Chapter 8 Care



This feeling was as incredible as if the "Five Years of College Entrance Examinations? Three Years of Simulations" that you have been familiar with for a long time suddenly turned a page and asked you "What is **?" It directly drained Lin Sitian's consciousness and made her stop for half a minute.

On a rainy day, the scent of grass and mud in the air mixed with the scent of laundry detergent on Zhou Sheng's body, making Lin Sitian particularly sober.

Zhou Sheng and Lin Sitian stood under the eaves of the first floor of the teaching building. It was dark outside, but the rain had not stopped. The embarrassing thing was that neither of them brought an umbrella.

Lin Sitian was still thinking about what happened just now, and didn't pay any attention to the rain in front of her, until Zhou Sheng asked her: "How are you going back?"

Lin Sitian hurriedly reached her hand into the rain and felt it for a moment, then withdrew her hand and said, "Just walk back like this. My home is not far away. It's okay to get a little wet in the rain." After saying that, she looked into Zhou Sheng's eyes, and with a nervous look, her feet had already stepped into the rain.

He simply took the opportunity to run away, "I, I'll leave first."

"Come back." Lin Sitian had just taken a step forward and before she could catch up with her back foot, Zhou Sheng grabbed her collar and pulled her back to the corridor, "Don't get wet in the rain."

"But we don't have an umbrella, and the rain won't stop any time..." she muttered nervously.

Zhou Sheng unbuttoned his school uniform, spread out his jacket, and threw it over the two men's heads, "Let's go."

Lin Sitian was protected by Zhou Sheng like a chick. The two of them ran all the way to the store door in front of the school gate. Except for the splashes on her legs, she was not wet at all.

Zhou Sheng, on the other hand, probably wanted to protect her so he covered most of her with his school uniform. A few strands of her hair were wet, messy and slightly curled.

"Hurry up and put on your clothes. I'm going home." Lin Sitian raised her hand and smoothed his bangs, pushing them aside.

Zhou Sheng didn't move.

It was getting late and it was already dark. The aroma of food wafted from the restaurants on both sides of the street.

"I'll take you home." He said, "It's still raining outside."

"You don't have an umbrella, don't catch a cold."

Zhou Sheng turned around and took out an umbrella from the store entrance, then took out his phone, "I'll go pay."

Lin Sitian was speechless.

In fact, she could also buy it herself, but that would be a bit rude, and neither of them pointed it out.

There is a sycamore-lined avenue between the school and Lin Sitian’s residential area.

During the day, the swaying plane trees block out the sun, and it feels romantic to walk among them. But at this time, it is dark. The only street light on this road broke down a few weeks ago.

It was almost impossible to see the road as I walked. I could only see the ripples caused by raindrops falling into puddles through the faint light from the houses on the roadside.

The two walked side by side, their arms brushing against each other from time to time. Lin Sitian turned her head to glance at the distance between them, and sighed that it was a pity that Zhou Sheng had to hold an umbrella, otherwise she would definitely hold this hand.

"Is this road usually this dark?" Zhou Sheng asked her a little worriedly. It was a little unsafe for a girl like her to walk along such a dark tree-lined road at night.

"It's not that bad," Lin Sitian didn't care much, "I usually don't come back so late, and it's raining today."

"I'll take you back later." Zhou Sheng said.

"Oh, then I feel relieved. You know, usually not many people walk on this road. Even if it's not so dark, it's still dim. I'm really scared to walk alone..." Lin Sitian changed her words quickly.

How could Zhou Sheng not hear it? The corners of his mouth raised in the night.

The raindrops hit the umbrella, making a continuous sound. The quiet umbrella became their world. "From just now, I have even forgotten what my homework is tonight," Zhou Sheng said slowly, listening to his heartbeat in the rain, "Do you think I have thought about it?"

"What is the expression for the Law of Cosines?"

"cosA=(b2+c2-a2)/2bc," Zhou Sheng said without thinking, "and c2=a2+b2-2abcosγ, which can also be expressed as b2=c2+a2-2accosβ. There is also an expression in the form of angle element..."

