Chapter 73
This question makes no sense.
Chu Xia no longer needed to cling to him, so she didn't care about her tone or wording, and just said directly, "It was you who pretended not to know me first."
Lin Xiaohan thought about it and wondered when she was talking about this incident.
There was nothing else, I think it was only that time outside the bookstore the day before yesterday morning.
So he answered, "I'm not pretending."
Chuxia thought about what he had just asked her about her face, so she didn't continue talking about it.
She continued in the same tone, "You've always thought I'm thick-skinned, and you've always been annoyed by my constant clinging to you, and you want me to stay away from you, to keep my distance from you? Now I'm pretending that I don't know you, and I won't bother you anymore, isn't that just what you want?"
Lin Xiaohan looked at Chu Xia and breathed softly.
Yes, he really felt that being strangers was the best thing.
When she gets too close to him, he wants to push her away and keep her away from him.
He doesn't want to have a relationship with anyone.
He has no feelings in his heart and does not believe in any feelings.
But she was really not by his side, and he felt like something was missing in his heart.
Although she kept her distance from him when they were in the countryside, they were still together every day because work and life were inseparable, so there was no overly obvious feeling.
After returning to the city, she no longer came to see him, and he felt very uncomfortable.
Originally, he could have suppressed it.
But after seeing her again last night, something seemed to be wrong.
He also wanted to go home directly after class just now, but in the end he walked back.
Now that you're back.
Naturally, I don't plan to suppress it anymore.
He looked at Chu Xia and asked back: "So this is why you are here?"
Chu Xia replied, "What else? Don't think I'm really shameless. I also have dignity and temper. I won't stick to you anymore."
Lin Xiaohan moved closer to her, stared into her eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Really? Is it because you have dignity and temper, or because you don't need me anymore?"
"!"
Chuxia's heart skipped a beat and a guilty look flashed across her eyes.
She subconsciously held her breath, looked at Lin Xiaohan and thought to herself - could he know something too?
Lin Xiaohan stared at Chu Xia for a while.
In the moonlight, he saw the guilt in her eyes, and naturally saw the correct answer.
Chu Xia calmed down for a long time and replied, "Of course it's because of my temper!"
Lin Xiaohan looked at her and smiled, then suddenly picked up a book and held it upright, deliberately letting Chu Xia see the title of the book, and said, "Can this book help you calm down a little?"
The book is the review outline that Chuxia has been looking for and borrowing these two days.
She stared at the book cover for a while, then looked at Lin Xiaohan and asked with a wary look in her eyes: "What do you want to do?"
He took the initiative to come to her and lend her books to help her calm down.
This is not something Lin Xiaohan would do.
Lin Xiaohan directly reached out and took Chu Xia's schoolbag, opened her bag lid, stuffed the review outline into her bag, and said, "If I really hate you, there's no way you can show up in front of me. Apart from playing around, I've never made friends, and I don't know how to make friends..."
He closed the lid of her schoolbag, took his hand back, and looked into her eyes. "Will you teach me?"
Chuxia's heartbeat suddenly increased twice.
What he meant was that he had always considered her a friend, so should he continue to be friends with her now?
wrong.
He obviously always hated making friends and having relationships with people.
She couldn't be fooled by him, he was the best actor.
Thinking of this, Chu Xia came back to her senses, steadied her heartbeat, and quickly replied, "I'll think about it."
After that, she didn't plan to say anything more to him, so she got on her bicycle and prepared to run away.
As a result, she couldn't even take the second step while pushing the cart.
Lin Xiaohan suddenly reached out again, grabbed her handlebars and pulled her.
Early summer was forced to stop.
She couldn't help but feel a little nervous again, so she turned to look at Lin Xiaohan and asked, "What happened again?"
Lin Xiaohan held on to her car without letting go.
He looked at her and said, "It's too late. It's not safe for a girl like you to walk on the road. I'll take you there."
Chuxia felt that having him send her off was more terrifying than walking alone at night.
He suddenly showed his affection without telling her the destination, which made her feel very uneasy.
So she quickly refused: "No need... I can ride my bike very fast... I'll be home soon..."
Lin Xiaohan still didn't let go.
He suddenly moved closer to Chu Xia, deliberately lowered his voice, and said in a weird and scary voice: "Have you never heard of Shuangqiao old rogue?"
Chuxia was made nervous by what he said.
Of course she had heard of him. This old gangster started committing crimes in Shuangqiao in 1972, raping and robbing many women. When committing crimes, he would call himself "Shuangqiao Old Gangster".
She looked at Lin Xiaohan with bated breath and said, "Didn't it happen a long time ago? And it happened in the countryside."
Lin Xiaohan said: "He started committing crimes in 1972, and the scope of his crimes has been expanding. He has not been caught yet, and he has not stopped committing crimes. More than 200 people have been killed by him."
As he said this, he took the bicycle handlebars from Chuxia very naturally.
Then he crossed his legs and got into the car, turned around and signaled Chu Xia: "Get in."
“…”
Chuxia held her schoolbag and stared at him, she really wanted to kick him.
She rode her bike home in the middle of the night last night without any fear, as she felt the security in the city was quite good. But now after what he said, she no longer dares to walk at night.
After looking at Lin Xiaohan for a moment, Chuxia walked to the back seat of the car, stepped on the pedal and sat in the car.
Lin Xiaohan stepped on the pedal and started riding the bike, then asked her, "Where do you live?"
Chu Xia replied, "Number 8, Tianxian Temple."
Chuxia sat on the back seat of the bicycle, so she didn't touch Lin Xiaohan and held the frame with her hands.
The night wind felt cold on her face, so she hid her head behind Lin Xiaohan.
In the darkness of night, the streets were deserted.
