Chapter 98 Christmas Gift

  Li Rouyu ran over, squatted down, and saw An Zhi lying on the ground, still wearing a down jacket hat and a mask on his face, looking like a lurking special agent.

  Her forehead was beaded with fine sweat, her eyes shone with a mixture of shyness, annoyance and urgency, and a hint of hidden joy.

  Li Luyu helped her up, and An Zhi Shui lowered her head. After a long time, she raised her head and glared at Li Luyu: "Idiot, why did you say that on the broadcast?"

  "I was scared you wouldn't come, what if you ran away? But here you are!" Li Luyou was very happy. Since An Zhi Shui could make it, everything else didn't matter. It meant she hoped this was just a misunderstanding. Once he explained clearly, she would be willing to believe him.

  "No, nothing else." An Zhishui's mask was taken off by him, his cheeks were red and puffy.

  "If this misunderstanding can't be cleared up, I'll regret it for the rest of my life."

  "She is very simple-minded, the simplest girl I have ever seen."

  "Sometimes she looks very silly, but very lovely."

  "So she is different from others, and it's worth me paying special attention to her."

  This way, in the campus of Guofu University, An Zhi Shui ran all the way, her heart beating much faster than usual. She told herself that she was just going to catch up with Li Luoyu and not let him talk nonsense, but why did her face feel hot when she heard such words echoing in the sky, in the speakers of the fake hills, and behind the trees? Just like the time he sucked on her finger.

  "What's going on?" Li Luyu didn't know that Murong Shi had made a move.

  "What you just said can be heard by the whole school!" An Zhi Shui was both embarrassed and anxious, now everyone in school knew that she and Li Luoyu were friends, this was a secret.

  "What?!" Li Luyu was shocked, turned her head to look back, and Mu Rongshi was still standing at the door with a triumphant smile. Li Luyu turned around, wanting to reason with her, but Mu Rongshi let out a sharp cry and hastily closed the door.

  "Quickly go down......" An Zhi Shui ran downstairs.

  "Be careful." Just a moment ago, An Zhishui had tripped and fallen, but he hadn't learned his lesson and was still stumbling along.

  "What's with your outfit today?" Girls all love beauty and are proud of their good figures, but An Zhi Shui looks like a middle-aged woman strolling on the street.

  "This way, no one will recognize me, I'm going to that parade!" An Chishui explained as she hastily ran along, keeping her head down and staring at the ground, afraid of being recognized by acquaintances.

  "Your phone is always off, I called you several times and it's driving me crazy!"

  "I forgot to turn it off... When I came out this morning, I was afraid you'd call and then hear our voices shouting slogans..." An Zhi Shui looked back at Li Lu You with a hint of embarrassment.

  Li Lu was so angry that she stopped in her tracks: "You almost gave me a heart attack just now."

  "Sorry, I misunderstood you." An Zhi Shui also stopped in her tracks, looking very apologetic, but didn't have time to show more regret, and pulled Li Luoyu to run to a secluded corner, looking around for a while.

  "What's going on?" Li Luyu hadn't even had time to think before An Zhi Shui apologized.

  An Zhishui lifted her head, her cheeks flushed, and the beautiful eyes were misty. With great effort, she dug out a small square object from her pocket.

  She gave Li a glance and quickly put it in her pocket, lowering her head, standing there motionless like a child who had done something wrong.

  "You... you..." Li Rouyu took two steps back, pointing at her, "Alright, alright, I went to the campus radio room to find someone, and like in those stupid idol dramas where they chase after girls, but in the end... in the end, something that can be understood with just a glance into your pocket."

  Li Rouyou sat there, angry with An Zhi Shui, and had a headache.

  "I... I forgot, this morning I met a girl who told me something strange, and she kept handing me this thing to hold. I was afraid someone would see it, so I quickly hid it away. Later, I thought about throwing it in the trash can, but there was a janitor uncle watching, if I threw it away, wouldn't he think I'm a bad girl? I couldn't find anywhere to throw it." An Zhi Shui said with a pitiful expression, she ran out of the dormitory building and hid behind a tree hedge, feeling sad. She put her hands in her pockets and touched this thing again, and suddenly understood that she must have misunderstood Li Luoyu, he was just like herself... She didn't even remember what happened that morning anymore.

