Secret Love · Orange Raw Huainan

Chapter 27 Friendship starring
Luo Zhi and Sheng Huainan began to exchange text messages frequently.

Luo Zhi's most gratifying thing is that Sheng Huainan is the kind of boy who becomes more and more fascinating the more he gets in touch with him. During the chat, sometimes he is sober and incisive, and sometimes he has a little boy's cunning and pride.

It should be considered lucky to fall in love with someone without knowing it, and find that the real side of that person is more beautiful than you imagined.

However, Sheng Huainan's reply to text messages is fast and sometimes slow, and Luo Zhi often waits until he is tired, as if suffering from paranoia, and looks at his phone for a while, always feeling that it is vibrating; always think about it when replying text messages, not only replying on his topic , but also leave a little space for the other party to reply at the end, so that the text message can continue.

However, even if it is a bit tiring, it is still sweet. Sometimes when you turn your head to look in the mirror, you will find a woman sitting in the mirror holding a mobile phone and giggling, with unfamiliar happiness hanging on her familiar face.

Before the macroeconomics class, she was texting when suddenly a chubby girl came over and said, "Jiang Baili from your dormitory, ouch."

Luo Zhi didn't like this fat girl very much, she reminded herself of the gossip Xu Qiqiao in her high school class.She smiled and pretended not to hear.

"I said Belle from your dorm. Ouch." She repeated.

Whoops.Luo Zhi felt that she was more annoying than Xu Qiqiao, because at least Xu Qiqiao still cared about her own face, and only told gossip to people who liked to hear it, but this girl's obsession left her nowhere to hide.

"What is Jiang Baili in your dormitory thinking? I suspect that she is mentally ill. Do you know? That day our school's Century Economist Forum recruited volunteers, and we were in a group of four during the interview. The question she drew was, what if What do you do when you and your volunteer partner are in the same room and someone else suggests a game of poker?"

Luo Zhi was expressionless.

"Then, Jiang Baili said: 'Well, then I'll tell them, count me in.'"

Luo Zhi didn't hold back, she still laughed out loud, the fat girl was very happy that her words had an effect.

At this time, Belle happened to come over and threw the homework to Luo Zhi, and the fat girl hid aside in shock.

"Help me hand in my homework. I'm going back to catch up on sleep. I copied them all according to yours. Don't put ours together when handing in."

Belle reads novels day and night upside down, pours water on the Internet, and then is in a daze. She seldom leaves the dormitory, and often sends text messages asking Luo Zhi to bring her takeaway food back to the dormitory, so she must have fewer dates with Gobi.

Luo Zhi never asked how she and Gobi were doing, but only occasionally reminded her: "It's midterm exam, hurry up."

"I don't have any goals, so it doesn't matter, as long as I pass the exam." Belle raised her head from the computer and smiled at her.

In fact, Luo Zhi doesn't have any big ambitions, but she is used to moving forward, so she has to fight for it, and even fights better than others.

People with resentment in their hearts are always more motivated than others.

Thinking of this, Sheng Huainan's name came to mind again.

The teacher came in from the door and looked suspiciously at Jiang Baili who was yawning but walking in the opposite direction to him.

In a class of 100 people, it is difficult to remember a person's name, especially Belle, who almost never appears.

"By the way, Luo Zhi, come on."

The moment Belle went out, a text message flew into Luo Zhi's phone.

Belle said this sentence every day.As if any progress made by Luo Zhi could become her own happiness.Therefore, Luo Zhi was very embarrassed, Belle didn't know anything about her, she didn't know how to make Belle understand, in fact, she didn't say anything.

"I am actually very simple (simple), and that kind of conference (meeting) is really boring (boring) to me." The macro teacher is a "sea turtle" from Columbia (Columbia University). Luo Zhi and the others took it easy.

"Well, the book is back to business. Basically (basically) this kind of inflation rate (inflation rate) is very tricky (complex) in developing countries (developing countries). Given (in view of) its money supply (money supply amount), this moderate inflation rate (moderate inflation rate) is actually a beneficial (favorable) thing.”

Luo Zhi rubbed her ears and smiled helplessly.At this time, the phone vibrated, and an unfamiliar number came in.

"Hello, is this Luo Zhi? I would like to interrupt you, but I want to ask if you have time this afternoon? I want to tell you something about Sheng Huainan."

Luo Zhi read the text message several times and replied slowly.

"I don't know him well. If you have anything urgent, just tell him directly. I'm sorry."

The text message never came.

