Chapter 133 The Shrinking Timeline "Like me? Be your girlfriend?" At first, Mou Jiawen thought she had heard it wrong. Later, she even suspected that Huang Baihan was joking. But when she saw the seriousness and sincerity on Huang Baihan's face, Mou Jiawen, who was confessed to by a boy for the first time, felt like her head was soaked by rainwater, all mixed up and she didn't know how to function. The raindrops fell along the umbrella, like a curtain, blocking the two people's sight. It took a long time for Mou Jiawen to finally react. Faced with Huang Baihan's sincere and ardent eyes, little Mou herself began to stutter. "You, you, what are you doing..." Mou Jiawen was completely at a loss, her brain had lost its ability to think, and she subconsciously said based on her current impression: "I, I have always regarded you as a friend, please don't talk nonsense, I, I want to go back..." Mou Jiawen felt like she couldn't stay there any longer, so she turned around and ran towards the dormitory, only to hear a "bang" sound. Xiao Mou turned around too quickly and in panic, and hit his forehead on the glass door of the dormitory.
"It hurts~" Mou Jiawen didn't dare to stop to check, for fear that Huang Baihan would say something strange again. She covered her forehead with her hands and just wanted to run back to the dormitory. Seeing Mou Jiawen leaving in a hurry, Huang Baihan pretended to be calm and turned away at first. He could even comfort himself with the reason that "I finally know the result". But after taking a few steps, his figure was still covered by the lights from the girls' dormitory building below. I suddenly felt uncomfortable in my heart, and was enveloped by a huge sense of loss and inferiority. How can I describe this kind of pain? It's not the kind of grief you feel when you lose a loved one, but I don't shed tears either. But I felt like my whole body was sinking to the bottom of the sea. Breathing through the nose was not enough, I even had to open my mouth. Even when I opened my mouth, I felt like there was a suffocating stone pressing on my chest and I needed to take deep breaths continuously. It seems that every deep breath can take away some of the sadness in my heart, but this emotion arises too quickly, and no matter how deep I breathe, I still feel a lot of sadness is left. But his mind was clear and blank. Being sober means that you still know the way back to the dormitory, know how to control your steps and turn left and right, and even know to move aside when a vehicle comes. Blank means that the mind is empty, a bit like losing memory and not knowing how to think. There is still a trace of confusion, and then an urge to "force myself to express sorrow in order to write new poems". "On TV, people who fail to confess their love or break up seem to have to drink and smoke. Does this really work?" Huang Baihan walked to the store and looked at the rows of colorful cigarette boxes. Finally, he bought a pack of Wuyeshen, which is commonly smoked by Cantonese people. In fact, Huang Baihan wanted to buy Zhonghua, but he saw the price was too expensive. Then he bought another can of beer. In fact, Huang Baihan didn’t really want to drink, let alone smoke. It was just in this mood that he seemed to think these two things could ease the sadness in his heart. This was really a real and childish behavior. Carrying cigarettes and wine, he came to a corner of the teaching building.
