Do you know what is the fastest way to develop eloquence in the world?
That means quarreling with Lin Muran!
01
In the blink of an eye, it was time to go to the countryside with Lin Muran.
During this period , Xiao Baobei also had a meal with Lin Muren's parents and grandparents as his girlfriend. During the meal, Xiao Baobei could only respond with an awkward laugh to the suggestion made by Lin Muren's family that the two of them could get engaged after graduation.
While packing her luggage, Xiao Baobei once again remembered that this time when she went to the countryside, she would not only have to get along with Lin Muran, but also with Su Mengchen. She felt a little depressed.
On the day of counting stationery, Lin Muren had already explained to Xiao Baobei that the reason why Su Mengchen joined the literature club was because she secretly rented a bus to the countryside. Lin Muren thought that if someone was willing to contribute money and effort, then why not do it? After all, more people means more help.
Although what Lin Muran said was not bad, Xiao Baobei still felt a little unhappy and a little frightened.
After all, Su Mengchen is an ominous creature. Whenever you encounter her, nothing good happens...
"Baby, what are you still dawdling about? We said we'd gather in the small classroom at 12 o'clock, and it's already 11:40!" Seeing that baby Xiao didn't move and just sat on the bed in a daze, Shen Xingru beside her urged.
Baby Xiao looked at the backpack she had packed, then at Shen Xingru standing beside her, thinking that she would be spending a long time with Lin Muren in the countryside, and that she might be exposed in front of Shen Xingru while pretending to be his girlfriend . Should she confess on her own initiative?
After some emotional struggle, Xiao Baobei took a deep breath, made up his mind and said, "Xingru, I have something to tell you."
"What?" Shen Xingru took the time to glance at Xiao Baobei while drawing her eyeliner.
"Do you know that Su Mengchen? She is actually Li Yange's new girlfriend. On the day of the dance, I saw her being so intimate , and my brain short-circuited for a moment, so I pulled Lin Muran who happened to be next to me and said that he was my boyfriend or something. Lin Muran was so kind as to play a trick with me. I have always wanted to find a chance to tell you about this, but I didn't know how to say it. Don't be angry, I am just borrowing your future boyfriend for a while."
After speaking out all his thoughts, Xiao Baobei felt a lot more relaxed.
She thought about the series of consequences that would occur if she confessed this matter to Shen Xingru. For example, Shen Xingru would be angry and break off all ties with her for a few days, or she would yell and scold her.
But what she never expected was that Shen Xingru just continued to put on her makeup calmly and said, "Oh."
After receiving such an imaginative answer, Xiao Baobei became even more panicked: "Xingru, are you angry? Or?"
"Did I draw both eyes the same size?" Shen Xingru suppressed her laughter and continued to ask as if nothing had happened.
"They're the same size!" Baby Xiao blinked his eyes, his brain still unable to analyze the situation.
"Stop guessing! Let's go! I'm not angry. As for Lin Muren, although I used to have some interest in him, I have no interest in him recently." Shen Xingru applied lipstick in front of the mirror and then smiled brightly.
After listening to Shen Xingru's words, all of Xiao Baobei's previous doubts were answered. She was curious why Shen Xingru hadn't asked about Lin Muren's situation recently. It turned out that she no longer liked her!
If that's the case, she could just quit her assistant position. But Lin Muran is a bit hard to please as her boss, but since she doesn't have to do too much and has big meals to eat from time to time, she might as well just stick with it for now!
"Let's go! Why are you still dawdling?" Shen Xingru pulled Xiao Baobei, who was still in deep thought, out of the dormitory.
When the two of them ran to the small classroom panting, Chen Xing and Lin Muran were the only ones left in the classroom.
"Hurry up, they have already got in the car." Chen Xing said anxiously when he saw the two of them appear.
Listening to Chen Xing's words, Xiao Baobei looked at his watch and it was already 12:10.
"Here, eat something first." Lin Muren carried two bags of food and gave one to Shen Xingru and Xiao Baobei respectively, "Eat while you walk!"
After saying that, he pulled Xiao Baobei, who had just taken a bite of bread and had not yet had time to chew it, forward.
When the four of them arrived at the bus stop, the bus was already full of people. Xiao Baobei not only saw Su Mengchen, but also saw Li Yange who was sitting next to Su Mengchen.
"This, this, what's going on?" Baby Xiao turned around and looked at Chen Xing and asked in surprise.
Chen Xing pursed his lips and replied, "This morning, Zhou Lu couldn't come because of something, so a position was vacant. The club was short of boys to serve as laborers, so Su Mengchen volunteered to call Li Yange over. You were not there at the time, and Shen Xingru and I went out to play again. No one else objected, so he came!"
