Chapter 13
That person’s careless gangly smile as he spoke looked bad as hell, startled Su Orange’s hand trembled, the cup fell on the desktop, the water inside spilled out in the process.
Su Orange was scalded by the water when she picked up the cup, she subconsciously shrunk.
Seeing this, Yu Lele let out a yelp, in a hurry, she reached out to pull Su Orange, but she was half a second slower, Su Orange had already been pulled away one step ahead of her.
Yu Lele stiffened and glanced sideways to see Zhou Yuchen holding Su Orange’s wrist and pulling her to the side.
The others stood up and asked if Su Orange was alright.
Su Orange shook her head and said softly, “I’m fine.”
Suddenly, Yu Lele remembered the conversation she had with Su Orange that night, Su Orange said she had a crush. Yu Lele’s eyelids jumped, her eyes swirling around Su Orange and Zhou Yuchen’s clasped hands, and a certain unbelievable thought bubbled up.
Could it be that Su Orange liked ……
She shook her head, not right ah, remember correctly Su Orange’s high school seems to be a high school in the town, she is still the top student in the college entrance examination, while Zhou Yuchen went to school in the Beijing North Annexed Middle School, it is impossible for them to have a crossover.
Yu Lele’s eyes contained inquiry, thinking, there is an opportunity to ask clearly.
The finger was too painful, Su Orange wrinkled her eyebrows and looked down, she didn’t hold back and hissed lightly, she was usually very strong, she wouldn’t even say a word if her finger was broken.
Zhou Yuchen pulled her hand and looked at it, redness around it, a blister appeared in the center, “Why are you so careless.”
He has not been so anxious, spoke in a somewhat heavy tone, the face did not have the usual unrestrained, more than a few points of the solemn cold, raw little girl eyes said red, that vice to cry not to cry look, it is really pitiful.
Other people do not know why staring wide-eyed signs and froze watching, the bottom of the eyes is a capital question mark.
Su orange heart is born more aggrieved, was scalded is her, be lectured or her, she is not intentionally burned, and besides this is not because he repeatedly close to the sake.
She endured the pain and withdrew her hand, and said to Yu Lele, “You wipe the table, I’ll go to the restroom to wash down.”
Yu Lele paused for a few seconds and reacted, “Do you want me to accompany you?”
“No need.” Su orange said with an apologetic face, “It’s just that I have to trouble you to wipe the table, in addition look at your phone, don’t get soaked.”
“Alright, you don’t care about that, you hurry up and go rinse.” Yu Lele waved her hand, her eyes swept over to Zhou Yuchen and found that his face was even more smelly.
Really can’t guess this big brother’s mind, looks like he cares and doesn’t look like he cares.
Lin Mai wanted to accompany Su Orange, but was stopped by Su Orange, “It’s okay, I can go by myself.”
She left the private room and headed straight towards the restroom.
When she arrived at the restroom, the bad emotions that were pressed in the bottom of her heart finally couldn’t be held back, her nose turned sour, and tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes.
She cried for a full five minutes before stopping, her eyes were swollen from crying, and she cleaned them with water a few times before they didn’t look so messy.
After adjusting her emotions, she walked out of the restroom, and just as she reached the corner, she was stopped in her tracks.
There was a hand in front of her, fingers stretched out, palm facing up spread, on top of which was placed an orange candy, orange candy wrapper vaguely can still see the words.
Su Orange wasn’t too sure if it was or not, because she just glanced at it faintly, and then dropped her eyes on the boy in front of her.
He wore a white punching jacket with a black t-shirt inside and matching black sweatpants underneath, leaning against the wall as if he was boneless.
The blazing white light hit him, brightening down on his outward shoulders and dimming down on his inward ones.
The face is also, decorated in the light and shadow of the part of the clear and handsome, trapped in the dark shadow of the part of the deep and dark, frowning all the time, the mood looks like not too happy look.
Until Su Orange came, the mood on his face changed, the tips of his eyebrows loosened up, the end of his eyes had a little bit of a small arc, and the black tear mole vaguely moved down.
He raised his hand high, coaxing the child like saying, “Eat the candy fingers will not hurt, eat it.”
His eyelashes were trembling as he spoke, a brimming light dripping from his dark, ink-like eyes, his eyes focused and soft, giving rise to some sort of heavenly thoughts.
