When I woke up my girlfriend was gone

It snowed all night yesterday, looking at the land covered with silver from a distance, it is very beautiful.

Zuo Yin returned to the dormitory with the two packed meals from the cafeteria, and when she opened the door, she heard particularly eloquent Japanese.

Yuan Yuan was sitting cross-legged on her beanbag sofa, with potato chips on her lap and a Coke in hand, leisurely watching the Japanese animation played on the iPad.

There was no class this morning, Zhang Zhang went out with a few of her little sisters, Xu Xu and her boyfriend went to tutoring, Yuan Yuan couldn't find someone to bring food, so he poked Zuo Yin.

"Your rice bowl." Zuo Yin said and put the boxed lunch in her left hand and her meal card in Yuan Yuan's hand.

"Thank you." Yuan Yuan's voice was crisp, she held up the potato chips in her hand and looked at Zuo Yin, "Do you want to eat?"

"No." Zuo Yin shook her head, but her gaze stayed on Yuan Yuan's iPad.

When she got closer, she realized that Yuan Yuan was watching "Howl's Moving Castle".

She also likes this anime movie very much.

"Howl's Moving Castle is very beautiful." Yuan Yuan enthusiastically introduced, "Would you like to watch it together? How handsome is Hal! He's going to turn into black hair after a while! It's so beautiful!"

Zuo Yin nodded, first agreed with Yuan Yuan's point of view, and then declined her again: "Thank you, no need."

"Come on, I think it's strange to be deserted." Yuan Yuan was unyielding, pulled Xu Xu's gaming chair aside and pressed Zuo Yin down, and opened a box of yogurt, "Please, I know you don't like it." I like to drink Coke."

Zuo Yin had no choice but to be respectful rather than obedient, and took the yellow peach yogurt handed over by Yuan Yuan, and put her boxed lunch on Yuan Yuan's table, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Yuan Yuan said and put the iPad in the middle of the left tone, "I like Hal very much. I bought a lot of Hal's baji for a while, look."

Saying that, Yuan Yuan opened the cupboard at hand, and a round badge with Hal's head on it was pinned to the white satchel.

"Which one do you like?" Yuan Yuan asked curiously.

Zuo Yin pointed to the jumping scarecrow on the screen, and said, "He."

Compared with others, Zuo Yin likes neither Sophie nor Hal, but Caitou.

It's that stubborn scarecrow.

Lonely, he developed love for this girl who had no intention of saving him, and guarded her side, and after knowing Sophie's heart, he let go and left, which was considered cool.

"He..." Yuan Yuan was a little unbelievable, but after thinking about it for a while, he smiled, "But he really looks good when he transforms back. It seems that our Xiaoyin likes a gentle male supporting role."

Zuo Yin just smiled and didn't speak any more.

In the picture, Sophie and Hal are standing together, interacting familiarly and intimately, Caitou is standing beside him with a smile on his face, but Zuo Yin feels that he must be very sad now.

Just like when I saw Zhou Lin talking to Shen Qingzi that day.

Maybe she is Caitou herself.

The same lack of expression, the same loneliness before meeting her.

At this time, the phones of Zuo Yin and Yuan Yuan vibrated at the same time, and a notification in the class group popped up on the screen: The biennial National Oil Painting Exhibition is about to open, and the whole society is calling for papers.

Looking at these words, Zuo Yin suddenly remembered the expectations that Shen Lai had said to herself a few days ago.

I didn't expect this exhibition to come so soon.

"Xiaoyin, are you going?" Yuan Yuan looked at the notice and asked.

"En." Zuo Yin nodded.

She wanted to go, but this was her first time participating in this kind of oil painting competition, and she had no experience at all.

She didn't know that she couldn't win the award with her current painting skills, and she wasn't even sure if she could enter the preliminary round.

"I think Xiaoyin, if you go there, you will definitely win an award, maybe you will come back with a gold award, and you will be famous by then!"

Yuan Yuan was very excited when he said the hype, but Zuo Yin remained expressionless, "This kind of awards are all participated by painters from all walks of life all over the country. I'm just a student, don't say that."

"Oh." Yuan Yuan immediately suppressed the publicity just now, and nodded sensiblely, "Then let's continue eating."

Zuoyin nodded, his eyes were on Caitou, but he was still thinking about the notice just now.

She wanted to call Shen Qingzi and ask her opinion.

Or go directly to the hospital to find her.

The sky was getting dark, but the sun was still there, but the moon couldn't wait to appear on the other side of the sky. The sparrow landed on the snow-covered branches, fluttering its wings and shaking off the white snow.

Shen Qingzi looked at the brightly lit ward. The people who came to visit during the day had already left, and the nurse had just left work.

The room became quiet all of a sudden, empty and lonely.

Shen Qingzi looked at the time on the phone's calendar, and there was a red dot on tomorrow's date, drawing the shape of a birthday cake.

Tomorrow is Shen Yue's birthday in the lunar calendar, and Shen Qingzi would visit Shen Yue alone at this time in previous years.

Shen Qingzi didn't want to miss this year either.

But this morning, Zhou Lin and Shen Lei seemed to have foreseen Shen Qingzi's thoughts, coaxing, tricking and ordering her to stay obediently in the hospital tomorrow.

Now I'm afraid I can't sneak out by myself.

