If 13 Can You Like Me?
I rejected Lu Shiyu.
She shook off his hand and ran into the library.
I would rather die socially than lead a sheep into the tiger's mouth.
I sat down in a secluded spot and quickly immersed myself in my books again.
Before I knew it, I had been reading until very late. The dormitory was about to be closed, so I hurriedly packed up and left.
As soon as I walked out of the library door, the weather, which was fine just now, suddenly started to rain heavily.
Just as I was looking at the rain curtain in front of me with worry, a big black umbrella covered my head.
I looked up and saw Lu Shiyu's handsome and cheerful face, and my heart beat slower.
"Have you been waiting for me?"
"No, I left, but when I saw it was raining, I turned back."
"Thank you." I said sincerely.
Lu Shiyu, shrouded in a black umbrella, looked at me quietly before asking, "Does this count as pursuing you?"
I lowered my head and urged, "Let's go quickly, my dormitory is about to close."
"Okay." Lu Shiyu naturally put his arm around my shoulders.
"Hey, Lu Shiyu, you..." My voice was not loud, much softer than the "drip drip" of the heavy rain hitting the black umbrella.
"The rain is too heavy, let's squeeze in." Lu Shiyu gave me an excuse casually.
"I……"
"Fu Mingshuang, do you understand the importance of reciprocity?"
Me: (⊙x⊙;)
Is this how reciprocity is used?
Lu Shiyu didn't give me much time to think, he just hugged me and walked forward.
"Tada tada..." The sound of sneakers stepping on puddles.
"Fu Mingshuang, don't walk so fast. You splashed water on my feet."
"Oh, sorry." I slowed down, carefully avoiding the puddles on the ground, and walked in circles.
So, I missed the dormitory closing time...
(ε)
"Are you going to knock on the door of the dormitory manager? I heard that the manager in your building is very fierce and can hold a grudge against anyone who comes home late for a whole semester." Lu Shiyu gave a friendly reminder.
"Really? Is that really the case?" I was very nervous as I came home late for the first time.
"Well," he said heavily, "I advise you not to disturb her."
"Then...what should we do?"
(ˉˉ)
The rain was indeed heavy. Even though Lu Shiyu's umbrella was tilted towards me, half of my shoulder was still wet.
"Then you can only come to my house. I have an extra room." He once again made a friendly invitation.
"Ha Qiu!" I sniffed, shook my body, and had to agree.
***
Lu Shiyu said that he no longer lives in the villa and has bought an apartment near Peking University.
Standing at the door of Lu Shiyu's apartment, he forcibly divided my two or three books with dozens of pages into two hands:
"I have no hands, press it for me."
I was dissatisfied inside, but since I was living under someone else's roof, I naturally had to be more diligent.
"Okay, you say." I opened the keyboard.
“0…”
"Okay, 0..." I leaned over and pressed the number.
“6…”
"6..." I repeated it to him.
“3…”
“3…”
"0..." Lu Shiyu reported the last number.
My hand hesitated, but I still pressed "0".
The door opened with a click.
I said in surprise, "Lu Shiyu, tell me the truth, your birthday is also on June 30th, right?!"
Seeing a hint of surprise on his face, I jumped up and said, "Wow! I'm awesome! I'm such a smart kid!"
(`^O^′)
"No." Lu Shiyu retracted his gaze, walked past me, and pushed the door open.
"Ah? Really? Then when is your birthday?" I followed him in and asked relentlessly.
"I forgot." Lu Shiyu said coldly.
"Forgot?" (⊿)
"I never celebrate my birthday."
"Can't you recite your ID number? It has your date of birth on it..." I was shocked as if I had discovered a new world.
∑(дlll)
"Fu Mingshuang!" Lu Shiyu's tone was a bit irritable. After closing the door, he conveniently trapped me against the door panel. "Are you so curious about my birthday?"
Before I could even say "Not really," Lu Shiyu continued:
"Now that you know my birthday, you have to accompany me, otherwise I will be angry."
Before I could even say "Forget it", Lu Shiyu continued to talk:
"June 30th..."
I was about to cover my ears, but my hands stopped mid-air.
"June...June, how much?" ('' )
"June 30th..." He stared at me and repeated it again.
He hadn't turned on the lights yet, so the apartment was dark. He was very close to me so I could see the light in his eyes.
"Didn't you just deny it a minute ago?"
"I've never celebrated my birthday, so I'm in denial."
"Never?" I felt a little bit unbelievable.
"No..." Lu Shiyu answered firmly, "Will you accompany me in the future?"
In the darkness, his eyes seemed a little darker than usual, like a flame in the abyss, as if...
Too dazzling.
"I, I'm a little cold, I'll..." Before I could finish my words, Lu Shiyu put his arms around my waist and held me in his arms.
"Will it be warmer this way?" He buried me in his arms and wrapped my body with his body temperature.
I didn't know if it was his hot skin that burned me or my own blood boiling, but a warm current quickly spread throughout my body.
I was so greedy for this little bit of warmth that I buried my head in his arms, not moving.
Perhaps Lu Shiyu sensed my obedience, and he tightened his grip a little more, holding me tightly.
The two of us were in the entrance hall, hugging each other in the darkness, and time passed by minute by minute, as if we were trapped in an eternal vortex.
"Lu Shiyu..." I whispered in his arms, "How long are you going to hold me?"
"Are you still cold?" He let go of me a little, then lifted my chin and let me look up at him.
"It's not cold anymore." I answered in a daze.
"Then that answers my question...Will you accompany me?" He circled again and returned to the starting point.
"Well...that...I..." I wanted to practice Tai Chi again.
"Fu Mingshuang, I need to remind you that I've already hugged you. If you make excuses again this time, I'll have to find another way."
After saying that, his eyes fell on my lips.
I took a deep breath in surprise and subconsciously covered my mouth with my hand.
"Aren't you going to chase me? You're breaking the rules by doing this now."
o(′^｀)o
He bent down and looked me in the eye: "The doll hanging on your phone was a birthday gift I gave you that year. Does this count as pursuing you?"
"...You said you wanted to find a boyfriend from Kyoto University, so I repeated a year and finally got into Kyoto University. Does that count as pursuing her?"
"...In order to be with you, I disobeyed my mother's orders and broke off the engagement we had when we were young. Does this count as pursuing you?"
"...I can work hard to give you flowers, gifts, and caring like others do, but you can't ignore everything I've done before."
I was surprised, opened my mouth, and stared at Lu Shiyu blankly: "I don't know what you are talking about..."
"Now that you know, can you like me?"
I stood on tiptoe and kissed him, who had been planning this for a long time.
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"bite!"
The finale tonight.
The entire book is officially completed.
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