Chapter 58: A Young Man's Thoughts on a Rainy Day
After the school anniversary, life at school returned to normal.
The weather is getting hotter, and you only need to wear short-sleeved school uniforms during the day. You will only need a jacket in the morning and evening, or when the temperature drops occasionally.
However, with the end of the semester approaching and the college entrance examination only a month away, the teachers of various subjects have to push these sophomores harder than before, constantly saying:
"Don't be sleepy in class! Pay attention!"
"Look at you seniors in your third year of high school. Even after evening study, the classroom lights are always on. Study harder! Learn more. By this time next year, it will be your turn!"
Although she felt more stressed about studying, Xin Jing would still come to the science class to play with Yan Ning from time to time when she was free.
Yan Ning is the same. When he is free, he will go to see Xin Jing.
But what’s different now is.
When Yan Ning arrived at the Liberal Arts (1) class, he was always more nervous than before.
Because, 'that person' exists.
Moreover, in the beginning, whenever Yan Ning was chatting with his friends, his eyes would involuntarily and subconsciously look for that familiar tall figure.
But every time she saw Lu Chen, or met his eyes, or saw his hand secretly greeting her.
Somehow.
Obviously looking forward to these.
Yan Ning still couldn't control his heartbeat and looked away in panic.
Even the study in Room 302 opposite on Saturday afternoons, which happens once every two weeks, is similar.
Like many times before, Yan Ning arrived at the other side first that day, but the difference was that it was before Lu Chen came.
I don't know why.
It becomes particularly long.
In her heart.
Always start to feel dissatisfied.
I want to see him... soon.
But when she really saw him, she would be nervous and confused and would not know what to say to him.
While Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Cen were not in the living room, Lu Chen chatted with her casually, and all the topics he brought up were also answered by Yan Ning:
"Yeah." "Yes." "That's right."
These answers ended abruptly.
So in the end, her communication with him was not as much as before...
The only thing to be thankful for is.
There were a lot of homework assignments at the end of the semester, and most of the physics questions assigned by Teacher Zhao were very difficult, so Lu Chen probably thought that she was concentrating on studying and couldn't be distracted.
Instead, there was something else - 'strange'.
Apart from that, Lu Chen did not mention anything about taking photos on the school anniversary day.
Likewise, the change in her nickname should have gone unnoticed.
Yan Ning didn't know whether he should be relieved or feel a little lost for some reason.
She was so conflicted and entangled.
Every day, in your free time besides studying.
like.
that's all.
Unconsciously.
He occupied most of it.
Until one day, during math class, Yan Ning was awakened by the teacher's words: "Okay, let's look at the next question."
She suddenly realized that she had started to lose focus during class.
Fortunately, she got the question the teacher had just explained right, which she had missed.
But Yan Ning also realized that this could not go on any longer.
So, just like studying, Yan Ning also started to make plans for liking Lu Chen.
She set aside a short period of time every night, from when she finished her study plan to before going to bed, as a time for her to daydream and think about him.
This has become a motivation.
It motivates her to complete her study plan faster and more focused every day.
Yan Ning's life returned to normal and peaceful.
Or, at least.
To some extent, yes.
Time flies, and it is mid-May in the blink of an eye.
Another Friday.
Because of the drop in temperature and rain, the morning exercises were temporarily cancelled that day.
Although there is a lot of homework during the holidays, Yan Ning only has Teacher Zhao’s physics class to attend this weekend, so he can finish the homework in the remaining time.
So, after class, Yan Ning closed his textbook, put down his pen, and decided to go to the Liberal Arts (1) class to play with Xin Jing.
Xin Jing obviously thought so too.
However, their class was a little late, and when Yan Ning walked to the stairs of the liberal arts class, she happened to run into Xin Jing who was going to look for her.
It was raining heavily outside, but there was no wind, so there was no rain on the corridor.
So, the two little sisters held hands and happily walked to a deserted section of the railing, watching the rain and chatting.
After a while.
Two figures walked over from the stairs.
In fact, it was the end of get out of class after all, and in this short period of time, there were quite a lot of people coming and going in the corridor.
Yan Ning didn't know why either.
Just a quick glance out of the corner of my eye.
She particularly noticed one of the figures, and turned her gaze slightly to take a closer look—
That person, as expected, was Lu Chen.
It was cold, so Lu Chen also wore a school uniform jacket today. However, unlike her who zipped up her jacket all the way, he only zipped up his jacket halfway, and the white T-shirt collar was exposed in the half-open V-shape.
