Chapter 50: Wish

When Qiao Lan and Bai Yu returned to the dormitory, Xiang Xiaohan was arguing with another girl called Yan Mei.

Qiao Lan lives in a dormitory of eight people, but in general there are more than three or four small groups, all living under the same roof, but the best relations are not necessarily those of the dormitory, and there are more or less small conflicts every day.

But it's rare to have a direct fight like this.

When Qiao Lan and Bai Yu went in, there were two girls in the dormitory, in addition to a few other people from the dormitory, who were Xiang Xiaohan's friends from the first year of high school.

Xiang Xiaohan would often bring the two girls to the dormitory, and as she came more often, Qiao Lan would nod and say hello when she saw them.

Now Xiang Xiaohan and Yan Mei are arguing and the two girls look embarrassed, while Qiao Lan and Bai Yu listen for a while before they understand why they are arguing.

All the students in Class 18 were once the top students in their own classes, but when they came together in their second year, they weren't necessarily the first or second best. In the dormitory, Qiao Lan has the best grades, after all, she is the second best in her year, Xiang Xiaohan is the worst, in the lower middle of class 18, but still in the top 200.

But Yan Mei was undoubtedly the hardest worker, a match for Qiao Lan in her senior year.

Yan Mei had to stay in class until late every day, and had to work on her problems for a while before she went to bed every day, which resulted in Xiang Xiaohan taking her best friend back to the dormitory, where the three of them chatted while getting high on melon seeds, not too loudly.

Xiang Xiaohan's relationship with the other dormitory members was not too good, so these two girls would often come to Qiao Lan's dormitory, which was usually fine, but today Yan Mei was there and was unable to concentrate due to the noise, so she asked Xiang Xiaohan to lower her voice.

When Qiao Lan and Bai Yu came back, they had been arguing for a long time, and the argument had escalated to Xiang Xiaohan saying that the dormitory was excluding her and not even allowing her good friends to come, while Yan Mei directly disliked Xiang Xiaohan, saying that you have no idea why you are being excluded.

Xiang Xiaohan's whole face is darkened.

Xiang Xiaohan sometimes doesn't understand how she has been trying to get along with everyone since she first came to the hostel, but in the end, no one appreciates her.

Yan Mei is probably angry with Xiang Xiaohan and has been holding it in for a long time, so today she has the time to explode it all out, saying that she only knows how to gossip with the boys in her class, even in the classroom, but when she goes back to the dormitory, all she talks about are boys she has no relationship with.

"It's okay if you're not good at studying, but you have to disturb others and make them follow you. I've said several times not to bring other classes to the dormitory, can't you see I'm reading?"

Xiang Xiaohan was also angry and immediately sneered, "You work so hard every day, but you don't see how good your grades are. If you have the ability, you can be like Qiao Lan, who has the number one tutor in her grade every day and can get second in her grade just by studying.

Qiao Lan, who just walked in without saying a word: "......"

Xiang Xiaohan was gossiping behind her back, but when she turned her head, she saw Qiao Lan, who happened to be returning, and the situation was as awkward as it could be. Xiang Xiaohan's face stiffened as she was watched by so many people, especially Qiao Lan, and she suddenly remembered how Tan Mo had taken care of Qiao Lan, but then she remembered Tan Mo's cold threats to her, and instead of feeling guilty about being caught, she became more and more resentful of Qiao Lan. With the words "I've had enough", she left the dormitory.

When Xiang Xiaohan and his two classmates left, Bai Yu was speechless, "What has she had enough of? I've had enough of her."

Xiang Xiaohan is a warm and welcoming person, but he has a lot to say about others behind their backs. We are all in the top class, full of study, and Xiang Xiaohan is the only one who spends his days asking about who has a good family and trying to impress the boys.

Yan Mei and Xiang Xiaohan were finally happy after the fight, half-heartedly not provoked by Xiang Xiaohan's poorly thought out attempt to provoke her, but asked Qiao Lan, "Why did she suddenly mention you for no reason at all?"

"Who knows," Bai Yu said, "she has been targeting Qiao Lan for a day or two now, she really thinks everyone is blind and can't see anything."

"Qiao Lan , why is she always targeting you."

"I don't know," Qiao Lan said, and the others were puzzled too. Bai Yu was happy for a long time and said, "Maybe she likes Hao Ying and is jealous of Qiao Lan..."

Qiao Lan frowned and didn't say anything, she intuitively felt otherwise, waiting to recall what Xiang Xiaohan had just said, bringing Tan Mo's name to the table while undermining her.

Qiao Lan was very sensitive to everything about Tan Mo. In retrospect, Xiang Xiaohan did mention Tan Mo a lot in the dormitory and often asked her about Tan Mo from time to time. Qiao Lan was distant from Tan Mo because Xiang Xiaohan kept asking her about Tan Mo's family.

Although everyone was curious about Tan Mo, no one had ever been as interested as Xiang Xiaohan, and Qiao Lan suddenly remembered the document that Tan Mo had handed to Xiang Xiaohan that day, not knowing what it was.

Tan Mo said that it was something that someone from outside the class wanted to give to Xiang Xiaohan and he was just responsible for passing it on, Qiao Lan didn't think much of it at the time, but when he thought about it again, he thought it was a mistake.

Tan Mo was never one to offer to pass things on, and Xiang Xiaohan became frightened after reading the document, and the fright was clearly directed at Tan Mo.

So something must have happened between Xiang Xiaohan and Tan Mo, whether good or bad, always unknown to Qiao Lan.

