Chapter 43 You Don’t Have to Apologize for Anything You Do to Me
It was a rare weekend when she could have a good sleep, but Lin Shuliang was still dreaming.
She dreamed that she went to University A to register, and she was so happy. However, she couldn't find the place to register, and she was almost crying. Later, she finally found the right place, and the teacher said very coldly: "Lin Shuliang, you missed the registration time and you are expelled."
Her mind went blank. "Impossible, impossible..."
Her mother lifted her blanket and said, "It's impossible. Luo Yun is standing outside now."
Her hair was in disarray. She sat up dazedly. "What?"
"I just kept telling you that Luo Yun was here, and you kept repeating that it was impossible, that the girl was outside, and you thought everyone was a lazy guy like you, so hurry up."
She grinned and said, "Hey, that's great."
Luckily it was a dream.
Her mother was confused. "This child, is it because the pressure in the third year of high school is too great? Is she stupid?"
Lin Shuliang ran out and saw Luo Yun sitting upright on the sofa. "Why are you here to see me so early in the morning?"
"Of course I have something to talk to you about. Hurry up and wash your face and get out."
Cheng Lin was filling out her resume. Luo Yun was here to ask her out. "Okay, okay. Hurry up."
Lin Shuliang still felt that her mother was not normal today, "Mom, Luo Yun asked me to go out and play, not to study!"
"I know, this is pocket money, have fun, just remember to go to evening self-study."
Are dreams and reality opposites? Did her mother change her gender because of a bad dream?
Let’s just understand it this way.
At Luo Yun's urging, she finished packing in less than ten minutes.
It was only ten o'clock. Lin Shuliang asked her repeatedly, "Where are you taking me so early in the morning?"
"Stop making noise! Don't forget that I was the one who brought your schoolbag back for you that day."
On the day of the school anniversary, in order to go to the hospital to see her grandmother earlier, Lin Shuliang asked Luo Yun to give her schoolbag to Shen Xinghe. However, Shen Xinghe refused, so Luo Yun had to deliver it himself.
This is all human relations! Lin Shuliang endured it, "This is all Shen Xinghe's fault!"
Luo Yun felt a little guilty, and touched his earlobe and said, "Actually... it's not all his fault. He might have just had something to do that day."
"Why can't you help me carry my schoolbag?"
Luo Yun was speechless.
Finally they arrived, Luo Yun took her to a high-end Western restaurant right in the city center.
"Luo Yun, have you made a fortune? Invite me here for dinner." Lin Shuliang was confused.
"You'll know once you go in." Luo Yun deliberately kept the secret.
When I entered the room, a waiter came over and asked, "Do you have a reservation?"
Luo Yun pointed to the corner and said, "We were with that boy."
"Okay, this way please."
Lin Shuliang was still wondering who it was, and when she got closer, she saw that it was Xu Chen!
Lin Shuliang glanced at Luo Yun and asked, "Did you do this on purpose?"
Xu Chen pulled her to sit down, "No, I asked Luo Yun to bring you here. Don't be angry. I don't mean anything. I just want to treat you to a meal."
"You've gone to such great lengths to treat me to a meal? And you've got to eat in a place like this. I'm afraid I can't afford it."
Luo Yun didn't expect that she was really angry, but she had plenty of ways to deal with Lin Shuliang, who had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. "I'm sorry, Shuliang. I was wrong. Let's go back."
Sure enough, seeing her pitiful look, Lin Shuliang immediately softened her heart and pulled out a stool to sit down. "Come on, it's free anyway, and you'd be a fool not to take advantage of it."
Xu Chen privately gave Luo Yun a thumbs up, saying that she really had her way.
The meal went quite harmoniously. As Lin Shuliang had said before, Xu Chen was quite charming when he wasn't acting crazy.
He has a flexible mind, unlike those bookworms, and is fun to talk to. He is a gentleman and always puts them first.
Luo Yun didn't like Western food and didn't even know how to use a fork. Xu Chen saw through it but didn't tell him. He handed his cut vegetables to Luo Yun and said, "I have a hobby. I like cutting vegetables. It's a kind of fun. Now I can only cut steak. Let me have this chance."
Although everyone knew what he was doing, they didn't feel embarrassed. Lin Shuliang admired his approach.
It was already noon when they finished their meal. He took out the movie tickets like a magician. It was an art film, obviously catering to their preferences.
It's very comfortable to be with him. He is quite funny and there is never a dull moment.
Needless to say, Lin Shuliang felt that Luo Yun had been completely captured.
At around three or four in the afternoon, Luo Yun said he had to go home to get his schoolbag for evening self-study. You see, he was deliberately creating opportunities for them!
Lin Shuliang said, "You don't have to take me home. My home is very close. Besides, you have to go home to get your schoolbag. That's it."
"No need, my schoolbag has been sent to school." Xu Chen said with a smile, as if he had expected her to say that.
“Really not!”
Xu Chen looked ahead and said lightly, "Lin Shuliang, it is true that I like you, but I know you are not interested in me, and I don't mind. This does not affect my kindness to you, so you should just treat me as a friend. You can't stop being friends with me just because I like you, right? That would be too unfair to me."
Lin Shuliang had no way to refute this.
She thought for a moment, "Actually, I don't think you like me, which makes me feel embarrassed. I think you are teasing me, just for fun."
