Chapter 3
Originally thought it was a romantic encounter after the rain, who knew it was a joke opened by the interlocking gears of fate.
In 2016, Su Orange was eighteen years old, and with excellent grades, she was admitted to the design department of Beijing North University and became a freshman.
At the end of September, the rain that had been held back for nearly half a month finally fell in the evening, Su Orange forgot the time to write homework, and walked out of the classroom when it was raining the most.
The sky was dark, the wind was gusting, and the rain was like a black curtain, blocking everything in front of her eyes.
Teaching building on the first floor of the corridor is full of people, Wu Yangyi, are complaining, “the weather forecast is too inaccurate, did not say rain.”
“Bad, I did not bring an umbrella, if so back, clothes quasi-drenched.”
“If you brought an umbrella, it won’t do you any good.”
“What should I do? Wait?”
“Wait, what else can we do?”
Su Orange mixed in the crowd, raised her eyes and looked into the distance, her cell phone WeChat beeps kept ringing, no need to guess who it was.
She lowered her head and scratched the screen, Zhou Guiqin’s WeChat appeared in front of her eyes.
Empress Dowager: [Orange your father insisted on divorcing me, you say, who the hell are you with!]
Empress Dowager: [All these years it’s been us mother and daughter, your father has never cared about you, you won’t be so heartless to choose to follow him, right?]
Empress Dowager: [I’ve been saving and saving for you, my hair has turned half white, Orange, you can’t not want your mom].
Empress Dowager: [It’s been a few days now, give me a definite answer, who did you choose in the end?]
Zhou Guiqin and Su Liangshu this divorce from Su Orange’s first year of high school began to toss to the end of the third year of high school, finally Su Liangshu decided to no longer tolerate, went to court to sue for divorce.
His claim was simple: he only wanted Su Orange and nothing else.
Zhou Guiqin is also the same claim, as long as Su Orange, nothing else.
The two disagree, who can not convince anyone, two out-of-court mediation did not succeed, Zhou Guiqin angry thought of Su Orange, Su Orange has reached the age of eighteen, she can decide for herself to stay or go.
Su Orange grew up in their endless quarrels, honestly if she can, she does not want to talk to anyone, own single, but she knows not, if she really say that, Zhou Guiqin will go crazy.
Su orange slightly looked at Zhou Guiqin sent those WeChat, lowered his head and replied: [I’m with you.]
The next second, Zhou Guiqin WeChat came in.
Empress Dowager: [Still our Orange is good, mom won’t bother you in class, recently there is a lot of rain over in the north of Beijing, you remember to bring an umbrella when you go out].
After exhorting a few words, Zhou Guiqin really didn’t say anything else.
It’s a pity that Su Orange didn’t get clean for a while, Su Liangshu’s WeChat came in again.
Dad: [You chose your mom? You even chose to live with your mom! You’ve forgotten how your grandmother loved you, how could you choose your mom!”]
Unlike when talking to Zhou Guiqin, Su Orange directly returned: [Didn’t you also choose not to have me for the sake of someone outside?]
Dad: [Where are the outside people, don’t listen to your mom’s nonsense!]
Orange: [It has nothing to do with my mom, I saw it with my own eyes.]
Orange: [You dare to say that the baby in her belly is not yours?
Su Liangshu’s side took a long time to reply, [You also know that your mom that person is really too annoying, making trouble every day, I’m really fed up.]
Orange: [Being fed up is not a reason for you to cheat on your wife.]
Su Liangshu explained a lot more in the back, but Su Orange didn’t even look at it, she opened the no-disturb, exited WeChat and cut to the small group.
Roommate Lin Mai sent several photos, Ait them, [Welfare is here – schoolboys from Beijing North, look at the handsome!]
Mai: [This is an exclusive, it’s not even on the campus network forum, I paid to get it, ten photos, five hundred dollars. You guys save it quickly]
Zhang Huan screamed up in the group, [Ahhhhhhhh, male god, the man of my dreams, oooh, Mai Zi thank you, I love it so much.]
