Chapter 52 Shining Bald
The noisy crowd suddenly became quiet.
Jiang Jinyue stood by the flower bed, still holding up her arms to embrace the world, but the smile on her face gradually stiffened.
The students surrounding them all opened their eyes wide, their mouths opened into a standard O shape. If emotions had substance, their heads would be full of exclamation marks.
Jiang Jinyue immediately put down his hands and looked at Lu Qingmian for help. After the intense emotions, Jiang Jinyue returned to his original introverted and shy self.
Lu Qingmian stood three steps away from Jiang Jinyue. After Jiang Jinyue looked over, a group of classmates surrounding Lu Qingmian very tactfully took two steps back and let Lu Qingmian out.
Unlike the shock of others, Lu Qingmian's expression looked restrained and calm, but his eyes were so deep that it was frightening. It was as if he had locked Jiang Jinyue in his eyes and trapped her in his heart.
"Lu Qingmian, save him..." Jiang Jinyue said in a low voice.
Lu Qingmian slowly curled his lips and took a step towards Jiang Jinyue.
The shocked students were awakened at this moment. They all applauded. In the ocean of applause, someone imitated Jiang Jinyue and shouted:
“I love this world!”
A more naughty classmate followed up with, "I love you, too!"
Then countless shouts rang out, and everyone shouted together:
"I love this world! I love you too!"
Amid the noise, Lu Qingmian walked up to Jiang Jinyue. The edge of the flower bed was not high, and Jiang Jinyue could only look at Lu Qingmian at eye level when standing on it.
He looked at Lu Qingmian, his hands clasped in front of him, his fingers nervously hooked together, the backs of his hands and fingertips covered with tiny wounds, some from burns and some from being hit by burning and falling buildings.
Jiang Jinyue was in an even more miserable state. His hair was burnt into a mess, with strands here and there. There were burnt holes all over his clothes, and a large area of his clothes on the back was burned away. Fortunately, it was cold and they were wearing thick clothes, so the skin was not burned directly, but he was definitely burned.
At close range, Lu Qingmian saw that even one of Jiang Jinyue's eyelashes was burned off.
Lu Qingmian reached out and held Jiang Jinyue's nervous fingers. "Yueyue, thank you for working hard to grow up. Thank you for being by my side. Thank you for all the hard work along the way."
This was the first time Lu Qingmian called Jiang Jinyue "Yueyue".
Jiang Jinyue became even more nervous, his heartbeat kept accelerating, and he couldn't suppress it no matter what he did.
"What's there to thank me for?" Jiang Jinyue glanced at the classmates who were looking at them excitedly, and said in a lower voice, "Lu Qingmian, shall we go?"
He was too embarrassed to stay here any longer and he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Moreover, his heart beat faster and faster, and he was afraid that the golden hand would point out something unusual.
Sure enough, as soon as he came up with this idea, the golden finger popped up in his mind.
"The super invincible Mary Sue cheat code is here! Detecting the host's accelerated heartbeat, and the source of the increased heartbeat, it will instantly give the host a super invincible and romantic Mary Sue cheat code!"
The next moment, snowflakes began to fall from the sky again.
Unlike ordinary white snowflakes, the snowflakes falling from the sky this time were light pink. Gradually, the world seemed to be covered with a layer of pink gauze.
The students looked up at the falling snowflakes, reached out to catch them and study them carefully.
"What's this?"
"Pink snow!"
"Why is it snowing pink?"
"Is it because of some weather change? Or is it an air quality issue?"
"How beautiful! Is it related to the fire?"
"I'm afraid this will be difficult for experts to study for a long time."
The girls who were rescued by Lu Qingmian and Jiang Jinyue sat together and stretched out their hands to catch the pink falling snow.
They watched the pink crystal-like snowflakes fall into their palms, then looked up at Lu Qingmian and Jiang Jinyue in the crowd, muttering softly, "Thank you, thank you... Thank you..."
No one knows the despair and helplessness they felt when they were thrown into dormitories and corridors filled with black smoke and fire. In the end, that despair and helplessness even turned into hatred that filled their chests.
Why? Why them?
They thought they would really die, be burned to death in the fire, and die in great pain and torture, but God sent these two people to them.
Hold your palms tightly, the cold snowflakes melt into water in your palms, and then gradually become warm.
Just like their hearts, from cold to warm again.
It’s great to still be able to see this world.
“This snow is really beautiful.”
