Chapter 9

Sun Xia’s voice came from outside, she tugged on the girl who called out, relentlessly questioning, “What Su Orange, aren’t you looking for me? Did you hear wrong?”

“No,” the girl’s arm was tugged by Sun Xia’s death grip, and her body fell towards her, her eyebrows furrowed as she gulped, “Zhou Yuchen said he was looking for Su Orange in room 608, not for you.”

“Not looking for me? I don’t believe it.” Sun Xia shook off the girl’s arm and quickly ran towards the stairs, running so fast that he almost fell several times.

The voices in the long corridor got noisier, a girl asked, “Who is Su Orange, which department?”

Someone chimed in, “I don’t know eh.”

Another person said, “Seems like she’s from the design department, didn’t pay much attention to it.”

“How does she know Zhou Yuchen?”

“Who knows.”

Suddenly a thin voice emerged, “Could it be a mistake?”

“It shouldn’t be.” The girl said, “Didn’t that person just say that Zhou Yuchen personally said that he was looking for Su Orange.”

The 608 dormitory was also bustling with activity, Lin Mai pressed against the door and listened for a long time, folded back, propped her hands on the table and tilted her head high and said, “Orange, it’s looking for you, Zhou Yuchen is looking for you.”

Zhang Huan covered her lips and called out, “I also heard it, it seems to be talking about looking for Orange.”

“Splat,” the book in Su Orange’s hand fell onto the pillow, and slid down the side of the pillow, falling to the floor.

Lin Mai chattered, “This time Sun Xia is going to be furious again, but ah Orange, what is Zhou Yuchen looking for you for?”

Where does Su Orange know what he’s looking for her for, shaking her head with a dumbfounded face, “Not sure.”

Her allergy symptoms were better after taking the medicine, and her voice sounded quite normal.

Zhang Huan didn’t pay attention to it, so he didn’t hear anything unusual, blinking, “When did you guys get so familiar with each other, how come I don’t know.”

Gao Chang was writing his homework and slowly raised his head, “This is the first time he’s come to the girls’ dormitory building to look for someone, right?”

“Yes, the first time.” Lin Mai’s mouth was dry from talking and filled a large mouthful of water, “Where does a proud son of heaven like him need to look for someone, it’s all the girls who baba go to look for him, and they don’t necessarily see anyone.”

Yu Lele didn’t care what Zhou Yuchen was looking for Su Orange to do, puffing out her cheeks, she said, “Orange, you don’t want to go see him.”

“Why don’t I go, in case there’s an emergency?” Before Su Orange could say anything, Lin Mai opened her mouth first, her eye lashes fluttering, “Lele, what’s wrong with you?”

“I-” a knock on the door interrupted Yu Lele’s words, someone gently pushed open the door and poked his head in, “That…who is Su Orange?”

Su Orange sat up from her bed, her piggy pillow in her arms, and said softly, “I am.”

Her pillow was the same pattern as the pajamas she was wearing, both were pink piggies, the milky cute kind.

The girl searched around before meeting Su Orange’s eyes, picking the glasses on the bridge of her nose, “Zhou Yuchen is waiting for you downstairs, you quickly go down.”

Su Orange pursed her lips, “Did he say anything?”

“No.” The girl’s glasses were foggy, she took them off and wiped them with her hand haphazardly and put them back on, “He only said to let you go down, it should be urgent.”

After passing the word, the girl closed the door and left.

Su orange hugged the pillow did not move, chin against the pillow, teeth biting the lip thinking, do not know whether to go or not?

Lin Mai squeezed her eyes, “What are you waiting for, come down.”

Zhang Huan also said, “He is in the dormitory downstairs, do not go down is not good, maybe there is really something urgent.”

So many people go to see him, Su Orange is a little timid, holding the piggy pillow fingers shrinking and shrinking, the mood is a little chaotic.

Wanting to go but not quite daring to go.

“Boom–” Suddenly, thunder came from outside.

Lin Mai stretched her neck and looked out, “It’s going to rain.”

The north of Beijing has had a lot of rain this year, and it has been raining off and on since the beginning of the school year, it’s not too big, it’s just a rush, a burst of it, and it can drench a person in it.

Zhang Huan pushed open the balcony door and walked out, looking at the sky through the screen window, “This thunder, if it really rains, it’s probably going to be very urgent.”

Saying that, she looked downwards again, under the dim light, the boys were leaning against the wall, holding cigarettes in their hands, and were slowly inhaling them, every now and then a girl would walk up and say a word or two and then turn around to leave again.

Hidden, can only hear the girls’ voices, can not hear Zhou Yuchen’s, he should not say anything.

This kind of scene was quite rare, Zhang Huan turned around and beckoned, “Orange, come and look.”

Su Orange put the piggy pillow down, stepped on the ladder and walked down, straightened the pajamas that were wrinkled together on her body and went to the balcony.

Zhang Huan held her shoulders and pushed her forward, nudging her mouth, signaling Su Orange to look downward, “Nuo, see?”

Under the street light can only see the boy’s thin figure, his back leaning against the wall, his head slightly raised, his mouth biting a cigarette, sparks flickering there, one hand in the pocket of his sweatpants, one hand playing with the lighter.

