Although He Tianran's anxious tone on the phone made Guo Huai confused, under Cao Aiqing's gaze, he did not dare to say anything more. He could only attribute the other party's state to himself, thinking that he was meddling in other people's business. I stabbed Lou Zi, causing other people's boyfriends to be so panicked.
After explaining the current location of the two of them, the timid Guo Huai quickly handed the phone back to Cao Aiqing.
"Classmate Cao...what did you send to Tianran? Why is his tone...so nervous?"
Cao Aiqing put the phone aside and calmly confessed: "It's nothing, I just sent him the word 'save me'."
Guo Huai was shocked when he heard this. He thought it was Cao Aiqing who thought he was plotting against her, so he immediately explained:
"Classmate Cao...I, I, I...I'm telling you this, I didn't mean it, don't get me wrong."
He explained in panic, his voice rising uncontrollably, causing some students who were studying on their own in the quiet library to cast their gazes in their direction.
Cao Aiqing seemed calm and composed. She stared at the helpless man and asked slowly:
"Guo Huai, why are you telling me this?"
"I...I just wanted to come and thank you...and...you asked me, so I just said it casually..."
Cao Aiqing repeated it again: "I ask you, why do you ask about my breakup with He Tianran."
"..."
Guo Huai hesitated for a long time, opening and closing his mouth. At this moment, several male classmates suddenly walked next to him. They had just heard the movement here, so they got up and came to confirm the situation.
"Classmates, what's wrong with you?"
Several boys looked at Cao Aiqing, and then looked at Guo Huai with some caution, which made the introverted Guo Huai even more afraid to speak.
"It's nothing, I'm sorry for disturbing you."
Cao Aiqing explained, and several male classmates felt like a spring breeze.
"Okay, okay, as long as it's okay. We'll just read a book nearby. If anything happens, call us."
"Well, thank you."
Several men left, and there were many whispers among them——
"Hey, I heard the voice. Is that Cao Aiqing from the radio station?"
"That should be the case. I saw the photo on the school forum. The situation just now was a confession of love, right?"
"It must be..."
Guo Huai on the other side felt even more embarrassed when he heard this. He stood up hurriedly, packed up his things, and prepared to leave.
Cao Aiqing looked at his actions with a bit of disappointment in her eyes, and she sighed.
"Guo Huai..."
"……ah?"
The embarrassed man stopped.
"You haven't answered my question yet."
"Classmate Cao... I... I just couldn't help but meddle in my own business... I, I didn't mean to do it on purpose. If I made you unhappy, I'd like to apologize to you..."
Cao Aiqing closed her eyes. She seemed calm on the surface, but in her heart, how could she be truly calm when she met the person she would almost marry in another future? ?
It's just that she doesn't seem to be dragging her feet.
Just as He Tianran imagined, Cao Aiqing will always have to face Guo Huai alone. If the entanglement between the two is not completely clarified, then no matter how much he enjoys his youthful time, he will always be depressed in his heart.
"Guo Huai, please sit down. I have something else to tell you. You don't have to be so nervous."
The girl opened her eyes again and spoke warmly.
Guo Huai hesitated for a moment, but finally sat down as he was told, because the previous pressure from the other party was much lessened, and... he really wanted to talk more with Cao Aiqing.
"Classmate Cao...you...what do you want to talk to me about?"
"The words I say next may make you feel a little uncomfortable, but they are all from my heart. Are you willing to listen to me?"
"Wish...yes, you say."
"Do you like me?"
"..."
"Do you think you will have a chance after I break up with He Tianran?"
"..."
Guo Huai was frozen in his seat, unable to move. This straightforward question was like a scalpel shining with cold light, cutting open the heart that had been hiding his feelings without any hindrance.
"answer me."
Cao Aiqing didn't give Guo Huai a chance to think. The three words of pressure instantly made the other person's breathing slow.
"I...I...I didn't think so much...I..."
The frosty girl once again guided, "Yes or no, just say one word."
