The influence of that post on the Internet was still very great. When Lin Qingle and his group walked into the classroom, the people sitting inside all looked over at once, just like they did that day.
But when they saw Jiang Shuyi and Yu Tingting walking beside Lin Qingle as usual, and even Yu Jiayou chatting and laughing with her, they couldn't help but have some doubts... Those things on the Internet shouldn't be all true, right? Otherwise, why didn't Yu Jiayou stay away from Lin Qingle
Yu Jiayou can be said to be a role model in the school, and everyone is convinced by him. So when they saw Yu Jiayou and others around Lin Qingle for several days, the rumors faded a lot.
This day is Christmas Eve.
After the get out of class bell rang, Jiang Shuyi and Yu Tingting quickly got up to pull Lin Qingle: "Hurry, hurry, there is not much time left, let's go pick out gifts!"
Lin Qingle didn't even have time to write the answer to the last multiple-choice question before he was pulled up: "Are you in such a hurry?"
"Of course, if you go too late, the things might be sold out."
"oh… "
Jiang Shuyi called to the back of the classroom: "Yu Jiayou, do you want to go shopping together?"
Yu Jiayou, who was called from the back row, raised his eyes and smiled: "You girls are shopping, why should I follow you?"
"Boys need gifts too."
Yu Tingting patted her on the shoulder and said, "Let's go. Why would Yu Jiayou buy a gift? He can only accept it."
Jiang Shuyi thought about it and said, "That's right... Let's go."
"Um."
As the three girls talked, they walked out of the front door of the classroom. Yu Jiayou looked at their backs and smiled helplessly.
"elder brother."
Just then, Yan Dayong walked in from the back door.
Yu Jiayou stood up: "Here I come."
"Auntie is already waiting outside the school gate, let's go."
"good."
Tonight is the birthday party for their family elders, and Yan Dairong and Yu Jiayou will both show up at the dinner table.
Yan Dairong had arrived a few minutes earlier. She waited outside the classroom door for a while. During this time, she saw that there were other people around Lin Qingle, and also saw Yu Jiayou talking to them.
"Brother, do you know what happened to Lin Qingle from your class on the Internet?" Yan Dairong asked as they were walking down the stairs.
Yu Jiayou: "Well, what's wrong?"
Yan Dairong glanced at him and said, "I know you are still so close to her."
Yu Jiayou stopped and frowned, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, she is the daughter of a murderer. Many people have been discussing her these past two days, saying that she almost killed someone—"
"Do you think a child under ten years old would want to kill someone?" Yu Jiayou interrupted her dissatisfiedly.
Seeing that Yu Jiayou rarely looked unfriendly, Yan Dairong felt angry in her heart: "So what? She is the daughter of a murderer."
"Dai Rong, that happened many years ago. How do you know it's true?" Yu Jiayou said in a deep voice, "I know Lin Qingle very well. She has always been quiet and gentle. She is not the kind of person you say. Besides, her father is a murderer. What can she do as a child?"
Yan Dairong really didn't expect Yu Jiayou to say this: "Brother, why are you speaking to her in such a biased way?!"
"I'm telling the truth." Yu Jiayou said, "But you, you don't know her well, why are you targeting her?"
"I'm targeting her?" Yan Dairong frowned. "How could I let you see that I was targeting her? I was just discussing the matter at hand!"
"I don't see how you can just talk about the matter at hand." Yu Jiayou said, "Is it because of Xu Tingbai?"
Yan Dairong was startled, and his face suddenly turned cold.
"I don't understand you. You clearly feel that being with Xu Tingbai will embarrass you, but you secretly go to him. You are unwilling to lower your status like this, but he doesn't know how to be grateful or even pays attention to you, right?" Yu Jiayou said in a deep voice, "Now that he knows that Lin Qingle can get close to him, he hates Lin Qingle. Is there any point in diverting your anger like this?"
"What about you?" Yan Dairong's thoughts were exposed and she glared at Yu Jiayou, "Aren't you also trying to divert your emotions? In the beginning, wasn't it because of Xu Tingbai that you noticed Lin Qingle?"
Yu Jiayou was startled: "I didn't."
"Do you dare to say that you are not curious about Lin Qingle because you know that she is close to Xu Tingbai?" Yan Dairong sneered, "You have been compared with Xu Tingbai by adults since you were a child, but you were no match for him at that time, so you have always been very concerned about things related to him!"
"you-"
"Brother, don't be so curious that you fall in love with her."
After all, the two grew up together and are very familiar with each other's pain points. If they want to confront each other, they can hit the nail on the head.
