A dinner party of seven people (1)

  These days before the Gu Xue Lin scholarship was awarded, I have been feeling depressed and unhappy.

  I secretly took over Gǔ Xuělín's mobile phone and rummaged through her address book. As expected, ōuyáng Xiǎo Xiǎo gave Gǔ Xuělín a different phone number.

  I don't know how many people have Ou Yang Xiao Xiao's phone number saved in their phones, which was written on the door of an internet cafe toilet. However, I do know that I am not the first one, nor the only one.

  This makes me somewhat disappointed in Ouyang Xiaoxiao again.

  However, what's even greater than disappointment is panic.

  I don't know what the situation will be like when Gu Xue Lin, Ouyang Xiao Xiao and I meet. I'm afraid of the awkwardness on the spot, making Gu Xue Lin suspicious. Then, everything will be exposed.

  I want to find an excuse to go see Ouyang Xiaoxiao without going with Gu Xuelin.

  But I really can't come up with a lie.

  Time flies, and it's already Wednesday.

  In the morning, Gao Xuelin received a scholarship of 2,000 yuan.

  When she returned at noon, she couldn't wait to call Ouyang Xiaoxiao and asked her out for a meal.

  Over the phone, Gu Xue Lin and Ouyang Xiao Xiao made an appointment to meet at the west gate of the school after class in the afternoon.

  At two o'clock, Gao Xuelin went to school for class.

  I sat on the sofa in the living room, staring blankly.

  To be honest, since Gǔ Xuělín said she wanted to invite ōuyáng Xiǎo Xiǎo for dinner that day, after Gǔ Xuělín went to class, I sat in the living room staring blankly.

  When people are daydreaming, time seems to pass a bit more slowly.

  I can't stop time, I can only look for a slow feeling of time.

  That feeling will make me feel slightly at ease.

  I fantasize and look forward to something happening in between that can cancel out the dinner plans for tonight.

  But the whole world seemed to be hushed in a similar way, silent and speechless.

  At six o'clock, Gao Xuelin finished school. She called me and asked me to meet her at the west campus of the school.

  Then I went downstairs with a nervous heart.

  It took me less than ten minutes to arrive at the entrance of Xishi Campus of Shifu Middle School.

  At this time, it was just after school and many students were hurrying out.

  Soon I found Gao Xue Lin in the crowd.

  She was seen chatting with a girl next to her, looking delighted.

  Ouyang Xiao? My heart skipped a beat and I swallowed hard.

  No, the girl who was talking to Gu Xue Lin was indeed Ouyang Xiao Xiao. She was wearing a blue and white striped T-shirt with a light blue short-sleeved shirt over it, a pair of pure white slim-fit pants, and had a milky white small leather bag slung over her shoulder, looking casual yet avant-garde.

  I was thinking of how to go up and greet her when Gu Xue Lin had already seen me. She waved at me, so I had no choice but to walk over with a forced smile.

  "Xiao Xiao, this is the one I told you about, my boyfriend, Su Mu Xian." Gu Xue Lin enthusiastically introduced to Ouyang Xiao Xiao.

  "Okay," Ouyang Xiaoxiao smiled and greeted me.

  "Hello," I felt a flush rise to my face and quickly looked away from Ouyang Xiaoxiao's gaze.

  "I've invited you to dinner, let's go," said Gǔ Xuělín.

  "Well, in that case, I won't be polite," said Ouyang Xiaoxiao with a smile.

  "You also said you're not being polite, look, I haven't even invited you to dinner yet, and you've already given me such a beautiful pair of earrings," said Gǔ Xuělín, pointing to her own ears.

  It wasn't until now that I noticed Gu Xue Lin's ears were adorned with a pair of exquisite crystal earrings.