Chapter 371 Extra: My name is Chu Zihan (VI)
At times like this, he can't help but think of the poem he has been repeating recently, "I wish I had thousands of spacious houses, to shelter all the poor people in the world and make them happy." Lu Mingfei now truly empathizes with Du Fu's feelings back then. If the teacher asks him to recite this poem again to express the author's feelings, Lu Mingfei guarantees that he can explain it clearly.
But that's all in the future. The right thing to do is to get through the present first and then think about how to show off in the future. The rain came suddenly and might go away just as suddenly. Lu Mingfei thought that she might as well wait here for a while, maybe it will pass.
A figure running in the rain came closer and closer, and also took shelter under the bus stop. He didn't expect that in the dead of night, they could be fellow wanderers. Lu Mingfei turned his head and looked a few more times with the mentality of watching a show, and was stunned for a moment.
"Senior?"
When Chu Zihan looked up and saw that it was Lu Mingfei, he was a little stunned. It was only an hour ago that they met again by coincidence. If the first time was just a coincidence, then this time could be more or less called a bad fate, right?
"You didn't go home?" Chu Zihan was very surprised and looked Lu Mingfei up and down, but Lu Mingfei didn't have the medicine he took with him.
“It’s a long story… I did go home, but my brother was snoring so loudly today that I couldn’t sleep at all, so I decided to go out for a walk to relax, but I didn’t expect to run into a rainstorm.” Lu Mingfei lied without hesitation. He would never tell Chu Zihan that he wanted to go to an internet cafe in the middle of the night. “Senior sister, what about you? Aren’t you waiting for someone? Did you get stood up?”
"Just like you, I encountered unhappy things." Chu Zihan said lightly.
It was a cold and windy day, and there was not a ghost in sight on the long street. Two people, each with their own ulterior motives and little secrets, stood under the same eaves, the splashing water falling on their bare ankles, chilling them to the bone.
Lu Mingfei secretly rejoiced in his heart, saying, "Could it be that today is my lucky day? I finally have the chance to taste swan meat?"
He looked straight ahead, had a bad heart but a gentlemanly look on his face. This was mainly because Chu Zihan was now in the equivalent of a wet play. She had obviously been running in the rain for a long time and was soaked all over. Water would come out of her skirt when she twisted it, and there were shiny traces of rain on her hair, with rain dripping down the ends of her long hair.
At times like this, I wonder for no reason why the quality of Shilan Middle School's school uniforms is so good. Why don't you make them thinner, more translucent, and whiter?
Everyone stood under the bus stop and looked at the sky. It was stormy outside and the atmosphere inside was weird. Lu Mingfei couldn't think of what to say for a while. Chu Zihan didn't say anything if he didn't speak. At this time, Chu Zihan was like the recognized cold goddess of Shilan Middle School. You admired her beauty and her mystery, but you could never figure out what she was thinking.
The goddess's troubles were probably beyond the reach of a loser. She was rich, pretty, and talented, so she definitely wasn't thinking about how to cheat Lu Mingze out of his change. Lu Mingfei could only look up at the sky in contemplation. Although Chu Zihan was wet but not transparent, Lu Mingfei didn't intend to take the admiration of a wet beauty as a spectacle. He had his own bottom line.
“Is it okay for you not to go home so late?” Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered something. It was almost 12 o’clock in the evening when he went out. For a student, not going home at this time could be considered an accident.
"I lost my phone and can't go back." Chu Zihan's eyelashes trembled slightly. Lu Mingfei then noticed that he couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears on her face. "And... I don't want to go back."
Lu Mingfei thought it was bad. The feeling he had when he said goodbye to Chu Zihan was indeed right. Chu Zihan was in a bad mood tonight. He didn't know what happened to her after that, which turned her bad mood into sadness. A depressed man might solve his problem by drinking a little wine, smoking a few cigarettes and hanging out in a bar, but Lu Mingfei really didn't know what would happen to a depressed girl of this age. It would be even worse if something happened.
"Senior, if you think it's okay, just tell me. Don't worry, I won't reveal a single word. Just treat me as a tree hole eaten by insects. You will forget it after hearing it." Lu Mingfei scratched his head. "If you don't want to tell me, that's fine. I will stay here with you. Anyway, it doesn't matter when I go back. I can wait with you for your family to come find you."
