Chapter Thirty-One: Closing Distance

  According to his habit, Sumo woke up early the next day. Since there was no holiday, the school was closed and he couldn't go out. He could only run on the school playground and practice kung fu. However, this was not what he had expected. After all, there were many people around, but that morning, he decided to do some exercises because there were fewer people around, mostly elderly men and women.

  After exercising, I bought breakfast and returned to the dormitory. As expected, Song Xue Li was still fast asleep. Everyone else had slowly gotten out of bed. This young lady has a bad temper when waking up, and since sharing a dorm with her, I've learned that no one can disturb her while she's sleeping.

  I still remember the second day after school started, I was sleeping in the morning, around 7 o'clock. It must have been something at home that made her receive a call reluctantly. This girl's temper flared up, and she directly threw away the phone. At that time, she had just finished exercising and came back to see a black object flying straight towards her face door. If it wasn't for her quick reflexes, she would have ended up like the black brick brother lying on the ground, "ashes to ashes".

  However, such behavior also allowed everyone to see the wealth and extravagance of this Miss Song, and they knew that this girl was a pure spendthrift. After she woke up, she even bragged about how she had thrown away over ten phones in just one month. It's clear that her temper is quite big. The price of one phone can be equivalent to the living expenses of ordinary people for one or two years, but she casually threw away an amount equal to the living expenses of an ordinary family for twenty years or more in just one month.

  She puckered her mouth, not showing the same pitiful eyes as others in the dormitory, and calmly walked in, sitting on the stool closest to her bed, putting the buns on the table, and slowly started eating.

  "Wow, eating without calling me." Only this Miss Song would be so unreserved and impolite, not considering herself an outsider at all. Every morning she also had a fixed time to wake up clearly, but this time must be when Su Mo Ruo was there.

  A big bun in front of me has disappeared.

  "You tell me, why didn't you call me when eating?" This seemed to be a question Song Xue Li would ask every morning after getting out of bed and grabbing a steamed bun.

  Upon hearing this, Su Mo couldn't help but roll her eyes at the young lady, "Can you please clean yourself up first?"

  She cast a sideways glance at Su Mo, apparently because of her words, which had somewhat ruined her appetite. She took a big bite of the bun and sat down on the stool next to her with a plop. Since the start of school, Song Xue Li had been looking at Su Mo in a new light and had even switched to the bunk next to hers. She hadn't bothered changing into pajamas, fortunately it wasn't particularly cold today, and her top was slightly open, revealing a large expanse of snowy white skin on her chest. "What, are you begrudging me one bun?"

  Nodded, looking at Song Xue Li with a very honest expression, "Poor people who can't afford to eat, missy please shut your high-class mouth, OK?"

  I knew it would be this kind of response. It's been half a month since school started, but the interactions and get-togethers between the two seem to always be like this - Su Mo Ruo's indifference and Song Xue Li's relentless pursuit. One has a personality as calm as water and ice, while the other is passionate like fire. Such personalities are reminiscent of Mu Qing and Su Mo Ruo from past lives.

  Sumo didn't fall behind in class that day, and Song Xue Li originally didn't have much intention of going to class, but also followed Sumo there.

  Today was the day she went to work, and thinking that it had only been a short day since she didn't go to the library, why did she feel like she hadn't seen Tan Yunning for a long time? Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, wanting to drive this feeling out of her heart.

  The more it was like this, the more her heart became chaotic. That icy face, those clear and cold eyes, that proud and lonely figure, everything, everything, in her mind, became clearer and clearer.

  As soon as class was over, she rushed straight to the library, completely ignoring Song Xue Li's calls behind her.

  In the library, a figure with a clear and cold aura stood there, constantly moving his hands to organize various books. He was standing at an angle, against the light, with half of his face hidden in the light, making him look even more out of place here.

  He seemed like a person who was about to ascend to immortality and leave the mortal world behind, going to where the immortals sit.

  He busied himself arranging books, as if everything around him was of no concern to him. The cold air emanating from his body made the female classmates who tried to get close to him dare not approach, and could only gaze at him with deep affection in their eyes.

  "Good morning." Just as Sumo walked up to him, Tan Yun Ning suddenly looked up and nodded slightly at Sumo, his voice still calm and peaceful, but he took the initiative to greet her, enough to show that their relationship had taken a step forward.

  Smiling and nodding, "You're even earlier." Then continued: "Isn't it still more than half an hour before work starts? What are you doing here so early?"

  "There's nothing else to do anyway." He said, and then started carefully organizing his books again.

  Looking at Tan Yunning like this, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Actually, this man wasn't idle and had nothing to do. Coming to work in the library was probably not just for the sake of making money. The library has a rich collection of books, and working here every day not only comes with meal allowances but also a salary. Moreover, they have more time to read the books here. These days, she saw that whenever Tan Yunning had some free time, he would pick up a book and study it seriously. It's said that for four years now, he has been working here, which means that the books here are probably all familiar to him by now.

  It wasn't very busy in the evening, and by around 9 o'clock, there was no one left in the library. After taking a look at the weather outside, it had already started drizzling, so the two of them also finished work early.

  Out of the library, looking at the fine rain that had retreated again, the weather seemed very cool, and the slightly cooler wind blowing on her face in the evening brought a slight shiver to Su Mo Ruo.

  Suddenly felt a heaviness on my body, and what caught my eye was a greyish windbreaker that looked slightly old, but very clean, with a refreshing scent of laundry detergent that made me feel unconsciously cheerful.

  Suddenly, she thought that this was Tan Yunning's last year in school, and many people in their final year were also busy finding jobs. She had heard about Tan Yunning's background, so she naturally thought about what he would do after graduation, and her mouth couldn't help but ask: "Senior brother is graduating this year, have you thought about what to do after graduation?"

  But what she felt was a quiet and slightly cool breeze, if not for the genuine windbreaker on her body that made her feel warm, she would have wondered if this person was still by her side.