【17.】

  From young to old, I dare not say that I am a good-tempered person, but in the vast majority of cases, I am relatively easy-going. Even if someone offends me, after getting angry, I will let it go and won't make a big deal out of it. Unlike Tao Hao, her temper is huge, when she really gets angry, it's earth-shattering, often making the person who offended her tremble with fear.

  On the way back to my dorm, I thought seriously about it. Actually, for Jintongtong and Dubin, I also have a feeling that can be said, with a bit of resentment, but also a bit of indifference. I'm just glad I found out relatively early, glad I'm still sober. I remembered Tao's "lottery theory" not long ago

  At that time I had a sentence like this: "Dating is not like buying lottery tickets. If you buy lottery tickets and don't win, then you just don't win."

  It's probably Du Bin who is the lucky one. With someone like him, my life would certainly be more exciting than it is now, but without him, I wouldn't be in a difficult situation either. I walked silently on the way back to my dormitory, and the campus at night had a soothing quietness that calmed my heart. After careful consideration, I felt that I hadn't lost out after all.

  When I got back, Tao Hao was already asleep. This standard night owl slept so early, which surprised me. So I tidied up and went to bed too. In a daze, I heard someone talking, probably those two people had returned. Without thinking much, I continued sleeping with my head covered. After a while, someone pulled at the bottom of my quilt and whispered: "Liu Jia, are you asleep?"

  "It's me, Hu Guoer," I said, rubbing my eyes sleepily and looking at her, "What's up?"

  She looked a bit embarrassed, as if she was trying to figure out how to say it. I waited for a moment, and then she spoke up: "Du Bin is downstairs..."

  Before I could finish speaking, I pulled back the quilt that was in her hands and wrapped it tightly around me, turning over to continue sleeping.

  "Hu Guo'er kept challenging my patience: 'Liu Jia... why don't you give him a call?'"

  "Guo Er, this has nothing to do with you. The debt will be paid by the one who owes it. I don't want you to get involved and feel uncomfortable. You know? I won't back down, it's my own business. He shouldn't use this to threaten me, what does he have to do with the downstairs? Who is he trying to scare?"

  At this time, someone pushed the door and came in. It should be Jin Tongtong. Hu Guoer didn't say anything anymore. I originally had a bit of sleepiness, but it was all gone now. I felt depressed, thinking about who I had provoked! The phone rang at this moment, and I saw an unfamiliar number. I understood that I wasn't going to answer it, but I thought that retreating like this wasn't the solution either. Besides, what was I retreating from? Clearly, I was the most innocent one, okay?!

  "Hello."

  "Willow Jia, it's me."

  I scrunched up my face trying to put on a very disgusted expression, but then I thought he couldn't see me anyway, so I gave up and asked indifferently: "Who are you?"

  "He seemed to have let out a sigh: 'Liu Jia, are you still angry with me?'"

  "Who are you?"

  The person on the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent, as if in silent protest.

  I really have a bellyful of fire to vent out, feeling uncomfortable in my heart. I don't care what he means, and like a machine gun, I express my discontent: "Let me tell you, Du Bin, don't think that everyone treats you as a treasure. A person is valuable for having self-awareness, I do, so I don't fantasize about unrealistic things. In the past, I respected you, looked up to you as an elder, because I thought you were a person worthy of my respect in terms of character and other aspects. But don't be too shameless."

  I was going to say more, but his silence made me feel like I was in a farce. It was like punching a cotton ball, completely meaningless. I took a deep breath and calmed myself down: "Okay, senior, I'm just angry that you treated me like a monkey. That's all, nothing else. Today's incident... you were the one who disrespected me first. Let's call it even. Don't have any psychological burden, I don't particularly like you either. Uh... I'm not saying this to save face, but... anyway, you're really childish, and I hope you won't do this again in the future. At least learn to respect others, so that others can respect you."

  He didn't say another word, the howling wind outside was transmitted through the phone into my ears, and I could even imagine his hair being blown messy. And I kept talking non-stop for so long, as if I was talking to thin air.

  "Yao Jia..." His voice was carried away by the wind, I strained to make out what he was saying, but it still sounded somewhat subdued. "I didn't disrespect you, and this isn't a joke. I just... I wasn't done dealing with my relationship with Jin Tongtong when I came after you, that's my mistake. But Yao Jia... I've waited for you for so long..."

  His last words didn't sound quite right to me, and I felt a little strange, but I didn't want to get too entangled. So I just said: "What you have with Jintong has nothing to do with me, and being involved in such a boring plot is what's most frustrating for me. As for the other things you said, Academician, I think it would be better if you waited until you were more qualified before saying them to me. Please respect me."

  "Sorry."

  I hung up the phone.

  Jintong probably heard what I said on the phone, she didn't say anything, this is quite like her style. But I clearly know that she hates me thoroughly.

  At night, I tossed and turned, having many dreams. Sometimes I dreamed of Jin Tongtong staring at me with red eyes, sometimes I dreamed of Du Bin tightly holding my hand. Just before dawn, I thought I was about to escape this dream world, but suddenly I saw Shen Zhong.

  At noon when I was eating, I was still thinking indignantly that originally it was a pure dream, but Shen Zhuang made it into a lustful dream!