Chapter 7.2 (1/2)

Chapter 7.2

Then when school officially started, things really did follow Yin Li’s arrangements to a tee . Uncle Chen had my cla.s.s schedule, and everyday he’d be right on time, giving me me no opportunity to stay longer at school, and furthermore no opportunity to socialize with my cla.s.smates . A week pa.s.sed with me coming and going alone, returning home immediately after the end of cla.s.s, and no one took the initiative to strike up a conversation with me .

Ai, so lonesome . In the resting interval between French intensive reading lessons, I could only stare absentmindedly towards the front of the room, my eyes glazed over .

“Hi, nice to meet you . You’re called Yan Xiao right?”

Feeling a bit overwhelmed by having such favor bestowed upon me, I stared at the girl in front who’d taken the initiative to talk to me . If I remembered correctly, her name was Wu Mei .

“It’s like this, tomorrow on Friday afternoon we don’t have cla.s.s, so we wanted to go watch the new movie No Escape . Something came up for Su Lin Lin so she can’t go . There’s an extra ticket, want to come?”

I saw that there were other female students behind Wu Mei watching me . What a wonderful opportunity! Of course, I agreed with my eyes s.h.i.+ning, “Okay!”

Wu Mei was stunned by my unexpected response . She was surprised that I agreed so easily . Then with a shy smile she said, “Then we’ll meet up tomorrow at one o’clock at the school gates . ”

I nodded with a smile, my mind already calculating how to obtain a leave of absence from Yin Li .

That night as Yin Li and I ate dinner, I sensed that the mood was good and spoke .

“Tomorrow afternoon I’ll return later than usual . Don’t make Uncle Chen pick me up, when I’m done I’ll call a taxi . ”

Yin Li put down his fork and knife . “Do you have something scheduled tomorrow afternoon?”

His eyes watched me closely

. Although his voice didn’t have any particular undertone, I still faintly sensed his displeasure . Driven by some supernatural impulse, I lied .

1 鬼使神差 is an idiom translating to “demons and G.o.ds at work” . It’s used to describe an unusual event that seems to have a supernatural explanation; a curious coincidence .

“There’s a general a.s.sembly for our cla.s.s in the French department . ”

Yin Li’s appet.i.te for control was too strong, and I desperately craved freedom . I disliked not being able to keep a single secret from Yin Li . But I had a vague feeling that I lacked the qualifications to talk with Yin Li about secrets, and that Yin Li didn’t actually want me to have my own social circle .

Yin Li at this time declined to comment . He only cut out a piece of steak and unhurriedly brought it to his lips, not feeling any urgency to state his opinion .

Even though my mind was in a mess, I endured it and squarely met his eyes . Very frankly and without reservation I stared at him, the expression on my face magnanimous . When telling lies I had a great poker face, which had always been my pride and joy .

When Yin Li finally finished his steak, he smiled . “Seeing that it’s a school activity, go ahead and attend . ” Unexpectedly, none of the obstacles I had prepared for appeared, making me feel like I’d used a villain’s heart to gauge a gentleman . I really felt ashamed of myself .

2 以小人之心度君子之腹 is a chengyu that means “to use the behavior one would expect from an evil person to antic.i.p.ate an upright person’s behavior . ”

But anyway, this was only small matter and I quickly set it aside . On Friday afternoon, when we agreed to meet up, my cheeks were already glowing red from my cheerful and excited mood .

But compared to my excitement, everyone’s expressions had some hesitation .

I jumped up from my motorized wheelchair,

wheelchair, kindly explaining, “I heard that s.h.i.+ning Theater has a rule: if there’s a disabled customer, the theater will provide a VIP box . And also, this way we don’t need to go early to line up for seats . ”

Then I sat back in my wheelchair . “See, this is motorized . It’s very convenient . There’s no need for someone to push me . ”

“So you really got into a serious car accident? Was this the wheelchair you had used?” Wu Mei asked in amazement .

I spread my hands . “More accurately, I couldn’t even walk properly a month ago . ” I swept my gaze across the group . Their guarded expressions relaxed and some even eked out a smile . Only a tall male student with a playful look narrowed his eyes and stared daggers at me, causing my hair to stand on end .