Lin Shicha chatted with Baishenghe all the way, learned that she had gone to her aunt's house and was just returning home.
Baishenghe was a very special and unique girl. She spoke straightforwardly and had a cool personality, but she was especially caring toward other girls. Unconsciously, she exuded a charm that made many girls' hearts flutter.
Boys didn't stand a chance in front of her, so no one dared to pursue her. Moreover, Baishenghe also looked down on the nerds at the high school.
Because of this, there were rumors that Baishenghe was a lesbian. However, she was independent and didn't care about all the gossip. How she liked to dress and how she lived was her own business, and others had no business with it.
Lin Shicha was amused by Baishenghe's casual and disdainful remarks.
It wasn't until 9:30 in the evening that Lin Shicha returned home.
Not knowing that Lin Shicha had gone to Dingyu Building, dinner was already prepared on the table. "School got out pretty late today. Hurry and eat; the food will get cold if we wait any longer."
At the dinner table, Lin Shicha, while eating, asked Lin Chunhua, "Grandma, if we could move, where would you like to live in the future?"
"Why are you asking that? Why should we move?" Lin Chunhua glanced at Lin Shicha askance.
"Just asking randomly, considering you haven't left Shuilu Town for so many years, I was just curious." Lin Shicha bit her chopsticks. "What city, for example, in the downtown area?"
Lin Chunhua paused with her chopsticks and said indifferently, "Let's forget about the downtown area."
Lin Shicha guessed she must have thought of her unfilial son, Lin Baicheng, and just gave a nod. Lin Chunhua then continued, "Z City it is. When I was young, I went there with your grandpa to do business and stayed there for a couple of days; the weather was really nice. If your illness gets better in the future, we can go there and have some fun together. They say it's a water town."
"A water town," Lin Shicha smiled, "Alright." She agreed without hesitation.
After dinner, Lin Shicha went back to her room. The little golden-haired puppy was much livelier now. Because her grandma fed it a lot, it had grown quite sturdy in a short time. As soon as it saw Lin Shicha, it wanted to jump on her.
It barked loudly a few times.
Lin Shicha was delighted and knelt down to pick up the puppy, "Xiaoguang, did you miss me?"
Lin Chunhua sat in the room with the light on, wearing reading glasses, flipping through the bankbook. She carefully counted the numbers on the bankbook four times before closing it and putting it on her chest, murmuring, "Still six thousand short."
She found a sewing job in the town, thinking that it would be enough to make up the six thousand yuan for the surgery. She felt particularly happy, closed and locked the door, took out the sewing kit, and worked late into the night.
At two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, Chixing appeared outside the gate of the No. 2 Middle School at the bus station, chewing gum. He blew a bubble lazily as he saw the bus arriving and looked over in that direction.
At this moment, Chixing had completely forgotten the last time he was angry with Lin Shicha when Ho Yinan was mentioned. After taking the small cage from Xiaoguang, he hugged Lin Shicha's shoulder without a word, "Give me a kiss. I've missed you so much."
A delicate hand pushed away Chixing's handsome face, "Stop fooling around."
"Tsk, if you don't want to, then forget it. I was just joking," Chixing said with a wry smile, carrying the dog cage and standing in place.
Lin Shicha glanced at him, not pursuing his constant desires to kiss her, but changed the subject, "I ran into a student from your class on the bus yesterday."
"Who?" Chixing asked absent-mindedly.
"Bai Shenghe."
Chixing was taken aback and immediately became cautious, "How do you know she's in my class?" Chixing remembered the gossip at school and had to be on guard.
"She told me herself. I find her quite handsome, a very interesting girl," Lin Shicha said to herself. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Chixing reached out and touched Lin Shicha's forehead, "Tell me, do you like girls or boys?"
Lin Shicha was confused, "Huh?" Letting Chixing touch her forehead.
Chixing warned in a roundabout way, "I heard she has abnormal sexual orientation, stay away from her."
"Who said that," Lin Shicha didn't look happy, "She said the boys in your school are all losers, not one of them is worth her attention. Don't blame her sexual orientation."
"It's not her fault that there are too many girls who confess to her; are you jealous?" Chixing said.
"Huh?" Chixing seemed to hear something funny, pointing at himself, "Am I jealous? Who said I didn't have any girls confess to me—" he cut off halfway.
Chixing glanced at Lin Shicha and said seriously, "There are many girls secretly in love with me, but they dare not confess."
"Oh..." Lin Shicha responded indifferently.
Chixing had nothing to say. After walking for a while, he couldn't hold back and said, "Will you die if you feel a little jealous?"
Lin Shicha hesitated for a moment, "Then... would you accept them?"
