Crush

Chap 15 :Holding Hands Tightly In The Dark .

Hua Tuy gave him the bandage, Chau Kinh Trach took it, put it in his pocket, looked at her and asked: "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet." Hua Tuy's mind was a bit dull, saying these two words unconsciously.

Chau Kinh Trach nodded, his voice hoarse: "Then eat with me."

"Huh! Ah, okay." Hua Tuy responded, at the same time silently chanting the words "sorry" to Ho Thien Tay in her heart.

Chau Kinh Trach walked forward with his hands in his pockets. Hua Tuy noticed that at the end of his finger was a white plastic bag, vaguely revealing the shape of a tube of ointment. Chau Kinh Trach walked a few steps and saw that she was not following, he stopped and turned to look at Hua Tuy.

Hua Tuy immediately ran up. She really wanted to ask questions like "Is the wound serious?", but tonight he was in a rather bad mood, and what identity did she use to ask? Thinking of that, the words that came to my mouth were swallowed back.

The two went to a dumpling shop, the shop was about to close, the owner stood in front of the pot, yawning, the steam that had been rising all evening had made her eyes red.

"Tieu Chau, are you here?" The hostess smiled and greeted.

"Yes, how is business today?" Chau Kinh Trach asked.

The owner rubbed her eyes and said, "Today was very good. As soon as the weather got cold, there were more people ordering food. I couldn't stop being busy." Chau Kinh Trach put one hand in his pocket, smiled and said: "You've worked hard."

Chau Kinh Trach raised his hand and pointed to a place, letting her sit there first. Hua Tuy sat down, pulled out a tissue to wipe the table, then looked over at him.

Chau Kinh Trach stood there and said to the owner: "Two bowls of water dumplings, sister."

After ordering, Chau Kinh Trach sat down opposite her, his hand with clear joints lightly tapping on the table, not knowing what he was thinking. He was originally not a talkative person, and Hua Sui didn't know how to talk very much, the awkwardness began to gradually spread between the two of them.

The hostess brought up two bowls of hot dumplings, then used a bone plate to hold two tea eggs and brought them to the table, in a cheerful tone: "It's almost closing time, these are for you two."

"Thank you." Chau Kinh Trach said politely.

A bowl full of dumplings was placed in front of Hua Tuy. She took a small spice bottle and poured a lot of vinegar into the bowl as if it was free. Chau Kinh Trach saw this and raised his eyebrows: "Can you eat that much vinegar?"

"Adjust the flavor a bit." Hua Tuy explained.

"You can try." Hua Tuy spoke up, smiled and said, "But just a little more will be fine."

After all, her way of eating is not the way ordinary people eat, a normal person's stomach will not be able to bear it. Chau Kinh Trach followed her suggestion and added a little vinegar, and sure enough, the taste was much better.

The two sat opposite each other eating food. Hua Tuy could see that he was in a bad mood. She racked her brain to think of jokes and quizzes she saw online.

"Let me ask you some questions." Hua Tuy opened her eyes wide and looked at him, her tone serious, "Why did the frog lose to the dog in the swimming competition?"

Chau Kinh Trach:?

"Because the frog committed a breaststroke foul."

Chau Kinh Trach slightly raised the corners of his lips. Hua Sui was not discouraged and continued to ask: "Why can Tieu Vuong brush his teeth and leisurely play the flute?"

Chau Kinh Trach:?

Dimples appeared on Hua Tuy's cheeks: "Because the teeth he brushed were false teeth!"

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Chau Kinh Trach finished paying and walked out of the store. The people on the snack street had long since disappeared. He put his hands in his pockets and walked forward. Hua Sui bowed his head and kept thinking, in the end, something went wrong. In which segment? Obviously very funny.

Hua Tuy thought of something, caught up with Chau Kinh Trach and patted him on the shoulder: "If that's the case, then I'll just have to use my secret technique."

"What?" Chau Kinh Trach turned his head.

Today, Hua Tuy was wearing a hoodie. She didn't know when she pulled up the hood, her arms were pulled back into the sleeves, her eyes were wide open, her fingers pulled her eyelids and made a ghost face at him.

But her eyes were big and bright, and she was wearing a white hoodie, there was nothing scary about her.

Irritable yet cute.

"What are you doing?" Chau Kinh Trach raised his eyebrows.

"I'm acting like a devil, isn't it the same?" Hua Tuy's eyes were dim.

"What the hell?"

"Happy devil." Hua Tuy replied.

This answer made Chau Kinh Trach unable to help but laugh, his chest trembled, he could not control his breathing, revealing the first truly meaningful smile this evening, not Not a mechanical smirk.

