Chapter 37
For the next two weeks, in the eyes of others, Tao Xi continued to study and attend classes as usual during the day and returned to the dormitory to paint at night. It seemed that nothing was different.
But only he himself knew that he would often stare at the empty seat next to him in a daze, and when he couldn't solve a problem, he would subconsciously ask the person next to him, only to find that there was no one next to him.
That sudden loss is like a small stone that falls silently into a deep well, and the only echo you can hear is the echo of missing you.
Sometimes he would suddenly have terrible and absurd thoughts. Could it be that he had never known Lin Qinhe from the beginning? Could it be that he had never entered Lin Qinhe's world?
But the next second the red rope and turquoise on his wrist would remind him that he was in Lin Qinhe's world.
He had never found himself so insecure.
Fortunately, he had a mobile phone and would send questions to Lin Qinhe at night for solution. Most of the time, Lin Qinhe would reply him promptly, which made him feel less insecure.
Another thing that makes him feel at ease is that Lin Qinhe posts some photos on his WeChat Moments every day. The twilight in the evening, the birds on the branches, the dark green blackboard reflecting the sunlight... these are the life in his lens.
Tao Xi liked every one of them, but he was very confused as to why no other students had ever liked Lin Qinhe’s post?
Maybe no one else has Jialin Qinhe’s WeChat, this guess made him feel happy.
One day in the second week, Zhou Qiang announced that there would be a parent-teacher meeting on Friday afternoon and that every student's parents had to attend.
The whole class was filled with wailing, except Tao Xi who had no reaction, because he had no parents to come.
He had just finished painting those thirty pictures of the moon and had spent a lot of money to bind them into a collection of paintings. These past two days he was conceiving of another important thing.
love letter.
Tao Xi was good at writing essays, but he always felt that love letters were not good. He tore up several letters and went to the library to search for them. Surprisingly, he found an old collection of love words.
He hid under the quilt and read the book with a flashlight. The more he read, the hotter his face became. He thought it was too corny, but in the end he picked out a few sentences and wrote them into who knows how many love letters.
In preparation for the parents' meeting on Friday afternoon, the whole class did a thorough cleaning. Tao Xi specially wiped Lin Qinhe's desk and chair carefully several times so that it would be convenient for his parents to sit when they came over.
Parents arrived at the classroom one after another and chatted with their children in the classroom or in the corridor. Some mothers even brought snacks for their children, while some fathers criticized their children for being disobedient.
Tao Xi packed her things by herself and was about to leave the classroom to find a place to copy the love letter when she saw Luo Zhengyin walking in from the back door carrying a bag.
At that moment he suddenly felt panic and guilty. He thought, this is Lin Qinhe's mother, and he was about to confess to her son.
Tao Xi immediately called out to Luo Zhengyin politely, "Hello, Auntie!" She was so respectful that she almost bowed.
Luo Zhengyin was stunned. She recognized the nervous-looking boy as Lin Qinhe's desk mate who came to the hospital last time. His name seemed to be Tao Xi. She smiled politely and said hello.
Tao Xi diligently helped Luo Zhengyin pull out and put away Lin Qinhe's chair that she had carefully wiped, trying hard to leave a good impression on Luo Zhengyin.
Luo Zhengyin said thank you and sat down. He exchanged a few polite words with Tao Xi and then stopped talking.
Soon, Bi Chengfei's father, Bi Qian, director of the Department of Neurosurgery at Hannan Hospital, also came in. He and Luo Zhengyin were familiar with each other because they had often attended parent-teacher meetings together since their children were in junior high school, and the two began to talk.
Tao Xi left tactfully. As soon as he left the classroom, he saw Yang Zhengming and Yang Duole walking towards Class 2 together. It seemed that the two had just had a conflict. Yang Duole puffed his face angrily, while Yang Zhengming had a helpless smile on his face, holding a bottle of Yakult that Yang Duole had not finished drinking.
Tao Xi lowered her eyelashes, quickly turned around and walked in another direction. After searching for a long time, she finally found a place where no one was, and began to carefully copy the love letter for the last time.
He wrote very slowly to ensure that every word was neat and beautiful. It took him forty minutes to copy a one-page love letter, and after he finished, he carefully put it in an envelope.
The parent-teacher meeting would last a long time. Tao Xi walked aimlessly around the playground with the file bag containing the love letter, wondering how to give the painting album and the love letter to Lin Qinhe when he came back tomorrow.
The more I thought about it, the more nervous I became, and my stomach began to cramp.
But all the nervousness cannot compare to the joy that Lin Qinhe will be coming back tomorrow.
He was so happy that he couldn't suppress the curled corners of his mouth.
When the time was almost up, Tao Xi started walking towards the classroom. He deliberately avoided Class 2 and went up the stairs on the other side, where he ran into Bi Chengfei who had just finished playing basketball.
The two walked towards Class 1 together. At this time, the parent-teacher meeting had just ended and some parents were chatting in the corridor. Bi Chengfei saw his father talking to Lin Qinhe's mother at a glance.
"Dad! Aunt Luo!" Bi Chengfei took Tao Xi in his arms and walked up to the two of them to greet them. "What were you talking about with Aunt Luo? Are you saying bad things about me again?"
Tao Xi also greeted the two politely. He thought he should leave here and not disturb the father and son getting along. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly heard Bi Chengfei's father say:
"What can we talk about? I'm still worried about your application to American universities. Look at Qin He. He has already taken the TOEFL test with such a high score. He will be interviewing with several top ten universities at the end of the year. What about you? When will you take the TOEFL test for me?"
