You are the best in the world (2)
Luan Qiaoqing sat cross-legged on the sofa in her living room for a long time before finally waiting for the frosted glass door of the public bathroom to be opened from the inside.
The boy, who was one or two centimeters shorter than her, walked out of the steamy bathroom slowly and limped.
The black hair had been wiped half dry and hung down smoothly, covering the boy's eyebrows and eyes, leaving only his handsome nose and lips exposed.
He lowered his head slightly, holding a bath towel in his hand. He was wearing the shirt and trousers that Luan Qiaoqing had just handed to him. The size was much more suitable for him than his own. After all, he was a boy, and his shoulders and back were broader than those of girls, so the shirt looked good when he held it up.
Luan Qiaoqing was stunned for two seconds and jumped off the sofa.
She came to the boy almost running and jumping like a little monkey, stretched out her hand and patted Wen Bin on the shoulder, grinning: "I didn't expect you to look like a decent person after changing clothes. You didn't look like a dirty little dog just now, hiding in the corner."
Wen Bin was shaken by her pat and his brows slightly frowned.
Luan Qiaoqing then remembered something, "Oh, you are still injured, right? I forgot about it. Come, sit on the sofa, I'll find the medicine box for you." Luan Qiaoqing didn't give Wen Bin any chance to refuse, and dragged the boy to the sofa.
She was very strong, not like a girl at all. Wen Bin wanted to resist, but he was defeated and was dragged to the sofa and forced to sit down by the shoulders.
Then the girl went around the house mumbling to herself, looking for the medicine box.
When Luan Qiaoqing returned to the living room humming a little tune and carrying the medicine box, she was stunned.
The boy holding a bath towel sat in a corner of the sofa, curled up instinctively. He leaned against the pillow in the corner of the sofa, his black hair hanging down to one side and his eyes tightly closed, obviously he had fallen asleep.
Luan Qiaoqing subconsciously slowed down her pace and walked over carefully.
She put the medicine box in her arms on the ground, and squatted down holding the armrest of the sofa, observing the boy's sleeping face.
Even until Luan Qiaoqing's legs and feet became numb from squatting, the boy still showed no sign of waking up.
"You slept so soundly, you weren't afraid of being sold out, and you still said I was defenseless."
The little girl muttered to herself, ran to her room quietly, pulled out a blanket, and covered the boy on the sofa with it.
She took her hand back and stared at the spot for a few seconds.
"Your eyes are so pretty, but why do you have such long bangs? It's so strange..."
Wenbin didn’t know how long he slept.
When he opened his eyes, the clear sky outside the window had become completely dark.
Wen Bin blinked slowly. His drowsy consciousness made it difficult for him to tell where he was and what time it was.
He moved his body, and then felt something soft and warm covering his body. Wen Bin was stunned for two seconds, then slowly pulled his hand out and lifted the thing covering his body.
It was a blanket, with some pleasant, light scent.
"—are you awake?"
The movement in the corner of the living room sofa woke up the little girl in the dim light.
Before Wen Bin could determine the direction from which the sound came, he heard a light "click" like a switch, and then the whole room in front of him was filled with a warm halo -
Directly opposite the sofa, in front of the circular bar that integrated the restaurant and kitchen, a little girl with a strange crew cut was sitting on a high stool, rubbing her eyes and looking at him.
Wenbin took several seconds to react before he slowly remembered the reasons why he was in this unfamiliar environment.
He froze for a few seconds, then tried to get up, picking up the blanket.
"Hey, don't be in a hurry. The medicine box I found for you hasn't been used yet." The little girl jumped down from the high stool and ran to Wenbin in a few steps.
She carried the medicine box next to the sofa to the table, and sat down at the edge of the table, with her hands on her knees and looking at Wen Bin with her eyes open.
Wenbin felt uncomfortable when she looked at him. It was the first time he felt a little awkward in front of people of his age.
The two of them stared at each other quietly for dozens of seconds.
The little girl finally got a little impatient, "Why are you like a piece of wood? If you don't show your wound, how can I apply medicine on you?"
Wen Bin finally understood. He didn't know if it was the girl's tone or expression that made him feel embarrassed. The boy remained silent for a while, his face flushed, "No need."
"If you're injured, you have to treat the wound. Why are you so stubborn at such a young age?" The little girl said in a tone of "I'm an adult and you have to listen to me" and looked at Wen Bin with a deliberately stern face.
Wenbin couldn't persuade her, and after a few seconds of silence, he slowly stretched out his arms.
Luan Qiaoqing finally relaxed her frown. She reached out to unbutton the boy's shirt, and pulled it up little by little, revealing the purple wound.
"Fortunately there is no bleeding, otherwise the wound would be very painful..."
While muttering to herself, the little girl took out a bottle of medicine for bruises and sprains from the medicine box, skillfully poured some into her palm, rubbed the medicine into it, and then applied it little by little to the boy's arm.
