Chapter 9: The Letter That Hurts My Father

She paused at the stairs for a moment, took a deep breath while holding the letter in her hand, and then walked towards Song Ci's classroom with a fearless attitude.

Chi Jinjin came to the door, raised her hand and knocked on it, and a boy opened the classroom door for her.

"Um, hello, senior. I, I want to look for senior Song Ci." Chi Jinjin said hesitantly.

"What do you want from me?" Song Ci pushed the man away and came directly to Chi Jinjin.

The sharp look in her eyes made Chi Jinjin feel uneasy. She lowered her head and hurriedly handed him the letter, saying incoherently, "This, this, this, yes, yes, it's for you."

Chi Jinjin had originally prepared a polite speech, but when she saw Song Ci, she panicked and forgot everything.

Ji Yang, who was sitting in the distance, leaned against the back seat, looking like he was enjoying the show.

Song Ci didn't answer the letter for a long time. Chi Jinjin felt very uneasy. Her outstretched hands were sore, but she didn't dare to speak or move.

Fortunately, Song Ci still took the letter. Chi Jinjin quickly bowed and said, "Well, no, if there's nothing else, I..."

"I'll be leaving first!"

Chi Jinjin turned around and ran, but the walkway had just been mopped and the water stains on the ground had not dried yet, making it very slippery. Chi Jinjin had not run a few steps when he fell flat on his face.

The people around him burst into laughter.

Listening to the deafening laughter beside him, Chi Jinjin wished he could dig the ground right where he was and fall directly to the third floor.

"Are you okay?"

Amidst the laughter, a familiar and gentle voice suddenly came.

Chi Jinjin looked up and saw Nan Xuqiu extending his hand. He asked, "Do you need help?"

His hands are big and clean, with pink nails.

Chi Jinjin's face turned red like a cooked crab. She hurriedly got up from the ground, not daring to look at him, and said, "No, no thanks, senior."

As she said this, she lowered her head and quickly ran past him.

It's so embarrassing. Why do I have to be so embarrassing every time in front of him!

Chi Jinjin felt like crying as she ran.

After returning to the classroom, Tang Shi saw her and asked in surprise, "Jinjin, what happened to you?"

Chi Jinjin looked down at her dirty school uniform and replied, "I accidentally fell when I went to the bathroom just now."

"Are you not hurt?" Tang Shi quickly stood up and checked on her.

"No, no." Chi Jinjin shook her head.

Tang Shi pulled out a few pieces of paper and stuffed them into her hands, saying, "Wipe it quickly. You better be careful when you walk."

Chi Jinjin smiled awkwardly, sat down and wiped the dirty water off her body. Thinking back to what had just happened, she felt more and more embarrassed. But suddenly she remembered that she seemed not to have told Song Ci who sent the letter!

Will Song Ci think that I gave it to him?

Chi Jinjin became worried and forgot everything in her panic. She considered whether she should go and talk to him again, but when she thought about how she had just lost such a big person, she didn't want to go to the fourth floor again for the next month.

She thought since it was a letter, it should be signed...

Chi Jinjin slapped her face and didn't want to think about this bad thing anymore.

"What is it? Let me see it." Ji Yang curiously took the letter from Song Ci's hand and opened it. He saw the following words written on it:

Only you are my dearest,

In this world.

I quietly follow your footsteps,

Never change your heart,

Like a shadow, in the sunlight,

Follow pedestrians.

As dusk gradually approaches, the shadows grow longer:

The three big characters "Chi Jinjin" were written at the top of the paper.

Ji Yang exclaimed in surprise, "A love letter! Holy shit, you actually received a love letter!"

Song Ci snorted coldly and said, "That woman really likes me."

"Do you know her?" Ji Yang asked.

Song Ci replied, "I don't know her, but I've seen that woman several times, and she's always been peeping at me."

Ji Yang smiled and said, "Then how do you know for sure that this love letter is hers? What if it was someone else named Chi Jinjin, and she delivered it on her behalf? Otherwise... I'll go check it out for you?"

"Yeah." Song Ci thought about it and nodded.

As night falls, the hot weather makes people unwilling to talk, and the classroom is unusually quiet.

But completely different from this is the bar on the other side of the city, a Gothic-style building, shining with dazzling neon lights, the air is mixed with the strong smell of cigarettes and alcohol, the music is deafening, and the sound of clinking glasses and uncontrollable laughter is everywhere.

Ji Yang walked over with the beautiful woman in his arms, sat down on the table with the wine, and said to Song Ci, "I found out that the girl who delivered the letter is Chi Jinjin, from Class 140."

"Delivering a letter?" Nan Xuqiu, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, suddenly asked.

Ji Yang smiled and said, "The one who fell on the aisle that day, she gave Song Ci a love letter."

