As the end of the term approaches, Bai Ziren needs to prepare for the exam and continue to translate the works of her tutor. In addition, the weather is getting colder and colder. When I looked in the mirror, I found that even the chin was rounder. I planned to make it myself, but it was difficult to do it. After using my brain too much, I was hungry. At night, I slipped to the street for supper to buy fried noodles. It happened that Zhou must be there shopping.
"Wait for me a while." Zhou Biran called Bai Ziren, paid the seller quickly, brought the packed Hong Kong-style claypot rice back with her, and asked her how her study was going.
Bai Ziren said simply: "It's almost there."
"I knew the exam would be a piece of cake for you."
"No, I study until late every day."
"What's the point of modesty? You've already gained weight. You need to be open-hearted to gain weight. You can see that there is no pressure."
Bai Ziren was speechless.
Zhou Biran said again: "I saw you wearing a skirt at school that day."
"Well, yes." She wore a skirt once, which attracted many people's attention. People who saw it almost wanted to ask you that you wear a skirt, which made her a little embarrassed, and she didn't wear it the next day.
"Quite good looking."
"thanks."
Zhou Bibi shook his head secretly. He had never seen a girl who was more incomprehensible than her. He didn't even have a happy smile or a reserved look in his praise, and even saying thank you didn't sound enthusiastic.
"I like to see you change." Seeing that she stopped talking again, he added.
This time, Bai Ziren turned to look at him with a little surprise.
"I've never seen you smile. When I was in elementary school, I thought you were mysterious more than once, and even suspected that you hid an alien friend in your room."
"No alien friends, I'm just used to being alone."
"You didn't have a playmate in childhood, didn't you feel lonely?"
"No, it's a lot of fun alone."
Zhou Biran answered intentionally or unintentionally: "If you are like this, how will you fall in love and get married in the future?"
After a while, he heard her answer: "If there is someone I like, I will learn it."
Zhou Bibi almost staggered, he braked in time, and stopped right next to the street lamp at the gate, the night light was like a tulle, covering the face of the person in front of him, he caught the fleeting tenderness in her eyes unbelievably, But it dissipated quickly, and his expression returned to normal.
"Goodbye." Bai Ziren walked to the dormitory building on the right.
Zhou Bibi stayed where he was, recalling the look in her eyes just now, and finally confirmed that for a moment, he regained the good impression he had for her when he was a child.
For him, she always keeps a distance and is inaccessible. In fact, he has always wanted to know, from then until now, what kind of person he is in her mind, good or bad, smart or stupid, Appreciate or dislike? But from the beginning to the end, she never commented on him, so he had no way of knowing. At this moment, he had a ridiculous idea. Could it be that she never took him seriously
Zhou Biran thought about this problem for a long time, even the lunch box in his hand was cold.
There are still three days before the exam week, which happens to be Christmas. The students in the translation team finally completed the task. After the end of the day, they wanted to have a meal near the school to celebrate, but when they thought that the exam was coming, everyone was under heavy pressure. I lost interest, and went back to continue reading books.
However, Bai Ziren found time to go to Siwei Road, came to the cafe in the lighthouse, opened the door and found that it was full of people.
Xiao Ji, who was wearing a Christmas hat, was so busy that he didn't touch the ground. When he saw Bai Ziren, he smiled in surprise: "Merry Christmas."
Bai Ziren stepped forward and said to her, "Merry Christmas."
"It's just a pity. Teacher Cheng is too busy these days to come over."
Bai Ziren had a premonition that he would not come over during this time, but he couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed when he heard the truth.
"The student has a final exam, and his friend is seriously ill and is about to have an operation. He has no time to attend here." Xiao Ji said while watching Bai Ziren's expression, as expected, her eyes dimmed.
Bai Ziren nodded: "Yes, I know."
"However..." Xiao Ji reached out to the corner of the bar, took out a small gift, and handed it to her quickly, "He specially left it for you!"
"Ah?" Bai Ziren asked in surprise.
"He came over a few days ago to explain the Christmas activities. He brought a box of gifts and prepared to distribute them to the guests. He ordered you to give it to you if you come."
