On the bus, Jiang Minghao put away his cell phone and looked sideways at the person leaning on his shoulder.
Tang Mi noticed his gaze and raised the corners of her lips slightly, "Jiang Minghao, you are peeking at me."
Jiang Minghao curled his lips silently. This girl was always like this, so straightforward that it was a bit overwhelming.
"I didn't peek," he said, "I watched openly."
Tang Mi opened her eyes. The sunlight outside the car window was a bit dazzling. She blocked it with her hand and turned to look at him, "You are a little different today."
Jiang Minghao looked at her: "What's the difference?"
"Hmm -" Tang Mi drawled and tilted her head, "I can't tell, it's just different."
In the past, if she said this, Jiang Minghao would usually ignore her.
She hugged his arm and rested her head on his shoulder, "But I like it very much."
No matter what you look like, I like you.
Her hair rubbed against his neck, itching a little. Jiang Minghao's raised Adam's apple rolled, and he lowered his eyes and took her hand and put it on his lap.
Tang Mi raised her eyes and looked at him: "What are we going to do now?"
Jiang Minghao has never been on a date, and he doesn't really know what to do.
He looked at the time and said, "Let's go eat first. What do you want to eat?"
Tang Mi wanted to say whatever she wanted, but she thought about it and asked him, "What do you usually eat?"
"Me?" Jiang Minghao paused, "I can eat whatever I have."
Tang Mi smiled: "Then let's eat whatever we can today."
Jiang Minghao looked at the top of her hair, his eyes gradually dimming, "...Okay."
The bus moved forward, through the wind and across the sun.
Jiang Minghao took Tang Mi to the business center in the old city, where there was a food street. After getting off the bus, the two held hands and walked aimlessly through the lively streets like most ordinary couples.
Strong rhythmic music flows from the shops facing the street. There are various restaurants, noodle shops and food stalls on both sides of the street, and the aroma of the food is all mixed together.
Jiang Minghao held Tang Mi's hand tightly, worried that she would be hit by someone and kept an eye on her.
"Have you ever been to a place like this?" he asked.
Tang Mi glanced at him: "Please, I'm not a prince or noble. I must have been to the food stalls and night markets."
Jiang Minghao smiled: "That's good."
"What do you like to eat?" Jiang Minghao was stunned for a moment when he asked this question. It turns out that I don’t even know what she likes to eat.
Tang Mi glanced at the stall nearby, pointed to the stall not far ahead and said, "I want to eat octopus balls."
"Okay." Jiang Minghao pulled her over, "Boss, have one."
Boss: "Okay, what flavor do you want?"
Jiang Minghao looked at Tang Mi, who smiled and said, "The original flavor is fine."
Boss: "Okay, wait a moment."
The octopus balls were quickly prepared. Jiang Minghao scanned the QR code to pay, took the box and held it in his hand: "Eat it."
Tang Mi took one with a skewer, put it to her mouth and blew on it before taking a small bite. The meatballs that had just come out of the pot were a little hot. Tang Mi opened her mouth slightly and fanned the air with her hands.
Jiang Minghao looked a little funny when he saw her look, "Is it delicious?"
"Yeah!" Tang Mi chewed a few times and gave him a thumbs up, "It's delicious!"
She stood on tiptoes and fed him the remaining half, "Eat and see, it's really delicious."
Jiang Minghao didn't hide, he lowered his head and bit the half of the ball into his mouth. He was very thin, with little flesh on his cheeks. He was biting a meatball in his mouth, making one cheek bulge.
Tang Mi looked at him expectantly: "How is it?"
Jiang Minghao chewed it slowly for a few times and swallowed it: "Yeah, it's delicious."
"Look again, there's a lot of food ahead." He put the unheated carton into her hand, put his arm around his shoulders and led her forward.
Along the way, he bought a portion of every stall Tang Mi looked at.
Just when he was about to buy roasted gluten, Tang Mi stopped him: "Jiang Minghao, don't buy it."
"Are you full?" Jiang Minghao looked at her. He remembered that she didn't seem to have eaten much.
Jiang Minghao held several snacks in his hand, all of which he bought along the way. Tang Mi took a few bites of each item. She had a small appetite and was almost full. She found that Jiang Minghao actually wanted to buy more.
She nodded hurriedly: "I'm full, I'm full."
Tang Mi looked at the snacks in his hand, "There are so many left, what should I do if I can't eat any more?"
This cost Jiang Minghao a lot of money, and she felt a little distressed.
"It's okay, I'll eat."
Jiang Minghao took her to a bench in the snack square and sat down. He put the snack aside and said, "Wait for me here while I go buy water."
As he said that, he walked a few steps to the convenience store opposite, then turned back and said, "What do you want to drink? Milk tea?"
