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Lin Ju rushed back to the dormitory before it closed. The lights were dim. She turned the key and went in. Three of the four beds were empty. Her last roommate had also left.
There are basically no classes in the senior year, and everyone is busy with internships. Except for some who are preparing for postgraduate entrance exams and still stay in school, most people have moved out of the dormitory.
Lin Ju will also be leaving the day after tomorrow. She rented a warehouse in the suburbs and has been moving her works from the school there one after another during this period. She plans to continue creating there in the future.
The warehouse was large and had a toilet, so she separated a small room inside to use as her sleeping area.
Ke Jia knew this idea, and it was not easy for the other party to hear it at that time.
He felt that Ke Jia was a deaf girl, and the place they rented was in the suburbs, a shabby warehouse. If bad guys came in in the middle of the night, she wouldn't be able to hear anything, which was too dangerous.
What Ke Jia said made sense, but Lin Ju always felt that she was difficult to kill, and she had been used to being alone since she was a child, and liked to make her own decisions on many things.
When she told Ke Jia about this, she had already rented the warehouse.
During the argument, Ke Jia said a lot of unpleasant things. Lin Ju didn't want to listen, so she ripped off her hearing aid and walked away, leaving Ke Jia roaring and raging behind her.
When she thought of Ke Jia, her heart became gloomy.
Ke Jia's family is very rich. From Ke Jia's daily words, deeds, food, clothing and other expenses, one can tell that the young master has no idea of the sorrows of life.
When I was in high school, wearing a school uniform and studying hard every day, it didn't show up. But when I went to college, it became very obvious.
Ke Jia bought a sports car during his freshman year and drove to campus every day, waiting for a few minutes at the gate to show off his presence. On Lin Ju's birthday, he placed 999 roses downstairs in his dorm.
He loved to invite his friends to go singing and drinking together, and they would always go on video calls until late at night. He would then tell Lin Ju how much he loved her and that his family was rich and could support her for the rest of her life.
At first glance, she was very moved, but these were not what Lin Ju wanted.
She felt that she and Ke Jia were walking in two different directions, and their worlds were getting further and further apart.
After a day's journey, Lin Ju leaned against the head of the bed and read an art magazine for a while. Then she felt sleepy, closed the book, and fell asleep.
The next day, she was awakened by the electronic watch on her wrist. She slowly got up from the bed, half-closed her eyes, and looked at the watch.
Ke Jia sent several messages.
Today was Ke Jia's birthday, and the party was supposed to be quite grand. Ke Jia asked her to set aside an afternoon so he could help her choose a dress.
Lin Ju thought for a moment and replied, "Ke Jia, I want to talk to you."
"Lin Ju, today is my birthday. Can we talk about it tomorrow?"
Lin Ju tapped the side of the phone lightly with his fingers. "Okay. Happy birthday, Ke Jia."
…
At noon, Ke Jia came to pick up Lin Ju.
Lin Ju wore a black puffer jacket with a gray turtleneck sweater underneath, and ordinary jeans.
She knew that Ke Jia would take her to put on makeup, so she walked out without makeup.
Even so, Ke Jia was still stunned when he saw her.
Lin Ju went out of town to participate in a competition, and they hadn't seen each other for more than a month. During this time, Ke Jia felt that Lin Ju had become more beautiful.
If Lin Ju was an ordinary healthy girl, Ke Jia would definitely feel a sense of crisis.
But Lin Ju can't hear, or to put it bluntly, is a disabled person. Sometimes when they are arguing, Ke Jia would secretly think to herself, who else would want you except me.
At this moment, I saw Lin Ju, that overly beautiful face.
In his heart, he only felt a sense of pride and smugness that something that belonged to him was getting better and more beautiful.
Ke Jia drove his yellow supercar to the place where he could pick out dresses.
Along the way, he kept chattering about how grand today's birthday party would be. He also invited many business partners to his home. Judging from the situation, he seemed to be planning to let him take over the company's business after graduation.
Lin Ju changed to a spare hearing aid. It was an old model, and the sound sounded a bit noisy. It would hurt her ears if she wore it for a long time.
Lin Ju quietly took off her hearing aid.
The whole world suddenly became quiet. She adjusted her seat back and changed to a more comfortable position.
The dress selection store was located on the most expensive street in the downtown area. After parking the car, Ke Jia took her inside.
Lin Ju changed several pieces of clothing in the store. She liked the light green dress better, but Ke Jia said the pink one looked better.
The shop assistants praised her for her good figure and good looks, saying that she looked good in any piece of clothing, without any reference.
"Wear pink. Pink looks good."
Lin Ju shook her head. "I like green." She spoke slowly, her voice low, like a blunt blade.
She was born with congenital hearing loss and lost her hearing after learning to speak, so she is actually able to speak.
However, you can still hear the difference between him and ordinary people.
