Ninety-six, Mislove (3)

  "Yes, who made you do the wrong thing? We agreed to meet half an hour later, but you came 35 minutes late. Are you always like this, untrustworthy, or do you think I'm insignificant? The appointed time doesn't matter anymore." Ouyang Xiaoxiao muttered on purpose.

  "What? You're framing me! I—"

  "Alright, you don't have to make excuses anymore. My punishment is very simple. I've been standing here for so long, my waist hurts, my back aches, and my legs are numb. Later, find a place where you can hit my back, massage my legs, and rub my shoulders, that's all." As she spoke, Ouyang Xiaoxiao walked towards the campus.

  "You wouldn't want me to give you a shoulder massage or leg rub on campus, would you?" I asked, taken aback.

  "What's wrong?" Ouyang Xiao turned her head and asked, "Don't you want to anymore?"

  "This... students passing by will definitely misunderstand this scene," I muttered.

  "I'm not afraid of misunderstandings, what are you afraid of?" Ouyang Xiaoxiao said, her face suddenly turning red.

  This is the first time I've seen Ouyang Xiao's face turn red, so I smiled and said, "Of course you're not afraid of misunderstandings, after all, it's not you who's losing out. With a handsome and elegant guy like me, stooping to your level, you must be secretly delighted in your dreams, so you'd want the whole world to misunderstand."

  "Sharp tongue and thin lips," Ouyang Xiao's discontented mouth pouted slightly.

  "Do you still want me to help you massage your shoulders and legs later?"

  "I want."

  "What if someone misunderstands?"

  "Let them misunderstand then, as long as we know the truth in our hearts."

  As she spoke, Ouyang Xiaoxiao found a place to sit down and motioned for me to massage her back.

  "Alright, you're not afraid of misunderstandings, and neither am I. Today, I'm going all out, and I don't care about face or morality anymore."

  "Hey, isn't it just a shoulder massage and a leg rub? Why bring morality into this? Come on, come on, rub here, right here."

  "Because I'm handsome."

  "You are indeed handsome, but usually, being handsome results in pawns getting eaten."

  "Do you know why I let the pawn eat me? Because, the rook has fallen in love with the pawn and is willing to risk its life for a smile from her."

  "Are you implying something?"

  "What does it imply?"

  "Do you want to fight me to the death for just one smile?"

  "What conditions do you have that would make it worth risking my life?"

  "I'm so young and beautiful, isn't this enough?"

  "You're making me sound like I'm really old."

  "Take a look at your face, so worn out, I can tell you're really old."

  "Well then, I'll just act old for once. Little girl, look at my age and I'm still giving you a back massage, isn't it hard enough? Just give Grandpa a smile, okay?"

  "Ha! You're indeed an old cow eating tender grass, your body may be old but your heart is still young."

  "A good thing doesn't go to waste on outsiders."

  "Foreigner? What foreigner?"

  I was stunned for a moment, and the name of the sackcloth bag, "swish" in an instant, jumped back to my eyes.

  "Hey, why did you stop hitting? What are you thinking about?"

  "Ah," I finally came back to my senses, chuckled, "I suddenly thought of that guy Ma Dai, it's been almost a month since we last contacted each other. He doesn't seem to be playing that private server anymore either, no idea what he's up to now."

  "You're talking about Ma Dai, yesterday evening, he even sent me a text message."

  "What? Ma Dai sent you a message last night?" Ou Yang Xiao Xiao's words really surprised me.

  "Yes, he went to Shanghai for the past two weeks, busy negotiating with several big clients. He said that if not, he would have come to find us to play and even invited us to dinner." Ouyang Xiaoxiao didn't notice the expression on my face, still speaking in a calm tone.

  "Why didn't he get in touch with me then?" I blurted out the doubts in my heart unintentionally.

  "Has he really never been in touch with you?" Ou Yang Xiao Xiao was stunned.

  "Yeah, since he called me that time, we haven't been in touch."

  "Oh, you're talking about that time, huh? Well, that incident had quite an impact on Ma Dai. He was heartbroken for almost two weeks before he recovered. Then, he went to Shanghai, partly for business and partly to change his environment and adjust his mood."

  "Xiao Xiao, actually, Mai Dai is a pretty good person." I don't know how I came up with that sentence.

  "It's really great, I feel like a big brother, very considerate and caring. Ah, such a man, any girl who marries him will be very happy."

  I let out a sigh.