I want to have a normal campus romance

Could it be that... my old habit of talking to myself came back again, and I accidentally said what was really in my heart?

Wait a minute! How much did I just say to myself?

"You've almost written your thoughts on your face, it's hard for me not to guess!"

"Huh? Is it that obvious?"

"Of course."

Xia Xiaoyao said to me while putting her hands on her slender waist, and after I heard her words, I couldn't help but feel ashamed. After all, I always thought that my expression management was pretty good.

At this time, Xia Xiaoyao also walked towards me slowly, sat on the sofa next to me, then reached out her hand to tuck her hair behind her ears. Combined with her outfit, I just felt that she was extremely charming at this moment.

I have to say that Xia Xiaoyao is usually very elegant, and her appearance can be said to be stunningly beautiful, but that is her appearance exposed to the public after all.

The Internet is so developed now, and I have seen photos of Xia Xiaoyao in various outfits on the Internet, so I was not too concerned about this after being prepared.

But the home outfit Xia Xiaoyao was wearing at this moment was something I had never seen before, and the style was completely different from before, which made me quite excited. I was a little far away from her, so I could still maintain some composure.

He suddenly sat next to me. Even the abbot would not be able to control himself!

Especially when combined with Xia Xiaoyao's unique lavender scent, it constantly arouses my nerves.

I subconsciously moved to the side, but at this moment I forgot about the sprained arm. When my arm was pulled, an extremely sour pain rushed from the top of my head to the soles of my feet like an electric current.

To be honest, if Xia Xiaoyao hadn't been there, I would have definitely gasped.

But after all, he had just made a big promise in front of her not long ago. If he showed any painful expression, it would inevitably make her worry again.

But just as I pursed my lips and tried to endure the pain in my arm, Xia Xiaoyao sighed slowly, then stretched out her hand towards me, slowly opened her five fingers to reveal the bottle in her palm.

Hmm? Is this some kind of panacea for me?

That's not right. This is not a world of cultivating immortals. Where can I get a panacea?

Is this...safflower oil?

"Just now when we were in the car, I noticed that you were driving with your right hand the whole time. Only when you were changing gears did you reluctantly use your left hand to hold the steering wheel. It's obvious that something is wrong with your arm."

"Uh......"

She was observing too carefully. Even I didn't notice such small details, so it would have been fine if she noticed it. The most important thing is that she was sitting in the back seat of the car!

How did she find out?

It couldn't be that she was sitting in the back seat, not looking at anything...just staring at me?

But after eliminating all the impossible options, there is only this one possibility left, even though this possibility seems... so bizarre and magical in my eyes.

After all, being stared at by a popular star like Xia Xiaoyao in the car all the way is something that seems impossible just by thinking about it.

I'm afraid that even if I mention it to others, nine out of ten people would not believe it. The only person who believes it might even say mysteriously that he had just transferred money to Qin Shi Huang and that he would be granted a title of nobility and appointed as prime minister in no time.

However, while I was distracted, I suddenly felt a cold touch on my arm. I turned my head and found that Xia Xiaoyao had come close to me without me noticing. Her hands were lightly placed on my arms, pressing something with a serious look on her face.

"Does it hurt here?"

Xia Xiaoyao said this and pressed several positions along my arm, looking very professional.

"Well... not bad...hiss——"

"Phew - it's good that it's not a muscle strain. It looks like just a common sprain. Safflower oil may be useful."

Xia Xiaoyao let out a long sigh, and then spoke to me slowly. After hearing her words, I was stunned. I was very surprised that she could determine the extent of my injury by pressing a few positions.

"Have you studied medicine?"

"No... I just got injured a lot when I was practicing dancing, so I learned some knowledge about this just in case."

Xia Xiaoyao tilted her head and smiled at me as she spoke, but looking at the smile on her face, I had a different feeling in my heart. Perhaps behind her ordinary words... there were many unknown experiences hidden.

Just like the injuries she mentioned, no one knows how many injuries she has suffered or what kind of injuries they are.

"You can apply some safflower oil on your arm. I've used it before and it has a great effect on sprains. As long as you don't do any strenuous exercise afterwards... You... Why are you staring at me like that?"

"No, it's just that I never thought... that one day I would be taken care of by a big star like you."

When she heard what I said, she was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and helped me gently press the sprained part of my arm.

"It's not some celebrity that's taking care of you here..."

