When Ji Mingxia read the novel, he felt very sympathetic and pity for Yu Ning's life experience.
But the novel begins with Yu Ning's university. He is a charming character from the moment he appears on the stage, and as the protagonist, he has a bright future. Although he has suffered so much in the past, in front of the bright future, the first half of his life that has not been shown in words suddenly seems insignificant.
It was not until he came to this world and saw Yu Ning's daily life with his own eyes that Ji Mingxia clearly felt Yu Ning's suffering.
He was shocked at Yu Ning's current life, but at the same time he was looking forward to Yu Ning's future;
In order to save his life, he had to distance himself from Yu Ning, but at the same time he couldn't help but secretly help him with some insignificant little favors, hoping that he could live a better life and get through this difficult time as soon as possible.
With the exam approaching and ghosts haunting him, Ji Mingxia came to this world and spent his short middle school life in a busy manner.
After the exam results were announced, Yu Ning completely welcomed a new life, and Ji Mingxia also fell into a confused love. Even when he thought of Yu Ning, it was only the daily scenes of the two of them getting along. Ji Mingxia almost forgot what it was like before he came, when Yu Ning lived alone in a corner of the campus.
Until this moment, almost the whole class was discussing Yu Ning, and all his past experiences were brought up one by one.
These classmates live in the same world as Yu Ning, and from the beginning they will not look down on Yu Ning's life from the perspective of an outsider like Ji Mingxia did.
Therefore, they did not have any extra thoughts about Yu Ning's experience. They just felt extremely angry after empathizing with him.
Angry at Yu Ning’s unfair life and angry at the unequal treatment he received.
When a person tells something with indignation, it only attracts the attention of bystanders.
But when the whole class, the whole school, even the whole country... are paying attention to something and casting angry eyes on it, it is completely different.
Many of the students around Ji Mingxia at this moment were classmates from his previous life. Ji Mingxia originally had a very good relationship with them.
However, once these people discussed Yu Ning's past, their faces were filled with anger, and they all couldn't help but blame Yu Ning's past classmates.
They are all college students, so their words and sentences are naturally not vulgar, but the more rational the accusations are, the more powerful they are.
Even though Ji Mingxia was a temporary time traveler and had never actually participated in the cold violence against Yu Ning, he still felt deep pressure when listening to these discussions.
Although he is not the original body, he has taken on the original body's identity and lives in this world under his name. Naturally, Ji Mingxia has to accept all of the original body's past.
If everyone knew that he was one of Yu Ning's classmates...
If everyone finds out that the original body used cold violence against Yu Ning, but now he and Yu Ning have become good friends, and even roommates again...
How will everyone evaluate him and how will they view Yu Ning
Ji Mingxia didn't dare to think about it any further.
He saw the news about Yu Ning last night, and also read the various comments from netizens. At that time, Ji Mingxia's attention was on how Yu Ning came to H University. As for the accusations from netizens, Ji Mingxia felt that it had nothing to do with him and felt guilty.
It was not until I was in the atmosphere at this moment that I felt the horror of public opinion.
This feeling of being excluded by the whole class or even the whole school, although there is no sword or knife, the language can turn into a sharp blade, cutting into people's hearts.
It was not until this moment that Ji Mingxia finally understood something about Yu Ning's situation over the years.
Most of the first day of school was spent in such a difficult atmosphere.
It was almost time for the get out of class to end at noon when a figure appeared at the classroom door, attracting everyone's attention.
When the head teacher walked out of the classroom and talked to that person, the whole class became even more agitated.
"Who is it?"
"What's wrong?"
"Is it Ye Tian?"
"The students from the next class said they saw Ye Tian passing by!"
The scattered discussions spread throughout the class and reached Ji Mingxia in less than a minute.
The students who were just discussing Yu Ning, when they heard that Ye Tian had come, they all widened their eyes and stretched their necks to look out the window.
Ji Mingxia had just breathed a sigh of relief when he found that everyone's attention had been diverted, but when he heard that Ye Tian was coming, he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart and hurriedly continued to shrink.
Just at this moment, after talking to the person outside the door, the head teacher walked back to the classroom and said to the students present: "Mingxia, Ji Mingxia, please come out for a moment."
