As soon as he finished speaking, a book hit him on the head." Stupid stinky fish, you'd better not provoke me! I'm in a bad mood right now!" Lu Xiaoyue's displeased voice stunned Xiao Hongyu. Lin Xinlan and Chen Yu also turned around and looked at her in surprise. The other students also looked over. Realizing that she had lost her composure, Lu Xiaoyue casually pulled out a book from the drawer and pretended to read it seriously.
Lu Xiaoyue was unusually quiet throughout the entire evening self-study session, and Xiao Hongyu did not dare to provoke her. Lin Xinlan, who was sitting in front, was also full of doubts. Lu Xiao Yue's abnormality made her vaguely feel uneasy. She only became like this after she asked about last night. Could it be related to last night? What exactly happened last night? Lin Xinlan's mind was filled with questions, but she could not get an answer from Lu Xiao Yue.
After the evening self-study session, Lu Xiaoyue left alone. For the first time, she didn't call Lin Xinlan. Chen Yu also felt that it was strange. Lin Xinlan told her that they didn't return home at night, but didn't it solve everything? What happened to Lu Xiao Yue?
"Xin Lan, why didn't Xiao Yue call you? Is she angry with you?"
"I don't know either!"
"She's angry with me!" Xiao Hongyu suddenly interjected before he left with his bag.
"What's going on with the two of them?" Chen Yu looked in the direction Xiao Hongyu left and asked.
"I don't know either!" Lin Xinlan shrugged helplessly. She really didn't know that everything that happened tonight was very strange. She subconsciously looked back and saw that Mo Jingcheng had not left.
"Xiaoyue has left. Why don't you come with me?”
"You can go back first. I still want to stay here for a while!”
"Alright, I'll be leaving first!" After saying that, Chen Yu left.
There weren't many people left in the classroom. Lin Xinlan packed her bag and walked to Shen Mucheng's desk. She left a note and walked out from the back door of the classroom. Her actions were so smooth that almost no one noticed.
After waiting for Lin Xinlan to leave, he carefully opened the note.
I'll wait for you downstairs. I have something to tell you!
He put away the note and stuffed the books on the table into his school bag. Then, he left the classroom and walked to the teaching building. He saw Lin Xinlan standing in the corner of the school gate, carrying her school bag, her hands in the wide pockets of her school uniform, and her back against the cold wall. He walked up to her.
"Is there something you need?"
"Silent Cheng, you're so smart. There's no need to ask me this question, right?”She raised her eyes to look at him. Under the dim streetlights, his eyes were even more unfathomable.
Knowing what she wanted to ask, Shen Mocheng didn't say anything else and answered directly,""I knew that you didn't come home last night because I happened to pass by last night. I saw that you were drunk and couldn't enter the school, so I sent you to a nearby hotel. As for why I'm helping you tonight, it's the same as sending you to the hotel. Lu Xiao Yue helped me before, so I'll treat it as returning her favor!”
While waiting for him, Lin Xinlan had already thought about how Mo Jingcheng would tell her what happened last night. Just as she thought, he explained it so casually. She continued to look up at him without a trace of doubt, but also without a trace of certainty. Like him, she hid her emotions, even under the dim light. After a while, she said,"I understand. Thank you!"”Then, she turned around and left without looking back.
He silently watched her leave and stood there for a long time until her lonely figure disappeared into the darkness. He then turned around and left in the opposite direction. He knew that she would not believe his explanation. However, that was the only explanation he could give.
When Lin Xinlan returned to the dormitory, Lu Xiaoyue had already fallen asleep. She was facing the pure white wall sideways, like a stubborn child who had been wronged and could not get candy or toys. Yang Fei pulled Lin Xinlan to the balcony outside and asked her what was going on tonight. First, the class teacher asked them to go to the office to talk, then Lu Xiaoyue went crazy in the classroom without caring about her image, and then she went back to the dormitory without a word and fell on the bed, ignoring everyone. Lin Xinlan only said that they didn't return home at night but everything was fine after that. She was also confused about other things. She didn't know why Lu Xiao Yue suddenly became like this.
The next day, Lu Xiao Yue didn't go for a morning run or morning reading. Lin Xinlan, who was used to two people running alone on the plastic track, felt a sense of loss. The path where they read together every morning suddenly became quiet. Lin Xinlan was in a daze the whole morning. When she arrived at the classroom, Lu Xiao Yue was already there, burying her head in her book, not lifting her head to look at Lin Xinlan. Lin Xinlan walked to her seat and sat down. When she took out her Chinese textbook from the drawer, a piece of paper fell from it. She picked it up and saw the familiar handwriting:
Xiao Xin, I'm sorry! I was in a bad mood last night. I swear, I really, really hated myself last night! After sleeping for a night, all those messy things were gone. However, I've let you down. No matter what, I shouldn't have ignored you. I promise you, it won't happen again. I'll control myself in the future! So, please forgive me!