As for the text message Luo Zhi sent to Sheng Huainan in the morning, there is still no reply.She sometimes felt stupid for waiting, whether she was in class or doing homework, she responded to every text message as soon as possible, but the other party didn't.

She turned off the phone and turned it on again, always hoping that a few text messages would pop up when the phone was turned on. After repeated several times, she finally felt disgusted by her humbleness, so she simply pulled out the battery and stuffed it into the bottom of the schoolbag full of books—she was lazy, So I was too lazy to take out a heavy book to find the battery, and the phone was able to stop for a long time.

It even stopped until she forgot.

Before going to bed, I took out the battery, turned it on, set the alarm clock, and found that there was indeed a new text message.

"Tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, the coffee shop, the debate team wants your help with something. Please come. The phone is dead, so I borrowed it from a classmate. Sheng Huainan"

Luo Zhi's first reaction was the inexplicable message in the morning.However, she remembered that the text message in the morning was M-Zone's number, and now the number starting with 132 is China Unicom's number.

She thought about it, and sent a message: "Didn't we make an appointment to watch a movie together at four o'clock tomorrow?"

"? When did I say I want to watch a movie? Do you want to watch a movie?"

"Oh, it's all right. Three o'clock, right? I see."

Luo Zhi stared at the bed board and thought for a while, then got up to make a phone call.

At three o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Luo Zhi walked into the coffee shop, there were very few people inside, obviously there was no trace of Sheng Huainan.Someone waved at her, and it turned out to be the beauty in red at the entrance of the supermarket that day.Luo Zhi walked over and sat opposite her.

The girl wore delicate makeup, a golden-brown silk scarf was tied around her neck, and there was an imperceptible hostility between her brows.

"Hello. My name is Xu Riqing."

Luo Zhi put her phone and wallet in the middle of the table, and nodded to her.

"Don't watch a movie at four o'clock? Will it be too late?" Xu Riqing's smile was clearly provocative.

Luo Zhi also smiled: "You don't think you're really smart, do you?"

"how?"

"You can think of changing your mobile phone number before sending it, and calmly betting that I'm cheating on you after I asked the question about watching a movie at four o'clock, which means that you guessed that I was already suspicious after sending an anonymous text message in the morning, and you later The text message sent by pretending to be Sheng Huainan is also dubious. You are very courageous, and you did get the answer right, but let's save these roundabout suspicions. What if I call Sheng Huainan directly to ask him? Or , when you texted, it was the time before going to bed when the male and female friends said good night to each other, so you are not afraid to catch up with me texting the real Sheng Huainan? If I told him about it, then today he You also dragged him to the coffee shop, don't you find it very exciting?" Luo Zhi slowly folded the tissue, deliberately not looking at Xu Riqing while talking, but stared at the other party's reaction from the corner of her eye: "It is obviously full of loopholes, where did you come from? Confidence? If you insist on impersonating, you also impersonate Zhang Mingrui, and you should make an agreement with him in advance, it won’t be easy for you to cheat.”

The person opposite was silent for a while, and said, "You know me, and you know Zhang Mingrui."

"But actually I don't know much about you."

"Since your analysis is so clear, why did you come?"

"Maybe it's out of curiosity, I'm also a gossip."

"Since you're curious, why didn't you agree when I sent a text message to ask you out directly yesterday morning?"

"Reserved," Luo Zhi smiled to herself, and interrupted her, "Beauty, let's talk about the topic."

"Are you Sheng Huainan's girlfriend?" Xu Riqing looked at her almost resentfully.

"Ah? No."

"Then why did you say boyfriend and girlfriend just now..."

"What I meant just now is that from your point of view, since you think we are boyfriend and girlfriend, you should be more thoughtful and smart when deceiving people, and don't hit the gun."

"Why are you sure I think you two are boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"You came to me to play a hundred thousand why? If you don't think so, why did you come to me today?"

Xu Riqing lowered his head, the vigor he raised at the beginning was messed up by Luo Zhi.Luo Zhi glanced at the phone whose screen had already dimmed, but didn't speak.

"You mean, you're not Sheng Huainan's girlfriend?"

"Actually, I'm not familiar with him. That kid makes people feel insecure. You never know what he's thinking, and you don't know whether what he says is true or false."

Luo Zhi spoke in a righteous and strict tone, but felt a little ashamed inside.It's a lie, but it's kind of true.Isn't Sheng Huainan like this, the only difference is that Luo Zhi himself is deeply involved.

When Xu Riqing heard these words, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did Sheng Huainan mention me to you?"