Yu Jiayou was not a classmate of Xu Tingbai when he was a child, and his family was not as familiar with the Xu family as Yan Dairong's family was. However, he was not unfamiliar with Xu Tingbai, because they were of the same age, and he often heard his name.
His parents would always compare him with themselves, but at that time, his grades and competitions were indeed not as good as Xu Tingbai's.
Although something happened to Xu Tingbai's family later, but... it was still a thorn in the heart of Yu Jiayou, who had a smooth childhood.
Yu Jiayou's face turned completely cold: "So what if I like you."
Yan Dairong's face changed.
"I'm different from you." Yu Jiayou glanced at her and said, "No matter what, I won't hurt the person I like."
—
After walking out of the school for ten minutes, Lin Qingle and the other two arrived at an exquisite gift shop.
Because it is Christmas, there are already many students shopping in the store today.
"Hey, buy some gift boxes and put the apples in them." Jiang Shuyi said, "Oh, I have to give apples to so many people. I'm going to go bankrupt."
Yu Tingting: "Me too."
Jiang Shuyi: "In addition to apples, we also need to buy Christmas gifts."
Yu Tingting: "Who are you going to give the Christmas present to?"
Jiang Shuyi: "It's none of your business."
"Yu Jiayou, right?"
"What?!" Jiang Shuyi glared, "Please! The Christmas gift should be given to the boy I like the most!"
Yu Tingting said as a matter of course: "Yes, isn't Yu Jiayou your favorite boy?"
Jiang Shuyi choked and slapped her head with his backhand: "Who told you that! How could I possibly like Yu Jiayou? He is my idol. What is an idol? An idol is for looking at! I don't mean that."
"Really? I thought you liked him..." Yu Tingting was a little confused, "Who are you going to get your Christmas present for?"
Jiang Shuyi: "My favorite boy is my dad."
Yu Tingting rolled her eyes: "Oh my God—"
"What are you doing? Who are you sending it to?"
"Humph, I won't tell you."
"… "
After looking disdainful at each other for a while, they looked at Lin Qingle who was carefully choosing a gift.
The two looked at each other and walked to Lin Qingle's side in tacit understanding. "Qingle, who will you give a gift to?"
Lin Qingle said without even thinking: "Xu Tingbai."
"ah?"
Lin Qingle asked curiously, "Didn't you say that you would give Christmas gifts to your favorite boys?"
"Yes, yes."
"So." Lin Qingle lowered her eyes again to choose a gift. She didn't think that what she said was wrong, nor did she think that this "like" had so many complicated and ambiguous meanings. She would not hide her preference for a person.
Favorite.
Boy.
When the two conditions were combined, the first thought in her mind was Xu Tingbai.
—
Christmas was on Friday, and it snowed a little that day.
Today, the school for the blind gave everyone a box of candy for the festival. Xu Tingbai had no reaction to the festival, and even less interest in candy, so he had no intention of taking the box of candy.
But when he was about to leave the classroom after class, he suddenly remembered that the little girl might like candy... So somehow, when he walked out of the school gate, there was an extra box of candy in his coat pocket.
He was already very familiar with the way home from school. He would turn right at the school gate, walk 200 steps, turn left, walk another 100 steps to a small supermarket, and then turn right again...
This road was engraved in his mind, allowing him to walk back by himself with just a blind stick.
And today, it is still the road that I have walked many, many times.
After leaving the school gate, Xu Tingbai silently counted the number of steps in his mind and walked along the path. Because it had snowed, the sound of people walking around him was the rustling sound of stepping on the snow, which was quite obvious to him who could not see.
The occasional sound of people passing by was normal, but today, there were always footsteps behind him.
At first he thought it was just someone walking on the road like him, but as they walked for a while, the person behind him would move faster when he walked faster, and slower when he walked slower, as if they were completely following his pace...
Xu Tingbai noticed something was wrong and stopped when he turned a corner.
The person behind him was indeed following him closely. He stopped suddenly, causing the person behind him to fail to brake and crash directly into his back.
"Ouch-"
"who."
"Why did you stop suddenly..."
The two people's voices intertwined, and after Xu Tingbai heard this voice, there was no need to ask any more questions.
He turned around suddenly: "Why are you here?"
Lin Qingle touched his nose which was hurt by the collision and said, "Of course I'm looking for you."
"Then why didn't you say anything?"
Lin Qingle raised her head slightly and looked at him: "I wanted to call you when I saw you at the school gate, but then I suddenly didn't want to call you... I was thinking, when will you find me? I didn't expect it to be so soon, and I just walked a path."
Xu Tingbai frowned slightly: "Isn't today Friday? You are not in school, what are you doing here?"
"It's Friday, but it's also Christmas."
