Chapter 7 Now I don’t feel it anymore
In the heavy rain, I rushed into the school and saw two people squatting under the old locust tree from a distance. I ran to them and saw Sun Li holding a small umbrella and Qiu Jieqin hiding under the umbrella shivering.
Even with the umbrella, they were still soaked to the bone. They were both wearing only thin outer clothes, and their lips were already purple from the cold. If they were not treated, they would definitely get seriously ill. For a moment, I hated myself to the extreme, because my arrogance and indifference caused two, no, three of them to suffer so much, especially Qiu Jieqin, who had been waiting for me under this tree for eight hours!
When Sun Li saw me, she stood up with her eyes wide open and yelled at me, "Why are you here? If you have the guts, don't come. Let Qiu Jieqin die here! Isn't that what you want? You cold-blooded animal!"
I was so ashamed that my hatred for them disappeared without a trace. I went over to support Qiu Jieqin, who was about to fall, and shouted, "Leave here first. You'll get sick if you keep getting wet like this."
Qiu Jieqin smiled weakly and said, "You're finally here, da da... I... da da da... I'm so happy... da da da..." She was so cold that her teeth were chattering and she couldn't speak clearly. I felt a pang of pain in my heart. I quickly took off my soaking wet coat and put it on her, saying, "Let's talk about it later. Go home and take a hot bath and drink some ginger soup to get rid of the cold."
Qiu Jieqin grabbed my hand and said anxiously, “No, desh… I won’t go home, desh… How can I… desh… let my parents… desh… see me… in this state…”
I felt her hands were very cold, and I was afraid that the cold had hurt her body, so I looked at Sun Li for help. Sun Li sighed and said, "Then let's go to my house first."
I supported Qiu Jieqin, and Sun Li held an umbrella, and we walked out of the school together. We met Qian Xiaolei who came over. The four of us, all soaked, went to Sun Li's house together.
Sun Li's home is very close to the school, just across a street and through an alley. Her mother was the only one at home. Seeing us come in like this, her mother was quite surprised. Without asking why, she immediately turned on the water and asked the three girls to take a bath together. She only threw me a dry towel and asked me to wipe myself first, and then she went to make ginger soup.
I wanted to go back first, but then I thought, these three girls were drenched in the heavy rain because of me, especially Qiu Jieqin who was almost in shock from the cold. I think her health is in a bad state after this rain. Catching a cold and a fever would be considered mild, but if she gets pneumonia or something, I would be guilty of a great sin.
Until I'm sure Qiu Jieqin is okay, I can't leave no matter what!
Sure enough, I heard someone in the bathroom sneeze loudly. I looked at my clothes and they were wet as if they had been pulled out of the water. Water was still dripping onto the ground. I quickly used a dry towel to dry my hair, arms, and neck. I was in someone else's home, and there were only women there. I didn't dare take off my clothes, so I had to wring out the water from the corners of my pants.
After a long time, Sun Li, Qian Xiaolei and Qiu Jieqin finally came out of the bathroom. Qian Xiaolei and Qiu Jieqin were both wearing Sun Li's clothes. Sun Li was a tall woman, Qiu Jieqin was of medium build, and the clothes were a little loose. Qian Xiaolei was petite, and wearing Sun Li's clothes looked like a child wearing her parents' clothes, which was very funny. As soon as they came out, Sun Li's mother quickly brought the cooked ginger soup and asked the three of them to drink it while it was hot.
But she just didn't bring me a bowl to drink, and I was soaked by the rain!
The three girls were blowing air and drinking soup. Sun Li's mother pulled Sun Li aside and the two of them started whispering to each other, probably asking Sun Li what happened.
Qiu Jieqin saw me standing in a corner of the room with my clothes wet and an awkward look on my face. She reached out to pull Sun Li and whispered something in her ear. Sun Li started shaking her head. Qiu Jieqin said a few more words to her. Sun Li walked into a .
On the other side, Qian Xiaolei had just taken a few sips of ginger soup when she suddenly had a huge sneeze and spilled most of the half bowl of ginger soup in her hand.
Soon, Sun Li came out of the room with a set of men's clothes in her hand. She walked straight to me, threw the clothes into my hand, and said in a bad tone: "Go to the bathroom and change! Humph, if Qiu Jieqin hadn't begged me, I wouldn't have given you my father's clothes to wear! Cold-blooded animal!"