Ji Mingxia: ! ! Pills!
On the first day of school, although everyone introduced themselves, except for those who were familiar with each other, basically no one knew each other, and there was no way to match names with people.
Under normal circumstances, with Ji Mingxia's sociable personality, he would have friends all over the class by now.
But because of Yu Ning's past, Ji Mingxia was very timid, and as a result, he didn't make a single friend after the whole morning.
At this moment, when we heard the head teacher calling our names, we all looked at each other, and finally it was Ji Mingxia's deskmate who said, "Mingxia, it's Mingxia, right? The head teacher is calling you!"
Ji Mingxia's plan of pretending to be dead was ruthlessly broken.
He looked at the person sitting behind him in disbelief, and couldn't understand why he could remember his name!
As the voice of the student at the back desk fell, the whole class looked at Ji Mingxia. The head teacher also looked at Ji Mingxia and asked with concern: "Student Ji Mingxia, are you okay? Is it convenient for you to come out?"
"Okay, teacher." Ji Mingxia said quickly. He stood up from his seat, tried hard to pay attention to the whole class, and walked out of the classroom as naturally as possible.
He had just walked out of the classroom when the next second, the whole class was filled with buzzing discussions. Dozens of people were talking at the same time, and the voices were mixed together. Because everyone was shocked, the volume was even quite loud.
One of the students couldn't help but look at the table behind Ji Mingxia and said in surprise: "This guy called Ji Mingxia, I haven't seen him talk to him since this morning, his memory is too good, he actually still remembers his name!"
"He's quite handsome." The guy at the back desk laughed, and then couldn't help but add, "Besides, I always feel like he looks familiar."
"Look familiar? Does he look like any celebrity? Good-looking people all look the same, but ugly people each have their own ugliness. It's normal to find him familiar." The classmate said indifferently.
The man at the back desk shook his head: "It's not that his face is familiar. I sit behind him and can't see his face clearly. All I can see is his back. I feel that his back is very familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere..."
"Back? Did you know him before?"
"How is that possible? He and I are not from the same place, but... where is this Ji Mingxia from?" the person at the back table suddenly asked.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and no one could answer.
Although Ji Mingxia is good-looking, she would hide in a corner and remain silent as soon as she arrived in class. At the beginning of a new semester, everyone was excited and eager to make new friends and chat with people about everything. Ji Mingxia was so taciturn and not as good-looking as Yu Ning, so she was easily ignored.
If Ji Mingxia remained silent, no one would necessarily pay attention to him.
But at this moment, there was clear information that Ye Tian was outside the classroom and Ji Mingxia was called out by the head teacher.
In other words, Ye Tian came to find Ji Mingxia
Who is this Ji Mingxia? Why did Ye Tian come to find him in person
Even the most low-key person would be turned upside down at this moment. After a moment of shock, everyone quickly looked for Ji Mingxia's information.
"He and Yu Ning are from the same hometown? Could they be schoolmates?"
"Fellow student, schoolmate?" The students around were shocked. "Then he must have heard everything we just said? No wonder he has been silent... He looks like a decent person, but has he ever participated in school violence?"
"—Fuck, I remember why he looked familiar!" The person sitting behind him was shocked and said, "That photo, the one where you can only see his back, that's Yu Ning's deskmate!"
Classmates: "The rumored academic genius deskmate??!!"
After confirming Ji Mingxia's identity, the whole class was shocked.
Although that post did not become a hot topic and was only circulated in a small circle, people who followed Yu Ning had more or less seen it.
Many people didn’t take it seriously at all and never thought that the little desk mate actually existed.
What's even more incredible is that the rumored little deskmate actually showed up at H University and was in the same class as them...
Thinking about the chattering about the Yu Ning incident in the morning, which was all heard by Ji Mingxia, everyone's expressions were a little embarrassed.
It would be fine if Ji Mingxia was just a villain who participated in school violence, but his relationship with Yu Ning seemed to be different from others.
Everyone had all kinds of speculations in their minds and was extremely curious about the truth.
