She didn't know whether she should be glad that he didn't say to wash the underwear, but if the socks were washed, what else couldn't be washed?
She suddenly had an idea: "Wouldn't it be better to open the door a crack?"
Lu Zhining snorted, "Really smart."
Zhou Ji'an: I didn't feel praised at all!
After putting on the clothes, she realized how big it was.
The hem was just above the knees. The smell of Lu Zhining lingered around her.
She pulled the corners of her clothes uncomfortably and then opened the door.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw a horrifying scene: Lu Zhining expressionlessly manipulated a piece of sanitary pad in his hand to perform forward and reverse movements. He seems pretty curious.
Zhou Ji'an blushed and snatched the sanitary pad. She clearly heard a tearing sound and froze immediately.
And then she took the remaining sanitary pad from his hand in shame and anger and did another stupid thing she did today. She threw the sanitary pad into the trash can.
Lu Zhining didn't remind her but just curled the corners of his lips without leaving a trace, as if he had foreseen the scene of the boys talking enthusiastically about the unknown sanitary napkin in the men's bathroom the next day.
The young Zhou Ji'an's face was red. She turned around and said something fiercely to Lu Zhining, but the scene gradually became less clear, her consciousness gradually became clearer, and the shadow of the young Lu Zhining became blurred.
Zhou Ji'an turns over and wants to return to the dream just now, but it is a pity that she cannot control it.
After lying on the bed for a long time, she finally gives up, opens her eyes, and looks at the ceiling illuminated by the night light. Her mind is blank.
He clearly recognized her but pretended not to know her, did not leave her a word, and did not contact her again.
This caused Zhou Ji'an to think wildly for several nights, and now she dreams of him.
Sometimes she feels that meeting him is a dream.
The only evidence that their encounter was not a dream is that a new person was added to the mobile app.
There is a message with Lu Zhining's name, Serendipity, and the profile is a seven-pointed maple leaf with three colors of green, yellow, and red.
Zhou Ji'an is stunned when she sees the enlarged profile. It turns out that it was with him.
There are many maple trees inside and outside the high school they attended. In autumn, the clean stone road is covered with golden leaves, which make a rustling sound when stepping on them.
Under the warm but not dazzling sunlight, people are so comfortable that they want to lie on the bench and fall asleep.
But she hasn't gone back for a long time.
It is a pity that the last time she went back was in winter, a time when people's scalps were numb and they lost their ability to think.
She opens the drawer beside the bed, takes out a photo frame and holds it in her hand.
In the graduation photo that she was looking at, the two of them were pinching each other's ears.
Lu Zhining was pinching his ears and he was calm; only the slightly raised corners of his lips showed a little bit of his emotions. On the other hand, Zhou Ji'an refused to let go, even though she looked painful due to Lu Zhining's pinching.
There are two class photos; one is very formal, and the other is completely chaotic.
The camera almost didn't catch the people, so the postures of the two were not surprising, but the result was slightly normal and very... harmonious.
When she comes to her senses, she turns the photo frame upside down on the table, gets up and drinks a glass of cold water, and then sits calmly by the bed.
She hasn't dreamed of Lu Zhining for a long time.
In the past, when she went to study in another province with her father, it was difficult to understand the dialect of the people around her.
In addition, she had no mood to integrate into that environment because of family problems at the time. Later, she had some minor troubles.
That period might be the time when she thought about Lu Zhining the most frequently. However, because of some things later, she restrained herself and reduced this frequency.
As she grew older and experienced more things, she figured it out. She really shouldn't deliberately put Lu Zhining aside because of some things. He didn't do anything wrong.
It's just that she already had Cheng Zhou at that time.
He participated in that dark time that almost changed her character. At that time, he left a deep mark in her heart.
So she couldn't believe that he cheated on her later, and it was even harder to forgive, but she couldn't hate him because he had helped Zhou Ji'an, who was isolated and helpless in her memory.
Of course, it's not that she didn't like him enough, but that feeling was too complicated. She couldn't tell how much gratitude she had mixed with her love for Cheng Zhou.
The timing of his appearance was too coincidental, and he taught her a lot of things. They had so many experiences, but they still didn't make it to the end. She was more regretful, regretting why it ended in this way.
Zhou Ji'an stretches her lips. It seems that she has made some progress since the breakup. All this will fade away with time. This is true for her and Cheng Zhou.
She subconsciously ignored herself, who was muddle-headed and spent her days like years during the breakup.
But she clearly knows that it is meaningless for both parties to save a relationship that can no longer continue.
Those beautiful memories before they separated will eventually be buried, and some expectations after the separation will also dissipate before his belated recovery.
Cheng Zhou has regretted too much.
He is obviously the one who has watched Zhou Ji'an transform from a girl to a woman. He is supposed to spend his life with her, but in the end, he could only watch the flowers he carefully cultivated being picked by others at some point in the future.
He is unwilling to give up.