Chapter 34 Chapter 34 It was never what she needed, but...

Even though it was difficult for him to distinguish, Lin Qianyuan still accurately grasped the key words in his words, his eyes full of joy.

Her face was restrained and expressionless. After a few seconds, she hummed in a flat tone.

Lin Qianyuan leaned against the wall, touched the vase in the ward, took out the artificial flowers, and played with them leisurely.

The surface of the vase is yellow-black, with occasional hints of blood-red, and looks desolate and muddy, as if it had just been unearthed.

It is pit-fired ceramics with good quality.

Lin Qianyuan put the vase down, pulled out a notepad, and wrote on it: [Are you leaving?] She slipped the notepad and pen through the crack in the door.

Pei Lanqing raised his eyebrows, took it with a smile, and said, "No."

Lin Qianyuan's ears wouldn't let her open her mouth to speak too much; the echo was too painful. She saw the words he had written and suddenly became curious. "Why are you staying here? Is it because I asked you to come visit me?"

She only mentioned it once, but he seemed to understand what she hadn't said and came every day.

Lin Qianyuan frowned. She had forgotten that he had the ability to easily see into other people's hearts, which made him gentle and considerate. Her strong self-esteem prevented her from saying anything to anyone to keep her, so he didn't expose her, but just sat there quietly with her.

Lin Qianyuan curled his lips, feeling dejected, but he had to tell the truth, "Teacher Pei, I really don't want to see anyone."

She had been calling him by his given name these days, a name she hadn't heard in ages. She truly followed her heart. Pei Lanqing lowered his head, silently laughing. He turned his gaze toward the ward door, "No need to see."

He knew clearly in his heart that he could not bear any pain for her, but he subconsciously wanted to get closer to her, as if the closer the distance was, the more clearly he could feel her presence.

It was never her need, but my need.

The inner loss of composure was also a loss of composure. Pei Lanqing lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Lin Qianyuan didn't want him to leave, nor did she want to open the door to let him in. Pulled between the two sides, she began to feel depressed and chose to escape, "I'm going to sleep."

[Yes,] Pei Lanqing stood up straight. Before closing the door for her, he said to her, [Go to sleep. Call me if you need anything.]

Lin Qianyuan lay on the bed, looked at the ceiling for a while, turned sideways, and the scent of sandalwood, which was also a woody fragrance, lingered in his nose. Lin Qianyuan closed his eyes and felt at peace.

She slept until eight o'clock in the evening. Aunt Wu was sitting on the sofa. Seeing that she woke up, she asked her if she wanted to eat something.

Lin Qianyuan nodded slightly.

Aunt Wu stood up with a smile, placed the food on the coffee table, and handed over a pair of chopsticks.

Lin Qianyuan sat down and took the chopsticks. She looked at the supplements, raised her head, and asked, "Where's Teacher Pei?"

Wu Ma didn't know what the purpose of her question was and was thinking about how she should answer.

Lin Qianyuan waited for her patiently, but his gaze remained on her face for a long, oppressive moment.

Wu Ma paused for a moment, then took a pen and wrote: [Already left.]

"Oh," Lin Qianyuan turned his eyes away and drank a mouthful of porridge without much concern.

After the operation, she had been relying on intravenous drips to maintain her nutrition for a long time. Now that she could eat something, she felt that it was even more unbearable than the intravenous drip. After taking the third sip, Lin Qianyuan put down the spoon in her hand.

Wu Ma had just poached a hard-boiled egg and asked in surprise, "Young lady, aren't you going to eat anymore?"

Lin Qianyuan didn't reply, seemingly agreeing. She couldn't help but gently persuade him, "Eat a little more. You've had a hard day." Suddenly, something came to mind. Wu Ma turned the page and tentatively wrote, "Young lady, do you want to know when Teacher Pei left?"

Lin Qianyuan remained silent. Wu Ma lowered her eyes, suppressing her smile. Unsure if they had made an agreement, she simply added honestly, "Teacher Pei must have been here all afternoon. He only left when he saw me coming."

"I understand," Lin Qianyuan responded without any emotion. He picked up the spoon again, stirred it a few times, and buried his head in eating.

Aunt Wu put down her pen and served her food with a smile. Lin Qianyuan did not refuse and picked up the chopsticks.

She ate a lot tonight, and Aunt Wu was very happy. She thought that what Teacher Pei said was true. After she told her, she was willing to eat something she didn't like.

