Chapter 52 Chopsticks and Toothpicks

"hold head high..."

Susan, who was squatting at the door, had tears in her eyes. She nodded timidly, and her body trembled again involuntarily.

"Didn't you go back to your hometown? Why are you here?"

Jiang Xiaobai walked over and asked with a frown.

"I didn't...I didn't go back."

Susan took off her big black-framed glasses, wiped the raindrops from her forehead that had flowed into her eyes with her hand, then put on the big black-framed glasses again, lowered her head and hugged her knees.

"Do you live in this building? Why don't you go in? Don't you have your key? Can't you make a phone call?"

Jiang Xiaobai continued.

"My keys were in my purse, and my wallet and phone were stolen on the way... I couldn't get in."

Susan didn't look up, the corners of her mouth trembled slightly, and she was obviously trying hard to suppress the urge to cry.

"You don't know how to call the police? Or borrow someone else's phone to make a call? You are as stupid as a pig!"

Jiang Xiaobai said unhappily, reaching out, grabbing her arm and helping her up.

During school, although he and Susan were not very close friends, they were relatively familiar with each other.

The two of them had many common hobbies. For example, when he went to the cafeteria to eat, he liked to wait until there were not many people around before going. At that time, although the food in the cafeteria was a little cold, there were relatively more of them. Susan, like him, also went late.

During evening self-study, he likes to sit in the corner of the library and read quietly by himself. Susan is the same. She doesn't go to the classroom during evening self-study, but sits in the reading room to read.

What made Jiang Xiaobai dissatisfied was that Susan always intentionally or unintentionally sat in the "key position" next to him, leaving other female classmates with no chance to sit next to him.

Susan actually doesn't look lazy. Apart from her flat chest, she is also slim. The key is that she wears childish clothes, always wears those big black-framed myopic glasses, and holds a tacky pink thermos cup...

I never wear makeup...

"I... don't know who to call... wuuuuuuu..."

Susan grabbed Jiang Xiaobai's arm and started crying.

"Why are you crying? It's not like I stole your wallet and phone!"

Jiang Xiaobai felt his nose was sour and it seemed like there was sand in his eyes, so he scolded loudly.

"I... didn't say it was you... why are you so fierce!"

Susan stopped sobbing and wiped her snot with the sleeves of Jiang Xiaobai's T-shirt. She glared at Jiang Xiaobai with her red eyes.

"If you think I'm fierce, don't show up in my sight! I get annoyed when I see you! Do you know that?"

Jiang Xiaobai said loudly.

Susan shuddered with fear and subconsciously let go of Jiang Xiaobai's arm.

"ah!"

Her feet slipped and she was about to fall. Jiang Xiaobai quickly reached out and put his arm around her waist, hugging her, so she didn't fall.

"As stupid as a pig! Follow me and stay in my room for a while."

After Jiang Xiaobai helped Susan up, he let go of her hand, turned around and walked forward.

"You are the pig!"

Susan muttered something and followed behind. The two of them went upstairs, one in front of the other.

…

When Jiang Xiaobai arrived at the door of his house, he did not rush to take out the key. Instead, he looked around with his peripheral vision, walked to the window, and pushed it gently. The window was still closed.

Just as he was about to take out the key, his eyes fell on the ground at the door.

In the dim reflection of the corridor light, there was a pair of footprints, with the toes facing his door.

"Oh..."

Jiang Xiaobai turned his head to glance at the other end of the corridor, sneered, took out his key, opened the door, walked in, and turned on the light.

"Come in. What are you standing at the door for?"

Jiang Xiaobai glanced at Susan.

"oh."

Susan came into the room.

"Go to the bathroom and change your clothes."

Jiang Xiaobai took out a loose T-shirt and a pair of shorts and threw them to Susan.

"It's so big, can I wear it?"

Susan muttered something, but still picked up her T-shirt and shorts and went into the bathroom.

