Many times, I think about one thing. When you sit on the clean and smooth wooden floor, watching the moonlight pouring in through the thin curtains, can you hold the moonlight with your hand? You can't hold it, right? It's like the flowing sand of time. If you can't hold it, why force it? But in this world, there are so many people who are desperate.

That day, when Ling Haochen sent me to the door of my house, he told me to study hard and wait for everything to get better. Just like when I was a child, he put me at the door of my house and turned away.
This encounter was like a dream, and I woke up before I had time to savor it.
I listened to Ling Haochen's words and began to make up for the missed lessons seriously.
Seven days before the Chinese New Year, Ji Dahai accompanied Ma Wenjuan and Ji Ming to visit Ma Wenjuan's relatives, and I stayed at home to look after the house. When I was bored, I bought a bag of melon seeds in the supermarket, sat on the sofa, and ate melon seeds while watching cartoons.
When I was halfway through, someone suddenly knocked on the door. I put on my slippers, walked to the door, looked out through the peephole, and found that it was Uncle Hua.
I quickly opened the door: "Uncle Hua?"
Uncle Hua looked nervous and asked me, "Um...can I go in and talk?"
"Oh, sure." I quickly let Uncle Hua in.
I poured Uncle Hua a glass of water and handed it to him: "Uncle Hua, drink some water."
"Thank you." Uncle Hua took the cup of water, then held it still and tightly.
I sat down opposite him and asked, "Uncle Hua, has something happened to Ling Haochen?"
Uncle Hua sighed heavily, took a sip of water, put the cup on the table, and said, "Kid, I want to ask you for a favor."
"You say, Uncle Hua, you don't have to be polite to me."
Uncle Hua frowned, looking anxious: "Xiaochen now often hangs out with a man named A'long. That man named A'long is a gang leader and has been arrested by the police station many times. I'm afraid something will happen if Xiaochen is with him. But Xiaochen doesn't listen to me, an old man. I really have no other choice but to..." After saying that, Uncle Hua looked at me with a pleading look on his face.
"You want me to persuade Ling Haochen, right?" I asked calmly.
Uncle Hua was very embarrassed, lowered his head, and sighed: "I know it's difficult for you, but Xiaochen only listens to you. If you don't help him, he will go astray."
"I'll help." I agreed immediately.
Uncle Hua looked at me blankly, tears in his eyes, and said, "Thank you, kid."
Why are you thanking me? I also don't want Ling Haochen to become like this.
After seeing Uncle Hua off, I called Mu Shaobai.
As I put on my coat, I pressed Mu Shaobai, "Where is Ling Haochen?"
Mu Shaobai said calmly: "I don't know where he is."
"I know you know." I opened the door and said it as confidently as if I was saying a tongue twister.
Mu Shaobai sighed and advised: "Ji Qingnian, I advise you not to go find him, you will regret it."
"Whether I regret it or not is my business. You just need to tell me where he is." I stood at the door with a cold expression. "Mu Shaobai, you are his best friend."
Mu Shaobai was silent for a long time on the other end of the phone, then he slowly said: "He is in the Harem Entertainment Club, room 207."
"Thank you." I hung up the phone, closed the door, and rushed to the Harem Entertainment Club.
Running on the street, pedestrians kept retreating. I looked up and found snowflakes floating in the sky, like light elves.
The Harem Entertainment Club was a high-end consumption venue, usually visited by wealthy, powerful, and well-known men. Ling Haochen must have been mixed up with others in there, otherwise, with his age, he would not be able to enter such a place.
So, girls of my age were also kept out.
The waitress, wearing heavy makeup, said disdainfully: "This is not a place for little girls. You'd better leave."
"I'm looking for someone." I said.
The waiter looked down at me dressed like a penguin and sneered, "Are you in the wrong place?"
I raised my head and said word by word, "Along from Room 207."
The waiter's expression immediately changed and he looked at the male waiter next to him awkwardly.
The male waiter came over immediately to smooth things over, nodding and bowing to me, saying, "So you are Brother Long's people. Oh, look at the way we look at each other. Come on, beautiful lady, I will show you the way. Don't be angry , she is new here and doesn't know much."
I ignored their words and let them lead the way, and after many turns I arrived at private room 207.
I said, "You all go."
The two waiters immediately responded, "Yes, yes, if you need anything, just call us."
