Chapter 78 Chapter 78 My girlfriend is very emotional...
Lin Qingxu couldn't remember how he got back to where he lived.
She opened the door, and the hallway light flickered on. Under the warm glow, Jin Yuanbao sat upright, the tip of his furry tail gently tapping the ground. He tilted his head, his wet black eyes staring at her unblinkingly.
She slowly squatted down, reached out her hand and gently stroked Jin Yuanbao's head, feeling its warm and soft touch at her fingertips.
"Yuanbao," Lin Qingxu forced a smile, his eyes a little hollow. His voice was as light as a feather, a hint of fatigue: "I'm a little tired. I want to go to sleep for a while. Can Yuanbao play by himself?"
Jin Yuanbao seemed to understand, rubbed her palm with his head, and answered with a "meow".
Lin Qingxu stood up on his knees and walked towards the bedroom.
Almost at the same time, the cell phone she had thrown into her backpack in the living room rang, and Kan Zhao's name flashed on the screen.
The bell rang over and over again.
Lin Qingxu paused for a moment at the bedroom door, then finally turned back and took out his cell phone from deep within his backpack.
After the call was connected, Kan Zhao's voice came, with a faint laugh in the background: "Lin Xiaoxiao, what do you want to talk to me about? My phone was not with me just now."
Lin Qingxu held the phone in his hand, his ears filled with the noisy background sound from his end, and he inevitably thought of Le Yao.
Is she with him now?
Is he looking at the wound on Kan Zhao's arm with a concerned look?
The voices of those classmates' discussions seemed to ring in her ears again.
The brief silence on the other end of the phone made Kan Zhao a little confused: "Lin Xiaoxiao?"
Lin Qingxu was about to ask about the injury on his hand, but finally said: "...It's fine now."
"You..." Kan Zhao seemed to want to say something.
"Kan Zhao, I'm a little sleepy and want to take a nap." Lin Qingxu interrupted him without giving him a chance to ask further questions.
After hanging up, she stood in the middle of the living room, stunned for a few seconds. Then she picked up her phone, found the restaurant she had booked, and paid the penalty.
After dealing with all this, Lin Qingxu turned off her phone, and the screen went completely dark. She walked into the bedroom and drew the heavy curtains.
The room darkened instantly.
Lin Qingxu buried himself in the quilt, isolating himself from all the chaotic emotions.
Fatigue washed over her like a tide.
The dream is bizarre and strange.
In the darkness, the young girl huddled in a cold corner. Her parents' heated arguments pierced her eardrums, and blurry faces swayed before her eyes...
Lin Qingxu hugged herself tightly, burying her face in her knees, trying to shrink herself down and become more inconspicuous. That familiar, suffocating feeling of powerlessness once again enveloped her tightly...
The scene shifted briefly. The distorted, quarreling faces of his parents overlapped with the image of Le Yao snuggling up to Kan Zhao in the studio, leaving Lin Qingxu breathless.
Lin Qingxu was struggling in a chaotic nightmare. Just when she was about to be swallowed by the darkness, the ringing of a cell phone suddenly pulled her out of the deep pool.
She woke up with a start, her heart pounding in her chest and cold sweat breaking out on her forehead.
The room was dark, the curtains blocking out all light from outside.
Ruan Yanyan's name appeared on the mobile phone screen next to her.
Lin Qingxu took a few deep breaths, trying to calm the palpitations brought on by the nightmare, before reaching out to answer the phone. His voice was still hoarse from waking up and a barely perceptible sob: "...Yanyan?"
"Qing Xu!" On the other end of the phone, Ruan Yanyan's tone was full of gossip and joy.
"I didn't want to disturb you at this time, but I'm too excited. Even more nervous than when I was in love. Actually, if you don't answer my call within 20 seconds, I won't disturb your world of two."
"So. So what? How far along are you with your confession? According to the schedule, shouldn't we be in the cinema now? As soon as the ending song plays and the lights come on, you should..."
Ruan Yanyan spoke excitedly, but after a while, she realized there was no response from the other side. She was keenly aware of Lin Qingxu's emotions. Her words stopped abruptly, and her tone instantly changed from joy to caution: "Qingxu? What's wrong with you? ... Is there something wrong?"
Lin Qingxu opened her mouth, but found it difficult to make a sound. She sat up and tried to calm the lingering emotions. After several seconds, she was able to speak.
She responded softly, "Nothing. I just... don't want to confess."
