The next day, on the way to class, Shirley Hunt asked me, “Did you have a fight with your husband? Why you looked wrong today?”
I sipped my lips, turned to her, holding my textbook, and asked , “Shirley, if you did not know a man at all, but that man was very nice to you, would you want to be with him?”
“Yes, be good to me. Why do not I stay with him?”
“Are not you worried?”
Shirley asked him in amazement, “What are you worried about?”
“Are you worried that he’ll change his mind or that after you accept him, he’ll get tired and start to dislike you?”
“Sister Irene, you are married? Are you still going to have an affair?”
I frowned and said, “No, I’ll just ask.”
Irene Nadine’s pov
“That’s also very simple. You don’t even try to accept him. How do you know if he will change his mind? You can’t refuse him because you are afraid. What if he treats you like this all his life? Moreover, even if he changes his mind, you will break up in the end, so you will eliminate a bad man, which is also a good thing. If you don’t even give this opportunity, you will feel sorry in your own heart, won’t you? ”
I think it’s good for Shirley to think simply. Maybe I’m scared of Jimmy Davis, and I’m so suspicious.
Shirley is right. Even if Ryan Campbell doesn’t like me in the end, I will give up on him, and I won’t feel sorry when I think about it later.
And even for the sake of the children in my belly, I should take the initiative to retain this marriage…
After the knot that has been entangled in my heart has been untied, my heart is suddenly enlightened, and it is also accompanied by some faint excitement.
Do I really want to start to integrate into this marriage?
I don’t know the outcome of the marriage, but as Shirley said, how can you know the outcome without trying?
“Sister Irene, don’t worry about feelings. Now prepare for this math exam.”
“What are you afraid of? When you put the math book later, let’s go to eat with peace of mind, and the key point of exam will come out.”
“Do you think we should find a place to hide?”
I hurriedly said: “forget it, if we want to find him, he dare not come out to write the key points for us.”
Now, with that mysterious note, the exam is not as difficult as I thought, and I am slowly integrated into and accustomed to this study life. The knowledge I forgot before is also recovered little by little, and the exam is becoming handier and handier.
We also leisurely read comic magazines and finally ran to eat with confidence.
Thinking of giving enough time for the mysterious man to write the key points this time, we even went back to the dormitory to sleep.
In the afternoon, we returned to the seats where we sat in the morning, and the books and water cups left behind were still there.
Shirley Hunt and I excitedly walked over and opened our math books to see the key points of this exam. Unexpectedly, there was nothing left on the scope page of this exam.
“What’s the matter? Why not today?”
Shirley Hunt also frowned and flipped through the math book without finding any new notes: “We didn’t peep today. Why didn’t he come?”
I also looked sad, and finally, I just said: “Alas, maybe he is busy reviewing. We should review quickly, and the exams will be held the day after tomorrow. Don’t count on it.”
This note suddenly has no hope, and Shirley Hunt suddenly felt a little lost. Did that man give her some secret code, and she was too stupid to understand it, so he stopped looking for her when he lost patience?
The romance ended before it even began.
Maybe the man just thinks she is too stupid and hopeless, so he gave up?
Shirley Hunt leaned her chin on the table and said, “Sister Irene, isn’t your husband good at math? Go back tonight and ask him to write the key points for you.”
I frowned and said, “My husband is good at mathematics, but he has not studied for a long time. He doesn’t know the key points of the exam at all. He writes me a lot of knowledge points every time. When I finish reading it, it is estimated that the exam is over.”
Shirley Hunt immediately gossiped, “Your husband hasn’t studied for a long time? Are you two very different in age?”
I was stunned and then laughed and said, “It’s okay.” Then he turned to the topic: “Review quickly, time is rush.”
The next day, we gave it a try and left our books in the library, but the result is still the same, and the mysterious notes still do not appear.
Shirley has been hit hard. She is especially eager to find this boy. Even if she can’t be his girlfriend, she can be a friend. After all, there are not many people who are so kind to her.
On the second morning of the exam, Shirley Hunt and I walked out of the examination room with sad faces. We had hurried through the review with no sense of certainty.
The afternoon class has to continue, and we find a little confidence when they walk into the art room.
The teacher came into the classroom and said, “We have a charity exhibition on weekends. We will select a few paintings from our students to make auction items, no matter what style. There are ten places in total. 30% will be used as scholarship, and 70% is donated to charity organizations.”
Everyone wants to participate in such a good thing. I feel hopeless, but I especially want to get a scholarship. For me, who has no financial resources, the scholarship can be regarded as an income.
Just thinking about it, during the free creative time, the teacher came to me and said to me, “Irene, go back and color the original cartoon . If you can pass the examination, it will be an encouragement for yourself.”
