Chapter 347: Such a Rigid Person

Long Liandong put down his pen and slowly exhaled.

She thought of the question Lu Yuanqiu asked her on the basketball court, "Are you interested in him?" If it were the same as in the past, Long Liandong's personality would definitely make her respond positively. She didn't know why she chose to escape this time.

Could it be that at that time, I truly felt the care and concern that Lu Yuanqiu revealed for Bai Qingxia when he spoke?
Thinking that he was probably cowardly at that time, Long Liandong couldn't help but frown.

But she couldn't guarantee that if the scene happened again, she would have the courage to admit it, because she was afraid of getting a negative answer. She had never confessed her feelings to anyone since she was a child, and she was afraid that her first time would be rejected.

She was the only one in the dormitory at the moment. Long Liandong wanted to read a book, but she was not in the mood.

Just then, there was a noise near the door. Long Liandong knew that Bai Qingxia had returned. She did not look back, but soon, a white shadow gently appeared in front of her.

Bai Qingxia placed the white body stockings on the table and asked directly, "How much are your socks? I'll buy them."

Long Liandong turned his head and asked in confusion: "Lu Yuanqiu told you that he was borrowing it from me?"

Bai Qingxia explained expressionlessly: "He didn't say it, I guessed it myself."

"You are so powerful, you can guess this?"

Bai Qingxia did not respond. If no one reminded her, she would probably have only had a little suspicion, because she was indeed very sensitive recently. But after Zheng Yifeng reminded her, she could clarify her guess.

However, Bai Qingxia is not going to betray Zheng Yifeng.

"I'll give you the full amount regardless of how much you paid for it." Bai Qingxia said firmly.

Long Liandong didn't mention the price. She was curious about something else at the moment: "Since you already know it's mine, why are you still planning to wear it? Don't you hate me?"

Bai Qingxia frowned: "Yes, but I don't want Lu Yuanqiu to blame himself. I can pretend that I know nothing for him. I will put on the dance clothes and perform normally, get the model certificate, make him happy, and I will be happy too."

Long Liandong was stunned.

Bai Qingxia continued, "And you're right, I really do hate you, so I'm going to buy the bodystockings, so that I'm not borrowing them, but dancing in something that belongs to me."

Seeing that Long Liandong didn't say anything, Bai Qingxia lowered her head slightly and said with her throat moving, "...I know that I'm the one in trouble and I'm the one who needs help, but I have such a bad attitude and I'm very uncultured. But I just want to say what I really think... You must hate me too, right? Because you like Lu Yuanqiu."

Long Liandong did not deny it, but whispered: "You look like you are about to cry."

Bai Qingxia tilted her head slightly and raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes: "I'm not good at communicating with strangers. I have a serious social phobia..."

Long Liandong said coldly, "You don't have to apologize. I lent Lu Yuanqiu his socks because he promised to teach me how to shoot. I didn't mean to be kind."

Bai Qingxia raised her eyes and silently clenched her fists. She took a deep breath and asked again: "Tell me, how much is it?"

Long Liandong also looked up at her: "What if I say one thousand?"

"I'll buy."

"Five thousand."

"purchase!"

"Eight thousand." Long Liandong looked at her with burning eyes.

Bai Qingxia paused for a moment, not bothering to wipe away the tears from her eyes. She looked at him seriously and explained, "I don't have enough money... but I will find a part-time job to make up for it for you slowly after I return to school."

Long Liandong turned his head away and remained silent for a long time, as if he was holding his breath.

After a long while, she said, "No need, I'll take you there."

"I don't need you to send me off."

Long Liandong turned his head to look at her again, as if he felt from the bottom of his heart that Bai Qingxia was really stubborn and strong-willed, which was completely inconsistent with her weak appearance.

"...Okay, this one is made of velvet, and the market price is 300 yuan." Bai Qingxia was slightly stunned. She really thought it would cost several thousand yuan. In her mind, things belonging to rich people, no matter how expensive they were, were reasonable.

"Hold on."

After saying that, Bai Qingxia quickly turned around and walked towards her suitcase. She squatted down, opened the zipper, took out three hundred yuan from the suitcase, then walked over and placed it on the table next to Long Liandong's hand, and then carefully unfolded the three banknotes one by one.

Picking up the one-piece stockings that truly belonged to her at this moment, Bai Qingxia sniffed and only then had the chance to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

She hated herself for not being able to hold back tears when she was emotional, and she had no momentum at the critical moment.

"When I'm done with the socks, I'll wash them and return them to Lu Yuanqiu. After Lu Yuanqiu gives them to you, you can return them to me. Don't tell him that I already know... Thank you for your help."

After saying that, Bai Qingxia added: "Thank you."

She walked towards her bed, and heard Long Liandong's voice from behind: "Is it necessary to go through so much trouble? Even if you admit to Lu Yuanqiu that you knew the socks were mine, what can you do if you have already paid for them?"

Bai Qingxia turned around and bowed earnestly to the other party without explaining: "It's really troublesome, so I trouble you, please."

"You..." Long Liandong gritted his teeth and took a deep breath in anger.

What a rigid person.

She paused for a moment, looked at the diary on her desk again, and suddenly fell silent again.

She didn't expect that her first conversation with Bai Qingxia would be conducted in this way.

After sitting there for a while, Long Liandong crossed out and blackened the line in the diary with a fountain pen: "Besides her good looks, does this girl have any other highlights?"

After finishing, Long Liandong closed the diary.

She felt very uncomfortable. She had finally found an opportunity to spend time with Lu Yuanqiu, but it seemed as if she had been indirectly tricked by the two of them for no apparent reason.

Lying on the bed, Bai Qingxia put the white bodystockings next to the pillow, and she quietly sent a message to Lu Yuanqiu.

『Bai Qingxia』: These socks are really nice, thank you.

『Lu Yuanqiu』: ...After all, beautiful things belong to others. We will return them after wearing them once. When I have the chance, I will definitely buy you a new one.

Seeing this message, Bai Qingxia wiped her tears and smiled.

『Bai Qingxia』: Let’s talk about it later, there’s no rush.

On the way back to the dormitory, Lu Yuanqiu looked at the message. He did not reply, but instead exited the chat interface and sent a message to Cao Shuang.

……

On the last day of military training, as night fell, the performance began.

An open-air stage was built outside, and everyone brought their chairs and sat below. It was so crowded that there were a lot of people.

The uncle, the Taoist priest, and Zhang Yang had just finished singing "Unity is Strength" with other people in the company and then walked off the stage.

The next person to come on stage was Long Liandong, who was wearing a sailor suit. She caused cheers from the audience as soon as she appeared.

Although she is the most famous person among the freshmen group, she is usually very low-key. People have rarely seen her talking to anyone. She is mostly seen sitting somewhere alone reading a book, or reading while walking.

However, someone saw her playing basketball with Lu Yuanqiu on the basketball court. This seemed to be the only time that Long Liandong interacted with people in public since the start of the school year.

She is a star, so it is understandable that she should reduce contact with people and avoid unnecessary scandals, but why is she not afraid of contact with Lu Yuanqiu?

(End of this chapter)

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