Chapter 54: Companion Moon Star “Excuse me, am I still your moon now…
"I regret it."
Liang Yuanjing pushed the door open and walked in, took out a dry towel from the room and handed it to her, then turned on the air conditioner.
He found a kettle that had been unused for a long time. The mouth of the kettle was a little rusty, and he wiped the dust off it silently.
When had Tao Shuran ever seen him look so dejected?
She turned her head away reluctantly, not looking at him.
“Words spoken are like rain; they can never be taken back.”
"As for my feelings, if I give up, I won't want to do it again."
Liang Yuanjing said "hmm".
In fact, he could understand her current feelings very well. A person who has accumulated enough disappointment and sadness in a long-term unrequited relationship rarely wants to experience it again.
Somewhat similar to PTSD symptoms.
"I understand everything you said."
Liang Yuanjing raised his eyelids and spoke slowly, "Again and again, you can keep ignoring me, pushing me away, and rejecting me."
"I will always choose you, Tao Shuran."
In a trance, Tao Shuran seemed to hear the rain outside the window stop.
All the storms in the world have ceased, the sky is clear and the air is right, and his unchanging arrogant eyebrows are the eternity of everything.
The sound of the window being opened broke the atmosphere.
The person outside the door seemed annoyed, and when he saw their gazes, he quickly said:
"Excuse me, Teacher Tao, we just wanted to ask if there's any hot water available."
"I'm sorry, I really disturbed you."
The romantic atmosphere between the lovers was broken, and Qiao Yan hated himself for having opened the window so quickly.
Just now in the car, she noticed that something was wrong with Tao Shuran and Liang Yuanjing. The two of them stared at each other, unwilling to look away, with a tug of love and hate.
Qiao Yanxin felt that if it weren't for his quick hands, given the atmosphere of the rainy night, the two of them would have almost kissed.
The appearance of her colleague brought Tao Shuran back to her senses. She slapped her head, stood up from her seat, and stepped back to put a long distance between herself and Liang Yuanjing.
"It's okay, don't bother me."
She replied indifferently: "He and I are just friends."
Qiao Yanxin smiled awkwardly.
Are you thinking of rushing into the rain and carrying someone back like a princess? Even the most gullible old man Yuan wouldn't believe this excuse.
"The hot water is ready, you can use it first."
The first pot of water was bubbling, and Liang Yuanjing unplugged the power cord and handed it over.
The black T-shirt soaked by the rain was tightly attached to the chest, and the slightly rolled up hem revealed a narrow waist.
Qiao Yanxin glanced at it casually and couldn't help swallowing.
No wonder her group of good sisters have rated Liang Yuanjing as the best man in the industry recently. It is not a false reputation at all.
She said politely: "Don't you need it? Otherwise, I will wait for the next pot?"
Liang Yuanjing said, "You guys use it first, I'll cook it for her."
Qiao Yanxin understood this time.
She said "thank you" and without hesitation, pulled her good sister away from the scene.
The rain outside continued to fall, crackling against the windows. It was still midsummer, but the night was noticeably cold.
Tao Shuran took off his coat and sat cross-legged on a stool. He was soaked and dripping with water, looking extremely disheveled.
Liang Yuanjing didn't say anything either, probably because he was annoyed by her cold attitude.
He used to be such an arrogant person, he could get love as soon as he reached out.
How can I tolerate the continuous rejection?
"The clothes are all new, you can change first."
After a while, Liang Yuanjing opened the wardrobe, found a brand new short-sleeved shirt, shook off the dust in his hand, and threw it into her arms.
His movements were not gentle, and his expression was a little cold. He just put his hands in his pockets and left without looking back.
Tao Shuran was stunned for a moment, looked up at the furnishings in the room, and then realized that this might be the dormitory where he used to train.
The feeling of wet clothes sticking to the body was very uncomfortable. Tao Shuran wiped his face with a towel. No matter how much he kept his distance, he could not refuse a piece of clean clothes at this time.
After Liang Yuanjing came in after fetching water, he saw Tao Shuran wearing a short-sleeved shirt that was very large.