With the teacher’s approval, I dare not neglect, but the prototype of my last painting is Ryan Campbell, and now it seems that I still feel very embarrassed.
In the evening, Ryan Campbell picked me up on time. Without asking me what I wanted to eat, he drove the car to the place he wanted.
Because he used to ask her, I always said whatever, and he didn’t ask later.
The car just stopped at the restaurant, but I didn’t get off the car and said with slight dissatisfaction: “I don’t want to eat western food.”
Ryan Campbell unfastened his seat belt and asked me, “What would you like to eat?”
“I heard Shirley say that there is a new hot pot in the front door of the school. It tastes good. I want to eat that.”
“That’s too greasy. Change to another one.”
But I stubbornly said: “I want to eat that today. I can’t eat anything else!”
Ryan Campbell stared at me, thinking that it didn’t matter if ate such a meal once in a while, He just dosen’t want to make me unhappy again, so he had to drive away again .
Watching him pampering me, I turned my face to one side and secretly smiled.
Although I have made up my mind to accept him slowly, I haven’t told him about it yet. I want to let this change take its course slowly in my life.
In fact, I am embarrassed. I always feel that he will laugh at me after saying it.
I’m also afraid that the progress is too fast for me to adapt, and I want to observe him through this time.
In the hot pot restaurant, compared with the whispering atmosphere of other couples, neither of us talked to seem a little depressed. I drank a cup of milk intermittently: “Well… is there anything wrong with Brother Shawn? Have you gone to the hospital to see him?”
I wanted to find a topic to talk about, but I didn’t want Ryan Campbell to put his chopsticks away, pick up a paper towel, wipe his mouth and say, “You are quite concerned about his affairs.”
I murmured and explained: “He is your brother, so I will ask casually.”
“If only you could ask me more.”
“You always say fine. What is there to ask? I am just curious. You just tell me about it.”
Listening to her slightly spoiled tone, Ryan Campbell smiled deeper, then satisfied her curiosity and said, “He was discharged from the hospital this morning, and nothing happened.”
“Then what’s wrong with him? Is this often the case?”
“You’re pushing your luck. I haven’t seen you explore my affairs so much.”
My brow twisted: “What do you have to explore? Besides, even if I ask, you will not tell me ah.”
“Well, I tell you, he has a heart attack, and every time he faints, he face the threat of his liffe.”
I was stunned, I feel more sympathetic to Shawn Campbell.
Especially when I think of Sean Campbell in the restaurant saying that he is “going to die,” I feel very sad when I think about it.
No wonder he is so withdrawn, which is probably related to this disease. I also admire him very much. He knows that he may die at any time, but he doesn’t give up his life. He still persists in studies and works hard for his future.
“You’re distracted again?!” Ryan Campbell growled at me in displeasure.
I said hastily, “I just think he is too pity.”
“Need you pity? Is the man forgotten by his wife more worthy of your pity?”
I rolled my eyes, but the corners of my mouth rose slightly. I tried my best to restrain my smile. I tried to say something to hide. I asked him, “Ryan Campbell, let me ask you a question.”
“Hmm?”
I said with a curious look, “What animal likes to ask why most?”
“I don’t know.”
I smiked “Pig.”
He gave a cold “Oh.”
I just thought my joke was a failure, and he didn’t follow the routine at all.
The silence continued. I continued to ask him, “Don’t you want to know why?”
“No.”
I twisted my eyebrows and asked him, “Why?”
Ryan Campbell smiled and looked at my angry face.
Sure enough, I was still a child. That was an old joke.
“Don’t laugh!”
“But you are very funny. I’ll call you Piggy later.”
“No!”
Because of my failed joke, the atmosphere of the dinner became better.
When he came home in the evening, he said he had time, so he would help me review mathematics, but I had art homework today and couldn’t do mathematics.
He didn’t give me too much pressure, just asked me: “You have been studying art for so long, and I haven’t seen a picture you painted yet.”
When I think of the picture on the drawing board, he can definitely see that I painted him at a glance, so I said perfunctorily, “I didn’t bring the picture back today, and I will show it to you tomorrow.”
“OK, by the way, I heard that there is a charity exhibition in your school this weekend. Do you take part?”
I said, “How do you know?”
He smiled and answered me, “I know everything about you.”
“Are you investigating me? Follow me?”
“I just care about you. Can your work take part?”
I murmured: “I don’t know, I don’t think I can do it. They have studied for several years. I dare noot to compare with them as a fresh man.”
“People’s biggest enemy is themselves. You look down on yourself. How can others look up to you. Some things can’t be accumulated in time, relying on talent.”
“Do you think I have talent?”
He said yes in his heart. After all, the headmaster did praise her as a talent, but his satirized her and said, “I don’t think so.”