He seems to have always preferred plain-colored clothes.
He was holding a folded black umbrella in his hand, with raindrops falling from the umbrella. He must have just come back from outside.
Perhaps it was because she looked at him for a little too long.
Lu Chen also noticed her.
When he turned sideways and put the umbrella on the windowsill behind her, he raised his eyebrows and met her eyes squarely. Then, looking at her, he smiled gently.
Yan Ning's heart immediately began to waver.
But these days, her practice of "only thinking about the fact that she likes him at fixed times" has shown some results.
Although his eyes were not so firm, Yan Ning still nodded slightly in response.
Coincidentally, Xin Jing asked at this time:
"...Ningning, which one do you think is better?"
Yan Ning turned around and pretended to be busy, without any distraction, and continued to help Xin Jing choose the cheering banners she would bring to the idol group concert during the summer vacation.
On the side, Lu Chen put away his umbrella and did not enter the classroom. Instead, he stopped at the guardrail two steps away from Yan Ning and the others, looking into the distance and taking in the scenery.
Jin Zishuo, who came back with Lu Chen, also put down his umbrella, and then followed him happily.
Just a few seconds.
Suddenly, someone excitedly said:
"Ah! My dear Ningning~~ You really do understand me the best! I love you so much!"
Lu Chen's gaze, which was looking into the distance, suddenly stopped.
This time, without even trying to hide it, Lu Chen simply turned his head to the side, his gaze indifferently falling on Xin Jingxiong's arms as she hugged Yan Ning and shook them back and forth happily.
What just happened here was that Xin Jing was completely unable to choose between the two options for assistance, so Yan Ning gave her a sincere suggestion: "Take both."
And then we have this scene.
At this moment, although Yan Ning's face was facing Lu Chen, her attention was completely occupied by her good friend beside her, and she didn't notice the gaze coming from a few steps away.
But someone else noticed.
Jin Zishuo straightened up, blocking Lu Chen's sight in a mean way, and deliberately stretched his neck to ask:
"Where are you looking, Brother Lu? What attracts you so much? Do I have flowers growing on my back?"
In fact, ever since the basketball game on Lu Chen's birthday at the beginning of this year, there has been an ultimate question that has made Jin Zishuo scratch his head and be curious and want to figure it out -
That day, Brother Lu took a detour to the audience and met that mysterious girl. Who was she?
But Jin Zishuo also knows that Lu Ge is too smart and tight-lipped. If he really wants to play with him, it would be like playing with a fool. Therefore, the possibility of getting the truth from him is infinitely close to zero.
Jin Zishuo changed his approach——
He began to quietly observe how Lu Ge interacted with different girls, trying to find some clues from it.
But after looking around for the past two or three months, Jin Zishuo didn't find anything unusual.
Apart from normal communication, Lu Ge is still as aloof as ever towards girls. The only one who may be a slight exception is probably Xin Jing in his class.
But, maybe.
Because these two people didn’t communicate much.
However, during the period before the school anniversary, Jin Zishuo saw Lu Ge and Xin Jing meet on the road twice, and they had a brief conversation.
It’s really short, just a sentence.
By the time Jin Zishuo excitedly caught up from behind and wanted to secretly eavesdrop, the conversation between the two had already ended.
So, he got nothing.
However, Jin Zishuo also noticed that compared to Brother Lu, Xin Jing was obviously more familiar with Fang Zean, who often came here, chatting and laughing...
But then again.
Just when he put down the umbrella, Jin Zishuo vaguely noticed that Lu Ge turned his head towards the railing, and now was the second time.
so.
He must do this today.
Beside them, the girls' voices quieted down a bit and they returned to chatting.
Lu Chen said "hmm" calmly, then turned his gaze to Jin Zishuo's head and said without any emotion, "You do have one on your head."
Jin Zishuo was stunned for a moment before he remembered that the word "one" should be referred to as a flower.
"Eh? Where is it? What kind is it? The lilac in the small garden? I just came from there, and a flower fell on my head, hahahaha!"
Jin Zishuo lowered his head and raised his hand to touch it in surprise, but he touched it left and right, patted it left and right, but there was nothing. It took a while before his brain suddenly pulled and he figured it out -
Brother Lu.
Probably, perhaps, possibly, it is all to hurt him.
Hey!
A handful of bitter tears.