Because the most crucial question right now is, why was the academic genius's deskmate called out by Ye Tian
—Outside the classroom—
Ji Mingxia walked into the aisle under the gaze of the whole class.
Then he soon discovered that not only his classmates were looking at him, but students from the next class were also sticking their heads out to observe him secretly.
When the head teacher saw Ji Mingxia coming out, he couldn't help but take a closer look at him and took Ji Mingxia to the corner of the corridor.
"Student Ye Tian said that she was worried about you and wanted to come over to see you. Considering the impact, I asked her to wait for you in the office. If you have anything to say, we can talk slowly." The head teacher whispered.
Ji Mingxia nodded and followed the head teacher to the teacher's office.
It was still class time, the first day of school, and all the teachers and students in the school were very busy, so the office was empty.
Ji Mingxia opened the door and walked in, and sure enough, he saw Ye Tian standing inside.
She folded her arms across her chest, looked around in horror, and kept looking at her back nervously, as if something was lying there.
When seeing Ji Mingxia coming in, Ye Tian's body suddenly shook, and her back, which had been slightly bent, straightened all of a sudden.
She looked behind her in surprise and saw Ji Mingxia.
Ye Tian's eyes immediately lit up, a smile suddenly appeared on her pale face, and she hurried forward to greet him.
"Mingxia..." Ye Tian looked at Ji Mingxia and was about to say something when the head teacher happened to walk in.
Ye Tian quickly adjusted her expression and politely thanked the head teacher: "Thank you for your trouble, teacher."
"You're welcome, you're welcome. You're even prettier than you looked on TV." The head teacher said with a smile, "Go back and tell my son that I met his idol. He must be very jealous of me."
Ye Tian said quickly: "Next time I come, I will ask you to bring my latest album. Please help me send it to my little fans."
"Then I'll remember this and wait for your gift." The head teacher said, and after exchanging pleasantries, seeing that Ye Tian and Ji Mingxia had something to say, he helped them close the door.
Ji Mingxia vaguely felt that the look in the head teacher's eyes when he closed the door seemed a little strange.
But soon, Ji Mingxia no longer cared about his head teacher.
As soon as the office door was closed, Ye Tian immediately jumped to Ji Mingxia's side, leaning close to him, almost scaring Ji Mingxia.
He was not used to being so close to strangers. Ji Mingxia wanted to take a step back and keep some distance, but when he saw Ye Tian's pale face, he tried his best to suppress the urge to avoid her and asked, "Ye Tian, are you okay?"
"I..." Ye Tian looked at Ji Mingxia, hesitant to speak, but finally shook her head, "It's okay, I think I'm overthinking it."
Seeing Ji Mingxia looking at her in confusion, Ye Tian forced a smile: "I told you before, I always feel like someone is watching me. No matter where I go, in any corner, there is a pair of eyes looking at me coldly. I hide in a closed room, and you lie on top of me. I get under the quilt, and you appear in my body. No matter where I go, I can never escape from you..."
As Ye Tian spoke, she looked a little dazed, and her voice gradually became vague, as if she was caught up in some kind of emotion.
Seeing this, Ji Mingxia was hesitating whether to interrupt her, but Ye Tian suddenly woke up with a start, and smiled at Ji Mingxia a little embarrassedly: "But it must be my illusion. I was in the office just now, and I felt that someone was looking at me, but you see, there is nothing around here, right?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Mingxia looked around.
The teacher's office is located on the left side of the teaching building. Although it is in a corner, the lighting is very good. There are transparent glass windows on three sides, allowing sunlight to shine in. The room is fully air-conditioned and the green vegetation is full of vitality. No matter whether it is a peeping Tom or a ghost, it is impossible to hide in it.
If we had to say who has the most yin energy in the entire office at this moment, it would definitely be Ye Tianmo.
She is a female star, and in order to look good on camera, she is very thin.
The first two times Ji Mingxia saw her, she was wearing makeup and her complexion was hard to tell.
I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t sleep well today, or because my makeup was too light, but my face was filled with fatigue that couldn’t be hidden.
What was strange was that her face was pale, she had obvious dark circles under her eyes, and her lips were a little purple, but her eyes were very bright.
