Wen Qian saw someone coming up, so she guessed that the confession below had ended, so she went down directly.
The two people on the slope just stood there foolishly, Zhang Zixuan sat but wasn't sitting, and Feng Haoran showed no intention to leave.
For a moment, neither of them moved.
Feng Haoran spoke first: "I'm not comfortable with you being here alone." He was worried that she would not be safe here by herself, as the person from earlier had already left.
"Then let's go back and set up the tent," Zhang Zixuan thought that since they couldn't be alone, it would be better to go back and join their friends.
So Feng Haoran nodded, turned around and went down the mountain, with Zhang Zixuan following behind him.
When Wen Qian returned, she was taking off her shoes by the tent, and saw the two people who were on the slope earlier walking towards her, only then realizing that they were in the tent next to hers.
However, she pretended not to notice.
Their friends' tent was not set up yet when they saw the two people coming back one after the other, immediately understanding that there was no hope.
As soon as Zhang Zixuan returned, her roommate pulled her aside and asked, "What happened? Didn't work out?"
Hearing this, Zhang Zixuan got angry: "I should ask you, what's going on with you two? I already rejected him last time, why did you bring him along this time?"
"What? Rejected? When did you reject him? I didn't know about that? Why didn't you tell me?" Her roommate seemed to be hearing this for the first time.
"Of course I couldn't tell anyone after rejecting him, it would be too embarrassing," Zhang Zixuan didn't tell others after rejecting Feng Haoran.
She felt that being rejected was already miserable enough, and having others talk about it as if it were a trophy would be a second humiliation, so she didn't talk about any private confessions.
"How would I know if you didn't tell me? I thought I was just creating an opportunity for you two, who knew it was the second time. How awkward. Why would I do something like that?" The roommate was clearly innocent as well, so she turned to find her boyfriend to see if he was aware of the situation.
Wen Qian was forced to listen to the entire conversation from inside her tent. It was obvious that these two people were just whispering to each other as they walked from the left side of her tent to the right, not caring if she could hear them or not.
So Wen Qian quietly lay in her tent playing with her phone, planning to come out after ten minutes.
Everyone has a gossip's heart, especially when the juicy gossip is delivered right to their ears.
Wen Qian thought it was quite interesting. Being liked by someone makes one feel happy, which is similar to being praised. Even if you don't like that person and won't accept them, it doesn't prevent you from feeling happy.
If the confessor is someone you like, then you're very happy. If it's someone you don't like, you're still happy, but if they keep pestering you, then it becomes uncomfortable.
After a few minutes, footsteps came back to the old spot.
"It's our fault, making you feel so awkward. I'll talk to him, don't mind it. Tomorrow, tomorrow he'll leave."
"I'm leaving tomorrow too, so you two can enjoy yourselves."
"You're leaving too? Then there will only be two of us left!" The roommate seemed reluctant.
"You two are a couple, I don't want to be a third wheel," Zhang Zixuan said lightly.
"By the way, why did you reject him? My boyfriend says he's a good guy, and his conditions aren't bad either." The roommate was still curious.
Zhang Zixuan: "Just... I don't like him." Actually, she had felt that this person was rather dull since they first met, and if they were going to be friends, she hoped they would have things to talk about rather than him being a dull lump.
But not liking him was enough, there was no need to go into too much detail.
Roommate: "We were just saying that you two should deepen your impressions of each other, who knew he had already confessed to you once. I asked my boyfriend, and he didn't know either that he would suddenly confess."
"He said... he saw the news yesterday, so he wanted to confess early." Zhang Zixuan revealed the reason for his confession.
Roommate: "News? What news?"
"The one that's trending now."
Roommate: "I really feel like he genuinely likes you."
Zhang Zixuan: "Why are you taking his side?"
Roommate: "I'm still on your side, but I just feel that someone like that might be sincere."
Because seeing such a disaster, wanting to confess early, it doesn't seem like he's playing around.
The two said a few more words and left.
Wen Qian didn't expect to get such fresh gossip on this hiking trip. After they left, she came out of her tent.
As soon as she poked her head out, she saw someone standing at the entrance, who was startled. Then the person stammered: "S-Sorry, I wanted to borrow a lighter. Do you have one?"
Wen Qian was also a little dazed, then said: "I don't have a lighter, but I have a flint."
She didn't intentionally eavesdrop, so why act guilty?
"Could I borrow it? I'll return it right after using it." Zhang Zixuan was a little nervous.
"Sure, give it back to me when you're done." Wen Qian had been getting her food and drinks from her space these days, but she did have a flint in her backpack, so she took it out and gave it to her.
Zhang Zixuan thanked her and left.
Wen Qian watched her leave, thinking that the reason of confessing after seeing the disaster report was plausible.
Many novels and TV shows have characters confess courageously after narrowly escaping death, because at that moment they would regret not being brave enough to say it earlier.
Putting it in real life, seeing major events happening on Earth, there were probably quite a few people who would use this as a reason to express their feelings over the past two days.
Wen Qian left a gap in her tent, then ate inside. At this time, someone walked to the entrance and asked softly, "Miss? Are you there?"
"Yes."
Zhang Zixuan stretched the flint through the gap: "Thank you, I'm done using it."
Wen Qian said okay and took it, without coming out to meet her.
Zhang Zixuan smelled the aroma of food and briefly had the illusion of being at home. Why did she smell the fragrance of Sautéed Shredded Pork with Green Peppers?
It was only when she came to borrow the item earlier that she realized she and her roommate had just been chatting right next to this girl's tent.
And she was inside at the time!
She had bought two cheap plastic lighters, one was accidentally dropped at a previous campsite, and the other one she just took out had cracked, with all the fluid leaked out.
You should really bring a good lighter or flint when hiking.
So she mustered her courage to borrow something, but the other person didn't seem to have any impression of her, which made Zhang Zixuan feel more at ease.
Wen Qian pretended nothing happened because she didn't want to feel awkward with her, which was quite successful.
After eating the hot meal, Wen Qian quickly washed up, then lay in her tent listening to music. She had an MP3 player, and by changing the storage cards, she could listen to a lot of songs, and it didn't drain the battery as quickly as a phone.
But she vaguely heard a buzzing sound, like a vibration. Opening her eyes, she saw that it was her phone.
Someone was calling her.
An unknown number, but it showed that it was from Hai City.
Wen Qian hung up, and soon the person called again.
This time Wen Qian answered: "Hello?"
"Wen Qian?" It was a man's voice.
"Who is this?" Wen Qian didn't recognize the caller.
"It's me, Xie Zhou."
Hearing the name, Wen Qian knew who it was - her high school classmate. But they hadn't been in touch for a long time, so she couldn't figure out why he was calling.
To borrow money or get married?
Xie Zhou: "Are you still in Jiang City?"
Wen Qian: "Um, what's this about?"
Seeing that Wen Qian didn't answer the question, Xie Zhou had to state his intention: "Actually, I wanted to call you a long time ago."
Wen Qian didn't speak, waiting for him to continue.
Xie Zhou: "Did you see the news yesterday and today?"
Wen Qian didn't speak, but in her heart she felt that this conversation was somewhat familiar. Could it be what she was thinking?
Xie Zhou: "I've been thinking since yesterday that I should have told you sooner. Don't be scared."
Please, don't say it, don't say it, Wen Qian already knew what the other person was going to say.
"I like you."
