North and South Chronicle

Lin Muru almost fell in love with Li Bai at first sight.

This is the second winter since she came to the north.Unlike the coastal city in the south where she grew up, the winter in the north is dry and cold, but it is straightforward.They don't want to be entangled endlessly, but they want to get into people's spines. As long as they are wrapped tightly in a thick down jacket, they won't be so cold. The key is that there is heating in the room, which is much better than the cold and humid winter in the south.

Lin Muru still likes the northern winter very much, especially when it snows.She simply thought that snow was beautiful, but after meeting Li Bai, there was another reason for her to like the snowy winter.

Because that day was the day she met Li Bai.

Love at first sight is nothing more than love at first sight. Lin Muru believes that someone has such a skin that makes people fall in love at a glance, but she doesn't believe that she will also fall.It seems that she has lived for so many years, just to wait for such a person, an arranged encounter, after which the story begins.

The snow that fell the day before yesterday piled up on the ground, and it melted in the sun at noon, and when it snowed again in the afternoon, it froze. After the afternoon class, the entire street of the school was almost an ice skating rink.Many students walked together, supporting each other to walk, and there were also some who deliberately made trouble, secretly ran over from behind to push people, but both of them lay on the ground and yelled, and the people passing by couldn't help snickering, and their feet trembled. Be more careful.

Lin Muru was always afraid of the cold, so he wore snow boots and a knee-length down jacket, a white wool cap on his head, and a wine-red scarf around his neck, only his peach eyes were exposed, wrapped like a rice dumpling.Cautiously moved forward and walked, but still trembling with fear, for fear that he would suffer disaster in the next second.

However, even so, Lin Muru still stepped on that piece of ice and snow, her feet slipped, her body lost her center of gravity, her heart was almost in her throat at that moment, blocking her throat to make a sound, she closed her eyes tightly in fear.

At this moment, she fell backwards, but fell into the arms of that person.The outstretched hands grabbed Lin Muru's shoulders, supporting her to stand still.

Lin Muru turned around and saw her.The girl was wearing a black down jacket, but she was only wearing a thin white sports brand sweater and a sports forehead. At that time, her hair was short and she looked energetic, but she would not be misunderstood as a boy.Lin Muru stared at her, the girl had neither thick nor shallow eyebrows, single eyelids, a high nose bridge, a small nose tip, a little pearl on her lips, delicate and clean.

"Be careful!"

She is smiling, very childish, she should be protected.Lin Muru responded softly, and the heart that had fallen back to its original place slowly rose again, thumping, there was a villain beating beside him with a drumstick, and another villain was waving the flag and shouting, it was her!That's her!The person in front of him didn't know about the exciting scene.

This grand scene of love at first sight can only be glimpsed by Lin Muru alone.

"Li Bai!"

A few people were shouting not far away, and the girl responded and walked towards them.

At that time, Lin Muru was so jealous of those people who called her name!At that moment, she even impulsively wanted to grab her wrist and tell her not to go.

Do not go to them.Just be by my side.

The one-look shocking, unreasonable, almost turned Lin Muru into a savage who can't speak, he should take a stick, beat his sweetheart's head unconscious, and take her back to his cave.

However, reality will eventually return to reason.Lin Muru didn't know her at all, and Li Bai didn't even see Lin Muru's face, so they couldn't have a story.Lin Muru originally thought that they were two intersecting straight lines, the point where they met passed, and no matter how they walked in the future, they would all run in opposite directions, and the further they traveled, the further they went.

Fate didn't think so.

In the second semester of his junior year, he was assigned a single studio. Lin Muru's studio was on the third floor of the art academy building, and a window faced the basketball court next to the art academy.As the weather gets warmer, more and more students come to play on the basketball court.Sometimes when she was tired of painting oil paintings, she would lie on the window and look out, but more often she felt that it was too noisy, so she simply didn't even open the window.

But that day, the basketball court seemed extraordinarily noisy.Lin Muru was upset and irritable. When he got up to look outside, it turned out that a basketball game was being held.The girls' basketball game actually attracted a group of girls to watch, more people than the boys' game last time.

Lin Muru took out the myopia glasses from her bag. Her eyesight was actually pretty good, except for a little astigmatism. After putting it on, it finally became clearer.At that time, I happened to see a tall girl with short red hair shoot a three-pointer. The girls outside the court cheered, and another player on the court stepped forward and gave her a high-five.

Compared with other players, that player is not tall, but very thin. He wears a royal blue jersey with a "5" on the back, which is very conspicuous because he is out of place.Lin Muru stared at her for a long time, as if he was a little uncertain, but he couldn't restrain his joy.

The person who didn't exercise much all the year round almost ran down the teaching building, crossed the separated road, stood outside the basketball court, and looked at that person through the crowd.

is her!It's really her!

Lin Muru panted and smiled.It was the first time she had watched the entire basketball game. Li Bai performed very well. Although she was not tall, she shot very accurately. Unexpectedly, one day, my depression and joy could be controlled by an orange ball.