"… "
The potion was cold, but the girl's palms were warm. Her delicate touch slowly rubbed the painful area, and the boy's cheeks gradually warmed up.
After finally applying the medicine, Wenbin felt a sense of relief.
He rolled down his sleeves and stood up, "Thank you... I'll wash the clothes and send them back to you."
"No, that's too much trouble. I don't know when I'll be home." The little girl waved her hand in a chivalrous manner. After closing the medicine box, she turned back and blinked, "Are you leaving?"
"Um, thank...thank you."
"..." The little girl's black eyes rolled around, and then she smiled brightly, "No need to thank me, just help me with something."
Wenbin was stunned for a moment, then looked up at her from under his hair.
The little girl touched her belly and said, "You can have dinner with me, and that will make up for it, okay?"
“… … ”
Wenbin really wanted to refuse.
The word "no" was already on the tip of his tongue, but facing the little girl's black eyes, he couldn't say it.
As if possessed by some mysterious force, he slowly nodded his head.
The little girl's smile suddenly became even brighter. She almost jumped up from the corner of the table, turned around and ran to the kitchen.
"Just wait! Let me show you my skills!"
Wen Bin: “…”
I don’t know where such a young girl learned all these messed up words.
To be fair, Luan Qiaoqing’s skill in cooking instant noodles is quite good.
At least it's edible.
Although the texture of the mixture of soft and hard parts was a bit strange, Wenbin still tried his best to eat his whole bowl.
When putting down his bowl and chopsticks, Wen Bin clearly saw the satisfaction in the eyes of the little girl sitting opposite him.
—What a strange little girl.
Wenbin thought so at that time.
Then he got down from the stool in front of the bar, still with his head slightly lowered, "I'm leaving."
The little girl was silent for a few seconds, then nodded, still maintaining the stern demeanor of a little adult, "Then you, be careful on the road."
Wenbin didn't say anything. He went to the bathroom to get the half-wet clothes he had washed and folded, then turned and walked towards the entrance.
When he squatted down to change his shoes, the little girl seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "I'll find a bag for you to put your clothes in."
Without giving Wenbin any chance to refuse, she turned around and ran back to her room.
When Luan Qiaoqing came out with a hard bag, the boy, who had already changed his shoes, stood quietly in the soft light of the entrance.
Luan Qiaoqing walked over and handed him the bag.
"… Thanks."
The boy took it, put his clothes in, and turned to open the door.
Then he walked out.
Luan Qiaoqing lowered her eyes, the smile on her face faded, and she waited for the most familiar sound of the door closing.
But after waiting for a long time, Luan Qiaoqing still didn't see him. She looked up with a bit of surprise, and saw the boy standing outside the open door, holding the door handle with a hesitant expression.
Luan Qiaoqing was even more puzzled, "What's wrong?"
The boy remained silent.
The silence lasted for a long time. Luan Qiao listened and heard the boy whisper, "Happy birthday..."
Luan Qiaoqing was stunned.
It took her a long time to come back to her senses, and then she slowly smiled brightly.
"How did you know it's my birthday today?"
“I saw it on the calendar.”
“…” Luan Qiaoqing turned her head and looked at the wall of the entrance. Sure enough, there was a red circle around today’s date, with “Daughter’s Birthday” written next to it.
Luan Qiaoqing was stunned for two seconds, then turned back and smiled, "You are quite smart, so you know how lucky you are - if I didn't want to come back alone, I wouldn't have wandered around the back door of the school for so long, let alone saw you and brought you back."
“…” The young man pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Since you are so smart, I will protect you in school from now on. Remember, my name is Luan Qiaoqing, and everyone in school calls me Sister Qiaoqiao. Just call me that as they do! If someone bullies you again in the future, just tell them my name!"
"… "
"Why aren't you talking again?" Luan Qiaoqing frowned, then waved her hand magnanimously, "Forget it, forget it. I won't embarrass you. Go home quickly. Bye!"
"… "
The door closed in front of the boy.
After a long time, the sensor lights in the corridor dimmed.
The boy stood in the darkness, holding the bag of clothes in his arms, and slowly turned around.
In fact, he knew it when he saw the birthday on the calendar. The girl just didn’t want to celebrate her birthday alone or have her birthday dinner alone.
Even if she met a little wild cat or a little dog in the rain tonight, she probably wouldn't take it back.
This kindness is not for him. Everyone gets what they need, so he doesn't need to worry about it.
only…
The young man took a step forward slowly, his voice so soft that it was almost inaudible.
"goodbye."
In the darkness, the light of the sensor lamp suddenly lit up, and the long corridor in front of him was also illuminated.
Although they said goodbye, neither Luan Qiaoqing nor Wen Bin expected that they would meet again so soon.
—Just one week later, in the hygiene area of Wenbin’s class.
That morning was Wenbin's sanitation duty. Every time he was on duty, he would arrive at school long in advance and clean the sanitation area.
He is often already sitting in the classroom when students enter.
However, early in the morning of that day, halfway through the morning self-study class, someone suddenly knocked on the classroom door and called the health committee member out.
