Chapter 28
I stayed that day anyway.
It was just literal companionship. I sat next to him, and he held my wrist tightly, not letting go even when he was asleep, as if afraid I would run away.
I really want to run away.
I opened the window in the empty room, and all I could see was a white expanse, with raindrops sliding down the glass. Only after the downpour outside subsided did I remember to stretch my numb calves.
After that day, Wu Qi and I began a seemingly endless cold war.
I came to school as usual, did my tests as usual, explained problems as usual, and slept as usual. It's just that I didn't sleep very well; I kept dreaming about Wu Qi's house, and the view outside the window was never clear.
So I had no choice but to bury myself in my studies.
Headphones are a great thing; I feel like they fill my head, making the space that was originally just for Wu Qi feel crowded and busy.
Meng Xiaoqiong said I became even quieter.
Once, the homeroom teacher joked that a disruptive student was like a stink bug that jumped out of a sunflower seed, and the whole class burst into laughter.
I couldn't help but laugh a few times. When it quieted down, I heard Meng Xiaoqiong say very carefully, "You should laugh more."
Not knowing what to say, I said, "Huh?"
Then, subconsciously, I passed the test paper to the student behind me, and with a smile, I suddenly realized that no one had been sitting there for three days.
At that moment, I suddenly realized... I think I really wasn't happy.
Xu Feng and Li Guangheng thought I was spreading rumors. But these past two days, with the crackdown on organized crime, the rumors seem to have been resolved at their root. Nobody knows what methods these two used.
I tried my best to act as if everything was normal, but Li Guangheng still sent Tian Qingqing to try and get information out of me.
Tian Qingqing asked softly, "Um, you and Wu Qi..."
I said we have nothing, nothing now, and nothing in the future.
Tian Qingqing was taken aback for a moment, then quickly waved her hand and said, "I just wanted to ask if you two wanted to have hot pot together tonight?"
I remained silent for a long time that day.
Then I swiped my phone to my WeChat chat with Wu Qi, typed and deleted, typed and deleted, and finally threw the phone into the desk, put on my hat and went to sleep like a log.
Tell Qingqing after school that he has something to do and we'll do it another day.
I lied.
It's not the first time anyway, so it doesn't matter.
Damn, this can't be happening.
It's like I can't live without Wu Qi.
...I really don't want to live anymore.
I jumped off the building, and the moment I hit the ground, my brain exploded. The whole world knew that my mind was filled with Wu Qi.
I want to coax him and let him know that I didn't do it on purpose. If he asks me what I didn't do on purpose, I won't explain the "love potion" issue. I'll just say that I didn't like him on purpose.
If possible, I would also agree to stay by his side as a suitor.
So many people like him, one more won't make a difference.
I waited for myself to get over this hurdle, and a week later, Wu Qilai came to report.
He came during the long break between classes. I spotted him in the crowd at a glance, we looked at each other, and then I quickly looked away.
I feel like I've really been demoted. I'll jump off the Execution Platform, I'll draw a circle around myself and imprison myself. I'm about to spend the rest of my life in prison.
Wu Qi seemed to have discovered it.
He realized that his feelings that day were not genuine, but inexplicable. After struggling to understand why he had made those racist remarks, he suddenly realized that the cold medicine he had taken that day was the problem.
And this! It must be the work of that idiot Sang Yue!
She's actually this kind of person! She hid it so well! She...she actually had improper thoughts about me!
Oh my god! I feel like throwing up!
In short, he stopped contacting me and started avoiding me. We went from talking about everything to being speechless. It's so frustrating. I've never felt so awkward around him.
Once, when I was passing the test paper to the back, our hands accidentally touched. Have you ever seen the Big Bang? We quickly jumped back, and with one elbow strike, Meng Xiaoqiong was almost sent flying.
"Damn it, what's wrong with you two?!"
"Uh, static electricity reaction." I touched her braids to comfort her.
I heard Wu Qi laugh behind me, and for a moment it felt like I was back in a long time ago, when I could turn around and yell at him for laughing, and he would smear the test paper on my face and say he was laughing at an idiot.
Although I'm more of an idiot than a fool now.
Li Guangheng and his friends always arranged activities, either to study together or to eat together. Wu Qi and I stood together and refused them all. In the end, they pushed him too far, and one of the class monitors suggested that we skip class together.