After walking for a while after leaving the street where the factory was located, Chu Xia asked Lin Xiaohan: "By the way, where is your home? Is it far from my alley?"
Lin Xiaohan casually replied: "It's OK, not far."
Chu Xia said "Oh", and then asked: "You actually want to take my car, right?"
Lin Xiaohan: “…”
He was silent for a while and then replied: "You are very good at guessing."
Chu Xia: "That's because I understand you."
Lin Xiaohan: “…”
Riding his bicycle in the night, Lin Xiaohan unconsciously felt a sense of familiarity and security. This sense of security was accumulated bit by bit over the many early mornings, noons and evenings when he and Chuxia walked side by side on the country roads to and from work, picked vegetables from their private plots, and pulled a cart to set up a stall at the market.
Those images flashed through my mind.
His mood was calmer than the night around him.
He spoke calmly and asked Chuxia: "Which university do you plan to apply to?"
This is indeed an issue that needs to be considered, after all, you will have to fill out your application soon.
But Chu Xia currently has no clear ideas or plans. She said with a weak tone and little confidence: "I don't have any plans. I'll be very good if I can pass the exam."
Lin Xiaohan said while riding his bike: "I remember you said before that you studied hard when you were in school and your test scores were not bad. And when we were recruiting students in the countryside, you said that the college entrance examination might be restored, and you bought a lot of materials and read them every day. Why are you still so unconfident?"
Chu Xia paused for a moment after being asked by him.
Yes, she did study hard when she was in school and her test scores were usually good, but the school didn’t look at test scores.
Moreover, she has been reviewing since March last year, and has already mastered most of the knowledge points.
There are some knowledge points that are more difficult, and I will be scratching my head when encountering questions.
She also memorized a lot of texts and poems, whether they required memorization or not.
Most people can't compare to her knowledge reserves and accumulation.
Other candidates either have a weak learning foundation, or have been away from school for too long and have forgotten too much, or have too little time to review.
Why is she so unconfident?
Chuxia thought about this question again.
She thought that on the one hand she might have been influenced by the environment around her over the past ten years, and on the other hand she was probably also influenced by the setting of the novel.
She is very confident about the things that are praised in the novel, such as her cooking skills, and her hard-working and capable character. However, she has little confidence in the things that are not positively praised in the novel.
Although she said that she wanted to shine, when it came to the real thing, she didn't dare to think about how bright she could shine.
I'm afraid of being laughed at if I tell others.
I wasn't afraid of being laughed at when I told Lin Xiaohan this.
So Chu Xia said, "If I really want to tell you what I think, I don't care which university, the best one is fine."
Lin Xiaohan heard the hidden meaning in her words and asked again: "Why?"
Chu Xia said: "Let all those who look down on me shut up."
Lin Xiaohan: "Someone looks down on you?"
Chu Xia: "There are many people who look down on me. Didn't you look down on me before? Everyone in the Youth League Center can see that you despise me the most. You have a stinky face and call me a fool all day long."
Lin Xiaohan: “…”
He cleared his throat: "Is there?"
Chu Xia stretched her head forward, "No? How about I learn a few lines for you?"
Lin Xiaohan: “…No need for that.”
Of course, Chuxia wasn't bringing up old matters with him, so she just said a few words and then stopped.
She then asked Lin Xiaohan: "Which university do you plan to apply to? You don't want to stay in Beijing, do you?"
According to the original novel, he was admitted to the south.
Later, the South developed first, so he was also ahead of others in riding the crest of the times.
Lin Xiaohan didn't answer, but asked Chu Xia: "What about you?"
Chu Xia replied: "I will definitely stay in Beijing. I am the only daughter of my parents. If I leave, there will be no one to accompany them at home."
When the bicycle reached the entrance of Tianxianan Hutong, Lin Xiaohan stepped on the brakes and stopped.
He turned around and said to Chu Xia: "I won't take you in."
Early summer jumped off the bike.
After Lin Xiaohan got out of the car, she pushed the car and said to him, "Thank you for your book. I will return it to you as soon as I finish it."
After saying that, without waiting for Lin Xiaohan to say anything else, she pushed the cart into the alley.
Lin Xiaohan stood where he was, watching her figure run into the alley and disappear into the darkness.
Then he faintly heard the sound of a door opening and closing in the alley, and he turned and left.
Walking alone in the night, the world seems quieter.
After walking for a while, he suddenly laughed out loud, and two words popped up in his mind - fool.
He used to laugh at Chuxia and call her a fool.
Unexpectedly, he has become a dazed fool at this moment.
***
After returning home in early summer, I didn't do anything else. I quickly washed up and sat down to review.
She took her schoolbag and pulled out the review outline that Lin Xiaohan had stuffed in her bag. She first read it through from beginning to end and sorted it out in her mind.
The more she flipped through it, the more confident she became.
This should be because the applicants this year are in special circumstances and have very little time to review, so judging from the knowledge points in the review outline, the test paper should be basic and not difficult.
If the difficulty is made too high and no one can do it, there is really no point.
After Chuxia had roughly flipped through the book, she took out her notebook and copied some more while she still had energy.
Her head started to pecking at rice uncontrollably from copying. She gave up trying to hold it together. She yawned, put the materials, paper and pen into her schoolbag, and threw herself on the bed, covering herself with the quilt.
This time I fell asleep quickly without touching the pillow.
She lay on the bed with her eyes closed, and suddenly she remembered what Lin Xiaohan did and said tonight, and her eyes suddenly opened again.
My mind was filled with questions - what on earth did he want to do?
After thinking for a while, Chuxia's eyes gradually became smaller, and then closed after blinking.
Forget it. She doesn’t have that much energy to be distracted by other things now. She should just pass the college entrance examination first.
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