It was as if…he had just been mean to her, but it was actually because of worry.
“Don’t want to eat?” Zhou Yuchen raised his eyebrows, “Or are you angry with me?”
Su Orange’s shell teeth bit her lip, her eyes looking towards her feet, not answering his question.
Zhou Yuchen understood in a second and said while lowering his head to tear the wrapping paper, “I apologize to you for what happened just now, it won’t happen next time.”
A light sentence, all of Su Orange’s aggression was cleared away, the corner of her lips lightly hooked down, considered to give a response.
The half-open window had the wind blowing in, blowing the light shook, even the shadow on the ground also followed the shaking, as if closer together.
The wind is also mixed with an inexplicable sweetness, a fine smell can also smell a trace of indefinable ambiguity, but also through the sweetness of the kind.
When blowing into the nostrils, what mustiness is gone.
Zhou Yuchen pinched the candy and handed it over.
The boy’s fingers are really good looking, like a work of art, cold white, long and slender, every place is just perfect, more than the overhead light is also eye-catching.
He pinched it like that, not hurrying or rushing, waiting for her to reach out and take it.
Su Orange’s eyes wandered to see the band-aid on his index finger, which had a kitty pattern of her favorite kind.
It was grinning, and grinning broadly.
Su Orange’s mood was infected, and after a few seconds of stalemate, she reached out and took the orange candy he handed her, and proceeded to put it in her mouth, and she didn’t know why this orange candy was extraordinarily sweet.
She pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows, raised her eyes and his eyes met, his hands into his pockets, with the right side of the shoulder against the wall, one leg bent, one leg straight, standing posture or so lazy and reckless, “This is not angry it.”
Maybe the orange candy in his mouth is too sweet, or maybe the overhead light is too shaky, or maybe the wind coming in is too hot.
Su Orange had those wild and unrealistic thoughts again, he wouldn’t have waited here specifically to coax her.
Will he?
Zhou Yuchen’s cell phone rang, he took it out of his pocket, answering the phone while walking towards the private room, “Well, do you want anything else besides wine? Oh, there are also drinks ……”
Su Orange just took a step, there was a fine sound coming from under her feet, she looked down to see, and found that it was the wrapper that was ripped from the middle, ghostly she bent down to pick it up, and put the wrapper together, and there were really words on it.–sorry.
Re-entering the private room, the atmosphere was too good to describe, Yu Lele grabbed Su Orange’s hand and asked after him, “Does it hurt? Do you want to go to the infirmary?”
Su Orange shook her head, “No need, just go to the drugstore outside to buy a burn cream in a while.”
“You too, don’t be so careless next time.” Yu Lele’s heart ached as she looked at it.
“Uh-huh.” Su Orange arched her eyebrows and smiled, “I will be careful next time.”
Yu Lele glanced at Zhou Yuchen, pulled Su Orange’s arm, pulled her in, pressed against her ear and said, “Just now Zhou Yuchen also went out, did he go to look for you?”
Su Orange was not good at lying, pursed her lips, and gave a light hmmm.
Yu Lele opened her eyes wide and lowered her voice, “No, what’s going on with you two?”
Su orange signaled Yu Lele to lower her voice, “Go back and tell you.”
Yu Lele ate only the beginning of the melon, died of curiosity, grabbed Su Orange’s arm and shook it, “You said it, you must tell me.”
Su Orange: “Uh-huh.”
Zhang Yang drank too much, and is making a scene to give everyone a palm reading, starting from Lin Mai, one by one, said Lin Mai frequently nodded, “Awesome.”
Behind Lin Mai is Zhang Huan, behind Zhang Huan is Zhao Chuan, behind Zhao Chuan is Gao Chang, Song Zhou, Feng Zhao, and then Zhou Yuchen.
Zhang Yang exaggerated, “Brother Sam, you have a hand full of peach blossoms, it makes people jealous.”
Zhou Yuchen said, “Scram.”
Zhang Yang not only didn’t roll, but also said with vigor, “Don’t believe me, I’ll put my words here, your peach blossoms are coming soon.”
Su orange heard, the corner of the lips of the smile convergence, picked up the cup and drank a mouthful of orange juice, just felt the sweet sticky orange juice at this time in the mouth actually feel some astringent.
