26 Chapter 26: Flower Guardian
◎I just hope to return to the original world as soon as possible◎
Wu Yahua knew his name was Lin Yaonan; she had already heard it from Xie Yun.
When Wu Yahua was a cat, she named him Xiao Hei. Compared to his real name Lin Yaonan, Wu Yahua felt that Xiao Hei was easier to pronounce.
Since the other party had already said their name, Wu Yahua was about to give her own name when someone came up behind her and asked sternly, "What are you doing?"
Wu Yahua turned around and saw that it was Xie Yun who came. She was about to say that she didn't do anything, but Xie Yun's eyes were fixed on Lin Yaonan. He walked between Wu Yahua and Lin Yaonan, separating them.
Xie Yun repeated the sentence and asked Lin Yaonan, "What are you doing?"
It turned out that he was talking to Lin Yaonan. Wu Yahua thought he was asking her. Even if he was asking Lin Yaonan, his tone was like a bomb, so unfriendly, which was really rare.
Lin Yaonan was bewildered, wondering what he had done to provoke such hostility.
"Is he harassing you?" Xie Yun asked Wu Yahua.
Wu Yahua quickly said, "No, no, you misunderstood."
It was thanks to Lin Yaonan that she was spared from the harassment by the drunk white-haired man. Seeing that Xie Yun had misunderstood Lin Yaonan as the harasser, Wu Yahua quickly told Xie Yun about how she was harassed and then saved by Lin Yaonan.
"...I took Xiao Hei's car back to school."
Xie Yun's expression changed from dark to cold, and he still didn't look at Lin Yaonan in a good mood.
Xie Yun said to Wu Yahua, "Let's go eat. I have something to tell you."
"Okay." Wu Yahua turned to Lin Yaonan and said, "Xiao Hei, I'm leaving first. Bye."
"Bye." Lin Yaonan watched Wu Yahua leave with Xie Yun, then suddenly remembered that he didn't know her name. So he shouted at Wu Yahua's back, "You haven't told me your name yet."
Judging from Wu Yahua's body movements, she intended to turn around and say her name. Xie Yun, who was walking beside her, put his arm around her shoulder and said something to her. She did not turn around and walked towards the cafeteria with Xie Yun.
Xie Yun sincerely advised Wu Yahua to have less contact and interaction with people in society like Lin Yaonan.
After entering the cafeteria, getting their food and finding a seat, Xie Yun repeatedly reminded Wu Yahua, "You are a college student, and he is a landscaping worker. Don't have too much contact with him. It's not good for you."
"Good-looking men are unreliable. Don't be fooled by his appearance," Xie Yun emphasized. "Men like him, who entered society early, are slick and evil at heart. They specifically target inexperienced female college students like you."
Lin Yaonan was willing to give Maoer the hot pot that Maoer was craving. Today, he stood up for justice and taught the drunk harasser a lesson for Wu Ya. Wu Ya had a good impression of Lin Yaonan.
On the contrary, it was Xie Yun who spoke ill of Lin Yaonan behind her back, making Xie Yun look like a villain who was jealous of Lin Yaonan.
But there was nothing about Lin Yaonan that was worthy of Xie Yun's jealousy, Wu Yahua analyzed. Xie Yun was better than Lin Yaonan in appearance, education, and family background. He had no reason to be jealous of someone who was inferior to him in all aspects.
Wu Yahua asked, "What grudge do you have against Xiao Hei?"
Xiao Hei, hearing Wu Yahua calling him so affectionately, Xie Yun took a big bite of the cauliflower picked up by his chopsticks.
"He lost my cat and I'm very upset with him." Xie Yun made up an excuse.
Wu Yahua imitated Xie Yun, picked up a cauliflower from the food plate, took a bite and said, "It wasn't intentional, the cat bit through the screen and ran away.
"You've only met him a few times, and you're already defending him." Xie Yun felt as if he were a concubine vying for favor in the cold palace. "We are partners, we are from the same world, and he is an 'outsider', from another parallel world."
The cauliflower is so delicious, charred, crispy, and has a cumin aroma.
