Chapter 56 Chapter 56 She Loves Me
Li Jinglang would only stay in the school dormitory for a while during the lunch break, and he had not been there many times. That night, he appeared at the dormitory door in a mess, dragging his suitcase, and Ouyang Che, who had just come back from washing up, was also surprised.
Li Jinglang was so distracted that he almost bumped into the person who came. The dormitory was already closed. Fortunately, the dormitory manager knew that this student needed special care and let him in.
"Why are you here?"
Seeing Li Jinglang standing at the dormitory door, Ouyang Che was stunned, as if he had seen a ghost.
Ouyang Che had just taken a shower, and his hair was still wet with water dripping down, soaking his pajamas.
It was rare to see people wearing pajamas in the boys' dormitory. Everyone either wore casual clothes or was naked, and no one disliked anyone else. The only exception was Ouyang Che, who was always very particular, especially about his appearance.
"What about them?"
There was no one in the dormitory. Li Jinglang looked around and found that only the desk lamp on Ouyang Che's bed was on.
"Didn't our college organize a study tour for the school anniversary? They were among the first group to go." Ouyang Che explained while wiping his hair, his other hand still busy replying to messages.
"Are you from the second batch?"
Li Jinglang threw the things aside, leaned back on the chair, and slid halfway down, with no strength left.
"....." Hearing him talking, Ouyang Che suddenly smiled, bent down and leaned against the ladder next to him, with a playful expression, "Why are you still willing to pay attention to me today?"
"What's wrong with you?"
Ouyang Che moved a little closer, and the water on his hair dripped onto the floor. Li Jinglang tilted his head in annoyance.
He doesn't like living with others and feels uncomfortable when they are too close.
Ouyang Che was so close that Li Jinglang couldn't avoid the faint scent of shower gel wafting from him.
It was an overly familiar smell. In Li Jinglang's impression, only Tang Ningyue had this smell.
“.....”
"What kind of body wash do you use?"
Suddenly, Li Jinglang frowned and looked at him with a somewhat displeased expression.
"what?"
Ouyang Che subconsciously stepped back, his eyes evasive, and his arms crossed unnaturally.
He sniffed, stood up straight, and turned away from Li Jinglang's sight.
This shower gel was given to him by Tao Yun. Almost all of his daily necessities were bought for him by Tao Yun, but no one has ever paid attention to it. Li Jinglang is the first one.
He was also the first person to see him and Tao Yun in the hotel.
"Are you using the same one as me?"
Ouyang Che was bluffing on purpose and unfortunately hit the horse's hoof.
“....”
Li Jinglang's dark eyes just stared at him without saying a word, making his scalp tingle.
"Why?" Ouyang Che threw the towel onto the chair. "Only rich people like you can use it?"
"Or do you want to report me for subsidy fraud?"
“…”
Ouyang Che talked a lot, and the more he spoke, the less confident he became.
He felt too guilty, especially facing the person in front of him.
Ouyang Che was almost unable to defend himself.
"I really don't have any money." He lowered his eyes, and the mocking smile he had just had disappeared, his expression darkening. "I didn't buy this."
"I didn't cheat on the subsidy. I was left with nothing after paying tuition. I still have to... I still have surgery..."
Li Jinglang still maintained the same posture as before, motionless. Ouyang Che felt that he was like a ghost in a Japanese comic who had just crawled out of the river, his whole body was wet, and even the air around him was the same.
"If you like it, I'll give it to you." He took the purple bottle from the cabinet and placed it on Li Jinglang's desk, as if compromising. "Okay?"
Li Jinglang stared at the bottle which was exactly the same as the one Tang Ningyue gave him and asked Ouyang Che.
"Did she give it to you?"
It goes without saying who she is. Ouyang Che is actually not that shy about it. He has already given up and it doesn't matter.
"Yes." Ouyang Che nodded, "She gave me everything I ate and wore."
"She also paid for the medical expenses?"
Ouyang Che didn't know where Li Jinglang got so much to say. He had never said as much to him in the entire semester as he did tonight.
"No." Ouyang Che shook his head twice, "I can make money on my own."
"Why?"
"Why?" Ouyang Che raised his voice. "What's wrong with me making my own money? I don't want her to give me money, is that okay?"
".....Is that what you told me before?"
Li Jinglang raised his eyelids, vaguely remembering Ouyang Che had told him before that there were no good women who went to the "high tower".
"What's wrong?" Ouyang Che pulled the corner of his mouth, his hands on his waist, a little bit unable to bear the feeling of having his thoughts exposed, "Just because you say it's true love, I can't do it?"
"She and her husband have been separated for a long time, all they need is a marriage certificate. Her son also likes me very much, I..."
Ouyang Che fell silent after the sudden slip of the tongue, let out a breath, and slumped back in the chair, feeling a little overwhelmed.
"You can laugh at me all you want, anyway, anyway...I don't care."
“.....”
The dormitory suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of the wind.
Ouyang Che raised his head and covered his face. All the words that he had been holding in his heart for so long suddenly came out one unexpected night, and he actually felt a sense of relief.