It was not the kind of bright and clear light full of vitality, but rather a fire that erupted from the last remaining fuel. The vitality bursting from her eyes was particularly discordant with her whole person.
This sense of disharmony is a subtle feeling that is hard to describe.
Ye Tian is a girl who loves beauty. It can be seen that she is in a very bad condition at the moment. Ji Mingxia naturally doesn't want to say much. Making random guesses without any basis will only cause trouble to others.
After confirming that the office was clean, Ji Mingxia nodded to Ye Tian and said, "There are cameras in the office. If you are worried, you can check the surveillance later."
"No need. After you came in, that feeling disappeared immediately." Ye Tian breathed a sigh of relief. "Just like before in the library, as soon as you showed up, I felt very safe."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but want to lean towards Ji Mingxia.
Ji Mingxia's whole body froze, and he quickly suggested, "Then let's sit down and talk?"
As he spoke, he quickly pulled out a chair for Ye Tian, let Ye Tian sit down, and then he sat down opposite her.
The two of them sat face to face, and although the distance was very close, there was absolutely no possibility of any physical contact.
As soon as Ye Tian saw the two chairs, she understood something and couldn't help but laugh softly.
Her brother is the heir to the group and she is a star. When others see them, they want to get close to them, but Ji Mingxia is the opposite.
He left immediately after saving her, and insisted on leaving even after being injured by Ye Chen.
At this moment, Ye Tian personally ran to the classroom door to find him. If it were an ordinary person, he would have been so happy that he would be floating with joy. But looking at Ji Mingxia, not only was he not surprised, but he was a little frightened.
She didn't look well and seemed dazed. She was really tired from standing, so she sat down.
With Ji Mingxia around, those omnipresent eyes inexplicably disappeared. Ye Tian relaxed completely and even had the energy to carefully observe Ji Mingxia's movements.
Seeing Ji Mingxia slowly sitting down, apart from his slow movements, there was no clue. Ye Tian couldn't help but ask, "My brother is worried about you, so he asked me to come over to check on you. If it's convenient, I'll take you to have lunch. It is said that the food in the cafeteria of H University is all dark cuisine. I know there is a restaurant nearby that has delicious food. You can have lunch with us, okay?"
"Thank you, but no, the food in the cafeteria is salty and spicy, which I'm quite used to. I can just eat it at school." Ji Mingxia declined.
"Ah, you like salty and spicy food. Are you used to the breakfast tea at Butterfly House in the morning?" Ye Tian said.
Ji Mingxia was suddenly unable to answer.
He didn't even open the Butterfly Zhai lunch box. If Ye Tian hadn't said it at this moment, Ji Mingxia wouldn't even know that there was morning tea inside.
Ye Tian understood immediately when she saw Ji Mingxia's expression. After all, she had been in the entertainment industry for a while, so she reacted very quickly. She immediately said, "My brother is like this. His way of expressing his concern is to give me all the good things he thinks are good without asking. In fact, I have always disliked this habit of his. If you are not used to morning tea, I asked him not to send it to you, so as not to cause trouble to you. But I have something to ask, and I hope you can agree to it."
Ji Mingxia asked, "What's the matter?"
"I have made an appointment with a masseur. After school, I will take you there to have a massage to help you recover from your back injury." Ye Tian said.
Upon hearing this, Ji Mingxia quickly declined again: "My injury is almost healed, so I don't need to bother you anymore."
"But the doctor said yesterday that your waist needs ice compress or massage..." Ye Tian said.
"I already pressed it last night."
"You pressed it?" Ye Tian asked in confusion, "Didn't you go back to the dormitory last night? Did you press it yourself?"
Ji Mingxia thought of the scene last night, and his face felt a little hot for some reason. He tried his best to speak calmly and naturally: "My roommate helped..."
"My roommate, could it be Yu Ning?" Ye Tian guessed.
When Ji Mingxia heard her mention Yu Ning, he couldn't hide his expression.
Fortunately, at this moment, the bell rang, and students walked out of the classroom one after another, and the whole campus became lively.
