After the reunion, Lin Qianliu was still looking forward to seeing them again.
Every day she hesitated whether to deliberately pass by the boys' dormitory to create an encounter, or pass by the teaching building where the financial management major classes were held, and when she met Luo Qubai, pretend to say casually, "What a coincidence."
Just after she had been hesitating for a week, Lian Shengmo brought her news that she was unwilling to accept - Luo Qubai was transferring this time with a girl named Jian Sile, but the girl was a student majoring in music performance in the Art Department. The two of them transferred directly back to C University in China from a foreign university. After receiving the application, C University accepted it without hesitation.
We went abroad together, returned together, and happened to come to C University.
Lin Qianliu didn't bother to find out why the two didn't choose Luo Qubai's favorite university, Y University. He just suddenly felt it was very ironic, especially when he was frustrated and checked Weibo. Most of the students in his follow list were forwarding a Weibo post about Luo Qubai and Jian Sile.
C University Tree Hole: Breaking news, this year there is a couple of very good-looking transfer students from C University! The boy is Luo Qubai, a student majoring in financial management, and the girl is Jian Sile, a student majoring in performance in the Department of Arts! One is a top student, the other is good-looking and good at playing the piano, and they are childhood sweethearts. They are a perfect match made in heaven! According to reliable sources, the two went abroad together two years ago. Now I wonder if the husband follows the wife or the wife follows the husband? In short, except for the male protagonist's minor physical flaws, this couple is very compatible in terms of IQ and appearance. That's right, today's revelation is to tell all the single alumni who are eager to make a move, you have no chance! Hahaha!
Childhood sweethearts, made for each other, the husband follows the wife and the wife follows the husband!
Every idiom became a sharp thorn, piercing Lin Qianliu. Lin Qianliu clenched her teeth and smashed every idiom in her mind with a punch. Then, she slid her finger on the mouse and flipped through the comments under the original Weibo one by one. Although she refused to accept other people's praises of Luo Qubai and Jian Sile's talent and beauty, she still couldn't help but read them, as if she wanted to find a sentence that shared the same hatred among the baskets of praises and echoes.
Soon, Lin Qianliu saw the "common hatred and common enemy" that he wanted to see, but the other party targeted Luo Qubai.
Mr. Bingleng: Having good looks doesn't necessarily mean he's worthy. If I remember correctly, Luo Qubai has a problem with his feet. That alone makes him worthy.
Lin Qianliu stared at the ID of this comment and angrily cursed: "You are the one with the problem! It is obvious that Jian Sile is not worthy of Luo Qubai, okay!"
Because he was too excited, Lin Qianliu blurted out the curse hidden in his heart.
Fortunately, there were only her and Lian Shengmo in the dormitory.
Lian Shengmo turned his head to look at her, shook his head helplessly, and deliberately attacked her: "How is Jian Sile not worthy of Luo Qubai?"
"Lian Shengmo, you must remember, you are on my side!" Lin Qianliu snorted twice and focused on the comments again.
When he turned around, Lin Qianliu couldn't move his eyes away, because someone in the comments was speculating about the reason for Luo Qubai's foot injury -
Lin Ran replied to Mr. Bingleng: Maybe Luo Qubai's foot was injured because of Jian Sile. If that's the case, Jian Sile should marry him!
This comment received hundreds of likes and many replies.
It was originally just a guess, but in the end it became a fact due to rumors.
Even Lin Qianliu almost believed that Luo Qubai lost his leg in an accident while trying to protect Jian Sile because he loved Jian Sile so much.
Just when Lin Qianliu was being distracted by such rumors, the station chief of the news station suddenly called him.
The other party said straight to the point: "Lin Qianliu, I have a very important task to assign to you, and it must be you!"
Every time the stationmaster said "it has to be you", Lin Qianliu knew that it must be a difficult problem that no one in the news station was willing to take over.
Because Lin Qianliu majored in journalism, she was forced by her teacher to work at the school's news station when she was a freshman. Since she had no intention of becoming a station manager, she was always an ordinary reporter, and her main task every day was to collect interesting stories on campus or interview outstanding students.
In fact, Lin Qianliu also doesn’t like those tasks that no one wants or no one can complete and are finally stuffed into her arms.
After coughing twice, Lin Qianliu was ready to refuse and said, "Stationmaster, I haven't been feeling well recently..."
"Lin Qianliu, I specifically left this task to you, please don't refuse." The stationmaster knew that Lin Qianliu was going to refuse, so he interrupted him and said anxiously, "This time the task is to interview the outstanding student Luo Qubai..."
"Interview...Luo Qubai?" Lin Qianliu straightened up suddenly, his eyes shining.