He remembered that she seemed to like drinking milk tea.
Tang Mi looked around and there seemed to be no milk tea shop nearby.
She didn't want him to run too far, so she said, "I want to drink mineral water."
Jiang Minghao paused and nodded: "Then wait for me here and don't run around."
"Yeah." Tang Mi put her hands on the chair and shook her legs, "I know~"
Today is Saturday and there are many people out to play. Tang Mi saw him walking very quickly across the road, his back lost in the crowd.
The moment she couldn't see his back anymore, she panicked for no reason.
She stood up from her chair and stood on tiptoes to see further. Just as another green light came on, the crowd was so crowded that she lost sight of him completely.
She sat down slowly and laughed at herself in her heart: He just went to buy water. Why was she so nervous if he wasn't coming back?
She just needs to wait here for him.
Jiang Minghao followed his memory and ran to the milk tea shop on the first floor of the shopping mall opposite to buy a cup of milk tea. On the way back, I bought another bottle of mineral water at a convenience store.
Tang Mi kept looking in the direction he left, so she saw him as soon as he came back. She stood up and waved to him across the crowd, "Jiang Minghao!"
Jiang Minghao stood across the road waiting for the light to turn green. When he heard her voice, his mind was like rewinding, and everything between the two of them in the past year or so flashed through his mind.
——"From No. 1 Middle School?"
--"Um."
——"What a coincidence."
——"You won't forget me, right?"
——"Jiang Minghao, I like you. I have liked you since the first time I met you."
——"There is only one world, nothing is yours or mine."
——"I will stand in your future."
——"The first wish is that Jiang Minghao can be happier and happier."
——"I like you, just because of you."
--"I do not regret."
The green light countdown ended, and the crowd of people standing still began to become turbulent. Carrying milk tea, he walked sideways through the crowd towards her.
One step, two steps, three steps, slowly getting faster and faster.
Tang Mi looked at him running towards her and raised the corner of her mouth.
"Here, milk tea." Jiang Minghao inserted the straw into the cup and handed it to her.
Tang Mi took the milk tea and looked up at him: "Where did you buy it?"
This milk tea shop is usually found in large shopping malls and business districts. She had never seen a store along the way.
Jiang Minghao calmed down his breathing and pulled her to sit down, "They are sold in the mall nearby."
"Oh~" Tang Mi pursed her lips and took a sip of milk tea, her eyebrows arched.
Jiang Minghao took the leftover snack from her, propped his elbows on his knees, and ate.
He tilted his head to look at her, "Is it sweet?"
Tang Mi bit the straw and nodded: "Sweet!"
She handed over the milk tea: "Do you want to try it?"
Jiang Minghao's cheeks bulged and he twitched the corners of his mouth: "No, just drink."
Tang Mi blinked and did not force him to take back his hand and continue drinking. She knew he didn't like sweet drinks.
Jiang Minghao ate very quickly and finished all the rest of Tang Mi in a few seconds. He collected the garbage and took it to the trash can not far away to throw it away.
After returning from throwing away the garbage, he stood in front of her and stretched out his hand to her: "Let's go."
Tang Mi glanced at his broad palm, smiled and put her hand on it, "Where are you going?"
Jiang Minghao squeezed her hand, pulled her up from the chair, and raised his eyebrows: "Let's play."
"Huh?" Tang Mi always felt that Jiang Minghao was a little strange today. Before she could ask, Jiang Minghao pulled her and started running.
He held her hand and ran through the crowded streets. The hot wind lifted the corners of his clothes, and she followed him, looking at his slim and broad back.
The last time the two of them ran hand in hand was last summer. Summer passed by and it turned out that the two had been together for almost a year.
Jiang Minghao took her to the game hall in the mall. He charged a lot of money and exchanged a lot of game coins.
"Jiang Minghao, why did you charge so much money?" Tang Mi was a little angry. He knew that every penny he earned was hard-earned.
Jiang Minghao smiled and pulled her towards the game room, "If you want to play, have fun."
Tang Mi stopped, her face a little sulky, "You can't charge so much!"
He just recharged 500 yuan directly.
Although 500 yuan is nothing in Tang Mi's eyes, she knows what 500 yuan means to Jiang Minghao.
Jiang Minghao knew what she was thinking. He rubbed her head: "Not anymore. Let's have fun today, okay?"
Tang Mi frowned and looked at him, feeling that his words were a bit strange.
Jiang Minghao didn't wait for her answer, raised his hand and pinched her face: "Tang Xiaomi, don't think that I am too weak."
"I didn't!" Tang Mi denied.
She had never thought of it that way.
Jiang Minghao smiled and said, "Yeah. I know."
Tang Mi felt that she might have thought too much, and she didn't want to make herself unhappy with Jiang Minghao because of money matters.
