Chapter 7 Torrential Rain
When Zhu Fan went out, the torrential rain still showed no signs of stopping.
Large raindrops pounded against the car window, and every second inside the car seemed to stand still.
Zhu Fan swiped his finger, looked down and tapped the "+" sign in the upper right corner of WeChat, then pasted the copied number there.
After sending the friend request, she added the number to her contacts. After entering Fang Qizhou's name, she didn't reply to Ming Yazhi's message.
There are many unread messages on my phone.
Prioritizing the timing of messages, Zhu Fan first clicked into Fang Qibai's chat box.
Fang Qibai: The zither is fixed. Come pick it up tomorrow.
The other party is typing...
Zhu Fan waited for a long time without receiving any new messages. Just as she was about to reply with an "OK" emoji, a clap of thunder startled her so much that her hand trembled.
A cute animated GIF of a kitten launching a heart was sent.
Fang Qibai: ?
[F: I clicked the wrong button]
Zhu Fan stopped looking at the other person's dialog box, which was still being typed on and off.
All she wanted to do now was see Fang Qizhou as soon as possible.
Her blood bag must be safe; she doesn't want to die.
The city was shrouded in gloom, with heavy traffic jams. Drivers were on high alert on roads with extremely low visibility, trying their best to drive safely.
Zhu Fan turned off her phone screen; the oppressive weather made people feel anxious.
Fang Qizhou didn't live on campus, but she remembered which neighborhood Fang Qizhou lived in.
Not knowing the specific building and unit, she could only wait at the entrance of the community.
The residential area is across the street. If the driver turns around and drives to the entrance of Fang Qizhou's residential area, it will take an hour to drive just one kilometer. Zhu Fan chose to get out of the car and walk to the residential area on the other side.
She held up her umbrella and waited for the light to turn green at the pedestrian crossing.
My hair and clothes were being blown around by the wind.
Zhu Fan brushed the hair that was blowing on her face and looked at the umbrella above her head.
The umbrella was opened, but it wasn't very effective.
He was completely soaked.
A sudden gust of wind blew by, and Zhu Fan lost control of her body. The wind snatched her umbrella away, and she stumbled and crashed into a blue Kunanli parked on the sidewalk.
Without any support, she could only cling tightly to the car's hood.
The car window rolled down, and Zhu Fan heard a heart-wrenching voice from the passenger seat: "Let all this rain fall, so you can't see the struggle on my face—"
"Holy crap, how many staged accidents are there today???"
"Brother He, I already told you to put the sword I bought for you in the car. It's effective in deterring petty thieves."
The young man with dreadlocks and a punk-style outfit craned his neck to look out the window at Zhu Fan, while chatting away with the person in the main car.
"Wow, Brother He! What a beautiful girl!!!"
Xiang Hao spat out the rainwater that had leaked into his mouth, and when he turned his head, he found that his brother He had already taken an umbrella and gotten out of the car.
Zhu Fan wiped the rain off her face with difficulty, her gaze fixed on the man holding a black umbrella in front of her.
The man was wearing a black baseball cap and a black mask, completely covered up except for a pair of beautiful brown eyes.
The man's gaze was neither sharp nor gentle; he simply looked at her quietly.
I wish Fan was embarrassed.
Her actions just now looked too much like a malicious attempt to stage an accident.
Zhu Fan clasped her hands together and apologized to the man, "The wind was too strong just now, I lost my balance, I didn't come here to stage an accident."
"I'm so sorry."
The girl's long hair was casually clipped up with a shark clip, her neck was slender, and her face was clear and beautiful. Her eyelashes were curled, and her earlobes were flushed with a blush of rouge because of embarrassment. She was cool and a little charming, like a noble ragdoll cat.
Her skin looked exceptionally white in the rain, like mutton fat jade after spring snow.
"I know."
The man's voice was warm and gentle.
Zhu Fan noticed that the man had tilted most of the umbrella over her, and his left shoulder was getting wet from the rain. She looked up at the umbrella covering her head.
She took a step back, feeling very embarrassed, her entire body exposed to the rain.
She went to pick up her umbrella, but couldn't find it anywhere.
? ? ? ?
"It was picked up by someone."
The man's words made Zhu Fan's mind go blank for a moment.
The owner is right here, how could that umbrella have been picked up so clean and fresh?
"Gurgle—"
The sound of rain was deafening, and Zhu Fan's stomach continued to protest.
She has only eaten breakfast so far today.
I haven't had a drop of water for eight or nine hours now.
Zhu Fan still had something on her mind, so she didn't waste any more time and hurriedly apologized to the man again.
Wenhe watched the girl run away in the rain, and the corners of his eyes curved slightly.
Zhu Fan thought it would be a lot of trouble to get into the community, but she didn't even have to register and just walked in looking fresh and beautiful.
The two girls who were stopped at the guardhouse pointed at Zhu Fan and asked the security guard, "Why is she allowed in?"
The security guard and the young woman behind them were still pulling at the limit.
Holding the umbrella the security guard lent her, Zhu Fan mentally reviewed the resident information the guard had just provided.
Upon seeing the blue Kunanli parked by the greenery in the residential area, Zhu Fan paused slightly.
