Half-baked

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Looking at Duan Huaian's natural movements, I was speechless.
She was silent for a while, then turned and went into the kitchen to get some water.

Duan Huai'an originally wanted to follow him, but suddenly remembered that he had left something in the car, "I'll go get something from the car."
Miss: "Take the tissue again?"
"..." Duan Huai'an clicked his tongue, "Get the computer."

Huai Nian responded slowly, then raised his head to drink water.
While drinking water, she heard Duan Huai'an opening and closing the door. After drinking water, she took her books and went into the study to study. She took out books from her bag one by one, and as if she thought of something, she began to rummage through her bag. She remembered that she had brought out her campus card, but why couldn't she find it?
After searching for a while, I still couldn't find it.
Maybe she remembered it wrongly and she didn't bring her campus card with her.

About five minutes later, the sound of a door opening was heard inside the room, and footsteps were getting closer and closer.

I vaguely felt a pair of eyes staring at me. I turned my head and saw Duan Huai'an standing by the study door.
"Let me tell you something," he said.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Huai Nian had a bad feeling, "Is it related to me?"
"Forget it."

After a two-second pause, Duan Huai'an said, "I just ran into your childhood sweetheart in the garage."
Huai Nian didn't dare imagine the scene of the two of them meeting, and tried to speak gently, asking him: "You two are not familiar with each other, so you probably didn't communicate much, right?" And you didn't make any sarcastic remarks, did you? Huai Nian didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence.

Duan Huai'an said calmly, "Of course."
Missing a sigh of relief.
Then, he was heard saying, "We exchanged several sentences."

"..."
Speak! Can you? No! Pant!
Huai Nian looked a little stunned, and asked him reluctantly, "You two didn't quarrel, did you?"
"of course."
"...had a quarrel?" She took over what was about to be said after "Of course".

Duan Huai'an stared at Huai Nian expressionlessly: "Do you think I have a bad temper?"

I miss you and want to say, aren't you? Aren't you the one who is always angry?
Facing his unexpected look, Huai Nian resisted the urge to complain and changed the subject: "What did you talk to him about?"

"Want to know?"
"Ah."
"Oh." Duan Huai'an smiled indifferently, "No comment."
After saying that, he turned and left, leaving her with a back that looked like he really wanted a beating.

He came suddenly and left suddenly, leaving her with a meaningless conversation.
Missing what he meant by coming here, she reluctantly looked away and continued to review her book. But she couldn't concentrate at all. After a while, she took out her phone and opened WeChat.

She and Xu Ruqing have not been in touch since they added each other on WeChat.
Therefore, Xu Ruqing's WeChat was hidden at the bottom of the contact list, and she had to scroll for a long time before she found it.

After thinking for a while, she sent a message to Xu Ruqing: [Brother Ruqing, I heard from Duan Huai'an that you two just met in the garage.]

The news was like a stone sinking into the sea.
Xu Ruqing didn't reply to her.

And the other side.

After Duan Huaian left the study, he went downstairs again, went to the garage and drove back to school.
In the underground garage, the air was filled with cramped and stuffy heat.
He walked towards the parking space, his mind unconsciously recalling the scene ten minutes ago.

It was Xu Ruqing whom he met just after he got out of the elevator and walked to the parking space.

Duan Huaian didn't think that the two of them were in a relationship where they could meet and greet each other. He was about to ignore the other party and walk to his car when Xu Ruqing stopped him.
"What a coincidence, we meet again." The voice was light, floating in the empty underground garage, with bursts of faint sounds.

Duan Huaian stopped.
Eyes facing each other.

Duan Huaian raised the corners of his eyes slightly, and the way he looked at people carried a hint of stern scrutiny.
He said calmly, "What's the matter?"

"I'm sorry," Xu Ruqing said, "I don't have any hostility."
As he spoke, he walked towards Duan Huai'an, closing the distance between them.
"Huai Nian and I just came here in the same car, and Huai Nian's campus card fell on the car." Xu Ruqing handed the campus card in his hand to Duan Huaian, with a humble demeanor and a great sense of propriety.

Duan Huaian stared at Xu Ruqing's hand stretched into the air and the campus card held in his palm.
The front of the campus card is facing up, with the name and student number on the left and the nostalgic ID photo on the right.

Silence for two seconds.

Duan Huai'an grabbed the campus card he missed so much, his eyes were as dark as ink, and he looked very oppressive: "You two are coming in one car?"
Xu Ruqing smiled gently, "Didn't I tell you about my longing? We met at the school gate. She heard that I was coming back too, so she invited me to ride in the same car with her."

It can be guessed that with her polite personality, she would not be able to be cold and ignore her brother who took good care of her when she was a child.

Duan Huai'an glanced at Xu Ruqing for a few times, and suddenly, his lips relaxed, "In that case, I'll pay for the fare of the online car-hailing service."

As soon as he finished speaking, the expression on Xu Ruqing's face cracked.
He forced himself: "What?"

"If you don't want to be A, forget it." Duan Huai'an deliberately misinterpreted the situation, turned around, and continued to walk towards his car. The air was filled with dust and it was hot in the summer, but his voice was cool, different from the heat, "You're quite stingy."
"..."

