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Chapter 179 The Second Time Holding an Umbrella in the Rain

Ning Yi nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Lin Zhiyu naturally didn't want the conversation to fall flat, so he asked Ning Yi what her plans were for the future.

"How are things between you and your boyfriend?" Lin Zhiyu asked in a casual tone.

Lin Meng paused, picking up food with her chopsticks. She glanced at Lin Zhiyu and then at Ning Yi.

"We're doing great," Ning Yi said with a slight smile.

Lin Zhiyu's face betrayed no other emotion, as if he were casually concerned for an ordinary friend: "That's good."

He had always considered himself someone who could easily let go of things, and perhaps it had been a long time since he had cared so much about a girl. During the period when they had no contact, he had casually inquired about Ning Yi's recent news from Lin Meng.

Lin Meng wasn't in the same major or club as Ning Yi, and they didn't meet very often, so naturally, Lemon wouldn't know much about Ning Yi.

He would also secretly check Ningyi's WeChat Moments to see if she had posted anything new. In fact, he also wanted to deduce from some of Ningyi's posts whether she had broken up with her boyfriend.

Sometimes he felt incredibly bored, like a cowardly peeping into other people's lives from the shadows. He had thought about contacting Ningyi again, since they had agreed to remain friends.

But for some reason, I was worried that Ningyi would overthink it, and I was also afraid that I wouldn't be able to control my own fantasies.

Lin Zhiyu had been following Ning Yi's subsequent matches, so he unexpectedly learned about her Weibo account. He quietly followed her and saw that most of her posts were about the matches.

Later, he saw a selfie posted by Ning Yi, a photo of her with a bouquet of roses, captioned "Happy second anniversary".

Ning Yi is smiling happily in the photo; you can tell she is very happy.

Later, he saw Ning Yi repost a Weibo post about Ji Yan. He knew before that Ning Yi liked Ji Yan, and he also thought that her boyfriend was a few years older than her.

Perhaps Ning Yi likes someone like Ji Yan.

After they finished eating, it just so happened that it started raining outside, and judging by the intensity, it probably wouldn't stop anytime soon.

There are a lot of people eating here, so it's not easy to get a taxi.

"No way, why is it raining so hard all of a sudden?" Lin Meng looked out the window, looking distressed.

Lin Zhiyu said helplessly, "Don't you check the weather forecast?"

Then Lin Zhiyu took an umbrella out of his bag.

Lin Meng looked at him incredulously: "No, you actually know how to read the weather forecast?"

Lin Zhiyu shrugged: "My roommate loves watching it, and he insists I bring an umbrella when I go out."

"The only way now is to walk a distance to a place where it's easy to hail a taxi."

Ning Yi said worriedly, "But we only have one umbrella."

Lin Meng glanced at her phone and saw that she still hadn't been able to hail a taxi and was still in the queue. She felt a headache coming on; it was getting late, and if she didn't hurry back to school, she wouldn't be able to get into her dorm.

"Here's the umbrella. Walk to that bus stop up ahead, I'll run there," Lin Zhiyu said, holding the umbrella.

Ning Yi exclaimed in surprise, "How can this be? The rain is too heavy, and this distance isn't short!"

Lin Zhiyu raised his chin and smiled, saying, "I'm a boy, I'm in great health, let's go."

Seeing Lin Zhiyu about to rush out, Ning Yi quickly grabbed his arm: "Let's squeeze through together, it's better than you getting soaked all by yourself."

The umbrella wasn't very big, and Lin Zhiyu was quite tall, so it wasn't easy for him to hold it. But at worst, everyone's arms and backs would get a little wet. After all, it was Lin Zhiyu's umbrella, and even if someone had to not use it, Ning Yi felt it should be hers.

"Lin Meng, you're here too," a female voice rang out.

Lin Meng looked over and exclaimed in surprise, "Yuan Yuan, you're here too!"

"Yes, did you manage to get a taxi?" Yuan Yuan asked.

Lin Meng sighed, "Don't even mention it, I've been calling for almost ten minutes and no one's answered."

Yuan Yuan held up her phone and said, "I got a taxi, but I'm with my friend. If we squeeze in, there's only enough room for one person."

Yuan Yuan glanced apologetically at Ning Yi and Lin Zhiyu beside Lin Meng and asked, "Would you... like to sit down?"

Lin Meng hesitated. If she took a car, she would be leaving Ning Yi and Lin Zhiyu behind.

Ning Yi noticed Lin Meng's predicament and said before she could speak, "You go with them in the car first. It'll be hard to get a taxi in a while, and this umbrella isn't very big. We'll try to get a taxi when we get there."

"OK then"

"Brother, please take good care of Ningyi," Lin Meng said to Lin Zhiyu, who was standing beside her, after glancing at Ningyi.

Lin Zhiyu nodded: "I know, go ahead, send me a message when you get there."

Then Lin Meng walked over to her friend's side, and after a minute or two, the car arrived and they got in.

Lin Zhiyu opened his umbrella and said to Ning Yi beside him, "Let's go."

The rain showed no signs of stopping; the raindrops splashed onto the ground, quickly soaking their trouser legs, and the road was also covered with rainwater.

The rain was so heavy that Lin Zhiyu was worried that Ning Yi's clothes would get wet, so he quietly moved the umbrella to the other side.

This seems to be the second time they've shared an umbrella in the rain. The first time was when Ning Yi forgot to bring an umbrella and sent a message to Lin Meng.

Lin Meng happened to be out of the dormitory, so she asked Lin Zhiyu to pick up Ning Yi.

At that time, he also wanted to share an umbrella with Ning Yi, but he was afraid that it would be presumptuous of her, so he hesitated and took an extra umbrella.

At that time, Ning Yi didn't have a boyfriend yet, so he still had a chance.

The two were holding umbrellas and standing very close to each other, but neither of them spoke.

They quickly reached the bus stop ahead, and only after hiding inside did they put their umbrellas away.

Ning Yi squatted down and rolled up her soaked trouser legs. When she stood up, she noticed that Lin Zhiyu's left shoulder was soaked, and almost half of his body was wet.

Ning Yi was somewhat surprised: "Why are you so wet?"

Lin Zhiyu glanced at his left shoulder and then smiled nonchalantly: "Oh well, the rain is falling at an angle, so maybe I'm the taller one, so I got a little wet. It's nothing."

"I'll try to hail a taxi now. Remember to change out of your wet clothes when you get back." Ning Yi took her phone out of her bag and started hailing a taxi.

At first, it was difficult to get a ride, but then Lin Zhiyu also took out his phone to try and get one. About five minutes later, Ning Yi's phone showed that a driver had accepted the order.

"I hit it! I hit it!" Ning Yi said with some joy.

The car arrived shortly afterward, and they all got in.

"I wonder when this rain will stop," Ning Yi murmured, looking at the heavy rain outside the window.

Lin Zhiyu looked over and stared at Ning Yi's profile, saying, "It should get warmer after this heavy rain."

"I'm so sorry, it's your umbrella that got you so wet. Go back and take a hot shower and change your clothes, or you'll catch a cold," Ning Yi said apologetically as she turned around.

After all, apart from his trouser legs getting wet, the rest of his body wasn't very wet.

Lin Zhiyu nodded, jokingly saying, "Okay, this little bit of rain is nothing, I'm in great shape."