Chapter 40: Do you have someone you like?
As she ran further down the track, Wen Jiu felt her legs were starting to feel unsteady, but she had already signed up and started running, so there was no reason for her to stop halfway.
As she adjusted her breathing, preparing to accelerate again, a sound suddenly came from behind her.
"Don't you know what your own body is like?"
She was stunned, thinking she had misheard.
Until she saw Zhou Yanchuan's profile, her heart skipped a beat.
Why did you come here?
He turned his head and looked into her eyes: "If you keep running, it won't just be a matter of coming over."
"Isn't that Zhou Yanchuan?"
Was he talking to that girl?
There were already whispers and murmurs around.
Wen Jiu's black eyelashes twitched, and she stopped walking.
"I'm not running anymore, you should go now."
Seeing how afraid he was of having anything to do with him, Zhou Yanchuan scoffed, feeling inexplicably annoyed, and turned to walk back.
Chen Yu didn't know where the boy had gone, but he could clearly sense that the boy's mood had been a bit low ever since he returned. "Who upset you?"
Zhou Yanchuan didn't speak, but after a while, he asked, "What's the reason if a girl is inexplicably avoiding you?"
"There are girls avoiding you? Who is it, so awesome?"
Zhou Yanchuan glanced at the person with the smug expression. He was sick too. He asked him.
"What could be the reason?" Chen Yu saw that the person seemed really annoyed, so he didn't dare to be shameless anymore and started to analyze seriously, "Either he's afraid of you, or he likes you."
Zhou Yanchuan's gaze paused.
“There’s another possibility,” the person who had just stopped said, “she has someone she likes and is afraid that you’ll misunderstand her if she gets in touch with that person.”
*
After leaving the track, Wen Jiu went back to the classroom.
Lin wanted to accompany her, but she refused. It was a rare opportunity to hold a sports meet, and she didn't want people to miss out on the experience.
Wen Jiu pushed open the classroom door, only to find it empty. She walked to her seat, paused for a moment, and then went to get her cup from the water room to get some hot water, only to discover that the cup was not on her desk.
"Where's the cup?" A hint of confusion appeared in her eyes.
Just then, she heard the sound of a door opening in front of her. She glanced at it subconsciously, but when she saw who it was, she froze.
Zhou Yanchuan stood at the front door, holding in his hand the cup that had gone missing.
Wen Jiu was stunned for a moment, and before she could react, he had already walked to her side.
Does it hurt?
The first thing Zhou Yanchuan said as he approached.
Her heart skipped a beat, she shook her head, and whispered, "Thank you."
He didn't reply to her, but just glanced at her with his eyes down.
There were only the two of them in the classroom, and neither of them spoke, so the atmosphere naturally became quiet. Especially the cheers coming from the playground made their place seem even more deserted.
Wen Jiu looked at the person who stood beside her without saying a word or leaving, and felt that he seemed to have something on his mind.
"You," she was about to ask, "what's wrong with you?"
Against the light from the window, Zhou Yanchuan suddenly lowered his eyes, his tone serious.
"when?"
"What?" She was puzzled by the question, her eyes filled with confusion.
His Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he looked at her quietly for two seconds: "I have someone I like."
Wen Jiu's eyelids twitched, and her whole body seemed to tremble.
Zhou Yanchuan looked at the person whose expression changed because of his words, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he became more certain of his thoughts. His gaze on her deepened.
Wen Jiu could feel his gaze, and her panic became even more obvious. Her eyelashes trembled nervously, her teeth bit her lip, and even the hand holding the cup unconsciously tightened.
It took me a while to find my voice again.
"No."
"Why are you so nervous?"
"I," she said, completely speechless for the first time in front of him.
Zhou Yanchuan clearly didn't believe it was true, and it was obvious he had no intention of ending the conversation just like that.
Who is that person?
"Nobody."
They still denied it, but their voices trembled.
It seemed like some classmates had returned outside; their voices were somewhat muffled through the door.
In the dim light, Wen Jiu heard a girl say, "Class 8 was pretty good at this sports meet, they got several second places."
Hearing the approaching footsteps, she became a little anxious.
Zhou Yanchuan must have heard someone coming towards the classroom, but he showed no intention of leaving. He kept his head down and stared at her intently.
Just then, the doorknob was suddenly pressed down.
Wen Jiu's entire body tensed up, her slender spine trembled, and her heart skipped a beat.
until--
Two clicks later, the person outside muttered, "Hey, why can't I open it?"
*
Just as the group of people standing outside the classroom were about to go to Lao Guan to tell him that the door wouldn't open, the door was suddenly pulled open from the inside. However, they were filled with shock and disbelief as they looked at the person standing behind the door.
"Zhou Yanchuan?"
Zhou Yanchuan ignored their expressions and said calmly, "Come back later."
"Huh?" Before the others could recover from the shock of him behind the door, they were taken aback when they heard him speak, and then quickly replied, "Okay."
But despite saying it, she didn't move an inch, and her eyes kept involuntarily looking behind him.
There was hardly anyone else in the classroom besides him.
But I just clearly heard a girl's voice.
And why did he lock the classroom door?
Just as the group was wondering what was going on, they looked up and met those dark eyes. Instantly, they forgot all about the girl and their only thought was to get away as quickly as possible.
You can mess with anyone at school, but you can't mess with Zhou Yanchuan.
As Zhou Yanchuan was about to turn around, a figure suddenly appeared from his side.
Soft strands of hair brushed against his arm as he looked up at the fleeing figure.
In my memory, she was still that little girl who loved to follow him around. When did I start liking someone?
As soon as Su Shun reached the top of the stairs, she saw the girl running out of the classroom. "Class—"
Before he could finish speaking, the person ran away from him, looking as if they had been wronged.
"What's wrong?" Just as he was about to chase after him to ask, he looked up and saw the boy standing by the door.
"Brother Chuan, did you bully the class monitor?"
Zhou Yanchuan's throat tightened, and the restlessness he had just suppressed surged up again.
Suddenly, the image of the panic in her eyes flashed before her eyes when he asked her if she had someone she liked. Her eyelashes trembled nervously, and she was on guard.
When she heard the door open, she called his name in a trembling voice, telling him not to ask any more questions.
Even though she was so scared, he still kept asking, which was just bullying her.
But he couldn't control himself. For some reason, when he realized that she had someone she liked, his heart felt like it was being gripped by a hand, and he felt a tight, panicked feeling.
*
Wen Jiu ran downstairs and returned to her dormitory. In the cold winter, the school allowed day students to keep their bedding in the dormitory and choose whether to take a lunch break in the classroom or the dormitory.
She wasn't in her dorm room, but standing on the balcony, staring blankly into the distance.
There were several trees downstairs in the girls' dormitory that she didn't know the names of. When the wind blew, a few birds flew up.
Looking into Zhou Yanchuan's eyes, she wanted to speak countless times, but the words caught in her throat. In the end, she didn't dare to say "I like you."
Most of the tender moments over the years came from him, and she dared not easily test the waters. She was more afraid of losing him than of gaining him.
Wen Jiu stared blankly into the distance. After an unknown amount of time, her phone suddenly vibrated in her pocket.
zyc: "Go lie down on the bed."
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