Gradually, the rain stopped completely, but it was still dark around. Chu Hang carried Tan Yin on his back and walked in the mud with one step deep and one step shallow. Tan Yin put on his coat and lay on his back, absorbing his body warmth.
It was really cold, and Tan Yin's teeth were chattering. But her heart was boiling like magma.
During the whole journey, she and Chu Hang didn't talk. Chu Hang probably didn't want to pay attention to her, and Tan Yin didn't know what to say. For the first time in her life, she felt a little nervous and at a loss.
Chu Hang's waist was indeed in good condition. He walked steadily, still at his usual walking speed. Seeing that they were almost at their residence, Tan Yin finally couldn't hold back.
She cleared her throat and said something else: "Um, Chu Hang, have you noticed that the air is really fresh after the rain?"
"Tan Yin, just speak your mind."
"… "
Tan Yin paused. She held it in for a while before she said in a muffled voice, "I'm sorry."
Chu Hang paused.
"I'm really sorry for drawing that cartoon."
Chu Hang was silent for a moment, then he said coldly: "What on earth were you thinking when you drew that kind of thing? Just because I rejected you, you want revenge? Tan Yin, are you an elementary school student? So childish? You want to destroy what you can't get? You want to discredit others' reputation?"
Tan Yin felt aggrieved: "I wrote you a letter every day for half a year. I have never been so persistent and worked so hard even for the college entrance examination in my life. In the end, you never read it and never replied."
"I receive at least two or three love letters and confessions every day. What do you think I am? A mailbox for the mayor? Do I have to reply to every letter? I'm very busy and don't have time to read these things. I treat you all equally, which means I don't read any of your letters. Just because of this, you want to draw that kind of cartoon for me?"
"That's not why I draw comics for you." Tan Yin was silent for a moment before continuing, "It's because you look down on me, allow others to laugh at me, have no respect for me at all, and objectify women. I think you are rubbish."
Chu Hang raised his voice completely: "What? I'm trash?"
"There was one time when you and a few guys from the school student union were having a meeting in a coffee shop. I was next door and the soundproofing there was not good, so I heard what you were talking about."
Talking about this, Tan Yin was still unhappy. She bit her lip and said nothing.
She still remembers the scene clearly. The boys next door were very noisy, and then Tan Yin heard the content of the conversation -
"Chu Hang, is Tan Yin from your school pursuing you?"
"You are so lucky. I think she is pretty and has big breasts."
"Based on my experience of meeting countless women, she may seem innocent on the surface, but in fact, she is very open-minded in bed and is willing to try any position."
"Chu Hang, why don't you give it a try with her? Even if you don't like her, you can just sleep with her. Anyway, when you want to dump her, just say you think she's too stupid and has bad grades, and you can take the opportunity to break up with her. You can find any excuse you want, just make it plausible, and don't make the breakup too ugly. Maybe you can even have some breakup sex with her later."
"Hahahaha, man, if you want to dump her after you get her, remember to introduce her to me. I don't mind you using her. I'll be the one to take over."
"Hey? Chu Hang, stop drawing and say something!"
"What do you know? Chu Hang has tacitly agreed. That's enough. What else do you want him to say? For someone like Chu Hang, if he doesn't say anything, it means he has tacitly agreed. Don't disturb him from drawing."
…
The words that followed became more and more unpleasant and explicit. The boys were joking and teasing each other, as if a girl was labeled an easy girl just because she took the initiative to pursue boys, and she only deserved to be discussed in this way.
However, Chu Hang did not say a word. He just indulged the other party in discussing Tan Yin without respect, as if it was a tacit approval.
Tan Yin didn't know who the other people who were discussing her were. She only knew Chu Hang. As soon as she returned to the dormitory, she started creating that comic book driven by impulse and anger and embarrassment.
Tan Yin thought that she only needed to give a brief explanation and Chu Hang would understand the whole story. However, Chu Hang frowned and pondered for a long time before finally asking, "Before I went abroad, right?"
"kindness."
Chu Hang was silent for a moment before he spoke again: "I'm sorry." Chu Hang pursed his lips, "But I really didn't know what they said that time."
