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When the results of the third mock exam came out, Lin Luo's score dropped to 22nd in the class, with only 109 points in mathematics.
She suffered from insomnia for several days.
She only has five hours of sleep at night, and it takes her two hours to fall asleep.
At 2:32 in the morning, the sky was just getting light and a sickle-shaped crescent moon was still hanging in a corner of the sky.
Du Yunyan came out to use the bathroom and was shocked to see Lin Luo wrapped in a blanket and sitting blankly on the sofa.
Du Yunyan glanced at the clock and asked, "Can't sleep?"
"Um."
She poured a cup of warm water and handed it to Lin Luo. She sat beside her and said softly, "Lin Luo, rest when you're tired. Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Your father and I didn't do well in our studies before, but we're doing well now, aren't we? We just hope you can grow up healthy and happy. Lin...if your father knew how hard his daughter worked for the college entrance exam, he would be heartbroken."
But Lin Dayong didn't know, had he forgotten her? Why hadn't he even called her for so long? Wasn't he worried about her? Or was he in trouble and couldn't contact her?
Lin Luo's mind began to wander, and her hands began to shake unconsciously. Du Yunyan noticed, "I have to buy you some supplements tomorrow... no, today. Do you want some chicken soup? Do you want Aunt Li to buy a pigeon and make soup for you?"
Lin Luo shook her head and said, "I don't like it."
"You don't even like nutritious food, so why would I buy you something that's not nutritious? Tell me what you want to eat? Potato chips, spicy strips... I'll buy them all for you."
"I don't want to eat anything." Lin Luo stood up and put the cup of water on the coffee table. "I'm sleepy and I'm going to sleep for a while. You should sleep too. Stop tossing and turning."
"How can this be called a hassle?" The glass of water on the table had gone cold, and Lin Luo didn't drink it. Du Yunyan frowned and whispered, "You're not eating or drinking, are you? Ruan Ye does the same thing, and he even smokes. You better not learn from him."
Du Yunyan discovered it, and it seemed that Aunt Li also knew that Ruan Ye was smoking. Lin Luo gently closed the door, lay on the bed, and closed her eyes.
Lin Luo woke up to find that it was already past eleven in the morning. She hurriedly changed her clothes and washed up, "Mom, why didn't you call me?"
"I called you! But you didn't wake up." Du Yunyan was cooking in the kitchen and shouted, "Don't worry, I told your class teacher that you were sick and asked for a day off for you."
"Didn't he say anything?" Lin Luo slowed down the pace of getting dressed.
Du Yunyan poked her head out from the kitchen. "What dare he say? Can't you take a leave if you're sick? You should just have a good rest today. If you keep studying, you'll get sick sooner or later."
Lin Luo felt that she was right, so she simply lay down on the sofa again.
"Sister!" Tang Muchen came back from school and saw her at home, so he ran over happily.
Lin Luo noticed that his face looked like a rash and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong with your face?"
Du Yunyan just came out of the kitchen carrying dishes, "I'm allergic. I went to a classmate's house for dinner yesterday and no one warned me, so I had seafood."
"You've learned your lesson!" Lin Luo pinched his chubby face. He whispered to Lin Luo, "Sister, can you give me some pocket money?"
"What are you going to do?"
"I want to... buy a birthday present for the female classmate I like." Tang Muchen said with blinking eyes.
Lin Xiao was surprised, "You already have a girl you like at such a young age."
"Sister, please keep your voice down." He put his finger on his lips, afraid that Du Yunyan would hear it.
"Then tell me what you like about that little girl?" Lin Luo was curious.
Tang Muchen smiled and said, "She is pretty."
"How superficial!" Lin Luo remembered what Fu Xingchuan had said a long time ago.
She couldn't help but wonder, was Fu Xingchuan attracted to Tong Yun simply because she was pretty? He wasn't a superficial person, and she must have many things that attracted him, but beauty was one of them.
Tang Muchen shook her, "What do you mean by superficial?"
Lin Luo didn't answer him, but asked, "If you like a girl, you must first learn to respect her. Elementary school student, do you know what respect means?"
"I'm almost in the second grade, I know this." Tang Muchen said proudly.
Lin Xiao took out her wallet and gave him twenty yuan. "Is that enough?"
"Why are you giving him money?" Du Yunyan had prepared the meal and was about to call them when she saw Lin Luo giving him money.
Tang Muchen pursed his lips. Lin Qiao lied, "Ask him to run errands for me and bring back a notebook after school this afternoon."
"Tang Muchen, you can't spend a penny of the change. If I find out you buy candies again, you'll get beaten!" Last time he bought a bunch of candies and hid them at home to eat secretly. As a result, he had a toothache and insisted on going to the hospital in the middle of the night, which made Du Yunyan very angry.
"Come and eat."
"good."
Lin Luo loved every dish, which were specially made by Du Yunyan. It was a rare occasion for her not to eat alone.
In the afternoon, Lin Luo did not go to school and rested at home. Du Yunyan was doing handicrafts on the balcony. Seeing her flipping through some exercise books, she muttered quietly, "Reading at home is also called resting?"
In fact, Lin Luo couldn't concentrate on reading the book either. She was daydreaming.
The sun gradually set, and Lin Luo's thoughts were interrupted by a sudden phone call from Du Yunyan.
"Unknown number." Du Yunyan hung up without answering.
Lin Luo drank a few sips of water to sober herself up.