Li Jinglang didn't want to force him to answer these questions. He looked over Ouyang Che, then retracted his eyes and stared blankly at the gray moonlight above his head.
"If you need it, I can refer you to a doctor."
"....." Ouyang Che did not move and still maintained that posture.
"It's late, go to bed."
Li Jinglang didn't look at him again and left the dormitory in silence.
I had never lived in a dormitory before, so I had to prepare everything on the spur of the moment. By the time I finished packing and lay down on the bed, it was already very late.
Li Jinglang went in and out of the WeChat interface several times before going to bed, but he still didn't dare to send a message to Tang Ningyue, even though her social account clearly showed she was online.
That night, both people in the dormitory tossed and turned, and no one slept well. The dormitory was so quiet that it was suffocating.
It was almost dawn when he fell into a drowsy sleep. The school anniversary week activities started early the next morning. Li Jinglang's sleep quality was very poor to begin with, so he opened his eyes as soon as he heard any movement.
Tang Ningyue was right, he couldn't sleep well here.
But her feeling sorry for him was just words, nothing more.
Li Jinglang took his cell phone from beside the pillow and turned it on. It was empty, without a single message.
She didn't seem worried about him at all.
......
So annoying.
I feel uncomfortable all over.
After getting out of bed, Li Jinglang opened the door with the toiletries he had just bought downstairs from the dormitory last night. He put his cell phone on the table and didn't want to even look at it. When he thought that there was no message from Tang Ningyue, he felt suffocated and breathless.
The dormitory building was very quiet in the morning. Very few people got up at this time. Li Jinglang only met Ouyang Che when he passed by the stairwell.
Half of his body was hidden in the shadows, he was talking on the phone with a smile on his face. The moment he looked up, he caught a glimpse of Li Jinglang, then quickly lowered his head and walked down one floor quickly.
Li Jinglang was not interested in his gossip. He still walked in with a sullen face, brushing his teeth and washing his face. He had no expression at all, like a robot that could only move. He even ignored Ouyang Che who appeared in the mirror.
"There's a school anniversary event where honorary alumni will present awards to students who have received national scholarships. We both have to go. Didn't Teacher Jiang tell you that?"
Ouyang Che was talking to him from behind, holding his phone. They were not even friends, but they knew a lot of each other's secrets. This kind of relationship was the most frustrating.
"Isn't the scholarship a thing of the past?"
"Teacher Jiang said it was just to take some photos." Ouyang Che touched the back of his head, feeling a little helpless.
“.....”
Li Jinglang finally looked at him, then lowered his head and continued washing the cup in his hand.
Ouyang Che was no longer surprised by his behavior and even went up to him to talk to him.
"I just called my girlfriend."
"....." Li Jinglang didn't care and didn't want to respond, not even looking at him.
"Sister Ningyue is your girlfriend, right?"
Li Jinglang finally turned to him, with questioning eyes.
"They...are friends." Ouyang Che shrugged.
"Are you familiar with her?"
Li Jinglang didn't know what to say to Ouyang Che. Both of them were deceiving themselves. It was ridiculous.
"We've had dinner together a few times before."
"Eat?" Li Jinglang licked his back teeth with an unhappy expression.
"Oh, well, my girlfriend Tao Yun has been here. They had a sister party and asked me to go along."
"When is the party?"
"Many times, don't they often get together? Sometimes it's just the two of them, sometimes there are a lot of people together. They basically bring people with them." Ouyang Che disagreed.
"But why haven't you been there once?" Ouyang Che turned his body and looked at him.
“.....”
"I knew that young masters like you wouldn't be able to bring yourself to do something like this."
“.....”
"I admit that I had selfish motives when I said those things to you before, but I really did think you couldn't sell your face like I did."
"You've helped me before, so I don't want you to suffer like this. Besides, I can be a shameful gigolo. I've endured all kinds of hardships, so it doesn't matter to me."
"You definitely don't want to, right?"
"Are you done?" Li Jinglang finally became impatient.
"I knew you had the temper of a young master. You couldn't even stand hearing these few words. How could you say to Sister Ning Yue..." Ouyang Che didn't say anything. He looked at Li Jinglang's gloomy face and changed the subject.
"Stop talking, stop talking. I'm being nosy." Ouyang Che pouted several times. "Let's go have breakfast first."
Li Jinglang watched Ouyang Che take two quick steps forward, then stopped and looked back at him when he saw that he hadn't caught up with him.
"Why did your girlfriend... bring you to the party?" Li Jinglang stared at him and said this out of the blue.
"Ah?" Ouyang Che didn't react for a moment.
"Doesn't she have a husband?"
"Hey, can you please stop talking so loudly?" Ouyang Che hurried over to stop him from continuing.
“.....”
Ouyang Che sighed helplessly. Looking at Li Jinglang's stubborn look, he knew that he could not win against him.
"She loves me," Ouyang Che paused, "She said she loves me, and only me."
"Isn't that enough?"
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The author has something to say: The puppy never expected to hear such heartbreaking words when he returned to school.
"Everyone is loved except me."
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