Mortal practice

Time passed quickly, a week passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhong Rui's injury was almost healed, but when he returned to school, his leg was still bandaged and two crutches were attached.

All life has returned to the normal mode, playing jokes with roommates every day, and attending classes seriously, except that I can only watch basketball for the time being and cannot play.

It was so normal that he almost never communicated with Su Jue.

The guy who used to come here every day, now acts as if nothing happened in the past week, and never came to look for him again.

What Su Jue did before made Zhong Rui feel that at least his feelings for the other party in the past two days were not groundless.

He thought that Su Jue should also like him. If he didn't like him, what did the other party do?

Zhong Rui felt a little uncomfortable, but for various unspeakable reasons, he was unwilling to take the initiative to find it.

So day after day passed in this kind of peace and anxiety.

The forum post that was once extremely popular gradually sank after that period of time, and people in the dormitory rarely mentioned it again.

Obviously it was something he had longed for in the past, but now he felt a sudden sense of loss.

Is this really my problem, or that person's problem?

Thinking about it carefully, in fact, it was obviously just back to the situation a few days before the class activities, and he and Su Jue seldom talked in those few days, at least they were able to get used to it then, why can't they not now?According to common sense, there is something wrong with oneself.

But why did the other party treat me so well inexplicably in those few days?Now that things have passed, it seems that they have been completely forgotten.

Does the other party know that this kind of self-talk has caused him a lot of harm?Zhong Rui thought bitterly.

"Zhong Rui," suddenly he was patted on the shoulder, Zhong Rui raised his head and looked over, it was a girl in the same class who he didn't know very well: "The teacher asked you to go to the student department."

Zhong Rui nodded to show that he understood, but he was taken aback for a moment. ——It seems that there is nothing special about it recently. The teacher has already looked for him about the matter about Yang Qiu. What else do you want to say now?

When he came to the student department with a cane, the teacher turned his head to see him, smiled and handed a paper that looked like a contract that had been prepared on the table to the other party: "Student Zhong Rui, congratulations."

Zhong Rui was stunned, congratulations?Congratulations on what?

He reached out to take the contract in confusion, only to see a line of eye-catching characters on it - "Application Form for Studying Abroad at Public Sponsorship".

He remembered that he did fill in this, but didn't the final quota fall elsewhere?But those bright red stamps of approval below the form are no fool.

"Teacher... this?"

Seeing Zhong Rui's confusion, the teacher smiled and explained: "Student Su Jue gave up this opportunity to study abroad, saying that it is better to reserve the places for those who are really capable and in need. The deserved winner of that quota, I hope you cherish it."

Zhong Rui opened his eyes wide and was speechless for a long time, with mixed emotions in his heart.

"...I see," Zhong Rui forced himself to put his thoughts in front of his eyes: "Thank you teacher."

……

As soon as he walked out of the office, he kept walking towards the classroom with the application form, but he didn't see Su Jue.

"Zhong Rui, are you looking for someone?" Roommate Jiang Qi was packing his schoolbag when he accidentally saw him looking around and patted him on the shoulder suspiciously.

"Where's Su Jue?" Zhong Rui asked.

Jiang Qi was taken aback: "I don't know, it seems that I haven't seen him since class."

"It should be in the sports equipment room. I saw him in there just now when I passed by there on business. At that time, I was wondering what he was doing there." A person next to him kindly interjected.

"It seems that he has been staying there a lot lately..." The girl sitting next to the man also said.

This seems to be right.

"But why are you looking for him? And you recently..." Jiang Qi lowered his head and put his schoolbag back to its original position. Halfway through the conversation, he couldn't see the shadow of the other party when he raised his head. He couldn't help but add another sentence depressedly: " Damn... what is this?"

When Zhong Rui rushed to the equipment room on crutches, he saw a familiar figure inside.

Su Chue was muttering something in a low voice, but he didn't notice Zhong Rui's arrival at all.

When Zhong Rui walked in, he could barely hear what the other party said.

"A lot of seniors pointed out, if there is no awakening from the first senior, Su Jue may not be able to find a breakthrough at this moment."

What the hell?

"...That's right, this junior's cultivation base has been greatly improved, and he has gained a lot of experience."

Zhong Rui was a little startled when he heard the other party say these inexplicable words, he thought that the other party was going crazy again, and was about to speak, but was stopped by the other party's next sentence.

"Well, the cause and effect with Zhong Rui is over here, and space transformation can already be performed."

"..."

After Su Jue finished talking with the elder, he felt relieved that the other party's consciousness disappeared from his own sea of ​​consciousness.

After all, he is still not used to his sea of ​​consciousness being invaded at will by others, but recently the elder seems to have a lot of free time, and he is also a god-turning cultivation base. Su Jue had to concentrate on coping every time, and had no time to look around, so he had to choose a place with few people.

When he opened his eyes, he felt someone in the equipment room at the same time, and he couldn't help but tense up. After seeing that it was Zhong Rui, he was relieved.

But in the next second, his brows were tightly wrinkled.

"why are you crying?"

Zhong Rui subconsciously said "Ah?", then reached out to touch his face, and found that there were tears on his face.

