Lin Xinlan turned her head when she realized that the classroom was unusually quiet. Only she and him were left in the classroom. After realizing this, Lin Xinlan regretted staying in the classroom even more. She packed up her textbooks, carried her bag, and left. When she reached the door of the classroom, she suddenly felt that something was wrong and turned around.
He was also looking at her, but he did not show any expression.
"Silent Cheng, are you still not leaving?" Although she knew that he might yell at her again, she still mustered up the courage to ask him.
"It's still raining outside!" His tone was still indifferent.
The unexpected answer made Lin Xinlan smile. This time, he didn't ignore her. He didn't tell her loudly that he was annoyed just by looking at her. Lin Xinlan looked outside the window. It was really raining again.
"Mo Jingcheng, do you know the question that the teacher taught you tonight?”
"Yes."
"Then can you tell me about it? I did an evening self-study and couldn't do it.”
"Don't think about that question when you go back tonight. Do it again tomorrow morning when your mind is clear.”His tone was still as calm as before, but this was the first time he saw her not angry and the longest sentence he said.
What Silent Cheng did not know was that at that moment, Lin Xinlan's heart was jumping for joy. She was so excited that she almost jumped up.
He said that she could ask him again.
"Thank you, Silent Success!"
He was slightly stunned. He seemed to have done something wrong again just now. Shouldn't they be strangers? He couldn't let her get too close to him. He couldn't let her expose him so easily! However, he wanted to let himself go again. He was too lonely. He knew better than anyone that he needed even a little warmth. He wanted someone to accompany him and care for him! However, he knew that he could not covet that moment of warmth. He was destined to be alone because fate had already decided everything.
"When the rain stops, you can go back first!”
"Aren't you coming with me? It was very late, and the dormitory building was about to close!”
"There's still time."
"Can you make it?" Lin Xinlan was obviously a little surprised. She had never calculated how long it would take to get from the teaching block to the dormitory. The dormitory building closed at 11 p. m., and it was already 10:40 p. m. She wasn't sure if she could go back in time if she was a little later.
"Do you go back very late every night?”
"No." A short and affirmative answer.
"What if the rain doesn't stop?”Lin Xinlan walked to the window and looked at the cold night outside. It was as if she was asking him and herself.
He looked at her by the window. Her thin and lonely back made his heart tighten. Didn't she usually talk and laugh with Lu Xiaoyue? They went in and out together and were inseparable. Wasn't it very happy? Why was he so melancholic now? He had never thought about what he would do if the rain continued. He had long been used to accepting all kinds of good and bad situations in life, accepting all kinds of lucky and unfortunate accidents in life. Perhaps, to him, it did not matter whether it was good or bad, lucky or unlucky. However, he was not the only one in the classroom tonight. She was there as well. If the rain didn't stop, he wouldn't mind, but what about her?
"Little Xin!" Lu Xiaoyue rushed into the classroom with an umbrella that was still dripping water. When she returned to the dormitory, the rain had already stopped, but it started raining again not long after. She knew that Lin Xinlan was still in the classroom, so she ran over to pick her up with an umbrella. As soon as she entered the classroom, she saw her standing by the window and staring at the heavy rain outside in a daze.
"Xiaoyue, you're here." Lin Xinlan turned around and saw Lu Xiao Yue, whose pants were still wet even though she had an umbrella. She was touched.
"I'll pick you up, but you have to think about how to repay me first!”
"How do you want me to repay you?"
"Let's talk about it when we get back!"
" But..." Lin Xinlan looked behind her. Lu Xiao Yue only brought an umbrella. If they left, what would happen to him?
"Why is he here?" Only then did Lu Xiaoyue notice the silence behind her.
"You only brought one umbrella. If we leave, what will happen to him?”
"Let's go back first!" Lu Xiaoyue looked at her watch and pulled Lin Xinlan out of the classroom.
" But…" Where was Mo Jingcheng? The dormitory building was about to close!
"No buts, let's run back!”Lu Xiao Yue pulled Lin Xinlan with one hand and held the umbrella in her other hand tightly as she ran into the rain.
Mo Jingcheng watched them disappear through the door. It seemed like he was overthinking things. She had friends. Even if the rain did not stop, there would still be people who would miss her and come to pick her up. His worries were unnecessary. He walked to the spot where she was standing just now. The rain outside seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, leaving him alone. He could only go back like this, just like when it rained in the past. He turned off the lights and locked the classroom door. He was the only extra person left in the dark corridor.
Without hesitation, he walked into the rain as usual. The bean-sized raindrops hit his body crazily and soon soaked his entire body. He continued walking numbly. Once he was numb, he would get used to it. Once he got used to it, it really didn't matter.
He walked forward unhurriedly. The street lamps on both sides of the road shone with a dim yellow light. It was as cold as this bone-chilling night, so cold that there was no warmth at all, just like his heart.
