Chapter 8 Tomorrow, can you help me buy breakfast?

  All the way, He Fei was entangled in this problem, and the result was: she thought a lot, but didn't do anything.

  He wrapped his arms around her, thinking she had fallen asleep with her head bowed against his chest. He gently rested his chin on her head, and as the bus swayed back and forth, he occasionally brushed against her. The wind blew freely through the broken window into the carriage, while the girl in his arms was soft and warm, similar to yet different from what he had imagined. After a long ride through the suburbs, the bus finally entered the university's new town, and the road became smoother, no longer bumpy. The streetlights passed by in an orderly fashion, and in the distance, someone was setting off festive fireworks, giving him a sense of celebrating the New Year with every household.

  Compared with London's perpetually overcast sky, winter here is indeed warm.

  However, all the romantic warmth on the bus came to an end as soon as the driver stepped on the brakes. The broadcast above their heads crackled and a female announcer began her routine: "We have arrived at A University's new campus, please take care of your personal belongings."

  Before he could react, the door behind him swung open and everyone in the carriage suddenly became excited, rushing out was their common goal. Milu turned around but couldn't retreat quickly enough, and had to jump down from the car's step, even so, due to his lack of experience, his feet were still trampled on several times. He Fei, who had been dazed all along, reflexively stuck close to the door and slid out with the crowd, turned around and pulled Milu over.

  "You're silly! Get out of the car and move aside quickly, why are you still squeezing at the door?!"

  "I'm looking for you..." Miro muttered softly, bending down to rub his right knee.

  "What's wrong?" He Fei also bent down upon seeing this.

  He took advantage of the situation and relied on the past: "Just now I don't know who kicked it when they jumped off the car, ouch..., it hurts so much."

  "Be careful," Hawick thought he would fall down and hurriedly held him with both hands, "Are you okay?"

  Mi Lu made an effort to stand up straight and smiled lightly at her: "It's okay, I can still hop on one leg."

  "It's still a distance from where you live, jumping back will exhaust you to death, forget it, let's take a taxi! Alas, I knew we'd end up taking one anyway, might as well splurge and be done with it," He Fei supported Mi Lu as she shifted a few steps onto the sidewalk, shaking her head in dismay. She hailed a waiting taxi with a wave of her hand, then turned to see Mi Lu hanging her head low, her entire body trembling. "Is it really that painful?"

  Mi Lu hastily lifted her head and replied with an unnatural expression: "Ah, it hurts, it really hurts..."

  Did she ask him if it was real pain or fake pain?

  He Fei bit her lip and stared at Mi Lu, then slowly lowered her gaze. She clearly remembered that someone had rubbed the right kneecap, but now it was the left foot that was empty.

  "Drip---" A taxi driver nearby, seeing that the light didn't work, started honking to remind of his existence, sticking his head out of the window, "Hey, going or not?"

  "Cough, the car is here." Mi Lu, who had been watched since childhood, suddenly felt a little uneasy.

  He Fei didn't say a word either, let him go, took a step forward and opened the car door. Mi Lu obediently moved up and sat in the position inside, reporting the address from his mouth.

  "Oh, the residential area next door?" The chubby driver asked a bit strangely.

  Mi Lu didn't respond, looked up and saw He Fei still holding the car door, starting to look for something in her bag again, smiled and said: "Hurry up and get in, what are you looking for again?"

  He Fei didn't respond, but the driver in front turned around, looked at them both and raised his voice: "Hey, little girl, my daughter is about your age, don't try to act older than you are," he said, glancing at Mi Lu sideways, then continued, "You look okay, but for this kind of thing, it's better to take it slow..."

  "... rice road."

  "Uncle, I think you misunderstood," said He Fei calmly from the side, taking out a pink 100-yuan bill and waving it with two fingers, "One hundred yuan, is that enough?"

  "What?!" said the driver and Mile Road.

  Hefei patted Milu's head: "Be good, go back by yourself."

  After finishing speaking, she didn't care about the facial expressions of the two male classmates present and took advantage of the green light to snap her fingers and hop across the road towards the school gate.

  Until the car behind honked its horn, the fat driver stepped on the gas pedal, muttering to himself: "I thought seeing two boys hugging each other last time was already a big deal, didn't expect... wow, didn't expect..."

  “……”

  Mi Lu felt she had nothing much to explain.

  All the way back to the dormitory, He Fei's mouth was still unnaturally curled up, thinking of Mi Lu's slightly red face, she felt very pleased, even the empty dormitory didn't feel deserted. She threw her bag onto the bed and saw that it was still early, so she clapped her hands and decided to take a comfortable bath. No one was competing for the bathroom, hehe. Unfortunately, man proposes but God disposes, He Fei had just turned on the hot water and was halfway undressed when the door suddenly slammed shut with a loud bang. She could only wrap herself in a towel and open the door to find it was Orange from the neighboring dormitory.

  "What are you doing?" Orange's loud voice startled her.

  Heifer LaLa towel: "Bath ah."

  "Oh, I knew it wasn't you," Tangerine said, her voice devoid of disappointment, as she excitedly grabbed her hand and shook it. "You know, someone on the school BBS just posted that they saw Milu at the bus stop earlier, and apparently he has a girlfriend who's wearing a coffee-colored down jacket..."

  In an instant, He Fei felt her blood was about to congeal.

  Luckily, Tangerine Peak turned around and said: "But no one believes it anyway, how could Miro have a girlfriend, let alone take the bus, right?!"

  He just sat there and even asked her for borrowed money!

  Of course, He Fei didn't dare say that out loud, and hastily nodded in agreement: "Yes yes, how could it be!"

  "Pfft——I thought so too, I actually guessed it was you earlier, how boring! Alright, let's not talk about it anymore, hurry up and take a bath!" Orange waved her hand, happily skipping away after sharing the gossip.

  He Fei was at a loss as to whether she should feel relieved or depressed.

  No matter what, she can't wear this coffee-colored down jacket again. And in the future, they need to be more discreet when meeting up. He Fei thought to herself as she rubbed her hair, completely unaware that her mindset had changed - just three hours ago, she was still trying to distance herself from the troublesome Mi Lu.

  Maybe it's just too much fun bullying Milou.

  The bathroom was filled with the sweet scent of shower gel and hot air, the sound of running water drowning out the phone's message reminders.

  Tomorrow I will check your homework.

  Also, remember to bring me breakfast, I'm so hungry now and can't sleep...