"Yes, it's Luo Qubai." Feeling the strangeness in Lin Qianliu's words, the stationmaster struck while the iron was hot, "There are so many girls who want to take this task, but I won't assign it to them because I don't trust them. They are all crazy about flowers. You are different. You are steady..."
Before the webmaster could finish his words, Lin Qianliu's phone was snatched away by Lian Shengmo.
I only heard her say: "Stationmaster, give me this job..."
Seeing that Lian Shengmo was about to snatch her job, Lin Qianliu snatched back the phone and replied: "Webmaster, I'll take this task!" Then, with a "click", she hung up the phone and looked up at Lian Shengmo proudly.
Lian Shengmo was speechless and choked up for a while before he said, "Do you think I really want to interview Luo Qubai? It's all because of your half-dead look."
Luo Qubai is of course a person of great interest to all the teachers and students in the school, but Lian Shengmo is not interested. She rushed to take this task because she knew the relationship between Lin Qianliu and Luo Qubai. All she wanted was to protect the silly girl in front of her from the wind and rain. However, what she never expected was that Lin Qianliu would plunge in without hesitation.
Facing Lian Shengmo's disappointed look, Lin Qianliu smiled indifferently.
"I know you don't like Luo Qubai, and you don't like me throwing myself at him like a moth to a flame." Lin Qianliu said, "But I still want to see him, very much."
"It's up to you, but don't get provoked by those young couples and end up crying in my arms." Lian Shengmo pretended to be disgusted.
"I'm not that useless!" Lin Qianliu retorted, then he found Luo Qubai's number from his mobile phone address book and pressed the dial button tremblingly.
She had never been able to find an excuse to call this number, until today when she finally had a legitimate excuse.
After waiting for a few seconds, Luo Qubai answered the phone. Before he could speak, Lin Qianliu said anxiously, "It's me, Lin Qianliu."
There was silence over there, as if the throat was choked by surprise.
"Luo Qubai, I'm calling you on behalf of the school news station." Lin Qianliu was impatient and got straight to the point without waiting for long. "Our news station wants to interview you. Are you willing to accept the interview?"
"Yes." Luo Qubai agreed without hesitation.
"Okay, I'll let you know the time and place." Lin Qianliu wanted to say something else, but she found that she couldn't find any other topics except business.
Time passed by minute by minute, but Luo Qubai didn't hang up the phone.
So, the two of them just remained silent.
Until Lin Qianliu glanced at the computer and blurted out, "Have you and Jian Sile been together before the college entrance examination?"
"No." Luo Qubai answered quickly, paused, and added, "We have never been together."
"Really ?" While asking, the smile on Lin Qianliu's lips betrayed her excitement.
"Yes, that's right."
Luo Qubai's gentle voice made Lin Qianliu cover his mouth and laugh.
After hanging up the phone, she waited until she was happy enough before she called the webmaster and told him that Luo Qubai was interviewed.
She didn't know that Luo Qubai had rejected , so when she heard her reply so quickly, not only the station director, but also all the teachers and students on duty at the news station were shocked and speechless for a long time. After a long time, the station director repeatedly confirmed: "Really? Really? Are you telling the truth?"
The interview was scheduled for ten days later, at a very literary and comfortable cafe near the school.
There were still forty minutes before the official interview. Lin Qianliu had already calculated the time. She only needed to arrive ten minutes earlier than the scheduled time to prepare. Thinking of this, she packed her things and set off directly from the school news station. But as soon as she came out, Qin Shu blocked her way with a playful smile.
"I heard that you are going to interview Luo Qubai?" At this moment, the smile on Qin Shu's face was brighter than the afternoon sun.
"So what if it is?" Lin Qianliu raised his eyebrows and looked at Qin Shu warily and said, "So what if it isn't?"
"Of course I want to go and observe!" Qin Shu said seriously, "I have always wanted to know how you usually do interviews, but unfortunately I have never had the chance. Today I happened to meet you, so you can take me with you and let me see it for myself. Also, Luo Qubai is a talented student that C University accepted without hesitation, and I also want to know how he usually studies."
"Are you so humble and eager to learn?" Lin Qianliu rolled his eyes at him and wanted to walk right past him.
Qin Shu was quick to act and stopped her again with one step: "Qian Liu, we are all friends, but you don't even want to take me for a small interview, do you have the nerve to do that?"
"I can tell from the first glance that you have bad intentions!"
"I obviously look very kind!" Qin Shu retorted, and then put his watch in front of her eyes, "As far as I know, you always like to arrive ten minutes before the interview starts to prepare. If you delay like this, not only will you not have time to prepare, you may also be late."
"Qin Shu!" Lin Qianliu gritted his teeth, looking annoyed.
"Queen Qianliu, just take the little one with you! Please!" Afraid that she was really angry, Qin Shu turned around and acted cute and coquettish, blinking his eyes deliberately, just like the pitiful heroine in an idol drama, "I really admire Luo Qubai, I promise I will never ask for an autograph without permission!"
