Chapter 25 The Girl Delayed for Many Years...
"Please spare me."
Tao Siyun doesn't like sports. He is a lazy person who would rather stand than sit, and would rather lie down than sit.
Bian Chengzi has known Tao Siyun for almost twenty years, and in some ways, she knows her better than she does herself.
Tao Siyun showed absolute "precocious" characteristics when he was in middle school, but he was particularly late in maturing emotionally.
During that adolescence when her peers were all restless and blushing and heartbeating at the slightest provocation, she seemed particularly out of place.
It wasn't because of any other reason, but because she didn't like watching idol dramas, and she had no feelings for the Korean male stars that everyone was crazy about at the time.
So even if the group of star-chasing girls in the class got together all day long, with magazines and posters flying everywhere, praising the idol drama male protagonists who had fascinated thousands of girls and were extremely popular, or if the star-chasing girl Bian Chengzi forced her to share with her who was popular in the Korean group, who sang well, and who danced well, she showed no interest at all.
I'm really not interested.
Tao Siyun has never been particularly obsessed with any particular star, because for her, star-chasing itself is very unrealistic and does not conform to her values.
How should I put it? For underage fans who don’t have self-control, “liking” something is not as simple as just “loving” it on the surface.
After all, everyone has expectations.
Especially little girls, they would fantasize that one day, their idol would step down from the altar like a prince, intersect with ordinary themselves, and then fall into an illusory dream.
But reality is often cruel.
I don’t know if everyone does some incomprehensible things when they grow up, but she was a pretty weird kid when she was a teenager.
For example, if a piece of clothing or shoes from a niche brand that she has always liked becomes popular and is seen, liked, and sought after by more people, she will definitely not buy it a second time.
Although she may still like it in her heart.
Tao Siyun has a bit of a proud character, especially when he was developing his character, he was extremely sensitive and would never allow his likes to be reduced to one in a million.
The complex contradictions of adolescence are destined to be entangled in this.
Bian Chengzi didn't think too much about it. Although it was a pity that she couldn't share her hobby with her best friend, she naturally attributed it to the fact that Tao Siyun had a very handsome brother. After all, the genes were there. Tao Qian's appearance was no less than that of the boy group members. She had seen that face since she was a child, so it was inevitable that she was immune to handsome guys.
Tao Siyun's unusual behavior of making this sleepless phone call late at night made her realize that her best friend's girlish feelings, which had been delayed for many years, were finally beginning to sprout.
It's the beginning of love, and you feel unsure and want to find someone to talk to. She can understand that.
Bian Chengzi covered her forehead. As a failed secret admirer, her tone was filled with the regret of someone who had experienced it, as well as that bit of sweetness that could be ignored for the time being. "If you want to date, then date. What can you say about love? If it doesn't work out, you'll regret it for two or three years at most. Just treat it as a waste of love. But if you don't date, you'll probably regret it for the rest of your life."
Tao Siyun's heart suddenly tightened. He inexplicably felt a sense of shame, as if he had clearly wanted to proceed step by step and talk things over, but his best friend saw through the problem and tortured him in public.
Tao Siyun's face flushed, but he still said stubbornly: "Do you know what you are saying?"
"Your 'worry'." Bian Chengzi rolled her eyes. She was very familiar with her hypocritical little tricks. She knew that she was embarrassing, but she was too lazy to expose her, so she tactfully did not stop there.
She continued, "The basic rule of flirting is to be proactive. But I think as long as the other person isn't blind, you don't even need to be proactive. You can win them over with just your face. There's no need to put in the effort."
"You really think too much..."
"It's okay if it's more, just listen to it." Bian Chengzi, adhering to the principle of preferring to say more than to miss a single word, admonished her like a worried old mother: "You may like him, but don't rush into it. If you have the idea of pursuing him, stop it as soon as possible. Girls should be able to show off appropriately. If you let a man get you too easily, he won't cherish you."
“…”
Tao Siyun felt that this late-night call was really unnecessary. What was going on? Bian Chengzi was talking one after another about something that hadn't even started, and was predicting the future in such a casual manner?
It is true that listening to your words is better than talking to you.
"Let me guess, is this your rumored boyfriend?" Bian Chengzi suddenly asked.
"Ah, ah?" Tao Siyun came back to his senses and said hesitantly, "What are you talking about? We are just ordinary friends now..."
"I see. What this means is that you have feelings for him right now, but you're not sure if he has feelings for you as well, right? That's easy. Just think of a way to seduce him and then you'll know."
"wrong."
"What's wrong again?"
Tao Siyun's mind suddenly twitched, and he didn't care about being shy anymore. He immediately blurted out a sentence with absolute certainty: "He obviously has improper thoughts!"
“???”
