Su Jinning replied, "Shen Moyu." (This was a confirmation.)
Chen Hang quickly moved around to Shen Moyu's side, even though the rain was already soaking him, and asked, "Top student, don't do anything rash!"
"Huh?" Shen Moyu was taken aback and didn't know what to say.
Su Jinning slapped Chen Hang on the back of the neck. "You're asking for it!"
Chen Hang hissed and stood obediently next to Gu Junxiao, clicking his tongue and saying, "It's one thing to fawn over Gu Junxiao and get her to do your homework, but now you're even going so far as to fawn over the class representative for Chinese. Hmm~."
Su Jinning gently kicked him. "What do you mean by 'fawning'? This is called being helpful! Shen Moyu didn't bring an umbrella, so I came out with him."
"Oh~ I kidnapped him!" Chen Hang deliberately didn't hear clearly and said recklessly.
Su Jinning quickly retorted, and Gu Junxiao became the one in the middle again. Chen Hang hid behind Gu Junxiao and stuck his tongue out at Su Jinning, so Su Jinning circled around Gu Junxiao and hit Chen Hang.
As they wandered around, Gu Junxiao and Shen Moyu ended up next to each other.
In an instant, the two of them recalled that rainy day in their first year of junior high school, when Gu Junxiao could only stand in the hallway and watch other classmates go out to eat in groups of two or three with umbrellas because he didn't bring an umbrella.
It was at that moment that Shen Moyu suddenly walked over, a smile on his still somewhat childish face. He waved the umbrella in his hand and asked, "Want to come together?"
"Angel..." That thought popped into Gu Junxiao's mind. He would think of it every time Shen Moyu smiled at him, and he still would.
Shen Moyu lowered his head awkwardly, pretending that his shoelace was untied, and prepared to leave quickly when Su Jinning was not paying attention. Unexpectedly, when he bent down, the rain did not pour down. He looked up and saw Su Jinning holding an umbrella and waiting for him.
Helpless, he could only stand up and say, "Thank you."
Gu Junxiao was also a little embarrassed. She hurriedly pulled Chen Hang and walked ahead with an umbrella, but she couldn't calm down. Her face was full of helplessness.
Su Jinning and Shen Moyu walked side by side under one umbrella toward the cafeteria, neither of them saying a word.
When Shen Moyu arrived at the cafeteria, he habitually patted the rain off his clothes, only to find that not a single drop had fallen on him.
Su Jinning stood in front of him, and when he looked up, he could see that the man's left shoulder was already soaked, while his right shoulder was dry.
Because his right shoulder was next to his...
He was stunned for a moment, his heartbeat went off track for a split second.
Because they arrived late, all the seats were taken. When choosing seats, Chen Hang insisted that Shen Moyu sit with the three of them. He looked at the already full cafeteria and sat down opposite Gu Junxiao.
Shen Gujunxiao didn't say anything, and continued stirring the fried rice on the plate.
Chen Hang and Su Jinning were talking about what new skins had been released recently and what "cute" teammates they had recently met. Shen Moyu and Gu Junxiao couldn't get a word in edgewise, so they just ate their own food.
After a moment of silence, Su Jinning patted Shen Moyu beside her as if she remembered something, and said indistinctly while still chewing her food, "Oh right, where's the coat I lent you yesterday?"
Chen Hang: "Pfft!!"
Gu Junxiao coughed...
Su Jinning looked bewildered and disgusted, and asked, "What?"
Chen Hang choked, patted his chest and said, "You... lend him your clothes?"
Gu Junxiao lowered his head and wiped his lips.
Su Jinning: "Yesterday, we cleaned the playground until very late. He was only wearing a trench coat, so I lent it to him. Is there a problem?"
Chen Hang asked, "Don't you have mysophobia?" After saying this, he seemed to realize something was wrong and immediately fell silent.
Su Jinning has a rather severe case of mysophobia. Sometimes, if you accidentally touch his face, he will be extremely disgusted. Yet, he would lend his clothes to... someone who had a grudge against him before?
Shen Moyu was slightly taken aback; his guess was indeed correct.
He said, "Oh, I washed it for you, but it's still wet on the balcony. Tomorrow..."
"Huh??" Su Jinning shouted a little loudly, and the students at the desks in front and behind him turned to look at him, but he didn't care at all. The expression on his face changed from surprise to anger. He said as if he were questioning Shen Moyu, "Who told you to wash?"
Shen Moyu was a little confused. He had already guessed that Su Jinning had a cleanliness obsession. What was wrong with washing her?
He explained, "I didn't use a washing machine or anything, I washed it by hand, and it's not broken."
Su Jinning took a deep breath, as if suppressing her anger, "Did you feel the thing in your pocket?"
Shen Moyu frowned. "Things? I did check my pockets, and there was nothing there, so I washed them."
Su Jinning's eyes widened in disbelief, while Chen Hang and Gu Junxiao stood there dumbfounded.
