If You Don't Go To Hell, Who Will? Chapter 25

Our love story

In fact, Zhang Xu and I were indeed childhood friends. We had a good relations.h.i.+p in school. Even though there was no deep love, with the onset of p.u.b.erty, it was quite natural to have 'revolutionary' feelings. With the surge of hormones in p.u.b.erty, Brother Zhang suddenly started looking very pleasing to the eyes. Now when I think about it, at that time , I was more interested in the idea of falling in love than the actual thing.
Later, things started going south, At the beginning, no one suspected a thing since it was normal for us to be together. However his mother was one weakness that Zhang Xu had. He valued and obeyed his mother even more than the teacher. When the two of us had a slight argument in school, even the teacher scolded us. That didn't really bother him. But when his mother said the same things, the kid was completely scared. What could I, the little girl do ?
I decided to endure it. Everyone would be free after the college entrance exams .. this is what Brother Zhang had told me. When I heard this, my heart dropped. I thought this was an indication that he would confess his love for me after the exams. How romantic! Unfortunately, in the evening of the exams, I was still waiting for those words.
" My mom won't let me be with you, She said that our destinations in life are very different."
This was a clean rejection. After a few days, my father heard some gossip in Zhang Sanye's group. The message seemed to be that Zhang Xu's mother suspected my grades were poor. She wanted her daughter in law to be from the same university as Zhang Xu, and I would not fit the bill.
To sum it all up, I wasn't good enough for him
I was so upset that I went up to Zhang Xu and asked him if this was true. He stood silent for a long time before utterin one word - sorry.
Not long after that, the headmaster and the village head came with a bunch of people to our house with flowers. If I hadn't done so well, Zhang Xu would be the best scorer in the county. He managed a place in a university in B city as well, but that was not as famous as ours.
Later, in B city, Brother Zhang contacted me and asked if I would like to hang out with him, but I was enamoured with Lu Zijian at that time and didn't agree.
I narrated all this to Zhong Yuan and finally said, " I didn't expect you to be interested in gossip."
Zhong Yuan frowned. " This is not gossip. You keep calling him Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang…why don't you call me Brother Zhong Yuan?"
I blandly replied, " I am used to calling him that for the last ten years. I cant change overnight!"
" You better change ", he replied, " I am getting a toothache ."
I groaned and said, " Zhong Yuan, look! I told you all about Zhang Xu and me, why don't you tell me your love story as well? I am sure you must have a lot of these experiences, so just choose the most important ones so you can remember the names."
Zhong Yuan pondered for a while and relied, " I used to like a girl. Her father and mine were good friends and we had been friends since children."
I nodded, " Then?"
Zhong Yuan signed heavily, " Since she broke my arm, I have never thought about her again."
I was speechless. I wiped the sweat on my forehead and patted his shoulder in sympathy, but my heart was dark. Were where you little girl, when Zhong Yuan was abusing me ? G.o.d didn't even blink!
Zhong Yuan suddenly looked up and smiled at me. “You are actually very happy, right?”
I waved, " How is that possible? Am I such a person? Don't talk about such unpleasant memories. Let's talk about something nice, like your first love? The second spring? The third and fourth time? What about the sixth or seventh?"
Zhong Yuan smiled, " Do you think I have been so active ?"
" Ofcourse! Ah..no..I mean.. you are so attractive! Ha ha!"
" True", Zhong Yuan raised is eyebrows and smiled widely, " but I don't seem to have a first love."
I gulped incredulously, " No?"
Zhong Yuan answered, " Yes. I am not like you."
Such a person cant even talk about love ? The world was really strange..
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Zhong Yuan lived in my house for a few days and he made no attempts to sightsee. I found that strange and asked why. He replied, " I am just taking a break for a few days. Tomorrow, you can accompany me to watch the sunrise."
I had really asked for it!
The next morning, when Zhong Yuan knocked on my door, I squinted my eyes to look at the clock. It was only four o' clock. So I ignored him and went to sleep. Who would have thought that this kid would start shouting, " If you don't get out of bed, I will come in and drag you out!"
I grabbed my one inch hair and replied, " Don't come in, I sleep without clothes."
It was hot that summer, so I just slept in the buff at night. It was more comfortable. I quickly grabbed my clothes and dressed quickly, then opened the door.
Zhong Yuan stood at the door and looked stunned. I reached out and shook him, " What are you thinking of?"
His face turned a dull red and he s.h.i.+fted his eyes from me. " Nothing..just.. you seem to have out n your clothes wrong."
I closed and door and calmly readjusted my clothes. It wasn't as if this was the first embarra.s.sing thing I had done in front of Zhong Yuan. This was hardly a shameful incident.
After was.h.i.+ng up, I started complaining that I was hungry. He immediately popped a lollipop in my mouth. I was amazed, how was this guy's suitcase ever more miraculous than Doraemon's pocket! But the sweet taste of the lollipop made me happy.
I walked down the field with Zhong Yuan. The morning air was fresh and all kinds of birds were chirping. Dew drops shone like crystal on the leaves of plants , and when I touched them, the drops slid down. The narrow path we followed was dotted with small wildflowers of various colors, making a pretty picture.
Zhong Yuan breathed deeply and said with satisfaction, " Great!"
" Of course it is!" I looked up proudly. It wasn't easy to win Zhong Yuan's praise.