Several shop assistants looked at each other and their expressions changed.
Because of this, Ke Jia doesn't like her to speak.
I didn't argue with her about whether pink or green looked better. I just left quickly after paying the bill.
Lin Ju walked behind with the shopping bag. After looking at the price, she silently transferred the money to Ke Jia.
After getting in the car, Ke Jia discovered Lin Ju's transfer, "Hey, what do you mean by transferring money to me?"
Lin Ju sent a direct message, "It's your birthday, and I haven't prepared a gift. I can't ask you to spend money on clothes for me."
"What's the big deal? I'm your boyfriend, it's my duty to support you."
Ke Jia said it as a matter of course. Lin Ju looked out the car window and breathed a sigh of relief.
In the evening, Ke Jia's birthday party was held in a five-star hotel in the city center. The banquet hall was on the third floor. Lin Ju changed into a dress and entered the hall with Ke Jia.
As Ke Jia had said, many people showed up. The banquet was filled with the sound of clinking glasses, the huge, bright crystal chandelier casting a gentle glow, and everyone's face was beaming as they exchanged pleasantries.
Lin Ju was brought to Ke Jia's parents, and she heard Ke Jia introduce herself to his parents.
Ke Jia's parents should know her, because Lin Ju could clearly feel that when the other party saw her, his relaxed brows furrowed tightly, and he became a little more defensive.
"Mom and Dad, I want to marry Lin Ju after I graduate."
"Shut up. Do you know what you are saying? You should know your limits when you act foolishly. What will your grandfather think if you marry a disabled person? Do you still want him to arrange a job for you in the company?" Ke's mother grabbed Ke Jia and pulled her aside. She lowered her voice and spoke softly, but Lin Ju could still vaguely understand what she was saying through her lip movements.
Father Ke looked at the girl in front of him, sighed, walked up to her, and before he could speak, she smiled and then turned and left.
The green long skirt looked like the shadow of a tree in the water. When Ke Jia caught a glimpse of her back, he became anxious and chased after her.
Ke Jia grabbed Lin Ju's wrist, his eyes red, "Where are you going?"
Lin Ju looked up, the light falling on her body. Her skin, as white as snow, was almost transparent, and her expression was weary. She spoke, word by word, "Ke Jia, we break up."
After saying that, he broke free from Ke Jia's hand, ran out without looking back.
The long curly hair piled up on the back like seaweed, almost reaching the waist, fluffy and soft, gently fluttering in the wind.
On impulse, I ran out.
When Lin Ju felt the coldness, it was too late to regret.
She called a taxi through the taxi app. After the driver accepted the order, he asked her to wait at the flower shop at the intersection.
It started raining at some point, and the road was full of cars. The driver asked her to wait.
She felt embarrassed to stand at the door of the flower shop and block people from doing business, so she bought a few sunflowers.
The rain started from drizzle and turned into heavy rain. She was wearing a thin gray shawl and a light green long skirt wrapped around her exquisite body. Maybe because she was cold, she hugged her arms and her shoulders were slightly hunched.
The sunflower in her arms rested against her collarbone. Lin Ju half tilted her head back, watching the raindrops trickling down the eaves.
The raindrops were crystal clear, casting a warm yellow light under the car lights.
She held out one hand, palm up, and caught a drop of rain.
The rain wet her fingertips, and she stared at the raindrops flowing down her fingers, a little absent-minded.
Because of the heavy rain, there was a long queue on the road and horns were honking constantly.
Lin Ju's ears felt a little uncomfortable. She frowned slightly and looked at the crowded road.
Among the traffic jams, a black car with consecutive license plates stood out.
Being with Ke Jia, Lin Ju has seen many luxury cars. She knows that the car is surprisingly expensive. Ke Jia once saw it at a car show. After taking a look at the price, he sighed frequently.
Lin Ju saw the car window slowly roll down, and a hand like a white jade sculpture stretched out with the palm facing up, and the rain fell slowly as if in slow motion.
…
Lin Ju still overestimated her physical fitness, and the winter rain gave her a fever.
She was ill for several days. She took medicine and felt drowsy every day. After two days, the fever did not subside. She felt pain all over her body, and her bones seemed to have been broken and then glued back together.
It happened that at this time, a professor in the department who was familiar with her introduced her to a job to paint a mural for a hotel.
The hotel offered a generous price, but it was out of town, and the professor was worried that Lin Ju, a young girl, wouldn't be able to handle it.
But after thinking about it, he realized that among all his students, only Lin Ju was capable, and he really didn't feel at ease to let anyone else do this job.
Lin Ju climbed out of bed, rubbed her dizzy eyes, looked at the words on the phone screen, and agreed without hesitation.
The professor gave her the contact information of the hotel manager.
Lin Ju put on her hearing aid and made a phone call. A man answered with a deep voice.