During the daytime classes, Huang Baihan remembers that there were often students gathering here to smoke. He didn't have the energy to care whether there was water on the ground and just sat down on the wet stairs. In fact, I had been walking just now, and my vision was always taking in things from the outside world. Now that I sit down alone, the feeling of sadness becomes even clearer. So, you must not stay alone after a breakup. You must get in touch with different people and things so that you can distract your attention. Otherwise, the longer you stay alone, the more likely you are to become decadent. Huang Baihan didn't know all this. At this moment, it was like a movie was playing in his mind, with the scene of his confession just now repeating over and over again. I want to stop but I can't. In addition to being sad, Huang Baihan also feels a deep sense of regret. I regret not listening to my best friend. I would have confessed my feelings later or not at all. Now that I have failed, I don’t know what to do next. So, sometimes humans are just very strange creatures. 老师告诉你“1+1=2”，但是自己偏偏觉得“1+1=3”，等到千辛万苦验证了一下，发现1+1确实等于2的时候，又开始懊悔开始没有听老师的话。 "Hey~~~~" Huang Baihan covered his face and sighed deeply in the corridor. He accidentally touched the trouser legs that were sticking to his legs and found that they were all wet. He felt even more sad. He opened the beer can with a "puff" and took a big gulp. The icy beer swirls around in his stomach. Then he burped loudly and felt a little better for some reason. Huang Baihan couldn't help but take a second sip. The moment the water went down his throat, he seemed to forget the fact that he had failed in his confession. After taking a few more sips, Huang Baihan tore open the packaging of Wuyeshen and clicked the lighter. The dim flame reflected his sad and depressed face. Huang Baihan took out a cigarette, hesitated for a moment and was about to put it in his mouth. Suddenly, there was a "thump thump thump" sound coming from the stairs, like high heels stepping on the ground. Huang Baihan was shy after all and was embarrassed to smoke in front of others, so he held the cigarette in his hand, lowered his head and looked at his feet, preparing to wait for someone to pass by before speaking. Two people came down from upstairs, probably a man and a woman. Although Huang Baihan lowered his head, he could smell the scent of perfume. The boy was walking in front. He ignored Huang Baihan on the stairs and just walked past him. However, when the girl passed by, her steps suddenly stopped. Huang Baihan thought he was blocking others and moved to the side silently. Unexpectedly, the girl suddenly said, "Bai Han, is that you?" The voice sounded familiar, Huang Baihan looked up in surprise and found that it was his deputy minister Xu Yue. The boy just now...seems to be the vice president of the student union. "A kid from our department." Xu Yue turned and said to the vice chairman.
"Oh." The vice chairman didn't seem to want to be seen, and hurriedly said, "Then I'll go back first." "Humph!" Huang Baihan seemed to hear Xu Yue snort vaguely, but he might have misheard. In fact, Huang Baihan didn't want to see anyone right now, but he had to say hello: "Minister Xu." For those who have been heartbroken, students are better off because they have plenty of time to get over it. Office workers may go home and cry at night, and have dark circles under their eyes the next day, but they still have to go to the office to deal with work as if nothing happened. "What are you doing here?" Xu Yue was wearing a short skirt and standing in front of Huang Baihan with her calves straight. "I'm... sitting down for a while." Huang Baihan didn't know how to explain. "It's raining heavily and you're sitting in the corridor of the teaching building. Don't tell me you're enjoying the cool air." Xu Yue bent down and picked up the half-finished can of beer from Huang Baihan's feet. He swung it in his hand for a few times, and with the dim light in the corridor, he looked at Huang Baihan for a while and asked, "Did something happen at home?" Huang Baihan shook his head. "Oh." Xu Yue understood instantly: "Is that a broken heart?" Huang Baihan said nothing and silently rubbed the cigarette box in his hand. Seeing Huang Baihan's reaction, Xu Yue realized that this junior in front of him must have been heartbroken. Her gaze lingered on Huang Baihan for a moment, and then, regardless of the dirty and slippery floor of the stairs, she sat down with her skirt rolled up under Huang Baihan's gaze. "Minister Xu..." Huang Baihan looked surprised. "Just go back and wash up. I just finished my work at the ministry." Xu Yue said in a gentle voice: "It's fate that I see you just now, after you've been heartbroken." Huang Baihan felt a little embarrassed. He had not had much contact with Xu Yue before. Now that he met her in this state, he suddenly didn't know what to say. "Actually, my...roommate has experienced heartbreak." Xu Yue's eyes flickered, and he spoke to himself, "You are still relatively strong. I remember my roommate cried under the quilt for three days. He couldn't eat or drink a sip of water. It's stupid to think about it now." "Pretty stupid?" Huang Baihan didn't quite understand.