"You don't want his autograph even if it's given to you?" Lin Qianliu said unhappily, then he glanced at the time and compromised, "If you want to follow, get out of the way."
"Thank you, Queen Qianliu!" Qin Shu cheered and took her backpack. It was clearly a threat, but it turned out to be a kind gesture. "Let me do the rough work of carrying the backpack!"
Lin Qianliu sighed helplessly.
Ten minutes before the interview, Lin Qianliu and Qin Shu arrived at the cafe, and Luo Qubai was already waiting inside.
Lin Qianliu was a little embarrassed and immediately said "sorry" without noticing the slight change in Luo Qubai's expression, let alone knowing that this change was because of Qin Shu.
Luo Qubai never thought that Lin Qianliu would come to interview him together with Qin Shu.
Before deciding to transfer to C University, Luo Qubai had inquired about Lin Qianliu's life in the past two years, and naturally knew about Qin Shu's existence, his unremitting pursuit of Lin Qianliu, and the happiness he brought to Lin Qianliu. At that time, Luo Qubai did not have too many feelings, he just thought that Lin Qianliu should be single.
It was not until the night of the welcome party that he truly realized the existence and threat of his "rival in love" for the first time.
He remembered that night when Qin Shu said, "It's been two years and you just said, 'Long time no see'? That's so easy to say," it was clearly a provocation.
If we say that when they separated that night, Lin Qianliu chose him, which meant that he was slightly better than Qin Shu, then today, when Lin Qianliu and Qin Shu appeared together, it made him feel that Qin Shu had turned the tables.
"It's okay, I got here early. I ordered you a caramel macchiato, I don't know if you like it." Luo Qubai quickly stopped thinking about it and answered with a smile, then turned to Qin Shu and said, "Sorry, this is Qin Shu, right? I didn't know you would be participating in today's interview, so I didn't order anything for you. Please take a look at what you want to order first."
He concealed his emotions very well, and his gentle smile was very gentlemanly.
Lin Qianliu smiled and said "thank you", but he never expected the meaning behind Luo Qubai's cup of caramel macchiato.
If she had paid more attention, she would have found that Caramel Macchiato is translated into English as Caramel Macchiato. Macchiato, which comes from Italian, means "branding" and "printing and dyeing", and is transliterated into Chinese as "Macchiato". "Caramel" means caramel. Therefore, the meaning of Caramel Macchiato is - "sweet imprint".
However, Qin Shu knew that she lacked the little bit of girlish thoughts, but he just deliberately didn't remind her.
"It's okay, I can order it myself." Qin Shu smiled and met Luo Qubai's slightly scrutinizing gaze. His smile was friendly but distant and polite. He raised one hand high and shook it slightly, and said to the waiter not far away, "I want a cup of American coffee, please."
The interview officially began only after all the coffee was served.
Seeing Lin Qianliu holding a notebook and a recorder like a real reporter, Luo Qubai couldn't help but smile and said softly, "He really looks like one."
These words, coupled with the smile on his face, made Lin Qianliu panic and he uttered "hmm" inexplicably.
Luo Qubai still smiled gently and explained: "I said, you look like a real reporter. It's strange, I never heard you say you wanted to be a reporter before."
Lin Qianliu smiled embarrassedly and did not explain that he didn't really want to be a reporter.
Everything happened so naturally that it was inexplicable.
She has never had an ideal, not before, not now. If she had to name one, it would probably be to be with Luo Qubai, a couple for life.
If this is ideal.
"Let's start the interview." Lin Qianliu took a deep breath, suppressed the memories in his mind, and asked the first question according to the notebook, "As everyone knows, Luo's grades are very good. The poster posted at C University also included Luo's transcript from Columbia University in the United States. Almost every subject was full marks. We would like to ask, what is Luo's study method? Is there any special study method?"
"Nothing special." Luo Qubai confessed, "It's just that maybe I like reading more than other people."
"For example, "The Universe in a Nutshell"? " Lin Qianliu suddenly remembered the book he was holding in his hand when they first met.
"Yeah." Luo Qubai's answer was very light, but the smile on his lips was full of pride. He was very satisfied that Lin Qianliulian remembered such a small detail clearly.
Qin Shu, who was standing by, saw the clues and couldn't help but cough lightly, interrupting, "Aren't you afraid of becoming a nerd if you read books every day?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Qianliu rolled his eyes at him unceremoniously.
Luo Qubai didn't mind and just said calmly: "If you want to become a fool, you will become a fool if you don't read books. In fact, reading can not only improve a person's knowledge level, but also stabilize the heart and improve personal temperament."