After listening to Chen Xing's explanation, Xiao Baobei felt as if his head had suddenly become twice as big.
Even if he, Chen Xing and Shen Xingru were not there at the time, Lin Muren should have known about the relationship between him and Li Yange. Why didn't he object?
Thinking of this, Xiao Baobei really wanted to beat Lin Muran up.
"Xingru, let's sit here!" Finally finding two empty seats, Chen Xing pulled Shen Xingru over.
Baby Xiao looked at Shen Xingru who was sitting down and kept winking at her, but Shen Xingru seemed not to see it and sat down with Chen Xing with a sly smile.
Baby Xiao looked at the two people who betrayed him, and a trace of .
"Hey, why don't you come over and sit down?" When Xiao Baobei didn't know where to sit, Lin Muren's voice sounded in front of her.
Baby Xiao looked at the filled seats in the car, and with hatred in his eyes, he walked towards Lin Muren's seat very reluctantly.
After sitting next to Lin Muran for ten minutes, Xiao Baobei finally couldn't help but complained: "If that person was coming, wouldn't you help stop him?"
As he spoke, Xiao Baobei did not forget to give Lin Muran an angry expression.
Lin Muran glanced at Xiao Baobei sideways without saying a word.
For him, it doesn't matter whether Li Yange comes or not. If she comes, she can provide labor, and Xiao Baobei can also see him and Su Mengchen being affectionate. Who knows, Xiao Baobei might let it go once she is stimulated. Isn't this better?
Along the way, Xiao Baobei found that he was just a human pillow to Lin Muren. Although he was a little reluctant, seeing Lin Muren sleeping soundly, Xiao Baobei insisted on staying in the same position without moving.
His shoulders started to feel a little tired, then gradually became numb, and finally became numb, and Xiao Baobei slowly closed his eyes.
When both of them fell asleep, they didn't notice that Nishikawa, who was sitting in the back seat, secretly took out a Polaroid camera and took a picture of the two people in ambiguous poses.
Due to some traffic jams on the road, it was already 5pm when we arrived at our destination. After everyone was busy delivering all the items to the primary school in Lu County and having dinner at the principal's house, it was already 7pm.
"Baby, have you been bitten by mosquitoes?" Shen Xingru started to pout and complain as she walked out of the principal's house and towards the arranged accommodation.
Xiao Baobei looked at Shen Xingru's red and swollen hands, then looked at himself: "I wasn't bitten! Maybe the mosquitoes like you more!"
After saying that, Xiao Baobei did not forget to make a face at Shen Xingru.
Shen Xingru couldn't help but continue complaining while scratching herself.
All this was seen by Chen Xing who was standing by. After everyone found their own beds, he quietly slipped away.
On this side, Shen Xingru looked at the hard bed board and the slightly damp quilt, plus the wound on her hand, she had the urge to find a piece of tofu to kill herself.
"Okay, it's just one night's sleep, just hold on!" Xiao Baobei, who lived in the same room with Shen Xingru, comforted her.
"I can't sleep well in this bed for even an hour, let alone a whole night! I really don't understand how people here sleep. Isn't there any sunlight for them to dry their quilts properly? And this bed board, won't it give me a backache?"
Listening to Shen Xingru's complaints, Xiao Baobei shook his head and continued to make the bed.
After cleaning the room, Shen Xingru sat on the bed and played with her mobile phone boredly, while Xiao Baobei cherished this opportunity and stood on the windowsill looking at the starry sky.
Xiao Baobei remembers that when he was young, he could still see the sky full of stars when he looked up. As he grew older, he could see fewer and fewer stars. Perhaps they all hid in the countryside...
"Baby, can you recognize the constellations in the sky?" Shen Xingru asked when she saw Xiao baby staring at the sky in fascination.
Xiao Baobei hooked his finger at Shen Xingru: "Come and see."
Shen Xingru walked to Xiao Baobei's side and looked in the direction of her finger.
"Do you see the brightest star? Then look at the six stars around it. Do they look like a spoon?"
"Yes, I see it! Isn't that the Big Dipper?" Shen Xingru couldn't help but screaming as she looked at the twinkling stars in the night sky.
"Yes! Did you know? They form the most famous constellation, the Ursa Major, and these seven stars point in different directions in each season!"
"So beautiful! I feel like I can rarely see the stars after I grow up." Shen Xingru said as she leaned on the balcony with her hands on her cheeks, just like Xiao Baobei.