Inexplicably, there is also a bitter flavor.
Zhou Yuchen pushed Zhang Yang, “Fart.”
Zhang Yang stumbled to Su Orange’s side, just about to pick up her hand to read her palm, not knowing that he was pushed and kicked, he almost pounced on Yu Lele.
Yu Lele dodged a step ahead and said, “Zhang Yang, you’re going to die.”
Zhang Yang smiled, half squinting his eyes and said, “Come on, it’s time to show you.”
These two people were quite harmonious on the day they first met, and after that, every time they met, they would argue, and anything could cause them to argue.
At the end of the day, they didn’t know who was right or who was wrong.
Everyone is not surprised, did not persuade or stop, should do what is still doing.
Zhou Yuchen tilted his head and finished the wine in the cup and then took his wallet and left the private room, as long as the dinner, basically he is the check.
After paying the bill and walking back, the boss stopped him and gave him a plate of fruit, full of mangoes, Zhou Yuchen knitted his brows, “Can I change?”
The boss said, “Yes, what can I exchange it for?”
Zhou Yuchen: “Strawberries.”
The boss hesitated a bit, and Zhou Yuchen added, “I’ll make up the difference.”
Yu Lele said as she ate the strawberries, “Orange I remember you like strawberries the most.”
“Uh-huh.” Su Orange nodded, “My favorite among fruits is strawberries.”
Zhao Chuan suddenly interjected, “Brother Sam, why did you suddenly buy strawberries, don’t you not like to eat them?”
Zhou Yuchen raised his eyebrows lightly, smiling a bit mixed, “Having something to eat still doesn’t plug your mouth.”
Yu Lele looked like she had bumped into some hidden candy, lifting her elbow and bumping Su Orange, then raised her eyebrows at her.
Su Orange was puzzled, “Hm? What’s wrong?”
Yu Lele stifled her laughter, “Just…nothing.”
The boys ate fast, and when only the last one was left Zhao Chuan reached his hand over again, Zhou Yuchen first called out to him and said something else to him, then motionlessly pushed the plate over to Su Orange’s side.
As long as she reached out, she would be able to reach the strawberries.
Zhao Chuan: “……”
Su Qiang picked up the last strawberry, and suddenly had the illusion that Zhou Yuchen had specially left it for her to eat, and even though she knew that he had no intention of doing so, she was still touched for a moment.The last strawberry was left by Zhou Yuchen for her to eat.
On the way back to school, Zhou Yuchen answered the phone and left in another direction.
Yu Lele asks Su Orange if she still wants to buy medicine.
Su Orange’s fingers were already less painful and shook her head, “No need, go back to the dormitory.”
A few people talked and laughed as they walked towards the girls’ dormitory building, and in the middle of the walk, Zhang Huan wanted to buy a drink, so they went to the convenience store together to buy a drink.
The delay time is long, back to go when it is already ten minutes after the thing, Lin Mai hometown looking for her, she did not go with them, go to the playground to see the hometown.
Su orange them arm in arm continue to walk forward.
Previously, she did not pay much attention to the thick tree in front of the dormitory building, but since Zhou Yuchen waited there a few times, she subconsciously will glance towards that.
She didn’t know what she was looking for, but she would take a look anyway.
Just that one look, but she really saw something, she narcissistically thought that he was waiting for her, pursed her lips, found an excuse, “Just remembered, my pen is out of oil, I have to go buy it.”
“Use us to accompany you?” Gao Chang asked.
“No, I can do it myself.” Su Orange said, “You guys go back first.”
She waited for them to enter the dormitory building before she turned around and walked towards the tree, not too far a few steps, she walked on soft legs and her body floated.
Didn’t they just have dinner together, why was he here again?
Was he here to see her?
The sound of the wind ringing in her ears told her not to get ahead of herself, a prodigal son like Zhou Yuchen was the most undefined, he wouldn’t stay for anyone.
Didn’t she know that back in high school.
The people around him were never fixed, today it was this one and tomorrow it might be that one, making girls cry was the most common thing he did, but even so, there were still many girls who would come forward to come up.
He is like that, when he is bad, he is excessively bad, and when he is good, he is excessively good.