Lin Xinlan put the note in the book and turned around to look at Lu Xiao Yue who was reading with her head lowered. This silly girl must not have read a single word and was still pretending to be serious.
Noticing Lin Xinlan's gaze, Lu Xiao Yue finally raised her head, a smile blossoming on her face like the sun.
The two of them looked at each other and smiled. Everything was said without words. After spending a long time together, they would know that it was a tacit understanding that they could understand each other's thoughts without words.
In the evening, in Qinghu Park, Shen Mucheng sat down at the place where Lin Xinlan and Lu Xiaoyue drank that night. He looked at the lake surface rippling under the breeze, lost in thought. The homeroom teacher's words from that night were still ringing in his ears.
"Mocheng, your aunt asked me about your situation. You should know better than anyone that she cares about you. She hopes that you won't suppress yourself so much and do what you like to do. Of course, I will tell every student that learning is the most important thing. But your situation is special, so I gave you a lot of privileges. As long as you're happy, as long as you don't affect anyone in the class, you can do whatever you think is most important. Your last final exam was unexpected. I didn't expect you to do so well. You're a very hardworking child, but you don't seem happy. Your aunt told me that your maturity makes my heart ache. Seeing such an outstanding person like you, as your teacher, I feel gratified, but at the same time, my heart aches. Since many things have already happened, we can't change it. We have no choice but to face it with determination. You're very strong, there's no doubt about that. However, I hope that you can be like the other students, study happily, and live happily.”
No one liked to be alone.
Chen Muyun waited for Silent Cheng to eat at home, but it had been a long time since school ended and Silent Cheng hadn't returned. She called him and found out that he was at the park. She packed the food in a lunchbox and brought it to him.
When Chen Muyun was seven years old, it was the darkest year of her life. She was diagnosed with infertility and could not give birth to a child for the person she loved. Chen Muyun felt deeply guilty. She proposed to her husband to adopt a child from the orphanage, and her husband agreed verbally. She had thought that the past would really allow them to be together forever, even if they did not have children. However, her husband began to wander around the flowers and often did not go home. Back then, when they made a vow of eternal love, sweet words turned into clouds and scattered in the wind. They began to quarrel endlessly until one day, when her husband brought a pregnant woman home and mercilessly threw her a divorce agreement. She realized that the indestructible marriage she thought was built on love through thick and thin could become so ironic. She signed the divorce agreement and threw it in the man's face. She left their once warm home without any luggage. She wanted to preserve her last bit of self-esteem, but she suddenly realized that she had nothing left. Fortunately, she had her phone with her. The only person she could think of was her sister, Chen Muqing. Chen Muqing quickly reached her side. The tears she had been holding back finally burst the moment she saw Chen Muqing. However, on that day, something happened that made Chen Muyun even more unable to forgive herself.
On the way home, a car rammed into the taxi that Chen Muqing and Chen Muyun were in. The driver in the front seat died on the spot. Chen Muqing, who was in the back seat, used his body to block Chen Muyun. He was seriously injured, but due to excessive blood loss, when he was sent to the hospital, the doctors expressed that they were helpless. Shen Tianling went to pick up his son from school. On the way home, he received a call from the doctor. He turned the car around and drove in the direction of the hospital. When the young Shen Mocheng saw his panicked father, he knew that something had happened. However, he did not expect that when he stood at the door of the operating room with his father, he would see his mother lying on the operating table with blood all over her body and his aunt, who was also covered in blood and crying her heart out.
Chen Muqing's last words were very simple. She wanted Chen Muyun to live on in her place.
Chen Muyun stood behind Shen Mocheng and looked at his lonely back. The past surged into her mind. Although so many years had passed, she still couldn't let it go. The little boy who didn't cry or make a fuss back then made her feel gratified, but now that he had grown up, he still didn't cry or make a fuss, making her heart ache.
She walked to his side and sat down beside him.
"Mocheng, I brought your dinner. If you don't want to go home, you can eat here!”Chen Muyun opened the lunchbox and handed it to him.
"Thank you, Auntie!" Shen Mucheng took the lunch box and ate slowly.
Chen Muyun quietly accompanied him to finish his meal. She had raised him like her own son and knew all his habits and temper. When he did not speak, she would quietly accompany him. When she saw him troubled, she would gently pat his shoulder and give him silent comfort.
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