Guo Huai's throat squirmed, and the hairs on his body stood up. He didn't know whether he was frightened or forced to say one word:
"yes……"
When he said this word, he felt relieved.
But Cao Aiqing, who was opposite him, had a look of disappointment, not with this answer, but with Guo Huai's usual performance.
The girl was a little angry, but also a little helpless and melancholy.
"Guo Huai, you are a good person, and I have never disliked you, but why... do you always need others to push you?"
Cao Aiqing's words were addressed to Guo Huai, but at this moment she was looking at the bright sun outside the French window and spoke slowly.
"I...I don't understand."
He was not surprised by Cao Aiqing's reply. He even felt that it was natural for the other party to reject him.
He was just a little confused. For a moment, he was sure that he had lost something, which made him feel sad, but he couldn't tell what he had lost.
Cao Aiqing turned her head and looked at the introverted boy again. From him, the girl seemed to see the shadow of He Tianran in the past.
However, she is not Wenliang, her name is Cao Aiqing.
So, now that she was facing the same situation as Wen Liang, she said bluntly:
"Guo Huai, why are you so humble and self-righteous? I don't necessarily want my lover and me to be an even match, to be exactly equal. What I want is the courage to go through fire and water, tacitly understanding Tacit understanding means calmness, facing, and passionate sincerity, rather than compromising, retreating, and useless persistence.
Lao Guo, this is not love, this is touching, just making do...
Why do you always need someone to push you?
Even if you love me, I have to force you to say it. Do you feel relieved? Did someone else help you make a decision? But this kind of love is meaningless to me...
Architecture is not just mathematics, and you are not the only one in my life, Lao Guo, we were not suitable for each other from the beginning. "
The premise of helping your lover grow and transform is based on liking, and liking is a trait that should originally appear in the other person. It can be discovered slowly and guided patiently, but it is never deliberately cultivated out of nothing.
In Cao Aiqing's eyes, Guo Huai did not have all the qualities she liked from beginning to end.
The reason why they can be together in that future is nothing more than that one person is kind and the other perseveres.
However, not all good people come from the same world.
Not all persistence and kindness can lead to a good result.
Cao Aiqing's guilt towards Guo Huai is completely different from Wen Liang's guilt towards He Tianran. Cao Aiqing's guilt stems from her desire to escape before the wedding. What she has to do is to avoid this wrong relationship from happening again. Only when people are no longer together can we be truly relieved.
Therefore, the method she adopted was completely opposite to Wen Liang.
This was the first time in Cao Aiqing's life that he explained the reasons for rejecting someone so thoroughly.
She no longer cared about who would be hurt, nor did she leave any words of encouragement in her words, because excess kindness was cruel to herself and harmful to others.
These words made Guo Huai feel ashamed. In fact, he did not fully understand the meaning of Cao Aiqing's words. For example, the girl had never called him "Lao Guo". For example, he seemed to have never insisted on anything... …
However, it is true that he likes Cao Aiqing, which is irrefutable.
In response, Guo Huai wanted to force a smile, but he couldn't. He could only stand up silently, put on his backpack, let out a sigh of relief, and finally said naturally:
"Classmate Cao, I'm sorry."
After saying that, he turned around and left quietly.
At this time, he was like the epitome of youth. Although the girl in his heart was as beautiful as ever, the relationship was often doomed to end in vain before it even started. With just one turn, they might never meet again in this life.
Cao Aiqing looked at his back and whispered:
"Lao Guo, I am the one who should say sorry... Now, we all have our own way to go. This time, you must not let others push you."
Cao Aiqing moved his gaze out the window.
In the library, the girl said goodbye to a wrong relationship. Next, she will face the person who caused this wrong relationship.
She supported her chin with her hand, closed her eyes, and her long eyelashes beat slightly, as if she was preparing to take a nap.
…
…
An hour later, He Tianran finally arrived at the library of HKU.
When he saw Cao Aiqing sleeping peacefully in a corner, his hanging heart finally fell to the ground.
There is no anger after being deceived, only happiness after a false alarm.
