At the door, Su Jinning, travel-worn and without even a coat, appeared before him.
A delicate fragrance wafted over. Su Jinning's wind-blown hair revealed a hint of anxiety, and his face was slightly pale. Two buttons of his shirt were undone, revealing a faint mole on his collarbone. In his hands, he held a rose in full bloom, its petals glistening with dew, like candlelight dancing in the night.
Su Jinning stood there, like a young man who was late for a date.
Shen Moyu gently stood up, his breathing becoming heavier.
"How could you..."
Why did you stand up?
"Huh? The nurse said I can..."
"Sit down properly!" Su Jinning didn't let him finish speaking, grabbing a handful of her hair and scolding him, her eyes filled with worry and a hint of sternness: "What if you fall down when no one's around? Get up and walk around before your wound has healed?"
Shen Moyu couldn't refuse, and just as he was about to say something, Su Jinning suddenly picked him up around the waist.
He exclaimed in surprise, "Hey!"
Before he could even catch his breath, Su Jinning tossed him onto the bed. He stared at the panting Su Jinning for a moment, then reached out to stroke her messy hair and said with a smile, "The handsome guy they were talking about, the one holding the roses, is that you?"
"What do you mean, holding Mei..." Su Jinning started to say, then suddenly remembered why she was there: "Holy crap!"
He glanced at the clock on the wall; it was almost eight o'clock. He hurriedly stuffed the large bouquet of roses into Shen Moyu's arms.
Yes, he came to deliver flowers, and then what? Should we say something after that?
Did he say he came early in the morning to deliver roses?
What an idiot!
Su Jinning looked at Shen Moyu's ambiguous eyes and scratched her head anxiously, "That..."
"It's for me," Shen Moyu said, parting her lips slightly. She then gently touched the petals, her slender, white fingers brushing against the crimson rose. Even though she was still wearing a hospital gown, she exuded a fresh and refined beauty.
Shen Moyu hid his smile, lowered his head, and kissed a flower petal: "I like it very much."
It felt as if something had struck Su Jinning's heart hard; it didn't hurt, but it itched, as gently as a sweet cotton candy.
It stirred his heart.
Suddenly, I heard words that sounded like a spoken monologue.
Why send flowers so early in the morning? Probably because roses are more romantic then, and they look better with him.
Su Jinning's steps became hurried. "I...I'm going to school!"
The sound of the door closing drowned out Su Jinning's hurried footsteps and Shen Moyu's heartbeat.
Shen Moyu smiled slightly, realizing that the roses were for her.
And what about you?
He looked out the window. "When will you take me?"
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Author's Note:
Mutual unrequited love.
Chapter 52, 80 points
As the saying goes, "Heaven helps those who help themselves," and after a bumpy journey, Su Jinning finally arrived at her class before eight o'clock.
Seeing that Su Jinning was covered in sweat and hadn't even put on his coat properly, Chen Hang reached out and nudged him, "Brother Ning, did you just come back from the market?"
"Get lost." Su Jinning slapped his hand away and took a couple of quick breaths: "I went to see Shen Moyu this morning, so I didn't have time."
Chen Hang looked him up and down, then nodded with a hint of disbelief. Just as Su Jinning turned around to take out his textbook, Chen Hang suddenly noticed a rose petal tucked into his collar. He paused, then subconsciously reached for Su Jinning's collar.
Seeing his movement, Su Jinning stepped back in confusion: "What are you doing?"
With a broad smile, Chen Hang took the petal off and twirled it between his fingertips: "What's this, Brother Ning?"
Su Jinning was taken aback at first, then scratched her head somewhat awkwardly.
But this guilty-looking action piqued Chen Hang's interest, and he gossiped, "Oh, you said you went to see the top student, but it turns out you were just giving flowers to a girl?"
Su Jinning felt a little embarrassed, even wondering if there was something wrong with what happened that morning. Let alone now that Chen Hang had singled him out to ask. He nudged Chen Hang with his elbow and turned his face away: "What little girl? I just... helped the old man who sells flowers at the door move... moved two pots of flowers."
"Oh~~" Judging from his tone, Chen Hang didn't believe it at all. He raised his eyebrows and carefully examined the rose petals in his hand, unable to suppress the corners of his mouth from turning up.
He knew Su Jinning well; whenever he felt shy or embarrassed, he would turn his head away and might even stutter. But if Su Jinning really had someone he liked, Chen Hang was quite happy for him. He was used to being alone; he needed someone to keep him company, didn't he?
"You 'oh' my ass!" While Chen Hang was in a daze, Su Jinning slapped him on the back of the head. Although the force wasn't great,
It still startled him.
"Hey, what the hell! Why did you hit me?!" Chen Hang rubbed the back of his head, looking at him with a resentful expression.
Su Jinning smiled involuntarily at his silly look, and finally opened her textbook to prepare for the lesson.
Chen Hang pursed his lips and took out his textbook to start listening to the lesson.
"Cough cough!" Yan Sheng was probably getting old; he needed to drink half a glass of water to moisten his throat before he could continue teaching. He picked up his textbook, glanced at today's content, and, not too nervous, looked up again to give the students in Class 8 some motivational speeches.
"I'm telling you guys, you really need to step up your game now. Not to mention you'll be in your senior year next semester, you're about to be divided into different classes. If you keep being this lazy, you'll never see the light of day."
"Yes—" the students responded to the teacher's inspirational words with drawn-out tones.
Actually, they don't really dislike Yan Sheng's rambling. Firstly, they know it's for their own good, and secondly, they can take a break when he's giving motivational speeches.
Su Jinning also took the opportunity to discuss the parts she didn't quite understand with Chen Hang and He Qing, and confidently filled them in her notes: "So that's how it is! Now that I see, I'm sure I'll get into Class A in the next exam!"
"Tch!" Chen Hang sneered mercilessly, "I'm telling you, Ning, you should get 400 points first!"
This time, Su Jinning didn't scold him, but smiled slightly: "You should win Chen Yuanyuan over first."
Chen Hang jumped up and covered Su Jinning's mouth: "Damn! Ning-ge, keep your voice down!" After saying that, he glanced at Chen Yuanyuan's back guiltily and breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Jinning laughed so hard he almost fell over: "I'm not trying to be mean, but being such a coward isn't like you at all. Show me your fighting skills, unleash your full power!" He then pretended to throw two punches.