"Let's go in quickly." She took Jiang Minghao's hand and walked inside.
She is more familiar with the game arcade in the mall than Jiang Minghao. She has played with Tang Zi countless times since she was a child. Jiang Minghao has been following her, holding a small basket with game coins in his hand.
They played all the games in the arcade, and finally the two of them stood in front of a claw machine.
Tang Mi glanced at the game coins in Jiang Minghao's box and pursed her lips, "Jiang Minghao, there is only the last coin left."
The two of them have been standing in front of this claw machine for almost half an hour, and they haven't caught a single doll.
Jiang Minghao scratched the end of his eyebrows in a funny way and looked at her: "How about I go get some more?"
Tang Mi quickly shook her head, "Yeah, no, no, no."
Originally, the two of them had played all the games in the arcade and saw that there were still a lot of game coins left, so they decided to grab a few dolls.
As a result...the two took turns to fight, but no one was caught.
"Wow!! We caught it again. My dear, you are so awesome!" A couple nearby caught a lot of dolls, and the girl put them in bags.
Tang Mi and Jiang Minghao both looked aside, then looked back at each other, neither of them could hold back their laughter.
Tang Mi grabbed Jiang Minghao's arm, stood on tiptoes and whispered in his ear, mocking herself: "What kind of luck do we have!"
There were over a hundred game coins, but not a single doll was caught.
Jiang Minghao chuckled and took her hand down: "Let's go, change places."
"Ah? Where else are you going?" Tang Mi was pulled away by him and walked out of the mall, looking confused.
After leaving the mall, I realized that it was almost dark outside, and the last ray of sunset was about to disappear into the sky.
Jiang Minghao hailed a taxi on the side of the road. Tang Mi was still a little confused when she got in the car.
"Where are we going now?" she asked.
Jiang Minghao sat next to her and said to her: "Amusement park."
As he spoke, he gave the driver the address of the amusement park.
It is now the evening rush hour, and the neon lights of the city are gradually lighting up. The vehicle was submerged in the traffic jam, and the sound of horns could be heard outside the window.
The light from the high-rise buildings dimly reflected on his profile, and she couldn't see clearly his eyebrows and eyes because of the light.
"Jiang Minghao, what are we doing at the amusement park?" she asked.
For some reason, she felt vaguely uneasy.
Jiang Minghao nodded slightly, his eyelashes being pushed down a little under the light and shadow.
He used the not-so-bright light in the car to hide the emotions in his eyes and said, "Go and make a wish."
"Make a wish?" Tang Mi looked at him.
"Yes." Jiang Minghao took her hand and rubbed the back of her hand with his fingertips, "Make a wish."
Tang Mi lowered her eyes and looked at the two hands folded together, and subconsciously closed her fingers.
She stopped asking.
Along the way, the two of them were in a tacit understanding and neither of them spoke again. We arrived at the amusement park and got off the car.
Tang Mi stood at the entrance of the amusement park and could see the huge Ferris wheel inside the amusement park slowly turning with light shining in the distance.
Jiang Minghao stood next to her, looking at the glowing Ferris wheel in the distance like her.
"Tang Mi." He called her.
Tang Mi didn't speak, just looked up at him.
Jiang Minghao also looked at her, her brows furrowed slightly, her eyes looking at him were filled with confusion.
He smiled lightly and stretched out his hand to her, "Give me your hand."
Tang Mi's eyes slowly moved down and looked at the palm of his hand. She suddenly thought of the long, dark alley in midsummer last year, when he stretched out his hand to her and said, "Girlfriend, let's go."
That time she stepped forward and held his hand without hesitation.
But this time, she... was a little afraid.
"Jiang Minghao." She looked up at him again and called his name in a very low voice.
Like praying.
Jiang Minghao frowned, feeling a dull pain in his heart.
"Yeah." His voice was a little hoarse.
Tang Mi looked at him and wanted to ask him something, but she opened her mouth and didn't dare to ask. Finally, he hung his head feebly.
Jiang Minghao knew that she had figured out his purpose. She had always been a smart girl.
He smiled stiffly, bent down and took her hand, "Tang Mi, come with me."
Tang Mi suddenly raised her head and looked at him, "What?"
Jiang Minghao used some force on his hand, held her hand tighter, and asked her, "Will you come with me?"
Tang Mi was stunned for a moment, and her eyes instantly turned red. She didn't know what Jiang Minghao was going to tell her today, but at this moment, she didn't want to reject him.
She nodded vigorously, "Yeah."
Jiang Minghao smiled, and his smile was both bitter and happy.
The two bought tickets, and Jiang Minghao pulled her straight to the Ferris wheel.