  "Then where did you go? Obviously running slower than a turtle, just blinked and the person was gone." Li Luyou rubbed his temples, this matter was really innocent.

  "I hid myself away, and then I followed you all along, why didn't you turn around to look at me?"

  "Why didn't you call me?" Li Luyou glared at her, glaring at her for the first time. This girl's brain was indeed not quite normal either.

  "I was wrong to suspect you, how can I face you... If you're angry and say I didn't trust you, what should I do? I've done something wrong..." An Zhishui muttered repeatedly, unable to clearly explain the reason, feeling both anxious and guilty.

  An Zhishui's interpersonal skills are indeed terrible, the first time making friends, last time going to her home, Li Luyu's emotions were not high, she chased out to explain, probably thinking that she also had a reason, hoping Li Luyu would understand, this time completely misblaming Li Luyu, just feeling it was all her fault, when in fact the two people hadn't even had any conflict, simple things that could be explained clearly, she became flustered and didn't know what to do.

  Two people sat silently for a while, Li Luyou broke the silence: "That Muyong Shi's prank, I talked to her and the whole campus could hear it?"

  "Uh-huh." An Chishui sat beside him, zipping up and down on the down jacket.

  "What a shame." Li Luyu didn't want to make such a scene, he wasn't low-key in school, but he was decent and wouldn't easily do anything shocking. Generally speaking, he wouldn't provoke others unless provoked, and what happened on the basketball court was an exception.

  "Now many people know that we are friends." An Zhi Shui felt a bit nervous and worried, but also had some joy in her heart, making her heartbeat very fast, feeling like it was something that would make one's face turn red, just like the time he fed her lobster.

  "Idiot, who wouldn't think that?" Li Luyou really found it hard to get angry with An Zhi Shui. The difference between a mature and immature guy lies here - having more tolerance towards girls. Li Luyou sighed, "You have to be mentally prepared, whoever hears this broadcast will not believe we're just ordinary friends, even if we explain it clearly, the other party will still be half-believing and half-doubting, but they'll still say we're not in an ordinary friend relationship."

  "What... what's going on?" An Zhi Shui's voice was trembling slightly.

  "Lover, couple, boyfriend and girlfriend, the best way to put it is that their relationship is ambiguous." Li Luyu gave her a preventive shot. He understood the terrible truth of rumors very well, just like his own abnormal family. Although he wasn't clear about what was going on with his parents, he also knew how various ugly rumors evolved from street gossip. He had once argued loudly with those idle and malicious gossips, but eventually he realized that once a rumor is spread, no one will care about the truth.

  "How can they be like this!" An Zhi Shui clenched her small fists excitedly, as if she would hit someone who said such a thing in front of her.

  Li Rouyou grasped her small fist and put it down, fearing she would get excited.

  "Let's rehearse once." There are still more than two years of university, if you don't help her handle this matter properly, I'm afraid she will offend many people in the next few days. This kind of joke may not be a big deal to others, but if An Zhi Shui gets excited again, it's likely that another public outburst will happen.

  "What's the exercise?" An Zhishui didn't understand.

  "It's just when someone is playing a joke on us."

  "Uh-huh."

  Li Luyu pinched his throat and imitated a girl's voice: "An Zhi Shui, when did you and Li Luyu get together?"

  Angrily, she couldn't help but want to laugh upon hearing Li Luyu's voice, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, punching him with her fist: "Hateful! Why do you have to say such unpleasant things!"

  "Joking is like that, you also heard it in the girls' dormitory just now, girls joking around are not ambiguous at all." Li Luyou reminded her.

  "If they played such a joke on me... I... I would..." An Zhi Shui was about to get excited again.

  "This kind of thing can't be explained clearly, the more you care about it, the more you argue, the more excited the other person becomes. The best way is to ignore them and let them talk, they will eventually get bored and won't keep talking to you." This is a very simple truth, but An Zhi Shui definitely wouldn't understand, she was extremely serious and solemn about this matter.