Nan Xuqiu smiled and took a sip of the wine in his hand.

"Congratulations! I received my first love letter in high school." Ji Yang clinked the wine glass in Song Ci's hand, sat down next to him, and teased, "How about it, brother? Do you want to have a relationship?"

"Talk about your mother." Song Ci sneered, "I'm not interested in that kind of ordinary girl."

"I think a girl who dares to write a love letter to you is not an ordinary girl. At least she is brave. Besides..." Ji Yang said nonchalantly, "You can talk about my mother, but I talk about my mother a lot. I don't know which one you want to talk about?"

"Fuck it, get out of here." Song Ci cursed.

Ji Yang smiled listlessly and took a sip of wine.

During evening study, Chi Jinjin couldn't help but sigh.

"Jinjin, what's wrong with you?" Tang Shi asked when he saw her frowning face.

Chi Jinjin rubbed her eyes and said, "I don't know why, but my right eyelid keeps twitching. It feels like something bad is going to happen."

"No way, it's the modern era now, and you still believe in superstitions. You've just been reading for too long. Just take a break." Tang Shi said with a smile.

"Maybe." Chi Jinjin looked out the window, wanting to rest her eyes.

"Jinjin, do you have any paper? I want to go to the toilet." Tang Shi asked.

Chi Jinjin propped up her head, closed her eyes, and said tiredly, "Yes, it's in my desk, take it yourself."

Tang Shi leaned over and searched in her desk.

She finally found the paper in the corner, but when she took it out, she accidentally brought out a piece of paper from her desk and it fell to the ground.

Tang Shi reached out, picked it up, and placed it in front of her.

Chi Jinjin opened his eyes and asked lazily, "What is it?"

"I don't know. It was in your desk and fell on the ground. I picked it up for you. Ouch, I can't take it anymore. My stomach hurts. I need to go to the bathroom!" Tang Shi covered his stomach and ran out of the classroom in a hurry.

Chi Jinjin leaned over the table, opened the paper and took a look.

She didn't know until she saw it. She was so scared that she almost jumped out of her seat. She realized that the piece of paper in her hand was the letter that the girl wanted her to deliver!

So what did you give to Song Ci?

Chi Jinjin was completely shocked and just wanted to look up and shout, "Oh my God!!"

Song Ci checked the time on his phone and stood up from the sofa.

"Why, are you leaving?" Ji Yang asked, looking up.

Song Ci said, "It's boring. I'm going home to play games."

Shortly after Song Ci left, a hot blonde foreign beauty came over. She held a goblet in her hand, placed it on Nan Xuqiu's body, sat down next to him, and asked, "Hey, handsome, you want a drink?"

Nan Xuqiu said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I don't understand English."

He stood up and said to Ji Yang, "I'm leaving first, you can do whatever you want."

"Ah~ Why are you leaving too?" Ji Yang drawled, "Come on~ Stay with me~"

Nan Xuqiu smiled, picked up the coat beside him, and left without looking back.

Ji Yang could only sigh and turned around to chat with the blonde beauty again.

At one o'clock in the morning, Chi Jinjin tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. Thinking about the letter, she felt annoyed.

What should I do...

Chi Jinjin was extremely worried.

Because he slept too late at night, Chi Jinjin couldn't help but doze off during morning reading the next day.

She was not awakened until Wang Weiguo came over and knocked on her desk.

"Teacher..." Chi Jinjin looked at him nervously.

Wang Weiguo said, "Chi Jinjin, didn't you study too late last night? Studying is important, but rest is more important. Make sure you rest well."

"Yes, thank you, Teacher." Chi Jinjin nodded, sighing in her heart.

After Wang Weiguo left, Tang Shi couldn't help but grumble, "It's so unfair. Why is it that Wang scolds me so much while I'm sleeping?"

Chi Jinjin smiled, rubbed her eyes, cheered herself up and started to recite.

After thinking for a day, Chi Jinjin decided to send the correct letter. After all, she had taken the other person's money. There was also a phone number on the letter, so she was probably still waiting for Song Cidao's reply.

So with a nervous mood, she went up to the fourth floor again, hiding herself all the way, for fear that she would be recognized as the person who fell and was badly beaten last time. Fortunately, those people seemed to have forgotten about it.

When she passed by Nan Xuqiu's window, she couldn't help but glance at him, but he was not sitting at his seat. There was only the book he usually read on the table.

Chi Jinjin walked to Song Ci's classroom with some disappointment, but Song Ci was not there either.

So she had to go downstairs, but unexpectedly she met Song Ci and Ji Yang in the stairwell, and Nan Xuqiu was there too.

Nan Xuqiu leaned on the railing and looked at Chi Jinjin.