The figure rushing over made him stop in his tracks. He just stood there and watched in disbelief as she ran up to him.
"Mo Jingcheng, are you a fool? Why are you walking so slowly in such heavy rain?”Lu Xiao Yue ran in front of him and shouted at him, handing him another umbrella.
"What are you doing here?" His tone was still indifferent and he did not take the umbrella from her.
"Of course I'm giving you an umbrella!"
"I don't need it!"
Lu Xiaoyue took a step forward and raised the umbrella over his head to block the rain for him. "Mo Jingcheng, don't you know what's good for you! This young lady just likes to meddle in other people's business, this young lady just can't bear to see others in a sorry state! Who asked you to let this lady bump into you at this time!”As she spoke, she opened another umbrella for him and stuffed the handle into his hand.
"Thank you!" He held the umbrella tightly in his hand and finally did not refuse.
"You don't have to thank me! You should thank your good luck today. If not…"
"If you don't want to spend the night outside, then stop talking nonsense!”Mo Jingcheng went around Lu Xiaoyue and walked towards the dormitory building.
"You!" Lu Xiaoyue shouted at his back," Silence! Do you have any manners? I was kind enough to give you an umbrella, and this is how you thank me? Wait for me!"
Shen Mucheng walked in at the last minute before the door closed, but Lu Xiaoyue wasn't so lucky.
"Auntie! Auntie! Open the door! I'm still outside!" Lu Xiaoyue knocked hard on the door of the girls 'dormitory. He shouted at the dormitory manager at the top of his lungs.
"Why are you back so late?" When the dormitory auntie opened the door, she saw Lu Xiaoyue, who was holding an umbrella but was drenched and in a sorry state. His heart ached, and he couldn't bear to blame her. "Come back earlier next time. Hurry up and go back and change into dry clothes. Don't catch a cold!”
"Yes, yes. Thank you, Auntie!" Lu Xiaoyue nodded vigorously and walked towards her dormitory. Recalling everything that had happened in the past half an hour, it was like a dream. In the dream, she had been fighting against time. Every nerve of hers was tense, so when she woke up from the dream, she finally felt weak and exhausted.
"Xiaoyue, what happened to you?”Lin Xinlan was shocked when she saw Lu Xiao Yue enter. When she dropped her off at the dormitory, she ran back to the dormitory. Then, she rushed downstairs with an umbrella and said,"I'll bring him an umbrella." Then, she ran out of the dormitory building. Now, he came back looking like a drowned rat. Lin Xinlan couldn't help but feel heartache when she saw this. She immediately walked to Lu Xiao Yue's wardrobe and helped her take out a set of clean pajamas.
"Quickly change! Otherwise, you'll catch a cold!" Lin Xinlan handed her pajamas and helped her find a hairdryer.
She felt sad.
When she pulled her back, the rain was heavy. A small umbrella could not withstand the ravages of the heavy rain. Moreover, she had been holding the umbrella in her direction. When she came back, she was already drenched. Then, she hurriedly ran to deliver the umbrella to Shen Mucheng. He kept running and didn't even give himself a second to catch his breath. He made himself come back in such a sorry state, but it was all for someone else.
"Little Xin, I'm done changing."
"Silly girl, come here. I'll dry your hair for you.”Lin Xinlan waved the hairdryer in her hand.
"My surname is Lu, not Silly!" Lu Xiaoyue pouted and walked to the stool in front of Lin Xinlan to sit down.
"You still know that your surname isn't Silly? Then why did he put so much effort into making himself look like this?”
"It's all because of you!"
"It only took you ten minutes to pick me up, right?”
"Lin Xinlan! If you hadn't insisted on staying in the classroom so late, I wouldn't have gone to the classroom to pick you up. If I hadn't gone to the classroom to pick you up, I wouldn't have met Shen Mocheng. If I hadn't met him, I wouldn't have thought of giving him an umbrella. If I hadn't given him an umbrella, I wouldn't have been locked outside the dormitory building. I wouldn't have been in such a sorry state. I wouldn't have been so tired. Tell me yourself, are you the culprit?”
"Is that so? Then why did you want to give him an umbrella when you met him?”Lin Xinlan had unintentionally opened her mouth, but after asking, she felt a little regretful. She was not a person who often let her imagination run wild, but silence was always an exception for her.
"I just don't like people who are in trouble. At that time, no one would give him an umbrella. I'm unlucky. I can only admit defeat!”
"So Student Xiaoyue is still so kind!”
"Of course. How can a kind and caring person like me bear to see others suffer?”
However, was it really because of the overflowing love? Was it really because she didn't want to see others in trouble that she gave him an umbrella? Or was it because the 'other person' was him? It wasn't that Lu Xiaoyue hadn't thought about this problem, she just couldn't figure it out. The boy called Mo Jingcheng was shrouded in mystery. She did not know when it started, but his figure would wander in her mind. His silence, his loneliness, his concentration on doing questions or reading books... She would always think of him.
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