When his classmates' attention was attracted by the pink snowflakes, Jiang Jinyue asked Lu Qingmian for help again, and at the same time he felt relieved.
It's just pink snowflakes, but at least it's better than some Mary Sue tricks like background music appearing out of nowhere or petals raining down. At least no one will suspect him.
A layer of pink snowflakes quickly fell on Lu Qingmian's shoulders. He smiled softly, his thin lips curled up, revealing his neat teeth. His teeth looked particularly white against the black and gray face, and he looked somewhat funny.
"Okay, let's go home."
Jiang Jinyue jumped down from the flower bed and followed Lu Qingmian closely. When they moved, the classmates who had gathered around them also moved and crowded around them.
Amidst the constant squeezing and collisions, Jiang Jinyue blinked his eyes. His vision became clear and the sounds in his ears remained unchanged. He really would never have hallucinations or auditory hallucinations again. The hell of bondage that had entangled him for years finally disappeared.
Lu Qingmian walked in front holding Jiang Jinyue's hand, "Do you want to go to the barber shop before going home? Your hair is burnt like this."
Jiang Jinyue once said that when he got better, he would go to the barber shop to get the most popular hairstyle, and Lu Qingmian always remembered it.
Jiang Jinyue tried to pull at his hair. Only a small part was left after being burned. It would be impossible to cut it into any hairstyle at this length. "Why don't we just shave it off? It's already like this anyway."
Lu Qingmian looked just as miserable as Jiang Jinyue, and even looked more miserable than Jiang Jinyue.
Jiang Jinyue just casually suggested it, but a male classmate who had been following them suddenly shouted, "Shave your head! I'll shave my head with you!"
The sudden loud voice startled Jiang Jinyue. He and Lu Qingmian looked over and saw that the male classmate had the most popular afro at the time.
The male classmate next to the afro also echoed loudly: "I will shave my head with you! I am a coward when it comes to saving people. I dare not rush into the sea of fire, but I can accompany you to shave my head!"
After hearing what the male classmates said, many people followed suit:
"I'll shave my head too!"
"I shave it too, I shave it too!"
"And me!"
"Count me in!"
The classmates rushed forward. Jiang Jinyue had just said it casually, but now he had no choice but to shave his head.
A group of people walked towards the barber shop in a mighty procession. Because there were too many people, the pace of progress was very slow. A female teacher walked out from among the teachers and leaders on the periphery.
"Why bother going to the barber shop and spending money to shave your head? I have a battery-powered electric clipper in my office. Just wait, I'll get it and shave your head!"
The teacher came back soon and found that a group of male students who wanted to have their heads shaved had already brought chairs and lined them up in front of the burned-down girls' dormitory.
They asked Lu Qingmian and Jiang Jinyue to sit in the middle, and then the teacher shaved their heads one by one with an electric shaver.
The firefighters had finished their final work and were talking with the school leaders. The firefighters kept praising Jiang Jinyue and Lu Qingmian for their bravery. It was really a miracle that no one died in such a big fire. Even the injured students mostly inhaled too much black smoke, and almost no one suffered serious burns.
The school leaders were proud of it. They puffed out their chests and praised Lu Qingmian and Jiang Jinyue with pride. They were very familiar with Lu Qingmian, the top student who condescended to study at H University, but they didn't know Jiang Jinyue. However, this did not prevent them from taking advantage of the glory.
But at the end of the conversation, the firefighter's expression suddenly grew serious. He lowered his voice and said, "We went in and found a strange burning spot. There was a smell of oil, and there were traces of burning cotton fuse. The traces spread all the way out the window, and that window was also open a crack. This fire... probably wasn't an accident, but arson. We suggest the school conduct a thorough investigation or call the police."
The school leaders' expressions instantly turned serious. Arson was no small matter, especially such a large fire. If it weren't for Lu Qingmian and Jiang Jinyue, who knows how many students would have died in the fire. By then, they would have no way of explaining to their parents or society.
As the firefighter left, he looked curiously at a few cats huddled in a corner.
Almost all the cats, dogs and birds that helped put out the fire have left. Only these few cats are still here. They should be stray cats that have been living in H University.
Several cats were skinny, and their clear cat eyes looked towards Jiang Jinyue from time to time. They wanted to go over but didn't dare. They could feel a strange sense of closeness and security from Jiang Jinyue.