"You don't know me, let alone how I deal with my feelings, so you can't make such a hasty judgment. I know whether my feelings are real or not, and your hasty evaluation is a denial of me."
This makes sense. Lin Shuliang took a deep breath and said, "I apologize for what I just said."
Xu Chen looked at her, his hair blown by the wind, "You don't have to apologize. You don't have to apologize for anything you do to me. I just want to ask if we can be friends, normal friends, and you don't reject me so much."
"I didn’t."
"Since you don't have any, I'll take you back, and then we'll go to school together."
Lin Shuliang: “…”
This guy's tricks are deep enough!
When Lin Shuliang came out with her schoolbag, Shen Xinghe also came out of his house and saw Xu Chen waiting for Lin Shuliang at the door.
He ignored them and walked away.
Haha... so cool! Lin Shuliang thought.
She still doesn’t know why she met the great Xu Chen. It was all because of that schoolbag!
If Shen Xinghe had taken her schoolbag, Luo Yun would have no reason to drag Lin Shuliang to eat, and there would not have been the conversation just now.
Fortunately, Xu Chen did not go crazy and they were quite harmonious along the way.
There are exams after evening self-study, and the midterm exam is next week. They have become numb to all the exams.
My most vivid memories of my senior year in high school are the papers flying all over the place, the bright red correct and incorrect answers, and the stimulating scores on the papers.
Lin Shuliang is steadily improving, slowly approaching her ideal score. She can concentrate most when she is dancing and studying.
After class, as soon as she walked out of the classroom, she saw Li Panxi and Shen Xinghe talking to each other, and they seemed very happy.
Luo Yun explained in her ear: "Since the school anniversary that day, the school's recognized beauty is no longer Li Panxi, but you. Of course, there are all kinds of praises about you on the forum, but you don't read them. But how did Li Panxi win? She is closer to Shen Xinghe. The photo of him tying Li Panxi's shoelaces that day was forwarded to QQ space by many people, and they all said it was the best form of love. But Shuliang, don't be sad, we have Xu Chen, he is so good, not inferior to Shen Xinghe at all."
"Don't flirt with Xu Chen and try to trick me. I'll get angry if you do that again. Remember to memorize politics when you get home. I'm leaving now."
"Hey, aren't you waiting for Shen Xinghe?"
Lin Shuliang looked at the attractive backs and said, "It's not like he can't find the way. Why should I bother him to flirt with girls?"
I don't have time to help her carry her schoolbag, but I have time to be affectionate with others and tie their shoelaces!
Lin Shuliang didn't even notice how jealous her tone sounded.
In the car, her mother asked her, "Where's Xinghe? Why aren't you guys together?"
"I don't know." Lin Shuliang said unhappily, and after thinking for a moment, she added, "They are in a bad mood."
She couldn't take her emotions out on her mother.
Shen Xinghe arrived, and Cheng Lin smiled and said, "Are you guys delaying class?"
Seeing that Lin Shuliang looked unhappy, he guessed something and said, "Well, it took a while."
There was no conversation along the way. When we got home, Cheng Lin said naturally, "Let's go. I've already prepared supper."
Shen Xinghe was about to refuse, but Cheng Lin said, "Don't say you don't want to eat it. I spent a long time making it!"
He had no choice but to follow.
After finishing his meal quietly, Shen Xinghe was about to go home when Cheng Lin said, "Shuliang, didn't you have a problem with a question yesterday? Ask Xinghe to explain it to you, and then let Xinghe go home early. Don't tell me that you know the answer. You can just give me a perfunctory answer, but you can't give me a perfunctory answer for the upcoming midterm exam."
There was a lot of talk, and there was no flaw in any of the sentences, so they could only bite the bullet and get to the point.
At the beginning, the two of them didn't talk much. Shen Xinghe talked about his own things and Lin Shuliang didn't say anything. But after a while, the two of them began to have a heated discussion.
"Is that so? I clearly remember the angle theorem not being like this!" Lin Shuliang said.
"This is another form, it means the same thing!"
Cheng Lin was washing dishes in the kitchen. When she heard them start talking, she felt relieved. "You two little bastards tried to hide it from me after your quarrel."
As expected, the old ones are still the wisest. Cheng Lin could tell at a glance that something was wrong with them. They must have been arguing about something, and one of them was ignoring the other. Now the mystery was solved.
Lin Shuliang looked at the solved problem and said, "That's pretty cool!"
"You need to use your brain more diligently." Shen Xinghe said.
Lin Shuliang sneered, "That's right, you're only diligent in your brain, you can't even carry a schoolbag."
Shen Xinghe was confused. "When did you ask me to carry your schoolbag?"
"On the day of the school anniversary, I left first and told Luo Yun that I would give you the schoolbag. You said you didn't have time."
"This Luo Yun, she never told me about this!"
Considering her various reactions today, Lin Shuliang finally figured it out. It was all directed and acted by Luo Yun himself, that damn girl!
The misunderstanding was resolved. Lin Shuliang was about to laugh, "Okay, I misunderstood you."
Unexpectedly, Shen Xinghe said coldly: "You misunderstood me, but I didn't misunderstand you."
Tsk tsk…
The tone was so arrogant that Lin Shuliang couldn't understand when she had offended the big boss.