Bian Chengzi's heartbeat was pounding. He was already feeling uncomfortable after drinking, and his mind wasn't very clear. Tao Siyun kept talking him around for a long time, and his head was so dizzy that he almost vomited. Finally, he couldn't help but blurt out a curse: "No, what the hell happened between you two? Can you tell me directly and concisely?"
"He pushed me against the wall."
“…”
As soon as these four words were spoken, there was complete silence on the other end of the phone.
It took a long time before a weak "Oh" was heard from Bian Chengzi.
"Dorothy, this is what you call 'ordinary friends'? Sorry, that's all I can think of right now."
After Tao Siyun told Bian Chengzi what he had been holding back all night, he felt relieved and closed his eyes, feeling relieved. "What?"
"Stinky, scoundrel."
Tao Siyun shut up. He had originally planned to tell her that Xu Ji now lived across the street from him, but now he thought about it and decided to forget it.
***
The two of them met each other every day for more than half a month in peace. Tao Siyun was quite embarrassed at first, but later they met each other almost every morning when they went out, and gradually they got used to it.
Occasionally, while waiting for the elevator, I can take the initiative to say hello and chat.
What happened that night seemed to be a forbidden area, and no one took the initiative to bring it up.
One morning when they were going out, the two were waiting for the elevator. Tao Siyun suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to bring something, so she had to go back to get it. Unexpectedly, Xu Ji had been pressing the door-opening button waiting for her.
Apart from this, they don't have any special intersection.
Anyway, the relationship between neighbors is very harmonious.
At the end of the month, the school suddenly notified the freshmen that they would go to the countryside for field research for two weeks. In addition to several leading teachers, the teaching assistants also had to go.
In previous years, Shanghai University’s rural courses were all scheduled in the second semester. No one knows what the Academic Affairs Office is up to.
After lying down at home for a whole day, Tao Siyun got up at night and sharpened dozens of pencils. Then he began to pack his luggage, camera bag and sketching tools without stopping.
A box was filled with paints, sketchbooks, and all sorts of other things.
Finally, I took out a bottle of iodine and a Band-Aid from the medicine box just in case.
Only after setting ten alarms did she feel at ease.
Yuan Xiao, the assistant professor of styling, had taken several elective courses with her before and they had a good relationship. This time, the two of them set out as a professional team.
Yuan Xiao sent her a sketching schedule on WeChat, and then started complaining one after another.
Tao Siyun clicked it and took a look, wow!
What kind of arrangement is this, working day and night without regard for human life and death?
Every morning at 7:00, everyone must move as one, and no one is allowed to leave the group without permission. The 15-day journey will take us through three provinces and six counties, and we will visit more than a dozen villages for sketching. We will charter a bus for the entire journey...
After reading it, Tao Siyun temporarily took a bottle of motion sickness medicine and wrote it down in his memo.
Yuan Xiao: [I checked, and the accommodations we've been assigned for the next week are all the worst in the city, basically all small hotels with bad reviews that no one has booked.]
Tao Siyun said optimistically: [Let’s just make do with it…]
Yuan Xiao: [They say they're following the standards, but where are the standards? They're not allowed to use the air conditioning, and that's fine. I just want to know where the thousands of dollars I paid went! Is this a kickback or is the person who arranged the accommodation related to the hotel owner?!]
Tao Siyun: [Guess]
Yuan Xiao screenshotted a few pictures and sent them over: [This is a group buy! The six-person rooms I stayed in at youth hostels were better than this. Is this a black hotel? The sign doesn't even light up at night. 20 bucks a night, no more.]
Tao Siyun consoled him, "Just treat it as a sightseeing trip. The hotel you'll be staying at for the next few days looks okay. Although this level is the cheapest among the chain hotels, its signage is quite large."
Yuan Xiao couldn't help but wonder: "Do you think it's too late for me to get sick now?"
Tao Siyun: [It's still in time, but I can guarantee that your thousands of dollars will be wasted. You won't even hear a sound.]
“…”
At five o'clock in the morning, before dawn, Tao Siyun poured the brewed coffee into a thermos, and brought one for Yuan Xiao as well. Then he took a piece of bread and went out.
She carried a large backpack, wore a baseball cap, dragged a suitcase with one hand, took a Didi to school, and got on a long-distance bus with a group of excited and innocent college students.
Tao Siyun nudged Yuan Xiao, who was yawning beside him, and said, "Here, an iced Americano. It's very refreshing."
"Thanks." Yuan Xiao complained bitterly as the winding mountain road jolted him. "I want to know why the driver took the national highway. Was it just to save a little toll? I clearly paid 3,786!"
???
"Aren't we going to the village to sketch? Are you still asleep?"
"Oh, right, right..." Yuan Xiao rubbed his eyes and looked around at the large group of students who had already fallen asleep. He suddenly woke up. "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten. We are going to the wilderness to sketch. We can only enter the village after getting on the national highway. Yes, that's right."
Tao Siyun: "..."
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