Chapter 11
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This is not a rare thing, because there are too many people in the grade who like the white-clothed male god Luo Huaizheng, and Xiang Siling is just an unfortunate one among them. So Li Qingyao didn't take it to heart.
How did Li Qingyao discover the most secret thoughts of a girl who had no sense of existence like a speck of dust?
It was a day in early winter. Luo Huaizheng probably caught a cold while reading in the middle of the night just as his teacher had said. He felt listless and coughed the whole morning, and spent most of his time lying on the table. After class, Li Qingyao touched his forehead and found it a little hot, and his face was also red. Li Qingyao advised him to ask for leave and go home to rest, but he refused because he had two important physics review classes in the afternoon. Perhaps because he was used to it since he was a child, he insisted that drinking more hot water would definitely reduce his fever.
Li Qingyao didn't try to persuade her any further. As soon as school was over at noon, she said goodbye to her head teacher, left school, and took the bus to the clinic. Li Qingyao is the son of a traditional Chinese medicine doctor after all, and has been influenced by it since childhood. He described Luo Huaizheng's symptoms and claimed that she was a female classmate with whom he was good friends. Yuan Ling did not doubt it and gave her some common Chinese patent medicines and some Western medicine for reducing fever just in case. She also kindly reminded the female classmate of the taboos of taking medicine during her menstrual period. Li Qingyao quickly said that he was definitely not on his menstrual period.
Li Qingyao didn't even have time to eat. He just stuffed two buns at the intersection and hurriedly took the bus back to school.
At this time of the day, everyone has gone to eat or go home for a nap. There are only two or three people in the classroom, all lying down to catch up on their sleep. Luo Huaizheng's seat was empty, so he must have gone to eat as well. There was a man standing by his desk, holding a small plastic bag and putting it into the desk.
Li Qingyao was also holding a plastic bag of medicine in his hand. When their eyes met, they saw the same thing in each other's hands.
Xiang Siling's face turned red as if it was on fire, and her expression was extremely ugly, but she still stuffed the medicine in and walked out empty-handed.
Li Qingyao said, "Come and sit down, let's chat for a while."
Xiang Siling lowered his head and sat down, looking like a wooden sculpture.
Li Qingyao shook the plastic bag in his hand and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Look, I brought him some medicine too. Do you still want to leave yours behind?"
Xiang Siling bit her lip, put her hands on her thighs, clenched them into fists, and said in a mosquito-like voice: "I bought it... The clerk said it's a very good medicine."
That means I still want to keep the medicine.
Li Qingyao said, "I also have very good medicine, which was prescribed by a doctor. And..." Her face also became hot, but she said bluntly, "I ran so hard at noon, I will not allow him to take medicine given by other girls."
Xiang Siling's back was bent all the time. Li Qingyao saw the corners of her mouth curled up, but her smile was dry: "I know, he is yours. I just...he looks very uncomfortable, I just want to give it to him."
Li Qingyao was silent for a while and said, "Okay, I'm a reasonable person and I will never use shady means. I can still tell him about your delivery of the medicine, or do you want to tell him yourself?"
"No, don't tell him... Don't let him know that it was from me."
"OK."
"Thanks……"
"To be honest, it doesn't seem right for you to thank me."
“…”
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Li Qingyao remembered clearly that it was an evening one and a half months before the college entrance examination. The weather was already getting a little hot, and dusk was shrouding the classroom, making it dark and silent.
Someone turned on the light and it became bright instantly. Many people went to eat and were not at their seats. Xiang Siling was not there either.
Li Qingyao and Luo Huaizheng ate in the cafeteria together and were studying on the table. At that time, Luo Huaizheng had already passed the National Mathematics Competition and obtained the qualification for admission to Tsinghua University. In fact, there was no need for him to come to school or take the college entrance examination. But he told his teacher that he wanted to take the college entrance examination as a complete experience of his high school career.
Ma Junhong was sitting in the row in front of him at the time, and asked privately: "Do you just want to accompany your sister-in-law into the examination room?"
Luo Huaizheng punched him and smiled without saying anything.
Neither of them dared to let Li Qingyao know about the title of sister-in-law, but Ma Junhong called her that in private and Luo Huaizheng never objected.
At that time, Luo Huaizheng had so much pride and longing in his heart. He was admitted to his dream university ahead of schedule, his parents were grinning from ear to ear, and from then on he became proud in front of his neighbors. The girl he liked finally nodded, and they agreed to go to BJ together - although this took some persuasion and praying on his part - because the girl, who didn't like to work too hard and only liked to work a little hard, didn't want to leave Xiangcheng, leave her parents and brother, and wanted to get into the best university in Xiangcheng, "so that I could go home on weekends for dinner and take my dirty clothes home to wash" - she said so.
It was Luo Huaizheng who searched for information online every day and showed her how many universities there were in BJ and how good they were. He had carefully selected three key ones, each less than three subway stops away from Tsinghua University. He promised to report to her school three times a week and even collected online reviews of restaurants in each university - who could blame Li Qingyao for being so picky.
He also blushed and repeatedly expressed his determination that he would work harder than he did now after going to college and strive to buy a house in BJ as soon as possible - so that her family could go to BJ to be with her at any time. Although this point was really far-fetched, Li Qingyao's attitude finally softened. In the end, Luo Huaizheng was forced to act autistic for a few days. Li Qingyao softened his heart and finally agreed to apply for BJ.
When Li Qingyao's parents were told about this decision, they agreed wholeheartedly. They believed that people always strive for higher goals, and since Li Qingyao could study, it was natural that their child's future was the most important thing, and they could let him go wherever he wanted. It doesn’t matter if they are far from home. They can travel more now that they are retired. Besides, I have a son by my side.
That evening, Li Qingyao was sitting at his seat reviewing real college entrance examination questions. Luo Huaizheng was also busy. He was not doing the questions, but helping Li Qingyao organize his wrong question book and some solutions to the final questions.
The two of them were very well-behaved at school and didn't even hold hands. Because Li Qingyao had long ago declared that he would "never fall in love too early", everyone in the grade knew it. So whenever someone asked her about her relationship with Luo Huaizheng, even though he had kissed her on the face in the dark on the way home last night, she would never admit it.
But in a place where no one was paying attention, on the slightly cool table, the two people sitting at the same table, with their arms exposed outside their short sleeves, gently touched each other. It seemed as if neither of them noticed, but their arms had never been separated from beginning to end. Occasionally, Li Qingyao would be so absorbed in doing his homework that his arm would move. After a few seconds, Luo Huaizheng's arm would gently touch it. The two of them continued to do their own things without saying a word, and that was enough.
When it was just getting dark, the head teacher walked to Luo Huaizheng's desk and said, "Xiang Siling didn't come this afternoon, and she didn't ask for leave. Her mother couldn't be contacted either. You are the class monitor, and you have been recommended for admission anyway. Don't go to self-study in the evening, go to her house and check on her."
Luo Huaizheng let out an "ah" and stood up and left, leaving the wrong answer book and the big question collection he had given to Li Qingyao still on the table.
At that time, Li Qingyao was working on his questions at a critical moment and didn't even look up at his back.
After that day, Li Qingyao never saw her boyfriend Luo Huaizheng again.
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