The Silent, Gentle Fairy
Recalling the sunlight on campus, it's always inseparable from the shade of trees, with dappled sunlight filtering through the trees and falling on the girl's hair. She turns around, and this scene seems like a photograph of her campus life, a memory she cherishes.
Or perhaps in different settings: on the playground, in the stairwell, in the seat next to you, or through a glimpse of half a face peeking out of a window.
The photo on Bai Hui's phone shows a beautiful girl with blonde hair standing outside a glass house, her gaze vacant as if fixed on the sky above Bai Hui's head, her fingers gently pinching a cute little cat on her skirt.
Sunlight dappled her skin, her long golden hair shimmering like flowing liquid gold. Her pale cheeks were devoid of color, giving her an air of fragility, as if a gentle touch would harm her. Lacking the freckles common on Western girls' faces, her pristine whiteness resembled that of a doll. However, when looking directly at a doll, one could sense a focal point in its gaze; she, on the other hand, seemed more like someone who had lost their sight.
"Has she gone blind?" Liu Chang'an said regretfully.
Bai Hui rolled her eyes at Liu Chang'an. She had expected to see some amazement on his face, but instead, he said something like that.
"The key point is that such a beautiful foreign girl is rare!" Miao Yingying reminded Liu Chang'an of the focus.
"Rare? You just haven't seen many." Liu Chang'an scoffed. "Besides, there are still many beautiful Eastern women over thirty, but Western women generally age faster, no matter how much they take care of themselves. So whenever I see Western movies portraying women as very attractive, flitting between various elite men to show their independence and freedom, I wonder, is it really just a difference in aesthetics? She's clearly just an old woman with skin like tree bark and eyes like chrysanthemums. I think..."
"She's showing off her feminine charm, and you're only focusing on her physical attractiveness? In your eyes, feminine charm equals physical attractiveness?" Bai Hui interrupted Liu Chang'an's rambling, clearly unconvinced.
Liu Chang'an thought for a moment, "I don't even know her, why should I care about her feminine charm? Isn't it only natural to decide whether I'm interested in her other charms based on whether she's pretty or not at first glance, whether her skin is good or not?"
"Heh, men." Miao Yingying sneered.
Bai Hui thought Liu Chang'an's words made a lot of sense. In fact, she felt the same way. However, she wouldn't be attracted to a boy she met at first sight. Instead, when she wanted to date, she felt that she first had to make sure that he had the practical conditions suitable for marriage before she would be interested in getting to know him better.
But she couldn't admit it, nor could she support Liu Chang'an's statement.
"I think she's a little prettier than An Nuan. After all, she's a foreign girl who looks like a porcelain doll, so she might be more stunning at first glance." Bai Hui took this opportunity to subtly put down An Nuan in front of Liu Chang'an, feeling a little smug.
"Whatever you think," Liu Chang'an said dismissively. He didn't care if others said An Nuan was ugly, unless An Nuan got angry.
Liu Chang'an's nonchalant attitude didn't make Bai Hui secretly happy; the fact that Liu Chang'an wasn't bothered at all made Bai Hui somewhat annoyed.
"Xiangtan University has such a beautiful international student! She must be a freshman, otherwise she would have become famous long ago. A while ago, when I was browsing the Xiangtan University forum, I saw posts about beautiful girls at the university, but none of them mentioned this girl." Miao Yingying had also considered applying to Xiangtan University, but in the end, she went to Capital. She had also been following information about Xiangtan University on the forum. If a girl of this caliber had come to Xiangtan University earlier, she would definitely have attracted attention and would definitely have been among the top beauties.
"It must be a freshman. I always thought that only Black people were international students at Xiangtan University. When I was wandering around Xiangtan University and passed by the international student dormitory, I smelled the boss's perfume. It was suffocating." Bai Hui tried to change the subject.
"If they don't use perfume, you won't be able to stand the smell," Miao Yingying said, nodding.
"What you're saying is an objective fact, not discrimination." Liu Chang'an clenched his fist in support. "I support you. Behave yourself in college and stay away from Black boyfriends."
"We definitely won't... But Liu Chang'an, you can bring glory to the country by finding a foreign girlfriend." Miao Yingying giggled.
"Aren't you being a little too disrespectful to An Nuan?" Liu Chang'an looked at Miao Yingying seriously.
Liu Chang'an's eyes were serious and earnest. When someone who was usually joking around showed such an expression, it always made people feel awkward and embarrassed. Miao Yingying was even a little afraid of Liu Chang'an like this, and her expression was awkward.
"No, she was just joking, don't take it seriously," Bai Hui quickly tried to smooth things over.
"Don't joke like that. Even Gao Dewei would hate that kind of joke." Liu Chang'an smiled again, waved his hand, and said, "I'm leaving."
Liu Chang'an didn't take the subway with Miao Yingying and Bai Hui; he simply walked across the subway station passage to the other side of the street.
After watching Liu Chang'an leave, Miao Yingying stomped her foot in anger, feeling a bit embarrassed. Liu Chang'an really couldn't take a joke!
"Some people are like that. They seem easygoing and you can joke around with them all the time, but they can't stand anyone crossing their bottom line." Bai Hui held Miao Yingying's hand. "Like when Gao Dewei talked about you and Lin Xinhuai, weren't you unhappy?"
"How can that be the same? Gao Dewei clearly knows that I... have a little bit of a crush on him." Miao Yingying felt a little hot-faced after saying that. She still couldn't understand how she could have developed feelings for Gao Dewei, this chauvinistic man. He was neither as handsome nor as eloquent as Lin Xinhuai.
"Yeah, you know perfectly well that Liu Chang'an likes An Nuan, and he really cares about An Nuan. That's probably how boys are." Bai Hui thought of An Nuan's appearance, and felt even more resentful. Why did An Nuan have to be so popular with Liu Chang'an? But she still explained the correct reasoning to Miao Yingying.
"Actually, I still feel indignant for you. I always felt that Liu Chang'an liked you the most first," Miao Yingying said resentfully.
"Don't drag me into this again." Bai Hui felt a bittersweet smugness, which surprised her because it was the same smugness as before. However, along with the smugness, there was also a sour feeling, and a sweet feeling was also sprouting.
Of course, after experiencing all that sweetness, what remained was sourness, because no one would ever again spread the legend of Liu Chang'an seeing her so infatuated that she fell down the stairs.
Bai Hui looked at the people coming and going in the underground passage, sighed softly, and swiped her card to enter the station with Miao Yingying. Life is probably like a one-way subway journey. No one can predict who will accompany them to the end. Liu Chang'an is just a passerby who gets on and off halfway.
Liu Chang'an might not be able to stay with An Nuan until the end. Liu Chang'an applied for biotechnology, An Nuan applied for accounting. The two colleges are quite far apart. University is also a small society full of materialism, and college students are generally not as busy as working people. With free time and distance between them, someone might take advantage of the situation.
What should I do when Liu Chang'an and An Nuan break up? Thinking about this, Bai Hui couldn't help but feel a little excited. She wanted to wear a very fairy-like dress, smile and be gentle like a fairy, sit quietly beside him, watch him feel sad and lost, and then remain silent without saying anything.
This scene was truly something to look forward to, Bai Hui thought to herself, as she pulled Miao Yingying along and hurriedly ran into the subway car that was beeping.