Wu Yahua was so focused on the cauliflower that she was determined to finish every single flower on the plate and let her stomach be their home. As a result, she didn't pay attention to what Xie Yun said.
The dishes on the two people's plates were the same, two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, and the vegetable dish was dry-pot cauliflower.
"...Anyway, stay away from him. The most important thing for us now is to find a way to get back."
Wu Yahua nodded.
She nodded because she thought the cauliflower was delicious. While Xie Yun was chattering, she almost finished the cauliflower on the plate.
Suddenly, a few cauliflowers "dropped" into the almost empty cauliflower plate and filled Wu Yahua's plate.
Wu Yahua straightened up and looked at Xie Yun who was sitting opposite her.
What's going on? Why is he picking up food for himself?
"I only moved my chopsticks and took a bite without drooling, so you can eat it without worry." Xie Yun said as he continued to transfer the cauliflower from his plate to Wu Yahua's plate.
Wu Yahua said thank you and generously accepted Xie Yun's gift. She picked up the cauliflowers with her chopsticks and put them into her mouth.
It’s okay to have saliva. Wu Yahua doesn’t mind being eaten by Xie Yun. It’s better to pour the cauliflower that Xie Yun can’t finish into her stomach than into the trash can.
Not wasting food is a good virtue and a good habit.
Xie Yunhao picked up the cauliflower he didn't want to eat and gave it to Wu Yahua.
Wu Yahua felt that she was fine too, so she ate the cauliflower that Xie Yun didn't want to eat.
After finishing their meal, the two did not leave immediately, but sat in the cafeteria and chatted until Xie Yun saw that the sky outside the cafeteria's glass door was gray and tired birds were circling in the sky.
Dark clouds pressed down, approaching the sky.
"It's almost eight o'clock." Xie Yun looked at the time on his phone and suggested leaving.
Wu Yahua and Xie Yun walked to the door of the cafeteria. A strong wind with a strong fragrance of osmanthus split the PVC door curtain of the cafeteria. The weather forecast reported that Yuncheng would rain tonight. This wind was a sign before the rain, bringing with it an aggressive chill.
Wu Yahua's exposed arms and thighs were scratched by the wind, and she shrank her neck because of the cold.
There was no noticeable change in the climate indoors. As soon as she stepped outside, Wu Yahua regretted torturing herself with a cold and fever by wearing suspenders and shorts.
Even if Xie Yun ate eighteen ice creams, it would not be enough to make up for the cold wind that tormented her leg exposed to the wind.
"Let's go quickly." Wu Yahua mustered up the courage to go out.
She planned to run, leaving Xie Yun behind and running back to the dormitory first. This was better than walking slowly in the cold wind and getting her nose snotty.
"Wait a minute, put this on to block the wind."
Wu Yahua turned around and saw that Xie Yun had taken off his short-sleeved shirt. He was left with only a white short-sleeved shirt and white overalls.
Looking at the milky white plaid short-sleeved shirt handed to her, Wu Yahua really wanted to take it, but her reason told her that the best policy was to refuse it with dignity.
"No, just wear it."
"Your lips are black from the cold. If you don't put it on, you'll freeze to death on the ground even without a fever."
Xie Yun forcibly put on Wu Yahua the short-sleeved shirt he had taken off. His hand accidentally touched Wu Yahua's body, and Wu Yahua felt the warmth from his palm.
It was warm, like a glass bottle filled with water, burning Wu Yahua's cold skin.
Yin and Yang are the two poles. Men are Yang, so their body temperature is warmer than women. Even the short-sleeved shirt draped over Wu Yahua transmitted Xie Yun's body temperature, covering Wu Yahua's body.
As soon as the door of Room 607 in Building 3 of the girls' dormitory opened, Wu Yahua heard a burst of "wows".
Everyone was sitting in the dormitory, and all four pairs of eyes looked at Wu Yahua, who was wearing Xie Yun's short-sleeved shirt.
Xie Lili took the lead in making a noise, saying, "My future sister-in-law is back."
The other three roommates followed suit and said, "Get married, get married!"