Two minutes later, the sanitation committee member came in with a grim expression and went up to the podium. "Who is on duty in the sanitation area today? The inspector said the garbage is piled up full!"
Wenbin was stunned.
Then he heard some malicious laughter coming from the back of the classroom.
After a few seconds of silence, Wen Bin stood up and said, "I'll go sweep it again." He turned and walked to the tool corner at the back of the classroom, took the necessary cleaning tools, and left the classroom through the back door.
What Wenbin didn't see was that the boys in the back row who had laughed looked at each other, including the one who had been punched by him. Then they all stood up and slipped out of the back door of the classroom.
A few minutes later, Wenbin and his class went to the cleaning area.
Next to the garbage that was obviously dumped with malicious intent, a young man wearing a white shirt that was two sizes too big hunched over in pain.
The two boys surrounding him held down his arms tightly to prevent him from struggling, and the third one stood in front of him, kicking him in the abdomen.
"I let you fucking hit me, you must be tired of living! I scolded you to give you face... You fucking shameless!"
The boy cursed with a ferocious expression and was about to kick again.
At this moment, a laughing voice sounded—
"Senior, why are you hitting someone again?"
Morning self-study class had already started and there were almost no people on campus. When they suddenly heard this voice, the three boys surrounding Wen Bin froze at the same time.
The leader immediately turned his head, "Who!?"
"Me."
Following the sound, I saw a little girl with a shaved head and dressed like a boy squatting on the low wall next to the sanitary area.
—This is the shortest wall in the school, and it is also the passage that bad students like to go in and out of after the school closes.
The leading boy was relieved when he saw that it was a young girl. But just as he was about to scold her away, he fell silent when he looked at the girl's iconic short hair.
After staring at the bright smiling face that was not frightened by his ferocious expression for a few seconds, the leading boy turned around and asked, "Are you... Luan Qiaoqing from the third grade?"
"Hey, senior, have you heard of me?" Luan Qiaoqing held onto the wall beside her feet and slid down. After landing on the ground, she clapped her hands to shake off the dust that she didn't know existed.
Then she raised her head and grinned at the boy who was more than a head taller than her, "It's me."
The three boys all frowned.
They had an impression of this little girl, who was considered the leader of a group of little girls in the school. But after all, they were little girls, and no matter how much they made noise or fought, they would not be able to make a big difference. What they were more taboo about was that they heard that this little girl's family was well-off, especially that she had a very powerful aunt. It was said that when her aunt came to attend the parent-teacher meeting for her, the school leaders personally came to welcome her.
In other words, unless the other party is pushing them too far, they really don't want to take the initiative to provoke her.
If there is a small problem, it may not be a small matter that can be solved.
After thinking this, the three boys looked at each other, and the leader frowned and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, junior sister, right? We are just teaching a lesson to a boy who doesn't know the current situation."
"Oh, what a coincidence."
Luan Qiaoqing playfully put her hands behind her back, tilted her body when she heard the words, and looked at the young man squatting in the corner who was blocked by the three of them.
Then her eyes smiled into crescent shapes and she turned around.
"I just happen to know this ignorant boy. Can the three seniors please give me some face and let me teach him a lesson for you?"
The leader frowned, "Do you know him?"
The other one also sneered and continued, "He is a cowardly and poor student who always walks in corners. How could he know you?"
"Just say it, Sister Luan, you can't coax us like this."
"I really do know him."
Luan Qiaoqing blinked and said with a bright smile -
"He's my new boyfriend from last week."
“—???”
The three boys were stunned at the same time.
Then the three of them looked at each other in disbelief.
After more than ten seconds, the leader finally reacted, sneered and looked at Luan Qiaoqing, "He is your boyfriend? How is that possible?"
"How is that impossible?" Luan Qiaoqing said without blushing or panting, "I gave him clothes last week."
"..." The leader gritted his teeth and said, "Then who knows if what you said is true or not? Maybe you are just trying to scare us."
"You don't believe it? Well, let me think of a way to prove it to you."
As Luan Qiaoqing spoke, she took the initiative to walk towards the three people from the wall.
The three of them looked at her warily.
Luan Qiaoqing walked around them and stopped in front of the boy sitting in the corner. She squatted down and laughed heartlessly—
"Hey, boyfriend, how do you say we can prove it to them?"
"… "
Wen Bin slowly raised his head and looked at the brave girl in front of him with complicated eyes.
After a pause of a few seconds, his dry lips moved.
"None of your business, you—"
“Yes!”
The little girl was startled and quickly raised her voice to cover the boy's low and hoarse voice.
Her black eyes rolled around, and a hint of emotion flashed across her eyes quickly.
Then the little girl gritted her teeth—
She leaned forward, pressed her white hands on the dirty ground beside the boy, closed her eyes and kissed his dry lips.
“…!”
Wenbin's voice suddenly stopped.
Under his black hair, the boy's eyes were filled with surprise and confusion.