Exclusive Memory Chapter 8 Part 5

 After the start of the new semester, Liu Qi and I developed without salt, but this development was limited to eating together, studying together, and then he turned on the water for me.

And in the dormitory, it was Zhao Xiaotang who had a strange change, her hair straightened suddenly, those strange clothes and colorful eye shadows disappeared from her body, and she returned to the dormitory on time every night.

I couldn't help muttering: "Why do you suddenly look like a college student?"

Zhao Xiaotang retorted: "I was originally a college student."

"Really? I just found out."

She glanced coldly, "Believe it or not, I will strangle you right now?"

March 14 is said to be White Day.

I didn't understand at first, but it was only because Bai Lin yelled about it in the dormitory many days in advance that I realized there was such a saying. And February 14 happened to be during the Chinese New Year, and most of the campus couples were separated, so this so-called White Day was regarded as compensation, and there was a lot of speculation.

On the 14th, Wednesday, Liu Qi and the others had professional classes in the evening, so he went ahead and bought movie tickets for the afternoon.

The place to watch movies is of course not the small pirated movie theater where Bai Lin and I often scam membership tickets in the west area of ​​the school, but a luxurious movie theater in the city center. This may be our first formal, date-like meeting.

There are many young men and women around our age coming and going in the cinema hall.

When I walked past the corner where I bought snacks, I caught a glimpse of a line above the freezer: If you love her, treat her to Haagen-Dazs.

Obviously, Liu Qi also saw it.

Our eyes accidentally met.

"Eat?" He asked.

"Don't eat. Expensive and cold." I twisted my head, awkwardly quickened my pace, and hurried away, leaving him behind.

I'm telling the truth, it's really cold today. Originally, spring has come, but since yesterday, the temperature has dropped suddenly, catching people by surprise. I kept all my thickest down jackets at home, so I had to wear a few more inside to keep out the severe cold.

As soon as the movie started, I couldn't help coughing.

Liu Qi glanced at me.

I said, "I'm okay."

Halfway through the performance, my throat got itchy and I started coughing again. In order not to disturb others, I kept my voice down as much as possible. Seeing that I was suffering, he raised his hand and patted my back.

After coughing, just when I thought that I could continue to watch the movie with peace of mind, Liu Qi said: "Are you cold? Then his hand moved away from my back and instead reached in front of me and took my hand.

I was shocked.

I turned to look at him.

He stared at the screen as firmly as Mount Tai, without any expression, but his hand just held me like this, and he didn't let go.

One second, ten seconds, thirty seconds... all passed, and I still held it like this.

I don't know what to do. When I encounter this kind of thing, I am so timid and at a loss. I was afraid that if I struggled it would hurt him, or if I acquiesced, he would do something more intimate.

So, I had no choice but to dare not move, and just let him do this, but my whole body was stiff.

In my twenty-one years of life, except for my father, I have never had such an intimate act with anyone of the opposite sex. As for what was played in the movie later, I had no mind at all, I only felt that Liu Qi's palm was also sweating, and that fine layer of sweat wet my hands, becoming sticky and uncomfortable.

I remember in the listening and speaking class of the junior TV, the teacher showed many movies, and one of the heroines in it said that she always thought that when kissing her lover, her toes would involuntarily leave the ground, and she would lift up happily, feeling like losing herself.

I also used to think that when my boyfriend held my hand for the first time, I would feel warm and sweet.

But reality is different from imagination.

Fortunately, the darkness in the theater masked my embarrassment. When the story on the screen reached its climax, the person sitting in front of me couldn't help but turn his head and exchange a few words with his companion, and I also took the opportunity to change my sitting position, and then withdrew my hand from Liu Qi's palm without a trace.

Maybe it developed too suddenly for me to adapt; Maybe it's because I didn't like physical contact with people very much since I was a child; Maybe I didn't think the atmosphere was appropriate, but after I pumped my hand, I suddenly felt relaxed.

After I got out of the movie theater, I tried to look happy.

After dinner, he went to class and I went back to the dormitory.

The day passed.

On the afternoon of the second day, Zhao Xiaotang threw a bomb when she entered the door and released a bold statement: "My boyfriend invited you to dinner tonight.”

"Really?" Bai Lin and I said in unison. "Since when did you have a boyfriend?"

"You know each other."

"Really?" The two of us imitated Zhou Xingchi's expression, raised our voices and marveled again.

"It's Mu Hai."

"Who is Mu Hai?" Bai Lin asked.

"I seem to have heard that name somewhere." I said thoughtfully.

Zhao Xiaotang gave me a blank look, and reminded me: "Do you remember one time when we met a netizen in our junior year, he recognized you as me, that's the person."

