Chapter 69 Discovering the truth
It was about an hour's drive to school. In the car, Xie Shu started to feel sleepy after chatting with his teacher for a while.
No sleep at noon, collapse in the afternoon.
Although they are not in class now, the dull atmosphere in the car still makes people want to sleep.
Not only him, many students in the car were taking a nap with their eyes closed at the moment.
He and the teacher didn't chat much after that. The teacher also closed his eyes and took a nap. He chatted with Ruan Nianxi on VX for a while before closing his eyes in a daze.
However, he sent a message to Ruan Nianxi in advance to explain, and also sent her his location and estimated the time he would arrive at the school.
When he woke up, he found that the car was parked in the square in front of the stadium.
It was the teacher sitting on the seat outside who pushed him awake and signaled that he could get off the bus. Other students also stood up from their seats one after another and lined up to get off.
Xie Shu stood up, and after the teacher left his seat, he moved to the outside position, preparing to find a space with fewer people to get out of the corridor and get off.
There were still a lot of people getting off the bus at this time, and he didn't want to crowd in as they were all sitting next to each other, so he was going to wait.
He took out his phone and looked at the time. Well, it was almost the same as he estimated.
Hmm...several more vx messages?
When he unlocked it with his fingerprint, he saw it was from Ruan Nianxi, and the time was more than ten minutes ago.
Xie Shu was so tall that he had to bend down half-bent to stand in the car, which made it inconvenient for him to reply to messages, so he simply sat down again.
He happened to be sitting outside at this moment and directly clicked on Ruan Nianxi's chat box.
Coincidentally, the moment he sat down and clicked into Ruan Nianxi's chat box, Su Qianyi was about to pass by him. Because her attention was always on him, she naturally turned to him while he was looking at his phone. I also took a curious look.
As soon as she looked over, her eyes were unconsciously attracted by the most conspicuous red dot on the screen, and it was still dazzling 99+
And what's displayed next to this dazzling 99+ is her name.
99+?
So that means that he hasn't read any of the messages she sent him before, or even clicked on them?
As long as he has been in it, the number displayed should not be 99+.
Even if he deliberately wants to mark it as unread after reading it, the number will only show "1".
It turns out that not only did he not reply to her messages before, he didn't even read them...
Su Qianyi, who knew the truth, stood motionless as if struck by lightning.
Xie Shu's fingers moving on the virtual keyboard quickly brought her back to reality.
He had time to read and reply to other people's messages, so why didn't he read hers?
Out of curiosity, she took another look at the name on the screen of his phone: Nian Xi
Although she has no surname, the only person she can think of with this name is Ruan Nianxi...
That woman she hated!
Didn't they have little communication before?
Why do you suddenly feel like your relationship is getting better now?
She didn't know that the two of them were childhood sweethearts, but in her impression, they had almost no contact in high school because they were in different classes.
Moreover, Xie Shu was often with her at that time, so he never had much contact with Ruan Nianxi.
Although Ruan Nianxi often came to him when he was a freshman in high school, he was afraid that she would misunderstand him every time, so he deliberately kept a distance from her.
After going to college, she and Xie Shu were almost inseparable. She also knew that they had no contact during this period, but why are they now...
When was it again...?
"What's going on ahead? Let's go quickly."
At this time, a voice came from behind the bus, breaking Su Qianyi's thoughts.
She only stopped here for a few seconds, but because the lane was very narrow, if she didn't walk, the people behind her couldn't either.
People behind were still queuing up to get off the bus, and it was annoying to be stuck in a traffic jam, so some people couldn't help but urge them.
Xie Shu, who was replying to Ruan Nianxi's message, couldn't help but look back when he heard the voice.
As soon as he turned his head, his eyes met Su Qianyi's.
The four looked at each other, and no one spoke.
Xie Shu calmly looked away and put away his phone calmly. Seeing that Su Qianyi still didn't move, he walked forward to the aisle of the car and got out of the car.
After he started, Su Qianyi made a move in a daze.
Xie Shu got out of the car and walked in a certain direction with a clear goal.
Ten minutes ago, Ruan Nianxi sent him a message saying that she was waiting for him to come back at the gym. He would message her back in the car and ask her exactly where she was. After all, the gym was not small and had several doors.
Because they had talked in advance, Ruan Nianxi also knew that Xie Shu had arrived.
When Xie Shu walked towards the side door where she was, she also took the initiative to come out.
Xie Shu saw Ruan Nianxi from a distance. He walked over in a few steps. After he stood in front of her, he also saw his figure wrapped in countless joys from her clear eyes.
Although the afternoon sun is not as hot as noon, the heat on the earth has not completely dissipated at this point.
Although Ruan Nianxi hid in the side door of the gymnasium and was not exposed to the sun, the sultry air still caused some sweat on her forehead.
Her long hair was still hanging behind her shoulders, and Xie Shu felt a little distressed when he saw it. He couldn't help but reach out to help her tuck the few strands of hair that were scattered around her ears behind her ears.
"It's so hot, why are you running out? Don't do this again. I will take the initiative to find you in the future."
There was a hint of reproach in his gentle tone, but more of it was concern.
Feeling the touch of Xie Shu's fingertips, Ruan Nianxi's body stiffened and she forgot to answer.
Xie Shu tucked Ruan Nianxi's broken hair behind her ears, and did not stop there. Instead, he followed her long hair from behind her ears to the back of her neck.
"Did you wear a hair tie?" he asked suddenly.
"Well..." Xie Shu's words passed through Ruan Nianxi's ears several times before she finally realized it, "No, I forgot."
She had no classes in the afternoon, so she was blowing on the air conditioner in the dormitory. When she saw that it was almost time for him to come back, she hurried out. She didn't really feel the heat until she left the dormitory door, but at that time she didn't want to go back. , that’s it.
"Then do you mind using my method to tie your hair?"
"Uh-huh."
"Then don't dislike it."
Then Xie Shu took out an outline pen from his pocket and handed it to Ruan Nianxi: "Hold it for me first."
As he spoke, he walked around behind her again and gently held up her black hair with both hands.
Ruan Nianxi couldn't see how Xie Shu tied his hair, but she could feel his caution, and his strength was really light.
"Give me the pen."
She obediently raised the pen to her shoulder, Xie Shu took it, and then gently inserted the pen into her hair.
Her hair was tied up, and Ruan Nianxi's neck felt cool, not as stuffy as before.
Xie Shu stood in front of her again: "Do you feel a little cooler?"
"Well, thank you."
Ruan Nianxi’s smile was heart-stopping.
In the small square in front of the gymnasium, Su Qianyi, who had been looking at Xie Shu since getting off the car, naturally witnessed the entire process on his side.