Green Tea Beauty

       Who to choose?

     Chi Xing was forcing Lin Shi Cha to make a choice. His attitude was aggressive and angry, while Bian Heng, who was standing on the other side, maintained a silent posture, though there was also a sense of anticipation from him.

     They were all waiting for Lin Shi Cha to make a choice.

     Lin Shi Cha calmed down. Her brows weren’t filled with the entanglement and difficulty to make a decision as Chi Xing and Bian Heng imagined. Instead, she was rather calm: "I can only choose one… ..?" She stated thoughtfully.

     A rock dropped in Chi Xing's heart. He caught the subtle expression changes on Lin Shi Cha's cheeks and seemed to have a premonition.

     Sure enough, the next second, Lin Shi Cha shook her head: "Then why should I choose?"

     She put down the hand rubbing her wrist, and continued, as if realizing something: "Class is starting, I'm going back to class. If you guys have more to discuss, you guys can stay here."

     She was leaving first.

     After speaking, Lin Shi Cha exited from the end of the path.

     Bian Heng froze for a moment: "Hey, Lin—" He stopped talking, not quite understanding. "What does she mean? Not choosing both?" At this moment, he actually felt a somewhat inexplicable sense of loss.

     The corners of Chi Xing’s lips twitched into a sarcastic curve and his eyes were cold, "She wants to have both."

     "Wha—"

     She wants both? This was simply not possible, okay?

     Chi Xing turned to leave. Glancing at the scorching sun in the distance, he was dazed for a moment, then annoyed and forbearing in the next.

     Bian Heng didn't know what to think, even his steps were unsteady. When he returned to the classroom, he was scolded by the teacher, who was currently in the middle of class, saying how he was getting swell headed recently and wasn’t studying hard.

     As for Chi Xing, he dangled a piece of green grass in his mouth, while wandering absent-mindedly at the school gate of Shui Lu No. 1 High for a long time before leaving.

     In Year Two Class Three, the homeroom teacher pushed her glasses and stood on the podium: "Our school will hold a debate league with other schools next weekend, and there will be talent shows interspersed in the debate competition. No matter what it is, I hope everyone can sign up enthusiastically."

     "The program listed in the report will be selected and screened by the school, so you all have to prepare well."

     When Lin Shi Cha heard the words, she looked at the class monitor sitting in the middle of the second row. Her name would be handed in by the class monitor. Because she was caught off guard and unprepared, she was completely humiliated in the audition.

     Due to being insulted and ridiculed by everyone, the original owner fell ill again that day, and her condition worsened. She took half a month's leave and directly missed the league. Therefore, she had no extra contact with the other three people except for Bian Heng.

     Lin Shi Cha naturally couldn't miss this opportunity.

     As for...

     Why did the class monitor deliberately hand in Lin Shi Cha's name to make her look bad? This has something to do with Bian Heng. Bian Heng, as the popular male god of Shui Lu No. 1 High, has countless school girls who admired him, and the class monitor was also one of them. Therefore, the reason is obvious.

     She wanted to embarrass her, so she obviously wouldn't let her just be a spectator.

     Once school was out in the afternoon, Lin Shi Cha waited at the school gate.

     When Bian Heng came out and saw Lin Shi Cha, he was stunned for a moment. Recalling what Chi Xing said, he turned his head to pretend he didn't see her. Yet, as he walked forward, Lin Shi Cha followed behind him.

     Bian Heng: "... …Why are you following me?"

     Lin Shi Cha: "My home is also in this direction, why is this following you?"

     Bian Heng was refuted, speechless. Swallowing his anger, the two of them just walked in tandem, attracting many students at the school gate.

     It didn't take them long to arrive at the bus stop, and coincidentally there was a bus coming. At noon, the bus was quite crowded, so there were already no seats on the bus. Lin Shi Cha stood by Bian Heng.

     Bian Heng held the pull ring and stood steadily, then glanced over. Lin Shi Cha also stretched out her hand to grab the pull ring. However, she was too short to reach and pursed his lips while her eyes looked over at Bian Heng.

     "... …Hold onto my clothes." Bian Heng couldn't resist.

     Lin Shi Cha responded. Yet, instead of being obedient and just pulling his clothes, she embraced Bian Heng's arm with both hands. This posture is too intimate, like a couple.

     Bian Heng's face turned red, "Be more reserved!" He lowered his voice desperately and shook his arms to break away from Lin Shi Cha.

     "But I'm afraid I'll fall." Lin Shi Cha said in a low voice and innocently, in a reasonable tone, and hugged him even closer.

     Bian Heng rolled his eyes from being hugged. The summer school uniform was already flimsy to begin with, although Lin Shi Cha's body was weak and developed a little slower than her peers, all the necessary curves were there.

     Bian Heng's arm rubbed against her chest... but she was still unaware. She was only focused on holding on without letting go.

     Bian Heng couldn't breathe smoothly. He held his breath subconsciously, and soon was steaming.

     Finally, it was time to get off the car. Before he made a statement, Lin Shi Cha quickly let go of his arm.

     When she looked back, she even thought something was strange with him, "Are you hot? Your face is very red."

     "Isn’t that just non-nonsense!!"

     As the two walked, Lin Shi Cha asked: "Bian Heng, are you in charge of the audition list for the league held by the school this time?"

     Bian Heng hadn't recovered yet. He was somewhat absent-minded: "Eh, what's the matter?"

     "Oh, it's nothing, I’m just asking."