Gao Chang: [Don’t get excited you guys, tell me who this guy is, why haven’t I seen him before?]
Mai Zi: [This you don’t even recognize, Zhou Yuchen ah, won the shooting competition youth amateur group champion Zhou! Yu! Sam!]
Yu Lele: [He didn’t come to military training, I don’t think, I didn’t see him.]
Mai Zi: [He went to the competition and came to school today.]
Mai Zi: [Oooh, his face is too good looking, how can any boy be so good looking, I want to marry him.]
Zhang Huan: [I also want to marry, starry-eyed jpg.]
Gao Chang: [Oh, so he’s Zhou Yuchen, but I heard that he’s quite a womanizer, he used to have a lot of girlfriends when he was in Jingbei Middle School].
Mai Zi: [Excellent people are excellent everywhere, girls must rush to like them.]
The more she talked, the more she got on, Mai Zi sent a few more photos, they were photos of Zhou Yuchen wearing his competition uniform during the shooting competition, the slim blue and white competition uniform outlined his perfect body shape, simply handsome.
Mai Zi: [This is a collector’s edition, I’m giving it all to you guys.]
Zhang Huanhuan: [I want it, I want it.]
Gao Chang: [I want it too.]
When the chatting was going strong, Yu Lele asked Su Orange: [Orange where are you?]
Orange: [Teaching building.]
Yu Lele: [Why are you still in the school building when it’s raining so hard? By the way, did you bring an umbrella?]
Orange: [No, I forgot to bring it.]
Yu Lele: [I’ll go pick you up.]
Su orange just about to reply, the crowd suddenly pushed and shoved, don’t know who bumped into her, her body lunged forward, when she saw that she was going to fall out, she was pulled back by someone’s wrist, she fell into that person’s arms.
This scene happened too fast, Su Orange didn’t react at all, when she realized what was going on, a teasing voice came from above her head, “Classmate, how much longer do you want to hug?”
The voice that will never be forgotten in death, this instant Su Orange’s heartbeat accelerated, her chest was shaken to raw pain, she borrowed the dim light in the promenade to look over, what was reflected in front of her eyes was the boy’s heroic face.
The slender eyelashes were like brushes, reflecting mottled shadows on his face as they hung down.
His skin was cold and white, his eyes were narrow and long, and there was a round tear mole at the end of his right eye, and the light gathered on it, reflecting the tear mole more and more eye-catching.
The pair of phoenix eyes and his person as charming, especially when the end of the eyes carelessly picked up, like an old movie deliberately slowed down the highlights close-up, the camera pulled close, the eyes and compulsion and confused and provocative.
Can not help but remind people, the Beijing North Weihe Lake that the sky-high lighthouse overflowing bright luster, just like his eyes at this time to look at people, burns bright.
The clean lines of the side of the face also because of the corner of the lips tugging rippled out a few points of lazy and casual, standing up the knot of the throat pulled out a touch of sharp line, stretched to the depths of the collar.
Black sleeveless T-shirt covered with a white shirt, shirt buttons are all open, inexplicably, adding a touch of uninhibited gangster handsome feeling.
What does it feel like when a dream comes to life?
It’s like a person who has been walking in the desert for a long time encounters a water source and wants to desperately grasp something.
Su Orange subconsciously clenched her fingers tighter.
Zhou Yuchen waited for a long time and did not wait for a response, the corner of his lips faintly raised an arc, teasingly said, “I just gave you a hand up, you’re not going to rely on me, right?”
The voice seems to carry some kind of magic sound, landing in the ear that moment, Su Orange sobered up, the first thing that comes to mind is to avoid.
She was busy standing up, letting go of her hand, her arms hanging on the sides of her body, tugging down the hem of her shirt in a hasty manner, bowing her head and apologizing, “I’m sorry.”
She took a few formal steps back to pull away from each other, her whole body dipping into the backlight as she quietly peered at what was in front of her.
The snickering voice came again, “Brother Sam, how come everywhere you go there are girls throwing themselves at you, tell me how many this is today.”
Someone chimed in, “Four? Or five?”
