Chapter 4: Subway Encounter
Early March.
A week passed quickly, and today was the day I returned to school.
The last time I sent Bai Zhi a message, she didn't reply to me until the evening, so she naturally shared with me her food, drink and fun that day.
But I lost the interest in chatting. After chatting for a few casual words, I ended my chat with her.
I also replied to the message Lin Qingyue sent, telling her that she hoped she would not talk nonsense, but she did not reply to me a word.
After spending this week in a bad way, my mother drove me to Lukou Airport in Nanjing today.
Before leaving, she still repeatedly told me that I should wear clothes when it was cold, eat what I could not eat, and remember to tuck the quilt to cover it at night, etc.
I didn't seem impatient, but on the contrary, I listened to her after she finished these words seriously, no, because she was my mother.
But when it comes to the end, my mother changed the subject and said to me: "Zhou Jing, when you go back to school, you have to take the initiative to contact Qingyue more. No matter what, although it has not been completely decided yet, she is also very likely to be your future..."
I couldn't help but interrupt my mother and asked her helplessly, "Can you tell me what you think?"
But my mother looked at me with a embarrassed look. After sighing slightly, she finally said to me: "At first, your father and I also disagree with your grandfather's proposal, because this is your own business after all, but...
Alas, our family is different now than before. It needs a big transformation. There are too many specific things involved, and it is not something you, a child, can only know. You just need to know that your mother is doing your own good."
She paused and said, "Besides, before we met Qingyue, we were quite conservative, but after meeting, we found that Qingyue was indeed good, and we had to have a good appearance and a good personality. So, you should contact her more after you go back and get to know each other more."
I have never understood my mother's explanation very well. Maybe they really have something to hide from me, and because of this, I feel a little uneasy.
...
It takes about two hours to fly from Nanjing to Guangzhou, and you will arrive at Baiyun Airport at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
I didn't ask anyone to pick me up, but took the subway back to school by myself. Although the subway was crowded, I didn't think it was an embarrassing thing.
When I was about to arrive at school, I saw Bai Zhi waiting for the train at the next station. There was still a girl standing beside her, the girl in the group photo I saw last time.
Since I was standing close to the connection of the car, and Bai Zhi and the others stopped at the door of the car after getting on the car, Bai Zhi and the others did not see me drowned in the crowd.
After getting into the car, they started to whisper. I wanted to say hello to her, but because there were too many people, they simply gave up this idea.
Why don’t I say it on WeChat? Because I thought that even if I say it, they can’t get through, and I can’t get through it, and instead it will only make me embarrassed...
Bored, I looked at my phone. It happened that Wang Zhuo sent me a message five minutes ago, asking if I was going back to the school today.
I replied, "I'm already on the subway, what's wrong?"
Wang Zhuo replied quickly, and he said, "Can you come out tonight and have fun?"
I know what he means to play, which means going to a bar or a disco.
In the past, Wang Zhuo always wanted to take me there, but I always shirked it away for various reasons. Later, I couldn't stand his soft and hard work, so I finally went there once.
And that time finally opened my eyes. It was a nightclub for a dance show, filled with second-hand smoke, and deafening music. In addition, there were people wearing exposed clothes on the stage and shaking their heads...
Perhaps I was born to be unable to stand such a place, and I felt a sense of indescribable difficulty as soon as I entered the door, so I had to be an "invisible person" and drink the high-priced sparkling water inside.
I quickly replied, "No, I just came back and I was so tired."
Wang Zhuo ignored me and said to me: "Go, what are you afraid of? This time I will take you to some normal place, I guarantee it is not the one I did last time."
I hesitated for a moment and replied, "Who is there?"
"There are only two of us."
"Okay, then I'll take a look." I replied.
"Don't just look at it!"
I sighed helplessly. Although Wang Zhuo is a good person and is very good to his friends, he is a bit playful. He likes to spend time in nightclubs every day, seven days a week, at least two days to go to the bar and disco.
"Zhou Jing? What a coincidence!"
A pleasant voice suddenly came from beside me. I turned my head and saw Bai Zhi and the girl standing in front of me.
Bai Zhi wore a dark blue sweatshirt today, with her long light brown hair casually spreading on her shoulders, and she looked at me with a smile on her eyebrows and eyes.
"What a coincidence." I smiled.
At this time, Bai Zhi turned slightly, then introduced the girl beside her to me, and said, "This is Liu Sheng. What I often told you before is my good friend in high school, and her school is next to us."
I nodded and said to Liu Sheng: "Hello, I am Zhou Jing."
"I have heard of you for a long time. Bai Zhi often mentions you to me, saying that she is a handsome and talented painter!" Liu Sheng said with a smile.
I was a little blushed when she said it, but I felt a little happy. If Bai Zhi really said this to me in front of her, then I would have a good impression of Bai Zhi.
I couldn't help but look at Bai Zhi, but saw Bai Zhi glaring at Liu Sheng, and Liu Sheng was covering his mouth and laughing secretly.
After I chatted with them for a while, Liu Sheng was about to get off the bus. Because their school was at the previous station of our school, she got off the bus earlier than us.
After Liu Sheng got off the subway, there were only Bai Zhi and I. Just as I was about to say something to her, Bai Zhi spoke first: "Zhou Jing, what do you think of my best friend?"
I was stunned. I didn't know what she meant by asking this, so I returned: "Hmm? It's pretty good."
"Hey, don't be so perfunctory, what's good?" Bai Zhi curled her lips.
"Uh, a girl is quite lively, enthusiastic, and pretty." I thought about it and replied.
"Then do you have that kind of affection for her?" Bai Zhi asked curiously.
When Bai Zhi said this, I understood a little in my heart, so I had to say helplessly: "How could I like it at first glance?"
She nodded, but smiled at me, "But they have a good impression of you. She has seen your photos before, and praised you for being good-looking. I told her about your situation. She said that you are gentle and have no bad habits. She is a pretty good boy."
Bai Zhi’s, however, made me feel uncomfortable. It seems that Bai Zhi has no interest in me, otherwise she would not have held a red rope for Liu Sheng.
I smiled bitterly and said, "What do you want me to do?"
Bai Zhi glared at me and said, "You didn't take the initiative to ask for a WeChat message just now. Should boys take the initiative?"
"Uh, I..." I suddenly remembered that my mother said that too, but the object at that time was Lin Qingyue.
For a moment, I felt a little blocked in my chest, but said, "Then you send her WeChat message and I'll add her."
Bai Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, you can try to talk to her, and you can calculate whether she can achieve success."
"good."
...
After getting off the subway, Bai Zhi and I walked back to the school. When we were on the school road, we naturally attracted many people's attention. Most of these eyes were because of Bai Zhi. Some were envious, some were jealous, and some were curious, but I ignored these eyes.
If it were the past, I might be a little proud, because those people mistakenly thought Bai Zhi and I were lovers, but now I have lost this mood.
After Bai Zhi and I parted, we returned to the dormitory. I was the first one to come. The other three roommates, including Lao Liu, will come back tomorrow, so I am alone tonight.
I didn't want this night to pass, so I took the initiative to send a message to Wang Zhuo, asking him when he would set out and where he would go to tonight?
Maybe it was because I was discouraged, or I needed alcohol to numb my nerves, I actually had a lot of expectations for where Wang Zhuo took me tonight.
Chapter completed!