When we were just eating Yu Lele asked her why she liked him.
No one will not like a good person, although he is mixed up, but he also has a top good side, the morning she transferred to the school, did not have time to eat breakfast, is to bring breakfast to the school, just to walk to the promenade was knocked off the ground, soybean milk spilled all over the ground.
Surrounded by people coming and going, they occasionally made disgusted slurping noises, she stood there in confusion, not knowing what to do, panicked, someone tugged on her sleeve to pull her away, and then said, “Watch your step.”
That was the first time she saw Zhou Yuchen, the teenager was wearing a blue and white school uniform with white headphones in his ears, his fine hair was dyed with daylight, full forehead, narrow eyes, high nose, clean side lines, and a straight throat.
He was carrying a black shoulder bag, like someone who walked out of a comic.
The moment he met his eyes, the corner of his lips hooked down if there was any, “There is a mop in the bathroom, you go and take it down.”
After saying that, realizing that she was a bit confused, he added, “Forget it, I’ll go get it.”
Handing the shoulder bag to the boy at his side, he went to the bathroom and came back with a mop in his hand, and in three or two strokes, he mopped the floor clean.
The light reflected on the floor tiles could blind people.
Su Orange subconsciously blinked her eyes, and something was born in her heart.
Later, she inquired from various sources, his name is Zhou Yuchen, is the experimental first class, their two classes, one in the easternmost, one in the westernmost, separated by a long corridor.
The second time they met, was when she was bullied by punks, he passed by and saved her, and sent her home.
Su Orange was not a greedy person, when she found out that she liked him, she became greedy, she would deliberately wait anywhere he appeared, she would inquire about his preferences.
She would look forward to the weekly grade assembly because he would speak on the stage as the student representative, and that was the only chance she had to peek at him in a bright light.
Crushes are like flooded watercress that never dies out.
Crush is also like a cactus with thorns, the moment you touch it, you are destined to be stabbed, the heavier you like it, the heavier the stabbing will be.
Su Orange suddenly remembered the most ridiculous thing she had ever done, that day was April 1, April Fool’s Day, everyone used to make some harmless jokes on this day.
Some people would take this opportunity to express their feelings to their favorite person, and even if they were rejected, they could save themselves the embarrassment by saying “just kidding”.
The next day, the favorites continued.
Su Orange also followed the example of other people to write a very long love letter without labeling the name, but also folded a whole week of stars along with the love letter into his drawer.
I’ve been looking forward to his response with great anxiety.
Later, he was a response, but not to her, is another class of girls, they celebrated also watched a movie together.
The heartbreaking thing is that those two movie tickets were the ones she put in the star jar, the name of the movie: ‘Like’.
She went to the movie the day they went to see it, and they fed each other popcorn head to head in front of them, and she watched the movie with tears in her eyes in the corner, not knowing what the plot was.
That was the time she cried the most, even the people next to her were alarmed, surprised and asked her, “Little girl, it’s just a movie, why are you crying like that.”
Yes, it’s just a movie.
But what that person didn’t know was that she had lost more than just a movie.
Then later, about his legend more, like him girls also more, one time passed by his classroom, he and his friends in the classroom back door that chat.
The friend asked him, “How come you agreed to go out with the one from class five?”
Su Orange’s steps lurched, the fingers holding the cup tightened, his back straightened, and he heard him say, “Well, the stars she folded were quite pretty.”
The friend said, “Fuck, this is too much child’s play for you.”
The teenager’s eyes were full of starlight, and he smiled wilfully and openly, “I’m happy to.”
At that moment, Su Orange’s heart felt like it had been pinched, and she consoled herself with the thought that maybe the other person had also sent a little star, it just happened to be the same as the one she had sent.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the glass jar with pink stars, which happened to be the one she sent.
It sat in the innermost drawer of his desk belly, as if it were carefully protected.
All the self-congratulation into a bubble, than did not get, the lost is more difficult to bear.
It turns out ……
Parallel lines can intersect, and the most unlikely things can happen.
On April 1, she absurdly sent a heart, was absurdly missed, and learned the truth sometime later.
The fire of the crush would not be extinguished that day after all.
Behind him came the sound of a car ringing a bell, Su Orange immersed in wandering thoughts did not hear, the next second, she was pulled aside, the top of her head came the helpless words to say, “How every time I see you are walking away.”
