Chapter 4 Help

◎The paper was rejected◎

Zhao Yan guessed that she must have recognized the wrong person. After thinking about it, he still asked what he originally wanted to say: "Have you arrived at the dormitory?"

Jiang Siyue changed her dejected attitude and stood up straight immediately, her fingers frantically grabbing the wall behind her, "Um, I didn't see the number? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"fine."

Zhao Yan's voice remained calm. Jiang Siyue patted her head in frustration and brought up the topic again: "Um, I just arrived at the dormitory door."

"Okay, take a good rest and contact me if you have any questions."

"Okay." Jiang Siyue hung up the phone and immediately set an exclusive ringtone for Zhao Yan.

"Bang! Boom..."

A flash of black flashed past Jiang Siyue's eyes, and a few seconds later, the black suitcase stopped at the corner of the stairs.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to." Li Shasha stood at the dormitory door, her expression exaggerated and fake. Jiang Siyue cursed inwardly, what a ghost! This young lady actually came to school so early.

Jiang Siyue didn't have the energy to mess with her, so she just said, "Put it up for me."

"My hands hurt and I can't lift it. Please lift it yourself. I'm so sorry."

After saying that, Li Shasha slipped into the dormitory. Jiang Siyue's breath was stuck in her throat. She took two steps at a time and went upstairs and rushed into the dormitory.

"Li Shasha, lift it up to me." Jiang Siyue tried her best to suppress her anger.

"I won't." Li Shasha flipped open the book in front of her and said shamelessly, "My hand hurts. If you don't mention it, I'll just leave it there."

Jiang Siyue closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Li Shasha closed the book, smiled, and said proudly, "You better hold back. If you really hit me, I will tell the teacher and you will at least be punished."

After a while, there was a sound of a door slamming. Li Shasha snorted and continued reading. Jiang Siyue was a paper tiger, and she only dared to act scary. She was not afraid of him.

Jiang Siyue resigned herself to her fate and went downstairs, carrying her suitcases up again one by one.

After living together for more than a year, Li Shasha always targeted her crazily. At first, Jiang Siyue didn't know the reason, until she talked about it with her roommate Peng He, she finally understood.

It was because she rarely responded to Li Shasha and always refused Li Shasha's requests to bring her meals or deliver express packages. Li Shasha was unhappy about it, so she targeted her everywhere.

Ignoring Li Shasha's provocative snort, Jiang Siyue continued to clean up. She was very tired today and didn't have time to argue with this young lady. She wanted to finish cleaning up quickly and rest.

On one side, Li Shasha was watching a variety show and laughing heartily. Jiang Siyue's temples were jumping because of the noise. "Li Shasha, please keep your voice down a bit."

"I don't! You don't want to hear your—"

Too lazy to waste time, Jiang Siyue threw a bag of chips at Li Shasha, hitting her right on the lips. Jiang Siyue glanced at her coldly, and Li Shasha fell completely silent. She stormed out the door, then let out a strange cry, rushed back, pushed Jiang Siyue's shoulder, and demanded, "Did you flatten my high heels? Do you know how expensive they are? Over ten thousand! You—"

Jiang Siyue grabbed her finger that was pointing at her and said coldly, "Don't you know that you should keep expensive things away?"

Li Shasha was frightened by her eyes. Jiang Siyue shook off her hand, turned around and climbed onto the bed. After pulling the curtains, Jiang Siyue relaxed and trembled uncontrollably, but the fatigue in her heart finally subsided a little.

I slept until dawn and felt a dull pain on the back of my left hand. I rubbed my eyes and took a closer look. I saw a bruise where I hit Zhao Yan yesterday.

"Is this person made of steel?" Jiang Siyue muttered softly, then turned to touch her mobile phone. Seeing the words "delivered" from Zhang Min'an, Jiang Siyue felt that all the haze in her heart disappeared instantly. Seeing Li Shasha while brushing her teeth was not as glaring as before.

After seeing the marriage certificate, Zhou Hong rarely sent messages to Jiang Siyue. Li Shasha was also very well-behaved and unusually quiet. Jiang Siyue had never felt her life was so comfortable.

Zhao Yan would occasionally send her a message to ask for her opinion on soft furnishings, but their conversations were always brief and concise. They didn't seem like a couple, but more like roommates.

Jiang Siyue thought about it for a while and felt that the word "roommate" was very appropriate, neither too intimate nor too inappropriate.

At seven in the evening, Jiang Siyue felt a little hungry. After packing up her things, she left the library. If her guess was correct, the submission results should be out in the next two days. Today, she wanted to treat herself to a good meal.

After dinner time, there were not many people in the Dapanji restaurant. Jiang Siyue sat at her seat and memorized words.

Two little red dots suddenly appeared on WeChat, and Jiang Siyue excitedly opened Zhang Min'an's chat box.

【Instructor: Rejected.】

【Instructor: Let’s forget about this one.】

"Classmate, your big plate of chicken is here!"

The aroma of food filled her nostrils. Just seconds ago, it was the flavor she'd been craving. She took a piece and put it in her mouth. It was fragrant, but not delicious. The soft potato had a bitter taste.

It just didn't work out that time. Didn't you expect this kind of result? There's nothing to be sad about. Jiang Siyue silently comforted herself in her heart.

After silently finishing a large plate of chicken, Jiang Siyue paid the bill woodenly. When she pushed open the glass door, she found that it was drizzling in the sky. When the wind blew over, every inch was cold.