“Six.” A soft chuckle came, “That’s the sixth, not counting the two who just confessed. I can’t live with this. Brother, you do good, you eat meat also have to let a few brothers drink some soup ah.”
“Scram.” Zhou Yuchen stood loose like no bones leaning to the side of the pillar, a leg straight, a leg slightly bent, hand from time to time playing with the lighter, eyes looking forward, delicate jawline like a pen depicted and made, no matter whether to smile or not to smile is the brightest presence in the crowd.
In the middle of the conversation, another girl came over, wearing a pink ultra-short skirt, the collar opened to the shoulders, revealing a large area of attractive scenery in front of her chest.
When the other boys looked over at her, she would subconsciously use her hand to cover the neckline, but when facing Zhou Yuchen, all scruples were gone.
Her hand dropped down, tugging at the hem of her shirt, and said shyly, “Zhou Yuchen, can I treat you to dinner?”
The girl is very close, the body of the perfume smell comes to the face, Zhou Yuchen eyebrows slightly knit down, face color light, did not say to go or did not say not to go, like fishing like so fishing.
Other people just laugh.
Next to a girl could not stand to watch, as if she knew the inside story as if she said, “This student, Zhou Yuchen has a girlfriend, you do not know?”
The girl in the pink skirt lifted her chest and said, “So what if I have a girlfriend, I just like him.”
This kind of drama has to be staged every day, Zhou Yuchen was a bit annoyed, converging the smile at the corners of his lips, fished out a cigarette from his pocket, and just about to incline his head to light it up, when the boy beside him opened his lighter and came over, “Brother Sam.”
Zhou Yuchen put away the lighter in his hand, inclined his head, holding the cigarette on the flame and inhaled, the smoke was suddenly on, not long, he exhaled smoke.
White smoke reflected his face is not so clear, but still difficult to hide his burning posture.
The girl is still pampered, asked Zhou Yuchen eat or not Sichuan cuisine, or barbecue also line, talking, but also lifted the hair hanging on the shoulder, revealing the white shoulders.
Zhou Yuchen mixed not begrudgingly laughed, but the eyes did not look at the girl’s shoulder, holding a cigarette in the cell phone screen a knock.
The girl did not die and came up again, asking Zhou Yuchen, “Am I pretty or is your girlfriend pretty?”
Su Orange glanced at the girl and then glanced at him, the whole person seemed to have been soaked in a vinegar tank, sour from the inside out.
The heartbeat wasn’t quite normal either, it was weak, as if it would stop at any time.
Why be sad, is not always like this, from high school he is the star-crossed one, the scenery in his eyes can be anyone, but only will not be her.
Su Orange pinched her palm, reminding herself not to lose her temper.
When the rain was less intense, Yu Lele ran over with an umbrella and called out from afar, “Orange.”
Su orange did not hesitate and rushed into the rain curtain, the rain fell on her hair, did not feel cool, but instead felt soothed, as if… sadness is also a few points less.
Yu Lele let out a soft yelp, “That boy is Zhou Yuchen, right?”
Su Orange hmmmed.
“Is that girl his girlfriend?” Yu Lele stretched her neck to look back, “It doesn’t look quite the same as the rumors, didn’t he say he likes girls with long hair, how come his girlfriend has short hair. Oh, I see, change for love. Tsk tsk, so Zhou Yuchen would also do something like this.”
“Eh, that girlfriend of his is also too sticky, she’s almost sticking to him.”
Su Orange turned back to look over, the umbrella eaves blocked some of the line of sight to see is not so real, but still can recognize is not the party that wears a pink ultra-short skirt long hair girl, is another wear halter dress short hair girl, the girl hands climbed on his shoulders, slowly tiptoe.
The boy took down the cigarette in the corner of his lips, or that lazy posture, did not even move a bit, just slightly hanging down his head.
Suddenly, the uproar came, “Kiss one, kiss one–”
Su Orange didn’t know if they really kissed in the end, before turning the corner she looked back again, there was already no one under the porch.
Zhou Yuchen should have gone to have dinner with her girlfriend.
