stepping into the night

Ruan Chu stood at the corner of the corridor behind the gate, with both hands in the pockets of the large down jacket, his fingertips gently rubbing the lock of the wooden box, half of his face buried in the collar of the raised cotton jacket, silently He was struggling with how to deliver this gift to Lin Jiang.

——Lin Jiang had to prepare for the placement test of the Guangqi class at the beginning of school, and did not go to work directly at the milk tea shop. Ruan Chu was afraid of disturbing his preparation for the test, and he did not take the initiative to send messages to Lin Jiang in the past few days. Most of them were waiting for Lin Jiang to give When he sent the message, he raced against time to chat with Lin Jiang.

Fortunately, Ruan Chu came frequently when delivering food to the school's milk tea shop before, and because he was fair and good-looking, he always left some impressions on others, so a few seniors who went out saw him take the initiative to chat with him He said hello, and asked him if he couldn't find the floor where the takeaway was delivered.

Ruan Chu was embarrassed to say that he came to look for Lin Jiang, and after thinking about it, he asked them politely: "No, I don't work in a milk tea shop. I'm here to find someone today. May I ask where the mathematics major lives?" One floor?"

"Oh, they, their mathematics department should be on the second floor. From 201 to 225 are their professional dormitories. You can find them."

"Okay, thank you." Ruan Chu thanked them with a light smile, his eyebrows and eyes were curved, which was very pleasing.

"I feel that you are more cheerful than last semester." The senior gave him a second look, but after all, he was not familiar with him, so he didn't talk much, smiled and waved at him and left.

Ruan Chu blinked unexpectedly, and when he walked upstairs, he thought about what the senior he just met said to him casually, and realized that he seemed to be much more outgoing than before college, and he was always nervous. The string that was stretched in my heart also relaxed.

He thought about it carefully, and it was probably due to his lovely roommates and Lin Jiang.

Every dormitory door has a list of students in that dormitory. Ruan Chu started from 201 and looked for dormitories with Lin Jiang's name written on them, and soon saw Lin Jiang's name on the door of dormitory 208. .

The wooden box in his pocket has been warmed by his caress. This is the first time Ruan Chu has come to Lin Jiang's dormitory, but on the first day of winter vacation, he went to play in the secret room with Lin Jiang and two other roommates. They were all gentle and easy-going seniors, which relieved Ruan Chu's anxiety a lot.

Ruan Chu plucked up his courage, raised his fingers and knocked on the door three times, then held his breath and stood back a little, shoulders straightened, and hastily smoothed his hair with his fingers.

After about half a minute, the door opened from the inside, but the person who opened the door was not Lin Jiang, nor the two roommates of Lin Jiang's dormitory that Ruan Chu had an impression of.

"Who are you looking for?" Pei Yun is also preparing for the placement test of Guangqi class recently, but his comprehensive test ranking in the past two years is far lower than that of Lin Jiang, but he thinks it is because Lin Jiang is a poor student and has teachers who give him sympathy points. Just got a high score.

Ruan Chu was stunned for a moment, then smiled politely, and asked him softly: "Hello senior... I want to ask, is senior Lin Jiang here?"

Pei Yun's originally enthusiastic and gentle expression immediately became a little ugly, and his tone also turned cold. He uttered the three words "I don't know" and closed the door without wanting to stay any longer.

He closed the door a little hard, and the wind from the raised door hit Ruan Chu's face, which made him a little dazed, and he didn't realize for a long time that there was something wrong with his sentence that made Pei Yun unhappy.

But Ruan Chu didn't take his strange reaction to heart, he turned around and went downstairs after a moment of hesitation, hesitated for a moment and sent a WeChat message to ask Li An, who had added a friend after playing the secret room before, and when he learned that Lin Jiang was in the library, he went to Go in the direction of the library.

The students who are going to take the postgraduate entrance examination or the doctoral examination have already occupied the space in the library, and the students who walk through the bookshelves to borrow books also subconsciously try to lighten their movements as much as possible. The quiet in the library can only hear the occasional person The sound of pages turning.

Ruan Chu gave up the idea of ​​searching for the past one by one in the library on the fifth floor, came out of the library, and sat down on the side of the stairs that would not block others, waiting for Lin When Jiang came out of the library, she could see it at a glance.There are quite a few students sitting on the stone ladder reciting words and reading books beside them, which is not unexpected, but it is still the end of winter, and they were frozen by the cold wind blowing from the railings on both sides not long after sitting down. My hands and feet are stiff.

Lin Jiang remembered the time when Ruan Chu and the others returned to school in their grades, so she didn't stay until seven o'clock in the evening to miss the peak of the crowd flow before going to the cafeteria for dinner like when she just came back a few days ago. She planned to go to the cafeteria after five o'clock, saying Maybe we can meet Ruan Chu who is out for dinner with his roommates, and we can even have a chat.

When he came out of the library, he caught a glimpse of Ruan Chu who was wearing a dark blue padded jacket and sitting on the edge of the third stone staircase, and he was stunned for a moment before confirming that it was indeed Ruan Chu.Lin Jiang hurriedly walked towards Ruan Chu's direction, and quietly changed a position to shield him from the wind and stood in front of him, leaned slightly and covered Ruan Chu's red ears with warm palms, with her fingertips on the He lightly twitched his cold earlobe, and lowered his voice: "Why are you sitting in this position where the wind blows?"