Until the moment she got on the Ferris wheel, Tang Mi was still in a trance. The two of them sat opposite each other, and when she looked at Jiang Minghao opposite, she always felt like she was dreaming.
It seems that everything is back to the starting point.
She looked at him and spoke softly: "Jiang Minghao, do you... have something to tell me?"
Jiang Minghao was thinking about how to speak, but she beat him to it.
He smiled helplessly, "Tang Mi, why don't you always give people a chance?"
Tang Mi pursed her lower lip and did not answer his words as usual.
She thought that if this would keep you from saying the next words, she could always take the initiative.
Jiang Minghao leaned against the car wall and looked at her deeply. After a long time, he slowly said: "Tang Mi, go study abroad."
"How did you..." Tang Mi was stunned for a moment, and her eyebrows furrowed in mid-sentence, "Did Tang Zi tell you something?"
Before Jiang Minghao could speak, she quickly said: "Jiang Minghao, I don't want to study abroad. I don't want to go to England at all."
After she finished speaking, Jiang Minghao sighed helplessly, "Tang Mi, do you know what I like about you?"
Tang Mi paused for a moment. The two had been together for so long, and she had never heard Jiang Minghao say the word "like".
Seeing her paused expression, Jiang Minghao felt a little distressed.
He leaned forward and reached out to touch her cheek, "I like that warm, direct, and dazzling Tang Xiaomi like the sun."
Tang Mi's eyelashes trembled slightly, she looked into his eyes blankly, and murmured his name, "Jiang Minghao..."
"Yes." Jiang Minghao responded in a low voice, stroking the end of her crimson eyes with his thumb, "Tang Mi, I hope you will always... always be radiant."
Rather than being forced to take away the light that should belong to you just because you fall in love with someone like me.
“So, go study abroad and realize your dreams.”
"What about us?" Tang Mi grabbed his hand and held it tightly.
what should we do?
Jiang Minghao was about to speak, but Tang Mi seemed to be afraid that he would say something bad and get ahead of him, saying, "You said, no matter good or bad, you will never let go!"
Jiang Minghao glanced at the hand she was holding tightly, smiled and held her hand back, "Well, don't let go."
Tang Mi was completely stunned: "Then you..."
Jiang Minghao lowered his eyes and squeezed her hand: "Tang Mi, I plan to join the army."
"Be a soldier?" Tang Mi frowned and looked at him, her voice choked with sobs.
"Yes." Jiang Minghao stood up, half-crouched in front of her, and held her face with one hand, "Tang Mi. Do you still remember what I told you here?"
Tang Mi nodded, how could she forget.
She remembered every word he said clearly.
Jiang Minghao raised his head slightly and looked at her: "I said, the conditions in my family are very bad. I am not worthy of you."
Tang Mi shook her head, tears overflowing from the ends of her eyes, "No..."
"Can you hear me out?" Jiang Minghao wiped the tears from the end of her eyes with his thumb.
Tang Mi bit her lip and tried her best not to cry, "...Yeah."
Jiang Minghao's fingers rubbed her cheek again and again, and his dark eyes kept looking into hers, "My family's conditions are not good, and I have no money to support me in continuing my studies. The only way I can go now is Go be a soldier.”
As he said this, he laughed self-deprecatingly, "Although I don't know if your family can like a soldier, but this is the only most decent status I can think of for you."
A line of tears fell, and Tang Mi looked at him, "Jiang Minghao, you are very good, you are really very good!"
Jiang Minghao smiled, and his eyes that had always been indifferent were filled with a touch of softness. He wiped the tears from her face and said in a hoarse voice, "Tang Xiaomi, I really... want to go a long, long way with you."
The defense line in Tang Mi's heart finally collapsed, and tears burst out.
She broke away from his hand, hugged him, put her head on his shoulder and cried, "Jiang Minghao, we will definitely keep going! We will!"
Jiang Minghao fell back when she collided with him. After he stabilized his body, he raised his hands and hugged her tightly.
Looking outside, the gorgeous night view of Yun City is right at their feet.
The Ferris wheel rose to the top again.
Jiang Minghao rubbed her cheek with his head and said in her ear: "Tang Mi, this time I want to make a wish."
Tang Mi slowly left his arms and looked at him.
Jiang Minghao stepped forward and touched her forehead, "Tang Mi, I hope you go to study abroad."
Tang Mi bit her lip, her chin trembling slightly.
He said: "You said you would stand in my future with light, does that still count?"
Tang Mi looked at him and responded lightly but firmly: "Well, forget it!"
Jiang Minghao smiled lightly, "That's settled. You go chase your dreams and shine."
"I also want to break into my own world."
"When the time comes, you bring light to my world."
"Okay?"
Tang Mi looked at him for a long, long time.
Then he choked and said, "Okay."
