Chapter 62 Chapter 62 Reality

Li Jinglang hasn't cried for a long time. His eyes are so dry that no tears can flow. He is like a person trapped in a glass cover, unable to grasp hope. He is like duckweed on the lake, unable to reach the shore.

When he was a child, Tang Ningyue locked him up in a small dark room. He always remembered it, so from then on, he didn't dare to contradict her, and even regarded being locked up in a small dark room as his biggest punishment.

But he never thought that his words would come true. If he could go back to the day when he made the promise, he would never say such words again. It would be better for him to be struck by lightning.

Up to that day, Zhou Su had been on a business trip for more than a month. Zhou Su's schedule was postponed again and again. Tang Ningyue counted on her fingers and waited for her to come back. At that time, Li Jinglang had already eaten in Tang Ningyue's school cafeteria for a long time.

Tang Ningyue was admitted to another high school, not in the high school department of this school, which was a million miles away from Li Jinglang. Li Jinglang felt sad for a long time when he heard about this. He could only see her once a week, and sometimes she would go to see other friends on weekends. Li Jinglang couldn't accept it.

So since Zhou Su went on a business trip, Li Jinglang seized the opportunity, began to refuse to eat outside, and tried every means to find her.

In the past, Zhou Su always disagreed with him going there, saying that his going there would affect Tang Ningyue's studies. Li Jinglang endured it for a long time, but later he found out that she would go out of school with her friends at mealtimes or even have meals with friends from other schools. She never missed her studies, but just didn't like to take him with her.

Li Jinglang felt that he was isolated by her. In his world, there were only the two of them. She ignored him, and of course he didn't want to, but he just didn't say it.

At that time, the family did not have the means to hire a live-in nanny, and he did not want to go to the cafeteria, preferring to go hungry. Tang Ningyue had no choice but to agree to come and personally supervise his meals.

It would have been fine if it happened once or twice, and Tang Ningyue was still willing to accompany him. But later, Zhou Su's return time was postponed again and again, and Tang Ningyue could no longer hold on.

Li Jinglang really influenced her.

Junior high school finishes school early. Every time before Tang Ningyue leaves the classroom, Li Jinglang is already waiting for her at the door. He is wearing a school uniform with a shirt and trousers. He is tall and when he stands at the door, he is a head taller than the high school students passing by.

It was always raining during that period. He stood at the door holding a black umbrella. He was tall and thin, with an extremely pale face. He was thinking and had no intention of lowering his head to avoid anything. He stared straight at the person who came, wanting to see Tang Ningyue first, which always made other girls stop.

Tang Ningyue thought he was too conspicuous and didn't allow him to get too close to the door. He was chased to the overpass opposite. He stood there alone, beaten by the wind and rain, motionless, just waiting for her to come out.

At that time, Tang Ningyue didn't feel sorry for him. Perhaps she didn't have the time or the mood to feel sorry for him. She just felt that he affected her ability to make friends and her social interactions, and she was always very annoyed.

The last few times Li Jinglang had dinner with Tang Ningyue's friends, he was very close to her. Whenever her friends touched her while talking and laughing or dancing, Li Jinglang would pull her towards him. The action was too obvious and always made the atmosphere awkward.

Li Jinglang was scolded by Tang Ningyue several times for this. He always admitted his mistakes sincerely and apologized with his head bowed. He was almost numb from saying the three words "I'm sorry", but he still didn't change when faced with reality.

Tang Ningyue had given up preaching to him later. She couldn't let him starve. At that time, she still had a conscience and had not been completely assimilated by her biological mother. She almost moved herself.

But Li Jinglang always wanted to push his luck. It was rainy and windy during that period, and he had a cold for a long time. Tang Ningyue asked him to eat at her school and not to come. Li Jinglang was so nervous that he couldn't sleep all night. He asked her if what she said was true, and begged her for a long time before she agreed.

During that time, Li Jinglang was still very well-behaved and obedient. Tang Ningyue didn't know when he started to change. She only remembered that he was particularly good at coaxing her and acting coquettishly at that time.

He was caught in the rain several times, and it was not known whether he was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. Even though he had a fever of 39 degrees, he still insisted on looking for her. Tang Ningyue was so angry.