Actually, a lot of things change when we grow up, right? Not only the increasingly dim starry sky in the city, but also the things we don’t know about ourselves…
Just like when they were having dinner at the principal's house just now, Xiao Baobei didn't feel unnatural or weird at all when she saw Li Yange attentively picking up food for Su Mengchen.
"Two beauties, would you like to join our game?"
Just as the two were staring blankly at the starry sky, Xichuan's appearance broke the tranquility of the moment.
"What game are you playing?" Shen Xingru turned around and looked at Xichuan.
"Truth or Dare!" Nishikawa approached the two people and looked out the window like them, but he didn't seem to understand anything, so he looked away in disappointment.
"Okay, baby, come and play with us! I love playing Truth or Dare the most!" Upon hearing the name of the game, Shen Xingru pulled Xiao baby, who had not expressed any opinion yet, out under the guidance of Xichuan.
The game was played in Xichuan and Lin Muran’s room.
There were nearly 10 people sitting in the small room. What made Xiao Baobei headache was that among these 10 people were Su Mengchen and Li Yange, whom she didn't want to see.
"Why didn't Chen Xing come? Where are the others?" Shen Xingru pulled Xiao Baobei to sit next to Lin Muran. After looking around and not finding Chen Xing, she asked with some confusion.
"Chen Xing went out, probably to catch insects! A few girls said they didn't want to play and went to sleep!" Mo Yun, who was in the same dormitory as Chen Xing, replied.
"Oh, don't worry about him. The most exciting thing for him when he comes to the countryside is catching insects. Just let him go!" Xichuan said to comfort Shen Xingru while dealing the cards.
After hearing what the two said, Shen Xingru was relieved of her doubts and worries.
According to the rules of the game, after each person is dealt two cards, they start to compare the size of the cards. The two people with the largest and smallest cards play rock-paper-scissors, and the winner helps the loser choose whether it is truth or dare, and then the loser will accept the punishment.
The rules of the game are very simple, but the penalties are extremely terrible.
For example, after playing several games, Shen Xingru lost twice and received two punishments. The first time, she ran outside and shouted that she was a pig. The second time was even more tragic, she was punished to smell Xichuan's toes.
Baby Xiao on the side was already laughing so hard that she was rolling on the ground. Her luck was pretty good, and the cards she drew were neither too big nor too small each time, so she escaped the fate of being punished.
"Baby, don't laugh at others. Who knows, it might be you next time!" Looking at Xiao Baobei's excited look, Shen Xingru warned with some resentment.
"No, no, I don't have your good luck. Haha, do Xichuan's feet smell good?" Baby Xiao was already a little too proud of himself.
Shen Xingru looked at Xiao Baobei with resentment , and then silently cursed in her heart that Xiao Baobei must win the prize once.
I don’t know if God wanted to please Shen Xingru, or if God couldn’t bear to see Xiao Baobei being too happy, but this time, Xiao Baobei unfortunately drew the biggest card.
What's even more tragic is that Su Mengchen drew the smallest card.
In an instant, the pupils of Li Yange, Lin Muran, and Shen Xingru slowly dilated.
This is a war between two girls .
"Stone, stone, draw."
"Scissors, scissors, draw."
After two ties, beads of cold sweat had already appeared on Xiao Baobei's forehead.
Must win, must win!
Xiao Baobei has already thought of a plan for Su Mengchen...
"One, two, three, rock, paper, scissors!"
Amid the shouts of the crowd, Xiao Baobei played cloth and Su Mengchen played scissors...
"Su Mengchen wins!"
After the referee Xichuan announced the result, Xiao Baobei watched his plan to play a trick on Su Mengchen turn into small bubbles in the air that gradually drifted away.
"Su Mengchen, do you want to help Xiao Baobei choose truth or dare?" Xichuan asked.
Xiao Baobei silently prayed in her heart that Su Mengchen would show mercy and choose the truth for her, but Su Mengchen seemed to be able to see through her thoughts and said without hesitation: "Choose the big adventure."
"What do you hope the adventure will be about?"
Following Xichuan's question, Xiao Baobei raised her head and looked at Su Mengchen who had a cunning look on her face. She knew that she was dead, but before she died, she still wanted to know how Su Mengchen would let her die?
"What about the content? I hope it's something gentle! My dear classmate is quite delicate and doesn't suit something too intense."
Xiao Baobei listened to Su Mengchen's words and just wanted to laugh...
"I think we should let classmate Xiao Baobei kiss classmate Mo Yun! Pretty gentle, right?"
As soon as Su Mengchen finished speaking, Xiao Baobei opened her eyes wide and looked at Mo Yun who was looking at her with great anticipation.
