Chapter 564: Not Aloof
At this time, everyone was rehearsing on the stage and there was no one in the lounge. Li Xiaoru's footsteps were loud and Shen Mozhen noticed her as soon as she came in. She turned around and looked at her with a puzzled look on her face, as if asking her why she was following him.
"Um... Senior, I didn't mean to follow you," Li Xiaoru said a little embarrassedly, "I saw that you didn't look well, and I was worried that you were sick."
Shen Mozhen was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but touch his face, and asked, "How bad does my complexion look?"
"Very bad, pale white, no blood at all."
"If I had known I would have put on my makeup before coming here."
Li Xiaoru became even more worried, "What happened?"
Shen Mozhen was a little hesitant. She was not familiar with Li Xiaoru. Their relationship was established by Liu Lan, and she did not know Li Xiaoru.
Li Xiaoru also realized that her question was abrupt. She and Shen Mozhen were not friends! Li Xiaoru was carefree, but not stupid. She could sense Shen Mozhen's guard.
Li Xiaoru felt that she should make her position clear. She said, "You have always been my idol. I like you very much. I saw your guzheng performance when I first entered the school and heard many of your stories. To me, you were an unattainable fairy. At that time, I only wished that I could talk to you for a moment."
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Li Xiaoru's words seemed like she was deliberately pretending to be a bootlicker. Even though Shen Mozhen was in a bad mood, he was amused by her.
"I'm not that cold."
From childhood to adulthood, there are so many people who admire her, so many people who like her, and countless people who want to be friends with her. She is used to all kinds of compliments, and Li Xiaoru's words did not leave any ripples in her heart.
Shen Mozhen seems to have a gentle personality and a good temper. She respects the elderly and loves the young, is humble and polite, and can take everyone into consideration when interacting with others. Everyone who knows her speaks highly of her. Her peers admire her and the elders respect her. However, she has very few real friends, and she herself does not realize that this is another kind of aloofness.
Li Xiaoru said seriously, "No, actually you are just aloof. I have observed that, except for senior Tang Tu, Wen Fangfei and the professors of the Guzheng Department, your attitude towards other people is the same, there is no difference. Oh, Manman is also an exception. I don't think anyone would dislike her."
Shen Mozhen's expression changed slightly. Li Xiaoru spoke to her heart, and Li Xiaoru also misunderstood something - now she is no longer close to Tang Tu and Wen Fangfei.
Not to mention Tang Tu, Wen Fangfei's boycott of the performance also made Shen Mozhen build a wall in her heart towards her. She didn't like people who were too emotional because it was too troublesome to deal with them. If it wasn't for cleaning up the mess for Wen Fangfei, she wouldn't have asked Liu Lan for mercy.
After Shen Mozhen graduated, she never contacted Wen Fangfei. It was always Wen Fangfei who sent her messages. She was in a foreign country with time difference, so her reply was slow. Sometimes she was busy and forgot to reply. Over time, Wen Fangfei understood her attitude. Even though she knew Shen Mozhen was back at school for rehearsal, Wen Fangfei didn't come to see her. And she didn't take the initiative to treat Wen Fangfei to a meal.
Thinking of this, Shen Mozhen couldn't find any words to refute Li Xiaoru for a moment. Is she really a cold person?
Li Xiaoru was afraid that Shen Mozhen would be angry, "Don't mind what I said just now, I was just flattering you and want to be your friend."
Li Xiaoru felt awkward. She thought to herself that she wanted to confess her feelings to Shen Mozhen so much that even someone as shameless as her blushed.
Shen Mozhen saw the concern and kindness in Li Xiaoru's eyes, and felt a little moved. It was the first time someone asked her to be friends so directly.
"Although I have nothing else to show for myself except playing the piano, I am a good person, really, I can guarantee it! If you still don't believe it, Manman will testify for me," said Li Xiaoru, patting her already flat chest.
Shen Mozhen burst out in laughter and couldn't hold back any more.
Seeing her smile, Li Xiaoru breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Xiaoru's cautious look reminded Shen Mozhen of the way boys confessed to her during their school days. However, the words those guys said and the love letters they wrote were far less sincere than this girl. She did not need any sweet embellishments; instead, the most straightforward sentences could move her.
If those boys knew that Shen Mozhen actually liked the simple and rough type, would they regret it so much that they would beat their chests and stamp their feet?
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