He Tianran tiptoed to the opposite side of her, quietly pulled out a chair and sat down, then looked at the beautiful sleeping face that he would occasionally see in class, and fell into deep thought.
No one knew what he was thinking during this period, until a quarter of an hour later, the girl woke up leisurely.
Cao Aiqing, who was originally very close to him, now just glanced at He Tianran indifferently. He had no emotion about his appearance, but said with a hint of irony:
"Did you often peek at me like this when you were in class? I noticed it several times. To be honest, it made me feel a little disgusted."
He Tianran was not angry and said calmly:
"You don't need to say these words to stir up my emotions. I know that at that time, you wouldn't think so even if you found out. But now you feel disgusted, it may be the result of our breakup."
Cao Aiqing didn't want to dwell on this topic with him and asked:
"I heard from Guo Huai that you and Wen Liang are together?"
"You called me here to ask this?"
Cao Aiqing shook his head, "No."
"why?"
The girl picked up her phone, looked at the current time, and said in a bored tone:
"Just to test whether you still feel guilty towards me. It seems that leaving your current girlfriend to meet your ex-girlfriend is because you, He Tianran, have a natural instinct in your bones."
"It's best not to joke about the boy who cried wolf, because the ending of the story will not be good." He Tianran reminded him.
"Same, even if I don't let you come to save me, if I just say I want to see you now, you will come over, right?"
He Tianran couldn't help but calm down his mood: "I thought you wouldn't want to see me that much now, or that you want me to stay as far away from you as possible..."
As soon as these words came out, Cao Aiqing was stunned. He Tianran also realized that this sentence was too unfamiliar, so he added:
"After all, I think you need an adjustment period."
"So you mean, I should thank you?"
He Tianran suddenly felt helpless. Now Cao Aiqing was so hostile to him that he, who had always been familiar with the other person's gentleness, was at a loss as to what to do. However, all this was caused by him, so he could only take the lead and said softly: "Tell me, this time Why did you call me here? You are not a person who likes verbal disputes."
"Since you know me so well, take a guess."
Cao Aiqing squeezed out a sentence with disdain.
He Tianran said without any thought:
"When I called you, it was Guo Huai who answered the phone. So, you met Guo Huai and he also told you about me. I didn't see him when I came. That means that there is no relationship between you and him. The matter has come to an end for the time being. Now, it's my turn.
You can’t understand why I just said I wanted to atone for my sins from you, but then I ended up with Wen Liang. That’s why you just said you wanted to test whether I still feel guilty about you, right? "
Cao Aiqing has already learned about He Tianran's scheming, so now that the other party has guessed it, the girl is not surprised.
"Now that you know it, I won't hold it back. He Tianran, tell me, what exactly do you want to do now?"
"You want to ask me why I am suddenly with Wen Liang?"
"That's right."
"Can't we just love each other purely? You know she has been waiting for me, and I have found her again."
Regarding He Tianran's deep affection, Cao Aiqing seemed to have heard a big joke. She smiled softly, but said in a disdainful tone:
"Hahahaha~ He Tianran, don't lie to me. The more affectionate you pretend to be now, the more fake I think you are. If you really love Wen Liang so much, you shouldn't sit in front of me now, do you know? "
He Tianran understood the meaning of Cao Aiqing's words, and this was also his biggest headache.
Wen Liang's long-cherished wish must be related to him, but Cao Aiqing's must not be.
And if he puts down his psychological burden and stays with Wen Liang, then it's hard to say that Ai Qing won't take any revenge.
This kind of revenge is definitely not hate born out of love.
It's like the two evil people who have harmed your life. If they still carry their sins for the rest of their lives, then it can be regarded as their evil deeds. But now, looking at them, they are performing a drama that everyone is happy with. Then the person who was killed would not be able to bear it no matter what.
And now, this Cao Aiqing is just like He Tianran after being pranked by Wen Liang. What they want to do is the same.
It's so twisted...I'm even scared...
(End of chapter)