No way?
Why did she have to kiss Mo Yun, who had a face full of acne, when there were so many people to kiss!
Baby Xiao felt a little nauseous.
"Xiao baby, let's do this. Due to the principle of no physical contact between men and women, you can find someone to do it for you." Seeing that Xiao baby was extremely reluctant, Xichuan hurried out to smooth things over.
Hearing this, Xiao Baobei immediately looked at Shen Xingru. Shen Xingru immediately shook her head and refused when she saw Xiao Baobei's look of help. Seeing Shen Xingru's refusal, Xiao Baobei's heart was half dead. She glanced at Lin Muran who was not far away from her. That guy lowered his head and could not see any expression. He should also be unwilling. In addition to Lin Muran and Xichuan, the only familiar person here was Li Yange.
Slowly, Baby Xiao turned his gaze to Li Yange.
Li Yange felt Xiao Baobei's gaze, and first looked at her for a while, then looked at Su Mengchen, and lowered her head.
Well, no one is reliable...
When Xiao Baobei was thinking this, he heard a small cry in his ear.
Of course, when she saw the scene in front of her clearly, she couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.
At this moment, when Xiao Baobei felt that no one could be relied on, Lin Muren actually pulled Mo Yun over and kissed him. In that scene, Xiao Baobei tried hard to search his pitifully small vocabulary to come up with such an idiom.
Finally, a word appeared in her mind, that is -
Thrilling!
Yes, it is thrilling when two boys kiss each other, especially when the handsome one can't wait to forcefully kiss the boy with acne on his face, it is even more thrilling...
"Okay, the kiss is over. Let's just end this one!" After everyone was stunned for two seconds, Lin Muren let go of Mo Yun, who was the most shocked at the moment.
Whether it was Mo Yun or Lin Muran at this moment, similar thoughts emerged in their minds.
What Mo Yun didn't expect was that the first time he was forcibly kissed, the other party was actually a man, and a handsome guy famous throughout the school.
Lin Muran didn't expect that the first time she took the initiative to kiss someone, she would kiss a boy with the texture of a frog.
"Ah, ah, good, our Lin Muran bravely rescued his little assistant. Let's move on to the next round." Xichuan was the first to recover, and while clapping and cheering, he re-dealt the cards.
Baby Xiao came to her senses only when she received the cards. She gave Lin Muran a look of gratitude, but Lin Muran seemed not to see it and ignored Baby Xiao.
It was already 10pm when they finished playing games. Shen Xingru thought that Chen Xing must have returned to his dormitory at this time. But she looked around the dormitory and still couldn't see Chen Xing. Everyone advised Shen Xingru not to worry, maybe Chen Xing would come back in a while.
Shen Xingru did not listen to everyone's advice but returned to her dormitory angrily.
"Xingru, don't be anxious, try calling him!" Xiao Baobei accompanied Shen Xingru back to the dormitory. He felt a little dizzy watching Shen Xingru spinning in place.
"If I could have gotten through, I would have called a long time ago! The signal is so bad in this damn place. I finally got a little bit of signal, but when I called, it still said that the call couldn't be connected? Baby, where did that guy go?" As she spoke, Shen Xingru's voice actually became tearful.
Xiao Baobei had never seen Shen Xingru so nervous before, and she began to panic inside, but she still had to pretend to be calm and comfort Shen Xingru: "It's okay, maybe he's playing somewhere right now!"
"He's playing with ghosts so late? No, I have to go find him!" Having said that, Shen Xingru picked up her coat and rushed out.
When Xiao Baobei saw this situation, he quickly picked up his coat and rushed out with Shen Xingru.
"Wait a moment." Just after the two of them walked out of the door, a voice and a dim light came from behind them.
The two anxious people turned around and saw Lin Muran walking towards them with an emergency flashlight.
"Are you two going to look for Chen Xing? It's so late, it's not safe for two girls to go look for him. Let me go! I'm more familiar with this place."
"No, I must go. I have to find that damn guy and give him a good scolding. You all go back! I can do it alone." As soon as Lin Muren's idea was put forward, it was rejected by Shen Xingru.
"How about this, the three of us go together, there's strength in numbers!" Xiao Baobei knew that Shen Xingru was anxious, but it was so late and the mountain road was difficult to walk on, so it was indeed more reassuring to have a boy around.
After Shen Xingru and Lin Muran agreed to Xiao Baobei's proposal, the three of them set out on the journey to find Chen Xing.