Bai Ziren received the small gift, which was a candy wrapped in a Christmas stocking, very delicate.
"The other gifts are exactly the same, but you have a few more chocolates." Xiao Ji reminded her with a smile, "Be sure to keep it secret."
Bai Ziren went back with a small gift, opened the ribbon on the package, poured out the candies inside, and found that there were various styles, among them were five round chocolates, which were the ones she had given him before, she peeled them off and ate them One was very sweet and crisp, and she was reluctant to eat it all at once. She put the remaining candies back into the bag and hung them by the bed.
Just about to send him Christmas greetings, he already sent them one step ahead: "Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas, thank you for your little gift, please take care of yourself and eat more." She replied seriously.
A minute later, she received a call from him.
"It should be me who told you to take care of your health, eat more, and don't stay up late reading."
In winter, his hoarse voice was like a cluster of newly rising flames, illuminating her whole body.
"Where are you?"
"Hospital."
"How is your friend?"
"Currently doing chemotherapy, surgery in two weeks."
"It will definitely go well, you don't have to worry too much."
There was a pause of two seconds on the phone, and then his voice became softer: "Yeah."
Listening to his breath, Bai Ziren felt a desire to see him.
"Bai Ziren, do you have time after the exam?"
"Huh? Yes."
"Last time you said that you didn't have time to talk to me about the book, and we can talk about it after the exam is over."
"... um, okay."
"Take care of yourself, don't go to bed too late." He said good night in a very nice voice.
This good night sounded like it was pressed against her ear to coax her. It had a gentle hypnotic effect, and she really had a good night's sleep.
The last day of the exam week happened to be the day when Cheng Jingbo’s friend had an operation. After the end, at noon, Bai Ziren drove to the hospital alone. After inquiring about the oncology department, he soon learned that there was indeed a major operation today, and the patient’s name It was Wu Wei, who was sent to the operating room early in the morning, and it wasn't over yet.
Bai Ziren asked where his family was, and the nurse said that several people were here just now, and they should go out to eat now.
Bai Ziren could only wait in the empty corridor, looking left and right from time to time.
Half an hour later, she heard voices coming from the stairs. She walked over to check, and a group of people came back, except for Cheng Jingbo and Dr. Cheng Jingjie, Mrs. Wu whom she saw last time, a couple of old people and a young girl.
Bai Ziren didn't expect to face so many people, and wanted to avoid it immediately, but Cheng Jingbo had already seen her, walked up to her, and asked curiously, "Aren't you taking an exam? Why did you come to the hospital?"
"The exam is over, I..." Bai Ziren pulled the strap of his schoolbag, feeling cramped, "I'm passing by the hospital, so I'll stop by to have a look."
Cheng Jingbo remembered that Wu Wei's surgery date was mentioned in a text message before, and knew that Bai Ziren remembered it, and maybe he came here to accompany him to wait for his friend's surgery results. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel moved.
"So I was passing by, and I happened to be still here." He looked at her gently, "Have you had lunch?"
Bai Ziren shook his head: "I'm not hungry yet."
"What time is it and you're not hungry yet, sit down and I'll bring you a meal."
Cheng Jingbo turned and went downstairs to the cafeteria, and asked Cheng Jingjie to look after Bai Ziren before leaving.
Cheng Jingjie brought a box of hot milk from the nurse's desk and asked Bai Ziren to drink some to warm his stomach. As careful as she was, she could already see that her younger brother cared too much for this introverted girl.
Bai Ziren thanked him, took a sip of the hot milk, and felt much more comfortable. Then he looked up at the row of seats opposite. Wu Wei's parents were sitting side by side. There was a girl in a long coat silently looking down at her phone.
"It's so cold, did you rush here from school?" Cheng Jingjie tried to chat with Bai Ziren.
Bai Ziren nodded.
Cheng Jingjie is a smart person who is good at guessing people's hearts. She would not ask her embarrassing things, but said sincerely: "Thank you for coming to accompany Jingbo to wait for the result. To be honest, he hasn't talked much today. He looks like you when you came. Much easier."
