Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 16 Confession of Coincidence
"Take a bite, Lu Guanhai. It's really delicious."

"Don't come over here... I'll line up the queue and bring it back for you. You can enjoy it yourself."

"Why do you dislike it?"

"I hate it everywhere!"

Strong brine flavor, with condiments such as star anise and cinnamon, Lu Guanhai, who has a light diet, has always stayed away from roadside stalls.

He was willing to stand in line for Ni Manhua in the stinking sweat of the crowd, but letting him taste it himself was harder than reaching the sky.

Until one year, Ni Manhua fell ill. She had a sore throat even while lying in the hospital even after drinking water. She had to go out to Lu Guanhai to buy a bowl of braised tofu. Even if she couldn't eat it, she still wanted to smell the smell.

That day Lu Guanhai ran a long way, holding a cardboard box in front of the hospital bed like a child in front of him.

Seeing Ni Manhua's tears, Lu Guanhai couldn't laugh or cry: "What are you doing, are you crying?"

Ni Manhua was so embarrassed that he argued: "I thought that without my favor, it would lose its value, and I feel sad for it!"

Lu Guanhaiteng came out with one hand to wipe away her tears, then put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed: "This braised tofu seems to taste similar to your tears. How about I pamper you?"

Lu Guanhai looked at Ni Manhua's expectant eyes. He took a small bite at first and slowly put it into his mouth. Then he finished it three times, five by two, and finally licked the brine clean.

The skin of the braised tofu was indeed too salty for Lu Guanhai, but the soft, tender and refreshing taste inside completely captured his heart.There is no strong smell left in the mouth as expected, but there is an endless aftertaste between the lips and teeth.

Ni Manhua was still watching eagerly, drooling.After eating, Lu Guanhai threw the paper box into the trash, took out a napkin to wipe his mouth, thought of something, suddenly approached Ni Manhua, and lightly touched her on the lips: "Don't cry, there is still a little smell, give me Satisfy your greed."

At night, Ni Manhua lay on the bed after washing, the smell of green tea left by the toothpaste was in his mouth, and the smell of marinated tofu was gone.And the taste of Lu Guanhai has become a distant memory.

The phone rang, it was Zhan Ping calling.She asked in a dragging tone: "Manman...what's wrong..."

Ni Manhua was puzzled by her question: "What's wrong?"

"Oh, stop pretending." Zhan Ping said in a clear tone: "Your reaction was wrong this afternoon. Don't I understand you?"

Ni Manhua said nothing. She didn't know how to explain this to Zhan Ping.

Zhan Ping asked tentatively: "I said Manman, aren't you also interested in Lu Guanhai?"

"What nonsense?"

Ni Manhua, who was originally leaning on the soft bedside cushion, sat up suddenly when he heard these words, and the air conditioner slipped off his body.

She sat there and stared straight ahead, a warm yellow light ball was projected by the wall lamp on the white wall, she stared at it for three seconds, and then realized that she seemed to have overreacted.

The person on the other end of the phone is Zhan Ping. She shouldn't be so neurotic.

Ni Manhua leaned back again: "He and I are not familiar with each other. Jiang Lan asked us to help, but I don't know how."

"If not, just go by what she said. Whether it succeeds or not is her own business," Zhan Ping said indifferently, "[-]% of it won't succeed."

"why?"

"Skinny Monkey and I had sex in the Internet cafe a few days ago. It was not an accident that we met in the movie theater for the first time. I don't know who the talkative person in our class told them that you and I were going to watch a movie. That day, Slim Monkey was confirming Jiang Lan is that you."

It seems that Zhan Ping already knows that Lu Guanhai likes her.

But during this period of time, Lu Guanhai didn't act like he liked her at all. Except for the time when he protected her from being burned in a hotel, that might have been just a simple act of his being a gentleman.

Ni Manhua asked hesitantly: "What if... it succeeds?"

"Bless her if she succeeds. Hey, you don't like Lu Guanhai. Whether they are together or not has nothing to do with you."

Yes, she doesn't like Lu Guanhai.

This time, 16-year-old Ni Manhua could no longer like Lu Guanhai.

After chatting with Zhan Ping for a few more words, Ni Manhua hung up the phone and went to sleep.The curtains were open, and she rolled over on the bed with her eyes open. From time to time she could see the lights outside the window, as if calling her to join their carnival this night.