In the mountains at night, apart from the light of the flashlight in Lin Muren's hand, there was only the bright moonlight. On the rugged mountain road, Xiao Baobei almost fell several times, but fortunately she was supported by Lin Muren every time. This is also the reason why Lin Muren insisted on walking behind her.
"Chen Xing..." Shen Xingru's call echoed in the mountains, but no matter how many times she shouted, she still received no response.
"Where do you think this guy went ? He ran away alone without telling anyone." After searching for half an hour, Shen Xingru became more and more anxious.
Since high school, Chen Xing has been following her. Over the years, no matter whether she encounters happy or sad things, the first person she thinks of is always Chen Xing. To her, Chen Xing is like Doraemon with multifunctional pockets. As long as she wants something, Chen Xing can always find ways to satisfy her...
In fact, she had heard others say that Chen Xing liked her a long time ago. She also had a slight feeling that Chen Xing did like her. But she didn't know if it was because they had been together for too long and had known each other for too long, she was always afraid to really go that far with him. Many times, love does require timing. If the timing is not right, even if the feelings and the person are right, there is no way to be together.
"Xingru, don't worry, we will definitely find Chen Xing!" Xiao Baobei comforted her, but as the search went on longer and longer, she became more and more uncertain.
"How about we go back first, I'll go find other boys to help look for it." Lin Muren also felt that something was wrong and started to worry.
"No! I don't want to go back! I must find that guy." After saying that, Shen Xingru quickened her pace and continued to move forward.
Another half an hour passed, and the three of them began to panic. It was already this late, where would Chen Xing go?
"Baby, do you think something will happen to that guy?" Shen Xingru asked in a crying voice, looking at the deserted road ahead.
Xiao Baobei walked to Shen Xingru's side, put his arm around her shoulders, and comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay, don't worry! Chen Xing will be fine."
Looking at the helpless looks of the two girls, Lin Muren quickly analyzed in his mind where Chen Xing would go.
"Shen Xingru, did you tell me today what you wanted to buy?" After Lin Muren ruled out the possibility that Chen Xing would think about where to go for fun, he only thought that he might go to a town outside the village to buy what Shen Xingru wanted.
Hearing Lin Muran's question, Shen Xingru thought for a moment and replied hesitantly: "No, I didn't say what I wanted to buy!"
"Then maybe if you're feeling unwell somewhere, does he want to buy you some medicine or something?"
"Oh! By the way, Xingru, didn't you complain about being bitten by mosquitoes today? Didn't Chen Xing buy mosquito repellent for you?" Baby Xiao looked at the red spots on Shen Xingru's body and suddenly realized this possibility.
"Then let's go back to the road we just took and turn right. That's the road leading to the town. Maybe we'll run into Chen Xing there."
"Yeah, okay!"
In this way, the three of them returned along the same route and then continued along the path indicated by Lin Muran.
"Chen Xing! Chen Xing!" Shen Xingru called out loudly as she walked.
Just as everyone was wondering if they had chosen the wrong road again, they finally heard a familiar voice in front of them respond, "Is that Xingru?"
When the three heard the response, they all looked fixedly at the path ahead, only to see Chen Xing walking towards them with a bag in his hand.
"Chen Xing, you damn guy, where have you been?" Shen Xingru couldn't help but burst into tears when she saw Chen Xing appear.
When Chen Xing heard Shen Xingru crying, he hurried over and asked in confusion, "Why are you all here? Xingru was bitten by a mosquito, so I wanted to buy her some mosquito repellent! I asked the villagers for directions on the way out, but it was too dark when I came back, and I accidentally got lost while walking. It took me a long time to get to the right road."
After Chen Xing finished speaking, he handed the mosquito repellent in the bag to Shen Xingru: "Here, you won't be bitten by mosquitoes now!"
The moment Shen Xingru took the mosquito repellent, she cried and hugged Chen Xing.
Sometimes, love is such a strange thing, it seems that it will not come out on its own until there is a landslide or a moment of separation. Because of this, I heard that after the earthquake, many couples who had broken up got back together.
Although Shen Xingru and Chen Xing had not experienced any major events of life and death, but because of this time of worry and care, Shen Xingru seemed to see her own heart clearly.
Xiao Baobei and Lin Muren stood aside in a daze. Looking at the two people hugging each other in front of her, Xiao Baobei's eyes were a little moist. She didn't know why such a scene always gave her a feeling that lovers finally got married.
On the way back, Shen Xingru did not scold Chen Xing as she said at the beginning, but followed Chen Xing all the time, fearing that he would get lost again. And Xiao Baobei, who followed behind them, always had a beam of light behind her to help her illuminate the road ahead, and quickly supported her when she was about to fall.