He had read a sentence in a book before, saying that a woman's greatest weapon is her tears. Lu Mingfei scoffed at this. Whether this sentence can become the truth does not depend on whether the woman can grasp the right time to shed tears, but on whether she is good-looking. The highest standard for judging whether a girl is good-looking is not whether she is dressed up and has a long flowing skirt, but when she is sad and crying. If she can cry beautifully, then she must be beautiful at all times.
Chu Zihan is obviously the best interpreter of this sentence, because her tears are hard to be noticed in the rain, but once noticed, your heart will inexplicably feel as if you are being gripped by her and you will worry about everything about her.
Why is she crying? What made her so sad? She looks really pretty when she cries... I subconsciously want to watch her for a while longer.
At this moment, Lu Mingfei finally understood the true meaning of the four words "beauty is a disaster". No matter whether you are a hero or a coward, as long as you meet the right person, it is really difficult to resist the beauty.
Chu Zihan didn't turn around to look at Lu Mingfei, but looked at him sideways. To be honest, she was not prejudiced like many people, but in her eyes, Lu Mingfei was indeed a silly boy.
This is not to belittle Lu Mingfei, it's simply that Lu Mingfei himself is not that good. The loser also has his own reasons for being unlucky. We are all teenagers and wearing the same school uniform. Some people can dress with temperament, while others can only dress like a black radish growing crooked in the ground. Lu Mingfei belongs to the latter, with spiky hair and always looking like he is hunched over someone's shoulder. Even if he is wearing a dragon robe, he still looks like the eunuch Lu who usurped the throne from the East Factory, with an unconcealable look on his face.
Therefore, he did not have a good reputation in Shilan Middle School, not to mention that he had a bad brother, Lu Mingze, who was always doing bad things and would often exaggerate and slander Lu Mingfei to others, saying that he was abandoned by his parents and raised in their own home. He didn't know why his own mom and dad were so generous and were willing to raise such a fake.
Of course, Chu Zihan had heard those rumors more or less. She would have her own standards when judging a person. At least the two encounters with Lu Mingfei today were not as bad as those people said. This loser who always had a timid look in his eyes actually had his own shining points, but he might not even know it.
"Some things are painful enough to endure alone, there is no need to speak them out and make others suffer as well." Chu Zihan said softly.
Lu Mingfei was stunned. He thought he would be rejected, but he didn't expect Chu Zihan's rejection to be so fresh and refined. Not only did she not mean to embarrass anyone, she also elevated the matter to her personal style. No wonder she was said to be arrogant. She really gave people a feeling of being difficult to approach.
“Then, senior sister, can you bear that kind of hardship?” Lu Mingfei had no choice but to continue following Chu Zihan’s pace.
"How can I refuse something that has already happened, even if I don't like it? Can you let me be quiet for a while?" Her eyes were drooped, with a hint of tiredness. It was not the kind of sleepiness that comes from wanting to sleep, but a spiritual fatigue, as if her chest was already riddled with holes.
"I know you want to stay alone for a while... I am a distracting third wheel here, but this is not a place to stay forever. If you really don't want to go home, I know there is a hotel nearby. Why don't you go there and have a good rest for the night?"
Chu Zihan's eyes were filled with astonishment. Her eyes were already big, and now they were even wider, just like Ultraman on patrol who heard that there was a little monster here. He came here in a hurry and found nothing. However, he felt something rubbing against his feet. He looked down and found that it was really a little monster, probably not even as big as a cat, meowing and calling for mommy.
"I didn't mean anything else!" Lu Mingfei quickly raised his hands in surrender. He just wanted to find a place for Chu Zihan to rest. He thought she would catch a fever and catch a cold tomorrow. When he saw Chu Zihan's surprised look, he realized that this invitation was not appropriate. Even if they were classmates, a man alone invited a woman to a hotel in the middle of the night. It looked like he had bad intentions. If her parents knew about it, they would throw gas tanks at her.
"...I only have a few dozen dollars on me." Chu Zihan didn't actually think that much. She just thought that it was indeed a good idea, but she had no money left. The money she would take with her when she went out depended on her mood. The money she took with her to buy medicine for Lu Mingfei at night was almost enough. A student of this age could solve most problems with more than a thousand dollars on her, and she would rarely be short of money.
"What a coincidence! I still have a few dozen dollars on me. If we add up the money, I can get just over a hundred, which is just enough for one night's stay." Lu Mingfei pinched the money in his pocket and decided to give up the Internet cafe life tonight. The beauty is in trouble, the poor guy comes to the rescue, and the money just makes up the number. This is definitely a match made in heaven!