The cap fell and rose, and the flame flickered.

He seemed to…like to play with lighters since high school, and Su Orange also found that his lighter had always been the same one, the paint on the edges had all lost its color.

The body also had dents.

Through the lighter, Su Orange saw his long-suffering side, perhaps, he was not as cool and heartless as everyone said.

Zhang Huan tugged Su Orange’s arm, “He’s been waiting for you there for a long time, are you really not going down?”

Su Orange stared, her fingers hanging at her side subconsciously tugged on her pajamas, struggling a bit. She does not go down is not because of anger or anything, just that the red rash on her body has not yet disappeared, in case she gives him to see ……

Suddenly, the wind picked up outside.

The branches of the trees, which had just been motionless, suddenly swung, and the shadows trailing on the ground were all swinging wildly about, and the bicycles in the carport in the distance were all blown down several times.

The flag hanging on the pole also danced with the wind, and the fallen leaves rose up in the air and were blown in an unknown direction.

Some students said as they ran, “It’s going to rain, run.”

Zhang Huan barred his mouth twice and stretched his voice, “If I get wet in this rain, 80% will catch a cold.”

Su Orange still couldn’t hold back in the end, put on her long-sleeved jacket and left the door of the dormitory, Yu Lele chased after her, “Orange, umbrella.”

Su orange stood still, turned around to pick up the umbrella, said thank you and ran towards the downstairs.

Jingbei University is good everywhere, but there is one thing that is not good, the dormitory building does not have an elevator, if you go downstairs, you can only take the stairs, from the sixth floor to the first floor, from time to time, there are people who look over towards Su Orange.

There were also people sizing her up and saying, “Oh, she’s that Su Orange.”

In the blink of an eye, she seemed to have become a celebrity, but Su Orange couldn’t care less, the wind outside was louder, and every now and then there was thunder.

She panted and ran to the first floor, pushed open the door of the dormitory and rushed out, the familiar figure was no longer under the wall.

Only the cigarette butts were thrown there, blown by the wind and blinked out of sight.

Su Orange crossed his arms and gasped for breath, turned his head towards the left and right, looked around and didn’t see anyone, he…should have already left.

That’s right, it’s going to rain, there is no need for him to wait.

Besides, they are not familiar with each other, why would he wait for her.

Su orange heart some empty, like the expectation has been blind box, open only to find that inside is empty, nothing.

The heart palpitations that came along the way became a joke, as if laughing at her delusions of grandeur.

He and she…would never have crossed paths in the first place.

The hand crossed at her waist dropped feebly, her arm swaying gently as her body slowly straightened, stumbling a little to one side as she turned on unsteady feet.

She slammed into the trash can behind her, which had a bulge in it that poked her right in the arm, pain traveling through her clothes as the umbrella she held in her hand fell to the ground.

She let out a heavy yelp, her strength just disappeared, her legs bent and she crouched down on the ground, her face buried in the □□□, as if she had been abandoned by someone, she didn’t move.

The wind blew her hair into disarray, she did not care, just like that, hugging the knees squatting, fortunately not many people outside, see her this appearance is not many.

Even if they did, they didn’t care to explore because it was going to rain.

Su orange ears are the sound of footsteps coming and going, there are light and heavy, there are also stopped to look at her, she has no heart to care.

There was still no strength in her legs, she couldn’t stand up at all, and the pain in her arms was still there, the aggravation just rushed up.

She blamed herself a little for coming down, if she hadn’t she wouldn’t be like this.

Another strong wind came, Su Orange eyes can not blow, blowing words will definitely red, she subconsciously closed her eyes, so also did not see the other side of the bike pressed towards her.

When it was about to press on, someone clutched her arm and gave a strong pull, pulling her away to safety.

“Bang bang.” The two bicycles fell to the ground one after another.

Su Orange listened to the sound, her shoulders involuntarily trembled, and her fingers did not know what cut into them, pain emanating from the crevices of her nails, unconsciously shrinking.

“How come every time you see me, something goes wrong?” A nice male voice came along with the sound of the wind, splitting Su Orange’s bad mood, a voice carved into her bones, even without looking at his face, she could guess who it was.

Just…didn’t he leave? How did he come back again?

Su Orange slowly raised her head, met the pair of dazzling phoenix eyes, and all of a sudden fell into his dark pupils like the deep sea.

The light around her was not as bright as the bloom of his eyes, and her heart just accelerated without rules.

One after another.

Louder than the sound of the wind rushing over.

“Why don’t you say anything?” Zhou Yuchen saw that her eyes were red and her face was also red, thinking that it was an increased allergy, and without thinking, he raised his hand to stroke her forehead, “It’s not a fever, is it?”

The moment his palm touched her forehead, Su Orange came back to her senses from her wandering thoughts, and busily took two steps backward, fiddled with the head curtain in front of her, and said in a trembling voice, “No fever.”

When the other girls saw Zhou Yuchen, they couldn’t wait to stick to him, but only Su Orange, every time she saw him, she was like Little Red Riding Hood seeing Granny Wolf, as if he would eat people.