People are always more fragile when they are sick, and Li Jinglang is even more so. Tang Ningyue went to take his temperature in the middle of the night. Li Jinglang stared at her for a long time. It was not known whether he was moved or because she slapped him in the face for not taking the medicine properly. The corners of his eyes were red and wet, and he looked pitiful.

"Can I still come to your place for dinner?"

He never forgot it.

Tang Ningyue looked at him and sighed helplessly. She put the fever-reducing patch back on his forehead and gently rubbed his face: "If you can get rid of the fever tonight, I'll let you go."

"It feels so comfortable." He replied in a daze.

"What?"

"Your hands...are cool...very comfortable." He half-opened his eyes, still able to answer her question in a daze.

Tang Ningyue sneered and pinched his face twice, "Are you stupid?"

There was only a floor lamp on in front of the bed, and their two shadows were reflected on the wall. Li Jinglang tried hard to open his eyes wide to remember this warm scene, but he couldn't escape the pain of his swollen eyeballs. He wanted to rub them, but Tang Ningyue held his hand down.

"Don't rub it."

"Uncomfortable..." he said.

"Can you wipe it with a towel?" Tang Ningyue brushed away the hair on his forehead, her voice so gentle.

“.....”

Tang Ningyue wrung out the wet towel in the basin, folded it up and gently wiped his face twice. Li Jinglang hummed comfortably and couldn't help but want to rub the towel in her hand.

"Have you ever taken care of others like this?"

"Who are you talking about?" Tang Ningyue took the cup beside the bed and put the straw between his lips. "Wen Xi?"

"Have you taken care of her too?" Hearing someone else's name, Li Jinglang became alert and followed her closely with his eyes. "When?"

"It's been a long time. She's not as stubborn as you and doesn't want to go to the hospital. Others get better quickly after going to the hospital." Tang Ningyue said deliberately.

"Did you wipe her face too?" Li Jinglang didn't care about the emphasis of her words at all, he only cared about whether she had only taken care of him.

"Why do you care about these things?" Tang Ningyue found it a little funny that he cared about useless things.

"Ask..." He said a little aggrievedly, "You don't tell me about your affairs." He paused, "I want to know."

"No, Xu Qing is here to take care of her too." Tang Ningyue said perfunctorily.

Hearing the name he shouldn't have heard again, Li Jinglang ignored his physical discomfort and grabbed her arm to get to the bottom of it.

"Doesn't he live far away?"

"Why did he come all the way here?"

"Are they really that close?"

Li Jinglang became inexplicably anxious and began to speak incoherently.

"Then why did you come all the way to my school to eat?" Tang Ningyue pretended to question him and pinched his face again, "Are we really that close?"

“.....”

After being talked about for no reason, Li Jinglang was a little at a loss and remained silent, not daring to speak.

He looked at her awkwardly for a long time before he dared to say anything.

"sorry..."

He couldn't say anything but sorry, the only words Tang Ningyue hated the most.

"Then don't come tomorrow," she said.

"Why?" Li Jinglang was unwilling and didn't dare to refute her, "Don't..."

She tilted her head, and Li Jinglang couldn't understand her micro-expressions. Sometimes being too loyal is not a good thing, as it will only lead to being fooled.

“…I said the wrong thing.”

"sorry."

He said again.

"Don't you just ignore others at school?" Tang Ningyue teased him again, "Why are you pretending?"

“…”

Li Jinglang could never guess what she was thinking, nor did he know what she meant, and he didn't dare to speculate about her.

"What do you like about me?"

“....”

"I like..." Tang Ningyue's eyes rolled back and forth, and she smiled at him, "I like you to listen to me obediently..."

"Don't come to school to find me." She said her ultimate goal.

“…”

Li Jinglang's impulse to agree to her came to an abrupt end, as if there was something stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say the words of agreement.

"I will be good and listen to you..."

After holding it in for a long time, he only agreed to the first half of the sentence, saying that he was not allowed to go find her, as he couldn't and didn't want to.

Tang Ningyue smiled and rubbed his head while teasing him.

"What if you don't listen to me?"

"Then lock me up and don't let me see you."

This was the greatest punishment Li Jinglang had ever promised himself at the time. He never imagined that one day it would come true in such a tragic form.

It made him feel like dying.

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The author has something to say: If I could go back to the past~

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