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Chapter 3 - Earrings
Luo Zhuowei came as promised on the day of the basketball game.
She just stood quietly in the rest area of our class, and the boys from Class 7 next door were jealous.
Although the place designated for Class 7 was full of beautiful girls from their class, and even from other classes, they were still shocked that Luo Zhuowei would come and even stand at our place.
I sat on the stool outside our bench to adjust my wristband and looked at Lin Haoyuan, who was bathing with beautiful girls' attention. He obviously also noticed Luo Zhuowei's presence.
The mobile phone I put next to the stool buzzed.
[Lin Haoyuan: You found a way.]
I naturally have to show off even though this is still because Luo Zhuowei is easy to talk to: [Your father will always be your father.]
[The father mentioned here is not the literal father. It's a form of bragging for Chen Hang saying that he is still high and above Liu Haoyuan :)]
[Lin Haoyuan: During the first game of our first year, someone also asked Luo Zhuowei to come out and watch the game, but she directly refused.]
I frowned and was about to reply to Lin Haoyuan when something cool was suddenly stuck to my cheek. The burst of coolness stimulated my skin.
I unconsciously shrank and when I looked back to see who did the prank, I was so shocked that I hid my mobile phone back to my thigh: "Luo Zhuowei."
"I'm here to deliver water to our point guard."
Luo Zhuowei did not react to my panicked response. She kept that small smile on her face.
After seeing me looking at her, she took the opportunity to put the two bottles of water on the empty stool next to me.
"I took a bottle of sparkling water and a pure mineral water."
"Thank you." I'm a little embarrassed and I don't know if she saw my conversation with Lin Haoyuan…
I put my mobile phone on the empty stool with a guilty heart and I couldn't help but look at the two bottles of water brought to me by Luo Zhuowei. The body of the two bottles were still cold and the falling drops of water soon formed a small pool of water stain on the stool.
I glanced at a few boxes of water piled up in the rest area not far away, and the whole box of drinks bought with the class fee was not cold.
She bought it separately?
This idea made me feel overwhelmed.
For the first time, I hated that I wasn't the careless and unrestrained type of man. I could only touch the earrings on my right ear and acted fine: "It's really good to have a cold drink on such a hot day."
"The class monitor asked someone to carry a box of cold water from the canteen to exchange to the ones here. I just delivered the cold water to the point guard first." Luo Zhuowei gently explained as if she guessed that I would think too much.
I wanted to slap myself for a second.
I didn't know whether I was relieved or regretful. I fiddled with my hair. The soft hair was drooping on my head and it visually always looked a little long.
A row of earrings on the right ear bone was also exposed. Luo Zhuowei's eyes looked at it and curiously approached me: "I didn't expect you to wear this kind of earrings."
Ear piercing in the ear bone always looks more rebellious compared to the earlobe. In fact, I just like to wear earrings in that position, there was no other reason.
She then saw that I was about to take them off.
"Do you want to take them all off?"
"Yes. I'm afraid they'll get lost during the game."
There is always a faint scent on girls' bodies and Luo Zhuowei also has it. When she came over, I smelled the looming sweetness drilling into my nose.
I think it's a little abnormal for me to think of my classmate this way, so I reflexively want to kick the stool a little.
… I can't help it.
I quickly took off all my earrings.
Just as I looked left and right and hesitated where to put these easily lost little things, Luo Zhuowei stretched out her hands to me: "I'll take care of it for you. I'm just going to sit here and watch the game."
"I'll thank you first then." I paused for a moment and then carefully put the earrings in her hand.
"If you want to sit here and watch the game…"
The sun in the summer afternoon is as hot as during noon time. I saw that all of the girls around the basketball court were basically holding umbrellas.
And there is no shade in this area and Luo Zhuowei doesn't seem to have an umbrella.
The preparation time before the game was almost over and my teammates urged me to go and talk shit with the other team for a while.
Although I think that there's an 80% chance that they're calling me because they don't want to see me and Luo Zhuowei have a good chat.
"I have an extra sportswear jacket in my bag." I pointed to the bag near Luo Zhuowei's feet. "If you are afraid of the sun, you can use it to block the sun."
Because I have a sister at home, I knew some things that little girls care about…
Before Luo Zhuowei could respond, I jogged towards the court. I turned around and added, "That one has just been washed and I haven't worn it yet, so there won't be any strange smell of scent or anything like that."
T/N: What do you think so far? I think I've re-read this short story about 5 or more times. It reminds me of the ambiguity of young love and having crushes in high school.
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