Once We Come Across Love

Once We Come Across Love by Yi Jin

爱情来了你就上 作者:忆锦

When class was over, Xiao Tu was chatting with everyone in her seat. Suddenly, someone called out: “Xiao Tu, someone is looking for you.”

Xiao Tu looked outside the classroom, and it turned out to be Yin Zihan who hadn’t seen her for a long time.

“Zihan, are you okay?”

Yin Zihan’s face turned reddish: “Xiao Tu, are you free on Saturday afternoon?”

“I’m not going home this weekend, I’m free, what’s the matter?”

“Saturday is my birthday… I want to invite you to dinner.”

” Okay!” Xiao Tu smiled widely, “What gift would you like?”

“It doesn’t need to be so troubled, as long as you come.” Yin Zihan said flatly, but he was already happy in his heart. Ever since he chose science on impulse last time, he has always regretted it, until not long ago when he heard the news that Xiao Tu and Ling Chao broke up, his long-logged fighting spirit broke out again. This time, he decided to confess his love to Xiao Tu.

“That’s a deal. I’ll wait for you at the gate of the library centre at three o’clock on Saturday afternoon.”

“Good.”

Xiao Tu didn’t know, just when she and Yin Zihan were talking happily at the classroom door, another group of people were also talking about them in the classroom.

One person asked, “Hey, so what is Yin Zihan looking for with Xiao Tu?”

“Of course, it’s a private matter!”

“What private matter requires a science student to come to our liberal arts class to find someone?”

“What do you know? Yin Zihan and Xiao Tu wee at the same table, and their relationship is not ordinary!”

“No way? Isn’t Xiao Tu with Ling Chao from the third year of high school?”

“It’s early!”

“Why divide?”

“It is said that the school beauty has been chasing Ling Chao hard, and Ling Chao couldn’t resist the temptation and dumped his original partner!”

“Nonsense! Ling Chao is not that kind of person, let me see! Xiao Tu cheated, and Ling Chao will have no choice but to break up with her.”

“That’s right! Look at Xiao Tu and Yin Zihan, I don’t know what they are talking about…”

“What else can I say? Talk about love!”

…

When Yin Zihan went back full of joy and Xiao Tu returned to the classroom, the group of people finally stopped gossiping and looked at her with strange eyes.

Xiao Tu didn’t care and sat down in her seat. As soon as she sat down, Jiang Juanjuan couldn’t wait to ask her: “Tutu, what does Yin Zihan want from you?”

“He said Saturday is his birthday and he wants to treat me to dinner.” Xiao Tu said frankly.

“Why does he only invite you and not me?”

Xiao Tu scratched her head: “This, I didn’t ask…”

Jiang Juanjuan narrowed her eyes: “Tutu, you don’t have something to hide from me, do you?”

“What’s the matter?” Xiao Tu was confused by her question.

“What’s the relationship between you and Yin Zihan?”

“Me and him?” Xiao Tu was stunned, what relationship could they have?

“Don’t pretend you don’t know! Yin Zihan likes you, don’t tell me you don’t know?”

“Ah?” Xiao Tu was startled again, “Juanzi, are you kidding me?”

“Who’s joking with you?” Jiang Juanjuan pouted dissatisfiedly, “If you don’t want to say it, forget it, I’ll ask someone else!”

Jiang Juanjuan did what she said, she couldn’t find out the situation from Xiao Tu’s side, so she turned around and ran to the science class to ask Yin Zihan’s acquaintances.

The acquaintance said: “I don’t know either, how about I ask someone else?”

As a result, the acquaintance finds the acquaintance of the acquaintance, and the acquaintance of the acquaintance finds the acquaintance of the acquaintance of the acquaintance, and finally, this matter naturally becomes gossip and spreads.

There are naturally many versions:

Version 1: “The universe is reversed, Qin Xianglian abandoned Chen Shimei.”

Version 2: “Salted fish turns over, and child brides also have spring.”

Version 3: “Who will win the confusing rabbit“

…

In short, the rumours can be passed on endlessly. They passed them back and forth, they reached Yin Zihan’s ears and this time, they finally reached Ling Chao’s ears.

…………………

On Saturday afternoon, the weather was a bit cloudy, so Xiao Tu changed her clothes and went out.

As soon as she left, Jiang Juanjuan murmured: “Girls who are chased are good! An old aunt like me is going to die in the dormitory.”