"You liar." Lin Sitian listened to him chattering with a sullen face.

Zhou Sheng blushed in the darkness, "No, you are asking about the most basic knowledge points——"

"Not only did you lie to me, you also mocked me." Lin Sitian was too lazy to talk to him and quickened her pace.

Zhou Sheng chased after her with an umbrella, trying to tilt the umbrella towards her, "I didn't, that's not what I meant."

Fortunately, Lin Sitian's home was not far away, and the two of them chased each other for a while and arrived downstairs of her house.

There are no lights on the ground floor of the corridors in the old residential area. You have to go upstairs to trigger the sensor to light up.

Lin Sitian jumped up the stairs in two steps, turned around and said goodbye to him with a stern face: "I'm going back."

Zhou Sheng stood at the bottom of the stairs holding an umbrella and looked up at her.

"Don't be angry," he said.

Although his words were weak, his coaxing tone still comforted Lin Sitian. Who told her to like a nerd who only thought about studying? Lin Sitian sighed, looked at the sky, and urged him: "I know, go home quickly and be careful on the road."

Lin Sitian suddenly felt that the nerd...

It doesn't seem that stupid.

The next morning at the reading class, Lin Sitian arrived earlier than Zhou Sheng.

He pretended to recite the text for a long time, but his mind was not here at all. His eyes kept glancing out the window from time to time, just waiting for the familiar figure of a young man to appear.

When the morning reading was about to start, Zhou Sheng finally arrived. There was no colorful clouds or hazy halo, but surprisingly, he wore the heavy black-framed glasses again, and also a black mask. The dark frame almost covered most of his face. Lin Sitian was a little puzzled.

When Zhou Sheng sat next to her, Lin Sitian heard him cough before she could say anything.

Lin Sitian reacted immediately, "You have a cold?"

Zhou Sheng nodded.

Thinking of the reason why he caught a cold, Lin Sitian felt embarrassed and blamed herself, "Then, what should I do? I have a midterm mock exam this week..."

Zhou Sheng took out a draft book from his schoolbag, took out a page and wrote: It's okay, it's not serious, it will be fine soon.

He couldn't even utter a word, and Lin Sitian slapped his forehead in guilt.

However, Zhou Sheng was not as fragile as she thought. He even did not neglect to tutor Lin Sitian. He prepared the questions early last night and placed them on her desk.

I can’t help you explain it today, but I can help you write down the knowledge points you need to use - he wrote.

"It's okay for me to not take tutoring for a day, just leave me alone and have a good rest."

Zhou Sheng shook his head and wrote in the draft book: No.

…You are still so strict even when you are sick.

In this case, she certainly couldn't let Zhou Sheng down, so she finished a few questions independently in the morning. During the break, seeing that Zhou Sheng's face was still not very good, she stood up and pushed him to her seat.

Zhou Sheng didn't understand and raised his eyebrows at her.

"Block the wind. I'll sit outside." Then she put the notebook with her finished exercises in front of Zhou Sheng and pulled Yang Xuelin out.

"Aren't you not in a relationship with Zhou Sheng?" Yang Xuelin asked on the way to the grocery store.

Lin Sitian was still thinking about Zhou Sheng, so she was a little slow to respond, "What? ...No."

"But I feel like there's something wrong between you two." Yang Xuelin leaned forward and approached her. "Lin Sitian, tell me honestly, are you and Zhou Sheng having an affair?"

Of course, Lin Sitian couldn't say it, but she also knew that Yang Xuelin had sharp eyes and a complete denial would only make her think more, so she said, "I think... I like him."

"No way, Lin Sitian!" Yang Xuelin was so shocked that her jaw dropped. "When did you start liking this kind of bookworm? Even though I saw that he looked pretty good without his glasses yesterday, he was like this, this..." Yang Xuelin put on an unspeakable face.

Lin Sitian frowned, "What's wrong with him? He's the top student in his grade, smart, good-looking, and kind to others. What's wrong with him?"