Chi Jinjin avoided his gaze. She wanted to leave quickly, but then she remembered the letter in her hand.

"Um, Senior Song..." Chi Jinjin mustered up the courage and said to Song Ci, "I, I have something to give you."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but nervously took out the letter from her pocket and handed it to him.

Song Ci took it and asked, "Another love letter?"

"Yeah." Chi Jinjin nodded and quickly explained, "This is what happened. I..."

"I know." Song Ci interrupted her and said sternly, "Actually, I've noticed you're interested in me for a long time, but you're not my type. Don't be such a toad dreaming of swan meat. I have no interest in you at all. Stop writing me these sour and disgusting letters."

"Ah?" Chi Jinjin didn't react for a moment, then thought of the wrong letter and hurriedly explained, "No, Senior Song, you, you misunderstood. I don't like you."

"If you don't like me, why do you write me these disgusting letters?" Song Ci sneered, "Stop pretending. Don't think I haven't noticed that you run to the fourth floor every day just to sneak a peek at me and try to get my attention."

"I really don't like you." Chi Jinjin said anxiously, "Senior, there was a girl from outside the school who asked me to help give you a letter, but I accidentally gave it to the wrong person. The one you have in your hand now is..."

"Stop!" Song Ci interrupted her again, mocking her, "I know you women are very concerned about your reputation and feel embarrassed when you're rejected, but you shouldn't use such a lame excuse. You look silly, but you're pretty quick at making up stories on the spot."

"No, what I said is true." Chi Jinjin felt like she couldn't get rid of the feeling even if she jumped into the Yellow River. She could only say emphatically, "I don't like you. I really don't like you."

"Then why do you go to the fourth floor every day?" Song Ci asked.

"I..." Chi Jinjin looked at Nan Xuqiu beside her, stammering and unable to speak.

How could she say that she ran upstairs every day just to see Nan Xuqiu?

Song Ci's patience was exhausted, and he shouted directly, "I'm asking you a question? Are you mute? Speak!"

Chi Jinjin was frightened and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, looking like she was about to cry.

Song Ci was stunned and said irritably, "What are you doing? Why are you crying? I didn't hit you!"

"You scared her." Nan Xuqiu suddenly said, pulled Song Ci back, took out a pack of tissues from his pocket and handed it to Chi Jinjin.

Chi Jinjin looked at the tissue handed to her, took it with a trembling hand, and said with a choked voice, "Thank you, senior."

She sniffed, holding back the tears in her eyes, and said to Song Ci, "Whether you believe it or not, I have said everything I need to say."

Chi Jinjin pushed away the annoying Song Ci in front of her and walked downstairs, but suddenly stopped, looked back at Nan Xuqiu, and said to Song Ci, "Senior Song, even if you don't want to accept other people's love, you shouldn't treat other people's love like garbage!"

After saying that, Chi Jinjin quickly ran away.

Song Ci, who was pushed aside, looked surprised and said in disbelief, "She...she dared to push me? And glared at me?"

Ji Yang chuckled and said, "This junior sister is quite interesting."

Nan Xuqiu couldn't help but laugh and turned to look in the direction she left.

Song Ci returned to the classroom angrily, sat down in his chair, took out the letter and threw it on the table, saying angrily, "That woman is so hypocritical. She clearly wrote me a love letter, but she still damn well denies it!"

"Song Ci." Ji Yang looked at the one Chi Jinjin had just given him and said, "These two letters seem really different. There's contact information and my name on the back of this letter."

Song Ci put the two letters together and looked at them. They were indeed very different. The handwriting on the former was neat and clean, while the handwriting on the latter was sloppy and flowery.

"So what if it's different? She still wrote me this love letter." Song Ci said, patting the letter.

Nan Xuqiu, who was standing against the wall, reached out and took out the letter that was pressed under his hand, took a look at it, and suddenly laughed.

"Lao Nan, what's wrong? What are you laughing at?" Ji Yang and Song Ci were confused.

Nan Xuqiu said slowly, "I've seen this letter."

"Has there ever been a woman who wrote you a letter exactly like this?" Song Ci asked.

"That's not the case." Nan Xuqiu put the letter down and said, "I've seen it in a book. There's actually one sentence missing from the end of this letter."

"What?" Song Ci was puzzled.

Nan Xuqiu said slowly, "Motherland, the darker the sky above you becomes, the more my sorrow grows."

He sat down in front of Song Ci, tapped the letter with his fingertips, and said, "Petofi, 'Song of the Patriot.'"

Ji Yang on the side seemed to understand something, and quickly took out his mobile phone and started searching.

The next moment, Ji Yang burst into laughter and slapped the table with laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" Song Ci snatched his phone away, took a look at it, and suddenly realized that it was not a love letter at all, but a patriotic poem.