Unrequited Love

On Sunday afternoon, Luo Zhi was invited to attend the parent-child carnival held by the international school where Tiffany and Jake were located, to watch the performance of the two children. The finale was "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Stage Play", Tiffany played Mr. Rabbit with a pocket watch, Jake... played the stump.

After dinner, she didn't return to school until after eight o'clock. The conference center near the north gate was brightly lit, and the open window burst into laughter and applause from time to time. In the night, she turned her head to carefully identify the writing on the red banner hanging at the door.

It turned out to be the semi-final of the debate. The Biology School vs. Law School had a bolder debate—whether the school should give high school students free condoms.

Luo Zhi raised his head and stared at the bright yellow light on the second floor. There must be Sheng Huainan in the debate team of the School of Biology.

But she suddenly realized that she didn't even have the desire to look up. Of course there are reasons to avoid embarrassment and maintain self-esteem, but more because she seems to be able to easily trace the appearance, expression, posture, speech of that person on and off the court... as vivid as if she was right in front of her. She is so familiar with him, it seems that she has mastered the source code, giving her any scene and object, she can put the person in her heart in it, just right, without any violation.

Perhaps because of this, although they rarely meet, she never missed him.

He is always there.

When I turned around and left, I met a few big boys, who staggered toward him, blocking the path tightly. She lowered her head to move away from the left side, and suddenly got a bounce on her forehead.

"Yo, it's you!"

Luo Zhi looked up: "Oh, it's you."

"Would you like to watch the debate? A few of our brothers have just finished eating, and go cheer Sheng Huainan."

"Come on, you, where are you going to see the fourth child? You are not going to see the beauty of the academy..." Before the fat boy was finished speaking, Zhang Mingrui strangled his neck with his arm.

Luo Zhi fixed his eyes and found that Zhang Mingrui's face was not shy, but embarrassed when he made such a move. She remembered the oolong love affair he had mentioned when they ate DQ (ice cream brand), and it immediately became clear. Perhaps compared to these brothers who are getting along day and night but don't know where they are, the person who understands Zhang Mingrui the most at this moment is someone she is not familiar with.

Just as soon as her compassionate mentality was inflicted on her, some boys turned their attention to her. The fat boy cried out like he discovered New World again: "Ah, wasn't it you, I was in Happy Valley that day!"

The other two boys also came over: "Yes, yes, the fourth child ran with you afterwards! It's not interesting! Say, what is the relationship between the two of you?"

Luo Zhi silently swallowed this ambiguous accusation, and looked up to see Zhang Mingrui's bright eyes with a look on her face that she couldn't understand. Maybe the night is too dark.

"I'm not familiar with him, but I just helped him out. He felt like he was following you, like a light bulb, and then he left as soon as you left, not playing with us," she explained with a smile, "I told you He has seen it a few times in the Fa Instruction class. He and Zhang Mingrui also met there."

Perhaps Luo Zhi’s tone was too steady, which made several boys feel that they had no interest in going on gossip, so the artillery turned to Zhang Mingrui. Everyone questioned his purpose of going to the law instruction class, and the topic returned to the beauty of the law school. . Luo Zhi was about to leave, suddenly he heard Zhang Mingrui yelling provocatively: "Luo Zhi, are you really not going to watch the Sheng Huainan match?"

A fire in Luo Zhi's chest ignited.

She turned her head and said softly, "By the way, when you cross the road, pay attention to Zhang Mingrui and don't let him get hit by a car."

"Why?" The fat boy looked blank.

"It's too dark, I'm afraid the driver won't see him."

She continued to walk forward, Zhang Mingrui's face was hidden in the night, and the boys' earth-shaking laughter was also left behind.

In the fourth introduction to law, Luo Zhi sat down in his usual corner, a little surprised, Zhang Mingrui was not beside him. In the first two weeks, he had been sitting in the last row early to greet him, saying that he had occupied a seat for her—in fact, this position never needed to be specifically occupied.

After sitting down, she looked around and saw Sheng Huainan coming, but sitting in the third row far away with Zhang Mingrui. At this moment, the phone vibrated, showing the name of Sheng Huainan.

"Is it too late to always sit in a corner like that? I will help you occupy a seat in the front?"

She froze for a moment.

"No need. I like to sit here, thank you." she replied.

After disappearing for three weeks, she felt confused when she asked such an unsatisfactory sentence to ease the relationship. She likes him, but he must not like her-this is not arrogant. After holding hands, disappearing for three weeks, and then arbitrarily closing the relationship to break the ice, in any case is not a sign of emotion. If this is the case, let go, we must let go, and don't worry about holding hands anymore.

Luo Zhi read this thought silently three times as if reciting a political textbook.

"Do you like any animated movies? Short stories are okay, around thirteen episodes. I don't have time to follow the updates of long-form cartoons episode by episode, and I want to watch some movies." He asked.

She thought about it seriously: "Old film, "The Fairy Tale of Time." Let's see if you have time."