The two of them took out the remaining money and calculated that it was exactly 150 yuan, which was enough for an economical and practical hotel. They just didn't know whether Miss Chu was willing to condescend to her. Chu Zihan said that it was no problem and that the remaining money could be used to buy breakfast for tomorrow.
The plan was finalized. Lu Mingfei recalled the route he usually took to school. Places he often walked to would always leave an impression even if he didn't mean to. There was a small hotel on the roadside that was open 24 hours a day just two streets away. Although the rain was so heavy that he could hardly see the road, a quick rush could always work miracles.
The two rushed into the rain at the same time, and the distance between them widened by several body lengths in a few seconds. Ordinary people always say that women are inferior to men, but that is an ordinary girl and an ordinary boy. Now it is a goddess and a loser, so they are naturally different. Chu Zihan is not only good at Japanese swordsmanship, but also a leader in track and field competitions. Even in a soaked school uniform, she has long and agile legs like an athlete, and the water splashing half a person's height under her feet falls on her black pantyhose.
In comparison, Lu Mingfei's skills, which he developed by sneaking into the Internet cafe in the middle of the night and running back in the morning before Lu Mingze woke up, were no match for Chu Zihan. Chu Zihan even carried one more bag than him.
What does it mean that the difference between people is greater than that between pigs and dogs? That's probably it.
Chu Zihan had already rushed to the front, but she gradually slowed down and ran with Lu Mingfei, mainly because she didn't know where the hotel was and had to rely on Lu Mingfei to lead the way. But in Lu Mingfei's eyes, the shaking hair was always provoking his heart. The goddess is the goddess, always full of warmth that belongs only to her. Even if people are in a rainstorm, Lu Mingfei's head is full of beauty.
When they rushed to their destination, the rain had gotten heavier, and the sound of rain formed a curtain, washing the loose bricks on the long street. This cheap hotel was indeed still open. Unlike the big chain hotels, there were no pretty young ladies on duty at night. Instead, there was only an old woman with wrinkles all over her face. It looked like a private building converted into a hotel, and the cheap and civilian atmosphere was everywhere.
It was indeed just a hotel. The sign outside said Ruyi Guesthouse. Chu Zihan had never been to such a place before. In her impression, a hotel should have a bright lobby, but here there was just a small corridor. At the end of the corridor was the elevator going upstairs, and there was only one elevator.
The price of this guesthouse is written on the sign next to it. It is not even 150 yuan. A single room is only 66 yuan a night. It is probably named after the idea of "six sixes, good luck" that the elderly like.
"Boss, please give me a single room." Lu Mingfei put a few banknotes on the table and pushed them inside.
The old woman was almost dozing off, but Lu Mingfei's sudden shout startled her. She came to her senses and saw a soaked student boy with another soaked girl. The girl looked worried, with tear marks all over her face. She was so angry that she looked at Lu Mingfei like a judge in a court of law.
"Room 302 upstairs!" The old woman counted the money, took out the key to Room 302 and threw it to Lu Mingfei.
Lu Mingfei didn’t know why the old woman seemed to be full of malice towards him, but he didn’t have time to care about it. He followed Chu Zihan to the elevator, leaving the old woman’s sharp eyes behind him.
"You are still young and you still want to harm other girls in the middle of the night! You can tell at a glance that you are not a good person! You will definitely go to jail when you grow up!"
The old woman muttered in a low voice, "You're a bastard if you don't make money," but this did not prevent her from imagining the story between the two men. She knew at a glance that the bastard must have some leverage over the girl and was threatening her to follow him to the hotel. His appearance exuded a sense of sleaze, and no one knew who this bastard was.
Lu Mingfei was waiting for the elevator when he heard every word of the old woman's curse behind him. A mouthful of blood seemed to rush straight into his throat, as if he was poisoned and vomiting blood.
He glanced at Chu Zihan quietly, not knowing whether the goddess had heard him or not. She was now staring at the elevator button in a daze. God can tell you that Lu Mingfei is definitely not such a person!
Old lady, you are the same, you have no idea what is going on. This girl looks like a beautiful girl, but she is Xiao Long Nu who can beat up a whole class with just a stick. I am not Yang Guo who dares to have improper thoughts. At best, I am Yin Zhiping who has the desire but not the courage! If I dare to touch her, tomorrow morning when you go to clean the room, the broom in the room will definitely be stuck in my asshole and go straight to the sky, you know that!