After the waiter left, I pushed the door open and walked in.
The noisy music inside
"Girl, have you come to the wrong place?" A strong man with bare chest and a Zang dragon tattooed on his right arm said. This man must be Ah Long.
"I'm looking for someone," I said.
The burly man came over and I subconsciously took a step back. He smiled and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"Brother Long." Ling Haochen stood up, "She is my friend."
Brother Long looked at Ling Haochen, then at me, and snorted, "Haozi's people." Then he called out to everyone, "Keep playing, keep playing."
Ling Haochen walked over through the crowd, grabbed my hand tightly, and pulled me out of the private room. When we reached the stairs on the first floor, the whole world became quiet.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, grabbing my hand.
"Then what are you doing here?" I broke free from his hand and rubbed my wrist which was hurt by the pulling.
Ling Haochen turned his head to the other side: "It's none of your business."
"Then it's none of your business why I'm here." I gave him a taste of his own medicine.
"You..." Ling Haochen glared at me, too angry to say a word.
I raised my head proudly, my aura was no less than his.
After a while, Ling Haochen compromised and said, "Can you stay away from me? I will only hurt you if I stay with you."
When I heard this, I got angry and asked, "Why do you think being with me will only hurt me?"
Ling Haochen frowned, very unhappy: "Haven't you noticed? After you met me, your relationship with your father has become worse and worse. You have been warned by the school several times, and your academic performance has plummeted. I am a troublemaker. It will not do you any good for me to be with you!"
"Why are you so sure?" I yelled at Ling Haochen.
Damn Ling Haochen, he is always so self-righteous, always thinking that he gives me the best, but he doesn't understand what I really want. Ling Haochen saw me panting heavily, looking a little anxious. He wanted to reach out his hand several times, but slowly put it down, "Nian, you go."
"Come with me." I reached out and pulled him.
Ling Haochen ruthlessly pushed my hand away and said, "We are from different worlds. I hope you can study hard, live well, and take good care of yourself. Don't get involved in society. You are not able to protect yourself right now."
I couldn't control my emotions and shouted, "Ling Haochen, you always say you're doing this for my own good, but have you ever asked me what I think? Don't you think it's too much for you to do this?"
I felt bitter in my heart. I turned around and said with a choked voice, "Without you, I can't do anything with peace of mind... It's really irresponsible of you to say that."
My heart ached, as if it was being torn apart, and I was at a loss. I reached out my hand and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes, and said in a voice as thin as running water: "Ling Haochen, if you really don't want to see me, there's no need to find such a nice excuse. If you say you can live well without me, and you don't like me, I can leave you."
"I can't live a good life." Ling Haochen's tired voice came from behind.
My heart trembled, my fingertips also trembled, and the tears that I just wiped away flowed out again. Ling Haochen slowly approached me, hugged me from behind, and whispered in my ear: "I can't live without you. Nian, you have to know that I have no other way. I can only feel happy when I see you living in the sunshine. I am so afraid of hurting you because of myself, and I am so afraid of involving you because of myself. You are so beautiful, I can't bear to destroy you. So, remember, no matter when and where, in my heart, you are irreplaceable."
I blinked lightly, tears flooding my eyes.
"Don't worry, one day, I will make myself worthy of you. We are still so young, right?"
Ling Haochen leaned on my shoulder, his warm tears flowing down my shoulder. I gently held Ling Haochen's hand and said, "Never, don't become a Ling Haochen that I don't know."
"Okay." Ling Haochen agreed, hooking his little finger tightly around my little finger.
Time stood still in an instant, and my heart was filled with endless waves at that moment.
I know that I need him and he needs me too.
During the first week of school, I was arranging the list of students on duty when I suddenly received a phone call.
"Hello?" I held the phone between my shoulder and ear and copied the duty roster to be posted on the wall.
"Ji Qingnian?" The other person was a girl.
I was stunned, put down the pen in my hand, and said, "It's me."
"Ling Haochen is injured and in the hospital. He keeps calling your name. Come over and take a look." The other person's voice sounded a little unhappy.
"I'll be there right away!" Without giving it any time to think, I went to Ward 311 of A City Central Hospital according to the address provided by the other party.
Ling Haochen has woken up, with bruises on his face. A girl in a white windbreaker is standing next to me, looking at me with squinted eyes. The call just now must have been from her.