She pinned the neckline with a hairpin, and the hem of the dress reached her calves.
Liang Yuanjing's eyes dropped and naturally fell on her fair and slender calves.
Tao Shuran was not wearing shoes. She sat in front of the electric fan with her legs raised. Her shiny toes were slightly curled up, as cute as pearls.
His throat suddenly tightened, and he quickly looked away and handed her the thermos cup in his hand.
There was freshly brewed ginger tea in it, and Tao Shuran just happened to have a dull pain in his lower abdomen.
She said "thank you".
"You're welcome."
Liang Yuanjing was also polite and distant: "That's what a friend should do."
She opened her mouth, but seemed to have nothing to say.
It was like a fist hitting cotton. Liang Yuanjing's attitude, which was both distant and cold, made her unable to find any fault with him.
After tossing and turning all night, Tao Shuran lay on the desk and gradually felt sleepy.
Liang Yuanjing took one last look at her, took off his coat and covered her with it.
He walked out slowly and closed the door.
The moment I went out, I looked up at the sky with melancholy.
The rain will wash away all the dirt in the city, but what about him?
How can we take back the harsh words that have been spoken and the feelings that have been lost?
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The old base provided logistical recuperation for some retired aircrews.
When Liang Yuanjing came back this time, he happened to visit some old friends.
He had just come in to change his clothes when he heard his friends outside mocking him mercilessly.
"I just heard about our Captain Liang's love story when I went out. I heard he ran around all night for a girl without sleeping."
"Hey? Liang Yuanjing, where's that thick coat you brought with you when you went out? Did you throw it in the girl's room?"
Liang Yuanjing came out and wiped his hair.
He dragged a bench and sat by the window. He didn't say a word and quietly took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.
I couldn't light the lighter for a long time, and I guess the lighter was also soaked in water.
He was feeling annoyed and threw his lighter on the windowsill, which was clicking away as he watched the rain outside getting heavier and heavier.
A friend sat beside the bed and chatted with him casually.
"What's wrong? Are you having trouble chasing girls?"
"It's perfectly normal. Our profession may look glamorous, but we're actually flying in the sky 300 days a year. Even the most beautiful love will eventually come to an end, right?"
"Or do you want to give up?" His friend changed the subject and sneered, "Liang Yuanjing, this is not your style."
Liang Yuanjing asked slowly, "What's my style?"
"Defying everything and persevering."
"When you first started training, the coach asked you if you could do it, and you said that life is all about wanting and not wanting, not about being able to do or not."
"You want to, so you can do it."
He was so arrogant at that time. No matter how hard the training was, it seemed like there was nothing he couldn't do.
To be honest, none of the pilots who trained together were dissatisfied with Liang Yuanjing.
"The emotional path won't work."
Liang Yuanjing sneered and spoke in the mature tone of someone who had experienced it.
"When she cries, you throw away your principles. There's no logic at all."
"Does that girl still mind that you left without saying goodbye? Why didn't you tell her that you were severely punished with three months of solitary confinement because you hit Xu Yanyang, violated discipline?"
"Because of this incident, you were almost punished and could never go to heaven again."
"That's not necessary."
Liang Yuanjing smiled and said, "If this happens a hundred times, I will still make the same choice."
There is an old desktop computer in the room.
The night was long and boring, and Liang Yuanjing logged into the QQ account that he had not used for a long time during the long waiting time for the computer to start up.
A few days ago, he saw a post on his homepage asking what was the most profound memory of his secret crush in his youth.
Unexpectedly, the answer with the most likes was □□.
"Back then, to attract the attention of my idol, I changed my signature every day, and occasionally a hint of sadness would appear in my expression."
"The above person is too reserved. I've opened a yellow diamond and check my crush's profile every day. I delete the browsing history after every day. It's been five years now, and he still doesn't know about it."
"It's a bit too hard upstairs. I can sympathize with them."
"The year I graduated, I confessed my feelings to my secret crush using a XXX email address. Haha, he probably treated it as spam and didn't even read it."
Liang Yuanjing slowly logged into his account which he had not used for a long time
A lot of messages came up one after another. He quickly glanced at them and found that Tao Shuran's account was still silent.
