Chapter 4: Fifteen-Year-Old Ella and Sophie (Part I)
"Ella, Ella, I'll tell you a secret."
On a winter night, after a holiday, Sophie returns to her dormitory from home, and as soon as she enters, she scurries into Ella's bed. Ella only felt an extra block of ice in the bed, and she pushed Sophie to kick her out of the bed.
"You're cold, don't lean over, sleep in your own bed."
"It's still snowing outside, and I've just come back, and it's cold. Ella, you're the best, you're willing to kick me out? Sophie laughed, intensified, and hugged Ella. Ella had no choice but to surrender, knowing that she had no reason to talk to Sophie.
"Tell me, which tendon is wrong with you?"
"Ella, I like Qiao Ran."
"Yes, yes, you like everyone." Ella replied perfunctorily.
has lived with Sophie for nearly three years, eating and living together, although many times Ella can't guess what whimsy Sophie will have, and she doesn't know Sophie as well as Joe, but Ella can also be called Sophie's "emotional detector", as soon as Sophie has signs of detachment from common sense, Ella knows which tendon Sophie is wrong.
Sophie doesn't hide her feelings at all, and her nerves are very big, she says that she likes it too widely, her love for small animals, her love for children, her respect for her elders and her friendship for friends, she doesn't classify them, they all belong to her liking. She always quarrels with Qiao Ran on weekdays, but now she must have suddenly discovered Qiao Ran's good, so she made a "confession" here on a whim. This "confession" is a simple good feeling of children, and it has nothing to do with love.
"Ella, it's not that kind of like, it's that kind of like."
"Which? It can't be the kind between people of the opposite sex, right? ”
"Hmmm! That's it! ”
No, Ella sat up with a "rub". She would rather believe that the sun will not rise and that tomorrow will be the end of the world, than that Sophie will be enlightened. This is Sophie, who has forgotten common sense, has developed motor nerves, runs a few kilometers without panting, but her mind is not delicate at all. Sophie is cheerful and lively, enthusiastic and sincere, and there is no shortage of suitors. Ella remembers that a boy from the next college wrote a love letter to Sophie, and Sophie read it carefully twice before she realized that it was a love letter expressing her love. Now, she said that her liking for Qiao Ran was like the opposite sex, and Ella had to suspect that it was her prank.
"You're not kidding?"
"Seriously, no kidding." Under the dense eyes, Sophie's smart eyes unexpectedly contained a bit of girlish shyness.
"Do you remember the day before yesterday when we were on holiday and we were left behind because of a training delay? Later, after finishing the training, you said that you would stay at school and not go home, and then I left alone, and it was already dark at that time, and when I walked to the school gate, I found Qiao Ran waiting for me under the street lamp. And then I suddenly realized......"
"And then?"
"I ran up to him and said 'I like you'. As a result, he reacted like you, saying that I like everyone, and then dragged me home. ”
Ella's emotions are not easy to expose, but at the moment, she also feels funny and can't help laughing.
"Sophie, even if you go up and kiss him, he won't realize it." Ella's tone was mocking.
"Is his feelings so dull?"
"You did it yourself...... You usually talk about your liking and show too much emotion, who would know that the like you said this time turned out to be a liking between the opposite sex. ”
"So what should I do? Ella. ”
"Haven't you ever worried that Qiao Ran will reject you after he really understands your mind? And you still live together, if you are really rejected, you are not afraid of embarrassment? ”
"If you refuse, you will confess again, anyway, he will fall into my hands sooner or later."
Ella still underestimated Sophie, the throbbing of her crush, the girl's mind, in her place, did not exist at all. Sophie is simple-minded, there are no twists and turns, for her, if she likes it, she should show it directly, and in the same way, the confession should also be made immediately and let the other party know immediately.
"Ella, what should I do?"
"I don't know."
Ella shook her head, even though she had excellent grades and had a lot more thoughts than Sophie, she also had zero experience, zero knowledge, and zero commitment when it came to love.
"Why don't you ask Kashima?"
After Kehima changed departments, he was assigned to Qiao Ran's dormitory, and is now Qiao Ran's roommate.
"Okay." Sophie finally got up from Ella's bed and prepared to wash up and go to bed. She drooped her head, she didn't expect the problem of love to be so difficult to solve.
Sophie is a man of action and takes Ella to Kahima the next day.
"Do you like Qiao Ran? Is it the kind of liking that girls like boys? ”
"yes, that's the kind of like."
Even Kashma, who had only known her for a while, had a certain understanding of Sophie and was unconsciously surprised.
"Then I advise you not to show it yet."
Somewhere in the library, Kashma and Ella, Sophie sat facing each other.
"Why?"
"Sophie, you and Qiao Ran will follow Second Lieutenant Lin in the future, right?"
"Needless to say, it must be following the old man."
"Then do you also want to partner with Qiao Ran after you join the army?"
"Hmm." Sophie nodded vigorously.