"Nothing? No way, bro, I..." He was so angry that he was incoherent. Shen Moyu was furious when he saw him questioning him like this, but since it was someone else's clothes, he couldn't argue back, so he just kept quiet.
Gu Junxiao glanced at the two of them and said gently, "Stop arguing. Can't we talk about what happened back in class?"
“No!! That’s me…” He stopped abruptly, not finishing his sentence.
Gu Junxiao raised an eyebrow, not understanding what he was saying. The next moment, Su Jinning dragged Shen Moyu out.
"Hey hey hey!" Chen Hang had just recovered from his daze when he saw Su Jinning taking an umbrella and leading Shen Moyu out, and he called out.
Seeing that the two people did not answer him, he was about to get up and follow them, but Gu Junxiao stopped him.
He sighed. "Since it's not convenient for us to listen, let's eat first and then go find them later."
Chen Hang looked worriedly out the door and could only nod.
Su Jinning, holding an umbrella, looked at Shen Moyu, who was shivering from the cold, and asked, "Who told you to touch my clothes?"
Shen Moyu couldn't hold back any longer, and her voice became a little louder, "Who moved around? I just helped you wash. If you don't like how I washed you, go back and wash yourself again."
Su Jinning was furious, her teeth chattering. "Do you even know what's in your pocket?!"
Shen Moyu felt wronged and angry. He retorted, "I only washed it because I guessed you had OCD. And I'll say it again, I checked the pockets, there was nothing there, didn't you understand?"
Su Jinning lowered her voice, "It was still on when I draped it over you, how come it's gone? Did it grow legs by itself?"
"I don't care if it has legs or not, I said I didn't touch it, and that's final!" Shen Moyu's eyes were firm, and his words were like ice picks falling from the sky and hitting Su Jinning's face.
Su Jinning, unable to bear it any longer, shouted at him, ignoring the surprised looks from passersby, "Didn't your parents teach you not to touch other people's things? Do I need you to wash them? Do I need you to consider my germaphobia?"
When Shen Moyu heard the first sentence, he froze, stunned by the increasingly heavy rain. My parents?
Shen Moyu's fist suddenly clenched, and the veins on her slender arm instantly bulged...
"Shut the fuck up! Who told you to mention them!"
He took a breath, as if gathering his strength, and said, "You have something in your pocket, and you have that stinky germ phobia on you, why are you putting clothes on me? Are you fucking bored?" When he said the last sentence, his voice trembled slightly, and his eyes stung.
When his father is mentioned, he can't help but want to cry or get angry.
Seeing him lose his temper so badly, and looking into his eyes that were full of tears...
Is he...is he about to cry?
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Author's Note:
Good morning, I'm late!
Chapter 13 Rain
Su Jinning's mind went blank for a moment. She hadn't expected him to agree to such a big deal. Perhaps she had gone too far. His voice softened, and he added, "Do you know how important that thing is to me?"
"Do you think I want to know?" Shen Moyu replied ruthlessly, the cold smile on his lips like icy rain, making Su Jinning shiver.
Shen Moyu stepped out from under Su Jinning's umbrella and brushed past him.
The rain was still falling, and Su Jinning remained standing in the same spot. Shen Moyu turned around and said, "What is it? I'll compensate you." His words were so calm, yet they stung Su Jinning's ears.
Su Jinning's Adam's apple bobbed, her voice weak and mingling with the sound of rain, "You can't afford to pay for it..."
Shen Moyu didn't hear clearly and was about to say something when Gu Junxiao and Chen Hang ran out. Seeing this, Shen Moyu had no intention of arguing anymore and quickened her pace, leaving without looking back.
Seeing Shen Moyu run into the rain wearing only a thin trench coat, Gu Junxiao finally mustered up the courage to call out, "Shen Moyu!"
The person seemed not to hear them, and as if deliberately trying to shake them off, quickly walked into the teaching building.
Gu Junxiao didn't know what else to say, so he could only turn around and look at Su Jinning, who was standing there in a daze, and ask reproachfully, "What happened?"
Seeing that Su Jinning remained silent with cold eyes, Chen Hang asked, "What's lost? How did it get like this?"
“The jade pendant,” Su Jinning said in a low voice, sounding very weak, “I lost the jade pendant my mother gave me.”
Gu Junxiao and Chen Hang exchanged a glance, their mouths agape in disbelief.
After a moment, Gu Junxiao, who had just recovered, stammered a comforting reply, "Tell me, maybe, maybe you left it at the classroom or at home? Why don't you look for it again?"
Su Jinning shook her head, her voice so soft it was almost inaudible, "I always carry them with me, they won't get lost..."
The two fell silent, because only they knew the importance of this matter.
Chen Hang had just finished preparing his words and was about to speak.
"It's nothing." Su Jinning mumbled the two words and stepped into the rain with her umbrella.