"Mr. Luo, what do you think are the differences between universities abroad? I heard that educational philosophies abroad are very different from those in China. What do you think, Mr. Luo?" For fear that Qin Shu would interrupt again, Lin Qianliu quickly changed the subject.
"There were more differences in the past, but now our country is gradually catching up with the international community, and most of the educational concepts are learned from each other. For example, we are also learning from the degree of freedom in foreign countries. If we want to talk about the more detailed differences, it is probably that our country still attaches more importance to scores, while foreign countries pay less attention to scores and pay more attention to a person's spiritual and psychological 'scores'."
"We all know that Luo had a professional paper published in an internationally renowned academic journal when he was in high school. I wonder how Luo felt at that time?"
“I am very happy and feel affirmed.”
The questions were all arranged in advance, most of them were arranged by the teachers at the news station, and were inseparable from the theme of study, but after one question after another, Lin Qianliu stared at the notebook and suddenly fell silent.
In the silence, no one dared to disturb her until two minutes had passed before Qin Shu called her.
"Qianliu?"
"Qianliu!"
After being called twice, Lin Qianliu finally came back to his senses, his expression still in a daze.
After a long while, she lowered her head and said "I'm sorry" in embarrassment, then said, "Let's continue. The next question is, with Luo's grades, he would have a better career abroad, why did he suddenly choose to return to China, and transfer to C University?"
This was a question she also wanted to know the answer to.
Then, before Luo Qubai could answer, she rushed to add: "Your ideal school is Y University, why did you choose C University?"
"Because..." Luo Qubai stared at her intently, the word "you" stuck in his throat.
Lin Qianliu's heart was in his throat, and he kept praying in his heart: Please don't let this be because of Jian Sile!
Qin Shu looked at the two of them, guessed some of their emotions from their expressions, and couldn't help but frowned, taking the opportunity to interrupt and ask: "People on the Internet are speculating that you returned to China because of Jian Sile, is that true?"
The topic was thus shifted, and Luo Qubai replied: "No."
Lin Qianliu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down. He remembered that he said that he and Jian Sile had never been together, so he couldn't help but ask him: "Do you have a girlfriend now?"
"Lin Qianliu, this question is not in the notebook, right?" Qin Shu frowned unhappily and pointed out Lin Qianliu's "mistake" seriously.
"Is there?" Lin Qianliu ignored Qin Shu and fixed his eyes on Luo Qubai.
"No." Luo Qubai replied with a smile.
"Then is there someone you like?" After getting the answer, Lin Qianliu became more and more demanding and asked, as if he ignored Qin Shu who was standing next to him.
In fact, as soon as he asked the question, Lin Qianliu felt that Luo Qubai would definitely not answer.
However, Luo Qubai in front of him just laughed softly. The air was gently stirred, and Lin Qianliu felt as if her heart was also gently caressed. The next second, Luo Qubai looked at her seriously and said, "Yes."
Lin Qianliu was a little slow to react and stared at him blankly with wide eyes.
"I said, I have someone I like." As if afraid that she couldn't hear him, Luo Qubai emphasized it again.
"Yes..." Lin Qianliu took a breath and became nervous.
Qin Shu was just thinking about how to make trouble when Luo Qubai had already given his answer.
He said, "It's a secret."
At this moment, there was an ambiguous smile on his face.
After reluctantly letting Lin Qianliu ask a bunch of personal questions by taking advantage of his position, Qin Shu asked Luo Qubai calmly, "Does your physical disability cause any inconvenience to your life?"
Lin Qianliu didn't expect Qin Shu to hit Luo Qubai's sore spot, and immediately shouted angrily: "Qin Shu!"
Luo Qubai looked calm, and while she was angry he smiled and said, "No."
Unexpectedly, Qin Jian pressed on step by step, looked at Luo Qubai provocatively, and asked, "Student Luo, I want to ask, with your imperfect body, can you really be responsible for the person you like?"
Hearing this, Luo Qubai's face changed slightly. He subconsciously glanced at Lin Qianliu, picked up the cup with his hand on the table and took a sip of coffee, but his hand under the table involuntarily scratched his right leg. After a moment, he put down the empty coffee cup and replied, "Okay."
“Why do you…”
"Alright, Qin Shu!" Even though Luo Qubai looked normal, Lin Qianliu still felt distressed. Thinking of his limping figure when he went on stage at the welcome party, she couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat. She immediately scolded Qin Shu who wanted to continue to be aggressive, "Don't ask any more questions!"
"I'm just asking some questions that everyone wants to know..." Qin Shu argued.
"If you say another word, I'll break up with you!" Lin Qianliu gritted his teeth and glared at Qin Shu fiercely.
Qin Shu knew that she was really angry, so he could only shut up obediently.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. The three people were silent, each with their own thoughts. The air seemed to be frozen.