There was still silence on the other end of the phone.
Shi Yao became more and more uneasy.
Just as she was wondering if she should apologize again, a faint sigh came from the phone.
Shi Yao froze.
Lin Jiage wasn't angry, but sad? But what is he sad about
Soon, Lin Jiage's voice came from next to his ear, his usual tone was the same: "Do you like apples the most?"
Uh... Did she mishear just now
Shi Yao was silent for a moment, then replied: "No, the fruit in the dormitory is only apples."
"Then what's your favorite food?"
"Fruit?"
"Um."
"Passion fruit, loquat, watermelon, pineapple, pomegranate..."
"What about the others? For example, snacks or something."
"Oh, I like to eat potato chips, I like to eat roast duck, I like to drink milk tea..." Shi Yao said a long list of food without panting, and at the end, she added: "...but I love ice cream the most Yep, especially vanilla."
"Ice cream?"
"That's right..." Shi Yao paused, then asked again: "...Do you like it too?"
"No, I have a friend who likes to eat... You guys are pretty similar in terms of food..."
"Oh..." The windows in the corridor of the dormitory were not closed, and the late night wind blew in, bringing a chill. Shi Yao, who was only in her pajamas, couldn't help shivering, causing her to ask "Who is that friend of yours?" The words froze on the lips.
Lin Jiage on the other end of the phone noticed something strange: "Are you outside?"
"Yeah, my roommates are asleep, I'm afraid I'll disturb them." Shi Yao replied with a trembling voice.
"En." Lin Jiage only replied with one word.
Shi Yao didn't know how to answer.
Not two seconds later, Lin Jiage said again: "That's dead."
…
Lin Jiage, who was standing on the balcony, wanted to add something after saying the words "that's dead", but he swallowed the words again.
He held his mobile phone in silence for a moment, and heard her soft voice from over there: "Goodbye."
He didn't answer, just took the phone from his ear and hung up.
He was not in a hurry to go back to the dormitory, he blew the cold wind on the balcony for a while, then raised his hand with a little irritability, and scratched his hair.
After a long time, she came to him just to explain to him that she had told the dormitory what happened between her and him.
In fact, when he heard it at first, he thought it was nothing. Even when she said that she couldn't help it because of an apple, she thought it was a little funny, but after half a minute, he couldn't laugh anymore...
—So, except for the three of them, no one else will hear your name from me.
Thinking back to these words, Lin Jiage pursed the corners of his lips, feeling even more irritable.
But he didn't seem to have the right to be upset, these words were all asked by him himself.
Back then, there was something wrong with him!
Lin Jiage exhaled violently, and then the screen of the phone he held in his hand turned on again.
Shi Yao: "By the way, I forgot one thing."
Shi Yao: "Thank you."
Shi Yao: "It's about the forum."
She sent three text messages in a row, the preface and the postscript were inconsistent, but he understood.
It's amazing, the originally unhappy mood became inexplicably softer because of her three words.
He didn't reply to her message, but he stared at the screen for a long time, then opened the notepad, and typed a few lines in it:
Passion fruit, loquat, watermelon, pineapple, pomegranate.
Potato chips, roast duck, milk tea, ice cream.
After a pause, he added a few words behind the ice cream, and then the second line became: potato chips, roast duck, milk tea, ice cream (vanilla).