They are in their final year of high school and are heavily dependent on me.

Chapter 119 I Don't Want to Be an Ordinary High School Girl

"Wenxin, why are you back so late? You're all sweaty and your face is so red!"

Chen Wenxin arrived at the dormitory entrance, leaned on her knees, and took a few breaths, her face flushed with sweat.

"Just got back from a run~" the girl smiled gently.

"Running? Are you really going to participate in long-distance running?" my roommate asked.

"Yes." Chen Wenxin nodded. "After all, this is the last time."

"Won't that be tiring? It's just a cheap medal. What if you get injured?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wenxin smiled faintly but did not say anything.

She's a bit cloying.

To be an ordinary high school girl, not good at saying no to others, having her own good friends, being shy and socially awkward, not knowing much about things outside of studying, and spending her senior year of high school uneventfully.

Everyone says she is gentle, a good girl in the eyes of teachers, a kind person in the eyes of classmates, and a good daughter in the eyes of parents.

Math lessons I couldn't quite understand, difficult problems I couldn't even begin to solve, endless English reading comprehension exercises, unbalanced chemical equations, sleepy Chinese lessons, agonizing over what to eat after school every day, vowing to go to bed early but ending up sleeping very late. And so it went, day after day.

She was quite disgusted by this.

So I also think that perhaps she should have some different colors at eighteen.

"Wenxin, I just finished showering and don't want to go out, but I'm craving a late-night snack. Could you go downstairs and buy some for me?" a roommate asked, her hair disheveled.

"Oh, and mine too, Wenxin!" Another roommate raised her hand.

"Get one for me too~" Another roommate, who was playing on his phone and chuckling, casually chimed in.

It seems this has become a habit in the dorm, because everyone knows she will definitely be willing to help.

People may not have meant any harm, but they have gradually accepted her position through their interactions.

Normally, she would have already smiled and agreed to go buy late-night snacks by now, and might even feel embarrassed to accept money from her roommates. If someone has forgotten that they owe her money for a long time, she won't mention it.

But she was already very tired after running today. Lacking exercise, she forced herself to run two kilometers, and her legs and feet were sore.

To be honest, she didn't really want to.

But the girl always turned other people's expectations into her own responsibility, feeling that since she was favored and trusted, she should not let everyone down.

I'll still make the trip.

Just then, her phone rang. Chen Wenxin was startled. When she picked up the phone and saw the profile picture of the person she was particularly concerned about, she hurriedly told her roommate, "Go answer the phone," and went to the hallway.

Reaching the end of the corridor, she stood close to the window, feeling the autumn breeze outside, took a few deep breaths, and answered the phone.

"Hey"

"Hey Bai! You left my socks here again?!"

"?" Chen Wenxin was stunned.

"Uh, cough cough, it's nothing." There was a rustling sound on the phone, and Lin Mo explained, "It's my cousin, she just left her socks lying around."

"Oh, I see." The girl replied awkwardly, her voice very low, her heart beating slightly faster.

The fact that she was making phone calls to members of the opposite sex in her dorm room was enough to stir up a storm in her otherwise uneventful campus life.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I put some medicine in the water. Are you feeling unwell now?"

"Huh? I'm... alright."

"Is there anything that's itchy, or you have a rash or diarrhea?"

"No."

"How's your heartbeat? Is it getting faster?"

Chen Wenxin clutched her chest, thinking to herself, "Why does it sound so strange coming from Lin Mo?"

Just then, she saw the deputy squad leader come out of the water room carrying water. As if seeing through her panic, he walked over with a smile and whispered in her ear.

"Wenxin? Talking on the phone with your boyfriend? What are you doing with your hands?"

"Ahhh! It wasn't me or Lin Mo, it's just that I accidentally drank his water... his medicine! Then he called me to ask about it."

"What are you shy about? I was just joking~" Zhang Xinyi laughed, then casually pinched a mosquito.

Chen Wenxin was stunned, because the vice class monitor was literally pinching the mosquito like chopsticks and then ruthlessly plucking its hairs.

"Xinyi, is that you?"

"Oh, they're pulling out mosquito stingers so the mosquitoes can see the food but can't eat it, which is more painful than death."

"?"

After Zhang Xinyi finished dealing with the mosquitoes and released them, she washed her hands with freshly boiled water. The water, which was several tens of degrees Celsius, was steaming hot, but she seemed completely unaware of it.

Before leaving, she picked up her phone, opened the camera, and pointed it at Chen Wenxin:

"Wenxin, say cheese!"

"It's an eggplant!" Chen Wenxin was completely bewildered by Zhang Xinyi's series of actions.

"Wow, Wenxin is so pretty! Her wide-eyed, peace sign is so cute! Anyway, Lin Mo heard it, so I'll send it to him!"

"What are you thanking me for? Wait for Xinyi, I can't send it yet."

However, Zhang Xinyi ran very fast, and she couldn't catch up at all. She was still tired from running.

Moreover, the girl clearly heard Lin Mo suppressing a laugh on the phone, and immediately blushed, extremely embarrassed, and hurriedly tried to save face:

"You saw it, right? It was taken by the vice-class monitor. My normal photos don't look like this."

"I only glanced at it. If you feel uncomfortable, I'll stop looking," Lin Mo said.

"Not really," Chen Wenxin leaned against the window again. Although she was shy, after this unexpected incident, she was much more natural talking to him than she was at first.

A young girl's heart is always like this: she's afraid he'll see it, yet she also wants him to see it.

Chen Wenxin couldn't help but feel anticipation, hoping for his opinion, but she didn't dare ask. Would Lin Mo compliment her on her looks? If he did, she would feel awkward; if he didn't, it would be even more awkward.

