I received a call from Wen Bailing, and it was a weekend afternoon.

At that time, my aunt was not in the capital, and went on a business trip to study Madeleine's course. Tang Ji doesn't have to run to his aunt's house anymore, and he can have more time to busy with his own affairs.

At the end of the day, Tang Qi went to the school library for self-study. The book had only turned a few pages when the screen of the mobile phone that had been muted lit up, showing a call from an unknown number.

She thought it was a courier, and walked outside the self-study area with her mobile phone, and halfway through, the phone had already hung up.

Tang Qi called the phone back in the corridor, lowered his voice, and said politely: "Hello, is it a courier?" ”

"Tang Qi, it's me."

Wen Bailing's voice is low and easy to distinguish.

He asked Tang Qi on the phone if he was free tonight and wanted to ask her to have dinner together.

Tang Qi didn't think much about it.

Wen Bailing laughed on the phone, asked her school name, and then said, "Then you are ready to prepare, I will pick you up later, there is a traffic jam here, and I will arrive in about forty minutes." ”

The last time I heard Bailing say, "I didn't really want you to invite", Tang Qi forgot about it in a blink of an eye.

She is a silly girl with a little tendon, dead-eyed, and only thinks that she has promised others to treat, and there will definitely be a time when she needs to honor it.

Even in this month's living expenses budget, Tang Qi has already set aside this part of the money for treats, and he reluctantly kept some more, for fear that rich people like them will not be used to eating small restaurants.

For this sudden dinner, Tang Qi didn't have too romantic fantasies at first, but only felt that it was as natural as repaying debts.

But on the way back to the dormitory, she couldn't help but quicken her pace, and there was an indescribable tension, like something was about to overflow from her chest.

The catkins fall with the wind like snowflakes.

On the road, a tree and magnolia blossomed, Tang Qi held the self-study book, and trotted all the way in the warm spring sun against the breeze, it is difficult to say that he did not have any other feelings.

In the dormitory, I only saw Lu Qian sitting at the table playing on the computer, and asked Tang Qi in surprise, not that he was going to self-study, why did he come back so quickly.

Tang Qi told Wen Bailing that she was going to eat, Lu Qian put down the keyboard and mouse, twisted half of her body, and teased her in a tone beside her: "Oh~ It turned out that I was going out to eat with a man?" ”

"Where's Kiki?"

"I didn't get up, I lay down all day."

Chen Yiqi has been in contact with the boy added on social media, chatting every day, and for a long time, Tang Qi and Lu Qian often joked about her.

So Lu Qian also added such a joke: "Tang Qi, are you going to surpass Qiqi and become the first person in our bedroom to take off the single?" ”

Speaking of Chen Yiqi, Tang Qi put the book away, and then glanced at the bed above: "What's wrong with Qiqi, is she uncomfortable?" ”

"Maybe it's menstruation, let her lie down, it's okay today anyway, wait until I finish this game and then ask her to go downstairs for dinner."

Tang Qi opened his cabinet, a little worried.

She found a part-time job at the beginning of college, has been saving money, and is relatively frugal in living expenses.

She plans to shoulder her tuition fees in her sophomore year, and she usually doesn't add any brand of clothes to herself, flipping through it, and the most decent long-sleeved dress she can wear in the spring was bought by her aunt last year.

There was a faint fragrance of laundry detergent on the fabric of the skirt, and she put it on her body, and she actually felt that her heart was beating a little, very similar to the feeling when she walked into the examination room for the college entrance examination last year.

Lu Qian didn't pay attention to playing the game, and teased Tang Qi a few words, and then when the game ended, she skillfully climbed onto Chen Yiqi's bed.

Tang Qi heard Lu Qian calling: "Don't you get up yet, it's almost time to finish eating, or if you say what you want to eat, I'll bring it back to you?" ”

It was a sunny afternoon, Wen Bailing should not have arrived yet, Tang Qi sat by the brightly lit window and flipped out the call log.

Looking at the string of numbers again, Tang Qi secretly laughed at his stupidity.

His phone number is so smooth that he doesn't even need to memorize it deliberately, and a series of repeated numbers are lined up to the extent that he can remember them at a glance.

Why did she treat people as couriers?

Tang Qi was thinking about saving Wen Bailing's phone number, and was just about to operate, when he suddenly heard Lu Qian's surprised voice: "What's wrong with you!" ”

raised his head and saw Chen Yiqi sitting up.

Chen Yiqi was wearing plaid pajamas, her long hair was unkempt, her face was bloodless, only a pair of eyes were red and swollen from crying, leaning weakly against the wall, as if her soul had been sucked away.

This picture shocked Tang Qi's heart, she put down her mobile phone, hurriedly climbed to Chen Yiqi's bed with her hands and feet, knelt beside the bed, and grabbed her roommate's cold fingertips: "Qiqi, what's wrong with you, is there something uncomfortable, or is there something wrong at home?" ”

Chen Yiqi just hugged Lu Qian and cried, shaking her head while crying.