"Oh—" I suddenly realized, "Later he invited us to sing, and it caused me to meet Mu Chenghe."

"Yes." Zhao Xiaotang nodded.

"What is his online name..."

"Murong Qingfeng."

To be honest, the appearance of Mu Hai surprised us a lot. The image of him and Zhao Xiaotang's previous rumored boyfriends is completely different. As an alternative family in our class, Zhao Xiaotang's criteria for choosing boyfriends used to be only one principle: if you don't have a lot of money, then you must at least be handsome.

Apparently, Mu Hai didn't meet the two requirements before and after.

But Zhao Xiaotang stayed with him, and even changed some of her style.

"I met him when I was interviewing for a job. He was a nice guy."

Bai Lin said: "There are so many good men, why haven't I seen you like them before?"

Immediately, Zhao Xiaotang uttered a sentence that overturned the words of Bai Lin and me. She said: "His connotation deeply attracted me." She originally said this sentence with joking elements, but at that moment, I saw a faint smile appear on her face . That smile came from the inside out, so sweet.

Having dinner with Mu Hai at night, everyone seemed very reserved. First of all, he is a social worker, and he doesn't have as many conversations with us as Liu Qi and Senior Brother Li. Secondly, even though he is now a family member of our dormitory, we are embarrassed to think that we slaughtered him like a fat sheep back then.

So the topic was taught to Brother Li and Liu Qi.

The three men talked about major political issues for a while, social hotspots for a while, tourist attractions for a while, and then they talked about Mu Hai's real estate industry. The four of us chatted with each other from time to time, and finally we got closer.

Then, the topic shifted to Senior Brother Li with the highest education.

Mu Hai said: "Those who study your major are regarded as the country's high-tech talents, and they are very hot."

Senior Brother Li shook his head with a wry smile.

Mu Hai said again: "I have a relative who also teaches physics in your school. He is quite famous, and his name is Mu Chenghe." As soon as the words fell, the other five of us were stunned except Liu Qi.

"Are you a relative of Teacher Mu?" Bai Lin asked first.

"Why haven't I heard you say it before?" Zhao Xiaotang asked second.

"What kind of relative?" Song Qiqi was the third to ask.

"You..." Mu Hai said, "You seem to be surprised."

Liu Qi didn't understand why, so he kindly explained: "Teacher Mu is a professor in Brother Li's department, and he also gave Russian lessons to Xue Tong and the others."

Only Senior Brother Li looked at us to the left, and then to Liu Qi and Mu Hai to the right, sandwiched between them, with complicated expressions.

Bai Lin secretly winked at Liu Qi behind Liu Qi's back.

"Are you cousins?" I asked calmly.

"No, how could I be so lucky. He is the grandson of my father's grandpa's nephew."

After he finished speaking, everyone at the table fell silent at the same time.

In the end, Zhao Xiaotang bravely pointed it out: "If you talk about your relationship, it's nothing to say, it's in the cloud."

Mu Hai thought for a while, and explained in another way of expression: "His grandfather and my grandfather are the same grandfather."

"Oh—" Although everyone responded and nodded together, I think they are probably on the same level as me, so they still don't understand.

After a while, Song Qiqi questioned: "His grandfather and your grandfather are cousins, how can you have the same surname?"

"Mu Chenghe takes his mother's surname." Mu Hai said.

"Teacher Mu's father used to be a teacher in our school, but he passed away very early, so he took his mother's surname later." Senior Brother Li volunteered to explain.

About his father, Mu Chenghe had told me personally before, so I guessed the same as Senior Brother Li.

Unexpectedly, Mu Hai shook his head and denied it: "No, his surname has been Mu since he was a child. Their family is hard to explain in one word, and it's not something we can understand."

After eating, Mu Hai came out to check out and found me standing alone at the door, holding their bags.

"What about everyone else?" He asked.

"They all went to the bathroom."

Mu Hai smiled when he heard this.

He is about the same height as Mu Chenghe, but he looks nothing like him. Unexpectedly, the same surname is really a relative.

Suddenly, I couldn't help asking: "Are you familiar with Teacher Mu?"

"Not very familiar."

Seeing me staring at him expectantly, Mu Hai had to add: "It's just that occasionally during the holidays, the whole family has a meal together. However, as long as he is around, the children will be very lively."

"Is it?".

"He is very patient with people and has a good temper. I don't know how many things are loaded in his mind. When he tells a story, he stuns the children for a while."

I couldn't help laughing, and suddenly remembered the admiration Peng Yu showed when he talked about Mu Chenghe.

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