"Christmas… "
Xu Tingbai remembered. Yes, it was Christmas. The school celebrated it with some ceremony today, with more food and candy.
"Xu Tingbai, stretch out your hand." Lin Qingle said.
"What?"
"Don't ask, just stretch out your hand first."
Xu Tingbai didn't know what she was planning, but he still reached out his hand.
As soon as the palm of my left hand left the pocket of my coat, it was instantly attacked by the cold wind. But the coldness didn't last for more than a few seconds, and suddenly, my whole hand was wrapped up, and the soft material attached to my hand, immediately blocking the cold wind.
Xu Tingbai: "This..."
"It's a Christmas present, Xu Tingbai, Merry Christmas!"
When he arrived at school early this morning, he heard a lot of Christmas greetings, but he always felt that this kind of festival was meaningless to him.
But at this moment, when he heard the girl in front of him say something sweetly that was obviously the same as what everyone else said, he felt as if the whole person was paused, with only his heart beating wildly, one beat stronger than the other, and refusing to stop.
"You... don't like it? Is it not warm enough?" Seeing that he didn't say anything, Lin Qingle suddenly became nervous. She had been choosing for a long time, always worried that he would not like it.
Xu Tingbai grasped the palm of his left hand unconsciously. He lowered his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "No... it's quite warm."
"Do you like it?"
"… Um."
"Really? Then put on the other one too." She took away his cane temporarily, then repeated the same action and put the cane on his right hand as well.
"I think the weather is very cold, but I've never seen you wear gloves. You can't do that, or you'll get frostbite." Lin Qingle said seriously, "Wear these gloves when you go out next time."
It was so warm that both my hands were wrapped up and my whole body felt warm.
Xu Tingbai stood there with his jaw clenched. The overloaded beating of his heart was a little difficult for him to bear, but... he was also extremely happy.
"good."
"That's fine." Lin Qingle said happily, "That's it for now. I have to go first. The evening self-study is about to start."
She turned around, with the sound of her shoes rubbing against the snow.
"Wait!" He suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm accurately.
"Um?"
Xu Tingbai hesitated for a moment, then took out the box of candy from his pocket: "Here, take it."
Lin Qingle's eyes lit up: "What is this? Is this your Christmas present for me?!"
Hearing her say this, Xu Tingbai suddenly felt uncomfortable. He had not thought about preparing a gift for her today, and he did not celebrate this festival before she came.
"No... this is candy given by the school."
"But you don't eat candy either. You brought it out just to give it to me, right?"
Xu Tingbai pursed her lips slightly and said nothing.
Lin Qingle raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Thank you."
She took it and carefully opened the red box. The box was not big, but inside it were six chocolates of different shapes and flavors.
"It's chocolate." Lin Qingle asked, "Can I eat it now?"
"Um."
After getting permission, Lin Qingle picked up one and put it in his mouth. The flavor of chocolate was everywhere, with a hint of matcha.
She was pleasantly surprised and said, "It's delicious."
Xu Tingbai was infected by her joyful voice and felt relieved: "Really?"
"Yes, try it." Lin Qingle picked up one and put it to his mouth.
Xu Tingbai didn't want to eat, but Lin Qingle leaned forward again: "Open your mouth."
So he followed her idea and took a bite. But he couldn't see and the chocolate was a little small, so he didn't eat the chocolate accurately and bit her finger instead.
"Ah..." Lin Qingle exclaimed softly.
Xu Tingbai realized that he had bitten her and immediately let go: "...Are you okay?"
The fingertips were slightly moist.
Lin Qingle glanced at his lips, curled his fingers, and felt a little at a loss for what to do: "No, it's okay, you didn't use any force."
The sweetness of chocolate melted in Xu Tingbai's mouth. He hummed softly, and the rough scene just now appeared in his mind. His ears began to feel hot belatedly.
Both of them were quiet for a moment.
"Is it delicious?" After a while, Lin Qingle broke the eerie silence.
Xu Tingbai coughed lightly: "…It doesn't taste good."
"Will it?"
"It is too sweet."
"But I think it's delicious..." Lin Qingle said, "Really, this is my first Christmas gift this year. It's really delicious and I like it very much."
Xu Tingbai was slightly startled, and a smile couldn't help but appear in the corners of his eyes.
Lin Qingle glanced at his watch and said, "It's about time. I'll take your chocolate and leave first."
"good."
Lin Qingle turned and left.
Xu Tingbai listened to the footsteps gradually fading away, and suddenly shouted in that direction: "Lin Qingle!"
"What's wrong?!" The footsteps stopped and her voice came from afar.
Xu Tingbai tightly gripped his blind stick, feeling as if there was a warm fire in his heart.
He smiled and said slowly: "Merry Christmas."
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