She stood up and closed the curtains. In the darkness, she was like a child who couldn't find her direction, her chest was tight and she couldn't breathe.

What's wrong with her?Obviously determined to rewrite their fate, he will inevitably have a new life, and a partner to replace her, she should have thought of it long ago.

Ni Manhua sat up again. She turned on the bedside lamp, took out her mobile phone, quickly edited a message on QQ, and sent it to Lu Guanhai.

"Have you traveled through time and space?"

The moment the news was sent out, Ni Manhua didn't know if he was crazy. The time machine was just an immature experiment of Lai Hongtu, and it was not a means of transportation that everyone could enjoy like airplanes and trains.Besides, if Lu Guanhai really returned to this time and space, given his character, he should immediately repeat those apologies that have been repeated countless times, and beg her to go back together and face the helplessness that belongs to adults.

Sure enough, nearly 5 minutes later, Lu Guanhai replied: "Have you read any strange comic books recently? Why do you ask?"

"Nothing, I was just curious after reading the book, and then I thought that you are so smart, maybe you have traveled back from the future, so you are very sure about everything in this time and space."

"If I were to travel through time, what do you think I would be like?"

"You are yourself, maybe you are Lu Guanhai who has experienced another life. Maybe we know each other, but that doesn't matter anymore."

"Why? Wouldn't it be nice if we met?"

"If it was a good thing we met, you wouldn't come back."

Ni Manhua suddenly didn't want to continue chatting with Lu Guanhai, she hurriedly ended the topic, said good night, and then turned off her phone and put it by the bed.

Why do people always have so much confusion, so many lingering suspicions, and so many choices? They don’t know which way to go, and they are afraid of taking every wrong step.

Ni Manhua understands the world less and less, and this incomprehension makes her feel tired.

The back of his head was already stained with the pillow, and the lights were turned off. It was a familiar sleeping environment. Before and after sending the message, Ni Manhua was always troubled by complicated emotions.

Opening and closing eyes, tossing and turning.By the time Ni Manhua's eyelids finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and stuck together, hazy sunlight was already shining through the curtains.

The time for Jiang Lan's singing appointment has been set, Thursday afternoon at 01:30.

Because I had plans and needed to prepare in advance, I invited Ni Manhua and Zhan Ping to eat out at noon.

"Shengchao" KTV has a small bar in every private room except the small ones. Usually no one pays attention to the position next to the bar. Jiang Lan will prepare balloons and gifts there. When the atmosphere is almost lively, they will think of a way. After turning Lu Guanhai out, Jiang Lan was playing balloons in the room and preparing to confess her love.

Ni Manhua's voice was dull: "What if he doesn't go out with us?"

"I have to drag him out." Jiang Lan was very confident in her plan: "If we can't get him to drink more, he will have to go to the toilet."

Zhan Ping held her chin and thought for a moment: "You confess your love in front of so many people, what if he rejects you?"

"80.00% of the boys in the school have crazy thoughts about the girls in the art class. He also had a good attitude towards me before."

Now that the words have been spoken, no one can damage Jiang Lan's self-confidence anymore.

After finishing the meal with their own thoughts, they went to "Shengchao" together.The afternoon show time is from 05:30 to 01:30. Jiang Lan and the boys made an appointment at [-]:[-]. They arrived at [-]:[-], but no one came yet.

Jiang Lan went to put the things by herself, and after hiding them, she said that she was going to the toilet, and asked who would go with them.

Zhan Ping glanced at Ni Manhua and saw that she had no intention of going, so she took Jiang Lan's hand and left.

Ni Manhua was sitting alone on the sofa. People hadn't arrived yet. The lights were turned on very brightly. The pictures on the screen kept changing but there was no sound. In the closed space, the mood became more and more cramped.

She hesitated whether to play a song. Wu Bo and Lin Xiang came in at this moment and greeted her: "Sister Man, did you arrive alone?"

"With them, she went to the toilet."

Wu Bo went to order songs, and Lin Xiang sat next to Ni Manhua mysteriously with a small bag in his arms.Ni Manhua didn't interact with him much. Just when he was wondering about his purpose, he heard him whisper: "Sister Man, can you think of a way to help me call Jiang Lan to the river?"

"What are you doing there?"

"I plan to confess to her."

Ni Manhua was completely stunned. What day was it today?

(End of this chapter)