"I was wearing invisible headphones." Chu Hang's voice was apologetic. "I was listening to heavy metal music and didn't hear what they were saying. If you hadn't told me, I might never have known. I'm sorry."
Tan Yin bit her lip. She stared at the back of Chu Hang's head, feeling a little helpless for a moment.
"Even though I didn't hear them, I can roughly guess what they would say now." Chu Hang's tone was a little cold. "I joined the student union when I was a freshman and was assigned to the department where these people were. But I started to hate them from the first day I entered. Because their topics are always obscene and vulgar."
"I quickly quit the student union because I didn't want to be involved with them, but I still had to meet them because of the work handover. After the handover, while they were chatting, I wore invisible headphones to draw."
"I'm sorry, if I had known they were saying such mean things to you I would have stopped it."
Tan Yin just felt that the amount of information she had received that night was too much...
"But you should at least check with me before you draw that kind of comic."
Tan Yin stood up straight. At this point, she just wanted to go all out. "You said it so easily. How can I confirm it? I came here to tell you, Chu Hang, did you let that person go at the beginning? That person said that I have big breasts and I can let go in bed. If you are not interested in it in the future, you can share it with them?"
Chu Hang was indeed speechless. He was silent for a moment before he said sorry again.
"In that case, how about we just call it even?" Tan Yin changed the subject and said, "I will change my ways and stop drawing you. I will issue you an apology notice and you can return my comic manuscript to me, right?"
Chu Hang just snorted coldly, "Dream on." He turned around and glanced at Tan Yin, "Without your leverage, if you continue to serialize online, won't I be in a passive position?"
"Chu Hang, what about the trust between people? How could you think so badly of me?"
"Don't you think badly of me? You even called me trash."
"I didn't just scold you. At least I said you were a good-looking piece of trash, which objectively affirmed your strengths! What about you? Apart from scolding me, you didn't even praise my good painting skills! Look how charming I drew you!"
"… "
Chu Hang just felt a little headache, he warned behind him: "Tan Yin, if you keep talking so much, you can get off and walk the last section by yourself."
“You’ve already taken the blame, so just be a good person. Besides, I’m just a weak and helpless little girl who sprained my foot…” Tan Yin was acting when she looked up and suddenly saw a snake hanging between the branches, spitting out its tongue.
"Snake!!!!" Tan Yin screamed and subconsciously jumped off Chu Hang's back, then ran away with a nimble figure.
Tan Yin ran all the way to the downstairs of the village entrance before she realized something was wrong. She turned around subconsciously and saw Chu Hang walking towards her step by step with a playful and sarcastic look on his face.
"Weak? Helpless?" Chu Hang raised his eyebrows. "Tan Yin, with your speed just now, you can win the 100-meter sprint. And you're still talking to me about trust between people?"
"… "
"You really put a lot of effort into tricking me into carrying you."
"No... it's not like that..."
Brother, if I were to lie to you and say that I twisted my ankle and couldn't walk, how could I explain that I was still wandering around in the woods in the middle of the night with my hands and feet? Could it be that because negative ions collide with oxygen molecules in the air during thunderstorms to produce a large number of negative ions, and the forest is a natural oxygen bar with many negative ions, so I was breathing the freshest air in the woods on thunderstorm nights
Chu Hang didn't know what was going on in Tan Yin's mind. He just looked at her coldly and said, "I was really careless. Everything you did was really to attract my attention."
Tan Yin looked at Chu Hang's face, which had turned cold again, and she felt like crying but had no tears. The positive image she had just restored in front of Chu Hang didn't even last for half a day before it quickly cracked and collapsed. The boat of reconciliation was overturned just like that
Chu Hang didn't give Tan Yin any time to explain. He gave her a warning look before turning and leaving.
*****
Fortunately, the feeling of being wet all over did not make Tan Yin feel sad for long. She quickly took a hot bath and changed into clean clothes. However, Chu Hang's coat was also brought back by Tan Yin.
Wash it clean for him and return it to him next time when the time is right. Tan Yin thought drowsily and fell asleep.
The next morning, after everyone finished the final work of sketching, they took the bus back to school again.