"Then what can I do? Go out and buy you one?"

Jiang Xiaobai replied unhappily.

I entered the kitchen, took out a few chopsticks from the cupboard and placed them on the chopping board. I saw a few toothpicks, so I took them out and placed them together with the chopsticks.

Next, unscrew a bottle of Coke and pour it into the kettle.

Although he had no interest in Susan, they were classmates after all, and they could be considered "friends" who had been "through thick and thin" for several years. After entering the room, he saw that Susan's lips were black and her whole body was shaking from time to time. She probably caught a cold and had to drink some ginger ale and hot cola to keep warm.

"Xiaobai, is there no shampoo in your bathroom? I want to wash my hair. Aren't you going to change your wet clothes?"

Susan changed into the clothes Jiang Xiaobai gave her, walked to the kitchen door, and looked at Jiang Xiaobai.

"There's a bag of shampoo in the drawer. I'll change it later."

Jiang Xiaobai took out a piece of ginger and washed it with water.

"You didn't change it yourself, so don't blame me if you catch a cold. Do you want to cook for me?"

Susan then asked.

"You didn't even eat? Then what did you do all day?"

Jiang Xiaobai was speechless.

"I was fired from my job this afternoon, and I went to the street to buy some food, but my wallet and phone were stolen. I didn't even have money to take the bus, so I had to walk back. It took me more than two hours to get to the entrance of the village, but it started to rain. When I got back to the building, I found my keys were still in my wallet... What can I use to buy food? I'm starving..."

Susan's voice became quieter and quieter, and her stomach made a rumbling sound.

"You're not miserable, you're stupid! Oh..."

Jiang Xiaobai sighed and turned to look at Susan.

Susan took off her big black-framed glasses, with her hair down, big black gemstone eyes, white and rosy cheeks, straight and beautiful nose, red mouth, and slightly pointed chin. In fact, Susan's facial features are very delicate, but she always wears those big black-framed glasses and the childish clothes of a middle school student, which are very rustic. At this time, she changed into his T-shirt and shorts. The clothes were too loose, and she didn't wear anything inside, so her figure was exposed at a glance, and she actually had a good figure.

"Where are you looking at! You rascal..."

Susan quickly hugged her chest with her hands.

"It's not really an airport, so why do you wrap yourself up so tightly?"

Jiang Xiaobai withdrew his gaze and turned his head.

"What do you care about me! Jiang Shulin's daughter Jiang Xue's is not an airport, go and see..."

Susan said disdainfully.

The ginger-cutting knife in Jiang Xiaobai's hand stayed in the air for three seconds, and then he started cutting ginger again.

"Cook me two more packs of instant noodles."

Susan bit her lip and went into the bathroom.

Jiang Xiaobai didn't say anything. He put the chopped ginger into the Coke in the electric kettle. Then he took out two bags of instant noodles, put them into the pot on the gas stove, added water, and lit the fire.

"Crash…crash…"

The rain outside the house was accompanied by a howling wind, which was getting heavier and heavier, as if it was going to flood the city.

After the Coke boiled, the switch automatically tripped and the water for cooking instant noodles began to boil.

Finally, the sound of steady footsteps could be heard faintly in the corridor.

Jiang Xiaobai poured a glass of ginger cola, picked up a few chopsticks and toothpicks on the chopping board, turned off the gas, walked out of the kitchen and headed towards the door.

"Where are you going? What are you doing with chopsticks?"

Susan had just finished washing her hair and walked out of the bathroom. She saw Jiang Xiaobai holding a few chopsticks in his hand and was a little confused.

"There's ginger cola in the cup in the kitchen. Drink that first, then pour the instant noodles in the pot into the bowl and eat it all. No need to leave any for me. I'm going out for a walk. If I'm not back in half an hour, lock the door and go to bed."

After Jiang Xiaobai finished speaking, he opened the door and walked out.

(End of this chapter)