After that, Lin Muru knew that Li Bai was a freshman in the Finance Department of the School of Economics and Management, and a member of their women's basketball team.

"Before I played in the gymnasium, I found that the venue here is also good! You can also breathe fresh air. It will be great to come here to train in the future!"

Lin Muru swore that when Li Bai said this to the red-haired girl next to him after the game, she was definitely not eavesdropping.She just moved a little closer, wanting to hear her voice.

Very refreshing, brisk tone, like soda water chilled in summer, when poured into a water glass filled with ice cubes, small bubbles rise up, making a very slight bursting sound.But to Lin Muru's ears, it's like a butterfly flapping its wings. Do you think it's tiny?But it caused a storm in her throbbing heart for this man.

Lin Muru began to like looking out the window for a long time.

On the first day that person did not appear, she saw the dawn, dusk and moonrise of that day; saw that person, and only saw that person.

Li Bai came to the basketball court almost every day, sometimes to practice shooting alone, sometimes with her red-haired friend, of course, within a month, that red-haired friend turned into dark blue hair, and sometimes , They will also invite many people to come and play games.

Lin Muru paints when Li Bai is not here, and after Li Bai comes, she still paints.

She moved the easel to the window. In fact, the distance was a bit far away, but she could still see the expression on her face clearly. With the wide open window, she could sometimes hear her talking and laughing loudly with her friends.The wind blew into the room, blowing the pages of the sketchbook, Lin Muru turned his head to look at Li Bai on the court, and then retracted his gaze to draw lines on the drawing paper.

The way she jumps, the way she shoots, the way she stretches, the way she runs...Thousands of different Li Bai are all drawn by Lin Muru and properly collected.

This secret love continued to ferment, sour and astringent, with occasional sweet aftertaste, but it was quickly covered up.Lin Muru only dared to peek at Li Bai from a distance, and even when Li Bai inadvertently turned his head this way, he subconsciously wanted to hide, for fear that if he was not careful, she would find him as a voyeur, guilty and cowardly, But sometimes, she gave birth to madness and courage.

Should it be said that God is also helping her?It is rare for the class group to open WeChat to see the latest news notification, but just happened to see a rent-seeking message sent by someone. She didn't care at all, but when others asked who it was curiously, the person replied directly:

"Elementary school girl, from the basketball school team, a very good-looking girl, known as Manager Gui Lunmei."

"666, Gui Lunmei is playing basketball."

"Awesome, I heard that the women's basketball school team has ten girls and eight turns."

"Let's not talk about the women's basketball team. Others still say that the mountain road where we learn art has eighteen bends!"

……

Lin Muru clicked on the private chat of the classmate who sent the message almost quickly.Although she is a classmate, she is tired of dealing with interpersonal relationships, so she is not familiar with most of them. In the past, she would never take the initiative to chat with people, but Li Bai is the only exception.

"Excuse me, may I ask, is the person asking for rent called Li Bai?"

Lin Muru didn't even think about whether this sentence was abrupt or not. At that time, she was only anxious to confirm it, and she didn't care about anything else.

"Yeah! You know her too? She's been looking around for a house recently!"

Shortness of breath, the fastest typing speed in my life, and even my fingers trembled.Lin Muru didn't know what he was nervous about, he just wanted to hurry up, hurry up, don't let others get ahead of him!

"I just have a room for rent. Can you ask her if you want to rent it for me? It's in Yajing Garden near the south gate. The environment is very good."

"That's right! Let me ask for you!"

The phone was pressed against his chest, and Lin Muru took a deep breath, and the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising.Before she had time to think about anything else, the notification tone of the message made her quickly pick up the phone again.

"Mu Ru, did you change your phone number? Li Bai asked for your contact information, and I gave it to her. When the time comes, she will contact you directly, okay?"

Lin Muru took a deep breath.

"it is good."

Until Li Bai's phone call came in, during the waiting time, Lin Muru stared at the phone countless times.If she hadn't checked the clock and watch, she would have suspected that her mobile phone was broken, but after checking it five times, the time was still the same!

Even painting, which could calm her down the most, didn't work at that time, the lines were shaking, and even the paint was stained on her legs.Suddenly, I feel a little annoyed, why am I so worthless?Isn't it that the person you like may want to live with you?Can you calm down a little.

But thinking about it this way, Lin Muru suddenly became overjoyed, life is going to be so beautiful, what is the carelessness in front of him?

At this time, the phone's ringtone finally rang.

"Hey."

It's just one syllable, Lin Muru knows, it's her.Li Bai, the girl whom he had a crush on for three months.She seemed to be outside, and there were some noisy voices around her. Her voice was clear and beautiful, and even the sound of her breathing was particularly pleasant.

"Excuse me, are you going to rent out the house?"

"Yes, it's me."

"Then when do you have time, and where is the house, can I go and have a look first?"

