Secret Love · Orange Raw Huainan

Chapter 18 Turning a blind eye and saving face
On Sunday afternoon, Luo Zhi was invited to participate in the parent-child carnival held by the international school where Tiffany and Jake belonged, and watched the performance of the two children.The finale was "Alice in Wonderland Stage Play", Tiffany played Mr. Rabbit with a pocket watch, and 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 laughter and applause erupted from the open windows from time to time.In the night, she turned her head to read carefully the writing on the red banner hanging at the door.

It turned out that it was the semi-final of the debate, between the School of Biology and the School of Law, and the topic of the debate was quite bold—whether the school should give free condoms to high school students.

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

But she suddenly found that she didn't even have the desire to go up and take a look.Although there are reasons for avoiding embarrassment and maintaining self-esteem, but more because she seems to be able to easily describe that person's appearance, expression, posture, and words on and off the court... so vividly that it seems to be right in front of her eyes.She is so familiar with him, as if she has mastered the source code, given her any scene and object, she can put the person in her heart in it, just right, without any violation.

Perhaps it was because of this that although they rarely met, she never missed him.

He has always been there.

On the way to turn around and leave, I met a few big boys, who staggered towards me and blocked the path tightly.She lowered her head to move away from the left side, and was suddenly flicked on the forehead.

"Yo, it's you!"

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

"Would you like to go to the debating competition? Our brothers have just finished eating, so we are going to cheer for Sheng Huainan."

"Come on, you, where are you going to see the fourth child? You're not going to see the beauty from the academy..." Before a fat boy could finish speaking, Zhang Mingrui strangled his neck with his arms.

Luo Zhi fixed her eyes and noticed that Zhang Mingrui made such a move, not shyness, but embarrassment on Zhang Mingrui's face.She remembered the oolong affair he mentioned when they were eating DQ (ice cream brand), and she knew it immediately.Perhaps compared to these brothers who are getting along day and night but don't know where they are, the one who understands Zhang Mingrui the most at this moment is someone she is not familiar with.

As soon as her compassion started to wreak havoc, some boys turned their attention to her.The fat boy shouted again as if he had discovered a new world: "Ah, isn't it you, you were in Happy Valley that day!"

The other two boys also came over: "Yes, yes, the fourth child ran away with you and the child! It's so embarrassing! Tell me, what's the relationship between you two?"

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

"I don't know him well, so I just did him a favor. He felt that he was like a light bulb following you, and then he left as soon as you left, and didn't play with us," she explained with a smile, "I and He met him a few times, in the Fa Tuo class. I also met Zhang Mingrui there."

Perhaps it was because Luo Zhi's tone was too calm, which made the boys feel that they were not interested in gossip, so the fire turned to Zhang Mingrui, and everyone questioned his purpose of going to the law class, and the topic returned to the beauty of the law school. .Luo Zhi was about to leave when she suddenly heard Zhang Mingrui shouting provocatively: "Luo Zhi, you really don't want to watch Sheng Huainan's match?"

A fire blazed in Luo Zhi's chest.

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

"Why?" The fat boy looked puzzled.

"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 earth-shattering laughter of the boys was also left behind.

In the fourth introductory law class, Luo Zhi sat down in her usual corner, a little surprised that Zhang Mingrui was not beside her.In the past two weeks, he always sat in the last row early to greet himself, saying that he had reserved a seat for her—in fact, this seat never required a special seat.

After she sat down, she looked around and saw Sheng Huainan coming, but he was sitting in the far third row with Zhang Mingrui.At this moment, the phone vibrated, and Sheng Huainan's name was displayed.

"Are you coming too late to always sit in that corner? Help you get a seat at the front in the future?"

She froze for a moment.

"No. I like sitting here, thank you," she replied.

After disappearing for three weeks, she felt at a loss when she asked such a bland question to ease the relationship.She likes him, but he must not like her—this is not self-deprecating.After holding hands and disappearing for three weeks, and then breaking the ice by so casually wooing the relationship, it is not an expression of emotion anyway.In this case, let it go, you must let it go, and don't worry about holding hands anymore.

As if reciting a political textbook, Luo Zhi silently recited this idea three times.

"Do you like any animated movies? Short ones are fine, about thirteen episodes. I don't have time to follow the updates of long-form cartoons one by one. I want to watch some movies." He asked.