Her ID on various platforms has not changed over the years and is still called "Ban Yuexing".
One time during these five years, Liang Yuanjing made a special call to his friend at the observatory.
The friend told him a lot in a professional tone.
After listening to this, Liang Yuanjing asked, "Do you think it's possible to make the moon move closer to the stars?"
“Is this technology feasible?”
Zhou Jiashu was setting up equipment at the National Astronomical Observatory's observation base. When he heard this, he jumped down from the platform.
He sneered, "I'm here to talk to you about professional matters, and you're talking to me about love, right?"
Liang Yuanjing felt a surge of boyish sentimentality and sighed with a hint of sadness.
Said: "You don't understand."
The next day, the news spread to their entire circle, from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and gradually everyone knew that Liang Yuanjing was playing a love game with a girl and ended up getting himself involved.
Zhou Jiashu looked up at the stars and laughed at him lazily.
"Liang Yuanjing, you have come to this day."
It's all retribution.
Liang Yuanjing sighed, clicked the mouse into the mailbox, and began to slowly clear out the spam.
At the end of the cleaning, only some competition registration emails remained in the inbox.
He suddenly thought of someone.
I clicked on the email, saw a familiar number, and a simple letter "r", everything coincided with my guess.
Liang Yuanjing flipped through the letters one by one, and the older the date, the more surprised he was.
Later, he couldn't help but stand up and felt his heart beating violently in his chest.
It turns out that this is the true origin of the story.
It turned out that her love was deeper than he had imagined.
Liang Yuanjing took a deep breath and realized that he should treat her precious feelings with a more cautious attitude.
His fingers moved slightly, and he slowly typed out the first reply letter that belonged to her five years later.
Just as I finished writing the email, Fu Changpei called me.
They have been busy these years and have been in contact intermittently. As for his current situation, Liang Yuanjing only knows that he is doing well.
"I saw Tao Shuran's circle of friends came to Beicheng. Did you meet him?"
Liang Yuanjing said "hmm": "I don't have her circle of friends."
"Let me see what was sent."
Fu Changpei sneered, "Master Liang, are you in such a miserable state now?"
Yes, this is the first time that he has failed so badly in pursuing someone.
The girl hasn't even added his contact information yet.
Liang Yuanjing looked down at the screen. She had sent a picture of the night sky. The moon was so bright and shining. It must have been taken when they were playing together at night.
"I've always liked her. You've discovered this a long time ago, right?"
Fu Changpei suddenly said this on the phone. His voice was very soft, and his tone was steady and calm, but the suppressed emotions could not be ignored.
Liang Yuanjing was speechless for a moment.
Of course he had noticed it long ago, as he would always inadvertently turn his head to look at her during his school days.
At that time, he understood that the definition of liking someone was preference, and it was the tenderness that the cold and unfeeling Fu Changpei gave only to her.
But he didn't expect Fu Changpei to be so good at hiding his feelings. From high school to college graduation and now to work, he suppressed his feelings and moved to Shanghai, and never revealed his true feelings.
Fu Changpei joked, "If you don't work harder, I'll chase you."
Liang Yuanjing raised his eyebrows and sneered:
"Don't even think about it."
…
After a night's sleep, I woke up and found that the rain had subsided a little.
Early in the morning, Tao Shuran took a special car back to his dormitory.
She planned to wait until the rain stopped before going to the scene to see the specific situation. While it was still raining, she turned on her computer and prepared to finish the half-written record report.
The moment I opened my mailbox, a new email popped up.
The familiar name made Tao Shuran's pupils shrink suddenly.
"Dear Ban Yuexing:"
Am I still your moon now?
——From Y.
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Author's comment: Zhou Jiashu is the male protagonist of the next campus novel "Summer That Came to an Abrupt End"
The current setting is to write about astronomers vs botanists
Romanticism vs. Straightforward Girl
A carefree and romantic idealist and a cute little sister who tries hard to hide her love but is a little clumsy
The tone should be a little lighter, not as bittersweet as this one [heart]
If you are interested, you can go to the column to collect it~
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