Teachers, leaders and students were talking about what had just happened, whether it was Jiang Jinyue and Lu Qingmian's brave behavior of rushing into the sea of fire or the little animals that miraculously ran out to help put out the fire.
"This is truly a miracle." Someone exclaimed.
Everyone agreed:
"That's right, it's really a miracle."
As they spoke, they looked from afar at the two people sitting in front of the girls' dormitory.
They knew that these two people were the initiators of this miracle.
The teacher shaved the heads one by one, and the hair fell all over the snow. One by one, shiny bald heads appeared.
Soon, the burnt hair on Jiang Jinyue and Lu Qingmian's heads was also shaved off. They looked at each other's bald heads and burst into laughter.
The female teacher holding the hair clipper also laughed, then calmed down a bit and said very seriously: "You are very brave and great. You are real heroes."
Jiang Jinyue had never been praised by a teacher since he was a child. This teacher wasn't from their department, and he didn't know him. But he was still very nervous. He lowered his head and whispered, "I'm not a hero..."
The teacher patted Jiang Jinyue on the shoulder and said, "Don't underestimate yourself."
At this moment, the boy who had previously sported an afro touched his bald head and asked curiously, "Teacher, why do you have an electric shaver in your office?"
The teacher put away the hair clipper and said calmly, "Oh, this is for my dog. I was in a hurry to go to work and somehow put it in my bag and brought it here. I just left it in the office and never took it back."
"For dogs, dogs?"
A row of students stared at each other, and then burst into laughter.
"Bald guys, come take a picture!"
The classmates took out their cell phones, stood not far away, and took a group photo of these newly bald men with the burned-out girls' dormitory as the background.
This was the third group photo in Jiang Jinyue's life. He looked at the photos sent to him by others on the screen of his mobile phone. His fingertips gently rubbed the figures of him and Lu Qingmian. The corners of his mouth curled up and he smiled very happily.
He knows that in the future, he will have countless group photos!
After the hustle and bustle died down, Jiang Jinyue walked towards the timid cats huddled together. They were the stray cats that Jiang Jinyue had always wanted to find.
These cats were extremely timid. They did not run away when they saw Jiang Jinyue coming over, but when they saw Lu Qingmian following Jiang Jinyue, they began to back away.
Jiang Jinyue quickly spoke up: "Don't be afraid, no one here can hurt you."
The cats stopped where they were, still maintaining a posture ready to escape at any time.
Jiang Jinyue bent down and picked up the two cats nearby. He planned to take all the cats home.
Lu Qingmian also bent down and stretched out his arms, but did not hug her forcefully.
Jiang Jinyue comforted her from the side: "Let him hold you, everything will be fine."
The cats then rubbed against each other and Lu Qingmian held two of them in his arms and two on his shoulders before he stood up.
Under the gaze of their classmates, the two of them left the school with the cat in the morning light.
Seeing them take the cat away, some classmates were quick-witted and quickly thought of the small animals that had helped put out the fire before. These things might be related to Lu Qingmian and Jiang Jinyue. What secrets do these two people have?
But they had no intention of exploring what the secret was.
They don't have the courage and spirit of sacrifice to rush into the fire to save people, but at least they should be of some other use, such as keeping the secrets they discover in their hearts forever.
Before walking out of the school gate, they saw the little white cat carrying the black plastic bag again.
The little white cat squatted beside the flower bed with its paws hooked on the plastic bag, as if in a daze.
Jiang Jinyue walked over, and the little white cat seemed to know that they should not be able to see it, so it did not move.
Jiang Jinyue bent down and took away the black plastic bag hanging on the little white cat's paw. The little white cat then looked up at Jiang Jinyue.
"Why have you been here all the time?" Jiang Jinyue asked.
The little white cat tilted its head and didn't say anything. Unlike living cats, these little cat souls seemed unable to speak.
It raised its paw, as if it was surprised that Jiang Jinyue could see it, but the next moment it turned and ran away.
Watching the little white cat running away, Jiang Jinyue slowly frowned. He found that a black shadow emerged behind the little white cat. The black shadow gradually solidified and turned into a plastic bag hanging on the little white cat. The plastic bag seemed to have grown on the little white cat, and the plastic bag that Jiang Jinyue had taken away before had disappeared.
"Why is this happening?" Jiang Jinyue and Lu Qingmian looked at each other and then at the cat in their arms.
These cats are much more timid than the previous ones. I can feel them trembling when I hold them in my arms.
Jiang Jinyue patted the cat's back and asked, "Can you see this little white cat?"
