Chapter 8 Are You the Right Person? three
That night, we went down the mountain smoothly under the leadership of Xu Yun. Along the way, Hua Ziyin, Xu Yun and I tacitly did not mention the scene in the woods, as if at that moment, the memories of the three of us were all taken away.
The next day was a cloudy day, and when the cold wind blew, it felt like winter again.
After a night's rest, Xiaoyuan has regained her energy. She lay on my desk early in the morning and whispered mysteriously in my ear: "Hexue, Hexue, what kind of gifts do boys generally like?"
I understood and said, "Boy? You mean Hanako Yin, right?"
As I said this, the corner of my eye involuntarily glanced at Hua Ziyin's seat. There were only five minutes left before the class bell rang, but his seat was still empty. I remembered that his habit was always to arrive at school half an hour early.
I stared at his seat blankly, and suddenly remembered the shockingly bright smile on his face last night.
He smiled and said to me, "Song Xihe, let's say goodbye now."
It was as if a very thin string in my mind snapped in two, and my thoughts were in a mess. Could he really have left here?
"He Xue?" Xiao Yuan followed my gaze and immediately blushed without any doubt. She pondered for a long time, then suddenly looked up at me, her little face full of determination that she had never had before: "Yes, He Xue, I like Hua Zi Yin. I only told you about this. Can you help me?"
"I..." I hesitated, not knowing how to tactfully explain to her that some things, such as love, are useless if you just work hard.
I was silent for a long time, and the hopeful light in her eyes gradually dimmed as I hesitated. I warned myself that I must not let Xiaoyuan get hurt and become the second Hexue, and I must give her a wake-up call.
However, when I faced her face that was almost in despair , the words that came out of my mouth were: "Okay."
I comforted myself with a glimmer of hope, thinking that it was okay, maybe Hana Ziyin would leave Binghui School today and he would not have the chance to hurt Xiaoyuan.
Maybe God heard my prayers, Hua Ziyin didn't show up in the classroom all morning. During lunch break, I looked at Hua Ziyin's seat and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. But I don't know why, after I exhaled that breath, my heart felt empty and uncomfortable, as if something vital had disappeared with that breath.
I hated this inexplicable feeling so much that I decided to punish myself by skipping lunch.
Xiaoyuan thoughtfully brought me a lunch box. She pushed the lunch box in front of me and said, "Hexue, you need to eat to have the energy to lose weight."
I said in a low voice: "I'm not trying to lose weight."
"Really?" Xiao Yuan said in surprise, "Then you are not having a quarrel with Xu Yun?"
I kept silent.
She tilted her head to think for a moment, then said confidently, "Right? I guessed it right, didn't I? I said that when we went down the mountain last night, the atmosphere between you and Xu Yun was very strange."
Is it so obvious that even Madoka can see it? My head starts to hurt.
Oh, Xu Yun, that’s another mess that we have to face.
"No, don't think about it." I looked at the lunch box she pushed over. It was full of my favorite dishes. My nose started to feel sour, but I teased her mercilessly: "Tell me, what do you want me to do with the lunch box again?"
Xiao Yuan smiled at me sheepishly, and hesitantly said, "Eat. Only after you eat, you will have the energy to accompany me to pick out a gift for Hanako Yin."
"He today..." I almost blurted out the news that Hua Ziyin was transferring to another school.
Xiao Yuan said before me: "He is sick today. I just found out when I called him this morning. He Xue, let's go buy gifts after school and then go see him together."
It turns out that he was just sick, not dead.
I felt inexplicably relieved, but when I thought of Xiaoyuan, I began to regret my decision this morning.