I walked over, looked down at Ling Haochen's injuries, and asked with concern: "Did you fight with someone?"
Ling Haochen took my hand away, turned his head away, and said impatiently: "Why are you asking so many questions?"
It's the same again! Every time he says sweet words to please people, but then he turns his head and turns his face away from them.
The girl in white looked at us as if she was watching a good show. Ling Haochen continued what he had just said: "Such a dawdling, so annoying!"
"Ling Haochen, say it again!" My face darkened.
"Stop dawdling. It's so annoying!" Ling Haochen slapped the quilt and said impatiently.
The girl in white chuckled, then raised her eyebrows at me and said, "I remember you. You are Haochen's suitor, right? I saw you in the club last time. I am also Haochen's suitor. My name is Bai Qian."
I didn't answer her, but continued to ask Ling Haochen: "How did you get injured?"
Ling Haochen obviously didn't want to answer me, so he pretended to be asleep with his back to me.
I walked to the other side and accidentally bumped into Bai Qian, who grabbed my wrist and screamed, "Don't you have eyes?"
I shook her hand off and said harshly, "Shut up!" Then I asked Ling Haochen, "Did you go to a fight? Answer me."
Ling Haochen turned to the other side again, avoiding my question.
Bai Qian sneered and looked at me provocatively: "Hey, don't you see that Haochen doesn't want to pay attention to you now? If you have any shame, leave quickly and don't embarrass yourself here."
I said, "It's none of your business, you'd better stop butting in."
"Who are you trying to scare?" Bai Qian raised her voice. "Does it have anything to do with you? Ling Haochen, is this woman the reason why you keep rejecting me? But it seems that you don't seem to be willing to pay attention to her."
Ling Haochen lay on the bed, and his voice came from under the quilt: "It's so boring. Who would like such a stupid woman?"
I snorted and then asked, "If you don't like me, why did you call my name when you fell asleep?"
Bai Qian seemed to have remembered this incident as well, and asked, "That's right, you just fell asleep and called Ji Qingnian's name, Ling Haochen, you're really good at pretending!"
Ling Haochen hid in the quilt for a long time before he slowly sat up and looked at me as if I were a monster: "Are you sick?" Then he said with a nonchalant look, "Yes, she was once my woman, and I had a nightmare about her. She kept pestering me and scared me to death."
"Ling Haochen!" I was furious.
"What are you doing? If you want to shout, go outside. This is a hospital." Ling Haochen said impatiently.
I laughed and said, "You are really capable. You can play me around and change your expression faster than turning the pages of a book."
Ling Haochen was silent and sat aside without saying a word.
My tears welled up in my eyes, I wiped them away, and suddenly I saw a tattoo on Ling Haochen's hand. I rubbed my eyes and saw clearly that it was the word "Nian".
The word "read"...
I don't know how deep the love is that Ling Haochen would brand my name on his arm, and I don't know how much courage it takes for him to be willing to suffer injustice and protect me with all his heart. He would rather let me misunderstand him.
I turned my head and looked at Bai Qian. She lit a cigarette on the balcony and looked at me with a smile.
So fake.
"As you wish, Mr. Ling, I won't bother you anymore." I left this sentence and turned to leave the ward.
Ling Haochen, you will understand me, right?
I didn't mean to be so decisive. You will forgive me, right?
The wind at the street corner is so cold, but it's clearly spring already.
Spring begins...
Yes, it’s only half a year before they take the college entrance examination.
I looked up at the sky which was about to darken, took a long breath, and walked towards home.
A day later, Luo Qiqi told me that Ling Haochen was going to be discharged from the hospital. I skipped classes and left as usual, climbed over the fence to the outside, clapped my hands, and was walking forward triumphantly when a car honked behind me.
I was shocked and turned around quickly, and found that it was Ji Dahai's car.
It’s over, I thought to myself.
Ji Dahai drove the car in front of me, rolled down the window, and said seriously: "Ji Qingnian, shouldn't you be in class? Why are you here?"
I was speechless, I couldn't tell any lies at this point.
"Get in the car!" Ji Dahai said sternly.
I could only open the car door obediently and sit in the passenger seat. Ji Dahai fastened my seat belt, glared at me for a few times, and then drove slowly forward.
"Why are you skipping classes?" Ji Dahai asked.
"No..." I whispered, trying to make an excuse.
