Once a vast ocean 2

  At 3 am, Bai Ze Hua was woken up by his mobile phone ringing.

  "Who is it? Not sleeping in the middle of the night." After complaining for a few sentences, Bai Ze Hua turned over and continued to sleep.

  But the person on the phone was relentless, and the ringing continued nonstop. Bai Ze Hua, who had always been in a good mood, got annoyed, got out of bed, and picked up the phone. He looked at the caller ID and saw "Qin Xiao". He felt a bit puzzled, what's going on at this late hour...

  "Hello. Qin Xiao, what's up so late?"

  On the other end of the phone came sobbing sounds, and Bai Ze Hua's heart skipped a beat.

  "Qin Xiao, what's wrong with you? Has something happened?"

  "Nothing... Bai Ze Hua, I, I'm asking you..." Qin Xiao paused for a moment: "Do you, do you like me?"

  "Huh?" Shirakawa Akira was still half asleep and hadn't grasped the situation yet.

  "Zhe Hua, let's...let's be together."

  "What?" Shiraki Kojima was truly shocked awake this time.

  Happiness came too suddenly. For two years, Bai Ze Hua had been treating himself as just a friend, even though he liked Qin Xiao, he never said it out loud. This time Qin Xiao actually took the initiative to speak up and expressed her own heart.

  But he hadn't been knocked dizzy yet, and he felt that Qin Xiao didn't have any feelings for him at all. Moreover, her timing was bad, choosing this moment when she was still crying. He had a bad premonition in his heart.

  "Qin Xiao, tell me, what exactly happened?" His voice was somewhat anxious.

  "Nothing... nothing." Qin Xiao couldn't hold back his laughter on the other end: "Hahaha. I couldn't help it."

  Bai Ze Hua fell silent for a few seconds, as if he had been doused with a bucket of ice water. 'I should probably go donate some more money!' He thought to himself and smiled self-mockingly.

  Qin Xiao saw that Bai Ze Hua was not speaking and thought he was angry, so she quickly explained: "Sorry about that, I woke you up. Just having a big adventure, playing a joke on you. Huang Yi said we had a leg to stand on, I'm proving it to her. Sorry!"

  "Are you two aware that it's late at night and you're being so loud in the house? Does your parents know?" Bai Ze Hua calmed down.

  "There's nothing left. We two TOEFL speaking classes are having a joint training, but one dormitory. Tomorrow afternoon there is no class, and everyone has nothing to do anyway. Then we decided to have some fun."

  "Go to bed early. Don't play this kind of joke next time. I'll take it seriously." After finishing, he hung up the phone very rudely.

  Like a fool, he took jokes seriously. Even if it was a lie, he would rather believe it. It has always been like this, and after several years, he is still the same. Because he said: "I will always believe you."

  Qin Xiao's phone call was cut off, and she raised her palm, pretending to hit him: "It's all your fault!"

  "Hey, sis, I'm innocent! The task wasn't assigned by me, I just chose a name. It's all her fault, it's all done by Chang Ziwu!"

  Chang Ziwan is an old acquaintance of the Qin sisters and was also a middle school classmate of Qin Xiao. She too had to travel a long distance to attend this TOEFL training class. Unlike the two golden flowers of the Qin family, she attended high school in her hometown. As for Qin Xiao and Qin Huan Yi, they both came to the big city. It can be said that it's also fate.

  "I'm done. I'm going to sleep!" Qin Xiao slammed her phone onto the bed, dove headfirst into the blankets, and turned off the light: "Hurry up and sleep! Otherwise, you won't be able to get up tomorrow."

  Qin Xiao felt a bit stifled, Bai Ze Hua had hung up on her for the first time since birth. Wasn't it just a joke? Although she knew wasting someone's feelings was shameful, at least she hadn't toyed with anyone's emotions, right? Yes, even if she also understood Bai Ze Hua's little thoughts about herself, today's phone call made her feel like he didn't like her at all. It seemed she had thought too much, after all they had agreed to be eternal buddies!

  "Eh yo——" Chang Ziwu and Qin Huaiyi called out in a strange and eerie tone. Then Qin Huaiyi added, "Heartbroken from being rejected, huh? Tsk tsk tsk, I was originally going to give you two an opportunity."

  "Huang Yi, you're too obvious in your delight at others' misfortunes!" Chang Ziwan climbed onto Qin Xiao's bed: "I understand, Xiao Xiao, don't be sad. There are plenty of men to go around!"

  "That's enough! I'm going to sleep!" Qin Xiao pulled up the quilt and covered her head, muttering to herself in her heart.

  Qin Huanyi, didn't you see that she's still feeling down? And yet you're still stabbing her in the back. I've wasted my efforts on you, what a great sister I've raised! Look at Ziwan, at least she knows how to comfort me. I just got dumped, ugh, I never liked him anyway!

  "Sleep, sleep, my dear baby!" Chang Ziwei patted Qin Xiao and sang a lullaby in an exaggerated tone before crawling into the lower bunk and hiding under the covers.

  Years later, Qin Xiao would silently sigh every time he thought of this scene: where did that Chang Ziwan go?

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  Fú Xiǎo Zhǐ started nagging again:

  Today is already the 24th, but it's still being reviewed. I estimate that by the time everyone sees it, it will be after the 24th. It's really reluctant, but there's no way around it, school has started. From now on, two updates a week is the maximum limit. Thank you very much for everyone's support, really, even though it's still very quiet right now.

  It is you, my dearest readers, your support has made the literary dream that I have always buried in my heart come true. Thank you so much.

  Today I'm not in a good mood, something happened and then I realized: expecting is always better than knowing the truth, because one has hope, while the other only leaves despair.

  Ziwan is that one in Chinese medicine! Since she was given a role, it means there must be a reason for her to appear. Everyone can continue to pay attention! Thank you all here!