"Ah." Shen Qingzi sighed, her thin shoulders slumped a little.

"Dangdang."

It was two crisp knocks on the door of the ward.

Shen Qingzi chatted with Shen Lei and the others for a long time, and she was a little tired now.

She leaned against the bed and didn't want to receive this guest who didn't have an appointment.

"Teacher?" Seeing that there was no one responding in the room, Zuo Yin was afraid that Shen Qingzi would fall asleep again, so she cautiously opened the door.

Sitting on the bed, Shen Qingzi saw Zuo Yin's half body poking in at a glance.

The young girl was as reserved as ever, with caution written all over her face.

A smile appeared on Shen Qingzi's face when she wrote that she was closed for business today, "Xiaoyin? Why are you here?"

Zuo Yin: "I don't have class tonight, so I came to see you."

Zuo Yin said this with a guilty conscience, no class is false, skipping class is true.

She didn't dare to look directly into Shen Qingzi's eyes, so she walked to Shen Qingzi's bed, lowered her head and moved a chair to sit down.

"Do you want to eat grapefruit?" Shen Qingzi looked at Zuo Yin who was sitting next to her, and pointed to the fruit basket Xu Ji sent this morning.

"Okay." Zuo Yin nodded.

She had just come into the warm room from the cold wind, and she didn't really want to eat.But because it was given by Shen Qingzi, she didn't refuse.

Shen Qingzi threw off the quilt upon hearing the sound, and stood up from the bed.

Seeing this, Zuo Yin hurriedly said, "Let me come, teacher."

Shen Qingzi didn't accept Zuo Yin's kindness, and skillfully pulled out the fruit knife in the cabinet, and said, "Let me go down to the ground too, I've been lying in bed all day, and my limbs will degenerate."

"Okay." Zuo Yin felt that what Shen Qingzi said made sense, so she didn't stop her, but stood aside to fight.

The sharp fruit knife shone coldly, and in Shen Qingzi's hands, she precisely peeled off the top skin of the grapefruit, revealing the juicy flesh.

I saw Shen Qingzi supporting the round pomelo with one hand, inserting the other hand into the center and rowing downwards. It seemed a laborious job, but it looked extremely light in her hands.

If she was not still wearing a hospital gown, Zuo Yin would have forgotten that she is now a patient.

"Try it, this is brought by Teacher Xu."

Before Shen Qingzi could finish speaking, Zuo Yin had an extra piece of grapefruit that had been broken into pieces.

"Thank you." Zuo Yin belatedly thanked her, and put the grapefruit into her mouth.

Grapefruit juice bursts on the tip of the tongue, sour and astringent intertwined in the coolness, obviously without sweetness, but somehow makes Zuo Yin feel sweet.

"It's not tasty." Shen Qingzi frowned, "Ms. Xu was tricked."

"It's okay." Zuo Yin said and put another piece of grapefruit that Shen Qingzi handed over into her mouth.

"Let's eat what Yuqing brought." Shen Qingzi said as she took out a lunch box from the small refrigerator beside her.Pieces of red pomelo are neatly placed in the transparent box, which looks very attractive.

"Her grapefruit is much tastier than Mr. Xu's."

Zuo Yin looked at the grapefruit handed over by Shen Qingzi, feeling a little flattered.

I don't know, I thought she was the patient.

Zuo Yin: "That... teacher."

Shen Qingzi's gentleness as before made Zuo Yin feel that the unhappiness with her seemed to have dissipated.

After thinking about it for a while, Zuo Yin still wanted to tell Shen Qingzi about signing up for the competition, and let her help her as a staff member, so that she could rest assured.

"What's wrong?" Shen Qingzi raised her head, the side of her face stuffed with grapefruit was bulging, like a little hamster.

Seeing the contrast of Shen Qingzi, Zuo Yin was hit in the heart by something.

She froze for a moment before saying, "The National Oil Painting Exhibition is calling for works, and I want to participate."

"This is a good thing, let's go." Shen Qingzi agreed as expected.

Zuo Yin licked the corner of her lips lightly, carefully concealed her thoughts, and said, "I still need more guidance from the teacher in the future."

"Of course." Shen Qingzi didn't seem to think about it, she agreed as soon as Zuo Yin finished speaking.

Zuo Yin's eyes lit up in an instant, thousands of stars lit up in those pitch-black pupils.

And among the stars, stood Shen Qingzi.

Zuo Yin: "Thank you teacher."

"It's nothing." Shen Qingzi felt that Zuo Yin was being too polite, so she waved her hand and handed her a piece of grapefruit.

In fact, Shen Qingzi also realized that what she had done recently was extremely inconsistent with her principles.

She looked at Zuo Yin who was sitting in front of her, deliberately wanted to forget the unhappiness of that day, abandoned the principles and kept this person who had unreasonable thoughts about her by her side.

This is something she has never done before.

The grapefruit juice burst into Shen Qingzi's mouth, sweet and slightly sour.

Shen Qingzi looked at Zuo Yin at the side, as if thinking of something, she lightly opened her thin lips and said, "Xiao Yin, since the teacher helped you, can you also do the teacher a favor?"

"Okay." Zuo Yin of course agreed.

"Help me sneak out of the hospital tomorrow and accompany me to sweep Xiaoyue's grave." Shen Qingzi said.