Lin Muru's palm holding the phone was slightly wet, and he didn't expect to be so nervous.Let alone take a look at it, even if she looks at it twice for a lifetime, she will set aside all her time for this one person to squander.

"Room 1002, Building B, Yajing Garden, I'm at home in the afternoon, you can come over anytime."

"I have four classes in the afternoon, so, 6 o'clock? Is that okay?"

"it is good."

We made an appointment to meet at six o'clock, but as soon as we put down our phone, Lin Muru began to look around the room.Even though it was cleaned every day, I was still worried that it was not clean, so I took a vacuum cleaner and a rag to clean it up, and emptied the second bedroom. It was only two o'clock when the busy work finally stopped.

Lin Muru didn't eat much after ordering a takeaway of pork chop rice, but today he seemed to be in a good mood and ate up the whole meal.

There were no classes in senior year, and Lin Muru would paint in his spare time in order to prepare for his solo exhibition.After finally regaining some calm, he was about to continue his oil painting in the morning, but when he stroked the brush, the lines of the characters he outlined became more and more like Li Bai, so he simply drew them down.

The process of creation was very devoted, and when the doorbell rang, Lin Muru was still stunned for a moment, and when he saw the time, he suddenly remembered, stood up immediately, and accidentally rubbed the paint on his thigh.Ran to the door in a panic, stood in front of the door and took a deep breath before reaching out and opening the door.

The girl standing in front of the door is wearing a black T-shirt and ripped denim trousers. It is as simple as warm water, which is the most comfortable way to quench your thirst.Lin Muru pursed his lips, suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to rise, watched her eyes fall on his lap, and looked down, feeling a little regretful.

"I was painting just now, and I accidentally touched it." In order not to show embarrassment, Lin Muru smiled and said: "Hello, I am Lin Muru."

"Hello senior sister, I'm Li Bai."

"Make me a poem, or I won't let you in."

She was laughing, and somehow Lin Muru's mischievous thoughts came alive.Wanting to play tricks on her, of course this is much better than a kindergarten boy pulling the braids of the girl he likes. Lin Muru doesn't want the girl he likes to hate or be wronged in the slightest.

Just like this time, she also laughed immediately and said, "You're just kidding, aren't you angry?"

"No, no."

Li Bai stuttered two syllables a little, which seemed cute to Lin Muru, and with the blessing of the favorite filter, any shortcomings in her body became a charming special personality.

Lin Muru's family has almost no friends who have ever visited, so he did not prepare spare slippers. Sometimes when outsiders come, they prepare disposable shoe covers.Li Bai seemed to be very interested in the automatic shoe cover box, like a curious child, his eyes were bright, and he looked at Lin Muru with slightly widened eyes, like a rabbit that strayed into the world and came from Alice in Wonderland.

"Hey, this stuff is good. I'll buy some more for my house tomorrow. Sister, where did you buy it?"

For a moment, Lin Muru should be glad that the person in front of her is not her daughter, otherwise, with this kind of gaze on her, she would probably buy her everything she wanted.

"I bought it online, and I'll send you the link when the time comes."

"Row!"

Lin Muru had no intention of renting out the room at first, but just a temporary idea, and hastily tidied up the second bedroom that was his studio, and there were some paints that were accidentally thrown on the wall.She was afraid that Li Bai would be dissatisfied, her heart was beating a little, and she lacked confidence.

"This room was used as my studio before..."

Li Bai walked into the room and stood by the window. The golden light of the setting sun outside the window coated her whole body with a layer of light. Silhouetted in the backlight, she raised her hand and brushed back her shoulder-length hair.Lin Muru suddenly didn't want to talk much anymore, she wanted to pick up a paintbrush, the scene in front of her should be permanently recorded!

"How much is the rent?"

"One thousand and five..." Lin Muru didn't know much about the market, so he paid about one-third of his own rent, staring at Li Bai, afraid of missing any subtle expression on her face.

"One thousand five?"

Is it too high?Lin Muru was a little flustered, looking at Li Bai's expression, he didn't seem to be dissatisfied, otherwise, let's go down a bit?Just when Lin Muru was about to say the 1000 yuan, Li Bai spoke first.

"Senior sister, do you think I'm a good roommate?" Her tone was soft, as if she was acting like a baby, mixed with honey and sugar, every bite was sweet and greasy, and the air was lingering, "I'm really special Hurry up, if it works, I want to move here today."

The huge shock of surprise seemed like a dream, too easy, but made Lin Muru a little uncertain, "Do you have anything else to ask? It's decided so soon?"

"Actually, as soon as you opened the door, I wanted to live here."

How should Lin Muru describe it? Sea whales migrate, birds return to their nests, and everything in the world has its own origin. Her heart has finally found a place to rest.Like a traveler trekking through the desert, covered with dust, finally came across an oasis, there are so many huts, she just knocked on her door, the door opened, she smiled at her, said: "Drink some water!"

Since then, she has never wanted to go far away.

"Yes you can."

"Ok?"

"You can move here tonight."