When entering the dormitory, Su Orange’s hand was accidentally pinched by the door, and a heartbreaking pain hit her, she frowned and looked at her finger, and found that her pinky was pinched with a bloody mark.
The others in the dorm room were still talking about Zhou Yuchen.
Lin Mai: “Eh, I just swiped to my friend circle, Zhou Yuchen and his new girlfriend went out to play, that girl is quite average looking, I don’t know what Zhou Yuchen likes about her.”
Gao Chang: “Can’t say much about feelings, it might just be a simple favorite.”
“It’s impossible to get a prodigal son to take heart these days.” Yu Lele expressed her high opinion, “Especially someone as powerful as Zhou Yuchen.”
“You guys always say he’s awesome, who the hell is going to give me a little science on what makes him awesome.” Gao Chang asked.
Lin Mai stepped on the ladder and came down from the top bunk, “I’ll tell you.”
She squatted on the chair, breaking her fingers to say Zhou Yuchen’s advantages, “Zhou Yuchen is a native of the north of Beijing, a big family, his family has a political, military, medical, and business, his family is in business, his father’s company has opened up to the United States. His maternal grandfather is even some unspeakable leader, a very big official anyway.”
“And then back to Zhou Yuchen, first of all, he looks stunning, and then his all ability, not only shooting, fencing, skiing, swimming, which he is proficient in, a few months ago the fencing competition also won a prize it can be said, he is all-around, there is no not proficient. I heard that this college entrance examination is still with the first score on the finance department of Beijing North University.”
“You guys just say how awesome he is.”
Gao Chang nodded, “If that’s the case, it’s really quite bullish.”
The others also chimed in, “Zhou Yuchen is just bullish!”
Su Orange didn’t listen to Lin Mai, she went to the bathroom to take a shower, and after the shower, she found out that she was having her period again, and there weren’t enough sanitary napkins, so she came out of the bathroom, put on her jacket and grabbed her cell phone and went out of the dormitory.
Didn’t go far, someone was calling her from behind, “Orange, wait for me.”
Yu Lele ran over, “Are you going to the convenience store?”
“Uh-huh.” Su Orange nodded.
Yu Lele took her arm, “Then let’s go together, I’m out of snacks, go buy some snacks.”
Su Orange: “Uh, okay.”
The sour scent of hawthorn trees flowed through the campus of Beijing North after the rain, and when the wind blew, the scent drifted farther away.
Su Orange rubbed her nose, somewhat not quite wanting to smell such a scent, Yu Lele called her a few times before she reacted, “Hmm? What’s wrong?”
“I see your eyes are a bit red.” Yu Lele said, “Don’t catch a cold from the rain.”
“It’s fine.” Su Orange said, “I’ll go back and drink a bag of cold punch and I’ll be fine.”
“If you don’t have it there, I have it there.” Yu Lele stared at Su Orange and once again thought, Su Orange looks really too beautiful.
Palm-sized face, pitch-black eyes, eyelashes curved and curled, her skin was smooth and delicate, especially the pear swirls on her face, whether it was when she smiled or when she didn’t smile, it was all so nice to look at.
She is tall and slender, and her voice is soft and sticky, so well-behaved. Every time I see her, she reminds people of the lotus in the pond, out of the silt and not stained.
No wonder only a month after the start of the school year, there are already many boys to ask for her contact information, if she is a boy will also want.
Yu Lele pinched Su Orange’s face, “Orange really envies your skin.”
Su Orange smiled faintly, “Your skin isn’t bad either.”
Can only say it’s not bad, didn’t grow acne, didn’t leave any red marks, not as white and transparent as Su Orange, but not black either.
It was better than ordinary.
“Can’t compare with you.” Yu Lele said, “If I were to grow up like you, I would have gone to attract butterflies, just that Zhou Yuchen, maybe I would have taken the initiative to go after him.” It’s useless to take the initiative.
She said in her heart.
“Eh, Orange, do you have any regrets?”
“Yes.”
“What?”
“Watching my crush change girlfriend after girlfriend, but not daring to confess.”