“Didn’t you go to Haidilao to eat hot pot with Jia Siwen last Saturday?” He Tian complained.

“How do you know?” Jiang Juanjuan was surprised.

“Just what Jia Siwen said.”

At this time, Ouyang Mei also interjected: “Jia Siwen told all the boys in the class about this, and told them not to think of you.”

Jiang Juanjuan: “…”

At this time, Xiao Tu had already walked out of the school gate and was almost at the library.

The library is next to the school, just turn a corner when you go out the door. Xiao Tu stretched out her hand to check the time, it was exactly five minutes to three, Yin Zihan should have been waiting.

She quickened her pace and was about to turn the corner, when a figure suddenly stood in front of her, causing her to almost bump into it.

Looking up, it was Ling Chao, staring at her coldly.

“What’s the matter?” Just as she asked, her hand was suddenly grabbed by him.

“Let’s go.” Ling Chao said.

“Why? Hey! Don’t pull me, I still have something to do…” The protest was ineffective because Ling Chao had already pulled her back.

Xiao Tu’s strength is not small, but she never thought that this person who could be thrown out by herself a few years ago, has now become stronger. Let her scream and jump behind him, but he just won’t let go of her hand.

Being dragged all the way, Xiao Tu finally gave up resistance and let him lead her.

The sky was cloudy, and there were not many people on the street. As soon as Xiao Tu was quiet, the surroundings seemed to quiet down. This kind of quietness finally made Xiao Tu notice the hand that held hers.

His hands were so big from playing basketball that he could almost wrap hers in them.

She suddenly remembered that a long time ago, when they were still in kindergarten, she took his hand home like that. Unexpectedly, after so many years, the roles were reversed, and it was Ling Chao holding her hand, but she had no room to resist. When did it start, such a change occurred between them…

Xiao Tu was fascinated by her thoughts until Ling Chao suddenly stopped at the gate of a community.

“Where is this?” Xiao Tu asked.

Ling Chao glanced at her and said lightly, “My home.”

……………..

Xiao Tu no longer remembered how dizzy she was, so she followed Ling Chao upstairs.

Anyway, when Ling Chao said the word “my home”, she was in a trance, thinking about a lot of things in her head, and when she came back to her senses, they had already arrived at the door of the apartment.

Ling Chao took the key to open the door and let her in.

Xiao Tu swallowed and suddenly became nervous for no reason.

“I still won’t go in, Zihan is waiting for me… ah!” Ling Chao had already pulled her in before she finished speaking.

Once inside, the door was slammed shut. Xiao Tu regained consciousness and felt a rush of hot air pressing towards her body. She subconsciously hid back, and after only two steps, her back was pressed against the door panel.

At this time, Ling Chao’s two hands were already pressing on the door above her shoulders, and he approached her, locking her inside.

Xiao Tu’s head went blank for a moment, she forgot everything she wanted to say, and her tongue began to tie up: “You…what are you doing?”

Ling Chao ignored her and got closer and closer until his face stopped one centimetre away from her.

“My mom isn’t home today,” he said.

“En…” Xiao Tu couldn’t speak anymore, she was afraid that if she spoke, she would touch Ling Chao’s face.

“There’s no one in the house.”

When he was talking, all his breath hit Xiao Tu’s face, the temperature on her face gradually rose, and she began to think wildly again: why did he tell her that there was no one at home? Could it be… 

Thinking of this, Xiao Tu’s face turned pale again.

Seeing her face turning red and pale, panicked, Ling Chao’s pent-up anger suddenly disappeared, and the two of them were so close, he couldn’t control himself.

He slowly withdrew his hand, stood up straight and said, “Today, you come to cook.”

Chen Shimei is a Chinese opera character and a byword in China for a heartless and unfaithful man. He was married to Qin Xianglian, also translated as Fragrant Lotus. Chen Shimei betrayed Qin Xianglian by marrying another woman, and tried to kill her to cover up his past. This fictional couple are also popular in legends.Chinese idiom – 咸鱼翻身 xián yú fān shēn – The salted fish turns over means to experience a reversal of fortune.Chinese idiom – 扑朔迷离 pū shuò mí lí – Refers to the characteristics of male and female rabbits. One of the two poems of the ancient poem “Mulan Poetry”. However, when the male and female rabbits are running together, it is difficult to distinguish them. Therefore, “complicated and confusing” is used to describe things that are complicated and difficult to understand the truth suddenly. It is also used to describe the misty scenery.