Hua Tuy struggled to get her arm out of her shirt. She seemed to say to herself: "Finally, you're smiling."

Finally, he is happy.

After saying goodbye, Hua Tuy and Chau Kinh Trach quickly returned to school. When they reached the dorm room, they pushed open the door. 1017 ran up and rubbed her leg. Hua Tuy didn't have time to pay attention to the orange cat. She apologized to Ho Thien Tay who was lying on the bed: "Tay Tay, sorry, something happened so I came home late."

"It's okay, it's been hard for you."

Hua Tuy finished showering, got into bed, opened her cell phone and discovered there was a new unread message.

This is a message sent by zjz: [Thank you tonight.]

After Hua Tuy typed the sentence "nothing" into the chat box, she felt it was too mechanical, so she deleted it and sent another message: [It's okay, have you returned to the dormitory yet?]

The phone was clenched in my hand and two minutes later it lit up again, zjz: [I'm back at the dorm, just finished showering.]

The corners of Hua Tuy's lips curled up and she replied solemnly: [Then sleep well.]

Hua Tuy had a very good night's sleep. Compared to her good mood, Ho Thien Tay's mood recently seems not so good. Thinh Nam Chau made several phone calls but she ignored them.

He asked someone to bring him snacks several times but it didn't work, and every time Ho Thien Tay refused and blocked him outside the door.

When Hua Tuy and Ho Thien Tay went out to buy milk tea together outside of school, she tried to ask her if she didn't intend to forgive Thinh Nam Chau. The big sister answered like this: [Yes Even if I die, I won't forgive him. This time he was really too much.]

Usually, Thinh Nam Chau often teases Ho Thien Tay. This time he also knew that he had really gone a bit too far, but Ho Thien Tay didn't answer his phone calls, and he couldn't see anyone, so he Begged Chau Kinh Trach to use his name to invite everyone to dinner, then let Hua Tuy lead Ho Thien Tay out, and then personally apologize to her.

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Chau Kinh Trach agreed, giving him a kick by the way: "I told him to stop bullying her, but he didn't listen."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Chau, no, you are wrong." Thinh Nam Chau pretended to kneel.

Chau Kinh Trach sat in a chair, bent over and picked up his cell phone on the table to text Hua Tuy, teaching her to lie.

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When Ho Thien Tay heard Hua Tuy say that Chau Kinh Trach won the flying competition and won the prize money and wanted to invite everyone to dinner, he half believed and half doubted: "What's the point of flying in just the first year!"

"Helicopter pilot, doesn't he...have a private pilot's license?" Hua Tuy was speechless for a moment, but luckily he could think of a reason.

"Okay, Thinh Nam Chau won't come, right?" Ho Thien Tay is getting a manicure.

Hua Tuy followed what Chau Kinh Trach taught her, telling a lie must look into Tay Tay's eyes for her to believe it. So she forced herself to open her eyes wide and look straight at this big sister, pretending to calmly reply: "Not coming."

Finally, Ho Thien Tay also smiled and agreed to go out to eat.

Early Wednesday evening, Hua Tuy and Ho Thien Tay followed the address sent by Chau Kinh Trach and went to a European-style hotel located in the city center. As soon as they entered the door, a waiter wearing a red tie greeted them, led them to swipe their cards into the elevator, and the two went straight to the 23rd floor.

The elevator door opened, a handmade imported carpet with exquisite patterns stretched out under the feet, a warm crystal lamp hung in the middle, Hua Sui and Ho Thien Tay walked forward. She looked at the people going in and out around her, their clothes were all extremely noble, not ordinary at all.

She suddenly felt in her heart that Chau Kinh Trach really came from a wealthy family and was an excellent person, and the gap between him and her was also a clear truth.

The two went to room number 2309. Ho Thien Tay pushed the door and went inside. As soon as she looked, she saw a Mousse cake that she liked to eat placed in the middle of the table, in addition to Thinh Nam Chau - the person she loved. want to give a punch.

Ho Thien Tay reacted, instinctively wanting to hit Hua Sui, shouting: "Very good, Hua Sui, you've even learned the habit of lying."

"I..." Hua Tuy wanted to dodge, but unconsciously hid behind Chau Kinh Trach.

Chau Kinh Trach's eyes were blocked and he suddenly spoke: "You teach."

"Alright." Chau Kinh Trach put his hands in his pockets, then tilted his head to look at Hua Sui behind him, "Come with me to buy a pack of medicine."

Chau Kinh Trach intended to leave private space for the two of them, Hua Tuy understood and went with him downstairs.

The two went to the convenience store downstairs, the cold wind was blowing. Chau Kinh Trach went inside to buy a pack of cigarettes. While standing at the cashier to pay, Hua Tuy's stomach kept growling.

