Whispering To You

chapter 32
The 28th Whisper

Before Cheng Yin celebrate her 18th birthday, a continuous autumn rain is disturbing people.

And the rain is getting worse. On Tuesday, it has reached the level of sealing the door.

Everyone is stuck in the classroom after school. Only a few people go out and walk around.

Cheng Yin brought a red rope from her home to school, and the ends were tied together in a knot, and played flipping rope with Xie Ying.

Both of them can make only a few styles, flipping back and forth several times, and Nie Nan watching beside them.

“Why are you two playing this? What’s the fun of it?”

“Don’t you care.” It’s almost time for class, and Xie Ying has a ‘I’m happy, you know nothing’ look on her face, turning back to her books. “What do you know besides playing basketball?”
The rope fell in Cheng Yin’s hand. She tilted her head, looking at the rain outside the window, sighing repeatedly.

Zhang Yuehai did not give a lecture, but talked on the podium about the recent news. He predicted it would be the topic of next year’s college entrance examination.

Cheng Yin listened a little, withdrew her gaze, and looked at the podium.

She sat upright, but quietly tied the rope on her hands, tilted over, and bumped Chen Yan with her shoulder.

Chen Yan looked and ignored her.

Cheng Yin gently bumped him again, but her face was looking straight ahead, looking very serious.

Chen Yan whispered: “I can’t.”
“You’ve been watching for so long, I don’t believe you can’t.”

Chen Yan choked.

Cheng Yin actually knew he was watching.

But he wasn’t looking at the flipping rope.

He was looking at Cheng Yin’s fingers.

Although Cheng Yin is not tall, but her limbs are long and slender, and her fingers are naturally the same.

A pampered girl, her fingers are very tender, and her nails are round and lustrous, and when she holds the rope, her index finger dances nimbly, and her nails shine under the sun.
Others say that the hand is a woman’s second face, and Cheng Yin’s second face is not inferior at all.

“No.” Chen Yan turned his face away and took the book to block Cheng Yin’s hand. “Stop it. I don’t engage in these girly things.”

The rain did not stop until the end of school in the evening.

The next morning, it rained again.

The weather forecast said that the entire southeast region is under heavy rainfall, which may last until next week.

The frequency of Cheng Yin and Xie Ying flipping ropes after class is increasing, and when Chen Yan opens his eyes, he sees the two little girls flipping their fingers in front of him.
Cheng Yin was right. He watched until he can do it.

But he would never accompany her to engage in such things.

This is a man’s principle and dignity.

Then, for a whole physics class, Cheng Yin was playing with the rope next to him.

His eyes always glanced at the pair of white hands from time to time.

Chen Yan simply turned sideways, propped up his head and stared at her fingers brazenly.

“What’s so fun about this stuff, anyway?”
“Ugh.” Cheng Yin was already very skilled. She could listen to the teacher while turning the rope into a flower. “Have not you heard of it? The sound of flowers will change the sky, sunny day to rainy day, rainy day to sunny day.”

Chen Yan: “……”

He sighed for the physics teacher on the podium.

Cheng Yin poked Chen Yan’s arm again, then put the flower rope on his finger, signaling him to play with her with her eyes.

Chen Yan indifferently turned his face away.
Cheng Yin lost energy suddenly, resting her head like a beaten eggplant.

“How long will this rain last?”

“It will always stop when it’s time to stop.” Chen Yan seemed to understand her reason and turned his head to ask, “Do you not want it to be a rainy day on your birthday?”

“No.” Cheng Yin muttered in a small voice, “My parents are members of the Department of Forestry. Recently they are in the mountains. The rain is very dangerous, in case of landslides, and mudslides, how would they ……”

Chen Yan’s eyes fluttered.

Cheng Yin cupped her face and looked at the rain outside the window. “I can’t do anything.”

A hand reached over and took away the rope in her hand.
“I will play with you only once.”

Cheng Yin immediately smiled with joy.

Chen Yan indeed learned, does not need Cheng Yin to teach.

When Cheng Yin flipped the rope, her little finger accidentally touched Chen Yan’s hand.

She quietly glanced at Chen Yan, saw that he did not change his expression. And she got a little intention, pretending to touch his palm unintentionally.

Dry and warm, with a thin layer of calluses.

He still didn’t seem to notice.
Cheng Yin stroked his little finger again, with her head down, and pursed her lips.

Chen Yan says he only played with her once, but in fact he was pestered by her to play many times.