"No," Chixing answered quickly.
"Okay," then I can rest assured.
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The two walked, and Chixing looked at Lin Shicha's expression several times. After a while, Chixing's voice returned to normal, "Tea, let's get back together."
Lin Shicha just looked puzzled for a moment and then nodded quickly, "Okay."
"Then keep your distance from the other three from now on, just be with me, okay?" Chixing pinched Lin Shicha's soft hand, actually feeling uncertain when he asked this question.
Sure enough, Chixing saw a hint of hesitation and reluctance on Lin Shicha's face, "But..."
Chixing continued, "I will try to transfer to your school, strive to be with you, be by your side every day, I will like you more, more than anyone else. I will protect and cherish you."
"I swear."
Chixing said several 'I will' to express his heart.
Lin Shicha had a blank moment on her face, gradually returning to herself afterwards. She slowly shook her head, "Chixing, let's keep things as they are."
“Why?” Chixing asked anxiously.
"Because I want to be with you, but I also want to be with Bian Heng and the others," Lin Shicha's words were too candid, too cruel and naive, "If I'm only with you, they will be sad."
"It's impossible for four people to be in a relationship together!" Chixing was exasperated, "You! You're too greedy, Lin Shicha!"
Chixing was probably heartbroken, disappointed, and angry, and turned around and left.
Lin Shicha was stunned, standing in place watching Chixing leave, then disappeared around the corner.
Lin Shicha remained silent, squatting down, her fingers reaching through the iron cage to touch Xiaoguang's head, whispering to herself, "Xiaoguang..."
Footsteps approached from the left and stopped near her. Lin Shicha thought Chixing had come back and was momentarily happy, "Chixing—" Before the words stopped, she saw someone who shouldn't be here.
He stood against the light on her left side, his black hair shining like gold, as if the cold moon god appeared in broad daylight.
Lin Shicha opened her mouth slightly and stood up slowly.
He looked at Lin Shicha, as well as the golden-haired dog under her feet, slightly pursing his lips, and asked, "Did Chixing just leave you alone?" with a touch of displeasure in his tone.
Lin Shicha softly said, "We had a quarrel, and he's very angry, so he left."
She hesitated and took a step closer, "Huo Yinan, are you... are you still mad at me?"
"What are you doing? Haven't you reconciled with Chixing?" Huo Yinan stood still, but exuded a cold, indifferent air that seemed to reject Lin Shicha's approach, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.
"No," Lin Shicha was at a loss and repeated, "No."
"Then who did you reconcile with?" Huo Yinan closely stared into Lin Shicha's eyes.
Lin Shicha shook her head, "With no one." As she spoke, she sharp-eyed and saw a cat behind Huo Yinan's back peeking out of the space backpack.
Lin Shicha was surprised, "A cat!" she exclaimed.
Huo Yinan looked at her excited face, took the space backpack from his back and placed it in front of him. In front of the round transparent cover, Lin Shicha saw the cat’s face clearly.
A typical British Shorthair cat, with a round and plump face, white whiskers, amber eyes, curiously and fearfully looking around.
"Can I touch it?" Lin Shicha asked.
Huo Yinan didn't say anything, just unzipped his bag, indicating her to go ahead.
Lin Shicha cautiously reached in and touched the soft cat head. Its ears twitched when she touched them and its ears quickly flattened against its head. It then lifted its face, shook its whiskers, and looked at Lin Shicha.
Lin Shicha patted its back, and it started purring comfortably.
"When you're not around, I can't solve many math problems," Lin Shicha said.
"What, am I the only one in the world who can solve math problems?" Huo Yinan replied indifferently without looking at Lin Shicha.
But Lin Shicha naturally replied, "I just wanted to find an excuse to talk to you."
Around the corner, Chi Xing came running back. He wasn't angry, but he felt that he shouldn't have left Lin Shicha alone there, so he came back out of concern for her. As soon as he came out, he saw something. He quickly turned away and leaned against the wall. After a pause, he slowly turned to look at Lin Shicha in the distance... and the guy in front of her.
Chi Xing recognized the person as Huo Yinan.
Chi Xing watched coldly for a long time.
He found it annoying, so he took his gaze back, leaned against the wall, randomly took out a cigarette, put it to his lips, bit the end of the cigarette, and lit it. The smoke enveloped his eyes and brows.
After a long time, he smirked sarcastically, didn't turn his head, and left without a word.
It's my fault, presuming that I could have you all to myself.
A nostalgic Cantonese song played on the street, depicting Chi Xing's departure.
"People are forbidden to
Love someone by their side
But you excite me the most
You defeat me in everything
..."