"Really?" Bai Ziren hesitated.
"Yes." Cheng Jingjie gave her an affirmative answer, and pointed to the milk in her hand, "Drink it while it's hot."
When Cheng Jingbo came back, he was carrying a family bucket in his hand. He explained that there was no hot food in the hospital cafeteria, so he had to go to the fast food restaurant opposite to buy this, so that Bai Ziren could make do with it.
Bai Ziren took a family bucket, looked at Cheng Jingbo, and asked silently, "Will this be too much?"
Cheng Jingbo understood her meaning: "You eat first, and there will be leftovers if you can't finish."
At this time, the girl sitting opposite smelled the aroma and said involuntarily, "This smell is really tempting, Cheng Jingbo, why don't you just buy one?"
Cheng Jingbo sat down and said very politely: "We have all had lunch, but she hasn't, please forgive me."
Cheng Jingjie couldn't bear her younger brother's cruelty to cousin Xue Ling, so she came out to make a rescue: "Lu Ning, if you want to eat, I'll go to the opposite side and buy another one."
The girl named Lu Ning waved her hand: "No, I'm not hungry, I just can't stand the smell."
Bai Ziren looked down at the portion, rolled his eyes, and said, "I can't finish this much by myself, let's eat together."
"Don't, don't, I don't dare." Lu Ning's face changed subtly, and she smirked at Cheng Jingbo, "He didn't buy it for me."
Bai Ziren heard the other party's implication, and didn't know how to answer. He could only honestly hold the family barrel and stay still. Cheng Jingbo, who was next to her, touched her arm with her hand: "It's okay, you eat." your."
So, Bai Ziren quickly ate something to fill her stomach. While she was eating, Cheng Jingbo handed her tissues and water. I don't know who Lu Ning is, but I dare not ask rashly, so I can only be curious in my heart for the time being.
The operation time was very long, and the waiting was even longer. Cheng Jingjie was afraid that the two elderly people would not be able to hold on, so she found a lounge for them to take a nap. Xue Ling went outside to answer the phone, and soon only Bai Ziren and Cheng Jingbo were left. Three people with Lu Ning, Cheng Jingbo only slept for three hours last night, now he closed his eyes and took a nap, Bai Ziren was next to him, and he was also a little sleepy, before he closed his eyes, he saw Lu Ning opposite him with his arms crossed, his eyes stayed there On Cheng Jingbo's sleeping face, the expression was much softer than before, as if looking at a treasure that he admired and liked very much.
Bai Ziren closed his eyes and slightly adjusted his sitting posture.
Although Cheng Jingbo was resting, she would be aware of any movement. She quickly opened her eyes and looked at Bai Ziren, then got up quietly, went to the nurse's desk to borrow a blanket, took it over her body, and sat down again. .
All this fell in the eyes of Lu Ning on the opposite side, and there was unspeakable sadness. She endured it again and again, and finally reached the limit. She stood up in a big way, and left angrily. She said emotionally that I had to leave beforehand, Xue Ling was surprised, quickly covered the phone, and called her cousin softly: "Ningning, are you leaving like this? We will have dinner together later in the evening..."
"What else is there to eat? Didn't you see the people around him?" When Lu Ning heard what her cousin said, her head almost exploded with anger. She mistakenly thought that everyone was united to tease her, and she almost jumped up, "I beg you, help me in the future Before arranging such a thing, we must first figure out the situation, like today, should I still be a human being?"
Xue Ling was dumbfounded, thinking that she might have done something wrong, her heart trembled: "Ning Ning, Cheng Jingbo must be single, we know it very well."
Lu Ning sneered: "He's already bought family buckets for others, what kind of ordinary friends are they? Don't say that's his sister, his sister has passed away."
After speaking, he took a step forward, leaving Xue Ling alone with a pale face.
Cheng Jingbo really took a nap for a while, opened his eyes, and looked around him subconsciously. Bai Ziren had already woken up, bowed his head and was folding things, and the blanket on her body had covered his lap at some point.
