Chapter 6 You exist in my heart, no pity 01
"Ah, no--"
Waking up from a nightmare, Lin Mobai sat up suddenly, and then heavy breathing filled the air, and she couldn't help but shrink her body.
"Mobai, are you okay?"
When her helpless heart was about to collapse in the silence, Zhou Shiqing's concerned voice gently drifted into Lin Mobai's ears, instantly dispelling most of her panic.
She took a deep breath in silence, reached out to wipe the sweat off her forehead, and then looked towards the bathroom. She smiled at Zhou Shiqing who was half leaning out of her body, and said as lightly as possible: "It's okay, it was just a nightmare."
Zhou Shiqing still frowned, looking worried: "Really?"
In the past few days, Lin Mobai was awakened by nightmares almost every day, whether at night or in the afternoon. If it was just an occasional nightmare, Zhou Shiqing could still laugh and dispel her fear with a few words, but when the nightmare lingered day and night, Lin Mobai's smile became more and more stiff, and all she could do was the simplest verbal concern.
"It's really okay." Seeing Zhou Shiqing's slightly nervous expression, Lin Mobai pulled up the corners of his mouth again, "What time is it now?"
"Four fifty-three." Zhou Shiqing walked to her desk, glanced at her cell phone and answered.
"The canteen is almost open for dinner. Let's go get some food." After saying that, she threw back the quilt and stood up, pretending to be relaxed and saying, "I'm so hungry. I really want to eat ginger and scallion chicken today."
"Add some soup." Zhou Shiqing knew that Lin Mobai was trying to suppress his depression, but she didn't expose him. She just showed her concern in another way. While editing a text message on her phone, she smiled and said, "It's my treat. The black chicken and cordyceps soup in the cafeteria is especially delicious."
"Okay." Lin Mobai did not refuse, but he didn't know that Zhou Shiqing was informing He Qingkong.
——Mo Bai had a nightmare again.
He Qingkong looked at the simple sentence on the screen of his mobile phone, his expression suddenly became solemn, and then, his mind uncontrollably recalled that night, thinking of Lin Mobai's grief-stricken crying when he confessed to him that he had already known about Ding Zhiyou, as well as his self-blame filled words.
His heart suddenly stopped again and he took a deep breath.
Then, he replied to Zhou Shiqing, saying: I understand, please take good care of her. I will...
When he had edited the text to this point, his fingers suddenly stopped moving. Then, his thumb fell on the delete key. After pressing it twice, he continued editing: I will go see her tomorrow.
The period ended and the text message was sent. Then, He Qingkong found Lu Yanqi's number in his cell phone address book.
He didn't want Lin Mobai to stay in the past forever, nor did he want her to sink into self-blame and sadness, and never be able to get over it. However, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. Even if he could give her endless care and love, her heart would never be able to let it go, because he was not the one who tied the bell, and he could not untie the "knot".
But, maybe Lu Yanqi can.
Thinking of this, his phone had already dialed Lu Yanqi's number, and when he heard the "beep-beep" waiting tone, he suddenly remembered the argument a few days ago. So, the next moment, when the call was connected, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous and awkward, and he forgot everything he wanted to say .
"Clear sky?" So, it was Lu Yanqi who spoke first. His tone was a little surprised, and then it quickly turned cold. "What's the matter?"
"Well, yes, I..." He Qingkong didn't hesitate at all, "I have something to talk to you about. Do you have time to have dinner together?"
"Oh?" Lu Yanqi was a little confused, not only because of his active invitation after the argument, but also because of his euphemistic tone at this time. But before he could ask in detail, someone next to him called him, so he could only hurriedly reply to He Qingkong, "I'm busy with something now, how about having a midnight snack later?"
"That's fine, then..."
"No more talking, I have to be busy."
He Qingkong was just about to agree on a time for supper when he heard someone calling Lu Yanqi again. Lu Yanqi then hurriedly said something and hung up the phone.
Listening to the continuous busy tone on the phone, He Qingkong felt helpless. He wanted to call Lu Yanqi's number again, but when he thought about how busy he was, he was afraid of disturbing him. In the end, he just sent a text message to make an appointment with him: See you tonight at 9 o'clock at the barbecue restaurant outside your school.
After sending the message, He Qingkong let out a sigh of relief.
Thinking of the argument when they met by chance a few days ago, and the last time he asked him to meet for Lin Mobai but they parted unhappily, He Qingkong couldn't help but frowned slightly, as if he foresaw that tonight's meeting would also end in an unpleasant situation.
However, there was still some hope in my heart. I hoped that Lu Yanqi would listen to persuasion and agree to shake hands and make peace with Lin Mobai.
However, no matter how wonderful the expectation is, it is nothing more than a person's wishful thinking. And imagination does not have to be consistent with reality.
Therefore, after He Qingkong met Lu Yanqi, when He Qingkong talked about Lin Mobai, Lu Yanqi's face suddenly darkened. Then, he emphasized in a cold voice: "Qingkong, I have said many times, don't mention this person in front of me again, I don't want to say it again next time. Also, if you ask me out to reminisce about the past or something, I welcome it, but if you want to talk about Lin Mobai, sorry, I'm not interested."
Hearing this, He Qingkong also frowned, and then looked at Shi Xujun who was called by Lu Yanqi. He wanted to hint to her to say something for him and Lin Mobai, but her cold expression seemed to imply that she supported Lu Yanqi.