Luo Zhi nodded, Xu Riqing's beautiful face was actually haggard, the foundation was thick, but it couldn't cover the bags under the eyes and the pimples at the corners of the mouth.That kind of exhaustion made her feel pity in her heart, and she couldn't speak ruthlessly.

"Sheng Huainan... Said that there was a little misunderstanding with you and Zhang Mingrui."

"Misunderstanding?!" Xu Riqing's eyes froze.

Luo Zhi raised her eyebrows, waiting for her to speak.

But Xu Riqing didn't say anything, just lowered his head and bit the wrinkled dead skin on his lips.

"You came to me, what do you want to say?" Luo Zhi glanced at the phone worriedly.

"It's nothing."

"Well, if I were Sheng Huainan's girlfriend, what would you have said to me?"

Xu Riqing had already recovered his cold expression, and smiled mockingly: "There are so many ifs in the world."

"There are indeed no 'ifs' in the world," Luo Zhi tapped her fingers on the table, "but there are many 'buts'."

Xu Riqing shook his head indifferently, and stopped talking again.Luo Zhi suddenly felt impatient and wanted to leave immediately.She took a few long breaths of relief, calmed down and said, "Do you want to tell me that he actually likes you?"

Xu Riqing was not angry, his voice was only trembling slightly: "So what? You don't understand. Don't ask me for evidence."

evidence?

Luo Zhi suddenly remembered a book by Agatha, Endless Night ("Long Night").

Ellie sat on the ground holding the guitar and played and sang while the actor watched her from the side.

Ellie said: "You looked as if you loved me." (It seems that you fell in love with me.)
At that time the story had not yet unfolded.The male protagonist covets Ellie's family property, marries her, and conspires with others to kill her.Luo Zhi has always been fascinated by the novel with an uncomplicated case.She didn't know if Ellie knew from the beginning that the man didn't love her at all, but that night, she said to her husband in the subjunctive tone, "Look at me as if you love me."

Ellie doesn't have any evidence that her husband doesn't love her, and even all the details show the hero's meticulousness-but she just knows.

Love is just a feeling, but they all desperately collect evidence.Xu Riqing's evidence was entrenched in the corners of Sheng Huainan's eyes.One action, one tone.He didn't say "I like you", or even "I really like studying with you", so no matter how loudly she shouted her truth, no one believed her.

The corners of the eyes and the tips of the brows are just a misunderstanding.

Luo Zhi let out a long and exhausted sigh.

"Evidence is useless. Anyway, he didn't even issue the IOU, so you can still eat him?" She chose the most vulgar vernacular, and said slowly, "Once you are not related by blood, Second, there is no hatred between the country and the family, and falling in love is not a matter of principle at all. Since he likes you, why doesn't he admit it? If you continue to be confused, I really want to beat you."

Then, for about 5 minutes, neither of them spoke.

"Is it because... his ex-girlfriend?" Xu Riqing calmed down a lot.

"If it is, then it's even simpler. He still likes her, not you."

"You've been talking for a long time, but you just want me to believe that he doesn't like me."

"Xu Riqing—" Luo Zhi's expression was exhausted.

The two girls stared blankly at each other.

"Is it really hard to swallow this breath? Is it that difficult to admit defeat?" Luo Zhi said slowly, "You just refuse to admit defeat."

Xu Riqing was stunned for a while, then burst into tears.Luo Zhi hesitated for a moment, looked at the curious customers around her a little tingly, sat across from her, and patted her on the back lightly.She was crying, and only whispered in her mouth: "Why, why, why..."

Rough traces of straw sticks could still be seen on the free tissue paper in the coffee shop, but Luo Zhi had no choice but to pass it to her.He picked up the phone and turned it off.

After about ten minutes, Xu Riqing finally calmed down.

Luo Zhi laughed relaxedly.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Beautiful girl like a flower, I hate myself for not being a man."

"If you were a man, I might really like you." Xu Riqing's makeup was all over, and the mascara stuck to his lower eyelids, making him completely like a panda.However, she smiled brightly, that kind of unreserved smile moved Luo Zhi's face - but, when she smiled in front of Sheng Huainan, was she also unreserved?

Xu Riqing came back from the bathroom with a clean face. Although the acne was obvious, his eyes were bright.

"I still have to think about it," Xu Riqing smiled apologetically at Luo Zhi, "but thank you."

"No thanks." Luo Zhi shook her head.

When saying goodbye, Xu Riqing said hesitantly, "Actually..."

"what?"