The girl's wavering heart led her to accept an unsolvable situation.

Just as she was biting her lip, unsure of what to do, Lin Mo's voice came through the phone:

"Well, the vice-class monitor is right."

"Oh"

The girl responded with a soft moan.

Thankfully, Lin Mo didn't directly compliment her on her looks; he simply agreed with Xin Yi's assessment that she was "cute," which left Chen Wenxin's heart pounding in her chest.

That's why she felt he was quite special, always giving her just the right response.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Lin Mo asked again.

"Yes, it's nothing."

"Okay, then just drink more water to dilute the medicine. This medicine is very strong for me, but you only drank a tiny bit, so it should be okay."

"Okay," Chen Wenxin said hesitantly. It was their first call, and she didn't want it to end so quickly. However, Lin Mo's words seemed to imply that he was already giving her final instructions.

Almost instinctively, the girl wanted to persuade him to stay and try to start a new conversation.

Unfortunately, her almost ingrained gentleness meant that even when she tried to persuade him to stay, her words were limited to inquiries and expressions of concern, as if she were afraid of disturbing his peace of mind.

Are you busy?

"No, my cousin has taken over the house. There are smelly socks everywhere. I came out to take out the trash and take a walk."

"It's already past ten o'clock, are you still taking a walk?"

"Life is tough, so I come out to pick up some trash to sell."

At the same time, the sound of rusty metal being dragged could be heard over the phone, as if Lin Mo were really picking up trash.

Chen Wenxin couldn't help but smile as she imagined Lin Mo walking lazily through the trash on the street.

"Sigh, being too handsome is a problem. I'm afraid of being picked up and kept by a rich woman, so I can only try to be self-reliant. Holy crap, there's Mickey!"

"Ah?! What should we do? Are you alright?" Chen Wenxin asked anxiously.

"It's just a rat, it's fine. I just stomped its brains out. I'll find its magic house and throw a packet of rat poison in there."

Chen Wenxin's face turned pale with fright; how could such a delicate and frail woman hear such a thing?

"Won't this bother you? What if you get bitten by a rat while you're on the phone?"

"We're not brothers and sisters." Lin Mo changed his tune halfway through the phone call. "If anyone's getting in the way, it's me. I was the one who called you first, okay? What are you worried about?"

"I should thank you for chatting with me a bit more, otherwise it would have been quite boring to go for a drive."

"Oh, thank you," Chen Wenxin said instinctively.

"What are you thanking me for? You've forgotten to prioritize."

"If you ask me, you're just too soft," Lin Mo said bluntly.

"I'm too embarrassed to tell you directly in class, but you're just a class committee member, not a maid. You can't even finish your own homework, yet you help others with their mistakes. It's the same with cleaning duties; you like to help others with their duties. Once or twice is fine, but if you keep doing this, people will take advantage of you, you know?"

"Yes, me." Chen Wenxin actually wanted to say that she had also benefited from everyone's kindness, but upon closer reflection, she realized there hadn't been much positive feedback.

"What's wrong?" Lin Mo noticed her hesitation. "It's not the classic dorm bullying incident, is it?"

"Haha, no, no, I just finished running and I'm a little tired. My roommates want to get some late-night snacks and asked me to go downstairs and buy some for them."

"Do you want to?" A mouse squeaked from Lin Mo's direction.

".fine."

"I either think or I don't. What's this 'okay'? You're the Riddler, aren't you? I hated watching Dora the Explorer when I was a kid. The Riddler series gave me a real brain burn."

Lin Mo launched into a tirade: "Being stuck in the middle, there's no point in living."

Chen Wenxin pursed her lips, unable to refute.

I felt a little uncomfortable after being scolded like that, wondering if he really disliked weak people.

"what time is it now?"

"Oh, it's past ten o'clock."

"Isn't the school only allowing vendors to sell food until 10 PM? Are there still unscrupulous vendors selling late-night snacks? The smell is so strong and the noise is so loud, how are the students supposed to rest?"

"Yes, that's true. But there are still some."

"Did you get a demerit for being late and coming home late when you brought out late-night snacks for people?"

"Occasionally."

"six."

"Don't be angry, I usually get back to my dorm quite late, so..."

"I'm just guessing, someone owes you money and hasn't paid it back."

Chen Wenxin stared blankly at her phone, feeling hurt that he had hit the nail on the head, but she couldn't vent her bad mood.

Lin Mo seemed to sigh.

"Um, are you unhappy?" Chen Wenxin asked hurriedly, the boy's sigh seemed to touch her heart.

"I'm almost at school, I'll hang up now."

"Beep beep, beep beep," the phone rang from his end and then hung up, and the girl sighed.

Actually, she didn't know what she was thinking. She had finally met a boy she could confide in, but she didn't have the courage to do so.

His superficial gentleness seemed to be nothing more than a sign of weakness and cowardice.

She shook her head. It wasn't a misconception of love at first sight, but rather a feeling of cherishing that stirred her heart. She valued her friendship with Lin Mo, and the two had gotten along well during this time.

In him, Chen Wenxin always saw her ideal self: straightforward, reliable, and humorous, likable even without trying to please.

Actually, there are already girls in the class who secretly like him.

Chen Wenxin continued to lean against the window for a little while longer, her beautiful eyes gazing expectantly.

The autumn wind is so bleak! Who says children don't have worries?

Adults only taught her to be obedient, teachers only taught her to study, but no one taught her how to get along with others, how to experience youth, or how to distinguish between infatuation and love.