Tao Xi's breath was choked, and she suddenly clenched the file bag containing the love letter in her hand.
"He's a genius student. Can you please stop comparing him to me all the time?" Bi Chengfei took the tissue from his father's hand and wiped the sweat off his face, saying dissatisfiedly.
Luo Zhengyin smiled and said, "Don't be too anxious. There is still more than a year to prepare. Qin He also started preparing last year."
"Auntie, is Lin Qinhe going to study in the United States?"
As soon as Luo Zhengyin finished speaking, she heard Tao Xi, who had been silent, asking her. She looked over and was slightly stunned. She saw the boy looking at her with a pair of red eyes that looked very much like Fang Sui's. His face was tense but he looked like he was about to cry.
She suppressed the inexplicable panic in her heart and said, "Yes, Qinhe planned this a long time ago, and has already selected several universities of interest."
But Tao Xi didn't want to believe it. He tightly grasped the file bag, his throat trembled violently, and he opened his mouth. After a long effort, he finally uttered a hoarse voice and asked Luo Zhengyin:
"Lin Qinhe, will he go to the United States to study at university with Yang Duole?"
Bi Qian felt that this boy was a little strange, but did not say anything. Bi Chengfei looked at Tao Xi with concern.
Tao Xi clenched his teeth and stared at Luo Zhengyin, his eyes paranoid and fragile, like a dying person waiting for the judgment of the last question.
Finally, Luo Zhengyin hesitantly announced the result:
"Yes, he and Lele will go to the United States to study together after graduation. This is what our two families have discussed long ago."
It was something that the two families discussed.
What about me?
Tao Xi bit her inner lip hard until the sharp pain spread in her mouth and she could taste blood.
He smiled, trying his best to be polite in front of Luo Zhengyin, and said to her:
"Thank you Auntie, I understand."
Then he turned and walked away quickly, walking faster and faster, and finally just running.
He didn't know where to go. The school was so big, but it seemed like there was no place that could contain his anger and sadness.
He was uncontrollably angry, so angry that his vision began to blur.
He was angry how could Lin Qinhe lie to him?
How can I go to study in the United States with Yang Duole?
What's the point of him working so hard for so long?
Is this a joke?
Tao Xi didn't know when he reached the door of the concert hall on the top floor of Qiushi Building, where Lin Qinhe once played a piano piece for him that only he could hear.
He didn't look at the door and walked quickly towards the trash can in the corner.
He tore the love letter in the file bag, the love letter he had written countless times, into pieces and threw it in.
But he didn't feel much better after tearing it apart. He looked at the pieces as if he was watching his own heart being smashed and torn into pieces.
Tao Xi squatted down, hugged her legs and buried her face in her knees.
He still couldn't help but find excuses for Lin Qinhe to lie to him.
Maybe Lin Qinhe just told him a white lie.
Lin Qinhe hopes that he can be admitted to the best university in the country and have a good life.
But he will not exist in Lin Qinhe's life.
But, he thought.
I was supposed to be in your life.
The person who grew up with you should be me.
I have nothing left, no mother, no father, no love from my relatives.
Yang Duole took away everything from me.
I have tried so hard, but why can't I even go to the same university as you?
Bi Chengfei was about to chase Tao Xi to ask him what was wrong, but was stopped by his father: "I have an appointment with Teacher Zhou to talk to us in the office, so don't leave."
"Dad, why are you looking for the class teacher again!" Bi Chengfei said dejectedly. He had no choice but to follow his father to the office. On the way, he thought about it and took out his mobile phone to send a WeChat message to Lin Qinhe.
After the father and son left, Luo Zhengyin had not yet come to her senses. The pair of eyes that Tao Xi had used when she questioned her just now kept appearing in her mind. A long time ago, Fang Sui had also asked her a question with red eyes.
Luo Zhengyin stretched out his hand and pinched his brow, intending to go to Class 2 to see Yang Duole, but suddenly saw Lin Qinhe walking towards him quickly.
"Qinhe? Why did you come back early?" Luo Zhengyin looked at his son in surprise. He hadn't had time to change into his school uniform and obviously had just arrived at school.
"Did you say anything to Tao Xi just now?" Lin Qinhe asked Luo Zhengyin in a deep voice, his brows deeply furrowed.
Luo Zhengyin was stunned. She felt that Lin Qinhe was a little too harsh to her. She frowned and said, "I just talked to Dr. Bi about your application to American schools. Tao Xi was there at the time. He suddenly asked me if I wanted to go to the United States to study with Lele. I said yes, and he seemed..."
She was about to continue speaking when she found that Lin Qinhe's expression suddenly changed. She had never seen Lin Qinhe with such an expression before, as if his most beloved thing had been hurt, and she seemed to be the culprit.
Luo Zhengyin saw Lin Qinhe turning around to leave, so he quickly stopped him and asked, "What happened? Did something go wrong during the training camp that made you come back early?"
Lin Qinhe looked at his mother who was unaware of the situation and could only dig his nails into his palms, as if this could ease the pain in his heart.
Why come back early?
Because he knew there would be a parent-teacher meeting today, and everyone had a parent coming, except one person.
That person will definitely be sad.
And he will feel sad.
But he still made him more sad.
Lin Qinhe did not answer Luo Zhengyin's question in the end, turned around and walked away quickly.
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Counting on my fingers, we will be together in the next chapter
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