Ji Dahai slammed on the brakes and I leaned forward, the seat belt holding me tightly. The car was parked improperly, and the car behind honked to urge him to stop. Ji Dahai continued to drive and said, "Not only did you skip classes, but you also learned to lie! Tell me, are you going to the hospital to see that kid Ling Haochen?"
"How do you know?" I told the truth in a hurry.
Ji Dahai looked at me coldly and said, "If Ji Ming hadn't seen you visiting Ling Haochen in his ward, I would still be in the dark."
Ji Ming!
I actually forgot about him, but Ma Wenjuan was not in the Central Hospital, how could Ji Ming have seen her?
"Wenjuan's leg disease relapsed after the New Year, so Ji Ming and I took her to the Central Hospital for a check-up. If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself." Ji Dahai said coldly.
I begged, "Dad, please let me go for a while, Dad."
"Why are you going!" Ji Dahai yelled, "How old are you? You're still causing me trouble! I'm telling you, if you want to see Ling Haochen, don't come home. I'll just pretend that I don't have a daughter like you !"
"Dad——" I cried out, feeling aggrieved.
When he was a child, no matter how big the quarrel with his father was, he would never say such words. But now, because of Ling Haochen, he actually...
That was Ling Haochen, the Ling Haochen who had warmed me.
I said in a hoarse voice: "Dad, I want to go home."
"Why go home? Go to school!" Ji Dahai directly rejected me.
I sniffed, turned my head to look at the scenery outside the window, and stopped arguing with him.
Pedestrians were hurrying on the blue overpass. A girl in white was helping a young boy climb up the overpass. Their backs were reflected in my pupils, which was extremely painful.
Later, while Ji Dahai was working overtime many times, I secretly went to several places that Ling Haochen often went to, but I couldn't find him again.
Ji Dahai's repeated overtime work also detonated the gunpowder that had been hidden in the family for many years.
Ji Dahai had come home drunk more than once , and Ma Wenjuan limped while taking care of him and scolding him.
Ji Dahai drank a lot today. He hugged Ma Wenjuan, who was taking care of him, and shouted, "Come on, drink with me again. Why are you running away?"
Ma Wenjuan pushed Ji Dahai onto the sofa, her eyes filled with tears, and she yelled, "Ji Dahai!"
"What are you doing?" Ji Dahai said in a daze.
Ma Wenjuan said in a trembling voice: "Tell me the truth, you come back so late every time after drinking, and you act crazy every day, do you have someone else outside?"
I stopped doing my homework and looked at them. Ji Ming was playing games angrily beside them.
Ji Dahai cursed: "What do you mean by someone? You are the one who has someone!"
"Why did you come back so late when no one was around?" Ma Wenjuan cried, "Don't you know you have a family and children? Is your family more important, or is your work more important?"
Ji Dahai struggled to stand up from the sofa, pointed at Ma Wenjuan, and scolded: "Women's opinions! Women's opinions..."
Ma Wenjuan grabbed his hand and pushed him onto the sofa again: "Women's opinions... Haha, yes, I am a woman, so all I hope is that my husband can come home early to eat the food I cook, sleep with me, and take care of the children together! Not work day and night, and not come home all night and neglect the family!"
"Are you annoying?" Ji Dahai shouted, "If I don't work outside and work myself to death, what do you eat and wear?"
Ma Wenjuan smiled bitterly and said, "I don't ask to be rich and powerful with you, I just ask to follow you without regrets. I admit that I have many shortcomings. I am sarcastic and mean, and I am not as good to Ji Qingnian as I am to Ji Ming. But Ji Ming is my own son... I really don't want to see him like Qingnian, being controlled by you and having no happiness at all. Ji Dahai, you have too high expectations for your children, do you know that?"
My eyes were filled with tears and my heart ached. Ji Ming stood beside me, wiping his tears without saying a word.
Ji Dahai was so angry that he jumped up from the sofa, overturned the tea set on the coffee table, and shouted: "Yes! I can't take care of the child, I'm not a good father! Are you satisfied?" Then he angrily slammed the door and left. The splashed teacup fragments flew onto Ma Wenjuan's leg, cutting a long gash. Ma Wenjuan covered her face and fell to the sofa sobbing.
I walked over, swept all the fragments into the trash can, then took out iodine and Band-Aids to treat Ma Wenjuan's wound.
Ji Ming quietly entered his bedroom and closed the door. I have experienced this kind of war many times, but never once did I feel so frightened.