"39.8 yuan." The salesman wearing an orange vest said.

Chau Kinh Trach took out the money to pay, glanced at the slightly red ear, and chuckled lazily, "Get her an Oden."

Hua Tuy stood in place and was about to wave his hand to refuse. Chau Kinh Trach turned around, took a cigarette and put it in his mouth, the lighter made a "click" sound, and at the same time walked past her, a low voice rang out. next to the ear.

"Little friend, order whatever you want to eat."

Chau Kinh Trach went out to smoke, Hua Tuy sat on the bench of the convenience store eating Oden, she ordered two skewers of meatballs, one skewer of seaweed, one sausage, and some other snacks, she sat down. eat it all there.

While eating, I peeked at the man smoking not far away outside the glass door.

After Hua Tuy finished eating, Chau Kinh Trach raised his hand to signal her to go out. Hua Tuy stepped in front of him, which was when he extinguished the cigarette filter and glanced at the time:

"I guess it's done, let's go upstairs."

The two of them took the elevator upstairs. Coincidentally, there were only two of them in the elevator. Hua Tuy stood slightly forward, Chau Kinh Trach stood on the left, he leaned against the wall, his head leaned up, his throat slowly moved up and down, indescribably enchanting.

"Do you think they will make up?" Hua Tuy asked.

The display screen in the elevator showed that they had reached the 11th floor. When Chau Kinh Trach was about to answer, there was suddenly a "bang" sound, and the elevator shook violently.

Next, there was a "pop" sound, the lights in the elevator went out, the surroundings were pitch black, nothing could be seen. Darkness amplifies people's fears and feelings of strangeness little by little.

Unexpectedly, they would encounter a once-in-a-thousand-years elevator incident like this. Hua Tuy was a bit panicked. She turned her head instinctively, but couldn't see Chau Kinh Trach anywhere.

"Chau Kinh Trach?"

Hua Tuy only called twice. After hearing no answer, she tried to suppress her panic to the bottom of her heart and immediately pressed the alarm bell. There was a response from the alarm bell on the other side. Hua Tuy opened her mouth and found her voice trembling slightly:

"Hello, there's a problem with the elevator here. Please help someone get here quickly."

"Hello, can you tell me the specific location?" The repairman asked.

"Building F, 11th floor." Hua Tuy tried to keep her voice as steady as possible, as if remembering something, "Please come quickly."

After finishing speaking, Hua Tuy groped her way to the back of the elevator. She held her cell phone. The screen showed one line of signal and 3% battery left. Hua Tuy borrowed a little light from the mobile screen to look through it.

Seeing Chau Kinh Trach sitting in the corner, he closed his eyes tightly, his eyelashes trembled, and his forehead was covered in sweat.

Hua Sui enthusiastically squatted in front of him and shook his arm: "Chau Kinh Trach."

Chau Kinh Trach struggled to open his eyes, looked at her, then leaned against the wall again. He felt like a sponge constantly being forced to sink to the bottom of the sea, helpless and scared.

He remembered that damp attic, the dark spiders crawling back and forth, the feeling of suffocation coming over him, like someone was strangling him, his breath being taken away breath by gulp. He struggled to escape but found it was all in vain.

Hua Tuy squatted next to him, seeing Chau Kinh Trach unable to breathe, his chest rising and falling violently, the sweat on his forehead soaking his thick black eyelashes, his face pale.

When she and Chau Kinh Trach were in the same class in high school, she heard people say he had fear of enclosed spaces. She thought it was a joke, but it turned out to be true.

Seeing Chau Kinh Trach so uncomfortable, a ray of pity spread from the bottom of her heart, Hua Tuy's heart tightened into a knot, not because of her previous feelings of admiration, but because she really wanted to do something. to ease the pain he is enduring.

If possible, she wants to bear this pain for him.

Hua Tuy hesitated for a moment, then gently grabbed his wrist and said: "Don't be afraid."

Chau Kinh Trach closed his eyes, feeling like he was falling into boundless darkness, like a box sinking deep into the bottom of the sea, completely sealed around, allowing sea water to pour in, submerging his entire throat. , mouth, nose, little by little.

In the darkness, someone grabbed his wrist, warmth slowly spread, like feathers, like sunlight, he clearly heard a gentle sentence repeating over and over again:

"Do not be afraid."

Chau Kinh Trach tried his best to lift his eyelids, before his eyes appeared a face with soft and gentle lines, his face was reflected in his bright black pupils, like catching a piece of wood in the dark night. So.

He followed that hand, turned it over, then slowly moved down, his large palm pressing on top, as if warming each other's blood vessels, the callouses rubbing against the soft palm, and then the two palms clasped together for a split second