     Bian Heng was more concerned about another topic. He had held back for a long time before he couldn’t resist asking: "Chi Xing told me in the morning, you... want both..." He couldn't finish the sentence.

     Lin Shi Cha understood his meaning. She tilted her head, "I want both?"

     "En……"

     Lin Shi Cha didn't think too much and frankly admitted it: "That's right."

     Bian Heng doesn't know what kind of mood he was in. In fact, he thought Lin Shi Cha was strange. Her view of love is extremely different from others. In other words, she doesn't understand love at all, nor does she understand what it means to like someone.

     Bian Heng thought a lot these days. In his heart, he couldn't blame Lin Shi Cha, but he also couldn't agree with her.

     "Have you ever really liked any of us?" Bian Heng stopped his steps and asked seriously.

     Lin Shi Cha held the backpack strap on her shoulder as her neat bangs covered her delicate eyebrows, revealing only a pair of deer-like eyes. She raised her head, "What kind of answer do you want to hear? "

     "I want the answer in your heart."

     Lin Shi Cha thought about it, but didn't speak.

     "Do you even understand what liking someone is? If you do understand, you won't have the idea of wanting to get everyone." Bian Heng was a little disappointed.

     "Why not?" Lin Shi Cha asked.

     "Liking someone means having the possessive desire to not tolerate the appearance of a third party." Bian Heng explained it in simple terms.

     Lin Shi Cha replied: "I do though. If Bian Heng treats other girls well, I will be very angry."

     Bian Heng was frustrated: "Stop pretending to be stupid!"

     Lin Shi Cha took two steps forward and raised her head: "Is that important? You obviously still like me very much, why do you suppress your heart to stay away from me? I know you are very sad, but I have already apologized ah."

     In an instant, Bian Heng was hurt. From Lin Shi Cha's point of view, she couldn't understand all the struggle and pain Chi Xing and him had.

     "Why are you like this?" Bian Heng continued.

     Lin Shi Cha went silent for a while. She let go of Bian Heng's clothes and took a slight step back, "If I am like this, do you not like it?" She compromised, "Then I can pretend to be the same as before and you can just pretend that everything in the past is—”

     Bian Heng waved Lin Shi Cha away: "Enough!"

     "Are you that selfish and greedy! One person's love is not enough, then how many people do you need!!" His tone became cold.

     Lin Shi Cha was stunned for a rare moment. Her drooping eyelashes trembled as she lowered her head: "I'm leaving first." After she finished speaking, she turned and walked in the opposite direction.

     Bian Heng stretched out his hand and opened his mouth, but he didn’t say anything in the end. When he said Lin Shi Cha was selfish and greedy and saw her lowering her head, regret surged in his heart. He was actually worried whether he had hurt her.

     Grandma Lin cooked a hearty lunch. Because Lin Shi Cha's health isn’t good and her absorption system isn’t good either, no matter how well she ate, her body can’t absorb much nutrients. This year, Lin Shi Cha was already seventeen years old, but her height hasn’t even reached a hundred sixty centimeters.

    Due to that, Grandma Lin tried her best to supplement Lin Shi Cha’s body. Today, there was Silky Fowl Soup, which is stewed thick, with red dates, wolfberry, longan, and yam slices. She even added two long blocks of black sugar.

     After pouring out a bowl, the air filled with a strong sweet aroma.

     Watching Grandma Lin's figure, Lin Shi Cha whispered while holding a spoon: "Grandma, I can go without surgery." The main reason was that the surgery fee was too expensive.

     "What nonsense are you saying? Listen to Grandma, after undergoing the operation to replace the bone marrow, Cha Cha will be a normal child. You’ll be able to jump around and do everything that you couldn't do before. Don’t you envy them?"

     It was also because of the original owner's envy that Grandma Lin never told anyone about the original owner's illness. Outsiders only thought that this little girl was weak from the womb, so she often suffered from minor illnesses and caught colds or fevers at every turn.

     Obviously, Grandma Lin was looking forward to the days after the successful operation.

     Lin Shi Cha sighed inwardly as she changed the subject without saying anything more, "Grandma, let me fill a bowl for."

     There were still more than two months.

     Lin Shi Cha counted the days.

     Ever since that day, Bian Heng hadn't seen Lin Shi Cha looking for him. He was rather not used to it. Originally, he thought he had really made Lin Shi Cha sad and was restless for a while. He couldn't help but take advantage of the PE period that the two classes had together to get closer to Lin Shi Cha.

     Two different sport fields were separated by a dark green barbed wire fence. Through the barbed wire fence, Bian Heng found Lin Shi Cha. She was sitting alone in the shade, looking up at a group of girls and boys playing around not far away.

     In fact, if it wasn't because of the PE teacher's leave, Bian Heng would never have known that Lin Shi Cha was such a lonely person. Thinking about it seriously, she actually didn't have any friends and was always alone.

     Lin Shi Cha lowered her eyes, as if she was playing with her hands, or in a daze. Yet, no one took the initiative to talk to her.

     Did Lin Shi Cha not like to exercise?

     Doubts arose in Bian Heng's heart, or did Lin Shi Cha not like the heat?

     After class, a text message from Lin Shi Cha suddenly came.

     —I saw you looking at me. I want to ask, can you let me take a look at the audition list for the campus league?

     Bian Heng didn't know what Lin Shi Cha wanted to do with this, but he sent it.

     Only after a while did Lin Shi Cha reply and send another file.

     —My name is typed wrong, so I changed it. Print my version when you make copies later.

     Bian Heng replied with an "En" and went to the school office to print out the audition list.