When I told Luo Qiqi about this, she said, "Why not get a divorce?"
I sighed, changed the heavy topic, and said to Luo Qiqi: "Take me to the tattoo shop."
Luo Qiqi looked at me in surprise , with a mouthful of potato chips that she hadn't swallowed yet. I looked at her seriously, and she tried her best to chew all the potato chips, nodded and said, "Well... OK."
Luo Qiqi took me to a small alley where there was a tattoo shop with an old facade.
"Brother Yao." Luo Qiqi greeted as soon as he entered.
Brother Yao is a man in his thirties. He came out with a big smile on his face: "Hey, what a rare visitor, Qiqi, when did you come? Do you want a tattoo?" Brother Yao 's eyes fell on me and he smiled at me. I nodded to him.
Luo Qiqi introduced me: "This is Brother Yao. He took care of me when I was just starting out in society, but now he has retired from the underworld."
Brother Yao was amused and said, "You little girl."
I smiled politely: "Hello, Brother Yao."
Luo Qiqi said, "Brother Yao, give this girl a tattoo." Then, Luo Qiqi turned around and asked me, "What do you want to tattoo?"
I said calmly, "A rose and the 'Chen' of Ling Haochen."
Luo Qiqi looked at me thoughtfully, rubbed my arm in understanding, and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Brother Yao was ready. I looked at those terrifying tools and quickly hugged Luo Qiqi before I dared to reach out my hand. Luo Qiqi hugged me tightly and laughed at me: "Coward."
The tattoo machine seemed to be drilling into my flesh. It was obviously painful, but I seemed to enjoy the stimulation.
I bit my lower lip until Luo Qiqi patted my back and said, "Okay."
I slowly opened my eyes and saw Brother Yao smilingly putting away the tattoo machine and handing me a mirror. I saw a rose clearly printed on the thin arm in the mirror, and the rose pointed to the word "Chen".
"How much?" I looked up and asked Brother Yao.
Brother Yao smiled and shook his head: "No money."
I looked at Luo Qiqi in confusion, and Luo Qiqi smiled and said, "Just remember this favor, Brother Yao."
I nodded and thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Yao."
"You're welcome. Just consider it as making a friend." Brother Yao likes to laugh very much. If it weren't for the tattooed white tiger on his shoulder, I really wouldn't have been able to tell that he used to be a gangster.
After a while, Luo Qiqi received a call. After hanging up, she grabbed my hand with a serious look and said, "Nianzi, are you afraid of a fight?"
I was stunned, then shook my head: "I'm not afraid."
Luo Qiqi nodded, thanked Brother Yao, and pulled me to run, cursing as she ran: "Enemies always meet! Remember the group of people who beat Ling Haochen to the hospital last time? Ling Haochen ran into that group of people again, let's go help."
When I heard this, my originally slightly fearful mood instantly became excited, if for no other reason than to be able to have a fight like Luo Qiqi, where I could fight at will.
Also, for Ling Haochen!
When I got there, I saw six or seven people surrounding Ling Haochen, Mu Shaobai and Yang Yanxiao.
"Hmph, you are all unarmed. Sorry, I am not a gentleman." After saying that, Luo Qiqi picked up a wooden stick and threw it to me, and grabbed a wooden stick in her hand. I followed Luo Qiqi and walked over aggressively, and then with a tacit understanding that I had never had before, I knocked down two people with wooden sticks at the same time. Seeing this, the other five people were about to rush over, but were captured by Ling Haochen and others behind them.
For a moment, the scene fell into chaos.
In the crowd, I was suddenly pulled into someone's arms, and his palm was on my head, protecting my vulnerable part. But he couldn't defend himself because he had only one hand.
"Ling Haochen, don't worry about me for now." I urged.
But Ling Haochen obviously wouldn't listen to me. He hugged me in his arms and used his body to withstand the other party's punches and kicks.
"Ling Haochen..." I looked up and met Ling Haochen's shining eyes. I once said that his eyes were like black grapes, very beautiful. He looked at me with a smile on his face. No matter how others kicked him, he would not groan.
I was about to speak when I saw a man holding a vase and smashing it down.
I screamed, and with some strength I didn't know where I came from, I threw Ling Haochen to the ground. The vase fell on my head with a crisp sound. There was a buzzing sound in my ears, and there were also inaudible human voices.
