Chapter 4 Return to the old place 3
"Why are you fighting? Why don't you go to the infirmary after getting injured but instead drink here?" Xi Chen's questioning made Tang Ai lower her head. She twisted the corner of her clothes with her fingers, not knowing what to say.
The wind was blowing hard, and the thin Tang Ai was swaying on the rooftop. Xi Chen reached out and grabbed her arm.
"Tell me who caused the injuries on your body." Xi Chen calmed his voice, but it was still filled with an unyielding anger.
This matter is related to Xi Shanshan, Tang Ai cannot tell anyone.
"I asked you to speak, are you trying to make me anxious to death?" Xi Chen used force with his hands.
Tang Ai lowered her head, shook it violently, and said, "I told you that you would be very angry, and I don't want to make you angry."
"I'll be angry if you don't tell me!" Xi Chen touched the tiny scars on Tang Ai's face and said, "Look at you, a girl with so many scars on your face! Does it look good?"
"It hurts, it hurts..." Tang Ai dodged Xi Chen's fingers and grabbed the corner of his clothes in grievance.
"You still feel the pain! You're making me so mad!" Xi Chen tried hard to suppress his inner anger. The girl in front of him made it difficult for him to teach her a lesson or not.
Tang Ai raised her face and said pitifully, "Then I'll go to the infirmary with you, okay?"
Xichen looked at her and finally softened. He took her hand and said, "Let's go."
In order to prevent Xi Chen from getting angry again, Tang Ai stopped talking and followed him obediently. But what Tang Ai didn't expect was that after Xi Chen took her to the infirmary, she found Chen Mei there too. When Chen Mei saw Tang Ai, she immediately trembled in her chair.
Such a small action did not escape Xichen's eyes. When he thought about the injuries on the two people's faces, Xichen understood it all at once.
"Mr. Chen, why are you here?" Xi Chen deliberately handed Tang Ai to the doctor and then walked in front of Chen Mei.
Chen Mei avoided Xi Chen's gaze and said, "I accidentally fell."
"You are too careless. You should know that your face, Master Chen, is worth a thousand gold. Oh, let me do it. Be gentle." Xi Chen said as he took the cotton swab and iodine from the doctor and helped Chen Mei apply it on the wound.
"Ouch——" As soon as the cotton swab touched the wound, Chen Mei jumped up from the chair in pain.
Xi Chen frowned and said, "Why should a man be afraid of pain? Sit down and bear it." His voice seemed calm, but it had a power that could not be rejected.
Chen Mei felt guilty and knew that he was deliberately targeting her, but she was too embarrassed to refute him, so she could only bear it and keep silent.
Every time Xi Chen helped him clean the wound, he secretly used strength. Chen Mei's eyebrows were squeezed together in pain, but she didn't dare to say a word. Tang Ai, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but want to laugh.
"Okay, that's enough." Xi Chen helped Chen Mei apply the medicine and straightened up. Looking at the beads of sweat on Chen Mei's forehead, Xi Chen felt satisfied. He deserved it for bullying Tang Ai!
"I'm fine too." After applying the medicine, Tang Ai stood up and called Xi Chen.
Xi Chen nodded, turned around and asked the doctor about the taboos of the wound, and repeatedly reminded Tang Ai. Tang Ai kept nodding and said, "I know, I won't forget it."
"Okay, don't let me worry." Xi Chen held Tang Ai's hand, turned his head and said to Chen Mei, "Mr. Chen, we will leave first. I wish you a speedy recovery."
Chen Mei rolled her eyes at them and ignored them.
Xi Chen didn't take it seriously and planned to send Tang Ai back to the dormitory. When passing by a milk tea shop, Tang Ai bought three cups of warm milk tea. Xi Chen asked in surprise: "Why did you buy so much milk tea?"
"Secret." Tang Ai gave a cunning smile.
Seeing Tang Ai smiling like this, Xi Chen understood everything. He sent her downstairs to the dormitory and asked her, "Xiao Ai, will it snow in Tianwu Mountain in winter?"