When she said this, her tone couldn't help but pause, and then she smiled and said...something I didn't quite understand.

"I'm the one who takes care of you."

These two sentences are conflicting, yet not conflicting; they are contradictory, yet not contradictory.

Chapter 202 Reasons

When I heard what Xia Xiaoyao said, I couldn't help but be stunned, because my first reaction was that there was no difference between these two sentences. The star is her, and Xia Xiaoyao is also her.

If I could go back to middle school, I could even find the grammatical errors in this sentence, and then just laugh it off and say that I had found the so-called "standard answer."

However, as I watched her applying safflower oil on my arm, I suddenly felt that I did not understand the implicit meaning of her words. The warm light from the chandelier above her head spread on her long brown hair, shining with golden dots of light.

This scene is as beautiful as a painting, but at this moment I feel it is somewhat ordinary and commonplace.

Sometimes habit is a terrible thing. When you get used to a person's existence, you become more afraid of separation.

Xia Xiaoyao and I have no intersection in life. She is a star and I am an ordinary person. She has entered society while I am still on campus.

We are like parallel lines that should have no intersection, but because of a small accident, our destinies intersected briefly, and this brief intersection was the filming of the MV.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, the relationship between Xia Xiaoyao and I is no longer an ordinary colleague relationship. We are more like close friends or confidants who met too late. Even after the filming is over, we will leave each other's contact information, and the ending left for us may not necessarily be separation.

But I have heard this sentence countless times in middle school. Even good friends will drift apart from each other after going to higher education as their lives deviate. What's more, there is an invisible gap between society and campus.

Of course this is not absolute. There are always a few lucky people who will have a long-lasting and sincere relationship, but will there be a place for me among those so-called lucky people?

Xia Xiaoyao under the light is like a heroine with a halo in a fairy tale world. Her appearance symbolizes beauty and fantasy, but unfortunately... I am just a spectator who holds a fairy tale book and fantasizes about entering the story, not someone in the story.

Every time the beauty of this moment increases, I become more terrified about the inevitable separation in the future. The more beautiful the memories, the more painful they may be.

Just like most people around me, I yearn for the good life in my mind when I am in ordinary times, but when I really get it, I start to doubt and panic.

I am worried whether this is all a dream, and I am also worried whether this will leave me.

"Okay, just be careful from now on and don't do any strenuous exercise."

At this moment, Xia Xiaoyao's words seemed to pull me out of my contemplation. Looking at her wiping the remaining medicine on her hands with a wet wipe, I seemed to understand what she said in an instant.

This answer...maybe she has told me this countless times a long time ago, but...I didn't understand what she wanted to express to me.

Every time I subconsciously think of Xia Xiaoyao as the star who is the center of attention, but how many times have I thought of her as an ordinary girl?

"what happened?"

It seemed that my sudden state of stunnedness was a little abrupt. Xia Xiaoyao stretched out her hand and waved it in front of my eyes while speaking. After hearing her words, I quickly came back to my senses.

"Ahem...it's okay."

"It feels like you've been distracted a lot today."

"Uh... yes?"

After hearing her words, I suddenly felt guilty. To be honest... I was distracted quite a lot today. Maybe it was because I experienced a lot of things today, even some of them were a bit bizarre.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to give you the guitar."

Xia Xiaoyao said this and slowly stood up from the sofa. After hearing her words, I remembered the main purpose of coming to her house, so I followed her and stood up from the sofa.

But after I followed her for a few steps, I stopped again somewhat awkwardly, because Xia Xiaoyao clearly walked into her bedroom. When she saw me stop suddenly, she turned around and asked me with some confusion.

"Come in, what are you doing there?"

"Ah...it's okay."

Seeing her blinking eyes with curiosity, I finally swallowed back the words "Is it convenient for me to come in?" and thought to myself that she doesn't mind... why should I mind?

But to be honest, this was indeed one of the few times I entered another girl's bedroom. Of course...if you go back in time, it might be considered the first time.

The first thing I noticed about Xia Xiaoyao's room was that it was tidy. There were no complicated decorations or dolls. There were a few musical instruments hanging on the wall, and there was an upright piano next to the wall.

There was a faint scent like lavender floating in the room, but I didn't find any flowers or incense, which immediately dispelled my guess.

Because I always thought that the fragrance on Xia Xiaoyao's body was from the flowers and plants in her home or from the incense, but now it seems that the refreshing scent like lavender... is probably her body odor.