Several cats looked at him with their round cat eyes, without saying a word.
Jiang Jinyue was puzzled: "These cats don't seem to understand what I'm saying?"
Suddenly, a skinny tabby cat standing on Lu Qingmian's shoulder spoke in a very low voice, "I, I can't see."
They could understand what Jiang Jinyue said, but they didn't dare to speak.
Hearing them say they couldn't see the little white cat, Jiang Jinyue knew that he probably couldn't learn anything from them. However, he didn't expect that a cat in Jiang Jinyue's arms raised its little head and said:
"I once saw a girl bury a white cat in a flower bed."
"A girl buried it?" Jiang Jinyue frowned. "If you saw that girl, would you be able to recognize her?"
The cat nodded. "Yes, I'm smart!"
After speaking, the cat finally showed some liveliness.
Jiang Jinyue planned to bring the cat here later to try his luck. If he could meet that girl, he could ask her what was going on.
Now they have been tossing and turning all night and are exhausted. They just want to go home and rest.
After returning home, they put the cats in the cat room next door. Lu Qingmian and Jiang Jinyue took a bath and got into the same bed.
They were so tired that they didn't think about anything. They lay down on the big mattress together and fell into a deep sleep.
He slept for almost a whole day, and it was already dusk when Jiang Jinyue woke up.
The room was covered with thick curtains, and the evening sunlight could only penetrate a little through the gaps, and a slanting ray of light fell on the bed.
Jiang Jinyue came out of Lu Qingmian's arms, turned over, looked at the hazy light, and stretched out his hand to draw the shape of the light in the air.
Suddenly, a strong arm was placed around her waist, and Lu Qingmian woke up. She buried her cheek in the back of Jiang Jinyue's neck, rubbing it gently.
Jiang Jinyue tilted her head slightly: "Are you awake?"
Lu Qingmian pressed his thin lips against Jiang Jinyue's neck, "Hmm."
His voice was hoarse from waking up, and sounded very sexy.
Jiang Jinyue smiled, her eyes curved, "What are we going to eat later?"
After sleeping for a whole day, Jiang Jinyue was already hungry.
Lu Qingmian raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Jinyue with his dark eyes. He looked at her for a long time without saying anything.
Jiang Jinyue turned his head and moved closer, and the two of them lay on the same pillow.
"Lu Qingmian, why don't you speak?"
Under the quilt, Lu Qingmian's arm was on Jiang Jinyue's waist, and suddenly he tightened it and hugged Jiang Jinyue into his arms again.
He half-raised his body, leaned close to Jiang Jinyue's ear, and bit Jiang Jinyue's white earlobe.
"Jiang Jinyue, you are completely healed."
Jiang Jinyue couldn't help but feel happy when he mentioned this. He nodded vigorously, "Yes, I'm fine. I'm completely fine."
Lu Qingmian raised his thin lips, and his fingertips brushed across Jiang Jinyue's nose and landed on his lips.
"Then can I collect the tips I've accumulated?"
Jiang Jinyue didn't react for a moment, "What tip?"
Lu Qingmian pressed Jiang Jinyue's shoulders and lowered his body. "This is the tip I saved from feeding you last month."
Before he finished speaking, the remaining few words blurred on Jiang Jinyue's lips.
He raised his head, his neck stretched into a fragile line, and pushed Lu Qingmian's shoulders with both hands, a little panicked, "Lu, Lu Qingmian!"
Lu Qingmian stepped back slightly, his dark eyes fixed on Jiang Jinyue. The look in his eyes was very dangerous, as if to say, "Let me see what excuse you are trying to find."
Jiang Jinyue felt his waist weaken when he saw such a look. A voice in his heart told him that he couldn't escape this time no matter what he said.
But he still made a weak attempt: "I, I'm so hungry, I haven't eaten yet!"
Lu Qingmian chuckled, his laughter revealing a hint of frivolity and desire. "I'm hungry too. How about this, I'll eat first, and you can eat later?"
Jiang Jinyue's eyes lit up, thinking there was a chance, and she immediately put her arms around Lu Qingmian's neck in a flattering manner, "Then what shall we eat?"
"Eat..." Lu Qingmian stretched out his tone.
Jiang Jinyue became more and more nervous, and his body began to tremble slightly, honestly expressing his throbbing.
Lu Qingmian lowered his head again and kissed her hard.
"Fresh Jiang Jinyue."
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