They were at different levels, so he really shouldn't have let himself be bullied by Brother Lu...
As soon as Jin Zishuo raised his head, he saw Lu Chen's gaze passing over his head, glancing lightly behind him.
Jin Zishuo also turned his head and saw a boy wearing glasses. He stopped there and said something. The cute girl who often came to see Xin Jing just followed the boy and left.
Jin Zishuo felt that the boy looked familiar.
Furthermore, his curiosity was aroused again, so he turned to Xin Jing and asked with a smile:
"Sister Jing, who is that person? Did your friend just abandon you and go with him?"
Xin Jing rolled her eyes first, then said:
"That's Zhou Yuli, the math class representative for Science (2). We were in the same class before, so we all know each other, okay? Besides, Zhou Yuli was just passing on a message. My Ningning was called away by her math teacher, okay?"
Jin Zishuo was chatting with Xin Jing at this moment.
Lu Chen turned sideways, calmly turned his gaze to the other side, and followed the two people all the way in silence, with his eyes becoming increasingly deep.
In the moment when we passed each other just now.
Because he was separated from the boy with glasses, Yan Ning walked to the side closer to the classroom and did not look at Lu Chen.
And the one called 'Zhou Yuli'.
Lu Chen looked him up and down.
He wore thick black-framed glasses, which made him look a little old-fashioned, but if you looked closely at his facial features, he looked pretty good.
This should have been a normal interaction between classmates, but when Lu Chen saw the slight blush on the tip of the boy's ear——
Suddenly, something noisy began to ring in his heart.
If I had to describe it in four words.
That should be——
Alarm bells were ringing.
I witnessed the two figures walking side by side, about to disappear at the stairs.
Lu Chen frowned deeply, turned around and picked up the folding black umbrella from the windowsill.
Jin Zishuo saw it and asked hurriedly, "Brother Lu, where are you going?"
I only saw Lu Chen's back.
"supermarket."
Jin Zishuo: “Oh.”
Then he didn't go with them, he just came back from there.
Another half a second passed before Jin Zishuo reacted - supermarket, didn't Brother Lu go there just now?
The mathematics teachers' office is on the second floor.
Lu Chen walked down the stairs quickly. In fact, if he wanted to go to the supermarket, going downstairs directly was the shortest option.
only.
Lu Chen glanced down the stairs. The rain had wet the ground, and there were many wet shoe prints on the stairs left by many students.
So, he had a suitable reason——
This road is too dirty, he wants to take another one.
Lu Chen turned a corner with peace of mind, walked through the corridor, and slowed down his pace.
However, before reaching the opposite staircase, Lu Chen suddenly saw Yan Ning and the boy with glasses walking out of the office door together.
Lu Chen subconsciously leaned on the empty railing and pretended to look at the scenery.
Coincidentally, there was a teammate next to him who often played basketball with him. When he saw it was him, he came over enthusiastically.
"Brother Lu, why are you here?"
"Oh, I was asking you which court you're going to play basketball at the weekend." Lu Chen made up an excuse, his eyes always fixed on the stairs.
Soon, at the stairs, Lu Chen glanced at the boy with glasses, who took something out of his pocket and quickly handed it to the girl next to him.
The girl seemed stunned for a moment.
Then, he slowly took it.
The boy instantly gripped the railing in front of him.
His gaze, like that of an eagle, suddenly turned away.
With his naked eye vision of 5.2, Lu Chen could determine that it was a letter.
"Sorry, I'm busy."
But a few seconds later.
The girl disappeared down the stairs.
Lu Chen finally loosened his hand, whose knuckles had turned white from exerting too much force. His voice was cold and hard, and his eyes were even darker than the continuous rainy day. He waved his hand to interrupt the person next to him.
A few minutes later.
Because it is raining and school is about to start, there are almost no students in the supermarket.
The entire shelf area was empty, and the cashier was at the counter, watching TV series on her phone.
In the stationery section.
Lu Chen stopped for a moment and finally took the light blue envelope and stationery set with stars painted on it from the shelf.
After paying the bill, Lu Chen walked to the door.
The rain outside didn't stop. He looked up at the sky, which didn't know when it would clear up.
Then, he withdrew his gaze, unzipped his school uniform, carefully put the letter in his arms, opened his umbrella, and walked into the rain.
The rain hits the umbrella, dripping.
Just like, at this moment, the young man’s endless obscure thoughts.
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