Looking at Xia Xiaoyao's back, I swallowed subconsciously, but fortunately she didn't notice anything unusual about me. She just walked to the piano and handed me the exquisite guitar on the shelf.

"Here, a 'gift' for you."

Xia Xiaoyao said to me with a smile, and emphasized the word "gift". This made me feel a little strange, because this thing should be a prop belonging to the crew, so how could it become a gift?

Are you going to give it to me?

But when I took the guitar she handed to me, I suddenly realized why she said this guitar was a gift, because no matter from the workmanship or feel of this guitar, it is definitely not an entry-level guitar that costs a few hundred yuan.

This guitar must cost thousands of dollars!

Even if the crew is wealthy, they wouldn't use a guitar of this level as a prop, right?

"Is this the prop the crew gave me to use?"

"No, this is for you. Don't worry... This was not paid for by the crew. I bought it with my own money. It's my apology to you for the last trip to Jinhai Hotel."

After hearing what Xia Xiaoyao said, I felt a little embarrassed, because I had just received a "compensation" from Mo Fushan not long ago, and now I received another "compensation" from Xia Xiaoyao.

Can this be regarded as a blessing in disguise?

If Manager Liao knew my current situation, he would probably feel extremely unbalanced, right?

Seeing this, I sat down and tried to pluck the guitar, but found that my hands were always out of control and I kept pressing the wrong strings. It seemed that my brain understood but my hands did not.

I felt a little embarrassed for a moment and looked up at Xia Xiaoyao who was standing in front of me. She pursed her lips as if she was trying to hold back her laughter, which made me feel like I was hit by an arrow in the knee.

"Well...I haven't played it for a long time, so I'm a little rusty. I'll practice it when I get back."

Come to think of it, I haven't touched the guitar for almost half a year. In fact, I even sold my own guitar. It would be a miracle if I could play it fluently now.

"Haven't you played for a long time?"

"Well, because... there's no reason to play it."

Chapter 203 Past

"No reason to play?"

After hearing what I said, Xia Xiaoyao looked at me with some doubt, with her index finger on her chin, as if she was thinking about something, and then she slowly asked me:

“What’s your reason for playing guitar?”

After hearing her words, I subconsciously raised my eyebrows, because I didn't expect Xia Xiaoyao to ask me this question, and for a moment I didn't know how to answer.

"Well... after entering university, I was obsessed with studying, so I didn't have much time to play."

I touched my head awkwardly and made up an answer, but it was obvious that this impromptu reason did not convince Xia Xiaoyao. In fact, let alone her, this reason did not even convince myself.

Who is obsessed with studying in college? Even if I make up a reason... I should make up a high school one! After all, I always passed the final exams in college without much success.

Of course... there was nothing I could do about it. After all, at that moment, I couldn't just sit there and think carefully before answering, right? If I did that, anyone would be able to tell that I was lying.

So looking at Xia Xiaoyao who was staring at me quietly, I sighed, and finally chose not to hide anything from her.

After all, this matter is not a secret. If you pay attention and inquire, you can find out what happened back then.

"Okay, okay, I learned to play the guitar so that I could have something to brag about when I fell in love after I went to school... Don't laugh, I'm not kidding you... It's really hard to have a relationship without any strengths these days."

After all, I am neither a rare handsome guy in a century, nor a rich second-generation with a mine at home. Although falling in love does not necessarily rely entirely on appearance and money, it also requires making up for the lack in other aspects.

Perhaps for those masters of love, they don’t need good looks or money and can still pick up a girl in a day, but I am obviously not that kind of person. Let alone a master of love, I am at most a "Zhao Kuo of love" who only knows how to talk about it on paper.

So since I’m not very good at talking, I had to find a skill to “save the country in a roundabout way”. Actually, I originally wanted to study photography, but later I changed my mind to study music because I heard it was too expensive.

"I thought you learned music because of a dream or something."

"How is that possible? Most people learn music just to show off in front of girls, or to take an art exam so that they can get a lower score and be admitted to a better school."

After hearing what Xia Xiaoyao said, I couldn't help but smile and wave my hands. After hearing my "vulgar" reason, she didn't laugh at me. She just sat with me on the small sofa in her bedroom and listened to my narration.

"So what? Did you manage to find a girlfriend in the end?"