Ruan Chu was reciting his English speech silently. Hearing the sound, he hurriedly looked up and met Lin Jiang's concerned eyes. After bouncing and moving his limbs that were stiff with cold, he obediently called Lin Jiang, "Senior."

"I want to come to you, but the library is full." Ruan Chu looked at him seriously, his beautiful eyes like peach petals were extraordinarily clear and clear, "I don't know which district you are in, so I'm waiting here. "

"Why didn't you send a message to ask me?" Lin Jiang slid her finger over his ear, and it really touched the coolness on his neck. Frowning, she took off the scarf around her neck and wrapped it around Ruan Chu. Followed him to the direction of the nearest cafeteria, "How long have you been waiting?"

"Soon," Ruan Chu bent his eyes, smelling the pleasant smell on the scarf that still carried the warmth of Lin Jiang's body, and couldn't help but bury his red face in it quietly, "Seniors, when will you separate?" Ban Kao?"

"Next Monday night." It was already 05:30 at this time, and many students came over for dinner just after the fourth period of class, and there were a lot of people in the cafeteria. Ruan Chu walked side by side to the sofa by the window, and happened to find a table for two that was not occupied by others.

"Why did you remember looking for me in the library?" Lin Jiang stretched out her hand to help him remove the hair that covered his eyes.

"I wanted to go to your senior's dormitory to look for you," Ruan Chu blinked, "but your roommate said you weren't here."

"Liu Lei is going to the self-discipline department to have a meeting this afternoon. Li An is also in the library and has a seat next to me, but he has to leave this afternoon." Lin Jiang thought about it, and she could have guessed that Ruan Chu, who mentioned herself, should not get it. Pei Yun has such a good face.But Ruan Chu has always reported good news to him but not bad news, so naturally he would not bring up such a small episode with Lin Jiang. Lin Jiang, who had guessed the situation, could only bear with his sullenness in front of Ruan Chu, "I will send a message directly to ask in the future. I'll do it, it won't bother me, don't worry."

This seemed to be some kind of special treatment. Ruan Chu belatedly felt that he was being treated exclusively once again. The half of his face wrapped under the scarf couldn't help but slightly raised the corners of his lips, feeling a little ashamed for a while. Looking at Lin Jiang, he quickly lowered his head and took out the wooden box he was carrying in his pocket, put it on the table and pushed it to Lin Jiang's hand.

"New Year's gift," Ruan Chu explained in a soft voice, and added a few words deliberately in order to strengthen his confidence, "I made it at home during the winter vacation, and I already gave it to my roommates, so I want to give Senior Lin a gift." Thank you... Senior for taking care of me."

Lin Jiang watched his erratic eyes and guilty expression, but didn't ask any more questions, just looked carefully at the wooden box carved with fine patterns with a smile - the box was still warm, with the warmth of Ruan Chu's palm .

Apart from the surprise of receiving a gift from someone she likes, Lin Jiang felt helpless and distressed.The elementary school boy in front of him was so cold that his ears were cold and his nose was red, but the gift he gave him was still warm, making people's hearts melt with the remaining warmth.

"Thank you, I like it very much." Lin Jiang saw the finely crafted puppet and the seal, a look of amazement flashed in her eyes, and she also guessed that it took Ruan Chu a long time to make it, and her heart softened, "Okay pretty."

Lin Jiang's reaction was the best that Ruan Chu had expected. He was very happy, and he couldn't care less about being shy for a moment. He just watched Lin Jiang quietly and nervously take out the coin that he had engraved last semester. I can't find the reason and time to send the seal, as if I have handed over my heart.

"My handwriting is not very good-looking." Ruan Chu whispered, "It's not worth anything, the senior just watch it and play with it. If you really sign some documents and contracts, don't use it."

"It's beautiful, better than my own signature." Lin Jiang caressed the rounded corners of the wooden seal with her fingertips, put it back in the box, and asked Ruan Chu pretending to be casual, "You gave it to you too." Did the roommates engrave their seals?"

Ruan Chu didn't expect that he would ask about his selfishness in one sentence, his eyes flickered for a moment, and his voice became soft again: "...No."

This answer made Lin Jiang feel a kind of joy and pride that he had never felt before. He could already feel relatively clearly that Ruan Chu treated him differently and that he treated Ruan Chu should be the same.

The two had dinner together in the cafeteria, and chatted about the plan for the second half of the semester. It was not until near seven o'clock that Ruan Chu reluctantly returned Lin Jiang's scarf that he had taken down to remind Lin Jiang to go back to the library. Then review.

"Aren't you preparing to write a speech?" The review of the placement test is very important, and it is also important to be able to stay with Ruan Chu for a while, Lin Jiang does not want to let go, "We can go to the library together."

"But there's no room in the library," Ruan Chu blinked. "If there is no seat occupied, this spot is already full. I figured out the situation last semester."

"Yes." Lin Jiang said firmly, "Do you want to go back to the dormitory or go to the library together?"

"Go to the library." Ruan Chu was embarrassed to say such things as being with Lin Jiang, but he was obviously very happy.

"Let's go." Lin Jiang took her scarf from him, and tied it around Ruan Chu's neck naturally when she left the cafeteria. The hand that lightly pressed on Ruan Chu's shoulder stopped him from trying to refuse.

Lin Jiang lowered her head calmly and took out her mobile phone to send a message to Li An, who is on good terms now, asking him to reserve his seat before going back to the dormitory.