"What are you folding?" He leaned closer to her.
Bai Ziren put down the movements in his hands, bent down and picked up the ten paper cranes at his feet, and handed them all to him: "I broke some and prayed for your friends."
Cheng Jingbo quietly glanced at the paper cranes that Bai Ziren had folded, and then picked up one of them to admire in detail. With a slight movement of her long eyelashes, she said in a low voice, "You folded it very well."
After finishing speaking, he looked at her again. Under the fluorescent lamp, her fair skin seemed to be shining, and her black hair was unknowingly loosened at some point, and it was hanging on her shoulders. It was as soft as clouds, and her eyes were clear and energetic. There is only his reflection, which is very small and persistent.
For some reason, at this moment, he wanted to protect her a little bit.
His long stare made her face burn, and she asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." He still looked at her intently, "I think you are prettier than usual today."
Hearing his praise suddenly, Bai Ziren's heart almost jumped out, he didn't dare to answer the words at all, he could only lower his head, deliberately pretended to be looking for something, rummaged left and right, kept busy, Cheng Jing Bo asked her what she was looking for, and she said she was looking for a mobile phone.
"Isn't the phone in your pocket?" He tapped the exposed corner of her coat pocket and said it straight.
Bai Ziren was taken aback, and quickly picked up the phone, but didn't know what to do, so he silently clicked on the information area, looked at a few old text messages, and looked like he was trying to cover up, Cheng Jingbo looked away when he saw this, and fell silent. looking forward.
When Xue Ling walked in, she saw Cheng Jingbo sitting side by side with the girl, and couldn't help asking politely, "Jingbo, you haven't introduced this friend to me yet."
"She is my friend, and she came to accompany me today to wait for the result of the operation."
The sentence is very concise, but Xue Ling has already heard the intimate meaning in it, and affirmed with a smile: "She is really a beautiful and sensible girl."
Cheng Jingbo answered the words naturally: "I think so too."
This time, Bai Ziren's entire cheeks were flushed, and the heat went all the way to his ears, so he had no choice but to pull the phone closer to his face.
Xue Ling was in a complicated mood. On the one hand, she felt sorry for her cousin, and on the other hand, she was also pleased that Cheng Jingbo finally had a sweetheart. Thinking that fate cannot be forced, she thought to forget it, and find an opportunity to apologize to her cousin, and then talk to her family. Explain, I hope they will not complain because of this, after thinking about it, I looked down at my watch, remembered the old man who was still in the lounge, said, "I'm going to see my parents, and then left gently.
The two of them were left alone again, and the atmosphere was a bit weird. Bai Ziren took the initiative to ask something else: "That girl just now, where did she go?"
"You mean Lu Ning? I didn't notice either, maybe I left beforehand."
"Her name is Lu Ning, is she your friend?"
"It's Xue Ling's cousin, who came to accompany her today." Cheng Jingbo paused for a while, and chose to tell her truthfully, "Actually, my family originally wanted to arrange me to be with her."
Bai Ziren's mood was mixed in an instant, and he plucked up the courage to ask: "Then do you like her?"
Hearing her question, he met her eyes, his eyes were clear and deep, and his voice was very serious: "Do you think this is possible?"
Bai Ziren was silent. Thinking of his behavior in front of Lu Ning just now, he was indeed not very gentlemanly. Any girl would be embarrassed when she met a boy with such an attitude. He acted so obviously, why did she still ask, it was unnecessary.
"Because she looks good." Having said that, Bai Ziren breathed a sigh of relief.
"There are many good girls, but none of them have anything to do with me."
Bai Ziren rested his hands on his knees, and when he heard his words, he hummed lightly.
"Besides, I did something in front of you just now, so she shouldn't have any affection for me."
The more Bai Ziren listened, the more he felt that he was saying that it was because of her that he rejected the other party, and there was a vague feeling that he wanted to hold her accountable.
She was wondering, when the low voice in her ear said another sentence, she decided that it was not an illusion.
What he said was, "Aren't you a little bit responsible for this?"