  "How can that be? We're just friends... " An Zhi Shui's voice was getting lower and lower, and for some reason, the word "friends" came out a bit lightly.

  "Believe me, this is the only solution." Li Luyu didn't want to make An Zhi Shui uncomfortable, but in fact, he himself wasn't too bothered by his classmates' teasing. Everyone thought of him and An Zhi Shui as a confirmed couple, and it was natural that she would develop some special feelings for him over time. It was also normal that she would care more about certain things. However, this way, An Zhi Shui's emotions would likely be very agitated every day, which wasn't good for her physical and mental health.

  Apart from academic performance, An Zhi Shui had already acknowledged that Li Luoyu was better than her in almost every aspect, and as for interpersonal skills, she was also very aware that she was far inferior to this friend. Since Li Luoyu said so, it could only be the case.

  An Zhishui's depressed mood was really unlucky, but this matter couldn't be blamed on Li Luyu or anyone else, it could only be blamed on herself and that Murong Shi.

  "Alright, let's go." Li Luoyu stood up, pulling her hand.

  An Zhishui stopped and said in a low voice, "Wait."

  She unzipped her down jacket, revealing a little black dress underneath. She undid the buttons of the dress and pulled out a small card from the pocket inside her chest. "For you, Christmas present."

  A white hard paper card, the material is very good, soft to the touch, with a hint of golden thread shining through. This is a Christmas greeting card, on the cover there is a cartoon Santa Claus, which should be drawn by An Zhi Shui herself. When you open the card, a photo cutout of An Zhi Shui pops out, she's wearing a red Christmas hat and holding a sign that reads "Li Luoyu, don't forget it's snowing!"

  "How beautiful!" Li Luyu exclaimed, although some places were not done very delicately, but the feeling was very novel. Nowadays, where can you still receive Christmas cards made by yourself, and it's still this kind of thoughtful one.

  An Zhishui looked at Li Luyu's exaggerated joyful expression, lightly twisting her body with great satisfaction. She had made it very carefully and originally didn't know when to give it to Li Luyu. She was afraid that if she prepared a gift for him but he hadn't prepared one for her, it would be too embarrassing. However, since she had done something wrong today, she decided to take it out and give it to him as compensation for the guilt in her heart.

  "I had also prepared a gift for you, but since you said this morning that you wouldn't be coming to school, I didn't bring it with me." Li Rouyu stretched out her hand, "Give me the thing in your pocket."

  An Zhishui felt a little disappointed, after all, he wanted Li Luyu's gift now. He rummaged through his pocket for a while and threw the scorching thing into Li Luyu's hand, letting him deal with it.

  Li Luoyu put the condom in his pocket and then let her go first, with the excuse that today the two of them would avoid suspicion.

  An Zhi Shui still had a lot of things she wanted to say to Li Luoyu, some reluctantly, but left first.

  As soon as they stepped out of the school gate, An Zhi was about to hail a taxi when Li Luyu ran over, holding something in his hand. "Here, for you."

  "Wow, what a cute little horse..." An Zhi Shui looked at the pink, faintly fragrant balloon animal that was tied up in various places, shaped like a small animal.

  "Like it?" Li Luoyu suppressed her smile.

  "Uh-huh." An Chishui nodded heavily, "Where did you buy it? When I was a kid, I loved this kind of balloon the most, but they were hydrogen-filled. I wanted to buy many and tie them together, then I could pull them and fly up into the sky."

  "This wasn't bought, I made it myself." Li Luoyu couldn't hold back anymore and burst out laughing.

  Her long eyelashes blinked, gazing at him in a daze. She wasn't completely clueless after all, and soon realized what was going on. Her cheeks flushed bright red as she hastily discarded the toy horse, stomping on it several times without managing to burst it. Glaring at Li Ruyou, she exclaimed: "Li Ruyou, I hate you to death!"

  An Zhishui raised his fist and was about to hit him, Li Luyu burst out laughing and quickly ran away.