The rain finally stopped at noon on Friday.

But Cheng Yin is unhappy.

She was going to take her classmates to a dinner party after school in the afternoon, but Chen Yan confirmed he would not go.

After coming back from lunch, Cheng Yin had a sad face all the way.

“Ugh, let me ask you a question.”
Xie Ying panicked and hid the gift, then pretended to be careless and said, “Ask.”

“I’ve seen it all. Don’t hide it.” Cheng Yin sat in the seat. Her mind was not on the gift and glanced at Chen Yan’s empty seat. “You say, if a boy is interested in you, will he celebrate your birthday?.”

Xie Ying knows it well, but still pretends not to know: “Can’t say, ah, what if he has something to do?”

“What kind of business can you have if you are idle all day long?”

This sentence is Cheng Yin’s own words. Xie Ying saw her unhappy and wanted to say something else. Nie Nan suddenly came from behind and called her.

“There’s someone at the door is looking for you.”
Cheng Yin looked over, and Zhao Weilin was standing outside the back door in a bewildered manner.

“What is it?” Cheng Yin walked over and asked.

“That, I just want to ask you. Did you prepare your own birthday cake today?”

Zhao Weilin said nervously.

“Birthday cake ah ……”

Cheng Yin tapped her head, “Oops, if you don’t say I would have forgotten to order it!”
The several people she invited didn’t say they were going to prepare a cake for her, so when she went out today she said she would remind Cheng Sheng to order one for her, but unexpectedly she forgot when she saw she was going to be late.

“It’s good that you didn’t order! Good thing you didn’t order!” Zhao Weilin spoke fast and said with a smile, “I’ll prepare it for you. I don’t know what gift to give you.”

Cheng Yin nodded as Zhao Weilin rubbed the back of his head and walked away.

Back in the classroom, Xie Ying continued the previous conversation.

“I think he might really have something, but did he prepare a gift for you?”

Speaking of this, Cheng Yin felt worse.
Chen Yan didn’t come to school at all today, let alone any gifts.

She shook her head.

Xie Ying did not know how to fix these. She sat down in silence and read a book.

Cheng Yin is frustrated. It’s okay not to come to the party, but even the gift is missing.

She received a “happy birthday” from him in the morning, but nothing else.

She slumped on the table, and did not even have the mood for a nap.

Suddenly, the phone rang.

She picked it up, and it was an unfamiliar number.
“Hello, is this Ms. Cheng Yin? There’s your delivery. Please come and get it from the school entrance.”

Cheng Yin was confused, and was sure she had bought nothing, but she had nothing to do on her lunch break anyway, so she ran to the school entrance.

A delivery boy took out a box of birthday cakes from the fresh box.

After handing it to Cheng Yin, the delivery boy hurriedly went to the next location, leaving Cheng Yin alone in a daze.

The delivery boy was too busy to explain anything, and the delivery slip only had Cheng Yin’s name and phone number, so there was no way to know who had delivered it.

Fifteen inches, Cheng Yin’s hands almost cannot hold.
She glanced through the transparent plastic on the box, a beautiful cake with a delicate flamingo and several pink music-notes-shaped like chocolates.

Cheng Yin was wary.

After all, it is something that enters the mouth. She does not dare to eat it casually. And this cake is so big that it is too conspicuous to take to the classroom, so she thought about it and put the cake in the security room.

The security guard is a gracious person, and is happy to help Cheng Yin keep it, but just remind her to come and get it after school in the afternoon.

Cheng Yin said yes and turned around to go back to class.

The last class of the afternoon is English class. The teacher did not drag the class, and left as soon as the bell rang.
Cheng Yin, Xie Ying and Nie Nan packed their bags and went to the restaurant together.

Originally, they wanted to find Zhao Weilin, but he said he had to go home first, so Cheng Yin and the others went to the restaurant first, and they didn’t wait for very long. Before the food was ready, Zhao Weilin came.

He brought a cake with him.

Everyone looked at him. He was a little embarrassed and gave the cake to Cheng Yin.

“I didn’t know what I should give as a present, so I prepared a cake for you.”

At this moment, Cheng Yin remembered she had left a cake in the security room and forgot to take it.

But forget it, there was a cake from Zhao Weilin, anyway.
Cheng Yin is a person who pays attention to the appearance of the cake more than the taste. She immediately opened and looked at it, and it was more beautiful than the one she received today!

Although a little smaller, but it’s enough for several of them to eat.