Ye Tian's identity was sensitive, so it was not convenient for her to appear in the crowd. The noisy sounds of students' laughter filled the surroundings, so Ji Mingxia and Ye Tian stayed where they were until everyone had left, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.
After this interruption, the previous topic was not continued.
Ye Tian originally wanted to ask Ji Mingxia to have lunch with her, but since Ji Mingxia thought the food in the cafeteria was good, she decided to stay with Ji Mingxia, and they ordered takeout from the cafeteria.
Ji Mingxia was unwilling to accept this, but Ye Tian was very enthusiastic. While talking to Ji Mingxia, she had already picked up her phone and started ordering food with great interest.
She is a star and a girl. She came over specially to ask Ji Mingxia out for dinner. Ji Mingxia couldn't refuse her again and again. Seeing that Ye Tian had already ordered food, Ji Mingxia also took out his mobile phone and ordered milk tea.
H University is famous for its dark cuisine, but in fact, if you don’t order those horrible new dishes such as fried tomatoes with leeks, bitter melon and snail noodles, the common home-cooked dishes are quite good.
Because Ye Tian is an artist, she has to control her diet in order to maintain her figure. Even for lunch, the dishes she orders for herself are very light. Such side dishes are no problem at all for the canteen chef.
The two finally greeted the teacher, ordered two dishes and a soup each, and had a simple meal in the office.
Ji Mingxia originally thought that after the meal, the two could say goodbye to each other, but he didn't expect that after Ye Tian was full, she completely relaxed and eventually lay on the table and fell asleep.
If an ordinary person slept like this, it would always give people a feeling of being disrespectful.
But Ye Tian looked really tired. She curled up into a small ball after falling asleep, as if she hadn't closed her eyes for three days and three nights. No one had the heart to wake her up.
Ji Mingxia had no choice but to stay with her in the office.
Just when class was about to start, Ye Tian's cell phone suddenly rang.
Seeing that she was sleeping soundly and even snoring softly, Ji Mingxia originally thought that the cell phone alarm would not wake her up. However, he did not expect that when Ye Tian heard the sound, she suddenly woke up and almost jumped out of her seat.
She stared at her surroundings with her eyes wide open for a long time before slowly waking up. She looked at Ji Mingxia in disbelief and asked, "Am I... asleep?"
Ji Mingxia didn't know how Ye Tian fell asleep while eating, so he could only nod and say, "Well, I seem... a little sleepy..."
Ye Tian looked at Ji Mingxia in shock. After a few seconds, an expression that looked like crying and laughing appeared on her face: "Because I haven't slept for several days..."
The phone continued to ring. After Ye Tian woke up, she took a deep breath and answered the call.
Not knowing what was said on the other end of the phone, after hanging up, Ye Tian said to Ji Mingxia: "Mingxia, I have something to do and I'm leaving first. Thank you for helping me get some sleep... I just listened to my brother and came to see you, but I didn't expect to get such a reward. You are really nice, I like you so much."
As she spoke, she looked at Ji Mingxia reluctantly, obviously not wanting to leave like this.
Ji Mingxia is popular and often hears such compliments and confessions from others, so he can quickly tell that what Ye Tian meant by "like" is just pure liking.
He thought for a moment and said, "If you really feel very uncomfortable, why don't you take a few days off to have a good rest and go back to class and work when you feel better?"
"It's useless. I've tried it a long time ago. No matter what I do, it doesn't work." Ye Tian sighed.
She had something to do in the afternoon and was quickly picked up by her agent.
After Ye Tian left, Ji Mingxia was the only one left in the office, and Ji Mingxia immediately relaxed.
He could feel that Ye Tian had taken time out of her schedule to visit him. Although he was very grateful for Ye Tian's efforts, he had to admit that he still felt more comfortable alone. It would be even better if he could go back to the dormitory and have dinner with Yu Ning.
At this time, most of the lunch break had passed, and it was too late for Ji Mingxia to rush back, so he continued to rest in the office for a while, packed up the takeout, cleaned the office, and when it was time for class, Ji Mingxia went straight to the classroom.
Ji Mingxia, who had been with Ye Tian at noon, had no idea that the campus forum had already been flooded with Yu Ning, Ye Tian, and his name.