“Well, let’s bet! If I can compete, you will give me two hundred dollars, and if I can’t compete, I will wash your clothes for a month!”
Ryan Campbell raised his eyebrows and smiled. “Deal.”
Irene Nadine’s pov
I always feel that he looks down on me, so I will prove it to him this time.
I don’t want to lose face in front of him. I want to let him know that I am very capable.
I spent the whole evening coloring the picture, and the table was filled with pencils.
Ryan Campbell came out of the study at about eleven o’clock.
He thought I was sleeping as well as before, only to find that there was still light through the crack of the door.
I stretched out my hand and twisted the door. She locked it and didn’t open it. I raised MY hand and knocked: “Haven’t you slept yet?”
I suddenly came to my senses, looked at the time on my mobile phone, and then looked at the messy desk. I turned to the door and replied, “I will sleep soon!”
“Open the door.”
I looked at the painting in front of me, and the image became more obvious after being colored. Now I don’t have time to clean up when I open the door, and I don’t want to be noticed by him. I said reluctantly, “I took a bath, and I went to bed immediately. You should go to bed earlier.”
I usually wear only a small skirt after taking a bath, but I don’t wear underwear. It’s normal not to open the door for him.
Ryan Campbell thought I was shy and didn’t think much about it. He just let me go to bed immediately and then went downstairs to pour water.
I realized that it was getting late, and there was not much left. Just wait for tomorrow to repair it carefully.
Lying in bed, I suddenly felt a lot easier. My hand fell on my obviously raised lower abdomen, and my mouth rose. I was looking forward to the birth of the child. It was almost four months, and time passed quite quickly. Ryan Campbell and I had known each other for almost half a year.
Think about what happened during this period of time. Although there are unhappy things, what I can remember seems to be his good.
When I was woken up by the outside interference, the light outside the window was slightly dazzling, and a familiar voice came from my ear: “You giggled when you slept, are you dreaming of picking up money?”
I rubbed my eyes, sat up, looked at Ryan Campbell’s face, sipped my lips, and couldn’t help laughing. I felt happier than I dreamed of picking up money.
Ryan Campbell glared at me: “Still laughing, look what time it is. Pack up in five minutes and come down to breakfast.”
He finished and walked out of the room. I glanced at the bedside clock, then hurried out of bed to change clothes, and ran to the toilet to wash my face and brush my teeth. It took about five minutes.
Not that I was obedient, but that I was going to be late and asked him, “Why didn’t you wake me up earlier?”
“If I wake you up early, you will show me a wry face all day.”
“I’m going to be late for class!”
“Blame me?”
I drank the milk in the cup in one gulp, then picked up the paper towel and wiped my mouth while standing up and saying, “OK, let’s go!”
Ryan Campbell sat slowly: “I haven’t eaten yet.”
I picked up the sandwich on his plate. “Eat in the elevator!”
When I waited for the elevator, I handed him the sandwich in the plastic bag: “Well, eat quickly.”
Ryan Campbell takes a look with disgust, then looks straight ahead again. “You think I’ll take it again?”
“There should be a limit to your cleanliness! This is not dirty!”
“But I just can’t eat anymore.”
I stared at him: “At your will!”
When the elevator door opened, I walked in angrily. He stood in front of me and stretched out his hand, and pressed the button.
I took the initiative to walk into the co-pilot position, fastened my seat belt, and asked, “Do you think I am dirty?”
Ryan Campbell paused to pull his seat belt, then continued to move his hand and replied, “Alittle bit.”
“Then I’ll eat it if you don’t! The dirty things eaten in the stomach can be absorbed by the baby.”
Ryan Campbell twisted his eyebrows at me and ordered, “Drop it!”
“I won’t!” I waved the bag in front of him. “Either you eat, or I eat.”
“OK, you eat, and I will watch you finish eating before you go.”
I remembered that I was going to be late. I quickly said, “You drive first!”
“Don’t worry. You eat slowly.”
“Ryan Campbell! I have math classes in the morning!”
” I can teach you.”
“The teacher will call the roll!”
“If he calls your name , I will bear all the responsibilities, eat!”
I was unwilling and compromised; “I will throw it away when I get off the car, drive quickly!”
Ryan Campbell gave me a look before he started the car.
“Ryan Campbell!” I suddenly called his name fiercely.
Ryan Campbell said leisurely and lightly, “Hmm?”
Originally, I wanted to order him not to quarrel with me in the future, but when the words came to my mouth, I swallowed them again and said timidly, “Noon… where to eat?”
“Don’t you eat in the canteen?”
After I asked without thinking, I found that I was wrong, but I had to bite the bullet: “I just asked you where to eat.”
” You don’t come with me, why do you ask so many questions?”
“Hum, you just don’t want to tell me!”