"Here's the problem, the rules of the army, it's forbidden to have feelings between partners."
"Why?"
"I see." Sophie immediately thought of the answer. "Second Lieutenant Lin's work is of a very dangerous type, and his subordinates are also going to live and die with him. In order to increase the survival rate, when two people are in danger, the other party must be able to leave the other mercilessly. ”
Sophie shook her head and frowned, "But even if I don't have feelings for Qiao Ran, I can't abandon him." We grew up together and are also relatives. ”
"When this rule was first established, there was no such thing as us experimental children, so no one expected that there might be family affection between the two partners." Kashma replied.
"It's still strange, if my partner is not Qiao Ran, a stranger, I can't abandon him."
"That's just you, Sophie." Ella propped her head, unsurprised by Sophie's answer. "Not all of them can be as gentle as you are......"
Sophie cares about everyone around her, and anyone who is identified as a companion by Sophie will be good to him wholeheartedly. This is both Sophie's strength and her troubles.
"Why don't Qiao Ran and I develop an underground relationship?"
Kashma, who was drinking water to moisten her throat, almost sprayed Sophie in the face with a mouthful of water.
Ella couldn't help but laugh, "Do you think you can deceive your Second Lieutenant Lin?" ”
"It doesn't seem to work." Sophie's complacency was immediately gone.
"Then I'll think about it." Sophie turned to look at Kashma, "Kashima, I've given you a difficult task. ”
Kahima suddenly had a bad premonition.
"I suddenly realized that Qiao Ran is so good, it is likely that there will be other girls who like him, so once a girl shows favor to him, you tell me."
"Is there any reward for your fine work?"
"Is my sincerity enough?"
“……”
Kashma was speechless, and Ella laughed inwardly, it seems that Kashma still doesn't know Sophie well enough.
"Yo, the experimenters are huddling together here to keep warm."
Following the prestige, they saw a tall man dressed in black suddenly appear in front of Ella. At that time, the matter of the experimental base was in an uproar, and the children in the experimental base, especially the children who were rumored to have defects in Group B, received a lot of attention. Although more people are sympathetic, there are also people who treat them coldly.
The tall man who provoked trouble seemed to be from Qiao Ran's team, because nothing could compare to Qiao Ran, so he went to Ella and Sophie's side to vent his anger.
"Earl Wayne's puppy is also there, alas, why did you say the Earl would adopt you, I heard that the Earl ......"
"You're enough." Kahima hastily interrupted the tall man's words, as if in the next second, the tall man would reveal some terrible secret.
"You're in such a hurry, it seems that the rumors are true." The tall man is still aggressive.
Kahima, who was gentle but no longer calm, stood up excitedly, his fists clenched.
"Kashima, let's go." Ella grabbed Kashima, her eyes suggesting that he should not be impulsive.
"This is Su Jiaojiao's Ella, people from the black market, I'm afraid their hands are not clean."
Although the tall man told the truth, Ella usually didn't care, but at this time, she didn't want Sophie to hear these words.
Ella glanced back at Sophie, only to see Sophie stand up calmly, she walked towards the tall man, and stopped in front of him.
In the next second, only a "snap" was heard - Sophie slapped the other party.
"Want to fight? Come on! If the movement is a little bigger, the teacher will come. Like you said, we are experimental subjects and will be taken care of by the school. But you are different, fighting will make a big demerit and affect your future work. ”
The tall man was silent, the red handprints on his face were very obvious, his eyes widened, but he didn't know what to do with Sophie, and left after the cruel words.
Sophie suddenly turned around and hugged Ella, like a frightened little animal, like a strong girl.
"Who told you to be strong?"
"Don't tell Qiao Ran, he'll laugh at me." She turned her gaze to Kehima again, "Kehima, you are not allowed to tell Qiao Ran. ”
"Okay." Kahima smiled helplessly, he could have seen how powerful Sophie was.
At night, two little girls lay in bed. The light was pulled, and it was pitch black, and only the sound of soft breathing could be heard.
"Ella, how are you thinking about studying medicine?"
"Why do you always want me to study medicine?"
"Because you're Ella, I'm counting on you to take care of me more in the future."
"Sophie, if what the tall man said was true, would you hate me?"
"How could I hate Ella?"
"Why did you keep pestering me when you first came to school?"
"Because you're Ella, we met many years ago."
"Do you remember?"
"Well, of course, I remember every one of my friends......"
"Ella, why don't you speak?"
"I ...... Sleepy. ”
"Then sleep. Good night, Ella. ”
"Hmmm......"
Ella's eyes were closed, and she was completely sleepy.
"Resley, what is a friend?"
"A friend is someone who cares about you, someone who will not betray you, someone who will never abandon you."
"Resley, I'll be the doctor to cure you, will you wait for me?"
How could he forget Resley? What about forgetting the promise with Reisley? The image of Reslie slowly became clear in his mind.
Sophie, thank you for reminding me of the most important person.