Du Yunyan's phone rang again. "Why is it this number again?"
Lin Luo heard her pick up the phone, "Hello... Lin Dayong, where the hell have you been? How dare you call me!"
Dad Lin's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately stood up and walked to Du Yunyan.
Du Yunyan didn't say a few nice words to the person on the other end until she had cursed enough, then she handed the phone to Lin Luo.
Lin Luo's hands began to tremble again. She put the phone to her ear. As soon as she heard Lin Dayong's voice, tears fell uncontrollably.
"Princess Xiaoxiao, it's Daddy. Are you doing okay?" Lin Dayong didn't hear the voice. "Why aren't you talking? Is there no signal?"
Lin Qi took a deep breath and choked up, "Dad, I miss you so much."
"I miss my princess too, every moment."
"Then why didn't you call me or send me a message to let me know you were safe?" Lin Luo's tone was filled with complaint.
She walked out of the house and sat down on a secluded seat in a small park next to the residential building to listen to his explanation.
Lin Dayong's voice became softer. "Last year, right after I landed and left the airport, my bag and phone were stolen. I was unfamiliar with the place and had no translator. As you know, my English isn't very good, so I never got my phone back."
So that's how it is.
"Xiaoxiao, I'm sorry!"
Lin Xiao still felt aggrieved, "Then why don't you contact me once a year?"
Before Lin Dayong could speak, Lin Luo heard another voice coming over. She clearly heard a discriminatory word against Chinese people: "Ching Chong."
When she traveled abroad before, she had encountered foreigners who said this to her, and she would deliberately use her hands to point at the corners of her eyes to mock them for squinting.
"OMG, Do you want me to teach you American history? To be honest, I don't think it's American history that you should learn. What you should do is go back to elementary school and learn your manners." Lin Dayong's confident voice fell into Lin Luo's ears. With her current English level, she could completely understand what he said.
The foreigner seemed to be scared away by his toughness, and he continued to talk to her, "Xiaoxiao, I..."
He probably wanted to explain why he hadn't called Lin Luo for a year, but Lin Luo cleared his throat and changed the subject, "Comrade Lin, your English is really good now!"
She already knew the reason; it wasn't easy for him living abroad.
"Is he better than you?" Lin Dayong asked.
Lin Xi's eyes were blurred with tears. "That's not the case."
"How have you been recently?" they asked each other at the same time.
"Xiaoxiao, why are you crying? Daddy's doing well overseas, but it's still a while before he can make a comeback. Didn't you see me starting a business when you were little? It might be a long journey, but your dad won't give up."
Lin Qiao sobbed a few times, and Lin Dayong asked her, "Are your mother and uncle good to you?"
"Very...good, they all care about me."
"That's good." There was some noise around him, so Lin Dayong changed his seat and continued, "It seems like the college entrance examination is less than a month away. I'm sorry! Dad can't be with you."
"It doesn't matter. I will do my best to get into a good university."
"My daughter has grown up and become sensible."
"Yeah." Lin Xiao started to cry again. Someone called him, and Lin Dayong said to her, "Xiao Xiao, Daddy has to hang up first. I'll call you next time. Good luck on the college entrance examination. Just do your best. Daddy just wants you to be happy."
"Well, you have to take care of yourself."
"good."
The phone was hung up, and the surroundings became quiet. In the evening, at the blue hour, the sky became soft and quiet.
The cool blue reveals melancholy in its elegance, and Lin Luo is enveloped by a sense of loneliness.
There was some movement around, and Lin Luo found that it was Ruan Ye walking towards her. He was probably not looking for her. He was holding a cigarette box and a lighter in his hands.
He seemed to have not expected someone to be here. Lin Qi asked: "Is this your secret base?"
"I guess so." He said in a low voice, "Go away! I want to..."
He opened the cigarette box and gestured, but Lin Luo refused to leave and started crying.
Ruan Ye stared at her as if facing a great enemy, "Why are you crying?"
Lin Luo ignored him and treated him as air.
After crying for a while, Ruan Ye had enough and asked her, "Can you go somewhere else to cry and stop disturbing me?"
"Is this your land? I can't cry here, why don't you go somewhere else?" Lin Luo retorted to him.
Ruan Ye felt a sense of déjà vu when she said this, as if someone had said the same thing to him before. This area was so hidden that it was not easy to be discovered, otherwise he would have left long ago. Ruan Ye looked at Lin Luo's crying face and was sure that she didn't like him.
"You cry so ugly."
Lin Xiao had just stopped crying when his words fell clearly into her ears, "Stupid, Aunt Li has already discovered that you are smoking. She is just pretending not to know because she is worried about you. You are so stupid that you don't know it!"
Ruan Ye was stunned, his hands clenching the cigarette box. Lin Luo sobbed and said, "Ruan Ye, don't be depressed. You once said I was stupid and only proved myself by becoming excellent. I hope you can be as stupid as me."
Lin Luo took the cigarette box and lighter from his hand and threw them into the trash can beside him. He did not stop her and sat in the seat silently.
Lin Luo wiped away her tears and her vision became clear. She saw Fu Xingchuan walking slowly towards her not far away. He was just passing by and did not notice her.
Lin Luo hid behind the bushes and watched his back as he left.
Why did Lin Qiao feel that he was walking alone in the alley?
It was just her illusion.
Secret love is a one-man show. You perform the whole play, but you watch him become the male lead of someone else.
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