Is someone calling me? But I can't hear anything. The liquid flowing down my head is hot and wet, flowing down my hair. A hand holds my head, shaking constantly.
Ling Haochen, don't be afraid, I'm fine.
I wanted to speak, but I couldn't say a word. I was picked up and fell into a warm embrace. He kept running and shouting on the street. I heard his heart beating non-stop, as if it was about to jump out.
I'm so tired, just let me sleep for a while, I'll be fine soon...
I smiled and slowly closed my eyes.
When I woke up, Ling Haochen was sitting beside the bed, and he seemed to have not slept for several nights. When he saw me open my eyes, he hurried over, pursed his cracked lips, swallowed his saliva, and collapsed on the bed.
I gradually came to myself and found that my head was wrapped in thick gauze. I reached out and pushed the person next to me. He raised his hand, waved it down, and said, "Take a rest. You're tired."
I laughed and said, "You deserve it..."
After a while, Ling Haochen slowly raised his head and looked at me with moist eyes.
I asked, "Are you crying?"
He shook his head, then leaned over, slowly leaning on me, and hugged my shoulders tightly. I patted his back gently and coaxed him, "Okay, okay, I'm fine."
Ling Haochen raised his head and said worriedly: "I am almost scared to death by you."
I laughed and joked, "Are you worried about me?"
Ling Haochen nodded honestly.
I deliberately said, "You'd better not worry about me. After all, I'm always nagging and annoying."
"No, I want it." Ling Haochen said shamelessly.
I couldn't help but feel happy, as if I had eaten honey: "Do you like me?"
Ling Haochen pursed his lips, stared at me with wide eyes, and then nodded.
I smiled and said, “Me too.”
Ling Haochen suppressed his smile and said, "But Qingnian, I am different from you after all. I think..."
"No 'buts'."
I got anxious and sat up. Ling Haochen quickly took a pillow and put it behind me, saying, "Okay, okay, don't say 'but', don't say 'but'."
Ling Haochen looked at me helplessly, and then asked: "Do you want to eat something? I've been unconscious all night, and I'm hungry."
I said, "You can eat the corn porridge first and bring it to me."
Ling Haochen rubbed my hair and said, "I'll bring it up to you, wait for me."
I nodded and watched him leave.
Not long after Ling Haochen left, Luo Qiqi, Yang Yanxiao and Mu Shaobai came over with flowers and fruits.
When I saw Luo Qiqi holding Yang Yanxiao's hand, I wasn't too surprised. Instead, I smiled and asked, "Are you finally together?"
Luo Qiqi pointed at Yang Yanxiao and said, "This guy tried his best to protect me last night, so I showed mercy and accepted his confession."
I turned my head and saw that Yang Yanxiao had an injury on his arm, so I smiled and blessed him: "Congratulations, take good care of our little hot pepper."
Yang Yanxiao made an "OK" gesture to me, indicating that there was no problem.
As Luo Qiqi took out the apple, she said to me, "As for your father, I asked Jiang Lin from your class to call him and told him to stay at her house, so you don't have to worry about your father finding out."
"Thanks."
Luo Qiqi is really thoughtful.
Mu Shaobai sat aside and asked me, "Qingnian, is your injury serious?"
"No." I shook my head. At least now, apart from being hungry, I didn't feel any discomfort.
Mu Shaobai continued, "Regarding Haochen's study, I'm afraid that if he continues to mess around outside, he might not be so lucky next time. I asked my father to plead with the principal. My father and the principal are comrades-in-arms and can talk to each other. On the other hand, can you convince Ling Haochen to go to school?"
When I heard that, I quickly threw back the quilt, sat across from Mu Shaobai, and said eagerly, "I can!"
As soon as I said this, my eyes were wet. I wanted Ling Haochen to go back to school. This was what I cared about the most. I choked up and said, "Shaobai, thank you."
Mu Shaobai smiled unnaturally and said, "It's my duty."
I didn't notice that something was wrong with Mu Shaobai and immediately shared my joy with Luo Qiqi.
Mu Shaobai behind me seemed to have become a grayish-white wall, blocking the sunlight behind me and allowing me to look for warmth ahead without worry.
When Ling Haochen came to pick me up from the hospital, I indirectly told him about the school. While putting my shoes on me, Ling Haochen asked me, "Do you really want me to go back to school ?"