Zhou Yuchen resentfully withdrew his hand, “I don’t eat people.”

“…… “Su Orange froze with a puzzled face.

“So, there’s no need to hide so far away.” Zhou Yuchen said as he sized her up.

Su Orange did hide from him quite far, in the blink of an eye she was already three steps away, she had no way to explain her behavior, she could only purse her lips and not say anything.

Good thing Zhou Yuchen did not want to bother with her, she hid, then he approached on the line, lifted his foot and walked two steps forward, stood in front of her, his voice deliberately lowered, “Raise your head.”

He still has tobacco flavor on his body, leaning too close, Su Orange has a feeling of being circled in his arms, unconsciously made the action of swallowing, “What?”

“Raise your head,” Zhou Yuchen said with a patience that he never had before, “I’ll take a look.”

“Look at what?” She didn’t raise her head and kept talking to him with the top of her head to him.

Zhou Yuchen is used to the girls looking up, the top of her head is really not very comfortable, see she did not raise, he took a small step forward, at this time the distance between the two is only half a fist gap, and sticking is about the same.

Su Orange’s heart that can’t be put to rest once again beat wildly, she wanted to hide again, but this time a step slower, Zhou Yuchen reached out and wrapped his hand around her waist, firmly circling her in the crook of his arm.

With his other hand, he picked up her jaw, forcing her to raise her head.

With four eyes facing each other, Su Orange’s breath was taken away, her lips pursed and unable to say a word.

Zhou Yuchen’s eyes first surveyed her face, after not seeing anything strange, he surveyed her neck, and even stared at her neckline for a few moments.

His eyes were too hot, Su Orange’s whole body seemed to be on fire, and she didn’t know where the strength came from, but even broke away from his hands and gathered her jacket, “What are you doing?”

Zhou Yuchen’s line of sight landed on the side of her neck, where there were many red dots, behind her ears as well, so he could imagine that there must be some on her body as well.

He grabs her wrist and pulls it up, not-so-gently rolling down her sleeve, his eyes burning as he asks, “Are you really allergic?”

It turned out that he was here for her allergies.

Su Orange withdrew her arm, retreated to a safe distance, pulled down her sleeve again, and softly hmmm’d, then added, “I took my medicine, I’ll be fine soon.”

“Can’t eat mango why don’t you tell?” Zhou Yuchen has always been arrogant and uninhibited in front of people, loose and unruly, dangling to be hated and loved, rarely speak in such a serious and serious manner, for a moment, Su Orange was a little uncomfortable, even forgetting to explain.

She stood there anxiously, her fingers were almost rubbing red.

Zhou Yuchen was not going to stop, and asked again, “What did the doctor say?”

“To avoid food and take medicine on time.” Su Orange told all the doctor’s instructions word for word, not forgetting to add at the back, “I’m fine.”

“This is called being fine.” Zhou Yuchen grabbed her arm and shook it, the sleeve slid down, revealing his wrist, which also had red spots on it, “How old are you, can’t you take care of yourself?”

He spoke like he was angry, but Su Orange had absolutely no idea why he was angry.

“Are you annoyed with me?” Su Orange asked tentatively.

“Shouldn’t I be annoyed with you.” Zhou Yuchen knew of no girl who didn’t pay attention to her body, fearing that an injury or a scar would ruin her beauty.

She is good, know that you can not eat mango still eat, look at this red rash, and those broken mouth, really ……

“Why are you angry with me,” Su Orange said with some aggression, her eyes red, “It’s not that I want to be allergic.”

“You can not eat.” Zhou Yuchen said.

“I can’t not eat.” Su Orange’s voice also raised a bit, but compared to him, the volume was still low.

“Why can’t you?”

“Because-” It was from you.

Su Orange almost said it, the words circling around his lips for a long time before swallowing.

“Because what?”

“Nothing.”

There were some things that couldn’t be told, and after telling them, she would lose a lot. The crush was hers alone, and the fling was hers alone.

If he was destined to be a passerby, then he shouldn’t have stepped in.

Her world was too small to accommodate his flings.

For the first time, there was a girl that Zhou Yuchen couldn’t handle, and after a moment of stalemate, he compromised first and didn’t dwell on the topic of the party, “Next time, if you encounter something you can’t eat, remember not to eat it.”

“Uh-huh.” Su Orange nodded her head.

Zhou Yuchen took out a bag from his pocket, “This is full of ointment for allergies, it will be less itchy when you put it on.”

The bag waved in front of his eyes again and again, an unbelievable thought popped up, Su Orange did not hold back and asked, “You are specially here to deliver medicine to me?”

“Yes.” Zhou Yuchen seldom apologized, at least he hadn’t before, he tipped his tongue against the groove of his teeth and said, “Sorry, I didn’t know that you’d be allergic to eating mangoes.”

He hung the bag on Su Orange’s finger, and took out an orange candy from his other pocket, opened the wrapper, and stuffed it into Su Orange’s mouth.

Not knowing whether it was intentional or unintentional, his fingertips also touched her lips, and his voice sank to palpitations:

“Don’t be angry, I’ll make amends to you.”