Tang Ai turned her head and nodded: "Yes."
"How about we go see the snow during the winter vacation?" Xi Chen invited Tang Ai.
Tang Ai didn't expect Xi Chen to be able to go back to Tianwu Mountain. She was pleasantly surprised, so she took a few steps forward and said happily, "Of course! We can also invite a few more friends. The snow scenery on the mountain is very beautiful, and you haven't eaten the cakes made by Sister Hua for a long time!"
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say." Xi Chen smiled gently.
Tang Ai's eyes were filled with sunshine, and even the red scars on her face looked very cute. She waved goodbye to Xi Chen and turned back to the dormitory.
In the dormitory, the three roommates were doing their own things. Seeing Tang Ai coming back, they all looked at her sideways, but only Lin Xiaoya jumped up from her chair, walked to Tang Ai with concern, and asked, "Xiao Ai, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Tang Ai smiled and raised the milk tea in her hand high up, "I bought this for you."
"Wow, milk tea?" Lin Xiaoya took it, opened it, and said in surprise, "Oh my God, Xiaoai, how do you know I like coconut? Oh, there are also the double-flavored and fresh passion fruit that Wenwen and Zhouzhou like!" As she said that, she walked over and gave the other two milk teas to Fu Wen and Qu Zhouzhou.
Tang Ai suddenly felt a little embarrassed. For the first time, she formally greeted the three people in the dormitory at the same time: "I usually see that you order these three types of milk tea, so I wrote them down. Um...thank you for what happened today."
Fu Wen and Qu Zhouzhou looked at each other. It was really strange. Tang Ai would remember what they liked to drink and thank them specially for what happened today?
Lin Xiaoya, the middleman, laughed heartily, her eyes narrowed into slits: "What are you thanking me for? We are roommates!"
Seeing this subtle atmosphere, Qu Zhouzhou couldn't help but joke: "It's really like the sun is rising from the west. The unsociable Tang Ai actually took the initiative to communicate with us."
Tang Ai paused, then said quickly, "I...I'm not a loner."
"Wasn't you very cold and indifferent at the beginning, Xiao Ai? We all thought you liked to be alone and didn't like to play with us." Lin Xiaoya said while biting the straw.
Tang Ai blushed and shook her head gently, saying, "No...I..." She looked at the three girls in the dormitory and recalled the scene in the afternoon when they helped her. Only then did she slowly realize that they had misunderstood each other since the very beginning.
Because I'm new here, and judging from their appearance alone, I feel that they are difficult to get along with, and we don't communicate with each other or get to know each other in depth, so there are so many misunderstandings, right?
Tang Ai shook her head slightly and said softly, "It's a long story. It has something to do with me. When I first came here, I was timid and didn't dare to make friends." As she spoke, she looked at the three people, and her gentle eyes became firm. "If I contact and interact with you from now on, is it too late?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the dormitory fell silent. Tang Ai's heart began to beat rapidly, and she felt inexplicably nervous.
Suddenly, the three girls burst out laughing. Qu Zhouzhou slapped her thigh and almost choked on her milk tea: "Hahaha! In this day and age, there are still girls who use such an opening line to make friends. It's so cute!"
Tang Ai's face turned even redder, and along with the rising red, a smile grew stronger at the corners of her mouth. Lin Xiaoya ran over, hugged Tang Ai's shoulders, and smiled brightly: "It's still in time, very much in time!"
So, that night, there was unprecedented laughter in dormitory 601.
From that night on, people in the dormitory would gossip until very late every night, and only when everyone was drowsy would they shirk responsibility and turn off the lights.
From that night on, the four girls often put the small tables together in the dormitory, and ate braised food and drank beer on them while chatting about who was pursuing who.
From that night on, if anyone saw a piece of clothing they liked on Taobao, they would ask everyone in the dormitory, and after getting a positive response, they would happily place an order. It was also from that night that Tang Ai felt that her life was once again satisfied and becoming more and more fulfilling.
It turns out that it is so wonderful to have such a group of beautiful girls accompany you in your blooming years.
