There was still silence on the other end of the phone.
Shi Yao felt more and more uneasy.
Just as she was contemplating whether she should apologize or not, a sigh suddenly sounded from the other end of the phone.
Shi Yao froze.
Lin Jiage isn't angry but sad? But what is he sad about?
Soon, Lin Jiage's voice sounded in her ear, and it was no different from his usual tone, "Do you like apples the most?"
Ah … Did I hear wrongly?
Shi Yao was silent for a moment before replying, "No, it's just that apples are the only fruits in the dormitory."
"What do you like to eat the most then?"
"Fruits?"
"Un."
"Passion fruit, loquat, watermelon, pineapple, pomegranate …"
"What about the rest? For example, snacks? "
"Oh, I like to eat potato chips, roast duck, milk tea …" Shi Yao rattled off a long list of her favorite foods, and at the very end, she added, "… but my favorite is ice cream, especially the vanilla flavored one."
"Ice cream?"
"That's right …" Shi Yao paused for a moment before asking, "… Do you like ice cream too?"
"No, I have a friend who loves it … You two are quite similar when it comes to food …"
"Oh …" The windows of the dormitory room weren't closed, so a cold night breeze blew in. Shi Yao, who was only wearing her pajamas, couldn't help but shiver. Her initial question of "Who is your friend?" froze at the tip of her lips.
On the other end of the phone, Lin Jiage noticed the abnormality and asked, "Are you outside?"
"Yeah, my roommates are asleep. I'm afraid that I'll wake them up," Shi Yao replied with a trembling voice.
"Un," Lin Jiage replied with a single word.
Shi Yao didn't know how she should continue.
Less than two seconds later, Lin Jiage spoke up once more, "I'll be hanging up then."
…
Standing on the balcony, Lin Jiage wanted to say something else after saying "I'll be hanging up then", but he swallowed the words back down.
He held the phone in his hand silently for a moment before he heard her soft voice on the other end, "Goodbye."
Without replying, he lowered the phone from his ear and hung up.
He wasn't in a hurry to return to the dorm. Instead, he stood on the balcony and enjoyed the cold wind for a while. Then, he raised his hand in frustration and scratched his head.
In the end, she came to find him just to explain to him what she had told the hostel room about them.
Actually, when he first heard it, he didn't think it was a big deal. In fact, when she said that she couldn't hold back because of an apple, he thought it was a little funny. However, after half a minute, he couldn't laugh anymore …
— So, other than the three of them, no one else will hear your name from my mouth.
Recalling those words, Lin Jiage pursed his lips, and he felt even more frustrated.
But he didn't seem to have the right to be annoyed. He had personally asked for these words.
There was something wrong with him back then!
Lin Jiage exhaled in frustration. Then, the phone in his hand lit up once more.
Shi Yao: "Right, I forgot something."
Shi Yao: "Thank you."
Shi Yao: "It's about the forum."
She sent three messages in a row. The first part of the message was incoherent, but he understood.
It was very strange. His originally unhappy mood, because of her three sentences, inexplicably softened.
He didn't reply to her message, but he stared at the screen for a long time. Eventually, he flipped open his notebook and typed a few lines.
Passion fruit, loquat, watermelon, pineapple, pomegranate.
Potato chips, roasted duck, milk tea, ice cream.
He paused for a moment before adding a few more words after 'ice cream', and the second line became: Potato chips, roasted duck, milk tea, ice cream (vanilla).
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