On the way back, Tan Yin tried to get close to Chu Hang again. She was reciting the content she had just checked on her phone: "Chu Hang, you know that in this world, the probability of people meeting each other is one in five thousand; the probability of knowing each other is one in two hundred million; the probability of being able to grow old together... no, that is, the probability of being classmates and being assigned to the same group is one in five billion, so you see my group score..." Tan Yin narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Can you be flexible?"
Chu Hang snorted coldly with a fake smile: "Trash like me doesn't know how to be flexible."
"… "
It seems that Chu Hang is invulnerable when it comes to group scoring.
What Tan Yin didn't expect was that just when she had expected to get a low score, when she logged into the online score inquiry system, she found that her sketching assignment had received a high score that she had never imagined. To get such a score, the group score could not have been low.
Along with the report card, there is also takeaway food delivered on time every morning.
It's porridge.
Red dates, peanuts, longan and wolfberry porridge.
Chu Hang is a man of his word. He said he would return the porridge, and he really returned more than one bowl.
Chu Hang delivered the same red dates, peanuts, longan and wolfberry porridge for a whole month!
By the end of the meal, Tan Yin could almost smell the red dates, peanuts, longans and wolfberries, and she wanted to run away. Chu Hang had finally succeeded in making her allergic to these four ingredients.
Actually, after the sketch, Tan Yin met Chu Hang several times, but he just walked by her with a cold face as if he didn't know her. It was obviously not true that Chu Hang had let go of what she had done. After thinking about it, Tan Yin felt that Chu Hang gave her a high score in the end, probably because she called him a handsome trash. Although he was trash, he was very handsome. The word handsome might have greatly pleased Chu Hang
In short, Tan Yin spent another month of ordinary but extremely healthy life in school without any trouble, and then Jiang Yilu brought back a shocking news.
"The college said that they would organize a pairing activity, where a student with good grades would be responsible for a student with poor grades, and they would form study groups regularly to make progress together!"
Tan Yin showed little interest: "Oh."
"Don't worry, this activity is mandatory. This year is the first year, and there are eight pairs in total, the top eight and the bottom eight." Jiang Yilu said sympathetically, "Do I need to remind you? You ranked last in the final exam last semester! Chen Ziqiang was first, so you have to team up with him..."
Upon hearing this, Tan Yin exploded: "Haven't you learned politics well? Our country is still in the primary stage of socialism and will remain in this stage for a long time. We haven't reached the stage of mutual assistance in communism yet, okay? How can we force poverty alleviation even for studying? A group of golds are inexplicably dragged to lead a group of bronzes. Can they lead them? The golds are not happy, and the bronzes are also feeling bitter!"
But Tan Yin didn’t expect that she would receive a call from her counselor before she had even started complaining for long.
"Tan Yin, come to the lecture hall for a meeting about the new mutual assistance mechanism for study groups in the academy..."
"… "
Tan Yin hung up the phone with her counselor and without wasting a minute, she quickly called Chen Ziqiang.
"Old Chen, I heard that you and I are partners in the study group..."
Tan Yin had planned it out long ago. She would start by chatting with Chen Ziqiang, appropriately bringing out her understanding that he was very busy as he had to study, spend time with his girlfriend, and play games. She would then hint that she was not interested in this study group either. Finally, she would propose a win-win solution - on the surface, they would form a pair and the college would be able to handle the situation, but the study group would just be a formality. I would never disturb you, and you, don't have to worry about me, and everyone would go their separate ways... With this, the two of them reached a strategic alliance, which was good for both of us.
However, what Tan Yin didn't expect was that Chen Ziqiang interrupted her before she even started her impassioned speech: "Tan Yin, I'm not responsible for taking care of you." He was a little embarrassed, "It's not that I don't want to take care of you, but because I broke my left leg while playing basketball yesterday, it's quite serious, I had surgery and now I can't get out of bed..."
I never thought that my words would come true. Chen Ziqiang's leg really broke when it was supposed to...
"But you don't have to be nervous." Chen Ziqiang comforted him warmly, "The one who will take over from me is Chu Hang! He must be able to explain better than me. I was able to get first place in the final exam last semester because he went abroad for exchange. Otherwise, the first place would definitely be his. I believe that your academic performance will be further improved if you follow him!"
Tan Yin was excited: "Really?! Chu Hang and I are in a study group?!"
