Chapter 2: Guo Jing I 2

  Later on, it was very simple. Guo Jing ran up and down to help Huang Rong register and get medicine, until evening when he used his old broken donkey to take Huang Rong back to the girls' dormitory. Because he had helped Mu Nianci deliver books before, Guo Jing wasn't unfamiliar with Huang Rong's dormitory. So Guo Jing very naturally helped Huang Rong and her roommates boil water for a whole day, made tea in Huang Rong's teacup, and also threw away the trash in their dormitory.

  Huang Rong is a rather proud person, so her roommates don't know much about her. Seeing that Huang Rong, who usually looks at people with disdain, didn't scold Guo Jing until he was covered in blood, even the least sensitive girl would easily think of some romantic and ambiguous things. So no one came to invite Guo Jing, and Guo Jing had to help Huang Rong buy dinner again - braised potatoes and stir-fried cabbage, Guo Jing's favorite dishes.

  When Guo Jing returned to the boys' dormitory, his brothers around him were quite excited. Many people came to their dormitory after eating, some said that Guo Jing was a lucky man with good fortune; someone said you don't understand, it has nothing to do with good fortune, it's just dumb luck; others said I couldn't see it, I thought only I could think of such a method with my sly and cunning eyes, unexpectedly you Guo Jing with your thick eyebrows and big eyes were also infatuated with beauty, and your methods were so ruthless.

  Later, everyone suggested celebrating Guo Jing's success in getting close to the physics department's beauty by treating them to a meal. However, the problem was that Guo Jing only had 53 cents left in his pocket at the time. In the end, Duan Yu generously lent Guo Jing 100 yuan, and they all went out for a drink, returning after having a great time.

  In fact, the boys were more excited not about Guo Jing's love affair, but that Guo Jing finally proved with his own experience the long-circulated love strategy - hitting someone with a bicycle. On the surface, this strategy is feasible, as long as you hit a female classmate and actively take responsibility to send her to the hospital, apologize to her, buy her gifts, and it's very possible that affection will grow over time. However, other boys seem to have ignored some other necessary conditions for Guo Jing's success - he hit at the right moment when Huang Rong was feeling melancholy; he hit with the right degree of force, so that Huang Rong couldn't move freely for a month but wasn't seriously injured; and he hit the right person, being lucky enough to hit Huang Rong instead of the English department's famous silly girl.

  In short, everyone felt hopeful about the future of love and was delighted. Of course, there were also people who secretly admired Huang Rong and now felt that they had lost their chance, but only two people were truly furious.

  One is Ouyang Ke.

  One was Yang Kang, because Qiu Chuji really gave a small test in class that day...

  This thunderous start does not mean a thunderous love that is immediately coming.

  Guo Jing indeed went to apologize to Huang Rong every day, and the auntie in charge of the girls' dormitory would often let him in because he came frequently to deliver books and was very honest. However, Guo Jing only did four things every day: fetching water, taking out the trash, cooking meals, and apologizing. He worked quickly with his hands and feet, finishing all these tasks within half an hour. Then he would say seriously, "Classmate, I'll take my leave first, sorry."

  Huang Rong said many times that you don't have to come again, and I'm not blaming you. What are you doing here every day? However, Guo Jing said very honestly: "I didn't mean anything else, once you're healed, I won't come again. Don't be afraid, I really didn't mean anything else..."

  For Guo Jing at that time, the meaning of the word "pursuit" was still on the surface, from thief's heart to thief's courage, and even the skills of being a thief, he completely lacked.

  Huang Rong is a very clever girl, she knows that the rumors among the girls are all over the place saying that she and the Mongolian giant had a crush on each other at first sight. Guo Jing told her not to be afraid, of course, she understood. This honesty made her feel that refusing Guo Jing would make him uneasy in his heart, so she just made a serious declaration and gave up her original opinion. She said seriously: "From now on, don't give me braised potatoes and stir-fried cabbage again!!!"

  Guo Jing continued to enter and exit the girls' dormitory amidst the envy of countless people, helping Huang Rong buy Haagen-Dazs, helping other girls post notices, while deeply understanding the daily life of college girls.

  However, in Guo Jing's heart, this was just a month of hard labor. Once Huang Rong's ankle healed, Guo Jing would immediately be freed and from then on only occasionally meet on campus to exchange greetings.

  For Huang Rong, this was a very embarrassing thing. Huang Yaoshi flew to the Western Regions to attend an academic conference, so she really lacked the courage to go home and live. Huang Rong was afraid of the dark and ghosts because her father, Huang Yaoshi, had only told ghost stories to coax children to sleep since childhood. In the dormitory, only Mu Nianci had a good relationship with her, but Mu Nianci had to go to Qiu Chuji's laboratory early to do experiments and couldn't come back on time every day to help her cook and fetch water. So Huang Rong could only endure eating the dinner Guo Jing made for her under the strange gaze of her female roommates.

  "Hurry up and be done with it, hurry up and be done with it." When Huang Rong had nothing to do, she would pout and rub her legs, hoping that a month would pass quickly, and then she wouldn't have to live this kind of life anymore.

  Unfortunately, time doesn't always fly by quickly, and when it does pass, it often leaves some shadows behind.

  "Huang Rong," Guo Jing said hesitantly, "I may not be able to come tomorrow."

  "Hmm..." Huang Rong nibbled on a chicken leg, her mind elsewhere.

  "After the holiday, we will have a chemistry exam. Our department's Lao Qiu is a famous catcher," Guo Jing scratched his head, "Anyway, tomorrow everyone in your dormitory will be there, Mu Nianci said she'll help you with cooking then."