During the winter vacation of that year, in addition to Shen Ruoyun, Tang Ai also invited the girls in the dormitory and Tong Lin to go to Tianwu Mountain, but in the end only Tong Lin had time to go.
On the day after the final exam, Tang Ai and her group of four boarded the high-speed train to Huacheng. Unexpectedly, they met Shao Yu on the high-speed train. Upon asking, they learned that Shao Yu was also traveling to Tianwu Mountain.
"Then let's go together, Teacher Shao! Let's form a small tour group at our own expense, hahaha!" For Shen Ruoyun, it is a very pleasant thing to travel with a friend with whom he has a particularly good relationship, chatting and laughing along the way.
Shao Yu went to Tianwu Mountain to fulfill his last wish, and now he met a group of his students, including Tang Ai, so maybe it was fate. So he did not refuse.
Tang Ai sat next to Shao Yu and asked, "Teacher Shao, have you booked a hotel? If not, you can stay at our inn. I'll ask Sister Hua to give you a 50% discount!"
"Okay." Shao Yu smiled warmly.
Shen Ruoyun, who was sitting in the back seat, immediately leaned over the back of the chair and said proudly, "Teacher Shao, you won't regret going to Xiao Ai's inn! Xiao Ai's inn is very beautiful and quiet. She also planted a lot of flowers around the inn. The environment is very good!"
"It looks really good." Shao Yu smiled. These young kids are so good and energetic. If she were still alive, she would be the same as them, right? He pressed his phone, and the screen saver showed a pretty girl with crescent-shaped eyes when she smiled.
It's been so long since she left, so long that I don't even know the time.
When he first saw the girl Tang Ai, Shao Yu was a little dazed when she said the name "Tang Ai". Even if she didn't come back, it must be because she knew he missed her, so she found someone else to appear by his side.
The high-speed train traveled for several hours and finally stopped at the small train station in Huacheng.
The bus that Tang Ai and her friends took drove up the mountain. Winter is the off-season for tourism in Tianwu Mountain. Although there are still quite a few tourists, it is not as crowded as in the peak season. So on the other hand, there is no need to queue up for anything, which is very convenient.
The weather forecast said that it would snow on Tianwu Mountain the day after tomorrow, so they would enjoy the snow scenery on the mountain. The car climbed for ten minutes and finally stopped at the intersection of Qingluo Inn. Five young men and women dragged their suitcases towards the bluestone road. Tang Ai walked in front, her steps quickened, and she trotted while shouting, "Sister Hua, Sister Hua, I'm back."
Sister Hua, who was sweeping the floor at the door, heard the sound and thought it was an illusion, but the next moment she heard the sound of the suitcase rolling on the bluestone slabs and Shen Ruoyun's loud voice that could penetrate the valley, and then she reacted.
"Xiao Ai, Xiao Ai!" Sister Hua quickly dropped the broom and ran out. It was really Xiao Ai who came back. After not seeing her for a few months, there was a bright smile on her face that she had never had before.
"Sister Hua!" Tang Ai came over and Sister Hua quickly helped her take the luggage. Shen Ruoyun beside her pouted and said, "Sister Hua, where are the two pieces of luggage?"
Sister Hua glared at him and said, "Just take it yourself!"
Shen Ruoyun was displeased and rolled his eyes.
Sister Hua looked at Tang Ai's friends behind her and felt a little comforted. Tang Ai enthusiastically introduced everyone to Sister Hua, and Sister Hua nodded repeatedly. It was great that their little Ai had made so many friends and was finally no longer the little Ai who talked to herself.
Sister Hua warmly welcomed them into the inn, arranged rooms for them, and then turned around to make her signature pastries for everyone.
Tang Ai took everyone to sit on the tatami on the rooftop balcony and brewed her most famous pear blossom tea for everyone. However, Xi Chen kept his eyes on the surroundings - the layout of the entire balcony, the green ivy on the balcony, and the flowerbed under the balcony that did not wither even in winter.
Is this the place? This is the place where everything started...
