Chapter 132: After Waiting Forever, Today Finally Arrived
She stood there, catching her breath—tiny, delicate as a carved melon seed face, shining brightly. Her long black straight hair spilled elegant waves over her fragrant shoulders.
Running over in a rush, her stubby bangs plastered to her face, making her snow-white skin look even colder.
Xu Shuai’s eyes froze for a second, then he confidently tossed his hair back: “Hello, gorgeous! I’m Xu…”
Before he could finish, Li Long Long slapped his face—covering his mouth—and pushed him aside, smiling confidently: “Hello, gorgeous. My name is… uh… uh… ”
Huang Fei abruptly pushed Li Long Long away, standing tall and straightening his collar with pride: “Hello, beauty. Nice to meet you; I’m Huang Fei.”
The girl’s eyes sparkled as she nodded lightly, yet a faint aloofness crept into her tone: “Hi. I’m looking for him.”
Her voice was clear and crisp, like snow melting at the mountain’s peak—clean but veiled in a slight coldness.
Huang Fei froze awkwardly for a moment, his hand stiffly adjusting his collar, then he chuckled nervously and sidestepped.
The girl took a bottle of iodine solution and some bandages, heading purposefully towards Long Di Tian: “Sorry, and thank you.”
Sorry because he stepped in front of the bottle that was about to smash him.
Thank you because only he stood up and shielded her from the flying bottle.
“Eh, it’s nothing,” Long Di Tian chuckled. “That kind of old perv just likes to pick on girls. Next time, just call the police—you’ll shut him up in no time!”
The girl looked at the iodine and bandages in her hands, then at Dragon Brother—drunk and wobbling—and the other three who looked like they might keel over.
She cast her gaze downward, her originally fierce and stunning little face softening into a gentle warmth. “You guys have been drinking. Let me help detox you. It’s hot out, and I worry about infection.”
Under the streetlamp, she stood behind Long Di Tian. For the first time, she saw a stranger’s bare upper body—his cool white skin—her face subtly blushing.
He had a swelling on his broad back, with a tiny cut above it.
She carefully cleaned the wound with a cotton swab dipped in iodine.
“Your hand’s still a little cold,” she said, tilting her fingertip shyly. “Sorry, I’ll be more careful.”
It’s inevitable that she’d touch him a little while applying the bandage.
“No problem, it’s pretty comfy,” he replied, surprised at how relaxing the cool touch was.
Her words sounded teasing in his ears, almost like flirting—slightly off-limits.
“You, you… do you often say stuff like that to other girls?” he asked, sounding so natural that it felt like he said it every day.
“Huh?” Long Di Tian turned his head. “What?”
Seeing Long Di Tian confused and a little out of it, the girl’s lips curved into a faint smile. Her rarely seen smile made her look cool and distant: “Nothing.”
Long Di Tian straightened up, buttoned his clothes, then said to her: “Thanks.”
She let out a light laugh—this man, after drinking, seemed so silly, so goofy.
He was the one who helped her—surely she should be the one thanking him?
But he didn’t seem to care at all.
She placed the iodine and bandages into Long Di Tian’s hand: “I’ll be leaving now.”
As she passed by Huang Fei and the others, she noticed their phones showing a penguin interface. She nodded slightly and quickened her pace.
“If it weren’t for you two, I’d almost have added her on Penguin too,” she muttered.
“Bull cr*p.”
“Wait, isn’t it 10:30? When do dorms close?”
“Seems like eleven!” Long Di Tian said. They all froze briefly, then bolted toward T University.
The girl looked back at their fleeing figures, her gaze landing on T University’s west gate not far off…
…
“Hoo~~”
“Hoohoo~~~”
“Hoo hoo hoo~~~~”
Ye Liang Chen was at the subway entrance, taking deep breaths repeatedly.
“Finally, today’s here. Haha, this time I’ll get everything back—those who looked down on me, those who didn’t choose me—let them all regret it!”
A shadow of gloom flickered across Yeh Liang Chen’s face as he spoke.
His family had drained their savings to keep him in school, all thanks to that b*stard Dragon Brother.
If he hadn’t forced Hu Yu Ying—if she hadn’t helped him review—he could’ve gotten into Kyoto easy!
Dragon Brother indirectly ruined everything for him: “Just wait. I’ll make you pay!”
He exhaled a cloud of gray, then took out a mirror to groom his hair.
He wanted to look his best, eager for his destined meeting with Little Blue Plum, Lin Wan Ning—an instant crush, a forever love at first sight!
Imagining her shock and surprise made him grin.
Back in kindergarten, he met a girl next door.
Back then, his family hadn’t moved from the village to the city.
Lin Wan Ning was his deskmate; though he often bullied her, they were just kids—what did they know?
He remembered once, maybe a few grades ago, during a summer visit back to his hometown, he even helped her once.
And thanks to his reminder, she recognized him quickly too…
“Maybe that moment left an indelible mark on Lin Wan Ning’s heart,” he mused.
“Hah, what a headache,” he said, but inside, he was secretly very happy.
If he remembered correctly, today, because of the influx of freshmen, Lin Wan Ning accidentally knocked over a car’s iced red tea.
She was cornered, insulted, injured her leg struggling, and when more people gathered, the attacker was so scared he threw down 200 yuan in medical fees and ran away hastily.
Little Blue Plum was misunderstood, didn’t want to go back to the dorm, and secretly hid here crying.
In his dreams, he was also here—had gone out to eat with Hu Yu Ying when Dragon Brother broke a beer bottle over him.
Getting stitched up at the hospital, then taking the subway back to school, a tissue inadvertently dropped—fated encounter, the second meeting prepared.
This time, he wasn’t hit with a beer bottle, but he had enough tissues to spare.
In his dream, he was injured—passing by, a tissue dropped here.
That’s why tissues became the thread that connected them.
He checked the tissue in his hand, a slight smile curling his lips—everything was in place, just waiting for the perfect opportunity!
He yearned to go help her directly, but to avoid butterfly effects, he held back.
This time, he decided to respect fate…
So, he crouched here, happily waiting.
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(End of excerpt)