……

Duan Huaian's eyes were cold and depressed as he looked into the dark carriage.
The situation is completely different from Shang Jingze's. This Xu Ruqing knew Huai Nian earlier than him.
Duan Huaian couldn't face this man calmly.

Moreover, that night, Duan Huaian finished his work in the laboratory and returned home at ten o'clock in the evening.
There was the sound of water dripping in the bathroom.
Huai Nian was taking a shower and her cell phone was on the coffee table.

The TV screen in the living room was still on, playing a variety show. The male and female hosts' hip-hop laughter filled the empty and quiet room.

Duan Huaian was annoyed by the noise, so he grabbed the remote control on the coffee table and pressed pause.
The room suddenly became quiet.
When he put the remote control back on the coffee table, he caught a glimpse of the nostalgic mobile phone screen lighting up.

A message came in, and the sender's name was displayed: Xu Ruqing.

And the content of the message: [I've always wanted to ask you, why are you with Duan Huai'an? ]
Just after I finished reading this message, another new message came.
[After all, you two don't look like the same kind of people. ]

The phone screen lit up and dimmed, and Duan Huaian remained bent over to put down the remote control for a long time.
Before I knew it, the sound of water in the bathroom stopped and the sound of the hair dryer became faint.

Huai Nian blew her hair dry until it was still a little damp, then turned off the hair dryer, opened the bathroom door, and walked to the living room. When she looked up, she saw Duan Huai'an sitting on the sofa.
He sat lazily, leaning against the soft back of the sofa. He seemed to be watching TV calmly and attentively, but in fact the TV screen showed a paused picture. Realizing that he was distracted and missing not disturbing him, she looked around, looking for her phone.

The lights in the living room were not on. She was watching a variety show before taking a shower. When she watched TV, she didn't like to turn on the lights. She liked the feeling that everything around her was dark, with only the TV screen lit.
So, in the dimly lit room, she was like a headless fly, looking everywhere for her cell phone but couldn't find it.

Duan Huai'an's voice suddenly came from behind: "What are you doing?"
Huai Nian said: "I'm looking for my phone, have you seen my phone?"

Duan Huaian paused for a moment, as if he was thinking about where to hide the phone. However, when he opened his mouth, Huai Nian realized that he was thinking about how to be clever in being sarcastic.
"Are you talking about the phone that can receive messages from your 'Brother Ruqing'?"

"..." The sudden mention of "Brother Ruqing" caught Huai Nian off guard. Just as she was about to ask why he was mentioned, some fragments flashed through her mind. She remembered the message she sent to Xu Ruqing in the afternoon. Huai Nian pursed her lips and said vaguely, "My phone can also receive your message." "I saw you were in a hurry to find your phone, and I thought you were in a hurry to reply to his message." Duan Huai'an glanced at her lightly, "Were you so impatient when you replied to my message?"
"I always reply to your message within seconds now." Nostalgia rarely prevails.

Duan Huaian's eyelids twitched. Huai Nian was telling the truth. She had been really well behaved recently and replied to his messages within seconds.
Unlike before, when he would send ten messages before she would slowly reply to one, and most of the time her reply would be a single word like “oh”, “yeah”, or “ok”.

"But what did Xu Ruqing send me?" Huai Nian didn't dare to call him "Brother Ruqing". She was also afraid that Duan Huaian would repeat himself in a sarcastic tone if she called him senior. Fortunately, she just called Xu Ruqing by his full name.
"Look for yourself." Duan Huaian raised his chin towards the coffee table.

Looking in the direction he pointed, Huai Nian found his cell phone.
She reached out to take it, turning sideways towards Duan Huaian, so Duan Huaian didn't notice her panic and guilt in her movements.
After getting the phone, Huai Nian stood up first, and then heaved a sigh of relief when he found that there was nothing else on the phone except Xu Ruqing's message. Then, he sat down next to Duan Huai'an with peace of mind.

In case Duan Huaian said something nonsense, Huai Nian opened the chat box with Xu Ruqing in front of him.

After seeing the content of the message sent by Xu Ruqing, Huai Nian froze for several seconds.
No wonder Duan Huaian looked in a bad mood just now.

Huai Nian's lips moved, and when she was about to say something, Duan Huai'an interrupted her: "How are you going to reply to him?"

The room suddenly became quiet.

To be honest, I totally agree with what Xu Ruqing said.
Until now, Huai Nian still thinks that she and Duan Huaian are not the same kind of people.
It's just because of a deviation in the trajectory of their lives that they are in their current situation.

The dead silence was broken by the ringing of Duan Huaian's cell phone.

Duan Huai'an picked up the phone impatiently and wanted to hang up, but found that it was a call from the laboratory, so he had to answer it. He responded coldly, and it was unknown what the other party said. Before hanging up the phone, Duan Huai'an said, "I'll be there in ten minutes."

"..."