When I heard that, I nodded vigorously, but it pulled my wound and I grimaced in pain.
"Hey..." Ling Haochen quickly held my head, blew gently, and said, "Okay, let's go back, okay?"
I was pleasantly surprised and couldn't suppress my excitement: "Really?"
"Really." Ling Haochen scratched my nose, then turned around and picked up my things.
I followed Ling Haochen and said, "I'll go with you to apologize to the school director."
"Obedience is worse than respect." Ling Haochen replied.
The moment I walked out of the hospital, the cloudy sky began to clear up. There were many potted plants on the roadside, all with colorful flowers in bloom.
When Ling Haochen and I showed up at the teaching office, I suddenly became nervous. Just as I was about to knock on the door, Ling Haochen stopped me, grabbed my hand, and said, "Let me go in alone."
I understood his intention and nodded.
After Ling Haochen went in, I started to worry about him and secretly opened the door a crack to observe the situation inside.
"I don't know how you managed to convince the principal, but don't forget that the application for reinstatement must be processed and signed by me." The school director leaned back in his chair, his eyes full of contempt.
"I'm sorry." Ling Haochen bowed and apologized.
The school director sneered, extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray, and said, "Will sorry be of any use?"
Ling Haochen did not refute, but still bowed and apologized: "I'm sorry."
The school director's mouth twitched, and his fingers scratched on the sandalwood desk: "You only know how to say 'I'm sorry'? Ling Haochen, this is different from the past you."
Ling Haochen continued to bow and apologize: "I'm sorry."
My body trembled slightly and my nose felt sour.
"Are you sick?" The school director slammed the table and stood up and said, "If you want to apologize, kneel down!"
This is simply too much!
I was feeling indignant and was about to go in and argue with the school director, but I saw Ling Haochen with his back to me, slowly bending his knees, and finally kneeling silently in front of the school director.
I covered my mouth, stood up suddenly, leaned my back against the wall, and tears slid down my cheeks.
"You have guts!" The school director's disdainful voice came from inside, "Get out!"
After a while, Ling Haochen opened the door and walked out. He looked at me sideways, and there were still traces of tears on my face. Ling Haochen grinned and smiled slightly.
I tilted my head slightly and gave him a smile as warm as his.
This is Ling Haochen, the Ling Haochen who gave up all his pride for me. How can I not feel sorry for him?
When I got home, I was extremely happy and took the initiative to help Ma Wenjuan cook. I looked into the living room and asked, "Where's Ji Ming?"
"In the room." Ma Wenjuan replied indifferently.
I quickly wiped the water off my hands, opened Ji Ming's door, and wanted to talk to him, but found him curled up on the bed without taking off his shoes.
"Ji Ming." I was a little worried.
"I don't feel well. Close the door and go out." He said softly.
I was about to say something when Ma Wenjuan appeared behind me with food, without her usual sharpness: "Go back to the room, your brother has a slight cold." As she said that, she smiled at me for the first time, even though it was very pale.
"Okay." I nodded and went back to my room obediently.
After closing the door, I pulled out a piece of sketch paper from under the bed and took out a pencil to draw on it.
I will work in the same company with Ling Haochen in the future. Our desks are facing each other, and I can see him as soon as I look up. After get off work every day, I buy some fruits for Ji Dahai and Ma Wenjuan, give Ji Ming some pocket money every month, and go shopping with Luo Qiqi every weekend to buy nice clothes and eat delicious food. Oh, by the way, every month I go to Mu Shaobai's house to visit my great benefactor - his father.
Well, if I marry Ling Haochen in the future, I will buy a three-bedroom, one-living-room house. Ling Haochen and I will share one room, and if we have a lovely daughter, she will live in one room, and the other room will be a guest room. Every day before going to work, I will tie Ling Haochen's tie, and after he kisses me, we will go to the company together. When I am not at home, I will leave my daughter to Ji Dahai to take care of her, so that Ji Dahai will not be lonely. After get off work, I will go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and then go home to make a rich dinner for Ling Haochen.
When we are old, we will still hold hands and go hiking to see the maple leaves.
When I drew this part, I couldn't help but grin.
I got up and drew open the curtains, and saw a beautiful full moon.
Everything will be fine, everything is fine, right?
I leaned against the windowsill, reached out to touch the glass window, and looked at the full moon outside the window, outlining another full moon with my fingers.