“It’s so beautiful! Thank you!”

Zhao Weilin was embarrassed and said, “No thanks, no thanks.”

“Ugh, but I feel this is very expensive, right?” Cheng Yin added, “Next time don’t spend so much money.”

Next time? ……
Zhao Weilin’s heart trembled.

He hadn’t had many friends since middle school, much less attended someone else’s birthday party.

“But thanks anyway.” Cheng Yin said again, “It’s so nice. Where did you buy it, ah?”

“I, I ……” Zhao Weilin’s head buried very low, “I made it myself.”

“WOW!”

His words made everyone in the room let out a gasp, especially a few girls who did not expect the nerdy-looking Zhao Weilin to make cakes at all.
In a moment, Zhao Weilin became the focus of conversation, and they also pestered Zhao Weilin to teach them how to make cakes after the college entrance exam.

Zhao Weilin agreed one after another.

Zhang Sikai arrived, and when they saw an unfamiliar friend, they all became formal.

Fortunately, Zhang Sikai is a very easy-going person, and in a short time, he mingled with Cheng Yin’s classmates.

After the meal, Xie Ying offered to cut the cake, but Cheng Yin did not agree.

“We’re going to sing soon. Let’s eat cake at KTV!”

This is a good idea, anyway, they go to KTV not to drink, eat some cake to have more atmosphere.

Thus, a group of people walking towards the KTV.
Today’s meal consumed a lot of alcohol, especially Zheng Wenxing, who was poured by everyone.

The only one who didn’t drink was Chen Yan.

Zheng Wenxing was dunked because today is his retirement day, for many years he won awards all over the place, and now he is considered having retired from his peak, and last week he was invited to dinner by his friends from all sides, until today he set aside time to gather his own childhood friends.

Also, because today is his birthday.

And Chen Yan did not get drunk because today Zheng Wenxing brought good news.
Chen Yan is about to be recalled. If there is no mistake, it will be before the Spring Festival.

Everyone is glad for him, and naturally they will not pour him alcohol.

So when he arrived at the KTV, Chen Yan was the most sober one.

He sent Zheng Wenxing, who was floating, to the private room first.

For him, Zheng Wenxing is indeed the most important friend of his life. He was both a senior brother and a teacher-like figure.

After settling down Zheng Wenxing, Chen Yan went downstairs to help again.

All the men who came today are all big, they drink too much and become unrestrained. If there is no one to look at them, they may get down from the cab and lie on the ground.
After helping the last friend onto the elevator, Chen Yan was already covered in the unpleasant smell of alcohol.

The air in the elevator was not circulating, and he was disgusted with himself.

Once the elevator door opened, he suddenly saw several familiar figures.

Cheng Yin and several of them are swiping their cards at the front desk, followed by a waiter leading them to a private room.

Chen Yan helped his friend to go to the private room.

The time is still early, few people are on the aisle. He clearly watched Cheng Yin jumping in front, followed by several boys, one of them also carrying a birthday cake.

It was not the one he sent.
Then they entered a private room.

Chen Yan passed Cheng Yin’s room when he helped his friend and remembered the room’s number.

It’s a deluxe package.

They’re just kids. Why come to KTV?

The first thing that Chen Yan did when he entered the private room was to send a message to Cheng Yin.

“Why do you come to the KTV at night? Here is not safe, you know?”

After a few minutes, no reply.

Chen Yan called her, and no one picked up.
Seems to have fun.

Forget about it.

Chen Yan sat in the corner, watching friends singing and drinking.

The hand hanging next to the leg touched a rope. He picked up and look, is a red rope.

If Chen Yan is not mistaken, it should be the rope around Zheng Wenxing’s neck. His mother went to the temple to beg and said it was to ensure safety.

But Zheng Wenxing is now drunk like that, if returned to him, probably lost in a while.

Chen Yan took the rope and played with it and the phone.
The KTV was lit dimly, and a friend was holding a wine glass and crowding around Chen Yan.

“Crap!” the friend suddenly said, “What are you doing, Chen Yan? Why are you so f*cking gay?”

Chen Yan froze for a moment and looked down.

F*ck.

He was actually using the red rope to make a flower.

“Damn haha, Chen Yan, I can’t believe it! You’re actually so girly! Why don’t you go cross-stitching?”

The friend’s laughter drew others to follow along.

Chen Yan, annoyed and speechless, suddenly got up and said, “You guys play first, I’m going to find a friend, I’ll be back later.”