Leaving in the rain, Jiang Siyue felt as if her head weighed a thousand pounds and she couldn't lift it up. Her arm was suddenly hit and she almost fell. She stumbled for two steps before she stood up. When she looked up, the bicycle that had caused the accident had already sped away.

After rubbing the place where she was knocked down, Jiang Siyue picked up the bag on the ground and continued walking towards school.

The rain was heavy all the way, and her whole body was covered with raindrops, even her eyelashes were not spared. She dragged her tired body upstairs, and felt for the key, but found nothing. Jiang Siyue panicked instantly and searched all her pockets, but still couldn't find it.

It was the one that I was hit just now.

Looking at the closed door, Jiang Siyue's heart sank.

The other two roommates were interning outside and rarely lived on campus. The aunt downstairs was rarely seen, and anyone who came in needed a card. She had nothing and definitely wouldn't give me a key, so she had to ask Li Shasha to open the door for her.

There was a knock on the door. A few seconds later, Li Shasha opened the door. When she saw her, she immediately became sarcastic. "Oh, you didn't bring your key! Then you have to find Auntie."

After saying that, Li Shasha slammed the door shut. Jiang Siyue reached out to stop her, but her wrist was pinched hard and the door was closed again.

The impact was so severe that Jiang Siyue's face turned pale with pain. She couldn't even lift her right hand, and she trembled uncontrollably. She walked down the stairs, her steps slow and steady. The rain fell incessantly, and she couldn't see the end of it. She laughed suddenly, and as she laughed, tears welled up in her eyes.

March in Yunjing is really cold, I really want a hug.

She sat on a chair by the road for a long time. There was no one on campus. She stretched her stiff fingers and called Meng Zhuqing, but no one answered.

When her eyes fell upon the name "Zhao Yan", she paused for a moment and finally dialed Zhou Hong's number.

"Mom, can you transfer 500 yuan to me so I can stay in a hotel?"

"Stay in a hotel? Aren't you staying in the dormitory? Where are you?" Zhou Hong asked, then felt something was wrong and said anxiously, "Are you crying? Who bullied you? Tell me now!"

The scene in front of her suddenly became blurry. Jiang Siyue opened her mouth, unable to utter a word. Zhou Hong was even more anxious. "Let me ask you, are you in school?"

"Hmm." Jiang Siyue hummed softly, which sounded particularly vague in the rainy night. Then, she heard an even vaguer child's voice: "Grandma, come and help me open the snacks!"

"Just wait!" Zhou Hong hung up the phone. Jiang Siyue looked at the phone and waited for a long time, but she didn't get Zhou Hong's money or a reply.

There were no tears in her eyes, but they were dry and uncomfortable. She lay on her back, and the raindrops wet her eyes, and the dryness and pain were relieved.

Actually, it’s not bad to spend a night here. It’s just a cold, not death.

*

"Xiao Zhao, thank you for your help." Zhou Hong said with a hint of guilt.

"As I should." Zhao Yan turned the car around and drove towards Huada. Zhao Yan's phone screen hadn't lit up since Zhou Hong's call. While at a traffic light, he opened WeChat again, but there were still no new messages.

With his fingers lightly tapping the steering wheel, Zhao Yan lightly stepped on the accelerator when the green light came on.

The Huada campus is quite large, but according to Zhou Hong, he drove slowly, carefully observing every corner along the road. It was almost 11 o'clock, and the school was deserted. He immediately spotted someone sitting on a bench.

Jiang Siyue hugged her knees, buried her head, and trembled slightly in the rainy night.

She is crying.

The car was turned off, but Zhao Yan did not get out. He held his cell phone in his hand and stared at the person huddled in a ball not far away.

As the night deepened and the air became colder, Jiang Siyue began to sneeze. After being outside for so long, her mind was almost frozen. She put her hands in front of her and blew on them. Her right hand reached for her phone, forgetting the fact that she was injured. The phone fell to the ground, and she picked it up patiently.

There is still no news about Zhou Hong.

Jiang Siyue looked at the portrait below Zhou Hong. It was a tree in the dark night, with bare branches that were dense and grand, as if it was wrapping up the night.

"Contact me if you have anything." A soft and gentle voice sounded in my mind.

Jiang Siyue dialed Zhao Yan's WeChat number. The call was answered immediately, and Jiang Siyue hadn't even organized her words yet.

"Zhao Yan." His voice was hoarse because he had just cried, and the sobbing tone had not yet faded.

"Um."

The man's deep voice came, and Jiang Siyue's tears instantly burst out. She opened her mouth and uttered a syllable with difficulty, "I...can you come to Hua University?"

She took a deep breath and tried her best to suppress her emotions.

"look up."

Suddenly, a long shadow appeared in front of me, and someone blocked the light of the street lamp.

Zhao Yan walked towards her step by step against the light. The dense rain reflected the light from the street lamp, like tiny stars, sprinkling on him one by one.

Zhao Yan stood in front of her, his eyelashes slightly drooping, his dark eyes reflected by the light, making it difficult to see his emotions.

"How come you're so fast?"

"I happened to have something to do at Hua University and happened to pass by."

A flash of surprise crossed Jiang Siyue's eyes. She nodded slightly and then thought about how to explain her situation.

"I--"

"Let's talk about it when we get home."

Zhao Yan interrupted, took off his coat and gently draped it over her shoulders.