world without empathy

By the time I tidied up my things in a hurry, the sleepiness had already subsided to my head, staring at me and almost devouring me.

Thinking that because there is a self-study room on the first floor of the dormitory, even if I study until early in the morning, I don’t have to worry about disturbing my roommate’s sleep because of the light, so I quickly changed into my pajamas and got under the covers.Without the tension of stealing sleep for fear of being discovered, I quickly fell into a deep sleep state.

In my sleep, I seemed to have returned to the autumn sports meeting when I was seven years old.

The air was then, as it is now, tediously sticky and dull.The people who come and go on the sports field are all children led by their parents, some are submissive, and some are domineering.And I stood between them, looking at myself in a daze, letting the parents on both sides pull me.At that moment, I understood that a war is not a war that is full of gunpowder, and there is another kind of war that is carried out invisibly but is colder and crueler than a weapon with a blade.

That year was the fourth year after my parents divorced, and I saw my biological father for the first time since I could remember.It was also at that time that I clearly understood through his calm eyes that this person had no love for me or my mother.

When I woke up, it was already dark. When I opened my eyes, I instinctively stretched out my hands to cover them because the ceiling light was too dazzling, but when I touched my eyes, I also felt a kind of wet coldness.I grabbed it according to the touch and brought it to my eyes. After I saw the object clearly, I was in a mess.

...Can anyone tell me why there are wipes on my face?

"Huh? You're awake."

who?I couldn't remember who the owner of the voice was, so I followed the voice and looked over.

1 second...5 seconds...10 seconds.....

"Who are you?".

"..."

"It seems that I am usually too silent. Hello, my name is Meng Jiangnv, and I am in the same class as you..."

"Cough, cough, cough..." I accidentally choked on my saliva and asked her with a flushed face, "You said you were called Meng Jiangnu?! Jiang from the history books, the girl from the history books?"

"To be precise, it is the river in Jiangnan Water Town, because my hometown is in Jiangnan."

"Okay, female classmate Meng Jiang, can you tell me why there are wet wipes on my face?"

"Because you're crying, wipes are absorbent and moisturizing."

"..."

Recalling the dream just now, did I cry...

"......thanks."

"Students, you're welcome." The girl named Meng Jiangnv adjusted her glasses on the bridge of her nose, and then continued to bury her head in the book in front of her.

I twitched the corner of my mouth, although it was a classmate, but I know you have existed for less than 10 minutes...

"What book are you reading?" Since we are roommates, we must establish a good relationship first, so I try to find some topics.

"Why do fish fart?"

"Huh? I...how do I know."——|||

"I mean the title of the book, "Why Fish Fart."

"..."

"Actually, it also has a subtitle called "And Other Useless or Disgusting Encyclopedic Knowledge."

"..." I need a normal roommate! ! !

After seeing two roommates with their own characteristics, I can only pray that the last roommate will be a girl who can study together and make progress together. However, I have waited three full days for this day.

It was a cloudy and rainy day, and I had to stay in the dormitory to rest because of a cold and fever.

I have said goodbye to sports since I graduated from the swimming center at the age of 13. I don’t know when I started to be called sickly.It is inevitable that there will be a lot of rain in autumn, but there seems to be no difference between me who loves to catch a cold when it rains, and Xu Keli who suffers from rhinitis in autumn.As soon as I thought that Guo Xiao would probably start buying various antipyretics and cold medicines again, I started to work on generating black lines uncontrollably.

At this time, the door of the dormitory opened suddenly, and the sudden cold air made my head dizzy again.

Everyone else should be in class, could it be the dormitory supervisor's rounds?

Curiously, I pushed aside the quilt piled on my body and looked in the direction of the door.Because of the backlight, I couldn't see the opponent's face clearly, but even if I couldn't see the appearance clearly, I could guess how wet the opponent was without the rain gear.I saw the other party dragging the suitcase and pacing slowly, and then curled up in a wet state on the bed that had not yet been covered with a quilt.

Is it a new roommate? You'll catch a cold if you look like this?If the bed board gets wet, the quilt will also be damp...

"that......."

"Huh?!" The other party trembled slightly from the sudden noise, obviously he didn't expect that there would be people in the dormitory at this time.

"Uh... didn't mean to scare you, it's just that you get cold easily like that..."

"..."

"Although I don't know what caused you to shower like this, but there is a bathroom on the second floor of the dormitory, go wash up first." After speaking, he felt as if he was meddling in his own business, and added weakly: "I seem to be a bit busy. mind your own business..."

"..."

The air that was too silent made the awkward conversation even more embarrassing. I was so annoyed that I wanted to pretend to be asleep if I knew it earlier...

"Thank you."

"Huh? Uh...you're welcome..."

Before I could finish speaking, the other party unpacked the suitcase and went out with a change of clothes. I was relieved until the other party completely disappeared from sight.

Just as he was about to lie down and sleep, his eyes were attracted by the luggage thrown on the ground by the other party.While I was persuading myself in my heart to take care of myself, I couldn't help but stand up, thinking that this is the only time...

When the other party came back from the shower, I was dragging my feverish body and earnestly spreading the quilt on the bare bed.In fact, you can ignore it, anyway, it's not my bed, but when I think of the other party's wet curled up on the bed just now, I feel pity for no reason.After all, there is nothing more comfortable than taking a shower and changing into clean clothes and lying in a soft bed.I was thinking like this and didn't notice the person behind me at all.

"What are you doing."

"Ah?!" I was frightened by the sudden voice behind me and turned around suddenly, my head was dizzy, and I fell directly on the bed that had just been laid with mattresses.I held my head that was swollen and sore due to fever and explained intermittently: "It seems that your bed is not made yet...I want to make the bed before you come back...you can lie down directly ..."

"Is it your specialty to be nosy?" The other party came over and saw me holding my head, put his hand on my forehead and touched it, and then muttered, "It's so hot."

"Nothing... just a little fever..."

Before I could finish speaking, she squatted down and turned her back to me and said, "Come up."