She tried very hard to make her pronunciation standard, but she didn't know whether the other party could hear it.
The hotel had arranged with her to start work next Monday. Now it was Thursday, and Lin Ju calculated the time and decided to go there tomorrow.
Everything was settled, she hung up the phone, took a long breath, lay back on the bed, holding the phone in her hands and clasping them against her chest.
Lin Ju is not short of money. Her family gives her a generous living allowance every month.
But that home was no longer her original home.
When she was eight years old, she suffered hearing loss due to a fever and viral infection.
The relationship between her parents began to deteriorate from that time. In Lin Ju's childhood, she huddled in a dark corner, in a silent world, and all she saw were her parents' faces twisted with anger.
The lights in the house were broken, the photos were torn, the food was scattered all over the floor, the mother was sobbing on the ground, and the father was smoking on the balcony.
Then my parents separated, my mother remarried, and my father remarried.
She followed her grandmother.
Nowadays, her parents give her living expenses, but she doesn’t want to use the money. She wants to save it to support her grandmother in her old age.
The hotel the professor mentioned is located in Wanning, which has a tropical monsoon climate and a mild climate all year round.
Lin Ju coughed as she sorted her clothes. It wasn't cold there, so she had brought a few skirts and work clothes. The clothes weren't thick, so a small suitcase would be enough.
…
The airport is far from the school. It takes more than an hour to drive there and three hours by subway.
Lin Ju was not fully recovered yet and felt very tired. She didn't want to waste any more energy on the ride, so she just took a ride.
The ride was cheap, costing only 70 yuan. She fell asleep in the car and woke up when they were almost at the airport.
"It's snowing." The driver in front sighed, "It's been a long time since Hai City has had such heavy snow."
Snowflakes the size of goose down slowly fell from the grayish-white sky. Through the glass covered with light-proof film, the sky and the snow seemed to merge into one, forming a purple-blue.
Lin Ju put on a hat and walked into the airport with his luggage.
The heating relaxed her frozen face a little. After passing security and arriving at the terminal, when it was time to check in, the airport notified her that the flight would be delayed due to a snowstorm.
Because she was not feeling well, Lin Ju sat on the chair and waited without moving.
She didn't actually hear it clearly, but seeing the other passengers' intense reactions, she could guess what happened.
We have been waiting for four hours, but the take-off time agreed upon by the staff just now has been delayed again.
It was late at night, and looking out from the large glass curtain wall, you could see the falling snow.
There is absolutely no sign of this snow letting up.
"Sorry, sir and madam, we're also very anxious. We just received the latest notice that today's flight cannot take off and is expected to wait until 12:00 tomorrow. We can provide you with free accommodation at the airport hotel. If you don't need accommodation, we can also convert the compensation into cash." The staff member comforted the passengers. "If you need accommodation, please come to me to register. Someone will take you there later."
Lin Ju was at the end of the line. Because there were so many people who needed accommodation, when it was her turn to check in, all the rooms were full.
The staff said it could be exchanged for cash and she could be upgraded for free.
Lin Ju stood there in a daze, suddenly not knowing what to do.
She was still sick. When she came out, her temperature was taken and she still had a low-grade fever. She had been wearing hearing aids for a long time, and her ears hurt. She looked very poorly.
Her entire face was so white that it was transparent, her eyelashes drooped down her lower eyelids, but her lips were very red, and she looked like a crumbling daffodil.
This was the scene Zhao Xingcan saw when he walked out of the VIP room.
The line from Genglouzi: Rarely Do We Meet Each Other popped into my head: "The moon over the city is white as snow, and the beauty with cicada-shaped temples is filled with sorrow."
The news that the second son of the Ke family was going to get married with his mute daughter was leaked by someone and even reached Zhao Xingcan's ears.
Zhao Xingcan was not interested in other people's family affairs, but when he heard the mute girl, he glanced sideways slightly.
And at this moment, the person who made him look sideways was standing right in front of him.
There are no rooms left around the airport. It’s too late to go back to school now, and the dormitory door should be closed.
Lin Ju didn't want to go back either, so she took another taxi. More than an hour had passed, and it was too tiring for her.
She was a little at a loss, her almond-shaped eyes seemed to be soaked with tears, and she looked at me with pity.
Zhao Xingcan appeared at this moment. He was wearing a black shirt and had a tall, graceful figure, broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He stood in front of the service desk, casually flipping through the registration form and glancing sideways at the already overwhelmed staff.
The staff seemed to be in awe of him. "Mr. Zhao, we have already arranged a room for you. We're sorry that the flight was delayed and your trip has been delayed."
Lin Ju looked at him with tears in her eyes, and their eyes lingered on each other for a moment.
A few seconds later, she heard the man say, "I have two reserved rooms. Give one to this lady."
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