As for after leaving the dinner table, Wu Ma said that she really could not agree with the statement "She is easy to talk to." She sighed silently in her heart.

The next morning, Lin Qianyuan received a message from Pei Lanqing, "I have something to do this afternoon."

Lin Qianyuan opened the calendar on his phone. Today was Sunday. What could possibly happen? Besides, did she want him to come over?

Lin Qianyuan locked the screen, read the message but didn't reply, threw the phone aside and continued drawing.

In just two seconds, the tip of the charcoal pencil on the sketch paper was broken. Lin Qianyuan put the pen down heavily and clicked her tongue in disgust. She took note of the brand and decided never to buy it again.

Pei Lanqing was still typing when he suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder. He turned around and looked over.

Zhang Shurui was a little shorter than him. With some difficulty, he put his arm on his shoulder and asked him with a smile what he was doing.

Pei Lan turned off his phone and said naturally, "Nothing."

Zhang Shurui put his hand down, thinking there was something strange. He circled around him but couldn't figure out anything, so he let it go for now. "My taxi is here, time to go."

Today was the day their volunteer club had arranged to have dinner together. The passenger seat of the car was reserved for a single girl, and the three boys sat in the back seat.

Pei Lanqing was the last one to get on the bus, sitting by the window. Zhang Shurui sat in the middle, and the girl's boyfriend was on the other side.

When the president was counting the number of people in the group, he specifically noted that family members were allowed to bring along. He went to the same school as them and studied the same major as his girlfriend, Chinese.

The driver turned on his turn signal and entered the main road. The boy walked past Zhang Shurui and smiled friendly, "Are you Pei Lanqing?"

Pei Lanqing looked over, confused, and responded politely, "Yes."

The boy took out his phone and tried not to sound awkward, "Add me."

Zhang Shurui in the middle was stunned and turned to look at the people around him, "You are attracted to both men and women."

Pei Lanqing frowned and suddenly nudged his abdomen with his elbow, meaning to stop talking nonsense.

He accepted the boy's friend request.

The co-pilot just happened to give him a resentful look. Zhang Shurui shut up, leaned over and apologized sincerely, "I'm sorry, and I'm bothering you to pretend I didn't say anything."

He was so busy joking that he forgot the guy's girlfriend was sitting right in front of him.

The girl was a gentle person. After he apologized, she also walked down the stairs, smiled, and explained on her boyfriend's behalf: "He is very interested in law and plans to change his major this year."

They checked the official website together and found out that Pei Lanqing ranked first in his major in GPA last semester and won a first-class scholarship.

The girl craned her neck and looked at Pei Lanqing awkwardly. "To transfer to the law school, you need to pass both a written exam and an interview. He might have been asking you questions frequently recently, so I'm sorry if this bothers you."

Pei Lanqing smiled and shook his head at her. "Feel free to bother you." After that, he looked at the boy and smiled friendly. "Welcome to learn the law."

The boy was a shy person in private. He blushed and scratched his head in embarrassment. "I will definitely prepare well."

The girl looked at him with a smile and whispered "Come on". The boy also looked at her with a smile and nodded slightly. She looked at him again and turned around to sit down.

Zhang Shurui, who had watched the entire process, was filled with envy. Where did this girlfriend come from? He wanted one too. He raised his arm and nudged Pei Lanqing, unable to resist expressing his envy.

Pei Lanqing was busy with his work and thought he had taken up his space. He didn't look up, but just shrank to the side.

He looked at the message Lin Qianyuan sent and finished typing what he hadn't finished before getting in the car. "It's not that I'm not going, it's that I'll be there later."

Lin Qianyuan nodded reluctantly. After a few minutes, the hand that was twirling the pen slapped the sketch paper, causing it to shake. She couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

Pei Lanqing told the truth, [dinner party.]

Why did he have to eat with others? Lin Qianyuan felt uncomfortable and typed a few words, [Are there a lot of people?]

Pei Lanqing: [Not bad, about a dozen.]

Lin Qianyuan immediately put down her phone, crossed her arms, and looked at the words with displeasure. She snorted disdainfully, not understanding what was so good about participating in this.

She hated eating with so many people the most in her life. It was probably the same as at the Lin family, with so many people gathered around a table that it was hard to see their faces and there wasn't enough air to breathe. How could anyone have time to pick up food?