"It's going to get colder after tonight, so we need to bring long-sleeved shirts and long pants." Wu Yahua pretended to be deaf and ignored them.
Xie Lili walked over to Wu Yahua, hooked her shoulder, and said, "We couldn't see what was going on downstairs in Dormitory 607, but we just came back from Dormitory 608 across the street, where we can clearly see the downstairs of the girls' dormitory. From a distance, we saw Xie Yun, the flower protector, personally escort you to the downstairs of Girls' Dormitory Building 3. He saw you enter the women's dormitory before he left."
"Sisters, if this isn't love, what else could it be!" Xie Lili said to the other three roommates who were cheering for her. "The aloof male god was won over by our classmate Huahua, and instantly became a warm man. The boy who had been single for 21 years washed away the suspicion of being gay, bravely stepped towards happiness, set sail, and created brilliance—"
What's going on? Wu Yahua ignored Xie Lili who was jumping up and down with excitement. She stood aside and took off her short-sleeved shirt, changed into a long-sleeved shirt and put on long pants.
No matter how happy the onlookers were, the person involved remained calm and didn't say a word, which made Xie Lili and others feel a little weird.
Although Wu Yahua is quiet, this quietness is only shown in front of people she is not familiar with. In front of people she is familiar with, Wu Yahua is cheerful and lively.
If they had teased Wu Yahua like this in the past, she would definitely have chattered back at them.
But Wu Yahua is now as quiet as the stagnant air in the dormitory.
"Huahua." Xie Lili leaned against the ladder connecting the bed and the table, watching Wu Yahua changing clothes and said, "After this summer vacation, I found that you are a little different."
"Really?" Wu Yahua changed her clothes and smiled at Xie Lili. "I haven't changed much. But you, after this summer vacation, have changed a lot more than me."
Xie Lili put her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest. "What's changed?"
"Uh..." Wu Yahua looked from Xie Lili's head to her feet, "She's gotten thinner."
Xie Lili liked what she heard. She put her arm around Wu Yahua's neck and felt familiar with her again. She said, "That's right, this is the Huahua I know."
When Wu Yahua was hugged by Xie Lili around the neck, she was thinking, would the other Xie Lili in the parallel world also notice that her familiar good friend Wu Yahua had changed?
After all, the Xie Lili in front of him was not the Xie Lili he knew. Wu Yahua just hoped to return to her original world as soon as possible.
After the lights in the dormitory were turned off, Wu Yahua lay on the bed, staring blankly at Xie Yun's short-sleeved shirt hanging on the bed. She had never dared to imagine that she could talk to Xie Yun before, but now she not only talked to Xie Yun, but also wore Xie Yun's clothes, and there was no emotion or excitement in her heart.
Now she is more interested in Lin Yaonan.
Lin Yaonan said that He Mei once existed in his memory, but one day, He Mei disappeared from the memory of everyone except him. Does this mean that Lin Yaonan did not originally belong to the current world, and that at some point in time he came from another parallel world where He Mei existed to the current parallel world where He Mei does not exist.
Xie Yun once said that there are many parallel worlds, and there are many of you, me, and him.
There must be some meaning behind the three of them traveling to this parallel world.
Wu Yahua usually had trouble falling asleep. She didn't know if it was because of the insomnia medicine she took or because the wind had hurt her brain today. Wu Yahua turned her face towards the direction where Xie Yun's short-sleeved shirt was hanging and fell asleep quickly.
In her dream, she saw herself wearing a white slim-fitting wedding dress, holding the arm of the groom beside her, and walking slowly through the open door of the ceremony hall.
Witnessed by many friends and relatives holding up their mobile phones to take photos, she smiled sweetly and walked towards the main stage of the wedding arm in arm with her groom.
Wu Yahua turned to look at the groom beside her, and a dazzling beam of light from the wedding banquet scene shone down, covering the groom's face.
Unable to see her groom's face in her dream, she looked down as if possessed, subconsciously wanting to see if his hands were black.
However, the groom was wearing a pair of black leather gloves, which not only made it impossible to see his face, but also his skin color.
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