The temperature of his hand was still so hot that it still managed to sear her heart.
She blinked and whispered, “I’ll pay attention next time.”
The way she spoke was so well-behaved that it caused Zhou Yuchen’s eyes to change, and with a light cough, he explained, “There’s no intention of disciplining you.”
“I know.” It was indeed her carelessness, and if she really hit it, she would probably get hurt again.
She pulled her arm out of his grasp and took two steps back to pull away, “What are you doing here?”
“Looking for you.” Zhou Yuchen put away the lighter, his hand reached into his pocket and fumbled around for a bit, then took out an ointment, “Isn’t your hand burned, rub this on it and it will be fine.”
Su Orange Zheng froze, didn’t immediately reach out to pick it up, random thoughts popped up again, she asked cautiously, “Did you specially buy this for me?”
“Not exactly special.” Zhou Yuchen said, “Zhang Yang’s stomach aches, just happened to go to the pharmacy to buy together.”
“Oh.” Su Orange responded with trembling eyelashes, so it was really her overthinking.
She bit her lip with her shell teeth and reached out to take it, “Thank you.”
“Don’t always verbalize thanks.” Zhou Yuchen lightly lifted his chin, “If you really want to thank me, accompany me to buy something.”
“What is it?”
“My sister’s birthday is coming up, can you help me choose a gift?”
Choose a gift?
Su Orange was a bit apprehensive, “Just the two of us?”
“Zhang Yang and the others are not available.” Zhou Yuchen looked at Su Orange’s difficult face, reached out and cut the tip of his nose, “If you’re not available, forget it.”
“It’s fine.” Su Orange said, “I can on the weekend.”
Zhou Yuchen: “Then it’s the weekend.”
What should be said finished, the atmosphere suddenly became a bit awkward, Su Orange was pondering what to say when Zhou Yuchen’s cell phone rang, someone called him, he looked at the caller ID to connect.
Don’t look didn’t open the speakerphone, cell phone outgoing sound is still very big, Zhang Yang words rushed out, “Brother Sam, where did you go ah, in the end play or not play the game.”
Zhou Yuchen shoulders loose, back to the sentence, “Outside.”
Zhang Yang: “I’m about to be fucked off by those grandsons, when are you coming back?”
Zhou Yuchen: “Waiting.”
Zhang Yang: “Right, I drank too much just now, bring me an ice cream when you come back.”
This sentence was the clearest, Su Orange also heard it, she subconsciously raised her head, if she remembered correctly, just now Zhou Yuchen said that Zhang Yang had a stomachache.
Can someone with a stomachache eat ice cream?
Zhou Yuchen also realized something and cut off Zhang Yang’s words, “What kind of ice cream can someone with a stomachache eat.”
Zhang Yang, who usually reacts slowly after drinking, was extraordinarily fast tonight, breaking down the stage and saying, “Who has a tummy ache, I don’t …… have one.”
In the next second, Zhou Yuchen hung up the phone.
Su orange eyelashes trembled and trembled, pinched the ointment fingers clenched very tight, vaguely can hear his heartbeat, thump thump thump thump, very fast.
Thoughts began to get confused, some kind of impossible thoughts resurfaced in his mind, rushing up sideways, Su Orange sized him up, her eyes circling around his body, he wasn’t wearing that white punching bag, instead, he was only wearing a black long-sleeved t-shirt.
In this late October weather, it was still slightly cool to wear this at night.
The distant light from behind him, only shone to the back shoulder position, reflected in the face of the shadow more dense, the pair of phoenix eyes like a deep bottomless abyss, eyes some people can not read.
Su Orange tugged on the hem of his coat with his other hand, and boldly asked the words he wanted to ask, “You went to buy it on purpose, didn’t you?”
Zhou Yuchen hung back and answered, “Uh-huh.”
“Why?” Su Orange looked calm, only she herself knew how flustered she was, her heart seemed to have hit numbness.
Her eyes contained expectations, just like that year when she sent him a love letter, she was as apprehensive, afraid of falling short and even more afraid of missing the mark.
Sweat spilled from her palms as she finally waited for an answer.
He raised his eyebrows and asked absently, “What do you think it’s about?”