When he thought about having to divide his attention among more than a dozen people, Lin Qianyuan became extremely annoyed and pulled up the quilt to cover his face, feeling depressed alone.

The cell phone on the bed vibrated, and she reluctantly reached for it and hid under the quilt to read it.

Pei Lanqing: [Can you eat double-skin milk? ]

There was a dessert shop in the mall they went to. The double skin milk in this shop was very popular. Maybe it was a marketing strategy, but she just liked it.

The doctor suggested eating some high-protein foods. Lin Qianyuan pursed her lips and said, "Just a little bit." She could only taste it at most. Forget it. Lin Qianyuan then said, "Why not just not buy it?"

Pei Lanqing smiled and said, "I ate a little bit."

The air was thin under the quilt. Lin Qianyuan emerged and pressed the corners of her mouth, feeling extremely embarrassed. "Okay then," she said, "there's one thing I haven't said yet. "I'm going to take a nap today, around two o'clock."

It was now 10:01. Without even thinking, Pei Lanqing replied, "I'll be there as soon as possible."

Lin Qianyuan didn't say anything else, changed a charcoal pencil and continued drawing.

Pei Lanqing exited the chat app and just put down his phone when Zhang Shurui approached him with ill intent, "Who are you chatting with?"

Pei Lanqing frowned and pushed his head away with his phone, "No one."

Zhang Shurui glanced at him sideways and said seriously, "I observed the celestial phenomena last night. Guess what?"

Pei Lanqing read the book recommended to him by Professor Qin Shouan last night and went to bed very late. In addition, he stayed in the car for a long time, and he immediately felt physically tired.

It was probably not a good thing, so he was too lazy to pay attention to him and closed his eyes to rest.

The place suddenly became quiet, and Zhang Shurui immediately became angry, "Hey, at least cooperate with me."

The girl sitting in front couldn't bear it and said, "What happened to the sky last night?"

Zhang Shurui had been following a fairy tale drama these days. At this moment, he was the immortal in the drama. He stroked his nonexistent beard and said calmly, "He."

Zhang Shurui quietly pointed at Pei Lanqing and said, "The astronomical signs show that this person's love life is moving. He is bound to..." The car just arrived at the destination and the driver stopped. Zhang Shurui stopped talking in time and finished with a smile, "To know what happened next, please listen to the next chapter."

The other two people in the car couldn't help laughing at his amusement. Pei Lanqing, who got off first, was speechless. Zhang Shurui walked over to him, touched his chin, narrowed his eyes, and looked at him sharply, "You feel guilty."

Pei Lanqing looked at him, his sleepiness dissipating a little. He didn't mind talking to him for a while. "Whoever makes the claim must provide evidence."

Pei Lanqing remained calm and decisive, retorting, "Where's your evidence?"

Zhang Shurui sighed, his momentum not diminished at all. "Doesn't that expression you had just now say something?"

This hit the spot exactly where Pei Lanqing wanted to be. He smiled and began his argument slowly, "Are you saying that a purely subjective description can be used as evidence? Excuse me," he said, rhythmically slowing down his speech and then slightly speeding up, "are you planning to tell the judge in court later that he looked guilty that day? Forget about analyzing micro-expressions, you can't even pinpoint an objective source. How can that count as evidence? Are you planning to switch to the field of criminal psychology?"

"If I don't turn," Pei Lanqing smiled at him, humbly and politely, "If all the opponents I meet are like you, I might be very happy."

After saying that, he glanced at him casually, then turned and left as if nothing had happened.

The couple standing by were both amazed. No wonder when they were watching the law school debate yesterday, they heard someone asking why Pei Lanqing didn't come. What gossip... They turned to look at Zhang Shurui at the same time, their eyes full of sympathy.

Zhang Shurui: “…”

I was so angry. Next time I talk to Pei Lanqing, I'll definitely install a camera on my head. Also, did he suffer any personal attacks from him?

His personal rights were actually treated with such contempt. From now on, if anyone says that Pei Lanqing is polite, Zhang Shurui will definitely be the first to disagree.

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The author has something to say: Lin Qianyuan is very talkative

Polite Pei Lanqing

With these two mouths like this, wouldn't kissing be dangerous? Because there's a risk of poisoning each other (no). It seems like two people together is a positive plus a negative. Late at night, I made myself feel cold. My roommate always says I love to tell jokes. I used to think she didn't appreciate them, but now I can only say, you really have good taste. I'm so sorry to have made you feel cold again this time (sincere face)