"What?!" Ruan Yanyan's voice rose in disbelief. "Why? Haven't we been planning this for a long time?"
Ruan Yanyan knew Lin Qingxu. She was never one to give up halfway. Once she made a plan, she would execute it, completing it accurately and perfectly.
Ruan Yanyan thought of something: "Did that Kan Zhao guy do something? Did he bully you?!"
Lin Qingxu was silent for a moment. She curled up and buried her face in her knees. Her voice was a little muffled. "No, he's fine. It's my problem. Maybe I'm too timid and not bright enough."
Lin Qingxu realized that he had been hesitant and cautious recently because he cherished this relationship too much and became sensitive and suspicious.
If she can't adjust herself to this state, Kan Zhao will be very tired in the long run.
Kan Zhao should be liked by a cheerful and persistent girl like Le Yao.
He deserved the best, not her.
Ruan Yanyan on the other end of the phone was silent. She could clearly feel the deep concession in her friend's words.
This is not a momentary impulse.
Instead, after thinking it over, Lin Qingxu decided to bury the love she had carefully treasured with her own hands.
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Kan Zhao had no other thoughts about saving Le Yao.
He would help no matter who it was.
The lighting equipment was bulky and had sharp edges. If it hit Le Yao's face directly, there would be a risk of disfigurement.
After all, he has received nine years of compulsory education. It is a moral issue if he does not help others in need.
To be fair, if Lin Qingxu had encountered such a situation, Kan Zhao probably would not just block her with his hands. Instead, he would stand in front of Lin Qingxu and protect her tightly.
Maybe she was really scared, Le Yao cried for a long time before she stopped.
The medicine box was quickly brought over by people from the society, and Le Yao sobbed as she tried to apply medicine to Kan Zhao.
Kan Zhao glanced at Zhang You.
Fortunately, this man was smarter than Lu Dai. He took the iodine and cotton swab and pushed Le Yao aside.
Le Yao sobbed and wiped her tears with her sleeves in front of Kan Zhao, and stayed beside him.
Because of the previous experience, Kan Zhao asked her: "You said before that we knew each other? When?"
Le Yao nodded: "When I was in my second year of high school, I..."
Kan Zhao interrupted her, "Is it from Nanhua?"
The question is about their high school.
"Um."
"Then do you know my girlfriend? Lin Qingxu, she's more famous than me."
Le Yao nodded. "Senior sister is very smart and beautiful." Le Yao said a little embarrassedly, "But I..."
"Yes, she is prettier and smarter than you."
Zhang You, who was bandaging Kan Zhao's wound, wanted to laugh when he heard this, but he forced himself to hold it back. After all, the other person was a girl.
Le Yao's face also turned a little red, she pursed her lips and nodded.
"What do you think of me?" Kan Zhao asked her.
Le Yao stammered, "Senior is a very nice person."
Kan Zhao nodded: "I think I'm good too."
He looked at Le Yao: "You are doing well too."
Then he continued: "But I deserve the best."
Zhang You couldn't help it. Is this guy quite narcissistic?
Le Yao felt like crying. She had been secretly in love with him for four years and it was impossible for her to let go easily.
The spotlight was already broken, its parts scattered everywhere. Those with no other tasks helped clean up the scene while Xinke called to report the situation.
"Combining what you said before, do I count myself as your savior twice? Can you do me a favor?"
Le Yao nodded.
"My girlfriend is very sensitive and I don't want her to have any bad feelings because of misunderstandings like this."
"That's the first point. The second is that she's hard to catch. Once there's any sign of trouble, she'll run faster than a rabbit. Can you stay away from me from now on?"
"I'm really scared."
Le Yao wanted to cry in the first place, and when she heard Kan Zhao say that, her tears flowed even more.
Kan Zhao fell silent.
When I was a child, I felt a little annoyed when I saw Lin Qingxu crying, but later I began to feel distressed and started to pay attention to her emotions and not let her shed any tears.
He hadn't expected that seeing other girls cry would be so annoying.
Kan Zhao was silent for a moment, then used his good hand to pick up his phone, intending to see if Lin Qingxu had sent him a message.
Then……
Kan Zhao: "?"
The phone is missing.
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Author's comment: I've noticed that as the novel has grown in length, it seems to have evolved a bit. I used to only write from the female protagonist's perspective, but as a third-person storyteller, the ability to switch perspectives is a major advantage. Now it seems... I can switch perspectives quite naturally [scatter flowers][scatter flowers][scatter flowers]
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