Chapter 4 The Feeling of a Good Night After five o"clock in the afternoon, Qian Lin returned to her dormitory with some bento boxes in her hands.
"Ziqi, come out to eat!"
Eh? Hasn"t he come back yet? Qian Lin went into the bathroom with a query on her face. Oh, my G.o.d, you . . .
As soon as Qian Lin wobbled into the bathroom, she grew angry, and retreated again. Her face was flushed with red, and a dark cloud seemed to be pressing over her forehead.
Oh, d.a.m.n it! Lin Ziqi had taken a bath without locking the door. Isn’t he afraid being naked? Eh, I have seen a picture I shouldn"t have seen!
Qian Lin"s face was feverishly red for a long time, and it felt more earth shaking than watching a reality show.
"You"re back! There"s something to eat in the kitchen!"
Lin Ziqi came out of the bathroom—stark naked—and did not feel that anything was wrong with it, and let Qian Lin"s face turn red again.
"Bad boy! You don"t have any clothes on? Get in there and get dressed! Why should you show your nude body on a cold day? Do you want me to drive you out again?"
Qian Lin saw Lin Ziqi"s innocent face, and instantly determined that her reaction was too sensitive. hadn"t he just wore no clothes on his upper body? He didn"t feel cold. What am I worrying about here? What a fool!
Qian Lin, cursing in her heart, raced into her room. She didn’t want to stay out there and let that bad boy see her embarra.s.sment for free.
Bad boy, you don"t know how attractive you are to other people, do you? You even dare not wearing any clothes. . . Aren"t you afraid I"ll do something bad to you?
"May I come in?"
"No. . ."
With Qian Lin"s refusal, Lin Ziqi pushed the door open. She could only ask him in, because she found something in his hand.
"Eh, eh, this is for you!"
As soon as Lin Ziqi threw his things to Qian Lin, he tried to run out. But Qian Lin"s hands and eyes were a little faster than him, and even before he reached the door, Qian Lin"s words seemed to hit him in the back of the head, halting him.
"Did you choose the scarf for me?"
"No, it was picked up. No one wants it except you."
Well, don"t think a scarf can win my heart. I"ll never be softhearted when it"s time to let you go. Qian Lin looked at Lin Ziqi, who was squeezing out of the door. The warmth in her heart was lost in an instant with the coldness of his words. It turned out that n.o.body wanted it! Is it rare to me? Qian Lin threw it to the bed, but soon her gaze went back to it again. Nevertheless, the scarf looked really good! Let"s put it aside first. It doesn"t eat, drink, or occupy s.p.a.ce anyway.
"Lin Ziqi, you"re very strange today. Why don’t you call me sister when you come back from being outside? Remember that you need to call me sister."
"You"re only two months older than me. If I call you sister, aren"t you afraid of feeling old?"
"Two months? Even if it"s only two minutes, you have to call me sister! Bad kid!"
"I"m only two months younger than you—not a kid!"
"Even if it’s only one minute, you are a kid. Your brother"s law."
Why mention that person again? She was also a kid in front of that person. She laughed quietly to herself. She felt relieved at the thought that someone was calling Qian Lin kid with a smile, and Qian Lin was reluctant to protest. But at the thought of Qian Lin staring at him, Lin Ziqi"s slight grin immediately fell into a frown. He still had to live here now, and she must not drive him out before he antic.i.p.ated.
"Sister, are you going to school after a few days? I"d like to go to your school, too!"
Huh? What does he mean? My school? I just spent all my efforts pa.s.sing the grading examination. And him? Why does he look like a dumb person? It’s strange that he can pa.s.s the grading examination.
"Ziqi, I don"t want to undermine your self-confidence, either, but my school"s grading examination is quite strict. I almost missed the law college that year."
Lin Ziqi"s face suddenly took on an expression of curiosity, and his eyes stared at Qian Lin as his mouth repeatedly dropped open in shock. It was an expression of wanting to know, but not daring to speak.
"All right, what questions do you have? However, I also have questions to ask you. You need to answer my questions after I answer you. Be real!"
Lin Ziqi nodded heavily, and Qian Lin"s eyes turned into half-moons with laughter. If she knew that at this time, Lin Ziqi"s heart was happy enough to sing a song, she would not be able to laugh!
Qian Lin, in vain, you are still the G.o.ddess in many people"s eyes in Yinghua. Now in front of me, are you still being so easily teased by me?
"Sister first? If I know the answer, I will tell you everything."
Lin Ziqi looked at Qian Lin, who had been laughing herself silly, and had to let her ask first. He could still feel Qian Lin"s little thoughts!