So, He Qingkong could only sigh quietly and look at Lu Yanqi again.
"Yanqi, could you please not be so excited?" Although the atmosphere was very tense at the moment, He Qingkong did not want to give up persuading him.
"I'm excited?" Lu Yanqi was speechless, and then snorted with a sneer.
"You are indeed excited. Every time you face Xiao Bai, or just talk about her, you get excited first and don't listen to others' advice at all. So, can you please calm down for once, at least this time, let us have a good and calm talk?"
"I told you, there's nothing to talk about, and I'm not interested."
"Yanqi..." Seeing Lu Yanqi getting up to leave, He Qingkong hurriedly held him back, "That incident happened so long ago, why can't you calm down and put yourself in Xiaobai's shoes? Why can't you let go of the past and forget those unpleasant things? What can you do if you keep blindly blaming Xiaobai? She was just a little girl at that time. Even if she showed up, what would happen? Even if you were at the scene, you might not be able to save Youyou, let alone her. Maybe the final result would be that both she and Youyou..."
"He Qingkong!" Listening to his explanation, Lu Yanqi's mind kept imagining Ding Zhiyou's desperate and terrified expression at that time. Then, he couldn't help but shake off He Qingkong's hand and roared, "Are you sick? You believe everything she says? Where is your brain?"
To him, all the excuses were just Lin Mobai's sophistry.
Even though the person who was chattering at the moment was not Lin Mobai, she had already preconceived in her mind that Lin Mobai was at fault, so it was natural for her to think that all her words were just sophistry in front of He Qingkong.
After his speculation came to an end, he blurted out and cursed Lin Mobai: "Damn it! Wasn't our warning to her clear enough last time?"
"warn?"
He Qingkong grasped the key words accurately. After replaying Lu Yanqi's dialogue in his mind, he associated the word "last time" with Lin Mobai, who was squatting at the entrance of the small park and crying heart-wrenchingly on the night of Grandpa Ding's birthday party.
The next second, his heart ached, so he couldn't hold back and grabbed Lu Yanqi's collar, his face stern, and he shouted, "What did you do to her?"
Lu Yanqi never thought that the modest gentleman He Qingkong would show such a ferocious look towards him. He was stunned and his mind went blank.
Shi Xujun was also stunned. Her wide-open eyes were filled with astonishment.
"He Qingkong, you really care about her..." After a long while, Lu Yanqi finally reacted. Then, after a cold smile, he angrily shook off He Qingkong's hand and roared at a high decibel, "Why didn't she do something to us?"
"Xiaobai will never do anything to you!" He Qingkong raised his eyes, the fire in his eyes still strong.
"He Qingkong! Not everyone is as stupid as you, at least Lin Mobai is not! She has been taking advantage of your soft-heartedness! Can't you feel it, you idiot! She just wants to win your pity and cover up the fact that she is a murderer! People like her should have died long ago!" Lu Yanqi couldn't help but roar after listening to He Qingkong's words defending Lin Mobai. At this moment, the veins were bulging, and his hatred for Lin Mobai increased a little more.
"Lu Yanqi!" He kept slandering him, making He Qingkong even more angry.
So, impulsively, he swung his hand and landed a punch on Lu Yanqi's face, and a roar burst out with the solidified air: "How can you say such things? It was not Xiaobai who killed Youyou, and she was not a murderer! On the contrary, your blind accusation is the behavior of a villain! Because you just regret that you were not at the scene when the accident happened, and you just imposed all your regrets on Xiaobai because you could not save Youyou. You have been using your hatred for Xiaobai to escape yourself! So, Lu Yanqi, you are the weakest one!"
He Qingkong, who was out of control and out of control, seemed to be no longer the person in memory.
Both Lu Yanqi who was hit by a punch and Shi Xujun who had been stunned for a long time and unable to react, looked at He Qingkong in disbelief, as if they were checking whether the person in front of them was a fake.
The shock overshadowed the pain on his face.
Then, after recovering from his shock, Lu Yanqi wanted to refute He Qingkong's accusation, but he was unable to refute it when he opened his mouth.
So, after being silent for a few seconds, Lu Yanqi, who was angry and embarrassed, gradually felt the burning pain on his face, and could not help but question: "He Qingkong, you actually hit me for her... What is your relationship with Lin Mobai?"
Facing his question, He Qingkong raised his head and said firmly: "I like Xiaobai, is that okay?"
This sentence cooled the air. Lu Yanqi stood there speechless, as if He Qingkong's words admitting that he liked Lin Mobai were just hallucinations.
Shi Xujun, who had been watching from the sidelines the entire time, was extremely shocked. He suddenly opened his eyes and stared at He Qingkong, as if he was trying hard to find any emotion related to a joke on his face.
But, in the end, all she could see in her gaze was He Qingkong's determined and serious expression, so she couldn't help but clench her hands into fists, and her lowered eyes were filled with deeper and stronger resentment than before.
She had snatched away Ding Zhiyou, who was her best friend, in the past, and now she had snatched away the man she had been thinking about day and night.
Thinking about it, at this moment, Shi Xujun just wanted Lin Mobai to disappear.
If Lin Mobai had never existed, then her best friend would not leave her, and her favorite boy would fall in love with her.