She thought about it seriously: "The old movie, "Fairy Tales of Time". Watch it when you have time."

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

Luo Zhi put the phone back into the case, not wanting to say anything more.

Zhang Mingrui glanced back, at that time Luo Zhi just came in from the back door, wearing a gray-blue plaid shirt and a simple ponytail, expressionless, ignoring the empty seats in front, and sat straight in the corner of the last row.

He found that Sheng Huainan was also looking back.

After Luo Zhi sat down, she casually looked around the lecture theater, her eyes swept over them, but she didn't stop there, like a stranger.

Zhang Mingrui suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

He's a little used to sitting in the corner with her and not saying a word in the French tutoring class.Helplessly, they now have another senior brother who is also taking a double major in law. They met on the basketball team and happened to meet this morning.The brother helped them occupy seats and asked to sit together.Zhang Mingrui declined, saying that the seat was too far forward.The senior brother grinned: "I do morning exercises in the morning, and I came early to occupy a seat. It's okay, it's okay, you're welcome."

Thank you sister.He just sat down with a smile.

From the corner of the eye during class, I saw Sheng Huainan turn his head and look back a few times, and Zhang Mingrui smiled.

"Are you looking for Luo Zhi?"

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

"What?" Sheng Huainan seemed a little unresponsive.

"I asked, do you want to go to Luo Zhi? I think you two seem to have a good relationship, and you keep looking 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, aren't you so suffocated that you've been wanting to sit down?"

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

"is it?"

"Also, I heard from my second brother and the others, but because you were busy, I kept forgetting to ask, did you go to the playground together?"

And avoid them to play alone with others.Just as Zhang Mingrui was about to say it, he swallowed the half sentence again.He didn't mean any harm, but no matter how he heard it, it sounded like jealousy.

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

Zhang Mingrui felt that he was not ashamed.Thinking about it, she glanced at Luo Zhi who was packing her schoolbag in the distance.

"I happened to meet you." Sheng Huainan said lightly.

"Can you be a fucking man? You are the only one in the whole dormitory, and you still hide your plans from us." Zhang Mingrui grinned.

"What am I trying to do?"

Zhang Mingrui suddenly felt a wave of anger rushing to the top of his head, just for a moment, he was afraid that his eyes would reveal something, so he immediately turned his head, and then regained his composure.

"Come on, let me give you a push." ​​Zhang Mingrui immediately turned around 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, when he went up the steps, he found that Luo Zhi had already packed her schoolbag and was staring at him, but she didn't even glance at Sheng Huainan who was following behind.

"Shouting so loudly, please?" Luo Zhi had never had a good temper with him.

"I don't have any money." He turned to look at Sheng Huainan, "Please."

Unexpectedly, Sheng Huainan agreed happily, but acted a little uncomfortable.

Luo Zhi lowered her head and seemed to think about something, then nodded and said, "Okay."

As soon as Luo Zhi stepped out of the classroom, she ran into Gobi and Baili in the corridor.She greeted Belle, and was about to walk sideways when she heard Gobi call out "Sheng Huainan".

"Brother Xu asked you whether the money has been credited to the account. If you want to be reimbursed, it must be done before next Tuesday afternoon." Gobi asked.

"Thursday morning. Don't worry."

"Then let's have dinner together. I happen to ask you something important from the Youth League Committee."

"Together?" Sheng Huainan glanced at Belle who lowered her head.

"Just the two of us. It's already twelve o'clock, find a quieter place. It will be too late if you don't ask."

Belle kept her head down all the time, including when Luo Zhi greeted her just now.Now she nodded slightly, and walked forward as if in a daze, but was stopped decisively by Luo Zhi.

"Let's go, let's have dinner together." Luo Zhi said, then turned around and waved to Sheng Huainan and Zhang Mingrui, "Another day, we don't need to spend money today, let's go first."

Only Zhang Mingrui stood there alone.

You two are a perfect match.For the first time, he showed a vicissitudes of smile.

This morning, Zhang Mingrui finally sent a short message to Xu Riqing.After all, I still can't worry.

"Long time no contact."

"Yeah, how are you doing?" Xu Riqing's text message didn't change from usual at first glance.

"It's okay, how about you?"

"Not bad. . . . how are you all doing?"

us?who are we?Zhang Mingrui turned off the phone irritably.

She should really learn from that face-conscious Luo Zhi.

(End of this chapter)