  Guo Jing was indeed at a dead end, Qiu Chuji was known as the "Magic Knife" in the Chemistry Department, and his reputation was not exaggerated. Last year, Old Qiu added three points of strength to his knife, and two-thirds of the senior brothers and sisters immediately fell off their horses, with their grades sent to the department head Hong Qigong's hands. The old man was eating roasted chicken at the time, and his mouth was so big that he could swallow a whole chicken. That night, Hong Qigong personally went to Qiu Chuji's home to beg for mercy for all the suffering students in the department, and Qiu Chuji finally showed some leniency, but still left fifteen miserable senior brothers and sisters behind.

  This year, senior schoolmates passed down the message that Lao Qiu was quite disheartened last year for not achieving enough, and this year he is extremely aggressive, hoping that junior schoolmates will be careful.

  The next day was the Labor Day of the Great Song Dynasty, Qiu Chuji ended the class with a smile and said that everyone would have a good holiday, and the next lesson would be the mid-term exam. Everyone didn't need to review, even if they reviewed, it wouldn't work, it all depended on their usual foundation. Then Old Qiu walked away with his lecture notes, smiling, and the whole courtyard was filled with silly children sitting in the classroom for a full minute without any movement.

  Yang Kang hastily called his father to tell him not to cook his meals anymore, while Guo Jing immediately ran to Huang Rong's place to ask for leave.

  "Hmm, hmm..." Huang Rong thus excused herself.

  The next evening, with a fine rain drifting across the sky, Huang Rong lay on her own neatly made bed in a daze.

  Huang Rong rarely had the patience to do so, staring blankly at the rain outside the window, with thousands of threads of rain slanting down, feeling the cool breeze carrying misty water vapor gently blowing on her face. When her ankle wasn't injured, she would either go clubbing or ice-skating, or immerse herself in the loud songs of Western rock stars while wearing headphones, gazing out the window at the rain was not something Huang Rong did.

  At the same time, Huang Rong had gone a whole day without eating.

  Guo Jing had an exam, and Mu Nianci also had an exam, so she handed over the task of taking care of Huang Rong to her dorm's second sister. However, when it was time for lunch, Huang Rong waited with an empty stomach for second sister to come back and help her cook, but second sister didn't return. On Labor Day, unexpectedly, everyone in Huang Rong's dorm wasn't sleeping together, but rather there was no one around. Huang Rong almost couldn't wait any longer until 12 o'clock when she saw third sister push open the door. Hesitating for a moment, Huang Rong said "Third sister, can you help me buy a hamburger?" Third sister said "Oh, I came back to get money, they're still waiting for me downstairs to go to the Temple of the Great Country." Huang Rong didn't say another word.

  Half an hour later, when the elder sister and fourth sister pushed the door back together, Huang Rong was really starving and had to say, "Fourth sister, do you have time to help me go buy something?" Fourth sister patted the elder sister's shoulder and said find her. The elder sister hadn't reacted yet, and fourth sister had already grabbed her backpack and slipped out. The elder sister finally furrowed her brow. Huang Rong was very afraid of her frowning, because Huang Rong knew that the elder sister didn't like her.

  "Mu Nianci's lunchbox is still here, she'll definitely be back soon, wait for her to come back and help you buy it." The older sister also took something and turned around to leave.

  The door closed, leaving behind the coldness of her elder sister. Huang Rong was thus enclosed in a space alone by herself, and her only good friend, Mu Nianci, never returned. From that time on, Huang Rong began to stare blankly into space, continuously gazing at the rain falling down. She had known for a long time that the girls around her did not like her, but now she could no longer avoid facing this reality.

  No one wants to admit they are lonely, loneliness is shameful.

  Huang Rong was seventeen that year and had thought she could have the whole world. But now she found herself with nothing, no friends, no boyfriend, her mother dead, and her father not caring about her. As night fell, Huang Rong suddenly felt like crying, and tears really did fall down.

  Huang Yao Shi's daughter would also cry alone in places where others couldn't see her, something Huang Rong had never thought of... Fortunately, not everyone was unable to see.

  "Clang, clang, clang." As someone loudly knocked on the door, it swung open by itself. The person knocking on the door had used a bit too much force. Before Huang Rong could wipe away her tears, those wise and cunning eyes met again with those rough and unrefined ones.

  "Ah......" Guo Jing saw the tear stains on Huang Rong's face and shivered, his body hair standing on end.

  "I'm hungry," Huang Rong said.

  Guo Jing went to buy hamburgers and Coke, Huang Rong ate silently. Guo Jing held his schoolbag nervously, having never dealt with a situation like this before.

  "How did you get here?" Huang Rong finally said softly after a long time.

  "I... " Guo Jing could only tell the truth, "I forgot to tell you that I said I wasn't coming today when I came."

  This sentence that had been stuck in her head finally made Huang Rong smile a little. "Fool," Huang Rong thought to herself. But in the end, was it only this fool who still remembered her? The feeling of having a full stomach was really great, even if she was truly very lonely, at least there was still this foolish guy named Guo Jing...Huang Rong continued to lower her head and nibble on her hamburger.

  "It's all right, I'll go first," Guo Jing said as he stood up, "see if there are any more seats available, the exam is tomorrow."

  "It's too late now, isn't there anywhere else?" After hesitating for a moment, Huang Rong tilted her head to look at Guo Jing, "Anyway, our house is empty, you can also read books here."