Yang Xuelin took a few steps back. "Lin Sitian, have you been bewitched by him? Before you sat next to him, you told me that this kind of nerd was the most boring, and he was also a follower of the teacher..."

"He didn't. Have you ever seen him tell tales to the teacher?"

It seems to be really harmful and she was caught by the teacher.

Ah, that was also her passing notes in class, so let’s put it this way.

Lin Sitian deleted this memory quickly.

Yang Xuelin shook her head in disappointment, "It's over, Lin Sitian, you are completely finished." There is no cure, send her to be cremated.

"It's not that bad."

"Isn't it bad? Your love is destined to end in vain. How could Zhou Sheng fall in love with someone? I suspect that to him, there are only humans in this world, regardless of gender."

Wrong, there are only humans and questions, Lin Sitian complained in his heart.

However, what Yang Xuelin said was indeed what she had always thought. If it weren't for Zhou Sheng yesterday... she would never admit that she liked him. After all, she was in a good position. She had no idea how Zhou Sheng saw her, and she didn't dare to really ask him.

The only consolation now is that Zhou Sheng is not a piece of immovable wood.

Then she still has a chance.

Zhou Sheng pinched his throat with his index finger and thumb, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, which made his throat sore.

A touch of warmth rested on his forehead.

Zhou Sheng turned around and saw Lin Sitian handing him a bottle of honey grapefruit tea.

"You'll feel better after drinking it. You can use it to warm your hands first."

Zhou Sheng nodded and wrote: Thank you.

Lin Sitian leaned back on the table and looked at him with her head tilted, "You're so cute even when you don't speak."

Zhou Sheng's hand paused as he was twisting the bottle cap. His face was already hot before he finished drinking the tea. However, there was no point in him responding to such a question, so he simply pulled down his mask and drank some water to hide his embarrassment.

The teacher is here and it's time to get ready for class.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Sheng patted her shoulder. Lin Sitian turned her head away in anger. Zhou Sheng pointed at the three new words on the draft paper. Lin Sitian glanced at them reluctantly.

It's contagious.

With just three simple words, Lin Sitian suddenly had a picture of how to "infect" others. She immediately closed her draft book and said, "Let's go to class."

Even though Zhou Sheng's mouth corners couldn't be seen because of the mask, his eyebrows were curved under his glasses.

The day passed quickly, the school bell rang, and Lin Sitian began to pack up.

"You should go back and rest early today. You have a cold."

Zhou Sheng reached out and held her down.

Lin Sitian thought Zhou Sheng was reluctant to let her go, and just as she was about to apologize, Zhou Sheng pushed the draft paper he had prepared before get out of class in front of her.

The midterm exam is coming soon, so don’t fall behind in your studies. Do the exercises today and I will write down the answers you don’t understand.

“……” He didn’t give up doing the exercises even when he was sick. He really did. I cried.

As if he had anticipated how Lin Sitian would reject him, he added another sentence:

There's nothing wrong with my body, I'm just afraid of infecting you, so just keep your distance from me.

Lin Sitian was skeptical: "Are you really okay?" His complexion was much better in the afternoon, and he coughed less often. But Lin Sitian always felt bad for dragging a patient to tutor her.

Zhou Sheng nodded.

Lin Sitian was originally going to do her homework and review at home, but she had no objection to staying here with the person she loved, so she sat back down.

The teacher happened to be still here, and he glanced at them and said, "You two are reviewing together again?"

The teacher's speech was quite artistic. It wasn't like one person was tutoring another, but rather they were reviewing together.

Lin Sitian didn't beat around the bush. "Teacher Zhao, I've made a lot of progress recently, and it's all thanks to Zhou Sheng."

The teacher nodded approvingly, praised Lin Sitian a few words, and then turned to Zhou Sheng and said, "Zhou Sheng, don't work too hard when you are sick. Rest when you need to. A few days won't make a difference." He was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and stopped, "Oh, by the way... There are some rumors in the class, just ignore them if you are upright."

Zhou Sheng smiled at his teacher, and maybe he felt guilty, but he looked very shy under his glasses.


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