This makes Qiao Lan a little uncomfortable. For as long as she has known Tan Mo, there has never been any secrets between them, but now Tan Mo is keeping them from her.

This feeling also makes Qiao Lan indescribably uncomfortable.

It's not that she won't let Tan Mo make other friends, but if this person is Xiang Xiaohan ...

Qiao Lan was suddenly a little unsure, and when the afternoon came, Qiao Lan turned her head to Xiang Xiaohan and looked over there, then turned back and asked Tan Mo in a whisper, " Tan Mo, do you not like it if we switch to this side?"

"No", Tan Mo said decisively, without thinking, indicating a sincere answer.

Qiao Lan breathed a sigh of relief and after some thought asked, "So do you think Bai Yu or Xiang Xiaohan is better?"

The mention of Xiang Xiaohan's name suddenly brought a stern look to Tan Mo's eyes.

Tan Mo had never hated a person so much, so much that he clearly perceived the meaning of disgust, he had never come to be so disgusted with a person.

But he also dislikes Bai Yu, the girl who is Qiao Lan's highest same-sex friend and who takes too much of his attention and time away from him.

But if he had to choose one, Tan Mo said after a moment's silence, "Bai Yu."

Qiao Lan is now relieved.

She didn't want to ask Tan Mo what had happened with Xiang Xiaohan, and Qiao Lan wouldn't force Tan Mo to talk about anything he didn't want to.

With this behind her, Qiao Lan suddenly realises that Tan Mo's birthday is coming up soon.

Qiao Lan is half a year older than Tan Mo, Tan Mo's birthday is in October and Qiao Lan's is in July, Qiao Lan deliberately called Tan Mo "MoMo" after Aunt Chan. Qiao Lan said, "I'm a few months older than you, so why can't I call you that.

Tan Mo thought silly for a while, but couldn't come up with a reason to refute Qiao Lan. Qiao Lan was so impressed by his rare silly look that he finally stopped bullying him for not calling him "MoMo" like Aunt Chan.

Last year, when Tan Mo's birthday came, Qiao Lan had just arrived here and Tan Mo was still cold to her, so Qiao Lan didn't know Tan Mo's birthday either. Now that Tan Mo's birthday is coming up again, Qiao Lan can't think of a good gift for Tan Mo.

Qiao Lan's vision was not very broad and Qiao Lan thought about it and decided it would be better to ask Tan Mo directly.

Tan Mo had already noticed Qiao Lan lying on the table, neither reading nor sleeping, just thinking about something with her eyes open.

What was she thinking, could there have been a moment when the thought had to do with him?

Even though she has seen what she wants, Tan Mo can't help but think about it, even if it's just a little bit, because after all, Qiao Lan doesn't know what's in his heart yet, and he still has some weight in her heart.

But I didn't want the girl to turn around.

Qiao Lan lowered her voice and called out to him, "Tan Mo, your birthday is coming up soon."

Tan Mo was stunned.

Turning my head to meet Qiao Lan's black pupils, my heart skipped a beat and I couldn't help but ask, "Is that what you've been thinking about?

But in the end, I didn't dare to ask, but Qiao Lan explained as if he had read Tan Mo's expression, "I just thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't think of anything to give you as a gift, I couldn't afford the expensive ones, and the cheap ones were not very thoughtful, so I couldn't think of anything else, so I wanted to ask you directly if there was anything you wanted. "

So that's what she's been thinking about, and Tan Mo's heart feels like it's being ironed out little by little.

Tan Mo suddenly felt overly greedy.

No one had ever cared enough to get close to him, and he longed for the day when such a person would come along, and then Qiao Lan came along, and she was so good to him that he should have been satisfied, but he couldn't help wanting to be closer to her, and even to have her for himself.

In fact, he should have been satisfied a long time ago, right? It is because he wants too much and is too greedy that he lives such a painful life.

Tan Mo shook his head and said, "I can't think of any."

There was only one thing he wanted, but it was an extravagance he would never dare to say, and Tan Mo could not really think of anything else he wanted.

"Then we'll both take our time and tell me when you think of something, and I'll surprise you on your birthday," Qiao Lan said, adding, "Make sure you tell me when you think of something, as long as I can afford it."

You can't afford to give.

Tan Mo wants to.

I want your whole life, you don't have to give up your whole life for someone like me.

But Tan Mo nodded his head and said hello anyway.

Qiao Lan smiled, her eyebrows arched, still making his heart flutter, she took her headphones out of her bag and put them on and started to write her homework, after a couple of strokes she looked at Tan Mo, took them off and asked him, "Do you want them?"

Tan Mo froze.

...what...to be or not to be.

Qiao Lan handed him the headphones in his right ear, "Do you want to listen to the song together, it's so noisy in class."

Tan Mo wanted to reach for it, of course he did, but still with Qiao Lan said, "Listen to it yourself."

Wear one headset and it will still be noisy.

It's not that simple?

Qiao Lan took a pair of earplugs out of her school bag, which she had bought especially for the dormitory, where someone snores, so she bought them.

Tan Mo looked down at the fluffy little sponge ball and reached out to pick it up.

The noise of the class was cut off, and he and Qiao Lan listened to the same song, as if they were the only ones in a space unknown to the others, unable to hear anything else but the lyrics of a song he had never heard before, clearly audible in his headphones.

"I want to see you laugh, I want to play with you, I want to hold you in my arms...do you know that the only thing I want..."

Tan Mo gently covered his heart as he suddenly thought of what he wanted for his birthday.

He can't afford her for life, so is it possible to ask for a hug, as the lyrics say.

Once and for all.