"Really!" Chen Ziqiang was probably also infected by her emotions. He said with confidence, "I know you will be happy with this arrangement. Tan Yin, with your thirst for knowledge, if you study hard with Chu Hang, you will definitely make a comeback this year!"
How could I not be happy? Tan Yin thought, if Chu Hang was the one to take her, he would have accepted this hot potato under pressure from the academy, but based on their past, he definitely didn't want to look at her any more. I'm afraid I don't even need to discuss it with him, the two of them would naturally part ways after this meeting and live happily ever after.
Tan Yin was so happy with her plan that she almost smiled as she arrived at the lecture hall. As expected, Chu Hang had already arrived. He sat far away in the front row and didn't even glance at him when Tan Yin came in.
This couldn't be more perfect!
The counselor talked about the rules and pairing of the study group system, and Tan Yin scribbled in her sketchbook.
"Okay, from now on, everyone should study hard together according to the group arrangement. Today's meeting ends here. You can communicate privately according to the group arrangement."
As soon as the counselor finished speaking, Tan Yin put away her doodle book and decided to leave. However, she was blocked by someone before she even walked out of the classroom.
"Chu Hang..."
"Tan Yin..."
Tan Yin and Chu Hang's voices sounded almost at the same time.
Tan Yin looked at Chu Hang who was standing in front of her coldly, and smiled confidently: "You go first."
What can I say? I just want to tell myself not to dream. Private study together does not exist, and it will never happen. At most, email communication with study problems is probably Chu Hang's last mercy.
Tan Yin guessed that Chu Hang's answer was inseparable from this great purpose, so she had no intention of taking the initiative and was ready to leave the decision-making power to Chu Hang. In this way, if the college found out in the future that the two of them did not pair up according to the study group system, she could still put the blame on Chu Hang - it was Chu Hang who despised me and refused to take me to study and fly!
Chu Hang was not polite. He pursed his lips and asked, "Are you busy later?"
"No."
"Okay, let's get started."
"Okay." Let's make it clear. Let's make it clear that we won't interfere with each other and we can go back to our own homes and look after our own mothers.
"So, between structural mechanics and basic architectural design, which one would you like to start with?"
Tan Yin:
Chu Hang pursed his lips and said, "Since you have nothing to do later, and I am free today, it's our first study group, so let's do it now."
"Wait... wait..." Tan Yin felt that the development of the matter was a little beyond her expectations. She looked at Chu Hang again and again, "Chu Hang, are you sure you are free???"
"Yes." Chu Hang took out the structural mechanics textbook from his bag and glanced at Tan Yin coldly. "Forget it, I'll help you choose. Your structural mechanics A was ranked last last last semester, and this year there is also structural mechanics B, so let's start with structural mechanics."
"Chu Hang, think about it again. You must have something else to do! Have you finished the architectural mechanics homework assigned by Zhu Kangmei last time? Have you written the paper on Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory? What about the report on engineering mechanics? Have you appreciated all the music in your last elective class, classical music appreciation? And have you finished the trivial matters in your life? Have you washed your clothes? Where are your shoes and socks? Have you dried your quilt?" Tan Yin said righteously, "I can't drag you down and disrupt your life just because of my poor grades..."
Chu Hang put down his textbook, glanced at Tan Yin, and then quickly looked away: "You don't have to feel burdened. I am capable of balancing my own affairs. My task is to tutor you, and your task is to improve your grades and don't embarrass me."
"… "
Tan Yin glanced at Chu Hang silently. She thought, my dear brother, you don’t know that the difficulty for me to improve my grades may be the same as the difficulty for me to get you!
Chu Hang frowned and opened the book in his hand: "Stop being in a daze and start."
Tan Yin looked at him and felt that this must be Chu Hang's plan. He did not actively refuse the activities of the study group, but forced himself to withdraw. After that, when the counselor asked about his poor grades, Chu Hang completely shirked his responsibility. After all, he was willing to teach, but he was unwilling to learn.
Chu Hang is indeed Chu Hang! This is his skill! A thousand-year-old demon!
Adhering to the principle of retreating in order to advance, Tan Yin did not speak, but watched Chu Hang open the textbook of structural mechanics with caution. She thought, come on! Let's hurt each other! Who is afraid of who!