Damn (1)

The unexpected heavy rain instantly disrupted the order of the school.

Pedestrians on the street all started running, forming long lines at the campus bus stops within minutes. The lucky ones with umbrellas buried their head and hurried along, while some with urgent matters rushed directly into the rain.

Yue Qianling stood alone at the entrance of the gymnasium, her mind completely blank. She remained motionless for a while until her phone rang.

It was the same senior sister.

“Qianling, why haven’t you come here yet?”

Yue Qianling snapped back to reality abruptly and subconsciously said, “I’ll be right there!”

“Okay, hurry up, we’re in Minghui Building.” The senior reminded her, “We don’t have much time, we’re leaving soon.”

After hanging up the phone, Yue Qianling looked at the pouring rain outside the gym, suddenly feeling a tightness in her chest.

For a while, she couldn’t find an outlet for her emotions, and her thoughts were directionless. Attending the exchange meeting was the only thing she could think of at the moment.

***

Gu Xun had initially planned to return to the dormitory, but he didn’t expect the rain to fall so suddenly, so he was also trapped in a small platform next to the shade.

He didn’t mind much, as he had no urgent matters, and waiting a little longer was no big deal.

Suddenly, Jiang Junnan walked over to him with a black umbrella.

“I’m so smart. When it started raining heavily, I saw those people from the College of Sports running to the gym’s warehouse. I knew something was up, so I followed them. Sure enough, I saw a lot of umbrellas piled up inside. I fought hard to get one.”

He lifted his head towards Gu Xun. “Come on, let’s go back and play games.”

Gu Xun was about to step forward when his gaze suddenly froze.

Through a distance of more than ten meters, he saw Yue Qianling stretch out her hand to feel the rain. After a moment of hesitation, she started to take off her graduation gown, apparently intending to cover her head with it and run into the rain.

Gu Xun sighed helplessly, turned to Jiang Junnan, and said, “Why don’t you give the umbrella to Yue Qianling?”

“Huh?”

Jiang Junnan looked around, finally spotting Yue Qianling in the crowd. “Give it to her?”

Jiang Junnan didn’t think there was anything wrong with giving an umbrella to a girl in this situation.

However, he couldn’t understand why Gu Xun wouldn’t do it himself.

“You’re just giving me this opportunity?”

Gu Xun teased, lifting an eyebrow. “You’re scared?”

“Damn, what’s there to be afraid of?”

Holding the umbrella, Jiang Junnan walked towards Yue Qianling.

Upon reaching the steps, he closed the umbrella and shook off the water. Then, he walked up behind Yue Qianling and patted her shoulder.

Yue Qianling, who was about to rush into the rain, turned around and was momentarily stunned upon seeing Jiang Junnan.

“Do you need something?”

Jiang Junnan handed her the umbrella. “Gu Xun asked me to give you this umbrella.”

“……”

Jiang Junnan saw Yue Qianling staring at the still-dripping umbrella, seemingly lost in thought. It was only after a while that she raised her head.

“No need, thanks.”

With that, she put the graduation gown over her head and ran into the rain.

“Hey, what a peculiar hobby she has.”

Jiang Junnan was baffled. He felt that girls’ minds were indeed difficult to guess. He walked back and muttered, “She didn’t want it.”

Gu Xun raised his head and glanced at the road for a moment. He said nonchalantly, “Forget it, then.”

The two of them shared the umbrella as they walked towards the dormitory.

The graduation ceremony was over, and Gu Xun didn’t have much to do at school. There was nothing in the dormitory, so he packed his toiletries for the next two days and prepared to return to his newly rented apartment.

As for Jiang Junnan, he had already sent all his luggage back home a few days ago and was set to go on a trip the next day.

He thought for a moment. His flight was at 8:00 in the morning, and it would take over an hour to get from school to the airport. However, it would only take about 20 minutes to get from Gu Xun’s place. So, he decided to pack his things and spend the night at Gu Xun’s place.