"Yes." Xu Yue smiled slightly: "It's your own body that is hurt when you are sad, and the other person may not react at all, so you should still eat and drink, isn't that right?" Huang Baihan suddenly thought of Mou Jiawen, wondering if she was playing games in the dormitory as if nothing had happened. “Is this your first love?” Xu Yue looked at Huang Baihan and asked. "Yes." Huang Baihan was stunned and felt a little sad. "Then there's no need to be sad." Xu Yue poured out all the remaining wine in the can and said lightly: "The girl you liked when you first fell in love is probably not the best one for you. She is just the person who appeared accidentally when you first fell in love." Huang Baihan moved his lips. In fact, he felt that he and Mou Jiawen were very suitable for each other. Because Xiao Mou's lively and active character just made up for the shortcomings in this aspect. However, Huang Baihan had too little life experience and didn't know how to refute what Xu Yue said. I always feel that it is somewhat right and somewhat wrong. If Chen Zhe was here, he would definitely be alert. How come even the words of consolation sound like brainwashing? "It doesn't matter, every ending is a new beginning." At this time, Xu Yue patted Huang Baihan on the shoulder: "I know you are sad, but you are a man and can't be weak. If you really want to cry, I will allow you to cry for one minute, and I will interrupt you on time after one minute~" This is a bit like coaxing a child. Huang Baihan felt a little embarrassed, but listening to these words when he was heartbroken did make him feel better. It was only then that he felt a soft hand on his shoulder. Huang Baihan, who had never had any physical contact with a girl, suddenly tensed up his muscles. Perhaps sensing Huang Baihan's nervousness, Xu Yue smiled and pulled her hand away. But before pulling away, she habitually tapped twice with her index finger. This action was somewhat provocative, and even a virgin like Huang Baihan felt it and shook his shoulders unnaturally. "Go back and have some sleep. You'll be full of energy when you wake up the next morning." Xu Yue stood up again, adjusted her skirt and said, "If you still feel like you can't get out, why don't you just go shopping with me? I'm in need of someone to carry my bag." "Oh……" Huang Baihan responded hesitantly; he didn't understand the meaning of it yet. "Go back, don't sit here, be careful not to catch a cold." Before Xu Yue left, he still gave this instruction. After taking a few steps forward, she suddenly turned back and took the cigarette and lighter from Huang Baihan's hand: "After a breakup, you should take care of yourself and stop smoking."
Huang Baihan's eyes reddened slightly. It turned out that on this night when he was heartbroken, there was still someone willing to care about him. In fact, when Mou Jiawen returned to the dormitory, she waited for a long time but did not see Huang Baihan appear in the QQ group. She wanted to call and ask several times, but she didn't know what to say, so she finally called Chen Zhe. "Hello, is Chen Zhuo there?" Mou Jiawen's tone on the phone was so gentle, as if she was possessed by another spirit. "what happened?" Chen asked curiously. "Uh-huh……" Mou Jiawen said “hmm” for a long time before suddenly saying, “Tomorrow you can ask Huang Baihan and I to go to your school to play!” "Ah? Didn't we just meet?" Chen Zhuo planned to go to Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts when he was free recently, so he didn't have much time to entertain [Bai Wen is better to meet in person]. After thinking for a while, he said, "If you want to find Song Shiwei, just come by yourself." "I……" Mou Jiawen stamped her feet. She was embarrassed to say "going to CUHK is just an excuse". In fact, she wanted to see Huang Baihan's condition. This idiot scared himself with his sudden confession. Then he seemed to disappear. Was he really angry? "never mind!" Finally, Mou Jiawen hung up the phone in a sullen mood, leaving Chen Ze with a confused look on his face. What made Chen Zhu even more confused was that Da Huang did not listen to his advice. The timeline that shouldn't have appeared seemed to be slowly shrinking. ······ (At noon, a reader guessed a little bit of the plot. In fact, this part was foreshadowed in the first few pictures, but the latter part is completely different.) (End of this chapter)