Twenty, finding excuses to meet (1)

  This round of the competition lasted for more than two hours.

  In the meantime, we lost a lot of equipment, and later on, we both exploded back from each other's guild.

  And several more exploded.

  When I was playing and my interest was waning, I suddenly thought of Ouyang Xiaoxiao, and hastily turned my head to look for her, but she was no longer there. At this time, the seat had been replaced by a girl with a ponytail, wearing a green plaid T-shirt.

  I'm starting to regret it a bit.

  I turned my head and took a look at Gao Xue Lin beside me, she was still fully focused on playing the game.

  This little regret I had just given birth to turned into deep self-blame.

  Perhaps soon I will deceive her, betray and hurt her with the unconditional trust she has given me.

  I counted on my fingers again, and in another week, Gu Xue Lin will start school. Hmm, I'll have an opportunity then.

  After playing for more than half an hour, I and Gǔ Xuě Lín left the internet cafe, bought some food randomly on the street, and that was enough to get by for dinner.

  As I walked on the street, I kept thinking, would I meet Ouyang Xiaoxiao again. I scrutinized every face of people on the street very carefully, hoping to see her smiling at me.

  It turned out as expected.

  I didn't meet Ouyang Xiao Xiao and returned home in a huff.

  Then, Gao Xue Lin played on the computer, while I leaned against the bed, flipping through an outdated magazine.

  My mind was absent-mindedly flipping through the magazine, with Ou Yang Xiao Xiao's name filling my head.

  After flipping through the magazine three times, I decided to send a text message to Ouyang Xiaoxiao.

  First, I changed my phone's mode from vibration to silent.

  Then, in order to ease my own conscience, I started making excuses for myself, convincing myself that it was no big deal.

  My reason for myself is that in the internet cafe, I received her message and haven't replied yet, which would be very impolite.

  I took a sneak peek at Gǔ Xuělín, she was wearing headphones and talking to Lán Qǐ. Lán Qǐ really likes studying blood types and zodiac signs, and once she starts talking, she can go on for two or three hours nonstop. Under her influence, recently, Gǔ Xuělín's interests have also started shifting in this direction.

  Yes, they are now discussing this very topic.

  I started writing the message when I was certain Gu Xue Lin wasn't paying attention to me.

  This is the first time I sent a text message to Ouyang Xiaoxiao, so I was very cautious. After thinking back and forth, hesitating again and again, from "What are you doing? Have you eaten?", nine words were reduced to "Have you eaten?", and then further reduced to "Did you eat?"

  Looking at the four words "Have you eaten?" on my phone, I am very satisfied.

  These four words, neither too many nor too few, reflect the relationship between her and me, neither angry nor passionate, neither thick nor thin.

  I think if she replied to me, it would also be four words, "Have you eaten?" or "Haven't eaten yet?"

  I took another look at Gu Xue Lin, seeing that she hadn't noticed me, I pressed send on the message.

  About two seconds later, an SMS prompt, the information has been sent.

  Next, what I'm going to do is secretly observe Gu Xue Lin's actions while waiting for Ouyang Xiao Xiao's text message.