Lu Qian was so anxious: "No, what's going on?" Can you say something, are you trying to kill the two of us? ”

After repeated questioning, they learned what happened:

The boy Chen Yiqi added on the Internet has been chatting with her very speculatively, and the relationship is also heating up.

Recently, the two decided to meet.

Originally, the boy made an appointment with her to come to the capital to see her this weekend, and the tickets had been bought, but his mother suddenly fell ill and was still seriously ill.

Chen Yiqi sobbed: "He sent me a photo of his mother, who is in the intensive care unit and could be in danger of her life at any time." ”

The photo shows the blurry side face of the old man and the withered arm with an infusion tube.

The elderly have age spots and wrinkles on their skin, and their complexion is unhealthy grayish, which looks really shocking and makes people feel sad.

Chen Yiqi said: "He said that his mother needs a lot of money for treatment, his family can't afford it, and he is borrowing money from everywhere, and he can't contact people after speaking, and there is no news all day today, what should I do, I'm so worried about his ......"

The bed in the dormitory was very small, only 90cm wide, and the three of them were crowded into Chen Yiqi's bed, like huddles to keep warm.

Tang Qi remembered the year of her father's death, and her heart was also sour, she walked down her roommate's back and comforted her warmly: "There are many things to do in the hospital, you have to check various items and accompany patients, it is difficult to find time to chat, don't cry, he should contact you when he is free." ”

"It's like, maybe it's not as bad as you think, and his mom is getting better?" Lu Qian said.

"I transferred money to him, but he didn't reply to me after receiving it, and I don't know if the surgery fee is enough, and no one answers the phone."

They are all simple and kind girls, and if they like someone, they will really put themselves in each other's shoes and worry about each other, and they will really be uncomfortable in the dormitory.

I didn't realize that at this moment, their trust and soft-heartedness had been used by people with intentions and became a means for them to collect money.

Tang Qi only cared about comforting his roommate and forgot about the date.

The phone was on silent, and when she climbed out of bed and wanted to pour a glass of warm water for her sad roommate, she suddenly remembered that she had an appointment when she saw the phone on the table.

There are two missed calls on the phone.

And one more unread message -

[I'm here, waiting for you in the South Gate parking lot.] 】

It was more than 20 minutes ago when he received the message, and Tang Qi felt very sorry.

But there was still a mess in the bedroom, and Chen Yiqi was still crying, and she couldn't run out to eat tonight.

Between her roommate and Wen Bailing, she firmly chose her roommate.

Tang Qi picked up his mobile phone and instructed Lu Qian: "You accompany Qi in the bedroom, I'll come back as soon as I go out, bring you dinner when I come back, and send me on my mobile phone if you need anything later." ”

She knew that it was wrong to release pigeons, but she couldn't care so much, so she decided to explain to Wen Bailing in person.

In fact, this day's dinner appointment was not in Wen Bailing's plan.

He took the place of his own brother and went to a so-called summit in a certain business field.

It is said that it is a technical exchange, but in fact, it is attracting investment.

He was so annoyed by the sophistication of those people in Vanity Fair that he didn't eat a few bites of food at luncheon, and directly refused to attend in the afternoon, leaving the terrible environment first.

Out of the venue, Wen Bailing sat in the car, called her brother who was far away from abroad to deal with the project, and asked sympathetically: "Brother, what kind of life are you living these days, surrounded by a group of stalkers and horses, aren't you annoyed to look at those people?" ”

Wen Baiqi smiled on the phone: "You will have to live this day in the future." Come and help me after graduating with a master's degree this year, and there will be a dinner in the evening, whether you can go or not. ”

"No, no."

Wen Bailing refused, and in the interval between hanging up the phone, she suddenly remembered a pair of clear, scheming beautiful eyes.

He temporarily changed his mind, didn't go to his friend's place, called Tang Qi, and asked her to have dinner.

She agreed very happily, which made Wen Bailing's mood better.

Before going to school, he was worried that this Cullinan would be too flamboyant and cause unnecessary gossip to Tang Qi, so he didn't let the driver send it, but borrowed an ordinary car from the driver's family that had not yet paid off the loan, and drove it to Tang Qi's school by himself.

When he really arrived here, Tang Qi didn't seem very enthusiastic, and Wen Bailing waited in the parking lot, but no one answered the phone calls for a long time, and the messages were not returned.

He didn't feel too anxious, but a little curious.

A very polite and well-behaved girl like Tang Qi, what will happen to be late?

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Tang Qi's figure finally appeared in Wen Bailing's sight.

At this time, many students near the dormitory building and cafeteria were bustling, she was wearing that kind of light blue shirt dress, with a white sweater cardigan on the outside, looking very anxious, and running with the hem of her skirt.

Wen Bailing opened the door and got out of the car, standing in the flying catkins waiting for her, wanting to open her mouth to remind her to be careful when crossing the road.

But Tang Qi, like an anxious bird, had already flown over.

She probably ran out of strength, didn't stop, almost threw herself into his arms, and was held by him.

At last he waited for the man, but the girl pulled him by the sleeve, and without even breathing, she opened her mouth to release his pigeons.

She said, "Wen Bailing, I'm sorry, I can't go to dinner with you today." ”