***

In the end, Yue Qianling missed the exchange meeting.

By the time she got there, everyone had already left the campus in a car.

On her way back to the dormitory, she received a voice call.

Yue Qianling took it out and saw the caller ID displayed “School Grass”.

Seeing those two words now annoyed her a bit.

Furrowing her brow, she answered and said weakly, “What?”

The voice on the other end was cold. “Log in.”

“No, I’m not feeling well.”

There was a brief silence on the other end.

Then, his voice softened slightly.

“What’s wrong?”

“I feel uncomfortable hearing your voice.”

“?”

Yue Qianling didn’t have the heart to chat anymore, so she hung up the voice call.

When she got back to the dorm, she found Fang Qingqing and Yin Xue packing their things. She quickly went to take a shower, not wanting to give herself any time to fret.

Half an hour later, she saw Fang Qingqing and Yin Xue off, and then she went back to the dorm to pack her things.

As soon as she finished packing, she was about to leave when her phone received a series of messages.

【Xiao Mai】: I want to shoot so bad!

【Xiao Mai】: Luo Tuo, how about we go duo queue?

【Luo Tuo】: Okay.

Yue Qianling checked the messages and typed a few words.

【Glutinous Rice Twist】: Me too.

【Xiao Mai】: No need to say more! Assemble!

【Luo Tuo】: @SchoolGrass, what about you?

After a while.

【School Grass】: I can.

Yue Qianling sighed and logged into the game.

It was better to find something else to do to keep her mind off things.

Finding something else to do would be good for herself, so she wouldn’t feel the tightness in her chest.

But then, Luo Tuo and the others had never seen Yue Qianling play so aggressively.

Regardless of whether the terrain was advantageous or not, she completely ignored any strategy, relentlessly chasing and attacking whenever she encountered an opponent. Sometimes, she got so immersed in the battle that she even attacked her own teammates.

Whether she lost or won, she would simply say “again” without any emotion.

She rarely spoke, as if she was playing by herself, absorbed in her phone.

By the fifth match, Luo Tuo noticed the 18 kills on Yue Qianling’s record and seemed to have guessed something but didn’t find it appropriate to ask.

Until the final circle.

The play zone had already shrunk to the last phase, and Yue Qianling and Lin Xun were still very far from the safe zone.

They couldn’t find a car, so they had to run on foot.

Suddenly, there was a noisy sound in her headphones. Yue Qianling glanced at whose microphone was lit up and frowned, saying, “Lin Xun, why is it so noisy over there?”

“My roommate.”

After saying that, he turned to Jiang Junnan, who was watching a video on Douyin, and said, “Keep it down.”

Jiang Junnan lowered the volume and handed the phone to him, “How about eating at this place tonight?”

“Whatever.”

Lin Xun dropped that word, turned back to his phone, and Yue Qianling collapsed inside the poison zone.

At that moment, Yue Qianling’s emotions suddenly broke down. She dropped her phone and burst into tears.

Xiao Mai and Luo Tuo were frightened by her sudden outburst and hurriedly comforted her, “Don’t cry! Lin Xun has medicine. He can come to revive you.”

After saying that, they looked and saw that the bastard was still more than two hundred meters away from Yue Qianling.

A few seconds later, Yue Qianling died from radiation. With a tragic “ah,” her whole body turned into a box, and the interface unceremoniously switched to Lin Xun’s perspective.

Yue Qianling cried even harder.

“No, I’m still here. There’s still a chance to win. Why are you crying?”

Lin Xun thought she was acting particularly strange today. She had just gotten together with someone and played games a while ago, so why was she crying now?

So he asked, “What’s wrong with you today?”

“What’s wrong with me? What else could it be? Of course, I’m heartbroken!”

Yue Qianling cried while pitifully saying, “I got rejected, do you understand?!!!!”

In the game screen, the remaining player suddenly stopped moving.

Even Luo Tuo was inexplicably silent.