"I... I don't know." Zhong Rui was also taken aback, and replied in a daze.

He didn't know why, it should be an ordinary sentence, but the moment he said it, he had a sense of familiarity that he had heard more than once.

"The karma is over here" is just six words, like a stormy sea, all the sadness in his heart was turned out, so that he didn't even notice when he cried.

How is this going?He didn't even understand the meaning of this sentence, why did he have such an inexplicable feeling?

Zhong Rui felt that he was simply sick.

Su Jue was also very surprised. He looked at Zhong Rui and frowned for a while, and finally asked, "You came to see me? Is there something wrong?"

Zhong Rui took out the paper for studying abroad: "I want to ask... what's going on?"

"I was the one who snatched your spot, and you deserve it."

"……so."

There was silence in the equipment room.

Although Su Jue felt strange, he didn't leave, but looked at Zhong Rui who seemed to have a thousand words to say and didn't speak.

"There is something I want to ask you." Zhong Rui finally spoke.

"You ask."

"...Why are you so nice to me?" Zhong Rui still asked this question that he used to think was very pussy, but he felt that he had to ask it now.

Su Jue was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "I said... I want to make friends."

"Make friends?" Zhong Rui chewed three words slowly, and asked again: "What kind of friends?"

"..."

"Send food, send flowers, send that pile of messy things, all to make friends?"

"Send basketball, help me block stones, take care of me, is it also to make friends?"

Su Jue stood quietly on the spot, feeling a little overwhelmed.

He always felt that he seemed to overlook something, but he couldn't catch anything.

Zhong Rui took a deep breath and asked, "The procedures for studying abroad will be completed this week, and I should be leaving next Monday. Will you send me off then?"

Su Jue nodded in a strange way.

He was puzzled by his subconscious actions, but just happened to see the other person's eyes, and he couldn't say any words of rejection.

Zhong Rui stared closely at his dazed eyes, and finally realized that he had misunderstood something from the beginning to the end.

It's just so self-indulgent.

When he left the equipment room, he almost ran away.

Su Jue slightly opened his eyes wide and looked at the man's back, feeling a little uncomfortable in addition to being confused.

……

At [-]:[-] on Monday morning, at the gate of City B International Airport.

"Congratulations Brother Zhong, this is a rare opportunity." Jiang Qi said with a slight smile.

"When you see a good-looking foreign girl, remember to introduce it to me~" Xu Yang bumped into Zhong Rui's shoulder and blinked wretchedly.

"Brother Zhong, we will miss you..." Chen Ziming sadly stepped forward and gave Zhong Rui a hug.

"Zhong Rui..." Liu stared at herself, her eyes were a little red, and she didn't know where to start.

After embracing the rest of the classmates who were seeing him off, Zhong Rui smiled and said, "It's not like I won't be back, so don't be so sad? We can still call when the time comes."

Xu Yang asked Jiang Qi next to him in a low voice: "Is the long-distance phone bill paid for by me or by him?"

"..."

Zhong Rui kicked over.

There was no sign of that person in the crowd.

Zhong Rui was surprised to find that he didn't seem to be disappointed. Anyway, he didn't know what to say when he saw it.

After saying goodbye to everyone, he dragged his suitcase and walked into the airport. There were already many people waiting in line at the security check.

But one of them was recognized by him in an instant.

Su Jue was standing casually not far from the security checkpoint, looking at the direction of the gate from time to time. He had already stood at this place about an hour ago, so that there were staff around him from time to time. Cast a vigilant gaze.

When he caught the approaching figure, he also moved his steps and walked in front of the other person.

Looking at Zhong Rui's complicated expression, Su Jue remained expressionless as usual.

"It was agreed before, I'll see you off." After Su Jue stated this, he was a little surprised to see a strange smile on the other party's face, which seemed to be self-deprecating and relieved.

"In the end, I'm still looking forward to it..." Zhong Rui muttered in a low voice.

"What?" Su Jue didn't hear the other person's words clearly, and asked subconsciously.

"Thank you for coming to see me off." Zhong Rui looked at Su Jue with a smile and said.

Su Jue frowned - that's not what the other party said just now.

"There is something else I want to tell you."

"what?"

"Come here." Zhong Rui suddenly whispered.

Although it was a little inexplicable, Su Jue knew that the other party could not do anything harmful to him, so he really took two steps forward. Just as he was about to say something, a soft touch suddenly came from his lips.

Seeing the enlarged face of the other party in front of him, Su Jue opened his eyes slightly.

Zhong Rui's kiss only stayed on the other's lips for less than a second, and then left quickly.

Before Su Jue could react, he heard the other party say a word with a relieved smile.

"Goodbye, Su Jue."

After saying these four words, Zhong Rui turned and left without hesitation, walking towards his own path.

For some reason, he vaguely knew that after today, Su Jue might not appear in this world again, and this speculation existed since the day when Su Jue said "the karma with Zhong Rui is over".

It's like liking, but the cognition that you can't get, seems to have been deeply ingrained in your mind thousands of years ago.

——The end of the campus chapter