A reed to sail

Chapter No.16 Shadow

Have you ever seen someone else's shadow in someone and mistook it for love?

The first time Ying Zhen met Chen Siyi was one afternoon in the second semester of her sophomore year.

That day was an ordinary day. Ying Zhen had no class in the afternoon and spent time in the laboratory, dealing with a batch of reactions submitted a few days ago, and was busy in front of the laboratory bench in a white coat and a mask.

The moment the door was pushed open, sunlight came in from outside the door, and Ying Zhen subconsciously looked towards the light source.

Standing under the sun, Chen Siyi asked him with a embarrassed smile, "Is this Senior Ying Zhen?"

Ying Zhen was stunned, Chen Si suggested that he should not answer, and continued to say, "Senior, Teacher Li asked me to come to you."

"Well, I'm Ying Zhen, the teacher has greeted me, and you will follow me to do experiments from now on."

Professor Li did mention to Ying Zhen that the lab had accepted another freshman and asked Ying Zhen to take it with him. Ying Zhen agreed without thinking too much, but he didn't expect Chen Siyi to come so soon.

Ying Zhen had a good impression of Chen Siyi. Chen Siyi was very active in doing experiments, and whenever he had time, he would rush to the laboratory. There were many things that Ying Zhen didn't need to say, and Chen Siyi could understand with a click. He was really a smart and hardworking person.

For the whole semester, Chen Siyi followed Ying Zhen to help him wash the bottles.Chen Siyi is fair-looking, usually laughs a lot, and always calls after Ying Zhen's seniors.As time went by, Ying Zhen became more and more fond of Chen Siyi.

Ying Zhen still had the habit of taking a few boxes of chocolates as before, but Ying Zhen's chocolates gradually stopped piling up, because he accidentally discovered that Chen Siyi also liked chocolate, so every time he went to the laboratory, he would Bring him some.

No matter what, life always has to move forward, and no matter how festering the wound is, it will heal one day.

One day, Chen Siyi was wearing a white coat and standing in front of the fume hood to construct the reaction device seriously, while Ying Zhen was standing beside him and guiding him.The clamp of the iron stand was too tight, and Chen Siyi twisted it for a long time without turning it.

Ying Zhen stepped forward to help him, but before Chen Siyi could withdraw her hand, Ying Zhen held his hand hard, and with a click, the clip opened.

Chen Siyi raised her head and looked at Ying Zhen with a bright smile. She didn't know whether it was because the light in the afternoon was too bright or Chen Siyi's smile was too bright.

After a long time, Chen Siyi said embarrassedly, "Senior, the trap has been opened."

Ying Zhencai withdrew her hand like an electric shock.

That night, Ying Zhen suffered from insomnia, tossing and turning on the bed in the dormitory, unable to fall asleep, Yu Hang's face was in his mind, and Chen Siyi's face was in his mind for a while, the bright smiles of the two flashed in Ying Zhen's mind over and over again.

In the end, in a daze, the two faces overlapped and turned into one person.

Waking up the next morning, Ying Zhen looked at his exhausted self in the mirror, and had a thought in his mind, he wondered if he could try to let go of Yu Hang.

There are many feelings in the world that have no beginning and no end, but the relationship between Ying Zhen and Yu Hang can't be said to have no beginning and no end. They haven't started yet. How can there be an end?

So what can he do if he likes him, what can he do if he makes his wish?His little friend is still too young, liking is just a momentary pleasure for him, and promises can be forgotten completely in the blink of an eye.

But what could he blame him for?

He can't blame him for not coming back, and he can't blame him for having other people beside him, he can only let himself not wait.

Thus, Ying Zhen and Chen Sixi got together naturally, without any twists and turns, and without any surprises.

On the night when Ying Zhen confessed her love, Chen Siyi did the experiment until eleven o'clock in the evening. After Ying Zhen urged her several times, Chen Siyi packed her things and prepared to go back to the dormitory.

It took about ten minutes to walk from the laboratory building to the dormitory building. At eleven o'clock in the evening, there were no people on the school road. Ying Zhen and Chen Siyi walked side by side in the quiet campus of Beizhou University.

The night wind was blowing, the moon and stars were sparse, the two chatted without saying a word, and they arrived at the door of Chen Siyi's dormitory not long after.

Chen Siyi said, "Senior, I'm here, bye, see you tomorrow."

After Chen Siyi turned and left, Ying Zhen suddenly stopped him, "Siyi, wait."

Chen Siyi turned around and looked at Ying Zhen in doubt, waiting for him to speak.

Ying Zhen hesitated for a moment and said, "Siyi, I want to tell you that I have a crush on you and I want to be with you."

Chen Siyi was confused, "What? Senior."

Ying Zhen repeated earnestly, "Si Yi, I want to be with you."

Chen Siyi asked in surprise, "Senior, is this the kind of togetherness I want? Do you like me?"

"Siyi, I have to tell you the truth. I have been waiting for a person these past few years, and my heart has been occupied by him. I know that he may not come back, but I am still waiting for him in pain. Like a person caught in a swamp, watching himself sinking into it soberly."

"Just when I was about to suffocate, you appeared, Siyi, do you know? Because of your appearance, I had the idea of ​​self-help for the first time, the first time I wanted to get out of the swamp of memories."

"Senior, but, are you really not waiting? What if he comes back, aren't you afraid of missing him?"

"Don't wait, he won't come back either, he already has someone better than me by his side."

"But, senior, I..."

"Siyi, don't reject me in a hurry. I don't want you to save me. I tell you this. I want to save myself once."

Chen Siyi looked at Ying Zhen, his eyes sparkled.

"I really want to be with you, so I hope you can think about it seriously. I'm not telling you this to make you feel any psychological burden, because even if you reject me in the end, it doesn't matter, at least I It’s a brave step to take.”

Under the moonlight, the shadows of the two of them stretched very long. Chen Siyi didn't give him an answer that night, but he listened to Ying Zhen's words in his heart.