Lu Zhinian kept his promise and returned all ten buckets of water to Sun Feifei.
Before leaving, Lu Zhinian walked up to Sun Feifei and said to her: "Love others first, love yourself first. Your mistake is that you don't love yourself but try to make others love you."
He was answering her previous question.
Why doesn't he like her?
He knew Sun Feifei's name long before she confessed her love to him. She is a permanent member of the school bulletin board who posts criticisms, and often hangs out with some social gangsters outside the school. She said she fell in love with him at first sight. One day in the second grade of junior high school, Lu Zhinian accidentally ran into her and several other gangsters bullying a girl on the way home. He helped the girl, but he didn't expect to be entangled by Sun Feifei from then on.
Sun Feifei sat slumped there, biting her lip and sobbing faintly.
After walking out of the alley, Pei Shuo looked back and said, "A-Nian, is it okay if we just leave like this?"
Lu Zhinian did not answer his question, but asked him: "Is Tang Zi okay there?"
Pei Shuo took out his cell phone and said, "I'll send him a message and ask."
"Um."
Lu Zhinian nodded and took out the cigarette case from his pocket. He knocked out two pieces, bit one into his mouth, and handed the other to Jiang Minghao beside him.
"Thank you for today." Lu Zhinian threw the cigarette to him.
Jiang Minghao caught the thrown cigarette, put it on his ear, and smiled, "Don't thank me."
Because even if Lu Zhinian didn't look for him, he would look for Sun Feifei himself.
Lu Zhinian knew what he meant. Both of them had the same starting point, for Jiang Suchu. Therefore, there is no thank you between the two of them.
Jiang Minghao looked at the time on his phone. It was almost ten o'clock. "It's getting late. I'll go back first. You can deal with the aftermath yourself."
Pei Shuo heard that he was leaving and said quickly: "Brother Hao, how about we eat something together before going back?"
Jiang Minghao waved his hand and said, "I won't eat."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Pei Shuo's words to stay, he waved and turned around and walked to the bus stop.
Tang Zi responded to the message on WeChat. Pei Shuo glanced at it and said, "Tang Zi said he had already sent Huang Jiaying over."
"Yeah." Lu Zhinian, who was white and smokey, squinted his eyes, took out his mobile phone and said, "Wait here for a while and watch Sun Feifei and Huang Jiaying come out before leaving."
This alley is remote, and next to it is a busy bar street. Although Lu Zhinian hates Sun Feifei, he still has a bottom line and cannot leave her here alone.
Pei Shuo heard something wrong in his words and asked him, "No, I'm watching here. Where are you going?"
Lu Zhinian: "I have something to leave first."
"What's going on?" Pei Shuo saw that he was pointing his fingers as if he was sending a message to someone, "Who are you sending a message to?"
He leaned over to take a look, but Lu Zhinian blocked him and said, "Get over here."
Pei Shuo made a sound and said, "Who cares about it?"
In fact, he had already seen that Lu Zhinian was sending messages to Suisui. Although he didn't see clearly what the two were talking about, he saw the nickname Lu Zhinian had noted.
Piggy.
Lu Zhinian ignored him and told him to watch Sun Feifei and Sun Feifei come out before leaving. Then he chewed his cigarette and walked towards the commercial street.
Lu Zhinian lowered the brim of his hat and sent a message to Jiang Suchu while walking.
Lu Zhinian: [Asleep? 】
Piggy: [No. 】
Lu Zhinian: [Why are you still up so late? 】
Piggy: [roll eyes, white eyes]
Zhuzhu: [Didn’t you tell me to wait for you? 】
Lu Zhinian looked at the message she sent, and her expression at this time automatically appeared in his mind. It must be the same as those two eye rolls she gave, speechless.
Lu Zhinian: [So good? 】
He said he would just wait and didn't send a message to ask when he would be back.
In the room, Jiang Suchu was lying on the bed boredly, and was stunned for a moment when he saw the message he sent. His eyes fell on the last word, and his face felt slightly hot.
She murmured: "What? I'm not a child. I have to be good."
Although she said this, the corners of her mouth turned up.
She didn't know how to reply, so she had to give him an ellipsis.
Piggy: […………]
Lu Zhinian: [Because you are so good, I will give you a gift later]
Piggy: [What gift? 】
Lu Zhinian: [Secret]
Piggy: […….]
At ten o'clock, the mall has begun to clear and prepare to close.
Lu Zhinian ran all the way to the stationery and accessories store on the second floor, "Hello, I want to buy something, can I take a moment of your time?"
When he arrived, the store clerk was preparing to close the store.
The clerk looked at the young man in front of him who was wearing a peaked cap, holding his knees and breathing heavily, and said, "We are already closed."
Lu Zhinian: "I know, I just want to buy a night light. Can you please give me some time?"
The clerk was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to do, but seeing Lu Zhinian's pleading eyes, she said, "Then let me ask our store manager for you."
"Okay, thank you." Lu Zhinian regained his composure, stood up straight and nodded slightly in thanks.
The clerk came out shortly after entering. She smiled and said to Lu Zhinian, "You go in and choose, but you have to be quick. We have to close at half past ten."
"Okay, thank you very much." Lu Zhinian thanked him again, quickly ran into the store and went directly to the lamp.
He remembered that they went out to watch a movie together before, and Tang Mi took the three of them to visit this store.
It was almost eleven o'clock when Lu Zhinian got home. Standing in the yard, he saw the second floor was dark.
"Are you asleep?"
Lu Zhinian was afraid of waking up Shu Yuan and Aunt Wu on the first floor, so he put on his slippers and went up to the second floor quietly.
He stood at the door of Jiang Suichu's room with a bag in hand, reaching out to knock on the door. After thinking about it, he put it down, picked up his phone and sent her a message.
If she sleeps, then give it to her tomorrow.
Lu Zhinian: [Asleep? 】
As soon as the message was sent, I received her reply.
Piggy: [No]
Lu Zhinian: [Then open the door]
Piggy: [Are you back? 】
Lu Zhinian: [Well, I’m at your door]
The second the message was sent, the door was opened.
Jiang Suchu was wearing a white cotton nightgown, with soft hair hanging on her shoulders. She looked at him, smelling familiar to him.