I could only smile bitterly. I really deserved to be scolded by her today. I had no excuse to talk back. I took Sun Li's father's clothes and changed into them in the bathroom. The dry and clean feeling was much better than before, and I was refreshed.
I walked out of the bathroom and saw Sun Li and her mother sitting on the sofa, and Qian Xiaolei was using Sun Li's home phone to call her own home, but Qiu Jieqin was nowhere to be seen.
When Sun Li saw me come out after changing, she pointed to the inner room and said to me, "Qiu Jieqin is in my room. She has something to tell you. You can go in by yourself. But I warn you, if you make her suffer again, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
What…what are you talking about? You guys are the ones who caused this whole thing. I didn’t think she would be in pain. But it’s really strange. If Qiu Jieqin was playing with me, it wouldn’t make sense for her to be so determined. At worst, she would just stop playing. Who knows…?
I walked into the inner room and heard Sun Li saying, "I really don't know what Jie Qin likes about him? If it were me, I would have kicked him away long ago. Humph!"
I was stunned for a moment, and my anger was rising. I really wanted to turn around and scold them for deceiving other people's feelings just for a bet. I didn't think they had much affection and loyalty, did they?
But it's useless to say this to Sun Li. She didn't come to lie to me in person. I should have talked to Qiu Jieqin. Now that it has come to this, let's make things clear!
I pushed open the door and saw Qiu Jieqin sitting on the edge of the bed. Her face still looked very bad, her hair was wet, and she was rubbing her long hair with a bath towel.
After bathing, Qiu Jieqin looked even more sexy than usual. When she saw me coming in, her pale face suddenly blushed, as if she was embarrassed, and she turned her head away, not daring to look at me.
I walked up to her and asked her softly, "How do you feel now? Are you still cold?"
Qiu Jieqin hummed, and answered me in a voice ten times quieter than mine: "It's okay. I took a bath and drank ginger soup, and I feel much warmer. Don't worry, I'll be fine."
I said, "That's good."
Then I didn't know what to say for a moment, so I just stood there in a daze. Qiu Jieqin also seemed to not know where to start, and the two of us fell into silence for a long time.
In order to break the deadlock, I tried to say something, and after thinking for a while, I said, "Qiu Jieqin, I..."
But at the same time, Qiu Jieqin also turned around and said to me: "Tang Qian, I..."
When we saw the other person was about to speak, we stopped at the same time and looked at each other.
Our eyes met, and within three seconds, we both said at the same time: "You go first!"
Then we were amused by this coincidence, and the awkward atmosphere was mostly resolved with smiles.
Qiu Jieqin hit me lightly and said, "You are such a cruel person. You have caused me such great suffering that I have never experienced since I was a child. You are so cruel. Let me ask you, if Qian Xiaolei didn't come to call you, would you really not come to the appointment?"
I sighed and said frankly, "Yes!"
Qiu Jieqin's face turned pale again after hearing this, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Why? Do I really disgust you?"
I thought, since I want to make things clear today, I might as well say what I need to say. So I said, "I don't feel that way now." The meaning of this sentence is actually very clear, that is, I used to hate you very much!
As expected, Qiu Jieqin opened her mouth in shock, tears of grievance quickly filled her eyes and were about to fall. She quickly turned her head away, wiping her tears and said aggrievedly: "Even if...even if you hate me, you should tell me clearly. You suddenly ignored me. Aren't you going to drive me crazy? Do you know how sad I have been these days ?"
I lowered my head and sighed, "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I couldn't accept something, so I acted a little too aggressively and made you like this. I didn't expect it. I'm sorry."
Qiu Jieqin shuddered all over, turned her head to look at me, and asked nervously, "Did I do something wrong? This question has been tormenting me almost all the time these days. I've racked my brains but still can't figure it out. Could it be something as small as someone stealing the book you were reading?"
I said, "Of course not, it's much more serious than that, it almost pissed me off to death!"
Qiu Jieqin opened her eyes wide in disbelief and said in a very aggrieved tone, "How is this possible? Did someone say something bad about me to you?"
I shook my head and said, "It wasn't someone else, it was you who said it."