The car window rolled down, and a clear, gentle voice, tinged with moisture, drifted into the rain.
"Go 100 meters to the left, there is a 24-hour convenience store, the oden and rice balls are delicious."
Zhu Fan heard these words clearly.
Inside the car, Chao Ming clicked his tongue in amazement: "Brother He, something's not right with you!"
Wenhe glanced at Chao Ming in the passenger seat.
Chao Ming grinned, showing off his big white teeth, "You told the security guard to let this little girl in, and you even left your umbrella behind, and asked the security guard to take extra care of her."
"I was just waiting here to see if that little girl had come in yet."
"Brother He, something's very wrong with you."
Wenhe stepped on the gas, ignoring what was being said to him.
As Zhu Fan walked toward the convenience store, she couldn't understand why she had been treated differently by the security guards in the community.
She was so hungry that she stopped worrying about it.
She decided to fill her stomach first before squatting down to see Fang Qizhou.
Before Zhu Fan even entered the convenience store, the aroma of food wafting from inside made him swallow hard.
To her even greater surprise, the person she was supposed to be squatting in was inside the convenience store.
Fang Qizhou was reluctant to make a single glance or gesture at the gazes directed at him from the surrounding area.
He reached out and pinched the plastic fork, stirring the instant noodles he had just made.
Steam rose from the man's face.
Zhu Fan recognized the smell; what she had just smelled was the aroma of instant noodles.
Fang Qizhou exuded an aura that kept strangers at bay, and even though he was soaked to the bone, it couldn't soften his sharp brows and cold, hard lips.
The man's soaked black short-sleeved shirt outlined his well-defined abdominal muscles, which were faintly visible, exuding a world-weary and rebellious air.
Zhu Fan looked away and noticed that water was dripping from her trouser legs onto the ground. She went outside and wrung them out.
After wringing out the water, she picked out a bowl of oden, made herself a bowl of noodles, and grabbed a rice ball.
In those few minutes, Fang Qizhou showed no intention of eating the instant noodles, nor did he notice her.
When the cashier saw Zhu Fan about to sit next to that dangerous man, she couldn't help but remind her, "Miss, there aren't many people in the store right now, so there are plenty of seats available."
Zhu Fan turned around and smiled at the cashier.
Outside the shop, the rain was noisy, while inside, the lights illuminated the girl's fair and clean features, making them appear soft and clear.
The cashier was momentarily stunned by that smile.
Zhu Fan calmly pulled out the chair next to Fang Qizhou and said to Fang Qizhou, who was still not going to eat the bowl of instant noodles, "Don't like the taste? I'll switch with you."
Fang Qizhou lifted his eyelids, his cold, dark eyes casually glancing at her.
Their eyes met, and for a moment Zhu Fan's heart felt as if it had been squeezed tightly, then struggled to beat again.
Fang Qizhou curled his lips and raised an eyebrow at Zhu Fan's familiar act of swapping the instant noodles.
"Miss Zhu, what do you want this time?"
Fang Qizhou gazed at her, his dark eyes like fallen leaves in a still lake, unfathomable.
Zhu Fan was so hungry that his stomach was practically sticking to his back, and all he wanted to do right now was eat.
"Just came to see you—"
Whether they are still alive.
She almost blurted it out.
A soft sneer reached my ears.
Zhu Fan has confirmed that Fang Qizhou is unharmed, and the purpose of this trip has been achieved.
At this moment, she felt incredibly tolerant of that face with its world-weary and hostile gaze.
The instant noodles in her hand looked so tempting that she started slurping them up.
The instant noodles were scalding hot, but she endured the heat and swallowed them: "Eat something first, and then we can have a good talk."
She was so hungry that all she could see was food.
She paid no attention to Fang Qizhou's arrogant, wicked, and cold gaze.
Perhaps seeing that she was enjoying her meal, Fang Qizhou, not particularly interested, picked up some noodles with a plastic fork.
As the noodles were placed in his mouth, Fang Qizhou's expression faltered slightly.
He actually tasted it.
Zhu Fan took a sip of noodle soup and noticed Fang Qizhou's unusual behavior for half a second.
In just a few minutes, Fang Qizhou finished a bucket of instant noodles, along with her oden and rice balls.
Zhu Fan watched thoughtfully as Fang Qizhou made himself another bowl of instant noodles and grabbed some other cooked food.
Indeed, you can't underestimate a guy's appetite.
After finishing a mouthful of the freshly made instant noodles, Fang Qizhou stopped moving.
Zhu Fan put down the instant noodles in her hand and met the man's dark eyes.
She was just enjoying her meal, and asked, puzzled, "Weren't you eating so well? Why did you stop eating now?"
Fang Qizhou narrowed his eyes slightly and looked straight at her.
"Take a bite of each of these first."
Zhu Fan:? ? ?
The air was suffocating.
Seeing the man's furrowed brows and increasingly cold and somber eyes, Zhu Fan thought of the scene of him trying to kill himself tonight, and her heart clenched again.
She looked up into Fang Qizhou's eyes and asked, "If I eat a bite of all this food, will you be any happier?"
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