"For a moment just now, I suddenly felt that you seemed to be opening and closing your mouth without saying a word of truth."

Just as Luo Zhi was about to speak, the cool wind choked into her throat, and she coughed for a long time.

"By the way, the first phone number to send a text message is mine, you can save it." Xu Riqing waved his hand and walked towards the cafeteria.

Luo Zhi watched her leave before remembering to turn on the phone again and dial Zhang Mingrui's number.

"It's okay, the time is not too long, it seems that your mobile phone bill is still enough." Luo Zhi felt relieved.

"What happened later? You cut off the phone?" Zhang Mingrui asked.

"Xu Riqing started crying and didn't know when it would stop. He couldn't afford the M-Zone, so I hung up the phone for you. Afterwards, we didn't say anything, we talked about other things, and we came out of the coffee shop after our emotions calmed down."

"Thank you."

"No need. I'm still thinking about whether I am doing good or evil this time."

"It must be good deeds. But your mouth is really powerful. Is it because you usually talk too little and hold you back?"

Luo Zhi smiled, noncommittal.

When she faced Xu Riqing, she was harsh and righteous, but she was actually very guilty, even a little guilty.However, the presence of Zhang Mingrui gave her a little peace of mind that she was doing good deeds.

"Luo Zhi, will she recover?"

"Well, I think so. At most, I will cry a few more times and struggle for a few days. It should be fine."

"She looks smart, but she's really stupid. If only she was as smart as you."

"You think I'm smart?" Luo Zhi thought it was amused.

"Isn't it?"

Luo Zhi knew that she was really not a very smart person.All her cleverness was used to maintain her poor self-esteem.

Last night she directly sent the two anonymous numbers to Zhang Mingrui. Zhang Mingrui replied after a few minutes. The M-Zone number belonged to Xu Riqing, and the 132 number belonged to a law school classmate he knew.

"What's going on?" Zhang Mingrui asked.

Luo Zhi told the truth, and Zhang Mingrui quickly called.

"Luo Zhi, can I ask you to do me a favor?"

Luo Zhi slowly listened to Zhang Mingrui's incoherent narration, and just asked him: "Are you sure the two of us are saving lives, and not breaking up a couple with potential?"

"Luo Zhi, it's not that you don't know Sheng Huainan."

I do not understand.Luo Zhi sighed: "Maybe I'm helping you to commit murder. You can use my hand to get rid of the position of Sheng Huainan, a love rival, in Xu Riqing's heart."

"If you insist on thinking that the two of us are mutually beneficial, I can't help it."

"Who will reciprocate with you?"

"Let's put it this way, I'm doing it for her own good, but it's not because I liked her." Luo Zhi felt that Zhang Mingrui had specially emphasized the word "over", "As for whether you like Sheng Huainan, the answer lies in your heart. I have never guessed. I have already told you everything about Sheng Huainan and Xu Riqing. When you see her tomorrow, you can judge for yourself whether what I said is right or not. I just hope you can help her. I believe in your eloquence and judgment , if it is someone else, it will definitely mess things up, such as me."

After his long and earnest speech, Luo Zhi was speechless and just said, "I'll try."

Dealing with Xu Riqing's matter was not difficult.Everyone is like this, they always deal with other people's affairs in a big way, grasping the main problem at once, but when it's their turn, they are entangled in the details and refuse to let go.Zhang Mingrui made a call to Luo Zhi's cell phone, and quietly finished listening to the conference call.

While Xu Riqing was crying, Luo Zhi suddenly felt that Zhang Mingrui was a very warm boy.

Few boys are willing to go to great lengths to redeem a girl in the way of a girl, and it's not for the sake of getting it.

"Anyway, please eat."

"Then let's go to the Three Canteens. I'm almost every day at the Three Canteens at 05:30 waiting for the newly baked bread."

"Just like my little dog, I fed it after I came home at 06 o'clock every night in high school, so it started to squat at the door and wait at 30:[-] every day."

Zhang Mingrui seemed to be in a good mood.

Before going to sleep, Luo Zhi received a text message from Xu Riqing.

"I envy you very much, Luo Zhi. I also hope that I have the backbone to be as calm and indifferent in front of him as you are. It's not that I don't understand what you said, but I can't do it when I face him. Looking back, I really Shame on me? If possible, I hope that God will give me a chance to say something dignified and tough in front of him, or to chat and joke lightly and nonchalantly—hehe, I mean, whether it’s true or not.”

Whether true or false.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener pokes his heart.

(End of this chapter)