Chapter 107: Discover
According to the reason, this kind of club party is usually arranged in a restaurant not far from the school, firstly, it is cheap and affordable for students, and secondly, it is close to the school, so it is more convenient for everyone to go back to the school when they are having fun late.
But Qiao Lan's first meeting was not in front of the school; the club booked it at a Korean restaurant on a busy street, a little far from the school, and at a very high price.
But I finally made a reservation because I heard from my older sisters that the barbecue was very good, and the president, Ji Su, paid most of the money, so we could have a better meal.
Luo Man was happy to jump around in the dormitory, put out all his clothes, a bunch of small dresses, while changing and asking a few roommates which one looks better.
All three roommates are a little restless, going to study hall, going to the next dormitory to play, and of course, walking with their boyfriends.
Qiao Lan didn't video Tan Mo today and felt empty, she took out her cell phone and wanted to call Tan Mo, but after thinking about it, she just went downstairs to look for someone.
It's 9:27 now, so there's still an hour to go.
When Qiao Lan called Tan Mo, he was in the dormitory listening to a book and doing push-ups while wearing headphones.
Since her rehabilitation, Tan Mo has been exercising a lot every day. It's a bit inconvenient for her to get to school now, there is a gym near the school, but it's too crowded for Tan Mo to go to, it's too time-consuming to go to a more upmarket and farther away place, and the dormitory doesn't allow all kinds of large exercise equipment, so she can only do the basics.
Xie Hongyi was so excited by the sight of Tan Mo's abs that she wanted to follow suit, but gave up after a couple of days.
Before, every night after class, Qiao Lan and Tan Mo would either go to the library together, or they would just go around the campus or go for a stroll, so there was still a little bit of date time left in the day. But since the rain, the weather has gotten colder, especially at night, so they don't go out much.
Not to mention the fact that it's after nine o'clock.
Tan Mo went downstairs and wrapped Qiao Lan very smoothly with the jacket in her hand.
Although his mood was still bad, it was well controlled, not to mention that caring for and taking care of Qiao Lan had become a habit in his bones, and there were some actions that he didn't even need to think about.
Qiao Lan looked at her own jacket, then looked at Tan Mo's shirt, and remembering Tan Mo's panting voice on the phone and the speed at which she had just run down the street, she unexpectedly put her hand on Tan Mo's neck and touched it.
Before Tan Mo could react, Qiao Lan quickly withdrew her hand again.
"Put it on," Qiao Lan buttoned Tan Mo's jacket back on her shoulders, "I just finished exercising, so I'm not afraid of catching a cold from the cold wind."
Tan Mo froze at being touched defenselessly before saying, "I'm not cold."
"Knowing that you're not cold" Tan Mo is so dull to cold that she can barely feel it, Qiao Lan naturally knows this, "It's not like being cold doesn't mean you're not cold, dress well, I'm wearing enough."
Tan Mo student's chest slightly warmed up a little bit, after putting on the clothes and holding up Qiao Lan's hand while walking, "Why suddenly come out, roommate quarrel again?"
Qiao Lan has no secrets from Tan Mo and tells him almost everything. Tan Mo doesn't participate in the discussion, but he remembers everything Qiao Lan says clearly, and several times Qiao Lan has gone out to talk to him on video because the two girls in Qiao Lan's dormitory were arguing.
"That's not true", Qiao Lan smiled, curling her slightly cold fingers up, Tan Mo took her hand and wrapped it around him, Qiao Lan narrowed her eyes happily, "Why did I come here so suddenly, it's just that I simply missed you. "
Qiao Lan's hand that was being held was abruptly pinched, and when she looked up with a smile that had not yet dissipated, she saw Tan Mo stop in her tracks and suddenly not move.
Qiao Lan thought that from this angle, Tan Mo's jawline was really overly good looking, and just when he wanted to sigh Tan Mo lowered his head, his delicate and good looking features suddenly enlarged, and Tan Mo's lips softly kissed down.
The night wasn't deep yet, but it was dark.
When Qiao Lan says she misses him, all Tan Mo wants to do is kiss her, and Tan Mo, who's been distracted all night, really does need a kiss.
He needs to be soothed, comforted.
But he couldn't tell Qiao Lan why he was upset, so there was no way for him to get comfort from Qiao Lan, so he chose to do it this way.
Not far below the dormitory building is an old tree with a trunk so thick that one person can't even hold it.
Qiao Lan was gently but forcefully pressed against the tree by Tan Mo, one hand wrapped around Qiao Lan's waist and tightly pressed close to him, one hand was fixed behind her head and lifted her cheeks slightly, lowering his head and gently biting on her cold lips.
Grinding, licking, the hot tip of his tongue moistened the lips of both men before finally topping off and probing between the teeth.
Tan Mo's kiss was so sudden that Qiao Lan was already dazed without reacting, Tan Mo's kiss was gentle but lingering, I don't know why Qiao Lan always felt that Tan Mo at this moment was like a little beast begging for comfort, unable to speak but could only use this way.
Dazed and slightly breathless Qiao Lan suddenly realized that it seemed like they hadn't had a single kiss since they'd been in college.
Qiao Lan stretched out her arms around Tan Mo's neck and rose up on tiptoe uncontrollably to meet her.
The tree was in a secluded position, and she and Tan Mo were in an even more secluded position.
