree girl.
By some strange coincidence, Jin Xin has become my first friend in school and the only normal friend besides Ye Jing.
"Me? Why were you scared away by me?"
"Why? Didn't you keep chasing that kid and asking him questions for no apparent reason that day?" Jin Xin rolled his eyes through his thick glasses.
"I just want to ask him if he knows Ye Jing..."
"Why are you asking him? He is Ye Jing's brother! But you, who are you?" Jin Xin looked at me, "Come to think of it, I haven't asked you yet, why did you suddenly come to our place to ask about Ye Jing that day? Are you really Ye Jing's friend?"
"real."
I looked at her righteously and nodded.
"Okay..." Jin Xin shrugged, biting a yogurt bag and walked into the classroom, waving at me, "Then you wait patiently, I'll go in first, there are a few questions I haven't solved yet."
"Yeah, go ahead, come on!"
I quickly waved at her to cheer her up.
Speaking of which, Jin Xin is really amazing. I only found out two days ago that she was the second in the grade, second only to Ye Jing. Ever since Ye Jing took a leave of absence due to an accident, Jin Xin has firmly occupied the first place in the past few months, 20 points ahead of the second place.
Watching Jin Xin walk into the classroom, I took out the mirror I carried with me and put it close to my mouth.
"Ye Jing, Ye Jing, are you there? You haven't been to school for a few months, but Xinxin has been studying very hard... If you and Xinxin were to take the exam together, who would do better? I guess you can't do it, right?"
Just as I was about to put the mirror back in my pocket, Ye Jing's exasperated voice came out unexpectedly: "Hey, Luo Huayin, what do you mean? Who are you saying is incompetent? I ignored you for a few days. Are you mocking my ability? Huh?"
I was pleasantly surprised and put the mirror close to my mouth again: "Ye Jing, you are finally willing to speak? Come out quickly, let's talk face to face!"
"hehe."
After giving me a cold snort, the mirror returned to silence.
No matter how much I called out to that damn Ye Jing, he just refused to speak, and showed no intention of coming out of the mirror.
…
I waited for another whole afternoon, until the afternoon class was about to start, but I still didn't see Ye Zixi, not even in the distance.
Sighing, I turned around and walked back in annoyance.
What should I do? If he doesn’t come tomorrow, should I go to the junior high school to look for him?
As the afternoon class bell rang, I returned to the classroom, sat down in my seat, took out the mirror from my pocket a little disappointed, looked at it for half a minute, and after making sure that it was still motionless, I had to put it back in the drawer carefully.
Ye Jing suddenly stopped coming out these days, and I was a little uncomfortable with it.
Even the class felt weird without him chattering around.
Everything seemed to be back on track. Whether I was going to school or going home, I couldn't see Ye Jing... This guy who had been haunting me all the time suddenly became so silent. I don't know why, but I felt a little sad in my heart.
"Luo Huayin, someone is looking for you!"
The student who had just walked out of the classroom door turned back and shouted something casually inside and then walked out.
Uh-huh?
I came to my senses and looked out the door.
Uh, is the get out of class over? It's over. If I continue to be distracted, I won't pass the exam... Although I forced Ye Jing to teach me how to do the questions after he went home... When did I start to be so reckless in class?
Really…
I sighed again, habitually reached out to pick up the mirror from the drawer and put it in my pocket, then stood up and walked out of the classroom.
Who will come to me?
Apart from Jin Xin, no one else would take the initiative to talk to me... Could it be Jin Xin?
I quickened my pace and ran out of the classroom in the blink of an eye, looking for the girl with bottle-bottom glasses and waist-length ponytail among the students coming and going in the corridor.
But I didn't see Jin Xin. Where did he go? Didn't he just call me out?
I looked left and right, but there was no sign of Jin Xin except for a slim and handsome boy standing not far away staring at me.
I scratched my head in confusion and turned around to walk back to the classroom.
"Luo Huayin?" Just as I turned around, a strange young man's voice suddenly called me.
I turned around in surprise and saw the thin boy who was standing by the wall and looking at me just now walking towards me with a smile on his face.
At first glance, he looked frail and thin, but his pair of delicate phoenix eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. There was a strange smile at the corner of his mouth, which made people feel cold.
"Uh... do you know me?"
I watched in amazement as he walked right up to me.
He looked at me intently for a few seconds, then smiled and shook his head.
Before I could wonder, he handed me a student card and said, "This is what you dropped. I found it in the corridor."
"ah!"
My student card! When did I lose it?
I quickly took it and said, "Thank you so much! Thank you for your trouble! You specially brought it to me! Thank you!"
There are more and more good people around me recently. Not only is there Jin Xin who is willing to talk to me for a while every day, but a classmate also helped me return my lost student card... I was so excited that I thanked him repeatedly and prepared to go back to the classroom with the card.
"Wait." Suddenly, the strange boy called me again when I turned around.
"Um?"
Is there anything else? I looked back at him in surprise.
The strange boy lowered his eyes slightly, smiled strangely, and looked straight at me.
After a while, he asked me in a soft voice, in a voice that only I could hear: "Luo Huayin, do you believe that there are souls in this world?"
I was so shocked that I could hardly believe my ears. I just stared at him blankly.
Just when I was frozen in a daze, he suddenly came a few steps closer to me, his phoenix eyes shining with a strange luster stared at me, still smiling: "Luo Huayin, do you know? In this world, souls really exist..."
I couldn't help but shiver.
He... who is he? I absolutely don't believe that he just said these strange words to me casually... there must be something else behind it!
Looking at the strange boy in front of me, I just felt a chill on my back and a creepy feeling.
Could it be... Could it be that he knew something? How is this possible!
Suddenly, I came to my senses, took a big step back as if I was electrocuted , and put some distance between me and him.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How is that possible! Stop talking nonsense!"
I raised my voice unconsciously, ignoring the strange looks from my classmates, and immediately turned around and walked back to the classroom without even looking back at the unfamiliar thin and handsome boy. A fine layer of sweat seeped out of the palm of my hand holding the mirror.
"Hey, isn't that Lu Yanye from Class 3? How come that weirdo in our class knows Lu Yanye?"
"I don't know. What's going on? Lu Yanye is the most popular boy among girls in the school besides Ye Jing. But it's a pity that he has always been cold and doesn't interact with people around him. It's quite strange... How could he be ?"
…
I heard classmates talking around me.
I walked to my seat with my head down and sat down. I hurriedly opened a book and buried my head in it, pretending to read, blocking out those sights.
I have always hoped that more classmates would notice me, but recently, I actually began to hope that no one would focus on me... Lu Yanye from Class 3? What did he mean by that... I carefully held the mirror, clenching it again and again, feeling uneasy and anxious. I wanted to tell Ye Jing about this person, but I was troubled by the fact that everyone was looking at me. I couldn't speak to the mirror at all. I would definitely be regarded as a psychopath!
Oh, Ye Jing, Ye Jing... this worrying guy! I don't know if he heard what Lu Yanye said just now in the mirror...