"Hey, hey . . . why don"t you and your brother go home?
Hmm, you say me and my brother? It"s clear that you want to know something about my brother"s past. Why do you ask me this question? I also want to ask you. Besides knowing that his name is Lin Zifeng, and was born before me, I don"t know as much about him as you do yet! But Lin Ziqi wouldn"t tell Qian Lin like that. If he said that, he would lose the pleasure of teasing her!
"My mother pa.s.sed away when I was very young, my father had another wife, so . . ."
Lin Ziqi"s words stopped here, which left Qian Lin in sudden reverence. Her heart sank when she heard this. At the same time, he bottom of her heart sighed. So it was no wonder that one said that he was homeless, one said that there was no home, and it turned out that he was not happy with his new mother.
"Are you a foreigner?"
"My father is Chinese and my mother is j.a.panese. I"m miscegenation!"
Qian Lin only realized what she had said when she spoke. It seemed that even Lin Zifeng did not know her life story so clearly. Why did she say so much to a little brother who had known her for only a few days?
"How did you finally pa.s.s the grading examination?"
Qian Lin"s gloomy look became energetic in an instant when she heard Lin Ziqi"s question. It was something she would be proud of all her life.
Who could make a friend who was a very good girlfriend in an examination? At the thought of Teng Yue, Qian Lin"s face could not help but show a smile.
"That"s a long story. Simply speaking, Yue threw the answer at my feet after answering it by herself, so I picked up the slip of paper and copied it instinctively, and then the English cla.s.s, that had made me so afraid, was pa.s.sed."
Qian Lin had a sweet smile on her face, and those two laughing eyes were even merrier. Lin Ziqi was startled for a moment. Then he coughed and continued to ask his questions.
"You became good friends just because of that? It"s too old-fashioned."
Qian Lin glanced at the disdain on Lin Ziqi"s face, and said in her heart that he was just a little kid who knew nothing! We have a great fate!
"d.a.m.n it! No. We are both miscegenation of j.a.panese and Chinese. We both live in single apartments for overseas students. We are both studying outside and alone. Most importantly, we are both girls. We are both poor in English and we copied the exams together."
As soon as Qian Lin finished speaking, she realized that she had said everything. There was no third person who knew anything like the copying of the exam except for the two of them. Well, now it should be said that a third person also knew.
Lin Ziqi looked at Qian Lin, whose face was cloudy and uncertain, fearing that she would be angry with him for a moment, and then he immediately changed the topic.
"In your school, is it a boy or a girl who studies best? Brother he . . ."
Well, I know that you came to me to understand your brother"s things, but why make up a homeless reason? That is the disharmony of family. It’s easy. Take a step as boundless as the sea and sky!
"In law colleges, your brother is the talent in the eyes of the teachers, the G.o.d in the hearts of the students, and the prince charming in the hearts of the girls. . ."
Qian Lin"s thoughts seem to return to the days of school with her words, and some things between her and Lin Zifeng flashed in her mind like a movie.
Lin Ziqi looked at Qian Lin, who was apparently trapped in her thoughts, and secretly sneered. Not all the princes could ride white horses. The horse-feeders in the horse farm often rode, the Monk Tang often rode, and the horse-herder often rode. Were the girl"s eyes are naturally weaker? If he can still be Prince Charming, I would be a G.o.d.
Every word Qian Lin said would make Lin Ziqi more resentful in his heart. Both men had the same surname as Lin, he was favored by everyone. But I can only live in a dark corner where the sun cannot shine.
"Well, it"s very late, let’s go to sleep!"
Qian Lin glanced at Lin Ziqi, whose face had become gloomy again, and secretly stuck out her tongue. She stood up and walked into the room.
"Goodnight, sister!"
"Goodnight!"
Qian Lin was shocked to hear Lin Ziqi"s word of "Goodnight". Zifeng used to say goodnight when she turned around and walked out of the room.
Qian Lin returned the word in dismay. She could not tell whether the sound of Goodnight was for Lin Ziqi or for Zifeng in her heart.
"Sister, what would you like to eat tomorrow morning? I"ll go out and buy it!"
He would go out and buy it? Does he have money? Eh, has he been out working to make money for most of the last few days?
If this was the truth, he will soon be able to move out and stand on his own feet.
"Tomorrow you’d better get up earlier. Let"s go out to eat. There"s a good fast food restaurant near here. I"ll take you to try it."
Qian Lin"s words shocked Lin Ziqi, and what shocked him most was not what she said, but her soft eyes when she spoke. Because through her soft eyes, Lin Ziqi did not see his own self. This made his mind surge again. He vowed that, one day, she would never have him in her eyes or in her heart.