Qiao Lan didn't know how long Tan Mo had been kissing her. Every time she thought it was going to end, Tan Mo would come back again and again, either on her cheeks or her neck, relentlessly rubbing the tip of her nose against her.
Qiao Lan hugged Tan Mo's head and softly called out to him, "Momo."
"Mmm," Tan Mo smothered her cheek in the crook of Qiao Lan's neck as if she were murmuring, "I've missed you so much."
Qiao Lan smiled and stroked Tan Mo's hair, "I'm right here."
Yeah, you're right here.
But why do I still feel like I miss you so much.
Tan Mo held the person in his arms tighter.
What the hell am I supposed to do.
Qiao Lan can guarantee that there is definitely something wrong with Tan Mo tonight, although everything is normal in her speech, but when Qiao Lan thinks of that kiss and the silence when she hugged herself, Qiao Lan can always feel indescribably sad, and she is aching for Tan Mo.
But why.
Qiao Lan asked Tan Mo if he was unhappy, Tan Mo shook his head with a smile and asked him why he felt that way, and then said.
"I'm not upset," finished as if to self-hypnotize and as if to convince Qiao Lan, "I'm really not upset, I'm in a very good mood right now."
Qiao Lan felt a strong sense of dissonance surge through her, and she stared at the smile on Tan Mo's face for a long time, but in the end she said nothing.
It wasn't until a few days later, when Qiao Lan looked at a very hardcore counseling book that her older sister had recommended to her, that she finally realized where the sense of dissonance had come from that day.
The book says that when people lie, they always like to repeat themselves, and that's something even they don't notice.
[The liar, faced with a question, takes the time to think quickly to come up with a lie by means of a fake smile and will respond with unusual firmness and repeat it many times because he will fear that others will not believe it and thus suspect him.]
Although the book is based on the experience when interrogating criminals and put in real life is a bit serious, but sometimes it does not make sense.
But a question of whether you're upset or not is usually met with a "no" or "no."
If Qiao Lan remembers correctly, Tan Mo repeated it three times.
Tan Mo is, like, lying to her.
Qiao Lan's fingers trembled lightly, she stared at the sentence on the book for a long time and shook her head, it only said that the general situation was not adapted to the whole, if she completely listened to the book, it would be too much skepticism.
And for a few days Tan Mo was normal, no less talkative and still smiling.
So it should be that she's overthinking it.
In the middle of her daze, her cell phone lit up, and Qiao Lan took it, opened WeChat, and found it was a friend request.
Qiao Lan took a look, but it was actually Xie Hongyi.
Doesn't she have Xie Hongyi as a friend? She didn't delete Xie Hongyi, so Xie Hongyi deleted her?
Qiao Lan hesitantly re-agreed to be her friend, and before she could ask how she had deleted her friend, Xie Hongyi asked her.
[Sis, did you and Tan Mo have a fight?]
Qiao Lan's heartbeat plummets, [No, what's going on.]
[No? Then what's he up to? I fucking feel like Tan Mo is trying to kill me every day!]
Although Tan Mo is usually a man of few words, the last two days have been so bad that anyone can tell he's in a bad mood.
Qiao Lan remembered the smile on Tan Mo's face before they parted today and took a deep breath before replying, [Today?]
[Inferno mode!]
Qiao Lan bites his lip and asks him, [He's in a bad mood, what day did it start exactly.]
[Wednesday ah, he took your call at night to go out a trip back to the whole person is not right, I thought it was you two quarreled originally not ah?]
Qiao Lan threw his cell phone aside and closed his eyes for a long time before getting back up and replying to Xie Hongyi, asking him not to tell Tan Mo about this.
Xie Hongyi sighs that he wouldn't dare. Last time, he just talked to Qiao Lan on WeChat and took a picture of Tan Mo to Qiao Lan, but Tan Mo deleted Qiao Lan's friend forcibly after he went back.
I went through Kong Sha's cell phone today to find Qiao Lan's number.
That's another thing Qiao Lan never knew.
Qiao Lan remembers that after she and Tan Mo had occasionally mentioned that she and Xie Hongyi had chatted for a moment or two on WeChat, Tan Mo hadn't been the least bit upset, and had even laughed and asked her what they'd talked about.
After Xie Hongyi asked Qiao Lan for help, she deleted her, saying she was afraid that Tan Mo would be upset if she found out.
If it was normal, Qiao Lan could still make a few jokes, but now Qiao Lan is not in the mood to joke at all.
One moment she was defending Tan Mo, arguing that Tan Mo's behavior might not be judged by some inertia of psychology, only to be confirmed by Xie Hongyi in the next.
Tan Mo is in a bad mood but keeps smiling in front of her.
Tan Mo cares a lot that she interacts with the opposite sex, but pretends not to care at all in front of her.
Greatly, some people say doesn't this show that he cares about her and doesn't want to leave his bad feelings with her, but that doesn't apply to Tan Mo.
Qiao Lan had thought that she could let Tan Mo practice his mimicry, that he could use everything he learned to survive better in this society and would be more popular, as long as he showed his true thoughts when facing her.
It never occurred to her that for Tan Mo had saved her truest self for everyone but her, leaving only the false side of her.
Even if this falsehood is for her.
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Published at: 09/09/2024 12:00