Wu Qi gestured for him to pass, then put his arm around his shoulder and said, "I really need to complain to Shoehorn Face."
Li Guang glared at him: "Have you ever heard of the saying 'the law does not punish the masses'?"
Wu Qi: "I've only ever heard of 'the upper beam being crooked'."
Li Guangheng: "..."
Everyone's relationship with Wu Qi was a messy one—they couldn't out-argue or out-beat him, so they just kept arguing. Li Guangheng was no exception. He turned around and called out "Sister Yue," and then the scene suddenly went quiet, with everyone falling silent instantly.
I saw Xu Feng and Li Guangheng exchanging glances, the gist of which was something like, "What are you talking about, you idiot?" and "Damn, I don't know either."
What he subconsciously wanted to say was, "Sister Yue, you should control him."
It turns out everyone has already noticed.
It turns out that no one dared to speak up anymore.
Wu Qi and I were more awkward than ever before. He glanced at me, seemed to want to say something, then chuckled to himself and patted Li Guang on the shoulder, "Stop joking around, let's go play ball."
Li Guangheng immediately seized the opportunity, momentarily forgetting his own strength: "I must beat you to a pulp today."
Meng Xiaoqiong cooperated fully, dragging me to see the handsome freshmen. I didn't think they were particularly handsome; I just felt they had a kind of naive stupidity.
Wu Qi and I continued this cold war until the end of December.
Passive-aggressive behavior?
Yes, it's emotional abuse; we're both the abusers. If things can't be explained clearly, I suggest we tear our mouths apart.
My only interaction with Wu Qi was probably on the day of the first snow.
Despite all the precautions Wu Qi and I took, Li Guangheng still managed to pull off one of his schemes.
That day after school, we walked together. Xu Feng wanted to go to the bookstore to buy a workbook and asked Li Guangheng to help him with it. Li Guangheng said his mind was blank and dragged Meng Xiaoqiong along, leaving only Tian Qingqing beside us.
However, Tian Qingqing lived the closest one, and she only walked less than a hundred meters before going home.
Wu Qi and I still have a long way to go.
They walked slowly and silently, one after the other.
This is the road he usually takes to walk me home. We've hitchhiked, eaten snacks, shared an earphone, and even held hands with his school uniform on this road.
This is the first time I've been so silent.
It gets dark very early.
I clutched a backpack strap, hesitating whether to say something or just endure the ordeal of walking this distance. In the end, I chose to lower my head and remain silent, even considering whether to wear headphones.
Until Wu Qi suddenly stopped.
As usual, I bumped into his back. I took a step back and looked up. Before I could even ask what was wrong, Wu Qi's deep voice came through.
"Ah Yue, it's snowing."
Under the warm yellow streetlights, silvery-white snowflakes swayed in the wind. A snowflake landed on my eyelashes without warning and instantly turned into a water droplet. In the blink of an eye, I saw Wu Qi's eyes in the water.
I was stunned for a moment, suddenly unsure whether to be shocked by the scene or by the long-lost "Ah Yue".
Under the light, Wu Qi was enveloped in a fluffy glow, and the reddened tip of his nose made him look as warm as ever.
He gazed at me quietly, then slowly raised one hand.
At this moment, I feel as if I have returned to the school days of my youth.
The schoolteacher was a very fierce old man. Although he was a really good person, he still occupied most of my nightmares.
Every time he finished scolding me, I had nowhere to vent my anger. After a whole day of holding it in, I would finally get so angry after school that I would stomp my feet in a random spot and then scratch an ugly picture of him on the wall with my fingernails.
That's how I am now.
This heavy snow became my hiding place, and I finally revealed my true colors. I almost cried my eyes out as I told him how miserable I had been these past few months.
However, Wu Qi raised his hand in the air, then restrained himself and lowered it. With nowhere to put it, he finally put it in his school uniform pocket.
He looked up, and snowflakes fell into his eyes.
He said, "The sky had been overcast for a long time, and finally it snowed."
I know that's not what he meant.
I paused, looked at him, took a deep breath, and finally mustered my courage, lowered my head, and tugged at his sleeve.
I said, "So when are we going to make up?"
That's what I wanted to say.
I said.
They should make up by now, no matter what.
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