He replied in a strange tone: "You mean, "The Fairy Tales of Time"?"

Luo Zhi took the phone back into the case and didn't want to say anything.

Zhang Mingrui glanced back. At that time, Luo Zhi just came in through the back door, with a gray-blue plaid shirt and simple ponytail, expressionless, ignoring the empty seat in front, and sat straight to the corner of the last row.

He found that Sheng Huainan was also looking back.

After sitting down, Luo Zhi looked around the amphitheater casually and glanced over them, but didn't stay a bit, like a stranger.

Zhang Mingrui suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

He was a little accustomed to the Dharma instruction class without saying a word while sitting in the corner with her. Reluctantly, they now have another senior who also took a double degree in law. They met on the basketball team and happened to meet him this morning. The brother helped them to occupy a seat and asked to sit together. Zhang Mingrui declined, saying the seat was too far forward. The senior brother grinned broadly: "I am doing morning exercises, and I came early just to occupy my seat. It's all right, no thanks."

Thank you sister. He had to sit down with a smile.

During the class, Yu Guang saw Sheng Huainan turn his head and look behind several times, and Zhang Mingrui's mouth showed a smile.

"Go find Luo Zhi?"

When class was over, he asked Sheng Huainan while loading books in his schoolbag.

"What?" Sheng Huainan seemed a little unresponsive.

"I asked, do you want to find Luo Zhi. I think your relationship seems to be good. You always look back when you are in class. Do you want to develop it?"

Zhang Mingrui's simple smile was the same as usual, until he heard Sheng Huainan smile and say: "What's the matter, are you suffocated and want to sit there all the time?"

"I just don't want to be next to the brother," he looked at the waste paper left by the brother just after he left, "I sit next to him, of course you can't smell the sweat on his body." Zhang Mingrui said sternly.

"is it?"

"Also, I heard the second elder brother talk about it, but because you are busy, I always forgot to ask, did you go to the playground together?"

And avoided them and went to play alone with others. Zhang Mingrui just wanted to say, and swallowed this half sentence into his stomach. He didn't mean anything, but he sounded a bit jealous.

When he came back from the ice cream last time, Sheng Huainan smiled and asked him how the battle was going. He told him seriously: "Don't think about it, I really am apologizing, I don't want to chase her."

Zhang Mingrui felt he was worthy. Thinking about it, he glanced at Luo Zhi who was packing his schoolbag in the distance.

"It happened by chance." Sheng Huainan said lightly.

"Can you **** man a little bit? The whole dormitory is just like you, and if you try to hide it from us." Zhang Mingrui grinned.

"What am I trying?"

Zhang Mingrui suddenly felt an anger rushing to the top of his head, but for a moment, he was afraid that his eyes would reveal something, he immediately turned his head, and then returned to calm.

"Come on, it's better for my buddies to push you." Zhang Mingrui immediately turned and shouted, "Luo Zhi, let's have lunch together!"

Seeing Luo Zhi tilting his head and frowning in doubt, he wanted to laugh a little.

However, he went up the steps and found that Luo Zhi had packed his schoolbags and stared at himself, but he didn't even glance at Sheng Huainan who was following him.

"Scream so loudly, are you please?" Luo Zhi hadn't always had a good temper with him.

"I have no money," he turned to look at Sheng Huainan, "please please."

Unexpectedly, Sheng Huainan promised to be happy and refreshed, but behaved a little uncomfortable.

Luo Zhi lowered his head as if thinking about something, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Luo Zhi stepped out of the classroom and met Gobi and Belle in the corridor. She greeted Belle and was about to walk sideways when she suddenly heard Gobi shouting "Sheng Huainan".

"Brother Xu asked you whether the money has arrived in the account. If you want to reimburse you, you must get it before next Tuesday afternoon." Gobi asked.

"Reported on Thursday morning. Don't worry."

"Then let's have a meal together, just to ask you something important about the League Committee."

"Together?" Sheng Huainan glanced at Belle with her head down.

"Just us. It's twelve o'clock. Find a quieter place. It will be too late if you don't ask."

Belle kept her head down, including when Luo Zhi greeted her just now. Now she nodded slightly, and walked forward desperately, being stopped by Luo Zhi decisively.

"Let's go, eat together." Luo Zhi said, turning around and waving his hands to Sheng Huainan and Zhang Mingrui, "Let's go another day, I don't have to spend money today, let's go first."

Only Zhang Mingrui stood alone.

You two are a perfect match. He showed a vicissitudes of smile for the first time.

This morning, Zhang Mingrui finally sent a short message to Xu Riqing. After all, I was still worried.

"It's been a long time since I contacted."

"Yeah, how are you?" Xu Riqing's text messages did not change at first glance and usual.

"It's OK, how about you?"

"Not bad too....How are you all doing?"

we? who are we? Zhang Mingrui turned off irritably.

She really should learn from Luo Zhi who is desperate for face.