Nostalgia was a little confused about the current situation, "Where are you going?"
Duan Huai'an said: "Something happened in the laboratory, I have to go there."
He stood up and walked towards the entrance. After taking a few steps, he paused, changed direction, and faced Huai Nian. He lowered his eyes and glanced at her silently. The air around him seemed to be sucked dry, and Huai Nian felt a little breathless.

I missed him because I thought he would threaten me, and I also thought he would say something to make me angry, just like he did before.

But at this moment, Duan Huai'an said word by word: "I really am annoyed with this person."

After saying that, Duan Huaian turned and left.
He opened the door with a dull bang.
The nostalgic heart finally settled down.

Instead of opening WeChat, she opened a new question-and-answer app.
Just now, when she was watching a variety show, she was bored and opened the dormitory group, and found that everyone was enthusiastically discussing the latest news about the school's confession wall. Huai Nian asked something, and then someone sent her a link to the confession wall.

I miss clicking the link.
The content of the confession wall is: [Qiuqiu, I deliberately threw my school card into the girls' dormitory in order to have a relationship, but no one picked up my school card. I want to ask, is the place where you can reissue your campus card still open? How much does it cost to reissue your campus card? ]

"..."

Huainian really admired this boy. She had nothing to do, so she clicked on the confession wall and read the rest of the content.
The posts on the confession wall are rich and varied, with some complaining about dormitory relationships, others posting photos to save others, and most asking people to analyze their feelings. After all, the confession wall, as the name suggests, is about feelings.

As she flipped through the books, she suddenly felt the urge to submit an article.
But she was also afraid that the person who operated the confession wall would know her. After all, she was posting on WeChat, and she knew people in various colleges. If she was discovered, she would be really embarrassed to death.

So she pretended to be embarrassed for others and asked the three people in the dormitory: [What if they are discovered by acquaintances? ]

Jing Yue: [We should still cherish the kindness of the person, not laugh at him, but consider him. ]
Zhu Yutong: [To be honest, if I were the person who threw the school card, I would have the urge to dig the ground and bury myself. And posting such a thing on the white wall, isn't it embarrassing! ]

Miss: [Maybe he has a strong desire to talk. 】
Xu Fu: [If you have a strong desire to talk, find a Q&A app. ]
Then, Xu Fu posted the name of a question-and-answer app, with a sentence: [Solve all problems without embarrassing yourself. I really admire this stupid man! I really don’t understand how such a stupid man could get into Nanjing University.]

Xu Fu's attack power is particularly strong, Huai Nian is puzzled: [What's wrong with her? ]
Jing Yue: [I don’t know.]
Zhu Yutong distanced herself from the matter: [We left after dinner, it has nothing to do with us.]

Xu Fu: [I also want to ask a question on the Q&A app. ]
Xu Fu: [Why did the chili pepper hanging from the tree happen to me? What did I do wrong, God? ]

Jing Yue: [No need for a Q&A app, I can answer the questions for you. ]
Xu Fu: [Doctor Jing, I am all ears.]
Jing Yue: [You did the wrong person, just find someone else to do it. ]
Xu Fu: [Doctor Jing is amazing, he is like Hua Tuo in the world, a miracle doctor. His words can wake up the sick.]
Jing Yue: [Keep a low profile. ]

Huai Nian did not participate in their discussion, but downloaded the question-and-answer APP that Xu Fu mentioned.
After the download was successful, she registered an account and typed in a random name. She thought for a while and didn't dare to post it exactly as it was, so she modified the content before posting it.

——【I accidentally kissed a cool male god while drunk. After I woke up, he suddenly said that he had been secretly in love with me for a long time and wanted to date me. Do you think I should agree?】

It has been three hours since I posted this.
Sadly, there are no comments below.

She exited the app and opened WeChat again. She didn't know how to reply to Xu Ruqing's message. She thought that Xu Ruqing had waited so long to reply to her, so she didn't need to reply immediately. She decided to reply when she had thought of the answer.

After closing the chat interface with Xu Ruqing, Huai Nian discovered that there was new message in the dormitory group.
She clicked it casually.

Xu Fu shared a screenshot.
I miss clicking on the screenshot, and there is a line of bold and black words on the screenshot:
[I accidentally kissed a cool male god while drunk. After I woke up, he suddenly said that he had a crush on me for a long time...]

Xu Fu: [I just suddenly thought of this APP, and then I ran over to check it out, and found this problem. ]
Xu Fu: [It’s quite interesting.]

I can’t bear to watch what follows.
This screenshot is like a brick, hitting the top of my head with nostalgia.
I miss being smashed to pieces.

"..."
No, she went to the Q&A app on purpose, so how could she be discovered by her roommates?

The three people in the dormitory have already started a passionate discussion based on this screenshot.

Zhu Yutong: [A cool male god? I don’t believe it. How cool is he? Do you miss the cool Duan Huai’an? ]
Xu Fu: [My advice is to not agree yet. After all, you can’t judge a person by appearance. What if he is like the guy I met today and is not good in that aspect?]
Jing Yue: [Why did the male god confess to her after kissing her? Is she showing off her kissing skills? She wants the man to be inseparable from her after a kiss? ]

(End of this chapter)