If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 1386: The One Who Plays with Girls’ Feelings

Chapter 1386: Chapter 1386: The One Who Plays with Girls’ Feelings

But what does it mean to have a girlfriend? Why does he know nothing about it? And what’s with being used to flirting with many women?

After being blocked by Xia Chuqing, he had no choice but to go to the phone booth to continue calling her.

Xia Chuqing was clever, she guessed it might be Xiao Mo and simply turned off her phone to prevent harassment.

Helpless, Xiao Mo walked back to the parking lot under his umbrella and silently sat in his car.

The rain fell on the slanted car window, he didn’t bother to use the wipers, and soon, the window was covered with a blur.

His hands casually resting on the steering wheel, he lit a cigarette and silently watched the world outside through the gaps in the rain. The scent of the cigarette quickly filled the car as Xiao Mo pondered over all the things Xia Chuqing had just said to him.

All her words could be summed up in one point: she liked him, and last time she wanted to confess her feelings to him, but he didn’t show up.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mo’s brows furrowed.

Last time, he accompanied Zhao Xiwen to the bookstore, could she have seen them? Or maybe, when he had dinner with Zhao Xiwen in the evening, she saw them?

If that was the case, the "girlfriend" she mentioned must be Zhao Xiwen.

Xiao Mo curled his lips, women’s thoughts are indeed strange.

Smoke shrouded his face, and it was only then that he cracked the car window slightly open.

The strong wind poured in through the window, with raindrops falling on his side face. From here, he could see Xia Chuqing’s dormitory building perfectly.

If she came out, he could intercept her at the first opportunity.

But unexpectedly, she didn’t come out all afternoon, and her phone was still unreachable.

Could it be that women’s ways of venting are all so childish?

The sky gradually darkened, the rain continued to fall, and the roadside was bustling with students going back and forth. Xiao Mo suddenly remembered his own student days.

All afternoon, he smoked many cigarettes, and the car was filled with the smell of smoke. But he waited until ten o’clock at night, until the school was about to close, before he finally drove away.

After returning, he tried to call her again with different numbers.

The result was the same, switched off.

The rain outside poured down, hitting the windows of the villa, filling the entire building with the endless sound of rain.

After taking a shower, Xiao Mo lay in bed; it was already midnight.

In the depth of night, thoughts often entwine like countless threads, sometimes tight, sometimes loose, causing his emotions to run high, even making it hard for him to breathe.

He poured himself a glass of red wine, watching the rain outside the window while sipping his drink.

What does he feel for Xia Chuqing? He cannot answer himself, but that afternoon when she expressed so much, he admits, he wanted to clear up the misunderstanding urgently.

He didn’t know if this could be called... caring.

The heavy rain lasted all night, and thunder rolled in the sky in the middle of the night. Xiao Mo did not sleep, he hadn’t had insomnia like this in years.

Dormitory buildings are exceptionally quiet at night, lights out at eleven, and the dormitory area is plunged into darkness.

After crying all afternoon, Xia Chuqing stood alone on the balcony at night, Xiao Mo’s face involuntarily surfaced in her mind, along with the light scent of his presence.

His every move fascinated her, but she knew clearly, that what she felt for him wasn’t admiration, it was liking.

The balcony was cold at night, the wind blew into her collar, causing her to shiver.

By one or two o’clock, she couldn’t hold up any longer, returned to her dorm, but couldn’t fall asleep no matter what.

Quietly unlocking her phone, she saw many missed calls, most of which were from Xiao Mo, with some being from unknown numbers.

Xia Chuqing had a complex feeling in her heart, but after tonight, she decided to completely forget Xiao Mo, never again to shed a tear for him.

It was nearly morning when Xia Chuqing cried herself out and drifted into a fitful sleep...

Xiao Mo hadn’t slept the whole night. He had been thinking for a long time, and as the morning sunlight hit his face, he thought... Maybe Chuqing was infatuated with him because she was young.

Just like when he gave a lecture at C University, many girls around Chuqing’s age looked at him with adoration, their faces filled with infatuation.

Several bold ones directly expressed their admiration: "Mr. Xiao, do you have a girlfriend? Do you think I’m suitable?"

Xiao Mo felt that Chuqing’s attitude towards him was probably of this nature as well.

It was just that they had known each other a bit longer than those girls.

She was still too young; once she graduated, she would understand... He didn’t want to be the reason to delay her life.

People often told him that female students in school were the easiest to please. Successful men like them only needed to drive to the campus, and countless girls would come running over.

He didn’t know what Chuqing really thought, but he didn’t want her to be overly obsessed with him just because she was young and naive.

At least, he was a whole eight years her senior.

When she grew up, she would understand that she didn’t like him as much as she thought. It was more infatuation and admiration.

...

The next day, Xiao Mo drove to C University.

It wasn’t raining today, so he stood by his car waiting for her to come downstairs.

Because he had given a lecture previously, many people recognized him. They whispered as they passed by, casting curious, excited, and admiring glances his way.

After waiting for ten minutes, a girl approached him boldly, a beautiful girl who knew how to dress up.

"Mr. Xiao? I’m not mistaken, am I? Are you waiting for someone?" the girl asked.

"Yeah, waiting for someone." Xiao Mo maintained his usual gentlemanly demeanor.

The wind was strong today, and he squinted his eyes towards the building.

"Waiting for... a relative or a friend?" the girl probed, "I loved your lecture last time. I’ve been thinking about when I could get your autograph."

"Sorry, I don’t give autographs," Xiao Mo said with a slight smile.

"Then, who are you waiting for? Do you want me to go and ask for you? I’m from this dormitory building too."

"No need, she’ll be down soon," Xiao Mo said indifferently.

"Then it must be quite boring for you to wait here, right? I have a few questions I’d like to ask you, do you think you could answer them?"

Xiao Mo was worried that Chuqing might come down and think he was just another man playing with girls’ feelings, so he tactfully declined: "Sorry, I’m not feeling well today, and I’ve pretty much forgotten all my professional knowledge. You can ask your own teachers for help."

The girl spoke with Xiao Mo for quite some time, but seeing his dispassionate attitude, she eventually left embarrassedly.

Xiao Mo worried about causing further misunderstanding, so he got back into his car to wait for Chuqing.

He didn’t believe she wouldn’t come out today.

Indeed, just before class time when there were hardly any people in front of the dormitory, she slowly walked down from upstairs.

Xia Chuqing’s eyes were red and swollen, accompanied by two big dark circles. She listlessly hugged her textbooks, her head down as she followed the path.